Section 361 Naturalization
Shangba Shan was drunk, and his happy expression was as if he had obtained some kind of treasure.
In the dead of night, the white crane sat on a stone by the sea, holding a bottle of beer in his hand, silently looking at the bright moon reflected in the sea.
"Some people think that a bright gemstone is a treasure, some people think that a good book is a treasure, and everyone thinks differently. Wu and Bi's ideas are not recognized by Confucius in a large way, because in his thoughts, he believes that everyone has their own aspirations, whether it is a good farmer or a good businessman, they are all good people. β
"He's right!" Bai Minghe didn't look back, and when he heard the voice, he knew it was Hu Hu.
An old man who has served as a scholar in the Ministry of Rites for many years, and has also entered the cabinet, can be called a Confucian celebrity.
Hu Hu also held a bottle of beer: "I heard that this bottle is more expensive than wine?" β
"That's right! So you can't just throw it away. Hu Lao is interested, and he also wants to enjoy the moon! β
"The old man rewards the sea, but what you reward may not be the moon. Your plan is not complete, and the old man thinks that you should transfer some people from Shanglin Yuan to help you better complete this plan. Of course, the Shang family is the key. β
Shira-naka turned around: "I'm always used to giving value to many things, and I'm wrong about that. β
"You're not wrong with pricing, what's wrong is that you're not qualified to price many things. For the death of a soldier, the actual expenditure of the Ming Dynasty is the price of ten sheep, so the price that many people give to the soldier is ten sheep. But who dares to tell the world that a soldier is ten sheep? Whoever says this will die, including the old man! β
Hu Hui sat next to Bai Minghe and continued: "Shang Bashan has set a price for himself, and what he wants is a naturalization document!" β
"Why don't you give it, I can't wait to be naturalized in my eyes?" Shira-naka didn't understand.
"It's the hat that's doing the trick!" Hu Hu pointed to the hat on his head, which was a Confucian hat. Representative of Confucianism. "Many people believe that barbarians are barbarians. To put it mildly, who wants to sit at the same table as a monkey and eat? The most practical problem is that naturalization means that the quota for the imperial examination will be divided again. β
Cut! Bai Minghe had a disdainful attitude.
Hu Hu smiled, Bai Minghe's reaction was normal.
"You know, you have asked for ten places for Da Nang, and the DPRK and China have already made many people dissatisfied. But the old man thought. You can't give you a thousand, so the advice that this naturalized old man gave you is, big naturalization and small naturalization. The benefits of the Great Naturalization are not just the quota for the imperial examination. β
The white crane became interested: "How about a little naturalization?" β
"I don't know, this old man can't tell, the only thing I can give you is to avoid touching the interests of the class. You have touched someone's interests, and he alone cannot fight you. But when you move the interests of the whole scribe, I am afraid that you will not be able to resist it. Don't underestimate the Most Holy Temple! β
The most holy temple in Queli is the Temple of Confucius!
"A place where Zhu Xi can be put on the altar. The record of the East Factory is not very glamorous! Bai Minghe said coldly.
"You're not a little daring!" Hu Hui's tone became much colder.
Bai Minghe lowered his voice: "I have evidence in my hand, which is enough to prove that someone is unfilial." What if the children of the divided family come out and stand in the court? Don't think that there is no infighting in the saint's family, except for the mother and son in this world, even if it is true, the rest are in the minority. β
Hu Hu was stunned and didn't know how to answer.
What the white crane knows, he knows. But there are some things that the people do not raise and the officials do not hold accountable. What's more, those officials don't want to care. What else is there to do in the place where you dare not take care of it?
"Because no one dared to manage it for too long, I was a little bolder. Tell them not to go against me! After Bai Minghe finished speaking, he thought about it and said: "Old Hu, it's good to record it like this in the annals. I, the white crane, took advantage of the important nobles of the small state of the subject country to take risks and lure the island to steal, so that the island broke the training of Taizu's fifteenth non-conquest and raised troops to fight! β
"You're really not afraid!"
"What are you afraid of, five hundred years from now, the history books will still be written. I have killed countless cranes. With the blood of millions of Japanese people, we will create a foundation for the Ming Dynasty. As you wrote in the history books, my Bai ancestor Bai Qi was a butcher and a god. But when it comes to the art of war strategy, isn't it the god of war? However, the title of the god of war is still low, Bai Wu Anjun. It's the god of war! β
"White Crane, aren't you afraid of going to hell?" Hu Hui's tone was trembling.
"I'm from hell!" Shira-naka Crane smiled.
Bai Minghe stared into Hu Hui's eyes, and Hu Hu took a few steps back and sat down on the beach.
The white crane laughed heartily, and in the silence of the night, the laughter spread far away. Almost the entire island heard the laughter of the white crane.
What's there to be excited about.
Many people were excited, and over the next few days, Shira's plan was perfectly executed. Hu Hui was targeted by Xu Chengzong's people intentionally or unintentionally all day long, Hu Hu couldn't actually do anything, he couldn't even write a letter here, and he was surrounded by fanatical sergeants.
Don't say it's him, but Yu Qian feels a little bit like the military department secretary right now.
Xu Chengzong was clearly helping Bai Minghe suppress his authority, and these soldiers were so fanatical that only blood could satisfy them.
The Siamese prince was so excited that he would appear on deck every morning, looking all the way to the north.
He was accompanied by three men and four women. is his elder brother and the prince of Siam, but because he is a concubine, there is no possibility of inheriting the throne, but he is an excellent general. There are also two daughters, who are their own princesses and their own sisters. What an honor it was to be invited by the Great Crane.
The other two men and two women are the prince and a princess of the Nanzhang Kingdom.
There is also a daughter, although her status is lower than others, but she is also the daughter of the upper aristocratic family of Nanzhang. The most important thing is that she is Sang Song's daughter, and the invited quota is rumored to be that Sang Song found Mao Wenhu and asked for a place.
Several young men had already stood on the bow of the boat, which was a small fortune boat converted from a speed of about eight knots. The difference from other ships is that the luxury dΓΉ in the cabin is a passenger ship specially used to pull people, and these ships are no longer suitable for pulling goods, and they can't even run four knots if the warehouse is full.
This kind of speed is simply unbearable.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, there is a flag coming. Ask if you will be too tired to take the boat for several days, and if you want to rest in Fuzhou for two days. β
"Nope." The Siamese prince shook his head.
The signal came back, and it was obvious that the ship was veering to the right, which was changing course. If the fleet wants to dock at Fuzhou, then it will move close to the left coast, and if it wants to pass through the Yizhou Strait, then it will have to take the middle route, so as not to interfere with the navigation of other ships.
In less than half an hour before their fleet got out of the way, a fast flotilla of fifty transports and four escort ships sped along the course as far as the eye could see at a speed equivalent to twelve knots in modern times.
"What a fast ship!" Prince Nanzhang sighed with emotion.
They couldn't have built such a big ship, let alone so fast.
"This is the Manila transport fleet of the Daming South China Sea Fleet, look at the flag escort ship on the ship, it should be the warship of Quanzhou Wei!" The prince has been dealing with the Ming fleet for a long time, and he can also distinguish the ownership of the fleet by the flag on the ship.
The boat at the end of the fleet slowed down and approached.
The escort ships on both sides are quickly waving flags, these are all public flags, and when they really need to be kept secret, they will use another set of flags.
The little prince's bodyguard gave an interpreter on the side: "They greet each other, because our escort ship is the flag of Da Nang." They were asking why the fleet had come to the Yizhou Strait, and then they were confirming their identities. It seems that there is a fear that a ship is traveling illegally, or someone has stolen a boat from Da Nang! β
"The Ming people have always been very obedient to the rules, each ship has a prescribed route, and it is not surprising that an unknown ship comes to a route that does not belong to it, and it is not surprising that it is questioned. It is estimated that when the strait is officially entered, there will be a Ming warship coming to check. As he spoke, six warships approached them slowly on the sea.
At this time, Sansong's daughter suddenly spoke: "Is it possible to let the ship over there hear our words!" β
"Yes!" The first thing the prince learned from Sinology was etiquette. The elegant answer doubled the girl's affection for the prince.
Sanson's daughter spoke in Chinese, as if it were a feeling of Nilusi, which translates to a certain orchid of the kingdom of the guide. So Sansong's daughter has a Chinese name, called Lan Lan. It's the kind of orchid with blue flowers, and this is just a name, not a surname.
The Nanzhang people do not have a surname, and when a large family is mentioned, only the name of the founder of the family will be mentioned, and there will be no surname left. It was only after the French invasion in modern times that the Nanzhang people had their surnames.
According to the request of Sang Song's daughter Lan Lan, a flag was sent here.
The ships in front, which should be parallel to the flotilla on this side. The escort ship from the Manila fleet did not leave, because the flag here said that there were some family letters to count Haiyun Peak, and the guard where Mao Wenhu was located was a subordinate of the Fuzhou Dusi, and many of his soldiers and family members were in Quanzhou.
The boat approached, and the two boats pulled up the cables.
A young man with a silver badge representing the status of a six-rank military attachΓ© flew over like a sea eagle with the help of a long cable.
Gently landed on the deck and gave a Ming military salute. "Thank you, Your Highness."
"No, I'm not the one I trusted, but her!" The prince pointed to Lan Lan from Da Nang.
In Chinese, which she was very unproficient in, Lan Lan took a lot of effort to explain the matter. When his father went to Haiyunfeng to visit General Mao, he was entrusted with the letter, which was actually only a small bag, but it was just more than 20 letters. (To be continued......)