Chapter 117: The Real Man Behind the Scenes
The specific content of the agreement is as follows: First, Xiaotian personally funded the construction of a cathedral for the Portuguese, and all the design and construction work was completed by the Portuguese themselves, with an upper limit of 200,000 taels. Well, the problems that money can solve are not problems, and the master admits it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Second, the local residents of Macao must abide by the religious beliefs of the Portuguese within a radius of 200 miles from the church, but they are not allowed to interfere with the people's lives by any means outside the 200 miles of the church, and they must abide by the living habits of the local people. This common man also expressed his understanding, in their eyes, the church is a place similar to a temple, you say that you go to the temple to eat dog meat, and the monk will not beat you or anyone.
Third, the Portuguese enjoy equal power with the people, and once there is another conflict between the two, it will be tried by both sides, and if there is a difference between the two sides, it will be handed over to Xiaotian for trial, and after Xiaotian's trial, the one who ignores will be punished.
Fourth, Xiaotian invested another 200,000 taels to invest in the construction of a factory in Macao. Your sister, this adds up to 400,000. I really thought that the master's silver was blown by the wind.
Fifth, he appealed to the imperial court and asked the imperial court to allow Portuguese missionaries to go to Beijing to preach.
After Xiaotian signed his name, he looked at this younger brother with a suspicious face, can his younger brother not understand, this agreement, except for the 400,000 taels of silver he put in for nothing, is actually very satisfied in all aspects, even if it is the 400,000 taels of silver, it is actually not a hundred flowers.
The church was built on the land of our Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to an embassy, with which it will definitely attract more Portuguese to come, and the sailors are willing to settle here, which is conducive to closer cooperation between the two parties in the future. As for the 200,000 taels invested on the island, it is even simpler, after all, building a factory is also a small profit.
The most important thing is the fifth article, which actually has nothing to do with this conflict at all, its purpose is not only to proselytize, in fact, it is also a bridge connecting the Ming Dynasty and the world, the missionaries of this era are all scientists, and the benefits of these people to the capital far outweigh the disadvantages of our Daming.
A twelve-year-old child, no matter how precocious he is, cannot have such a long-term vision, and he has his own limitations in thinking about problems, and it is absolutely impossible to have this matter related to the imperial court. Thinking of this, Xiao Tian opened his mouth and asked, "Ping'er, you tell the eldest brother, who taught you to sign an agreement with Hua Luoshi like this."
Leping denied it at first, but later saw that Xiaotian's face was very serious, so he had to weakly confess. In fact, he can guess without saying that Xiao Tian has this ability, courage and courage around him, who else can there be besides his half-master Xu Wei?
That night, when Xiao Tian found Xu Wei, the fat man seemed to have known that Xiao Tian was coming, and even prepared wine and food early.
Xiaotian was not polite, he sat down and ate a meal of nonsense, and after eating beautifully, he said: "Since you have an idea, why don't you discuss it with me, but let Ping'er go directly, he is still a child after all."
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Isn't this normal, Ping'er comes forward, no matter how far things develop, you can have a way out, even if someone in the court is not satisfied, there is a way to shirk."
Xiao Tian said angrily: "Then you should also discuss with me, what's the matter with keeping me in the dark?" ā
Xu Wei smiled and said, "I'll discuss with you, will you agree to Ping'er come forward?" ā
Xiao Tiandao: "Of course not, you can come forward in this matter yourself, you are my half-master, and I am my staff, wouldn't your words be more convincing to them that this is what I mean."
Xu Wei said: "This is the reason why I hide it from you, although I am your half-teacher, but I don't have the surname Le, originally Li Yan was the most suitable endorsement for you, but now that you have Lu Rui, we naturally have to add Leping to insurance, don't you think Ping'er's time is very appropriate."
Xiao Tian was silent for a while, and then said: "If I want to seize power, I won't let the imperial court send a prison army."
Xu Wei said: "The prison army must be sent, otherwise the court will not rest assured, you know that this is a matter of time or time, rather than the court to insert it hard, it is better for you to propose it yourself now, but this fleet is good, whether it is business, it will always be the court of the court, and it must always be surnamed Le, you don't want to be the Di Qing of our Ming Dynasty."
Xiao Tian opened his mouth and said: "I understand what you mean, but I can trust these brothers under me, and I brought out this unit single-handedly, so I don't believe that anyone can snatch it from me." Besides, there is Li Yan, is it necessary to do this more. ā
Xu Wei said: "Fighting tiger brothers, going into battle with father and son, this is not a matter of believing it or not, the day you are not there, this army is in the hands of Leping, it is still the Lejia army, in the hands of others, but it is your cronies' army, this is the essential difference."
In fact, the reason why Xiao Tian brought Leping to the island was that he originally had a little bit of this thought, the power came out of the barrel of the gun, no matter when it came, the influence of this thing was not real, Xiao Tian is an excellent leader, because he has a vision far beyond this era, but he is not a qualified commander, he found Qi Jiguang, the great god, it is impossible for him not to worry, in case he worked hard to bring in the troops, and as a result, he turned into the Qi family's army, where can he be reasonable?
Every general will cultivate his own descendant troops, and will try his best to increase his foundation in the army, which has nothing to do with rebellion or anything, it is nothing more than self-preservation, basically in the Ming Dynasty, the second-in-command of every unit is a younger brother, and the future position will also be passed on to his son, this is the unspoken rule of the Ming Dynasty, such as Qi Jiguang, such as Li Chengliang.
Xiaotian thought for a while and said, "But Xiaoping is still a little smaller after all."
Xu Wei said: "This is also a matter of no way, we now have no time to work steadily and slowly." Isn't this you, with you, whether it's Qi Jiguang who is coming, or the prison army, it's all decorations, take advantage of the past few years to help Xiaoping up, fortunately, with you as an example, you are only seventeen years old this year, and your younger brother is younger, so he may not be able to convince the public.
Xiaotian thought for a while and said: "In fact, whether it is Ping'er or Yanzi, the identity must be suitable, Yanzi is careful, and Ping'er is not stupid, but to say that the two of them are entrusted with such a large family, I still can't rest assured, to be fair, their ability is actually still worse, my own daughter-in-law knows it herself, and she has so much ability, Ping'er is still young after all, and his temperament is also straighter, sometimes things don't turn around, without your help, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold it."
Xu Wei didn't smile at this time, identity is one thing, ability is another, in Xiaotian's heart, Xu Wei also stayed is the best ending, when Xiaotian and Daddy Lehe sheltered from the wind and rain in the court, Xu Wei made suggestions behind the scenes, Li Yan and Leping one managed money, one managed soldiers, and formed a joint force with each other, so that they could be as stable as Mount Tai.
And now between Xiaotian and Xu Wei, the biggest obstacle is the imperial examination. (To be continued.) )