Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 531 Declaring War on Ming Dynasty

Li Jing smiled, pointed to Sun Meng and Liu Erleng and others beside him and said, "You must already know these people, so I won't introduce them to you. Come on, everyone sit down."

"Commander, please!" Sun Meng and the others hurriedly said.

After Li Jing sat down at the main seat, everyone took their seats one by one.

When the servant brought the tea back, Li Jing pointed to the teacup and said with a smile, "Mr. De Bauer, please drink tea."

"Thank you, Prime Minister." De Bauer bowed.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Mr. De Bauer, you don't have to be restrained. Speaking of which, we have been friends for so long, and you don't have to be polite between friends. By the way, you seem to be a smoker? It doesn't matter, you can smoke if you want. "

"How dare I smoke in front of the Prime Minister." De Bauer said hastily.

Li Jing smiled, knowing that De Bauer would not dare to smoke in front of him, so he would never meet him with a pipe. He stretched out his hand to Xiao Jiu who was behind him, and Xiao Jiu hurriedly took out a brocade box from his arms and handed it over.

Li Jing took it and opened it, and it turned out to be a pipe.

Li Jing took out the pipe and handed it to De Bauer, "I don't know what you like, I just know that you smoke, so I asked someone to make a pipe. I wanted to give it to you after we finished talking, but I think it's more appropriate to give it to you now." Some."

De Bourr took over and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister."

The pipe custom-made by Li Jing would never use ordinary materials, and De Boer felt warm and moist when he started it, knowing that it must be polished and carved with jade.

In fact, the gift that Li Jing sent was not to mention made of jade, even if it was made of ordinary wood, it was extremely precious.Because whether the gift is precious or not is not in the gift itself, but in the person who gave it.

Li Jing's identity was the supreme head of Ming Dynasty, not to mention that he was a small governor, even the king of the Netherlands was three points short in front of Li Jing.How could De Bauer not be honored to receive a gift from Li Jing?
Seeing that De Borr was holding the pipe with great care, Li Jing pushed the brocade box in front of De Borr and said with a smile: "This is tobacco, you can smoke it, although I don't like smoking, but it smells like smoking. feel pretty good."

Seeing that Li Jing was not pretentious, De Bourr relaxed his nervous mood, pinched a handful from the brocade box and put it into a pipe. Xiao Jiu walked over and took out the flint tinder and lit it for De Bourr.

De Bauer took a puff, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he suddenly stretched out his thumb to praise Li Jing: "Wonderful! It's amazing! I can't think of using jade to make a pipe. The taste of tobacco is more mellow and much softer. Your Excellency uses jade to make a pipe." The pipe, what a genius idea."

Li Jing waved his hands and said with a smile, "Mr. De Bauer likes it as long as he likes it."

"I like it! I like it so much! Thank you, Prime Minister." De Bourr laughed.

Li Jing smiled, and waited for De Bourr to take another two sips before saying: "Mr. De Bourner, it is said that it is inappropriate to negotiate with Daming before you have received instructions from your own country, but considering your future, I just ordered someone to negotiate with you, I hope you can understand this."

De Bauer couldn't help being silent when he heard that. Li Jing said it was right. He is just the governor of Taiwan. Although he can make some decisions on behalf of the country, it involves the state affairs between Ming and the Netherlands. Before the authorization, it is indeed not his capacity to call the shots.

Moreover, De Bourr is still a prisoner. If Li Jing hadn't taken the initiative to meet him, he wouldn't even be qualified to meet Li Jing.

Seeing that De Bold was silent, Li Jing said with a smile: "I like to make friends. If a friend is in trouble, I will never stand by. De Bold is in a very bad situation now. If I were the king of the Netherlands, wait After you return to China, the first thing I do is to send you to prison for questioning. As for the reason, I don’t think I need to say more, right?”

De Bauer nodded, lost his teacher and lost his ground. If he just went to prison, it would be the lightest.

Li Jing continued with a smile: "I asked someone to negotiate with you, in fact, to help you solve this trouble. If you sign an agreement with Daming, then you don't have to bear the current crime."

"Master Prime Minister, your conditions are so harsh. If I sign such an agreement, I am afraid that I will be accused of losing my power and humiliating the country. How can you help me get rid of my responsibility?" De Bourr said anxiously.

Li Jing shook his head: "Mr. De Bauer, I think you don't understand some things. First of all, Taiwan is the territory of Ming Dynasty. If you build a city and garrison in Taiwan, you must get permission from Ming Dynasty before you can do so."

"My lord is right, but we have obtained permission from your court to build a city and garrison in Taiwan. I think your lord should know the whole story of this matter." De Bourr said hurriedly.

Li Jing nodded with a smile: "I do know about this. Next is the second question I want to ask. What is the purpose of your military garrison in Taiwan? In my opinion, your original intention of building a military garrison in Taiwan should be In order to facilitate trade, while protecting the lives of the Dutch stationed in Taiwan, and to protect the country's merchant ships from the threat of pirates?"

"Yes, this is the purpose of our city and garrison in Taiwan, but you suddenly attacked our city and captured our army." De Bauer said.

"That's because you didn't abide by your duty! I remember that when Zheng Zhilong rebelled against Daming, you sent someone to communicate with Governor Sun and wanted to join us in dealing with Zheng Zhilong. How did Governor Sun answer you at that time?" Li Jing said with a sneer suddenly. .

Sun Meng heard the words and said: "I asked the messenger to send you a message that Zheng Zhilong's rebellion is our Daming's family, and outsiders are not allowed to interfere."

Li Jing smiled and said: "Zheng Zhilong is from our Ming Dynasty. He rebelled against the imperial court, just like brothers breaking up. Well...you have lived in Taiwan for a few years, and you should understand the living habits of our Han people. Let me tell you, can you Do you understand?"

De Bauer nodded: "I understand that your habit is that sons should live with their parents when they grow up, but there are many families whose children end up living alone because of family conflicts when they grow up."

Li Jing said with a smile: "That's right. Zheng Zhilong's rebellion is like this. He wanted to separate the family because he was dissatisfied with his parents and elder brother. At this time, the parents and elder brother have to persuade him patiently, and even beat him up. He has learned a lesson, but our goal is to let him return to this family in the end.

Generally speaking, at this time, friends and neighbors will help us persuade this brother not to mess around.

But instead of helping us persuade this brother, you let us kill this brother with a stick, and even participated in it yourself.

Brothers are ignorant, but parents and elder brothers have to be ignorant. How can we allow you to do such a thing?

And you, in spite of our warning, secretly attacked Zheng Zhilong. At this time, you are no longer our trading partners and friends, but our enemies.

Since we are enemies, how can we allow you to continue to build cities and garrison troops in our territory? "

De Bauer smiled wryly when he heard the words: "Based on my understanding of your living habits, I can understand your actions, but there is a reason why we did this. Zheng Zhilong occupied Manga and cut off our trade channels. But when it comes to the interests of our two countries, we have no choice but to attack Zheng Zhilong."

Li Jing shook his head: "You are wrong. Manjijia was originally a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, and it is not too much to say that it is our territory. Zheng Zhilong's occupation of Manjijia is still our internal affairs of Ming Dynasty, and you cannot interfere."

"How did Manlajia become a vassal state of Ming Dynasty again?" De Bower asked in surprise.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Mr. De Bauer, I don't believe that you don't know the history of Manlajia. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the kings of Manlajia were conferred by our Emperor Chengzu. How dare you say that Manlajia is not our Ming Dynasty. In my opinion, even the king of Manlajia was conferred by our Ming emperor, so it is not too much to say that Manlajia is our territory.”

"However, as far as I know, you didn't ask about Managa when it was occupied by the Portuguese during the Zhengde period, which means that you have already given up this dependent country." De Bourr argued.

Li Jing shook his head: "We didn't give up Manga, on the contrary, we sent envoys to Manga to condemn Portugal's aggression. It's just that many things happened in Ming Dynasty, and we didn't have the energy to deal with this issue for the time being.

Although Zheng Zhilong is ignorant, he knows how to help the country recover its territory. This shows that he has not forgotten his responsibility as a member of Daming. I believe that one day, sooner or later, he will return to the family of Daming.And when you launch an attack on Zheng Zhilong and even Man Lajia, in my opinion, you are declaring war on Daming. "

"No, no, Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we have not declared war on Ming Dynasty. I don't have the guts, let alone the right to declare war on Ming Dynasty." De Bourr said anxiously.

As he spoke, De Bourr subconsciously wiped his forehead, and suddenly found that his forehead was already covered with sweat.

Shaking his head, De Bourr secretly sighed, no wonder Li Jing was able to rule the entire Ming Dynasty at such a young age, this man is really amazing.

When De Bauer was negotiating with Lin Yuji, Lin Yuji also said similar things, but what Lin Yuji said was not as clear and easy to understand as what Li Jing said.Moreover, Li Jing used words to guide De Bourr to admit Li Jing's point of view, a few plain words, one ring after another, and De Bourr was unknowingly led into the trap by Li Jing.

Sighing lightly, De Bourr continued: "Okay, Mr. Prime Minister, I admit that your views are correct, but we have not declared war on Ming Dynasty. I believe you can see this."

Li Jing smiled: "Whether it is a declaration of war or not is up to you. When I say a declaration of war, it is a declaration of war. If I say it is not a declaration of war, it is not a declaration of war. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood, understood." De Bauer said hurriedly.

Li Jingjing nodded and smiled, "It's good that you understand, that's why I said, I'm negotiating with you to help you solve your troubles."

(The monthly pass is coming to the bowl soon)

(End of this chapter)