Zhu Youjian's appointment of Hans Putsmann as Ping Haibo was done very formally, and it was definitely not done casually.
But it was done in a glorious way.
First, two copies of the imperial edict were prepared - one in Chinese and one in Latin.
The Latin version of the edict was written by Zhu Youjian himself. This imperial edict was for Hans Putsmann to take back to Batavia to show off. This is called buying horse bones for a thousand dollars! Zhu Youjian knew that these adventurers who wandered from Europe to the East to make a fortune were very fond of the good thing of becoming a knight. After many of them got rich, they would go to Europe to buy a title to enjoy themselves.
And the title of Ming Dynasty is full of gold! Are people envious of Batavia's talent? Greedy? Want it?
If you can seduce someone like Anthony Van Diemen to become a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, you will make a lot of money!
Secondly, Zhu Youjian also gave Hans Putsmann a good look. He first asked Mr. Xu Guangqi, Minister of Industry, and Mr. Xu Ge to personally announce the decree to Hans Putsmann, and he also announced it twice. Once in Chinese and once in Latin. Then we asked Westerners in and around Beijing, including missionaries like Tang Ruowang, Portuguese mercenaries like Gongsha de Silao, and foreign craftsmen employed by the Xuanfu Artillery Factory and Gun Factory to attend Han’s .Ceremony of the knighthood of Putsmann.
Thirdly, Zhu Youjian also gave Hans Putsmann a Earl's Mansion in an excellent location and quite magnificent.
This Earl's Mansion originally belonged to a grandnephew of Wei Zhongxian. It is located in Rizhongfang in the inner city of Beijing, right on the edge of Shicha Sea. The back garden also encloses part of the Shicha Sea view - this is a luxurious garden mansion with water views within the Second Ring Road of Beijing!
If it could be passed down to the 21st century, I’m afraid even 1 billion wouldn’t be able to buy it!
In the end, Zhu Youjian also gave Hans Putsmann 500 acres of knightly land - the knights of the Ming Dynasty were not necessarily knights in front of the tent, but Hans Putsmann had both the knights and the tent. Both identities as a former knight. In today's Ming Dynasty, the number of such knights does not exceed 30, and they are all the most trusted "new heroes" of Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty.
Hans Putsmann received such a high position as soon as he joined the army, which shows that Zhu Youjian attaches great importance to this foreign general!
Hans Putsmann, who met his master in a foreign country, was really proud to the extreme, but after his triumph, he still felt a little regretful. It's a pity that his closest relatives and friends are not in Beijing, so they can't appreciate his highlight moments...
Today, only Zheng Zhilong, Li Guozhu, and Han Bu'an, who came to Pinghai Bo's Mansion to celebrate the housewarming with Lord Pu, were a few profiteers who had close connections with the East India Company. Even Tang Ruowang and Gongsha De Sirao didn't come - these two people were also won over by Zhu Youjian. Tang Ruowang was granted the title of Supervisor of the Qintian Prison, Zhi Tongwen Guanshi, and the Director of the Xuanfu Artillery Bureau. He was a fifth-rank official. of civil servants. As the chief instructor of the Zhangqian Army, Gongsha De Silao, like Hans Putsmann, received the title of Count Xuanwu and a 500-acre knight's farm. However, although these two people are both Westerners, they are not from the same group as Hans Putsmann. They are both believers in the Roman Catholic Church. And Hans Putsmann was a Lutheran Protestant.
In addition, both Tang Ruowang and Gongsha de Silao belonged to the Jesuits controlled by the Portuguese, and the Portuguese colonies in the East are now under the threat of the United East India Company!
If Tang Ruowang and Gongsha De Silao met Hans Putsmann on German soil, they might start fighting directly!
Although they are all serving as ministers in the same palace of the Ming Dynasty now, they will not start fighting, but they will never come to congratulate him.
Hans Putsmann set up a table for the "German Pork Trotters Banquet" in the back garden of his newly acquired mansion, in a pavilion next to Shichahai, to entertain Zheng Zhilong, Li Guozhu, Han Bu'an and other three people.
Looking at the huge plate of salted pig's trotters and pork intestines in front of them, Zheng Zhilong, Li Guozhu, and Han Bu'an couldn't help but frown - how much this Lord Pu likes to eat meat! There were four people at the table, and one person was given a large plate of salted pork trotters and some meat intestines that looked unappetizing. How could he eat it?
Seeing that the three guests each lost their appetite after eating a small piece of stewed fat meat, they had almost swallowed half a pig's trotter. Hans Putsmann also felt a little full, so he used a piece of it to pay for it. He wiped the corners of his unshaven mouth with a steaming hand towel, and then began to talk.
He spoke Dutch, which is Low Germanic. Zheng Zhilong, Li Guozhu, and Han Buan had all spent a long time with the East India Company, and they all could speak Dutch.
"Zheng, Li, Han," Hans Putsmann said with a smile, "from now on, we are our own people. We are all servants of the Ming Emperor and business partners. I hope that the conflicts in the past will be reconciled Grudges will not affect our future cooperation... I think you all understand this, right? The future is so beautiful, with countless wealth, power and honor waiting for us, as long as we can truly unite , you can have everything!”
Zheng Zhilong smiled and said: "We have to add Shen Tingyang and Liu Xiang... But there is no problem. In the past, everyone was fighting life and death because the trading plate was too small and could not accommodate so many great gods. And there were also Dutch people. , Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and various forces on the Ming Dynasty are involved. We people are just pawns in the front, we can’t do anything if we don’t fight! Now the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has personally colluded with the East India Company, Malacca Who else can stand in the way of the sea to the east of Edom?
Moreover, the business of the Emperor of Heaven is big enough to allow all of us to develop along with it. Is there any unsolvable grudge? General Li, what do you think? "
Li Guozhu is the son of Li Dan, and Li Dan is Zheng Zhilong's godfather and the previous generation "One Piece". Li Guozhu always believed that he should be his father's successor, but he never expected that Zheng Zhilong would gain his father's power and become the new generation of "One Piece". Of course, he was unwilling to do so.
But...he is now recruiting an official!
Once you become an official, you can no longer talk about grievances in the world!
Zheng Zhilong is his boss, and he is also the leader of their group. If Li Guoshu brings out the grievances he had with Zheng Zhilong over being the leader of the gang, he will really not be able to get on the stage. Then everyone below him will look down on him - back then he was What's the point of arguing about being the leader of the traitor, now that he is an official of the court?
"Li really admires the admiral's methods!" Li Guozhu said with a smile, "Not only does the Imperial Palace of Japan think highly of the admiral, but even the Emperor of Ming Dynasty thinks highly of the admiral. It's really impressive!"
The Grand Imperial Palace of Japan that Li Guozhu mentioned was Tokugawa Hidetada, the second-generation general of Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate, who had retired from behind the scenes. Zheng Zhilong was once sent by Li Dan to Nagasaki, Japan to manage trade, but somehow he got the opportunity to meet Tokugawa Hidetada!
And after this meeting, Zheng Zhilong received support from the Tokugawa shogunate and occupied the largest share of Japan's Zhusin ship trade. In fact, Zheng Zhilong was the "royal merchant" of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, responsible for foreign trade!
Later, Zheng Zhilong was able to defeat Li Dan and become the new generation of Pirate King for this reason.
However, Li Guoshu was not convinced that Zheng Zhilong received the support of the shogunate. After all, Zheng Zhilong was Li Dan's representative at the time. Perhaps Tokugawa Hidetada valued Li Dan's power and only paid attention to Zheng Zhilong.
But this time, Zheng Zhilong unexpectedly rose to the top and became "Prince Zheng's relative", which made Li Guozhu admire him and fell into admiration.
Zheng Zhilong actually didn't do anything...but he still nodded and said with a solemn expression: "General Li mentioned Xiuzhonggong, and I remembered something...Xiuzhonggong passed away last year. , Mr. Iemitsu has completely taken charge of politics, and Japan may become an opponent of ours! No, not maybe, but definitely!"
