Although it is an exaggeration, it can show that the great power in the East is rising, and it is no longer the kind that I have heard of before. And that big country has a vast territory and countless wealth, and it is conceivable that once it goes to sea, the number of fleets will definitely not be small. At least now that the big country in the East is no longer something that Britain can reap the benefits of sending a fleet at will.

Charles I thought in his heart, and even more pessimistic, that at least a few countries on the European side could unite before they could have the strength to fight with the great powers of the East.

Thinking about it this way, Charles I's heart moved, or maybe he could really send people to a few other countries to see, at least find out, what is their attitude towards the big country in the East now?

As he was thinking, Weddell said again: "Your Majesty, I'm thinking, since the Bay of Bengal is already patrolling with Ming warships, and the Strait of Malacca is also there, what will happen to the Dutch East India Company on the Batavia side?" What will happen to the Spanish colonies in Luzon? I think it's very likely that it was wiped out by the Ming Kingdom. It is better to send someone to these two countries to have a look, if possible, we can unite against the great powers in the east, and at least force the Ming country to agree to trade on our terms! ”

Upon hearing this, Charles I couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "Yes, I also think the same way!" ”

Weddell listened, thinking that this was the hero's vision, and hurriedly added: "Goa and the Lion Kingdom are Portuguese colonies, and they are very close to the Bay of Bengal, and they will definitely be threatened. Also, the Portuguese also had colonies in the Far East, which are estimated to have now also been taken away by the Ming State. Otherwise, you can also contact Portugal to take a look, I think there is a drama. ”

"Not bad, good idea!" When Charles I heard this, he immediately agreed, anyway, if it doesn't work out, send someone over to ask first, and there will be no less meat.

So, Weddell immediately asked Ying to be the messenger.

In this way, a conspiracy against Daming began to take shape.

The time soon came to the middle of the tenth year of Chongzhen, and Emperor Chongzhen knew about the situation on the North American base from the chat group, so he ordered Lu Xiangsheng, who was sitting in the Japanese country, to allocate a part of the Liaoxian navy on his side, and take the Japanese prisoners to North America and start expanding the base.

On the Wa Kingdom's side, there were already five feudal kings, namely one on Kyushu Island, one on Shikoku Island, and three on Honshu Island, and the feudal kings in the northernmost part were counted even with Hokkaido. Of course, according to the convention, several ports of the Wa Kingdom were directly governed by the Ming Dynasty and were not counted as vassal territories.

After dividing so many vassal kings, there are now only about a dozen vassal kings left in the Ming Dynasty. They looked like there was nowhere to go, and they panicked. The letter was sent to Emperor Chongzhen, expressing their eagerness to have a better place.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen took Goa out as the next fiefdom. Of course, it is not for them to go right away, but to auction it, and take out the money for military supplies to use for war.

It is too far for the Japanese army to call the Bengal side, and it is also unrealistic. Therefore, the reserve army was still transferred from Guangxi, Yunnan, and other places. In this combat mission, Min Hongxue, who was on the side of the Tang Kingdom, was the commander, and the admiral was naturally Liang Xiaozhen. The attack on the Lion Kingdom was prepared for the navy, while the attack on Goa was the task of the army.

There is a consideration here, that is, once Goa is occupied, it is likely to attract the attention of the Mughals and trigger a chain reaction. Therefore, on the Bengal side, there must be enough troops to sit in the town.

As a result, the people of the vassal country also followed the will of Emperor Chongzhen and requisitioned and relocated to the town, and in addition, the army trained by Qin Liangyu was also transferred from Guizhou and Sichuan.

Daming's battle line has finally been stretched.

Zhu Xieyuan, the governor who had been in Yunnan and Guangxi, was transferred to Beijing to join the cabinet.

The second assistant Sun Chengzong was old, so he returned to his hometown, returned to his hometown in Gaoyang, and went to live for a long time.

In the middle, no one cared, there was a thing that was quietly changed under the silent arrangement of Emperor Chongzhen. That is, among the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty, the number of officials from the south is increasing, and the number of officials from the north is decreasing, at least in the center.

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen once again left the palace in micro-service, but did not leave the Beijing Division, but went to Xufu.

The reason why Weifu went out of the palace was not that he wanted to do something unseemly, but that he didn't want to toss Xu Guangqi. After all, he is recuperating from his illness, and if the emperor comes, he will have to welcome him, and the entire Xu Mansion will have to be busy.

As soon as the concierge of the Xu Mansion saw the knock on the door, he showed the waist card of the commander of the East Factory, and he knew who the young man who was serving respectfully in the factory office was. In fact, he had visited Fengtianmen Square once, so he had an impression of the emperor's face. At this moment, he was frightened and hurriedly wanted to kneel down to greet him.

When Wang Chengen saw it, he stopped him, and then asked him: "Lord Xu is there, leading the way, and the emperor came to see him." ”

When the porter heard this, he didn't dare to disobey, and hurriedly and carefully led the way ahead.

Emperor Chongzhen followed behind, strolling and looking at the Xu Mansion. At a glance, there is not much luxury, just ordinary. After passing through the two gates, I came to the backyard, where there was no flat marble, but all vegetable fields, which made Emperor Chongzhen slightly surprised.

I saw Xu Guangqi sitting on the steps of the courtyard lobby, and a few servants were serving the vegetable patch, pointing to the vegetable patch from time to time, and for a while, I didn't even notice anyone coming.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that all kinds of crops were planted on this vegetable field, and he recognized everything he didn't recognize.

The porter saw that no one in the courtyard had noticed it, and hurriedly shouted in the air: "Master, the emperor has come to see you!" ”

Hearing this, everyone in the courtyard subconsciously looked over. At least Xu Guangqi was familiar with it, and he saw Emperor Chongzhen, accompanied by Wang Chengen, looking at him with a smile there.

He was very surprised, and quickly stood up and wanted to meet him.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he waved his hand while passing through the vegetable field: "I came out of the palace in a micro-suit, but I didn't want to be polite, which affected Xu Qing's body." ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he couldn't help but be very grateful, and hurriedly replied: "The old minister is mostly given by His Majesty for all kinds of maintenance things, and his body is okay!" ”

"That's good!" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "I happened to have something to find Qing, and I was originally worried about Qing's body!" ”

Hearing this, although the servants around him didn't say anything, they were thinking in their hearts: The old man has returned to his hometown due to illness, and at such an old age, the emperor even wants the old man to work hard, this is used to death!

To be honest, thinking about it this way, they all felt that the emperor was a bit too much, and used his master to death!

Xu Guangqi didn't have this idea, and hurriedly remembered that the emperor had entered the lobby to speak.

However, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand again and ordered Wang Chengen to bring a stool from inside and sit next to Xu Guangqi, similar to chattering: "It's good for me to sit here, see what Xu Qing is doing?" ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he laughed, waved his hand to let the servants continue, and then he replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Some of the old ministers don't know the habits of these crops very well, and some want to breed and hybridize to see if they can be cultivated better, and they are fiddling with it!" ”

Hearing him answer like this, confirming his thoughts, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile and said, "Xu Qing, you really can't be idle!" ”

"Alas, the old minister is not good for his body." When Xu Guangqi heard this, he sighed and replied, "Otherwise, you can always do more." ”

Speaking of this, he was worried in his heart, so he took the initiative to ask Emperor Chongzhen: "I don't know if Your Majesty came to find the minister, what do you want the minister to do?" As long as he can, Lao Chen will do his best! ”

Hearing this, several servants of the Xu family in the vegetable field couldn't help but look up at their master, and there was no happy look on their faces.

They naturally knew that Xu Guangqi's body was sitting on the side, and it was okay to talk about it verbally, but if he really wanted to work in person, his body still couldn't stand it. These servants, because they have followed Xu Guangqi for decades, are familiar with farming, and because of this, they have a deep affection for Xu Guangqi.

One of them was bolder, and even thought about it, if the emperor wants the lord to do something laborious, what if the lord is tired and has three long and two short? He made up his mind in his heart that even if the master agreed to come down for the sake of the country, he would persuade him.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally didn't know what these people were thinking in the vegetable field, and he didn't pay attention to it, but just looked at Xu Guangqi and said: "This year's examination is about to start, Xu Qing should know that this time the examination is different from previous years, it is the first time that the scientific and technological knowledge promoted by me has been used in the imperial examination, which is a very important event for the field of science and technology." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Xu Guangqi's expression, and seeing that he was very concerned, he continued: "This time the examination will definitely be recorded in history and remembered by future generations. I thought, Xu Qing is the first person in terms of science and technology knowledge for me, and it would be a pity if Xu Qing missed such a grand event. Qing to see if this is possible, Qing serves as the chief examiner of this examination, but for specific things, Xu Qing doesn't have to worry about it, I will arrange another person, Qing only needs to be an example, preside over the examination, and leave a name in the history books. How is it? ”

Hearing this, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but be stunned. He felt that when the emperor came to him, there must be something important, and the emperor came to the door in person, so no matter what, as long as he still has the strength to do it, he must do it.

It's just that he really didn't expect that the emperor would ask him to be an honorary examiner, just to give him such a chance to leave a name in history. To tell the truth, such an opportunity is the most desired thing for him, a civil servant.

Thinking like this, he suddenly became excited, knowing that this was the emperor's intention, he hurriedly wanted to stand up, but the emperor held it down with his hand, so he had to reply: "Your Majesty, the chief examiner of this examination, there must be a lot of people thinking about it." Lao Chen didn't do anything, so he occupied such an important official position, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right? ”

He can be sure that such an opportunity, Shoufu will rush to do it, after all, in the history books, for the new school of science and technology to enter the imperial examination, it must be recorded.

The servants in the vegetable field also didn't expect that the emperor would come to the mansion in a small way, but he just invited their master to do such a job that only benefits and no effort was needed, obviously taking care of their master, and they were all surprised.

According to the general situation, the body of the lord is no longer possible to do things for the court, and the emperor in order to envelop the ministers and let the ministers do things better, obviously should leave this kind of good things to the incumbent courtiers he trusts!

Thinking about it like this, they couldn't help but be very grateful to the emperor, knowing that the emperor was thinking about their lord and giving them the favor of their lord.

Besides, Emperor Chongzhen listened to Xu Guangqi's answer, so he shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't know how much effort you have spent on promoting the scientific and cultural knowledge of the Ming Dynasty. With such hard work, I thought that this first examination examiner was only suitable for Fei Qing. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled and said extremely solemnly and seriously: "I have all the credit of Qing in my heart. Originally, I was worried about Qing's health, but now it seems that it is no problem to be an honorary examiner. This honor should be earned by Qing, no matter what others think, it is useless! ”

Hearing the categorical meaning of the emperor's words, Xu Guangqi was very moved and had no choice but to respond. He was very excited, and said with a little emotion: "Lao Chen can't wait to be dozens of years younger, and he can continue to be the pioneer of the promotion of scientific and technological knowledge!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen understood his feelings, so he comforted him a few words, and then said to Xu Guangqi: "Xu Qing should rest and recuperate in peace, and he will be in the future." I will have a will then, and Xu Qing will be mentally prepared. ”

After finishing speaking, he stood up, not wanting to disturb Xu Guangqi's rest anymore.

When Xu Guangqi saw that the emperor was leaving, he had to get up and send it off. Emperor Chongzhen didn't let him, but he refused to live or die, so he just said: "The old minister also has to walk around from time to time, so he should exercise and go to the door." ”

Just like that, Xu Guangqi personally sent Emperor Chongzhen out of the door.

Watching them leave the backyard, the servants in the vegetable fields looked at each other, and finally sighed: "The emperor really doesn't have to say that he is so kind to our master!" ”

"But that's not, the emperor has always been like this, I already knew it!"

“……”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't stay outside the palace for much this time, he just went out of the palace specifically for Xu Guangqi's business. After that, I began to worry about the first session of the examination with scientific and technological knowledge as the content of the exam.

The ministers were also a little surprised that the emperor ordered Xu Guangqi to serve as the chief examiner of this session. But thinking about it, it is also reasonable, after all, Xu Guangqi's scientific and cultural knowledge is famous.

In anticipation of everyone, the first session of the examination ended, the list was announced, and then the palace examination was held.

When Emperor Chongzhen got the list, he was a little surprised, because he saw a name that he was more familiar with.

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