Yin Feng held his son Ying'er in his arms and looked at the direction of the harbor from the gate building of the inspection department, where the Xinxing, which had been refitted many times, was moored. This was the first ship on which he started his business. His daughter Liang Liang looked curiously at the harbor in Li Lihua's arms and called out, "Dad, I want to take the boat too,"
This day is March 23rd of the 42nd year of Wanli calendar, May 1st of 1614 in the Western calendar. This day happens to be the birthday of Mazu. The port and Mazu temples in the south and north of the city are full of incense and crowded with people.
Yin Feng smiled and lifted his son above his head, letting his little son, who had just learned to walk, ride on his shoulders. He touched his daughter's head with one hand and said with a smile: "Beautiful, when dad leaves, you can let my little mother I will take you on a boat trip to the sea, and you still need to learn how to swim. Dad will have to check it out after he gets home..."
After Yin Feng made the decision to inspect the mainland of Ming Dynasty, the entire China Company and the Chinese Military Intelligence Department system were activated urgently to arrange various security measures for Yin Feng's trip.
Regarding the situation in Taiwan and Luzon, due to the participation of Zeng Qi and his students in administrative management, the company's system has begun to take effect after more than ten years of operation. Therefore, Yin Feng is concerned about the normal situation of China Company after he leaves. The operation is still very confident.
Regarding the so-called three major things of "building a team, setting a strategy, and leading a team", Yin Feng believed that his administrative team was not innovative enough. Without him, it would be difficult to achieve legal and organizational breakthroughs. However, under the leadership of administrative bureaucrats like Zeng Qi, The company's administrative team can maintain the smooth operation of the company very well.
If the Chinese military generals were under the military system of the Ming Dynasty, they would have no chance of success; they were originally coastal fishermen, pirates, and maritime merchants with very low educational levels. The military education system of the Ming Dynasty has completely degenerated into elementary school education; However, under the military education system created by Yin Feng, the generals of the Chinese army have gradually matured. Although there have not yet been handsome talents who can completely stand alone, they all have broad vision and flexible minds. They can also abide by military discipline and lead troops in a disciplined manner. .
To set a strategy, Yin Feng's trip will be to set the direction for the China Company, as well as for himself and his subordinates' destiny in the next hundred years.
History has been changed a lot by himself, so Yin Feng does not have much sense of superiority as a time traveler now, and his grasp of the direction of history is not as confident as before. Therefore, Yin Feng insists on going to the interior of the Ming Dynasty to take a look. Observe with your own eyes and decide what to do next.
Dressed like a scholar, Yin Feng walked through the streets in the bustling crowd, boarded the Xinxing on the harbor side, and left Taiwan Port accompanied by the Sea Spirit.
Accompanying him were counselors Chen Zhongji, Zeng Shan, and Xu Hongji. He even brought along the Chinese Jesuit monk You Wenhui to travel under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. The guards should not be too ostentatious. The captain of the guard, Lin Yue, often Appearing in public, the appearance rate is higher than that of Yin Feng, so he cannot go with him. The escort for Yin Feng's trip is taken over by Luo Aquan, who is not impressive in appearance and rarely appears in public. In addition to the ten personal guards dressed as servants who accompany him. , more than a hundred soldiers from the special battalion will be disguised and secretly escorted everywhere along Yin Feng's march.
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On September 17, the 41st year of Wanli reign (1613), after more than a hundred requests from the great scholar Ye Xianggao, Shenzong finally agreed to add additional cabinet ministers, including Fang Congzhe, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Wu Daonan, the former minister of the Ministry of Personnel. He was the Minister of Rites and a bachelor of Dongge University, and joined the cabinet to participate in the maintenance of machinery.
At this time, there were many parties in the DPRK. In addition to Donglin, the Zhejiang party included Yao Zongwen, Liu Tingyuan, etc.; the Chu party included Guan Yingzhen, Wu Liangsi, etc.; the Qi party included Qi Shijiao, Zhou Yongchun, etc., and they all united as one.
It is their own business to exclude other parties, especially Donglin. People in their own party cheat and commit adultery, sell their positions, and commit suicide without permission, but they can still be protected. Outside the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties, no matter who wants to
If they were able to seize the opportunity, they would attack them in groups and attack them completely until they were completely defeated. As a result, Ye Xianggao was unable to mediate the situation in the court, so he had to write a letter asking for an official position.
"The major issues debated by the princes in the imperial court, whether it is the 'Land of the Blessed King' or the 'Forbidden Sea', or the tyranny of the mine tax inspectors in various places, in my opinion, they are all the work of a paper maker, treating headaches and treating headaches."
The person who said this was Zeng Shan, who had become completely disappointed with the Ming Dynasty since he traveled halfway around the world to broaden his horizons.
Yin Feng smiled faintly: "Brother, do you think that the entire imperial court has been corrupted and there is nothing to be done about it?" He heard Zeng Shan mention the "paper poster" and couldn't help but think of the famous Qing paper poster in later generations.
Li Hongzhang.
The two stood in the stern steering cabin of the Xinxing, looking through the stern window at the island of Taiwan fading away.
"The system of our Chinese dynasty is not inferior to that of the Westerners, but now that the Westerners have come, they are completely different from the barbarians around our dynasty. First of all, they are very knowledgeable in the art of artifacts and the principle of studying things to gain knowledge. We, the Chinese, are far behind.
Now as long as we change our ways, we will surely catch up, integrate and surpass Western techniques." Zeng Shan said excitedly: "The imperial court is limited by the ancestral system, and no one in the imperial court has insight into external affairs.
There is no hope,”
Suddenly someone from behind said: "The Ming Dynasty has accumulated many evils and it is difficult to recover. No matter who is in power, there will be no way to reverse it."
The speaker was the former Taoist priest Xu Hongji, now Yin Feng's old camp secretary. He had changed into a scholar's attire, and his slender figure and darting eyes revealed his shrewdness and secrecy.
Yin Feng smiled at him, nodded and said: "Now the imperial court, regardless of politics, military or people's livelihood and economy, is full of abuses and is seriously ill. Whether it is really hopeless, we have to take a closer look. I hope everyone will not go to the mainland this time.
Go with your preconceived ideas, put aside your prejudices, and take a good look at all aspects of the Ming Dynasty. The future of our company, and your future, all depend on this trip,"
Everyone nodded repeatedly, and Xu Hongji was very excited. This person finally passed the review of the Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Military Intelligence. Based on his accent, the Ministry of Commerce and Information immediately sent people to Zhejiang. Through Zeng Qi’s friends in the same year, it was quickly confirmed that he was from Zhejiang.
A native of Shanyin (Shaoxing), he was a scholar in the 28th year of Wanli. In the 29th year, he was deprived of his honors, spent three years in prison, and almost died in Hangzhou Prison. The reason why he was so unlucky was because of his generosity.
Being hospitable, he accidentally received an imperial prisoner.
Xu Hong's basic name was Xu Yuanhe and his courtesy name was Hongji. He was bold and optimistic by nature. He liked to read a lot of books and like to talk eloquently like other scribes at that time. In the twenty-eighth year of Wanli (1600), after he had just won the title of scholar, he lingered in
By the West Lake in Hangzhou, backed by a rich family fortune, he visited various gathering places for scribes every day.
One day when it rained in Hangzhou, he met a Taoist priest while hiding from the rain on the roadside. He accidentally learned that the Taoist priest was also from Shanyin. He couldn't help but fall in love with him at first sight. He even accepted a book given to him by the Taoist priest and invited him to visit him in Hangzhou. They took a short rest at the residence and the two talked all night long. Most of them were empty talk about ghosts and gods. However, this caused a big disaster for Xu Hongji.
It turns out that this Taoist priest is named Zhao Yiping, and the Taoism he practices is an evil sect passed down by the White Lotus Sect.
At this time, Yin Feng was traveling around the sea for overseas trade. In the past few years since he came to the Ming Dynasty, famines occurred in the two regions and provinces, and the people were suffering from harassment by the mine supervisors. Rebellions occurred every day. Zhejiang Mountains The Yin man Zhao Yiping was "accustomed to evil deeds" and he and his wife Wang "created demon books such as the Guide Book". The book that Xu Hongji inadvertently accepted was one of these demon books.
The couple of the Zhao family distributed the book to Hangzhou and the two capitals. What the book said was nothing more than a myth about changing dynasties and big words, but they did gather some believers and prepared to rebel.
Zhao Yiping made too much noise by distributing leaflets in Hangzhou and was targeted by the government. He left Hangzhou and went to Xuzhou, where he changed his name to Zhao Guyuan.
Claiming to be descendants of the royal family of the Song Dynasty, he and his party Meng Huajing and others recruited desperadoes, and recruited fleeing refugees and peasants who could not survive due to exorbitant taxes and other places in Xuzhou, Feng, Pei and other places. They agreed that in February next year, all parties would join forces and take Huaiyang first. Xuzhou was taken first, and Jinling and Beijing were taken again. As a result, the scholars' rebellion lacked experience after all. Before they could make a move, the plan was leaked. They were suppressed by Xu Guangfu and others from the Xuzhou army, and the main leaders were arrested one after another. Zhao Guyuan fled to Baocheng and was captured. , November of the same year.
Killed in Beijing.
(This incident was first recorded in "Records of Ming Shenzong. Volume 344-346", and also recorded in Xuzhou local chronicle "Xuzhou Fu Zhi") This was a rebellion that was extinguished before it was launched, with the use of evil cults and the false trust of the previous emperor. Due to the dual nature of the subsequent uprisings, there were too many examples of religious rebellions in the Ming Dynasty, but Zhao Guyuan was probably the only one who "falsely asked the previous emperor to initiate uprisings later". This was probably the only one, and it was a "rebellion" This was the only attempt to restore the Ming Dynasty to the Song Dynasty.
It's not a big deal that Zhao Yiping was implicated in the nine clans. The problem is that Xu Hongji and Xu Yuanhe were also implicated. He was reported by his own clan brother because of the demon book. His acceptance of Zhao Yiping was also exposed. From then on, he suffered In the catastrophe, not only was his career and career revoked, but his family property was also confiscated. Everyone in the family was afraid of being implicated, so no one dared to rescue his family. Therefore, while he was in prison, his parents died of poverty.
From then on, Xu Yuanhe-Xu Hongji became a dissatisfied anti-government element. He disguised himself as a Taoist priest and traveled around the country. At the same time, he read extensively, collected internal intelligence of the Ming Dynasty, and looked for someone to defect to; he could ask Zhu Ming for help. The object of dynastic revenge.
He has been to Datengxia, where the Yao people rebelled in the southwest, and to Sichuan, where the Yi people rebelled, and also observed the territory of the bandits in Shandong. Finally, he discovered that there was a Chinese company on the sea, which seemed to be rising rapidly.
Zeng Qi persuaded Yin Feng to "treat people with sincerity, and people will be convinced, and they will use their skills to control things, but things will never be close to each other." Although a scholar like Xu Hongji cannot be said to be open-minded, he can still make use of it. Therefore, Xu Hongji's identity was confirmed Later, Yin Feng officially appointed him as secretary. Now Yin Feng has three secretaries: Chen Dong, Zeng Shan, and Xu Hongji. Basically, he has established a staff team.