Lu Ming

Chapter 536
The news that Wang Bo broke at the end of the meeting was shocking.The circle he drew on the map at that time was not Shenzhen, but an island not far away.This island was called "Hao Jing Macao" at that time, and it was called Macao in later generations.

The Ming people at the Baietan Hotel that day, although their origins are more complex and come from all walks of life, but there is no doubt that these rich Ming people are all social elites, they have enough information, and even many of them were former foreign Big guys in maritime business, they know very well what Macau represents.

Naturally, General Wang's words caused an uproar on the spot.

The absurd point is that such a shocking event as the attack on Haojingao was placed in front of everyone with a small reason of "showing pioneering ability".

The participants are honored, and the participants have sympathy. No matter how hard the participants think, they have not realized that one day their family is so important, so important that it can trigger the "two countries" to fight each other?

The participants were flattered, and the participants were flustered.

In the 32nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1553), the Portuguese obtained the right of residence in Macao from the Guangdong local government of the Ming Dynasty at that time, and became the first Europeans to enter China.

After the Portuguese settled in Macau, they gradually expanded their territory and built and developed this small island for a long time. It has been more than 80 years since the arrival of the crossing people.

For the ancients whose average life expectancy was less than 30 years old, the Portuguese entrenched in Haojingao has become an inherent situation that existed in their ancestors.

Regarding this situation, the Ming Dynasty, which seemed to be huge in size, was already weak and sick, and obviously lagged behind the development trend of the world, and was powerless to change anything.

In real history, just two years before the appearance of the Travelers, there was a serious confrontation between the Guangdong government and the Portuguese over the construction of the city wall by the Portuguese in Macau.In the end, although the Portuguese demolished the wall as the end, the only means used by the Guangzhou government in this matter was to close the gates and cut off food.
Large and small conflicts like this were often staged in the years when the Portuguese occupied Macau.Without exception, the Ming government chose soft solutions such as cutting off food or sending people to mediate.Cai Shanji, the chief minister in Fuzhou before, was able to leave his name in history because he personally dealt with a Portuguese disturbance incident because of "driving in Macao by bicycle".

Here comes the question, for a small place that is close at hand and not blocked by rivers and seas, why not just send a large army to level it?
However, the civil servants and military generals in Guangzhou are not fools. The reason why they did not level the Portuguese in Macau was because they could not.

So what is it that endorses the Portuguese?Naturally, it is not the benevolence of the Ming Dynasty and the superficially recognized jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty by the Portuguese, but the bronze cannons installed on the St. Paul’s Fort, and the armed merchant ships docked in Macau Port, and those that have been tempered by global colonial activities. Sailors from various countries and local Portuguese soldiers with good nutrition and rich combat experience.

In short, in Haojingao at this time period, the Portuguese are undoubtedly the real owners of this small island, not the Ming government that seems to have all rights.

This is also the reason why the guests of the Ming Dynasty were in a commotion after Wang Bo announced his plan to attack Macau today——Haojingao is not just a bandit village in the mountains, but a bandit on the sea, it is a barbarian entrenched, with strong ships and powerful ships , there is a giant cannon pass, and there is an "enemy country" with a controlled army.

Yes, no matter how you deny it, Macau, a small place, is an "enemy country" in the eyes of the colonial sensible people.

The news was so explosive that people who reacted were at a loss for a while.Even at the end of the meeting, the legendary General Cao personally appeared to communicate with the participants, endorse the tea and wine exhibition and talk about the future, but he couldn't suppress the shock deep in the hearts of the guests.

After the meeting, how the guests returning home digested and dealt with the "welfare" news that was obviously given in advance by the time-traversing people, they didn't care about it.What is really important is that with the official disclosure of this news by the cross-travelers, the next attack on Macau will enter the countdown.

For Macau, there is no doubt that Travelers has planned for a long time.

Having wiped out the pirates and put on official clothes, they have actually controlled the crossing people along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong. The next step is naturally to set their sights on Nanyang, which has rich resources.However, Macau is like a nail stuck in the mouth of the Pearl River, maintaining the Portuguese-exclusive trade network on its own.

As the saying goes, a toad crawls on the instep, doesn't bite, and responds to others—in today's increasingly expanding power across the world, the bosses naturally can't tolerate this Portuguese colony coming to bite Lao Tzu's teeth again.

In fact, long before General Cao personally went north to King Qin, the crossing forces entrenched on both sides of the Taijiang River had already started a dialogue with the Portuguese regime in Macau.Of course, it is usually difficult to reach a consensus on this topic based on the competition for development space, so it is not surprising that the talks between the time-traveling forces and Macau collapsed.

The next thing is that General Cao returned from King Qin's great victory, was promoted to take over the seal, and usurped the sea power of Daming and part of the military power of Fujian and Guangdong.

By this time, military action against the Portuguese was virtually irreversible.The only thing that the Travelers lack is policy. The political permission of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the Portuguese have been entrenched on that island for more than 80 years, and everyone in the ruling and opposition parties knows it.With the current friendly relationship with the Ming court, the people who travel through can't ignore the emperor's reckless actions, so no matter what, the imperial court's imperial edict of "doing things cheaply" must be obtained by the people who travel through.

So, by coincidence, Xiong Wencan came to Guangdong.

After the old bear came, everything was easily solved.After passing the dormant period of new officials taking office, Xiong Da began a series of administrative actions.In addition to ordering the Zhangchao general to send troops to "assist" the local bandits, there is another item: a formal report to the imperial court, pointing out the various hazards of the Portuguese entrenched in the Pearl River Estuary, and asking the emperor to agree to eradicate them.

Of course, the old bear will not fight alone.Those who went to Beijing together with Lao Xiong's memorial, those who waved the flag and clamored for the people, and there are also many memorials from the local conservatives in Guangdong who have long disliked the Portuguese.

In ancient times when the information was not smooth, once the big officials in the frontier who had the right to make decisions on the fly, once they wrote such a clear-cut government report, the matter would basically be double-starved: the court either agreed, or issued an order to reprimand .

So will the imperial court order to reprimand the old bear?It's a joke, not to mention that Cao Zongbing was vaccinated when he met the saint, even in the imperial court, Lao Xiong now has more reinforcements that have never been seen in history: the deputy prime minister Wen Tiren and the eunuch Fang Zhenghua alliance.

So just five days before the White Swan Promotion Conference was held, the governor's yamen of Guangdong officially received an order from the imperial court: Xu Xiong Wencan acted cheaply.

(End of this chapter)