Dragon Sea Empire

Yin Feng held his son Ying'er in his arms, and looked at the direction of the harbor from the city gate of the Inspection Department, where the Xinxing, which had been refitted many times, was moored there. Liang looked at the harbor curiously in Li Lihua's arms, and yelled, "Abba, I want to take a boat too."

This day was March 42rd in the 23nd year of the Wanli calendar, and May 1614st in 5 in the Western calendar. This day happened to be the birthday of Mazu Empress. The Mazu temples in the port and the south and north of the city were full of incense and crowded with people.

Yin Feng smiled and lifted his son over his head, let the youngest son who had just learned to walk ride on his shoulders, touched his daughter's head with one hand, and said with a smile: "Lianger, when daddy is gone, you can let little mom I'll take you out on a boat to play, and you still have to learn to swim. When Dad comes home, he needs to be checked..."

After Yin Feng made the decision to go to the mainland of Ming Dynasty for inspection, the entire Chinese company and the Chinese military intelligence department system were activated urgently to arrange various corresponding security measures for Yin Feng's trip.

As for the situation in Taiwan and Luzon, due to the participation of Zeng Qi and his students in the administrative management, the company's system has begun to work after more than ten years of operation. It still works with confidence.

The so-called three major tasks of "building a team, setting a strategy, and leading a team", Yin Feng believes that his administrative team is not innovative enough, and it is difficult to make breakthroughs in law and organization without him. However, under the leadership of an administrative bureaucrat like Zeng Qi, The company's administrative team can well maintain the smooth operation of the company.

If the generals of the Chinese army were under the military system of the Ming Dynasty, they would not have a bright future at all; they were originally coastal fishermen, pirates, and maritime merchants with a very low level of education, and the military education system of the Ming Dynasty has completely degenerated into elementary school education; However, under the military education system created by Yin Feng, the generals of the Chinese army have gradually matured. Although there have not been any handsome talents who can stand alone, they all have broad vision and flexible minds. At the same time, they can also follow military discipline and lead troops well .

To set a strategy, Yin Feng's trip will set the direction for the Chinese company, and also for himself and his subordinates for the next hundred years.

History has been changed a lot by himself, so now Yin Feng doesn't have much sense of superiority as a traverser, and he is not as confident in the direction of history as before. Therefore, Yin Feng insisted on going to the interior of the Ming Dynasty to take a look in order to Take a look with your own eyes and decide what to do next.

Dressed up as a scholar, Yin Feng walked through the street amidst the bustling crowds, boarded the Xinxing Ship on the side of the harbor, and was accompanied by the Haihun to leave Taiwan Port.

He was accompanied by counselors Chen Zhongji, Zeng Shan, and Xu Hongji, and he also specially brought the Chinese Jesuit monk You Wenhui to walk under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. The guards should not be too ostentatious. Appearing in public, the appearance rate is higher than that of Yin Feng, so he can't follow him. The guard of Yin Feng's trip is taken over by Luo Aquan, who is not impressive and rarely appears in public. , There will be more than a hundred soldiers from the special battalion disguised as Yin Feng's secret guards along the road.

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On September 41th in the 1613st year of Wanli ([-]), Shenzong finally agreed to add cabinet ministers, Fang Congzhe, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Wu Daonan, the former minister of the Ministry of Officials, and was promoted to the Ministry of Rites. Shangshu and Dongge University Bachelor, joined the cabinet to participate in maintenance.

At this time, there were many parties in the DPRK and China. In addition to Donglin, the Zhejiang Party had Yao Zongwen, Liu Tingyuan, etc.; the Chu Party had Guan Yingzhen, Wu Liangsi, etc.; It is their own business to exclude other parties, especially Donglin. People in their own party cheat and cheat, sell their officials and nobles, and commit suicide without permission, but they can still be protected. If they seized the handle, they would definitely attack them in groups, until they were completely defeated. Ye Xianggao was therefore unable to mediate the court situation, so he had to write a letter asking to be resigned from office.

"The major issues discussed by the princes of the imperial court, whether it is the 'Lucky King's Kingdom' or the 'Forbidden Sea', or the rampant domineering of mine supervisors and tax envoys in various places, in my opinion, they are all doing paperwork, treating headaches and feet." It was Zeng Shan who said this. He has been completely disappointed with the Ming court since he opened his eyes around half the world.

Yin Feng smiled faintly: "Brother, do you feel that the entire court has been corrupted and there is nothing to do?" He heard Zeng Shan mention the "paper maker", and he couldn't help but think of the famous paper maker of the Qing Dynasty in later generations. Li Hongzhang.

The two stood in the cockpit at the stern of the Xinxing ship, looking at the receding Taiwan Island through the stern window.

"My Celestial Dynasty system is not inferior to the Westerners, but now that the Westerners have come, they are completely different from the barbarians around us. First of all, they are very accomplished in the art of utensils and the principles of investigating objects and extending knowledge. My Chinese are far behind. Now, as long as we change course, we will be able to catch up head-on, integrate and surpass Western techniques," Zeng Shan said excitedly: "The imperial court is limited by the ancestral system, and none of the princes in the imperial court has knowledge of external affairs. there is no hope,"

Suddenly someone from behind continued to say: "The Ming Dynasty has accumulated a lot of evils, and it is hard to get back. No matter who is in power, there is no power to recover."

The person who spoke was the former Taoist Xu Hongji, who is now Yin Feng's old camp clerk. He has changed to a scholar's attire. His slender figure and ever-changing eyes reveal his shrewdness and secretiveness.

Yin Feng smiled at him, nodded and said: "Nowadays, the imperial court, regardless of politics, military affairs or people's livelihood and economy, has many problems and is dying. We have to take a closer look to see if it is really hopeless. This time I go to the mainland, I hope everyone will not Go with preconceived ideas, let go of your prejudices, and take a good look at all aspects of the Ming Dynasty. The future of our company and everyone's future are all pinned on this trip."

Everyone nodded again and again, Xu Hongji was very excited. This person finally passed the review of the Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Military Intelligence. Through his accent, the Ministry of Business and Intelligence immediately sent people to Zhejiang. Through the relationship between Zeng Qi's friends in the same year, it was quickly confirmed that he was from Zhejiang. A native of Shanyin (Shaoxing), a scholar in the 28th year of Wanli, he was deprived of fame in 29th year, spent three years in prison, and almost died in the prison of Hangzhou Prefecture. He received a court prisoner.

Xu Hong's basic name is Xu Yuanhe, and his style name is Hongji. He is bold and optimistic by nature, and likes to read a lot of books. On the other side, with the backing of rich family wealth, he circles around various gathering places of scribes every day.

One day when it was raining in Hangzhou City, he ran into a Taoist priest while hiding from the rain on the side of the road. He accidentally learned that the other person was also from Shanyin. The two of them had a short break in their residence, and the two of them talked all night, most of them were ghosts and ghosts, but this caused Xu Hongji a catastrophe.

It turned out that this Taoist priest was called Zhao Yiping, and the Taoism he studied was an evil branch of the White Lotus Sect.

At this time, Yin Feng was running around for overseas trade. In the few years since he came to the Ming Dynasty, there were famines in Liangji and other provinces, and the people were harassed by mine supervisors and tax envoys. Rebellions happened every day. Zhao Yiping, a Yin man, is "accustomed to demons", and his wife Wang Shi "made demon books such as guidebooks". The book Xu Hongji accidentally accepted is one of these demon books.

The couple of the Zhao family distributed the book to Hangzhou and Liangjing. What was said in the book was nothing more than myths and big talk about the change of dynasty, but they did gather some believers and prepared to rebel.

Zhao Yiping distributed leaflets in Hangzhou and made too much noise, and was followed by the government. He left Hangzhou and went to Xuzhou again, where he changed his name to Zhao Guyuan.Claiming to be a descendant of the royal family of the Song Dynasty, he and his party Meng Huajing recruited desperadoes, recruited fugitives in Xuzhou, Hefeng, Pei and other places, and peasants who could not survive due to excessive taxes. Xuzhou was taken for the first time, and Jinling and Beijing were taken again. As a result, the scholar rebellion was inexperienced after all, and the plan was leaked at the end of the attack. , November of the same year.was killed in Beijing.

(This matter was first recorded in "Ming Shenzong Shilu. Volume 344-346", and it was also recorded in Xuzhou local chronicle "Xuzhou Fuzhi") This was a rebellion that was extinguished before it was launched. The dual nature of subsequent uprisings, in the Ming Dynasty, there were too many cases of using religion to rebel, but "Zhao Guyuan" was probably the only one who "rebelled after pretending to be the previous emperor". The only attempt of "Ming Fu Song".

Zhao Yiping was implicated by the Nine Clans. The problem is that Xu Hongji-Xu Yuanhe was also implicated. He was reported by his clan brother because of the demon book, and the fact that he took Zhao Yiping in was also exposed. The catastrophe caused not only his fame to be deprived, but also his family property to be confiscated. Everyone in the family was afraid of being implicated, and no one dared to rescue his family. Therefore, while he was in prison, his old parents died of poverty.

From then on, Xu Yuanhe-Xu Hongji became a disgruntled anti-government element. He traveled around in disguise as a Taoist priest. The object of the dynasty's vengeance.

He has been to Dayengxia, where the Yao people rebelled in the southwest, Sichuan, where the Yi people rebelled, and also observed the bandits in Shandong. In the end, he discovered that there was a Chinese company in the sea, which seemed to be rising rapidly.

Zeng Qi persuaded Yin Feng to "treat people with sincerity, respect people's self-esteem, use skills to control things, and things will never be close." Literati like Xu Hongji, although not open-minded, can also be used. Therefore, Xu Hongji's identity has been confirmed. Later, Yin Feng formally appointed him as the clerk. Now Yin Feng has three clerks: Chen Dong, Zeng Shan, and Xu Hongji. Basically, he has built a staff team.