Chapter 197 Have you heard of Wang Zhi?
In the inner room, the grandparents and grandchildren were having an ulterior motive.
"According to grandpa's 'Four-System Method', the Ming Dynasty is almost not far from the demise of the country."
Zhao Hao sighed quietly.
"Oh, otherwise?" Zhao Liben also sighed and touched the wrinkles on his forehead and said, "Good grandson, grandpa has never told anyone about this. I think the Ming Dynasty will sooner or later die if it continues like this."
"Grandpa probably won't see that day. If you have good luck, your father and uncle may be able to escape." As he said that, he patted Zhao Hao's back of his hand and said:
"But grandpa, I feel that when you and Zhao Xian reached my age, they will be in troubled by the Song Dynasty..."
"Maybe you can't listen to these words from grandpa now. You think that the old guy is 'in life less than a hundred years, and you always have a thousand years of worry'."
"But this is really my biggest heart disease. As soon as I think of my grandson who is happy under my knees, I will fall into such an Avici Hell, I will be so scared that I can't sleep at night."
"If you don't solve this worry, grandpa will die with his eyes open..."
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 was precisely because of the strong sense of crisis that the old man cruelly abandoned them last year until his country was destroyed. The most painful thing was the rich son who enjoyed the glory of the previous dynasty.
And the impact of ordinary people is naturally much smaller...
So he wanted his children and grandchildren to return to the state of ordinary people and taste the sufferings of the world.
Of course, the old man could not know. When that day came, China would destroy all his clothes and clothes. Regardless of the genders, both men and women had to pretend to be ugly slaves to survive...
However, although Zhao Hao understood his grandfather's worries, he still couldn't understand his thoughts.
"But grandpa, the soft rice from the Tian family is not fragrant, is the soft rice from the Jiang family fragrant?"
It is estimated that the only one of these strange grandparents and grandchildren can discuss so seriously what kind of soft rice to eat.
"It's not because my grandson boasted that when it comes to making money, there is nothing in the world that can beat me." Zhao Hao's stinky words were full of disapproval of similar advantages.
"Hey..." Zhao Li wanted to speak to him, but Zhao Hao's overly bright record made the old man stop talking.
After all, this kid has crazy capital...
"Oh..." Zhao Liben sighed and said, "I'm still blamed me for not making any clear statements to you. I've been talking so much."
"Grandpa always hides half of his words, and he can't blame his grandson." Zhao Hao poured him another cup of tea. "Let's make the words clear today."
"The key to solving my thousand-year-old worries lies in the body of the Xueying girl." Zhao Liben said in a low voice.
"Huh?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but widen his eyes and said, "Can she save Da Ming?"
I thought I had met my colleagues?
It shouldn't be so, otherwise, there would be the coquettish "First Meeting Collection" of this young master, and everyone had already given a secret code during the last blind date.
"No, she can't save the Ming Dynasty, but she can save our Zhao clan and save thousands of people." Zhao Li seemed to have made up a great decision, approached his grandson and whispered to him:
"Do you know Wang Zhi?"
"Which Wang Zhi, the eunuch Chenghua, and the big sea merchant in Jiajing?" Zhao Hao said in his heart, I not only know Wang Zhi, but also Amway.
"It's the latter." Zhao Liben whispered: "He and I were born in the same year and month as me, and we are from the neighboring county."
"Grandpa knows him?" Zhao Hao's eyes rolled, not knowing what he was thinking.
"It's not just about knowing each other, we both studied in Huizhou Prefecture." Zhao Liben chuckled and said, "His original surname is Wang, and his name is Wang Zhi. When he was studying, he was a hero and claimed to be a hero. However, it was not a material for studying. Your grandfather, I passed the Jinshi, and he didn't even pass the exam, so he naturally broke off contact."
"When I heard about him again, he had become a terrifying overlord of the sea. However, I have been reunited with him for thirty-six years."
"But at that time, grandpa was in the position of the prefect of Changsha, right?" Zhao Hao asked.
"Not bad. But that year, the governor of Zhejiang Zhizhi, Hu Ruzhen, reported to the Ming Dynasty court and promoted me to the Zhejiang Censorate." Zhao Liben said lightly.
"That year, Governor Hu surrendered Wang Zhi." Zhao Hao said again.
"It seems that you know very well about what happened ten years ago." Zhao Liben glanced at Zhao Hao in a little surprised.
"There is another thing I didn't tell my grandfather." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "You always say it first, and I'll talk about it after all, so as to avoid being blamed again."
"Hey..." Zhao Liben made a move and took his hands back in the middle, saying, "I was directly received from Changsha from Zhoushan by the Governor's Office. When I arrived at the place, I realized that Governor Hu wanted to surrender Wang Zhi and specially asked me, a former classmate, to be the official representative."
"I was grateful to Governor Hu for his kindness 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 sides had already agreed before, and Wang Zhi was even happier when he saw me, so he had a chance to negotiate with me that night."
"Wang Zhi told me that the reason why he was willing to surrender to the court was not that he could not survive overseas. It was because Hu Ruzhen told him that the court had agreed to 'open the Hong Kong and Connect city'. He also showed me the imperial decree."
Zhao Hao nodded. He had seen this passage. Hu Zongxian took advantage of Wang Zhi's eagerness to start a sea trade and really drew a lot of big cakes.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to open the sea, so don’t think about it in this life.
"That night he was very excited and opened an unprecedented new world for me." Zhao Liben showed a remembrance expression and said:
"He told me that this world is not what we originally knew. The distant continents are connected to each other through the ocean. On the other side of the ocean, there are civilizations that are no worse than us, and there are also continents full of gold, silver, and spices. Fifty years ago, the Florians and the Spanish divided the world into two halves without authorization. They rode sailing warships, relying on memegacities and Florians, colonized wildly on different continents, seizing infinite wealth. Then they transported it to the gate of the Ming Dynasty, and through his private fleet, they purchased silk, porcelain, tea, etc. of the Ming Dynasty, and finally transported it back to Taixi..."
"They want almost everything we have. The scale of smuggling is always limited, which seriously limits the size of trade. Moreover, when Wang Zhi's wealth is immeasurable, his goal is no longer just to make a fortune, but to get the support of the court and build a center of maritime trade. He drove the Flangers and the Spanish fleet out of our vassal range, and sold the goods directly to Taixi by our own merchant ships!"
"Okay..." Zhao Hao thought to himself, could this be my fellow travelers, right?
Of course not, it’s just that people with this kind of vision that is beyond the times are just out of place with the Ming Dynasty in the era.
"He thought that this would not only end the Japanese siege, but also make the court as rich as Folangji and Spain, the emperor would definitely agree, so he believed in the imperial edict... Later I realized that it was actually forged by Hu Ruzhen by Xu Wenchang. Xu Wei's skill was superb, and even I, a prefect, could not see it."
Chapter completed!