Zhu Yijun presided over the court meeting in the Wenhua Hall as usual, Zhu Yijun yawned next to him as always, and played cards with the beauties of all countries last night, and the playing time was too long, resulting in a dizzy and difficult to sleep today, it is an ordinary card play, before the wedding, Zhu Yiyi will keep his promise, and the courtiers only think that Zhu Yiyi is ridiculous.

On the second day of the eighth month of the seventh year of Wanli, the horse boat sent by the Ming Dynasty to the Mughal Kingdom slowly entered the new port of Songjiang Prefecture under the guidance of the barge, and the special envoy of the Mughal State, Shah Mamat, the special envoy sent by the Ming Dynasty to the Mughal Kingdom, Xiao Chongye, and the special envoy of the Goa Governor's Office, Rui De Pereira.

Menezes attached great importance to this visit, and sent a nobleman, this Rui's mother, the Marquis of Santa Cruz from Spain, is the person who is particularly proficient in land and naval warfare, and even Felipe II is more jealous, this Rui is a relative of Diego, the envoy who stayed in the Ming Dynasty.

Shahmat is still that character, throwing silver bags and inviting people to drink tea wherever he goes, his movements are still chic and smooth, that Rui de is completely different from Diego, Diego is still very arrogant to Daming, and Rui has a clear understanding of Daming's strength.

"Da Ming is a sleeping lion, he should have been allowed to continue to sleep, who woke him up?" After Rui met Li Yashi, he asked the question he was particularly concerned about along the way, the strength and weakness of the Ming Dynasty, since Rui was in this place, he naturally knew it clearly.

Daming has a vast territory and a large population, and it is indeed a male lion, but this male lion is asleep by itself, and Daming's own endogenous problems have caused Daming's decree to be like a cow in a quagmire.

"Zhang Siwei, a careerist." After he had an in-depth understanding of the culture of the Ming Dynasty and learned about the past, he gave an answer, who woke up the sleeping lion, it was the Ming Emperor and Zhang Juzheng, but Li Yashi really knew that it was Zhang Siwei who gently woke up the sleeping fighting spirit of the Ming Emperor.

Rui nodded and said quite sincerely, "Can you see this Zhang Siwei?" ”

Li Yashi said with a smile: "Yes, but he was cut into 10,000 pieces and stored in the Jie Yuan with pine resin, so it will be more complicated to see." ”

"Ten thousand? Pine resin? Rui looked dazed, and then gradually came to his senses, he smiled a little, and said, "Envoy Le Yashi is really humorous. ”

Li Yashi shook his head and said, "I'm not humorous, I'm warning you. ”

"If you want to make some conspiracies, such as assassinating the emperor, assassinating Yuanfu or assassinating the general, I suggest you don't do it, even if you unite the moths of the Ming Dynasty, you can't kill them, but it will anger Your Majesty, Your Majesty Because of the departure of a general, the anger in your heart has nowhere to vent, just like this dark cloud of heavy rain, piled up in the sky to make people afraid, you do these things in the Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty will really cut you into ten thousand pieces."

"It's not a warning, it's a fact."

In the past half a month, Daming Jingtang's miscellaneous reports have been cautious, for fear of provoking the wrath of the thunder.

Through the grapevine, Li Yashi learned about a thing that I don't know the truth of, that is, Kong Yinlin, who was in the Yanzhou Confucius Mansion case, was executed by His Majesty's dog release, Li Yashi didn't dare to be sure of the truth of this matter, and naturally he didn't dare to write it into the travelogue, His Majesty's stinginess and greed are facts, you can write it, there is no real evidence for it, Li Yashi can't write it, even if he is eighty percent sure, it's true.

Li Yashi is actually difficult to understand, Yanzhou Confucius Mansion, just like the Holy See on the northwestern highlands of Rome, that is the place of faith of the Ming Dynasty, how dare the Ming Emperor attack the Yanzhou Yansheng Mansion, and use the means of thunder, and at this time, everyone immediately accepted this fact, and Kong Wenyin, the enshrined official from Nankong, was also accepted by everyone.

In Le Ahsit's view, this is as outrageous as the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church who went to Rome to become the pope.

After in-depth communication between Li Yashi and Honglu Temple Qing Chen Society, Li Yashi finally figured out this principle, unlike Taixi, the gods of the Ming Dynasty were canonized by the emperor, and without the canonization of the emperor, the gods of the Ming Dynasty eating incense were not in accordance with the etiquette system, and the gods who were not canonized by the emperor were called obscenity.

Diego is a bastard, but his bastard is only at the level of a bastard, so he only needs to be beaten up by Luo Sigong, but this official of the Goa Governor's Palace, who has been active in the Strait of Malacca for a long time, seems to be respectful on the surface, and he is a coward in his bones.

"Is this a special envoy who has been in Daming for a long time, and his heart has been obscured by prosperity? You actually married a wife and had children in Daming, you forgot your promise to the Lord, and when you return to Tessie, you will definitely be burned alive at the stake! Rui was unmasked, and immediately gritted his teeth and sneered at each other.

The traitor Legasit is simply damned, Felipe II, a supporter of the Holy See, to allow Legasit to continue as an envoy, it is simply foolish.

Li Yashi said happily: "Then let the court come to Daming to arrest me back, if you can't do it, don't shout." ”

"You!" Rui pointed at Li Yashi, and was dumbfounded, the first place of the Ming Dynasty, the court of Taixi really does not have the ability to go to the land of the Ming Dynasty, especially the emperor to arrest people under his nose.

Li Yashi moved back and said with a little disgust: "If you want to see the Ming officials, you need to take a bath and change your clothes, and burn incense, otherwise you can't even see the officials of the Honglu Temple, let alone see Your Majesty. No, this sentence makes people under the eaves and have to bow their heads. ”

"I really don't know, along the way, how many white eyes you have suffered from this habit of not taking a bath, it is estimated that everyone avoids it."

Rui De didn't take a bath, this Rue who didn't take a bath exuded a strong smell all over his body, this smell was the smell of fox odor, perfume and dirt, and Rui De said a few words, Li Yashi was a little nauseous.

In the past, Li Yashi was also like this, and Luo Lian, who was not ashamed or ashamed, also smelled like this, but after washing it, she found that taking a bath would not incur divine punishment.

Rui still wanted to be angry, but along the way, the people of Daming really could be as far away from him, after all, this is thirty years of old dirt, coupled with the smell of cheap alcohol mixed with essences, it is indeed a little uncomfortable, this is summer.

"I'll go take a shower." Rui gritted his teeth and spoke.

Li Yashi sat back again, looked at Rui and said: "This is not Lisbon, it's not feces everywhere, you don't need to wear a round-brimmed hat to prevent the upstairs from splashing last night's filth, you don't need to wear high heels to avoid feces, do you want to change your dress a little?" ”

"At least don't let me be so embarrassed, even if I beg you, you can leave when you leave, I'm in Jingshi, Your Majesty is afraid that he will take this matter, laugh at me all my life, people from my hometown, are they all like this?"

Round-brimmed hats prevent spilling feces on your head, and high heels prevent stepping on feces.

In his letter to Legasit, the Archbishop of Goa, João Vincent, proudly said to Legasit that Goa is the Lisbon of the East, and that Legasit can't figure it out anyway, is there anything to be proud of? Lisbon is just a small city with a population of less than 200,000, a city full of dirt, and its scale is not even comparable to Haizhou (Lianyungang), in all aspects.

Rui fled, and after more than an hour, Rui bathed and changed his clothes and burned incense, and said incredulously as he walked: "Is it so miraculous that God the Father is above?" ”

Rui looked at his arm in disbelief, rubbed a bath, as if throwing light, and smeared red jade paste, red jade paste is a kind of emollient oil, like wax, and he in the mirror, Bling Bling was shining.

It's really amazing, Rui has never felt so refreshed, it's hard for him to imagine what it would be like to continue to live that muddy life after returning to Goa, Rui now finally understands why Li Yashi is reluctant to go back.

The next day, Li Yashi took Rui to have a good walk in Daming Jingshi, Rui shouted along the way, Li Yashi was not surprised, Diego and Rui were exactly the same, and it was not strange to see more.

The prosperity of Daming is far beyond Rui's imagination, and now Daming has enough force to protect this prosperity.

Chen Xuexue, who is 43 years old this year, told Li Yashi that after the capture of the north into Kou Gyeonggi in the 29th year of Jiajing, countless people fled from Gyeonggi, and the entire capital, on a major road extending in all directions, there were only passers-by in a hurry, and at that time, there were only 720,000 people in 70 counties and 19 prefectures in the eight prefectures of Beiya.

And today, just the Jingshi and the houses that stretch outside the city wall, there are more than 1.2 million people, this prosperity, Li Yashi is fresh, and the Ming Dynasty is lost and regained.

"Envoy Li Yashi, you deceived me, Da Ming also has high heels! Look at the women, they're dressed! "Rui noticed a very strange thing, some women in the Ming Dynasty also wore high heels on their feet.

"The things that the Royal Gewu Institute has made out over there, divided into upper and lower navels, and the golden ratio is 0.618, but not everyone can grow so just right, in line with this ratio, at this time, you have to use some tools to achieve this golden ratio, and the posture will appear lighter, and you must not provoke those who see the red background, they are all nobles." Li Yashi reminds Rui that the existence of Daming's high heels is for the pursuit of beauty, which is completely different from Tessie's purpose of avoiding.

As for the red bottom, it must not be provoked, because red dye is extremely expensive, and only large families will dye the entire sole of their shoes red in order to show their status.

This kind of pursuit of beauty shoes, mainly in Huangzhuang is sold, and very popular, Li Yashi analysis, the reason why it is widely popular, is because the skirt of the Ming Dynasty, taking the horse-faced skirt as an example, is not good to look at when it is short, and it will mop the floor when it is long, at this time, in order to wear a skirt to look better, some extravagant people, naturally will go to Huangzhuang to buy this thing, love beauty, everyone has it.

Huangzhuang's business, the main focus is not to pit the poor, the things inside are extremely expensive, but the same luxury, the things sold every month are also fixed, blame here, the more quota things, the more sought after, blame here, obviously there are people who imitate Huangzhuang products, but these imitation things, but can not be recognized.

Li Yashi doesn't understand the matter of doing business, so he can only say that His Majesty really makes money.

Of course, His Majesty's business has not always been so smooth, such as perfume, produced by Daming Huangzhuang, it must be a high-quality product, but there are not many people who buy it, and Daming people do not need perfume to cover up their body odor.

Le Yashi took Rui through the streets and alleys, and then returned to the Huitong Hall, where he took out a newly written travelogue for Rui to take a good look at.

"Bad weather will inevitably bring about a decrease in grain production, the Ming Empire's large population, the decline in grain production, will inevitably affect the stability of the emperor's rule, if there is civil unrest everywhere, after the people's hearts are scattered, even the most wise king, in the face of subjects who have completely lost their fear, will be helpless."

"The food crisis in the Ming Dynasty has not been serious to the point of being out of control, but the moment the food crisis broke out, it was already out of control, and when it was not raining, prepare the umbrella so that it would not get wet, the Ming Emperor and the elders of the Senate are very clear about this truth, and I even suspect that the purpose of the Ming Dynasty to open the sea is not silver, but food."

"The reason why I say this is because it was rumored that the galleon could not arrive in Hong Kong as scheduled, and the adventurous young emperor was not in a hurry to explore the new world, although the speed of silver inflow decreased for a short time, the young emperor seemed to be happy to see it, so I said that the purpose of the Ming Dynasty to open the sea is probably not silver, but the plantation and the grain in the plantation, which is in line with my perception of the Ming people."

"Dante, who wrote the Divine Comedy, said in the Treatise on Imperialism: Food is the throne. I agree with this sentence very much, and after reading it, His Majesty the Supreme Emperor also agrees with it."

"It is based on this logic that the Portuguese merchants who occupy such a key position in the Strait of Malacca have become one of the obstacles for the young emperor to obtain food, and their invasion has increased the cost of obtaining food for the Ming Dynasty, and the angry emperor will vent his anger with sailors instead of breaking those fine porcelain."

"I am not optimistic about the resistance of the Portuguese merchants and the Goa Governor's Palace, they don't know the Ming people's desire for food, the word open the sea, it is like opening Pandora's box, maybe until the day of death, they don't know, why they died, neither the dignity of the Heavenly Empire, nor the face of His Majesty, just food..."

Li Yashi's travelogue, written just five days ago, has been seen by the Ming Emperor, and Zhu also approved four words, which is exactly the case.

"Grain? Why grain? After reading the travelogue, Lu Yi said with great doubts: "As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, will there be a shortage of food?" ”

"Civilians are short of food." Li Yashi tried to explain the logic of the problem, but he didn't know where to start.

In Tessie's culture, the commoners starved to death, and the king and the Holy See did not need to bear any responsibility, but the principle of neutrality was completely different, the supreme emperor, and the only one who could threaten the emperor's position was the people.

According to the Ming Emperor's explanation, the emperor is also a bureaucrat, and the first duty of a bureaucrat is also to protect and consolidate his power.

Li Yashi can completely understand the in-depth meaning of the eight words "the people are the foundation of the state" and "Bengu Bangning", but let him explain the connotation to Lu Yi, a bloodless Haikou who kills people without seeing blood, isn't that playing the piano to the cow?

Le Ya Si blames cultural differences.

"The Ming Dynasty is bound to win the Strait of Malacca, no matter what the price is, the Ming Emperor will get it, I advise you to go back and persuade Menezes to prepare to withdraw from the Strait of Malacca in order to reduce losses." Li Yashi did not explain too much, he seemed particularly melancholy, he wrote a travelogue in Latin, originally for the Ctessi, but the Tessians could not necessarily understand it, isn't this a kind of sadness?

Rui immediately shook his head and said, "Will the pace of the Ming Dynasty really stop in the Strait of Malacca?" This place is extremely important to the Ming Dynasty, but not to our Goa Governor's Palace? ”

"When the Strait of Malacca is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, their navy can attack from the Strait of Malacca at any time and attack any part of our Governor's Palace, and the Ming Dynasty can seize our ships at will, and we can only bow our heads and pay the ransom?"

"We don't use the musket in our hands to protect our interests, can we count on the mercy and charity of the Ming Emperor?"

"What Da Ming is worried about, we are also very worried!"

Li Yashi said with a strange face: "Can you fight?" ”

"I can't beat it." Rui's reasoning came to an abrupt end, and he said with a red color that if he could beat it, he wouldn't be here.

The battle of tuna bay completely woke up Meneses, Rui and others to unrealistic fantasies, the Ming is not good at naval warfare, it is just an illusion, the Ming Dynasty in the long war of peace and war, accumulated enough experience in naval warfare, the Ming Dynasty once again occupied the old port of the Propaganda Division, so that Menezes clearly knew that in order to win the war, the Ming will also do whatever it takes.

"That's it, if you can't beat it, just minimize the loss, you think about the gains and losses, the officials of the Honglu Temple will contact you tomorrow, you still have this kind of contradictory idea, this time you come to Beijing, you can't get anything, you are doomed to get nothing." Li Yashi stood up and left the Huitong Pavilion Station.

The Ministry of Rites wanted to let the Goa Governor's Office know that the Ming Dynasty had ambitions for the Strait of Malacca.

In contrast, the atmosphere on the side of the three ladies is much more friendly, the three ladies and Wang Chonggu and Zhang Xueyan quarrel with you and me, but Mrs. Zhongshun, who is a good person, met the Ming Duke of the Ming Dynasty, at least the three ladies will not get nothing when they enter Beijing.

"Bang!" The third lady slapped the table, stood up and shouted loudly: "Salt is a catty of seventeen Wen, your Wang Chonggu's younger brother Wang Chongyi takes salt from Hedong The price is only seven Wen a catty, even if it is transported to Xuanfu Datong to add freight, you add ten Wen I admit it, you tell me now, a pound of salt costs seventy-four Wen, Wang Chonggu, why don't you grab it!" ”

"It's the kings on the left and right wings who are fighting, and it's not the hinterland of Daming who is fighting, I definitely can't accept your price."

"Three ladies, this price is already very low." Chen Xuexue whispered on the side, the third lady is really bold, and she dares to call her name when she is the second assistant of the dynasty.

"Twenty-five pounds at most, no more! Wang Cifu, the grassland people are also people, they are still waiting for me to pull the salt back, and they can't let the children lick the salt stones. The third lady's words changed, and her tone became much softer.

When Wang Chonggu heard this, his eyes rolled and he said with a smile: "Okay." ”

"Wang Chonggu, you cheat me!" What a smart person the third lady is, knowing that she was deceived, she asked Wang Chonggu to bargain for twenty-five texts, but Wang Chonggu directly agreed.

"I want to see Your Majesty! Don't stop me! Wang Chonggu bullied people, and he also wanted to pit the money exchanged for wool and livestock! Money is not earned by my third lady in my pocket, I don't want silver, I don't want money, I want salt, tea, iron pot, Daming is too bullying! The third lady saw that Wang Chonggu was unmoved, and after speaking, she immediately stood up and ran out, she wanted to see Your Majesty! She has made meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty!

"Come and see, everyone, the dignified and bright man is actually bullying people!" The three ladies stood at the door and shouted loudly, the envoys of the same pavilion came out to see the excitement, their eyes were very complicated, most of them were envious, the envoys of the country, where can I see the Ming Gong of the Ming Dynasty, it would be good to have an official of the same pavilion to see it.

Every time the three ladies come to Beijing, they can talk directly with the Ming princes, and the signboard of Chinese Miao is indeed easy to use.

Wang Chonggu patted his head, this woman, where is the right woman, she is a scoundrel at all.

The third lady directly threw down her face, and Wang Chonggu didn't want to lose face, she drank tea motionlessly, shook her head and wrote down twenty-five wen a pound of salt, businessmen don't make money, what kind of business do they do.

"Humph!" The third lady still came back and sat down, she knew the rules, the Ming Emperor was a ruthless person, and when she didn't talk about it, she would never see His Majesty.

"A pound of salt is eight taels of kelp, or I won't buy it, I'll find a merchant in the Western Regions to buy it." The third lady said angrily.

"The news of the third lady is really well-informed, and even my old Wang family is in the kelp business, so clear." Wang Chonggu shook his head and said, "If you want kelp, that's another price." ”

"The third lady wants to find a merchant in the Western Regions to buy, even if you go, their price can be sold for seventy wen per catty of green salt, I am also in business, and I am very clear about the price."

The third lady glared and said, "You are blackmailing!" Hetao and naturalization are all mixed between Hu and Han, you just watch the Hu people die, do you want to watch the Han people die! What a ruthless heart! ”

Wang Chonggu said tepidly: "Who let you fight, that is, Your Majesty is benevolent, if you want me to say sixty-one catties, love to buy it or not." ”

The price that the emperor gave Wang Chonggu was 18 to 25 wen, and this price was a reference given by Wang Chonggu, and it was not a benevolent act, just to watch them fight and take the opportunity to weaken their strength.

The third lady leaned back in the chair, clasped her hands, and said with a complaint: "Didn't you say that the horse boat is back?" Da Ming hurriedly formed a cavalry and took the naturalization and Hetao back! I also save me to run back and forth every day, and then it will be the land of Daming, so you don't have to worry about the price of salt, iron pots, and tea, anyway, it is your land of Daming, and the people of Daming. ”

"In the words of you scholars, it is to share the emperor's grace and sanctity."

"Twenty-five wen and a pound of salt, you must build another five taels of kelp."

Wang Chonggu shook his head: "Don't even think about it." ”

"If I don't tie it, I won't leave." The third lady stared at Wang Chonggu.

Wang Chonggu stood up and said happily: "Do you like to go or not, and there is no shortage of chopsticks for the three ladies in the Huitong Pavilion Station, if you don't go, I'll go." ”

The third lady naturally will not let Wang Chonggu go, it is useless to sprinkle, the final salt price is fixed at twenty-five wen a catty, the price of the iron pot has not risen much, or a tael of silver, and the price of tea bricks, has nearly doubled, this is no way, the price of tea itself fluctuates greatly, it is the price of Daming tea has risen, the third lady has reduced the share of tea bricks, made up for the salt gap, and bought a thousand bags of dried kelp, a bag of one hundred and twenty catties.

The price of iron pots is one or two, this is the price for many years, and the number is limited, iron is so expensive these years, these iron pots are cast iron, can't make cannons, can't make firearms, and can't fight swords, guns and halberds.

Wang Chonggu felt that he had made money, and the third lady also felt that he didn't lose much, don't look at her spilling, in fact, this price is within her acceptable range, Daming did not take advantage of the danger of others and raised the price to an unacceptable point, who let Altan Khan and Tuman Khan not understand?

"How was the battle between Altan Khan and Tuman Khan?" Wang Chonggu closed the account book and asked about the battle situation in the grassland.

"Da Ming knows before me!" The third lady said helplessly: "What else, stalemate, three months failed to win quickly, Altan Khan did not gnaw down, this battle can only rely on the kung fu of the water mill, alas, sad." ”

Altan Khan and Tuman Khan have purchased the intelligence services of the Ming Dynasty, and the intelligence of the distant marquis of Duntai is extremely accurate, and the two sides are fighting, and it cannot be said that there is no fog of war, but it can only be said that they have a general understanding of each other's movements, and they all have a general understanding of each other's movements, and some of them have fought.

They are all steppe people, the tactics are almost the same, you come and go, a lot of people have died, but the current situation, or Altan Khan has a slight advantage, Buyan entered Beijing and said to the emperor, Tuman Khan is not a soft persimmon, Altan Khan can pinch if he wants, it is true.

Qi Jiguang's analysis of the battle situation is still extremely accurate, and he has really entered the stage of stalemate.

Wang Chonggu looked at the teacup and said in a low voice: "Sanniang, everyone is an acquaintance, do you want to buy some ordnance, I have here, swords, swords, halberds, shields, armor, bows, arrows, feathers, firearms, artillery, everything, everyone is an acquaintance, can I still pit you?" ”

"You also know that my Wang Chonggu started as a trader, and secretly sold some to you so that His Majesty would not know."

"Wang Cifu really has it? This Zhang Xueyan is the Chu Party, this Chen Xuexue is the Imperial Party, Wang Cifu said this in front of the two of them, is it a bit too blatant, and he will lose his head when he sells ordnance to the stuff! The third lady said in surprise.

Wang Chonggu said with a smile: "I dare to say, what is there that the third lady dare not listen to?" It's all my own people, it's okay, how can I also be a second-assistant, thousands of miles to be an official not for money, is it difficult to become a Ming Dynasty and then prosper? ”

The third lady was a little moved, and soon realized something, slapped the table and said angrily: "I almost fell into your big daze!" Don't buy, never buy! ”

Wang Chonggu frowned and looked at the third lady, glanced at Zhang Xueyan, he didn't know what was wrong, he asked suspiciously, "What is the third lady worried about?" ”

The third lady said with great certainty: "It's basically your Ming Emperor who set a trap, waiting for me to drill into it, I won't, if I buy ordnance and go back, Buyan will definitely come to buy Daming's ordnance, in this way, it is still a stalemate!" Emperor Ming just wants to watch the grassland flow into a river of blood! ”

Wang Chonggu waved his hand again and again and said: "The third lady's words are wrong, I sold it to the third lady myself." ”

The third lady was extremely sure of her inner thoughts at this moment, shook her head and said, "You don't have any goods at all!" I see that you Wang Chonggu is dead, you don't have the courage to do this! ”

"Indeed, I don't have the guts." Wang Chonggu saw that he was recognized by the third lady, and said a little helplessly. He really didn't have the guts, the swords, guns, swords, halberds and halberds were good to say, the guns and artillery gunpowder, and if he touched it, he was indeed looking for death.

Wang Chonggu suddenly showed a smile and said: "It's okay, the third lady is not fooled, Buyan will be fooled, he will drill into it even if he knows that it is a trap." ”

"Tuman Khan is not Altan Khan, Tuman Khan can't afford to lose now."

Scholars kill people, and they never see blood.

Li Yashi was worried that Rui De and the gang of luxury households in Xitu City would make a big move together, so he warned that selling the weapons of the three ladies would naturally add fuel to the fire. Asking for a monthly pass, woo!!!!!!!

(End of chapter)