Chapter 127, The Usefulness of the Tool Man
Pillay was still hesitating, and Zhu Houxi waved his hand: "Since you heard me ask this sentence, your hesitation has already explained two points. First, what I said was right. Second, you still don't know who you are war criminals and prisoners. Lu Song, take it down, and put it in your Jinyiwei's prison first. ”
Use the words as much as possible to make the Portuguese understand. He has stayed in Beijing, he should have heard of the great edict of Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town, right?
The purpose for Zhu Houxi to bring him here has been achieved, at least today's purpose.
Pilleizi really understood, he didn't care about the pride of any diplomat, remembering that Lord Jiang Bin boasted that there was no imperial minister who was not afraid of the famous methane prison, wouldn't that be a thousand times more terrible than the prison in Guangzhou City, which could be called hell?
"Great Your Majesty, the task of opening up territories has nothing to do with me. For God's sake, I ......"
Pilez knelt on his knees in the minefield, and Zhu Houxi, who heard the key answer, just said in a deep voice: "Take it down." ”
The tool man who thought that there would be a chance to interview the Emperor of the East was taken away like this, and the hall was very silent, and Nie Shiping and Du Haiqi were at a loss.
Zhu Houxi stood up: "Go to the imperial study." ”
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It was the first time Cui Yuan had sat on this chair, and it was also the first time he had seen the emperor's style of handling political affairs in person.
Now looking at Zhu Houxi, who had just sat on the throne, Cui Yuan only felt that the question in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace just now, His Majesty's purpose seemed to be very clear. Today's focus is not on interrogating the envoys of Franco, but on the ministers participating in the National Policy Council.
Yang Ting and them thought the same way.
Although it has not yet been announced, for the first time, the ministers at the national policy meeting have been on the same frequency from the depth of understanding.
"Cui Yuan, let's read the detailed report on the Battle of Tuen Mun first."
Huang Jin helped him take a few copies of the notes presented to Beijing from Guangdong, and Zhu Houxi continued to speak: "There are many scruples about the general affairs, since this Pillaizi knows my Ming language, it is better for me to ask in words that they can understand." Many of the words are their customary titles, but they are misty when they hear them. But after a try, it turned out to be like the secret report of the brocade guard. ”
Everyone's hearts were in awe, and the reply in this case was professional, and even Cui Yuan was very compatible: "Your Majesty listens to the vastness, the temple is exhaustive, and the ministers admire it." ”
"It's not enough to talk about the temple." Zhu Houxi said calmly, "Liang Chu returned to his hometown, and the treasure seal of me was collected and borrowed. At that time, the will to expel the Francois had been made, and the prince of Liang lived in Guangdong, and when he resigned from his majesty, he described the critical situation in Liangguang, and I was worried about the war, so I secretly ordered Jinyiwei to go south to spy on the enemy. There was a defeat first, and it was reported recently, and it was known that the situation in Nanyang was far beyond what Liang Chu knew before. ”
This can be regarded as an explanation for how a large number of Jinyi Wei appeared in Guangdong, and how Jinyi Wei walked in Lingnan and unknowingly brought the emperor's treasure seal to Lingnan.
Yang Tinghe and others remembered the sentence "Have you argued enough" that day?
It turned out that His Majesty was worried about the battle situation on the front line at that time, but the court was only wrestling with the chief of the imperial study, and it was not as good as Liang Chu's "general knowledge", and his Majesty resigned to show the situation in Liangguang.
"Your Majesty." Yang Tinghe said in a very solemn tone this time, suppressing his contempt, "This Francois is actually called Servant Taoyaren?" The country and the opera troupe have the ambition to carve up the world? When the minister watched his haste begging for mercy, he called God, could this Francois be in the West? ”
Zhu Houxi was a little surprised by his questions this time, nodded and said, "Not bad." Portugal and Spain are both on a peninsula on the southwest side of Western Europa. Indeed, as the secretary said before, it was originally a small country. But now, his country is the most advanced in seagoing ships, voyages, guns and other skills, so it is ambitious and vainly trying to carve up the continents of the world. I also wanted to laugh when I first heard the secret report, but I remembered the fall of Manraka and the battle of Tuen Mun, but I couldn't laugh anymore. Do you know that the Portuguese captured Manchuria, how many generals were there? ”
The ministers knew that they might hear an outrageous number, but the emperor's calm voice still made their hearts jerk.
"A thousand." Zhu Houxi said, "Not only did we capture Manchuria, but we also managed it steadily until now, so that in recent years, there have been more and more merchant ships coming and going from the coast to and from the West, and there have been more and more maritime ships." ”
A thousand people destroyed the country, and then they became more and more prosperous.
How many troops did the Ming Dynasty use to conquer Jiaozhi in the past? Why did you give up after that? The difficulty of governance.
"For many years, the Jinyi Wei secret agent has infiltrated the North Desert and the South Seas, and there are many people who have died in the country." Zhu Houxi stood up again, "Even if the Empress of the Emperor ordered the Jinyi Guard to give you the best support, if it weren't for this soldier who sacrificed his life to die, how could I know so much that the Portuguese were speechless?" Thinking of the bones of many soldiers who cannot be returned, my heart hurts. ”
Cui Yuan had just finished reading the report, and watched with a little confusion as the other seventeen people stood up and bowed their heads solemnly, with a sad face, but he immediately understood that he would stand up and draw a gourd in the same way.
Is this a mourning?
After standing like this for a while, Zhu Houxi sat down first.
Although he expressed his grief over the death of his people as a monarch's father, he gradually had an effect by leading by example as an emperor.
Now that's the point.
"Thousands of people annihilated the country, so they have the benefit of their guns and warships, and the Westerners forgot to die for the sake of profit, and it is not without the help of the merchants who forbade them to go to sea, and they want to be in Manrakabo's so-called dragon work!" Zhu Houxi's eyes were sharp, "As for the war in Guangdong, there is a small family but no country in Guangdong, fear of defeat and cowardice, selfish desires and forget their roots!" This is not the word "rule of officials" can be generalized, but it is actually shared by the Zhu family in the land of the Ming Dynasty, and the selfish carveups are divided to get their own benefits! The people of Dongguan still know that they will lose and fight if they donate their lives to defend the land, but most of my Ming officials have a family and forget the country, and they do not defend the land if they are not selfish! ”
There is too much weight in that.
Without Cui Yuan going to observe what others would do, he left his seat almost synchronously and knelt on the ground with them: "Your Majesty is angry!" ”
Have national focus meetings always been so exciting?
But it feels like Yang Ting and them seem to be used to it again.
Cui Yuan suddenly felt that his Taoism was not enough, and it would be better to prepare a few more pills in the future.
"Sit down."
What Zhu Houxi said is the truth.
If it had not been for the 100-year bloody tribulation that began more than 300 years later, the concept of the state would not have been deeply rooted in everyone's heart.
At this time, Bo Conglong's work, and then divided the fields, land, power and profits, is the background color of these civil ministers and military generals to do basically everything with the emperor as the respect.
As for the governance of the vast territory, it is nothing more than to maintain this distribution method, and then fine-tune it in internal struggles.
Therefore, it is difficult to change the law, so the more you go to the back, the more difficult it is to fight.
As for the increment, it costs money and kills people, and the place where it is obtained is not a good place to look at, and it is not willing to divide it, and it is still difficult to govern.
Zhu Houxi waited for them to sit down before asking Wang Shouren: "Bo'an knows soldiers." With the speed, agility and solidity of the Portuguese warship played by Wang Hong, the range, rate of fire, and accuracy of the guns on it, the novelty of the shells, and the strength of the damage, how could this battle be won? After this war, his generation according to Manraka as a fortress, with the southern part of Tianzhu and the Nanyang Islands and other lands that have been captured as the rear, thousands of ships to and fro, I Ming thousands of miles of sea frontier, how to defend and win? ”
These information were all newly said by the emperor, but with the reaction of Na Pillai Zi in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace before as evidence, I am afraid that these are all facts.
Cui Yuan was silent when he thought back to the centipede ships mentioned in the Cantonese newspaper, the slower but stronger ships, the dozens of cannons on board, and the farther and more accurate cannonballs that could explode from their cannons.
"The minister said at the time that the minister knew the soldiers but did not know the enemy, so he could not speak in vain." Wang Shouren said this first, and then replied solemnly, "Now the minister knows a little about the enemy's situation, and this battle is against the enemy at home, and it is not difficult to win by attacking only one outpost." His Majesty's question after the war is as good as it gets. In Chen's opinion, the method of naval warfare of this generation is quite similar to the cavalry of the Northern Desert barbarians. Coming and going is like the wind, and it is difficult to be sharp at the beginning of the enemy. If it is only intended to plunder, I will have thousands of miles of sea frontiers, and the rich coastal land will be invincible. ”
Zhu Houxi nodded.
Needless to say, what has become of the erosion of the coastal guards, this time the Guangdong side has submitted an inventory report that is already shocking.
Guangdong Haiphong Province mobilized all the warships at hand, recruited civilian ships and townspeople, and took the initiative to attack with 10 dozen and 1, not landing to attack the camp, but only a pure naval battle, all of which were defeated and lost very badly.
What about when these Westerners, who have more guns, sneak up and hit the shore?
At this moment, Yang Tinghe finally realized that the plan to expel Francois was the starting point, and to blame the ministers who lost the land at that time, so that His Majesty could see what the situation of the place was.
The true meaning of the phrase "Yang Tinghe, whose land" that day, Yang Tinghe finally understood at this moment.
is what His Majesty said: If you have a home, you will forget your country, and if you are not selfish, you will not keep it.
Because the affairs of Guangdong have nothing to do with Yang Tinghe, the lost land in Guangdong is not his own land of Yang Tinghe and the members of the two Guangzhous, so he can turn a blind eye for so many years before.
At this time, I only heard the emperor say: "However, I have a Ming coast, but I can't build a new Great Wall." Has it been filled with the flesh and blood of the soldiers and the people ever since? ”
No one can answer this sentence right away.
Haiphong, ask for money. Move the sword, Wu Chenxing. Southern Xinjiang is far away, what should I do if the border towns are divided?
Just as the expulsion of the Francois involved in many things such as ministers, military ministers, civil ministers, taxes, sea bans, court struggles, etc., a more systematic coastal defense system planning is a big topic that will make people bald.
Bo'an's words were deeply heartfelt. Not only are the Westerners similar to the Mongol Warat cavalry in their tactics, but the territory actually controlled by the Westerners is so vast that I can no longer underestimate it. From Portugal itself, it took more than a year to travel east by sea ship to reach Manraka, and they reaped the benefits and enslaved their people along the way. In addition, the Spaniards took a sea ship to the west, and explored a vast new continent no less than our Ming Dynasty, with abundant products. ”
Yang Ting and them listened to Zhu Houxi's narration, and their faces became more and more solemn.
"Now Spain has continued its voyage westward from the west coast of the New World, and has also arrived at the islands of the South Seas, the so-called Spice Islands. The route was open, and the Western warships gathered, both the Westerners commanded, and the Kunlun slaves carried in the Tang Dynasty as soldiers. The north is not ending, and the sea is rising again. The Ming Dynasty suffered from the enemy on his back, and if the country did not exist, my Chinese people would be slaves. This great change unseen in a thousand years, if you are not careful, Shenzhou will sink again. What are your opinions, speak freely. ”
“…… Your Majesty, has the crisis come to this? "The pragmatic Wang Qiong is the fastest to enter the state of substance care.
If you don't put some external pressure out of your comfort zone, how can your mind be touched?
"There are a lot of merchants along the coast, and the Siyi Pavilion will know when they ask, and they will be negligent in the past." Zhu Houxi pretended to have a headache: "At the beginning of the Imperial Pole, it was often said that the Ming Dynasty was going to end, but it was only because of the corruption of the government and the chaos in the two capitals and thirteen provinces. Just invited back to Yang Yiqing to re-control the three sides, the trouble of the northern captives was slightly relieved, and the troubles of the Western Ocean also grew up unknowingly. Zhu Qing's participation in the national policy is not only to solve the king's worries, but also to seek for your descendants for eternity. As played in Guangdong, the Westerners kidnapped our people and sold them as slaves and exported them to unknown lands to pioneer and mine, and if they did not plan as soon as possible, they would be far more harmful than the grassland people. ”
"Bang!"
The door of the Fusi Prison in Beizhen was closed, and Pillet, who had entered a new prison, slammed into the door in fear.
"I beg you, valiant samurai! Please tell His Majesty the Great Emperor that I am really here to negotiate trade! Just let me get back in touch with the Governor, and I can get the appointment of our new King!" ”
"I'm a very clever pharmacist, I'm useful!"
"Help!"
The last chapter has been greatly changed.,More than 3200 words have become 4000 words.,There is no price increase for the amount of subscriptions.,You can read it by re-downloading the chapter.。 The main problems are, firstly, that the logic of the question is not clear, and secondly, the intention of not naming the emperor to communicate in a way that is easier for Westerners to understand, resulting in a very fragmented style of writing. The minister's reaction to the chapters was inappropriate, and it did seem a little frivolous, as if the emperor was deliberately showing. Anyway, you have a little confidence in me, and all kinds of heart-wrenching comments for a while.
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