Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 597
Pointing to the map, Zhu Youjian continued: "At first, including me, everyone thought that Frangji was a country. Later, after listening to Xing Guogong's explanation, I realized that Frangji is actually multiple countries, and the Netherlands occupies Taiwan. Portugal occupies Macau, Spain occupies Luzon, and the Netherlands and Portugal occupy Managa and the Strait of Managa.

With these places as a foothold, these countries can enter and exit the Daming sea area at will. The reason why my southeast coastal provinces of the Ming Dynasty were invaded and plundered by Western countries a few years ago is because of this.

Last year, Zheng Zhilong led his troops to defeat the Portuguese and Dutch fleets and occupied the Managa Strait. In order to take this vital point back to Ming Dynasty, Duke Xing Guo personally rushed to Fujian to recruit Zheng Zhilong.

Do you know what Duke Xingguo's move means?It means that Duke Xingguo bowed his head to Zheng Zhilong and made amends!But for the sake of the Great Ming Dynasty, Duke Xingguo didn't care about personal gains or losses, honor or disgrace.

After Duke Xingguo recruited Zheng Zhilong, the first thing he did was to deploy troops to Manga Strait, in order to guard the door of Ming Dynasty.

But to keep this door, we must first eliminate the troops stationed in Taiwan, Luzon, Macau and other places.

Because these countries will definitely not sit back and watch us occupy the Strait of Managa. After the next spring, when the monsoon arrives, these countries will invade Managa on a large scale. If the troops stationed in these countries are not wiped out, they will attack back and forth. How should we respond?
If the Manraja Strait is lost, it is conceivable that Western countries will invade our country wantonly. At that time, Ming Dynasty will have to mobilize all its military and financial resources to deal with this war. At that time, it will cost a lot of money. "

Several ministers hurriedly praised after hearing the words: "What the emperor saw is very true!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Zhu Youjian shook his head: "I am not wise, the wise one is Duke Xingguo. If I had such a strategic vision, I would not have randomly deployed troops back then.

Duke Xingguo understood the key points a long time ago, so when he was in Fujian, he ordered Sun Meng and Sun Chuanting to lead their troops to recover Taiwan, Macao and other places, and annihilate the garrisons of various countries.

Do you think that Duke Xingguo doesn't know how to rest his life?He knows better than anyone what it takes to fight.

Duke Xingguo originally planned to recover Taiwan and Macau and rest for a period of time. After the collection of the spring tax this year, the treasury will have more money, food and materials before capturing Luzon. He does not want the Spaniards in Luzon to kill me at this time. Can use troops against Luzon in advance.In order to fight this battle, Duke Xingguo took out all his personal property, and even went bankrupt! "

Having said that, Zhu Youjian looked coldly at all the ministers in the hall.

Shaking his head, Zhu Youjian continued: "What about you, you don't understand Duke Xingguo's strategic conception, you only know how to object blindly. It doesn't matter if you object, and Duke Xingguo doesn't care about you, but what are you writing about? Xingguo Is the public time used to read your nonsense?

If the great grandfather were in power, you would inevitably be punished for writing such nonsense, but Duke Xingguo didn't care about you, he only made you recite the memorial he wrote, and punished you to stand for a long time.Thank you Xing Guogong! "

All the ministers bowed to Li Jing and said, "Thank you, Duke."

Li Jing waved his hand: "Thank you, the emperor, if the emperor hadn't interceded for you, how could I forgive you lightly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the officials saluted Zhu Youjian again.

Zhu Youjian waved his hands and smiled, "Forget it."

Looking back at Li Jing, the two looked at each other and smiled.

The so-called bridal sedan chair people carry people, Zhu Youjian stands on the platform for Li Jing, and Li Jing shows his favor to all the ministers for Zhu Youjian.

Smiling, Li Jing bowed to Zhu Youjian and said: "Your Majesty, sitting side by side with the Emperor today is a disrespect for a courtier, and I am hereby apologizing to the Emperor. I have no objection to how the Emperor will punish me."

Zhu Youjian helped Li Jing up with a smile and said: "What did the Duke say, you and my monarchs and ministers still need to be polite? However, I want to punish Brother Li. You pay the military salary yourself, and you don't take my share. I will punish you." Invite me to drink. I don't know what Brother Li wants?"

Li Jing laughed loudly when he heard the words: "What kind of punishment is this? I bought this wine, the emperor wants to drink it, just ask."

Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "I don't drink your wine for nothing. During this period of time, the business of several of my factories is very prosperous, and I have a lot more money on hand. I will give 20 taels of silver to cover military expenses. Brother Li , it's not a loss if you treat me to a drink!"

Li Jing said with a smile: "A meal of 20 taels of wine, such an expensive wine, I have to prepare well, and I can't let the emperor lose money."

Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "Hahaha! You are so prepared, I have to drink back whatever I say."

Turning his head to look at all the courtiers, Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "How are you, my dear friends? The Duke of the country wants to invite me to drink, I wonder if you are interested in participating? If you are interested, I will act on behalf of the Duke of the country Let's invite together."

The ministers laughed apologetically after hearing the words: "The emperor treats you to a drink on behalf of the Duke, and the ministers and others naturally want to join in."

Zhu Youjian shook his head with a smile and said, "But this wine is not for nothing, don't you guys mean it?"

Everyone heard the words and couldn't help but look at each other. What does this mean?Do you want us to pay donations?
Li Jing didn't expect Zhu Youjian to come here, waved his hands and smiled and said, "This is a matter for you and my ministers, so don't force your colleagues."

At this time Gao Qi suddenly smiled and said: "Wait, Marshal, what you said is wrong, the emperor has already treated the guests on your behalf, you can't refute the emperor's face, you will participate in this dinner no matter what you say."

After a pause, Gao Qi continued with a smile: "The general has been blessed by the commander-in-chief over the years, and has also saved some money. Now that the court is in trouble, the general can't stand idly by, and the general will give out 5 taels of silver. Would you please The general is drinking, when you invite the emperor to drink, the general will stand next to you and watch you drink, I think you can eat it or not."

Li Jingwen couldn't help but smiled wryly and said: "Your trick is pretty bad, you watch from the side, can the emperor and I still eat and drink?"

Seeing that Zhu Youjian, Li Jing, and Gao Qi were singing together, someone in the hall couldn't help curling their lips, thinking: "It's too shameless to be a human being, to use this method to make us pay."

Just as he was making up his mind to watch the jokes of Li Jing and the others, Ma Wu laughed and said, "Lao Gao can't watch the fun alone. Ma Wu has to join in the fun. Ma Wu seems to have more net worth than Brother Gao." If you pay a little bit, then Ma Wu will pay a little more, and I will pay 10 taels of silver, hehe, Brother Gao, don’t blame Brother Wu for overpowering you today."

"Fifth brother, you are not kind!" Gao Qi turned around and glanced at Ma Wu and said helplessly.

Ma Wu chuckled, turned his head and glanced at Zong Chao and Luo Yangxing.

Zong Chao understood, stepped forward and said: "Marshal, I don't have much property, but I have to have my heart, and I will give you 1000 taels of silver."

Luo Yangxing then continued: "Master Zong's family is not well-off, 1000 taels is already the limit, the humble job and Mr. Zong are congenial, and we will make up 4000 taels for Master Zong, and we brothers will pool 1 taels of silver."

"Brother Luo!" Zong Chao looked at Luo Yangxing, sighed with emotion, and gave Luo Yangxing a deep bow.

Luo Yangxing smiled, took Zong Chao's hand and shook it gently.

Seeing the military generals come on stage one by one, singing and fighting, just like singing an opera, Shen Zheng coughed lightly and said: "Your lords want to eat the wine of the marshal. Of course, old people can't be descendants. I will pay you 100 million taels." silver."

"Hiss." Hearing that Shen Zheng offered 100 million taels of silver, everyone couldn't help but gasped.

Everyone knew that Shen Zheng was rich, but they didn't expect to be so rich.

Only Shen Zheng smiled wryly in his heart.

Last year, during the raid on Prince Fu's Mansion, Shen Ying spent 200 million taels of silver to buy all the jade, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, as well as silk and satin from the Prince Fu's Mansion, and opened an antique jewelry store and a silk and satin shop for Shen Zheng.

For Shen Zheng, it doesn't matter whether there are these shops or not. The industry run by Shen Jixian is closely related to the imperial court, and the family property he has earned in the past few years is almost equivalent to the hard work of several generations of the Shen family.With the help of Shen Zhengdi, the two younger brothers' family business also expanded rapidly.Shen Zheng is re-running the original business of the Shen family, just for the sake of a clear idea.

Zhu Youjian's sudden donation just now made Shen Zheng's heart suddenly vigilant.

Shen Zheng knew very well that Zhu Youjian no longer had power, and Zhu Youjian was now focusing all his energy on the factories that Li Jing had set up for him. Zhu Youjian was finally able to earn money by himself, so how could he donate it so easily? , and one donation is 20 taels?
Obviously, Li Jing asked Zhu Youjian to do this.

Looking at the appearance of Gao Qi, Ma Wu and the others, it also looks like it was programmed in advance.

However, Li Jing didn't reveal any rumors to him, which shows that Li Jing suspected that Shen Zheng's instigation or acquiescence in the opposition to sending troops to Lu Song this time.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Although Shen Zheng was not the envoy to oppose Li Jing's sending troops to Lu Song this time, Shen Zheng did acquiesce. Otherwise, it would be impossible for so many officials from various ministries to write letters at the same time.

In other words, Shen Zheng did not keep pace with Li Jing this time.

Of course, Shen Zheng knew Li Jing very well. He knew that Li Jing would not mind someone objecting to such a major military event. It would be abnormal if no one objected to such a major event. echo.

It was precisely because Shen Zheng understood Li Jing's thoughts that Shen Zheng agreed with the ministers to write a letter against sending troops to Lu Song.

But Shen Zheng didn't expect that the letter would evolve into the current situation, and the reason for the current situation is that the minister who wrote the letter was not explaining the reason why he could not send troops, but was talking nonsense, but Li Jing's most annoying thing was talking Talk nonsense when it's business.

Shen Zhengzheng knew Li Jing's habits very well, so before the ministers wrote the letter, he clearly stated this point to his trusted subordinates.

It's a pity that Shen Zheng didn't understand the habits of these literati after all.

When these literati are writing memorials, if you don't let them quote classics, they will not be able to write words.If you don't let them quote the words of the saints at length, they are all uncomfortable not speaking the words of the saints.

This was something that Shen Zheng had made clear to the ministers below in advance. One can imagine what the memorials of these people would look like if Shen Zheng hadn't explained it in advance.

(End of this chapter)