"Chen Fufu, the commander-in-chief of the Hailu Relief and Suppression Campaign, bows to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."
Although Chen Yonghua was determined to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, he still knelt down to Kang Mazi honestly at this moment. Long live Shanhu.
As soon as Kangxi looked at the "Navy Suppression Chief" Chen Zongbing, he tapped a somewhat special "bullet seal" he had just received with his fingers, then smiled and said warmly: "Chen Fufu, I heard Were you originally a maritime merchant?"
Chen Yonghua raised his head, looked at Kangxi solemnly, and replied with sincerity and fear: "I dare not deceive the emperor. I am just a smuggling merchant. I am from Putian, Fujian. There are more people and less land in Putian, and There are mountains everywhere, and there is no way to support many people. Fortunately, there is no limit to the road. Putian is right on the seaside, and there are many good harbors. The people there have always had the tradition of going to the sea and Southeast Asia to make a living."
Kangxi smiled: "You are honest. I think you are gentle and gentle. You must have read a book, right?"
"Your Majesty's Holy Name, I have indeed read some books, but my qualifications are dull and my person is honest. I can't even understand dead books. I don't think I will be able to get any fame. I have no choice but to go into business with the adults in my family."
"You are honest?" Kangxi looked at Chen Yonghua who had a "honest" smile on his face, and asked with a smile, "I heard people say that no businessman is a traitor, how do you, an honest man, earn so much money?"
Chen Yonghua explained: "Your Majesty does not know something. Although I am not smart enough, the natives in Nanyang are more honest. Otherwise, they would not have been conquered by hundreds of thousands of Western barbarians and become slaves of the subjugated country. The Western Barbarians are perishing. After the Nanyang natives became a country, they did not trust those subjugated people and were unwilling to share the world with them. At the same time, Nanyang was too far away from the Western Yi homeland, and Westerners could not immigrate to Nanyang in large numbers. Moreover, most of the Nanyang island countries were miasma lands, and the climate was extremely hot and humid. , Westerners are not used to it.
So they asked the Chinese people from Fujian and Guangdong to work as their tenants and tax collectors. Develop and operate for them and help them collect taxes and rents. Many Han people who went out from Putian made a fortune in Nanyang and established a firm foothold. The minister's family is a large family in Putian, with a large number of people and a large number of people. Many members of the clan work as renters and tax collectors for Westerners in Nanyang. With them taking care of me, it will be easier for Chen's family to do business. "
"I understand," Kangxi nodded, "Isn't this the same as my Manchuria using dressing to treat the Han people? Your family turns out to be a foreign dressing!"
"The Emperor's Holy Might."
Kangxi asked again: "Then you are so good at making foreign clothes, why did you go to hang out with Geng Jingzhong again?"
Chen Yonghua said with a smile: "Your Majesty doesn't know. The Nanyang side not only needs the Han people from the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong to do the job, but also hires coolies from Guangdong and Fujian at high prices. It also needs the large farmers from Guangdong and Fujian to contract the manors, and also needs the large farmers from Guangdong and Fujian to contract the manors." Cloth, porcelain, tea, ironware, and various other groceries need to be purchased from Guangdong and Fujian.
Because the imperial court has carried out coastal relocation in recent years, coastal residents have no way to go to Nanyang, and there is a special shortage of people in Nanyang. Cloth, porcelain, tea, ironware, etc. are all very expensive. You can make a lot of money just by transporting anything! "
Kangxi seemed to be very interested in the affairs of Nanyang today, and asked with great interest: "According to you, the money in Nanyang has been made by the Fujian and Cantonese people, so how can the Western Yi make money?"
"Your Majesty, the Western barbarians occupied Nanyang not to obtain silver, but to obtain spices." Chen Yonghua explained, "Silver is a treasure to us, but the Western barbarians are not too rare because they have long occupied the silver-rich areas. The land of the New World.
Since they can force the natives of the New World to dig gold and silver for them, gold is more precious, and silver is not so rare because it is relatively abundant. Therefore, starting from the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a large amount of silver has flowed into China to exchange for our Silk, porcelain, sugar and other items. "
"So, if people from the coastal areas of Guangdong and Fujian go to Nanyang, won't they make a sure profit without losing anything?"
"That's not true," Chen Yonghua shook his head and sighed, "Going to Nanyang is actually exchanging your life for money! Firstly, the wind and waves are rough on the way there, and if you are not careful, you will be buried in the sea without a burial place. ; Second, the islands in Southeast Asia are all places of malaria, and countless people have died of illness in foreign lands! Third, the Western Yi are all tigers and wolves, and the Han people who go to Southeast Asia to make money are no different from lambs in their eyes. They will be slaughtered if they are fattened. ! If you can’t cheat the rabbit three nests or leave in time after earning the money, when Xiyi feels the time is right, it will probably be a bloodbath!
+The Han people who made money on Luzon Island were bloodbathed by Westerners more than once."
Kangxi nodded, thoughtfully, and asked after a while: "Then how much do you know about the Western Yi's conquest of the New World?"
Chen Yonghua said: "Almost everyone knows about it!"
"You all know?" Kangxi said, "Then let's talk and listen!"
Chen Yonghua didn't seem to think that Kangxi was so interested in overseas affairs. He was stunned for a moment and then said: "This is a long story."
"Then speak slowly!" Kangxi smiled and said, "I have time, so you can listen slowly! I think I am proficient in Eastern and Western knowledge, and I also know some things about the Western Yi's discovery of the New World, but I don't know the details. Today I just want to hear what you have to say."
"Then I will tell you!" Chen Yonghua cleared his throat, and then said in the tone of a Dashilan storyteller: "The beginning of the Western Yi conquest of the New World should be from the 1492nd year of Christmas in the Western Yi calendar Speaking of. This year, there was a big pirate named Columbus in the West. He found the two kings of Spain, Isabella and Ferdinand, and proposed to sail westward and take the Atlantic to find the way to China and India. shortcut."
"I really didn't expect them to be so bad, worse than me. Worse than that, that Great Mongolia!"
In the South Study Room, a "storytelling" that helped Emperor Kangxi open his eyes to see the world was finally finished. Chen Yonghua didn't know how long he had been speaking. Not only was his mouth dry, but his knees were a little painful - he was speaking while kneeling!
Emperor Kangxi's ears were "opened" by what he heard, and he almost blurted out the truth - he really didn't expect that a Xiyi like Nan Huairen could say "God loves the world" every time, and his words were even better than his songs. I didn’t expect that he would do worse things than his family’s old man Nurhachi, his grandfather Huang Taiji, his uncles Dorgon, and Duduo!
Moreover, these people are not only bad, but also extremely shameless and hypocritical, and their methods are more ruthless and superior than those of the Qing Dynasty!
The ancestors of the Qing Dynasty had to make up the "Seven Great Hatreds" and "Eight Great Hatreds" when they did bad things. When they took over the Central Plains, they had to pretend to "revenge the Ming Dynasty." Even now, they still have to deal with the literary inquisition because they are afraid of what they will do. Are those bad things recorded by Han scholars and passed down to future generations?
When these Western barbarians slaughtered other people's countries, they directly used "divine will" to declare that the natives of the New World did not believe in God and would destroy their countries and slaughter their tribes. This was extremely shameless!
Moreover, Kangxi was shocked by the advanced methods of the Western Yi genocide. They already had guns, cannons and swords, while their opponents only had sticks and stone knives, and they simply massacred them one-sidedly.
But they thought it was too slow and actually used smallpox!
Fortunately, the Han people were not as vicious as they were, otherwise Chongzhen sent people to use smallpox as a weapon and sell the silk and satin stained with pox venom to Liaodong and the grasslands. Thinking of this, Kang Mazi broke out in a cold sweat!
What made Kang Mazi's spine even more chilling was that the King of the Roman Church actually issued a decree to endorse them, packaging their evil deeds of annihilating the country and slaughtering the people into a good deed of "spreading the gospel"!
What's even more exaggerated is that the Roman Church also declares that "if you don't believe in God, you have no soul, and you can't be considered a human being." Therefore, you can kill them in every possible way!
What does it mean? Emperor Kangxi said to himself: I don’t believe in God either, so can I not be considered a human being?
In addition, this group of Western barbarians are fighting against each other in Nanyang, gradually wiping out various countries, and raising the Han people who went to Nanyang as fat sheep. They are indeed clever enough!
Compared with them, the Qing Dynasty seemed a little younger!
Nan Huairen, a Jesuit missionary and supervisor of Qing Dynasty, has always been a little restless recently. When I pray to God today, I feel a little frightened, always feeling that something big is about to happen!
And of course there is a reason for his restlessness!
The reason is that the recent news from Guangdong and Guangxi is very confusing. At one moment, the Guangxi general, the Guangxi admiral, the Guangxi left wing commander, and the Guangdong commander Gao Leilian colluded to rebel. I don’t know when their rebellion will reach Xiangshan in Guangdong. county? If they hit Xiangshan, what will happen to Hao'ao?
After a while, Wu Sangui's brothers Wu Sanwei and Ao Bai landed on Hong Kong Island with tens of thousands of troops. Moreover, Wu Sanwei also claimed the title of Nanyang Trade Minister. At first glance, it seemed that he wanted to contact Nanyang and Western countries to win over international affairs. Support!
Based on Nan Huairen's understanding of the spirit of the contract between the Catholic Church and the Kingdom of Portugal, as long as Wu Sangui is willing to give the Portuguese Kingdom a monopoly on free trade and give the Catholic Church freedom to preach and alms, then they will definitely sell out and join Wu.
I wonder if the little emperor who does not believe in God, has no soul, and is destined to go to hell will be angry with the servants of the Lord in Beijing after he learns that the governor of Hao'ao and the acting bishop sold themselves to Wu?
So after learning that the emperor had summoned him, he came to the South Study Room with anxiety.
"Your Majesty, Nan Huairen, respectfully greets you."
Although Nan Huairen felt uneasy, he still paid his respects to Emperor Kangxi as before.
"Honor, Holy Gong," Kangxi said, pointing to a memorial and a scroll on the table, and said to Xiao Guizi who was waiting next to him, "Xiao Guizi, the "Secret Treaty between Portugal and Wu" of Monk Kexi, Wang Fuchen and the others Show Nan Huairen the bullet!"
"嗻!"
Xiao Guizi responded, then stepped forward to pick up the tray with the secret contract and the bullets, walked to the kneeling Nan Huairen, and then placed the tray on the ground, "Master Nan, please take a look."
"This is..." Nan Huairen already knew something bad - the "Portuguese" in "Secret Agreement between Portugal and Wu" is probably Portugal, and the "Wu" is probably Wu Sangui!
Although he knew something was going to be bad, Nan Huairen still managed to stay calm, picked up "Secret Agreement between Portugal and Wu" and started reading.
The "secret agreement" was written in Chinese and Latin, and the Latin text seemed to be Luo Wenzao's handwriting. There were also signatures of Shi Bozhi, Luo Wenzao, and Wu Sanwei underneath.
The content of the "secret agreement" did not exceed Nan Huairen's expectations at all!
How come such an important "secret agreement" fell into the hands of the Qing court?
This is so careless!
When Nan Huairen thought of this, he shook his head innocently, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please explain that this Hao'ao Portuguese soldier is just a minor official and cannot represent the King of Portugal. And Father Luo Wenzao is not Hao appointed by the Pope." Bishop Australia, this secret agreement has no effect!"
Kangxi waved his hand: "Master Nan, don't rush to defend yourself. There is also a 'bullet seal'. You can talk about it after reading it."
"The bullet? Is it for impeachment?"
"Not entirely," Kangxi said, "mainly to impeach the King of Rome and the King of Portugal!"
"What?" Nan Huairen was stunned, "Your Majesty, what did you say?"
Kangxi said: "I say this bullet is mainly used to impeach the King of Rome and the King of Portugal!"
"Yes, but they are not the emperor's ministers. How can they be impeached?"
Kangxi waved his hand again, "Read it first, then you can talk after you finish it!"
"嗻."
Nan Huairen had no choice but to pick up the bullet that Zhou Chang drafted according to Wang Zhongxiao's wishes and read it word by word. After reading a few words, cold sweat broke out on my forehead.
Because this bullet grasped the "Papal Meridian" and "Portugal's right to protect the Church in China" and launched a criticism!
According to the "Papal Meridian", the land currently owned by the Qing Dynasty was all ruled by the Kingdom of Portugal. This is simply ridiculous! What troubled Nan Huairen even more than the absurdity was that this bullet also pointed out that the "Pope Meridian" had been implemented along the coasts of the New World and the African continent, as well as in the Malacca area!
Spain and Portugal launched their respective conquests based on the Papal Meridian. Although Spain's conquests were more successful than Portugal's, Portugal also committed many evil deeds that in the eyes of the barbaric and ignorant Chinese are countless.
The Portuguese patronage of China is even more difficult to explain. The Pope’s meridian can also use “ignorance” to excuse the Pope. Of course, this can only be said in front of Emperor Kangxi. If it is said in Rome, then Nan Huairen It's time to go to the Inquisition to defend yourself.
But what about “China’s right to protect education”? Why was Catholic protection in China granted to the Kingdom of Portugal?
The right to protect the church not only literally means "protection", but also includes the power of personnel appointment and dismissal and parish management. It is no exaggeration to say that all believers in the Qing Dynasty must obey the "protection" of the Kingdom of Portugal to a certain extent. The management of the Catholic Diocese in China is to submit to the management of Portugal!
This is simply an offense to the supreme imperial power of the Qing Emperor!
If there was no "Secret Treaty between Portugal and Wu", Nan Huairen could still excuse the Pope and the King of Portugal. After all, the Pope's Meridian and the granting of China's patronage to Portugal happened a long time ago. The Qing Dynasty was not yet in existence at that time!
But now there is the "Secret Treaty between Portugal and Wu", which shows that the Kingdom of Portugal and the Catholic Church are still trying to realize the power granted to Portugal by the "Papal Meridian" and the "Chinese Patronage".
"Master Nan, you don't have to explain anymore, do you?" Emperor Kangxi looked at the speechless Nan Huairen and spoke again, with a cold tone.
"Your Majesty." Nan Huairen knew that he had to say something, otherwise all the efforts of the Catholic Church to enter China for so many years would be in vain!
"Your Majesty," Nan Huairen said through gritted teeth, "please give Governor Hao'ao and the church another chance. Otherwise, they will really collude with Wu Sangui to harm the Qing Dynasty!"
He is threatening Kangxi!
Kangxi said coldly: "Opportunity? Did I say I wouldn't give you a chance?"
"Your Majesty." Nan Huairen looked up at Kangxi.
Kangxi said: "Haoao can no longer be handed over to them, I must take it back. All the Portuguese can come to the capital and become foreign slaves! I let them be the guards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Others want to be, but they can't! But! Don't be so shameless! Otherwise, I won't be polite!"
Nan Huairen refused to give in at all, "Your Majesty, the Hao'ao Castle is quite strong, and the Portuguese soldiers guarding the city are not ordinary people. Besides, there are still Wu Sanwei, Ao Bai, and Zu Zeqing in Guangdong who are in chaos. If we fail to attack Haao for a long time, I'm afraid the overall situation will be corrupted and out of control!"
As a veteran Western missionary, Nan Huairen knew very well the role of force in missionary activities!
If Hao'ao can withstand the siege of the Qing army in Guangdong, then everything will be fine. Now that the Qing Dynasty is facing an unprecedented chaos, and the situation in Guangdong is also extremely critical, it is impossible for Kangxi to waste too much time in the Hao'ao fortress.
Therefore, as long as the Hao'ao Fortress can be defended, there will definitely be a good negotiation condition in the end. Not only can the interests of the Catholic Church be guaranteed, but the interests of the Hao'ao Governor-General and the Kingdom of Portugal can also be maintained or even expanded!
Kangxi smiled coldly: "Does a small Hao'ao fortress still want to resist the Qing soldiers? Master Nan, do you think that the Qing Dynasty is as easy to bully as the Aztecs and Incas? I don't believe in your God either. !”
"Your Majesty, I don't dare!" Nan Huairen hurriedly knelt on the ground, "I just beg the Emperor to think twice! The Kingdom of Portugal has long lost its former glory, and it cannot pose any threat to the Qing Dynasty. This so-called secret agreement, Most of them are the personal actions of Governor Sporgi and Father Luo Wenzao, and they do not represent the King of Portugal. I can send a message to the King of Portugal and the Roman Catholic Church on your behalf to transfer these two people."
Kangxi snorted: "Nan Huairen, you don't need to say more. It seems that if we don't fight, you foreigners will not know how high the sky is!"
Nan Huairen's heart almost went cold because he knew that a battle was inevitable this time! It would be fine if Haao can be defended, but if it cannot be defended, then everything will be lost.
The Catholic Church in China, no, in the whole of East Asia, may collapse!
Kangxi paused and then said: "But don't be afraid, I won't let you go to the heaven of your God so quickly. I will keep Xiao Guizi in your life!"
"The slave is here!"
"Send Nan Huairen to Shangfangyuan (the predecessor of the Shenxing Division) to stay for a few days!"
"嗻!"
(End of chapter)
