Chapter 691 The giant ship made the barbarians polite
Nanya of the Ming Dynasty was in the hinterland and there were generally no city walls. All the city walls built in the early years of the Kingdom were demolished. In the middle of the Jiajing period, after the Japanese pirates broke out, construction began again City walls, but as the war progressed, more and more generals believed that the security of the southeast lay in the sea, not on land. The best defense was to attack, not to defend. It was better to build tall city walls than to have more ships.
After the Ming Dynasty began to open up the sea, the city walls in the south were generally demolished.
As for the construction of New Luzon City, in the initial planning, there was also a tall city wall, and a city gate tower that could carry three carriages in parallel was built. As it was being built, Yin Zhengmao called it Stopped.
Because the new city plan was being expanded and expanded during the construction process, Yin Zhengmao initially planned to build a military fortress with a perimeter of ten miles. Later, when the construction started, he found that the perimeter of ten miles could not serve as the capital of Luzon and the expansion By the time a landmark city gate building was built, the plan for New Luzon City had already exceeded the fifty mile mark.
Manila is a place like a trading port. Goods from the entire Southeast Asia are circulated in Luzon. A huge industrial group has been formed around the Luzon Shipping Department. The size of the city is also due to this practical need. , constantly increasing.
The city wall that surrounds the city for fifty miles is not as good as sending a few more large ships to the sea to deal with the threat of the ocean.
"Whose gathering area is over there? I always feel that it is very different from here." Galileo was full of curiosity about everything. As he walked, he saw a very different style of The specialness of the building complex can be seen at a glance.
Where Galileo passed by, the roads were made of Sanhetu dirt. Although it didn’t get muddy even if it rained, it was still a bit dusty on a sunny day. There were very few shops on the street, and most of them were It is a market where you can sit on the ground and spread out a blanket to trade. It is also a bit messy and noisy. People come and go, mostly wearing hemp, and the shoes on their feet are all straw sandals.
The place he was pointing to was a very obviously rich area. The roads were at least made of bluestone or lime hardened. There were many shops with signboards. People walking around were all wearing Confucian robes. , cotton and silk are available, and there are also horse-drawn carriages.
"That's the Luzon gentry over there. If you want to go in, you need a fire card from the Yamen to enter, and you can't carry weapons. They are all scholars who were exiled to Luzon and Java during the Ming Dynasty. The schools in Manila are also over there." Some said angrily: "They eat even better than the governor. When there was a shortage of meat, they were given priority, and it is still the same now."
"The people who were exiled were all criminals. Are you being treated so favorably here?" Galileo was extremely surprised. Is this the treatment a prisoner should have? This is obviously the life of an aristocrat. Even the nobles of the West cannot have such clean streets unless they build their own castles and hire a large number of servants.
"There is no way, there are no scholars in Luzon, and the governor needs them to educate the people." The general spread his hands and said: "Otherwise, who will teach in the built school? With such preferential treatment, they still Without any sense of gratitude, they kept writing articles, accusing them of living like cattle and horses, like people living in cowsheds."
"Indeed, this kind of life is not the same as theirs in their hometown. A life of food and mouth is worse, but it’s not like a bullpen. This is already the best condition Lu Song can offer. What else can we do?”
Hey, Tongshi is right. The Luzon gentry were very, very dissatisfied because at first they were treated better than the governor, but they showed no gratitude at all. They even wrote an article criticizing Luzon as a land of aliens, and called the place they lived in a cowshed. The food we eat is called pig food. I have been scolding it for almost ten years. There are a mountain of scolding articles and they are still scolding me.
Tongshi doesn’t know what these criminals are thinking. Doesn’t he know that he is a criminal? Instead of being rescued by Guo Xingye, they are now baring their teeth with gorillas and crocodiles!
There are fifty-six surnames in the Luzon gentry, all of which are exiled prisoners from the Ming Dynasty. When exiled to Java, one must pass through Luzon. Yin Zhengmao would always leave scholars behind. There are no scholars on Luzon Island. But Wang Hua must need scholars, because he himself was exiled, he was very resentful, and he was very hostile to the court.
Yin Zhengmao's position was that of an unswerving supporter of the emperor, so the Luzon gentry ate the food of the surnamed master and scolded him.
“Isn’t your surnamed master a relative of the emperor living abroad? How can he tolerate such a rude person?” Galileo couldn’t understand. The governor of Luzon, surnamed Zhengmao, was the real emperor. Relatives and relatives, if these people who dare to offend him are killed, can the emperor of Ming Dynasty still be in trouble?
Tongshi thought for a while and shook his head and said: "Who says it's not the case, but what can be done? Who makes this place lack of scholars? Hey, the surname of the country is also for the long-term peace and stability of Luzon, and he will not let go after being scolded. Meat.”
"I don't quite understand. In the West, there is no serious punishment for nobles to kill a commoner. Why do they dare to scold the nobles in public?" Galileo was so shocked. The scholars of the Ming Dynasty were more courageous than him, a rebel from the Holy See. Even bigger!
Galileo never publicly criticized the conservativeness of the Holy See and its obstruction to scientific progress, but the scholars of the Ming Dynasty dared to eat the food of the governor and scold the governor. You must know that this is the governor's palace, which is what the scholars of the Ming Dynasty call civilization. In the foreign land, the words of the governor are the world of law.
Groups of neatly-dressed soldiers appeared on the streets, and uniformly ran towards the Luzon gentry gathering area. Galileo and General quickly got out of the way. The soldiers were wearing armor and even carrying Crossbows and firearms horrified Galileo. The five hundred soldiers who appeared in front of him were enough to fight a big battle in the West.
"What happened?" Galileo asked doubtfully.
Tongshi spread his hands and said: "I am the same as you, I want to know what happened."
The Luzon gentry seemed to have done some unforgivable evil, which finally made the surname of the country intolerable. , we must take heavy measures to deal with them.
"Can I go and have a look?" Galileo also liked to watch the excitement. This is human nature. He wanted to watch what the Ming soldiers were going to do.
"No, have you seen those natives? They hate the red-haired fans very much. If you go over and join in the fun, there are too many people and you can easily be poisoned, so I suggest you Don't go, it's fair. If the colonists from the West kill their relatives, they will also kill you." The general stopped Galileo from watching the fun.
The hatred of the natives in Luzon towards the Thais is very obvious. If it were not for the protection of the Ming army, Galileo would not even be able to see the brick kiln safely.
"Well, that's really a pity." Galileo accepted the result.
Five hundred soldiers suddenly appeared on the street of the fifty-sixth surname of the Luzon noble family. These five hundred soldiers surrounded seventeen houses. They knocked on the door three times and did not open the door. If they hit the door and rushed the car, they would come to the scene. , the ram is like a battering ram. There is an iron block in front of a thick log. It can break through not particularly strong city gates, not to mention small courtyard gates.
Deng Zilong led his soldiers to continuously break down the door, arrested all the people with the surname 17, and then escorted them away without explaining to the onlookers why they wanted to arrest them.
Deng Zilong acted unreasonably. In addition to arresting these seventeen families, he also tore down the doors of all other houses in the gentry area. This is considered an old skill. He has not demolished the doors for many years. Let these guys forget the fear of being demolished.
It was not until the next day that the specific charges of these seventeen surnames were announced, and the people in Luzon knew clearly what had happened. Everyone spat and secretly cursed that they deserved it.
It wasn’t because they cursed Mr. Guo, because Mr. Guo couldn’t bear it. Their charges were rebellion, opium trafficking, extortion and rebellion.
The rebellion was naturally found to be related to the assassination of Wang Chonggu, and two of them were involved in the assassination of Wang Chonggu. There were seven opium trafficking families, and the remaining eight were extortionists. This was what they did in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and they were not allowed to do anything. If you pay them, they will deliberately make things difficult for you.
The Luzon gentry were scholars, so there were many of them. They worked in the Yamen of the Governor of Luzon, the Governor's Mansion, and the Twelve Towns. Working in the Yamen meant they had some power, or they could form cliques. They sent power sharing to gain power, tax collection, settlement of taxes, customs clearance, etc. These Luzon gentry extorted money in all aspects.
The seventeen of them had a common crime of conspiracy, but it was not stated in detail. The list did not go into detail, but just mentioned it.
But in fact, these seventeen families had their hands on the Yabing of the Governor's Mansion. This was the reason for Yin Zhengmao's thunderous disposal. For example, this demand for bribes, Luzon and the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty are different. In Luzon, annexation, The discussion of asking for bribes proves that Luzon has a certain degree of county system, which is a good thing only after the king became king. As a three-way intersection of maritime trade, it is also a disaster area for smuggling.
But with his hand on the governor's life, no matter how good-tempered Yin Zhengmao was, he had to take action for the long-term peace and stability of Luzon.
"It's time to deal with these bastards a long time ago. If the place they live in is a cowshed, what is I living in? A pigsty! A bunch of white-eyed wolves, put them in Java and let them cultivate wasteland, they won't be so There are so many complaints! A bunch of bullies formed a gang and got it on me!" Deng Zilong was furious. After receiving the governor's order to arrest people, he returned to the governor's mansion and slapped the table with happiness written all over his face.
Deng Zilong had long disliked them. This time he spoke out harshly. In addition to arresting people and tearing down the door, he gave the remaining nobles a severe warning. Deng Zilong could understand Yin Zhengmao's attitude towards them. Although these people are conniving, they still have a lot of resentment accumulated in their hearts.
“Isn’t it a good thing that we can also experience the traditional culture of the Ming Dynasty in Luzon?” Yin Zhengmao said with a smile: “Send them to Java, and Ying Yanghou will treat them very well. Contradiction said Tell us that there are universal contradictions in everything, especially in the process of development."
Deng Zilong said with great conviction: "It is because the governor has such a good temper that they dare to slap his nose on his face. "
"I agree with what General Deng said. They and the bunch of cheap scholars in Beiya are all carved from the same mold. It would be great to tidy things up. " Li Yazhi has not been in Luzon for long. From what he has seen and heard, Deng Zilong's handling is just right. In a few years, these people will probably no longer know how to be kings.
“They have completely forgotten the fact that they are criminals, and they need means to arouse their fear.” Legas added his own opinion.
Legas was a Thai, and he was Felipe II’s special envoy to the Ming Dynasty. As the biggest traitor during the Wanli period, Legas thought that these criminals were living a good life and had forgotten about it. The fact that they were exiled required some action to remind them.
Yin Zhengmao sighed and said helplessly: "Actually, they just stretched their hands into the tooth soldiers, which is not too serious. This kind of collusion, as long as it is not too common and maintains a certain degree of contact, In my opinion, it is not a big problem. Qi Shuai is still a disciple of Yuan Fu, and I am also a scholar, a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty. If I put myself in his shoes, in a foreign land, if I don’t maintain a good relationship with the greatest violence, it will be very unsafe. Feeling."
"But they are still not satisfied, and they actually want His Majesty's red copper. This is unbearable no matter what."
What really prompted Yin Zhengmao to break up was Red Copper. , this is the emperor's red copper, a strategic material. His Majesty used the Ming Dynasty's goods and treasures to exchange for enough red copper to regulate the Ming Dynasty's economy and keep the Ming Dynasty's economy dynamic. And these Luzon nobles used various means to Stealing nearly two million kilograms of red copper for smuggling was something that Yin Zhengmao could not accept.
As for the seven noble families that trafficked in opium, they were already on the liquidation list.
“Are you crazy? Your Majesty, you dare to hand over your money?!” Legas showed an expression of disbelief. Even the Taishi people knew that the emperor looked like a miser. Seeking death.
"Seventeen families will be punished with whippings and then sink into the sea." Yin Zhengmao made a verdict after sorting out all the files, witnesses and material evidence.
First he was whipped, then he was pulled to the sea, tied with stones, and sank directly into the sea. He died cleanly. They were all exiled prisoners anyway, and no one cared about him even if he died.
As the governor, Yin Zhengmao's power in Luzon was unlimited, but he still compiled all the files and sent them to the court, telling the court why he wanted to kill these seventeen families, less than ten All those aged five were sent to Java, and those over fifteen were thrown into the sea.
Yin Zhengmao believed that tearing down the door was no longer a deterrent, so he innovated and invented a new project, Shenhai. "Well done Chen Hai!" Deng Zilong clapped his hands and applauded. Yin Zhengmao, as the governor of one party, acted like a good old man without fighting back or scolding him all day long. He tolerated these nobles again and again. What a shame!
Shen Hai, this is like a governor!
There is actually another reason why Yin Zhengmao chose this time to take action. There are more and more scholars in Luzon. Thanks to these dissatisfied guys, they have been writing articles and cursing for several years. These articles have spread to After the Ming Dynasty, the poor scholars of the Ming Dynasty finally knew the treatment of scholars in Luzon and began to migrate to Luzon.
There is no shortage of scholars in Luzon, so Yin Zhengmao will naturally not spoil them anymore. Shen Hai has already planned to use the heads of these people to ensure the authoritative status of the Governor's Mansion.
Yin Zhengmao is a scholar, and he naturally acts with the same ruthlessness as a scholar. When he uses people, he greets them with a smile, and when they are no longer needed, he starts to make a list to sort them out.
"Perhaps one day, even the people of Luzon will scold the governor of Luzon, Guo Zhengmao, as a brutal executioner, but what does it matter? Just let them scold them. After all, Luzon is the Ming Dynasty. That's it." Yin Zhengmao made the final conclusion. Ever since he started to split up the family for military pay during the war against Japanese invaders in Guangzhou, he knew that he would not be a good person in the eyes of the penman.
The posthumous name is left to the Spring and Autumn period to judge.
On the day of sinking into the sea, the entire Luzon Port was full of people. Deng Zilong read out the charges of these people, and then asked the soldiers to begin the flogging. Before sinking into the sea, each person had to be whipped fifty times. His skin and flesh were torn and his flesh and blood were beaten to a pulp before he was taken to a boat and sunk into the sea. Naturally, he had to be tied with stones when he sank into the sea.
Galileo was stunned. On the ship, he imagined that the scholar-officials were synonymous with noble moral character, but these scholar-officials seemed to be no different from those bad, pus-oozing priests. In other words, people like scholar-officials , no different from priests, not all priests in Taixi are bad people. On the contrary, there are also priests who have been doing good deeds throughout their lives, but there are only very few.
The long coastline of Luzon Port was full of people. After the flogging was carried out and all the criminals were dragged onto the ship and sunk into the sea, bursts of cheers erupted on the pier.
Galileo was an outsider. He saw more clearly that most of the people were actually watching the fun, and some were clapping their hands. The most cheerful group of people were probably the victims of blackmail, and those wearing The scholar-officials wearing silk and cotton clothes had eyes full of fear, as if they had recalled some terrible memory, while some of the scholar-officials were glad that they were not as stupid and ignorant as these people.
A very interesting experience, everything is so novel.
“Is that the Ming Dynasty’s fast sailing ship Youlong? I’ve heard of its name in Thailand, but when I saw it with my own eyes, I still couldn’t believe it really existed.” Galileo pointed to the horizon An approaching giant said dully.
The fast sailing ship he saw was approaching from a distance. At first, only one mast was exposed, and then the sails were like clouds covering the sun. The hull was almost invisible, like a flying fish crossing the sea. , leaving a long white tail mark on the sea.
"It is indeed a fast sailing ship, but it is not the Youlong. The Youlong will be larger. This is a modified warship. The Youlong generally does not fight." Tongshi affirmed and then denied that it was a fast sailing ship, but not Youlong, because Youlong will be larger and looks more impactful, but its combat capabilities are actually not as good as the improved version. Youlong is closer to a merchant ship and more bloated.
Galileo was a little puzzled and asked curiously: "The modified warship, the Ming Dynasty has the ability to mass-produce fast sailing ships. This is not surprising, but the Youlong will not be used in combat. "
Tongshi smiled and said: "Yes, in the words of the governor, Youlong is a flagship that does not undertake combat missions. This sentence sounds strange, but it is very reasonable in the Ming Dynasty. "
Youlong and Feiyun are both ships that verify technology. They are a bit like Ming Dynasty's reputation. Because of its large size, Youlong will give some small ships some opportunities to take advantage of. Not undertaking combat missions is an imperfect design, but it is also a flagship, because these two initial ships are of great significance to the Ming ship design.
Every time there is a ship review, Youlong and Feiyun go there.
“It sounds a bit wasteful, but the Ming Dynasty is very rich.” Galileo heard Legas say more than once that the Ming Dynasty people are very respectable, and a flagship that does not undertake combat missions is indeed like what the Ming Dynasty can do. .
The general thought for a while and continued: "Actually, the fast sailing ship has no combat mission. The five-masted ocean crossing ship and the three-masted horse ship are enough. Its function is to make everyone who sees it wake up. Come here."
"Big ship, let the barbarians be polite."
"They will be very rude when communicating with people who do not have a clear understanding of their own strength. This is the Ming Dynasty. It's a huge trouble after the sea, but with the fast sailing boats sailing across the sea and anchored in the port, these barbarians will be very polite."
"Indeed, I think I can be very polite. "Galileo agreed very much with what the general said. When he saw the clipper, he knew clearly and concretely that this was force.
This fast sailing ship is the annual armed parade of the Ming Navy. Its function is to spread its power to the world and make the barbarians calm down and listen carefully to what Ming wants to say. If they are unwilling to listen to reason, Ming also knows a little about fists and kicks. .
Galileo set off, and he changed a ship. Like Legaz, he boarded the ship from the Luzon Governor's Palace to Songjiang Prefecture instead of the Taixi galley. This time the captain of the fleet , is Chen Chengyi, the general manager of the Luzon Copper Factory. On behalf of Luzon, he wants to present the auspicious blessings to His Majesty, the red copper on his ships.
As soon as Galileo boarded the Ming Dynasty's ship, he immediately felt the difference. They were obviously the same model of five-masted ocean crossing ships, but the Ming Dynasty's ship was obviously neater. At least when he woke up in the morning, there was nothing like his arms. The mouse, which is still growing, looks at you with its small eyes.
It was so terrifying that Galileo didn’t want to experience it again.
Galileo heard Legas talk about many things about the Ming Dynasty. For example, before meeting the saint, he had to take a bath and change his clothes, which meant keeping himself clean. If there was a peculiar smell or uncleanness, he would be punished. The ceremonial officer pressured them out and even slapped them on the wall. This is completely different from the Thai and Western culture where people generally don't take baths.
“The stench of all the nobles of the West, even the king, is as scary as a beast. The smell of the king and queen is like an old goat, whether it is winter or summer, Tessie’s definition of uncleanness seems to have some misunderstandings. Is a dirty body, with hair crawling with fleas, covered with filth, and even allowing worms to crawl on festering wounds, really holy?” Galileo was very satisfied with the clean environment.
Galileo said with a smile: "Felipe II always bathed secretly, especially after the death of his third wife, he bathed more frequently. The palace pharmacist was determined not to clean the queen's body. In the end, the queen died of bedsores. "
"It seems that our young people have long sincerely questioned the corrupt rules of the Holy See. Believe me, in the Ming Dynasty, you have the right to not believe in religion. "Legas was also stunned when he heard this. He knew that Galileo was a rebel of the Holy See, but he didn't expect that he was already so dissatisfied.
Galileo asked in a low voice: "Don't you need to believe in the Great Light Sect? Doesn't it mean that Your Majesty is the wisdom incarnation of the Great Light Sect?"
Legas laughed when he mentioned this. He leaned forward and backward, out of breath. He shook his head and said: "Um, your Majesty is probably more disgusted with these theories about gods and ghosts than you are. The theory of gods and ghosts is heresy in the Ming Dynasty. He said more clearly: Your Majesty believes in no one but yourself.”
Legas smiled very happily. On the one hand, he could return to the Ming Dynasty soon. On the other hand, the emperor knew that he had become the god of the Great Light Sect. His expression of shock and surprise at that time, and the last smile was at Galileo. He was actually worried about converting to another religion in the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty is not the Holy See of the East, it is the Rome of the East.
“Listen to my children, it’s like after the fall of Rome, everyone began to miss Rome, and even claimed that they were Rome. The same is true in the Far East. The surrounding small countries are always looking forward to the demise of Rome in the east. And he took up the orthodox crown himself, but the Rome of the East still really exists." Ligas looked at the birds flying in the sky, and finally shook his head and said, "You will understand it only if you experience it yourself."
" This is called the unity of knowledge and action in the Ming Dynasty. "
The fleet was very fast. On the third day of May in the thirteenth year of Wanli, the Luzon fleet arrived in the Ming Dynasty smoothly. Chen Chengyi, Legas, and Galileo were soon on board. After getting in the car, we went to Nanya Nanhu Villa to meet the saint.
"I pay homage to your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty." Chen Chengyi saluted very respectfully.
Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "No gifts, no gifts. Mr. Chen came at the right time. I was still worried about not having enough copper money, so you immediately sent tens of millions of kilograms of red copper to solve my problem. It is an urgent matter, and the people of the Ming Dynasty would like to thank the Luzon Governor's Office for its contribution."
"Thank you for your kindness. Your Majesty, the Governor of Luzon asked me to plead guilty on my behalf. He arbitrarily sent a group of Confucian scholars who were exiled to Luzon and Java to death. They went too far, Your Majesty." Instead of getting up, Chen Chengyi talked about Yin Zhengmao's sinking of people into the sea before leaving.
Zhu Yijun said quite calmly: "I know everything that happened in the Luzon Governor's Mansion."
"The Marquis of Surabaya has passed the coastal defense inspection and reported to the court quickly. I accepted it. When I came to the memorial, I was also shocked. What shocked me was not what the Marquis of Sishui did, but how these exiled villains could still cause trouble in Luzon. I underestimated their abilities. It was my fault. I didn't. Anticipating this situation in advance, we did not send enough scholars for the Marquis of Surabaya to dispatch. ”
"I think there is nothing wrong with the matter of sinking into the sea. In this situation, it is impossible not to sink. It must be sunk. When people's hearts are in turmoil, thunderous means are needed."
The Luzon nobles have a With great influence, Yin Zhengmao's action means that he has reached the point where he has to deal with it. Waiting for the court's reply, he will miss the best time to shock. On the contrary, Yin Zhengmao is using his posthumous name to exchange for Luzon's long-term peace and stability.
"The governor is old, please ask the imperial court to ennoble the prince of Surabaya." Chen Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that Yin Zhengmao's thunderous methods would arouse his Majesty's dissatisfaction. After all, he did not impose the death penalty. The process of Sanduzou is handled, but considering the political framework of the Luzon Governor's Palace or the Governor's Palace, this is not really a big problem.
Chen Chengyi also felt that it seemed a bit unworthy of His Majesty to have a falling out with some criminals and the surname of the emperor's relative, and the son and daughter's in-laws.
But there were many evil spirits in the Ming Dynasty. Sometimes, this method of quickly stabilizing people's hearts could easily be packaged by some people as Yin Zhengmao's intention to establish himself as king.
(End of this chapter)