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- Wu Pu said that there were at least two major benefits for the court to do this. First, more protective palaces were set up in the waters under the Ming Dynasty, which could consolidate the Ming Dynasty and resist foreign invasion.
Secondly, it can enable the court to expand tax sources, obtain huge trade income, and turn sea routes into financial routes. The Maritime Silk Road could attract Portuguese people from 60,000 miles away. The Ming Dynasty was in dire straits, so why did it have any reason to turn a blind eye to this trade route, which was a source of huge wealth?
??If we say, what Zheng Ruozeng proposed was "sea control" - the control of a warring party over a certain sea area.
What Wu Pu proposed is the out-and-out "sea power" idea - a country's ability and influence in maritime space!
The two people's thoughts combined are the essence of Mahan's "Sea Power Theory" more than three hundred years later. It can be said to be far ahead of other countries in the world and enough to support the take-off of a powerful sea power country.
Zhao Hao borrowed the opinions of these two people to instill his own thoughts on sea power and grand plans into Jiangnan Group and his generals!
¡°And while Wu Pu was still alive, Zhao Hao had already sent people to Fujian, hoping to invite him to teach at Tamluo Island Navigation School. But it is a pity that the old gentleman is old and can no longer go out
But regardless of whether Wu Pu could see that day, he used the institutionalized Protectorate and the Shipping Department to completely solidify the legal rule of the Celestial Kingdom over the vassal waters and the achievements of Zheng He's voyages to the West in terms of military and trade. The propositions will become the guiding ideology of Zhao Hao, Jiangnan Group, and Daming Royal Shipping Company, guiding them to advance into the depths of the ocean!
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????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Any description of the prosperous age can be found as follows: "Comments from all directions come to pay tribute, and all nations come to court".
Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, for two thousand years, generations of Chinese Central Plains dynasties have brought countries in the surrounding known world into their own sphere of influence through canonization, restraint, and tribute, and have built a world that exists in East Asia, Northeast Asia, A vast political order system in Southeast Asia and Central Asia.
In this system, the emperor of the Central Plains dynasty was the co-owner of the local and foreign vassals. The emperor carried out direct administrative management in the central area of ??the country, and outside the homeland, the rulers of the foreign vassal states were appointed by the emperor to rule. The homeland and the outer vassals defended each other, forming the saying that "under the whole world, is it the king's land; on the shore of the land, is it the king's land" The concept of "Tianxia", which is the common master of the world.
Even the king who has subjugated his country likes to make a big fuss in this regard. For example, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, during his reign, tributary trade became vigorous. Every first lunar month, hundreds of operas are performed in Luoyang to enjoy with envoys from various countries.
This "world system" reached its peak in this dynasty. As soon as Emperor Taizu established the Central Plains, he quickly sent envoys to Goryeo, Champa, Annan and other surrounding Yuan Dynasty countries to inform the countries that the Ming Dynasty would succeed the Yuan Dynasty and ask them to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. So Goryeo and other countries sent envoys to express their surrender one after another, and it suddenly appeared that "the Ming Dynasty unified all directions, the emperor's civil and military saints, and their benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and joy." Therefore, all Chinese barbarians do not respect their relatives. From the ends of the sky to the ends of the earth, pay tribute to the cultivators. Since the beginning of the people, there has never been a situation as prosperous as it is today.
This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang hated the Yuan Dynasty, but still regarded the Meng Yuan Dynasty as the Zhengshuo Dynasty, because in addition to the country he built personally, he also wanted to inherit the world system passed down from the Qin, Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties.
During the Yongle period, with Zheng He¡¯s Invincible Fleet cruising the Indian Ocean and Emperor Chengzu¡¯s sweep of the Mongolian and Yuan forces in the north, this ¡®sovereign state-vassal state¡¯ system reached its peak.
Under the "coercion" of the Ming Dynasty's invincible army and navy, and the "indulgence" of the "thick and thin" tribute policy, the number of countries and tribes that submitted tribute to the Ming once reached as many as sixty-five!
But this tributary system has a big flaw, which is that it loses money. When the tributary countries come to pay tribute, they send local products but take away a large number of Central Plains treasures, which puts a lot of financial pressure on the Central Plains dynasty. That's why the Ming Dynasty limited the number of tributary countries' visits to the court. Generally, tribute was paid once every three years, once every five years, or even once every ten years.
There is no other reason. The landlords don¡¯t have any surplus food, so they can¡¯t afford to reward these guys who are deliberately harvesting wool.
Of course, no money in this world is completely wasted. The Ming Dynasty's continuous exchanges for two hundred years built an unprecedentedly large world system. In addition to the widespread spread of Chinese civilization in the vassal states and the general peace of the surrounding areas, the greatest wealth was the creation of the "Celestial Kingdom". Golden sign!
Although this brand is in China, apart from satisfying the vanity of monarchs and ministers, it is purely a money-losing product. The Ming Dynasty itself was very poor, and when they saw those beggar-like vassals, the emperor and ministers did not care about this little vanity at all.
??????????????????????????????? Otherwise, Liu Daxia would not have dared to burn the priceless Zheng He charts, and he could plausibly say such nonsense as wasting money and wasting money, and burning the purity, but in the end no one would punish him.
In Zhao Hao's view, the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were simply begging for food from golden rice bowls. Although "Heavenly Kingdom" is just a gimmick at home, when it comes to foreign countries, it is an out-and-out golden brand!
How to turn this golden sign into a huge source of wealth? Wu Pu has made it very clear - don't wait for tributary countries to come to your doorstep, set sail and go out! Let the fleet follow overseas trade, set up protective palaces at strategic points on the routes, set up shipping departments in important trading cities, and extend sea power to the Persian Gulf!
That way, wealth will roll in, and all the chronic diseases that plagued the Ming Dynasty will be nothing!
Because he had already paid a deposit of two hundred years in advance, Daming thought that the cost of doing all this would not be too high. At least it can make the Portuguese, and later the Spanish, Dutch, and British envious and want to cry and go home to find their mothers.
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You know, how difficult is it for Europeans to set foot in this big world?
Take the Portuguese invasion of Malacca as an example. In 1511 AD, the sixth year of the Zhengde reign of the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese, who had previously been unstoppable in Africa and India, assembled a powerful fleet including 11 Karak galleons and arrived at the city of Malacca, the strategic center of maritime trade between the East and the West.
They thought that this time it would be like fighting in India, where dozens of soldiers could defeat thousands of Indian state troops. However, they encountered strong resistance from the King of Malacca. The navy captured the city of Malacca.
But the remnant forces of the Malacca State still continue to harass the Portuguese-controlled areas. In 1551 AD, the 30th year of the Jiajing reign, the Kingdom of Johor, established by the Malacca royal family, united with Java to attack the city of Malacca, intending to regain the old capital, but was defeated by Portugal's powerful Malacca fleet.
In addition, the surrounding countries were also very hostile to the Portuguese colonists. Aceh attacked Malacca several times in an attempt to drive away the Portuguese. The most recent attack took place in 1568 AD, which was last year. But there was still nothing they could do about the Portuguese fleet.
During this period, the King of Malacca sent envoys several times to ask for help from the suzerain country, the Ming Dynasty, and even personally brought the gold-seal documents given by the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, hoping that the Ming Dynasty could once again support the vassal country just like Zheng He persuaded Siam to invade Malacca.
The imperial court did negotiate with the Portuguese to return Malacca.
But there is no longer Zheng He¡¯s invincible fleet in the Indian Ocean. How can we conquer the barbarians from far away with only a feeble imperial edict? Franji paid no attention to it, and the negotiation naturally ended in failure
But this negotiation also shocked the Portuguese people. Only then did they know that most countries in Southeast Asia had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.
The Portuguese are envious of the Ming Dynasty. If these countries are willing to serve them as masters, why do they have to go and fight and fight so hard wherever they go?
So the Folangji people came up with the idea of ????conquering the Ming Dynasty and replacing it once and for all. As a result, they were taught how to behave in the later naval battle of Tuen Mun and Sai Tso Wan Although I, the Ming Dynasty, am already a big man, I am not a little Folangji. Yi, they can go to the mainland and run wild.
In short, in the eyes of the Portuguese, the Ming Dynasty was incredibly stupid. They actually left the golden mountain untouched and allowed them to make a fortune in vain. They just asked the sleeping dragon to sleep longer so that they could steal more treasures in the dragon's lair.
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Although Mr. Zhao cannot wake up the sleeping dragon for the time being, he has taken great pains to make a fingerprint with the sleeping dragon's paw. He can use the flag to make a tiger skin, and under the banner of the Ming Dynasty royal family, he can protect the treasures of the Celestial Dynasty. !
Looking at Mr. Zhao standing proudly on the deck, high-spirited and with red lips, Zheng Ruozeng couldn't help but feel a little sad. These things should have been done by the imperial court. This is also the most precious wealth that history has given to the Ming Dynasty, which is enough for the Ming Dynasty to easily get out of the crisis and be glorious and great for another two hundred years!
"It's a pity that the court established by this old farmer not only does not cherish it, but also fears it like a tiger or a wolf, and avoids it like a snake or a scorpion." Not only will they no longer go to sea, but they will also not allow civilians to develop into the sea.
"Then we can't blame Mr. Zhao for overstepping his authority.
Zheng Ruozeng, who has reached his twilight years, is very discerning. Deep in his heart, he even had this thought - even if Mr. Zhao established a separate court overseas in the future, it would be better than what he is doing now, letting the Europeans annex the Ming Dynasty territory in vain!
Zheng Ruozeng was startled by his thoughts and couldn't help but cough violently.
"Let's go in." Zhao Hao also quickly supported Zheng Ruozeng.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Zheng Ruozeng shook his head, but still walked towards the cabin door obediently and said: "Since the young master has high aspirations and wants to compete with that Folang Jiyi, we can only rely on the current coast guard team. , I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s far from enough.¡±
"Well, Mr. Kaiyang is right." Zhao Hao nodded and said, "So we have to continue to increase our strength."
As he spoke, he smiled again and said, "By the way, the Coast Guard has been renamed the Ming Dynasty Royal Maritime Tamra Guard Area. Doesn't it sound more impressive?"
"Be more confident. Remove the word 'shipping' and call it 'Ming Dynasty Royal Tamluo Garrison Area' to be more impressive." Zheng Ruozeng said with a smile: "We have spent money, so we have to maximize the effect."
ps. Please write another chapter Please vote for me (remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com)"So we have to continue to enhance our strength."
As he spoke, he smiled again and said, "By the way, the Coast Guard has been renamed the Ming Dynasty Royal Maritime Tamra Guard Area. Doesn't it sound more impressive?"
"Be more confident. Remove the word 'shipping' and call it 'Ming Dynasty Royal Tamluo Garrison Area' to be more impressive." Zheng Ruozeng said with a smile: "We have spent money, so we have to maximize the effect."
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