Red House Shoufu

Chapter 302 Oyster Mirror?no more macau
For the first time in the new year, several major events broke out in succession, and every major teahouse, restaurant, and theater in the capital was full of voices.

Empress Zhen, who had been honored and favored for decades, was demoted from concubine to concubine in less than half a day, and even King Zhongxin, who was deeply favored by the emperor, was demoted to the first rank, becoming the only county king in the clan.

Three thousand personal guards were cut off by one thousand, even the land was reduced by one-third.The most surprising thing was that the Supreme Emperor of the Dragon Head Palace continued to play music and dance without any intention of interfering with this matter.

As for Li Shouzhong's crying at the Confucian Temple, the civil servants won a big victory.Qian Qianli's prestige was close to that of the four elders in the cabinet. Even Jia Lian, because of his defying power and guarding the Confucian Temple, won the great favor of Shilin.

Wu Xun's family is unbearable in the eyes of literati.Jia Lian was an exception. After this incident, even if the civil servants would not take the initiative to help the Rongguo Mansion in the future, they would not deliberately make things difficult for him.After all, in order to maintain the dignity of the Confucian Temple, they didn't even give the Empress Dowager any face.

The direction of the wind in the capital became blurred in an instant because of the Confucian Temple incident, and the attitude of the Dragon Head Palace was obviously in favor of the emperor, which caused the Zhongxinwang troops to retract their protruding claws again, hiding in the dark and watching the changes in the court.

Lin Shu was sitting on the teahouse near Prince Zhongxin's mansion, watching the confrontation between Long Jinwei and Prince Zhongxin's personal guard not far away.

Sometimes he had to admire Gao Yongyi's stubbornness, even at this time, he didn't know how to restrain himself, and all the Yuanwailang sent by the Ministry of Rites to announce the edict were beaten out.

"Tsk tsk, Mr. Zhang's good teeth may be gone this time!"

Jia Lian was leaning against the railing with a jug of fine wine, enjoying the show: "Last night, there was a big fire, and Gao Yongyi was burned to nothing in the most luxurious courtyard outside the city. It's a pity we weren't there. Almost all of them were pierced by crossbow arrows. The dead soldiers that Gao Yongyi and the Zhen family have raised for so many years are almost dead."

"Oh? What's going on? Last night you told me that the uncle and the prince were enjoying themselves on a boat in Nanchi. Why did you suddenly go out of the city?"

Hearing Lin Shu's question, Jia Lian explained in a low voice: "After returning home last night, I saw that my father hadn't come back yet. I thought he was staying on the boat, but I didn't expect my father to return home with blood all over..."

It turned out that Zhongshun Wang Gao Yongheng and Jia She did go to Nanchi to enjoy a boat last night, but they went to Nanchi just to hide their faces, and after showing their faces, they left the capital from the north side of the imperial city and went straight to the other courtyard of Zhongxin Wangfu in the west of the city.

A thousand embroidered clothes guards, plus the hermit guards who quietly returned to Beijing from Henan and waited outside the city, surrounded the other courtyard tightly, and then rushed in, beheading all the people inside.

But it is thrilling to say, no one would have thought that not only are there hundreds of dead men from Zhongxin Wangfu and Zhen's family in the small courtyard, the most exaggerated thing is that there are several heavy crossbows hidden in it, which almost killed the loyal Wang Gaoyong. penetrate.

Fortunately, Liu Xianglian, who was guarding Gao Yongheng's side, was extremely vigilant, and when he found something wrong, he dragged him off the horse and barely escaped.

Naturally, the purpose of the night attack was not to set fire to it, the purpose of the emperor sending two people to do this was actually to catch Shui Rong who lived in the other courtyard.

People were caught, but only one parallel importer was caught.From the very beginning, Shui Rong never went to other courtyards, but hid in Yanshan Mountain. After the Tianmen Mountain battle, he led people quietly northward from the Xuanda area to the vast grassland.

"Speaking of which, this fake Shui Rong's appearance, temperament, and even voice form are almost exactly the same as Shui Rong's, but my father still noticed something wrong at a glance."

After Jia Lian told Lin Shu about the situation at that time, he regretted and said, "Father said that the only weakness of this fake Shui Rong is the look in his eyes. Although Shui Rong was born in the royal family, for more than ten years, in order to create the image of a 'virtuous king' , never showing arrogance. The moment he saw the fake water-soluble eyes, he felt that this person was probably fake."

Lin Shu sighed and said, "Elder uncle is right. After pretending to be alone for a long time, it is indeed not so easy to easily change the habits of the past ten years. When water dissolves in front of people, it has always been gentle and refined, making people feel like a spring breeze."

After Jia Lian's explanation, Lin Shu also found out the truth about the fire outside the city last night.The burning of Zhen's house was just to maintain the face of the royal family, and the real purpose was actually to put an end to what happened years ago.

It's a pity that Shui Rong is really cunning, hiding in Yanshan Mountain and manipulating everything from afar.What his real purpose is, we can only wait to pry open the mouths of the prisoner and Mr. Wan from last night.

bang bang bang bang...

The Long Guard outside Zhongxin Wang's Mansion finally couldn't bear his temper. Zhang Luoying, a member of the Ministry of Rites who held the imperial decree, issued an order, and the Long Guard directly took down the guards of the Wang Mansion on the opposite side, and broke open the gate of the Wang Mansion.

Lin Shu and Jia Lian don't know what happened in the mansion in the end, but from the anger on Zhang Luoying's face and the crumpled clothes on his body when they left, one can guess that Gao Yongyi will definitely not give up easily, and had a fierce battle with the decree team conflict.

The next morning, just after Lin Shu arrived at the cabinet, Feng Yuan, the scribe, sent the latest news.

Gao Yongyi was dissatisfied with the emperor's punishment for her, so she blatantly stepped on the imperial decree, and had an extremely fierce conflict with the team that announced the decree, wounding Zhang Luoying, a member of the Ministry of Rites, and even tied up the accompanying dragon guards and hung them up. On the tree for Gao Yongyi to vent his anger.

The emperor went to Longshou Palace that night. It is said that Dai Quan, the chief eunuch of Longshou Palace, led people to take Gao Yongyi to Zongzheng Temple overnight and locked him up on a board. Five thousand miles, sent to the front of the Mobei Army to count the sand to play.

The Supreme Emperor will punish Gao Yongyi so severely, I am afraid that it is not just to explain to the emperor.Gao Yongyi was arranged to be punished in Zongzheng Temple. The two old princes in the clan saw that for the face of the Supreme Emperor, even if they hit the board, it would be much easier.

And with the punishment of Zongzheng Temple ahead, it is not easy for the people in the court to force the Supreme Emperor to punish Gao Yongyi again.

Before Lin Shu could sigh about this matter, the emperor's oral order came from Qinzheng Hall, and Lin Shu hurried to Miyagi to have an audience.

The emperor still sits behind the dragon case in all weathers and handles high-level memorials, but now the crown prince Gao Wancheng has begun to follow the emperor to learn how to deal with government affairs. There is an extra table next to the dragon case, and there is also a pile of memorial documents on it.

"Lin Shu, let me ask you, among the Western countries, is there any existence comparable to our Great Chu?"

As soon as Lin Shu entered the main hall, he heard the emperor ask: "Wang Bai, deputy envoy of Guangdong Haidao, reported that the Hongyi ship capsized, and wanted to rent an island in Haojing to dry the goods. At the same time, the envoy of Hongyi, please allow us to do business with our dynasty... "

Hearing what the emperor said, Lin Shu turned pale with fright. He became panicked like never before. He said: "Your Majesty, you must never agree! It is fake for Hongyi to rent land to dry their goods. Their purpose is actually to I want to use the land of Oyster Mirror as a springboard to gradually test my reality and prepare for the invasion!"

"However, is the Hongyi in a small corner capable of fighting against our army of millions?"

Gao Wancheng stepped forward to help Master Lin up, with a look of worry in his eyes: "What happened to Master Lin today? Why are you so worried? If there is any problem with the Hongyi, let's drive them away."

Although the emperor was surprised by Lin Shu's gaffe, he agreed with Prince Gao Wancheng.The only thing that can compete with Great Chu is the grasslands in the north.

According to the records in the palace records, as far as those barbarian countries in the West are concerned, if a general is sent with tens of thousands of sons, he is afraid that they will be able to beat them to death.

Gao Wancheng's words brought Lin Shu back to reality from the shadow of his previous life, and only then did he remember that the current Great Chu is strong and strong, standing firmly at the top of the world.Not to mention Portugal, even if the entire Europa continent is united, it is not Da Chu's opponent.

"The minister lost his temper!"

Lin Shu bowed and apologized to the emperor and his son: "However, I still insist on my opinion just now. Hongyi wants to do business, so let them go to Shibosi to follow the rules. As for renting land, it is absolutely impossible. Every party in Dachu The country was created with the blood of our ancestors. Besides, as the folk saying goes, it is easy to borrow and difficult to get back. This Hong Yi's mind probably wants to rely on Hao Jing not to leave."

"I understand Lin Qing's meaning. However, Wang Bai said in the memorial that this envoy from the Red Barbarians has a humble attitude and wants to serve our dynasty as the master, and the court will be once every three years. What does Lin Qing think about this matter?"

The emperor asked Gao Wancheng to hand over the memorial to Lin Shu. Lin Shu glanced through it quickly, and felt a little disgusted with Wang Bai, the deputy envoy of Guangdong Haidao.

If there is no problem with his memory, it is recorded in previous history books that in the 32nd year of Ming Jiajing, that is, in [-], a Portuguese businessman leader, Lionel Sosa, sought trade with China in a humble manner.

After negotiations, Guangdong Haidao deputy envoy Wang Bai agreed to the Portuguese trade request on behalf of the Ming government.At the same time, the Portuguese claimed that the merchant ship encountered a storm and wanted to use Macau to expose the goods. After accepting bribes from the Portuguese, Wang Bo allowed them to settle ashore.

"History of Ming Dynasty Franji Biography" said: "Since the death of (Zhu) Wan, the ban on the sea has been relaxed, and Franji has no taboos in the sea. And the city of Xiangshanao, Haojing, to build houses and cities, dominates By the sea, as if it were a country, the unworthy officials are regarded as foreign governments."

From then on, Macau, the land of mirrors, gradually became a colony of Portugal. It was not until 440 that the sovereignty of Macau was regained until countless martyrs used their flesh and blood to recast the backbone of China.

Regardless of whether this Wang Bo was the Wang Bo from his previous life, he believed in foreigners so easily, and traded the land with the barbarians so easily, in Lin Shu's heart, he was already labeled as damned.

After reading the memorial, Lin Shu bowed and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, this matter is very strange. Although our dynasty implements the policy of banning the sea, there are city ship divisions in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Songjiang and other places. There are endless ships, and it has never been heard that the Department of Shipbuilding has refused seagoing ships to enter the port. Hasn't this Hongyi ever entered Guangzhou City?"

As he spoke, Lin Shu spread out the memorial, pointed to one of them and said, "Please look, Your Majesty. Deputy Envoy Wang Bai said that Hongyi's ship capsized and wanted to use Haojing to dry the goods. Although the place of Haojing is only two It’s a small island, but it’s very close to Guangzhou. I can’t help the sea merchants entering the city, and the Hongyi can enter the city to report. Isn’t the huge Guangzhou city enough for them to dry their goods?”

The Land of Haojing is indeed very small, there is not even a mark on the map.Wang Bo did not point out the location of Hao Jing in the memorial, but Lin Shu marked it out.

In this way, what Wang Bo said made the emperor doubtful.This Hongyi has a problem, and Wang Bai has a problem even more.

"Big companion, go to Zuo Lan and ask the Embroidered Guards to investigate Wang Bai, the deputy envoy of Guangdong Haidao, and the specific situation of this group of red barbarians. Lin Qing, draw up an order. , you must register with the Municipal Shipping Department, pay the full amount of commercial tax, and abide by the laws of our court, otherwise you will be deported."

Lin Shu bowed to promise, splashed ink on the spot, and an imperial decree was completed in a short time.Xia Shouzhong took the imperial edict and hurried to the cabinet.

The emperor asked the question at the beginning again: "According to what Ma Fanteng said, although there are countries in the West, although the land is small, the sea ships cover the sky. Even thousands of miles away, there are still overseas lands. The post of governor is established to search for gold and silver. , for the squandering of the people of the country. If this is true, wouldn’t such a huge fleet be comparable to that of Zheng He’s southward fleet in the previous Ming Dynasty? Do the Western countries really have the power to compete with our dynasty?”

It turned out that Ma Fanteng, a Chu native of Dutch descent, preached the great voyage to the prince Gao Wancheng or the fifth son of the emperor Gao Wan, which made the emperor feel a sense of crisis.

But that's fine, what the Central Plains Dynasty lacks now is a sense of crisis!
The emperor brought the latest map of all nations, and Lin Shu used the map to give the emperor and his son a lesson in geography, history, humanities, economics and politics.

From the Mongolian iron cavalry sweeping the world to the Renaissance that Europa is sorting out, to the great voyages and geographical discoveries, and finally concluded: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, I believe that the current world is an opportunity that has never been seen in a thousand years. Regardless of Western countries Whether the national strength of the country is strong at this time, if our dynasty does not keep up with the development of the times and is biased towards one corner, it will definitely lag behind the West in the future."

Lin Shuyi guides the land of the ocean, and regretfully said: "Since the Ming Dynasty, the Western countries have gradually divided up the world. This Nanyang was originally the seat of our power in the Central Plains. Now there are only a few countries in the Central Plains, and the rest are occupied by the Western barbarians. The sea In addition, there are not only many crises, but also countless gold and silver. The country of Wa is thousands of miles east, and it is several times the land of our dynasty. It is called the land of gold by the West. Potatoes are found there. Your Majesty, is it Do you want to watch the things that God bestowed on us being divided up by the Western countries?"

Seeing Lin Shu talking, the emperor became more and more excited, and almost beat his chest and stamped his feet at the end.Thinking about the potato seedlings that have been distributed all over the place, and the silver on the Ishimi Silver Mountain in the country of Wa, the emperor laughed.

"Lin Qing, don't worry, you have to eat one bite at a time. It won't be too late to go overseas after I send someone to find out the way of this group of red barbarians. It is just right for us to use this group of barbarians. After finding the way, the golden land in the future will definitely belong to my Kingdom of Heaven."

Lin Shu's mood slowly returned to calm, and naturally he also thought of the current situation of the Great Chu Navy.The combat power in the coastal waters is quite strong, but in the open seas, it is really no match for the western countries.

After the emperor finished speaking, he bowed down and said, "Your Majesty is wise, it's because I'm impatient. You can't understand the matter of the sea just from books and rumors. It really needs a detailed investigation."

The emperor and his ministers reached an agreement, and the emperor brought up another matter: "The official business is over, and I have a private matter to discuss with Lin Qing. Yesterday at the Shangyuan Palace banquet, several clan relatives wanted to ask me to order a marriage Rong Jia..."

When Daiyu's marriage was mentioned, Lin Shu became anxious, and before the emperor finished speaking, he immediately said firmly: "Your Majesty, my sister is still young, and she has not been in good health since she was a child. It's never too late to say it!"

　I was allergic to the vaccine again today, and I was groggy. I barely wrote about [-] words, so let’s send it out together.

　　Take a break and update tomorrow.

　　ps, the brazen Miao Miao asks for a monthly ticket and a recommended ticket for the new month.I will update steadily this month, and try to explode for a period of time to see if I can get a boutique badge.Thank you all!

　　
　
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