Chapter 137 The common dilemma between Ming Dynasty and Spain
Zhang Siwei actually wanted to present a book, but he couldn't see the emperor. He was just a courtier, not a courtier. He couldn't run away without a declaration. Go to the Wenhua Palace to ask for an audience. If you want to see the emperor, you have to go through the process.
When he went to Ge Shouli with the "Baojian of Arithmeticology", Ge Shouli had this fifty-five-volume masterpiece of arithmetic in his hand; when he went to find Wan Shihe with the Baojian, Wan Shihe He Yao, as the Minister of Rites, took the "Taishi Arithmetic" produced by the Ministry of Rites to claim credit; when Zhang Siwei wanted to find Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng's Quanchu Guild Hall was being decorated.
So, this huge contribution has nothing to do with Zhang Siwei.
The little emperor felt that Zhang Siwei was not respectful.
Chen Lin took seven hydrofoil sailboats towards Luzon. It took him three hours to set off from Songjiang Prefecture Ship Division to Ningbo Shuangyu. It was Zhu Wan and Lu Bor who defeated the Japanese pirates. Starting from the private discussion that Zhu Wan was forced to commit suicide, it took twenty hours to arrive at the Shipping Department of Yuegang City, Zhangzhou, Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, where Chen Lin met with Luo, the coastal defense magistrate, at the Du Rating Hall. Gongchen communicated and communicated.
Not all hydrofoil sailboats are suitable for long-distance voyages. Two hydrofoil sailboats are not suitable for sailing in the waves and are going to Guangzhou to conduct coastal aerial surveys. Chen Lin set off from Yuegang to Penghu. Inspection Department, three hours later, Chen Lin arrived at the Penghu Inspection Department.
In the 42nd year of Jiajing, the Penghu Inspection Department was re-established to prevent Japanese pirates, and a total of 1,153 soldiers went to Jiezhai. In the 45th year of Jiajing, the Penghu Inspection Department was abolished again.
In May of the third year of Wanli, Pang Shangpeng, the governor of Fujian, wrote: "However, the journey from Penghu to Quanzhou is only one day, and it is so vast that it may be invaded by Japanese invaders." It was proposed to use the southern route as a guerrilla and to defend during the flood season to prepare for pirates.
Yu Dayou requested the establishment of ten inspection divisions to inspect the Daming Coast. This was not without purpose, but was carefully planned based on the memorials of the governors of Yingtian, Songjiang, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong and Guangxi, and Yu Dayou's many years of war against Japanese aggression. income.
Although the camp of the Penghu Inspection Department is dilapidated, it is still usable.
On June 17, the third year of Wanli, Chen Lin once again set out from the Penghu Inspection Department and arrived at Xinglong Wharf in Wannianzhou (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) in two and a half hours. This is a natural harbor with few It was uninhabited and covered with dense forests. Chen Lin was keenly aware that the wood for shipbuilding in the Ming Dynasty could be obtained from here in the future.
After Chen Lin replenished fresh water, she went all the way south and arrived at Miyan Port in Miyan County in eighteen hours. This was the first time that Yin Zhengmao, Deng Zilong, Liang Shouyu, and Lin Afeng arrived in Luzon from Guangzhou. Where to attack.
After taking a short rest for a day, Chen Lin headed south again towards Manila. This time it took ten hours to arrive in Manila and disembarked at the Manila Port.
This round of bumps made Chen Lin's lips turn white, like a water ghost crawling out of the water. His trip took too long, from Songjiang to Tianjin, and then He returned to Songjiang from Tianjin, and then went south from Songjiang Prefecture to Manila. Such a violent rush made Chen Lin feel dizzy as soon as he stepped ashore, as if the earth was shaking.
Chen Lin rested for two days and regained her composure before meeting Luzon Governor Yin Zhengmao, Luzon Commander-in-Chief Zhang Yuanxun, Luzon Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liang Shouyu, Staff General Deng Zilong, and guard Lin Afeng. We arrived at a three-masted plywood giant ship that had already begun to go to sea. It has 24 pairs (48) oars and 144 oarsmen.
It is indeed not useful enough. Yin Zhengmao found that he had overestimated it. It was okay to bully the natives, but it was impossible to bully the current Ming Dynasty.
"I have met Governor Yin." Chen Lin greeted him with military salutes. Yin Zhengmao had an overview of the military, political, financial and cultural power of Luzon. It was not too much to call him the king of Luzon, but Yin Zhengmao was not very fond of being a king. Interest, even if it is not about morality, Luzon has currently lost the support of the Ming Dynasty, and his fate will be no different from that of the surviving king of Luzon. Luzon will still be the Viceroyalty of Spain by then.
After seeing the ceremony, Chen Lin cleared her throat and said: "There is an imperial edict, and Yin Zhengmao, Zhang Yuanxun and others will accept it."
"The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says:"
"The military hall is in the extreme south. The accumulated invaders were defeated and the common people were blocked. This is an unparalleled achievement. However, recently, people's hearts are not as old as they used to be, and they are prone to dissent. They are jealous and hold the views of the masses, but they only want to favor themselves. If you are selfish and don't care about the country, just like last year's victory in Luzon, the whole court was frightened and thought it was unacceptable, fearing that it would hurt the hearts of people far away, and trade would be blocked.
“I know the hard work of everyone in the department. ”
“To govern a country in chaos, use heavy codes. Guanggu is also a state of chaos, and its power cannot be shaken by military force. The treacherous people are not afraid, and the good people have no support. "
"Recording the merits of defeating the Japanese invaders, I hereby enter the Ministry Hall, the right commander of the military governor's office, and the governor of Luzon. I discuss the achievements of the pirates in the sea in Luzon, and I am granted the title of Bo of Sishui, with an annual salary of 800 shi. Specially promoted Zhang Yuanxun, General Longhu, Luzon Commander-in-Chief, discussed the Luzon Pinghai banditry, was granted the title of Ying Yangbo, with an annual salary of 800 shi, and Liang Shouyu, Deng Zilong and others were each promoted to three levels. "
"Every trace of loyalty can only be learned from heaven! "
"After the dynasty was established, the constitution was established, virtues were extended and benefits were given, and the edict was issued to the world, and the envoys heard about it. "
"I admire this. "
"I thank you for your kindness. "After Yin Zhengmao and others listened to the imperial edict, they were stunned for a long time before thanking them. The emperor made two counts, both of whom were knights, one Yin Zhengmao and one Zhang Yuanxun. The others were all promoted.
Zhang Yuanxun took over. After taking the seal, ribbon and other things, he was silent for a long time, and then asked blankly: "Bu Tang, are you really not a relative of the emperor who lives among the people? "
"Probably not. "Yin Zhengmao also looked at the imperial edict and couldn't believe it. He himself was not sure whether he was a relative of the emperor or not.
Deng Zilong also asked blankly: "Isn't it?"
"No way." Yin Zhengmao repeatedly recalled that when he was a child, he was not good at studying. His father picked up a door stick with a thick arm and almost hit it. He suppressed the memory of being disabled and convinced that he was indeed his biological child and not a relative of the royal family living among the people.
For the Ming Dynasty warriors, it would be good to get a compliment from the court. If you can get some rewards, thank God. How can you dare to ask for such a thing as a knighthood? Although Yin Zhengmao is a literary scholar, but What he does all day long has basically nothing to do with civil servants.
The officials in Luzon would rather believe that Yin Zhengmao is a relative of the emperor than believe that the imperial court has actually begun to ennoble him. Civil and military officials treat everyone equally, and those who have meritorious service will be truly rewarded by the imperial court!
"Your Majesty, Yuan Fu has two letters." Chen Lin took out two more letters and handed them to Yin Zhengmao.
Above the court, there is still a group of cheap Confucians chattering non-stop, talking nonsense, jealous of Yin Zhengmao's achievements, using their own jealousy and mediocre opinions, just to satisfy their own selfish interests, It doesn't matter whether the country needs it or not.
Zhu Yijun's reply to this was very unified: If you don't accept it, just hold it in, and if you have the ability, go to Luzon and kill Yin Zhengmao and the others.
Chen Lin and Yin Zhengmao had in-depth exchanges on issues such as the Luzon Metropolitan Government’s Rate House, Municipal Shipping Department, Inspection Department, port berths, ship construction, etc., and conveyed Yu Shuai’s several ideas about Ming Dynasty’s coastal defense, and Yin Zhengmao This matter was supplemented, and the two sides ended the meeting in a warm atmosphere.
Yin Zhengmao said with certainty: "During the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty established a governor in Luzon and established Daming Street in Luzon. The governor was governor of Luzon for more than 20 years, and Xu Chailao's descendants did not report it again. Please seal it, the imperial court no longer went south to the West, and Luzon was transformed from the governor-general of the Ming Dynasty into a tributary state again."
"Until the end of Jiajing, the Japanese pirates in the southeast were in turmoil, and Luzon lost its country due to cowhide, and the imperial court heard the news. , ordered the Hongmaofan to withdraw from Luzon and return power to the surviving king of Luzon."
"The Hongmao people were unjust and wantonly slaughtered and insulted the Han people and the barbarians. The people of Lu Song suffered greatly from it and suffered unspeakably. The king's master blamed the people and attacked them, which was the cause of Guanggu's chaos."
"Lü Song The king of Song Dynasty was killed, and there were no descendants.
The Hong Mao Fan said that they were also cruel rulers and colonists. The Ming Dynasty was the homeland of the king's master. If not all the descendants of Lu Song's surviving queen were killed by the Hong Mao Fan, the imperial court would be happy to continue canonizing them. Isn’t it true that the queen has no descendants?
This is the face of a scholar. Even the black ones can be said to be white. It is obviously an attack by everyone to compete for the key position of Luzon. This lip service turns into the king's contempt for the people. Conquer crime.
The lineage of Luzon kings has also changed several times, from the Han governor at the beginning to the cannibalism. This issue is actually very complicated, but generally speaking, the Sulu Sultanate that ruled Luzon The three kings have always triggered Daming, especially the East King of the Sudan Kingdom. It is buried in Texas, Shandong, so the connection between Daming and Luzon is extremely close.
At present, Lu Dong was destroyed by Hongmao Fan. Daming always had to do something and nothing.
Chen Lin said with emotion: "This is the truth, but the barbarians are afraid of power and have no morals. They are all wolf-faced and beast-like people. The nature of the barbarians is only based on strength and weakness. They are divided and revenge is endless! It’s better for the ministry to be careful.”
Yin Zhengmao said with a smile: “If we can’t win on the battlefield, they naturally won’t listen to my reasoning. If we can win on the battlefield, they have to accept it, right?”
After hearing this, Chen Lin knew that Yin Zhengmao was not arrogant because of his temporary victory and despised the thieves, so he turned sideways and said: "Silver entered the Ming Dynasty, and the court officials were very concerned about it. Yuan Fu asked me to go to the Quanchu Guild Hall to ask questions. I, if the Luzon ships can arrive at the port as scheduled this year, the sea tax will be divided into one, one line will be divided into two, and the imperial court will adjust the ten thousand directions into three. This is a big matter, so I would like to ask one or two. "
The border areas of the Ming Dynasty are now receiving military pay in kind, and the imperial court sends silver to the border areas, which can be regarded as a combination of accepting salt and accepting silver. Without silver, the imperial court cannot regulate the flow of goods in the Ming Dynasty. The reduction in the inflow of silver in the Ming Dynasty will inevitably lead to an increase in anti-tax sentiments. It is indeed a big deal and the key to the New Deal.
Yin Zhengmao looked at the east and said: "They are already here. They have arrived at Cebu Island now, and their vanguard has arrived near Boracay Island. Our department is planning to send envoys to communicate, whether they want war or peace, "It's up to you."
Chen Lin asked doubtfully: "Who is going?"
"Deng Zilong and his concubine, the red-haired Fan Luo Lian," Yin Zhengmao mentioned these two names. At that time, his face looked complicated. He might as well just kill this red-haired fan named Luo Lian. Deng Zilong, a good general, became more unrestrained.
Chen Lin asked curiously: "What makes the department so embarrassed?"
"It's nothing." Yin Zhengmao shook his head.
If you look at the public and private matters separately, from a private point of view, Deng Zilong and Luo Lian's hanging out is at best immoral. From a public point of view, Luo Lian's translation of many Thai and Western books in Ming Dynasty, such as arithmetic , European and American shipbuilding methods, etc. were of great benefit, especially in supervising the construction of the three-masted plywood giant ship, Luo Lian provided huge help.
So, it’s just immoral, just let the two of them work together.
Deng Zilong asked Chen Lin about the operation method of a hydrofoil sailboat. The operation of this kind of boat requires weight and a lot of strength, and the extremely bumpy boat requires stable footwall strength. Deng Zilong does not have these. Lack.
Soon Deng Zilong was able to operate Chen Lin's car and fly happily on the sea. Deng Zilong fit well with the hydrofoil sailboat. Deng Zilong was full of adventurous spirit.
On June 27, Deng Zilong took Luo Lian out to sea and headed to Boracay Island, preparing to have a good talk with the fleet of large sailing ships.
"Can you put on your pants?" Deng Zilong adjusted the hydrofoil sailboat. The speed was not very fast. The boat was bouncing on the water. What Luo Lian did was indeed offensive.
There were only two people on the boat. Luo Lian didn't even wear pants at all. She was wearing a linen gown that just covered her buttocks. The mysterious area was looming, and her wheat-colored skin glowed like tung oil under the sea water and sunlight. of light.
Luo Lian crossed her long legs on the boat, and kept rubbing her toes on Deng Zilong's legs. She smiled and said: "Cunning man, you like me very much. Of course, in private, I am A devout believer, an extremely conservative nun, you have turned me into this, my devil."
Deng Zilong looked at the water, checked Feng Wan, then stared at the compass, and kicked Luo Lian away to make trouble. feet, shook his head and said: "After you took a bath, you became completely different from before."
Luo Lian stared at her eyes and said in great surprise: "Then what do you like, before or now? Wow, is it? Before? Your taste was so unique. Did you like the smell of strong body odor mixed with alcoholic essence? I didn't like it. If you liked me before, there was no way I could change back."
Deng Zilong remembered Luo Lian's appearance before, trembled violently, and said with disgust: "Can you not mention the previous time? It is actually difficult for me to understand that the Fo Langji people can travel across the ocean. You are really like what you said. In that way, you can dominate the whole of Europe without any rival, defeat the giant cannibals one after another, rebuild the kingdom, and defeat the French five times. The damn English hate you so much that you are grinding your teeth but there is nothing you can do." "But why should you stick to these things? What about not taking a shower?"
Luo Lian shook her brown hair, raised her head and said with an inviting smile: "I knew you didn't like it. When I was looking around for information in Manila, my eyes were full of disgust."
"Your question is a bit complicated. We need a long time to talk about it. My Mr. Mighty, is there any question? Have you considered lowering the sails and let’s have a talk?”
"Are you just talking?" Deng Zilong began to lower the sails. He was very curious about this question, and it also involved the results of his mission. It was just like fighting a war. He had no idea about his opponent and how he could defeat him. Win?
Deng Zilong knows Luo Lian very well. If he wants Luo Lian to speak, he needs to feed her mouth first, both up and down.
"If there was a spring water, drinking it would lead to immortality, what would you Orientals do?" Luo Lian, who was full of wine and food, lay lazily and charmingly on the deck, straightening her feet. , let the sun shine on the feet, changing various shadows slightly naughtily.
Deng Zilong thought for a while and said: "Of course drink it."
Luo Lian said slightly absent-mindedly: "If it were us, the Spaniards, we would destroy it. Only God can grant eternal peace. Life, not this heretical spring, gives life eternity, so destroying it, the fountain of youth, is the only stupid thing we can and must do."
"Isn't it stupid?"
Deng Zilong carefully savored Luo Li'an's words. Sister Luo Li'an's words were thought-provoking, but regarding the fountain of youth as the method of the ancestral king that will last forever, it is quite different but has the same purpose.
He said with a smile: "It's not stupid. Just like the Confucian scholars of our Ming Dynasty who always clamored for the third generation of law, the soldiers won the battle and needed to defile themselves to protect themselves. We are also facing Faced with such a dilemma, or to put it more popularly, shackles, layer after layer of shackles."
"The indestructible shackles bind everyone in the world and move forward with difficulty."
Zhu Yijun prefers to call this kind of thing the ideological stamp, or ideological imprisonment and restraint. Of course, Deng Zilong's description of it as a shackle is also very appropriate.
"Confucian scholar, are your Confucian scholars clergy?" Luo Li'an frowned slightly, trying to understand the various phenomena of the Ming Dynasty with her knowledge. The great empire of the Ming Dynasty also had its dark side, and it was dark. This side has blocked the light of most of the empire.
The Yuan Fu and the emperor in their mouths are doing their best to bring light back to the land of the Ming Dynasty.
Deng Zilong thought for a while and said with certainty: "It can be understood that way."
"Do your Confucian scholars evade taxes like the faculty?" Luo Lian blinked and smiled. asked.
Deng Zilong said sincerely: "Stealing."
"It deserves to be punished just like a teaching position." Luo Lian then asked: "Your Confucian scholar is also a man of good conduct and compassion in front of others. , Are humans like beasts? On the surface, they seem to be the embodiment of morality, but in private, they will do any evil thing?"
"Yes" Deng Zilong thought for a while and said, "Mr. Chen. The newspaper sent from the residence recorded one incident. The Lu family in Shaanzhou, Henan Prefecture, took advantage of the locust plague to occupy acres of land and cause suffering to the people. As a result, they were sued by Zuo Shenzheng, who came to Beijing to resign. They did all kinds of evil things."
"There was an old man who drove a donkey cart to Hanzhong to sell goods. The donkey in the donkey cart pulled manure to the courtyard wall of the Lu family's house, but the Lu family's servants refused. Tolerant, the old man could only eat the donkey dung in the end."
"What happened next?" Luo Lian asked after a moment of silence.
Hearing this, Deng Zilong said with a smile on his face: "I was thrown into the Jiecui courtyard by Your Majesty. Your Majesty wants to know whether the head of the Lu family and those servants are so cruel that they can do such a thing. Wait for something to happen.”
Luo Lian sighed and said: "Look, you Ming Dynasties can still imagine that the emperor will solve these dirty things, but we Spaniards can't."
"Our king, Philip II Felipe II, He created an invincible fleet and established the world's first empire on which the sun never sets. The brilliance of the sun will always shine on our Spanish land. What a great achievement. But his wife, who can survive as long as she is cleaned, is in pain. "We can't do without religion, just like fish can't do without water, even though we all know that it should be abandoned, because we can't do it."
Deng Zilong. Looking at Luo Lian, she said helplessly: "It's normal that you are proud of your country. I also think that my Ming Dynasty is invincible, and our Ming Dynasty has indeed been invincible in the world, but when you are proud, can you not stand up your chest? "
Luo Li'an said with a smile on her face: "Don't you like them the most? "
"Can you Ming leave the Confucian school? "Religion."
"It's difficult. I can't do it. It should be possible if Your Majesty and Yuan Fu come. In fact, in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, we did not have this kind of trouble. Confucian scholars could not do this. "Deng Zilong shook his head and said.
Lolian looked at the blue sky, seabirds flying in the sky, and sea fish leaping out of the water, splashing crystal clear water. That was what she wanted, called freedom.
She sighed and said: "So you want to break free of the shackles, and there is still hope to break free of the shackles, and our king also wants to break free of the shackles that bind himself and the kingdom, just like I want to take a bath , I look forward to it strongly.”
“I am such a beautiful woman, and it’s so disgusting to have lice crawling on my head all day long. I’m sorry, I won’t say anything anymore.”
Deng Zilong thought for a while and asked: "You can take a bath now. You are indeed extremely beautiful. Is it difficult to break free from the shackles?"
Luo Li'an nodded and said: "Of course it is difficult. I have to be a prisoner to take a bath freely. My master asked me to take a bath, so I must take a bath."
"It seems that I was deceived, and you were deliberately taken as a prisoner." Deng Zilong said with a smile.
Luo Lian continued: "It is the same difficulty as you trying to get rid of the Confucian scholars. The clergy or religion has penetrated into the bones and blood of the empire. If you want to kill them, the empire will die. One day , the great empire on which the sun never sets will be shrouded in darkness and return to its original position."
"More than a thousand years ago, you called the Big Eater in Green Clothes, and we called it the Big Eater. The Berbers crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the territory of Spain, occupying the Andalusia region nourished by the Guadalquivir River, which is the most fertile land in Spain."
"Resistance. It continued until the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon formed a coalition. More than a hundred years ago, we drove away the Green Food. Eighty-three years ago, we broke through the last of the Green Food. The important town of Granada was the restoration of the country and the end of the conquest."
"Castilia is a vast and barren plateau where sheep can only be grazed."
" The northeast is the Catalonia region washed by the Ebro River, which is the land obtained by marriage."
"Andalusia is still an autonomous state, and Castile is deserted. Plateau, Catalonia is the richest autonomous state."
"Do you hear something wrong?"
Deng Zilong thought about it seriously and said: "It is scattered, just like the canvas of this sailboat. It needs a mast to connect it together."
Luo Lian said helplessly: "Look, you are a stranger, After hearing my narration, you can hear the key issues.”
“Yes, it is fragmented, so we cannot get rid of the shackles of religion, because it is not only a shackles, but also the bond that unites us. Without religion, we are just a mess, so we don’t take a bath because the doctrine doesn’t allow us to do so.”
“In fact, we have been trying to replace the link that connects all our scattered territories, and silver is the link we found. Gold and silver are not without any price. Silver once brought us together closely for a short time, and then it turned into a nightmare."
"We have a total of five million people in Spain, but our religion. There were more than 200,000 civil servants, and they controlled a lot of wealth. They refused to pay taxes because of their religion. However, the large influx of silver turned the price of goods into man-eating demons as the silver increased. The king needed to maintain a huge The Armada could sail across the Mediterranean only with huge war expenses, which depleted all the king’s savings.”
“A vicious cycle began. The king needed to ask the clergy for money, and these clergy needed to compromise. Once you know your role, you won’t be able to pay taxes, and you will need to make more compromises in exchange for taxes.”
“You may not be able to understand the Ming Dynasty’s vast territory and huge population, no matter how much gold and silver pours in, you will. Da Ming can swallow it greedily, and no matter how much it eats, it is still so hungry."
Deng Zilong said with a smile: "I can understand, it is not difficult."
Buddha. The problems encountered by Lang Ji and the Ming Dynasty are almost the same, that is, the country's financial losses are huge, the court is poor and begging for food, and the powerful people are extremely rich. However, the violence of the Ming Dynasty is still in the hands of the court, but Fo Lang The violence of the machine has been in the hands of religion.
To put it more simply, Felipe II of France wanted to rebel.
When Luo Lian said this, she said in a very low mood: "At the Greek Academy in Florence, people talk about the civilization and culture of Rome every day, which gave birth to the most popular activity in the West, which is the Grand Tour, or study tour, Grand Tour activity. Nobles, elites, and scholars from all over the West, including Northern Italy, France, Germany, England, and even Tsarist Russia, visited each other, visited, traveled, communicated, and discussed mathematics and art.”
< br>"Only our Kingdom of Spain does not exist."
Lolian is a very knowledgeable woman. Her aristocratic education since she was a child has made her full of desire to travel. She actually wants to travel to other places to study, but it spreads throughout the world. Tessie's big trip didn't include Spain, so she had to take a boat out to sea to find a place where she could study. Along the way, she saw only children of nature who didn't even wear clothes.
"Then he was captured by the mighty general from the east, both in mind and body." Luo Lian said with a smile.
Luo Lian became Deng Zilong’s prisoner, but gained the freedom she longed for. Logically speaking, being a captive is a forced personal dependence. Luo Lian lost the greatest freedom, but in fact Deng Zilong had more Treat her as your concubine. When things are good, they are like glue. When things are not good, just break up with her.
So, Luo Lian gained freedom through being a prisoner.
“We’re here.” Deng Zilong said with a smile, looking at Boracay Island not far away.
Chen Lin's question has a clear answer. It is impossible for the Folangji people to give up sea trade, so the big ship must arrive at the port as scheduled.
Philip II of Spain (Felipe II) famously said: I would rather abdicate than rule a pagan. The problems of Ming Dynasty and Spain are actually so similar. Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
(End of this chapter)