Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 81 The Prelude to the Western Ocean

After a while.

On the throne, Zhu Di looked around at the ministers, and then said: "The governor Qianshi Chen Heng has worked hard and made great achievements. According to the system, he should be made an earl. I plan to make him Jinghe Bo. Do you have any objections to the censors, the ministers of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites? "

After Rujun, the Minister of War, hesitated for a moment, he stepped out and bowed: "Your Majesty, although Chen Heng has made many military exploits in the past, he has not made great achievements now. Uncle Feng is a little reluctant."

Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, then came out and said: "I second the proposal."

Qitai, the Minister of War, followed closely and said: "I second the proposal."

The supervisory censor Xie Lun and several censors also echoed: "I second the proposal."

"Prince, what do you think?" Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu and asked.

Although many people in the court objected to this matter, Zhu Di decided to stick to his previous point of view. He hoped that Zhu Gaoxu could speak to him.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't have much impression of Chen Heng, but he didn't want to disobey Zhu Di, so he bowed and said respectfully: "My son thinks that Chen Heng has worked hard and made great achievements, so he can be named uncle."

Therefore, Zhu Di took advantage of the situation and said forcefully: "The prince's words are reasonable. I think it is reasonable and legal for Chen Heng to be granted the title of uncle. There is nothing wrong with it. That's it. The secretary drafted the canonization edict and hurriedly sent it to the frontier for Chen Heng to receive the decree. "

"My ministers, please obey the order!"

Rujun, the Minister of War, Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, and Xie Lun, the imperial censor, all bowed to receive the order.

After Chen Heng's appointment as uncle was confirmed, Zhu Di continued: "I respect the system of Taizu, and I will choose an auspicious day with the Ministry of Rites to hold a ceremony to canonize the eldest son Gao Chi as the King of Han and the third son Gao Sui as the King of Zhao."

After a pause, he spoke again: "Gao Chi, Gao Sui, you two are temporarily living in the former Prince Yan's Mansion in the capital. We will talk about building a new mansion later. No one is allowed to leave without my permission." The palace.”

"My son obeys the order!"

Zhu Gaochi was the first to kneel down to receive the order. Although Zhu Gaosui was confused, he also knelt down to receive the oracle.

Zhu Gaojiu, who was standing next to him, felt that Zhu Di might have known some of Zhu Gaosui's conspiracies by doing this, but he felt that just banning him was too cheap for Zhu Gaosui.

But Zhu Gaosui is Zhu Di's biological son. Zhu Di currently only has these three sons, so it is impossible for him to kill his son.

On the throne, Zhu Di glanced at the ministers and continued: "Emperor Taizu once issued an edict to imitate Zong Zhou in relocating the kings outside of China. Now that I have succeeded to the throne in accordance with Taizu's edict, I naturally want to inherit Taizu's legacy. Continue to implement this national policy of re-confessing the kings. How to implement the specific affairs of re-confessing the kings outside China, the ministers and others can submit this report for suggestions, and the princes and princes can also submit this report for suggestions."

"I will obey the holy edict!" all the ministers said in obeisance.

"But the outside world of China is too big, and there is no reference range. Where should the kings be transferred? If some places are filled with miasma beasts, and several sect kings are buried in foreign lands, wouldn't I become a sinner who harmed my sect members? ?”

Zhu Di paused and then continued.

"Therefore, I want to send people out to sea, patrol all the way, explore the mountains and rivers outside China, and draw some atlases to bring back. With the reference of the map, I will move the kings to those places with fertile land. Build a country and a state, intimidate the foreign gangsters, educate the barbarians, and then spread Chinese civilization and promote Chinese culture."

"I would like to ask, Your Majesty, are you planning to send someone out on a cruise?"

Yu Xin, the Minister of Household Affairs, asked respectfully.

"Yes, I want to implement the new policy of patrolling the sea, promote the power of the Ming Dynasty, draw foreign maps, and implement the national policy of the kings changing their titles!"

Zhu Di replied affirmatively.

After Yu Xin finished speaking, he stopped talking.

At this moment, someone among the ministers stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, I think that going on a cruise will waste people and money. Your Majesty has just succeeded to the throne. He should cultivate his health and rest in peace. It is not appropriate to rush for quick success." Zhu Gaoxu looked sideways and said, It was discovered that the person speaking was none other than Xia Yuanji, the minister of household affairs.

"Do you have any other opinions?"

What Xia Yuanji said was reasonable. Zhu Di was not angry. Instead, he looked around at the other ministers and asked: "This dynasty does not punish crimes based on words. If you have any suggestions, you can say them."

"Your Majesty, Taizu believed that Japanese pirates were disturbing the people, so he implemented a sea ban. His Majesty sent people to patrol the sea, fearing that it would violate the ancestral system."

The speaker, Zhu Di, knew him as a royal censor who had previously supported Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince. This person's surname was Gui and his given name was Zhan. He was born in the famous Gui family in Cixi, Zhejiang.

"Do you know about the sea ban?"

Zhu Di knew that Gui Zhan was a very upright person, but a little pedantic, so he asked.

Gui Zhan said: "Your Majesty, after the founding of the country, Taizu, considering that the world had gone through many years of war and was in ruins, implemented the policy of recuperation, focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce, and moved the residents of the southeastern coast inward, and ordered: 'Coastal residents After moving thirty miles inland, no civilians are allowed to go to the sea."

"I know what you are talking about. I am asking you what are the reasons why Taizu implemented this ban?"

Zhu Di said slightly unhappy.

Gui Zhan said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this ban has forced many coastal fishermen to move inland and switch to reclamation agriculture. This is due to three reasons."

"First, there were still bandits entrenched in coastal areas and offshore islands at that time. The maritime ban could cut off the bandits' sources of supplies, thereby reducing the pressure on the court on coastal defense and shifting more military forces to the north for border defense."

"Second, after many fishermen move inland, large-scale land reclamation will be carried out, so the court's income from food and land tax will increase rapidly."

"Third, all dynasties have been specializing in salt and iron, and the same is true in this dynasty. The inward migration of coastal residents can ensure that sea salt is controlled by the court and reduce smuggling."

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu once discussed the strategy of sea ban with Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang said that the main reason why he initially implemented the sea ban was to cut off Japanese pirates. As for increasing the income from grain and land tax and reducing private salt traders, they were all incidental effects.

As early as the early Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, Japanese pirates plundered and plundered along the southeastern coast. Although the composition of the Japanese pirates was relatively simple at that time, almost all of them were Japanese, they also caused a huge banditry problem.

When the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was at its peak, all the surrounding small countries chose to surrender and become their tributary states. Only the Japanese country refused, so Kublai Khan launched an army to conquer the Japanese country twice. Unexpectedly, he encountered strong winds on the way both times, and ultimately failed.

The Japanese thought they were blessed by gods and were so happy that they no longer paid attention to Meng Yuan. Therefore, the landless wanderers, low-level warriors and other desperadoes in the Japanese country often gathered together and took boats to the southeastern coast of China. The wanton looting has caused great damage to the lives of coastal people.

Even though the land of China later changed dynasties and Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese pirates were still not afraid and often went to the coastal areas to plunder.

If they can't defeat the Ming army, they will flee overseas and come back after the Ming army retreats, or they may change places and continue to rob.

Even many local Chinese pirates and smugglers joined the Japanese pirates or pretended to be Japanese pirates, robbing passing ships and coastal people.

These native Chinese people looked like Ming people when they put on Ming Dynasty clothes, and it was difficult for the Ming army to identify them as Japanese pirates.

As a result, it was always difficult for the court to completely eliminate Japanese pirates in coastal areas.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he ordered the implementation of the "no board allowed to enter the sea" policy, which was to make the Japanese pirates lose their internal support in China. History has also proved that this approach did have a certain anti-Japanese effect.

Zhu Gaoxu knew that the national policy of sea ban did play a significant stabilizing role in the new Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period, but it also had a negative impact.

Just when he decided to speak out in support of Zhu Di's decision to open the sea, an official stood up and said something.

PS: I will try my best to code out Chapter 1 tomorrow before 1am.

(End of this chapter)