The rise of the poor

Chapter 2169 Let Us Suffocate for Our Dreams (5)

"As the ancients said, if you hear the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening. Lord Zhu, I have learned the truth of the Age of Exploration." After Wang Zhi finished speaking, he raised his teacup and offered tea to Zhu Ping'an, "I will offer tea to Lord Zhu instead of wine."

"Captain Wang, you are too polite." Zhu Ping'an raised his teacup and returned the greeting. After drinking the tea, he picked up the teapot and filled it for Wang Zhi and himself. Then he raised the teacup and looked at Wang Zhi. "Captain Wang, we are fortunate to be born in this era and stand at the forefront of today's storm. The great navigation cannot be achieved by my own efforts. It requires like-minded people to work together. Chief Wang, you are an indispensable person! Therefore, I have made many plans just for this meeting, just to extend this invitation to you!"

As he said this, Zhu Ping'an raised his teacup to Wang Zhi in a formal manner, "Captain Wang, let's suffocate for our dreams together!"

"Suffocating for a dream?!"

When Wang Zhi heard this word, he was stunned.

What's the meaning? !

Why are you still suffocating for your dream?! Are you dying?!

“The Age of Exploration is not destined to be smooth sailing. We are destined to encounter many difficulties and challenges at home and abroad. We must go all out and fight until we can’t breathe in order to realize this great dream!”

“So, let us suffocate for our dreams together!”

As Zhu Ping'an explained, he raised the teacup in his hand to Wang Zhi again and looked at him with burning eyes.

Wang Zhi was silent for a few seconds, then he chuckled, picked up his teacup, and toasted Zhu Pingan, "Master Zhu's Age of Exploration is very attractive. I also want to see if this dream is like what Master Zhu said."

The two teacups clinked together.

It was as if fireworks were created.

"Master Zhu, to start the Age of Exploration, the first thing to do is to lift the maritime ban. Master Zhu, do you have any good ideas?"

Wang Zhi looked at Zhu Ping'an and asked.

Mr. Zhu, aren't you planning to launch the Age of Exploration? You have to go out to sea for the Age of Exploration, right? If you go out to sea, don't you have to lift the maritime ban? !

If the maritime ban is not lifted, how can we talk about the Age of Discovery? We can only travel around inland!

This was largely the reason why Wang Zhi was willing to suffocate for the dream of the Age of Discovery.

"Captain Wang is absolutely right. To usher in the Age of Discovery, the first thing to do is to lift the maritime ban. Without the maritime ban, there would be no Age of Discovery." Zhu Ping'an met Wang Zhi's expectant gaze and nodded slightly.

After hearing Zhu Ping'an's affirmative answer, Wang Zhi couldn't help but smile.

"So, how to open the sea ban? Master Zhu is a top scholar, so he must have a brilliant plan. I hope Master Zhu will be generous with his advice."

Wang Zhi took advantage of the victory and asked again as Zhu Ping'an just finished speaking.

Zhu Pingan looked at Wang Zhi and did not answer his question. Instead, he asked him, "In the Age of Exploration, the most important thing was to lift the ban on sea trade. Then, Chief Wang, do you know what the first thing to do in lifting the ban on sea trade is?"

Wang Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Win over more people who support the lifting of the maritime ban, use the connections of the upper echelons, and speak for the lifting of the maritime ban?"

Zhu Pingan shook his head. "In fact, there are many people who oppose the maritime ban, especially in Jiangnan. For example, why did the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, Zhu Wan, die? After he took office, he strictly enforced the maritime ban and cracked down on those who violated the maritime ban. As a result, he offended the officials in Jiangnan and was impeached. The court dismissed Zhu Wan and put him in jail. Zhu Wan committed suicide in anger and left a message before his death, 'Even if the emperor does not want to kill me, the people of Fujian and Zhejiang will kill me.' It can be seen that there are many people who oppose the maritime ban, but they dare not say it out loud because of the court's ancestral maritime ban system."

Wang Zhi chuckled, "Haha, there are countless officials, landlords, merchants, and common people in Jiangnan who cooperate with our so-called Japanese pirates. They have benefited greatly from it. Zhu Wan strictly enforces the maritime ban, which means that they have cut off their financial resources. Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. If they don't kill him, who else can they kill?"

this is the truth.

Zhu Wan defeated the Japanese pirates entrenched in the Fudingyi area, captured the pirates' lair Shuangyu Port, captured alive the Japanese Ji Tian and the Chinese pirate Xu Dong, and even the big thief Li Guangtou was captured and killed, and Wang Zhi was almost caught.

However, in the end, he was impeached, dismissed from office and forced to death.

After Zhu Wan's death, smugglers and Japanese pirates ushered in a glorious era.

"If it's not about winning over people to plead for lifting the maritime ban, then what is it?" Wang Zhi asked Zhu Ping'an.

"Captain Wang, do you know why so many people oppose the maritime ban, but not many dare to speak out publicly?"

Zhu Pingan asked back.

"Because the maritime ban is an ancestral system, opposing the maritime ban is opposing the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, so they dare not speak out publicly."

Wang Zhi touched his chin and tried to reply.

"No." Zhu Ping'an shook his head and said slowly, "It is true that the maritime ban is an ancestral system, but it is not immutable. Chief Wang knows about Zheng He's voyages to the West. At that time, there was also a maritime ban. Before the tribute dispute between the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan, our Ming Dynasty allowed various foreign countries to come to our Ming Dynasty for official trade. It was also after the tribute dispute that official trade was banned. Since then, there has been today's maritime ban, and both official and private maritime trade are completely banned. After the cessation of trade, Japan colluded with pirates along the coast of our Ming Dynasty and carried out pirate activities on a large scale."

"Ahem." Wang Zhi couldn't help but cough. "It's not this, it's not that. I wonder what advice Lord Zhu has? What's the priority in opening the maritime ban?"

"The primary purpose of lifting the maritime ban is to eliminate the Japanese threat!" Zhu Ping'an put down the teacup in his hand and said seriously.

"What?!" Wang Zhi exclaimed.

"I said, the primary purpose of lifting the maritime ban is to eliminate the Japanese threat!" Zhu Ping'an repeated it seriously.

"Master Zhu, you have put the cart before the horse!" Wang Zhi sat upright, frowned, and refuted fiercely, "It is precisely because the court's maritime ban is too strict that the common people have nowhere to go and are forced to make a living, so there are people who take risks again and again, either joining the Japanese pirates, or pretending to be Japanese pirates, or secretly colluding with us to rebel. It should be said that if we want to eliminate the Japanese pirates, the first thing is to lift the maritime ban, not that the first thing to lift the maritime ban is to eliminate the Japanese pirates!"

After listening to Wang Zhi's excited words, Zhu Pingan laughed, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then said slowly:

"Captain Wang, relaxing or opening the maritime ban is just a piece of official document! However, the premise for issuing this official document must be that the Japanese threat has been eliminated! Only when the Japanese threat has been eliminated will people dare to speak out to relax or open the maritime ban, and only when the Japanese threat has been eliminated will His Majesty nod and agree to relax or eliminate the Japanese threat!"

"Can the imperial court and the emperor be forced by the Japanese invasion and bow their heads to lift the maritime ban?!"

After Zhu Ping'an finished speaking, he put the teacup heavily on the table and looked at Wang Zhi with burning eyes.

Wang Zhi was silent. (End of this chapter)