9-1 Empress Taishang

The affairs of the South China Sea were handed over to the two generals of black and white, Liu Ziguang and Zhao Wen returned to Xinbianjing on the Black Swan, and Zhao Wen led hundreds of civil and military officials to the dock to greet them, the empress and his wife's honeymoon trip was very fruitful, and the news of Badawi's victory had spread all over the streets and alleys of the Song Dynasty, and the people were all happy and elated.

The shares of China Merchants are half of the Song and Ming dynasties, and the Ming Dynasty is different, the shares of the Song Dynasty are placed on the exchange for public trading, any people can buy, this war is although the national army put on the vest and go into battle in person, but after all, the agent is the China Merchants Bureau, occupying the Strait of Malacca, Badawe Port and even Java, indicating that the profits of the China Merchants Bureau will be like a snowball, and the shares of the China Merchants Bureau have risen all the way, driving the overall rise of the entire Song Dynasty stock market, and all the people have shared the war dividends. How could they not love Her Majesty the Empress and the Lord Protector who brought them wealth.

Liu Ziguang brazenly mobilized troops against Westerners, and Zhao Jing was also very pleased, she thought that the heroes she had trained herself had finally become a sharp weapon in her hands, and she could kill the Quartet and dominate the world, so she would obey the telegrams from Temasek asking for help, asking for ships for ships, and soldiers for soldiers.

The New Year is approaching, Liu Ziguang is like an arrow, but the Song Dynasty can't leave here, because the New Year will be held in the Zen throne ceremony, and then the new emperor will ascend the throne and change the Yuan, these big things are indispensable to his participation in the protector of the country, there is no way to write a few letters to the family, purchased a lot of local specialties, together with Cheng Liangjue, Chen Ziang two fugitives, transported back to China by fast boat, the letter is to several wives, the specialty is dedicated to the emperor as a tribute, the fugitive is regarded as the merit of the south factory, the New Year, everyone should be happy.

The time is already the end of the month, it seems that it is the end of the year, presumably at this time the Central Plains is already the number nine cold winter, but the Song Dynasty is still as hot as summer, these former Song Dynasty relics have maintained the tradition of the Han New Year, every family is killing pigs and sheep, preparing big fish and meat for the festival, Liu Ziguang has nothing to do in the stock exchange in Xinbianjing, his keen mind realizes that this is a good way to promote economic development and revitalize funds, the stock exchange of Daming should also be opened as soon as possible, what he has to do now is to learn various trading rules, To say that Liu Ziguang is also an old shareholder, has experienced a big fall, can be regarded as having seen the world, and has also read a few primers such as what shareholders need to know, he still has some right to say about this, he figured out the various rules of ancient stock trading through the Song Dynasty Household Department, and put forward some small improvement suggestions, so that the household officials admired the protector.

The Javanese side has continued to have good news that the East India Company has been forced to accept all the conditions to compensate the China Merchants Military Expenditure of 15 million guilders, the guilder is a relatively light weight of European silver coins, and this batch of indemnities is about 8 million taels when converted into silver, thinking that when the East India Company raised its shares, it was only 6.5 million guilders, and now the amount of compensation has exceeded the company's ability to pay, even if all the cash, goods, and use to pay off the debt is not enough, but Lord Anthony is more generous, The fixed assets of the Dutch were also accepted at a discount, the Dutch were known as the coachmen of the sea, and there were hundreds of cargo ships in the port of Badawi alone, as well as castles, shops, manors, and crops, and these miscellaneous things added up to barely enough to make up seven million taels.

This is tantamount to the Dutch looting cleanly, presumably the news of the bankruptcy of the East India Company will be transmitted back to Europe, and half of the entire Netherlands will go bankrupt. Those Javanese royal families did not get a good end, and the stubborn ones were slaughtered cleanly, and some people relied on their familiarity with the terrain and tried in vain to get into the jungle to fight guerrillas, but they were caught out of the rainforest like rats by the combined forces of Chinese and blacks, and played jungle warfare. Under the coercion of the powerful military, the king of Java signed a treaty with China Merchants, ceding Badawi and its surrounding fifty miles to China Merchants as a base, and other places must also be opened, China Merchants has judicial powers, and all cases involving Chinese and blacks will be tried and sentenced by the Criminal Investigation Division under China Merchants. The king of Java had no choice but to sign this humiliating treaty.

Duncan's news is much more prosaic, during this time there are very few Western ships going to the Strait of Malacca, so their prey is difficult to find, it is no wonder that the British have retreated, and the Dutch have also sent clippers to report the news of the imminent war with the Han Chinese.

The robbery of the British and the Dutch, the acquisition of Temasek and Badawi, and the harvest of huge wealth, but also brought negative effects, the extinction of merchant ships from the West, the inability to sell domestically produced cloth and silk industrial products, and this is also a drag on the economy, I didn't think so long when I started the war. Liu Ziguang still has a way, not to earn the money of the people of Xiniu Hezhou, we can make other people's money, he telegraphed to the Duncan sailors based in Temasek, asking him to go north along the Strait of Malacca, with gunboats and merchant ships, to open up a trade route to Tianzhu.

The imperial court's edict to canonize Alabama King of Temasek and Marcobi King of Zangoro has been issued, with a holy decree attaching to Liu Ziguang to make a messenger and seal these two minor vassal kings for Zhu Youxiao. After receiving the notice, the two small vassal kings rushed to Xinbianjing, accepted the canonization of Liu Ziguang from the Celestial Dynasty, and took the edict covered with the jade seal of the Ming Emperor.

Alabama immediately said that he would not return to Temasek and would follow Liu Ziguang to study in Nanjing Guozijian, adding that it was his lifelong dream. Margobi doesn't have such a noble pursuit, what he wants is to restore the mountains and rivers of his homeland, Liu Ziguang

Persuade him not to be anxious, now Sumatra is looking for a place to settle down, and the matter of recovering the country is slowly being planned. Margobi had no choice but to agree.

It's going to be the New Year, but the big summer can't feel the taste of the year, so Liu Ziguang asked people to roll the gunpowder into a small cylinder with paper, the yellow mud is on the back, and the twist is drawn out on it, a little can explode but not hurt people, this kind of small thing is called artillery battle, many artillery battles are connected together is firecrackers, and a firecracker on Chinese New Year's Eve can ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. Liu Ziguang's Xiao Ming won Zhao Wen's love, and ordered the arsenal to go all out to produce artillery, and wait for the Chinese New Year to cast it, Liu Ziguang saw that she liked it so much, so he simply said the recipe for the fireworks, anyway, the Song Military Factory had sufficient raw materials, and the craftsmen were exquisite, and there was nothing they couldn't do.

With the help of firecrackers and fireworks, Liu Ziguang finally felt that this year was a bit of a year, and in the days leading to Chinese New Year's Eve, the streets and alleys of Xinbianjing were full of the sound of artillery battles, every household was lit up with lights, beaming with joy, the palace was even more lively, everyone was dressed up, after discussion by the Ministry of Ceremonies, it was decided to reverse the previous decision, no longer grant the title of Princess Zhao Wen, the abdicated empress, but to be promoted to the empress Taishang, and her children will become the crown prince and inherit the reign of the Song Dynasty. This matter is directly related to Zhao Wen's seizure of Temasek Badawi, and it is also inseparable from Zhao Jing's efforts, Liu Ziguang understands that this is Zhao Jing wants to tie herself firmly to her chariot of unifying the world, alas, people have to push this good thing to themselves, and it will be angry if they are polite, so Liu Ziguang didn't express any opinion, but he was very puzzled by the old scholars in the Ministry of Rites who agreed to let him Liu Ziguang's flesh and blood be the crown prince of the Song Dynasty. He didn't understand that the imperial power of the Song Dynasty had actually become a symbol, and after so many years of drifting overseas, people in this country no longer paid attention to being an emperor with a surname, as long as they were Han Chinese, they could accept it.

The Zen ceremony was held on the first day of the new year, there is a large altar in Xinbianjing, at this time it is full of flowers and grains and three animals, all people wear dresses to participate in the ceremony, although the costumes of the Song Dynasty people and the Ming Dynasty people are the same Han family clothes, but after all, there are differences in the times, the dress of the sacrifice is the style left in the Southern Song Dynasty, it has not changed at all, Liu Ziguang as a duke also attended the ceremony, seeing the spectacular ceremony, he seems to dream back to the Great Song Dynasty, but unfortunately there is no camera in his hand, can record this historical scene.

The ceremony was boring and boring, it was carried out from early morning to two o'clock in the afternoon, after the ceremony, Zhao Wen such a sturdy female comrade was supported by the palace maid, the thick palace dress has been soaked with sweat, and the fat powder on her face has also been spent, she entered the dormitory, and fell on the Xiangfei couch at once, and let the palace maid help her take off her shoes, Zhao Wen is not a person who is rigid in etiquette, Liu Ziguang is even more impolite, when the emperor changes clothes, he sits on the side with a big grin, Zhao Wen said: "It's hard not to be this bird emperor anymore, Those little old men gave me the title of Emperor Taishang again, don't don't, it sounds like an old lady, it's not fun at all, it's better to be a princess. ”

Liu Ziguang thought it was true, everyone was Princess Shang, he was good, he married a queen as his wife, although it sounds very stylish, but he always feels a little awkward. However, since it is the decision of the imperial court, it is not appropriate to be petty, so I can only mention it as little as possible at home. He coughed dryly and said, "It's time for me to go back to China when I'm done, would you like to go back to Daming with me?" ”