Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2033 Inside the palace and outside the palace (circle [-]) to Nanyang

After a long time at night, Gao Wushi returned to the room and found that Huang Zhiting was not in the bedroom, but the light was still on in the study next door, so he walked over.

The study room is connected to the master bedroom, and the door was not closed at this time. When Gao Yushi walked to the door, he saw Huang Zhiting scribbling in front of the desk. The paper should be writing a letter.

"Cough!" Gao Wushi coughed lightly as a reminder.Huang Zhiting suddenly looked back, showing surprise, and asked, "Why is the master here?"

This remark made Gao Wushi startled, he wondered: "What is this called, I can't even go back to my room and go to bed?"

Huang Zhiting smiled sweetly, put down her pen and got up to greet her, and said in her mouth: "How dare I have such thoughts? It's just that the master also knows that the concubine has been unwell for the past few days and cannot serve the master. The master should go to sister Xin... or sister Meng Gu There it is."

Gao Wushi didn't answer this sentence, instead he smiled and said, "It's my good fortune that you and Xin'er are so close." As he spoke, he walked to the side chair and sat down.

Huang Zhiting tilted her head slightly and thought about it, then asked: "Does the master have something to say to my concubine, and it is related to sister Xin?"

Gao Wushi still didn't answer right away, instead he smiled and said, "Every time I hear you two call each other sister, I find it very interesting."

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

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

Huang Zhiting actually looked at him with some puzzlement, frowned and said: "She has known the master for a long time, she can be called a childhood sweetheart, and later she did a lot of things for the master without asking for anything in return, and even...she has kept her body like jade for the master for thirty years, If that's not worthy of respect, what is worthy of respect?"

That's what happened.

Gao Wushi nodded, of course he knew that there were many misunderstandings here.For example, although he and Liu Xin did "acquaint each other very early", if they said they were childhood sweethearts, it would be an exaggeration.

As for Huang Zhiting's belief that Liu Xin is prudent and self-sufficient for him, this is not true, or at least not complete.The main reason why Liu Xin refused to marry a few years ago was that she could not accept "unfair marriage" in her mind. At the same time, it was almost impossible for her to find a man who could feel in harmony with her mind in this era. 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, which made her feel a huge sense of guilt all at once.

Gao Wushi can understand this feeling to a certain extent, because in his previous life, he was also 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 regretted it all at once.The degree of regret is indescribable, even to the point of wanting to find a random girl to pretend to be, just to comfort the old man before he left.

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

Looking back, looking at the relationship between Gao Yushi and Liu Xin from Huang Zhiting's point of view, I have a different feeling.

Huang Zhiting actually didn't know that Gao Yushi and Liu Xin were old friends until she was about to get married, but she only knew that Gao Yushi often praised Liu Xin, but she didn't know that Gao Yushi's praise mainly came from the mood of "the same people who have fallen into the world". Huang Zhiting has always mistakenly believed that Gao Yushi and Liu Xin are "childhood sweethearts", and she seems to be a "third party" in comparison, but for some reason she succeeded in winning the love.

This kind of mood made her feel nervous about Liu Xin in the early days, and it soon turned into a kind of guilt after she had become a high-level wife-because she found that at that time, Liu Xin was still "regardless of remuneration". "Help Gao is pragmatic and has never had any complaints.

At that time, Liu Xin had already known her, and she had expressed many times that she would not marry for the rest of her life.This made Huang Zhiting mistakenly think that Liu Xin's attitude is because "the sea was too difficult for water, except Wushan is not a cloud", and the so-called not marrying is just because Gao Yushi has already married his wife.

Therefore, Huang Zhiting has been trying to get Gao Wushi to accept Liu Xin since then, and at the same time secretly made up her mind that if Liu Xin can really enter the Gao family, she must regard her status as her own, and there must be no disrespect.

In terms of age, Huang Zhiting is slightly younger than Liu Xin, so before Liu Xin married, she always called her sister. 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 called Huang Zhiting "Miss Huang" at the earliest. This was when Huang Zhiting moved to Annan to serve as the deputy governor, but Liu Xin herself had not officially joined Jinghua.

When Liu Xin officially joined Jinghua, she changed her name to Huang Zhiting as "Madam", and she still does this most of the time, especially in formal occasions.Only in private occasions, she would occasionally call Huang Zhiting "sister" - this is based on her family status.This is why Gao Yushi said that the two of them "call each other sisters".

With this in mind, Gao Yushi didn't want to say anything more. After all, if the relationship between the two of them can continue like this, it would be a great thing.

"What Zhiting said is very true. I just talked about something with her..." Gao Wushi said, and then told Huang Zhiting about the discussion with Liu Xin.

Huang Zhiting showed gratitude after hearing this, and said sincerely: "If this is the case, I will be very grateful to Sister Xin."

Gao Wushi said: "Although the matter has been roughly decided, we have to wait until the turmoil in the capital is over to decide when it will be implemented. Otherwise, she, the secretary-general, will not be able to leave."

"Yes, this concubine understands." Huang Zhiting nodded, paused, and then asked: "Then... After going south this time, should I start making corresponding preparations in advance?"

Gao Wushi said: "Yes, all material and troop transfers within the authority of Luniaowen can be carried out."

Huang Zhiting gave a blessing, expressing her acceptance.

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

On Tongren's bronze drums, there are often many patterns of Xianglu flying around the sun, and there is another pattern of Xianglu holding fish poked on the wax paint.

This Xianglu pattern was originally commonly used by virgins and female chieftains, but in Jinghua—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 a letter to Gao Yushi, if he used the pattern of Xianglu around the sun, it was mostly a family matter, and if he used the pattern of Xianglu holding a fish, it was mostly an official business in southern Xinjiang.

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

This power can be described as huge. In addition to having no power to appoint and remove personnel (but has the power to advise Gao Pragmatically), financial power is also limited, and military power is very large, especially the right to deploy troops. "That is, the six major garrison forces in southern Xinjiang and the entire Nanyang Fleet can be mobilized.

In other words, 30 troops and hundreds of warships.

Previously, Huang Zhiting had always been very cautious about using the right to deploy troops.After all, she also knows that although she is a highly pragmatic wife, Daming's customs are different from their child chieftains, and she doesn't want the bad reputation of "Mingji Sichen" at all.

Therefore, in the past, whenever she dispatched troops, unless something happened suddenly—such as a rebellion or riot in a certain place, she would ask Gao Yushi for orders in advance, and she would only act after obtaining approval.

But this time, an exception should be made, after all, this action is related to Gao Yuan... This is really "working hard to be a son, pity the parents of the world".

Gao Yushi's interest suddenly faded, and he didn't want to talk anymore. He was about to turn around when he saw the letterhead on the table and asked casually, "Who is this letter for?"

Huang Zhiting glanced back, and said: "For the Nanyang Fleet, they reported that they found a new batch of red barbarians, neither Portuguese nor Spanish, so I sent a letter asking how to deal with it."

As she spoke, she wanted to go over and get the originals of the letter paper and the Nanyang Fleet.Gao Wushi looked at it, waved his hand, and said, "No need to bring it, I know who it is."

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

Gao Wushi didn't answer, but instead asked, "Does the person here claim to be from the Netherlands, or something like the Allied Forces of Seven Provinces?"

Huang Zhiting was even more surprised, and said: "Master is really a prophet, the person here indeed claims to be from the Netherlands, and he is from some kind of company."

"East India Company, right? Hmph..." Gao Wushi curled his lips and said, "I detained their ship and sent them to Goa, saying that I, as a partner of King Philip II, gave it to him." A gift, by the way... ask the Governor of Goa in Portugal for a sum of money."

Huang Zhiting was taken aback for a moment, rolled her eyes, and asked, "These people are the...enemies of the King of Spain?"

"You can talk about enemies, and you can talk about traitors." Gao Wushi said indifferently: "In short, Philip II will definitely like these gifts."

But when Gao Wushi said this, he seemed to suddenly think of something, hesitantly said: "However, how could the East India Company be established a few years earlier..."

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

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

As for the Dutch East India Company, it should have been established in 1602 for the purpose of facilitating trade monopoly and colonial activities to Indian Ocean countries.Counting it, it should be three years before it happens.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Gao Yushi realized that the Dutch first entered the Nanyang region not after the establishment of the East India Company, but before that.Specifically, it should be 1596, which is three years ago.

In the original history, in 1596, Holtmann, a Dutch colonist, led his fleet to Nanyang, officially starting the process of Dutch invasion of Nanyang.

At that time, Holtman organized a fleet to come to Nanyang, originally to do business.After receiving government funding, he set sail with more than 200 crew members.Being unfamiliar with Nanyang, Hotman's fleet docked aimlessly on an island, which is the Banten Kingdom in Nanyang.

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

Hotman thinks that the price of Banten pepper is too expensive, and asks the other party to reduce the price, otherwise he will refuse to buy.Grand Tutor Wan Dan thinks that Hotman doesn't know how to flatter him. Ban Dan's pepper is very popular in the world, and countries rush to buy it first, but Hotman wants to lower the price, which makes Tai Tu very dissatisfied.

In order to combat the arrogance of outsiders, Taifu Wandan deliberately reneged on the debt after the trade between the two parties. Hotman brought people to threaten Taifu Wandan and said, if you don't pay, I will bomb Banten with cannons.As soon as the Taifu heard that it was okay, he immediately arrested Hotman and his party of nine people.

Most of the crew brought by Hotman were pirates. Seeing that Hotman was captured, they immediately robbed other ships anchored by the seaside of Banten and bombarded the city of Banten.They attacked for two days in a row, so that Taifu Wan Dan, who wanted to execute Hotman and others, had to give up his original idea, and after receiving the compensation from the Hotman fleet, released Hotman.

The Portuguese in Banten also got involved. They didn't want to see their rival Netherlands gain a foothold here, and they secretly bought the Banten Prime Minister Mongku Bumi.Meng Kubumi issued an order saying that the Dutch committed a great crime by bombarding Banten, and they should leave Banten immediately and not stay.

Holtmann'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, Neke learned his lesson. He learned the lesson of Hottmann's expulsion before, put on a flattering face, and presented the golden cup to King Banten.

At this time, Banten wanted to conquer the small country of Linbang, and the Prime Minister Mongku Bumi wanted to win over Nek for help.Neke paid [-]% of the transaction price of the pepper, and Mongkubumi agreed, but Mongkubumi said that if the battle failed, Banten would return the pre-war payment.

But Neke was not willing, because even if he hadn't captured Linbang, the Netherlands had contributed, so how could it be possible to return the reward?The two sides could not reach an agreement, so Mengkubumi had to give up.Although the cooperation was not successful, the Dutch trade in Banten was smooth and fruitful.

The Netherlands, having tasted the sweetness, began to send fleets to the Southeast Asia frequently.The Dutch government saw that the British established the East India Company for colonial activities, and decided to also 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 the team towards Nanyang, but instead of arriving in Nanyang, they took the wrong route and arrived in Johor, which was occupied by Portugal.

The Netherlands and Portugal are old enemies (to be precise, the old enemies of Spain, the Commonwealth of Portugal). Wirth fought a battle with Portugal to enter Johor and drove away the Portuguese.Wilt thought he would be hostile from Johor, but what he didn't expect was that the king of Johor gave them great enthusiasm for 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 the heroes who drove away the Portuguese and rescued Johor. Wilt took advantage of the situation and regarded himself as a savior, accepted a large number of goods sent by Johor, and happily continued to set off .

As the Netherlands gained more and more business interests in the Nanyang region, the Netherlands was no longer satisfied with the several Nanyang states that had already intersected, and began to seek to compete with the Portuguese for the fortress of Malacca.

At this time, the Netherlands thought of Johor. Johor believed that the Netherlands had kindly "helped" Johor escape from 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 fort, the Netherlands would get the fort, and Johor would get the ownership of the surrounding land.

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

Since then, the Netherlands has continued to be active in Johor as a "friend". Hagan used his old grudge with Portugal to instigate the king to fight, and used the same method to deal with Aceh in Southeast Asia. The purpose was to use their power to attack Portugal. Let the Netherlands profit from it.

However, the kings of the two countries are not mindless people, and have not taken any practical actions.Hagan couldn't wait for the situation he wanted, so he had to give up Malacca temporarily, but the fortress he built and his surrounding activities made preparations for the Dutch attack on Malacca in the future.

However, these things that should have happened in history have not happened now, because Nanyang is no longer a Nanyang with many small countries, but was basically unified by Jinghua force a few years ago, so some accidents occurred.

In 1596, Hotman led his fleet to the South China Sea. Before arriving, he heard that there was a large-scale maritime military operation in the sea ahead.Hotman led the fleet to go quietly, ready to check the situation, who knew that the Nanyang Fleet flying the book and sword flag was beating a group of Western ships whose origin was unclear but obviously.

When Hotman saw it from a distance, the western fleet was already in a panic, but it was destroyed in about an hour.Hotman was in shock, when he heard the horrified scream of the watchtower, saying that the fleet in front had turned towards this fleet and had set up a battle formation.

Hortman was so frightened that his ghosts sprang up, and he immediately ordered to flee with full sail... In this world line, the Dutchman's first trip to Nanyang was aborted.
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