Chapter 282: Inside and Outside the Palace (Yuan Liu) Xiang Nanyang
It was already dark, so Gao Pingshi returned to his room and found that Huang Zhiting was not in the bedroom, but the lights were still on in the study room next to him, so he walked over.
The study room was connected to the master bedroom, and the door was not closed at this time. Gao Pragmatic walked to the door and saw Huang Zhiting writing furiously at the desk, looking at the paper and probably writing a letter.
"Cough!" Gao Pingshi coughed lightly as a reminder. Huang Zhiting suddenly looked back, showing surprise, and asked: "Why are you here, sir?"
These words made Gao Pragmatic startled, and he wondered: "What do you mean, I can't even go back to my room to sleep?"
Huang Zhiting smiled sweetly, put down his pen and stood up to greet him, saying: "How dare I have such thoughts? But I also know that I have been unwell these days and cannot serve you. I should go to Sister Xin... or Meng."
That’s where Sister Gu is.”
Gao pragmatic did not answer this sentence, but smiled and said: "It's my blessing that you and Xin'er are so close." After saying that, he walked to the side of the Grand Master's chair and sat down.
Huang Zhiting tilted his head slightly and thought for a while, then asked: "Does the master have anything to say to me, and is it related to Sister Xin?"
Gao pragmatic still did not answer immediately, but smiled and said: "Every time I hear you two calling each other sister, I find it particularly interesting."
Huang Zhiting rolled her eyes at him, but said seriously: "This is the respect that Sister Xin deserves."
"Oh, what do you mean by this?" Gao Pingshi was a little curious about Huang Zhiting's thoughts.
Huang Zhiting actually looked at him with some confusion, frowned and said: "She and the master have known each other very early, and they were childhood sweethearts. Later, she did many things for the master without asking for anything in return, and even...she stayed safe for the master for thirty years.
Zai, if this is not worthy of respect, then what is worthy of respect?"
That’s what happened.
Gao Pragmatic nodded, of course he knew there were a lot of misunderstandings here. For example, although he and Liu Xin had indeed "met each other very early", to say they were childhood sweethearts would obviously be an exaggeration.
As for Huang Zhiting's belief that Liu Xin did it for his pragmatism and integrity, this is not true, or at least not complete. The main reason why Liu Xin refused to marry in the past few years was that she could not accept "unfair marriage" mentally. At the same time, she
In this era, it is almost impossible to find a man who can be in harmony with her thoughts, which is why she always wanted to be a widowed king.
As for why she married again later, it was because Liu Xian's death gave her too much stimulation and made her feel a huge sense of guilt all of a sudden.
Gao Pragmatic can understand this feeling to a certain extent, because in his previous life, he was single for a long time and was unwilling to fall in love and have children. When his grandfather, who had always wanted to see him get married and have children, passed away, he suddenly regretted it. That kind of regret.
It's hard to describe the extent, and it even got to the point where I wanted to find a random girl to pretend, just to comfort the old man before he left.
However, in the end, Liu Xin's marriage into the Gao family seemed to be extremely smooth, and everyone seemed to think it was a matter of course. This made Liu Xin feel even more unspeakable regrets - it turned out that even when she was not married earlier, there were many people around her.
In fact, everyone already regarded her as a highly pragmatic woman, so it would be even more meaningless for her to delay marrying.
Looking back, when I look at the relationship between Gao Pragmatic and Liu Xin from Huang Zhiting's perspective, I have a different feeling.
Huang Zhiting actually didn't know that Gao Jingshi and Liu Xin were old friends until she was about to get married. But she only knew that Gao Jingshi often praised Liu Xin, but she didn't know that Gao Jingshi's praises mainly came from the feeling of "we are both fallen people in the world"
, this made Huang Zhiting mistakenly believe that Gao Pragmatic and Liu Xin were "childhood sweethearts", and he seemed to be a "third party" in comparison, but for some reason he succeeded in winning love.
This feeling made her feel quite nervous about Liu Xin in the early days, but after she became the highly pragmatic first wife, it quickly evolved into some kind of guilt - because she discovered that at that time, Liu Xin was still "regardless of remuneration"
"He was very helpful and pragmatic and never had any complaints.
At that time, Liu Xin had already met her, and she had expressed her intention not to marry for the rest of her life many times. This made Huang Zhiting mistakenly believe that Liu Xin's attitude was because "it used to be difficult to make water in the sea, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud." The so-called "not marrying"
, just because Gao Pragmatic has already married a wife.
Therefore, Huang Zhiting has been trying to get Gao Pingshi to accept Liu Xin from then on. At the same time, he also secretly made up his mind that if Liu Xin could really enter the Gao family, he would regard her status as his own and must not be disrespectful.
In terms of age, Huang Zhiting was slightly younger than Liu Xin, so she always called Liu Xin her sister before she got married. Due to the above reasons, after Liu Xin married into the Gao family, Huang Zhiting also always called Liu Xin "
Sister Xin".
As for Liu Xin, she first called Huang Zhiting "Miss Huang" when she was a chieftain but had not married into the Gao family and had not moved to Annan; later she called Huang Zhiting "Huang Damiss".
"Capital Commander", this was when Huang Zhiting moved to Annan to serve as deputy governor, but Liu Xin himself had not officially joined Beijing.
When Liu Xin officially joined Jinghua, she changed her name to "Mrs." and she still does so most of the time, especially in formal occasions. Only in private situations, she occasionally calls Huang Zhiting "sister" -
-This is a name based on their status in the family. This is why Gao Pragmatic said that the two of them "call each other sister".
Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic didn't want to say anything more. After all, it would be a great thing if the relationship between the two of them could continue like this.
"What Zhiting said is absolutely true. I just talked about something with her before..." Gao pragmatically said, and told Huang Zhiting about the discussion with Liu Xin.
After hearing this, Huang Zhiting looked grateful and said sincerely: "If this is possible, I can't thank Sister Xin enough."
Gao pragmatically said: "Although the matter has been roughly decided, the specific time for implementation has to wait until the storm in the capital has passed, otherwise she, the secretary-general, will not be able to leave."
"Yes, I understand." Huang Zhiting nodded, paused, and then asked: "So... after I go south this time, should I start making corresponding preparations in advance?"
Gao pragmatically said: "Yes, all materials and troop movements within the authority of the Heron pattern can be carried out."
Huang Zhiting received a blessing, indicating that he had accepted the order.
The "heron pattern" mentioned by Gao pragmatically is mentioned earlier in this book. The heron is one of the totems of children and is a symbol of rice harvest. In the "Mo Jing" among children, the heron is the symbol of children. An animal created by the ancestor Buluotuo, it is also an auspicious bird worshiped by children and ancestors. It is said to have the ability to reach the sky.
On children's bronze drums, there are often many patterns of herons flying around the sun. Another pattern is the pattern of a heron holding a fish stamped on the paint.
This flying heron pattern was originally commonly used by virgin chieftains, but in Beijing - or today's southern Xinjiang, only Huang Zhiting can use it, which is equivalent to a status symbol. In the past, Huang Zhiting was generally given to Gao Pragmatic When writing a letter, if a flying heron is used to circle the sun, it is probably a family matter; if a flying heron is used to hold a fish, it is mostly official business in southern Xinjiang.
In short, the "heron pattern" is equivalent to a symbol of power recognized by Gao Jingshi in southern Xinjiang. It can be understood that this coat of arms is a series of powers specially set up by Gao Jingshi for Huang Zhiting's husband to take charge of southern Xinjiang.
This power can be described as huge. In addition to not having the power to appoint and remove personnel (but having the power to make pragmatic suggestions to Gao Xiang), and having limited financial power, the military power is very large, especially the power to mobilize troops. In an emergency, with the help of the "Heron Bird Pattern" "That means the six major garrison armies in southern Xinjiang and the entire Nanyang Fleet can be mobilized.
In other words, there are 300,000 troops and hundreds of warships.
Previously, Huang Zhiting had always been very cautious about using the power to mobilize troops. After all, she also knew that although she was a highly pragmatic wife, the customs of the Ming Dynasty were different from their child chieftains. She doesn't want the bad reputation at all.
Therefore, in the past, whenever she mobilized troops, unless something really happened unexpectedly - such as a rebellion or riot in a certain place, she would request orders from Gao Pragmatic in advance and only take action after receiving approval.
But this time, an exception should be made. After all, this action involves Gao Yuan... This is really "the son who has worked so hard will finally become a son, which is pitiful for the hearts of parents in the world."
Gao Pragmatic suddenly lost interest and didn't want to talk anymore. He was about to turn around when he suddenly saw the letter on the table and asked casually: "Who are you writing to?"
Huang Zhiting looked back and said: "To the Nanyang Fleet, they reported that they discovered a new group of red barbarians, who are not Portuguese or Spanish, so they sent a letter to ask how to deal with them."
As she said this, she went over to get the letter paper and the original copy of the Nanyang Fleet. Gao pragmatically looked at it and waved his hand, saying: "No need to bring it, I know who is coming."
Huang Zhiting was extremely surprised: "How could the master know?"
Gao pragmatic did not answer, but asked: "Does the person call themselves a Dutchman, or some seven-province coalition?"
Huang Zhiting was even more surprised and said: "The master is really unpredictable. The person who came here does claim to be from the Netherlands and is from some company."
"East India Company, right? Hum..." Gao Pragmatic curled his lips and said: "I seized their ship and sent them to Goa, saying that I gave it to King Philip II as a partner. A gift, by the way... ask the Portuguese Governor of Goa for a sum of money."
Huang Zhiting was startled for a moment, rolled his eyes, and asked: "Are these people the... enemies of the King of Spain?"
"It's okay to say it's an enemy, it's okay to say it's a traitor." Gao Pragmatic said calmly: "Anyway, Philip II will definitely like these gifts."
But when Gao Pragmatic said this, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and hesitantly said: "But, how could the East India Company be established a few years earlier..."
Huang Zhiting was puzzled and didn't know what to say. Of course she didn't know anything about the Dutch East India Company.
In original history, in 1579, Dutchman Van Linshouden went to Spain for exchange and study. He traveled around the world with Spanish ships and passed through the Indian Ocean. After returning home, he drew a map describing India and nearby areas.
The situation related to the archipelago laid some foundations for the subsequent Dutch invasion of Southeast Asia.
As for the Dutch East India Company, it was probably established in 1602 to facilitate trade monopoly and colonial activities in the Indian Ocean countries. Calculating, it should take another three years before this happens.
However, when Gao Pragmatic thought about it carefully, he remembered that the first time the Dutch entered the Nanyang region was not after the establishment of the East India Company, but before that. Specifically, it should be 1596, which was three years ago.
before.
In original history, in 1596, the Dutch colonist Hortmann led a fleet to the Southeast Asia, officially starting the process of the Netherlands' invasion of the Southeast Asia.
At that time, Hortman organized a fleet to come to Nanyang, originally for business. After receiving government funding, he led more than 200 crew members to set sail. Because he was unfamiliar with Nanyang, Hortman's fleet docked aimlessly.
On an island, this is the Kingdom of Wandan in Southeast Asia.
There was Portugal before Bandan, and the Spanish were doing business, so they were not too surprised to see a group of foreigners landing. Bandan Taifu learned that Hortman and others came to do business, and allowed them to carry out trading activities. But soon after, conflicts arose between the two parties.
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Hortman thought that the price of Banten pepper was too expensive, and asked the other party to lower the price, otherwise he would refuse to buy it. The Banten master thought that Hortman did not know how to flatter him. Banten's pepper was very popular in the world, and countries rushed to buy it.
Man actually wanted to lower the price, which made Tai Fu quite dissatisfied.
In order to combat the arrogance of outsiders, Grand Tutor Wan Dan deliberately defaulted on his debts after the trade between the two parties. Hotman brought people to threaten Tai Tu Wan Dan and said, if you don't pay, I will bomb Wan Dan with cannons. The Tutor still reacted when he heard this
Remarkably, nine of Holtmann's party were immediately arrested.
Most of the crew brought by Hortmann were pirates. When they saw Hortmann being captured, they immediately robbed other ships parked on the Banten coast and bombarded the city of Banten. They attacked for two days in a row, which made people want to
Master Wan Dan, who wanted to execute Hotman and others, had no choice but to give up his original idea and let Hotman go after collecting compensation from Hotman's fleet.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Portuguese in Banten also participated. They did not want to see their rival Netherlands establish a foothold here, and secretly bribed Banten Prime Minister Mengkubumi. Mengcubumi
An order was issued saying that the Dutch had committed a major crime by bombarding Banten and should leave Banten immediately without staying.
Hortmann's fleet had no choice but to return home in embarrassment, and then the Dutch government assigned a fleet led by Van Neck to come to Banten again. This time, Necker learned the lesson, and he learned the lesson of Hortmann's being driven away.
Put on a flattering face and present the golden cup to King Banten.
At this time, Banten wanted to conquer the small country of Wulin State, and Prime Minister Mengkubumi wanted to win over Neke for help. Neke offered 20% of the pepper transaction price, and Mengcubumi agreed, but Mengcubumi said
If the battle fails, Bandan will be required to return the pre-battle reward.
But Necker was not willing, because even if the Netherlands did not conquer Fulinbang, the Netherlands had contributed, how could they return the reward? The two sides could not reach an agreement, and Mengkubumi had to give up. Although the cooperation was not successful, this time the Netherlands was in Banten
The trade went smoothly and the harvest was fruitful.
Having tasted the sweetness, the Netherlands began to frequently send fleets to Southeast Asia. The Dutch government saw that Britain had established the East India Company for colonial activities, and decided to establish a company belonging to the Netherlands to manage trade affairs. [Note: The British East India Company was established in 1600
,The Dutch East India Company was founded in 1602.]
Soon after, the Dutch East India Company sent Captain Wirth to lead a team towards Nanyang. However, they did not reach Nanyang. Instead, they took the wrong route and arrived at Johor, which was occupied by Portugal.
The Netherlands and Portugal are old enemies (to be precise, the old enemies of Portugal's common federation, Spain). In order to enter Johor, Wilt fought with Portugal and drove away the Portuguese. Wilt originally thought that he would be hostile to Johor, but he did not
What comes to mind is that the King of Johor responded to their arrival with great enthusiasm.
It turned out that Johor had been oppressed by Portugal for a long time. The king of Johor regarded Wilt and others as heroes who drove away the Portuguese and rescued Johor. Wilt took advantage of the situation and regarded himself as a savior. He accepted a large number of goods sent by Johor and happily continued his journey.
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As the Dutch had more and more commercial interests in the Nanyang region, the Netherlands was no longer satisfied with the several Nanyang countries that they had intersected with, and began to seek to compete with the Portuguese for the Malacca Fortress.
At this time, the Netherlands thought of Johor. Johor believed that the Netherlands had kindly "helped" Johor escape from the clutches of the Portuguese, and readily agreed to help the Netherlands attack the Portuguese fortress.
Captain Hagan of the Netherlands signed an agreement with the King of Johor, stipulating that after Johor sent troops to capture the fortress, the Netherlands would obtain the fortress and Johor would obtain ownership of the surrounding land.
However, the Portuguese had been operating in Malacca for many years and had extensive influence. They relied on the support of the Portuguese Governor of Goa and defeated the Dutch and Johor coalition forces. The Hagan fleet had to return to Johor to set up a fortress to confront the Portuguese.
Since then, the Netherlands has continued to operate in Johor as a "friend". Hagan used his old grudge with Portugal to instigate the king to fight, and used the same method against the Aceh Kingdom in Southeast Asia, with the purpose of using their power to attack Portugal.
Let the Netherlands profit from it.
However, the kings of the two countries were not mindless people and had never taken any practical actions. Hagan could not wait for the situation he wanted, so he had to temporarily abandon Malacca. However, the fortress he built and his activities in the surrounding areas would pave the way for the Dutch to attack Malacca in the future.
Prepared.
However, these things that should have happened in history have not happened now, because today's Nanyang is no longer a Nanyang with many small countries, but has been basically unified by Beijing and China's force in the past few years, so some accidents have occurred.
In 1596, Hortmann led his fleet to Nanyang. Before he arrived, he heard that there was a large-scale maritime military operation in the sea ahead. Hortmann quietly led his fleet to go to see the situation. Who knew that he happened to see a man holding a book sword?
The Nanyang Fleet of the Chinese flag is attacking a fleet of ships whose origin is unclear, but they are obviously Western ships.
When Hortmann saw it from a distance, the Western fleet was already in a state of disarray, but it was destroyed in about an hour. While Hortmann was shocked, he heard a horrified shout from the watchtower, saying that the fleet in front had turned towards our fleet and was
A battle formation was set up.
Hortmann was so frightened that he immediately ordered the full sail to escape... In this world line, the Dutch's first trip to the South Seas was aborted.
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