Father can be an enemy to the country

"Why? Silly boy, daddy is not afraid of your mother and concubines, but..." Zhu Yuanzhang organized his speech and educated his son: "But the men of our Zhu family love their wives, understand? How do you love your wives? That is If you report good news but not bad news, you can’t talk about how many sins you have suffered outside and how many dangers you have encountered when you get home. You can’t let women worry about you, do you understand?”

"But, that's my mother." Zhu Zhen said naively, "I haven't married a wife yet."

"You..." Boss Zhu almost choked Lao Liu to death. He raised his hand to let him feel some fatherly love, but then he thought that this boy was vindictive to the tenth level, so he touched his head instead and sighed. road:

"Just help old father. Because of your eldest sister's marriage to Li Qi, Queen Mother Qi is already very angry. If she finds out that father has put you in danger again, then that's not the case, alas..."

"My father is the emperor, what else can my mother do? I can't whip out a feather duster and hit you, right?" Zhu Zhen said very puzzled.

"That's impossible! How is it possible? We are the emperor. If anyone dares to touch one of our fingers, we will copy her nine clans!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a rough voice, but he could not hide his guilt and said: "Of course, in that case we will have to commit suicide. …”

"Then there's still nothing we can do against the queen." Zhu Zhen sighed: "Finally I know who the fourth brother will follow."

"Children, don't talk nonsense. Can the fourth child be like us? He is afraid of his father-in-law. Your father and I just respect your mother. Do you understand?" Zhu Yuanzhang blew his beard and glared, put his arms around the neck of the sixth child and said: "Just tell me, do you want to help this gang?"

"What's the benefit of helping?" Zhu Zhen was not afraid of him at all. "Help if it helps."

"You brat, are you trying to rip off your father?" Zhu Yuanzhang still couldn't help it. He was so confused that he laughed and cursed: "We are all right about what you said about Gaoli. Is that okay?"

"But what does that have to do with me?" Zhu Zhen refused and said: "We solved the problem of Goryeo for our father. From then on, Goryeo was loyal to the emperor, and our father did not have to send troops to attack again. Looking horizontally and vertically, it was all the father's. How can I be rewarded for getting benefits? Who is robbing whom?"

"Xen Niang..." Zhu Yuanzhang let him go and said angrily: "Tell me, what else do you want?"

"Business Department." Zhu Zhen immediately asked, "How about reopening the Shipping Department?"

"Oh?" Boss Zhu glanced at his sixth son in surprise. Two years ago, he would have thought that someone had instigated his sixth son to say this.

But now Zhu Yuanzhang won't think so, because he already knows that this little fat guy is not an ordinary precocious man. Especially under Liu Ji's training, his knowledge has far exceeded that of ordinary people, even surpassing many ministers.

So Zhu Yuanzhang asked seriously: "Why are you interested in Shibosi?"

"On the way back, I rescued a man named Wang Dayuan." Zhu Zhen told Zhu Yuanzhang about Wang Dayuan, especially Pingwo Sance.

"Good guy, you are going out to make arrangements for Korea and Japan." Zhu Yuanzhang happily touched his head. What he is looking forward to most now is that his sons will become talents as soon as possible and share the worries for him.

"My father asked me, is there any truth to the three measures to level Japan?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"That makes sense." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "The first one is to take the initiative, and we agree. We have thought about it clearly over the years. Why are these Japanese pirates so difficult to eliminate even though they are not very strong? In fact, they are now fighting with the Tatars It's very similar, they all come and go like the wind, making us tired to deal with them. Therefore, if we want to quell the Japanese invasion, we really have to take the initiative and destroy the thieves' nest."

"Yeah." Zhu Zhen nodded vigorously. "Only by keeping the enemy outside the country's gates can we keep the country safe. This is the principle."

"The second one, 'cut off its roots', also makes sense. But those who can be appeased have already been appeased by others, and the rest are determined to fight against us. Besides, the blood debt of my Ming people, We haven't got them back yet." Zhu Yuanzhang said domineeringly: "So we still have to destroy them all!"

"But this is the first time we have heard that the Japanese island that Wang Dayuan said was in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and that the Northern Dynasties were the orthodox imperial court. The envoys sent always thought that Prince Laoshizi was the king of Japan! What a waste! Zhu Yuanzhang then said:

"Of course, Wang Dayuan's words cannot be taken lightly. We have to send someone to contact that Ashikaga General to see if this is the case. If this is the case, they can really take advantage of their domestic conflicts."

"Yeah." Zhu Zhen nodded vigorously.

"But actually, we want to send a large army across the sea to conquer Japan and defeat Japan. If we can do what Kublai Khan failed to do, wouldn't it mean that Ming Dynasty is stronger than Meng Yuan?" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed:

"It's a pity. Our Ming Dynasty was established too quickly. Internal and external troubles are endless. I don't know when we will have this opportunity."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhen slapped his chest loudly and said, "Father, don't worry, I will definitely let you see that day!"

"Haha, you are so heroic. You are indeed our Zhu Yuanzhang's son!" Zhu Yuanzhang happily patted Lao Liu on the shoulder and said, "If such a day comes, we will definitely put you in command!"

"Okay, Father, we have an agreement!" Zhu Zhen raised his hand.

"It's a deal!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and high-fived him.

"Is there a third strategy?" Zhu Zhen asked again.

"The third strategy is to 'reestablish the Municipal Shipping Department and vigorously develop maritime trade'..." Zhu Yuanzhang showed a look of disapproval and said:

"Lao Liu, you let him deceive you. Over the years, Shibo Division has not collected much tax, otherwise why would we be willing to close it down?"

"Father, is there a possibility that it is because smuggling is so rampant that the Shibo Division cannot collect taxes?" Zhu Zhen asked back: "Otherwise, why could the Shibu Division in the Song Dynasty make money, and the Shibu Division in the Yuan Dynasty? We can also make money, but our Ming Dynasty Shipping Company will lose money?"

"Hiss..." Zhu Yuanzhang touched his chin and said sarcastically: "The Ministry of Education said this. We thought it was a trivial matter and didn't think much about it, so we were sure."

"It's a trivial matter?" Zhu Zhen shook his head and said, "When I passed by Taicang, I summoned the officials of the former Shipping Department. After talking with them, I learned that in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, the shipping revenue reached 500,000 yuan. By the Southern Song Dynasty, , the city’s shipping income is as high as 1.5 million to 2 million yuan, accounting for up to 20% of the national annual income!”

"In the Yuan Dynasty, most of the time, the income of merchant merchants was higher than that of the Southern Song Dynasty, and they could still account for 20% of the national annual income. The merchant merchants of Taicang City alone handed over 400 kilograms of pearls and 3,400 taels of gold to the Yuan court in a year ! So people at that time said that the income from shipping was ‘the capital of the military state’!”

"My dear, so much?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened. For an emperor who was going crazy because of poverty, the temptation of these numbers was too great.

Zhu Zhen curled his lips and said: "How many days has it been since the Yuan Dynasty fell? If you check the archives, won't you know?"