These Franji people are really cunning and cunning. They treat you politely, as if you are their biological father who has not returned for many years. During negotiations, they pretend to be grandsons and deny anything. Although the negotiation failed, it still does not matter. After finding nothing, Andrade provided information about the pirates, and Andrade warmly invited He Bi and his party to spend the night in the castle. The negotiations did not go well, so He Bi agreed to see if there was any room for change.
There were no hard breads, salty bacon and desserts for dinner. Andrade babbled a bunch of Portuguese, and the translator next to him translated with a hypocritical face: "Dear guests, I am very sorry that I did not entertain you well during lunch. , I know you are not used to our country’s food, so I specially invited the most skilled local cook to prepare dinner, let’s start ordering!”
Finally, I can have a good meal. Why bother looking at the long menu and feeling like I don’t know what to eat? These Franji people ordered two or three dishes each. Is this a custom? Does ordering require everyone to participate? Andrade warmly invited why bother to order. In the end, all they ordered were meat and no vegetarian dishes, so they just ordered a plate of fried vegetables.
Why should you be dumbfounded when the food is served? What kind of operation is this? Everyone eats their own dishes. Why should they look at the plate of fried vegetables in front of them, and stare at the fried octopus and fish in front of Su Xiaolou with tears in their eyes? The fragrant shredded pork almost made me salivate. I wasn’t full at noon.
Andrade used a fork to take out the meat from the clams and stuffed them into his mouth to taste the delicious food. He thought: Daming's food is so delicious. This imperial envoy actually likes to eat grass. How strange!
Su Xiaolou didn't think tonight's meal was delicious at first. The cooks here were far worse than those in Nanjing. Seeing why he had to gnaw a plate of vegetables by himself, Su Xiaolou suddenly felt that tonight's meal was good. Eat a lot.
At this time, in the city of Beijing, the bells of various temples were ringing continuously, and money and papers were flying all over the sky. The nobles in the palace and the officials outside the palace, wearing sackcloth and mourning, paid tribute to the Daxing Emperor-Chengtian Daoying, Su Ruizhe and Zhao De. Thinking of Emperor Xiaoyi.
Eight hundred miles from the capital were rushing to deliver the news of the death of Emperor Daxing to all parts of the country. Wu Zong didn't even make it through the year. On the day after Wu Zong's death, the cabinet ministers of the DPRK and China jointly wrote a letter listing the following. The charges against Jiang Bin, the favored minister, also included Pillaizi, the deputy envoy of Franji, and Sanya, the fireman. Empress Dowager Zhang followed the opinions of the ministers and issued an order to arrest Jiang Bin. Soon after, Pillaizi and Jiang Bin were charged. They colluded with each other and executed him. Pi Laizi became the first envoy of the Ming Dynasty to be executed before he saw Wu Zong.
On the second day, the team headed by Liang Chu, the great scholar, Xu Guangzuo, Duke of Dingguo, Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, Cui Yuan, the Prince-in-law, Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, and Gu Dayong, the eunuch, set off for Anluzhou, Huguang to welcome the New Year. The young King Xing came to Beijing to take the throne.
The capital city changed overnight. The new forces liquidated the old forces. Everyone in the court was in danger. Tens of thousands of defenders in Tongzhou were transferred back to the capital for security. Caishikou of Xisi Pailou (the place where beheadings were carried out in the Ming Dynasty) instead It became the most lively place, but the people did not care who was sitting on the throne. They only cared about whether the person sitting on the throne could feed themselves and wear warm clothes.
Su Xiaolou, who was far away in Tuen Mun, and why Bai and his party didn't know that Wu Zong was dead and that the world was about to change its masters? They got on the Franji people's carriage and were going to visit the Franji people's warships. , the villagers along the road saw the weird carriage decorated by the Franji people as if it were welcoming a bride. They picked up their children and ran home. It seemed that they saw something extremely dirty. They were probably oppressed and enslaved by the Franji people for a long time, and their lives were difficult to live by. Very tough.
The French warships are all docked at Tuen Mun Port. From below, they look like a giant lying on the sea. The sides of the ship are loaded with heavy artillery fire. They can easily sink ships trying to approach it. Even ships that try to approach it can easily sink. Why do such angry youths have to admit that the shipbuilding technology of Franji is indeed much more advanced than that of the Ming Dynasty, and the weapons and equipment are no longer on the same level. Many of the Ming Dynasty's firecrackers have bamboo barrels, which will explode after being used a few times. It is loaded with ammunition, and loading ammunition is cumbersome. The Flangji's fire cannons can be fired continuously, and the range is much farther than that of the Ming Dynasty. The warships in Guangzhou Port are not half as big as the Flangji's warships. If there is a head-on confrontation, Ming's warships were sunk before they even got close, and there was no hope of winning at all.
He Bi also realized that he was too impulsive and reckless. The Franji people should not be underestimated. If he wanted to drive them away, he had to consider the long term, at least not in a head-on confrontation. The Franji people showed He Bi his own artillery fire, which was a great reminder. The envoys of the Ming Dynasty were not easy to mess with.
The Franji people used both soft and hard tactics. They sent their deputy envoy Pi Laizi north to bribe officials to please Wu Zong and disrupt the imperial court. A large number of troops occupied Tuen Mun with strong ships and artillery to demonstrate against the imperial ministers. Why should they hold back their anger and return to Guangzhou.
In the capital, Zhu Houcong accompanied the delegation to Liangxiang Township on the outskirts of Beijing, escorted by He Lianshi and other personal guards. The courtesy officers came to greet Zhu Houcong with the etiquette of a crown prince.
The young Zhu Houcong was not afraid of the power of the important ministers in the court and the queen mother in the palace, and sternly rebuked: "I am the emperor in the imperial edict, not the prince." He immediately decided to stop in Liangxiang and not move forward. The old ministers of Wuzong headed by Yang Tinghe and Mao Cheng After hearing about this incident, he rushed to Liangxiang and persuaded Zhu Houcong to follow the advice of the etiquette officer, enter the Wenhua Palace from Dong'an Gate, and choose a day to ascend the throne. What Yang Tinghe did not expect was that although Zhu Houcong was young, he was extremely independent and spoke righteously. Yang Tinghe argued hard and refused to listen to the official's opinion.
The two sides reached a stalemate in Liangxiang on the outskirts of Beijing. The country could not live without a king for a day. In the end, Empress Dowager Zhang came forward to act as peacemaker. In the year, Zhu Houcong entered through the Daming Gate, and then succeeded to the throne in Fengtian Hall. It was planned to be "Jiajing" after the year. .
Although Zhu Houcong fought his first battle before succeeding to the throne, conflicts broke out again over the titles of King Xingxian and Princess Xingxian after he succeeded to the throne. Mao Cheng, Minister of Rites, and Fan Zhen, Qing of Taichang Temple, united with 60 civil and military ministers in the court. In the previous version, it was suggested that Sejong respect Xiaozong as "Huang Kao" and instead call his father, King Xingxian, "Emperor's Uncle" and his mother, Princess Xingxian, as "Imperial Aunt Princess Xingxian". This forced Sejong to question Mao Cheng and others in the court. Minister: "Can it be easier for parents?"
The court officials repeatedly pressed each other, and the stubborn Sejong refused to give in, making the situation in the court very complicated.
The Ming Dynasty vassal prince was the only one who succeeded to the throne and became emperor, Sejong. The lonely Sejong urgently needed to cultivate his own power to fight against the Queen Mother's party and the old forces in the court who tried to control the imperial power. The most important thing was to ensure his own safety. , the young Sejong acted vigorously and resolutely, and began to reshuffle the Jinyiwei.
Emperor Shizong first transferred many of the guards who were originally employed in the Xingxian Palace to the Jinyi Guards. Among them was Heliansong, the father of his own personal guard Helianshi, who was appointed deputy Qianhu of the Jinyiwei. Along with Qian Ning and Jiang Bin, the favorites of Emperor Wuzong, His downfall also resulted in the dismissal of a large number of people in Jinyiwei from their official positions.
After Shizong succeeded to the throne, someone in the court once again proposed to regain Tuen Mun and expel the Franji people. Emperor Shizong thought of Su Xiaolou, who had been recommended by his father to go to Guangzhou, so he asked why he was negotiating with the Franji people in Guangzhou. An imperial edict was issued.
