Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 198 The Strange Emperor's Strange Things

The relationship between Spain and Ming Dynasty is actually a bit complicated at this moment. This is not the first contact between the two parties. On the contrary, during the Wanli Dynasty, the two parties had more contacts.

At the beginning, the two parties agreed to jointly encircle and suppress the pirates Lin Feng and Lin Daoqian. At that time, the relationship between the two parties was relatively harmonious.

However, Das Marenas, the governor of Luzon in Spain, enslaved and bullied the Luzon Ming merchants with unscrupulous force. Ming merchants were angry and rose up to resist. In the end, they killed him!
This will make things worse, because Spain has not had an overseas governor who has been killed in so many years.

This governor of Luzon, Das Marenas, is also the only overseas governor in Spain who has been killed in history. For such a big event, they must retaliate wildly.

They felt that it was not enough to execute the few people who killed Governor Das Marenas. They also had to find some excuses to clean up the Luzon Ming merchants and scare these people so that they would be killed in the future. Don't dare to resist anymore!
They were trying to find an excuse, but the wonderful emperor Wanli actually gave them an excuse.

It turned out that there was a man named Zhang Ni, who didn't know whether his brain was flooded or what, in order to seek wealth, he even wrote a letter to Ming Shenzong, saying that there is a Jiyi mountain on the Philippine island that is rich in golden beans. , can obtain immeasurable benefits.

Ming Shenzong didn't know whether his brain was flooded or what, it's fine for an emperor to be greedy for money, but he actually believed such absurd words, no matter how the ministers tried to prove the absurdity of this statement, he resolutely decided to send Wang Shihe and others Officials went to investigate.

As a result, Wang Shihe and other officials went to Luzon to find local Ming merchants everywhere, and found that there was no such thing at all.

Wanli was tricked, and the Spaniards also found an excuse.

They actually said that the Ming merchants in Luzon wanted to attract the army of the Ming Empire to occupy Luzon, and then they used this as an excuse to kill the Ming merchants in Luzon. According to rumors, tens of thousands were killed!
This matter is very likely to be a trick, otherwise how could Zhang Ni, who is mentally ill, think of cheating the current emperor, and even if he wanted to cheat, he would have to be helped to send the letter to Wanli!

Wanli, the strange emperor, must have been tricked by others. How did he deal with this matter?

It's embarrassing to say it!

Wanli actually thinks that scholars, farmers, businessmen, and traders are the most lowly, and these traders violated the sea ban and went to Luzon to do business without authorization, so it is not worth fighting the barbarians for it.

Therefore, Wanli just ordered someone to issue a document to condemn him, and dealt with it, but did not send troops to help the merchants of Ming Dynasty!
This made Spain, the maritime overlord, look down upon Yangyang Ming. If you killed tens of thousands of people, you dare not send troops to recover the situation. You are a fart of the heavens!
Therefore, when the Spanish envoy Carlino followed Zhao Feng to Fujian, he was quite arrogant, his eyes were directed towards the sky.

However, as he ran all the way, he became more and more frightened, and the other end slowly returned to its normal position, and he no longer looked at the sky and talked to people.

Because the territory of Ming Dynasty is too vast.

They kept changing horses and running wildly along the way, and they might be able to cross the whole of Spain in two or three days. As a result, they ran for more than ten days before reaching the capital of Daming.

Just because they ran from the southernmost point of the Ming Empire to the northernmost point, from the map, they have passed through half of the Ming Empire at most, that is to say, the territory of the Ming Empire is at least ten times that of Spain itself !
What's even more frightening is that this road is densely populated, and the population of the Ming Empire is simply impossible to estimate.

Also, along the way, Daming’s so-called post station system was too developed. There was a post station almost every few tens of kilometers, and each post station was equipped with fast horses.

When they arrived at the post station, they only needed to throw the reins into the hands of the postmen, sit there and have a meal, and then they could put on new and vigorous horses and continue to set off.

How many post stations and war horses are there along this road!

The sum of all their Spanish war horses may not have as many war horses as there are in other posthouses!

Taichang didn't expect that letting people ride horses all the way from the post station would have such an effect.

All the things he was going to use to frighten the Spaniards were in the capital.

When Zhao Fenggang led Carlinio to Yongding Gate in the south of the capital, [-] soldiers from the Beijing camp had lined up neatly on both sides of Yongding Gate, waiting there.

To be honest, Carinho has never seen so many soldiers gathered together at one time, because the number of their Spanish navy is not large, thousands of people are considered too many, and tens of thousands of people are all the soldiers in the entire Far East. The total number of soldiers added up.

As a rear admiral, he has only a thousand people under his command.

The Ming Empire sent so many soldiers so easily!

He looked at the ten guards behind him, and then at the densely packed army of the Ming Empire, his face immediately became humble.

Soon, under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, he got into an open carriage.

After the carriage entered the city, he was shocked again, because from Yongdingmen to West Chang'an Avenue, both sides of the avenue were densely packed with soldiers of the Ming army, and it was almost impossible to count them.

What's even more frightening is that it took them nearly half an hour to get from the gate of the city to the gate of the Ming Empire's palace after sitting in a carriage.

The capital of the Ming Empire is too big!
After he followed Zhao Feng into the imperial city, he was even more dumbfounded.

Not to mention the densely packed Jinyiwei along the way, he was numb. The problem is that the place where the emperor of the Ming Empire lived was too big.

He just followed Zhao Feng all the way, and it took another half an hour to arrive at the huge square in front of the Emperor Palace.

This time, he really lost all arrogance. Seeing Taichang sitting high on the steps, he hastily gave a chest respectful salute, and then said in a loud voice: "Spanish Rear Admiral Carlinio sees the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His Majesty."

Unexpectedly, what greeted him was an angry reprimand: "Presumptuous, kneel down!"

He looked at the translator behind him in some bewilderment, not knowing what he was calling.

The translator lying on the ground quickly explained: "Your Excellency, according to the etiquette of our Ming Empire, the emperor must kneel down."

This!
We don't have your kind of kneeling.

Carinho was already a little upset, but when he looked at the densely packed Jinyi guards around him, he was shocked.

He didn't know the saying that the two countries would not be beheaded when they were at war. If he offended someone and chopped him up with a knife, he would be wronged.

He could only knelt down on one knee and saluted helplessly: "Spanish Rear Admiral Carlinio will see His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire."

Well, it's almost there, as long as you can kneel down, there doesn't seem to be any etiquette to kneel down on Ou Lu's side.

Taichang nodded slightly, then raised his hand and said, "Pingshen, let's all get up and talk."

There is no need for an interpreter for this one, because the interpreter behind him and Zhao Feng both got up.

Carinho quickly stood up, took out an envelope and said solemnly: "This is a personal letter written by our Governor-General to His Majesty the Emperor. Please read it personally."

These are all nonsense words.

After listening to the translator's retelling, Taichang stretched out his hand, and Cao Huachun quickly took the letter and respectfully delivered it to him.

To be honest, he really wanted to know why the Spaniards wanted him.

He opened the envelope and took out the letter paper, his brows furrowed.

It's not that he can't understand the hand, because there are not only Spanish, but also Chinese characters on it, and he doesn't feel uncomfortable looking at the small characters written by the quill pen.

Question, the Spanish Luzon governor Silva is too loud!
What pleases His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to open an official trade offering goods such as porcelain, tea and silk.

Why did His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty open the port and allow the ocean-going fleet of the Kingdom of Spain to go ashore to replenish fresh water and food.

Please be careful, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire. The Dutch intend to invade the Ming Empire. It is suggested that the two sides cooperate again to deal with the Dutch.

This looks very polite on the surface, but it looks a bit domineering.

WTF?

I will buy some rubber with you, and you have such a big deal with me!

What opens official trade, what opens ports?
You really think our Daming is easy to bully, don't you?
Taichang couldn't help snorting coldly to himself, but he didn't have an attack, because his goal was rubber, not fighting with people. Even if he fought with people, he had to have enough rubber or even fooled the seeds of the rubber tree into his hands. .

So, how to fool this envoy?

He glanced at the envoys from the state, and couldn't help but have an idea.

The interpreter behind the envoy of Fanbang must be from Daming in appearance, and the interpreter respected him as the emperor like the common people of Daming.

Perhaps, this translation can be taken down first.

Thinking of this, he directly said to the translator: "What's your name, where are you from?"

The interpreter hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed: "Back to the emperor, the villain's name is Chen Siming, and his ancestral home is Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian."

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Siming, that's a good name. Do you think you're from Ming Dynasty or barbarian?"

what?
Why does the emperor ask such a question!
Chen Siming hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Back to the emperor, although the villain is in Luzon, he always remembers that he is a citizen of Ming Dynasty, and never dares or forgets that the villain lives as a person of Ming Dynasty, and dies as a ghost of Ming Dynasty!"

very good!

Taichang asked directly: "What exactly is this barbarian envoy here for, or what is their bottom line for negotiation, do you know?"

Chen Siming was rather panicked: "The emperor forgives the sin, the villain is the translator they paid for, they didn't tell the villain about this!"

That's it.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Okay then, help me fool this barbarian envoy well, and after the matter is completed, I will give you a sixth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites."

Tongshi is actually a translation, but it is an official translation of the imperial court. There are six grades and seven grades. Taichang's words actually have the meaning of testing Chen Siming in it.

Hearing this, Chen Siming couldn't help but excitedly said: "Your Majesty, is it true? Can the villain move his family to the capital and work in the Ministry of Rites?"

Is this kid really Siming?

Taichang asked again: "You want to go back to Daming so much? Are you not used to staying in Lu Song?"

Chen Siming couldn't help but stared at Carinho's back and gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty, you may not know that these barbarians are just like robbers. They bully us at every turn. We have had enough."

It looks real.

If this guy was acting, he would never be able to express all his expressions so realistically.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "If you want to go back to Daming, after this trip is over, you can pick up your family and go directly to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites to sit on duty, but I hope you can find some reliable insiders. Driven out of Nanyang."

Very good!
Chen Siming immediately bowed his hands excitedly and said: "Don't worry, the emperor, what should be there is that everyone wants to drive away the barbarians. The villain thanked the emperor for his kindness on behalf of the Luzon people. I hope the emperor can send troops as soon as possible to recover Luzon!"

Well, there is no rush for this.

Taichang pondered slightly: "Wait a few more years, these Spanish barbarians are still useful, wait for me to get something from them before doing anything."

(End of this chapter)