Change the cage.

To put it bluntly, let those who escaped from the toast "take the initiative" to hide in the homes of the people, as for how to hide it, there is something between them.

To put it bluntly, when the time comes, it will be the relationship between master and servant, after all, no one will help others for no reason. There is a give, and there is a take. As for what they demanded in return, whether they were slaves or servants or servants, it had nothing to do with the government, which never intervened, at least on the surface.

Looking at the silent Gu Derivation, a thought popped up in Huang Baichuan's heart - this guy is really "yin".

However, this kind of yin is good for the Ming Dynasty and the people, even for the local people.

But it doesn't seem perfect.

"Isn't that too slow?"

The slowness in his mouth refers to the future "reform of the land and return to the stream", and the process of absorbing the native people is too slow.

"Slow is a little slower, because of this, the local officials will agree, and they will choose this rotten fruit, right?"

Gu Derivation replied directly.

"And if you slow down, when the time comes, there will be more and more natives who want to come to us, and their relatives in the Tusi will envy them more and more, after all, people's eyes are bright, good days, who doesn't like it, even between slaves and maids, there are comparisons."

Human nature!

Listening to Gu Derivation's explanation, Huang Baichuan turned his gaze to His Majesty, whether it is the mainland or Pingnan in the future to deal with Tusi, it is not only a slow knife to cut meat, but more importantly, to seize human nature!

Who doesn't want to live a good life?

It seems that Huang Baichuan knows why slaves who escaped from Zhenla come to the estuary every day, even if it is here, they sell themselves into someone's house as domestic slaves, they are also willing, because at least in the estuary, domestic slaves may be slaves, but they are also protected by the law, and they are also people, not like they are in Zhenla, and they are treated as animals that are arbitrarily bullied and even killed.

Nodding slightly, Zhu Mingzhong did not give any evaluation of his method, but just said casually.

"It's good to take your time!"

This sentence actually showed his attitude, and then, he asked again.

"You've just come from it, what's going on lately?"

In the face of His Majesty's sudden questioning, Gu Zhizhi did not show any discomfort, but immediately replied.

"Back to Your Majesty, during your southward journey, there was news that the Tianzhu Sea and many ports in the Mediterranean Sea refused to allow the Ming ships to dock. Now our ships are turned away even in Venice. ”

"Oh? What's going on? ”

Zhu Mingzhong listened and said in surprise. Zhu Heyuan and Huang Baichuan, who were sitting at the same table, also looked at Gu Derivation in dismay. As we all know, the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, relying on the increasingly prosperous maritime trade, maritime trade not only allows the Ming silk, tea, porcelain and other products to be exported to all over the world, but also brings millions of jobs to the Ming Dynasty, shipbuilding, navigation, trade and all kinds of things, etc., in the Ming Dynasty and Zhuxia at least tens of millions of people directly or indirectly participate in it.

Because of this, the core of the Daming Maritime Division is to "protect shipping routes and protect trade", which is even the core factor of Daming's overseas expansion in the past 20 years.

"Back to Your Majesty, as far as the information we have so far is concerned, most of the ports that refuse to ship our DPRK are owned by the Ottoman Empire or affected by the period, such as Venice, they are naturally affected by it, and we have a large number of ships entering the Mediterranean Sea on the day of our DPRK and directly competing with them, so it is expected that they will close the port together with the Ottomans, but the specific reason for the closure of the port is not clear."

Gu Zhi replied, and then he added.

"All the information needs to be further verified by Cairo."

Because of Egypt and other reasons, the Ming Dynasty has severed diplomatic relations with the Ottomans, so the intelligence in that area is collected through Cairo, and the information obtained now is often only the information brought back by merchant ships.

"It's that Ottoman again. Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, now that the war in the northwest has ended, the imperial court does not have to open up to them as in the past, and directly send troops to solve them, so that it will be more neat. ”

Huang Baichuan said with some disdain.

As a governor of the estuary, he had long heard of Ottoman's reputation. I also hate the methods they play. For more than 200 years, they have been acting as intermediaries in the trade between East and West, while constantly attacking and extorting money and property at sea. A hundred years ago, when the Portuguese defeated the Ottomans at sea and drove their sea power out of the Tianzhu Sea, the blockade became a method they often used, the purpose of which was nothing more than to extort money.

Daming's merchant ships have also experienced many such "port closures" before, and most of the time, they have solved the problem by paying some money.

Regarding Huang Baichuan's suggestion, Gu Derivation just smiled slightly, and then said.

"It's really simple to send troops, but before you send troops, you have to figure out these things. The Ottomans closed the port this time no more than before. In the past, those were all petty fights of those Pasha and lords, just to get two money, so things were often easy to solve. But this time the order to close the port came from the upper echelons of the Ottoman state. Moreover, the closure affected all Ottoman ports, even Venice and other affected areas, and at about the same time. It can be seen that the Ottoman side must have planned it in advance. Judging from the information currently available, hastily dispatching troops will not only fail to solve the problem, but may even lead us to fall into their conspiracy. ”

Hearing Gu Derivation say this, Zhu Mingzhong's expression also became solemn. He thought for a moment and then said.

"What about the Netherlands? Is the Dutch fleet currently blocked in the Tianzhu Sea? ”

Although the Dutch merchant fleet was severely weakened by the competition of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, the emaciated camels were larger than the horses, and they were still active all over the world.

"Judging from the reports of the merchants, the Dutch ships were also turned away by the Ottomans, but in the Mediterranean direction their merchant ships were still free to enter and exit."

Gu Zhi replied truthfully.

"Hmmm......"

Frowning, Zhu Mingzhong fell silent.

"Father, could this be an action of the Ottomans against us in Egypt and other directions?"

Despite his young age, Zhu Heyuan, with his understanding of certain things, vaguely felt that this incident must have something to do with Daming's actions there.

"Your Majesty, if that's the case. It is better to send a fleet to "Port Mucha" to strengthen the power there, after all, if the Ottomans make any changes, it is likely to be the front line. ”

Gu Derivation suggested directly.

The "Mucha Port" in his mouth is the Port of Said in later generations, and like the Port of Said, the Port of Mucha was also built because of the construction of the Suez Canal, and like the Canal Zone, it has been ceded to the Ming Dynasty. Considering the importance of the Suez Canal in the future, when signing the treaty with Egypt, the Ming Dynasty directly bought the canal zone with 2 million taels of silver.

"It's just that sending a fleet is estimated to be unable to effectively deter them, and the minister thinks that he should send another land division to another town."

Send another town of land divisions!

Regarding this suggestion, Zhu Mingzhong thought for a moment in his heart, and then said.

"That's all there is to the Ottoman side, but I need a more detailed plan. Huang Qingjia, then take a telegram from you and send it to the center, so that the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies can start to make plans. ”

After making this decision, Zhu Mingzhong turned his head to look at Huang Baichuan and asked.

"Huang Qingjia, what do you think we should have on the Philippine issue?"

Philippines!

When they heard the name of this place, everyone looked at His Majesty with some surprise, all along, for the Philippines, this area under Spanish rule, the views within the Ming Dynasty were clearly divided into two factions, one side was to advocate driving out the Spaniards, because that was the last stronghold of the Westerners east of Nantianmen, they should be driven away. On the other hand, there are many people who advocate temporary tolerance, after all, the Ming Dynasty needs Spanish silver, after all, the Ming Dynasty does not produce silver, but can only obtain silver through trade, and Spain controls most of the world's silver mines. It is this inescapable reality that has made Daming tolerate the presence of Spain in the Philippines.

And now, His Majesty's question has made Huang Baichuan realize that His Majesty's attitude towards the Philippines may have changed somewhat.

"Back to Your Majesty, I think that in any case, we have given the Spaniards enough patience on the issue of the Philippines."

Huang Baichuan said directly.

"Besides, we are now in North America, and we already have enough strength to resist the threat of the Spaniards!"

The tolerance of the Philippines is not only silver, but more importantly North America, in the face of Spain, which has been operating in the Americas for nearly two hundred years, the Ming Dynasty, who wants to open up the North American colonies, can only make certain compromises, and after completing the accumulation of strength, the next problem will be simple.

Hearing Huang Baichuan mention North America, Zhu Mingzhong smiled slightly, the compromise over the years was to allow the North American colonies to have the strength to protect themselves during the war, and then he said.

"It's time, but on the whole, it's not ripe yet, and we have to consider the global interests of the Ming Dynasty......"

Global Interest!

This is an extremely fresh term, when Zhu Mingzhong mentioned this term, Gu Derivation's eyes suddenly lit up, and Huang Baichuan also looked thoughtful.

"Your Majesty refers to Osman?"

Looking at their reactions, Zhu Mingzhong's heart felt a little emotional, in another time and space, people often like to use "Ming and Qing" to describe these two completely different dynasties. When people see the panic, hostility, ignorant rejection and resistance of the Chinese people in the face of new things such as foreigners, trains, and telegraphs at the end of the Qing Dynasty, it is natural to think that the same is true of the Ming Dynasty, and it seems that the good ones are all Manchu and the bad ones are all Ming and Qing dynasties.

But in reality?

Matteo Ricci's letter to the Holy See clearly describes the strong "curiosity" of the Ming people, who "seemed to be crazy" about him, a Westerner, and a constant stream of visitors who wanted to know about Western affairs. Those who could not meet him were exchanged through letters, and he received many letters, some of whom he did not know at all, but who were happy to discuss with him in letters about Catholicism, science and technology, and other topics.

It is most precious for a nation to have such a vigorous curiosity. It was this curiosity that allowed Daming to understand the world. In the "Outer Chronicle of the Staff" during the Apocalypse, many major countries in Europe were mentioned, including Ukraine, Scandinavia, Greece and other countries that had no relations with China, and the description of human and physical geography was basically correct. The European Europa theory was also pioneered by the Ming people. The Ming people's understanding of the world outside China is beyond our imagination. During the wars with the Portuguese, Spanish and other colonists, the Ming people realized that only by strengthening weapons and equipment could they "conquer" the country, so they enthusiastically studied and introduced Western firearms, and quickly narrowed the gap between the two sides.

In the past 20 years, although they have learned more about Europe, their curiosity about Europe and the world has not disappeared, but has become more and more intense. Even in the face of the development of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming people not only did not get complacent about it, but also looked for each other's strengths and learned from them, and this kind of active curiosity and learning was the most gratifying to Zhu Mingzhong.

Now, officials can easily deduce their thoughts from their own words. This is precisely because they know the world, and how can they possibly say such a point of view without an understanding of the world.

"Your Majesty, if you look at it from the Ottoman point of view, maybe we can come to some kind of agreement with the Spaniards on the question of the Philippines, Your Majesty."

When Huang Baichuan made this suggestion, Gu Derivation couldn't help but glance at him, and his gaze changed slightly.

"Tell me about it."

"Your Majesty, in the case of the Ottomans, to a certain extent, our interests are the same as those of the Spaniards, after all, they have been hostile to each other for many years for religious reasons, and since we have been determined to dismantle the Ottomans, why not consider an alliance with the Spaniards?"

"An alliance with the Spaniards?"

Gu Derivation stared at Huang Baichuan, and suddenly realized that this was probably a choice that everyone had ignored all along.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is to form an alliance with the Spaniards, of course, when we negotiate with the Spaniards, we do not need to mention anything to disintegrate the Ottomans, but only need to mention one place."

Seeing that His Majesty had not spoken, Huang Baichuan's words paused. Glancing at Huang Baichuan thoughtfully, Zhu Mingzhong asked rhetorically.

"You mean Jerusalem!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

While complimenting His Majesty, Huang Baichuan continued.

"Your Majesty, in the eyes of Westerners, Jerusalem has a very special significance, after Saladin occupied Jerusalem, the Catholics in Europe lost Jerusalem, and to this day, I believe that in the face of the temptation of Jerusalem, the Spaniards will be willing to give up the Philippines!"