This day's play made Zhang Pu angry and happy at the same time.
They were angry that the imperial court actually appointed such an "arrogant" person as Zhang Kentang to patrol Fujian. They were happy that Ding Yunyi respected him to such an extent that even everyone in Taiwan knew his name.
He would never have thought that all these things were arranged by Ding Yunyi. As for Shao Luchun, everyone in Taiwan likes to call him Xiaotu.
Zhang Pu had the idea of going to Taiwan to visit.
However, I am too embarrassed to explain directly that I am a guest.
The next day, Ding Yunyi came to invite Zhang Pu to dinner again. While Zhang Pu was eating, he was thinking about how to express his thoughts indirectly.
Zhang Pu suddenly wanted to go to Taiwan, which Ding Yunyi had never thought of.
While he was thinking about it, Zhang Pu's disciple came in and said: "Teacher, Zhang Kentang, the governor of Fujian, wants to see the teacher."
"He?" Zhang Pu looked disdainful: "No."
Ding Yunyi had already expected that Zhang Kentang would definitely come. Zhang Pu was famous all over the world. How could Zhang Kentang not see him when he came to Fujian this time? He then persuaded him: "Mr. Ximing, Zhang Fushuai came from Fuzhou."
When I came to Quanzhou, I made a special trip to see him, but there is always something unjustifiable about not seeing him. I know that the gentleman is angry in his heart, but there is no need to share his common sense."
Ding Yunyi said so, and Zhang Pu could only reluctantly agree.
Zhang Kentang had heard that Zhang Pu was coming. He was also a scholar. Although he was older than Zhang Pu, he admired Zhang Pu very much. Since Zhang Ximing came to Fujian this time, he wanted to meet him no matter what. But
I am very busy with official work and have never found time until now.
As soon as he came in, the first thing he saw with Zhang Pu was Ding Yunyi. He couldn't help but be stunned. It wasn't until Ding Yunyi got up and called "Fushuai" that he came back to his senses: "Ah, it turns out that Deputy Ding
The town is already here."
Then he said respectfully to Zhang Pu: "Governor Zhang Kentang of Fujian has met Mr. Xi Ming."
He saw that Ding Yunyi had met Zhang Pu one step ahead of him. He was confused and said this. Who would have thought that Zhang Pu would be even more unhappy when he heard this. Where did he add the four words "Governor of Fujian" to
What’s the point of coming to visit under your own name?
At that time, he said calmly and calmly: "Zhang Pu, a common man, has seen Fu Shuai."
Zhang Kentang was startled again, and then he realized that something was wrong with him.
"Fushuai, please sit down. Please sit down." Ding Yunyi tried to smooth things over: "Fushuai hasn't eaten yet, right? If you don't mind, please share some."
Kentang Zhang bravely sat down.
Ding Yunyi poured him wine: "Fushuai, I heard that Mr. Ximing was here. I admired him so much that I came to Quanzhou from Taiwan. I stayed with Mr. Ximing for a few days and gained a lot."
Zhang Pu smiled and said: "The deputy mayor is too polite. It's Pu who needs to be taught."
Kentang Zhang was very dissatisfied. God knows why Ding Yunyi came. God knows what Ding Yunyi is thinking...
Zhang Kentang accompanied him and said a few words. Suddenly he said: "Mr. Ximing came to Fujian, and even the students in Fujian don't know about it. Mr. Ximing, I am bold and want to invite Mr. Ximing to Panheng, Fuzhou for a few days.
Meet the students in Fuzhou so that they can be taught by Mr.
The dignified governor came to invite him personally. I thought Zhang Pu would always give him this face. But who would have thought that Zhang Pu was not only proud, but he even pushed him to be the first minister of the cabinet. How could a governor look in his eyes?
Coupled with what happened yesterday, Zhang Pu felt that he was malicious towards Zhang Kentang. After listening to Zhang Kentang's words, he said calmly:
"Originally, at the personal invitation of Fu Shuai, I had to go, but I had already agreed to Deputy Town Ding to go to Taiwan to see him, so I might not have time to go to Fuzhou."
As soon as these words came out, not only Zhang Kentang was surprised, but even Ding Yunyi was confused. Why did Zhang Pu suddenly want to go to Taiwan?
He rolled his eyes, stood up and said, "You two talk first, I'll go and order some more dishes."
As soon as he got outside, he closed the door and called Gongsun Yue over: "Go back to Taiwan immediately and tell Qin Yun that the great scholar Zhang Pu may be coming and ask him to arrange this..."
He ordered in a low voice, and Gongsun Yue nodded repeatedly.
At this time in the room, as soon as Ding Yunyi left, Zhang Kentang said: "Since Mr. Ximing has agreed to Deputy Town Ding, I can't force him to do so. I just don't know if Mr. Ximing can transfer to Fuzhou when he goes to Taiwan."
, to relieve the pain of admiration among Fuzhou students?"
"Zhang Pu is nothing. Fushuai is too polite." Zhang Pu said coldly: "With Zhang Fushuai in Fujian, the weather is good and the trend of reading is booming. There is no need for Zhang Pu. Furthermore, Zhang Pu
I can only stay in Taiwan for a few days, and I will leave for the capital soon. The invitation to the commander-in-chief can only wait until later..."
He spoke in a cold tone, which made Zhang Pu confused, and he didn't know where he had offended this great scholar. After thinking about it, there was only one possibility, that is, Ding Yunyi, who had met Zhang Pu earlier than him, must be here.
What bad things did he say about himself in front of the young scholar?
Zhang Kentang's sense of smell was far beyond that of Zhang Pu. He could guess the whole story at once. He said cautiously: "Mr. Ximing, when I was in office, I devoted myself to serving the imperial court and refused to show favoritism. I offended some people."
, there are some bad things about me, please Mr. Ximing please don’t misbelieve the rumors.”
He kept saying "Benfu", which he was used to saying when he was in office, but when he heard it in Zhang Pu's ears, it felt so harsh: "Zhang Fushuai, although I am shallow, I will not misunderstand or misunderstand.
Some lies from others can't deceive me, so please don't worry too much."
Zhang Pu's attitude was always neither yin nor yang, which made Zhang Kentang angry. He thought that he could be the governor, but no matter how famous you Zhang Pu was, your status was far different from his own. He would not hesitate to run away from Fuzhou to invite you.
Is this your attitude?
Immediately, his tone became cold: "Since Mr. Ximing said so, I can't say anything more. Mr. Ximing came to Fujian, and I didn't take good care of him. Fortunately, Deputy Town Ding did these things for me.
.Fujian is busy with official business, and I am in a hurry to get back, so I won’t disturb you sir and take my leave.”
"Farewell." Zhang Pu sat there with no intention of getting up to see off the guests.
"Fushuai is leaving now? You haven't eaten anything yet?" Ding Yunyi came in just in time. Seeing Zhang Kentang about to leave, he immediately understood what had happened, but asked hypocritically.
"Don't dare to disturb me, take my leave!"
Seeing Zhang Kentang leaving with a displeased look on his face, Ding Yunyi shook his head: "Mr. Ximing, what happened?"
"If you don't talk about this person, I am so angry for no reason." Zhang Pu smiled again: "Vice-President Ding. I just said that I would go to Taiwan. It was just a joke..."
Ding Yunyi understands the meaning of his words very well: "Mr. Ximing, I hope you will go to Taiwan. If you are looking forward to the rain after a long drought, please give me your generous reward."
These words touched Zhang Pu's heart, and he laughed "haha": "Since the deputy town invites you so kindly, if Zhang Pu refuses, it would be pretentious. I wonder when the deputy town is going to set off?"
Ding Yunyi thought about it in his mind: "We can leave the day after tomorrow. It's just a barren land in Taiwan. Sir, please don't feel bad about it."
"No way." Zhang Pu felt comfortable: "As long as you, Deputy Town Ding, don't dislike Zhang Pu and hate him."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Quanzhou is Zheng Zhilong's territory, Zhang Pu went to Quanzhou, and Ding Yunyi met Zhang Pu. Zheng Zhilong had known these things for a long time, but what he also couldn't figure out was, why did Ding Yunyi go to meet a scholar?
I heard that Ding Yunyi was very respectful to Zhang Pu. Zheng Zhilong became more and more curious. Could it be that that scholar could bring battleships and cannons to Ding Yunyi?
In his heart, Zheng Zhilong doesn't think highly of scholars...
The only thing he was curious about was to see what Ding Yunyi could get from Zhang Pu, but the rewards in the past few days made Zheng Zhilong greatly disappointed. Ding Yunyi spent the whole day drinking and playing with Zhang Pu, and other than these, he did nothing serious.
Did it.
What exactly does Ding Yunyi want to do?
"Brother, I just got the news." Zheng Zhifeng hurriedly walked in: "Zhang Kentang just went to visit Zhang Pu, but he didn't stay there for long before he left angrily. It seems that Zhang Pu offended him."
Zheng Zhilong was very curious: "Is there such a thing? A scholar dares to offend the governor. His bones are really hard."
Zheng Zhifeng still has some understanding of Zhang Pu: "Brother, Zhang Pu is very prestigious and is the leader of the scholars. I think Ding Yunyi deliberately curry favor with Zhang Pu because he wants to improve his reputation in the minds of the scholars.
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"Those leaders of scholars?" Zheng Zhilong laughed dumbly: "What effect can that have? Zhang Pu regards Ding Yunyi as his own son, how can he still give him battleship soldiers? Give him a box of books. Give him a gift.
It is unlucky and unlucky to send a book to someone else. This Zhang Pu also offended Zhang Kentang, will Zhang Kentang give him good luck?"
Zheng Zhifeng didn't take this matter too seriously. The role that a scholar can play is really limited: "Brother, we don't need to worry about Zhang Pu's affairs, but I have found out the information that Ding Yunyi has begun to communicate with Batavia
The Hongyi people started doing business with the Folangji people in Malacca."
"What? He put his hands in Malacca." When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he suddenly became alert.
No one knows the importance of Malacca better than Zheng Zhilong.
It was from Malacca that the Falangji people got a relatively real impression of China, and the steps towards China also started from Malacca.
After Vasco da Gama's fleet arrived at Kozhikode in present-day Kozhikode, Kerala, in the southwest of the Indian peninsula, they systematically collected geographical and humanistic information about Asia on a large scale, with the main target being China in the Far East.
After occupying Goa, they paid more attention to China. Historian Gorea, who has lived in India for half a century, said that he encountered a "fortress of the Chinese" at that time, because there were also "white people with black and long hair" in India.
Worked in many "official factories".
King Don Manuel I of Franco asked Fleet Commander Seguera: "You must find out about the Qin people, where did they come from, and how far did they travel? When did they arrive in Malacca or other places where they trade?
Where? What goods did they bring...Are they Christians or pagans? Is their country large? Does it have more than one king? Where does their territory extend? What countries are they neighboring?"
The Folangji people who conquered Malacca bribed five Chinese shipowners and began to plan a plan to go to China. In the twelfth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the Folangji people officially arrived on the southeastern coast of China, and then occupied Macau through fraud and bribery.
The Folangji people were interested in the wealth of the Ming Empire, and imagined that China could easily fall into the hands of the Folangji people like Malacca. Even though they discovered that the Ming Empire was not the Folangji people hundreds of years after they came to the coast of China.
Ji can be swallowed in one bite, but the occupation of Malacca did start the most "splendid" history of Folangji's maritime empire.
In addition to encountering powerful foreign enemies, another important reason for the demise of the Malacca dynasty was internal decline and disputes. The emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, the nominal suzerain at that time, were equally incompetent and short-sighted. They showed their reaction to the fall of Malacca.
Indifferent.
The Ming court learned that Malacca had been occupied nine years after Malacca fell into the hands of the Folangji people. During these nine years, the Folangji people had already crossed the South China Sea and entered China.
Guangdong coast.
If it were not for the impudence of the Folangji people and the envoy Muhammad of Prince Bintang of Malacca, who came to Beijing and sent Malacca's letter of request for help to the Ministry of Rites, Malacca fell into the hands of the Folangji people, the Ming court would have been
Being kept in the dark. And Ming Wuzong had long lost the ability to solve the matter. This absurd monarch, after being ill for three months, finally responded to the fall of Malacca with the advice of a group of ministers at the time.
: Fo Langji was not allowed to pay tribute. At the same time, Pires and his party, who were sent by Fo Langji to China as envoys, were taken to Guangzhou in the spring and summer of the same year and thrown into prison as hostages for the return of Malacca territory.
Faced with repeated requests for help from the Malacca court, the Ming court declared that it required Fo Langji to return Malacca, otherwise it would detain the mission until it was returned to Malacca.
But after all, the Ming Dynasty had no military presence in Southeast Asia, and its tributary relationship with Southeast Asian countries was just a political commitment letter to each other, which was feeble. When kings like Zheng He disappeared in Southeast Asia, the Ming Dynasty's diplomacy was powerless.
Words and negotiations cannot save Malacca from its fate.
Southeast Asia was of great strategic significance to traditional China. Two-thirds of the vassal states of the Ming Empire were here. In the tribute trade, China obtained minerals, timber, spices, gold, jewelry, and rice from here.
In particular, tin ore and rice imported from Southeast Asia are of great significance to China's economy. The former is an important raw material for making copper coins, and the latter is a source of food for residents of Fujian and Guangdong.
By exporting or re-exporting to Southeast Asia, China's porcelain, textile, tea and shipbuilding industries have made huge profits. More importantly, it has revealed China's activities in the Southeast Asian ocean, thereby establishing a China-Southeast Asia system under its own leadership.
, established a huge strategic buffer zone for itself.
China, which lost Malacca, opened the sea gate to the southernmost part of the empire.
Zheng Zhilong has always wanted to insert his hand into Malacca, but he has never been able to do so, and now, Ding Yunyi has actually started thinking about it.
The situation in Malacca has become a little complicated! (This site...your support is my biggest motivation.)