Let's discuss the enemies of the Ming Dynasty. Is Wang Zhi a traitor?

Wang Zhi is a name in the Ming Dynasty, and it is called Wang Zhi in most other history books. Coincidentally, this brother is Hu Zongxian's hometown, and he is also from Huizhou. It's really not good to talk about his legendary experience of three days and three nights.

In many historical books, the definition of Wang Zhi is roughly like this: He was a dog traitor, cunning by nature, and later fled to Japan to collude with the Japanese and lead the way for the Japanese to invade China.

This is indeed an extremely surprising and inspiring conclusion, but in my opinion, it is probably wrong.

At least I can be sure of one thing: Wang Zhi is not a traitor.

Please don't be busy copying things, it's not too late to start work after I finish. I am not a convinced fan, and I have no intention of developing in this field. I come to this conclusion only because Wang Zhi doesn't fit the definition of traitor.

What is a traitor? During the Jiajing period, the so-called traitors were people who worked for the enemy.

According to this standard, Wang Zhi is really unqualified, because this brother really didn't help the Japanese, on the contrary, the Japanese worked for him.

Wang Zhi, Wufeng No.5, in fact, all the legendary storms just started because of a business.

As Hu Zongxian's strongest rival, Wang Zhi was a very clever man since he was a child, but unfortunately, his cleverness was not in reading.

Wang Zhi's head seems to find it hard to accept the signals of the Four Books and Five Classics. Reading was a kind of torture for him, so he quickly found another way out for himself-doing business.

Most people start their business from a young age. First, they have to set up stalls and open grocery stores, and then they can gradually pour steel and sell arms. On the other hand, Wang Zhi is very different. From an economic point of view, Boss Wang's business started from a very high level-international trade.

The so-called international trade, to put it bluntly, means selling domestic goods abroad and then selling them back. Wang Zhi knows very well that it is difficult to get rich by selling cigarettes on the street. Only entrepot trade can get rich. Maritime trade was banned in the Ming Dynasty, and the so-called "not going to the sea" was no joke. However, history has proved countless times that the stick can't break the economic law, and the will and determination to get rich can't be stopped.

Wang Zhi was one of the founders of the early oceans. He found a partner named Xu and advised him to go out to do business together. This may not be a kind person. In his early years, he was a robber for several years, selling his property and going to sea.

Wang Zhi's first transaction was in Guangdong. He quietly went out to sea in the middle of the night with his goods and continued to sail south.

In today's Southeast Asia, Wang Zhi sells his goods at very different prices. When huge profits flowed into his pocket, he felt unprecedented excitement.

So he decided to put all his eggs in one basket and carry out the business to the end.

With the continuous development of business, Wang Zhi's fleet is getting bigger and bigger, with more and more employees and more lucrative profits. Boss Wang finally succeeded in getting rich and became an example for everyone to imitate.

If things stop here, it shouldn't be too bad. Wang Zhi's behavior should be regarded as smuggling in the legal definition, and the worst result is nothing more than attracting attention, being pegged by Hu Zongxian, the governor and customs Commissioner, being caught by Yu, the smuggling battalion chief, and then being sentenced, exiled or beheaded.

But boss Wang's desire can't be satisfied, and it is by no means his life creed to stop when it is good. Soon after, he finally made a choice to change the fate of countless people.

There is little business potential in Southeast Asia. In order to get more benefits, boss Wang decided to turn to the Japanese market. The reason is simple-Japanese people make money easily.

Geographically, Japan is really a place where birds don't lay eggs. Almost everything is lacking except volcanoes and earthquakes. Wang Zhi is the only one who pays as much as he wants here. He likes to buy or not.

In addition to improving the living standard of Japan, Boss Wang has made outstanding contributions to reducing the population of Japan, because while providing necessities, he also smuggled a very special kind of goods.

In fact, everyone is familiar with this commodity. In the ranking of national trade commodities, it has always occupied the first position-arms.

In Southeast Asian trade, Wang Zhi and Portugal became close friends. Portuguese foreigners like Chinese porcelain and tea, but they have no money in their pockets, so they have to change their guns, and they are afraid that Wang Zhi won't accept them, so the price is cheap, which is half sold and half given.

Wang Zhi gave full play to the true colors of profiteers and was extremely embarrassed every time. He always said that this kind of thing would not happen again. As a result, it was sent to Japan at ten times the price as soon as it changed hands.

Don't say ten times, it's a hundred times. I guess the Japanese bought it right, too. It was the Warring States period, and it was a pleasure to kill each other. We are tired of using broadswords and spears, and everyone is playing with guns.

In Wang Zhi's order list, governors such as Shimadzu and Oda are big customers. Boss Wang is more trustworthy, and sometimes he will investigate the war casualties and ensure after-sales service.

Of course, in the course of trade, there are also some discordant episodes. Southeast Asia and Zhejiang coastal areas have always been pirate gathering places. Wang Zhi's fleet is often robbed because its target is too big. Boss Wang was furious: I brought arms. How dare you rob me? !

In a rage, he organized a private armed force, which was just an escort at first. Later, he found that piracy worked faster, so he simply took a part-time job as a pirate. In this way, Wang Zhi changed from an overseas gold digger to a maritime merchant, and finally became the leader of an armed smuggling group.

However, this is far from over. With the continuous expansion of business, Wang Overseas Trading Co., Ltd. and Pirate Unlimited Group urgently need to find a fixed office space. Of course there are difficulties. Although Mr. Jiajing is busy with monasticism, he will never allow Boss Wang to open a firm under his nose.

For the long-term development of the company, Wang Zhi decided to move his headquarters to Japan, specifically in the south of Kyushu (near Okinawa today), where he occupied a place as his base.

Boss Wang has a big business. He not only has a huge fleet, private armed forces, but also has an emperor addiction. In his jurisdiction, more than 4,000 immigrants from China obey his management. He also hired many Japanese who came to look for jobs. Those who are in good health are bodyguards or thugs, and those who are in poor health are arranged to sweep the streets, so that people can use him now.

Wang Zhi was very satisfied with the development of the company, and gave his private land a name-"Song State".

It must be pointed out that Mr. Wang started a company in Japan without the permission of the authorities and was not registered with the relevant departments. He has never paid a penny of tax for many years. To put it bluntly, this is an illegal occupation of the territory of other countries and a bold provocation to national dignity.

But from beginning to end, the Japanese didn't even dare to fart for the simple reason that they didn't dare.

In Japanese history books, the Warring States period is described as an era of heroes, and countless brave men rampaged among the generals, which is really spectacular.

However, this may not be the case. For example, in the famous Battle of Narrow Barrels in Japanese history, Imagawa Yoshimoto, a great warlord who was so powerful that no one could stop him, had only 40,000 to 50,000 troops, and that was all.

At that time, the total number of people on both sides of the total campaign will be five or six thousand. It will be a guard of honor in China, but it is no wonder that Japanese comrades, after all, have a limited population and it is too difficult to organize large-scale campaigns. To put it mildly, it is not easy to kill thousands of people.

Boss Wang is so arrogant because he bullies the Japanese less. At that time, there were nearly 10 thousand troops belonging to him alone, and they were all equipped with the latest muskets. The situation in his Kyushu region is grim, and the local governors are very belligerent, but Wang Zhi has no scruples about them. He often sends thousands of people with guns and warships to March through the city from their coast. These people dare not even scream, let alone confront each other by force.

On the contrary, they are very polite to Wang Zhi, even giving gifts and paying tribute on holidays for fear of offending this rich uncle with a gun.

To be fair, Wang Zhi is really not a traitor, because it is estimated that no one in Japan can afford a traitor like him, but many Japanese want to beg him eagerly and rely on him for food.