Regarding the current situation of the armed maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu replied bitterly: "It is said that the armed maritime merchants in the south are now crisscrossing the ocean, which has discouraged the Netherlands, which was originally known as the coachman of the sea, and one of the Nanyang countries has increased their taxes to them, and they don't want our sailors to go out, so everyone unites and directly destroys the country, and then makes a Han man the king of the people."
Then he shook his head bitterly: "This is really detrimental to the majesty of heaven and the education of the saints, terrible, and lamentable." ” Yang Sichang also smiled and said: "This is true, Master Sun muttered to me a few days ago, saying that the Han king had written to the cabinet, requesting that he simply annex to the mother country and become an overseas province of the Ming Dynasty, and he was willing to give up the future position of the political envoy and still be his maritime merchant, to put it bluntly, he would say that he would be his legal pirate." ” Lu Xiangsheng was surprised: "If you don't do it, but you go to be a pirate, this person doesn't know what to think." ” Yang Sichang sighed: "Is it good to be an official, I want to be intrigued every day, I want to really do what I am doing worthy of my conscience, but I am constrained by the surroundings, and it is difficult to move forward, where are those legal pirates, the sea is vast, every day to take advantage of the wind and waves, happy enmity, and the wealth of the rich and rival country continues to income, if this war to destroy the country is over, I am also ready to organize a caravan, let Lao Sun Tou make me hundreds of cannons, go to the sea to find an unlucky king, according to Governor Lu, I also got into it and felt that joy. ” Lu Xiangsheng stopped Yang Sichang's reverie at that time, and if he didn't stop, if he continued like this, maybe this kid would pick a son to be a pirate tomorrow.
"Then later Master Sun did not approve this matter" to expand the territory, this is the glory of every minister of the dynasty, although it is an overseas enclave, 99 people in the Ming Dynasty do not know where this land is, but as long as there is, it is a kind of pride and achievement.
Sun Chengzong's old face was slightly red, and he bowed his head and said nothing.
Yang Sichang smiled and said: "Master Sun is a dignified gentleman, deeply educated by the sage, after receiving this recital, he scolded these people for not knowing the etiquette and ruining the image of the Great Ming Dynasty outside.
After saying this, he looked at Sun Chengzong who was twisting with his eyes.
Lu Hanqiang asked with interest: "Then how did Master Sun deal with it?"
Sun Chengzong was so ashamed that he whispered: "Yes." ” Lu Xiangsheng lamented, "In this world, these gentlemen, how can they all become so profitable?"
” Sun Chengzong hurriedly changed this embarrassing topic, and said to Lu Hanqiang: "Brother Hanqiang, but this country can be different from other countries, other countries will be destroyed, the big deal is that we will send some officials and more immigrants, and slowly educate those barbarian people, the place is always too small, and it is easy to deal with, and it is said that this India has a vast territory, an area no less than our Central Plains Dynasty, and a large population, it is actually unrealistic to destroy the country and conquer him, and at the same time, there are already three wolves squatting in this country." ” "Which three" "The Netherlands, Portugal, and the recent establishment of an English East India Company, the three wolves have already set their sights on that piece of fat, let's get involved again, those three guys must not sit idly by."
"It's complicated."
Lu Hanqiang hugged his arms and pinched his chin and muttered: "But it's okay, let's go in, and we won't leave, and drag the forces of those three countries in India, so that they don't covet our territory." ” "That's what I said, but as the Ministry of Rites said, we used this small excuse to destroy the country for no reason, and it was inevitable that the original many vassal states would have a feeling of trembling and dying, so it was worth the loss, and we must hold it in our hands, such as the overseas enclave that had just established a province, I had seen the map, and I carefully asked the experts who knew how to operate the sea, that place was suitable for the transit of our east-west transportation, it can be described as a strategic place, take it in your own hands, It's better than being controlled by others, but if India wants to conquer and incorporate it into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely fall into a quagmire, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Then he muttered yearningly: "I really hope that within this year or two, Liaodong will be restored and the Ming Dynasty will be stabilized, and then we, the people, will devote ourselves to the entire restoration and construction of the Ming Dynasty, and truly achieve the Haiyan River is clear, the country and the people are safe, so that the people can live a peaceful life for dozens or hundreds of years, and realize the real Ming Zhongxing, and the people have worked hard for too long."
When he said this, there were tears in the corners of his eyes.
This is the long-term vision, this is the real old Cheng Mouguo, all the people in the lobby looked at this gray-haired old man, looked at the thin shoulders, and still worked hard to pick up this suffering Ming Dynasty, all of them were related.
Lu Hanqiang paced and thought for a while, and then said with a radiant look: "I know the strength of Zheng Zhilong's sailors, because it is through my hands, in the past few years, he has purchased no less than 1,000 of the world's lightest and most advanced cannons for his fleet in Shandong and my military factory, and those armed caravans in the south, in my military factory and Shandong, said that they have purchased no less than 35,000 cannons of various types.
I think it's time for Zheng Zhilong to discuss with the king of India whether black tea is better or curry is better, but I firmly believe that before thousands of cannons, that king must have praised the beauty of black tea and resolutely hated the taste of curry. ” Then he turned around, Sun Chengzong: "There is no turning back arrow when opening the bow, Zheng Zhilong has already done it, so no matter how much you stop it, there is no chance, as for what Master Sun is worried about, his country is too big, and we can't completely conquer it, I have a new idea." ” "Han Qiang said to hear it."
Lu Hanqiang said with a sneer: "As far as I know, there are 1,61700 kinds of religion in a country rich in languages in India, and the religion in India is not the original Buddhism that we imagined at all, but there are more inexplicable religions of all kinds, anyway, they have some religions in the world, they also have those who don't have them in the world, and there are thousands of them, okay, since the fight is started, then completely beat him down, since we can't completely conquer him, then completely split him, let's follow the religion, no, Simply divide him into small countries according to the language compulsion.
Then Lu Hanqiang pinched his chin and thought: "When the time comes, just like our original Eastern Zhou Dynasty Chronicles, there are countless small countries in the world, I don't believe that they can beat their heads all day long for the sake of national consciousness, or religious beliefs, or some bullshit reasons, and when the time comes, not only will they not dare to offend us, but they will also do everything possible to please us, hoping that we can give them some support, at that time, we see who is weak, then we will stretch out the hand of justice and sympathy, if who is strong, We'll deal with all kinds of disobedience, hahaha, when the time comes, are we still afraid of any border rest?"
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