Chapter 37 Reparations for Land Cession
Zhu Changyuan is very happy!
Because Zheng Chenggong not only won the first battle, but also sent more than a dozen Spanish prisoners to himself. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
"Have all the captives of Sisonga been delivered?" Zhu Changyuan took the list and asked Cao Huachun.
Cao Huachun said: "Yes, Your Majesty, these captives have already arrived in Jingshi, if you want to see it, the minister will arrange it." ”
"No need, let these guys spend two days in prison first, by the way, especially the guy who can speak Chinese, you have to take care of them alone, let them taste our Chinese torture first, and then bring them up to me."
"You go yourself, don't get killed!"
For these guys who dare to invade Greater China, Zhu Changyuan can't have any soft-hearted thoughts, even if he wants to use them in the future, he must conquer them first.
"It's a good day, double happiness! Let's go, Gong Cao, go out and accompany me to the queen's palace to see the strangeness! Zhu Changyuan happily stood up from his chair.
"Don't dare, Your Majesty has tormented the old slave!" Cao Huachun followed closely behind him and walked out of the door of the Qianqing Palace.
The so-called double happiness is coming, Zheng Chenggong defeated the Spanish devil is one thing, and the other thing is that Wu Weiye officially proposed to the royal family, and the object is Bian Yujing, the princess of Jinling.
Zhu Changyuan walked all the way from Qianqing Palace to Kunning Palace, followed by more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs in addition to Cao Huachun, who dragged all kinds of items that Zhu Changyuan might use in their hands for the emperor to use at any time.
Zhu Changyuan obviously didn't like it, but he still had to follow the etiquette, and said secretly: It's really troublesome to be an emperor, there is not even a little personal personal space, if it weren't for Lao Tzu's refusal, this would have no right to walk in the palace.
According to the usual practice, like Zhu Changyuan, although the distance from Qianqing Palace to Kunning Palace is not too far, it is generally impossible to walk there by himself, and someone must have carried the imperial chariot.
But Zhu Changyuan really didn't like to be carried around like a dead man by a few eunuchs, so he walked around the palace by himself. If you go outside the palace, you will ride a horse. Unless you encounter great etiquette, you will never need a eunuch to travel!
Entering the Kunning Palace, I happened to see the queen happily watching the dowry with Zhu Cihong.
"What is this?" Zhu Changyuan saw Zhu Cihong playing around with a golden thing, and couldn't help asking.
Zhang Yan first gave Zhu Changyuan a salute. Then he said: "Your Majesty has arrived, just to help take a look at the dowry gift sent to Princess Jinling in Nanjing." ”
"This is Jin Ruyi, you are getting bigger and bigger now, and your knowledge is getting lower and lower!" Zhu Cihong smiled and waved Jin Ruyi in front of Zhu Changyuan.
The queen scolded: "Rude. How did you address Your Majesty? Although his face was serious, there was no reproach.
Zhu Changyuan didn't care very much, after all, it was impossible for him to get to know a little kid who was not yet an adult.
However, since this little kid entered the court, it has gradually become a matter of his heart, not to mention anything else, those ministers of the foreign court have written many letters suggesting that Zhu Cihong be sent to Nanjing.
Zhu Changyuan naturally couldn't do it, if he dared to send Zhu Cihong out of Beijing, he would ensure that someone would help him on the back foot, and get rid of Zhu Cihong as soon as possible. In the eyes of those ministers. Zhu Cihong's existence is a factor of national instability.
"And this ingot!" Zhang Yan took out another ingot of silver from the gift box and said to Zhu Changyuan: "Originally, the concubine didn't know, but after asking the people from Yangzhou, she found out that this ingot of silver and gold Ruyi represents a certain Ruyi!" ”
"Yes, the meaning is auspicious, has Princess Jinling arrived?" Zhu Changyuan snatched the gold Ruyi from Zhu Cihong's hand, looked at it, and found that although it was very large, it was unfortunately not pure gold, it should be other metal gold-plated things.
"This Wu Weiye. He is very bold, and he dares to fool me with fake gold for his gifts! Zhu Changyuan said half-jokingly, and after speaking, he looked at the other dowries.
In fact, he is not a suspect that the dowry is less. It's just a joke.
Zhang Yan glanced at him, and said to the emperor very unceremoniously: "Your Majesty, how can there be such a heavy dowry in this people, generally speaking, it is replaced by gilding, although the Wu family has a big business, they dare not break the rules." ”
Zhu Changyuan nodded. Suddenly thinking of something, he asked, "By the way, I gave him Princess Jinling, what should I do with his original wife?" You can't let the princess go over and treat him as a child, right? ”
Zhang Yan smiled and said, "How is it possible, I heard that the Wu family has divorced his wife!" ”
Zhu Changyuan was slightly stunned, looking at Zhang Yan as if he was talking about a trivial matter, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and said secretly: I am the beauty of an adult, and I also inadvertently ruined a marriage and put an innocent woman in a miserable place, I really don't know if it's right or wrong.
"It's ridiculous! In this way, go back and let the prefect of Wuzhong build a nunnery in Yangzhou or Jinling, give Wu Jiayuan's wife the title of Qingxu Daojun, settle in it, and raise her for the rest of her life by the imperial court. ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!" Zhang Yan bowed and saluted Zhu Changyuan.
Zhu Changyuan shook his head, many things are involuntary, and it is impossible for favors to be favored by all people, it is already good to be able to have some people get benefits, and there is no way to sacrifice herself like Mrs. Wu.
Ten days after the appointment, the Wu family officially married Bian Yujing, the princess of Jinling.
Zhu Changyuan asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites to preside over the operation, held a grand wedding, and gave Wu Weiye a house in Beijing. This house is not worth much, but the significance is extraordinary, it is the small courtyard that Zhu Changyuan bought when he was an official in Beijing, the big courtyard.
After the wedding of Princess Jinling and Wu Weiye, the first thing Zhu Changyuan did was to interrogate the Spaniard, who had been serving in prison for ten days.
When Cao Huachun brought these dozen people from the prison in Dongchang, although they didn't see anything wrong on the surface, and there were no scars on their skin, Zhu Changyuan saw boundless fear in their eyes, and the mental state of several people was also extremely poor.
"What's your name?" Zhu Changyuan sat on the dragon chair, condescending.
The people below barely dared to look up.
"Your Majesty asks you, what is your name?" Cao Huachun looked at the Spaniard who could speak Chinese and said coldly.
"Yes, yes, yes!" The guy was afraid that Cao Huachun was still above Zhu Changyuan, and when he heard Cao Huachun's voice, he quickly kowtowed and said, "If you go back to the adult, the villain's name is Ronaldo." ”
"Ro, Rhon... I'm Cao! Zhu Changyuan couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth softly, "Raise your head for me." ”
The man raised his head, Zhu Changyuan looked left and right, and didn't see any similarities with the other two Ronaldo in modern society, smiled coldly, and said, "Ronaldo, are you guilty?" ”
"The villain is guilty, the villain is guilty!" Ronaldo hastened to admit his mistake.
Zhu Changyuan waved his hand and said, "That's it, I'll ask you a few questions, and you answer truthfully!" ”
He then asked a number of questions about Spain's current situation and military strength, and Ronaldo answered them all.
Now Spain has just ended its position as the supremacy of the European seas, not only was the Armada defeated by Britain decades ago, but now Spain has many territories and dependent states, but its regime is also weakening day by day.
Now the king of Spain is Philip IV, and he can't be said to be a faint king or a tyrant, but he is still a long way from the king.
As for Spain's military strength, it is not weak, although it cannot be compared with the Ming Empire, but if you clean up those countries on the Indochina Peninsula or the Indian Peninsula, it is simply a matter of capture. The premise is that they can run that far.
Therefore, Zhu Changyuan is even less worried that Spain will retaliate against him.
Thinking of the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Coalition in later generations, the European powers ravaged the land of the motherland for decades, almost exterminated China, and the British Empire even leased Hong Kong, Zhu Changyuan was full of anger.
Damn, since Lao Tzu has no way in the world of the next generation, it is reasonable to repay the revenge of the future generations on you in advance.
"So, you West Songya is also a powerful country, and you have plundered a lot of property around the world over the years?" Zhu Changyuan asked Ronaldo.
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, we Spain are the strongest country on the entire continent!" Ronaldo speaks with a natural confidence.
"Good!" Zhu Changyuan stood up from the dragon chair and said, "I will arrange for someone to send you back to China, but you need to be a translator and tell your king Philip IV the Great, as the price of your invasion of my Daming Taiwan Island, I have to put forward two conditions to him!" ”
"On what terms?" Ronaldo asked.
"You don't have to ask!" Zhu Changyuan waved his hand and said, "I hope you are telling the truth, if I find out that you are lying, I don't mind asking you to go to the prison of the Ming Dynasty Dongchang for a while!" ”
"Oh, no, no, no, no!" Ronaldo took a few steps back as if he had been stepped on by his tail, his eyes full of fear.
Zhu Changyuan drafted a document on the spot and handed it to Cao Huachun, asking him to forward it to the cabinet and send it to King Philip IV of Spain in the form of credentials.
As for the price of invading Taiwan, Zhu Changyuan has already thought about it, and it is nothing more than two points: compensation for land cession!
"This is called treating others the way they do!" Zhu Changyuan muttered to himself proudly, thinking of Philip IV's expression when he saw the national letter in the future, he wanted to laugh.
"Obey the order!"
Cao Huachun took the holy decree and asked Zhu Changyuan again: "I don't know when Your Majesty wants to send an envoy?" ”
Zhu Changyuan pondered for a moment and said, "In just a few days, I will organize an envoy and send them a warship to pass over from the sea." ”
The European route has been back and forth several times, and it is familiar with the way, so naturally it does not need to take as long as three months on the first voyage, and if the fleet is fully launched, it is estimated that it will be there in one month. (To be continued.) )