He stood up and walked over. He looked at the basically completed ink and plum blossom picture. He nodded. Yin Feng learned a complete set of Western painting techniques such as sketching and watercolor. He only admired Chinese painting. However, he lived in the Ming Dynasty for a long time. He found that the original Chinese paintings of this era still have their own unique charm. They are more Chinese than those Chinese paintings that are neither Chinese nor Western in the later generations.
Mei Xinlan is a typical literati painting of this era. It is more in line with the elegant temperament she has. This temperament also exists in Zeng Qian. So Yin Feng couldn't help but hug her with his hands: "Plum Blossoms. This picture of plum blossoms is really like a person. .Miss Mei. It’s time for you to sign up.”
Mei Xinlan felt Yin Feng's big hand shaking slightly. Her face turned red and said, "The owner of Ship Yin just said that he would use Western painting to draw plum blossoms. It's your turn to draw."
Yin Feng smiled: "Your painting has been laid out properly. I can't bear to destroy your composition layout." He held the beauty in his arms with both hands. He was planning to take action further when the scenery was beautiful. Someone knocked on the door and shouted "Report."
Yin Feng heard it was Zeng Rui's voice. He quickly let go of Mei Xinlan and asked in a deep voice: "Youngest, what's the matter?"
"The army on the Northern Front urgently reported the news."
Yin Feng smiled helplessly. He pointed to Mei Xinlan and pointed at the screen in the study. Seeing that she was very clever and turned into the screen, she then went to open the door.
"The secret report from Chen Zhongji on the North Line. He just sent a letter with a flying pigeon." Zeng Rui handed a small note to Yin Feng. He looked very happy and did not disturb Yin Feng's guilt at all.
"The old boss wants to discuss business. Please make plans as soon as possible." Yin Feng finished reading one by one and smiled faintly: "It was a few months later than I expected. Finally, I wanted to negotiate a peace talk. Younger, go and inquire. .When will the imperial envoy sent for peace talks in the court, who sent it, and when to Nanjing, these are important things. Use all the resources you have at hand to investigate. I will ask the company's business information department to cooperate with you."
Zeng Rui nodded. He looked into the study intentionally or unintentionally. He smiled and turned around and walked away.
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The Chinese army on the northern front gave up Wuqing County and retreated to Tianjin Guards. The official army was reluctant to enter the Wuqing County. One day, a small group of people appeared on the road by the North Canal. From Wuqing County toward Walking towards the capital, the patrol soldiers of the Yulin, Shaanxi rushed up to intercept them. When they found out, a group of simple-dressed servants surrounded a scholar. They didn't look like a wealthy family. These soldiers traveled thousands of miles to aid Beijing. .The military pay has not been received for two months. Therefore, I saw that the group carried a lot of packages. I took the robbery on the grounds that they must have been spies from the thieves.
This group of people was Xu Guangqi and his servants. After the Chinese army occupied the Tianjin Guard, a team of people had been sent to take turns to guard Xu Guangqi's manor. Speaking of which, it was protection, but it was actually a kind of surveillance. Zeng Qing, the general manager of Northern Intelligence, told Chen Zhongji. Xu Guangqi was an honest and upright official. He was once a high-ranking official in the court. There were many people in the local area, and he responded to him. Therefore, Chen Zhongji put Xu Guangqi under house arrest according to his own understanding to prevent him from jumping out and inciting others to cause trouble.
Xu Guangqi stayed in the manor where he experimented with rice planting. He stayed for almost five months. During this period, he only went to Tianjin Wei once. He wanted to receive letters written by Jesuit missionaries from Nanjing to him. He saw China The people's livelihood situation under the military rule also instinctively felt a political crisis.
Although the Jesuit missionaries praised the Chinese army's kindness in rescuing the invading missionaries and tactfully asked him to help end the civil war. However, Xu Guangqi was from the imperial examination. His traditional integrity made it impossible for him to take the initiative to deal with pirates. He could not take the initiative to go there. Mediating for the pirates. It was not until the Chinese army's northern line troops basically retreated to the vicinity of Tianjin Wei. He found an opportunity to leave the manor. At this time, the numerous affairs of Tianjin Wei had already brought the Chinese army up and down. He was very busy. No one cared about Xu Guangqi, a retired bureaucrat, finally took the opportunity of the Chinese army sentry evacuating and quickly led people out of the manor and ran towards the capital.
Unexpectedly, I met a group of Shaanxi officers and soldiers patrols on the way and insisted on robbing them in the name of capturing spies. The servants brought by Xu Guangqi were all from the south with him. The dialects of Wuyue accents and the Shaanxi military and men couldn't understand them at all. It is indeed a good reason to treat them as pirates in the south. Moreover, there are two Westerners in Xu Guangqi's team. Jesuit missionaries Pondy and Xiong Sanba. These two people were seated from Taiwan after the Chinese army rescued the South. The boat came to visit Xu Guangqi. They brought the opinions of Long Huamin, the president of the Jesuit Chinese Missionary Church, to open up the situation for the Jesuit missionary cause in the situation of the Chinese civil war before them.
Pondy and Xiong Sanba are both strong supporters of Matteo Ricci's "technology opens the way and curve missionary". In 1606, when Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi translated the first six volumes of "The Origin of Geometry", both of them were present and participated. After discussing some of the issues, Xu Guangqi also asked them to revise the translation in 1611. Therefore, they and Xu Guangqi were very familiar with each other and had a harmonious relationship. Later, Xu Guangqi specially invited them and Li Zhizao to jointly revise the calendar and their 1616th In 2019, he co-wrote the book "Defense".
This time, Xu Guangqi took them to the capital, hoping that they would come forward to introduce some internal situations of the Chinese company in order to convince the court to make peace with the Chinese company.
However, in the eyes of those patrolling Shaanxi soldiers, the existence of these two Westerners further confirmed the identity of Xu Guangqi and his party.
It is said that the strong firepower of the Chinese army comes from the magic and tricks of Western monks. Therefore, the official army has been defeated in a row. In fact, it is not that they cannot fight themselves, but that the pirates are too cunning and treacherous. Moreover, from the newspapers published by the Chinese Army, these pirates did advocate teaching and miscellaneous learning and Western learning. This is all related to these missionaries. Therefore, those foreign Western missionaries became some kind of scapegoats and prohibited the spread of Catholicism. The ban has been repeatedly harshly reiterated.
Xu Guangqi made a tough argument in official language, but he was chopped and killed by the other party. All of them were tied up and taken to the Tongzhou official army camp. Along the road, he saw countless local people being searched by the official army. The officers and soldiers from all walks of life were unarmed. The people seemed very violent and ruthless. They were completely different from their performance when facing the Chinese army. Many landlords and gentry were escorted by officers and soldiers to join Xu Guangqi and his team. Most of them were beaten to the point of bruising and swollen. Xu Guangqi thought of what he saw in the Chinese Army Ruling Region The scene. I couldn't help but sigh.
Xu Guangqi's fate is pretty good. The grain escort officer of Tongzhou Daying and the Changping garrison under the Governor of Ji Liao were originally familiar with Xu Guangqi in the court. He recognized Xu Guangqi at the entrance of the camp and rescued him. By the way, he Two missionaries were also rescued.
Xu Guangqi hurriedly thanked and hurried to the capital with his people.
He first came to Fang Congzhe's house to pay homage. He told him about his experiences and experiences in the Pirates' Ruling Area. He also introduced two missionaries to Fang Congzhe.
Xu Guangqi was appointed as the Grand Secretary the next day and entered the political center of the court again.
In the eyes of many sophisticated bureaucrats, Xu Guangqi is an alternative person and an overly practical man. Before he retired and went to Tianjin to farm, he was out of place with his colleagues and suffered various exclusions. After these years, Xu Guangqi returned to the center of the court. But he is still as real as before and can't be a human being.
He publicly proposed a plan: to negotiate peace with the Chinese company. Then the court will dismiss the army, reorganize new troops, plan new firearms, and take ten years to complete. Then he will rectify the chaos and quell the pirates' rebellion.
Under his promotion, the voice of the Lord's resonance exceeded the argument of the Main Station. The reality is that the war is indeed impossible to continue. The king-supporting soldiers gathered in the capital have not paid their wages for three months. After the junction of winter and spring in the capital. There has been obvious food shortages. All reinforcements have been defeated one after another. The Chinese army is in the capital and is like a no-man in the realm. Also in Jiangnan. The Chinese company seems to have stabilized people's hearts in Jiangnan. It has a long-term entrenchment. Such a reality has declared the extermination of the sea. Kou's policies are unenforceable.
In fact, at the tense moment of war between the two capitals, the Chinese army in Fujian and Guangdong were not idle. The naval fleet launched a series of attacks. Not only did it consolidate the occupied areas of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, it also occupied Nan'ao Island, the important coastal defense area at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong. The Chinese navy attacked Chaozhou City. The Chinese navy set out from Hainan Island not only seized all the coastal islands in Guangdong, swept all the coastal pirate forces. The scattered South China Sea pirate forces were unified into the Chinese navy Hainan squadron. The latest Chinese army The giant iron-armored ship Weiyuan once rushed into Humen, bombarded Guangzhou, and showed off its power, making the imperial court's plan to recruit troops from Guangdong and other places unable to be implemented.
Not to mention other issues, it is just that the tax revenue of Jiangnan’s important financial resources cannot be collected. The canal transport passage was cut off. These two things have already stuck the neck of the court. It made all the bureaucrats realize clearly that it is impossible not to negotiate. .
Under the instigation of eunuchs and grand sages, Emperor Wanli finally stood up and issued a new decree - that is, the emperor issued an order directly through eunuchs. Bypassing the cumbersome procedures of the civil servant system: order the ministers to appease the pirates of Chinese companies in Taiwan. It is necessary to achieve Harmony.
This is Fang Congzhe's idea: the purpose of the Central Committee is to bypass the bureaucratic system and avoid obstacles from the opposition in the cabinet. As well as the difficulties of those who are capable of opposing everything. Moreover, it seems that the emperor advocates the urge to be comforted. Your Majesty himself has nothing to do with Fang Congzhe.
After the decree was made, the ministers were sensational and whispered, someone asked a question: Who will serve as the imperial envoy for this peace talks? Go to negotiate with the pirates.
The candidate for this negotiation becomes a big problem. This is a thankless errand. It is very likely that the recruitment will not be completed at that time. The host of the negotiation will become a scapegoat. It is possible that the head of the person will fall into the ground.