Chen Baoting was summoned, and after hearing Emperor Chongzhen's question, he replied with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, these days, the slave maid has made people investigate in-depth and find that this matter is afraid that it has something to do with Yan Shenggong!" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he didn't feel strange.

Since he began to vigorously develop natural knowledge, and even later, in the imperial examination, it is no longer limited to the Four Books and Five Classics, and in recent years, the popularity of natural knowledge has faintly surpassed Confucianism. The change in these things, if it is said that the conflict of interest is the greatest, it is said that he is the Holy Father, it is not surprising at all!

Thinking so in his heart, Emperor Chongzhen remained silent and immediately asked: "The details are all in my knowledge." ”

"Slave obeys!" Chen Baoting listened, hurriedly agreed, and then began to tell Emperor Chongzhen about the situation detected in Dongchang one by one.

Just as Emperor Chongzhen himself thought, it was the situation over the years that made Yan Shenggong very worried and dissatisfied. So, always looking for opportunities to make a difference.

However, it is a pity that over the years, the Ming Dynasty has been strong, and the prestige of Emperor Chongzhen is even more prosperous. In this context, Yan Shenggong's side did not dare to make any changes.

Along with the explosion in the princess's mansion, those Confucian scholars who were conservative and had been instructed by the Holy Duke of Yan finally seized the opportunity to start making waves, saying that the crooked wind raised by the Ming Dynasty made the heavens angry, so they sent this disaster to warn the world!

Speaking of this, Chen Baoting took out a stack of concertos from his sleeves, presented them to Emperor Chongzhen with both hands, and said at the same time: "What the slave and maid said is all on the concert, and there are five of them attached to the confession of treachery!" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately took it and looked at it carefully.

When it comes to matters involving Yan Shenggong, it must not be sloppy. After all, the name of Yan Sheng Gong started in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there is no doubt that the change of dynasty and Yan Sheng Gong did not fall, and it affected the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

If Yan Shenggong had been hiding on the side and not making a sound, then Emperor Chongzhen would not have thought of him and would not have touched him. However, now that he has jumped out, Emperor Chongzhen will definitely not let him go. It's just that the stakes are high, and you still have to plan it in detail.

After carefully reading Chen Baoting's recital, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and then issued a holy decree to let Yan Shenggong enter Beijing to meet him.

As soon as this will was given, the holy decree was quickly whipped and went to Qufu, Shandong. What is a little different from the usual will is that the messenger who went to announce the decree this time was a person from Dongchang.

Emperor Chongzhen's side naturally won't wait, he still has a lot of things to do. No, after putting this matter aside for the time being, he immediately convened a clan meeting.

The vassal kings of various places had been summoned to Beijing before, and when they heard that the emperor was finally going to see them, they came to the Forbidden City earlier than the other.

They have to be anxious, one of the emperor's princes, and two vassal kings have already been sealed to the Mughals, so where can they go next, it is related to the interests of their lives, and even the interests of future generations, how can they not be in a hurry!

If it was before, Emperor Chongzhen might have used the form of a tea party, after all, this is a group of relatives! But now, he no longer needs to use this means to show his favor to the clan, but in the Wenhua Palace, he summoned them.

Emperor Chongzhen just wants them to understand that he is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the supreme in the world, no matter who it is, they must listen to him!

After the ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen did not talk nonsense, and immediately said to them: "In May and June next year, I will send another expeditionary force to the Americas. I'm sure you've inquired about the situation over there, so I won't be too long-winded. ”

While saying this, he was still glancing at the vassal kings below, looking at their different expressions, but he didn't care about it, and continued to say in an unquestioning tone: "Therefore, I plan to choose three vassal kings to go to the vassal first. As for the territory of the vassal kingdom, except for a small part of the territory I have chosen, I can choose the rest of the country. Those who come first, choose the fertile land first. ”

Like the Panama region in later generations, there is also a very famous Brazilian iron mine, even if it is now in the hands of the Portuguese, it will eventually be under the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

Hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, even if these vassal kings were afraid of the emperor's power and related to their vital interests, they couldn't help but whisper.

Seeing them talking, Emperor Chongzhen coughed, and there was a sudden silence in the Wenhua Palace, and then he said: "If you go to the Americas to become a vassal, I don't have much to ask for, as long as whoever completes the settlement with the local yamen first, then whoever can occupy a place first." ”

These vassal kings nominally had many fiefdoms. They want to take up another domain, of course, these fiefs can't be taken away, and Emperor Chongzhen's request is that they can only negotiate with the local government to realize it. Now, as soon as he said this condition, it means that whoever no longer bargains in the negotiation with the local government and makes a deal at once, then whoever can complete the preparations first and occupy the first place to go to the Americas.

The gains and losses of these interests have to be weighed by the vassal kings themselves. Therefore, after hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, they immediately thought about it in their hearts.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly said to them again: "I have also received news that Yan Shenggong heard that most of the natives in the Americas are uncivilized, so he intends to go to the Americas to educate them. I don't know if this matter is true or not, but I have sent someone to invite Yan Shenggong to come to Beijing. If this is the case, I believe that Yan Shenggong will definitely choose the first three feudal states to be indoctrinated first. ”

As soon as this news came out, the vassal kings were taken aback. They didn't expect that Yan Shenggong would be so good that he would go to the Americas to educate those natives. If that's the case, it wouldn't be great if you could educate your own vassal country first!

As for whether this news is true or not, although they have never heard of it before, since the emperor himself said it, there must be some basis, and there should be no falsehood!

Thinking so, King Lu was the first to stand up, and immediately saluted Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to accept the offer of the local yamen, and will never bargain." Wechen is willing to cross the ocean and conquer the Americas! ”

The vassal king's decision to deal with the affairs outside the domain is basically a sure and irreversible thing. In this case, the first to be a vassal can have many benefits, and King Lu doesn't care about the silver money.

He will calculate this account, and other vassal kings will also settle accounts, and they all immediately stood up one by one to grab places. All of a sudden, the Wenhua Hall was so lively.

In the end, Emperor Chongzhen finalized the three vassal kings including King Lu, and asked them to hurry up and recruit subjects who would voluntarily go to the Americas, and prepare for the expedition before the army in May and June next year.

With the dispersal of these vassal kings, the exciting news that Yan Shenggong voluntarily went to the Americas to educate the natives also spread. In the streets and alleys, that's all there is to talk about.

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Besides, Yan Shenggong received the holy decree, and accompanied by the wolf-like Dongchang soldiers, he immediately rushed to Beijing to meet him.

At this time, because of the butterfly effect, Kong Yanzhi, who originally died of illness in 1647, was still alive.

This Kong Yanzhi, in the original history, in September 1644, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, submitted the "First Entry Table" to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, expressing his willingness to return to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In 1645, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty issued a shaving order, he led the people to take the lead in shaving their hair and played the "Shaving of the Head" to the Manchu Qing.

It can be seen that there is not a single hard bone in this Kong Yanzhi's body. Today's emperor sent someone from Dongchang to deliver the decree, he has a ghost in his heart, to be honest, it is impossible not to panic!

Today's Son of Heaven is no better than other emperors, on the throne, he has done several major cases of rebellion, which is the crime of the Nine Clans. If it is reasonable to say that the Jin merchants conspiracy rebellion at the beginning, then Qian Qianyi's rebellion case, others don't talk about it, at least in Kong Yanzhi's view, as far as Qian Qianyi's original intention is concerned, it is absolutely not daring to rebel. The reason why it was finally decided to be a rebellion was that the emperor used a heavy ceremony.

If his own affairs are known to the emperor, with the emperor's current prestige, if he is furious in anger, even if he is not sure to conspire against such a serious crime, it will be unbearable!

Thinking of these, it can be said that this Kong Yanzhi was worried all the way.

But after so many years of inheritance, scholars all over the world regard themselves as disciples of Confucius, and I believe that the emperor should not be excessive, right?

Kong Yanzhi comforted himself, but at the same time, he was worried that the emperor would be furious. Along the way, I don't know how many times I woke up in the middle of the night with nightmares.

On this day, he finally arrived in Jingshi and stayed at the post station to wait for the emperor to summon him. Restless, he sent someone to the street to inquire about the situation.

As a result, what he never expected was that the streets and alleys of Jingshi, restaurants and teahouses, were all praising the contemporary Yan Shenggong, who is worthy of being the descendant of the Confucian saints, and was willing to educate the natives of the Americas, which is really amazing!

Hearing the advice of his subordinates, Kong Yanzhi couldn't help but be dumbfounded, when did he make this decision?

"Master, the villain also heard that many Confucian students are saying that they are moved by the master's broad mind and want to follow the master to educate the natives of the Americas!" The subordinate said in an excited tone, "Master, you can hide it so tightly, there is no news at home, but it is only because the vassal king heard the news and spread it." ”

"......" Kong Yanzhi was stupid there, shouting in his heart, who is cheating me? The devil is going to the wilderness!

After waiting for a long time, when he came back to his senses, all of a sudden, he understood that needless to say, no one else would make this decision for him except the current emperor.

At this moment, Kong Yanzhi's mind was unusually clear. Although he did it secretly, the emperor should still know about it. Otherwise, the messenger of the decree would not be from Dongchang. The emperor clearly told himself that he would go to the Americas to educate the natives, if not, he would investigate what he had done!