In the vast and chaotic ocean, pirates born for raiding have their own stage.

Because of the rampant piracy, almost all ships now carry a large number of weapons, long and short soldiers, bows and arrows, firearms, artillery, these are collectively called armed merchant ships, but even so, merchant ships and even the navies of various countries have nothing to do with the elusive pirates, pirates rob money, goods, ships, and people, and after a hit, they disappear into the vast sea, which makes countries very troublesome.

But until England issued a privateer license, pirates had to solve one problem: the sale of stolen goods.

The piracy's sea raiding behavior is obviously against the laws of various countries, so how to sell the stolen goods has become a big problem, so there are stories of pirates hiding their wealth on the island, which is endless.

Even in the extremely liberal Free City, pirates are not welcome.

Now, in order to support the independence of the Netherlands, England has issued privateering licenses in order to cope with the maritime competition with Spain.

Plunder is free!

This gave the pirates a way to sell their stolen goods, and the pirates no longer had to worry about the goods they had looted, there was no place to sell them, they only needed to go around England and the stolen goods became serious goods.

In fact, the privateer licenses, the robbery of the pirates, which was also the first pot of gold in England in the true sense of the word, was the first primitive accumulation.

In the same way, because of the privateer license, all the merchant ships that are legal in themselves will completely become pirate ships after leaving the port, and this kind of license is forcing all the merchant ships to rob each other, which is a meaningless internal friction, but everyone has to do it.

And this also has a terrible effect, that is, when England issues a privateer license, the whole Tessie, must follow suit, otherwise they will be left behind, others can legally rob your merchant ships, and your merchant ships cannot legally rob other people's merchant ships, which falls into a high moral disadvantage.

Of course, Felipe wanted to scold, just like the Ming Dynasty in the Jiajing period, when the Japanese troubles were the most fierce, the governor of Fujian had a brain pump, admitting that the robbery of the Japanese was legal, and he was bound to surrender and compromise directly to Jiangnan, and the Taoist was afraid that he would go crazy.

"Great and wise Your Majesty, your wisdom is as bright as the stars, I think Your Majesty has seen through the trick of England, it seems that the privateer license has many restrictions, such as first, it must be effective during the war, and secondly, it must be reciprocal, that is, you have been robbed of a merchant ship, and then you can take back a mechanism similar to anti-sitting."

"Your Majesty, who is full of wisdom, must have understood that this is just a fig leaf." Marcus still knew His Majesty, a diligent emperor who was proficient in Latin, who could understand the contents of the State Letters, and who knew the terrible effects of privateering licenses.

Privateer permits may seem like a lot of restrictions, but they're like taking your pants off and farting.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "You are right, if the virgin queen of England really hates pirates, how can she give pirates a legal identity." ”

"It is true that there is no order in the current sea, but there are still some basic rules, and the privateer license undoubtedly completely breaks these rules, which is extremely detrimental to the prosperity of maritime trade."

"In fact, I know that three hundred years ago, King Henry III of England first issued a warrant allowing some pirates to hand over some of the spoils of war in exchange for protection, and privateering permits went one step further."

"It's fundamentally different from pirates handing over some benefits to encouraging pirates to plunder."

Zhu Yijun has been on the throne for ten years, and the imperial gate has been in power for nine years, three hundred years ago, Henry III's mandate was to obtain part of the proceeds from the pirates, and then the court at sea tried whether the attack was legal and valid, and if it was valid, then the loot would be auctioned, at least there were some rules.

The current virgin queen of England directly issued privateer licenses to merchant ships, encouraged everyone to become pirates, and then went out to raid and plunder.

It is a complete metamorphosis from low order to disorder.

The British-stirring stick is to completely disrupt the situation of the entire ocean, take advantage of the opportunity to profit, and even rise.

"Uncle Zong, do we also want to divide an area, such as west of the Strait of Malacca, east of Mindanao, south of the Yuanxu Islands, and north of the Nagasaki Governor's Palace, where privateering is legal?" Zhu Yijun looked at Wan Shihe and asked.

Wan Shihe hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this must not be, privateering armed merchant ships is equivalent to pirates, how can it be reasonable to condone pirates?" Only when there is a way in the world can there be virtue; Only when there is virtue in the world can there be benevolence; Only when there is benevolence in the world can there be righteousness; Only when there is righteousness in the world can there be courtesy. Taoism, morality, benevolence, righteousness, and propriety are also one. ”

The environment of Daming and Taixi is completely different, and the high moral disadvantage mentioned by Li Yashi is indeed a disadvantage in the short-term conflict, but in the long run, it is a high moral advantage.

"However, once Taixi's privateering is widely allowed, the maritime trade competition between Daming and Taixi will fall into a disadvantage." Zhu Yijun said with a solemn face: "I am the son of the Great Tomorrow, since I think about the vital interests of the Ming Dynasty first, the Taixi merchant ships can plunder the Ming merchant ships, but the Ming merchant ships cannot rob the Taixi merchant ships. ”

"Do you want to give Tessie a moral and righteous lecture to them when they are plundering privateers?"

Wan Shi and this imperial party, at this time, but showed his backbone, His Majesty's tone was already very harsh, but Wan Shihe still did not compromise, he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the ocean, like the grassland, is to speak with fists, how they are in their own territory, the Ming whip is beyond reach, but when you reach the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you have to follow the rules of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Your Majesty, the plague that has lasted for twenty years is a lesson."

Wan Shihe's words mean to remind that the Ming Dynasty issued a privateer license, and the five major ocean-going trading houses of the Ming Dynasty had to fight themselves, so what else to talk about the great cause of opening up the sea, the Daming sea area is full of pirates, and the long coastline is not wealth, but a disaster, and then it will be a plague that affects the southeast coast.

The law of the Ming Dynasty does not protect the Taixi merchant ships, which has long been determined, after all, under the framework of Huayi's discrimination, Fanyi is not even a human.

Zhu Yijun pondered for a moment, and said in a soothing tone: "What the Great Uncle said is reasonable, then the privateering license will not be issued." ”

For the Ming Dynasty, the privateer license is indeed a policy that does far more harm than good, because the Ming Dynasty is a unified country, although there is local competition, but it is not at all to the point of life and death, the Ming Dynasty has been a country for two hundred years, at least everyone recognizes themselves as Ming people.

Privateer permissions, on the contrary, will increase internal friction, which is completely unnecessary.

The permission to privateer eventually led to the generalization of pirates, threatening the security of the Ming Maritime Frontier.

In the middle and late Jiajing period, the southeast beacon fire and wolf smoke, the woes and troubles for more than 20 years, really enough trouble, but also scared, the court is afraid, the local famous families are afraid, the people are even more afraid, where the war disaster is affected, the most seriously injured are always the people who have no ability to migrate and resist pressure.

Zhu Yijun asked with some curiosity: "Isn't Felipe II going to do something?" These people who blatantly break the rules, he, as the overlord of Tessie, if he doesn't do something, who will recognize his supremacy? Even the relatives of the Habsburgs laughed at him. ”

The Holy Roman Empire, where many of Felipe II's relatives were probably laughed at for Felipe being so embarrassed by a small state.

"He wants to do something, but it's up to him to see if he can do it." Marcus bowed his head and said, without too much evaluation, this is also the disadvantage of marrying to open up the territory, and when you want to do something, it is even more difficult.

Zhu Yijun finished meeting with the envoys and said, "Let's stop here today, I will go to the Beida camp to parade military horses." ”

"Greetings to Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng led his ministers to bid farewell to the emperor.

Today is more strange, after saying goodbye on weekdays, the courtiers will leave the Wenhua Palace, and today the courtiers chose to stay, they sat down as usual, mainly because there are some things, it is inconvenient to discuss in private, and it is inconvenient to discuss in front of His Majesty, and it needs a public occasion, so after the emperor left, they all stayed.

In broad daylight, everyone is watching.

"Your Majesty ordered the execution of all Altan Khan's tents above the centurion, even the sons under the name of the third lady." Wang Chonggu was the first to speak, and this thing was actually very violent.

After the battle of Yuerhai, more than 50 people of Emperor Tianyuan's second son Di Baonu and the princess were captured by Lan Yu.

Later, this Di Bao Nu said that Lan Yu had an affair with the concubine of the Yuan Lord Tianyuan Emperor, which led to the suicide of the concubine, and the Di Bao Nu complained that the Ming Dynasty did not show mercy to the relics of the previous dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard about it, and did not kill the Di Bao Nu, but exiled him to Ryukyu.

The court complained that the court did not show mercy to the nobles of the previous dynasty, and was talking about the etiquette in the law, the two kings and the three ke.

After the change of dynasty, all dynasties were awarded the title of descendants of the previous royal family, that is, the descendants of the first two generations were the second queen, and the descendants of the first three generations were called Sanke.

Zhu Yuanzhang's enthronement edict was to recognize the status of Zhengshuo in the Yuan Dynasty, but he did not follow the convention and showed mercy to the nobles of the previous dynasty, which made the land protector very dissatisfied, Zhu Yuanzhang had a violent personality, but did not kill anyone, but exiled him.

Di Baonu angered Emperor Taizu and was not beheaded, Altan Khan, the king of Shunyi canonized by the Ming Dynasty, wanted to behead all the centurions and above, which was indeed very violent.

If it weren't for the serious tear between the north and the south in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have recognized the Yuan Dynasty as Zhengshuo, after all, the Han Dynasty had died for 100 years, the north of the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains had been lost for more than 280 years, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun had been lost for more than 450 years.

And Zhu Yijun handled it like this, there is another problem, that is, the Ming Dynasty inherited the Tang system, and the Tang Dynasty captured the Turkic Jieli Khan, but did not behead the Jieli Khan.

Wang Chonggu mentioned this matter, not to unite the courtiers to refute the holy will and let His Majesty retract the order, he just informed everyone that His Majesty had this decision.

"Daming is not without Huairou, Rouyuan people have no use, so they have to do it as a last resort." Wan Shihe made up for His Majesty, neither said that the ancestors made the law, nor did he mention the reform of the old and the new development, the times are different, blindly follow the old routine, can not properly deal with the problem.

In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, Hu Lu entered the Kou, and the people affected by the war at that time were still alive, since they had been captured, how could they calm the people's anger without killing, and how could they be completely reconciled? The emotions of the grassland people need to be taken care of, but don't the emotions of the Ming people need to be taken care of?

His Majesty has clearly made a choice.

"Blood revenge and blood revenge." Zhang Juzheng looked at Wang Chonggu and said calmly: "After beheading the public, bother the three princes to go to the outskirts of the temple to worship Emperor Shizong." ”

"Good." Wan Shihe nodded and agreed.

Last time it was the Xindu Yang family, and this time it was Altan Khan, these are all enemies who make Dao Ye lose face.

Li Youzi, the imperial historian of the right capital, said with a grim face: "Your Majesty is a little too violent?" This privateer license, Taixi's Fanyi did it, how did we do it? Your Majesty has seriously considered it..."

Everyone looked at Zhang Juzheng, His Majesty's temperament today, in the eyes of the courtiers, is all Zhang Juzheng's religion!

Zhang Juzheng's thumb rubbed on his index finger, there were too many black cauldrons on his body, and the solution was the emperor's idea at all, but the infamy is still borne by Zhang Juzheng, in the traditional Confucian culture, human nature is good, and Mencius very much agrees with this proposition.

Xunzi was expelled from Confucianism, that is, Xunzi believes that human nature is evil, and its good people are hypocritical, that is, human nature is evil, and those good behaviors are all artificially corrected, and it is under the influence of long-term education, public order and good customs, and strict constraints of the law that they will no longer do evil.

Human nature is good, this is the basis of all Confucian theories, human nature is good, only need to learn, you can discover the goodness of human nature, after cultivating virtue, the world is the same.

And Xunzi, as a master of Confucianism, fundamentally denied Confucianism, so he was expelled from Confucianism.

Human nature is inherently evil, so how can we tap into the goodness in the spirit? How to cultivate virtue?

Zhang Juzheng, as the source of the doctrine of contradiction, combined with the example of His Majesty, when he saw the question of whether human nature is inherently good or evil, he was surprised to find that human nature has good and evil, and it is an opposing and unified existence.

Then Zhang Juzheng immediately thought that the reason why people are human beings is that they have reason, use reason to suppress the evil in their nature, and rationally use the good in their nature, and only when people have reason will they have freedom.

"I don't think it's a bad thing." Zhang Juzheng stopped thinking and answered this question seriously: "The Ming Dynasty is changing dramatically, the world is also changing dramatically, if necessary, the privateering permission is not impossible, just allow the Ming to rob us, and we can not rob the Ming Dynasty, what kind of truth is this?" ”

Wang Daokun immediately said: "The fire in the furnace will be extinguished without firewood, and the horses will stop when the horses pull the cart and the horses are exhausted!" The New Deal is rolling in the general trend, and when firewood and forage are needed, privateering is not impossible! ”

"At present, the Ming army conquered the Hetao, swept Hulu, and passed on the road, but the imperial court has no money to build the road, but it is just a bit of an official road post road, and the gallop road has to be Zhang Luo, if so, why not private? If Womagang can open a mine, will I still lack copper in Daming? ”

Wang Daokun is a radical, even more radical than His Majesty, so what does he think of privateering? In the world of great controversy, it is necessary to do whatever it takes, the court now wants to do too many things, and the lack of money is terrible, even if it is to recruit the people, they must give two liters of rice every day, and the people are not allowed to bring their own dry food.

Jinshan, Yinshan, Tongshan, and coal mountains are not mined, and they have no value at all.

Zhu Yijun said to Zhu Yiyi that the radicals will always destroy themselves, and obviously, Wang Daokun's rhetoric has put him in a desperate situation.

"When Tan Sima was there, everyone said that the land of the Hetao could not be defended, it was better to directly impose military restraints, now it's okay, everyone is pulling their own mouths, seeing coal, copper, gold and silver, they can't move the road, one by one shouting and shouting to build roads, build Chi Road, how strange." Wang Chonggu looked at Wang Guoguang and asked: "Da Situ, there must be silver for this road, but there is no silver in the imperial court, Your Majesty said that you want to borrow money from the people, this money, to borrow or not to borrow?" ”

"To borrow or not to borrow, that's the question." Wang Guoguang is playing sloppy, he still doesn't want the internal and national funds to borrow money from the people, which is really detrimental to the majesty of the court.

The main thing is that there is also interest.

The second instigation of the Ming Dynasty was the Great Situ Guoguang himself.

"Otherwise, let's let Qi Shuai use the captives to repair bridges and roads?" Zeng Xingwu, the secretary of the military department, made a suggestion.

Wang Guoguang didn't take a breath and coughed several times before waving his hand again and again and said, "Then let's borrow money." ”

When someone said that the roof was lifted, Wang Guoguang immediately agreed to open the window, this head of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu wanted to private, and that head of the Ministry of War Shangshu wanted to catch the strong men, or compromise, it was better to borrow money and pay some interest, it was better than causing civil unrest.

Wang Guoguang is a little melancholy, it stands to reason that he is a big Situ who deserves his name, the Ming border army is fully paid, although it is a real substitute for silver, but it is also a real military salary, the military salary is next to the word food, and the military salary is not silver from the beginning, but food;

The Ming Emperor was able to receive 1.2 million gold and silver a year, and he was able to get it in full; The Ming Dynasty officials also have enough money to receive, at least those who are honest and honest do not have to be corrupt with the turbidity;

The Ming Dynasty has a surplus over the years, and the Ming Dynasty even has the spare strength to invest heavily in the opening of the sea.

It is not too much to say that the prime minister of finance is well-managed, and the Ming Dynasty in the ninth year of Wanli is richer than most of the Ming Dynasty.

That's it, but when this matter comes to an end, there is still a lack of money, and it is not enough to spend at all, Wang Guoguang was a little confused for a while, how much money is enough to spend?

"Then let's draw up a charter from the Ministry of Households." Zhang Juzheng looked at Wang Guoguang, frowned and said: "Silver waste, asset multiplication, this matter is not easy to do, it is not as simple as the green seedling method to pierce the silver dam, but it is not easy to do, I think it can be linked to Juntian service." ”

"Specifically, it is the standard for measuring the multiplication of assets, in addition to the workshop to convert silver, there is also the number of people, the number of craftsmen cultivated, it is also appropriate to be included in the examination, the promotion of hundreds of officials, must be publicized in the grass list, and the bottom book is filled in and unveiled, the two indicators, according to the limits set in different districts in various places, the assessment of the same number of craftsmen can be merged into the Juntian service, which is appropriate to the word workers and peasants."

The meaning of Zhang Juzheng's remarks is very clear: the workers and peasants are one, they are all producers in essence, and in the class, they are all poor coolies who feed meat eaters and fight for small people, and the number of producers and the depreciation of silver for the multiplication of assets, these two criteria are the actual criteria for the examination of the law.

This is the difference between Zhang Juzheng and Wang Daokun, Zhang Juzheng is not brave enough in this life, he always compromises, Wang Daokun wants to convert all the silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty into fixed assets, but in reality, it can reach a conversion rate of seventy percent in his lifetime, Zhang Juzheng feels that he can explain to his ancestors.

Zhang Juzheng felt that by that time, he would be worthy of the grace of the Taoist Lord, the entrustment of Emperor Longqing, and the trust of His Majesty.

"Motosuke is still amazing." Wang Daokun thought about it for a while, and found that Zhang Juzheng, the family of the family, was the first assistant.

Long-term practice has made Wang Daokun very aware of the talents of Ming officials, they can flexibly switch between fiction and reality, in order to be promoted, it is easy to make some fake accounts, it is impossible for the imperial court to directly send Tiqi to inspect everywhere, and officials will cooperate closely with each other.

The original intention is good, but the execution is bad, which is a false proposition, because the original intention is good is not valid, and many problems can be avoided from the beginning, and the execution is bad, and most of the time the original intention is like that.

That's the beauty of factoring in the number of craftsmen.

The number of workers and peasants will be directly related to the number of commodities, the number of goods in several cities in the Ming Dynasty, the number of imports and exports are very clear, which limits the scale of false accounts, your head of the asset multiplication conversion of silver directly to the sky, the number of craftsmen on the other side of the growth is almost zero, this number is not credible, both accounts are fake, but the number of exports and imports do not match, then the court has an entry point to investigate.

The cowhide blew into the sky, and the three accounts exposed the old bottom.

What if all three accounts are falsified? What the Ming court wanted to prepare was not to fight corruption and eliminate the tide, but to counter the rebellion.

Wang Chonggu glanced at Zhang Juzheng, and knew exactly that Zhang Juzheng was not an enemy. It is better to make small moves under the nose of Zhang Juzheng, who is fully supported by His Majesty, it is better to hang himself directly.

Mainly His Majesty when he was a child, for his own throne, supported Zhang Juzheng, His Majesty who grew up is still supporting Zhang Juzheng, Wang Chonggu's current loyalty to the monarch is completely afraid, afraid of the lives of his whole family, afraid of Zhang Juzheng, afraid of the emperor, of course, there is a little bit, for the idea of the Ming Dynasty to be great again, only a little bit.

Zhu Yijun, who was hiding behind the screen and listening to the whole audience, called Mr. Yuanfu, and he was really invincible!

He can rest assured that he will not be doing his job.

As for eavesdropping, can Emperor Daming's eavesdropping be called eavesdropping?

Zhu Yijun is a Hongyi person, as long as Zhang Juzheng is still working hard for the Ming Dynasty to be great again, Zhu Yijun will always support him.

Has the current Ming Dynasty accomplished the goal of being great again? Not at all, in the Yongle years, the Ming Dynasty in Mobei Wara and Lin Feng the king, the actual control of the Nuer Gandu Division, the southeast direction, completed the Luchuan Dynasty clearance, the establishment of three Xuan and six comfort, Wang Hua Jiaozhi, six times to the West, the establishment of the old port Xuanwei Division, the king of the Wa State was canonized by the Ming Dynasty, the real countries to congratulate.

Zhu Di used his life to expand the Ming Dynasty to the limit of national strength.

The current Ming Dynasty, Liaodong is slowly developing, Wara and Lin are not even willing to come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, of course, the Ming Dynasty is impossible for him to come to pay tribute, Jiayu Pass outside the seven guards, has completely broken away from the Ming Dynasty, has become an independent Hami Kingdom, three Xuan six comfort in name only, the Donghu Dynasty even dared to attack the Ming Dynasty, Jiaozhi Cheng declared the political division, now it is still the Annan Kingdom, the Wa State is even more disobedient to the king, the old port Governor's Mansion is still at war with the Goa Governor's Palace.

Daming Zhongxing, there is a long way to go, at this time Daming has a population and productivity, far beyond the Yongle years, can do better.

Zhu Yijun hummed a little song and went to the North Daying, after the parade of military horses, Zhu Yijun returned to Tonghe Palace, received the good news, Concubine Li and Concubine Liu were finally found to be pregnant, in July of the ninth year of Wanli, two transparent people who put down their courtesy, righteousness and shame to serve the emperor together, finally got what they wanted.

Even if you are not favored in the future, it is excellent to have a child under your knees.

The flower and bird made Feng Bao bow his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has urged the harem to accept concubines again, Your Majesty has not made up for the nine concubines at the moment, the Queen Mother is urging the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites is really difficult to do." ”

"Concubine Zhou De and Concubine Ran Shu are waiting in front of me, so I won't accept it for the time being." Zhu Yijun still has that attitude, before the army triumphs, there is no need to mention it, he saw that Feng Bao was still going to speak, and immediately said: "In the past two days, the queen is going to give birth, if she sulks because of the matter of the concubine and has a fetus, it will not be good." ”

Concubine Zhou Defei and Concubine Ran Shufei have completed their postpartum recovery and are recovering very well.

Queen Wang Yaozhuo's second child has reached the due date, some of the fetal positions are not correct, Zhu Yijun is quite nervous, although the second child is safer than the first child, but it is still dangerous.

Zhu Yijun will consult with the chief medical officer of the hospital every day these days, firstly to ask Tan Lun's condition, and secondly, to ask Wang Yaozhuo about the danger of abnormal fetal position.

Tan Lun's condition is quite stable now, but the chief medical officer feels that Tan Lun may not be able to hold out on to the day of the army's triumph, although Tan Lun is already confused, but he still has a breath in his heart, and he subconsciously wants to wait until the army triumphs.

"Queen Chitose has been slowing down the fetal movement these days, and she will give birth in a few days." Feng Bao reported the news from Kunning Pavilion.

Zhu Yijun waited for three days, on the seventh day of the seventh month of July, the news that Wang Yaozhuo was going to give birth immediately spread to the imperial study of Tonghe Palace.

"Doctor, do you need surgery?" Zhu Yijun asked Chen Shigong's opinion that a malposition of the fetus may lead to dystocia, and once the condition deteriorates, surgical assistance will be required.

"Yesterday's visit should not be necessary." Chen Shigong bowed his head and said, "If necessary, the minister can let the female doctor do it." ”

Men and women are not close to each other, and the Daming Jie Yuan has trained a lot of female doctors, and one of these female doctors is particularly outstanding, and has given people seven caesarean sections, which is not an obstacle in terms of technology and experience.

With the extension of the production time, Zhu Yijun's forehead has a layer of sweat, this is the second child, if there is no accident, it should be faster than the first child, as time goes by, the possibility of accidents is increasing.

"Baoda." Zhu Yijun said to Chen Shigong: "Prepare for surgery." ”

"Woohoo! Whew! A loud cry suddenly came from inside the cabinet.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, the queen gave birth to a princess in a thousand years, seven catties and four taels, and the mother and daughter are safe." Wen Po hurriedly walked out from inside to congratulate him.

"Good, good! Rewards! When Zhu Yijun heard this, his face was overjoyed! Empress Dowager Li chose Wang Yaozhuo that year, because she valued Wang Yaozhuo's good birth and upbringing, and it is true, this is an innate advantage of the pelvis.

Concubine Zhou De and Concubine Ran Shu glanced at each other, and they both showed a relaxed expression, Wang Yaozhuo is a very special existence in the harem, and he is the main force in the Ming harem and the state affairs to compete for favor.

(End of chapter)