"Since the Dutch East India Company is willing to abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, I will show mercy and remove the Dutch East India Company from the Chinese sanctions!" Zhu Heji said to Campos in a calm voice, "Your East India Company must Cherish this opportunity and never go against fate again.”
With a calm voice, Nalan Xingde translated Zhu Heji's words into Latin.
Campos breathed a big sigh of relief and took out a foldable book written in Latin from his pocket. He raised his hands above his head and made a gesture of tears of gratitude. "The great kindness of the Holy Emperor will be remembered by me, the East India Company and all shareholders." My heart will never forget it. Moreover, I and the East India Company have another reward, please ask the Holy Emperor to see it."
Zhu Heji raised his hand and told Nalan Xingde, "Bring it here."
"yes."
Nalanxingde quickly stepped forward to take the Latin fold from Campos' hand, and then handed it to Zhu Heji with both hands.
Zhu Heji took the folder and unfolded it, with a satisfied smile on his face. Qiongsen, Martin, and Wallenberg below saw Zhu Heji's expressions, and their hearts beat like drums - what kind of gift did this Campos give to Emperor Zhu? Why is Emperor Zhu so happy?
Just when they thought of this, Zhu Heji had already put together the memorial and put away his smile. Then he looked at Qiongsen, the chief executive of the British East India Company, with a gloomy face and asked: "Poor chief, I ask you, what is your country in England?" Didn’t they establish thirteen colonies on the east coast of the Northern New World?”
"Ah?" Qiongsen was stunned. Why did Emperor Zhu ask about the North American colonies? Does he want to go together? This is impossible. England’s colonies in North America are all on the Atlantic coast, and Emperor Zhu has no control over them! And...it seems that there are no thirteen colonies! How many are there?
"Let me count first," Qiongsen said as he began to count his fingers, "Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey... .There seems to be another Pennsylvania, oh, and a Hudson's Bay Company territory, with a total of twelve colonies."
"Write them all down!" Zhu Heji told the attendants in charge of the records at Zhenhai Tower, "Write them down later and add them to the Celestial Sanction Order!"
What?
Qiong Sen was dumbfounded. Who did these twelve North American colonies offend? Why were they sanctioned?
"Your Majesty," Qiongsen quickly asked, "Are you going to sanction England's twelve colonies in North America? But what's wrong with them?"
What's wrong?
Zhu Hexin said: "They will become the United States of America in the future, and the Hudson's Bay Company will probably become Canada. This is the biggest mistake! There can only be one chosen country... It’s the Ming Dynasty! Although the United States of America has not yet been born, China can impose sanctions first, and then sanction them for two to three hundred years!"
"They slaughtered countless Indians!"
Zhu Heji still found a crime for the United States. He said with an indignant look, "This is genocide... So I will do justice to God and sanction the twelve colonies of the Kingdom of England in North America! All England in Commodities produced by the twelve colonies in North America, especially furs, cotton and tobacco, are not allowed to be sold in the territories of the Chinese Empire! Any textiles imported into the territories of the Chinese Empire are not allowed to use furs and cotton produced by England's North American colonies. Waiting for the ingredients!”
Qiong Sen didn’t even know what to say. What does killing a few Indians have to do with the Ming Dynasty? Moreover, there is nothing in the North American colonies that can be sold to the Chinese territories. Why does he impose sanctions? By the way, it must be that old guy from Campos who snitched on Baron Churchill in his memorial. The Emperor knew that Baron Churchill was behind the trade war against the Ming Dynasty, so he sanctioned the twelve colonies in North America as a way to beat England. s method......
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Guangzhou, Yuexiu Palace, Wanghai Palace.
"The great emperor, the Ruan family of King Guangnan of Annan Kingdom has always been in collusion with the Portuguese. Their Hoi An commercial port has long opened Portuguese shops and churches, and also hired Portuguese instructors. Helping train the navy and artillery, and relying on the help of the Portuguese, the weak Guangnan Kingdom was able to withstand the attack of the powerful Zheng family in the north. The Zheng family in the north of Annan had eaten Western firearms from the Ruan family in Guangnan. suffered losses, so they contacted our Dutch East India Company, purchased a large amount of arms from us, and also invited our instructors to help them train artillery and navy... In exchange, our East India Company also Thanh Hoa opened a commercial store and received some trade conveniences.”
In the magnificent Wanghai Palace, the person who was telling Emperor Zhu about the crimes of Nan Ruan and Bei Zheng of Annan Kingdom in colluding with the Western colonists was the leader of the Western colonists who had just surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, Campos, the governor of the Dutch East India Company.
Campos, Martin, and Wallenberg have all returned to Malacca City with Emperor Zhu's orders, while the Portuguese Pimentel and an expedition team composed of Japanese mercenaries and Macau Portuguese Together, we boarded a large sailboat heading to Timor Island - Timor Island may seem unimportant, but this place is only 1,1200 miles away from the Kangaroo Continent in the South Pacific by sea.
Therefore, it is also the territory that Emperor Zhu is determined to win!
Moreover, Zhu Heji did not want the towns and infrastructure on Timor Island to be destroyed by the war, so that he would not be able to provide logistical support for the Ming Dynasty's exploration of the Southern Ocean. That's why he used this Pimentel to manage the island in the name of the company.
After Campos met with him at Zhenhai Tower, he gave Zhu Heji a secret message, saying that he wanted to betray the Annan Zheng family... How despicable!
In Wanghai Palace, Emperor Zhu patiently listened to what Campos said, and did not let the great translator translate Louis XIV into Louis XIV, William III into William III, and Charles XII into Charles XII. Nalan Xingde translated, but directly asked the question in Chinese: "General Manager Kan (the company does not have a governor, so he can only be the general manager), I know that Zheng Nanruan from Annan betrayed the country and sought glory and defected to the foreign barbarians. As for the matter...you should focus on the important thing, how are you going to betray Annan and Bei Zheng?"
He spoke Chinese, translated into Latin by Nalan Xingde.
Campos smiled and said: "The Tropp who came with me once served as a military adviser in Annan Kingdom, and is familiar with many senior officials of the Thanh Hoa Zheng family... He can win over the Thanh Hoa Zheng family on behalf of the Holy Spirit. General. As long as the money is given, someone will definitely surrender."
It’s still the same old silver bullet offensive.
Zhu Heji was a little disappointed. This Campos had been dealing with various feudal states in Nanyang for so many years, but he didn't expect it to be of this level.
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji called out: "Tuhai!"
"I'm here."
Ambassador Tu Haitu, who was sitting in Wanghai Hall, immediately stood up - he had just arrived in Guangzhou via Myanmar, Yunnan, and Guangxi a while ago.
Emperor Zhu originally wanted to send him back to Beijing to retire, but the old man kept getting stronger and made a suggestion to Emperor Zhu to open a Daming India Trading Company. So Zhu Heji asked him to stay in Guangzhou to make suggestions.
Today we are obviously going to discuss how to deal with the Annan Zheng family, but for some reason Tu Hai, the "expert on Indian issues", was summoned.
"Do you have any tricks up your sleeve?"
A clever move?
Of course there is!
"Your Majesty," Tu Hai said, "to capture the thieves, you must first capture the king...Similarly, to drive out the thieves, you must also precede the king. If the leader of the Zheng family in Annan and the false emperor Li of the Annan court escape first, what will happen next?" The generals will naturally collapse. As long as the court can properly appease them, Annan can be defeated in one fell swoop."
There's drama!
Zhu Hexin said: "As expected, he is the first assistant to Kang Mazi. He has more methods than Campus Kanye!"
"Then why are they willing to run away?" Zhu Heji asked again.
"Of course he ran away according to the order!" Tu Hai said with a smile, "Emperor Li and Lord Zheng are all vassals of the Qingyao vassal... I can draw up an imperial edict for Kangxi and let them lead his elite troops to India to avoid I will keep my edge for the future. Then I will put on the imperial uniform of the Qing Dynasty and board a Dutch ship to Annan to deliver the decree.
Changxiang Chinese website
The Annan Zheng family must have been extremely frightened when three large armies of the Chinese Empire pressed upon the territory. If there is a glimmer of hope and some strength, glory and wealth can be retained, there will definitely be no determination to fight to the end. As long as the man named Zheng runs away, Annan's formation can win quickly. "
Zhu Heji smiled and nodded, and glanced at Nalanxingde, who immediately translated Tuhai's words into Latin.
Campos immediately raised his thumb, "High, high, really high... Our East India Company has many large ships that can carry people, and there are also many Annamite sailing ships in Thanh Hoa Port. , among which there are also Ruan sailing ships that can travel across the ocean. Together, these ships can pull away tens of thousands of people. Once these people leave, Annan will definitely not be able to resist."
The Dutch East India Company has a total of nearly 200 large ships and small boats. It lost a dozen in Malacca before, but there are still more than 180! Some of them are anchored in Guangzhou Port and Chaozhou Port!
Therefore, Campos can definitely gather another fleet to fish for people in Thanh Hoa Port.
And there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, and they have also gathered the three leading parties of the Cao Binh Mo family, the Tuyuan Quang Wu family, and the Quang Nam Nguyen family to attack the Emperor of Li Emperor Zheng Zheng... This Zheng Gen of the Zheng family in Thanh Hoa only needs to be a little timid For a while, if you want to keep the green hills and not be afraid of running out of firewood, you may choose to run away.
As long as he runs away, everything will be fine!
Under the heavy pressure of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for the abandoned Zheng family retainers who stayed in Annan to resist!
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji smiled and nodded, and said to Campos and Tuhai: "Just follow Tuhai's method... Manager Kan, Ambassador Tu, I have no intention of destroying the Annan Zheng family, so Those people can go to India and join Kangxi."
Tuhai immediately said: "The Holy One is truly a benevolent Lord. If the Annan Zheng family knew His benevolence, they might repent and submit together."
"I don't need their submission." Zhu Heji said with a smile, "Although I am kind, I don't need others to know...I practice benevolence and justice without seeking fame! Tuhai, after you see Kangxi, Tell him that although these Annan people are not very respectful, they are also from our Chinese side, and they are still more reliable than the Indians. And some of them know navy. With them, the Mongolian Navy can I am stunned. From now on, the Indian Ocean will be under the control of Mongolia, and I will be satisfied with the Pacific Ocean."
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On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month in the sixth year of Dayue Zhenghe, outside the east gate of Thanh Hoa, King Zheng Gen of Dingnan of Dayue and Prince Liangjun Zheng Li, the prince of Dingnan, stood neatly in their official robes at a building outside the city gate that could shield them from the scorching sun. Inside the pavilion.
Hundreds of barefooted Annan musketeers and pikemen, carrying their matchlocks or spears, lined up and waited quietly.
There are also dozens of generals under the Zheng family in Thanh Hoa, all wearing python robes that are somewhat similar to the official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty, and wearing black gauze hats decorated with various patterns on their heads. They are waiting under the shade of the trees outside the pavilion. He had a worried look on his face and seemed to be preoccupied.
Although these people were the retainers of Lord Zheng, Lord Zheng did not seek to usurp the throne, and they were still nominally ministers of the Later Li Dynasty. Then Li Taizu Li Li was the mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty! At that time, the Ming Dynasty destroyed Annan and established the Annan Chief Envoy. He was stunned and asked Li Li to lead a group of Annan warriors who were unwilling to be Ming Dynasty people, drove the Ming army out, and restored the Annan Kingdom.
But who would have thought that today the Li Dynasty was declining, but the Ming Dynasty was reborn from the ashes, and a "Later Ming" was born that was even better than the previous Ming. Prospering China, pacifying Japan, and conquering Burma in the south... Even Luzon Island, which had been occupied by the Spanish for more than a hundred years, was taken over by the "Latter Ming Dynasty".
This "Hou Ming" is so powerful and aggressive, using troops everywhere, which really worries the kings and ministers of Dayue!
If their Lord Zheng had already plotted to usurp the throne, then he could have trouble in the north. Whether he was the king of Annan or the commander-in-chief of Annan, there was always a way to survive. But Lord Zheng is a loyal minister! Although the previous generations of Lord Zheng killed several Li emperors, this does not mean that Lord Zheng was disloyal to the Li family... Weren't all the Li emperors who were killed buried properly? Moreover, the new emperor’s surname is also Li!
Therefore, Lord Zheng is still a loyal minister, and the most he can do is regicide, so it is impossible to usurp the throne.
But it seems that the current troubles cannot be solved by regicide, and the throne must be usurped... Because the Li family and the Zhu family are mortal enemies, how could Emperor Zhu let the Li family go? News came from Guangdong and Guangxi that Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty had summoned 50,000 Japanese soldiers, 50,000 Guangdong soldiers, 50,000 Guangxi soldiers, and also recruited the Gaoping Mo family, Xuanguang Wu family, and Guangnan Ruan family. A total of two troops were sent. One hundred thousand are coming to destroy the country.
Thinking about it is really annoying!
So these days, there are always auspicious things happening in Thanh Hoa City. Sometimes a puffy white elephant appears, sometimes there is something like "King Zheng Gen, An Nanxing" in the belly of a grouper fished out of the sea, and sometimes there is something like "King Zheng Gen, An Nanxing" coming from the sky. Drop the slate "Li died and Zheng Xing"...
However, Zheng Gen, an old stubborn man, remained unmoved. Yesterday he announced that the Western reinforcements he had invited had arrived at Thanh Hoa port. They also brought Western firearms to Annan and ordered everyone to come and greet them today.
I wonder if there are many Western reinforcements coming? Are Western firearms powerful?
