I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 829 Got Some Ideas

This time the Tuohai team went east, Zhao Xi didn't let Workshop City participate, and even said that he didn't pay much attention to it.

In Zhao Xi's memory, there is no memory of naval battles or pirates in this era. He always believed that safety and danger were limited to the risk of sailing, and there was no encounter with pirates.

Liuqiu, Zhao Xi once remembered that those who have good things in future generations can reach them by driving fishing boats with a few people, and he really didn't take Tuohai seriously in his heart.

I thought that the real difficulties would appear after gaining a foothold in Liuqiu and trying to manage Koryo and Fusang.

I didn't expect that it would be the result of a failure.

"How to deal with it, or whether to deal with it, the cabinet will have an opinion."

When Zhao Xi said this, he showed that he had no intention of dealing with it.

To a certain extent, the imperial court did not pay much attention to the extension of the sea this time, and even said that Zhao Xi regarded it as a way to dismiss the fourth prince.

But when the matter developed to this point, the court couldn't help but turn a blind eye.

Regardless of the reason, it was indeed formed in the court to go out to the sea to plan the Northern Liao Dynasty, and the courtiers sent their sons and nephews to join this team for the sake of gaining credit.

If the imperial court continues to have no response at this time, it may be difficult for the second prince to recruit people.The point is, Zhao Xi didn't feel that Da Song was offended, and the court just let it go.

"Officials, I think this matter should not be dealt with. I think Wen Liangchen handled it properly..."

"Officials, ministers seconded..."

As soon as Wang Anshi raised his head, Zhang Dun picked it up.

"Officials and ministers are from Fujian, and they have heard a lot about shipping affairs. The country's shipping is prosperous, and the shipping department has increased its tax revenue year by year. Shipping barter is very profitable, but the risk of shipping is not comparable to that of land bartering. .”

"I have heard that people who barter at sea suffer [-]% of their losses from various disasters, and [-] out of [-] of those who encounter pirates. Even on familiar routes, people who get lost often happen..."

"I even heard that those who are engaged in shipping affairs usually support pirates on fixed routes for the safety of barter. What's more, there is no difference between shipping and pirates..."

"From this point of view, the land of Liuqiu is probably a pirate's lair. Although the Takumi team can escape from the siege, although they cannot be rewarded, they should not be punished."

Afterwards, the cabinet also made suggestions one after another, and most of them seconded the suggestion not to punish, but very few mentioned pirates.Even if someone mentions it, they often use such words as heard and heard.

In other words, there is no record of relevant pirates in the country.Maybe avoid it...

"I once remembered the records in "Taiping Guangji": Chen Wuzhen, a citizen of Zhenzhou in Tang Dynasty, had a family of tens of thousands of dollars, and he was a big man in the sea. There were hundreds of warehouses for rhinoceros and tortoise shells. First, there were merchant ships from the Western Regions, and those who drifted to them, so there were Yan. In the sea People are proficient in the spell of cursing... When a merchant ship passes by sea, unfortunately, it gets lost in the wind and gets lost. When it arrives in Zhenzhou, Zhenmin climbs to the top of the mountain and curses with disheveled hair. , will definitely drift to the cursed place and stop”…

"And Feng Ruofang often robs two or three Persian ships every year, and takes the goods as his own goods. Su Fang's wood is piled up like a mountain, and the rest of his property is also called this, and even formed a "traveling north and south in three days, east and west in five days, The villages are the same as the "Persian slave maid village."

"I want to know why there is no record about pirates in the dynasty? Is it true that our dynasty has become so powerful that the real Haiyan and Heqing have been cleared? The incident of Tuohai encountering pirates today made me understand that pirates have always existed."

There is a reality in the court. Among the important officials of the court, there are more southerners than northerners.When Zhao Xi said this, he also wanted to beat those so-called southern courtiers.

This reality cannot be changed in the short term, at least not yet.

From the five chaos in China, the Central Plains culture went south, which has formed the basis for the southern gentry to be higher than the north.Coupled with the limitations of the kingdom's territory in the north, the constant wars in the north, the barren land and other reasons, the number of scholars in the north is much smaller than that in the south.

After the turmoil of the previous dynasty, the Silk Road was cut off, merchants expanded the sea, opened up sea passages, and developed sea barter.The prosperity of the south is not only due to products, but also due to the income from bartering by sea.

Zhang Dun was right in saying that sometimes maritime merchants and pirates are indistinguishable.This is also the reason why there are few pirate records in the country, right?
"Before the official family and the government, although the tax revenue of the imperial court was acceptable, due to the disadvantages of the three redundancy, the local prefectures and counties were difficult to maintain, and there were many exorbitant taxes. When the ministers were officials, they were powerless to change this."

"Because of this, not only banditry at sea, but also banditry incidents in the interior of the country happen from time to time. And the decision-making of the court is basically not to record those who do not violate the state..."

Wang Anshi didn't show mercy to the first emperor at all, and even said that going forward, it is estimated that the imperial court also adopted such a policy.

Zhao Xi was speechless. Even so, there was no need to be so straightforward, right?
Zhao Xi has never been involved in shipping affairs, because he was influenced by what he knew.The shipping in the Song Dynasty was developed, which is an uncontroversial statement in later generations.

Zhao Xi has always been adhering to the principle of not interfering in affairs that he is not familiar with.

But now, since there are frequent occurrences of pirates, and since there is a reason for the Tuohai team to encounter pirates, Zhao Xi doesn't mind getting involved in shipping affairs.

Of course, Zhao Xi's intervention will not restrict shipping, it will only promote shipping, and it must also regulate shipping.

"The cabinet will draft an edict on my behalf. Three months from now, the imperial court will allow the pirates who belong to the people of the imperial court to repent and return to righteousness. The imperial court will not blame the past."

"Anyone who still commits crimes in maritime affairs after three months will be killed without mercy! In addition, this edict is not valid for the Liuqiu area, or for those who participated in the Takumi sea battle!"

Don't blame the past, because the imperial court has not made restrictions, or there is no relevant decree... At this time, there is no territorial sea, and the crimes committed outside the court do not apply to the Song Dynasty's criminal system.

"Dali Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the Department of Shipbuilding, together with the relevant yamen of Shiyi, organized relevant officials to formulate laws and regulations suitable for the maritime affairs of the country..."

"Based on the detailed battle report of this naval battle, Workshop City improved its firearms in order to adapt to naval warfare. At the same time, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Water Supervisor, it tried to equip sea ships with various artillery, gunpowder bomb launch and other armaments to create firearms ships suitable for naval warfare. .”

"The Lecture Hall, the Ministry of War, and the Privy Council select soldiers with sailing foundation from the active army, or directly recruit young adults of the right age with sailing experience to join the army, and they don't even need to correspond to the recruitment standards of the new army."

"At the same time, the lecture hall should choose a suitable place to carry out training related to naval warfare, including sea shooting, the use of sea artillery, training of marine corps, and training of various conventional tactics of naval warfare, etc."

At this time, Zhao Xi was not limited to taking revenge on the Tuohai team's defeat, but actually intervened in shipping, or intentionally expanded the sea.

(End of this chapter)