Daming Junior Scholar

"He Aiqing, since the Franji Kingdom can establish colonies, can my Ming Dynasty make it?"

He Jiaan thought in his heart that it was just breaking the sea ban, but Zhengde's ambition was much stronger than his own, so he thought for a while and nodded: "Of course."

Chapter 1264 Suspension of Sea Ban

Chapter 1264 Suspension of Sea Ban

Karlon couldn't figure it out, how could he turn to other things all of a sudden when he talked about the trade business well, and seeing the impassioned expressions of the monarchs and ministers like Daming, he fell into a deep confusion.

When Callon was confused, He Jiaan finally came over and greeted with a smile: "Congratulations to you from the envoy Callon, my son of heaven has agreed to your request, and is going to open the sea for a while to do business with Francine Country. If everything goes well, we will discuss the matter of permanently lifting the sea ban as appropriate."

This is also the result of repeated struggles between He Jiaan and Yang Tinghe. If it wasn't for Zhengde's involvement, Yang Tinghe would never have agreed to the sea ban. Anyway, you, He Jiaan, are nothing more than a minister of the Ministry of War. If you agree, what you say is worse than a fart.

It's just that now that Zhengde is added, the situation is immediately reversed. Seeing the strange light on Zhengde's face, Yang Tinghe didn't know that he had been moved by He Jiaan's words, so he could only accept Zhengde's request aggrievedly. First agree to try to open the sea to see the effect.

Karlon didn't expect things to go so smoothly. Just now there was a relaxed expression on his face, but He Jiaan suddenly waved his hand: "Messenger Karlon, there is one more thing, I'm afraid we have to make it clear first."

Callon nodded: "Master He, please tell me."

"The Japanese are my confidant's troubles. Since Franji Kingdom has signed a trade agreement with my Ming, shouldn't the Japanese be regarded as your enemies?"

"This..." Callon hesitated for a moment, but nodded: "Of course."

"Well, since that's the case, why not envoy Callon show your strength to His Majesty Daming and prove that you are capable of protecting this route."

"Uh..." Karlon didn't realize what He Jiaan meant, and asked stupidly, "How should I show this?"

"It's very simple." A sly smile appeared on He Jia'an's face: "Just fight the Japanese pirates."

Although the preliminary intention has been reached, the follow-up terms still need to be discussed one by one. He Jiaan does not have much experience in this matter. Zhengde has ordered Wei Xishan, the right servant of the household department, to cooperate with He Jiaan to settle this matter. confirm.

He Jiaan is really familiar with Wei Xishan. In Datong back then, the two of them shared 20 taels of silver from the little prince. Now when they get together again, they don’t feel any strangeness. The two of them settled down first. After the terms, He Jiaan then slowly translated them into French language.

Drafting this kind of clause is not a matter of rushing for success, and He Jiaan deliberately delayed the time for a long time, the purpose is to stay in the capital for a period of time, and prepare to take Chen Yueying and others to Paju after the new year.

I stayed in the capital, but He Jiaan did not forget Yang Tinghe, who repeatedly made trouble for him. Since Karl Long had promised to fight the Japanese, someone must go to watch the battle, so He Jiaan refused repeatedly. Under the circumstances, he wanted to put such a good thing on Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe's nose was almost crooked when he heard that he had to travel thousands of miles to Guangzhou to watch the battle at his old age. How people fight, only after seeing their strength, you will have a sense of urgency.

He Jiaan came up with this idea just to make Yang Tinghe sick. After all, he is the chief assistant, and he still has many things to do every day. Naturally, it is impossible to delay several months for this matter. After the final discussion, the Ministry of War and the Palace He and the Beijing camp jointly sent people to form a team, and they were going to go together when Karlone returned to Guangzhou, so as to see what the latest naval battle looked like.

In the blink of an eye, there are only three days left before New Year's Eve. He Jia'an has already drawn up the terms to be drawn up, and it's time to hand over the text to Zhengde to seal it. But I'm not in a hurry, thinking about waiting until the end. After the Lantern Festival, it will not be too late to hand over the trade regulations. I have been staying at home for the past few days, and just worrying about these three treasures every day has made He Jia'an very busy.

Just when He Jiaan was happily preparing for the new year, the door outside hurried in, nodded, and said cautiously: "Master, there is a 'Governor Military Affairs Mighty General Chief Military Officer' outside asking to see you."

"Who are you talking about?" He Jiaan was taken aback when he heard such a long title.

Menzi frowned and thought for a while, hesitantly repeated what he said just now, and then said with a wry smile: "Forgive me, master, the name is really too long, even the young ones can't remember it clearly."

"Where is that person now?" Since you can't think of who it is, it's better to go out and meet.

"It's at the door."

"Well, tell him to wait, I'll be right there."

After all, he sent the door out first, He Jiaan put on a mink fur coat, and walked towards the door with Tang Lin and his little brothers.

He Jia'an has already made up his mind, no matter who comes outside today, as long as anyone dares to make things difficult for him during the New Year, he will not be polite. It seems that the lesson last time was not deep enough, this time he must let They have to try their best.

When he got outside and looked at the lonely sedan chair and the guards with knives around him, He Jiaan finally felt that something was wrong, and a sudden thought came to his mind. It was opened from the inside, and then Zhengde, who was wearing a thick mink fur coat, got out from the inside, looked at He Jiaan and smiled triumphantly: "How is it, He Aiqing didn't expect that I would come in person, did she?"

This really frightened He Jia'an, he quickly ordered the people around him to salute Zhengde, and after getting up, he went up to greet him, and said with a surprised expression: "Your Majesty's rich body, why did you come here suddenly? The minister was taken aback."

"Hey." Zhengde sighed softly, and said in distress: "The palace is really aggrieved, and there is nothing new outside. I think of the story He Aiqing told that day, so I want to continue to listen to it."

"Story?" He Jiaan was taken aback, blinked his eyes and asked in confusion, "What story?"

"Stupid, that's the story of the colonies."

The two walked into the He Mansion while talking, and the news of the emperor's arrival spread throughout the He Mansion. Chen Yueying and the others immediately brought He Jiaan's three children to visit him, and Zhengde coaxed him for a while with great interest. When he was thinking about what gift to give them, He Jiaan suddenly interrupted and said: "Your Majesty forgot to mention the most expensive gift that day?"

"Oh?" Zhengde blinked, and immediately understood what He Jiaan meant. He really wanted his own words.

Haha laughed a few times, Zhengde was not polite, and wrote three large characters in a row, which was regarded as a gift for the three children. After Chen Yueying and others thanked them, they retreated again. When only Zhengde and He Jiaan were left in the living room, Zhengde picked up the teacup and took a sip first, and then said quietly: "He Aiqing, tell me the truth, when will we have the strength to open up some colonies like the Franji Kingdom."

Chapter 1265 Green Planet

Chapter 1265 Green Planet

"What we are stepping on is actually a blue sphere, let's call it 'Earth'..."

In He Jiaan's study room, there were only two figures, the one standing there was He Jiaan, and the curious person sitting opposite him like a schoolboy was none other than Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty. He blinked in puzzlement when he heard He Jiaan's words. Eyes, I wanted to interrupt He Jiaan's words several times, but the words were swallowed when they reached my mouth. Anyway, today is too boring, so let's take his words as seasoning to relieve boredom.

The voice continued: "... [-]% of the earth is sea, and the land area only accounts for about [-]%. Does Your Majesty think the territory of Ming Dynasty is big?"

There was finally some interaction between the two, Zhengde nodded and replied proudly: "Of course it's very big."

"Your Majesty, you know that the territory of Daming is probably less than [-]% of the earth's land area, almost [-]% of [-]%."

In fact, it wasn't that He Jia'an used some euphemisms, but felt that there was no way to tell Zhengde about such things as percentages, so he could only use this method to express the size of the Ming Dynasty.

Daming is a kingdom of heaven, how could it be so desolate when He Jiaan described it, Zhengde's expression suddenly became a little angry, he directly interrupted He Jiaan and asked: "He Aiqing, I am asking you how to occupy more colonies, not Let you tell me these messy things, and tell me the truth, how can you occupy more colonies like the Franji people."

Sure enough, as I expected, the first class for Zhengde Science Popularization ended in failure. He Jiaan smiled and removed all the props in front of him, stretched out his hand, took out the firecracker and put it on the table, and spit out Two words: "strength."

"Strength?" Zhengde was taken aback as he looked at the fire gun.

"Yes, to put it simply, it is to have an invincible fleet, and don't talk about 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith' with those people, just like the practice of the Sanbao eunuch back then. Talk about Confucianism to the aborigines, and they have to understand it. It’s better to fight a battle with your strength. If they are afraid of being beaten, they will behave themselves, and then sell them the special products of Ming Dynasty at a very low price. , To plunder all their gold, silver and spices, this is the ultimate goal of developing strength, and this is what the Franji people did."

What He Jiaan said just now can be said to have completely subverted the inherent thoughts in Zhengde's mind. He looked at He Jiaan in shock and didn't move for a long time. After a while, the expression on Zhengde's face finally changed. Looking at He Jia'an, she said in a low voice: "He Aiqing has said so much, how do you know?"

"Your Majesty should know that my Franji language was taught by a Taoist from afar..."

"I heard from Ai Qing."

"These words are also spoken by the former teacher. As for whether they are true or not, His Majesty only needs to see the results of the naval battle of Franc and Man to know."

In the final analysis, what He Jiaan said can be summed up in two words, that is "strength". With the strength, the navy of Ming Dynasty can straddle the ocean and plunder a lot of wealth from all around. With this wealth, Ming Dynasty It will become even stronger, and when the time comes, what kind of Tatars and what kind of Oirats, as long as I am not happy, I can directly send troops to destroy them.

You can even lead an expedition yourself, and let your flag of "Governor Military Affairs Mighty General Commander-in-Chief" fly high in the sky over foreign lands.

Thinking of this, Zhengde's heart became hotter and hotter, and he asked excitedly: "If it is according to He Aiqing's words, when can I wait until Wang Shijun comes to the world? Two years? Three years? Or five years?"

"This..." The expression on He Jia'an's face obviously hesitated for a moment, and then he smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty is too anxious, Franji Nation has grown from a small country to today's strength, but it has gone through generations of hard work , It took almost a hundred years to get to where it is today.”

"Hundreds of years?" These three words were poured on Zhengde's head like a basin of cold water, making him sober all of a sudden, with a bit of unwillingness on his expression: "Then I can't wait for that day?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. What I said just now is that it took hundreds of years for the Franji people to achieve their current strength, but the same experience is different in Ming Dynasty. Yichen thought, three years of shipbuilding and three years of military training. If all goes well, within five years, Ming's warships will be able to straddle the ocean, which will be more than enough for both conquest and defense."