Father can be an enemy to the country

That night, the group arrived at Wei Hui's Mansion, and the brothers moved into the prefect's Yamen.

Eating hot pot dishes with local specialties, the brothers continued the previous topic.

"I thought about it from the perspective of sea power mentioned by Lao Liu, and I really saw a whole new world." Lao Si held the steamed buns on high piles, which is also a local specialty, and said enthusiastically:

"Apart from the fact that no one can live in this sea, it is actually no different from the land!"

"The wilderness is also uninhabitable." Zhu Zhen is more interested in the local pork buns. The buns here are thin in skin and full of fillings, as big as eggs, and their mouths are full of oil when you bite them. They are very enjoyable.

"You can still farm in the wilderness." The third brother said deliberately.

"You can still fish in the sea." Zhu Zhen retorted.

"I'm not targeting you, I'm arguing with the fourth child." The third brother explained to him.

The fourth child rolled his eyes and continued: "In short, what the sixth child said makes sense. With the sea route connected, all the barbarians in the four directions are no longer separated by mountains and seas, isolated in a corner. Instead, they can be closely connected."

"Moreover, when I went to Goryeo, I observed carefully that it would take 900 carriages to load the cargo of a sea-going ship with 400 pieces of material. Moreover, the ship is on the sea, taking advantage of the wind and traveling with the current, and only needs a dozen Sailors can control it, and the cost of eating horses and chewing them is saved a hundred times. Therefore, sea transportation is far superior to land transportation."

"Of course." The third child said, "Have you not seen that Jiangnan relies entirely on boating for travel or transporting goods, and there are almost no horse-drawn carriages?"

"How can two places be considered to be closely connected? It should not be simply distinguished by distance, but should be based on the convenience of people's exchanges and goods transportation? For example, Weihui is less than a hundred miles away from Shanxi Lingchuan County, is it considered close? But if you want to go there, go , but you have to go around the Taihang Mountains, which is very inconvenient, so no matter how close the two places are, there is almost no contact."

Lao Si said in a deep voice: "But if the sea route is smooth, relying on the speed, convenience, large quantity and low price of sea transportation, the two places can be closely connected even though they are thousands of miles apart!"

"What the fourth brother said is great!" Lao Liu was almost ashamed of himself. Before he instilled these ideas that transcended the times into his brothers, he had been worried about whether they would accept it and understand it.

Obviously he is overly worried. Top-notch wisdom means top-notch wisdom. As soon as he leads people in, they can figure it out on their own.

Of course, this is also related to the great development of the navigation industry in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and the objective conditions for discussing sea power have become mature.

After all, even if he didn't ripen himself, the fourth brother would have started Zheng He's great voyages to the West.

Does anyone really think that he asked Zheng He to go to the West to find Emperor Jianwen?

No, no?

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Lao Liu happily ate six meat buns and took over what the fourth brother said:

"I have said that those 'Pan-Yi countries' around Nanyang are warm and humid, with vast territory and sparsely populated areas. Rice is harvested three times a year, and there is no famine every year, and there is plenty every year! They are the treasures of China given to me by God, and they are connected by sea routes. , it is definitely not 'the land is not enough to supply'!" Zhu Zhen paused and said in a low voice:

"As for 'getting the people is not enough to make an order', my brothers know better than me the method of 'converting the Xia to the barbarians', so I don't need to say more, right?"

"Haha, no need." The brothers shook their heads together. It was nothing more than immigration, education, changing customs... With a multi-pronged approach, Di Yi could be conquered by China in twenty years.

"There is one last one." The third brother was very satisfied with Lao Liu's answer.

"Third, the country needs to recuperate after pacifying the southwest. My father can no longer go to war for us." Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "Actually, this is the least worrying thing. With the wisdom of the third brother, don't you understand that when the birds are gone? , After the death of Cunning Rabbit, what is the hunter’s biggest headache?”

"How to deal with the good bows and lackeys that are no longer needed..." King Jin's pupils suddenly shrank, and he knew that Lao Liu was not an alarmist.

Don't talk about anything else, just why did the father want to divide the vassal kings? And why do you torture them in such a perverted way? Isn't it just to let their brothers take back the military power from the generals as soon as possible?

Therefore, my father had long been wary of his arrogant and powerful generals. In the future, if the military generals are smart, they may be able to get the ending of "good bow hidden"; if they are ignorant, it is impossible to say, they will have to be left as lackeys...

But the brothers all know that their father usually compares favorably with the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and he has always said that he would not act like the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty did to his old brothers who fought together. Therefore, my father really wants to gain a good reputation as someone who treats heroes well. Of course, whether he can achieve this is another question.

The third child believed that his father must be worried about how to deal with those arrogant and powerful generals after destroying Beiyuan and pacifying Yunnan.

"Lao Liu's 'opening up overseas territories' is indeed a way to get the best of both worlds, and my father will definitely be happy to see it succeed." Zhu Bian considered:

"Of course, the premise is that the court can afford it."

"What if the imperial court does not have to bear the military expenses of 'opening up overseas territories'?" Zhu Zhen asked with a smile.

His smile was as harmless as ever, even a little honest.

"Then my father will definitely agree!" The brothers couldn't help but laugh: "For all emperors, opening up new territories is a fatal temptation. No matter how wise my father is, he will not be exempt from vulgarity."

"I'm just afraid that I'll spend too much money and bring the country down." The fourth child said, "If you can avoid spending the court's money, why not do it?"

"But if the court doesn't provide money, who will pay for it? We don't have that much money." King Jin laughed and said, "We have a tight living with the little salary we have. To open a Golden Lotus Courtyard, you have to use your sister-in-law's dowry. If you ask me to pay for it, As for military expenses, even selling your sister-in-law won’t be enough.”

"You don't need to come out, I'll come out." Zhu Zhenshi said in shock.

"You!" The brothers took turns touching his forehead and said, "Lao Liu, you don't have a fever, right? Just your two New Year's money? It's enough to buy a bunch of whips, right?"

"I have no money now, but I will soon have money." Zhu Zhen then said: "My father has agreed to reopen the Shipping Department, and I will be fully responsible for it!"

"Shi, Shi Ship Division? Is it very profitable?" asked the second brother.

"Let's put it this way, the annual income of the Southern Song Dynasty was 10 million guan, and the shipping income was 2 million guan, accounting for 20% of the national annual income!" Zhu Zhen said solemnly:

"During the Yuan Dynasty, the income of merchant merchants was higher than that of the Southern Song Dynasty, and could still account for 20% of the national annual income. The merchant merchants of Taicang City alone handed over 400 kilograms of pearls and 3,400 taels of gold to the Yuan court in one year! So people at that time It is said that the income from shipping is ‘the capital of the military state’!”

"Therefore, it is reasonable and reasonable for Shibo's revenue to be used to pay for military expenses in foreign wars." He said with a confident tone: "I am confident that within a few years, Shibo will regain its former glory! And in the future, it will definitely far exceed that of Song and Yuan Dynasties. level!"

"Well, we believe you, you can definitely do it!" The brothers nodded heavily. Then he asked: "We can't just sit back and enjoy the success. Tell us, if you need us to do anything, just ask us and we will do it!"

"Okay!" Zhu Zhen laughed and said, "This is what you said!"