This was the violent revolution that took place on the island of Crete. The Cretan aristocracy, unable to stop the revolt, had no choice but to appeal to the Knights Hospitaller in Rhodes. The Knights Hospitaller* sent twelve knights to support Crete. How big is Crete? It is larger than Rhodes, the former lair of the Knights Hospitaller, about 1.4 square kilometers, and a full 80,000 square kilometers.

Twelve knights, even with their squires, what can they do?

As a result, the Cretan nobles had no choice but to ask for help from the Mediterranean Fleet of the Ming Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the Governor's Yamen of the Suez Canal, and the Alexandria Garrison of the Ming Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

"Sir, he asks me for help, and he will pay tribute." Liu Ji reported this matter to Ding Yi, and of course Ding nodded for such things.

Ding Yi laughed when he heard this: "To whom does Crete want to pay tribute?" Da Ming? Rome? What about the Venetian side? You can't have one servant and two masters, right? ”

Because of Crete, this season belongs to Venice.

The situation here is a bit complicated, but it has to be mentioned.

Because the Knights Hospitaller were in the Mediterranean, they were originally the rule-makers.

Perhaps, to put it more simply and crudely, pirates, yes, pirates.

At first, because they were unable to compete with the Ottomans on land, the Knights Hospitaller bullied the Ottomans for their seafaring skills and robbed the Ottomans of merchant ships in the Mediterranean. Originally, this can be regarded as a war to feed war, a religious war, which cannot be fought on land, and it is understandable if you don't agree with it.

But the ships of Western Europe will also suffer! It's not a religious war.

When the Knights Hospitaller saw the ship, they went up and grabbed it first. At most, the robbery was mistaken for an Ottoman ship. That's it. The merchants couldn't afford to mess with it, so they bought flags from the Knights Hospitaller. Thereupon. All over the Mediterranean is the octagonal cross flag of the Knights Hospitaller. In modern times, the Knights Hospitaller is the Panama of the Middle Ages.

But the Ming Metropolitan Governor's Mansion came. Especially after the opening of the Suez Canal.

Huang Xiaoyang, a guy who was born as a pirate, has been called the king of Shunmin, and he is not convinced by anyone except Ding Yi in his life, not to mention the ship's strong guns?

When he learned of this situation, he was furious: "His old mother, do you want to collect the land? The land is all collected by a brother! When will it be the turn of the Liban eggs to collect the land! The Mediterranean Fleet, you are famous, and you are brave enough to be in the Mediterranean? Knights Hospitaller? Collect it now! ”

How could he put up with the fact that there were people in the Mediterranean who were collecting protection money, and the person who was collecting protection money was not Ding Yi?

So it started fighting, and "collecting his skin" is about the same as "inserting him" and "hanging him".

For the attack of the Knights Hospitaller, Xu Bin was strongly supportive in Egypt at that time. The Mediterranean Sea was then so tossed by the Knights Hospitaller. Then the cost of the ship to pass through the Suez Canal increases. The traditional Chinese thoughts, even if they can't kill "fleeing overnight", they have to open up the territory and keep a diary to resist the war, not to mention the sharp edge?

So the Mediterranean Sea was quickly cleared, which is why the messenger of Castille would directly tell Ding Yi that the Mediterranean Sea was the bathtub of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Huang Xiaoyang was preparing to directly destroy Rhode Island.

He was the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, and entrusted the nephew of Henry, the living prince of navigation at the time. Go to find Xu Bin to say something; Ding Yi didn't plan to make a move on the Ottomans at the time, thinking that it would be good to leave the Knights Hospitaller and disgust the Ottomans, so they saved it.

Therefore. Where did the Knights Hospitaller dare to toss in the Mediterranean?

Rhodes Island only has a total of seven hundred knights, and he was directly bombarded by rifled guns in the naval battle, so what basis does he have to rely on. Dare to show off your might in the Mediterranean? Therefore, according to the regulations set by Huang Xiaoyang for them at that time, the number of people going to sea, the size of the ships, and so on. They didn't dare to disobey, so they could only support these twelve people.

The nobles of Crete could not stand it anymore. They belonged to Venice during this period. More than 200 years ago, the Venetians bought Crete. But Venice is far away, and the Knights Hospitaller are not powerful! They offered to pay tribute to Ding Yi, only to send troops to quell the rebellion.

"What is the violent revolution in Crete?" After reading the report, Ding did not continue the topic of discussing to whom the Cretans were to pay tribute. In fact, this is not a question that needs to be discussed, in the Mediterranean, Ding Yi is the Ming Dynasty, and Ding Yi is Rome!

"That's not right, there must be someone in us who is operating here. You do everything you can to find out who is organizing it. Ding Yi took the report on Crete, slapped it on his hand, and said to Liu Ji.

Because he was very sure that the insurrection was organized and programmatic, that is, it was not a spontaneous uprising that broke out unwilling to be oppressed. The Paris Commune was still far from the present, and Ding Yi was almost certain that someone must have planned such a violent revolutionary act with such a clear program in this era, and it was someone from his side who planned it in the middle.

As for why there was a riot on the island?

Quite simply, the knights of Venice took the land from the natives, and the former landowners became slaves.

The so-called class contradictions, such as heavy taxes and labor services, are probably nothing more than this.

And the results came out soon, Ding Yi looked at the report with it, and couldn't help laughing: "Dongyang? This kid, haha! ”

That's right, it's Li Dongyang. Li Dongyang really wanted to make some achievements, he knew that he would be able to storm the battle and conquer the city, and it would be difficult for him to emerge from the group of personal disciples under Ding Yi. Therefore, the soft pinch was chosen, and the soft pimple selected by Li Dongyang was Liu Ji.

Li Dongyang just took a fancy to the publicity.

He didn't know what an export revolution was, but he knew how to stir up class contradictions, which was taught in the courses of the academy.

And he is a prodigy, and he is a prodigy, there is no reason why he can't learn.

So he sent two people who had come to Egypt with him from China and sent them to Crete.

After all, he is the foundation of a person, and he can be looked at by Li Dongyang - since Emperor Jing became the master and succeeded him to Ding Yi, Li Dongyang is not only a prodigy. At that time, Ding Yi did not have children, so he was regarded as the first heir to the title and family business, that is, the second-generation prodigy of the official, and he could also enter the palace to study, and he was allowed to be admitted to the Jinshi.

If you want to say that he has grown into a gentleman, he is more qualified than Qian Chujiu, but after all, he is a person who can be the first assistant in history, and his fundamental talent is there, how can he do things like Qian Chujiu? Therefore, in Jingshi Shilin, he has the demeanor of a young generation leader, and he is not a fool who can be looked down upon by him.

After these two failures, he was admitted to Rongcheng Academy for two years, and he was also very good at propaganda work.

"Dongyang, this kid is good." Ding Yi looked at the report sent and said to Liu Ji with a smile, "It's quite capable." Yuzhi usually reminds him more, and in the future, if you are on the governor's side, you can try to press it on Dongyang's shoulder. ”

Liu Ji listened to the tears oozing out, I don't know if he is a traitor who is used to the seven emotions, or when he is really agitated, he said: "Sir, don't think that the disciple is in mind!" According to the humble opinion of the disciples, the talents of the disciples are far better than the students! If this matter is now gradually handed over to the junior and disciple, and the students only want to serve in front of the master, they will be satisfied! ”

In other words, let Ding Yi not have to give him face, don't have to consider his feelings, he is not in power.

Maybe others will believe this, but if Ding Yi believes it, then there will be a ghost: "Youzhi, don't be weird." ”

Ding Yi is also a figure who founded the country and called the emperor, generally speaking, he has to pay attention to the emperor's mental skills, this is not only the case for Chinese monarchs, but also most of the monarchs in the West. It's in the clouds, and you have to make the courtiers feel that they are unfathomable.

But he didn't do it, and directly poked this sentence, which is equivalent to directly telling Liu Ji not to talk nonsense.

Liu Ji listened, the tears oozing out this time were really sour, and his heart was stirring.

No matter what position Ding Yi is, he still regards Liu Ji as his disciple and a person who can be trusted.

He didn't plan to do that senseless politeness at all, Mr. training his disciples, it was just a sentence of "don't be weird", it was enough!

"Yes." Liu Ji raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears, but he didn't say anything superfluous, but at this moment, he really had the heart to die for Ding Yi, and he really gave birth to a few copies and the idea of repaying him with a national soldier.

"Struggle must be tactical." Ding Yi put down the report, looked up and said to Liu Ji, "You send capable men into Crete, control the scene, and try not to have bloodshed until the last moment; If a conflict breaks out, it will be cut off immediately. ”

Speaking of such whiteness, it would be strange if Liu Ji still didn't understand.

Ding Yi's meaning is not to delay, if there is a violent revolution, it will directly overthrow the existing aristocratic ruling class.

He was not willing to accept the vassal of Crete and have to quarrel with the Venetians.

As soon as Liu Ji went down to make arrangements, Cao Jixiang trotted in: "Young master, the Venetian chief has sent an envoy to visit!" ”

The Venetian envoy came to see Ding Yi, of course, there was something wrong, and after the salute, he reported to Ding Yiyu: "Your Majesty, your country's Mediterranean fleet is not allowed to enter the Mediterranean, why is this happening?" Venice and the Roman Empire were both allies against the Ottomans, and even if they didn't, they were enemies, so why do they do this? ”

Ding Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he really hadn't paid attention to this verse, and couldn't help asking, "Oh, there is such a thing?" ”

Of course, the Venetians were unhappy, and they sent envoys to question Ding Yi, but Ding Yi had the nickname of Poseidon, and the Western countries still had some scruples at sea, so they beat around the bush and did not dare to question directly. At this time, hearing that Ding Yi didn't know about this, the messenger couldn't help but be overjoyed, so it was easy to talk about Xiang and provoke!

Dante's next words made the messenger unable to close his mouth. (To be continued......) R1292