Off the coast of Zhejiang, the waves are blue.
Hundreds of giant ships are moored quietly in the port.
Looking at it, each ship is hundreds of meters long, can accommodate more than 2,000 people, and horses can be galloped on the deck. In this era, a ship of this size is definitely an aircraft carrier-class existence.
And the owner of this fleet has three hundred such ships.
At this time, in the luxurious main cabin of the ship in the center, a grand banquet was going on.
There are two core protagonists.
The first one is naturally the host Wang Zhi, the undisputed Pirate King of the contemporary era.
The second one was Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang Province.
For Hu Zongxian, these six years of officialdom were like an unreal dream.
Originally, although Lao Hu despised the Yan Party, in order to make a living and climb up, he had some relationship with the Yan Party. In the case of the fire in the Taigaoxuan Hall six years ago, after the Jin Yiwei completed the trial, Yan Song and his son were finally sentenced to Lingchi. Yijiu tribe.
The strict party in the DPRK counts every one of them, including those who beheaded, whose homes were confiscated and exiled, and those who were dismissed from their posts, all of them will be liquidated.
With the demise of the Yan Party, Lao Hu, a shrimp, should theoretically die with him. Even Lao Hu himself thinks so. His family has even reserved the color of the coffin for him and is waiting for Lao Hu to send it. Mourning later.
Sure enough, when the imperial court was liquidating the strict party, after the Jin Yiwei came to the door, Lao Hu followed him into the prison smoothly. However, after only a few days, the inmates were suddenly released without even admitting their guilt, and he was promoted on the spot. .
Since then, Hu Zongxian's official career has soared like a rocket.
Others were promoted once every three years, but he was promoted three times a year. In just six years, he was promoted directly from a small censor to the governor of Zhizhe, the governor of Zhejiang, southern Zhili and Fujian and other military affairs. A great official in the border areas of the Eight Classics.
After many inquiries, Lao Hu finally figured out what was going on. It turned out to be Zhang Cong, the chief minister of the cabinet, who personally brushed the rocket for him.
Lao Hu struggled for a few days and decided to continue to follow the strict party's method and give Zhang Shoufu tens of thousands of taels of silver as a filial piety. In the end, not only was the money returned, but he was also scolded by Zhang Cong.
As for why Zhang Shoufu wanted to promote him, Hu Zongxian had been thinking about it for six years, but he still hadn't figured it out yet.
Sitting next to Hu Zongxian was an old acquaintance, Qi Jiguang, the future Qi Taibao.
If we follow the original historical line, Qi Jiguang should be guarding the gate of the capital at this time, but with the demise of the Yan Party, Zhang Cong came to power, and the Jiajing Immortal introduced a series of new policies out of nowhere.
In six years, the government and the public have taken on a completely new look.
Except that the treasury is almost running out of money.
The border armament of the Jiajing Dynasty has been significantly improved, and the treatment of military personnel has increased dramatically.
The Gengxu Revolution that was supposed to happen in the 29th year of Jiajing didn't happen at all. The leader of the Mongolian Tumote Tribe, Ada Khan, came to Ming Dynasty to fight against Boye. Unfortunately, he didn't even hit the first tower of Datong, the top laner. He was fucked back, so naturally there was no need for Qi Jiguang to guard the door.
Qi Jiguang was about to submit his literary test in the martial arts examination, but he was inexplicably selected as the number one scholar in martial arts. Then he started flying to get promoted, and now he is the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province.
Like Hu Zongxian, he has been promoted inexplicably in recent years. In terms of speed, he was promoted faster than Hu Zongxian.
Sometimes I go home to have a meal and then go to work, only to be told to move my office because I have been promoted.
Although he has made a lot of achievements and wiped out many Japanese pirates along the coast, he can't rise so quickly.
Out of doubt, Qi Jiguang wrote to Zhang Juzheng and asked several times. The answer he finally got was that the Jiajing Immortal had personally promoted him to an official position, which almost shocked General Qi.
Qi Jiguang took a bite of food and looked at the head seat opposite, a high-spirited middle-aged man.
This is the owner of this fleet, Boss Wang Zhiwang, the famous Wufeng captain in the world.
Currently the chairman and CEO of the largest smuggling group in the entire East Asian and Southeast Asian waters.
The reason why Wang Zhi was able to sit and drink with Hu Zongxian was entirely because Lao Hu had already received news from the court that the emperor had hidden intentions of lifting the sea ban.
That is to say.
People like Wang Zhi, who are only engaged in smuggling trade. Although they have a large number of armed groups under their command, they have not launched an offensive on the coast of the Ming Dynasty. Instead, they have helped the Ming Dynasty quell the coastal bandits. It is very likely that they will become regular workers or even enter the establishment in the future. And there is a high probability that the official rank will not be lower than his own.
This is why Hu Zongxian, as the dignified governor of Zhejiang Province, agreed to the invitation of Wang Zhi, the pirate leader, to attend the banquet.
Since we are likely to become colleagues in the same office in the future, and the other person is obviously a money bag, there is no reason not to improve the relationship.
Of course, it really depends on the rules of officials and bandits.
As the governor of Zhejiang Province, Hu Zongxian drank with a pirate like Wang Zhi, which was somewhat illegal.
In any case, the current relationship between Hu Zongxian and Wang Zhi is much easier than it was in history.
After all, in the original history, the Jiajing Dynasty implemented the strictest maritime ban strategy, and smuggling such as Wang Zhi's was the target that Hu Zongxian had to crack down on.
"Governor Hu, Mr. Wang would like to toast you."
"Thank you very much, Governor Hu, for taking care of me during this time."
Wang Zhi smiled happily. After all, he had been very happy making money in the past few years. After making money, his power expanded. Looking at the entire commercial business in East and Southeast Asia, it was basically monopolized by his boss Wang.
In the current waters of East Asia and Southeast Asia, no one would dare to buy or sell goods for even one tael of silver without his boss Wang's nod.
"King Hui is welcome."
Hu Zongxian also responded with a smile and a toast, and he also gave Wang Zhi face in his address.
After Wang Zhi's business became big, he allocated a piece of land in the Japanese Kingdom and called himself King Jinghai and King Hui. He also established a Song Kingdom in a decent way, and granted a lot of official titles and other things.
As he was so openly seeking independence in the Japanese enclosure, all the village chiefs and Warring States figures in Japan did not dare to say a word or let go of anything.
Therefore, in later generations, people often scolded Wang Zhi as a big traitor, saying that Wang Zhi worked for Japanese pirates and betrayed his country.
This is pure nonsense.
Have you ever seen a large number of Japanese village chiefs lining up to give gifts to traitors during festivals?
Boss Wang holds in his hands the entire Japanese overseas business transactions, especially the firearms and firearms transactions.
This is the only one, no other branches.
All the famous village chiefs of the Japanese country, when they met Boss Wang, they would nod and bow down to flatter him, smiling happily.
Because if you want to buy guns or update weapons, you can only go to Boss Wang, and you don't have any bargaining power. Boss Wang says how much money a gun costs, that's how much money it costs.
If you trade with integrity, you will only earn ten times the price difference.
purchase?
Still not buying it?
You want to fight, you want to kill the village chief of the next village, you want to steal the daughter of the village chief next door to be your mistress, you have to change your weapons, right?
If the village chief of the village next door to you spends money to buy it, but you don't buy it, he will turn around and slash you with the nine-star dragon-slaying knife that he just bought. The sword will cost you 99,999 points, even if it's even A, the damage will be higher than your magnification!
I will torture you to the point of utter disgrace every minute!
Otherwise, why do you need krypton money to play games? !
A truth.
And this is one of the reasons why Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose rapidly.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose to prominence in the Four Islands, and the Four Islands were silver-producing areas. Although Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not directly trade with Wang Zhi, after all, there was an age difference of several decades between the two, but it was Wang Zhi who appeared in the Japanese country and established a strong foundation for the Japanese nation. The Japanese country brought guns, cannons and various materials from overseas. This is how Toyotomi Hideyoshi relied on the money from the four islands to arm his army to the teeth.
The emergence of Wang Zhi opened overseas trade for the Japanese country.
Even in the early days of later generations, Wang Zhi was worshiped as a hero, temples and statues were built in his honor, and incense and tribute were offered during festivals.
The reason is also simple. They generally believe that it was Wang Zhi who brought Japan to the Age of Discovery.
From Han's perspective, I don't know how to evaluate Wang Zhi.
Because it is very likely that if Wang Zhi had not appeared, the small group of Japanese people would still be competing with Akita dogs for food in modern times, not to mention a series of subsequent angry things.
The banquet in the cabin continues.
Singing and dancing, the beauty is graceful and charming.
And just then.
Wang Zhi clapped his hands.
Suddenly, the singing and dancing in the cabin stopped, and the dancing singers bowed and left.
Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang and other officials attending the banquet frowned slightly, wondering what boss Wang was planning to do.
Then, Wang Zhi tapped the tabletop lightly.
The subordinates belonging to Wang Zhi in this cabin all stood up and saluted one after another in a sensible manner, and then all retreated.
After Hu Zongxian was silent for a moment, he knew that Wang Zhi had something to say, so he also gave the people around him a look. Except for Qi Jiguang and Xu Wei, everyone else also retreated.
Then ten people entered the cabin carrying five large boxes.
"Wang is not a person who doesn't remember friendship."
"Governor Hu helped me, so of course I want to thank you."
With that said, Wang straightened up, came to the five big boxes, and opened them one by one.
In an instant, my eyes were blinded. The box was filled with snowflakes and silver.
"This is fifty thousand taels of silver. Please accept it, Governor Hu."
Hu Zongxian frowned.
He was not a clean slate. He had done a lot of things like receiving and giving gifts when he was working with the Yan Party. But in recent years, with the reform of the imperial court, he had restrained himself a lot.
In addition, after the official salary reform and the return of Huo Huo to the public, he was not very short of money based on his official rank.
Moreover, he was not actually helping Wang Zhi. He just turned a blind eye to Wang Zhi because the court had hidden intentions of opening up the sea.
"Governor Hu, it's just you and me and a few close associates here. The matter will not spread."
Boss Wang smiled.
"I also ask King Hui to take back these 50,000 taels of silver. I, Hu Zongxian, am a minister of the Ming Dynasty. I have been favored by the emperor in this life, and I should do my best for the country."
Wang Zhi was stunned when he heard this.
'Mother, I'm giving you money, but you're showing me a meager imperial favor. '
"Governor Hu, the emperor is not here. It's okay. Don't be nervous."
Boss Wang walked up to Hu Zongxian proudly.
"Besides, we are friends. This is just fifty thousand taels of silver. What are you afraid of?"
"Don't say you accepted the emperor and didn't know about it. Even if the emperor is here, so what?"
"I, Wang Zhi, give you money because I, Wang Zhi, admire your character, Hu Zongxian, for the sake of your Governor Hu, and have nothing to do with Jiajing in the Forbidden City!"
When the word 'Jiajing' came out, Hu Zongxian's face changed drastically. Qi Jiguang behind him was startled and almost dropped the chopsticks in his hand.
"Captain Wang, be careful what you say."
Hu Zongxian took a deep breath and said in a concentrated voice.
Boom~!
There was a loud thunder explosion.
At the same time, the whole ship was shaking a little, which was probably caused by the strong wind.
However, none of this affected Boss Wang's already open mouth. At this moment, he was obviously getting more and more arrogant.
These years of smooth sailing on the sea and the ultimate pleasure brought by monopolizing the sea area also made him more and more arrogant.
"Hahaha."
"Governor Hu, what are you so afraid of?"
"Look at me, I have been smuggling at sea for more than ten years, traveling all over the world, who have I ever been afraid of?"
"You are not living well now. According to me, you might as well stop being this governor and come to my Song Dynasty to be the prime minister! I will give you ten times your current salary!"
“The louder the storm, the more expensive the fish!”
"How about it, think about it?"
And this moment.
Hu Zongxian's pupils suddenly froze.
Qi Jiguang and Xu Wei, who were beside him, also looked behind Wang Zhi and were stunned.
The three people's reactions were completely different.
Hu Zongxian's eyes were a mixture of shock, awe, and fear.
Qi Jiguang's eyes were filled with surprise and surprise.
Xu Wei's eyes were filled with surprise.
"What's wrong?"
"Are you all frightened by my words?"
Boss Wang was very satisfied with the surprised expressions of Hu Zongxian and the others.
"Don't say it's here."
"Even in the Forbidden City, even in the Fengtian Palace, even if Emperor Jiajing is in front of me, Wang Zhi, these words today will remain true to me."
"Who is Jiajing? He can put a knife to my neck?!"
The words fell.
Wang Zhi suddenly felt a chill on his neck.
A gold dagger that looked very fast, with a handle inlaid with agate stone, was placed on the neck of Boss Wang Zhiwang.
Since the Renyin Incident, Jiajing immortals have developed the habit of carrying a dagger with them to facilitate cutting ropes at any time.
At this moment, Hu Zongxian stood up in panic.
He knelt down with a plop.
"I would like to pay homage to your Majesty, Hu Zongxian, Governor of Zhejiang Province. Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"
Hu Zongxian served as a royal censor in his early years, and he was more or less a Beijing official who had spent time in the capital. Although the Jiajing Immortal did not go to court, he still met him once or twice occasionally, and was naturally deeply impressed by the emperor's appearance.
'? ? ? '
Three question marks appeared above the heads of Wang Zhi, Qi Jiguang and Xu Wei at the same time. After all, they had never seen the true appearance of Jiajing Immortal.
'emperor? ! '
Qi Jiguang was stunned for a moment, then stood up and knelt down.
He was just surprised that the person in front of him was the emperor, not how the emperor appeared.
Because he saw another person.
Qi Jiguang will never forget what happened in the field in Dengzhouwei six years ago and the stolen poles. Qi Jiguang paid for it out of his own pocket afterwards.
"I, Qi Jiguang, the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province, pay homage to Your Majesty and the Immortal Master!"
'His Majesty? '
'Immortal master? '
The entire cabin was filled with questions flying around.
"You, you, you are..."
Wang Zhi turned his head subconsciously, and what came into his eyes was a face with slim cheekbones and cold eyes.
He had never met the emperor, but at this moment he probably guessed it.
"Which fish do you think I am?"
The voice of indifference settled.
thump.
Boss Wang immediately knelt down.
Even though Jiajing Immortal acted like a fool in front of Ji Boying every day, Jiajing Immortal actually served as emperor for thirty-one years, and the mighty dragon power accumulated in him was enough to suppress all dissatisfaction in the Ming Dynasty.
"Boss Wang, you are really rich."
Ji Boying stood in front of the first big box, picked up a piece of silver and took a look at it.
smiling.
Ji Boying came to Wang Zhi and squatted down.
As if by magic, there was a cigarette in his hand, and he slowly stuffed it into the corner of the kneeling Wang Zhi's mouth.
Then, draw, light the match, and block the wind with your palms.
The highest etiquette in the world.
"I came here today to discuss a deal with Boss Wang."
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