The accident at the mouth of the two rivers did not cause much trouble, in order to calm the emotions of the soldiers as soon as possible, the apocalypse decreed that the pension for the dead and the recuperation pay for the wounded should be doubled, and ordered Ni Yuanlu to go to Shanglin Yuan instead of going to Lianghekou, and Lu Xiangsheng led 20,000 troops to garrison Lianghekou at any time to support the latest chapter of Huining Daqing Qimeng. The latest chapter of this book was first published, and the basket of silver dollars from the book river was sent down, and no one immediately said anything, which shows that many things in the world can actually be quickly calmed down, as long as you give more money, fortunately, the Mongols and Jurchens did not take advantage of the fire to rob, maybe they are busy with their own business and don't know the news.

At the end of August, Zheng Zhilong, the pirate leader who was rampant in Fujian and Zhejiang, came to Beijing, of course, he did not lead the army to Beijing, but was recruited by the imperial court to meet the emperor in Beijing. Zheng Zhilong also entered Beijing with his family, and when he heard that he brought his wife and children into Beijing, the apocalypse specially ordered him to bring his son when he entered the palace. Because Zheng Zhilong's people were a little more powerful than the sailors of the imperial court, the imperial court made him a deputy general and prepared to let him lead the Fujian sailors to pacify other pirates first, and then after the development and growth, he would compete with the red-haired foreigners who were entrenched in Taiwan.

Zheng Zhilong's fame is very great, it is said that even the Japanese in Hehe have to give him some face, and Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian who contributed to his recruitment, was also rewarded, I heard that he came to the palace and outside the palace to see what kind of person he was, who knew that when they met, they found out that Zheng Zhilong was still a hairy boy in his twenties. Zheng Zhilong took his son to the Qianqing Palace, first bowed to him, and was very happy to see that he was the same age as himself, and immediately asked someone to reward him, and then let their father and son talk to the palace. After moving to the side hall, Tianqi let everyone sit, Zheng Zhilong was used to seeing Tianqi in Hehu, and he was not very restrained, and what was even more rare was that his son was also a little adult.

Seeing that Zheng Zhilong's son was good-looking, polite and generous, Tianqi asked: "Zheng Aiqing's father and son have worked hard from afar, what is the name of Ling Gongzi this year?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "Back to the emperor, the dog's name is just five years old this year, and he has lived in Japan since he was a child, but the ministers taught him the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Ordinary people inevitably have to have a local accent when speaking official language, but Zheng Zhilong's official words are correct and round, and it can be seen that he has put a lot of effort into it, Tianqi secretly nodded approvingly and said: "Chinese descendants should not forget their roots wherever they go, Zheng Aiqing has done a good job in this matter, you said that your son has lived in Japan since he was a child, then you should be very familiar with Japan, what is the situation in Japan now?" After finishing speaking, he instructed the little eunuch around him to take the juice and walk around, lest the child sit and not be rude to the famous and noble son: the latest chapter of the doting little wife.

Zheng Zhilong was also happy to see the kindness of the Apocalypse, thought about it and replied: "During the Jiajing period, the Japanese Japanese invaded the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese invaded Korea during the Wanli period. Japan is surrounded by the sea, the products are not abundant, there are disasters such as wind and ground movement at any time, the land of the Ming Dynasty has always been coveted by the wind and rain, and now the country is closed in order to accumulate strength, and its ambition is not small, and the minister thinks that as long as there is strength, sooner or later it will come again, please pay attention to the emperor. ”

Seeing Zheng Zhilong say that Japan is engaged in closing the country, Ni Yuanlu said: "No wonder I haven't seen any movement from the Japanese for so long, it turns out that they are secretly learning from my Ming Dynasty. It seems that this is the nature of this robber, when you are weak, he will bully you, and when you are strong, he will secretly learn from you. ”

Zheng Zhilong heard that Ni Yuanlu and Qian Qianyi were introduced, and when he saw Ni Yuanlu say this, he said: "Lord Ni is so right, the Japanese are in this nature, the Ming Dynasty forbids the sea, but ordinary people are not allowed to go to sea, and the officials and people are also allowed to enter the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese are officials and civilians who do not go out to do even more." But now there is an even more ruthless one, it is an East India Company of the Dutch Kingdom of Tessie, they forcibly let the Japanese open the sea ban by force, and drive away ♀ all other forces other than Japan, and the East India Company of the Netherlands is in league with the Dutch occupying Taiwan, and their ambitions are greater, and it is estimated that they are already preparing to deal with the Ming Dynasty. ”

Qian Qianyi said: "My Daming is different from the Wa Kingdom, the land is vast and tolerant, and the barbarians have only admired it, and now there are many Taixi people in Daming, and many people are still polite after they come." But it is true that the Tessians were cunning and wise, and it is said that they first came to Macao, Guangdong, and the Portuguese began to say that the tribute items had entered the water, and they wanted to stay in Macao for a while to dry their goods, and who knew that they would live for decades as soon as they lived. Later, they gave the court 500 taels of land rent every year, and they had to rent the land, and they had to live for a long time. ”

Qian Qianyi's words made Zheng Zhilong very unhappy, the Portuguese used deceptive means to first rely on not leaving and then spend money to rent, which itself is like a scoundrel extorting hooligans. Zheng Zhilong has developed well in Japan, who knows that the Dutch red-haired man came and drove him away directly and savagely, so he knows what kind of moral love the Taixi people are: the extremely favored wife of the president of the empire. Now the Ming people are strong and the national strength is still quite strong, and the Taixi people are only polite, when their powerful force arrives and finds out the virtual reality of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that these polite gentlemen will show their fangs.

After all, Zheng Zhilong was young and vigorous, and he still couldn't hold back, he took a breath and asked: "Your Majesty, I have a lot of products, needless to say, as long as the ocean trade alone is done well, it will be a lot of money, and it is too much of a loss to let the Portuguese only charge five hundred taels for doing business there?" ”

Tianqi sighed and said: "Five hundred taels is not worth anything, but the knowledge of the Portuguese is very valuable, I have been complacent for so many years and think that it is the center of the world, in fact, many places have been surpassed by others∞ if you are willing to take back Macau now, even if you want to kill all the Taixi people in the Ming Dynasty, it is not a difficult matter, but then it is not to cover up people's eyes and ears but to cover their own eyes." I heard that you also entered the teaching in Macau, and there is a Xu Guangqi Xu in the Bo College who also entered the teaching, and if you have time to get closer, he will tell you how backward the Ming Dynasty is in many aspects. ”

Zheng Zhiluo suddenly realized and said: "It turns out that the emperor wants to obtain new knowledge about Taixi through the Portuguese, and it seems that the minister is presumptuous. ”

Apocalypse said: "Macau can be regarded as a window through Heng, a house without a window is of course more convenient in terms of anti-theft, but it also seems to be closed will make the circulation of breath difficult." Only by opening the window, or even opening the door, can we know what is happening in the outside world, and what is new is happening, no matter how strong and rich a country is, if it is too closed, it will continue to regress, slowly fall behind, and gradually become poor. If you are poor and backward, you will be beaten, this is an unbreakable truth, and if you don't talk about it, you can talk about the Japanese in Dongbianheng, just like Ni Yuanlu summed up, if you are backward, he will come to bully you, and if you are strong, he will be a good student with his tail between his legs. ”

Qian Qianyi asked at this time: "Your Majesty, I heard those Taixi people say that Taixi is not one country but many countries, and they also use companies to do things like the emperor, but why do they all use the name of the East India Company?" Could it be that they are still a country? ”

Apocalypse shook his head and said: "Several countries are robbers in the name of the country, robbing money and things everywhere and killing people, and the East Indies was not the name of the company at the beginning, but the name of the place they made up. I have always believed that the heavens are above and the earth is unchanged for eternity, and now the arrival of the Taixi people tells us that the earth is actually a spherical called the earth, which shows that nothing is permanent and domineering president: Wife, you are not obedient Latest Chapter ☆ A person who began to have the idea of traveling around the world was called Columbus, and he thought that from them he could go a short distance west to India, which is what we call the country of poison, and later found out that it was wrong but Columbus did not admit his mistake, but divided India into East India and West India according to his imagination. ”

Qian Qianyi nodded and said: "It turns out that this is the case, the minister also knows that the country is poisonous, but he knows that it is not big, how can there be a difference between things and things, it turns out that the barbarian people are at fault and do not admit it." ”

Tianqi turned his head and asked Zheng Zhilong: "Zheng Aiqing began to say that the Dutch are gearing up to deal with me Daming, how long do you think they will come?" ”

Zheng Zhilong thought for a while and said: "At least three years, more than ten years, those red-haired Dutchmen will inevitably come!" Because they are barbaric and have no longevity, unlike the Portuguese, who have to say some words of God's love for others. ”

Apocalypse nodded and said: "Give me ten years, I will definitely build the Ming Dynasty into a very strong one, and when the time comes, don't talk about the red-haired Dutch, even if it is Tessie's yellow-haired and white-haired flowers, I will not be afraid." However, if they come in three years, I am not sure, with the current military strength, the land is naturally not afraid, but there are still Jurchens, Mongols and southern rebels in the constraints, the combined strength is still very weak, I am afraid that I can't beat it∞ summoned Zheng Aiqing today is to let you lead the Fujian Naval Division, first clear the surrounding pirates, can recruit as much as possible, and do not accept the full annihilation, and then rectify the naval division to face the Dutch, I don't know if Zheng Aiqing can be confident? ”

Zheng Zhilong heard this and said loudly: "The emperor will never shirk his love for his ministers, please rest assured that the emperor will not be able to land any red and white hair!" ”

Ni Yuanlu asked at this time: "Since General Zheng was asked to take charge of the water affairs, and General Zheng said that the red-haired foreigners who occupied Taiwan were a group of people who were going to attack us, could we preemptively attack Taiwan?" As long as the red-haired Dutch in Taiwan are expelled, they will have no rear if they want to come. ”

Ni Yuanlu's words make sense, when the Japanese invaded the Ming Dynasty, they had to occupy the islands along the sea first, and constantly launched attacks based on those islands. Now Taiwan is the stronghold of the Dutch, and the elimination of the Dutch on the island of Taiwan will leave them with no place to rely on, and when the time comes, they will be rootless and have no chance of winning.

Who knew that Zheng Zhilong thought about it and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Ni's suggestion is not allowed. ”