Chapter 626 The Profound Meaning of This! The Royal Family's Biggest Enemy!
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Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu and wanted to slap him on the back of the head.
This bastard and rebellious son spends his days idle, eating, drinking and having fun. How does he look like a prince?
For a moment, Zhu Di missed his boss extremely.
It would be great if the boss was still alive!
Zhu Gaoxu was too lazy to pay attention to Zhu Di. He was moody all day long. This was because he wanted to imitate the great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang and become evil!
"Nizi, I heard that you are planning to let Yang Rong go to Liaodong, as well as Xu Qin and Zhu Yong?"
"Well, the hidden dangers in Liaodong must be resolved." Zhu Gaoxu nodded and did not hide anything.
"Wang Gou'er is brave and good at fighting. He is a good fighter, but he is far behind in other aspects!"
"After the imperial court moved its capital to Beijing, the location of Liaodong became even more important. No one can sleep soundly on the side of the bed!"
Zhu Di was the Yongle Emperor, so he naturally understood this.
Unfortunately, the court had been busy with other things before, so the issue of Liaodong has been postponed until now.
Even though this traitor sent many people to open up wasteland in Liaodong, the results were still not good.
The reason is that there is still no one in Liaodong who can take charge of the overall situation!
The guarding eunuch Wang Gou'er was indeed brave and good at fighting, but after all, he was a eunuch from the army and knew nothing about political affairs.
Wang Gouer has been guarding Liaodong for so many years, and he has worked hard without any credit. He is also a veteran who has made great achievements in the Battle of Jingnan. It is not easy for Zhu Di to blame him harshly. The hidden dangers in Liaodong have been delayed until now.
"It's time to resolve this issue."
"Yang Rong has been tortured a lot by you and has been practicing in Lingbei for a few years. He has finally realized himself."
"I can understand letting Yang Rong go to Liaodong to take charge of the overall situation, but why do you want these two dudes Zhu Yong and Xu Qin to go?"
"Although they are unsatisfactory playboys, Xu Dazhu has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. If he criticizes their descendants so harshly, I am worried that someone will gossip about my old Zhu family!"
"Oh, harsh punishment?" Zhu Gaoxu sneered, "Let them go their own way and let them fall to their own devices. Isn't this harsh punishment?"
"Father, you also said that my fathers and grandfathers have sacrificed their lives for my old Zhu family and made contributions to our Ming Dynasty. They are all famous generals and heroes. Their descendants should not be dandy wastes. If you can help me, please help me." Come on, after all, I am still working for the imperial court."
When Zhu Di heard this, his face was expressionless, and he just looked at Zhu Gaoxu with suspicion.
"It's that simple?"
"You have no other plans for letting these two little guys go?"
Zhu Di still recognized the abilities of his second son, and even felt a little afraid!
Make a decision and then act, this traitor has finally figured it out.
From the very beginning when he was tinkering with that new thing, Zhu Gaoxu had planned everything!
Once the new learning was promoted, the imperial court could suppress the Cheng and Zhu gentry, and then promote the exile of the kings to reform the vassals. The suppressed Cheng and Zhu gentry could be exiled to help the Ming vassal kings gain a foothold in foreign lands and open up new territories for the Ming Dynasty. earth.
On the other hand, once the kings were released, the imperial court had to lift the sea ban and allocate resources to develop the navy. Those new students could serve as naval officers and cultivate professional naval talents.
Moreover, a large number of Cheng and Zhu gentry were suppressed and exiled, and Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism fell from the altar. This traitor began to reform the land tax system and used the new students to implement a whipping method. The stubborn gentry continued to be exiled and distributed...
He, Zhu Gaoxu, had already planned all of this when he was tinkering with Nao Shizi's new learning!
This ability to make decisions and then act really made Zhu Di feel frightened!
So now that Zhu Gaoxu has begun to make plans in Liaodong, Zhu Di can't help but start to suspect that he must have a plan for him to send Zhu Yong and Xu Qin to Liaodong!
Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Zhu Di meaningfully. This time he did not hide it, but asked an irrelevant question.
"Dad, do you know why those courtiers were so resistant to the opening of the sea and Zheng He's voyages to the West at the beginning?"
"The first reason is because the maritime ban policy is a national policy formulated by the great ancestor Taizu. The second reason is that Zheng He's voyages to the West really wasted people and money. The court officials wanted to use this unnecessary expenditure to develop people's livelihood..."
"Bullshit!" Zhu Gaoxu sneered, ignoring the glaring Zhu Di.
"Those are just excuses made by these gentry and gentry. They say it in a high-sounding way, but it's just because the opening of the sea will affect their own interests."
Zhu Di was immediately confused when he heard this. Why would opening the sea affect the interests of the gentry?
"The astonishing profits of ocean trade have been proven by the former Song Dynasty. Both the Song and Yuan dynasties have tasted the sweetness of ocean trade, which can greatly increase the fiscal revenue of the court!"
"But Dad, have you ever thought about it? The Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and its farming culture is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The Chinese civilization has been passed down for thousands of years and has always been dominated by farming civilization."
"This also means that the fields are the foundation of the Chinese dynasty, but the owners who control the fields of the Ming Dynasty now are not my old Zhu family, nor the common people at the bottom, but the gentry of this world!"
"Once the imperial court opens the sea, it will inevitably cause a wave. By then, everyone will know that maritime trade has huge profits, and the young and strong will go to sea to do business. Who will plow the fields for the gentry? The interests of those gentry and gentry It will definitely be damaged!”
"The fields are the foundation of the dynasty and the gentry. If the fields want to obtain food, they must be cultivated by the people. Population is the key to determining food production!"
"After the imperial court opens the sea, a large number of people will definitely go to sea and even settle in overseas countries. Naturally, the gentry and gentry do not want to see this!"
"Whether it is a war or opening up the sea, UU Reading www.uukanshu.netｔ will cause a large number of farmers to leave their fields, causing damage to the interests of the gentry. This is the real reason why they oppose war, open up the sea, and boycott Zheng He's voyages to the West!"
The more Zhu Di listened, the angrier he became, and his face gradually became gloomy.
Zhu Di has always been somewhat interested in the matter of opening the sea.
After all, he didn't know anything about overseas affairs. The Song and Yuan dynasties reaped huge profits from maritime trade, and Zhu Di also knew this.
Especially when the Yuan Dynasty was at its peak, its territory was so vast that it spanned the entire Eurasian continent. Whether it was the completely connected Eurasian Continental Bridge or the intermittent maritime connections from the Yuan Dynasty to the Mamluks, it had already provided the basis for thousands of years of continuous development. East-West trade provided opportunities to get to know each other anew.
Mongols, Semu people, Westerners, Persians... these foreign countries were common in the south in the late Yuan Dynasty.
What these foreign merchants brought to the Ming Dynasty was not only knowledge of the Western Regions, but also huge profits.
But despite his heartbeat, Zhu Di did not dare to open the sea rashly. Even if the second child told him that there were gods in the sea, Zhu Di did not immediately open the sea ban.
Because...the resistance is too great!
Almost all civil and military officials in the dynasty opposed it!
The excuses they gave were so high-sounding, such as saying that sea bans were ancestral precepts, and saying that it was a waste of money and people, so much so that even Zhu Di believed them!
It was only now, after listening to the second brother's analysis, that Zhu Di suddenly realized that those damn bitches were not really doing it for the court or the people, but to protect their own interests!
This is really unreasonable!
"So, the biggest enemy of my old Zhu family has never been the clan kings, let alone the common people at the bottom!"
"But these are the gentry and gentry who occupy most of the world's land, steal the interests of the imperial court, and exploit the people!"
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