Zhu Houxi remembered what Lao Qin had said, and Xu Pengju first received a task to imitate the Portuguese Hongyi cannon shortly after Jiajing ascended the throne, which seemed to have been captured after the victory in the previous naval battle.

The imitation results are touching.

At this moment, seeing the current activities of the Franz machine from the recital, Zhu Houxi was silent for a moment.

He knew very well that above the sea, Magellan was exploring the world, and he didn't know if it was already hanging at this time.

But with the completion of this circumnavigation of the world, more merchant gunboats will depart from Europe.

At this moment, at least at the level of artillery, Europe's technology should have surpassed the Ming Dynasty, otherwise Xu Pengju would not have been ordered to imitate this matter.

Zhu Houxi had only heard Lao Qin complain, so he didn't know that the Battle of Tuen Mun, which occurred in the second half of the sixteenth year of Zhengde, could be called the first confrontation between the East and the West at sea.

"I remember that before I arrived in Beijing, the Empress Dowager Cishou issued an edict and allowed Yang Ge Lao and others to ask for some things related to Franco."

"It is true." Yan Song bowed and replied, "At that time, the Daxing Emperor's decree and the Empress Dowager's decree sent back the envoys of Hami, Turpan, and Franco. The envoy of Franco was named Pilleizi, and he hired several generalists, one of whom was named Yasan the Fire Man, who bribed Jiang Bin and was led to the Emperor Daxing, and the Emperor Xi Fran Ji was the result of this Yasan the Fireman. After Jiang Bin was imprisoned, Yasan the Fire Man was executed. Now that Jiang Bin has been ambushed, Nie Shiping, the host and guest of the Ministry of Rites, and Liang Zhuo, the host and guest director of the Nanjing Siyi Pavilion, and other talents have jointly signed this sparse. ”

After that, he said solemnly: "The Franc Ji mission arrived in Nanjing first, and in the Siyi Pavilion, the fire man Yasan once relied on the favor of teaching the Fran machine language to Emperor Daxing, humiliated Liang Zhuo with a mere slave body, and was whipped by Liang Zhuo. At that time, Jiang Bin was furious and wanted to kill Liang Zhuo. This incident caused a discussion in the court at that time, and several important ministers pleaded for Liang Zhuo. Later, there was even more Yushi He Ao who neglected the cunning of the Franco, impeached Jiang Bin for his yin alliance with the Franco, and was suspected of conspiring against the firearms of the Franco machine, Jiang Bin was quite jealous, and Liang Zhuo was not punished. ”

Zhu Houxi looked at him deeply again: "You know the ins and outs clearly, so do you think you shouldn't simply order the refusal of the Francois tribute and the exorcism of the Francois on Tuen Mun Island?" ”

"The Furlong machine man is entrenched on Tuen Mun Island, and he should be driven away!" Yan Song replied solemnly, "Manraka once sent an envoy to ask for help, and this matter is only based on an edict, and I am afraid that the Francoji people will not withdraw from Manraka." Now Manchurian is in the hands of the Franco, and the sea is becoming more and more rampant, and then the Nanyang shipping route is not smooth, and I am afraid that the tribute will be greatly affected. The minister thought that Wu Shilang was open source in the past and was familiar with Guangdong affairs, so he might as well let him express his opinions. ”

"Now it's the left squire of the military department, right?" Zhu Houxi recalled, "The first time I looked at the front, he also impeached Wang Qiong, Liang Chu, and Jiang Mian, and his rhetoric was extreme. ”

"Yes." Yan Song didn't say much.

Zhu Houxi thought for a while and said: "Then stay in the middle first, and let Wu Tingju also talk about his opinion on this matter." ”

……

Of the eighteen chairs of the national policy meeting, four cabinet ministers, Jiuqing, Guo Xun, one of the ministers of the five prefectures, and Yang Yiqing, an important minister in the border town, have been decided.

In the remaining three positions, the chief companion of the imperial study has already had a "selection" strategy, while the other two ministers are beginning to go through the process of recommendation and court recommendation.

There are so many recitals that come in every day, but Yan Song has done his homework on this "little thing" solemnly.

Everyone who understands understands that he Yan Song went to see Yang Tinghe "by order", and his desire to be the chief of the imperial study did not hide it from the emperor.

Zhu Houyu will not break it, as for Yan Song giving him a reminder out of loyalty, or if it is a conspiracy between Yan Song and Yang Tinghe, Zhu Houyu does not care about the difference.

He only knows two things.

First, these people are making a fuss about this matter, definitely not for the sake of the matter itself, but the foothold is still the personnel changes at the top of the court.

Second, in their eyes, this matter is definitely just a small matter, a lead.

In the East Warm Pavilion, Huang Jin found the relevant records and files in the internal file division and the six science corridors in the past.

Zhu Qingping continued to study the small desk next to her, and when she occasionally took a break, she saw that the emperor was holding a pen and tracing on the paper.

Could it be that you are painting?

In front of Zhu Houxi, there is a large figure relationship map, and many time nodes are also marked.

As early as 28 years ago, before Zhengde ascended the throne, there were Western pirates who came to Guangdong. In the sixth year of Hongzhi, Yuan Guang, a thousand households in Dongguan who guarded the palace, led his troops to fight against him and was shot and died.

In the sixth year of Zhengde, Malacca, which was familiar to Zhu Houxi, had been occupied by the Franco. Two years later, the Guangdong City Bosi recorded that the Franco-Mechanic had come to request a trade refusal.

The area around Tuen Mun Island, which is now Lantau Island in Hong Kong, was occupied by the Francois from that time.

Wu Tingju began to carry out the "Law on Tribute Transactions of Fanbo" in the ninth year of Zhengde a year later, but the Franji people, who had encroached on the original tributary state of the Ming Dynasty, were not among them, and could only conduct smuggling transactions by sea outside the official channels.

Three years later, in the twelfth year of Zhengde, a fleet of eight merchant ships of the Francois broke through the interception of the Daming Naval Division and entered the Pearl River. At that time, the governor of Liangguang arranged for them to learn etiquette first, play the imperial court, and finally received a reply that they could enter Beijing to negotiate tributary matters. At that time, Guo Xun also served as the chief military officer of Guangdong.

The person who entered Beijing in this trip was the embassy headed by Pilleizi as Yan Song said. Their translator, Yasan, was finally introduced by Jiang Bin and became Zhu Houzhao's Portuguese teacher.

Today, Chen Jin is one of the nine secretaries and attends the national policy meeting, but he is guilty.

Guo Xun also attended the national policy meeting as an observer, and on behalf of the five prefectures and the military department, he was busy with the major event of dismantling and resetting the three major battalions.

Wu Tingju is the left attendant of the military department, second only to Wang Xian, while Yang Tingyi is the third ranked right attendant of the military department.

Jiang Bin had just been executed, and Zhang Zuo said that day: Wang Qiong and they are involved in Jiang Bin, and Yang Ting and them may have more cards in their hands.

In the lobby of the Criminal Department, they didn't play those cards.

Now, is this a card? Wu Tingju once impeached Wang Qiong, Liang Chu, and Jiang Mian, and his words were very unkind.

The Franco mission was allowed to enter Beijing by Chen Jin, Guo Xun and others when they were in Guangdong, and this delegation was then linked up with Zhu Houzhao himself through Jiang Bin.

"The water is very deep...... Zhu Houxi looked at the flow chart of the development of events and the relationship chart of the characters in front of him, and added a few more strokes:

Admiral's Minister of the Governor of Guangdong City.

Goods brought in by trade: Huangdian?

Smuggling chain of interests.

Guangdong local wealthy ...... Liang Chu can still exert some influence in the court......

The Ministry of Rites in charge of tributary matters...... Yuan Zonggao, Mao Cheng, many middle-level officials......

He put down the pen and shook his head: What does it mean to move the whole body with a hair?

If this time it was really Yang Ting and their plan, it would be another time to talk about things.

This matter continues to ferment, Wu Tingju is the "initiator", let the Guangdong maritime ban relax, and sit back and watch the Francois people set up camp on Tuen Mun Island for several years, should they be held accountable?

He Wu Tingju was not in harmony with Wang Qiong, Jiang Mian, and Liang Chu, and this time he could not get the support of Yang Tinghe and others.

If there is a problem in the war, then Wang Xian, the secretary of the military department who is currently busy hosting the reorganization of the three major battalions, is afraid that he will fall into a quagmire.

When the Franco fleet sailed into the Pearl River, Chen Jin and Guo Xun were there, would they have left any handle in this matter?

With the war, the tributary trade was affected, will Yuan Zonggao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, be impeached? He was a guarantor for Wang Qiong and Chen Jin.

As a local boss in Guangdong, will Liang Chu first guard himself from being grabbed by the new tail in this situation?

Zhu Houxi sneered and commanded: "Call Zhang Jin, Zhang Zuo and Luo An over!" ”

……

Yan Song pointed out Wu Tingju, and his intentions Zhu Houxi would think slowly.

But the importance of this letter in the emperor's mind must have been far greater than some people with good intentions expected.

Yang Yiqing said that there is no need to rush in Beijing, and many civil servants are not willing to "provoke the border in vain", perhaps at this moment, in the eyes of some well-intentioned people, the problem of Franciscan is very easy to solve.

The end result will be no problem, and the process can be put to good use.

Lao Qin's Jiajing later dismissed the city and further strengthened the sea ban, is it one of the follow-up effects of this incident?

Therefore, Zhu Houxi will not tolerate this matter to develop in certain directions.

Everything was calm for the time being, but there was a thing in the Jinyi Guard that was almost decided: Wang Zuo, who cleaned up the inside of the Jinyi Guard after the disaster of the Niseimen, was transferred to Beizhen Fusi.

Two days later, Ngo Dinh Ju's recital was presented.

"The former generation did not understand China, or the name of the country was changed. In ancient times, there was a wolf Xu ghost country, divided into two continents, all of which could eat people, and before Java, ghosts ate human flesh. The country of the Franc machine is opposite. After Hongzhi, there was a Buddha cannon, and its country was the ancient Three Buddhas, which was the capital of all Boyi......"

Zhu Houxi showed Huang Jin's familiar "speechless" expression again.

He was indeed speechless, Srivijaya is the ancient country in Sumatra south of Malacca, and Wu Tingju, the left squire of the military department, actually thought that the Portuguese were the ancient Srivijaya people.

Because there were a large number of vacancies after the first look at the court, he, the left squire of the military department, was promoted from the right deputy capital of the Imperial Court at that time.

At that stage, Zhu Houxi "trusted" the cabinet and asked them to solve the problem of these vacancies first.

The result is such a thing that doesn't know much about Francis: does he really not understand?

Wu Tingju's point of view is that he is cunning, and when the edict is not to pay tribute, he will withdraw from Tuen Mun Island. If they do not obey, they should send heavenly soldiers to annihilate them, and another imperial decree will be issued to make them withdraw from Manchuria, so as not to damage the friendship of the tributary vassal states.

Zhu Houxi asked Yan Song: "Wu Ting's opinion is consistent with the cabinet vote. ”

Yan Song had naturally seen it, and replied solemnly: "In this case, Your Majesty will judge it." ”

Zhu Houxi looked at him and felt that he meant "I have already reminded you".

There are many more words that he doesn't seem to know and can't seem to say.

Zhu Houxi frowned: What kind of posture are you putting on? What do you know?

But this is meaningless, Yan Song is just doing his duty as a bachelor in the imperial study, and it is useful enough to remind Wu Tingju, who is familiar with the matter, to also express his opinion.

If you ask about the others, you can refuse with a sentence of "I don't know".

Some things like Zhu Houxi's previous combing and speculation are likely to be just Yan Song's own speculations.

After Yang Tinghe was "backstabbed" once, it was categorically impossible to cooperate with Yan Song so heart-to-heart.

If it was just Yan Song's speculation, could he say it nonsense? What if he was misled by Yang Tinghe?

Tributary Trade ......

Zhu Houxi didn't think too much anymore, and said directly to Huang Jin: "That's the case, quasi-play!" ”

This time it shouldn't be a sneak attack like that in the lobby of the Criminal Department, Zhu Houxi has paid enough attention in advance.

Think of this as a real hands-on lesson.

The edict departed from the capital.

At this moment, after Zhu Houzhao's death, Yang Ting and the Francois mission that they drove away were on their way to Guangzhou.

Their speed is far less than that of the post road express of the imperial court's edict.

When the imperial court sent back Pilleizi and others, it also returned the "gifts" they had asked for tributary trade.

This group of people has just arrived in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and is ready to purchase a batch of Daming goods here before taking a ship to Guangzhou.

"Oh, dear Lord Lai." Pilleith's determination to trade was quite firm, and now he was visiting an important person, "How can we, the foreigners, know that Lord Jiang has the ambition to seize the throne?" It's really wronged, wronged! ”

Now, he can also speak some official dialects of the Ming Dynasty.

Ryan Lai, the eunuch of Zhejiang City, looked at the barbarian in front of him with an uncomfortable appearance, strong body odor and a lame accent, and shook his head firmly: "Without Kanhe, the imperial court will not trade with you." You and other matters involve Jiang Bin, and now you can't even call Jiang Daren. Or leave quickly, sincerely send an envoy to the Ministry of Etiquette, and only after the familiar etiquette can you enter the door of my city again. ”

Pilleigh looked confused and looked at his translation.

Some of the words are still incomprehensible.

The negotiation was fruitless, and he finally left behind two young women with a Western style, which made Ryan curse in his heart: Are these ghosts here to entertain Lao Tzu?

However, the beauty of the Western Regions is a very good gift. Although I can't use it, the ancestors in the palace are probably happy to see him......

It was only later that Pillay learned that there were not only trade ports in Guangdong, but also a port called Ningbo.

After getting on the boat and walking to the stern, he looked at Ningbo Port and his eyes lit up.

"It's incredible! What a vast and fertile land! Beijing, Nanjing...... So many people, so many rich people, so many goods!! ”

Pillay left Guangzhou early last year, first to Nanjing and then all the way to Beijing, where he witnessed the vastness of the Ming Dynasty's territory, the grandeur of the city, and the wealth and luxury of its officials.

"That's the ship they patrol the seas, right?" Pillay looked meaningfully at the newly hired general interpreter, "I haven't seen a single huge treasure ship in your mouth. ”

"Your Honourable Baron Pilleigh, that was many years ago. Didn't you also hear about the huge treasure ship and know the existence of the Ming Dynasty, so you came here as His Majesty's honorable envoy across the ocean? ”

"yes, it's a shame that I didn't get to see such a huge fleet again." Pillay's pale blue eyes showed wistfulness, "but it also made people yearn for it." ”

Naturally, what he yearns for cannot be a huge fleet.

All he yearns for is the wealth of this land.

10,700 words, 10,000 + 1 per day. Thank you to Alliance Leader Sakurababy and the cute and charming villain Professor M for their tips. The alliance leader owes 15, and the first 10,000 owes 10......

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