South of Mumbai, Goa was one of the wealthiest regions of ancient India because it was an important maritime trade port – just in the geographical sense of India, of course.

After the fall of the state of Vegayanagar, Goa was left unowned for a long time, and was occupied by Portugal in the fifth year of Zhengde.

The leader of the Portuguese fleet that occupied Goa was none other than the Grand Navigator Vasco da Gama. When they came ashore, they burned and looted, used guns to show their authority, and planted a benchmark in Goa to assert Portuguese sovereignty.

Vasco da Gama returned to Portugal and boasted of the opulence of Goa, which contained countless treasures and was rich in spices and silk.

The Portuguese aristocracy, with an instant green glow, sent a formal fleet to India, and set up a Portuguese Viceroy of India, as well as missionaries with Bibles in hand. For more than a decade, heretics were burned to death in Goa, and Catholicism continued to expand its influence there.

In addition, Portugal also brought in commoners and forced local women to intermarry in order to increase the proportion of Portuguese. Schools were then opened and cultural expansion followed, resulting in Goa being the province with the highest literacy rate in all of India hundreds of years later.

Truth be told, Portuguese colonial rule in Goa was much more civilized than British rule in India...... Compared to the British, Portugal is almost a saint.

Duarte de Meneses, has Portuguese royal blood.

In other words, only nobles with royal blood could be sent by the King of Portugal to India as governors. It is impossible for Vasco da Gama to be a viceroy, not even a nobleman, because to be a Portuguese nobleman, he must also have royal blood!

How did Vasco da Gama become a Portuguese aristocrat?

Just last year, the great navigator Magellan rebelled against his employer and commanded a fleet to defeat the Kingdom of Castile (the predecessor of Spain). Well, Magellan's fleet, in the Spanish colonies, overturned the Spanish fleet and regained its due interests by force.

King Carlos I, who was forced to promise Magellan, continued to finance his circumnavigation of the globe, and by the way gave many benefits.

Just this year, Magellan was assassinated before his voyage. After the assassination attempt, the king of Spain said that the Portuguese had done it, and Magellan could only believe that Portugal was trying to get him.

Vasco da Gama, who had been a wealthy man in Portugal for more than ten years, was suddenly inspired by Magellan. He went directly to the king of Portugal and said that if he didn't take himself seriously, he would learn Magellan's trick and lead the fleet to take away the Portuguese colony of Goa.

The King of Portugal was really frightened, and immediately made da Gama Count of Vidigera, making him the first nobleman in Portugal without royal blood.

Da Gama was not satisfied, and clamored to become the governor of India, waiting for the current governor Duarte to make a fuss.

Hearing that the Chinese envoy had come to Goa, Duarte did not immediately pay attention to it.

After he became the governor, he only knew how to embezzle and enjoy, frantically levy taxes to make money, and let the fleet go around robbing the merchant ships of other countries. In Duarte's eyes, China was like that, and he even ordered the construction of a colonial stronghold in Guangzhou!

It's already being done, and it's located in Tuen Mun (Western New Territories, Hong Kong).

In the spring of this year, another group of Portuguese ships built improvised forts in Tuen Mun, and also planned to build forts and moats. Because the location was too remote, Guangdong officials realized it later, and only found out after a few months that they were thinking about how to deal with it.

Again, this new governor is mentally retarded and actually wants to colonize China by force!

Zhan Ruoshui waited for four days, and finally someone came to inform him that he should immediately go to see His Excellency the Governor.

As the deputy Qianhu and the captain of the bird boat, Ning Botao personally protected Zhan Ruoshui this time. He led a few soldiers, huddled behind Zhan Ruoshui, and strode into the Western-style castle.

As soon as Duarte saw them, he instantly roared: "Release the Portuguese soldiers immediately, return the Portuguese sea ships immediately, or wait for the war!" ”

Well, not only Zhan Ruoshui, but even the Portuguese officials in Malacca were left to dry by the governor for several days, and finally reported the military situation of the defeat in the naval battle. As soon as the cargo heard that his ship had been robbed, he hurriedly summoned Zhan Ruoshui and directly threatened him by force.

After hearing the translation, Zhan Ruoshui sneered: "Your warship opened fire on the coastal waters of the Ming Dynasty without authorization, and it was also attacking the ships of the Ming Dynasty. It is reasonable to be reasonable, the Ming Dynasty has a reason to fight back, and the total annihilation of your army is purely self-inflicted. If you want to go to war, you can accompany you. The Ming Dynasty has a land of thousands of miles, hundreds of millions of people, a million troops, and thousands of warships! ”

"How many people?" Duarte was a little confused.

Zhan Ruoshui said casually: "The people of the Ming Dynasty have already exceeded 100 million. You are a small country, how many people can die? Even if you exchange a hundred for one, you can also kill your Franc Machine Kingdom cleanly! ”

Duarte was furious and pointed at Zhan Ruoshui's nose: "How dare you threaten and deceive me, how can there be a country in the world with a population of more than 100 million?" Wait for the war! ”

Zhan Ruoshui sneered: "If your country doesn't give an explanation, the Ming fleet will come to ask for an explanation." ”

"Get this guy out of here!" Duarte roared.

Zhan Ruoshui was brutally expelled from the castle, and Duarte called his brother, the commander-in-chief of the Portuguese Indian fleet: "Berio, immediately lead all the fleets and seize the Chinese Canton!" ”

The Malacca fleet was also under the command of Berio, and the construction of a colonial stronghold in Tuen Mun, Guangzhou, was his modification plan. Because according to the governor's strange idea, he wanted to occupy the city of Canton directly, and the captains of the Malacca fleet complained one after another, saying that the difficulty of capturing Canton was no less than the capture of the capital of Castile (Spain).

Berio advised: "Brother, China is too big to colonize directly, let alone capture big cities. By building a castle on the outskirts of Guangdong, we were already taking a huge risk, and attacking Canton was tantamount to sending soldiers to death. ”

"The invincible Ottomans have not been defeated by us, so what is China?" Duarte sneered.

Berio was tempted to screw his brother's head off and kick it into the Indian Ocean as a football. He explained with difficulty: "Even if we defeated the Ottomans, it took us many years to teach the Persians to cast cannons and guns, and with the help of the Persians, we won the victory." China, on the other hand, is much stronger than the Ottomans. China has too many people, and Guangzhou alone is frighteningly large, how can such a country be conquered by force? ”

Duarte rebuked: "You piece of shit! ”

Berio was also angry and immediately scolded back: "You are the waste!" You don't know anything but to play with women for money, and I really don't know why the king sent you to be a governor! ”

Duarte was furious: "If I am not the governor, can you be the commander of the Indian fleet?" ”

Berio was speechless and said depressedly: "Anyway, I won't give the order to attack China, if you want to fight yourself!" ”

"Then I will remove you from your position!" Duarte scolded.

The governor had removed his brother and replaced him with a temporary commander who led the Indian fleet to China, while Zhan Ruoshui was detained in Goa.

The Indian fleet has nearly 100 warships, and after arriving in Malacca, they do not move - they are not fools, who will die in vain?

Duarte was in a hurry, and the Portuguese fleet simply bought goods in Malacca and went to Canton to do business happily. The provisional commanders and captains united and made a fortune in Canton, and when they returned, they replied to the governor that they had encountered strong winds and waves at sea, and the fleet had returned before they reached Canton.

As for the money earned from doing business, it was naturally divided by them, and they all fooled the governor as a fool anyway.

Ning Botao slipped away from Goa, bribed the Portuguese sailors, hid in the cargo hold and returned to Malacca, and then boarded a Chinese merchant ship to Hangzhou. When he went back to recover his life, Zhu Houzhao had already finished watching the Qiantang tide and planned to take Wang Yuan back to Beijing.

"What, the Francophile dares to detain the envoy?" Wang Yuan couldn't believe it.

Ning Botao explained: "That Governor of Francois is not reasonable at all, and he repeatedly says that he wants to fight. ”

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Then fight!" Erlang, don't stop it, Fanbang is just a barbarian, and he even brushes the tiger whiskers of the Ming Dynasty, is it tolerable or unbearable? ”

Wang Yuan said: "Your Majesty ......"

"Don't persuade!" Zhu Houzhao interrupted.

Wang Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "The minister wants to say, Your Majesty should not drive the expedition in person, otherwise the minister will stop His Majesty if he dies." ”

Zhu Houzhao asked, "How do you know that I want to be in person?" ”

Wang Yuan muttered: "The minister also knows that His Majesty's anger is false, and it is true that he wants to go to the expedition in person, and he wants to take a boat overseas to see if it is even more true." ”

"Hahahaha!"

Zhu Houzhao laughed wildly: "Erlang knows me too!" ”

Wang Yuan said: "Your Majesty really can't go to sea, otherwise the minister will resign immediately." It's not a fake resignation, it's that he won't return to the court after resigning, because the minister really can't afford it, and he doesn't want to go back to Beijing and be scolded by hundreds of officials. ”

Zhang Yong and Jiang Bin also had no bottom in their hearts, and advised one after another: "Your Majesty, the sea is unpredictable, and you really can't drive it in person." ”

"I must go?" Zhu Houzhao lost his donkey temper again.

Wang Yuan suddenly knelt on the ground: "Please resign!" ”

Zhang Yong and Jiang Bin knelt down: "The minister also resigns." ”

"Then you will stay in Hangzhou and wait for my triumphant news," Zhu Houzhao said to Man Zheng and Ning Botao, "Man Zongbing, Ning Qianhu, you will follow me to conquer Manchuria!" ”

Man Zheng and Ning Botao immediately knelt on the ground: "The minister resigns." ”

Looking all over the Ming Dynasty, who dares to take the emperor to sea? Don't die!

It was Jiang Bin, who had instigated the emperor's northern expedition several times, and he was afraid that the emperor would be shipwrecked, not to mention other civil and military officials.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to drive the expedition in person this time, so he could only row over by himself.

After losing his temper for several days, Zhu Houzhao finally compromised: "That's it, that's it, you guys go to fight, I will go back to Beijing directly." It's so boring, I don't have a chance to go overseas to see it! ”

Jiang Bin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, on the way back to Beijing, the minister arranged a good trick in Yangzhou. ”

"How can Yangzhou have overseas play? Don't go, don't go! Zhu Houzhao panicked in his heart.

Zhang Yong also came to coax: "Your Majesty, Yangzhou's famous tricks are more famous than Suzhou." ”

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "I said I won't go, go back to Beijing directly!" ”