Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Zhang Dahua really has some skills."

Zhu Gaochi quite agreed with Zhang Xin's statement and felt that he was right.

Food was prepared for Jingnan in advance, but money and people are too big a matter to mention.

As soon as he arrived at the imperial city, he started to dismiss the palace maids, which saved him and Zhu Di a lot of trouble.

Every palace maid and eunuch who did not go to the capital to retire could dig out someone behind the scenes who was hiding very deeply.

Everyone in the court who had connection with these palace maids was found out.

Among all the civil and military officials in the court, about 60% come from various forces.

Twenty percent of them were self-sufficient, and another twenty percent learned literary and martial arts and sold them to imperial families.

He was already quite satisfied with the figure of 40%.

This is also the reason why they dare to reorganize the Jinyiwei now.

"That is."

Zhang Xin raised her chin and looked proud.

I didn’t gain an extra brain after my rebirth, but fortunately I still have my memories.

It was only after experiencing it again that she finally understood why the fairy from the Merit Department always seemed worried about her insistence on coming back.

It's clear that everyone thinks she's, well, stupid.

"Hahaha, tomorrow I have to leave the palace to meet those pirates in eastern Zhejiang. I wonder if our Zhang Tianshi has anything to say in advance."

Zhu Gaochi burst into laughter and stood up to salute Zhang Xin in a humorous manner.

"I can't see them, so there's nothing to say. But last time you said that your uncle couldn't do anything to them. Is it because their ships are fast? It would be better to bring back a few ships and let the people in the Imperial College study them. Besides them, there can't be other pirates, right? They can all be recruited."

The surrender of the pirates in eastern Zhejiang had never happened in the previous life, so Zhang Xin could not predict it.

But there is one thing and one person who can serve as a subtle reminder.

One thing - the pirates' ships were faster than the Ming Dynasty's ships. Zhan Ji later checked and found that their ships were all based on overseas technology.

One person - another great pirate who was about to rise, also from the Ming Dynasty.

"We are so in sync!!! I think so too."

Zhu Gaochi was very happy.

The more you get along, the more you understand each other!

Damn, those idiots, they thought he liked Zhang Xin’s appearance? Of course, appearance is important, but what is more important is the lovely and real inner self!

"What do you want to eat tomorrow?"

After finishing the business, Zhang Xin changed the subject.

"Let's have tofu with scallions, braised fish cubes, stir-fried lamb strips, and goose in soy sauce."

Zhu Gaochi immediately followed Zhang Xin and changed the channel.

"Your Highness, please go out and turn right to the Shangshiju to order food."

"Well, just one will do."

"Okay. Let's eat some meat. It's better if Your Highness is a little fatter, so that your lower body is more stable."

"Hehehe, I finally discovered that being fat is an advantage."

"Ah."

"Go to sleep, so that the baby in your belly won't become a night owl in the future."

"Oh."

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Get up the next morning.

Zhu Gaochi began a busy day.

Zhang Xin also got up early, played with Zhu Erpang for a while, and then dealt with palace affairs.

Then she went to Shangshiju to prepare the dishes she wanted to cook today. When she came back, Zhu Erpang woke up, so she played with him for a while, and then took a nap with him.

After the mother and son woke up, Erpang was taken out to bask in the sun by the wet nurse, while Zhang Xin went into the study.

When talking about the pirates in eastern Zhejiang yesterday, Zhang Xin actually thought of someone.

Chen Zuyi.

The emperor's grandfather offered a reward of 500,000 taels for a pirate who could not be caught.

Like Liang Daoming, he is from Guangdong.

However, Liang Daoming is from Foshan, while Chen Zuyi is from Chaozhou.

Liang Daoming went abroad to live abroad, while Chen Zuyi was forced to do so.

Chaozhou has always been dominated by fishing, supplemented by agriculture. The residents living near the sea have relied on the sea for generations, either fishing or going out to sea for trade. The emperor’s grandfather banned the sea for decades, and no boats were allowed to go out to sea. The fishermen on the coast can no longer make a living.

In the 30th year of Hongwu, Chen Zuyi and his family went to Southeast Asia to become pirates.

This man was also quite capable. He became a bandit in the 30th year of Hongwu and was captured alive by Zheng He in the 5th year of Yongle.

In just ten years, Chen Zuyi managed a pirate force of over 10,000 people in Malacca (now Malacca), with more than 100 warships, and had long been active in Japan, Greater Ryukyu, Lesser Ryukyu, the South China Sea and other places.

According to what he confessed before he was beheaded, at least 10,000 passing ships had been robbed by them, and 30% of them were ships that had originally intended to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

In the previous life, only when overseas countries paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty were their ships allowed to dock and go ashore, which was the so-called "there is market only when there is tribute".

Therefore, at least 30% of the ships that Chen Zuyi robbed were from countries that had friendly relations with the Ming Dynasty, including small countries that attempted to establish diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, in the last year of the Hongwu Dynasty, very few countries paid tribute to the dynasty.

That's why my royal grandfather offered a huge reward for Chen Zuyi's head.

Such a person has both ability and means.

If this group of people from eastern Zhejiang can bring news about this person and make use of him for the Ming Dynasty, that would be a real weapon for maritime trade.

The main reason here is a time difference.

In his previous life, after his father-in-law ascended the throne, Chen Zuyi fled to a small country called Bolin on the island of Sumatra to avoid the limelight and became a general there.

After the king of Bolinbang died, Chen Zuyi took a group of pirates to occupy Bolinbang and proclaimed himself king.

What’s even funnier is that after Chen Zuyi became king, he also began to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

The method of paying tribute is to get something for nothing.

The Bolin State delegation set out with an empty ship and robbed any merchant ships they saw along the way, basically giving away whatever they robbed.

After paying tribute, when they returned, the thieves still did not leave empty-handed. Wherever they passed, no grass grew.

It would be fine if they just robbed the pirates, but most of the sea merchants would actually pay tribute to the pirates. Things like tolls were the same on sea as on land.

But Chen Zuyi's men would take all the loot they received.

Loot everything, burn everything, kill everything.

After my father-in-law found out, he was disgusted by this man, and added another 7 million taels to the reward of 500,000 taels offered by the royal grandfather. As long as someone brought Chen Zuyi's head, they could exchange it for 7.5 million taels from the court.

At that time, the government's annual revenue was only a little over 11 million.

[Brief science: The Ryukyu and Ryukyu Kingdom in this article refer to the entire Ryukyu Islands, which is more than 400 islands of various sizes from Kyushu Island in Japan to Taiwan Island in China, stretching over 1100 kilometers (including Okinawa, Japan).

The name Ryukyu was given by the Sui Dynasty. In the records of the Ryukyu Kingdom, it was "Liuqiu". In the Chinese official history "Book of Sui", it was changed to "Liuqiu". In the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the word "Ryukyu" became the official name in the imperial edict.

According to historical records of the Ryukyu Kingdom, starting from the fifth year of Hongwu, successive Ryukyu kings requested the Chinese emperor to confer titles on them, clarifying the relationship between the monarch and his subjects and using Chinese era names, which lasted for more than 500 years.