Wang Zongmu, who served as the governor of Caoyun during the Longqing and Wanli years, began to advocate shipping with Liang Menglong, who was then the governor of Shandong, in the fifth year of Longqing.

At this time, more than 150 years had passed since the thirteenth year of Yongle stopped shipping, and the technical difficulties were obvious, such as the lack of familiarity with the sea route and the lack of skilled sailors.

After the imperial court allowed it, Wang Zongmu and others were cautious and conducted a short-distance trial operation first.

In June of the sixth year of Longqing, Wang Zongmu Shangshu reported: "120,000 Shicao grains have left Huai on a certain day, and Tianjin has arrived in the bay, and there is no loss of rice." ”

The success of the trial operation can be said to be of great significance, but the fact is that it is not as gradually expanding the sea freight as people think.

In October of that year, Zhang Huan was arrested by the Nanjing Huke and impeached Wang Zongmu for dereliction of duty and concealment, saying that he had heard that eight ships had sunk by sea, and the people on board and more than 3,000 stone meters were drowned.

Wang Zongmu made a detailed defense for this impeachment, but the result was unresolved. The opinion of the head of the household department is that the sea road will be opened, but the volume will not increase, and it will still be 120,000 koku.

There is no official conclusion on the operation of the Strait, nor has there been any verification of the authenticity of the impeachment. And the result of ignoring it is actually a victory for the anti-maritime faction.

By the next year, the sea was shipped again, and the crow's beak of the opposition turned out to be fulfilled. When the sea ships arrived in Jimo, they sank seven ships in a wind, sacrificing 15 soldiers and losing some grain.

No matter how Wang Zongmu technically analyzed the cause of the accident, the opposition rose up en masse and could have tried a successful sea transport, so he died.

To sum up, the main reason for the opposition is the Confucian theory, benevolent government, and love for the people.

They cited the casualties of the sea as recorded in the history books, and then characterized the sea as a product of the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty, which was a harsh government that harmed the people.

Of course, due to the technical limitations of the time, the size, sturdiness and wind and wave resistance of the ships, as well as the inability to effectively grasp the changes in the sea climate, and the situation of the sea route was not familiar enough. It is an unavoidable fact that the ship capsized and the sailors died, and the difficulties of transportation in the early days of the seaway were unavoidable.

Wind and waves, fog, reefs, and pirate attacks are indeed problems to be solved. However, from the perspective of the general trend, as well as efficiency and preparedness, sea transportation must be tried.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao believes that the actual difficulties are not greater than imagined.

Ocean shipping has been booming, and it is not a long distance to go to Sulphur, Wa, and Luzon, and even to Europe, Africa, and the Americas, not to mention domestic offshore shipping.

Then start from the shipping of Liaodong's grain and salary, and take the first step to scrap transportation and rejuvenate the sea!

Zhu Youxiao put down the recital and decided to draw this Shen Tingyang. Well, the people of Chongming (Shanghai) are fellow villagers with Paul Xu, and they are both relatively broad-minded.

Zhu Youxiao certainly knows how important it is to set an example. At the same time, he also strengthened his own selection method, the master is in the people, and there are sages in the countryside!

Holding the book in his hand, Zhu Youxiao slapped it on the palm of his left hand, thinking about how to promote Shen Tingyang, and start the test of the sea, and saw Wang Tiqian rubbing in.

Looking at Wang Tiqian's expression and movements, Zhu Youxiao knew that there was something wrong with this guy, raised his chin, and said, "But there is a minister's recital?" ”

Wang Tiqian snorted twice, knelt down and raised his hands high, and said, "Emperor, it's a slave and maid who has a good performance." ”

Zhu Youxiao blinked, stretched out his hand and motioned for Xiao Huangmen to take the prince's recital, and open it to read.

Regain internal?! Shouldn't this be Uncle Wei's job in history, why did you do it?

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wang Tiqian suspiciously, but the words "Innocent Army" suddenly popped up in his mind.

The Unsullied Legion is very fierce, what gray worms, white worms, you can fight with a shield starting point gun.

Why don't you form a group of good exercises and send them to Liaodong to fight with Jiannu? But look at these fathers-in-law, they don't look like they can fight?

To say that eunuchs have formed an army, it is not a new thing, such as the pure army, which is composed of eunuchs.

However, it is known as the army, and the main responsibility of the pure army is to be listed in the imperial palace and imperial mausoleum, and to undertake daily sprinkling and sweeping, incense, and other lowly duties; Or for the care of the tombs, often accompanied by dry bones in the mound.

In other words, the pure army is doing the work of servants, not for war at all.

Forget it, don't make up this unreliable. Armor and weapons or something, let's use them tightly with the front-line soldiers!

Zhu Youxiao remembered that Chongzhen in history also engaged in the cleaning of the army, and there were tens of thousands, all of which were the best equipment and rich salaries.

Then, these dukes shouted training all day long, and it really looked like that. But when Li Zicheng came, these fathers-in-law all ran away.

Alas, if you don't have eggs, you just can't do it! Zhu Youxiao is not aimed at anyone, but he still sees the combat effectiveness of his father-in-law very clearly.

"The king's loyalty is commendable."

Zhu Youxiao knew that Uncle Wei had won the reward, and Wang Tiqian was a little red-eyed, and he came to show his loyalty.

The purpose of organizing and training the pure army is to defend the palace and protect the royal family, and if you don't agree, don't chill the heart of this dog minion.

After a pause, Zhu Youxiao said: "But training soldiers and martial arts, not the strength of the palace people, let's talk about it from the long term!" ”

Wang Tiqian was a little disappointed, but he didn't dare to argue and kowtowed.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang Tiqian and said in a deep voice: "The palace is spending a lot of money, how is Wang Ban checking out?" ”

Wang Tiqian hurriedly replied: "According to the secret investigation sent by the slave maid, the inner palace supervisor seals Wang Chaofu, and the royal supervisor seals Li Chaoqing, all of whom are suspected of corruption and have extremely rich private wealth. ”

Zhu Youxiao lowered his eyelids and said lightly: "Now that it has been investigated, what are you waiting for?" ”

"Slave and maid, let's do it." Wang Tiqian's spirits perked up, and Shi Li retreated.

The Inner Palace Supervisor is responsible for managing the daily necessities of the palace and is also responsible for the maintenance, development and renovation of the palace in the palace.

The Imperial Superintendent is the institution that manages and collects luxury goods for the exclusive use of the royal family, which is also a fat shortage with a lot of room for operation.

Moreover, Wang Chaofu and Li Chaoqing both defected to Wei Zhongxian earlier. Wang Tiqian also has his own selfish motives for these two institutions, or against these two people.

But what Zhu Youxiao wants is the result, and since it is greedy, he has not let it go. Besides, dealing with eunuchs is much simpler than civil officials, a matter of one sentence.

Alas, poor people, greedy for gold and silver, in the end it is also empty, why can't you see it?

Zhu Youxiao shook his head lightly, thinking of Liu Jin, Yan Song, He Shen and others. Why bother for me?

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