Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 410 Your Majesty, It's Time to Turn Your Cards
In the Hall of Martial Arts shrouded in darkness, the emperor was still buried in reading the memorial.

"His Majesty,"

Guo Jinzhong, the eunuch in the respect room, came in and called out in a low voice, he personally delivered mung bean lily porridge and some side dishes.

Zhu Yihai raised his head, stretched his waist, and felt his eyes a little sore. Although the lights in the palace were bright, they couldn't compare to the lights of the circuit after all. Reading and writing at night was still tiring for the eyes.

Guo Jinzhong handed the porridge to the emperor, and brought a silver plate with several famous cards inside.

"Aren't you asking people to eat something?" Zhu Yihai couldn't help frowning when he saw it.

"Your Majesty, you haven't been to the harem for half a month. A sage takes care of everything and cares about state affairs, but he still has to make heirs for the Ming Dynasty." Guo Jinzhong carefully persuaded. There are ten people in the emperor's harem, and seven of them are still pregnant. , although Concubine Rhubarb is about to give birth, but she hasn't given birth yet. Da Tianzi now has only one daughter. It can be said that both inside and outside the palace are worried about the emperor.

Especially the eunuch in the respect room who was in charge of the emperor's bedroom. He was in charge of it directly. He had to record the specific details of who the emperor slept with, what month, day and even hour he slept with.

The emperor was not in a hurry with the eunuchs, he was talking about Guo Jinzhong. The emperor didn't even have a prince, so of course he had a big dereliction of duty.

Zhu Yihai felt a little headache when he looked at these famous tags on the silver plate.

With just three cards, the other seven pregnant concubines cannot sleep with them.

Zhu Yihai was no stranger to this kind of brand. It was a long wooden sign with a green head decoration, commonly known as the green head sign. When the emperor chose a concubine to sleep in, he would look for the green head brand.

Of course, this thing was not actually used to choose concubines to be fortunate in the first place, at least not in the Ming Dynasty.

From the late Ming Dynasty onwards, all those who came to see the emperor had their names and resumes written on pink plaques. Among them, the crowns of princes and ministers were decorated with red, and the rest were decorated with green.

Secondly, in case of urgent affairs or trivial matters, those who are played by six chapters will use green wooden plaques.

The brand itself is actually equivalent to a business card.

The emperor was fortunate enough to turn over the green head card in the palace, but in fact he just followed the set of the outer dynasty.

Since Zhu Yihai came to the throne, he has changed many rules, such as awarding officials with fish bags and fish charms. This thing is imitated from the Tang Dynasty. It is not only a decoration, but the color of the fish bags is the same as the official uniform to indicate the rank.

The fish talisman is a passport, especially when entering the palace, the fish talisman must be checked. The guards of the palace gate also have a special book of talismans. Half of the fish talismans are kept by officials and half are kept in the palace.

"I'm not interested today!"

Guo Jinzhong said, "Your maidservant can let someone go to the garden to cut some deer blood and drink it with wine. Drinking it will strengthen your muscles and bones!"

Zhu Yihai couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "I'm under 30 years old, when I'm young, why do I need deer blood? I just don't have the time and interest. With the current situation, how can I always indulge in entertainment in the harem. "

"Your Majesty, you should also take good care of your dragon's body. After working so hard every day, your body should be properly rested. You haven't passed the Qing Dynasty for many days, and all the concubines are thinking of you."

"Okay, back off."

Zhu Yihai didn't want to talk too much about these things. These days he was in charge of the Northern Expedition, so he didn't have any leisure time. Of course, he also knew that everyone in and out of the palace was staring at the emperor, especially the women in the palace, and they wished to be lucky every night. , especially those three who are not pregnant yet, they can't wait to get pregnant with Cheng En soon.

Guo Jinzhong had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "I heard that Ping Guogong has entered the Yangtze River and will enter the court soon."

Zhu Yihai looked up, "Huh?"

The emperor said yes, which meant that he was dissatisfied, and that he was too lenient in the supervision of the respect room, and the eunuchs had the right to interfere in this matter. How dare you propose a state prince in front of the emperor as soon as the eunuch of the respect room?
What do you mean?
You must know that people in the inner palace are the most taboo to communicate with foreign ministers, let alone Zheng Zhilong, a foreign vassal who ruled one side.

"The servant has no other intentions. I heard that Lord Pingguo has several daughters. Among them, the daughters of his concubine, Yan Shi, have reached the age of marriage, so may your Majesty intend to bring them into the palace?"

Zhu Yihai looked at Guo Jinzhong with cold eyes.

He made a taboo, a big taboo.

With this sentence alone, he can be executed.

"Guo Jinzhong, you are also an old man in Lu Wangfu. You followed me all the way from Yanzhou to the south, so I also value you very much and let you take care of the respect room."

"Just take care of your errands, and don't overstep some things."

Guo Jinzhong was terrified, and hurriedly said, "This servant is loyal to His Majesty, and I also heard that Duke Ping is very powerful, so I decided to make a bad move and accept his daughter into the palace, so as to recruit him to be used by Your Majesty. There is absolutely no other intention."

Zhu Yihai looked at the sweaty Guo Jinzhong. This person had been with him for many years, and he had no ability or ambition. He would never leave him even in the most difficult times. He was like Liu Chao.

He should have no guts to communicate with Zheng Zhilong in private.

Maybe it was a good intention, but it was still overstepped. Once the opening of the people and things in the harem is opened, it will be difficult to manage in the future.

"Back off,"

Guo Jinzhong knelt there and kowtowed several times before getting up and retreating.

When he walked to the door, Zhu Yihai said again, "I'm not going to take this as an example."

After eating porridge, Zhu Yihai lost his mind to deal with official duties for a while.

Zheng Zhilong's entry into the court, although the emperor deliberately put aside this matter, Zheng Zhilong still had to be treated with care. The Qing court had made Zheng Zhilong the king of Fujian and appointed him governor of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and three provinces. Its intention was also very obvious.

Although Zheng Zhilong secretly met with the secret envoy of the Qing court and refused the Qing court's offer to surrender and did not report it, but this matter cannot be hidden from Zhu Yihai. Over the past year, Zhu Yihai has tried every means to keep spying on Zheng's side, trying to keep an eye on him every move.

After all, Fujian is the old nest of the Zheng family, but it is also behind Zhu Yihai, so we have to guard against it.

Immediately after rejecting the Qing envoy, the Zheng family accelerated to go northward, and also made a lot of money. They also sent ships and people to Fujian camps to send money and food, and increased the money and food for soldiers and horses brought into the court.

But the more he is like this, the more it shows that this guy is dishonest.

But with Zheng's attitude now, Zhu Yihai has no reason to trouble him, or the Northern Expedition is coming soon, Zhu Yihai shouldn't trouble him now, a stable rear is very important.

Although Guo Jinzhong's proposal just now was taboo, the strategy he proposed is not completely unacceptable. Although it is a bit taken for granted, after all, political marriage is a common method, but in the end it still depends on strength.

But if Zhu Yihai intends to appease Zheng Zhilong, then it is indeed feasible to accept his daughter into the palace.After all, when Zhu Yihai first joined the army, in order to get Zheng's support, he promised to marry his daughter to Zheng Zhilong's son.

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yihai went to the secret file room behind him and searched for the information archives of the Zheng Group.

Zheng Zhilong has five brothers, and now there are two left, Zhibao and Hongkui (Zhifeng). He has seven sons, two of whom were born to his Japanese wife Tagawa. The eldest son Zheng Sen is now Zhu Chenggong, and the second son is still Stayed in Japan, and adopted to his wife's mother's Tagawa family, so it is now called Tagawa Qizaemon.

The other five sons were born in several concubines. The fourth son, Zheng En, came from the Yan family, and the other sons were born from the Chen family, Li family, Huang family and so on.

Tian Chuan took the Chinese surname Weng, and Zheng Zhilong took her and Zheng Sen back to Fujian from Japan after accepting the recruitment.

The Tagawa clan also has a daughter, Zheng Sen's younger sister, who also became a Catholic at a very young age, and took the Christian name Pascal. Later, a religious rebellion broke out in Japan, and the shogunate expelled the Portuguese from the country and banned Christianity. The Portuguese went to Macau, and Pascal also went to Macau.

Zheng Zhilong had planned to take his daughter back to Fujian, but her daughter wanted to stay in Macau.

Even Zhu Yihai's intelligence revealed that the bishop of the Catholic Jesuit Society in Macau intended to marry Pascal to Antonio Rodriguez, the son of congregation Manuel Bello.

Its intentions are also obvious. The Portuguese in Macau suffered serious setbacks in the Far East after they were banned from teaching by the shogunate and kicked out of Japan after making troubles in Japan. The rise of the Communist Party of China has become the largest force in China's coastal areas, and even has an official background.

Therefore, the Portuguese in Macau, especially the Jesuits, wanted to strengthen their relationship with the Zheng family through this marriage.

Speaking of the Jesuits, it is not as simple as a simple mission.

The Society of Jesus was established in Paris 110 years ago. It was established in imitation of the Knights Templar. It is a religious team with paramilitary discipline and organization. The founder, the Spanish nobleman Loyola Ignaci, is a member of the Montessa organization. .

Montesa was secretly established by some members of the Knights Templar after the Knights Templar was jointly suppressed by the Holy See and the King of France.

The Knights Templar was even older, but when they withdrew from Jerusalem to France, they actually became an armed banking organization. They were very rich through lending. In the end, the king of France owed too much debt and couldn’t pay it back. All the uncontrolled powerful armed forces were wiped out together.

The Society of Jesus was established, also known as the Legion of Jesus, which is equivalent to the meaning of the Imperial Forest Army of Jesus.

After the Jesuits obtained the official permission of the Pope of Rome, they received the support of the Venetian Jewish bankers. To put it bluntly, Ignaci was a branch of the Freemasonry in the Catholic Church.

With the General Assembly as the highest authority, the Jesuit empire was established below, and there was a consultative council, which was divided into various provinces and regions in charge of the Jesuits around the world. The highest power was concentrated in the hands of the general manager Ignacie Loyola, so he was called Pope in black.

Loyola originally hoped to lead his troops back to conquer Jerusalem and build the temple, but the Pope believed that the Jesuits should go overseas to expand their colonies.

Later, the Pope ordered the Jesuits to send missionaries to the colonies established by Portugal and Spain.

Members of the Jesuits adopt a secret spiritual practice method, do not practice in monasteries but enter secular life, and influence social life according to the interests of the Catholic Church and the instructions of the Jesuits.

Serve the Pope directly through the Jesuit Prefect.

Some people even say that the Jesuits are actually the rangers and espionage organizations of the Catholic Church and the Habsburg Dynasty to build a world religious empire.

They like to build churches, schools, and hospitals overseas, and spread new cultural and clan ideas through education.

The Catholic Jesuits and the Portuguese had an accident in Japan, that is, they went too far. The Tokugawa shogunate saw through their intentions, and at this time the Tokugawa family still had good strength, so they quickly banned and expelled them.

The failure in Japan caused the Jesuits and the Portuguese to lose their strength in the Far East, and they changed their policies. The marriage with Zheng was also reflected in it.

Even the cooperation between the Macau missionary Bi Francis and Zhu Yihai is essentially the same.

However, this marriage has not yet been approved by Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong has a lot of trade with the Dutch now, and he is not very willing to cooperate with the weak Portuguese.

(End of this chapter)