Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 292 I am going to stab you with a knife, and no one can stop me!
"You said your godfather is Zhang Yong's man?"

In the main hall.

Zhu Houcong, with a serious expression, was asking Yan Xing, a small servant from the inner court who was brought in.

Yan Xing replied: "Yes! My godfather is Chen Jin, the chief of the Imperial Household Department. He is Eunuch Zhang's man."

Chen Jin, who was summoned along with Yan Xing, knelt down hurriedly:
"Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

"I didn't ask him to go outside to buy a knife and bring it into the palace. Besides, if I really wanted to, I wouldn't let him, a palace servant who only served in the previous dynasty, go, let alone let him buy such a short knife!"

"Please enlighten me, Your Majesty!"

Chen Jin quickly bowed his head to the ground.

Zhu Houcong smiled and said, "I don't believe it either!"

Zhu Houcong really didn't believe it.

Because Yan Xing's rank was too low, so low that it was impossible for him to get close to Zhu Houcong, and his activity radius in the palace was limited to the previous dynasty, and he could not come to the inner court at all.

Otherwise, he would not be let out so easily to do purchasing.

Therefore, if someone really wanted to be sent to assassinate him as the emperor, it would not be worthwhile to send such a person.

Zhu Houcong then looked at Yan Xing and said, "Tell me the truth, who sent you?"

Yan Xing said disdainfully: "It doesn't matter if I say it. My uncle outside asked me to do this! He raised me, and he is no different from my biological father. I want to repay his kindness, so I will do whatever he asks me to do."

"Bullshit!"

"If he's doing you a favor, will he let you in?"

Gu Dayong said this in a harsh voice and then asked a scolding question.

Yan Xing said: "It's because he lost all his family fortune. If I don't sell it, I won't be able to survive!"

"Send someone to arrest his uncle!"

Zhu Houcong ordered.

then.

Zhu Houcong looked at Yan Xing and asked, "What was your uncle's original plan?"

"Originally, they wanted me to show up suddenly when the emperor left the palace for the next grand sacrifice in the southern suburbs, and then the Jinyiwei would search me and find the knife."

"This way, the court officials will know that someone is trying to assassinate the emperor. Then, the court officials will know that it is Eunuch Zhang and Elder Yang who are trying to assassinate the emperor, and the court officials can continue to attack Eunuch Zhang and Elder Yang."

Yan Xing replied.

Zhu Houcong narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, then ordered Gu Dayong: "Let the East Factory detain him secretly first, and don't let anyone know about this except the relevant personnel!"

"Yes!"

Gu Dayong said this and left.

After Gu Dayong left, Zhu Houcong stood up and walked to the palace gate.

It was the end of the Xu hour, the stars were shining brightly, and the evening breeze was blowing.

Zhu Houcong narrowed his eyes, enjoying the coolness, but his thoughts drifted to the southeast coast.

He didn't know how his navy was being trained now.

But he knew that in this dark night, he was definitely not the only one paying attention to his newly built navy.

Zhu Houcong's strengthening of the navy was like stabbing a knife into a big cake that those people had been guarding for many years.

at any time!

He might even cut a chunk off of it.

Therefore, those who did not want Zhu Houcong to strengthen the navy would not be willing to see him, the emperor, have a powerful navy.

But what Zhu Houcong felt unfair was that he was not a greedy person.

His main purpose in strengthening the navy was not to divide the cake, but to make the cake bigger.

But he couldn't explain and had no way of explaining it.

First of all, he is the emperor.

Traditionally, as long as there is an imperial decree, it is the principle that those who disobey me will perish, and those who obey me will prosper; if there is no imperial decree, there is no need to explain why we do this.

Secondly, not everyone is like this emperor, who cares about the nation and the people of the world in his heart, or has kindness towards the lower classes.

Therefore, not everyone is willing to work hard with him to make the cake bigger, is willing to treat the people as human beings, and is willing to work hard for the people.

Because in the eyes of many people, isn't it nice to guard the ancestral land and collect rent and taxes?
Wouldn't it be great if we could hand over the dangerous ocean to foreigners, let them sell our goods, and we earn their money?

Why bother!

However, Zhu Houcong believed that the current civilization and system determined that his will as emperor could not be stopped.

Unless, as the emperor, he himself is not determined enough.

Therefore, he believed that his new navy would be established, and he would be able to get his own piece of the pie consisting of tens of thousands of miles of sea territory, and then have the right to share the benefits of the sea.

only!

He needs to strengthen his resolve and maintain trust in the bureaucrats at the front who are strengthening his navy.

……

……

Zhendongwei, Fujian.

Yingxian Village.

At this time, the sky here is also bright and the evening breeze is blowing.

Grand Secretary Yang Yiqing and Coastal Defense Commander Wang Hong also faced the wind and looked at the vast sea waves outside the village gate.

"kill!"

"kill!"

At this time, outside the gate of the village, a large number of newly enlisted naval soldiers were receiving training in the sea water from officers such as Pan Dinggou and Yu Dayou. As Zhu Houcong had expected, the newly built naval Zhenhai Camp and Haibei Camp of the Ming Dynasty were indeed beginning to bear initial results.

In addition, Zhang Cong also sent the corresponding warships one after another.

The two naval camps, composed of naval forces drawn from the original garrisons and recruited pirates, were the strongest in the Ming Dynasty in terms of equipment, and were also stronger than the Portuguese naval forces in the South Seas.

After all, the Ming Dynasty's navy was expanding near its own homeland, so it was naturally able to quickly build a larger navy.

Yang Yiqing and Wang Hong also planned to continue expanding the navy.

Because Zhu Houcong's requirement was to have a navy that was strong enough to combat maritime smuggling forces and capable of long-distance expeditions.

So, two battalions alone are not enough.

Therefore, Wang Hong planned to go to Guangdong and Guangxi tomorrow to recruit the country's fugitive pirates.

Yang Yiqing also told Wang Hong that he would go to Guangdong and Guangxi:
"It is said that many officials and nobles in Guangdong and Guangxi have been secretly engaged in smuggling trade with the Portuguese, and even Japanese have been taken there. You must be very careful when you go there, especially the Funing Marquis who guards Guangdong and Guangxi. He has impeached you and has a lot of criticisms about you."

"I know."

"Marquis Funing is greedy and trusts his traitor Zhu Ying."

"Zhu Ying is the most heinous criminal. He often kidnaps and sells people, and harms people with money. However, because Zhu Qi protected him and Guangdong and Guangxi Censor-in-Chief Xu Tingguang covered up for him and did not report to the court, no one dealt with him. Even I in Guangdong cannot say much, otherwise, the merits of the generals and soldiers will not be known to the court."

Wang Hong replied.

Yang Yiqing nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, when I was in the cabinet, I could only advise Your Majesty to be cautious and not just listen to Xu Tingguang and Funing Hou's one-sided words, but now you are the Chief Censor, there is no need to be afraid!"

Wang Hong nodded: "That's right!"

The next morning.

Wang Hong really led the Naval Preparation Battalion to Guangdong and Guangxi.

At this time, there were indeed Portuguese people in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Smuggling remains rampant.

The coastal defense is non-existent.

The situation is much more serious than when Wang Hong was the deputy envoy of Guangdong's coastal defense.

This is because, although Wang Hong was still the admiral of the Fujian-Guangdong coastal defense, he had been promoted to a higher position and his duties were more inclined to the formulation of macro-strategies for coastal defense, and he was not responsible for the coastal defense of specific local areas.

On the day Wang arrived near Nanhai, Guangdong.

It's night too.

After drinking with Funing Marquis Zhu Qi, Dapeng Captain Zhu Ying and others, the Portuguese Roel and others left Zhu Ying's residence and prepared to rest at the place Zhu Ying arranged for them to stay.

But because Roel and his companions were drunk and not very familiar with Dapeng Station, they got lost and ended up in the home of a military household in Dapeng Station.

The soldier's name was Ye Zhong. When he saw these red-haired monsters coming in, he asked with great vigilance, "What are you doing?"

at that time.

Roel just looked up and saw the military household's daughter, Ye Xiaoying.

Then, seeing that she was pretty, Roel hugged Ye Xiaoying and said, "How much does it cost to sleep with her? I'll pay you!"

Bang!
Ye Zhong kicked Roel and rolled him over: "Who wants your money? Where did you come from, you red-haired monster!"

"what are you doing!"

Roel yelled and stood up from the ground in anger.

But Ye Zhong had already grabbed a knife from the wall, and immediately pulled out the blade, pointing at them: "Get out now!"

The people who came with Roel hurriedly ran out and went straight back to Zhu Ying's residence not far from here and told Zhu Ying about this.

Zhu Ying came over after hearing the news.

Zhu Qi, Marquis of Funing, also came over and frowned before asking:

"what happened?"

Roel hurriedly explained the reason.

After hearing this, Zhu Ying said to Zhu Qi: "My Lord, we now need these Portuguese people to not be afraid of the hostility given by Your Majesty, but have the courage to continue trading with us, so we must make them feel that we are their friends."

Zhu Qi nodded, and ordered his personal soldiers: "Drag this soldier who offended my friend away and chop him up! Then report him as being attacked and killed by pirates!"

Ye Zhong immediately knelt down and said, "Lord, spare my life! I won't dare to do it again. I didn't know they were your friends!"

Zhu Qi said nothing more, just felt the noise, turned around and got on his horse, and said to Zhu Ying: "I have something important to do, you have to come to see me immediately after you deliver the goods to them! Account to me!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Ying agreed, then just smiled coldly, and then instructed the interpreter beside him:
"Take these Portuguese to their residence and tell them that the people below were reckless and did not know the rules, and they were wronged. I will give them the daughter of the military household and ask them to enjoy her as an apology!"

"Yes!"

Ye Zhong was dragged away by Zhu Qi's servants.

Then, he was killed on the spot by Funing Hou's servant.

For them, killing a military household is like killing a dog, and they naturally don't care about the consequences.

After all, the low status of military households in the Ming Dynasty was not something that happened overnight. It would not be possible to completely correct it within a few years. It would take time and would require a large number of new military officials to replace the old military heroes.

Moreover, rulers who treat the lower classes as human beings are, after all, a minority. It would take more time for Zhu Houcong to make all bureaucrats care more about national justice and brotherhood over their own interests.

"father!"

But for the young girl Ye Xiaoying, this was like the sky falling.

She screamed loudly at this time and then fainted. When she woke up, she had fallen into the hands of the Portuguese man Roel and was following them on the way to where they were staying.

But this time.

The naval camp that had already landed did not retreat at night, and while on patrol, they discovered these Portuguese.

"There are Haiyi! Report to the higher-ups immediately!"

(End of this chapter)