Longqing, Wang Zongmu, who served as the governor of the grain transport during the Wanli period, began to advocate maritime transportation with Liang Menglong, who was then the governor of Shandong.

At this time, more than 150 years have passed since Yongle stopped shipping, and technical difficulties are obvious, such as not familiar with the sea channel and lack of skilled sailors.

After the court approved it, Wang Zongmu and others were cautious and conducted short-distance trials first.

In June of the sixth year of Longqing, Wang Zongmu submitted a memorial: "The 120,000 stone of grain left Huai on one day and arrived in Tianjin. The grain of rice was not lost."

The successful trial run can be said to be of great significance, but the facts do not gradually expand sea transportation as people think.

In October of that year, the Nanjing Husband Officer submitted a memorial to the Censor Zhang Huan, impeaching Wang Zongmu for dereliction of duty and concealing the report, saying that he heard that eight ships had sunk, and the personnel on the ship and more than 3,000 stones of rice drowned together.

Wang Zongmu made a detailed defense about this impeachment, but the result was undecided. The Ministry of Revenue's opinion was that the sea route would still be opened, but the transportation volume would not increase, and it was still 120,000 stones.

The official has neither concluded the maritime operation nor verified whether the impeachment is true or false. The result of ignoring it is actually the victory of opposing the maritime transport faction.

By the next year, the opposition's crow's mouth was fulfilled. When the sea ship arrived in Jimo, seven ships sank in the wind, 15 soldiers were sacrificed and some food was lost.

No matter how Wang Zongmu technically analyzed the cause of the accident, the opposition attacked in groups and could have tried a successful shipping, so it died.

To sum up, the main reasons for the opposition are Confucian theories, benevolent politics and loving the people.

They listed the casualties of sea transport recorded in historical books, and then characterized sea transport as a product of tyranny in the Yuan Dynasty, which was a harsh policy that harmed the people.

Of course, due to the technical limitations at that time, the size, strength and wind and wave resistance of the ship, as well as the inability to effectively grasp the changes in the sea climate, the situation of the sea routes was not familiar enough. The sea boat capsized, the sailors died, and the difficulties of the early transportation of the sea routes could not be avoided.

Winds, waves, fog, reefs, and pirate attacks are indeed problems that need to be solved. But from the general trend, as well as efficiency and emergency, shipping must be tried.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao believes that the actual difficulties are no greater than expected.

Oceanwide commercial transportation has been booming, and going to sulfur balls, Japan and Luzon is not a long journey. Even traveling to Europe, Africa, and America has become a reality, let alone domestic offshore shipping?

Then start with the sea transportation of food and wages in Liaodong, and take the first step toward the abolishing water transportation!

Zhu Youxiao put down his memorial and decided to take a look at Shen Tingyang. Well, he is from Chongming (Shanghai) and is a fellow villager with Xu Paul, and both have a broad vision.

Zhu Youxiao certainly knows how important it is to set an example. At the same time, he also firmly determined his own talent selection method. Experts are among the people and the countryside have wise men!

Holding the memorial in his hand, Zhu Youxiao patted it on the palm of his left hand one after another, thinking about how to promote Shen Tingyang and start the sea transportation experiment, and then saw Wang Tiqian rubbing in.

Looking at Wang Tiqian's expression and movements, Zhu Youxiao knew that this guy had something to do, so he raised his chin and said, "But is there another memorial from the minister?"
Chapter completed!