Su Ce spoke slowly and clearly, but his voice was a little weak.
Although it lacked a bit of dignity, the words it said were convincing.
He continued,"Then you should continue reading. What did Hongwu say in the 17th year?" Fishermen from eastern Zhejiang are prohibited from fishing in the sea."
"Isn't this a little lighter than the 14th year of Hongwu's adultery with foreign countries?”
"It's like this," Zhu Houzhao said blankly.”
He seemed to have understood something.
"What about twenty-three years?" Su Ce continued. It only stipulated that gold, silver, copper coins, gunpowder, and weapons were not allowed to be sold. Compared to seventeen years, was it not too light?”
"You said before that the people of the imperial court used the ancestral precepts and the fact that a piece of wood could not enter the sea to refute the opening of the shipping company. The ancestral precepts could not be overthrown, and overthrowing them would be unfilial.”
"But the great ancestor could overthrow the words of the great ancestor himself. If the great ancestor emperor really wanted to not enter the sea, he only needed to set this ancestral precept. Why did he set up the other five ancestral precepts?”
Zhu Houzhao was speechless." This…"
He didn't know how to answer and could only look at Su Ce.
Su Ce smiled." Emperor Taizu is very far away from us. If you want to analyze these ancestral teachings, you should think about the meaning behind them."”
" Combined with the timeline of history, we might as well analyze what happened in the fourth year of Hongwu. Only then can we understand why we can't let a piece of wood enter the sea.”
At that time, would the Japanese be enough to fight? Is it enough for Big Ming to see?
Zhu Yuanzhang's army was at its peak. If any Japanese pirates dared to provoke the Ming Dynasty, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's personality, they would probably be directly destroyed.
Back then, Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate to mobilize 150,000 troops and 300,000 warhorses to attack the Northern Yuan. Would he be soft-hearted when dealing with the Japanese slaves?
Su Ce didn't keep him in suspense. He knew that Zhu Houzhao probably didn't study hard, so he explained,""The fourth year of Hongwu was the time when Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen's remnant party fled to the islands overseas. The ancestral rule set by the great ancestor was aimed at them to prevent them from recruiting their mainland followers to cultivate their power and return to their territory.”
"What happened in the 14th and 17th years?”Su Ce asked.
"Hu Weiyong's case," Zhu Houzhao blurted out.”
"What crime did Great Ancestor use?"
Zhu Houzhao replied,"He has ill intentions and is preparing to rebel. He is colluding…colluding with the Japanese pirates!"”
Zhu Houzhao's eyes gradually widened.
Su Ce smiled and said,"Yes, he has an affair with the Japanese pirates, so he wants to ban the sea."”
"Then what else do you have to refute me with now?”
Zhu Houzhao was convinced and said sincerely,""I, I don't know. I didn't study much.”
This was the first time he felt ashamed because he did not study much.
It was also the first time he felt that the power of knowledge was so great.
He now understood why he could only stare and sulk in the imperial court.
That was because he was not knowledgeable enough. He could not compare to those old foxes. Those old foxes would always quote classics and say a bunch of truths. Unless you could refute them until they were speechless, they were right and they had the right to speak!
If Su Ce could help him in court, would he still be afraid of those old dogs?
"Brother Ce, do you want to be an official?" Zhu Houzhao suddenly asked.”
"Do you think my body can be tortured?" Su Ce smiled bitterly.”
"That's true."
Zhu Houzhao sighed in his heart. Why, why was the heavens so unfair!
Su Ce's mouth was dry. He drank some water and couldn't help but cough again.
He took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth and put the blood-stained handkerchief into his pocket, not letting Zhu Houzhao see it.
"Alright, you just said that the Minister of War's rebuttal was that opening the sea would bring harm to the Imperial Court.”
"For the Southern Song Dynasty to be able to stand against the Mengyuan, Jin, and Liao dynasties for a hundred years, what did such a weak dynasty rely on? The economy."
"Everyone knows that the Southern Song Dynasty hid wealth among the people, so where did the money of the imperial court come from? The benefits of the sea."
"How could Emperor Taizu not know such a simple principle?”
"Yes, yes!" Zhu Houzhao said excitedly. It's exactly like what you said!"
"Brother Ce, how many books have you read? Why do you say these things so easily?”
Su Ce said," I read books every day when I have nothing to do. With my body, there's nothing else I can do other than reading books for entertainment."”
"You treat reading as a pastime? Heavens, aren't you annoyed?"
Su Ce shook his head." It's not annoying. It's a lot of fun to read."”
"Alright," Zhu Houzhao said. Then I'll study more when I'm free."
Su Ce had already started to influence Zhu Houzhao.
He had cited many classics to let Zhu Houzhao know the importance of knowledge and to make him interested in knowledge. He knew that what he learned was useful, at least against the officials of the imperial court.
It was enough to achieve this small goal.
For a rebellious child, the more you lecture him, the more impatient he becomes.
You told him to study hard and learn more so that he could be a wise ruler and govern the country in the future.
Bullsh * t?
Great principles were the most difficult to accept. Everyone had their own thoughts. Why should I accept your great principles? What you think is right is bullsh * t to me.
To put it bluntly, he had never been beaten up by society and had never suffered a loss. He did not know the importance of studying.
"I still have a question."
Zhu Houzhao stroked his chin and pretended to be a scholar.
"Well, tell me about it." Su Ce smiled.”
"The purpose of opening the sea is to fight the Japanese pirates."”
"The Japanese pirates are hard to defeat because there are traitors colluding with them.”
"If we open up the sea, they can still collude with the pirates and bring the pirates to burn, kill, and rob the people of eastern Zhejiang.”
Su Ce nodded. Not bad, he started to think about these things.
"Therefore, if you want to use a combination punch, just opening the sea is not enough.”
"This year, the Imperial Court will be conducting an external inspection. The Imperial Censorate will send censors to the southeast to inspect, focusing on the officials in the southeast.”
"Also, we need to find a usable official and send him to the southeast. He will be in charge of preparing for the Japanese pirates and also train the southeast navy.”
"The Ministry of Rites wants to write a letter to Japan to give them a diplomatic warning.”
"If you catch the pirates, it's best to behead them and hang them at the southeast gate to intimidate people inside and outside the country.”
At the very beginning, Su Ce had told Zhu Houzhao that the southeast pirates had to be dealt with slowly, and it was impossible to see results in a short period of time.
Opening the sea was only the first step, and there were still many other methods that needed to be used to kill the pirates.
Moreover, there was another reason for opening the sea, which was to increase the financial income of the imperial court.
After Zhu Houzhao heard this, he was completely impressed.
But now, his thoughts had already flown to the imperial court.
Yesterday, he was powerless, but tomorrow, he would strike hard!
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