Pilaizi was still hesitating, but Zhu Houcong waved his hand: "Now that you heard that I could ask this question, your hesitation has already shown two points. First, what I said is right. Second, you still haven't Understand your identity as a war criminal and prisoner. Lu Song, take him down and put him in your Jinyiwei prison first."
Try to use words that the Portuguese person can understand. He has stayed in Beijing, and he must have heard about the power of Fusi's prison in Jinyiwei North Town, right?
Zhu Houcong's purpose of bringing him here has been achieved, at least for today.
As expected, Pillaizi understood. He no longer cared about the pride of a diplomat. He remembered that Master Jiang Bin boasted that no important minister of the empire was not afraid of the famous methane prison. Isn't that a thousand times more terrifying than the prison in Guangzhou City? times, can be called hell?
"My great Majesty, the task of developing territory has nothing to do with me. For the sake of God, I..."
Pillaizi knelt on his knees in the minefield. After hearing the key answer, Zhu Houcong just said in a deep voice: "Take him down."
The tool man Pilaizi, who thought he would have a chance to interview the Eastern Emperor, was taken away like this. There was silence in the hall, and Nie Shiping and Du Haiqi were at a loss.
Zhu Houcong stood up: "Go to the imperial study room."
…
It was Cui Yuan's first time to sit in this chair, and it was also his first time to see the emperor's style of handling political affairs in person.
Now looking at Zhu Houcong who had just sat on the throne, Cui Yuan only felt that the purpose of His Majesty's questioning in the main hall of Qianqing Palace seemed very clear. Today's focus is not on interrogating envoy Franji. Today's focus is on the ministers participating in the national policy meeting.
Yang Ting and the others thought so too.
Although it has not yet been announced verbally, it is the first time that the ministers at the national policy meeting are on the same page from a depth of understanding.
"Cui Yuan, you first read the report on the details of the Tuen Mun naval battle."
Huang Jin helped him bring several memorials from Guangdong to Beijing, and Zhu Houcong continued: "General officials have many scruples. Since this Pillai master knows the language of the Ming Dynasty, it is better for me to use them to understand it myself." Many of the words are their customary names, which made the ministers confused. But after a try, it turned out to be the secret report of the Jin Yiwei."
Everyone was shocked. In this situation, everyone gave professional answers. Even Cui Yuan was in tune with him: "Your Majesty, the heavens listen to you, and the temple is complete. I admire you greatly."
"It's not enough to mention the temple." Zhu Houcong said calmly, "Liang Chu returned to his hometown, and my treasure seal was taken back and borrowed again. This Liang Chu expressed his merits when he resigned. At that time, the decree to drive away the Franji people was issued. Liang Chu lived in Guangdong for a long time. When he resigned, he fully stated that the situation in Guangdong and Guangdong was critical. I was worried about the war and secretly ordered the Jin Yiwei to go south to spy on the enemy. First there was a defeat, and recently it was reported. Only then did we know that the situation in Nanyang was far beyond Liang Chu's previous knowledge. "
This can be regarded as an explanation for how a large number of Jinyiwei appeared in Guangdong, and how the Jinyiwei walking in Lingnan unknowingly brought the emperor's seal to Lingnan.
However, Yang Tinghe and others remembered the words "Have you had enough debate?" that day.
It turns out that at that time, His Majesty was very worried about the battle situation on the front line, but in the court he was only wrestling with the chief of the imperial study. He was not as good as Liang Chu in "knowing the general situation" and presenting the situation in Guangdong and Guangdong to his Majesty.
"Your Majesty." Yang Tinghe said in a very solemn tone this time, suppressing his contempt, "This Franji man is actually called Pu Tao Ya man? There is a huge contradiction between his country and that troupe Ya Bing Jia. Aiming to carve up the world? I watched him calling God while he was hastily begging for mercy. Could it be that this French machine is actually in the West?"
Zhu Houcong was a little surprised by his questions this time. He nodded and said, "That's right. Portugal and Spain are both on a peninsula on the southwest side of Europa in the Western Ocean. Indeed, as the ministers said before, they were originally small countries. . But now, his country is the most advanced in sea ships, voyages, guns and other technologies, so it is ambitious and attempts to carve up all the continents in the world. I wanted to laugh when I first heard the secret report, but then I remembered the fall of Manlajia and Tuen Mun. After the first battle, I couldn't laugh anymore. Do you know, sir, how many generals did the Portuguese have when they captured Managa?"
The ministers knew that they might have heard an outrageous number, but the emperor's calm voice still made their hearts jolt.
"Thousands of people." Zhu Houcong said, "Not only did they capture Manlajia, but they also managed it steadily to this day. In recent years, there have been more and more Western and Southeast Asian merchant ships traveling along the coast, and there have been more and more casualties at sea."
Thousands of people destroyed the country, and its governance became more and more prosperous afterwards.
How many troops did the Ming Dynasty use to conquer Jiaozhi in the south? Why did you give up later? Difficulties in governance.
"For many years, the spies of the Jin Yiwei have been sneaking into the northern desert and southern oceans, and many people have died in the country." Zhu Houcong stood up again, "Even if I ordered the elite of the Jin Yiwei to be well-nourished and raised, they would definitely be there. If not for this, I would have sacrificed my life to die." How could I know so much about our soldiers that I could make the Portuguese speechless? My heart aches when I think of the remains of so many soldiers that cannot be returned."
Cui Yuan had just finished reading the report and looked a little puzzled at the other seventeen people standing up and bowing their heads in solemnity with sad expressions on their faces. However, he immediately understood and stood up and followed suit.
Is this a tribute?
After standing like this for a while, Zhu Houcong sat down first.
Although he expresses his sorrow for the death of his people as a king and father, setting an example as an emperor will gradually have an effect.
What comes next is the focus of today.
"Thousands of people destroyed the country, so they had the advantage of guns, cannons, and warships. Westerners saw the advantage and forgot to die. It is also true that our merchants in the Ming Dynasty illegally banned going to sea to help Zhou in his oppression, hoping to gain the so-called merit of following the dragon in Manchuria!" Zhu Houcong's eyes were sharp, "As for the war in Guangdong, it is because there are small families in Guangdong and Guangdong but no country, they are afraid of defeat and are timid to fight, and they pursue selfish desires and forget their roots! This cannot be generalized by the word "official administration". In fact, the land of the Ming Dynasty is respected and shared by the Zhu family. Separate the divisions for selfish reasons, everyone will benefit! The people of Dongguan still know that if they sacrifice their lives to defend their land, they will be defeated and fight, but most of our officials in the Ming Dynasty have homes and forget their country, and they do not defend non-private land!"
The weight in these words is too heavy.
Cui Yuan no longer needed to observe what others would do. He left his seat almost simultaneously and knelt on the ground with them: "Your Majesty, calm down!"
Are national policy meetings always so exciting?
But it felt like Yang Ting and them were used to it again.
Cui Yuan suddenly felt that his moral conduct was not enough, and it would be better to prepare more pills when going to court in the future.
"Everyone sit down."
What Zhu Houcong said is true.
Without the Hundred Years of Blood Tragedy that began more than three hundred years later, the concept of country would not have been deeply rooted in everyone's heart.
At this time, the merits of Bo Conglong, and then the division of land, power, and profits were the basis for these civil servants and generals to do almost everything in the honor of the emperor.
As for managing the vast territory, it is nothing more than maintaining this distribution method and then internal struggle to fine-tune it.
Therefore, it is difficult to change the law, so it becomes more difficult to fight later. It is a game of stocks.
As for the increase, it costs money and kills people, and the place we get is not a good place that is attractive, so we are not willing to give it away, and it is difficult to manage.
Zhu Houcong waited for them to sit down before asking Wang Shouren: "Bo'an knows the soldiers. The Portuguese warships are so fast, agile and strong as Wang Hong said, the range, speed and accuracy of the guns on them, and the novelty of the shells, The damage was so great, how could we win this battle? After this battle, they occupied Manlajia as a fortress, with the conquered southern Tianzhu and Nanyang Islands as their rear. Thousands of materials were transported by sea ships, and our Ming Dynasty covered thousands of miles of sea. , how to defend and win?"
This information was newly spoken by the emperor, but with the previous reaction of Pilaizi in the main hall of Qianqing Palace as evidence, I am afraid that these are facts.
Cui Yuan recalled the centipede ships mentioned in the Guangdong Report, those slow but sturdier giant ships with dozens of cannons on each ship, and the farther, more accurate, and explosive missiles fired from their cannons. He was silent after firing the cannonball.
"I said at that time that I know the troops but not the enemy, so I can't make false statements." Wang Shouren said this first, and then replied solemnly, "Now that I know a little about the enemy's situation, I will fight against the enemy at home and only attack one outpost. I will not be able to win." Difficult. What your Majesty asked after this battle, I got the essence of it. In my opinion, the method of naval warfare of this generation is quite similar to the barbarian cavalry of the Northern Desert. It comes and goes like the wind, and it is difficult to withstand the sharp edge when it first engages the enemy. If it is just for plundering , Our Ming Dynasty has thousands of miles of sea territory, and the rich and prosperous places along the coast must be guarded against."
Zhu Houcong nodded.
Needless to say, there are some things that need to be said clearly. How corrupt the coastal guard stations are. The inventory report submitted by Guangdong this time is already shocking.
Guangdong Coastal Defense Road mobilized all the warships on hand and recruited civilian ships and local braves, and took the initiative to attack with ten against one. It was not a landing to attack the camp, but a pure naval battle. They were all defeated miserably.
What if these Westerners, who have better guns and guns, sneak attack and land on the beach?
At this moment, Yang Tinghe finally realized that the plan to expel Franji was the starting point, to hold accountable the ministers who had lost the land at that time, and to let His Majesty see what the situation was like in the place, how big a trap it was.
Yang Tinghe finally understood the true meaning of the sentence "Yang Tinghe, whose place" that day.
That's what His Majesty said: When you have a home, you forget your country; when you have a home, you don't protect your land.
Because the affairs in Guangdong have nothing to do with Yang Tinghe, and the lost land in Guangdong is not his own land, Yang Tinghe and other members of Guangdong and Guangxi have been able to turn a blind eye for so many years.
At this time, the emperor was heard to say: "However, we cannot build a new Great Wall on the coast of Ming Dynasty. Will we continue to fill it with the flesh and blood of soldiers and people from now on?"
No one could answer that right away.
Haiphong, need money. Use swords and soldiers, and military officials will rise. Southern Xinjiang is far away, what should we do if the border towns are divided?
Just like the expulsion of the Franji people involves ministers, military ministers, civil servants, taxes, maritime bans, court struggles and many other things, a more systematic planning of the coastal defense system is a big issue that will make people bald.
"Bo'an's words deeply touched my heart. Not only did the Westerners' fighting methods resemble those of the Mongolian Ora cavalry, but the territory actually controlled by the Westerners, according to reports, was so vast that I could no longer underestimate it. Starting from Portugal, we sat down It took more than a year for the sea-going ships to travel day and night to reach Malacca, and they reaped all the benefits and enslaved the people along the way. There were also Spanish people who took sea-going ships to the west and discovered a new continent that was no less vast than our Ming Dynasty. The produce is plentiful.”
Yang Ting and the others listened to Zhu Houcong's story, and their faces became more and more solemn.
"Now Spain continues to sail westward from the west coast of the New World, and has also arrived at the Nanyang Islands that other generations called the Spice Islands. The two big ships in the Western Ocean, with strong guns and powerful guns, and countries that want to carve up the world, have joined our Nanyang home! Now that the sea route is open, the Western Ocean Warships gathered in large numbers, led by Westerners, as well as Kunlun slaves from the Tang Dynasty and others as soldiers. The northern troubles have not ended, and the sea troubles have arisen again. The Ming Dynasty is besieged from both sides. If the country does not survive, we, the Chinese, will all be slaves. This is The great changes that have not happened in a thousand years, and if we are not careful in dealing with it, China has once again collapsed. If you have any opinions, please speak freely."
"...Your Majesty, has the crisis reached this point?" The pragmatic Wang Qiong quickly entered a state of real concern.
If you don’t give some external pressure to step out of your comfort zone, how can your mind be touched?
"There are a lot of barbarian merchants along the coast. If you send people from the Siyi Pavilion to ask, you will know that they have been ignored in the past." Zhu Houcong pretended to have a headache: "At the beginning of my reign, I often said that the Ming Dynasty was about to end, but that was just because of the corruption of officialdom and the two capitals. Chaos arose in the thirteen provinces. I just invited Yang Yiqing back to take over the three sides again, and the troubles from the Northern captives relieved my worries. Unexpectedly, the troubles from the Western Sea also unknowingly grew to this point. The ministers participated in the national policy, and this was not the sole solution to the king's worries. It is also a plan for your descendants. As reported by Guangdong, the Westerners kidnapped my people and sold them as slaves in Europe, and transported them to unknown lands to open up wasteland and mine. If we don’t plan as early as possible, the harm may be far worse than that of the grassland people."
"Bang!"
The cell door of Fusi Prison in Beizhen was closed, and Pillaizi, who was in a new cell, clung to the cell door in fear and screamed hoarsely.
"I beg you, brave warrior! Please tell the great emperor that I am really here to discuss trade! As long as I get in touch with the governor again, I can get the appointment of our new king!"
"I'm a very good pharmacist, I'm useful!"
"Help!"
The last chapter has been greatly changed, from more than 3,200 words to 4,000 words. There is no increase in the price for additional subscriptions. You can re-download the chapter to read it. The main problems are, firstly, the logic of the question was not clearly explained, and secondly, the emperor was not mentioned by name and the intention was to communicate in a way that was easier for Westerners to understand, which made the writing style look very fragmented. Third, the minister's response was not appropriate to break into chapters, and indeed seemed a bit frivolous, as if the emperor was deliberately showing off. After all, you have some confidence in me, and you make all sorts of heartbreaking comments.
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