Chapter 735: Go to the end of the world and see (4000 words)
Tokugawa Iemitsu: "Even if my Japanese samurai is stronger than those white slaves, how can we get to where those white slaves are?"
Chen Hao smiled and said, "Since Chen said this, it is because Xinlehou once had a letter to Chen, saying that there were many white slaves in the extreme west, but because there was no man, the speed of digging the Suez Canal was extremely slow. I asked Chen that he might find a group of warriors from your country and ask them to find laborers."
The Xinlehou was naturally the head of the nobles sent by Emperor Chongzhen to the Ottoman side, responsible for the reopening of the entire Suez Canal. Theoretically, except for the Jinyiwei, the entire Ottoman side was the Xinlehou.
Just when Shen Hao tried every means to trick Tokugawa Iemitsu, Xinlehou Liu Wenbing had already started cursing in Egypt. If it weren't for the people from the Jinyiwei who were worried about being known, Liu Wenbing would even want to scold Emperor Chongzhen.
Liu Wenbing was the son of Emperor Chongzhen's uncle. He was really a cousin with Emperor Chongzhen. Speaking of which, he had a childhood friendship.
However, even if Liu Wenbing thought about it, he would not have expected that Emperor Chongzhen would throw himself into such a broken place where he could not shit.
Are you specifically cheating relatives? Even if you kill your own uncle, you can cheat even if your cousin is not a fault? Could it be that my family has no cousin and you?
After a slap in hatred, Liu Wenbingcai was helplessly lying on the chair and lying on the corpse.
This time I suffered a great loss. I was frightened and deceived by the dog emperor and rushed to this Ottoman. My food and drink were not satisfactory. My dignified Xinlehou was even worse than the people of the Ming Dynasty.
And why is the digging speed so slow in this broken canal? Can a person with a population of more than 100,000 or more beating a pig with a population of more than 100,000? It has been digging for four years but has not been dug through. Do you really want to let this marquis stay here for ten or eight years?
After shook his head and threw this terrible idea out of his mind, Liu Wenbing simply got up again and returned to the study to write the memorial.
The content of the memorial is very simple, and there is only one theme, that is, the Ottoman lacks people, and it is best to get another one hundred thousand workers, otherwise the canal would be built too slowly, which would be a big deal for His Majesty.
Holding Liu Wenbing's memorial, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and threw it aside to a laborer who had been given a hundred thousand yuan? Why don't you go and grab it? The entire Ming Dynasty is short of laborers now. When will it be the Ottoman turn to call first?
Chen Hao is a bastard. Although he is a little lustful, this is not a big problem. Compared to Ruan Dacheng and Ma Shiying, Chen Hao is the one who should be more involved in the cabinet.
What Emperor Chongzhen liked Chen Hao the most was this guy's ability.
It is not a big skill to manage Kyushu Island well. With the support of the Ming Dynasty and the experience of being in charge of the government, there are not many friends and disciples in the court. It would be a joke if such a large amount of capital is not managed well.
However, before he came up with a trick of a teaching team and a Ming army master before he could come up with a plan to control the military power of Japan, he still made Emperor Chongzhen look up to him.
The captain of Kaishen Logistics once had a staffing like German equipment and teaching brigades. It seemed that nothing big could be done by Chen Hao, a guy who was tossed out to use it in Japan hundreds of years in advance.
Besides, why should I pay attention to these small things? With this time, it is more important to care about the news from the Royal Academy and the Imperial Heaven Supervision News.
Emperor Chongzhen was very happy because of the news from the Imperial Heaven Supervision News.
Since the chaos of thermometers and barometers were created in the 13th year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty recorded the temperature again and there was a clear value, and even the people began to use thermometers in large quantities.
Unlike the people who just look at the temperature roughly and then decide how to wear clothes, the Imperial Heaven Supervision records the temperature every day for comparison next year.
The reason why Emperor Chongzhen was happy was related to this.
According to records from the Royal Academy and the Imperial Heavenly Prison, the spring from the 13th year of Chongzhen to the 17th year of Chongzhen, the coldest time was the 14th year of Chongzhen and the 15th year of Chongzhen, rather than the 16th year of Chongzhen.
Although the lowest temperature in Chongzhen in the 16th year only rebounded less than one degree compared to the lowest temperature in the 15th year of Chongzhen, this is undoubtedly a good warning sign.
Is the Little Ice Age about to pass?
Of course, it is definitely not so fast that the Little Ice Age will pass, and it may take decades or even hundreds of years.
However, I have been through the most tricky and difficult times. Will life be so difficult in the future? Just thinking about it, I know that it will be much better than now!
Then, Emperor Chongzhen was a little idle.
I spent three years in the Ming Dynasty! How many more years did I have in my life?
In the past three years, I have not only reviewed memorials but also created the next generation in the harem, or occasionally slipped out of the palace to sway, and the farthest farthest was to run to Nuergandus to escape the summer heat, to the marching of the Annan Provincial Administration and the winter, and then?
These things are meaningless. This is not the life I want! If you don’t go out to do something, how can you be worthy of your identity as a flat-headed brother?
However, it is not easy to do things, mainly because there is nothing to do. The entire Ming Dynasty is now in a stable group, both in both the internal and external environments. Where can I go to do things?
America? Too far away and don’t want to go there, even if the ministers collectively reduced their wisdom, they would not agree to go out to sea to explore unknown places.
Mughal? The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is now being staged there. Once you pass, will any unknowable variables be created?
After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Wang Guoxing, the current commander of the Jinyiwei, into the palace.
The Jinyiwei has now been completely divided into three institutions. The first is the Daming Intelligence Bureau, commander Guan Bu, responsible for internal affairs, and the second is the Military Intelligence Bureau, where Wang Guoxing served as commander, responsible for all activities outside the Ming Dynasty.
The third one has not changed. The commander is still Wei Liangqing, and he is more responsible for guards and ceremonial guards.
The three institutions have the same sign, and they are all called Jinyiwei, but Jinyiwei has begun to be called internal and external bureaus and guard of honor...
Picking up the information presented by Wang Guoxing, Emperor Chongzhen slowly turned it over, while Wang Guoxing stood not far from the desk without saying a word.
Wang Guoxing is similar to Xu Xianchun. He is both a serious person. Perhaps because he is used to wandering in the darkness, his face is so scary that he can be so scared that he laughs.
Wang Guoxing wrote down Xu Xianchun's explanation very clearly and firmly in his heart: "We hawks and dogs are demons hiding in the darkness. They can sacrifice everything for their masters, no matter who they are, including themselves.
But you must remember that no matter when and no matter what the situation, the master's will is always the first priority. Don't guess what the master means, and don't make your own decisions, unless one day the master needs you to make your own decisions.
Also, Your Majesty once said, if the reputation of the factory guard is good, it will be the biggest betrayal of the factory guard. What does this sentence mean, please understand slowly.
Your Majesty is kind-hearted, even a hawk with blood on my hands can end well. It is difficult to find a master like this, and I don’t want you to turn away from your master and end well."
Wang Guoxing remembered Xu Xianchun's explanation very well, because Wang Guoxing himself knew that hawks and dog institutions like Jinyiwei were just doing black and dirty work, and it was normal to be taken out as a scapegoat when they were not needed.
Just like Mao Xiang, the first person to have the title of Commander of the Jinyiwei, started the entire Hu Weiyong case with one hand, and how many lives were involved? So what would happen to him?
The second commander of the Jinyiwei, Jiang Yan, was also sentenced to death by concocting the ruthless man in the Lan Yu case.
The third one was considered dead in battle, but Ji Gang, the commander of the fourth Jinyiwei, was the ruthless man who put Xie Jin, the president of the Yongle Encyclopedia, to death in the snow, and had no good ending.
The most embarrassing thing is that Ma Shun was beaten to death by a group of civil servants in the court, which was a shame to all the face of the Jinyiwei.
Qian Ning and Jiang Bin were all considered ruthless, but what was the outcome?
There are so many people who have a good ending like Xu Xianchun in the entire history of the Jinyiwei!
So Wang Guoxing was silent. As the commander of the Jinyiwei who had just taken over, Wang Guoxing could not be as comfortable as Xu Xianchun. After all, Xu Xianchun had been with him for sixteen years, and he had just taken office for less than a year.
Emperor Chongzhen looked over and over again and then put it down, and then asked: "According to the judgment of the Jinyiwei, will the three Mughal Kingdoms attack each other for a few more years? Will they be powerless afterwards?"
Wang Guoxing bowed and said, "Yes. According to the intelligence that has been sent back recently, this is true. A and others have not sent back their information so far. For their safety, Weichen did not take the initiative to contact them."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "It is right not to contact them, and let them make the decision by themselves. Send these information to Zhongji Palace and order the Grand Secretary of Zhongji Palace and his subordinates to write a note for me."
Wang Guoxing responded, so he turned around and headed towards Zhongji Palace with information, but Emperor Chongzhen fell silent.
The only Mughal who has the hope of causing trouble can't go. Should he go to the Ottoman side?
Don’t be funny. Although the Ottoman is close to Europe, the overall environment is still very poor. Just let your cousin Xinlehou be there. What are you going to do? Seek the pain?
More importantly, even if you go there yourself, you will not be able to fight. If you are dead, you will run to the construction site to take a look, and there is also a risk of being attacked by the Ottomans.
There is no problem with cheating my cousin. After all, my cousin doesn't have a good thing...
After thinking for a while, Emperor Chongzhen finally decided to go north.
When you go to Beishan to fight against the Russians, you will be all over the land along the way, without having to pass by sea, and the safety factor is much greater. At this time, the weather should be the warmest time of the year in Beishan, and you won’t have to endure as difficult as winter.
...
Just when Emperor Chongzhen was planning to go to Beishan to take Liu Xingzuo and others to cause trouble, Zhang Xianzhong was cursing on the boat, and he was scolding Emperor Chongzhen's father: "God, come on! Let's see if grandpa is afraid!"
It seemed that he was angry by Zhang Xianzhong's words. The already dark weather suddenly became even more gloomy. A wave of several feet high shot towards the flagship where Zhang Xianzhong was.
The helmsman wiped the rain from his face and shouted to Zhang Xianzhong: "Master, don't shout it! Your mouth is too evil!"
The rumbling thunder suppressed the helmsman's voice. Zhang Xianzhong dug out his ears that were slightly painful, and then shouted: "What? What did you say?"
The furious helmsman yelled, "Don't shout!"
Zhang Xianzhong then closed his mouth in disappointment and sailed to the helmsman. The helmsman who cannot offend the most on the ship is the helmsman. Otherwise, once the helmsman has bad intentions, the entire fleet will be a slut.
After an hour, the wind and waves gradually became smaller. Zhang Xianzhong didn't care about the extremely embarrassed look in the cabin. After instructing everyone to pack up the cabin, he rushed to the deck.
The lookout hand was wearing only a pair of short shorts, and climbed onto the mast naked. After looking back and forth, he waved the flag and raised the flag.
Zhang Xianzhong narrowed his eyes and looked at it for a long time, turned his head and ordered: "Put the flag and ask him to ask about the losses of other ships!"
After a while, a banner replied: "The two gunboats sank due to ammunition explosion, and there were no signs of soldiers at the sea. It was estimated that they had all been buried at the bottom of the sea. There were still six cabins entering water and were being drained urgently. The supplies on one supply ship were basically scrapped, and there were not much supplies on the other ship."
Zhang Xianzhong spat hatefully and ordered: "Notify each ship to count how much materials are left in each ship, and then let each ship meet me, thousands of households."
This time I lost a lot!
Eight warships and four supply ships, two of them disappeared in an instant because of this damn wind and waves, and one of the supplies of the supply ships was completely scrapped, which means that the originally planned voyage was greatly shortened, and even affected this long-distance voyage plan.
The Ming fleet had never tried voyages off the coast!
Even if I went to Luzon and Java before, the voyage was very close, including Xinming Island, which was not too far from the land, and at most it would be more than ten days.
The North Sea Fleet was bullied by the two big brothers of the East Sea Fleet and the South Sea Fleet for a long time, and had long planned to play a big game. After reporting to the Governor's Office of the Five Army and getting approval, the North Sea Fleet planned to send an exploratory fleet to set off from the North Sea Fleet Base of Sakhalin Island, sailing eastward to see where the end of the world was.
Now I have been sailing on the sea for almost a month. I have found several small islands in the middle, but there are no signs of people moving on it. If you want to get supplies from the island, you probably have to send someone to the island, which is very troublesome.
Chapter completed!