Chapter 16 First North and then South

Tomei frowned slightly, not a little resentful in her heart, seeing that the people above regarded herself as just a slave, full of discomfort, her voice was slightly hard, and she muttered something in the ground, and naturally there was an interpreter around her who translated it: "It's true, uphold God's will, and save the barbarians from the abyss of suffering." Bring light to the barbarians. ”

Zhengde snorted coldly, quite unhappy with him as a barbarian.

Qiu Ju understood Zhengde's mind better than Zhengde, and immediately reprimanded Tomei, saying, "Daring, who do you say is a barbarian?" ”

"Those who do not obey the Lord's arrangement are savages."

Not to mention Zhengde, even Qiu Ju himself was frightened by Tomei's arrogance, this guy actually dared to reprimand Emperor Ming as a barbarian in front of Emperor Ming. For a while, Qiu Ju himself was so angry that he shouldn't have said anything.

The brocade guard, who was standing in front of the door, stepped forward in a few steps, twisted Tomei's hand behind his back, and pressed his shoulder tightly. Tomei felt only pain in her arms, almost screaming.

Seeing this, Zhu Houhuang immediately said loudly: "Brother, no." He leaned over to Zhengde and said, "Brother, you just want to kill him, wait for him to finish speaking." ”

"It's fine." Zhengde said, "Let's go down." The former Song emperor didn't scold people with his words, how could I be inferior. Let him continue. ”

Tomei walked around the ghost gate. Immediately became honest, and did not dare to take the slightest prick. Ask what to say.

Qiu Ju asked all the histories of Portugal and Spain, although there were some discrepancies, but they were very different from Zhu Houhuang. At the end of the question, Zhengde himself opened his mouth and asked: "What is the so-called matter when the Francophile comes to the East?" ”

When Tomei heard this, she immediately replied, "We are here for trade." ”

"Trade? Hum. Zhengde snorted coldly, shook his hand and left.

As soon as Zhengde left, everyone left after Zhengde, and after a while, only Tomei and his translator were left here.

Zhengde got off the restaurant and immediately got on the horse and galloped back to the Leopard Palace. Immediately said: "Call Mr. Yang over." ”

Yang Tinghe is in the cabinet.

The cabinet is only in a row of ear rooms on the east side of the Wenhua Palace, and such houses are generally inhabited by subordinates, which can be said to be very cramped.

However, when the cabinet became an ancestor, it was only the emperor's secretary, until it later developed to the highest management body that managed the entire Ming Dynasty, but the address did not change at all.

Yang Tinghe is dealing with the memoranda sent by various ministries and localities.

Except for military affairs, Zhengde is not too concerned about anything, and these things are handled by Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe was a courtier selected by Emperor Hongzhi to assist Zhengde, he was favored by two generations of emperors, and he was also the master of Emperor Zhengde. No matter how ridiculous Zhengde is, he still trusts his master. Yang Tinghe himself can be regarded as a capable minister, the six departments of the Ming Dynasty, the thirteen provinces, and more than a thousand prefectures and counties are all under the auspices of Yang Tinghe. Although it cannot be said that the world is peaceful, it is basically passable.

"Elder Yang Ge, summoned by the emperor." A Chinese scholar came to Yang Tinghe's side and said.

Yang Tinghe was taken aback and asked, "But there are police at the border gate?" ”

Although Emperor Zhengde trusted Yang Tinghe, he generally did not summon Yang Tinghe. Unless there is a police at the border, or the mainland displaced people are causing chaos.

"No, I didn't. Didn't hear anything big. ”

Yang Tinghe didn't know what was the big deal when Zhengde asked him to go over. He hurriedly packed up and went to the Leopard Palace.

When Yang Tinghe came to the Leopard Palace, he saw that Zhengde and his entourage were already in a large hall, and above the main hall, there was a big table. A large tablecloth covered the table, and there were some sand and wood chips on it, and several palace people knelt on the table tremblingly, making it look like a high ground was undulating. There are also small flags planted on it, and each small flag has words written on it. Yang Tinghe glanced at it and found that there was a small flag with the words "Jingshi" written on it.

Zhengde Zheng frowned and said, "What's the matter? can't even put a sand table well, don't they all say that they know everything about the Jingshi area? And you don't mean to say that you are familiar with the side plug as if you were your own girl. Why can't I get a sand table. ”

Zhu Houhuang saw that Zhengde was interested in Nanyang today, and he just became angry and encouraged Zhengde to attack Nanyang, no matter what the future holds, first include Nanyang in the territory, and say that there will be no more changes in Jiashen in the future, and the Ming Dynasty can still rely on the land of Nanyang to turn the tables. It's just that Zhu Houhuang didn't know how to get a sentence and ran to the sand table, but this idea made Zhengde greatly admired. Immediately ordered to put the sand table map around the Jingshi on the left and right.

It's just that it's not good-looking, and it's easy to get a sand table, but it's not something that can be done by impression. Requires a lot of computational and mathematical knowledge. At least not what these few military ministers and eunuchs in front of them can do.

So after a while, it's still a terrible mess.

When Yang Tinghe came, he was like this.

Yang Tinghe first saluted Zhengde and said: "Minister Yang Tinghe has seen my emperor. ”

Zhengde said: "Mr. Yang is exempt. Zhengde hurriedly said, "Sir, I have an idea and want Mr. to support me. ”

Yang Tinghe stood respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, please speak." ”

Zhengde said: "The Buddha Lang machine attacked my Ming domain, and I sent troops to the South Seas to save the survival." ”

For so many years, Zhengde is not stupid and has not grown at all, at least he knows how to communicate with civil officials.

"Against." Although Yang Tinghe didn't say anything, the first thought that popped up in his brain was opposition.

First, as a Confucian minister, Yang Tinghe is naturally opposed to all wars, and it is best to let the Ming Dynasty live a peaceful life forever, and what wars are waged indiscriminately are chaotic in Yang Tinghe's heart, and the best way to deal with the government is to calm down.

Second, now the Zhengde Emperor emphasizes military ministers and eunuchs, which is absurd enough, if he is fighting abroad, if he does not win, he will lose the people and money, and if he wins, it will inevitably make these military ministers more arrogant, so isn't it even worse?

Just how to object? But it's a problem.

Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty, do you know where the Franc machine is?" How many people are there, and how many soldiers are there? What is its king? ”

Zhengde said: "The Franc machine is thousands of miles away from the extreme west, there are millions of people, tens of thousands of soldiers, the navy is strong, and they can fight well, but they are less than 10,000 people in the Franc machine, and the full thorn has just been destroyed, and the people are not convinced, I send tens of thousands of soldiers, hang the people, and win the war." ”

Yang Tinghe knew in his heart that Zhengde had already been prepared, and he couldn't simply stop it.

Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty's treasury is empty, a few years ago, Liu and Liu Qi rebellion, cholera in several provinces, especially Shandong is almost flat, and last year Shaanxi was hungry, the little prince was in chaos, the silver was spent like mountains and seas, innumerable, and now there are a few sums of money in the household, but there is a place." I can't afford to do this with this large sum of money. Since Zheng He, my Ming Dynasty has not had a ship to the South Seas for nearly a hundred years, and the shipping route has long been unfamiliar. And His Majesty has been studying military affairs for a long time, and knows what the Jiangnan Guards are like, and wants to cut down the Franco, if the border army is used, I am afraid that the border army will not accept the water and soil of the South Seas, and if the Jiangnan Lingnan soldiers are used, I am afraid that the ministers will not be able to exert their prestige in the South Seas, but will damage the prestige of our Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhengde couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Zhu Houhuang couldn't help but be a little anxious, and was about to speak, but Zhengde saw it, and Zhengde said first: "What Mr. Yang means, I know, let me think about it." ”

Yang Tinghe saw that he persuaded Zhengde and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Seeing that Zhengde had the intention of being a loose guest, he immediately got up and left with a salute.

After Zhu Houhuang saw Yang Tinghe leave, he couldn't help but say, "Brother Huang, did you just give up?" ”

"How so?" Zhengde couldn't help but brush his mustache with his fingers and said, "You have to eat the rice one bite at a time, and you have to do things one by one?" Although what Mr. Yang said is a bit biased, one thing is very right, that is, if you want to win the battle by relying on those rotten guards in Jiangnan, it is simply a dream, if you want to attack Nanyang, you must first rectify the guards in Jiangnan and Lingnan, otherwise there will be no soldiers available at that time. Moreover, there is the little prince who is restrained outside the fortress, how can I have the mind, specialize in the south, and want to go south, and solve the little prince first. ”

In Zhengde's eyes, a fine light flashed.