On the sealing boat, when he heard His Royal Highness the King of Chu say the name 'Wang Dayuan', the Wang family's father and son all shrank their pupils.

"Your Highness, how does Your Highness know...... Wang Dayuan's? Wang Defu asked dumbfounded.

"I just know." Zhu Zhen said a mantra, and then said with a smile: "Actually, Master Wang has seen your "Daoyi Zhi" and admires you very much. As soon as you say that you have been to Africa, this king immediately remembers that you are here. ”

"Who is Your Highness's Master?"

"Family teacher Liu Bowen." Zhu Zhen said proudly.

"It turned out to be Mr. Aota!" Wang Defu showed a sudden expression, and then knelt down to apologize: "Your Highness forgive me, Xiao Lao'er is indeed Wang Dayuan, Wang Defu is my pseudonym overseas." ”

"Why do you use a pseudonym?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"Alas, this ......" Wang Dayuan said shyly: "First, it is easy to provoke enemies overseas, so maritime merchants generally have a lot of pseudonyms. Second, the old man is a person from Nanchang, and his family is a scholarly family, and my father has high hopes for me. Therefore, in the "Analects", the word "Huan Zhang" is my expression. The old man did not do his job, drifted on the sea, and did not want to disappoint the first exam, so he used a pseudonym. ”

"Hey, Mr. Wang's words are wrong." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said: "Your navigation career is glorious, and you will definitely be the most famous surnamed Wang in the future...... One. ”

"Your Highness has said auspiciously." Wang Dayuan's eyes are a little moist, although he is old, he also needs someone to agree! "Does Mr. Qingtian really respect Xiao Lao'er?"

After all, in the eyes of readers, those who go to sea are outlaws who are hungry for profit.

"Of course, this king can still lie to you." Zhu Zhen's 'fake Liu Jiyan' without blinking said: "My master often said that the Yuan Dynasty was not good in every way, but the mind to embrace the sea is worth learning. In the future, if the Ming Dynasty wants to be rich and strong forever, it is necessary to learn from the Song and Yuan dynasties to engage in overseas trade, so an outstanding navigator like Mr. Wang is the most valuable wealth of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Mr. Aota...... Is that really the case? Wang Dayuan's tears burst out of his eyes.

"Of course it's true." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "If you don't believe it, go back to Nanjing with this king and ask him in person." ”

"No, no, the little old man believes it, absolutely believes." Wang Dayuan wept and said: "I just thought that all the princes of the DPRK and China supported the sea ban, but I didn't expect that there was also Mr. Qingtian who supported the opening of the sea." ”

"Don't be depressed, now that the imperial court has temporarily banned the sea, it is to eliminate the Japanese invaders, and when the sea is calm, the market will still be reopened." Although Zhu Zhen knew that this was not the case, he still comforted him.

"I see." Wang Dayuan nodded, plucked up his courage and said: "But I can forgive the little old man for bluntly saying that the more the court is banned, the more rampant the Japanese will be." ”

"I know that the more the sea is banned, the more lucrative the smuggling will be, and the so-called 'Japanese bandits' will naturally grow." Zhu Zhen nodded knowingly.

"That's exactly the ......" Wang Dayuan looked at the young man in shock, and couldn't help but admire: "It's really a famous teacher and a high apprentice, and His Highness will break through the sky with a word." ”

"Hehe, that's it." Zhu Zhen smiled reservedly, and said in his heart that in these things, I am my teacher's teacher, okay.

"However, there are also some conservative voices in the DPRK and China, constantly advocating a complete sea ban." Zhu Zhen sighed again, and said half-truthfully: "My father is also wavering, so he sent this king to the sea to take a look......"

"That's right." Wang Dayuan thought he understood why the prince appeared at sea.

"This king hopes that after he goes back, he can come up with a strategy to persuade my father not to ban the sea, I wonder if Mr. Wang has a good plan to teach me?" Zhu Zhen humbly sought advice.

"Let the old man think about it." Wang Dayuan had already made up his mind, and after a little thought, he said: "In the opinion of old decay, there are three strategies. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Zhen was overjoyed and said, "Sir, please speak." ”

"First, take the initiative to attack, and the Japanese are from the sea. If you only defend on land, you will be too passive. Therefore, it is necessary to form a strong sailor to go to sea, exterminate the thief ships, destroy the thief's nest, and keep the enemy out of the country, so as to ensure the safety of the country. ”

"Well said!" Zhu Zhen slapped his palms and praised: "Coastal defense and coastal defense must be prevented in the sea, Mr. is very knowledgeable!" ”

"The second is to cut off the root cause. In fact, there have always been Japanese pirates, but they were not so destructive before. It was only since Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen's old department, and the local tyrants of Jiangsu and Zhejiang fled to the sea and joined forces with the Japanese Invaders, that the harm of the Japanese plague suddenly became serious. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Zhen nodded.

"In this regard, it can be combined with appeasement and two-pronged. While resolutely exterminating the heinous gangs of Japanese pirates, send envoys to recruit those who are willing to submit, and also organize them into sailors to attack the rest of the Japanese gangs. ”

"In addition, the Japanese pirates came from Japan, and if we can get the Japanese imperial court to prohibit their people from going to sea to serve as Japanese criminals, and severely crack down on the Japanese pirates, the Japanese plague will naturally be drawn from the bottom of the kettle and gradually disappear." Wang Dayuan continued.

"But I've heard that Japan is very unfriendly to us." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said, "At the beginning of the country, they also killed our envoys. ”

The sixth brother said that when Boss Zhu first ascended the throne, he issued an edict ordering the surrounding vassal states to declare themselves vassals to the Ming Dynasty. Goryeo, Annam, Champong, etc., all quickly sent envoys to pay tribute. Only Japan had been lucky enough to repel the two invasions of the Mongol Yuan, so it thought that it could be on an equal footing with the Celestial Empire, so it ignored it.

This made Boss Zhu very angry. In addition, there was a serious troubles along the coast, which made Boss Zhu think that it was all caused by Japan. He wrote another edict with stern wording, like Lao Tzu training his son, and reprimanded the Japanese emperor, saying:

'If you are a minister, you will come to the court, and if you are not a minister, you will repair your army and strengthen yourself, and I will be the commander of the boat, and I will make a false report to sail the islands and bind its king. ’

If you are willing to submit, come and pay tribute; If you don't want to, hurry up and wait for us to send a sailor to the island to arrest you.

This was too domineering, and he was angry with Prince Huailiang of Japan, so he killed the envoy......

Prince Huailiang returned a letter to Boss Zhu:

'Obeying it may not lead to life, and going against it may not lead to death. In front of Helan Mountain, talk about Bo opera, what are you afraid of? ’

Knowing that the envoy had been killed, and seeing the letter full of ridicule, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally extremely angry and prepared to send troops to attack Japan.

However, Liu Bowen used the example of the Yuan Dynasty attacking Japan and returning home twice to advise Zhu Yuanzhang to be cautious in attacking Japan. Moreover, Wang Baobao was still alive at that time, and Sichuan and Yunnan were not pacified, so how could he go to the sea to fight Japan?

What grade of military strategist is Boss Zhu? After calming down, I realized that now was clearly not the time to attack Japan. That's when I was indignant.

"Actually, it's because our messenger has found the wrong person." Wang Dayuan smiled faintly and said: "Japan is now similar to the Northern and Southern Dynasties of our country, with two emperors and two regimes. The Southern Dynasty regime sent by the envoy was the backstage of the Japanese Invaders, so naturally there would be no good results.

"You might as well look at the Northern Regime again, as long as it can weaken the Southern Regime, they will be very happy."

(End of chapter)