Chapter 282: Inside and Outside the Palace (Yuan Liu) Xiang Nanyang

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It was already dark, so Gao Pingshi returned to his room and found that Huang Zhiting was not in the bedroom, but the lights were still on in the study next to him, so he walked over.

The study room was connected to the master bedroom. The door was not closed at this time. Gao Pragmatic walked to the door and saw Huang Zhiting writing furiously at the desk. He looked at the paper and seemed to be writing a letter.

"Cough!" Gao Pingshi coughed lightly as a reminder. Huang Zhiting suddenly looked back, looking surprised, and asked, "Why are you here, Master?"

Gao Pragmatic was startled by these words and wondered: "What do you mean, I can't even go back to my room to sleep?"

Huang Zhiting smiled sweetly, put down his pen and stood up to greet him, saying: "How dare I have such thoughts? But I also know that I have been unwell these days and cannot serve you. I should go to Sister Xin... or Meng." That’s where Sister Gu is.”

Gao pragmatic did not answer this sentence, but smiled and said: "You and Xin'er are so good, it is my blessing." After saying that, he walked to the side of the Taishi's chair and sat down.

Huang Zhiting tilted his head slightly and thought for a moment, then asked, "Does the master have anything to say to me, and is it related to Sister Xin?"

Gao pragmatic still did not answer immediately, but smiled and said: "Every time I hear you two calling each other sister, I find it particularly interesting."

Huang Zhiting rolled her eyes at him, but said seriously: "This is the respect that Sister Xin deserves."

"Oh, what do you mean by this?" Gao pragmatically was a little curious about Huang Zhiting's thoughts.

Huang Zhiting actually looked at him with some confusion, frowning and said: "She and I have known each other for a long time, and we can be called childhood sweethearts. Later, she did many things for him without asking for anything in return, and even...she stayed safe for him for thirty years. Zai, if this is not worthy of respect, then what is worthy of respect?"

So that's what happened.

Gao pragmatically nodded, of course he knew there were many misunderstandings here. For example, although he and Liu Xin did "know each other very early", to say they were childhood sweethearts would obviously be an exaggeration.

As for Huang Zhiting's belief that Liu Xin did it for his pragmatism and self-preservation, this is actually not true, or at least it is not complete. The main reason why Liu Xin refused to marry in the past few years was that she could not accept "unfair marriage" mentally. At the same time, it was almost impossible for her to find a man who could be in harmony with her ideologically. As a result, she always wanted to be a widowed king.

As for why she married again later, it was because Liu Xian's death stimulated her too much and made her feel a huge sense of guilt all of a sudden.

Gao Pragmatic can understand this feeling to a certain extent, because in his previous life, he was single for a long time and was unwilling to fall in love and have children. When his grandfather, who had always wanted to see him get married and have children, passed away, he suddenly regretted it. The level of regret was hard to describe, and it even reached the point where I wanted to find a random girl to pretend, just to comfort the old man before he left.

However, in the end, Liu Xin's marriage into the Gao family seemed to be extremely smooth, and everyone seemed to think it was a matter of course. This made Liu Xin feel even more unspeakable regrets - it turned out that even when she was not married earlier, there were many people around her. In fact, everyone already regarded her as a highly pragmatic woman, so it would be even more meaningless for her to delay marrying.

Looking back, looking at the relationship between Gao Pragmatic and Liu Xin from Huang Zhiting's perspective, there is a different feeling.

Huang Zhiting actually didn't know that Gao Jingshi and Liu Xin were old friends until she was about to get married. But she only knew that Gao Jingshi often praised Liu Xin, but she didn't know that Gao Jingshi's praises mainly came from the feeling of "we are both fallen people in the world." , this made Huang Zhiting mistakenly believe that Gao Pragmatic and Liu Xin were "childhood sweethearts", and he seemed to be a "third party" in comparison, but for some reason he succeeded in winning love.

This feeling made her feel quite nervous about Liu Xin in the early days, but after she had become a highly pragmatic first wife, it quickly evolved into some kind of guilt - because she discovered that at that time, Liu Xin was still "regardless of remuneration" "He was very helpful and pragmatic and never had any complaints.

At that time, Liu Xin had already met her, and she had expressed her intention to never marry for the rest of her life many times. This led Huang Zhiting to mistakenly believe that Liu Xin's attitude was because "there was a time when the sea was difficult to overcome, except for Wushan, it was not cloud." The so-called "not marrying" was just because Gao Pragmatic was already married to his wife.

Therefore, Huang Zhiting has been trying to get Gao Pingshi to accept Liu Xin from then on. At the same time, he also secretly made up his mind that if Liu Xin could really enter the Gao family, he would regard her status as his own and must not be disrespectful.

In terms of age, Huang Zhiting was slightly younger than Liu Xin, so she always called Liu Xin her sister before she got married. Due to the above reasons, after Liu Xin married into the Gao family, Huang Zhiting also always called Liu Xin " Sister Xin".

As for Liu Xin, she first called Huang Zhiting "Miss Huang" when she was a chieftain but had not married into the Gao family and had not moved to Annan; later she called Huang Zhiting "Huang Damiss". "Capital Commander", this was when Huang Zhiting moved to Annan to serve as deputy commander-in-chief, but Liu Xin himself had not officially joined Beijing.

When Liu Xin officially joined Jinghua, she changed her name to "Madam" and still calls her "Mrs." to this day, especially in formal occasions. Only in private situations, she would occasionally call Huang Zhiting "sister" - a title based on her status in the family. This is why Gao Pingshi said that the two of them "called each other sister".

Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic didn't want to say anything more. After all, it would be a great thing if the relationship between the two of them could continue like this.

"What Zhiting said is absolutely true. I just talked about something with her before..." Gao pragmatically said, and told Huang Zhiting about the discussion with Liu Xin.

After hearing this, Huang Zhiting looked grateful and said sincerely: "If this is possible, I can't thank Sister Xin enough."

Gao pragmatically said: "Although the matter has been roughly decided, the specific time for implementation has to wait until the storm in the capital has passed, otherwise she, the secretary-general, will not be able to leave."

"Yes, I understand." Huang Zhiting nodded, paused, and then asked: "So... after I go south this time, should I start making corresponding preparations in advance?"

Gao pragmatically said: "Yes, all materials and troop movements within the authority of the Heron pattern can be carried out."

Huang Zhiting received a blessing, indicating that he had accepted the order.

The "heron pattern" mentioned by Gao Pingshi here is mentioned in the previous article of this book. The heron is one of children's totems and a symbol of rice harvest. In the "Mo Jing" among the children, the egret is an animal created by Buluotuo, the ancestor of the children. It is also an auspicious bird worshiped by the ancestors of the children. It is said that it has the ability to reach the sky.

On children's bronze drums, there are often many patterns of herons flying around the sun. Another pattern is the pattern of a heron holding a fish stamped on the paint.

This soaring heron pattern was originally commonly used by virgin chieftains, but in Beijing - or today's southern Xinjiang, only Huang Zhiting can use it, which is equivalent to a status symbol. In the past, when Huang Zhiting wrote to Gao Pangshi, if he used a flying heron to circle the sun, it was probably a family matter, and if he used a flying heron to hold a fish, it was mostly official business in southern Xinjiang.

In short, the "heron pattern" is equivalent to a symbol of power recognized by Gao Jingshi in southern Xinjiang. It can be understood that this coat of arms is a series of powers specially set up by Gao Jingshi for Huang Zhiting's husband to take charge of southern Xinjiang.

This power can be described as huge. In addition to not having the power to appoint and remove personnel (but having the power to make pragmatic suggestions to Gao Xiang), and having limited financial power, the military power is very large, especially the power to mobilize troops. In an emergency, with the "Heron Bird Pattern" "That is to say, the six major garrison forces in southern Xinjiang and the entire Nanyang Fleet can be mobilized.

In other words, there are 300,000 troops and hundreds of warships.

Previously, Huang Zhiting had always been very cautious about using the power to mobilize troops. After all, she also knew that although she was a highly pragmatic wife, the customs of the Ming Dynasty were different from their child toast, and she did not want the bad reputation of "Chicken Sichen" at all.

Therefore, in the past, whenever she mobilized troops, unless something really unexpected happened - such as a rebellion or riot in a certain place, she would request orders from Gao Pragmatic in advance and only take action after receiving approval.

But this time, an exception should be made. After all, this action involves Gao Yuan... This is really "a son who has worked hard to give birth to a child, which is pitiful to the hearts of parents all over the world."

Gao Pragmatic suddenly lost interest and didn't want to talk anymore. Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly saw the letter on the table and asked casually: "Who are you writing to?"

Huang Zhiting looked back and said: "To the Nanyang Fleet, they reported that they discovered a new group of red barbarians. They are not Portuguese or Spanish, so they sent a letter to ask how to deal with them."

As she said this, she went over to get the letter paper and the original copy of the Nanyang Fleet. Gao pragmatic looked at it and waved his hand, saying: "No need to bring it, I know who is coming."

Huang Zhiting was extremely surprised: "How could the master know?"

Gao pragmatic did not answer, but asked: "Does the person call themselves a Dutchman, or some seven-province coalition?"

Huang Zhiting was even more surprised and said: "Master is really unpredictable. The person who comes here does claim to be from the Netherlands and is from some company."

"East India Company, right? Hum..." Gao Pragmatic curled his lips and said: "I seized their ship and sent them to Goa, saying that I gave it to King Philip II as a partner. A gift, by the way... ask the Portuguese Governor of Goa for a sum of money."

Huang Zhiting was startled for a moment, rolled his eyes, and asked: "Are these people the... enemies of the King of Spain?"

"You can say it's an enemy, you can say it's a traitor." Gao Pragmatic said calmly: "Anyway, Philip II will definitely like these gifts."

However, when Gao Pragmatic said this, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and hesitated: "But how could the East India Company be established a few years earlier..."

Huang Zhiting was confused and didn't know what to say. Of course she didn't know anything about the Dutch East India Company.

In the original history, in 1579, Van Linschouten, a Dutchman, went to Spain for exchange and study. He traveled around the world on Spanish ships and passed through the Indian Ocean. After returning to China, he drew a map describing the situation in India and nearby islands, which laid some foundations for the subsequent Dutch invasion of Southeast Asia.

As for the Dutch East India Company, it was probably established in 1602 to facilitate trade monopoly and colonial activities in Indian Ocean countries. All in all, it should take another three years before it happens.

However, when Gao Pragmatic thought about it carefully, he remembered that the first time the Dutch entered the Nanyang region was not after the establishment of the East India Company, but before that. Specifically, it should be 1596, which was three years ago.

In original history, in 1596, the Dutch colonist Hortmann led a fleet to the Southeast Asia, officially starting the process of the Netherlands' invasion of the Southeast Asia.

At that time, Hortmann organized a fleet to come to Innanyang, originally for business. After receiving government funding, he set sail with more than two hundred crew members. Being unfamiliar with the Southeast Asia, Hortmann's fleet docked aimlessly on an island, which was the Banten Kingdom in the Southeast Asia.

There were Portuguese and Spanish people doing business before Banten, so I was not too surprised to see a group of foreigners landing. Master Wan Dan learned that Hotman and others came to do business and allowed them to carry out trading activities. But soon after, conflicts arose between the two parties.

Hortman believed that the price of Banten pepper was too expensive and asked the other party to lower the price, otherwise he would refuse to buy it. The master of Banten thought that Hotman did not know how to appreciate it. Bandan's pepper was very popular internationally, and countries were rushing to buy it. Hotman actually wanted to lower the price, and the master was quite dissatisfied.

In order to combat the arrogance of outsiders, Grand Tutor Wan Dan deliberately defaulted on his debts after the trade between the two parties. Hotman brought people to threaten Tai Tu Wan Dan and said, if you don't pay, I will bomb Wan Dan with cannons. When the Grand Tutor heard that this was a good thing, he immediately arrested Holtmann and nine of his party.

Most of the crew brought by Hotman were pirates. When they saw Hotman was captured, they immediately robbed other ships parked on the Banten coast and bombarded the city of Banten. They attacked for two days in a row, so Tutor Wandan, who wanted to execute Hotman and others, had no choice but to give up his original idea. After collecting compensation from Hotman's fleet, he let Hotman go.

The Portuguese in Banten also participated. They did not want to see their rival Netherlands establish a foothold here, and secretly bribed Banten Prime Minister Meng Kubumi. Mengkubumi issued an order saying that the Dutch had committed a major crime by shelling Banten and should leave Banten immediately without staying.

Hortmann's fleet could only return home in embarrassment, and then the Dutch government assigned a fleet led by Van Neck to come to Banten again. This time, Necker learned the lesson. He learned the lesson from Hotman's previous expulsion, put on a flattering face, and presented the golden cup to King Banten.

At this time, Banten wanted to conquer the small country of Wulin State, and Prime Minister Meng Kubumi wanted to win over Neke for help. Nek paid 20% of the pepper transaction price, and Mengkubumi agreed, but Mengkubumi said that if the battle failed, Banten would be required to return the pre-war remuneration.

But Necker was unwilling, because even if he didn't capture Fulinbang, Holland had contributed, so how could he return the reward? The two sides could not reach an agreement, and Mengkubumi had to give up. Although the cooperation was not successful, the Dutch trade in Banten was smooth and fruitful this time.

The Netherlands, having tasted the sweetness, began to frequently send fleets to Southeast Asia. The Dutch government saw that Britain had established the East India Company for colonial activities, and decided to establish a company belonging to the Netherlands to manage trade affairs. [Note: The British East India Company was founded in 1600 and the Dutch East India Company in 1602. ]

Soon after, the Dutch East India Company sent Captain Wirth to lead a team heading towards Nanyang. However, they did not reach Nanyang. Instead, they took the wrong route and arrived at Johor, which was occupied by Portugal.

The Netherlands and Portugal are old enemies (to be precise, the old enemies of Portugal's common federation, Spain). Wilt fought with Portugal in order to enter Johor and drove away the Portuguese. Wilt thought he would be hostile to Johor, but what he didn't expect was that the King of Johor was very enthusiastic about their arrival.

It turned out that Johor had been oppressed by Portugal for a long time. The king of Johor regarded Wilt and others as heroes who drove away the Portuguese and rescued Johor. Wilt took advantage of the situation and regarded himself as a savior. He accepted a large number of goods sent by Johor and happily continued his journey. .

As the Dutch had more and more commercial interests in the Nanyang region, the Netherlands was no longer satisfied with the several Nanyang countries that had already intersected with each other, and began to seek to compete with the Portuguese for the Malacca Fortress.

At this time, the Netherlands thought of Johor. Johor believed that the Netherlands had kindly "helped" Johor escape the clutches of the Portuguese, and readily agreed to help the Netherlands attack the Portuguese fortress.

Captain Hagan of the Netherlands signed an agreement with the King of Johor, stipulating that after Johor sent troops to capture the fortress, the Netherlands would obtain the fortress and Johor would obtain ownership of the surrounding land.

However, the Portuguese had been operating in Malacca for many years and had extensive influence. They relied on the support of the Portuguese Governor of Goa to defeat the Dutch and Johor coalition forces. The Hagan fleet had to return to Johor and set up a fortress to confront the Portuguese.

Since then, the Netherlands has been active in Johor as a "friend". Hagan used his old grudge with Portugal to instigate the king to fight, and used the same method against Aceh in Southeast Asia, with the purpose of using their power to attack Portugal. Let the Netherlands profit from it.

However, the kings of the two countries are not mindless people and have never taken any practical actions. Unable to wait for the situation he wanted, Hagan had to temporarily abandon Malacca, but the fortress he built and his activities in the surrounding area prepared the Netherlands for a future attack on Malacca.

However, these things that should have happened in history have not happened now, because today's Nanyang is no longer a Nanyang with many small countries, but was basically unified by Beijing's force in the past few years, so some accidents happened.

In 1596, Hortmann led his fleet to the Southeast Asia. Before he arrived, he heard that there was a large-scale maritime military operation in the waters ahead. Hotman quietly led the fleet to go there, preparing to take a look at the situation. Who knew that he happened to see the Nanyang Fleet flying the Shujian flag beating a group of ships whose origin was unclear, but they were obviously Western ships.

When Hortmann saw it from a distance, the Western fleet was already in a state of disarray, and it was destroyed in about an hour. While Hortmann was in shock, he heard a horrified shout from the watchtower, saying that the fleet in front had turned towards our fleet and formed a battle formation.

Hortmann was so shocked that he immediately ordered the full sail to escape... In this world line, the Dutch's first trip to the South Seas was aborted.

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