Borrow the day to change the day

() Hou Zai An Guiyi, who was outside the Meridian Gate, saw Zhong Jinwei come out with the imperial edict in a daze, so he quickly trot over: "Mr. Zhong, congratulations!"

When Zhong Jinwei saw that it was him, he smiled and said, "We are happy together, but I have no money to reward you. I really have no money!"

When An Guiyi heard it, he also smiled and said: "Mr. Zhong, don't make fun of our family. If I reach out and take your money, I will be blamed if my godfather doesn't beat me to death."

After a pause, An Guiyi changed the subject: "Mr. Zhong, godfather said that the emperor told you to stay in the side hall, and he will go there after the court is over."

Zhong Jinwei was hesitating, and when he heard it, yes, he asked the richest and poorest person in Ming Dynasty for some money to live his life.

So, under the leadership of An Guiyi, he first went back to marry Emperor Chongzhen.

After arriving at the side hall, An Guiyi bid farewell and left.Zhong Jinwei gave the edict to Archie who had been waiting for a long time.Archie unfolded and took a look. Uncle Zhongxing, with an annual salary of one thousand and one hundred shi, kept smiling from the corner of his eyes.Then she carefully kept the imperial decree, and when she saw Zhong Jinwei drinking tea, she just turned around and couldn't help but congratulate him: "Congratulations to Uncle Zhongxing!"

When Zhong Jinwei heard it, hehe, his wife also came to make a joke: "Come, give me a reward!"

Archie knew he had no money, so he couldn't help being a little surprised, what should he reward?

So, he cooperated and blessed again: "Thank you, slave!" Then he stretched out his hand to ask for the reward.

Zhong Jinwei showed a weird smile: "I didn't reach out to receive the reward, that's the etiquette of Westerners, we don't learn it; you put your face closer, and I'll reward you!" Choose the etiquette you want.

Archie was a little strange at first, but immediately realized what it was about, and couldn't help but blush.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen came, just to relieve the embarrassment, Archie stepped aside.

Emperor Chongzhen accomplished two things today, plus Zhong Jinwei's limelight in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he was in a good mood, and walked in with a smile.

Zhong Jinwei didn't know what to do at this time, he still treated Emperor Chongzhen as a friend as before, or if he became his courtier now, he would use the courtesy of a courtier.

Emperor Chongzhen was a smart man. Seeing Zhong Jinwei's bewildered look, he guessed something, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhong, oh, no, Master Zhong, you don't have to be so restrained. I still hope that you will be the same as before, just like me casually." Let's chat, no outsiders are present, and there will be no acid tape between us."

Zhong Jinwei was also very happy when he heard what Emperor Chongzhen said, and hurriedly let Emperor Chongzhen sit at the table.

After Emperor Chongzhen sat down, he smiled and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, you vented your anger on my behalf in the hall just now. You don't know how those people usually get angry with me. They don't do things and play tricks with me every day."

Zhong Jinwei smiled embarrassedly, this, we didn't mean it.

"Can you tell me what questions Master Zhong asked back in the hall?"

"Your Majesty, it's a little uncivilized, so it's inconvenient to say."

"It's okay, I just want to know what is the problem that makes them speechless."

Emperor Chongzhen laughed loudly when he heard this, pointing at Zhong Jinwei while laughing.

Wang Chengen, who was on the side, saw that Emperor Chongzhen was smiling so vigorously, so he also laughed, but he didn't know whether he was laughing with Emperor Chongzhen, or if he really thought it was funny.

Emperor Chongzhen managed to stop his laughter, and said repeatedly: "You, you, you, in front of many ministers of civil and military affairs in my conference hall, you are really brave enough to call him a pig! You are not afraid Does anyone understand?"

Zhong Jinwei didn't think much about it at the time, and just said it outright. Now that Emperor Chongzhen said this, he scratched the back of his head with his left hand, thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that no one should understand at this time." "Why, if you are so sure, which country is this saying?"

"Sire, this is the language of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

"Oh, is it far away? Is this country big?"

People at this time seemed to know little about European countries, so they asked Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, where is the map I brought?"

Emperor Chongzhen was not very clear either, and looked at Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, Uncle Zhongxing's map was traced before, and five copies of the two maps have just been traced. The original has been kept by Uncle Zhongxing and his wife."

Zhong Jinwei looked at Emperor Chongzhen, and Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand, meaning that you are in charge of your territory.

So, Zhong Jinwei called Archie, took out the map and spread it on the table.

Zhong Jinwei first pointed out the location of Daming to Emperor Chongzhen, then pointed to a small island in the upper right corner of the map and said, "Please look, Your Majesty, this is the country I mentioned just now, referred to as Britain."

Emperor Chongzhen saw that there was not even a large province in Ming Dynasty.So he smiled and said: "It's so small, no wonder Master Zhong is not afraid of someone who knows the language of this country."

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he thought about future generations and felt that it was an opportunity, so he said to Emperor Chongzhen sincerely: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate this country."

"Why, what's so special about it?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised.

"The specific year, I have already forgotten. About a hundred years later, this country will rise in the world, known as the empire that never falls."

"Why does the sun not fall to the empire?"

"The sun shines on its land for 24 hours, oh, twelve hours, so it is called the sun never sets empire."

"Is there such a weird thing?" Emperor Chongzhen was surprised.

Wang Chengen and Archie on the side also ignored the etiquette and stretched their heads to see such a strange empire that never falls.

"That's not what it means, Your Majesty. What the Ribuluo Empire means is that the area it rules is so large that it has spread all over the world."

Zhong Jinwei said while pointing to the map: "This, this, and, this, this, this, all of them have become his land. It is really the land of this country."

"How is it possible!" Emperor Chongzhen lost his voice, and then, he stared at the small British island on the map, trying to see what the so-called Great Britain was capable of!

"Your Majesty, nothing is impossible. You see, the Portuguese and the Dutch in Macau now, those Franji people, their country is actually here, here." From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, there has always been I thought Franji was actually near the Strait of Malacca.

Emperor Chongzhen's brain has been shut down, it's all so far away, such a small place!

Zhong Jinwei took the opportunity to continue to instill something: "Your Majesty, this era is called the age of great navigation. These small countries are at the moment, with the support of the country, and the citizens are setting sail to find all benefits. They start from here. , follow this line, come all the way, and reach Daming."

Zhong Jinwei continued to draw the famous sailing line on the map with his finger, pointing it out to Emperor Chongzhen.

Wang Chengen's line of sight was blocked by Zhong Jinwei's hand, so he walked around unconsciously, found a direction and continued to look.

"They have been coming along this line. When they encounter weak tribes and countries, they go directly to rob them. They rob them of their gold and silver treasures, and those who rob them sell themselves as slaves. When they encounter a powerful country, such as Ming Dynasty, they change to Merchants do business. Then ship the acquired wealth back to their country.”

In fact, those Westerners also fought with Daming, but they didn't win.Emperor Chongzhen knew this, and it seemed fortunate that they won the battle, but the reason for the victory was that they had too few people.

"They, they shouldn't be able to rob much?" Emperor Chongzhen thought that with such a small number of people, he couldn't rob much.

"Your Majesty was wrong. They came all the way, except for Daming, who they dare not rob, they basically robbed everyone else."

Zhong Jinwei pointed to Africa and said: "Your Majesty, this continent is still in the era of primitive tribes. It is a place where black people gather. They are Kunlun slaves. Those primitive people who drink hair and blood can defeat these Westerners with guns and cannons." Is it?"

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head without thinking.

"This continent is rich in gold, silver, diamonds, precious stones and other rare minerals, as well as many resources, including manpower. They are all robbed by them. Or what is lacking in the country, what is more profitable, they force those locals to pay nothing planting."

Zhong Jinwei pointed to Australia and North America and said: "It's the same situation here. Now, the whole of Europe, so many small countries, are encouraging to go to sea and grab the territory. Whoever comes first will go."

Then Zhong Jinwei sighed and said: "It's a pity. If we open the sea tomorrow morning, there will still be places where these Westerners are rampant, and the country will not be out of money. The land in Southeast Asia is very fertile here. They can grow food three or four times a year, but they only need to grow it once. When there was a famine in Daming, they brought in grain directly from outside, or scattered people out. There were people from Daming all over the place. The empire has fallen."

Emperor Chongzhen remembered that Zhong Jinwei seemed to have mentioned this matter before.Looking at these on the map again, I was a little puzzled: "Master Zhong said that the sun will not fall to the empire, how did they get so many Chinese to occupy so many places?"

Hearing Emperor Chongzhen ask this question, Zhong Jinwei tilted his head and thought for a while, and then explained: "It's like this, they encourage the people of the country to go to sea, and if they find a place that can be occupied, they will entrust the person who found it to manage it. The official position of a person is called a governor, and the governor is the local overlord who controls the local leaders. So they occupy a place, they don’t need a lot of people, they can rule that place, and then lie there and suck blood.”

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked again: "If this person is a traitor and establishes a country on his own, how should we deal with it?"

"impossible!"

"Why?" Emperor Chongzhen followed Zhong Jinwei's voice and asked.