In the Huangji Hall of Laoshan Palace, Emperor Zhu Cixiang of the Ming Dynasty was currently interviewing a candidate for the position of Second Assistant to the Principality - not one person, but a group of eleven people.
The leader who came to take the examination for the post of assistant minister was named Wang Jinbao. He was less than forty years old. He was as strong as a bear. He had a dark face, an unshaven beard, and a fierce look on his face. He was not a good person at first glance!
Moreover, this guy's resume is full of evil deeds. When he was under Zuo Liangyu (he was Zhang Yong's man), he did many bad things such as plundering and looting. Later, he followed Zhu Cizhao into Yunnan to quell the chaos, and massacred many chieftains who supported Sha Dingzhou in the city.
Later, when Li Dingguo called, he and Zhang Yong escaped while protecting Zhu Cizhao, and also took over Thang Long, the capital of Annan Kingdom - he was the one who took the lead in rushing into Thang Long City! As for what he did after entering the city, he can tell by thinking about it.
After destroying Thang Long, he led his troops to take the waterway to attack Champa, and committed another massacre of people and arson.
After working hard in Champa for two years, I followed Zhang Yong to Siam. As soon as I got there, I occupied the Golden City. Then he had a fight with the Dashun Army in Siam and drove them back to Burma, while he led his troops to regain the city of Ayutthaya, another round of robbery!
In short, this guy destroys wherever he hits, and his destructive power is even greater than that of the enemy! After fighting in Pattani, even Zhu Cizhao couldn't stand him anymore and simply recommended him to serve as a secondary assistant in the Twelve Principalities.
In Zhu Cixiang's vision, the chief minister of the Twelve Principalities must be good at management and also serve as the "mayor" of the city. He is a figure like Xiao He.
The secondary auxiliary of the principality requires military affairs officers to lead the troops together. They are the officers who charge into battle and must be ruthless.
This Wang Jinbao is a little bad, but he is still competent.
Zhu Cixiang began to look at Wang Jinbao's subordinates again, and at a glance he saw an old man who was about seventy years old. He also looked fierce, and he didn't look like a good person!
"What's the matter with you, old man? Are you seventy years old?" Zhu Cixiang was a little dissatisfied. He is so old, can he still do bad things?
But as soon as the old man opened his mouth, Zhu Cixi felt relieved.
"Your Majesty, my Yamamoto Shigesumi is a worker in the Red Iron Artillery Corps. Although he is seventy-three years old, he can still fight!" This old man turned out to be Yamamoto Shigesumi. In the past two years, I have been doing bad things in Pattani, and I have become familiar with a bad guy like Wang Jinbao - people of the same species flock together!
"Are you Japanese?" Zhu Cixiang nodded, feeling reassured - the bad guy is old, and he is still working hard to do evil even at his age. His spirit is commendable!
"Yes, yes, I am the Japanese samurai, the great loyal one!" Yamamoto Shigesumi was still trying to express himself - he was very afraid of being "swiped" by Emperor Zhu.
Because this is also his final struggle!
The old man has no choice but to fight tooth and nail for the continuation of the Yamamoto family!
His wife disappeared in Nagasaki, taking his second son with her. And his eldest son disappeared during the war in Kitakyushu, and is probably no longer alive.
When he went on an expedition with General Xu Zhengjing, he took a Japanese girl who was 17 or 18 years old with him. Recently, he gave birth to a son, named Yamamoto Seventy-Three.
In order to leave a share of the family business for Yamamoto Seventy-three, the old man did not dare to take a break. A lot of his age still followed Wang Jinbao to Yingtian Mansion for "interviews."
At this time, Wang Jinbao also spoke for Grandpa Yamamoto, "Your Majesty, don't look at this old man's age. In fact, he is still quite capable of fighting and is particularly good at commanding the musketeers. He is notoriously vicious! He is fighting against Pattani. At that time, he led a battalion of musketeers to defeat three musketry brigades from Pattani, Perak, and Johor! Those were all elite soldiers trained by the Dutch!"
It turns out that the Dutch East India Company has not been idle. Over the years, it has been working hard to arm Pattani, Perak, Johor, and Aceh, and also helped them train new armies - all trained according to Morris's phalanx tactics. , the combat effectiveness is not weak.
However, in the Battle of Pattani, these elite soldiers encountered the red iron artillery troops trained in the Japanese Civil War. Naturally, they were no match for them and were beaten to a pulp.
And Yamamoto Shigesumi performed well on the Pattani battlefield, and then he caught Wang Jinbao's eye!
"In that case," Zhu Cixiang nodded, "then let him work hard with you, Jinbao, and you must also work hard! What I can make you now is just an empty earl, can you turn it into a real earl? , it all depends on your ability!”
This is how you passed the interview!
Wang Jinbao became an earl, and Yamamoto Shigecheng was able to take a ten-mile man under Wang Jinbao's earl and own 4,000 acres of land, which could be passed on to Yamamoto Seventy-three in the future!
"My subject, Peng Ziqin, respectfully wishes His Majesty the Emperor to be in peace. Long live my emperor, long live the emperor."
As soon as the villains Wang Jinbao and Yamamoto Shigesumi left the Imperial Hall, Peng Ziqin, Ye Jiaxin and nine other people came in as a group and kowtowed.
Zhu Cixiang looked at them. These eleven people looked less evil than Wang Jinbao and others!
Moreover, Peng Ziqin's resume is much cleaner. Most of the time he was a civilian, and when he served as the governor of the Golden State, he also served as a military envoy. Jiezhen was mostly located on the frontier, so the governors usually also served as military envoys.
In addition, this man also went on a mission to India, met that "world conqueror" Aurangzeb in Delhi, and signed a treaty with him to carve up the Buhara Khanate.
I still have some ability, but I don’t know if it’s evil enough?
"Peng Ziqin," Zhu Cixiang began to ask, "I ask you, if I order you to be in charge of the principality of Malacca, what do you think is the most important thing?"
"Reporting to your majesty," Peng Ziqin said, "I think the most important thing is education! There have always been Han business activities in Malacca, and they were quite popular at one time. However, there have always been businessmen but not Confucianism, and culture and education were not prosperous, so it was difficult to last.
On the other hand, the Dutch, Portuguese, Persians and Arabs not only carried out commerce wherever they went, but also built churches, preached and established schools. "
Zhu Cixi nodded.
It seems that this guy's years in the Jinghai Navy and the Western Army were not in vain, and he still learned something.
"But can we learn from others?" Zhu Cihong asked, "How are the schools in Golden State doing now? Are there many people studying Confucian classics?"
"Reporting to your Majesty," Peng Ziqin said with a look on his face, "Now the Golden State has established a state school. It has hired Confucian students from Guangdong and Guangxi to teach Confucian classics. It has also opened a branch school in Ayutthaya City. There are many Siamese The aristocratic children of the country are also enrolled. Because the Siamese Kingdom will hold the imperial examination soon, and the aristocratic children who want to become officials must study Confucianism and take the exam."
"This is not easy!" Zhu Cixiang smiled.
In order to persuade King Nalei to hold the imperial examination, Zhu Cixiang worked hard and now he is finally about to succeed!
Peng Ziqin smiled and said, "As long as the twelve principalities can also open schools to obtain scholars, then Confucianism will definitely become a prominent school, and education will be much easier.
In addition, I also plan to attract monks and Taoists from the Ming Dynasty and Japan to open temples in Malacca, cooperate with schools, and educate people together. "
"That's all?" Zhu Cixiang was still a little uneasy.
Peng Ziqin said, "It is not easy to do these things well. Moreover, the battle to go south to Malacca must be very fierce. The Dutch are not weak, and Johor, Aceh, Perak and other countries are controlled by the Netherlands. It is difficult to know how to return. Therefore, it is very difficult to return to Malacca after the war." It might turn into a white field!”
Zhu Cixiang nodded and sighed, "Fortunately, Zhang Yong, Xu Zhengjing, Wang Jinbao, Zhao Liangdong, Shi Lang and others all know benevolence and justice and will not kill innocent people indiscriminately."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I know benevolence and righteousness just like Admiral Zhang, Commander Wang, and Commander Zhao." Peng Ziqin also said, "I have been in Nanyang for many years, and I know that the local situation is complicated, and the various religions are mixed together like a mess. We need to Practice benevolence and righteousness.”
He is indeed a benevolent and righteous official! Zhu Cixiang nodded and said, "In that case, you should do your best! I hope you can remember what I said today, and you must practice benevolence and justice like Zhang Yong, Xu Zhengjing, and Wang Jinbao, and convince others with virtue."
