Zhu Houcong remembered what Lao Qin had said. Xu Pengju, who had wine bags and rice bags, first received a mission to imitate Portuguese red barbarian cannons shortly after he ascended the throne in Jiajing. It seemed that they were captured after a victory in a previous naval battle.
The results of the imitation are impressive.
At this moment, Zhu Houcong was silent for a moment after seeing the current activities of the Franji people from the memorial.
He knew very well that above the sea, Magellan was exploring the world, and he didn't know if he had died at this time.
But with the completion of this global voyage, more merchant ships and gunboats will set off from Europe.
At this moment, at least at the level of artillery, European technology should have surpassed that of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise Xu Pengju would not have been ordered to imitate this matter.
Zhu Houcong only heard one complaint from Lao Qin, so he didn't know that the Battle of Tuen Mun, which took place in the second half of the 16th year of Zhengde's reign, could be regarded as the first confrontation between the East and the West on the sea.
"I remember that before I arrived in Beijing, Empress Dowager Cishou issued an edict, allowing Mr. Yang Ge and others to report some matters related to the Franji people."
"It is true." Yan Song bowed and replied, "At that time, according to the decree of Emperor Daxing, the Queen Mother Yi ordered to return tribute envoys from various countries such as Hami, Turpan, and Franji. The envoy of Franji was named Pilaizi, and his name was Pilaizi.
He hired several generals, one of whom was named Huozhe Yasan. After bribing Jiang Bin, he was led to the front of Emperor Daxing. Emperor Daxing Xi Franjiyu was the one who did this. Jiang Bin was imprisoned.
Later, the fire master Yasan was executed. Now that Jiang Bin has been executed, Nie Shiping, the chief guest officer of the Ministry of Rites, Liang Zhuo, the chief guest officer of the Nanjing Siyi Pavilion, and other talents jointly signed this book."
After that, he said solemnly: "The Franji delegation arrived in Nanjing first. In the Siyi Pavilion, Yasan, the fireman, relied on the favor of Emperor Daxing to teach Franji language and humiliated Liang Liang with a mere slave.
Zhuo, was whipped by Liang Zhuo. At that time, Jiang Bin was furious and wanted to frame Liang Zhuo for death. The matter caused a lot of discussion in the court at that time, and several important officials interceded for Liang Zhuo. Later, the imperial censor He Ao Shangshu
It was said that Flangji was cunning, and Jiang Bin was impeached for being in cahoots with the people of Flangji, and was suspected of having some evil plot to purchase Flangji firearms. Jiang Bin was quite afraid, so Liang Zhuo was not punished."
I still don't understand some words.
There is a high probability that there will be a war to drive away the Franji people. If there is a problem in the war, Wang Xian, the Minister of War, who is currently busy organizing the reorganization of the three major battalions, may be in trouble.
The edict thus departed from the capital.
Wu Tingju began to implement the "Law of Tribute Transaction of Fans" a year later in the 9th year of Zhengde. However, the Franji people who invaded the original tributary country of the Ming Dynasty, Manlajia, were not among them, so they could only conduct maritime transactions outside the official channels.
Smuggling trade.
Nowadays, Chen Jin is one of the nine ministers and attends the national policy meeting, but he is guilty of it.
Their speed is far inferior to the express delivery of imperial edicts via post roads.
Everything was calm for the time being, but there was news in Jinyiwei that something had almost been settled for a long time: Wang Zuo, who had first cleaned up the Jinyiwei after the Nijinmen disaster, was transferred to Beizhen Fusi.
Goods brought by trade: Huangdian?
Because a large number of officials were vacant after the first inspection of the court, he, the left minister of the Ministry of War, was promoted from the then right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Jiang Bin had just been executed, and Zhang Zuo said that day: Wang Qiong and the others were closely involved with Jiang Bin, and Yang Ting and the others probably had more cards in their hands.
In the lobby of the Criminal Department, they did not play those cards.
The Tuen Mun Island area, which is now near Lantau Island in Hong Kong, was invaded by the Franji people from that time.
Wu Tingju was not at odds with Wang Qiong, Jiang Mian, and Liang Chu, and this time he could not get the support of Yang Tinghe and others. Once he was accused, Yang Tingyi was naturally suitable for promotion to Zuo Shilang.
He only knows two things.
Yan Song had naturally seen it and solemnly replied: "In that case, His Majesty will sanction it."
Three years later, in the twelfth year of Zhengde, Franji's fleet of eight merchant ships broke through the interception of the Ming Navy and entered the Pearl River Inland River. The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi at that time arranged for them to learn etiquette first, report to the court, and finally get the answer to go to Beijing for negotiation.
The person in charge of paying tribute was Chen Jin, now the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. At that time, Guo Xun also served as the chief military officer of Guangdong.
Could it be that he is painting?
In front of Zhu Houcong, there is a large relationship diagram of characters, with many time nodes marked on it.
Zhu Houcong asked Yan Song: "Wu Tingju's opinion is consistent with the cabinet vote."
Second, in their eyes, this matter is definitely just a trivial matter, just a lead.
Negotiations were 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 me?
But the beauty of the Western Region is a very good gift. Although I don’t need it, the ancestors in the palace are probably happy to see her...
When the imperial court repatriated Pillaizi and others, it also returned the "gifts" they had originally requested for tribute trade.
As a local boss in Guangdong, will Liang Chu try his best to protect himself from being caught by new tails in this situation?
If you ask about other questions, you can just say "I don't know" and you will be rejected.
After Yang Tinghe was "stabbed in the back" once, it was absolutely impossible for him to cooperate so heart-to-heart with Yan Song.
Yan Song pointed out Wu Tingju, and Zhu Houcong would slowly think about his intentions.
But the importance that this memorial received in the emperor's mind must have far exceeded the expectations of some thoughtful people.
The result is a guy who doesn't know much about the Francois: Does he really not?
Wu Tingju's point of view is that he is cunning and should be ordered not to pay tribute and to withdraw from Tuen Mun Island. If he does not comply, he should be sent to annihilate the heavenly troops and ordered to withdraw from Manchuria, so as not to damage the friendship between the tributary and vassal states.
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"The former country of Folangji did not have access to China, which may be why the Namboli country was renamed. In ancient times, there was a ghost country called Langxu, which was divided into two continents. Both of them were cannibals. Before Java, the ghosts ate human flesh. Folang
Ji Country and Opposite. After Hongzhi, there were Folang Machine Guns. The country was the ancient Sanfoqi, and it was the capital of various trades and trades..."
"Is that the warship they use to patrol the ocean?" Pillai looked at the newly hired translator meaningfully, "I haven't seen even one of the huge treasure ships you mentioned."
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The local wealthy families in Guangdong... Liang Chu, who can still exert some influence in the court...
Zhu Houcong thought for a while and said: "Then let's stay in China first and ask Wu Tingju to go to Shu to express his opinions on this matter."
The Ministry of Rites in charge of tribute matters... Yuan Zonggao, Mao Cheng, many middle-level officials...
Zhu Qingping continued to study hard on the small desk nearby. When she occasionally took a break, she saw the emperor holding a pen and tracing on the paper.
Wu Tingju was the left minister of the Ministry of War, second only to Wang Xian, while Yang Tingyi was the third-ranked right minister of the Ministry of War.
Zhu Houcong looked at him and thought he meant "I've already reminded you."
This shouldn't be a sneak attack like the one in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice. Zhu Houcong had already paid enough attention to it in advance.
After getting on the boat and walking to the stern, he looked at Ningbo Port with his eyes shining.
Guo Xun, who also attended the national policy meeting, represented the five government offices and the Ministry of War and was busy with the major matter of abolishing Cai Chao and reestablishing the three major battalions.
First, these people are definitely not making a fuss about this matter for the sake of the matter itself. The focus is on the personnel changes at the top of the court.
There were so many memorials submitted every day, but Yan Song solemnly did his homework on this "little matter".
Chen Jin and Guo Xun were both there when the Franji fleet entered the Pearl River Inland River. Could they have left any clues in this matter?
With the war, the tribute trade was affected. Will Yuan Zonggao, the Minister of Rites, be impeached? He was the guarantee for Wang Qiong and Chen Jin.
Zhu Houcong frowned: What the hell are you doing? Do you have to ask me more about what you know?
But this is meaningless. Yan Song is just fulfilling his duty as a bachelor's student in the imperial study room. It is useful enough to remind Wu Tingju, who is familiar with the matter, to express his opinions.
Zhu Houcong sneered and said, "Call Zhang Jin, Zhang Zuo and Luo An to come over!"
Ryan, the eunuch guarding Zhejiang Bosi, looked at the barbarian with an uncomfortable appearance, strong body odor and bad accent in front of him, and shook his head firmly: "If you are not compatible, the imperial court will not deal with you.
When something happens involving Jiang Bin, I can't even call him Lord Jiang now. It's better to leave quickly and sincerely send an envoy to the Ministry of Etiquette. Only when he is familiar with the etiquette and is suitable, can he re-enter the door of my city's shipping department."
"The water is very deep..." Zhu Houcong looked at the event development flow chart and character relationship diagram in front of him, and added a few more strokes with his pen:
A minister of the Admiral Guangdong Shipping Department.
"Honorable Baron Pillai, that was many years ago. Didn't you also hear about the huge treasure ship and the existence of the Ming Dynasty, and then you traveled across the ocean to come here as His Majesty the King's distinguished envoy?
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Everyone knows that he, Yan Song, went to see Yang Tinghe "on orders", and his desire to be the chief of the imperial study was not hidden from the emperor.
There will be no problems with the end result, and the process can be put to good use.
As early as twenty-eight years ago, before Zhengde ascended the throne, Western pirates arrived in Guangdong. In the sixth year of Hongzhi, Yuan Guang, a Qianhu guard in Dongguan, led his troops to fight against them and was shot dead.
At this moment, the Franji delegation, which had been driven away by Yang Ting and them after Zhu Houzhao's death, was on its way to Guangzhou.
Yang Yiqing said that there was no need to rush in the capital, and many civil servants were unwilling to "start provocations on the side." Perhaps at this moment, in the eyes of some thoughtful people, the problem of the Franji people could be easily solved.
Therefore, Zhu Houcong will not tolerate this matter developing in certain directions.
Now, is this a card? Wu Tingju once impeached Wang Qiong, Liang Chu, and Jiang Mian, and his words were very rude.
It was only later that Pillai learned that this country not only had trade ports in Guangdong, but also in this port called Ningbo.
"You are now the left minister of the Ministry of War, right?" Zhu Houxuan recalled, "The first time I saw the emperor, he also impeached Wang Qiong, Liang Chu, and Jiang Mian, and his words were extreme."
"It's incredible! What a vast and fertile land! Beijing, Nanjing... so many people, so many rich people, so many goods!!"
Now, he can also speak some Ming Dynasty Mandarin.
"Oh, respected Lord Lai." Pillaizi's trade determination is quite firm, and now he is visiting an important person, "How could we outsiders know that Lord Jiang has the ambition to seize the throne? It is really unfair.
Unjustly accused!”
Zhu Houcong no longer thought too much and said directly to Huang Jin: "In that case, let's play!"
What Lao Qin said was that Jiajing later went on strike and further strengthened the maritime ban. Is this one of the subsequent effects of this incident?
He was really speechless. Srivijaya was an ancient country in Sumatra south of Malacca. Wu Tingju, the left minister of the Ministry of War, actually thought that the Portuguese were the people of ancient Srivijaya.
Pillaizi left Guangzhou at the beginning of last year, first went to Nanjing and then all the way to Beijing. He witnessed with his own eyes the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, the grandeur of the city, and the wealth and luxury of the officials.
"The Flangji people are entrenched in Tuen Mun Island and they should be driven away!" Yan Song replied seriously, "Manglajia once sent envoys to ask for help. This matter is only based on an edict. I'm afraid the Flangji people will not withdraw from Manchuria.
.Now Manchuria is under threat at the hands of the Franji people, and sea attacks are becoming increasingly rampant. Later, the Nanyang shipping routes are not smooth, which may greatly affect the tribute. I think that Wu Shilang was very good at raising money in the past and was familiar with Guangdong affairs, so he might as well order
He also went up to express his opinions."
In Dongnuan Pavilion, Huang Jin found all the relevant past memorials and files in the Internal Affairs Department and the Six Section Gallery.
If it was just Yan Song's guess, could he say it randomly? What if he was misled by Yang Tinghe?
Tribute trade...
In the sixth year of Zhengde, Malacca, the Malacca that Zhu Houcong was familiar with, had been invaded by the Franji people. Two years later, the Guangdong Shipping Department recorded that the Franji people came to request trade but were rejected.
He put down his pen and shook his head: What does it mean that one hair can affect the whole body?
If this time it was really Yang Ting and their plan, then it would be another matter-of-fact discussion.
Zhu Houcong looked at him deeply again: "You know the whole story clearly, so do you think we shouldn't simply give the order to refuse the tribute of Franji and drive away the Franji people on Tuen Mun Island?"
Smuggling profit chain.
Zhu Houcong would not point it out. As for whether Yan Song gave him a reminder out of loyalty, or whether it was a conspiracy between Yan Song and Yang Tinghe, Zhu Houcong did not care about the difference.
Think of this as a real hands-on lesson.
This group of people has just arrived in Ningbo, Zhejiang, where they plan to purchase a batch of Ming Dynasty goods before taking a boat to Guangzhou.
This matter continues to ferment. Wu Ting is the "initiator", allowing Guangdong's maritime restrictions to be relaxed, and sitting back and watching the Flangji people camped on Tuen Mun Island for several years. Should he be held accountable?
Two days later, Wu Tingju's memorial was submitted.
At that stage, Zhu Houcong "trusted" the cabinet and asked them to solve the problem of these vacancies first.
"It's true." Yan Song didn't say much.
For the remaining three positions, the chief bachelor of the royal study has already made a "selection" strategy, while the other two cabinet ministers are beginning to go through the process of recommendation and recommendation.
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It was Chen Jin, Guo Xun and others who reported to the imperial court in Guangdong that allowed the Franji mission to enter Beijing. Later, this mission was connected with Zhu Houzhao himself through Jiang Bin. The translator Huozhe Yasan dared to humiliate Liang Zhuo, the imperial official.
Pillaizi looked confused and looked at his translator.
There is more to it that he doesn't seem to know and can't say.
Among the eighteen top positions in the National Policy Conference, four cabinet ministers have been decided, namely Jiu Qing, Guo Xun, one of the five ministers of honor, and Yang Yiqing, an important minister of the border town.
Some of the things that Zhu Houcong had sorted out and speculated before were probably just Yan Song's own guesses.
This group of people who came to Beijing was the envoy headed by Pillaizi as mentioned by Yan Song. Their translator Huozhe Yasan was eventually introduced by Jiang Bin and became Zhu Houzhao's Portuguese teacher.
"Yeah, it's really a pity that I can't see such a huge fleet with my own eyes again." Pillai's light blue eyes showed longing, "But it also makes people more yearning for it."
Naturally, what he yearns for cannot be a huge fleet.
All he yearns for is the wealth in this land.
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