The example given by He Qiaoyuan is the example of a scholar. Anyone who is a Ming Dynasty person can naturally know it.

He believes that reading is very similar to going to sea. For example, how many scholars can be among those who become Jinshi? Are there 10 or 10? Those who have been studying for a lifetime but have nothing to gain, are poor and miserable, saying that reading is misleading. Is this really the case? The reality is that everyone likes reading because they may become Jinshi and become famous.

By analogy, going to sea is the same. It has the prospect of getting rich. Although it is dangerous, everyone is willing to go there. So it is not appropriate not to use such an example as an excuse to ban the sea. If you open the sea, even if there are pirates, at most one or two ships will rob at least one or two ships, the harm will be only on one or two ships. But once the sea is banned, these pirates will land on robbery. The harm is so great and how many people will suffer from it. This is impossible to compare!

At the end of the memorial, He Qiaoyuan gave an example of opening the sea during the Song Dynasty. He said that the Maritime Bureau was located in Quanzhou at that time, and more than 30 countries came to trade, which was unprecedentedly grand. The county magistrates at that time would pray for them and bless them to go out to sea. The court and the people all agreed with this matter. Therefore, the Song Dynasty did not lack money. Later, the demise of the Song Dynasty was not because of the opening of the sea ban.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but look at Wen Tiren. This paragraph was exactly the same as Wen Tiren's generous speech in the morning court. No wonder Wen Tiren hid it in his sleeve after seeing this memorial and found an opportunity to read it for him.

He thought so and continued to read the end of the memorial.

He Qiaoyuan talked about the harm of banning the sea from another aspect, emphasizing that Fujian is mountainous and has inconvenient transportation. Without sea transportation, it can only be transported by land, which makes Fujian scarce supplies, and this is a trivial matter. He said that in today's world, doing business has become a big profit, and many people are doing business. It is said that today's people in the world do everything, saying that Wu Yue's raw silk is the favorite thing of the barbarians, and they are good at weaving. Without raw silk, they will have no raw materials; they also like Jiangxi porcelain, etc.

He Qiaoyuan finally said that the Ming Dynasty is always using money now, especially in the north, it takes a lot of money to deal with Mongolia and Jianlu Tartars; while in the southwest, there are many good things piled up there and they cannot be sold, so they cannot be exchanged for money. They have to rebel even if they have no money. The occurrence of these things has made the Ming Dynasty need more money.

With such a good opportunity here, He Qiaoyuan hopes that the court will pay attention to it and reopen the maritime ban, which will be a blessing for the Ming Dynasty!

After reading it, Emperor Chongzhen felt that it was inappropriate to have some opinions or arguments in the memorial, but overall, this memorial gave him a great surprise.

Emperor Chongzhen held this memorial in his hand and did not put it on the imperial desk. He looked at Wen Tiren and asked with a smile: "What do you think about Wen Qing?"

"Your Majesty, I think what is said in this memorial is very reasonable, I agree with it!" Without any surprise, Wen Tiren's statement was in agreement.

Then, he hesitated for a moment, and finally added: "I said what I said in the morning before the New Year that it was passed to Fujian. When Mr. He heard that he was very happy. A few days ago, the imperial envoy Xu Shangshu even intervened in the case of the pirate Li Kuiqi's death, and changed it to escorting the capital. He thought that the minister had made efforts in this matter, so he wrote this memorial and sent it to the capital."

Wen Tiren stopped when he said this. He was a person in the chat group and was concerned about the interaction between Shui Shangpiao and Emperor Chongzhen at that time. Therefore, he knew who Xu Guangqi meant. For such a pirate, the emperor did not kill him, but instead had to escort him to the capital after much trouble, which had already conveyed a message very clearly.

Therefore, he had strong confidence in this memorial. Nowadays, there are officials and gentry in the local area. Although the gentry who retired and returned to the country responded to his own actions of opening the sea, he was still familiar with maritime affairs, which made great achievements.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly when he heard this. He knew that with Wen Tiren's cleverness, he must have guessed that Xu Guangqi had arranged the matter himself. So he asked, "Has Li Kuiqi been escorted to the capital?"

Although Wen Tiren is the chief assistant, he is naturally worried about this matter. Therefore, he immediately replied: "Go back to your Majesty, the pirate Li Kuiqi was escorted to Beijing this morning and is now detained in the prison of the Ministry of Justice."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he became interested and immediately issued an order: "Please him, I want to meet him. Wen Qing also listen."

"Abide by the order!" Wen Tiren naturally had no objection, was delighted, and immediately replied.

Not long after, four Dongchang soldiers escorted a short and strong black man wearing shackles and handcuffs into the hall.

This man was Li Kuiqi. When he was escorted to Beijing before, Liu Jinsheng said on the way that he had bribed a person with connections in the court and saved him. As for the matter after entering Beijing, he reassured Li Kuiqi that he would continue to bribe the man at all costs, and he would definitely rescue him.

At this time, just after being imprisoned, the Dongchang man came to mention him. What's more important is that he also mentioned that the Forbidden City was coming, which surprised him very much.

He was a little puzzled who his adopted son had bribed. The energy was so great that he alarmed the emperor. He was a little confused. Is this a good or bad thing? What will his fate be?

Even though he was once a generation of pirates on the sea, he felt very nervous after entering the palace. In fact, no matter whether he was a matter of life or death, he was still a commoner far away from Fujian. Now the palace is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. For him, this is a majestic symbol.

As soon as he entered the hall, he didn't even dare to look up, so he knelt down and shouted long live the mountain according to the rumor.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that he knelt so far, and couldn't help but shake his head a little. Unexpectedly, such a person became nervous when he saw him. He asked knowingly: "Are you Li Kuiqi?"

Li Kuiqi was a little surprised when he heard the voice a little young, but he didn't dare to think too much, so he lowered his head and quickly replied: "Caomin... the sinner is Li Kuiqi."

"I ask you, if the court unleashed the maritime ban, will the court make a profit? What is the biggest obstacle?" Emperor Chongzhen asked straight to the point.

These two issues are very important. The ones who understand the situation the most and authoritative should be these pirates traversing the southeastern sea.

Even if Li Kuiqi beat him to death, he would never have thought that the emperor did not blame him, but asked such a question. He was extremely surprised and immediately forgot everything and looked up at the place where the sound came from. He found that the young emperor was looking at him, and an old man in a robe next to him was also looking at him.

"Ah...this..." For a moment, Li Kuiqi didn't know how to answer.

Thanks to Yueyue Chengjue for his reward, the one I owe was paid back at about 5 pm.
Chapter completed!