lied to Kangxi

Chapter 627
Hai Rui actually bought meat and ate it. I believe many people know about this anecdote.

Because of word of mouth among the people, Yu Zhu was also the vice president of the Ming History Museum, and he deliberately read Hai Rui's life carefully.

However, Hai Rui in the history of the Ming Dynasty only pointed out that Rui was born in Qiongshan, but did not explain that he was from the Hui family.

However, after Yang Dingjin's reminder, Yu Zhu remembered that Hai Da'er, Hai Rui's distant ancestor, was indeed the name of the Hui people.

In Yuzhu's mind, Hai Rui is a monument to anti-corruption.

Although Hai Rui has such and such shortcomings, it still has extremely important symbolic significance in Dai Ming, who is free from corruption.

Hai Rui, representing the grassroots, hates corruption.

Hai Rui also represented the infinite desire of the grassroots for Master Qingtian!
However, whether it was the Han Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, or even the current Tartar Qing Dynasty, the ruling class has always been unable to curb corruption.

To put it bluntly, Yu Zhu himself is also a member of the corrupt class enjoying privileges.

After paying homage to Hai Rui's tomb, Yuzhu led the fleet and continued southward to Dongwu.

Tham Lien is located on the bank of the Yangon River, across the river from Yangon.

Yangon in this era was just a small market town and was called Dagon by the locals.

Dagon, the name comes from Sanskrit, which means Sangang Village.

Today's Dagon is not important.

The important thing is that Than Lian, opposite Dagon, gathered the French, Dutch, and British East India Companies.

It must be admitted that foreigners are really good at doing business. In just a few decades, Shalian has become the most prosperous coastal city in Dongwu.

Old Shanghai, the truly prosperous core area, is actually a public concession dominated by foreigners.

Yuzhu had already learned about Sha Lian's details from William's mouth.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of going south this time is to teach Dongwu King Daningene a lesson, and the other purpose is to use force to turn Sha Lian into his own territory.

In this era, the British were still in continental Europe, fighting against France, and were unable to colonize Dongwu for the time being.

For the time being, the British can't get their hands on Dongwu. For Yuzhu, this is the best time.

When the fleet passed through the Strait of Malacca, Yu Zhu held a binoculars and looked towards the lush forests of Singapore, feeling mixed feelings in his heart.

What a good throat, when the old emperor dies, this place will be a strategic place that must be contested.

After entering the Andaman Sea, Yuzhu looked at the west exit of the Strait of Malacca, touched his chin, and pondered for a long time.

Sanguo is really lucky. What Daiying brought to Sanguo is not only humiliation, but also rich historical rewards.

Not to mention anything else, just pinching the Andaman Islands, which is the throat of Malacca, has benefited Sanguo a lot.

Just before entering Dagon Bay, warships guarding the periphery captured a British merchant ship.

Since the British businessman was captured, Alice had a role to play, and Yu Zhu sent her to interrogate the captured British.

Soon, Alice grasped the situation of the captives and came to tell Yuzhu.

"Honey, the one who was captured was Johnson, one of the 24 directors of the British East India Company." Alice said cheerfully, "If it was before, I would never have thought of meeting such a big man. But, such a behemoth, unexpectedly Became your prisoner."

Yuzhu smiled slightly. Although the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company are both military colonial groups in essence, they also have many differences.

For example, in the British East India Company, the real power is the governor and 24 directors.

However, the governor of the East India Company is not the executive governor appointed by the queen, but the executive president elected by the company's general meeting of shareholders.

In the 41st year of Kangxi, that is, in 1702 AD, the New East India Company and the Old East India Company merged, and the new company was named: English Merchant East India Trading Company.

This year, India's Mughal emperor granted the British East India Company special treatment of exempting Bangladesh from customs duties.

After listening to Alice's report, Yu Zhu decided to personally meet Mr. Johnson, the director.

"Your Majesty the General, I, Johnson, have no intention of offending the military prestige of your country..." As soon as they met, Johnson bowed and carefully explained the reason why he wanted to evade the inspection.

Yu Zhu said in fluent English: "Mr. Johnson, please forgive me, your war with the Mughal Empire has been disgracefully defeated. In addition, businessmen in your country often pretend to be pirates while doing business and rob serious people. Dutch and Portuguese merchants."

As soon as the expert stretches out his hand, he will know whether it is there.

Yu Zhu knew a lot about the rogue colonial history of the British East India Company.

Seeing that Yuzhu had exposed his old background, Johnson did not blush at all, and continued to say brazenly: "Dear Your Excellency, to tell you the truth, the Dutch and Portuguese, especially the French, as long as they seize the opportunity, they will Will rob Britain's merchant ships."

Yu Zhu raised the red wine glass in his hand, and motioned Johnson to pour himself a glass of wine, suppressing his shock.

In fact, in the early maritime trade, there were not many serious businessmen among the white skins in Europe.

What Johnson said is absolutely right. Since the beginning of the Age of Discovery, the British, Dutch, French and Portuguese have been fighting each other at sea for hundreds of years.

If you have enough strength, you will turn into a pirate and rob the supplies, money and women of businessmen from other countries.

When their strength is insufficient, they pretend to be aggrieved and shamelessly declare that they are just serious businessmen.

Yuzhu's favorite stand-alone game in the past was "The Age of Voyage 4 Power Enhanced Edition". He has a very clear understanding of European colonial history.

"Mr. Johnson, you want to expand your territory in Dongwu. As for us, you want to punish the king of Dongwu. Why don't we work together?" Yu Zhu knew the British habit, if he used the language art of the Qing Dynasty to speak secretly , It was too much time wasting.

To put it bluntly, the British colonists of this era are not as mature as the later generations. They prefer to go straight instead of talking in circles.

Johnson originally thought that he was going to be thrown into the sea to feed the sharks, but he didn't want to survive a desperate situation. He even had a chance to survive. He couldn't help but asked overjoyed, "How can we cooperate?"

Yu Zhu shook the red wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "In Sha Lian, in your territory, set aside a space for my caravan."

Oh, it turned out that he wanted to get a share of the pie, Johnson immediately felt relieved.

As one of the core directors of the British East India Company, Johnson obviously knew the attitude of the British Parliament towards the East India Company.

However, Johnson is not stupid. He felt that Yuzhu's request should be more than that, so he asked again: "Dear Your Excellency, what else?"

(End of this chapter)