"How can this be true? Did he really say that? ”

In the palace of Cochin Thang Long City, Mo Dengyong angrily crumpled the piece of paper and threw it out, stood up and shouted angrily.

At the foot of the steps in front of him were kneeling men of the dust.

At present, in this Shenglong Palace, it will actually make the Han people quite familiar.

Wenchen military generals, although there are some differences in official uniforms, are generally similar to those of the Ming Dynasty.

In the hall, the forehead plaques and couplets are also all Chinese characters.

In Jiaozhi, although the tone of folk speech not only inherits the Middle Ages of Baiyue in the Qin and Han dynasties, but also integrates many grammars such as Khmer, but when it comes to writing, in fact, literate people use Chinese.

Including the imperial examination system, it also took root during that period of Jiaozhi political envoys, and the later Li Dynasty not only did not abolish it, but also carried it forward. Township test, meeting test, palace test, just like the Ming Dynasty. The imperial examination system here continued until nearly 400 years later.

Of course, the Han script had also appeared at this time, and for a time it was briefly established as the official script by the Hu dynasty before the Li dynasty.

At present, the official script of Cochin is still Chinese, but there are also people who use Hanan.

But this Chinese language is also born from Chinese characters, but it is more difficult to learn and master. In any case, the appearance of the Chinese script itself symbolizes that the people of this land have their own national consciousness in the bud, but they have not yet entered a more perfect level.

This is just like the disagreement caused by Nguyen Van Thai finally making up his mind and sending someone to Thang Long to report the news and make suggestions.

"Nguyen Van Thai was ordered by His Majesty and had a heavy responsibility, and now he has betrayed His Majesty and our country!" A civil servant standing at the front said loudly, "Your Majesty, this thief should be beheaded, and his family will be destroyed!" ”

Mordenyong stood there, panting heavily.

He was naturally unwilling to be demoted to become a Ming Xuan envoy.

What he wants is the rightful identity of the head of a country!

"But what about the threat of the Ming Emperor?" The other person immediately asked, "Ruan Van Tai also knows very well that this is not the intimidation and sentiment of the son of the Shangshu of the Great Ming Rite Department. Such a request can only be the instruction of the Ming Emperor! When a large army goes on an expedition, how can it be mobilized by a mere Ministry of Rites. ”

Cochin has been in its own for many years, and its huge population includes people with insight and political wisdom.

Mo Dengyong was silent, and he could naturally see through it.

This is also the reason why he will not vent his anger on Nguyen Van Tai, and the person who first advocated the killing of Nguyen Van Thai expressed his opinion: "It is precisely because the Ming Dynasty intends to swallow Jiaozhi again that he must show his determination!" Your Majesty, back then, they won first and then lost in Jiaozhi, and finally fled north, and now it will only be like this! Now that the fangs of the Ming Emperor have been revealed, His Majesty has succeeded in defending the land against strong enemies, which is the only way for the top and bottom of Jiaozhi to believe that His Majesty is the destiny of heaven! ”

Mo Dengyong's heart moved, and he couldn't help but look at him.

"What if you lose?"

This rebuttal made Mo Dengyong feel very unhappy. But his identity is already a monarch, and he can't do anything just because of his emotions.

In fact, it was because of these concerns that he had to hope to strengthen the legal system and gradually increase his power by asking for canonization.

"I think you have already made too much money doing business with Mingren, and you are reluctant to cut off your wealth!"

"You're spewing blood! If it weren't for the good things I got from the Ming people in the early years, how many of you would be willing to help Your Majesty? ”

"Enough!" Mordenyong interrupted him angrily and glared at him fiercely.

It was that year, and now it is now. At that time, it was true that several of his subordinates traded with the Ming people, and used silk and silk and gold and silver jewelry to make some neutrals fall against him. But now, those things are not enough to recruit Ruan Gan and these people, nor can they become the combat force of his generals.

"Your Majesty! From the Ming people's propaganda envoy to retreat to Ji Po Island in the name of wait-and-see, the Ming Dynasty has eaten my heart of Jiaozhi. Seeing that Mo Dengyong stopped the main peace faction, the voices of the main battle faction became louder, "Now that Your Majesty wants to present the household registration register, how can they let them get their wish?" Even back then, the Ming people had to go south with all their might, but in the end they worked in vain! In the opinion of the ministers, it is long overdue to ban maritime trade. The Ming people have sinister intentions, if it were not for sea trade, how could there be people who are greedy for small profits and forget the righteousness, and persuade His Majesty to be willing to be a Ming dog minister? ”

is worthy of being a person who grew up from the imperial examination system of Jiaozhi and from studying Confucian classics, as soon as the word "dog minister" came out, Mo Dengyong's face was extremely ugly.

But he was in a state of impotence and rage.

In the face of the huge soft and hard power of the Han dynasty, Jiaozhi, which was adjacent to the Ming Dynasty, could not escape.

The surname Ruan, the surname Mo, the surname Li, the surname Chen, the surname Zheng...... Jiaozhi surname, most of them were born in the Han region. and the Han Dynasty, it is like the relationship between the distant branch and the ancestors of the own branch. Every word and deed, every move, there is a shadow of this branch. But both the mind and the body want to chase a freer world.

"Your Majesty! The minister won't talk about those old things! The Lord and the faction did not give up, and said with a calm and serious face, "At the beginning of the year, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to Wai Yunnan to help the Burmese restore the country, and no matter what the Ming Dynasty had the idea, the Laos and Eight Hundred Dadian that sent troops to help the Ming Dynasty were all divided into the old land of Mubang!" Now, if he wants to accuse His Majesty of usurping the Li clan and spread the news to the Waidian Division, does the Ming really need to mobilize his own army and attack on a large scale? ”

When these words came out, the main battle faction couldn't help but be choked.

Hu Congjun's tactics are naturally not new, and if they are in a stable state, they may not be afraid.

But what about now? It is the new establishment of the Mo Dynasty and the remnants of the Li family.

There are troubles inside, strong neighbors watching, and foxes and dogs are in groups.

Seeing this, the general of the Lord and Sect was shocked, and said in a heavy tone: "Lord Zheng, you haven't spoken. Over the years, I have no longer had to go out of Yuntun Port to the maritime merchants of Jiaozhi, and they were all bought and sold from the Ming people. But Lord Zheng has always sent people to Daming to do labor, I don't know how to come and go, do you always see more and more Daming warships? ”

Mo Dengyong looked at his other courtier.

was targeted by his master, and he came out of the ranks: "...... Indeed it is. Not only that, but now there are new movements. Outside the mouth of the Guangzhou River, the military village of the sea division is getting bigger and bigger. Daming has set up the first official naval division of Daming in Dongguan, Guangdong. ”

"Why didn't you bring it up?!" Mordenyong was furious.

"The minister has naturally presented it, but His Majesty is worried about the traitor Ruan Gan and others, and has never issued a decree to deal with ......"

Mo Dengyong didn't believe this, but glanced at his close ministers—yes, Jiaozhi also had eunuchs.

No doubt he must have read some of the relevant reports.

It's just that the new dynasty is just beginning, and everything is busy. It is not certain whether those recitals were presented to him at the time when he was most tired.

I found the report on the spot, and it was really caught in a lot of things, just mentioning it, as if I had seen and heard. Judging from the entire recital, it was this courtier surnamed Zheng who did a very good job of making friends with Ming officials and asking them to help the new dynasty say good things.

At that time, there were rumors in Guangdong, but it was only said that after Zhejiang opened the sea ban, there were many civilian ships going to sea, and the smugglers were to be detected, but the minister did not care. Now it seems that the Ming Dynasty set up a sea division to restore the grand scene of the big ship groups repeatedly going to sea in the past. The surname Zheng brushed off these relationships in one sentence.

The process is in place, and the judgment should be done by the master. When a courtier's eyesight is not strong enough, is that also considered a sin?

Mo Dengyong looked around for another week and knew that there were actually a lot of sieves in his new dynasty team. It can't be said that they are really rebels, but they are not the masters of Jiaozhi. And no matter who is the lord of Cochin, they are all the local clans and noble clans of Cochin.

Mo Dengyong pretended to continue to read this report, and commanded: "Please bring Wentai's recital again." ”

The paper ball that he threw out was picked up and spread out carefully, and Mo Dengyong thought during this time.

In that year, the Ming Dynasty set up a political envoy, and each official position was appointed as a flow official sent from the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the interests of the local clans in Jiaozhi were not guaranteed, so the Ming Dynasty's governance of Jiaozhi eventually gave up halfway.

Now, Daming has taken a new path. Since ten years ago, the Ming Dynasty's Emperor Ming Ji came here, the sea trade bank to do business, the labor service house from Jiaozhi hired labor, the price was fair. Over the years, how many big clans and prominent clans in Jiaozhi have known from their transactions with the Ming people that the Ming Dynasty will protect their interests?

And this time, Daming gave him Mo Dengyong's choice to set up a consolation envoy.

Xuanwei envoy, named the minister of the Ming Dynasty, but the internal is still self-contained, just like the Donghu Dynasty in Burma and the Lanna Dynasty in 800 Dadian.

But Mo Dengyong knew that if he recognized it like this, there would be many people inside him who would think that he was a traitor. In comparison, how tough and decent is Li Chao? This would also undermine the legal authority that Mordenyong wants.

Is it really a fight? Defeating the coalition that Da Ming might launch would indeed make his prestige rise to the peak. However, these big clans who have already profited from their dealings with the Ming people are afraid that they are not happy. Maybe it will fall to the side of the Li clan and rule with the Mo Dynasty.

What's more, what Ruan Van Tai said about the thick smoke of the iron foundry and ordnance factory in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the iron is so much that the road is paved, and the huge cannon sound that will faintly spread to the city from time to time in the Beijing camp on the outskirts of Beijing......

Mo Dengyong gritted his teeth, and this time it was the notebook handed over by the surnamed Zheng: "No matter what, the remnants of the Ruan clan must be wiped out!" What Yan Shifan took this as one of the conditions, and before he came to Shenglong, he would also use this as one of our bargaining chips! The Ming Dynasty has military might, but isn't there one in Jiaozhi? ”

"Pass the order! Along the way, new grain was collected for military use, and the border town was reached in the north to prevent the Ming army from attacking. Guard the pass in the northwest and prevent Laos from helping the fist! The warships gathered in Anxing City to defend against the Ming Sea Division! The army of the south and Thang Long, enter the mourning prison! Before the rainy season next year, Kanping civil strife will not give Daming a chance! ”

He can bargain with Da Ming first, but this dry season and the next rainy season are probably the last chance to cross.

If there are still remnants of the Li family, next year's dry season, Daming is afraid that he will be really prepared.

Nguyen Van Tai also said that Daming has a major policy meeting this year, and he will change many important ministers.

Next year, won't the new batch of important ministers of the Ming Dynasty take Jiaozhi as their achievement in wagging their tails to the great tomorrow?

……

Jiaozhi, who is closer to Daming, knows the latest movements of Daming, but Wang Zhi, who came to Malacca, seems to have come to another world.

The Mamaka family of the Manraka Sultan who occupied this place had already fled, and now since this place has been called Malacca by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhi naturally thinks so.

The tavern in the port was full of people, and the smell of all kinds of unknown wines, food, and people of different shapes irritated Wang Zhi's nose, and the walrus smiled: "This is Malacca!" ”

Wang Zhi still doesn't know the real name of the walrus.

Now looking at the bizarre vision, Wang Zhi couldn't help but sigh, his eyes were bright: "This is Malacca......"

"Do you remember that Pilleigh?" The walrus asked, "The man who came with the Lord of South Australia." ”

The two whispered in the corner of the tavern, their voices inconspicuous in the noisy tavern.

Wang Zhi nodded.

"He is very famous here, and is known as a great explorer, one of the first navigators to reach the East." The walrus paused, "He gave this original Manraka a nickname, the eye of the sun." ”

Wang Zhi looked at him suspiciously.

Here, he said, you can hear eighty-four languages, and there are Venetian glass, Arabic perfumes, Persian pearls, Daqin porcelain, Banda's cinnamon, Bengali cloth, and Molucka's spices. He felt that there was no place in the world that could compare with this. ”

Wang Zhi laughed out loud for a while, and then said, "He definitely doesn't think like that now." ”

The walrus knew that he was talking about Pilleg's visit to Daming, but he put away his smile and said, "Anyway, this Manraka is thriving now. The return of the county lord of Nanao came at the right time, and the Portuguese, in addition to the Indian governor, now also have a governor of Malacca here. The current governor was just sent this year, and he changes every three years. ”

Wang Zhi nodded: "The cargo ship has arrived, and I have also hung the flag of the sea owl that the Nanao County Lord will understand, and he should come to talk to me about business as soon as possible." ”

At this moment, in the Governor's Palace of Malacca, Alfonso, the Ming county lord of South Australia, is once again participating in the banquet held by the governor as a Portuguese viscount.

He felt familiar and strange at the same time.

For some time, the new Governor of Malacca and other people from Portugal were very curious about him, a figure who had disappeared for many years.

Alfonso naturally has a lot of stories to tell, and his experience in Daming is like a legend, and later going east to Japan and southeast to Luzon is nothing less than what makes people's eyes shine.

"Your Excellency the Governor, you really can't imagine the vastness of the Ming Dynasty." Alfonso sighed, "Remember the instructions from His Majesty Manuel to His Excellency Seguera, the commander of the fleet? ”

Juan Juan, the Governor of Malacca, Portugal, nodded: "Before His Excellency Cabral left Malacca, he still remembered this matter. Alfonso, now that you and Pilez are back, don't you want to go back to Lisbon to meet His Majesty Joao? ”

Alfonso bowed his head: "Our letter has been sent, Daming is hell and heaven. Having lost so much, if we can't repay Your Majesty with our wealth, we have no shame to return to Lisbon. ”

Juan frowned: "Great Qin...... No, Da Ming is really as big as you say? So rich and powerful? ”

"Find out the situation of the Qin people, where do they come from? How far is the journey? When did they get to Malacca or other places where they traded? What goods do you bring? ”

"How many of their ships come each year? What is the shape and size of their ships? Did they return home the year they came? ”

"Do they have an agent or a merchant in Malacca or any other country? Are they wealthy businessmen? Are they cowardly or tough? ”

"Do they have weapons or artillery? What kind of clothes do they wear? Are they physically tall? ”

"And everything about them. Are they Christians or heathens? Is their country big? Is there more than one king in the country? ”

"Are there any Moors or any other people who do not follow their laws and beliefs and live with them? If they are not Christians, then what are they professing? What is worshipped? What kind of customs do they follow? Where does their land expand? With which countries are you neighboring? ”

Facing the gaze of others, Alfonso recited what the Portuguese fleet had asked Commander Segra to find out about the great powers of the East twenty-two years ago when the Portuguese fleet left Lisbon to open up a colony here.

"At that time, His Majesty Manuel knew that in the far east, many kingdoms were subject to only one king called Great China." Alfonso shook his head, "This statement is inaccurate. Known as the Qin people, they lived on a land that was larger than the whole of Europa, and their current dynasty was called the Great Ming. Allow me to recount that unforgettable experience......"

He has actually talked about this many times, but now it is only because there are new arrivals or new friends who have returned to Hong Kong at the banquet.

In Alfonso's account, the northern part of the Ming Dynasty was the same people who had trampled to the Danube, and just four years earlier, the Ming had killed their king on the battlefield.

Around the Ming Dynasty, there are still many large and small kingdoms.

Some of these kingdoms were kings, and some were only tribal leaders.

"What they submit together cannot be understood as kings, but more like popes who uphold God's will and have the right to be crowned, but they are different." Alfonso said solemnly, "In the territory of the Ming Emperor, there are different people who believe in different religions. But no matter what religion, it must obey the will of the emperor. Therefore, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty and several dynasties in that vast land all claimed to be the Son of Heaven and the son of God. ”

“…… The incarnation of Jesus ......" someone muttered to himself.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I heard that you have sent two hundred mercenaries to Siam to help the king of Ayuthaya?" Alfonso asked.

"That's right."

"You've probably heard about the war that took place northwest of Ayutthaya this spring." Alfonso said solemnly, "The Lanna kingdom to the north of Ayutthaya is one of the kingdoms that are subject to the Ming Dynasty. In that war, it was the army of the Ming Dynasty that defeated the Three Kingdoms in one month...... No! The alliance of the four kingdoms, re-crowned – they call it canonization – the new king. And the original king of Malacca was also subordinated to the Ming Dynasty and canonized by the Great Tomorrow. ”

Alfonso looked at the others again: "The Japan I have visited, as well as Luzon, which the Spaniard Magellan just discovered and passed through nine years ago, have all been canonized by the Great Tomorrow. To be precise, we Portuguese have already broken into the territory of the Ming Dynasty when we came here. You can laugh at my cowardice, but if you had seen with your own eyes how vast their lands were, how many people they had, and how vast their cities were, you would not have been better than me. Now, their army has appeared very close to India and Malacca. ”

After looking at Juan again, Alfonso reminded: "According to the vastness of the Ming country, their army appeared in the northwest of Ayuthaya, and the distance they traveled only crossed a small part of the country. Coming here is only as far as attacking Prussia from Portugal, and far less than attacking the Mongols from Portugal to Persia! ”

Juan stared at him meaningfully: "Then Viscount Alfonso, do you want to tell us to leave this East Indies?" ”

(End of chapter)