In the back room, the grandfather and grandson were having secret conversations.
¡°According to Grandpa¡¯s ¡®Four-Gate Method¡¯, the Ming Dynasty is not far from being destroyed.¡±
Zhao Hao sighed quietly.
"Oh, what else?" Zhao Liben also sighed, touching the wrinkles on his forehead and said: "My dear grandpa, my grandpa has never told anyone this. I think the Ming Dynasty will die sooner or later if it continues like this."
"Grandpa probably won't see that day. If you're lucky, your father and uncle might be able to escape." As he spoke, he patted the back of Zhao Hao's hand and said:
"But grandpa, I feel that when you and Zhao Xian reach my age, you will probably suffer the changes of the Two Song Dynasties"
"Perhaps you can't listen to what grandpa said now, and you think the old man is 'if you don't live a hundred years, you always worry about a thousand years'."
"But this is really my grandfather's biggest worry. Whenever I think about my grandson falling into such a hell, I can't sleep at night with fear."
"If this worry is not resolved, grandpa will never rest in peace"
Zhao Liben held his grandson's hand tightly, and a drop of turbid tears fell on the back of Zhao Hao's hand.
Zhao Hao was completely stunned. At this moment, he completely understood Zhao Liben.
It is precisely because of the strong sense of crisis that the old man cruelly abandoned them last year - on the day of the country's subjugation, the most miserable ones will be the rich young masters who have enjoyed the glory of the previous dynasty.
And the impact on ordinary people is naturally much smaller
So he wanted his children and grandchildren to return to the status of ordinary people and experience the sufferings of the world.
Of course, the old man cannot know. When that day comes, China's clothes and clothes will be completely destroyed, and regardless of whether men or women are high or low, they will all have to pretend to be ugly slaves in order to survive
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It¡¯s just that although Zhao Hao understood his grandfather¡¯s worries, he still couldn¡¯t read his mind.
"But grandpa, if the Tian family's soft rice doesn't taste good, does the Jiang family's soft rice taste good?"
It is estimated that in the whole world, only this pair of strange grandparents and grandsons can have such a serious and serious discussion about which company to eat.
"I'm not boasting, but when it comes to making money, no one in the world can beat me." Zhao Hao's words were full of disapproval of the advantages of similarity.
"Hey" Zhao Liben wanted to say something to him, but Zhao Hao's outstanding record made the old man stop abruptly.
¡°After all, this kid has crazy capital
"Alas" Zhao Liben sighed and said, "I still blame me for not making it clear to you. That's why I'm so long-winded."
¡°Grandpa always talks half the story and hides the other half, so he can¡¯t blame his grandson.¡± Zhao Hao poured him another cup of tea. "Let's make it clear today."
"The key to solving my thousand-year-old worry lies in that girl Xueying." Zhao Liben whispered.
"Huh?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but widened his eyes and said, "Can she save Daming?"
I wonder if I have met a colleague?
It shouldn¡¯t be the case, otherwise we would have already exchanged secret codes on the last blind date with my charming ¡°First Meeting Collection¡±.
"No, she can't save the Ming Dynasty, but she can save our Zhao family and thousands of people." Zhao Li seemed to have made great determination. He approached his grandson and whispered to him:
"Do you know Wang Zhi?"
"Which Wang Zhi, the great eunuch of Chenghua, the great merchant of Jiajing?" Zhao Haoxin said, I not only know Wang Zhi, I also know Amway.
"It's the latter." Zhao Liben whispered: "He and I were born in the same year and month, and we are from neighboring counties."
"Grandpa knows him?" Zhao Hao's eyes started to roll, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Not only do we know each other, we both studied at Huizhou Fuxue." Zhao Liben chuckled and said: "His real surname is Wang, and his name is Wang Zhi. When he was studying, he was a knight and a wild wave, and he prided himself on being a hero, but he was not. Materials for studying. Your grandfather and I both passed the Jinshi exam, but he didn¡¯t even pass the exam, so we naturally lost contact."
"When I heard about him again, he had already become a feared maritime overlord. But it was already the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing when I met him again."
"But at that time, grandpa was serving as the prefect of Changsha, right?" Zhao Hao asked.
"That's right. But it was that year that Hu Ruzhen, the governor of Zhejiang Province, reported to the Ming court and promoted me to the post of inspector of Zhejiang." Zhao Liben said lightly.
"That year, Governor Hu surrendered Wang Zhi." Zhao Hao said again.
"It seems that you know a lot about what happened ten years ago." Zhao Liben glanced at Zhao Hao in surprise.
?"There is still something I haven't told grandpa." Zhao Hao then smiled and said, "You tell me first, and I will tell you when you're done, so as not to be blamed again."
"Hey" Zhao Liben pretended to fight, but retracted his hand midway: "I was sent by the warship sent by the Governor's Palace to receive Zhoushan directly from Changsha. Only when I got to the ground did I find out that Governor Hu wanted to recruit Wang Zhi and specifically asked me to surrender. Former classmates serve as official representatives.¡±
"At that time, I was grateful for Governor Hu's kindness in knowing me, and secondly, I also had the ambition to serve the country, so I immediately boarded Wang Zhi's fleet with the negotiating envoy. The two parties had already reached an agreement before, and Wang Zhi was even more happy after seeing me. , and that night we had a full night chat."
¡°Wang Zhi told me that the reason why he was willing to submit to the imperial court was not because he could not survive overseas. It was because Hu Ruzhen told him that the imperial court had agreed to ¡®open up the port and connect the city¡¯. He also showed me the imperial decree.¡±
Zhao Hao nodded, he had seen this part before. At that time, Hu Zongxian took advantage of Wang Zhi's eagerness to open up sea trade and actually created a lot of big cakes.
"It's a pity that it is impossible to open the sea. Don't even think about it in this life."
"He was very excited that night and opened up a new world that I had never known before." Zhao Liben said with a nostalgic expression:
"He told me that this world is completely different from what we originally knew. Distant continents are connected to each other through oceans. On the other side of the ocean, there are civilizations not much worse than ours, as well as continents full of gold, silver, and spices. Fifty Years ago, the Francois and the Spanish divided the world into two halves without authorization. They rode on sailing battleships and relied on matchlock guns and Franco cannons to colonize crazily on different continents and seize endless wealth. Then Transported to the gate of the Ming Dynasty, through his smuggling fleet, he purchased the silk, porcelain, tea, etc. of the Ming Dynasty, and finally transported them back to the West"
"They want almost everything we have. The scale of smuggling is always limited, which severely limits the volume of trade. And when Wang Zhi's wealth has become immeasurable, his goal is no longer just to get rich, but I hope to get the support of the imperial court and build a maritime trade center. Drive the fleets of Franji and the Spanish out of our vassal territory, and let our Ming Dynasty¡¯s own merchant ships sell the goods directly to the West!"
"Okay" Zhao Haoxin said, isn't this also my companion?
Of course not, it¡¯s just that a person with such a super-era vision seems so incompatible with the Ming Dynasty of this era.
"He thought that this would not only end the Japanese invasion, but also make the imperial court as rich as France and Spain. The emperor would definitely agree, so he had no doubts about the imperial edict Later I found out that it turned out to be Hu Ruzhen asked Xu Wenchang to forge it. Xu Wei's skills are so superb that even I, a former magistrate, didn't realize it."
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