"I, Batavia, am willing to send twenty warships and a thousand soldiers to assist the Celestial Empire in recovering Goa."
Dutch Batavia Governor Aboukui came to the capital of Daming, more willing to contribute to the Ming Dynasty, he also knew that the Ming Dynasty was now invincible, and he could only get the greatest benefits by being his best little brother, so he had made up his mind to dispatch thousands of troops and dozens of warships to assist the Ming to recover Goa.In addition, he also wanted to take this opportunity to show Daming his strength in the Netherlands, so that Daming felt that he was a little brother worthy of cooperation.Spain's Clone was very shocked when he heard what Abouqua said, he didn't expect the Netherlands to have such a strong strength, you must know that he Spain only has two Manila galleons in Manila, although their galleons are more than 500 tons, but they can't compare with the current Netherlands.Clone even felt that the Netherlands was bragging, except for a super empire like the Ming Dynasty, who could dispatch dozens of warships at once.But Clone didn't dare not believe it, he felt that Abukui should not be in the Ming Emperor's Majesty In fact, the current Spain is indeed inferior to the newly rising Netherlands in terms of overseas colonial expansion due to economic recession and involvement in the Thirty Years' War in Europe.The Netherlands, despite their small size, were now the main players in their rapid overseas expansion, and were the main players in grabbing colonies everywhere.Otherwise, he would not have fought with Portugal a few years ago, and tried to occupy Penghu in the Ming Dynasty, but was later driven away by the Ming officials and transferred to Taiwan.Although the Netherlands has also lost its colony in Taiwan, its headquarters in Batavia is still there, and it is still the strongest force in the West.Clone has to admit that his Spain really can't compete with the Netherlands right now.But Clone also didn't want to be compared to the Dutch in front of the Ming Emperor, so that the Ming Empire felt that they were not a country worthy of cooperation among the Western countries, so they were despised by the Ming Emperor, and even let the Netherlands despise themselves Spain."
Excellent!
In the end, it was the Netherlands, which did not disappoint me. ”Zhu Youxiao nodded after listening to Abukui at this time.Then, Zhu Youxiao asked Kroner: "How many troops and warships does Spain plan to send?"
”Clone did not answer.And Zhu Youxiao pulled down his face because of this: "Huh?!"
”For a moment, Clone didn't know what to do.He also wanted to directly say that more than 20 warships and thousands of his own soldiers were sent to participate in the war.However, he had to admit that his Manila did not have the strength yet.Abkhooy smiled proudly when he saw that Clone had not expressed his position to the Ming Emperor for a long time, he knew that Spain's military strength in Manila was definitely not as good as his Dutch military strength in Batavia, otherwise, Clone would not have been silent for so long."
Maybe after establishing a trade partnership with the Ming Dynasty, I in the Netherlands can strive for the Ming Empire not to interfere in the affairs between my Netherlands and Spain, and when the time comes, my Netherlands can directly annex Manila in Spain, and then realize that the foreign merchant ships of the entire eastern route are only my Dutch merchant ships!"
Abuqua said to himself.Zhu Youxiao naturally saw Clone's embarrassment.But he didn't break it, he just pretended to get up angrily, waved his sleeves and said, "Retreat!"
”As a result, the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty began to shout, "The ministers are leaving." ”And Clone and the others had to retreat.In fact, it wasn't just Clone who was surprised by the strength shown by the Netherlands.The central ministers of the Ming Dynasty were also surprised by the strength shown by the Dutch.And, not just to the Netherlands.In the past, the Western fans that the Ming Dynasty came into contact with were all missionaries, and the missionaries belonged to the people sent by the church, and belonged to the people in the field of chemistry, and they did not know much about the military politics of their own country, and they were not interested in revealing them to the Ming court.And now it is the first time that high-ranking officials from the Western Fan Kingdom have come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to communicate with the emperor and central ministers of the Ming Dynasty.Coupled with the guidance and persecution of Emperor Zhu Youxiao.The officials of the Ming Dynasty learned more about the fact that the land area of the Western countries was so small, but they were kings and hegemons and plundered wealth in so many places in the world.Especially when the emperor took the newly revised map of the Kunyu Kingdom of the Hanlin Academy and asked Abukui and Kloner about some Western affairs, they stood on the side and felt more directly that a Western country with a local area and population far inferior to the Ming Dynasty could occupy so many maritime interests!
This was a big shock to many officials in the Ming Dynasty, especially those from the gentry in the hinterland.Yuan Keli said to his friend Jiang Dejing, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, after returning home at this time: "A small Western country whose size is far inferior to that of my dynasty and whose population is even less than that of our dynasty can crisscross the world, and even tens of thousands of miles away, there are thousands of troops and dozens of warships deployed near my Ming Dynasty, and it also controls the global shipping routes, and there is more than one such Western country, which is really incredible!"
If it weren't for what he saw and heard with his own eyes, Yuan really couldn't believe it, compared to these, fighting with Fang Dang did seem a little petty!
No wonder Your Majesty didn't let me put my mind on fighting Fang Congzhe, and no wonder Your Majesty and Xu Ge Lao, who knew the most about the West, didn't take the disputes in the court seriously, but only cared about the number of warships, the scale of the sailors, and the power of artillery. ”Then, Yuan Keli smiled at Jiang Dejing again: "Jiang Gong once advised the servant to open his eyes and see the world, and not just to China, but Yuan said at that time that An Zhonghua can calm the world, and now it seems that the servant can't see as far as you Fujian people!"
If it weren't for the fact that he learned about the Western countries from the mouths of these two Xiyi governors this time, if it weren't for the fact that the imperial court had already experienced the income brought by the sea trade chase, the servants would really have been ignorant. ”Yuan Keli is now beginning to take the initiative to realize that his previous pattern is smaller."
Pavilion Lao is too humble in this statement, although the lower official is a Fujian person, and has dealt with the West, and also knows a little bit of Taixi learning, but it is also the first time to know that these small Western countries can rely on sea trade to form such a trend, now that I think about it, or Your Majesty's holy candlelight, it seems that I have long known the difference between Western countries, and now I want to learn more about it, and now His Majesty is powerful, which is really surprising to the minister."
Jiang Dejing replied.Yuan Keli nodded: "Your Majesty's power is indeed unpredictable, perhaps if today's son can really understand the knowledge of the gods, since his accession to the throne, he is not the same as an ordinary emperor, and now all kinds of signs show that it seems that it is not us who is guiding Your Majesty to become a more outstanding king, but Your Majesty is guiding us to become more promising ministers." ”Jiang Dejing laughed after hearing this: "That's exactly what he said!"
In the opinion of the following officials, now that Yuanfu is presiding over the cabinet, the achievements of the national government can far surpass that of Zhangjiangling in the past, not because Yuanfu really has the talent of Zaifu now, but because His Majesty has taught well. ”"That's right!"
Yuan Keli replied: "He Congzhe has been the head assistant for many years when he was in the temple, doing nothing, and the corpse is vegetarian, even if he proposes one or two national policies, it is just an itch in the boots, and now he can have today's achievements, thanks to His Majesty's guidance!"
How fortunate I am in Daming, with this emperor, Jiang Gong, I must have read the latest savings data given by Daming Bank, most of my Daming people depositors, have saved hundreds of silver dollars!
”"Know!
We are still discussing, according to this amount, even if the people of the world are unemployed for five years, they can still live on this savings!
”Jiang Dejing said with a smile."
Yes, throughout the dynasties, there are very few people who can make the people hide their wealth to such a degree!
The merit of our emperor is comparable to that of the emperor of the Han Dynasty!
”Yuan Keli replied with emotion.