Looking at the four ministers with iron faces, a thought popped up in Ye Chunqiu's heart. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Portuguese must have made preparations at the same time, on the one hand, they expressed 'goodwill', if the Ming allowed it, they might find settlements and 'do business' with the Ming, and if the Ming flatly refused, they would use force.

Ye Chunqiu couldn't help but feel a bitterness in his heart, he never expected that his local tyrant's actions would cause such a big crisis.

But now that I think about it, who of the Portuguese who arrived here was not a greedy adventurer? These people have come from all over the world, and what they are pursuing must be wealth.

They were traveling on one side, holding a sword in one hand, crisscrossing the ocean, thinking that they had made a windfall by taking India and Malacca, but a local tyrant of the Ming Dynasty actually used tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy a few seeds that were worthless in their eyes.

If it's a luxury, it's just the least valuable thing.

Don't be afraid of thieves stealing, just afraid of thieves, once the other party thinks that Daming is full of gold and silver, the result can be imagined.

This was supposed to be a military adventure carried out by the Portuguese governor of Malacca, and in fact, they had tried this kind of adventure many times, only this time, their goal was the Ming Dynasty.

Quanzhou is the most important seaport of the Ming Dynasty, of great significance, and Ningbo, is the place where diplomatic envoys come and go, and now it was destroyed by the Portuguese in one fell swoop, so that the Ming Dynasty was suddenly disgraced.

What's more, these Franc machine people looted and slaughtered the city, which was really rampant to the extreme, and Quanzhou City was also burned, and the losses were heavy.

More than 7,000 officers and soldiers were killed in the battle, which cast a shadow over the imperial court, and it can almost be said that this was the first serious defeat after the Tumubao Incident.

In the tea room of the cabinet, there was silence for a while, and almost everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.

Even Xie Qian, who was angry just now, was silent at this moment, it was obvious that he had lost this battle too unjustly and too aggrieved.

Tens of thousands of troops are actually vulnerable, and the tall city wall of Quanzhou was broken overnight, and what is even more annoying is that if those Portuguese do not leave, the imperial court can still immediately order the general military officer of Guangdong and the guards of Zhejiang to rush to the aid of the guards to carry out the siege, no matter what, they can avenge with one arrow.

But after the people started to kill, they quickly fled away and disappeared into the vast sea, and there has been no trace since.

Aggrieved......

Liu Jian let out a long breath at this time, he knew that the matter had come to this, the imperial court was powerless, and everyone had already run away, what else could he do except to appease and repair Quanzhou? At most, it's just a matter of stepping up your defenses.

Liu Jian's face was very bad, the court suffered such a fiasco, and the defeat was so miserable, but he didn't know what the government and the opposition would become, he stroked his beard, and said bitterly: "Princess, get ready to write a letter to ask for sin, such a big thing happened today, it was our negligence, hey......"

After Liu Jian sighed, he stopped speaking.

But Ye Chunqiu couldn't help but say: "Liu Gong, I don't know when the specific Chen Zuo of the Fujian Political Envoy will arrive, and whether the losses have been counted?" ”

"How?" Liu Jian seemed to have aged many years all of a sudden, he looked at Ye Chunqiu and said, "Chunqiu, don't you have something to say?" ”

"I just want to analyze it." Ye Chunqiu's expression continued to be suspicious, and then said, "I feel a little strange. ”

Liu Jian smiled bitterly: "They have already escaped, what is the use of talking about this now?" ”

Ye Chunqiu saw that their expressions were gloomy, so he didn't say anything more, and resigned from the cabinet, but he thought that the little emperor should know about it at this time, so he hurriedly returned to the warm pavilion to meet him.

Zhu Houzhao has really received the news, and now that Liu Jin and Zhang Yong are kneeling here, Zhu Houzhao looked angry, seeing that Ye Chunqiu had returned here, but he was not surprised, but he still stared at Zhang Yong and Liu Jin, and said, "Those envoys have also gone to sea?" Hurry up and chase them, find a way to chase them back, I want to cut them with a thousand knives, and I have to cut them with a thousand knives. ”

After such a fiasco, several ministers felt aggrieved, not to mention Zhu Houzhao?

Not long ago, those Franc people lowered their posture to ask for an audience, who would have expected that they would prepare with both hands, and there was no morality at all.

The mentality of the Celestial Empire, to this day, is indeed unable to follow the trend of the world, in the Franco, people's selfishness and cunning have been infinitely magnified, everything to look at money has become the norm of people, so they can desperately go to sea, can also do not hesitate to plunder foreign countries, even their own ships, around to open up their so-called trade points, if trade can not satisfy their appetite, they will plunder, if the looting is not enough for them to satisfy, they will slaughter.

And the Ming Dynasty is still immersed in the so-called benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, Zhu Houzhao hates the attack on Quanzhou and the slaughter of the Buddha Lang machine, but what he hates even more is that they are so cunning and treacherous.

At this time, Liu Jin smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, when they go to sea, they can't find a trace, those envoys have been out to sea for two days, and they are afraid of ......."

"Bastard." Zhu Houzhao, who was furious, casually picked up the music on the table and slammed it on Liu Jin's face, Liu Jin just knelt and didn't dare to come out.

"Zhang Banban, you come on, you come and see if the Imperial Horse Supervisor can urgently transfer troops and horses and rush to Quanzhou immediately. If the Franco-Robot attacks again, will the Warrior Battalion be able to resist it? ”

"This ......" Zhang Yong was speechless for a while, he wanted to pat his chest and promise, but he was afraid, if he swore an oath, His Majesty really let him go to Quanzhou, then the Franc machine man came and went without a trace, God knows when he landed? If you really kill a horse pistol, I am afraid that my life will not be guaranteed.

Zhang Yong has analyzed this note, and he knows a little bit about military affairs, so he naturally knows that these Francis are powerful, and he has no confidence in his heart, so he doesn't dare to say anything.

Zhu Houzhao saw him hesitating, and suddenly became furious: "Bastards, you are all a bunch of bastards, what's the use of raising you?" ”

"Slaves and maids die." The two had no choice but to pause.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao finally set his eyes on Ye Chunqiu, who was on the side, and said: "Spring and Autumn came just in time, I have never experienced such a big defeat in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, what do you have any opinions on this matter, you can talk about it, come and tell me." ”

Zhu Houzhao's temper was already short-tempered, but at this time, he was annoyed, and his body trembled with anger.

Ye Chunqiu calmly took a few steps forward, saluted Zhu Houzhao, and said, "Where did Your Majesty get the report?" (To be continued.) )