After hearing Wang Hai's confirmed reply, Zheng Jing felt a lot of turmoil.

Who is Wang Zhi? He is a very controversial person in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Those who admire him say that he is the One Piece on the sea, making the Japanese people obey him; those who criticize him scold him for being a thief because he organized Japanese pirates to disrupt the coast of Ming Dynasty. Zhengliang couldn't help but remember Wang Zhi's introduction.

"The End of the History of Ming Dynasty? Volume 55" records: "At that time, Japanese pirates appeared in the islands and invaded Suzhou several times. Chongming killed residents and robbed wealth and goods. All the coastal areas were worried about it." In March of the second year of Hongwu (1369), Zhu Yuanzhang sent a traveler Yang Zai to Japan to "give him a seal and let him be a good letter to Wang Yuanhuai" and asked the reason why the bandits were attacked by China's coastal areas, saying: "If the court comes, the courtyard will be built, and if it is not, the army will be strengthened. If it is necessary to be a bandit, he will be ordered to conquer the army and the king will plan to take it." However, the Japanese king Lianghuai refused to be ordered because he was suspicious and fearful. Mongolia once said good words and attacked with troops. After Song and Zhao, there was no China. He continued to attack Shandong, Fujian, and robbed the coastal residents of Wenzhou, Taizhou and Mingzhou.

One Piece is named Wufeng, a native of Jielin, She County, Huizhou Prefecture, Nanzhili. Wang Zhi was born into a family of merchants. According to the records of "She Zhi" in Wanli, it is said that when Wang Zhi was born, his mother Wang dreamed that a star fell from the sky into his arms. There was a man wearing a high hat beside the star. Wang said in surprise: "This arc star should shine on Hu but also on Hu." Not long after, heavy snow fell from the sky and the plants and trees were frozen. Wang Zhi was secretly happy after knowing this sign: "The stars in the sky are like ordinary fetus; ice in the grass and trees are like soldiers. Will the heavenly general order me to show my martial arts?" So, I was young and unlucky.

Wang Zhi of the accomplice began to have close contacts with some uneasy people in the local area, such as Ye Zongman, Xu Weixue, Xie He and Fang Tingzhu. Wang Zhi once told these accomplices: China's laws are too strict, and a little action will affect the law. The imperial examination is only open to those scholars who are full of sourness. Why don't we go abroad to explore and be trapped in this small "grabbing of soil"? So in the 19th year of Jiajing (1540), together with Xu Weixue, Ye Zongman and others took advantage of the relaxation of the Ming Dynasty's sea ban and went to the coast of Guangdong to build giant ships. Yes, it was not at that time.

It is often difficult. It is full of nitrosulfurs, silk cotton and other items that were strictly prohibited from going to sea in the Ming Dynasty to sail to Japan, Siam and other countries, conduct trade exchanges and make huge profits. In just 5 or 6 years, Wang Zhi obtained huge capital and became a nouveau riche of banned trade, and was called the "Five Peak Shipkeeper". At that time, there were two main Fujian-Zhejiang commercial groups active in the sea, one was headed by Li Guangtou, a Fujian man, and the other was headed by Xu Dong, She County, Huizhou Prefecture. Xu Dong's commercial group initially cooperated with Portugal, and later Japanese private merchants joined. Wang Zhi and Xu Dong were fellow townsmen, so they joined his commercial group.

After Dong and Li Guangtou were successively wiped out by the Ming army for pirate activities, Wang Zhi became the owner of the ship and became the leader of the refugee commercial group. After continuous warfare and private collusion with local officials of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhi gradually gained a monopoly position in maritime trade between China and Japan. The new ships entering the sea could only dare to sail on the sea with the banner of "Five Peaks". The behavior of the Wang Zhi group attracted the attention of the Ming central government, who successively sent Zhu Wan and others to clear out the refugee armed forces along the coast of Zhejiang. They sent troops to attack Wang Zhi in two groups, and Wang Zhi had to move the activity base to Japan.

The foreign trade policies of various Japanese princes provided Wang Zhi with good conditions for residence. Wang Zhi was good at winning over and making friends, and gained the trust of many Japanese people. He settled in Hirado (now Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan), and erected the banner of "King Hui" and used Hirado as a base to absorb anti-Ming forces. Not only did he recruit domestic outlaws, but he also used huge sums of money to collude with Taro, Jiro, Shisuke Shiro and others from the Mawa tribe of Japan, and used Japanese ronin to launch multiple cross-sea attacks on China's coastal areas.

In the 31st year of Jiajing (1552), Wang Zhi annexed the troops of Chen Sipan, the leader of Guangdong pirates. In February of the same year, Wang Zhi ordered the Japanese pirates to break into Ding Customs and move to Liegang in Jintang. In April, the Japanese chiefs in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian colluded with Wang Zhi and others, and led tens of thousands of Japanese and rioters to land on a shore from Zhoushan and Xiangshan in Zhejiang, and robbed Tai, Wen, Ning, and Shaojian, captured the city gates and killed countless residents. In March of the following year, Wang Zhi gathered pirates from Zhangzhou and Guangdong in Fujian and various Japanese barbarians to invade in large numbers, with more than a hundred ships, blocking the sea. From Taizhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Suzhou and Songjiang in the south, to Huaibei in the north, the coast was in crisis for thousands of miles at the same time. The next day, Wang Zhi gathered pirates from Zhangzhou and Guangdong in Fujian and various Japanese barbarians invaded the sea.

Wang Zhi and others captured Changguowei, Zhejiang (now the Changguo Township Government of Xiangshan, Zhejiang), and invaded Suzhou and Songjiang in April, defeated Shanghai County, and plundered in Jiangyin, and attacked Zhapu. In August, they plundered Jinshanwei, attacked Chongming and Changshu, and Jiading. In the first month of the 33rd year (1554), they burned and killed all the way from Taicang to Suzhou and captured Songjiang. In April, they captured Jiashan, defeated Chongming, and entered Chongde County. In June, they arrived in Jiaxing through Wujiang, and then ransacked all the money and returned to Tunzhelin. Since then, Wang Zhi's pirate group has completely embarked on the path of colluding with Japanese pirates to plunder wealth in the southeast coastal areas of China and killing Chinese people, becoming a pirate giant in the Jiajing period.

It is undeniable that the Ming court's sea ban policy and clearance actions greatly restricted the maritime trade activities of Wang Zhi and others, and also restricted the survival and wealth of coastal residents and even some maritime merchants and wealthy people, which aroused dissatisfaction and resistance of these people. These people combined with the Japanese pirates who plundered the southeast coast of China and became a major concern for the rulers of the Ming Dynasty. In April of the 33rd year of Jiajing (1554), Hu Zongxian, a native of Jixi County, Huizhou Prefecture, was appointed as the inspector of Zhejiang. Since then, with the advancement of the anti-Japanese war, Hu Zongxian was appointed by the court as the left minister of the Ministry of War and the left assistant censor of the Censorate, and the military affairs of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fu and other departments, and also served as Zhejiang.

The governor was responsible for the heavy responsibility of anti-Japanese war on the southeast coast. In the 35th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1556), Wang Zhi sent someone to pass on a message to the Ming court, expressing his willingness to obey orders and assist in the elimination of refugees in Songjiang, and hoped to win the Ming government's promise to open up coastal trade. Hu Zongxian deliberately created an atmosphere of peace between the two sides and lured Wang Zhi. Due to the tense coastal situation at that time, Hu Zongxian did not dare to kill Wang Zhi rashly, so he lived and put him under house arrest in Hangzhou for more than two years. He originally hoped that the bandits would disband themselves because of the loss of their leader, but the effect was not great. On December 25, 1559, Wang Zhi was executed by the Ming court.

Now, after counting on his fingers, isn't it 1540? It seems that this time was Wang Zhi's first voyage to Japan for trade. Wang Zhi is just a small person, and it is a good time to make friends with him. If he waits for him to become king and dominate the future, he will look down on the little shrimp of the Luo family. Moreover, Zhengliang also wanted to take the opportunity to find a way to influence Wang Zhi's future practices. In fact, Wang Zhi was determined to return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty, but at this time there were too many corrupt scholars in the court, which made him repeatedly hit a wall and be desperate. He finally chose to threaten the court by organizing pirates to rob the coast of the Ming Dynasty.

"Wang Hai, your fleet is expected to dock there?" Thinking of this, Zhengliang continued to ask.

"Sir, I heard from the owner that the ship was about to dock this time in a place called Hirado. There was a Japanese man on our ship, and this time he was responsible for guiding the navigation," Wang Hai replied.

Is that true? It seems that Wang Hai settled in Hirado for a long time in the future, probably because it was the first shore point of his first voyage, and it was close to the coast of Mingguo, which facilitated the transit of goods. More importantly, the Hirado Matsuura clan there had a good relationship with him. When he thought of the Hirado Matsuura clan, Masayoshi couldn't help but frown. According to the historical process, Hirado Matsuura would soon be unable to bear the pressure and temporarily surrender to the power of the Hodo family, and then use the trade with the Ming Dynasty and the future Southern Barbarians to develop secretly, and eventually replace the Hodo family and become the leader of the Matsuura Party of Hirado County. It seems that no matter what, the Luo family must find a way to get a piece of the pie. You must know that strengthening itself is to weaken the potential enemies.

"Wang Hai, I will send someone to send you back to your fleet, and then ask you to convey the Ro family's intention to trade with your ship owner. I wonder what you mean?" Zhengliang said.

"Sir, the villain must bring his kindness to the ship owner. Sir, you are really the villain's rebirth parent. You are remembered by the villain's grace of saving life." After Wang Hai said that, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhengliang a few times. He was very happy. After escaping from death, he finally had a way to return to the fleet.

"Okay, Sun Wulang, this matter will be left to you. You must send him back to the Ming fleet. After getting the results of his discussions on the Ming fleet, come back and report immediately," Zhengliang ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness. There are people familiar with the waters in my naval army. Please rest assured that you can guarantee that you will be sent back to the Ming fleet safely." The naval general Sun Wulang bowed and bowed.

So, after a full meal, Wang Hai embarked on the return journey back to the Ming fleet. Wang Hai went there for an afternoon. In the evening, a Luo family navy who was traveling with Wang Hai returned alone to report the progress to Zhengliang.

"Sir, the villain has escorted the Ming man back to the Ming fleet." Football report.

"Oh? You found the Ming Dynasty's fleet in that place?" Zhengliang asked.

"The villain first drove the boat to the waters where the Mingguo fleet encountered a typhoon last night, but there were no ships there. Later, we drove the boat directly to Hirado's port, where we saw the Mingguo ship that was already unloading supplies to the dock. The Mingguo Lord originally wanted to find the owner of the Mingguo, but our Xiaozao was stopped by the pirate Zhongshiro who was subordinate to the Matsuura family near the dock." Zu Qing said angrily.

Siro? Wasn't it the Japanese pirates who followed Wang Zhi to harm the coast of Ming Dynasty in the future? Humph, it seems that they have to get rid of it. Thinking of this, Masara continued to ask, "The sea area where Sisuke Shiro is engaged is usually in that sea area?"

"Sir, Na Shiro was originally a group of pirates from Tangjinwan. Later, he was driven out of Tangjinwan by the Hodo family and the Huzi family's naval army, so he defected to the Matsuura family. Now he is mainly engaged in the areas of Eagle Island and Black Island." He replied with a slight note.

"Well, I understand this. Let's talk about the situation later?" Zhengliang nodded and continued to talk.

"Later, it was after the Ming Dynasty came forward to explain and was confirmed by the Ming Dynasty fleet that we were able to get close to the dock. After returning to the Ming Dynasty fleet, Lord Sun Wulang first asked the villain to come back and report to the adults, and the villain didn't know the rest of the matter." Reported easily.

"Very good, you go down and rest." Zhengliang waved his hand and signaled to go down and rest. Looking at Zuqing's back, Zhengliang pondered. It seemed that this cooperation must be as smooth as expected.

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Chapter completed!