Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 723 Imperial Majesty
In the eyes of the rulers of all dynasties, merchants are almost like pigs. They are killed when they are fattened. During the first Manila massacre in Spain, Emperor Wanli was furious. He once wanted to be a soldier, but was rejected by the government The Minister of the Central Committee persuaded the merchants to come back on the grounds that they were unworthy of a big country's military action. Like Li Laobai, he wrote directly to the chief minister of the Ming cabinet, asking for revenge on the merchants. It would have been a few decades ago, or even a few years ago. joke.

But now, no more!
This letter was sent through military channels, and even through various flying pigeon stations. In just 26 days, it was sent back to Daming Yingtianfu from Calcutta, India, thousands of miles away.

When I received the letter, it was rare for Song Qingshu to take a rest and take the whole family to eat together around the big table. On the fireplace, Song Qingshu and his family took a group photo. The ink painting seemed to be dangling out of the painting under the firelight. Caiwei was serving soup for Song Qingshu, who taught one son and one daughter to play strict fathers, at this time, Xiaobao ran in sweating profusely.

"Marshal, something happened to Mughal! Li Laobai, Special Commissioner of the Chamber of Commerce..."

Even Yu'er couldn't help showing a helpless expression on her face, and the two young masters who were reciting Tang poems just glared angrily, which made Xiao Bao have to swallow the second half of the words.

"National affairs are important, husband and son-in-law go!"

"kindness!"

Nodding to Caiwei, Song Qingshu patted his shoulders helplessly, and then tilted his head at Xiaobao.

"Go to the study and send someone to notify Master Sun, Master Hong, General Liu, and Master Lu to come over."

"Forget it, Song Hu Song Xiong, you go and inform! Commander, please!"

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At this time, I don't know that something happened in the New World, but without delay, the rulers of the Ming Empire frowned. Li Laobai's letter was circulated, and a densely drawn map , Mughal was circled again.

This is not an isolated incident. In the past few months after defeating Wu Sangui, Batavia, Luzon, Borneo, and further south to New Guinea, have long been harassed by Western ships, attacking the Ming colony, plundering plantations They also injured some people. After all, this is Daming’s back garden. The fleet was dispatched everywhere and achieved some results. They attacked French ships, Dutch ships, and even Portuguese pirate ships who had always been friends with Song Qingshu. Like Sweden, Danish pirate ships are mixed in it. As for the grand duchy and the earldom, Song Qingshu really can't figure it out.

For a while, half of Europe seemed to be struggling with itself.

Fortunately this time, those Mughal assan dared to intervene.

"Commander, the small country of Quer dares to arrest and kill our nationals. What is the majesty of the kingdom of heaven? Please order, send troops quickly, and teach this rebellious country a lesson!"

As long as there is a battle, Liu Zongmin is very excited. Not only him, but now the soldiers have a very high social status, and they are called the cutest people by Song Qingshu, and the 50 troops of the Ming Empire inspired by the honor brought about by the new military rank reform after defeating Wu Sangui There is nothing but fighting spirit, veterans with medals on their chests are more respected than those officials and scholars, and now everyone wants to get two more honors for themselves.

But Song Qingshu shook his head.

"Sending troops is definitely necessary, but you can't fight blindly. The most urgent thing is to figure out why so many western powers are suddenly so hostile to our Ming Dynasty, and we must be careful about them, and we must not let them collude with those guys in the north. "

Seeing Song Qingshu solemnly pointing to the north, the faces of several important officials of the empire became serious, and after a moment of silence, Sun Chuanting sighed in embarrassment.

"Marshal, after all, the sky and the sea are separated, and we do lack information about Europe, which is thousands of miles away. However, we can call your prospective son-in-law, and maybe we can know a thing or two."

"A prospective son-in-law?"

Song Qingshu was taken aback by what he said, and was in a daze for a moment before he understood.

Nowadays, there are probably as many as two or three masters who are pursuing Yu'er by the talents of the empire, but the most famous ones belong to the Three Musketeers, Song Yongzhong, Zheng Sen, and that little yellow-haired William. Just last month, Zheng Sen from the Liaodong battlefield also sent back a huge rose that was actually woven with oriental beads, which caused a sensation even among Yingtian's upper class. If they speak badly about Yu'er, or conspire against others, there will always be a black hand behind the scenes who will find them out, beating them violently, or even disappearing.

Not long ago, there was a son of a local tyrant from Fujian who was used to rampaging in his hometown. When he met Yu'er on the road, he was shocked. After being rejected, he boldly gathered some gangsters and planned to ambush Yuer. Before they got together, there were already five or six heads of business who did not know where to report the news. Immediately, this nouveau riche clamoring to bring millions of taels of silver to Yingtian to set up a factory seemed to have evaporated in the world, completely disappearing from the public eye. It is said that someone who was doing business in Nanyang once saw such a beggar in Batavia. He had no hands, feet, and even a tongue. It is said that he was nine times like this dude.

However, the most famous of the Three Musketeers is this little yellow-haired William. This guy is famous for his shamelessness, and he has a good relationship with Yu'er. Many people, because of him, the British East India Company is quite popular among the upper echelons of Yingtian, and they are more popular than those who come to do business from other foreign countries.

Although it was a joke, Song Qingshu nodded his head. William's identity is not simple. Just because he can arbitrarily mobilize the East India Company, a later behemoth, and can easily conclude an alliance with himself as a firm ally, it can be seen that he The origin must be extraordinary.

He might know a thing or two.

Little Treasure sent someone out again, and brought William, who had been sleeping in a daze, to the capital's capital at night. When he heard the news from the Mughal Empire, Little William was so frightened that he woke up from his drowsiness, and rushed to the map On the side, muttering a few words in English.

With the last bit of ink taught by the teacher back then, Song Qingshu vaguely heard a few vague words such as France, Saracen, and Batavia.

"Recently the fleets of the Dutch and the French have frequently harassed our colonies. What happened in Europe?"

Listening to Sun Chuanting's hasty questioning, Little William's face seemed to change, and immediately turned into a bitter melon, spreading his hands sadly.

"Master Sun, you Huaxia are all scholars, farmers, businessmen, and I am a small merchant, where do I know so much?"

This guy was obviously lying, Song Qingshu couldn't help raising his brows, and snorted rather coldly.

"Your Excellency William, don't forget that Daming and Britain are now allies. Whether it is military or business, the two countries are closely dependent! If you can't even be honest, the foundation of this alliance will be very doubtful! "

"Commander! It's the East India Company of the British Empire! It's not the British Empire. The covenant between the two Indian companies in the east and west is of course very important to me. Commander, believe me, those guys in France have always been so unstable. They are jealous of Eastern trade. , it is not uncommon to come to harass, as long as it passes for a while, it will be fine!"

In these words, Xiao Huang Mao also showed some sincerity, but he still couldn't satisfy Song Qingshu, but he was helpless. On the one hand, Ming needed Britain to export goods to Europe; Inevitably, the natives of the East India Company were also needed to provide help there. Song Qingshu really couldn't arrest this guy and torture him.

Although the reason for this is not clear, Ming's dignity cannot be desecrated, especially the news of the Mughal Empire has been transmitted back to Ming, and the Congress has fallen out in the past few days.

On the one hand, it is the general trend of history, and on the other hand, it is also Song Qingshu’s intention. In the Great Ming Congress, more than 50.00% are emerging bourgeois industrial and commercial owners, and the remaining 30.00% have industries in overseas colonies, such as Chen Zilong. These people are now At the top of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, tens of millions of people depended on them to work. The traditional scholar-bureaucrats relied on land, food and population to gain the right to speak. Now, in the face of the new economy, their share has fallen pitifully.

It is also this group of people who suffered the most from the hostility of the Mughal Empire. It is really the interest that drives everything. Song Qingshu is still worried about how to speak to the Congress and fight a war thousands of miles away. The two party leaders, Qian Qianyi and Chen Zilong, took the lead in speaking very fiercely in the Congress.

In contrast, Song Qingshu has become a conservative party!
"The dignity of the empire cannot be desecrated! My emperor is kind. I heard that the land of Tianzhu is poor and the people are poor. Tens of thousands of miles away, there is a franchise trade. However, these aliens don't think of kindness. They even revenged their kindness and slaughtered my overseas Chinese. It is really tolerable. Unbearable! Your Excellency the Cabinet, the Cabinet must deal with this provocation quickly, to show our country's prestige, and we must not let foreign countries laugh at me and have no one in China!"

"Mr. Qian is right. These years, my Ming Dynasty has been full of disasters and disasters. However, God favored me and gave me Nanyang and gave my people a way to survive. Now is the time for the people of Daming to open up new territories. If you don't handle it well This time the Mughals are provocative, which will greatly damage the confidence of the people of the Celestial Dynasty and bring about extremely bad effects!"

"........."

Seeing that dozens of Conservative parties were so impassioned as if they were about to bite someone, this time no matter the Liberal National Party or the Conservative Party, the Labor Party seemed to be wearing a pair of trousers, following the excitement of the crowd, Song Qingshu felt his scalp numb for the first time, and he fell down sadly I pressed my hand.

"Everyone! Everyone, calm down!"

"I haven't figured out the specific situation at the moment. My Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette. This cabinet thinks, should I first send an envoy to communicate with the Mughal Empire? After all, the other side is also a country with a vast territory..."

"Masters in the cabinet are kind-hearted, but there are some young people who can't be influenced by etiquette. They must be taught with iron and blood to respect the majesty of Daming!"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by loud and angry shouts, and this time the lines were designed by Song Qingshu himself for a new patriotic play in the Gu Hengbo Grand Theater a few days ago, and he actually used them on himself On the body, it really made him speechless.

In the end, the congress meeting on August 29 got out of control. On the spot, all the members voted, and as many as 80.00% of the votes supported the declaration of war on the Mughal Empire. On the first day of September in the 21st year of Chongzhen, Ming officially declared war on the Mughal Empire. Between the two Asian giants, fierce sparks are about to explode.

Just relying on one's passion, one can travel thousands of miles to conquer other countries. If it was an act of death in the past dynasties, it would be flogged by the historian, but in today's Daming, it is possible, and Daming is not without chance of winning.

Fighting against the Mughal Empire is also beneficial to the British East India Company. This time, Little William happily shared the information, together with the information recorded by the merchants, the mountains and rivers of India are now a basin of clear water for Daming. Bottom.

Moreover, the army of the Ming Dynasty is no longer the army that could not be separated from the land in the feudal era. There are Song Qingshu's colonies all over Southeast Asia. The big businessman has already patted his chest to solve the supply.

Moreover, most of the army that went out this time came from Wu Sangui's descended army, as well as Mongolian, Jiannu and other ethnic minority troops. They fought against the Jiannu in the north. These people are worried, but if they are sent to Tianzhu, these people are all born They are not familiar with each other, and they can't get along with the Indian Asan. Daming is their only home country, and they are not afraid of them fleeing or surrendering.

The active army only mobilized two divisions, and the rest were 22 mercenary divisions organized by Wang Fuchen and Ma Bao, and the navy dispatched Hai Dayu 200 and more than [-] escort fleets to transport these The army landed in India.

Li Dingguo was awesome this time. During Song Qingshu's plan to rest the country for a few years, he snatched this only opportunity.

Of course, the newspapers in Songjiang used a lot of space to publicize this expedition. It was almost as good as Zheng He who went to Nanyang seven times. These Wu troops who were originally imprisoned in concentration camps for labor reform suddenly became heroes.

"Fight for country! Glorious!"

"May the gods and ancestors bless you, honorable warriors!"

Amidst the loud shouts, the Songjiang Wharf was almost crowded, and there were people who traveled thousands of miles to see off these strangers. The common people also desperately stuffed a lot of good things into the hands of these expeditionary soldiers. Before the mercenary got on the boat, his arms were already stuffed with eggs, new shoes, pastries, and candies.

People's hearts are full of flesh. At the beginning, when I heard that I was going to be dispatched to fight in a place I had never heard of in my life, many Wu Jun scolded their mothers in their hearts, thinking that they were going to die outside, but this time , First the Anjia silver was distributed, and then the legion changed into new clothes and new weapons, and now it is such a warm farewell ceremony.

A scholar dies for his confidant!Many Wu Jun, even those Mongols, were full of enthusiasm, wishing to kill them immediately.

Even Wang Fuchen, the always slick deputy commander of the expeditionary force, was standing on the bow of the ship, with a hammer on his heart in his right hand, and gave a military salute to the common people who came to see him off.

Song Qingshu remembered that he had watched a documentary about the British Navy before. Every time the navy went out and returned, it was a festival for the people of London. It was such enthusiasm that created the British Empire where the sun never sets. Now, it seems that he has also seen it in himself. With this kind of potential, Song Qingshu couldn't help but shake his head emotionally when he saw the fleet set sail and stood on the shore to see him off.

"This is Daming!"

(End of this chapter)