Daming pirates

Yu Xiaotian touched his nose in embarrassment. Chongzhen actually hated it. He just wanted to tell ordinary people what he said. It was not easy for Chongzhen to believe that he did this for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

Those who cheat live in Chongzhen.

But he still defended himself: "Your Majesty, if you say that to me, I can't do anything about it!"

"But please think about it, Your Majesty. 1. Although it is true that Wei Chen captured Taiyuan Island, but may I ask Your Majesty, during the reign of the late emperor Tianqi, the red-haired people invaded Penghu and the Fujian army invaded Penghu. What was the result? I'm afraid Your Majesty is not convinced.

It is clear that when the official army gathered 20,000 troops to conquer Penghu, the red-haired people who invaded Penghu only had less than a thousand troops, but the Fujian official army could not defeat them.

After the attack failed, Fujian officials made an appointment with the red-haired people and asked the red-haired people to withdraw from Penghu and retreat to Taiyuan Island to build a city!

This means that the imperial court at that time did not regard Taiyuan Island as a territory belonging to the Ming Dynasty, but as an enclave that anyone could occupy.

At that time, Wei Chen was still a pirate at sea, and he did not hesitate to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to gain a firm foothold on Taiyuan Island. He also fought many battles with the red-haired people and the dry silk people, and then took control of the island.

island.

At that time, countless of Wei Chen's subordinates died on Tai Yuan Island, and Wei Chen occupied Tai Yuan Island first, and was cared for later. This means that Wei Chen did not send troops to occupy Tai Yuan Island without permission after being cared for.

island.

In addition, Wei Chen knows the practices of the local officials of the Ming Dynasty better than the Emperor. If Taiyuan Island is handed over to the imperial court and the imperial court appoints local officials, then Wei Chen can guarantee that based on the actions of these local officials, it will never be possible to

Taiyuan Island has been managed into its current situation.

In addition, the Holy One said that Wei Chen was occupying land in Fujian and also occupied Weitou Bay to collect taxes from merchants who went to sea for trade. Wei Chen did not deny this.

But your Majesty, please understand that the Ming Dynasty has not publicly acknowledged that these merchants can legally go to sea to engage in maritime trade, so what Weichen charges them is just protection money.

If the imperial court wants the ministers to calm the sea, the ministers must have ships and people to do it. If there is no money, the ministers and women will not be able to cook without rice. Naturally, this cannot be said to be a calm sea. If we follow the practices of Fujian and Guangxi in the past, I am afraid that now

Bandits are still raging in the southeast sea, so Wei Chen did this just for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

It was by collecting fees from these merchants who had access to the sea that Wei Chen was able to raise a strong army that could dominate the sea, and was able to pacify the pirates on the southeast coast for the imperial court, so that they could no longer cause harm to one party!

So there is nothing wrong with what I did! It can be said that I took it from the people and used it for the people, and I achieved the task of pacifying the pirates for the court!

But Wei Chen disagrees with the saying that Wei Chen supports his troops and respects himself. If Wei Chen hadn't worked hard to build such a powerful army, how could Wei Chen have done it when the imperial court sent Wei Chen to go north to quell the Denglai Rebellion?

Moreover, it is absolutely impossible to build a powerful army by drinking the soldiers' blood and embezzling food and salary to line their own pockets like those Ming Dynasty generals did.

Your Majesty knows that although Fujian has allocated food and salary to ministers over the years, the food and salary allocated by these governments are far from enough to support so many soldiers.

Moreover, Wei Chen never withholds a penny of food and salary from his soldiers and generals. On the contrary, the food and salary given to them must far exceed the quota given by the court. Only when the soldiers are well fed and warmly clothed can they be able to work with peace of mind. Only when the casualties are generously cared for can they march forward in battle.

! Only with the food and salary allocated by the government can they have no worries. Does the Holy Spirit think that they can build such a powerful army?

Furthermore, Your Majesty may have also heard that the firearms held by the soldiers under Wei Chen's command are sharp, but does His Majesty know how much silver it costs to build a warship with 700 materials? How much silver does it cost to build a Hongyi cannon? To build a fine cannon.

How much does it cost to shoot a gun?

If anyone wants to build an elite army, especially one that mainly uses firearms like the one under Wei Chen, it can be said that he can do it by piling up money and relying on the little food and salary allocated by the imperial court to Wei Chen.

, there is not even enough clothes for soldiers and generals, how can we build an elite army?

Therefore, Weichen needs money. Without money, it is impossible to build an iron army. Moreover, Weichen can also tell the Holy Emperor that the number of soldiers and horses is no longer the key factor that affects the battlefield. Since ancient times, there is a saying in the art of war that the soldiers must be refined.

Not much, this is the reason why Yu is able to achieve what he is doing now.

If Yu doesn't think of a way to make money, how can he help the court pacify the pirates on the southeast coast? How can he help the court pacify the Denglai Rebellion? How can he break the ice of the Jiannu army?

For so many years, the Ming Dynasty has been sitting on the treasure mountain but not getting any benefits. The products of the Ming Dynasty have been continuously sold abroad by those merchants, but they have not gotten any benefits. In order to export the goods, these merchants competed with each other to lower the prices.

All the benefits of the strife went to those Thais.

Even if they make money, it will only line the pockets of those profiteers and benefit those local officials, allowing them to make a lot of money and feed their brains and intestines, but it will not be of any benefit to the Ming Dynasty.

After Yu pacified the sea, he re-established the order at sea, curbed the intrusion of pirates on maritime merchants, and made it safer for them to go to sea for business. He also designated a series of rules to be followed at sea, earning Ming Dynasty countless profits.

What's wrong with a humble minister taking a reward from it? Does the Holy Spirit think that it is better for the red-haired devils, profiteers and corrupt officials to earn it than for me to earn it?

At this point, Wei Chen will probably talk about the general trend of the world!..."

Chongzhen snorted coldly and said with disdain for Xiaotian's explanation: "Strong words! I won't argue with you! In this world's general situation, am I not even as good as you?"

"No, no! The general trend of the world mentioned by the Holy One is probably limited to the Ming Dynasty, but I would like to ask the Holy One, what is the place beyond the Great Ming Dynasty and beyond the sea in the far east? Taixi is there again

Where? What is the land in the extreme south? What is the land in the extreme north?" Yu Xiaotian shook his head and retorted to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen thought for a moment and sneered: "I don't know, but do you know?"

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said seriously: "Of course! I'm afraid your Majesty doesn't even know the shape of the land under your feet, but I know!"

Chongzhen was also a well-educated man and was quite unconvinced by this. He argued with Yu Xiaotian. Chongzhen accepted the old theory of heaven and earth. In ancient China, the sky was regarded as round, but the earth was square, so

There is a theory that the sky is round and the earth is round, and it is believed that China is in the middle of the world, so it calls itself China, but it is not clear what countries exist further away in the world.

In the past few decades, as more and more Europeans have appeared in Asia, people have learned that there are many small countries far away in the West, collectively called the West, but no one knows what is on the other side of the Eastern Ocean.

I just think that when I reach the sea, the sea has no boundaries.

Yu Xiaotian listened to Chongzhen's words and shook his head with a smile. From the suitcase, he took out an extremely delicate globe made of exquisite glass and placed it in front of Chongzhen. Then he took out a world map that he hand-drawn himself.

, was also placed on the dragon case before Chongzhen.

Pointing to the globe and the world map, Yu Xiaotian began to teach Chongzhen a world geography literacy lesson...

Chongzhen's roar has not been heard in the hall for a long time. I can only hear Yu Xiaotian's unique voice, saying something to Chongzhen. People outside are staring at each other. Even if they listen with their ears straightened, they can't hear clearly.

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Yu Xiaotian stayed in the main hall and gave Chongzhen a world geography class for more than an hour. During this period, his mouth became dry and he was asked to bring tea in for a drink.

It was also the first time for Chongzhen to hear such new things. Although he hated Xiaotian, it did not prevent him from becoming curious about unknown things in this world.

During this period, Chongzhen expressed doubts about some of Xiaotian's claims, but Yu Xiaotian found many supporting evidences to prove the correctness of his claims.

Chongzhen asked Yu Xiaotian why he knew so much. Yu Xiaotian simply lied, saying that he had already sent people to these places, and also added the maps drawn by the Taixi people, so he knew so clearly, and he

He also said that there are still many unknown places in this world, waiting for people to discover.

He even told Chongzhen that he himself was not born in the Ming Dynasty, but in a very far away place, but he is a Han. There is no doubt about this. The blood of the Han nation flows in his veins, so he

I hope I can do something for the Han people.

The current era is the era of great geographical discovery, and it is the era of some powerful maritime powers carving up the world. The Ming Dynasty is already a step too late. If we miss this era, the Chinese nation will always be left behind, and I am afraid it will be difficult to conquer the world again in the future.

Catching up in the footsteps of the Thais.

The two of them talked until noon, and Chongzhen became more and more silent. Over the years since he ascended the throne, he had devoted himself to the Ming Dynasty and almost never paid attention to what happened outside the Ming Dynasty.

But he still knew that many Taixi people had come to the Ming Dynasty from far away places. As for where they came from, almost no one could tell clearly.

Moreover, what Yu Xiaotian said to him today completely overturned his previous world view. He had always thought that the Ming Dynasty was already very big, but when Yu Xiaotian presented this world map in front of him

, after he found the Ming Dynasty on the world map, he discovered that the Ming Dynasty was actually not that big in this world. It could even be said to be very small. It only occupied a corner of Asia in the world, and there was nothing to show off at all.

The emperors of any dynasty in China in history all regarded themselves as the masters of the entire world and believed that this was the center of the earth. Even if there were some small countries in other places, they could only be regarded as small countries and could not harmonize with them at all.

China is comparable to China, so it is natural for all nations to come to Korea.

But after listening to Yu Xiaotian's class today, Chongzhen found that he was actually a frog in the well. He had no idea how big the world was. It was simply ridiculous. All the pride he had accumulated in the past seemed to have turned into nothing.

Yelang was arrogant, which made Chongzhen feel very uncomfortable.

(Thanks to Brother Ying Zhiwu for the reward! Please give me some monthly tickets by the way!)