"No!"

When Yuan Huazhong, the imperial historian of the Imperial Procuratorate, heard the news that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was going to sign trade agreements with Spain and Portugal and continue to lease Macao to them, he was immediately unconvinced.

"Trade is just an excuse for people, and the reason behind the lease of Haojing is even more ill-intentioned! The old minister repeatedly reminded His Majesty to be cautious, and that's for it! ”

Saying that, Yuan Huazhong sighed: "But Your Majesty still believes in the words of the Yi people, and gives away the land of the ancestors, this way, it will be difficult to get it back!" ”

One of the six gentlemen of Donglin made a speech, and Yu's Yanguan Yushi was also excited, and they all came out to admonish.

"Your Majesty think twice!"

"I have a large land and a prosperous population, how can those Yi people not salivate?"

"Once the portal is opened, it will not be easy to close it again!"

Zhu Youxiao listened to the group of admonitions from these officials and imperial historians above, and his heart became more and more irritable, but his face was gone, and after waiting for a while, he said slowly:

"I have seen all the notes of your Aiqing on this matter, and I have ordered the British to come forward to negotiate with them and conclude a treaty of commerce."

Suddenly, a man came out and said:

"The minister agrees with His Majesty's statement, the world is not only a big country, Spain has been reckless for decades, although it is declining, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse!"

"There are also the Dutch, although they were defeated to me in the battle of Penghu, but their ambitions have not diminished, the so-called enemy of the enemy is my friend, and the Ming should sign a trade with Spain!"

These words don't sound very much like the understanding that officials in this era should have, Zhu Youxiao looked sideways, and he didn't know it in his impression, so he asked:

"Who is Qing?"

"Xu Guangqi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites!"

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was relieved, Xu Guangqi, a powerful man, was indeed the first batch of Ming officials to accept Western cultural ideas.

Now Xu Guangqi has actually been influenced by Western culture, and even when he calls Western countries in his words, he is no longer Yiren, but by the name of the country.

However, Xu Guangqi is a very interesting person, he went to learn Western culture, not because he was interested, in his own words, this is to take the strengths of the other and eliminate his own shortcomings.

To put it bluntly, Xu Guangqi approached these people entirely to learn their advanced science and technology, and to go back and contribute to the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Guangqi is different from Bi Maoliang and Bi Maoliang, who were recruited into the Beijing Division by Zhu Youxiao in his early years and presided over the Ordnance Division, the latter is only an ordnance expert and is obsessed with firearms such as guns.

Xu Guangqi is not only proficient in military weapons, but also proficient in agricultural affairs, once served as Wang Zaijin's deputy, and promoted sweet potatoes in Jifu, and was an all-rounder.

Such a person should not stay in the Ministry of Rites to do those ceremonial things, nor should he directly throw them into the Military Weapons Division, so that he will not be able to exert all his talents.

Going to Qin Tianjian allowed him to get in touch with the missionaries led by John Tang and quickly absorb scientific and technological knowledge, but after all, Qin Tianjian was a yamen who observed astronomy and revised the calendar.

It seems that it is to build a new yamen for Xu Guangqi and his gang, so that they can follow up (imitate) Western science and technology, similar to the "scientific research institute" of later generations.

Xu Guangqi can be the chief scientist of Daming!

Naturally, Xu Guangqi's words were too advanced, and many people heard them in a fog, and they didn't wait to fully understand it, but they were competing for the opposite.

A spokesman came out and sneered:

"Before our dynasty won the battle of Penghu, many islands in the sea were occupied by the red-haired fan, and the Fujian general soldier Yu Zisoo and others also played His Majesty at that time.

"My sailor is not the opponent of the Yiren fleet, if the Yiren occupy Haojing in the future and don't leave, I can't fight, and it's not right not to fight, what should I do?"

Xu Guangqi sneered: "If you know that the situation is not as good as others, then you will learn!" ”

"Learn their strong ships and cannons, and let my Ming Naval Division also become an invincible armada, now that the world is competing for progress, how can I be lagging behind."

"In the event that the Hereafter will suffer a thousand years of shame, isn't this related to the kings?"

After all, this official is not like Xu Guangqi, who often asks foreigners about the world situation, and he doesn't have any ink about the West in his stomach, so he has nothing to say at once.

The official stood there for a long time and didn't know how to fight back, so he had to be listed.

At this time, the ministers were whispering, but no one came out to blush and say anything big, and you can't talk about others, isn't it humiliating yourself.

Zhu Youxiao saw that the situation was good, nodded and said, "What Xu Guangqi said is good, it is very agreeable." ”

After speaking, he turned to Xu Guangqi and said, "You will accompany the British Duke to discuss with the mission, and you must come up with a result that can satisfy me and the people of the world." ”

"When you come back, it's a great achievement!"

Xu Guangqi was very grateful to the emperor for his open-mindedness, and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will do his best, Haojing is my Ming territory, the difference between lease and occupation, the minister knows!"

......

After the dispersal of the court, Zhang Weixian selected a few of the most elite soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion, and specially equipped them with the latest Suifa shotguns, thinking of giving the Yi people a dismount.

There are not many soldiers, but they are fine, so Zhang Weixian only brought more than 200 people, which happened to be the same as the number of the Spanish mission.

On the way, Zhang Weixian couldn't think about it thoroughly, what is the benefit of doing business with Yiren to Daming, and he couldn't help asking:

"Xu Shilang, can you guess His Majesty's conditions in your heart?"

"How can you guess?" Xu Guangqi smiled, that is, he took out a bright yellow decree from his sleeve, and said: "If you don't know how to do such a big thing, how can you do it?" ”

"After the lower official dispersed the court meeting, he went directly to meet His Majesty, please make a will, please see the British Princess."

When Zhang Weixian heard this, he slapped his thigh and laughed: "This..., the old man doesn't know what happened, thanks to Xu Shilang, otherwise this trip will be black!" ”

After speaking, he took the secret decree into his hand and read it carefully word by word.

Xu Guangqi laughed: "Grandpa Guo said that he was joking, Your Majesty asked you and me to come together, I think I expected this, and the two of us are both useful." ”

Zhang Weixian understood this reason, but he just shirked the temptation, listening to Xu Guangqi's words, he knew in his heart that he was a reasonable person, and he didn't say more.

After a short time, the group came to a garden selected in the Forbidden City, and met the Spanish mission that had been waiting here for a long time.

The place chosen for this negotiation contract was also carefully chosen.

When the Spanish mission came here, it would first pass through the Chengtianmen Yongdao, see the Yongwei Battalion Forbidden Army, the Jinyi Captain, and the Jinwu guarding the Imperial City, and then pass through the royal garden and come to the Lake Center Pavilion.

With the majestic Forbidden City in his backdrop, Zhang Weixian and the Spanish ambassador Dias stepped on the Mirror Lake and exchanged courtesies before discussing the contract and the loan.

After this journey, Dias did have a big change in his previous attitude, knowing that the level of the person who came to negotiate was actually a duke, and he was even more polite.

Xu Guangqi next to him was talking to the Spanish deputy envoy without a match, and the two met for the first time, but they seemed to be very compatible.