"In Daming at this time, only when they have the same interests and the same direction can they exert their strength against the traditional literati, that is, the gentry class today."

"Otherwise, once the Ming Dynasty loses its heroic and enterprising emperor, the feudal vassals start raising pigs, and the nobles start playing martial arts, the Ming Dynasty will completely lose its resistance to the conservative gentry class based on farming civilization and is destined to resist overseas trade. In the law of dynasty cycles in "On the Fate of Nations"!"

"The solution is very simple. Going to the Western Seas requires shipbuilding, sailors, and troops. It requires a lot of money."