"Execution—"

"Bang!"

On the 14th day of the fourth lunar month of the Apocalypse, along with a Ming army soldier who had participated in the "Tragedy of Dalun Mountain in Manila" and survived the 231 Spanish soldiers on the beach of Padang Island, they were betrayed by Huanglong with five criminal laws, including beheading, hanging, Ling Chi, beheading, and tongue pulling.

Many of the soldiers looked in disbelief at the envoy Nesta who had brought them, and Nesta lowered his head, not daring to look them in the eyes of the dying men.

In the end, in the pain and despair of suffocation and the tearing of the neck bone, in the fear, in the pain of being cut in the waist, in the helplessness of being bleeding to death from time to time in Ling Chi, and in the resentment of being suffocated to death by pulling out his tongue and hanging on a tree.

These two hundred and thirty-one executioners died in front of Huang Long and hundreds of Ming army generals, and everyone was indifferent to their deaths.

This group of executioners who caused the tragedy of Dalun Mountain and slaughtered tens of thousands of Chinese were finally killed by the Ming army after a lapse of 21 years.

"Cut off the head, concoct it, and send it to Dalun Mountain in Luzon to make a Beijing view and pay tribute to the dead people."

After making sure that everyone was dead, Huang Long gave an order to Li Dan next to him, and then walked up to the Spanish envoy Nesta, leaned over to the treaty on the table, and signed his name.

At this point, during the Battle of Nanyang, the war of the Ming army against the Western powers was declared over, and the Treaty of Badong of the Ming Dynasty was officially signed and came into effect.

The treaty reads as follows:

[1. Spain confirms the validity of the Treaty of Padang in the Ming West. 】

[2. Spain returned and recognized Luzon and the vast area of the South Seas as the territory of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times. 】

[3. All Ming merchants who trade in Spain and its colonies can enjoy free use of ship repair rights and storage of materials used. 】

[4. Spain compensated the Ming Dynasty for military expenses of 2 million taels, compensated the victims of Dalun Mountain for 1.2 million taels, a total of 3.2 million taels, delivered 200,000 taels in March of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and delivered the remaining 3 million taels in 10 years. 】

[5. Any person who is a citizen of the Great Ming Dynasty, whether it is the Celestial Dynasty or the military or civilians of its vassal states, etc., who commits crimes in various places under the jurisdiction of Spain, Spain has no right to sentence such person, and when the evidence and the offender are transferred, the criminal department of the Ming Dynasty shall convict him. 】

[Sixth, there is no Daming Road Introduction, Huangdian Iron Plate, traders can not cross the Kunlun Nu Islands, and the Ming Navy can choose to sink it. 】

[7. The place of trade between the two countries is set at the old port of Chengxuan's political envoy and the old port of Guanshi Island. 】

[8. Those who violate the law and discipline on Guanshi Island can be dealt with by the Ming Dynasty without ......]

The content of the 17 articles and thousands of words of the treaty makes people look big, and at the same time, it also exposes the weak Spanish confidence.

Indeed, at this moment, Spain is no longer able to play trade confrontation with the Ming Dynasty.

The Thirty Years' War and the constant wars of independence, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, and other countries were distracting Spain.

In this relatively calm Far East, if the Ming Dynasty had to cut off trade with Spain, then the east-west ocean trade, which occupied a large part of the royal family's finances, would be completely removed from the income list.

This was absolutely unbearable for Spain, which was already mired in war in Europe.

Therefore, they would rather compensate the Ming Dynasty with 3.2 million taels in ten years, and also obtain the trade support of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the three ,200,000 taels of silver, it was only one-half of Spain's trade between the East and the West.

Although the flesh hurts, at least there is still a lot of money, and it can also let the royal family see their determination to do things.

This is a helpless move, and if the war is successful, no one is willing to sign such a treaty that humiliates the country.

However, in any case, Spain is at fault in this matter, and it will not receive much sympathy from other countries.

Nesta took the treaty signed by Huang Long and left Patong Island in ashes.

Just a few days later, France, England, Portugal and other three countries also arrived on the island of Padang.

After learning that the Netherlands and Spain had signed treaties to withdraw from the South Seas and compensate the Ming Dynasty, their three relatively peaceful forces obtained a treaty that was not too harsh.

According to the earlier agreement, the three countries received goods worth 40,000 taels of silver, and the Ming Dynasty received part of the land in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula controlled by the three countries.

More than 22 acres of cultivated land, more than 70,000 natives, and a series of Western-style buildings and Nanyang buildings.

This is a big cake that Daming got for 40,000 taels of silver, and this exchange also made the envoys of the Three Kingdoms grit their teeth.

In this way, the "Minghepadong Treaty", the "Mingying Padang Treaty", and the "Mingfa Padang Treaty" were signed one after another, and the Europa people would completely withdraw from the South Seas and Southeast Asia in two months at the latest.

However, these treaties may be an end for the countries of Europa, but for the Ming and Huanglong, how to clean up the large and small Nanyang princely states that do not obey the Ming king is the top priority for them.

Therefore, after seeing off the envoys of the various countries, Huang Long began to move the troops of Kham and Siam who had arrived in the northern part of the Malay Peninsula.

He sent his guards to the southernmost tip of Siam, and after preparing them to train them, the guards and the navy of the two guards would strike at the disobedient princely states of the Malay Peninsula.

As for himself, he set out to deal with the countries of Aceh and Pattani, which refused the invitation of the Ming Dynasty on the island of Sumatra.

As for the islands of Java and Poro, Luzon, and further west, Papua New Guinea, they were left for final clearance.

After making all the arrangements, Huang Long left Li Dan on Padang Island to control the entrance to the sea in Malacca, and ordered people to go north to deliver the message, while he himself led his troops to Sumatra.

At the same time, the letter sent to the north was also released on the scale of more than 100 flying pigeons, and after arriving in Ryukyu Prefecture, Shen Tingyang sent people to Fujian across the sea, and sent it to the north 800 miles from Fuzhou.

When the letter was first delivered to the capital, it was already the fifteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse......

"He-"

"Hooray, hooray, hooray......"

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, in front of the Zhongji Palace, nearly 15 Beijing officials of more than 15 grades wore official uniforms (similar to the official uniforms of the Song Dynasty) to congratulate Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

It is the annual Lantern Festival, Emperor Zhu Youxiao ordered to celebrate in the palace, the palace inside and outside the lanterns, lively and extraordinary, up to the palace ministers, down to the palace maid guards, everyone is wearing festive costumes, the joy is overflowing.

"Disperse."

Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing red clothes, raised his hand slightly, and Honglu Siqing, who was in charge of presiding over the Lantern Festival, also immediately sang:

"Scatter—"

"Mixed ...... Syllable! ”

The Han general whipped his whip in the air, and the officials also thanked one after another, and then scattered, standing at the banquet in groups of three or five drinking and talking.

Compared with them, Zhu Youxiao on this day was restrained, just like at this moment, he was sitting under the yellow tent, and a few steps away were more than a dozen court painters who were painting portraits of him.

Not surprisingly, these more than a dozen painters had to follow Zhu Youxiao from morning to night, and truthfully recorded all kinds of lively scenes they saw.

Wei Zhongxian, who was watching from the side, whispered to Wang Tiqian next to him without looking back: "Are you ready?" ”

"It's all set." Wang Tiqian bowed slightly, and Wei Zhongxian also responded: "Let's start." ”

As soon as he spoke, Wang Tiqian turned around and left, and in the square in front of the Zhongji Palace, among some officials who were drinking and talking, there were many people staring at Wei Zhongxian.

The party struggle in the capital has become more and more serious, and it can be said that it has reached the point where water and fire are incompatible.

As far as the cabinet is concerned, during the several months of party struggle, the cabinet team was replaced by Ye Xianggao, Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei, Bi Ziyan, Zhou Rupan, Huang Liji, and Sun Chengzong.

Among them, all the changes were people from the eunuch faction, and even affected Zhu Xieyuan of the Zhejiang Party recommended by Zhu You.

As for Zhu Xieyuan, Zhu Youzhen admired his ability and character, and he also felt that if he was in the position of cabinet minister, it would be difficult for the Zhejiang Party to expand its power.

It's just that Yao Zongwen and the others are not stupid, and when they saw a Zhu Xieyuan who couldn't be at the mercy of him, they hurriedly united with the other four parties, constantly bewitching him next to Wei Zhongxian, and finally replaced Feng Quan and Zhu Xieyuan.

In this way, among the cabinet ministers, there are two people who are considered to be the Qi Wang Party, and there are three people in the Eunuch Party, Ye Xianggao has no party affiliation, and Sun Chengzong, although he is Donglin, is in a difficult situation.

He did not have Liu Yixian's political ability, and Zhao Nanxing fell ill because of the hard work of the party struggle for nearly half a year, which led to the fact that the current Donglin could not get a backbone.

Without the support of Zhao Nanxing, Sun Chengzong's situation within Donglin was also not comfortable.

There are nearly 100 officials in Jingdonglin, except for a small number of people who support him, the rest of the people think that he was recommended by the king of Qi to pick up a leak and opportunistically take the position of a minister, so they privately call him King Qi Eagle Dog.

Donglin, who was already not united, began to be chased and beaten by Wei Zhongxian, who was bewitched by Yao Zongwen, with Zhao Nanxing's illness.

Only the fourth year of the Apocalypse when Zhao Nanxing fell ill has been in the past four months, but in just one and a half months, the number of officials in Jingdonglin has been hit to the extent that there are only sixty-six people left.

Helpless, Zhao Nanxing could only drag his sick body to take office again, and at this time, he was sitting in a wooden wheelchair with a pale face, surrounded by a group of officials who looked down on Sun Chengzong.

"The matter of the cabinet ministers, it is right to let Mr. Yu He enter the cabinet."

"If Mr. Yuhe enters the cabinet, then we will not be so embarrassed."

"Let's fight for a seat."

"Mr. Yuhe, how can we watch Wei Yi be so domineering?"

A group of chatterers were chattering in the noisy Donglin Yushi and giving things beside him, which gave the weak Zhao Nanxing a headache.

At the age of seventy-five, how can he withstand the encirclement and questioning of this group of people? For a while, he couldn't help but have the idea of wanting to beg and return home.

At this moment, there was nothing in his mind to change the arrogance of Daming, and there was no decisiveness to rectify the rule of officials, only the idea of wanting to find a place where he could rest quietly.

These days, he has thought of many ideas for Donglin to bring down the eunuchs.

These thoughts, in the Wanli period, Cui Chengxiu and others under Wei Zhongxian would definitely be sentenced to death, but the result did not make him wish.

Zhu Youxiao relied on Zhu Youzhen's military power to protect the backbone of the eunuch party, as well as Wei Zhongxian and others.

His superiority has no effect except for hitting some inconsequential petty officials.

At this moment, he was really tired......

Also made him feel tired, as well as the group of noisy Donglin colleagues in front of him.

For the first time, he felt that maybe it was a mistake to start Donglin in the first place......

[Donglin Academy, it is strictly forbidden to discuss the government. 】

[Donglin lectures, with the mission of restoring the spirit of ancient literature that carries the Tao in literature, trying to reshape the new style of the literary world. 】

Zhao Nanxing recalled in his mind what his friend Gu Xiancheng said to him, and then looked at the so-called Donglin scholars in front of him who opened and closed their mouths to be "eunuchs" and "Wei Rebellion", and felt disappointed in his heart.

If Gu Xiancheng saw the scene in front of him, he would probably be extremely disappointed.

"The old man is frail, so he retired first......"

Faced with the questioning of many Donglin officials, Zhao Nanxing dragged the sick body and did not leave any suggestions for them, so he motioned to the officials behind him to push him away.

"Mr. Tsuru!"

Watching Zhao Nanxing leave, a group of Donglin officials were helpless, while Zuo Guangdou and the other Donglin officials who gathered together sighed and shook their heads after seeing this scene.

Also seeing this scene, there were also Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun and five party officials who were mixed in the eunuch party, and at this time, they, as well as Cui Chengxiu and others, looked at Zhao Nanxing who secretly withdrew, with a contemptuous smile on their faces.

It's just that when Cui Chengxiu and the others showed a contemptuous smile, Yao Zongwen and the others also glanced at Cui Chengxiu and the others.

"Fool, when you finish cleaning up Donglin, the next one will clean you ......up."

Yao Zongwen, Tang Binyin, Gu Tianjun and others thought so in their hearts, and at the same time, Zhu Youxiao, who was under the yellow tent of the Central Pole Palace, also knew about Zhao Nanxing's departure.

"Got it, you go down......"

Zhu Youxiao motioned for Liu Ruoyu to step back, and at the same time, on the square of the Central Pole Palace, which was originally quite quiet, there was a sudden sound of gongs and drums.

"Soldiers, forward surrounders!"

"Ji Zheng Zheng, iron bell, dense turn, green sinking gun."

"My lord once set Liaodong, fought Hebei, and swept the river in the north to seek the ...... of Nanyang"

"The prime minister of Shandong, the Shanxi general, is not as good as the current Qi Five Kings ......"

In the sound of gongs and drums, a group of eunuchs of the Jingjun and a group of Nanyang dwarf blacks appeared on the square, and while performing, they walked to the center of the square, so that Zhu Youxiao and the hundred officials could better see the performance.

Such a scene, Donglin and Ye Xianggao, many non-partisan ministers were stunned on the spot, but the eunuch officials seemed to have known about it for a long time, and there was no surprise or surprise.

In order to make the emperor happy, Wei Zhongxian gave the eunuchs a death order that the emperor must be happy.

In this regard, Cui Chengxiu and they can be said to rack their brains and be ingenious.

In order to increase the festive atmosphere, Cui Chengxiu prepared a month in advance, ordered someone to buy the castrated Kunlun slave, specially invited the acrobatic team, and asked the court musicians to change the lyrics of "Kunlun Nu", and finally presented this performance that everyone saw.

Zhu Youxiao, who was dressed in costume, was stunned at first, and immediately watched the performance of the "Kunlun Slave" opera with great interest.

In the audience, the eunuchs of the Jingjun and various acrobatic troupes, as well as the Kunlun slaves showed their abilities, there were drill circles, magic, handstands, etc., thrilling and dizzying.

Next to the acrobatic performance, there is also a special band to help the fun, beating gongs and drums, shouting and cheering, which is very lively.

At the same time as the performance, thousands of palace maids streamed out from the square, walked out with lanterns, and began to perform according to the rehearsal.

In previous years, the Lantern Festival, the main entertainment is to enjoy the lanterns, officials from all over the world will pay special lanterns to the palace, and the design of various lanterns is exquisite, which makes people dazzled.

Because Qi Chu Zhe Xuankun was eager to fight against Donglin, he deliberately collected many lanterns this year, just to let Wei Zhongxian further improve his position in the emperor's heart.

It's just that due to the special regulations of the Lantern Festival in the Ming Dynasty, from the eighth day of the first month to the seventeenth day of the first month, it takes ten nights of lanterns in a row, which is the longest lantern festival in the history of the Central Plains.

Therefore, for an emperor who likes to pursue novelty and excitement, although the scenes of acrobatics, opera, and lantern viewing are lively, Zhu Youxiao is also commonplace in the palace, so he feels that it is not enjoyable enough.

After looking at it for a while, he said to Wei Zhongxian next to him dissatisfiedly:

"The Lantern Festival is like this every year, and there is nothing special this year."

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, his old face burst into a ball, and he flattered:

"Long live don't worry, there must be a surprise ahead, please long live you go down the steps to visit......"

Sure enough, as soon as Wei Zhongxian spoke, Zhu Youxiao became interested, and he got up and walked down from the Zhongji Hall under the guards of Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen, and Lu Wenzhao and others.

Wei Zhongxian led the way beside him, and took Zhu Youxiao and them into the juggling team.

The body fragrance on the body of thousands of palace maids, as well as the stop-and-go lantern dance, surrounded Zhu Youxiao and them, making people feel as if they had come to the daughter country.

At the same time, there were bursts of laughter not far ahead, which made Zhu Youxiao curious, and at the same time, he couldn't help but speed up his pace, and after walking a few steps, the palace maids around him suddenly dodged away.

"Selling goods and selling goods ......"

"Liaodong mountain ginseng, tiger skin fox fur, everything you need......"

When the palace maid dodged away, what appeared on Zhu Youxiao's left and right were two rows of stalls hundreds of meters long.

On the stalls, the merchants shouted loudly, and the palace maids and the eunuchs of the Jingjun also pretended to be pedestrians, coming and going, crowds of people, and it was very lively.

"Long live, this is the scene of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing City at this time."

Wei Zhongxian smiled flatteringly, in order to please Zhu Youxiao, he deliberately moved the scene of the folk market to the palace.

And instead of moving the general market scene to the palace, the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, which is thousands of miles away, was moved to the palace.

For Zhu Youxiao, who was accustomed to seeing the grandeur of the palace and the life of Beijing, the scenery of the north could no longer attract him.

Suddenly, when he saw the folk street scene of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, he naturally felt that it was novel and interesting, so he turned his head and ordered the accompanying court painter:

"Record this scene, draw three copies, give one to my brother and one to the queen."

"Became a ......" Hearing Zhu Youxiao take the initiative to speak, Wei Zhongxian also knew that he had captured Zhu Youxiao's preferences.

As for Zhu Youxiao, after ordering the court painter to paint, he turned around and returned to the yellow tent in front of the Zhongji Hall and re-seated.

At this time, Li Ruolian, the commander of the Beizhen Fusi, took the military report sent by Nanyang in an expedited month, bypassed the noisy square, and walked to Lu Wenzhao's side.

Lu Wenzhao also noticed him at the beginning, so after he came to his side, he asked:

"What's wrong?"

"The victory of Nanyang, Eurobassi will fully withdraw from Nanyang within three months, and the Huanglong Governor has begun to mobilize troops against the natives who are not subject to the king's transformation in Nanyang."

Li Ruolian presented the military situation with both hands, and roughly explained the course and outcome of the incident.

When Lu Wenzhao heard this, he immediately opened the military situation, and after a glance of ten lines, he cautiously walked towards Colonel Zhu You, and then presented the military information with both hands:

"Long live, the great victory in Nanyang, the withdrawal of the five countries from the West to the South Seas, a total of 5.5 million taels of military expenses in compensation for our DPRK ......"

"Huh?" Zhu Youxiao, who heard this good news during the Lantern Festival, was stunned for a moment, and then grabbed the military situation, and after repeated glances, he suddenly smiled and said:

"Good! Good! Good ......"

Three good words in a row show his satisfaction and joy at the Battle of Nanyang.

And when he said the first good word, the music in the audience stopped, and the officials also turned their heads to look at the emperor under the yellow tent of the Zhongji Palace.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao picked up a glass of wine, and then walked to the front of the Central Pole Hall Square and said loudly:

"The great victory in Nanyang, the naval governor Huanglong forced back the five countries to the west, and the Ming Dynasty expanded the land for thousands of miles!"

"Great victory in the South Seas, ...... navy" As soon as Zhu Youxiao spoke, dozens of Han generals who followed Zhu Youxiao began to convey Zhu Youxiao's words.

Dozens of people stood on a high platform and opened their mouths to the Nakaji Hall Square, which would form an echo.

Although it was a little chaotic at first, when they shouted a few times, their voices were unified, and the civil and military officials in the square knew why the emperor was happy.

It's just that compared to the emperor's happiness, some people's faces are ugly and become the color of pig liver.

Among them, especially the officials of the Zhejiang Party, their faces were particularly ugly.

Nanyang was actually taken by Huanglong, doesn't this mean that all maritime merchants on the sea will need to be supervised by the Municipal Shipping Division in the future?

Many ministers who were originally happy because of the civil strife in Donglin were taken aback like this, and their expressions were also fully seen by Zhu Youxiao.

"Heh......" Looking at the many ministers in the square, Zhu Youxiao also sneered in his heart.

It's just that before he was about to say anything, a commander dressed in the regular uniform of the commander of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies walked into the square of the Central Pole Palace, and was stunned when he saw the ugly faces of many ministers and the silence of the banquet.

"What's the matter......" Zhu Youxiao frowned when he saw this person, and asked.

The officials of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will not enter the palace unless there is an emergency, and since the other party is here, there must be something important.

"What-"

The Han general suddenly opened his mouth, and the voice spread throughout the square, and when the commander heard this, he hurriedly walked all the way to the bottom of the steps of the Zhongji Palace, and knelt down to Zhu Youxiao on the high platform and said:

"Long live Qiyue, at the end of today, the five major stoppers and five armies are out of the fortress, and the king of Qi leads 30,000 iron horsemen out of the tiger's mouth to kill the tiger, and goes straight to Bansheng City!"

"Troops?"

"I didn't even say a word to the Ministry of War."

"Where can the military department manage the Qi Palace, the Governor's Mansion and the Five Armies Governor's Mansion."

"This season, the snow in the Hetao has not yet melted, and I am afraid that I will suffer a big defeat if I rush to send troops."

"King Qi is reckless ......"

For a time, there was a lot of discussion among the officials, some were discussing Zhu Youzhen's dispatch of troops without reminding the military department and the cabinet, some were discussing the season and snow cover, and some people thought that Zhu Youzhen was a bit overly supportive this time.

In any case, after Yang Lian was locked up, it seemed that no one could speak for Zhu Youzhen except for the officials of the Qi Wang Party who had interests.

Even Ye Xianggao, in the face of a complex party dispute, he can no longer afford to continue to favor Zhu Youzhen.

The accusations sounded in the square, and the backbone of the eunuch party, who were originally respectful to Zhu Youzhen, also began to dare to talk about Zhu Youzhen's actions as the Donglin Party weakened.

Such a scene made Zhu Youxiao's face a little unsightly, and he felt that the eunuch dog seemed to be a little fed by him, so full that he forgot who his owner was......

"I'm not feeling well, let's stop the Lantern Festival celebration."

turned around, Zhu Youxiao explained a word to Wei Zhongxian, and then left without looking back.

Wei Zhongxian was also stunned when he saw this, a little at a loss.

At this time, it was Wang Tiqian who opened his mouth and said:

"Long live the health of the people, the Lantern Festival celebration is over, and the hundred officials are ......"

"Hooray, hooray, hooray......"

When the ministers heard this, they only thought that the emperor was dissatisfied with the private dispatch of troops by Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qi, but they didn't know that it was because of the eunuchs' mockery.

Even if the celebration is over, few people can detect Zhu Youxiao's thoughts.

Not only the eunuchs, but even Donglin did not have a few people who noticed Zhu Youxiao's thoughts.

The only people who can detect Zhu Youxiao's thoughts are Ye Xianggao, Zuo Guangdou, Han Yi and others.

Such a scene is a funny scene in which a large number of politically level ministers have been pulled into the water since the party struggle in the first year of Taichang.

If Fang Congzhe, Sun Ruyou, Zhu Guozuo, Shen Yu, Qi Shijiao and others were still there, I am afraid that they would have noticed the emperor's discomfort and began to prepare for the party's back......

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