Han Shizu

Chapter 1599 The Rise of East Asian Pirates

The development of Anton is basically carried out along the Yazi River Basin, but it is mainly concentrated in the plain area in the west centered on Suihua City (Harbin), which is also the main gathering place of Han officials, civilians and merchants developed by Anton.

In the southeast direction, Suibin Mansion was specially set up. However, due to the difficulty and complexity of land transportation, the passage of Han people and Han merchants mainly passed by sea. The development of Suibin Mansion in the past few years has played a very important role in maritime merchants.

Of course, it is not because of the great economic benefits of Shibin Mansion, but because of the expansion of Koryo and Japanese trade routes and waterways. The East China Sea Navy even sent a small fleet to be permanently stationed in Shibin Mansion.

But today's Northeast Asian waters are undoubtedly the back garden of the big man, where naval forces, official merchants and civilian ships pass freely and without fear.

Of course, no one or any force can express any objection to this. The only two independent countries on the route, Koryo, have been afraid of being "sanctioned", and now they are extremely obedient, docile like a kitten, especially After Wang Ni succeeded to the throne, his attitude towards Tokyo became even more servile.

After the absurd prince in Tokyo became the king of Koryo, apart from his private life being still absurd, he had a big picture of right and wrong, that is, he blindly licked and followed Han.

In these years when Wang Ni was king, apart from building his "Korean Kaijing" in Kaizhou, he mainly focused on maintaining the relationship between Han and Li. He paid a small tribute to Tokyo almost in March and a big tribute in half a year.

When the Han merchants came, they welcomed them with both hands and gave them preferential treatment. When the Han army came, they opened up the port for food and drink.

As for Japan, it has always been aware of current affairs. In this era, there is no concept of territorial sea. Of course, for the big man, the places that military officers, merchants and civilian ships can reach are the big man's sphere of influence.

The rise of maritime trade in Northeast Asia was not solely due to the Han merchants. Merchants from Korea and Japan also participated in it, but they were not as arrogant and free-spirited as the Han merchants.

In recent years, the political and economic ties between the three countries are probably the closest in history, and they may become even closer in the future. After all, in Northeast Asia, there are only three countries. All the existences, the two younger brothers, Korea and Japan, can only tremble and flatter.

The rise of maritime trade inevitably gave birth to a new group and new maritime activities, commonly known as pirates.It has to be said that the initial piracy was a private operation of some Han sailors, taking advantage of the opportunity to perform missions or go to sea for training, to rob passing merchant ships. The wanton looting has no bottom line at all.

Seeing that it was profitable, he even robbed Han Chinese merchant ships. After being stabbed to the court, Emperor Liu was "furious" and blamed the Privy Council and Guo Tingwei for the crime of lax military management. He ordered rectification and dealt with a group of navy officers. This plundering atmosphere brought up by the navy has been rectified.

In fact, the imperial court also got a share of the goods obtained by the navy's looting, but it was really difficult to bring it to the table.

The reason why the imperial court stopped the rectification in a timely manner was also because such an act was really unethical and had a bad impact. Of course, the most important thing was that it caused serious containment and damage to maritime trade, which was not in the interests of the imperial court.

As a result, the official robbery ended, but private pirates became more and more rampant. The Han Navy also changed from a robber to a defender, and began to focus on cracking down on pirates on the north-south route.

It is not only for guarding the shipping line, ensuring the safety of maritime trade, but also for training. At the same time, fighting against pirates is also an opportunity for the Han Navy to make meritorious service and get promoted in peacetime.In addition, the navy also realized that exterminating pirates is also a way to make profits, not only for military industry, but also for rich spoils.

However, the sea area of ​​thousands of miles, as well as the longer and more complicated sea trade routes, are not something that the 70,000-people navy of the big man can take care of. The sea area is too vast, and there are too many places to hide. Inexhaustible, as long as the maritime trade is still going on, as long as the ships full of goods are still passing.

There is no doubt that the pirates who are active in the East Asian waters mainly come from three countries, the Han, Korea, and Japan.The maritime merchants on the big man's side, sometimes, you can't tell whether he is a maritime merchant or a pirate. Some have lost everything in the trade, so they simply take their own ships to engage in robbery.

As for Korea and Japan, there are even more poor people in the country, and there is no psychological burden to start a business without money.It's just that the pirates of various countries seem to have reached a certain tacit understanding, and each has a "sphere of influence".

The pirates of the Han Dynasty were mostly active in the southeast and Southeast Asia, while the pirates of Korea and Japan were active in the waters of Northeast Asia.However, in the past two years, some Japanese pirates from Japan have also begun to expand to Southeast Asia, and even caused conflicts and fighting among pirates.

Most of the pirates who were born in the Han Dynasty maintained a certain degree of restraint. They called themselves righteous thieves and upheld the principle of robbing without killing. In most cases, when they robbed, they robbed without killing.

Smart thieves will never kill them all. The pirates from the big man also have the most basic and simple understanding of the four words of "fishing for fish".If it is not necessary, or if you are provoked, try to avoid killing people. After all, the robbery of the ship and the murder are enough to cause the Han navy to chase and fight.

In many cases, as long as the target merchant ship pays enough tolls, it will be able to pass through smoothly. After all, for pirates, robbing goods requires a process of selling and cashing in, and it is better to collect cash.

Of course, in some ports of Dahan, especially some commercial ports in Liuqiu and Annan, there are also some merchants active, who are responsible for handling some goods of unknown origin.

Industrial chains and interest chains are formed naturally.Even, for the navy of the Han Dynasty, the rise of pirates is not a bad thing, otherwise how can they reflect the value of their existence.

In the past, there were always people in the imperial court who proposed to reduce the navy. After all, the Han Dynasty is a continental empire. In the eyes of many courtiers, it is really unnecessary to maintain a [-] navy and hundreds of warships. There are still so many people every year. The cost of equipment, training, and ships is much more expensive than raising horse infantry.

That is to say, with the rise of maritime trade and the support of Emperor Liu, the Han Navy was able to maintain its current scale. During the reform of the military system, the military strength has not been reduced much.

But even so, compared to the big brother of the army, the navy is still the younger brother, not paid much attention, and even a little bit hard.Previously, why Guo Tingwei was able to acquiesce in the looting under his command was not to make up for the shortfall in the navy's military expenses and to give some benefits to the navy officers and soldiers.

Therefore, even if there is the suspicion of raising pirates to respect themselves, the Han Navy does need the existence of pirates for training, making meritorious deeds, and making profits.And the main targets of the Han navy are those pirates who kill and rob.

Compared with the "Confucian pirates" of the Han Dynasty, the pirates from Korea and Japan were much more presumptuous and tyrannical. They were more cruel and easier to kill, and they caused a lot of tragedies on the vast ocean.

This is completely intolerable for the Han navy. In recent years, the targets of attack have basically been placed on these "beautiful thieves" and "women".

For Korean and Japanese counterparts, the pirates of the Han Dynasty also look down on them very much. They think that these people have no foresight and only seek that kind of temporary profit. Double whammy with peer containment.

Because of the rampant piracy in the seas of Northeast Asia, under the instruction of Emperor Liu, the Han court also issued an instruction to the two countries on "eliminating pirates and cleaning up the sea area", urging the two countries to eliminate pirates in their own countries.

It is obviously unrealistic for the two countries to send naval forces to fight against pirates. Goryeo’s navy is not mentioned. During the Hanli conflict, it was destroyed long ago. There are three or two small boats, which are about the same strength as the navy deployed by the Bin Mansion.

As for the Japanese navy, the boats are small and poorly trained, and they don’t have the ability to sail long distances. They go to destroy the pirates, not to mention whether they can find the whereabouts of the pirates and eliminate them. If they encounter a large pirate group, they may be killed The ending of destruction.

Therefore, even under the instructions of the big man, the so-called pirate suppression plan of the two countries is still on paper.However, in order to give an explanation to the big man, the two countries expelled and wiped out some pirates who were backed by their own ports, and drove them away from the mainland to fend for themselves.

Obviously, in the past, Koryo and Japanese pirates also had a certain official background
　In fact, I am also quite curious, what was discussed in the group, which caused the group to disappear, a little suddenly and unprepared.

　　Later, create a new group
　　
　
(End of this chapter)