Chapter 427 The natives are just a kind of ape

Chapter 427 The natives are just a kind of ape

The overlord of the West, Felipe II, after seeing the terrible power or dominance of the Ming Emperor, started his own imperial path, and he cleared out the opposition , in a cruel and bloody way, killed the nobles who opposed him in a grand ceremony, the Sheep Festival.

The cruel and bloody methods even shocked Xu Fan. Soon, Xu Fan became relieved, because in the last Spanish-Portuguese War, Spain failed to achieve the purpose of the war, conquered Lisbon, and annexed Portugal , so Felipe, who was defeated, had to either cut off his flesh to shut up the opposition, or shut up the opposition in a physical sense.

Felipe chose the latter. He wanted to refer to the political system of the Ming Dynasty and let his power exceed the limits of the Western feudal system.

But Xu Fan knew very clearly that Felipe's imperial path was bound to fail. Becoming emperor was not as simple as killing people.

Xu Fan did not care whether Felipe could achieve his goal. He warmly entertained General Alvaro. This time, the Lisbon peace talks did not produce any results. Felipe would not If Antonio gives up his plot against Portugal, it is impossible for Antonio to give up the Portuguese throne. This is a fundamental contradiction. This battle will still have to be fought, depending on how much price Felipe is willing to pay for it.

Luckily for Antonio, Xu Fan and others, Felipe II's eyes are on Spain and he will not see Portugal for the time being.

The Ming Dynasty’s exploration fleet set out towards France and England, and it was the task of the exploration fleet to open up sea routes.

On December 24, the eighth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty court began to take a rest, and the daily court meetings began to become brief. The Ming Dynasty began to prepare for the New Year, and the busy Emperor Ming Dynasty summoned today’s guests at Huangji Gate. Nearly a thousand people, including common people, gentry, and noble families, understood the issues that everyone was most concerned about. They went to major official factories to visit craftsmen, and to Nanhaizi, Daxing County, to visit the family members of Duntai Yuanhou.

In the month of December, Zhu Yijun also went to Juyongguan to inspect the construction of Jingxuan Chi Road, and also went to Jimen to inspect the progress of Chonggu Chi Road.

Chonggu Chi Road was built faster. This road was extremely wide. Wang Chonggu invested a lot and personally supervised the construction. It has been built to Jizhou, while the other side started from Shanhaiguan.

This is what Zhu Yijun does every year, and this year is no exception. The emperor is everywhere in the capital. The officials and people in the Ming Dynasty have gradually become accustomed to such an active Emperor. Compared with Emperor Jiajing who lived in Xiyuan for twenty-five years and Emperor Longqing who remained silent, His Majesty was a little too active.

The Ming Dynasty is more than 200 years old. It has developed to the present. In fact, from top to bottom, the Ming Dynasty does not like such an active emperor. The promotion of civil and military affairs has weakened the authority of hereditary officials, including the emperor, and the system has With continuous development, the Ming Dynasty cabinet, six ministries, and Kedao Yanguan had already formed a polyarchy.

The emperor's activity means the strengthening of the monarch's power, and it also means that the power of the ministers is greatly weakened in the process.

Xu Fan is right. The scholars in Jiangnan were too greedy. They tried to control the elected official class in their own hands, and then achieved a class jump, from a distinguished family to a noble family.

Some people are happy and some are sad, some people don’t like the active emperor, and some people like to see it, such as the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. They finally received full pay when the emperor was active. For example, the people of the Ming Dynasty, some After tea and dinner, whether it is Sanniangzi, Zhou Defei, or Liu Qiniang who is stationed in Yongsheng Woolen Factory, countless interesting stories can be derived.

Zhu Yijun gradually replaced Zhang Juzheng and became the focus of the Ming Dynasty, including scandals.

There are also some famous families who have made enough dividends from the New Deal, and they are gradually becoming one of the emperor's supporters. The feeling of making money while lying down is really great.

The Director of Li Li sorted out the issues of greatest concern to more than a thousand people this year. In the second half of this year, the biggest focus of Nanya is the Yuanxu Islands.

Zhu Yijun obtained a navigation note written by a missionary named Yaser, which was found by Sun Kehong's ocean-going caravan in the Yuanxu Islands.

This voyage diary is full of various confessional words, but the content is so cruel.

During the Jiajing period, Hong Maofan discovered a small island in the Yuanxu Islands, a country with a thousand islands. The missionary Yaser named it Gegetiya Island.

The sea and sky of Gegetia Island are as clear as sapphires. On the central mountain range of Gegetia Island, white clouds float on the top of the mountain all year round. Halfway up the mountain are scattered acres of fields, and at the foot of the mountain , where the island connects to the sea, there is a shallow beach like a skirt. There is a small river on the island that can supply fresh water.

In the 32nd year of Jiajing, the missionary Yaser’s fleet discovered here.

There are about 3,600 indigenous people on the island. Before the Taishi invaded the island, they lived in isolation, using stone tools, fishing, bone needles, etc. These indigenous people like to use He smeared mud on his body, dried it in the sun on the beach, and then jumped into the sea to wash away the mud.

The Taixi people opened up a gathering place here, and about one hundred and twenty-seven Taixi people lived there. In the beginning, there was a pleasant time between the colonists and the natives. Missionary Yaser tried to preach among the indigenous people, but unfortunately failed because of the language problem, and these indigenous people were also very bold. They lifted up the colonists' clothes to see if their skin was also white.

The happy and harmonious time did not last long. In the winter of the 32nd year of Jiajing, the killings began.

First of all, a very beautiful female native handed the pearl found from the shallow water beach to a colonist, hoping that the colonist could tell the story about the outside world, but the colonist took the native He played it all over, and then asked other colonists to play with him.

This is a very common thing. These days, people who go to sea are not good people. This is the case in Ming Dynasty and Taixi. A large number of them are fugitives. They have done many evil things, and there are very few people on board. Women, the long voyage made these colonists go crazy when they saw a ewe, let alone a beautiful woman.

The war has begun.

In order to take revenge, the natives began to fight, and the colonists began to shoot the natives without any reason. The old, weak, women and children were not spared without exception.

This war was one-sided from beginning to end. The natives did not even have bows and arrows, but the firearms, crossbows, and armor in the hands of the colonists were all things that the natives could not compete with, even in the eyes of the natives. , like magic and miracles.

The missionary Yaser's state is very contradictory. On the one hand, he desperately repented and begged his Lord for forgiveness in his voyage notes. On the other hand, Yaser actively participated in it, enjoyed killing, and even They regard hunting natives as entertainment.

Yasser himself recounted the sins he had committed, breaking a person's legs to make him crawl; completely smashing the injured person's head just to test the strength of the brain; throwing a baby into the In the brazier, see if it can burn; insert the bayonet into the trembling heart and watch the blood splash; the natives gather around the bonfire and watch their relatives and friends being slaughtered like livestock. The greatest pleasure of the missionary Yaser is to bathe in the In this fearful look.

Every time after killing a group of natives, Yaser would lead the colonists in prayer, confess their crimes, and thank the Lord for the gifts he had given them, whether it was food or women, they were all gifts.

The number of indigenous people began to decrease sharply. The power of firearms was so powerful that some indigenous people would rather jump into the sea than become enemies.

Missionary Yaser felt that this could not be done anymore. If this continued, all the natives would be killed. The killing was too serious and they might not be able to go to heaven, so he began to order that every native be captured alive. Five silver coins, two silver coins for the child.

In the notes, there is a very strange but very reasonable logic. The missionary Yaser believes that capturing alive can reduce killings, wash away sins, and redeem oneself and the natives, but it is actually for slaves.

In the forty-second year of Jiajing, the missionary Yaser began to expand his territory. His territory expanded from one island to dozens of islands. The same killing order was always in effect.

In the eighth month of Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty began to explore the Yuanxu Islands, there were only forty-two natives left on these dozens of islands.

I still remember that in the 32nd year of Jiajing, there were more than 3,600 indigenous people on Gegetiya Island alone. However, in the 42nd year of Jiajing, only 42 of the dozens of islands controlled by missionary Yaser Aboriginal.

These forty-two natives were circled by the missionary Yaser. Each native has a name, Sal, Suk, Betty, Zug, etc. The missionary raised them and taught them The purpose of reading and writing is to let them believe in religion and realize the original purpose of missionaries, to preach.

The Songjiang Ocean Trading Company of the Ming Dynasty broke into the missionary's castle, but failed to rescue the natives, because thirty-one of them suffered from pneumonia, including the missionary Yaser. In the end, there were only eleven natives. Survived.

In the eighth year of Wanli, only four of the eleven natives survived. The long-term imprisonment had made these natives completely crazy. The moment the shackles were opened, four of them pounced on them. Wall, intending to hit themselves to death, and three people bit themselves until they were covered in blood. In the end, the Ming's desperadoes could only end the lives of the natives and end their miserable lives. For them, death is a kind of relief.

Only four determined people, one man and three women, survived. They were captured for a short time, only half a year.

Missionary Yaser poured mercury into the skin through the partition, trying to use this method to prove that God really exists. As long as you survive, it is a gift from God. He used needles to stimulate the mercury in the skin. lower absorption.

Missionary Yaser finally came to the conclusion that the aborigines are just a kind of ape. Otherwise, why would the aborigines receive no response to their firm belief in the Lord? Otherwise, why would the Lord not care for these natives?

So the aboriginal is just a kind of ape.

In this way, after Yaser dies, he can go to heaven and hunt only apes, not people.

"This thing makes me dizzy when I look at it. Take it, take it, give it to your husband, I can't be disgusted by it alone." Zhu Yijun threw the note aside.

At this time, His Majesty the Great Emperor felt somewhat regretful. He regretted that he should not have learned Latin. If he did not learn Latin, he would not be able to read the notes. The officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty would carefully delete the crazy content to prevent the emperor from witnessing these crimes.

After reading this original work, Zhu Yijun only felt abstract.

"Your Majesty, Sir has never studied Latin and cannot understand it." Feng Bao carefully reminded His Majesty that Sir is not omnipotent. He is very busy and has no time to learn Latin. I can't understand the madness and abstraction in it, and I can't help but feel disgusted.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "Legasi, a missionary who likes secular life, likes plumpness, and doesn't like children, seems to be an anomaly in Thailand and the West."

After the woman left, , in Legas' house, there were several red-haired and golden-haired dogs, all of them plump types with gourd-shaped bodies. This aesthetic was quite close to the emperor's.

“Special Envoy Li said that Yaser is just a lost lamb.” Feng Bao looked helpless. After reading this note, Li Yasheng’s facial features were all twisted together. As one of the five-star critics, Li Yas In fact, he could only make a prevaricating comment after being silent for a long time.

Feng Bao continued: "Special envoy Legaz also said: He has always emphasized the high moral inferiority of the Ming Dynasty, which is not nonsense. Although many people scolded him, Yaser is a believer and yet he is so crazy. Those sailors, who are like fugitives, are guilty of so many crimes, and can this sin be redeemed by just an indulgence? In comparison, is it really a big deal worth being angry about letting people carry out funerals for dogs? ”

Feng Bao was not talking nonsense. He handed Legas’ latest travel diary to His Majesty for his review. This was really Legas’ evaluation, not even flattery.

The most outrageous thing Zhu Yijun ever did was not to kill Xu Jie with his hand, but to kill Kong Yinlin with a dog. Chen Dazhuang killed the Zhang family’s dog. The Zhang family forced Chen Dazhuang’s father to perform a funeral for the dog. In Lingyun After Yi returned to Shandong, Chen Dazhuang escorted Kong Yinlin to Beijing and chose to trust the emperor. The emperor killed Kong Yinlin with his dog.

This is the most outrageous thing Zhu Yijun has done. But funerals for dogs pale in comparison to missionary Yaser's crazy notes. They are all sins and cruelties in the world. Those sins of the colonists were really seen by Satan, and they are very significant. Headache.

“This old guy Ligasak talks nonsense all day long, and he actually dares to arrange it for me. Don’t let me find the opportunity, otherwise I will have to knock out his front teeth.” Zhu Yijun finished reading Ligasak travel diary, said with a smile.

Legas’ travel notes record many fragments of life in the Ming Dynasty. It is a unique perspective to look at the society of the Ming Dynasty from a Thai-Western perspective.

"Your Majesty, the Sichuan Commander-in-Chief, Jiang'an Bo Liu Xian has arrived in Beijing. The Ministry of War asked if your Majesty wants to summon him." Feng Bao sent a memorial, which was Tan Lun, the Minister of the Ministry of War, General Qi Jiguang, and Deputy General Ma Fang's Memorial.

Jiang Anbo and Liu Xian returned to Beijing. After staying at Huitongguanyi for three days, he moved into Jiang Anbo's mansion, which was not very far from Qi Jiguang's general's mansion.

Jiang Anbo Mansion, the Earl's Mansion specially built by Zhu Yijun, is quite grand and very livable. Zhu Yijun has never been stingy in rewarding military service.

"Have the chief medical officers seen it?" Zhu Yijun asked with a solemn expression.

Liu Xian fought for many years and his health was getting worse. Zhu Yijun transferred Liu Xian from Sichuan to the capital to let Liu Xian take care of himself.

Fighting is a very tiring thing. The soldiers are tired, and the generals are tired too. You have to stay energetic at all times. Sometimes you don’t sleep for several nights or even more than ten nights. It’s not that you don’t want to sleep, but that you don’t want to sleep. You can't sleep, so you can only take a nap between battles. Especially during continuous battles, the war situation changes rapidly. If you can't keep everything, the enemy will rush into the vicinity of the Chinese army's camp. You never know what will happen in the next moment. The mind was tense, thinking about how to command, how to deploy troops, and how to move positions, inspect and even escape.

Generals such as Qi Jiguang, Ma Fang, Li Chengliang, and Liu Xian are individuals, not iron men. Their years of military service and years of overload operation have squeezed their vitality almost completely.

Liu Xian, a general of the Ming Dynasty, went out to Sichuan to quell the Japanese invaders and fought almost all the time. Then he returned to Sichuan to command tens of thousands of people and put down the Jiu Si (Du Zhang Barbarians) rebellion. He had been fighting all his life, and his health was already in serious condition. heavy burden.

An earthen pot cannot be broken without leaving the well, and a general will inevitably die in battle.

Peace is determined by the general, and the general is not allowed to see peace.

"The chief medical officer has looked at it. The situation may not be good. It probably only happened in the past year or two." Feng Bao said in a low voice.

He knew what kind of answer the emperor wanted, but he could not deceive the emperor. The great medical officers had looked at it carefully. In terms of eating, Liu Xian's amount of food in one meal was about the same as Zhu Yixian's.

Liu Xian is a general and Zhu Yili is a child.

Liu Xian has a stomach problem, which is an old problem. During the war, he would always be hungry and full, rarely eating hot food, and he likes to drink. This stomach problem is the most tormenting, and the pain is On the one hand, when you get sick, you cannot eat or drink well, which puts an even greater burden on your body.

Zhang Hong added next to him: "The great medical officer Li Shizhen boiled a medicine, which is quite effective, but General Liu refuses to drink it."

"I will see the great medical officer and the doctor tomorrow. "Uncle Jiang Ning." Zhu Yijun immediately said after hearing this, the chief medical officer of Jiecu Hospital always makes some inexplicable medicines. Liu Xian is old and has been on the battlefield all year round. He has a relatively indifferent view of life and death. He does not follow the doctor's orders. , Tan Lun also had a period of rebelliousness.

Zhu Yijun frowned and asked: "What's going on with that medicine?"

"Big cockroach medicine is made by drying the big cockroaches and concocting it with wine. Uncle Jiang Ning was very cooperative at first, but when he heard that he wanted to drink the juice squeezed by the cockroach, he immediately became unhappy and refused to live or die." Zhang Hong He hurriedly said: "Those big cockroaches are raised on millet. After raising them, they need to be washed and dried. The wine is also made from strong liquor. It tastes a bit salty, but it does work."

"It is raised by humans. It’s really not dirty.”

Since Zhang Hong mentioned this matter, it was natural that this kind of big cockroach was not a cockroach of the Ming Dynasty, but a big cockroach from the new world on the ship. It is the largest cockroach that can be found in the world at present. It is the largest cockroach. In order to raise this thing, Jieyuan specially built a cage for crickets. They eat them cleanly, wash them cleanly, dry them in the sun and prepare them with strong liquor.

“Trauma, malignant sores, ulcers, gastric bleeding, and intestinal bleeding are all the best medicines. They are really easy to use. Jiejie Hospital has tried them many times and compared them. In addition to making this thing, it is Apart from the big cockroach, there are no other problems. "Feng Bao is very concerned about this medicine. Soldiers in the Ming Dynasty's capital camp and navy have more or less stomach problems, so they must be cautious.

Zhu Yijun got the medical report. This notebook has more than thirty pages in total. It not only contains the production process, but also more than a hundred cases. Judging from the data and double-blind experiments, it is indeed effective.

Zhu Yijun rolled his eyes and said: "Then let's lie to the old general, saying that it is made from a variety of Chinese herbal medicines. It is extremely precious. A pair costs more than ten taels of silver. Li Shizhen's family secret recipe, No matter how precious it is, don't let the general find out. Treat the disease first, and then tell the old general what it is when it is useful."

"It is urgent to treat the disease. The old general will understand me. "

The Ming Dynasty has begun to prepare for the New Year, and all government offices have begun to take turns. There are not enough firemen in the capital this year. The firemen in the city are okay, but the ones in Chengguo Cao City are not enough. There are more and more houses, and there are not enough firemen.

There are too many fireworks during the New Year, so the soldiers in the Beijing Camp took over the job this year and temporarily acted as firemen.

There is an additional subsidy for doing this job, which is only one, two, and five cents. There are many people who have signed up. On the one hand, this is to fulfill the promise of reporting to the emperor and saving the head of Guizhou. On the other hand, His Majesty gives It's really a lot, one or two and a half cents for half a month's work, which is about three times the daily salary.

If you have enough food and salary, what kind of work can't you do? Your Majesty, you can raise an army to rebel tomorrow.

Ming Gong of the imperial court felt that it would be better to simply ban the lighting of fireworks, both inside and outside the city. In the era when wooden buildings were the mainstay, setting off fireworks was tantamount to setting fires, especially in the capital and Fuguo in recent years. Now that the number of people is increasing day by day, on the other hand, they think that there is no fireworks during the New Year, or is it still a Chinese New Year?

This discussion still has no conclusion, but one thing is that the Ming Dynasty Palace and Tonghe Palace, as well as the East and West City, have completely banned fireworks and firecrackers, mainly for safety. If there is an accident in these places, I am afraid that it will all be directed by the court. The church is about to stir up strong winds and huge waves.

Liu Xian came to Tonghe Palace, stood in front of the gate of Tonghe Palace, and looked at the couplets in front of the door. The first couplet is: The emperor's order is in Jiuwei, but it is difficult, but it is disrespectful; the second couplet is: Heaven's heart bless your husband with a virtue, and he will always protect him and seek peace.

Jianji Suiyou, from "Shang Shu·Hong Fan", means that the emperor is responsible for dealing with the emperor and the common people. He not only needs to establish rules according to heaven, but also needs to care for the people and follow the road.

On the screen wall stone at the entrance to the palace, it is written: The one who walks the walk is just faithful, and the signature is Zhu Zhongxing.

Liu Xian only found it interesting. He hadn’t met His Majesty yet, but he already knew a lot about His Majesty. He walked into the Longchi, came to the imperial study room, walked through the long corridor, and walked in Inside the royal study.

"I pay my respects to your Majesty. Long live your Majesty, long live, long live your Majesty." Liu Xian shook off his sleeves, bowed five times and kowtowed three times to pay his respects.

Zhu Yijun stood in front of the imperial case and waited until Liu Xian saluted. Then he helped Liu Xian up and said, "No courtesy. There will be no need to be more polite in the future. I promise the general that he will not kneel before a saint."
< br>"Thank you for your kindness." Liu Xian and Qi Jiguang asked about your Majesty's rules. For some ministers who rely on you, privately telling the emperor not to kneel is an important means for your majesty to win over the ministers. If the young country is suspicious, the ministers will not follow. Some special preferential treatment is also deserved.

Liu Xian is old, a little thin, his cheeks are fleshless, and even his beard has turned white, but he is in good spirits and has bright eyes.

Zhu Yijun and Liu Xian chatted about the situation in Sichuan, especially about the Zhutou case and concerns about the Yang family's rebellion in Bozhou, and Liu Xian answered them one by one.

"Your Majesty, I came to the Bei Camp to see that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army were in good order. I heard that the troops in the Beijing Camp were provided with food, pay and other supplies. Do you think this year's military salary will be tens of millions of silver?" Liu Xian asked with a solemn expression. The polite words have been said, Liu Xian has his own opinions on state affairs.

"Of course, in the eighth year of Wanli, both sea and land were deployed, and more than 11.2 million silver was spent." Zhu Yijun did not go into details, but just reported the total, 11.2 million, which was the total military expenditure last year. , the Ministry of Accounts has completed the audit.

"Isn't this too much? Didn't the ministers of the DPRK and China stop it?" Liu Xian frowned. The military expenditure was much larger than Liu Xian thought.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Of course there are. The eldest Situ Wang Guoguang and the younger Situ Zhang Xueyan are all beating the table with me. They are all for the Ming Dynasty, and they are vibrating with real gold. Silver."

"I told Da Situ that in the late Jiajing and Longqing years, the actual annual expenditure was 5 to 6 million silver, while the Ming Dynasty's annual income was only 7 million silver, and the proportion of military expenditure was close to that. Ninety percent. Last year’s military expenditure was 11.2 million silver, but the annual income was 23.78 million silver. The ratio is only 50%, not too much.”

You can’t just look at the absolute quantity, but also the proportion. As an imperial feudal country, Ming Dynasty. The proportion of military expenditure is really not high.

During the Shunzhi period of the Tatar Qing Dynasty, the proportion of military expenditures exceeded 100%. In addition to annual revenue, internal plunder was also required to maintain the operation of the army. The three generations of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong targeted Galdan, and military expenditures exceeded 100% in one year. He received 18 million taels. At that time, the Tatar Qing Dynasty only had an annual income of 30 million taels.

The military expenditure ratio of the Ming Dynasty is really not high in a feudal imperial country.

"Jiang Linggong is still powerful." Liu Xian laughed immediately when he heard it. He was originally worried that the Ming Dynasty would be militaristic, but now when he heard it, the proportion had dropped a lot, which relieved his worries a few points. The reason why Liu Xian was so worried was that Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou were preparing for war. The Ming Dynasty was waiting for the death of Mang Yinglong in the Toungu Kingdom to prepare for changes in the southwest.

The financial health of the imperial court means that the Ming Dynasty can really take action and solve the southwest problem once and for all.

"The mess of the Ming Dynasty has also caused trouble for me. In fact, the land tax is still slightly inferior to that of the Chenghua period. The huge profits from opening the sea gave the court a big breath." Zhu Yijun took out a copy The details just audited by the Ministry of Household Affairs are, in short: Old General, Ming Dynasty is rich now!

The northwest is fighting Anda Khan, and the southeast is trying to pacify the Japanese. At that time, Liu Xian, Qi Jiguang, and Yu Dayou used money to quell the Japanese. In fact, a large part of the money came from unknown sources. The court had no money, but the Japanese wanted to quell the Japanese. After being attacked by Japanese invaders and robbed again, the people really turned to the Japanese pirates. At that time, Qi Jiguang, Liu Xian, and Yu Dayou often robbed Japanese pirates for money.

For example, in the thirty-fifth year of Qi Jiguang's reign in Jiajing, he had three flagship Fu ships, one Haicang ship, twelve dinghy ships, more than fifty grass-skimming sentry ships, Kailang Wu ships, Ying ships There were several boats and net shuttles, and later the scale of development became larger. The court had no money, so the guest soldiers had to find the money themselves. The common people could not rob them, so they had to rob the Japanese pirates.

Liu Xian is also afraid of poverty. The Ming Dynasty has to pay enough for the frontier troops, to support the capital camp, to support the navy, and to prepare for Taungoo. No matter how you look at it, it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty's finances to support it. , so Liu Xiancai mentioned this issue to His Majesty.

Looking at His Majesty in Tsing Yi, Liu Xian was speechless for a moment. His Majesty said it nicely, reporting good things but not bad things. If the finances are really as healthy as His Majesty said, why is Your Majesty still wearing Tsing Yi?

(End of this chapter)