Jiajing Kaihai Jiajing

In the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing's reign, the Japanese invasion was raging in the southeast, the warehouse was empty, and the emperor also felt stretched to practice Taoism and refine alchemy. Chen Hao, a scholar from Fuzhou whose family was in decline, saw that the country was locked up by sea and the people were in dire straits, so he decided to go north to the capital. In the imperial prelude, a piece of "Ten Strategies for Opening the Sea" shocked the court: "No trade is prohibited, only pirates are prohibited; the shipping market is open, and sea taxes are collected. Use the wealth from the Japanese pirates to support the soldiers who suppress the Japanese, and use Western goods to fill the treasury of the Ming Dynasty!" Qingliu scolded him for "competing with the people for profit," and the powerful regarded him as "ruining people's wealth." The emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "If you lose, you will confiscate your family and exterminate your clan." Chen Hao bowed: "If I succeed, your majesty, please allow me to open up thousands of miles of sea territory for the Ming Dynasty and seek a hundred years of prosperity for the people!" From then on, a "God of Wealth" who was in charge of customs, built a navy, and controlled global trade quietly emerged in the Ming Dynasty...