Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Chapter 899 The Carpenter Emperor 154

Before Sun Chengzong left the capital, Zhu Youxiao summoned him to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.This time Mian Jun is not the one who lectured to the emperor in the past, but a performance before leaving Beijing as a local official.

"Sun Qing, when you go to Dayuan Island, you must obey and cooperate with Nan Juyi's dispatch on civil affairs in Xinyuan Province."

Sun Chengzong quickly stated that he would obey and obey Nan Juyi's arrangement, and cooperate with him to complete the Fujian immigration and Singapore dollar governance.

Seeing Sun Chengzong's correct attitude, Zhu Youxiao relaxed his tone a little.

"Master Sun, you know the embarrassment of the late emperor because of Xiong Tingbi's handling of bad relations with Liaodong officials. I don't want you to get along well with Fujian General Xie Longyi after you go to southern Fujian. Don't give me such a problem."

Sun Chengzong was frightened, and hurriedly said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I will restrain my temper."

Zhu Youxiao nodded.

"Although politics is the most important thing, I don't want Master Sun to be wronged, and I don't want Master Sun's talents and energy to be wasted on maintaining interpersonal relationships. The degree of this is up to Master Sun to grasp."

Sun Chengzong's temper is not much better than Xiong Tingbi's, maybe it's because talented people have big tempers.But before he left, the emperor had such a heart-to-heart talk with him, a person in his tens of years still blushed a little in front of a student who was less than 20 years old.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will handle the political affairs and the relationship with my colleagues well."

"I believe in you. At present, there are only you and Nan Juyi in Xinyuan. If you can handle the relationship with him well, when you lead the army to Luzon in the future, Nan Juyi will be your strong backing in Xinyuan." .”

Zhu Youxiao spoke slowly, and continued to call Sun Chengzong.

"You are also the emperor's teacher, Nan Juyi will not embarrass you openly. But if ordinary people suffer from idleness, except for saints, others will inevitably not be brought out in their contacts. I just want to protect you, and Lu Song is too far away from the capital. If Nan Juyi doesn't act in time when something happens, you may have to suffer first, suffer a big loss, and even miss your own life and government affairs. Do you understand?"

There is nothing Sun Chengzong didn't understand, what the emperor said to him was for his own good.He saluted the emperor with shame on his face.

"Your Majesty, I must remember His Majesty's persuasion. I will not miss the matter of Lu Song."

"Okay. Then I'm relieved. You go to Fujian for a short rest at this time, and then consult with the local people who are familiar with Luzon. Then go to Luzon from Xinyuan. Don't show mercy to the Westerners in Luzon. These Westerners When a person encounters someone who is not as strong as him, he asks for business. There is no fairness or sincerity. When someone is weaker than himself, he kills and sets fire to grab it directly, whether it is food, minerals, ships, population or land. , They may grab anything. This is the maritime ethics of Westerners in this era. So, don't look at these robbers with the concept that they are educated and can be influenced.

Does Master Sun understand what I mean? "

Sun Chengzong nodded, "I understand that the Westerners in Luzon owe more than 3 lives to the Han people. If the Westerners can't have the lives of the Han people, they need to pay ten for the lives of the Han people. In the future, the Westerners will not treat the Han people carefully."

"It's good that you understand. The news I got about Luzon is that the climate is warm there, and rice can be grown three times a year. And the local aborigines don't have any concept of family and country."

Sun Chengzong immediately widened his eyes, "Then, Your Majesty, the northwest is getting colder and colder, and it can only be cooked once a year. Such a good place should also belong to Daming like Xinyuan."

"So, after you go to Luzon, you have to stand firm and guard the Chief Secretary of Luzon for me."

Zhu Youxiao seemed to say that the weather is good today, but the Chief Secretary of Luzon shocked Sun Chengzong.He knew that he was promoted this time out of the ordinary, but if he could open up the frontier and expand the territory, he would be worthy of the Minister of the Ministry of War.Seeing that the emperor wanted to receive the Kanyu map handed over by Wei Chao, he hurried forward to unfold the Kanyu map together with Wei Chao.

"Sun Qing, when you look at the Kanyu map, you should understand the importance of Luzon's position."

Sun Chengzong nodded.

"Your minister guards Lu Song here, Nan Sishou guards Xin Yuan, and Liuqiu is a subordinate of Ming Dynasty. Once Zhang Zhilin pacifies Korea, there will be no Japanese pirates invading Ming's coast."

The emperor laughed when he said this, is it true that the scholar-bureaucrats of Ming Dynasty did not have the colonial desires of Westerners?

"Sun Qing, look here, here, not only are there three crops a year here, but there are only uncivilized native tribes here, and there are also Han people who have traveled across the oceans to make a living. If Daming can live like the Sanbao eunuch For Rick to leave his name, the best thing is to gain a foothold in Rick for the imperial court, so that no Westerners will come to harass the coast of Ming Dynasty again."

Zhu Youxiao tried his best to slow down his speech, so that Sun Chengzong could understand his purpose.

Sun Chengzong's eyes followed the movement of the emperor's finger, and finally when the emperor's finger stopped, he sighed: "Chengzu still has a long-term plan. The battle of Annan should be. If you don't give up Jiaozhi, go from the southern end of Jiaozhi to pinch here. Stay, unless the Netherlands flies to Daming from the sky.

Your Majesty, I understand your majesty's intentions. The first step is to stabilize Luzon here. The second step is to wait for the imperial court to take back Jiaozhi. The navy of Luzon and Jiaozhi will continue to go south. Only by controlling the deployment of the navy here can we get twice the result with half the effort. As a result, Westerners can be prevented from harassing the coast of the Song Dynasty again. "

"The location you chose is very good. But Daming will still do business with Westerners. In the future, the imperial court will open a market in Luzon, and transport Daming's silk, cloth, tea, etc. to Luzon to sell to Westerners, but there will be no more The Westerners took down Xiamen with strong ships and guns, and then clamored that Ming Dynasty could only do business with them alone."

Sun Chengzong naturally understood the meaning of the emperor's words.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will never disappoint Your Majesty's expectations."

In the spring of the third year of Apocalypse, without the potential threat from the Northwest and the aggressiveness of Liaodong, not only the people in the capital, but also the entire Ming Dynasty were in harmony.

In such a joyful and peaceful atmosphere, the steps of the British Duchess and Duchess returning from the palace to the mansion were all floating.

After the Qianqing Palace banquet a year ago, except for the first month of the first month when the British princesses went to the palace to attend the imperial banquet with all the nobles, they also followed all orders every month to visit the queen once in the palace and then leave the palace later. Say a few private words.

It wasn't that she didn't want to go to the palace to see her daughter, but that her daughter had too much homework. When she returned home, she complained to the British Duke, "Is the emperor going to teach the queen to be a female scholar? My daughter doesn't have to take an exam."

The British Duke could not ask the emperor about this matter, so he could only comfort the old wife and say: "You should treat it as something arranged by the emperor. It is not overwhelming to be more talented. It is always good for her to learn more now that she has no children. "

What the British duchess worries about is the children.Seeing that they have been married for almost half a year, there is no news at all.

Mrs. Shizi comforted her countless times, "My sister is still young. It would be good for my sister to be a year or so late."

The second and third wives also advised the mother-in-law not to worry, "It's not too late for my younger sister to have a child next year, let alone we've only been married for less than half a year."

The British duchess got into the horns, "Which one of you has a letter within half a year of marriage? It doesn't hurt your back when you stand and talk."

The three daughters-in-law were immediately choked back by their mother-in-law.Alas, it's not easy to persuade mother-in-law these days.

In the low-pressure British government, even the British prince held his breath and refused to provoke his old wife.But he still couldn't bear the pressure of his old wife, complained in his heart that Zhu Youxiao's words were useless, and went to the palace to find Wang An in private.

Ask Wang An to come forward and find the imperial physician to show the emperor and his wife.

Wang An said with a bitter face: "My lord, the director of the imperial hospital asked the empress for a peace pulse every three days, and said that the empress is in good health."

"Then why is there no news yet?"

The Englishman stared.

Wang An looked at the trembling legs of the Duke, so he could only change the topic to divert his attention.

"My lord, there is no empress dowager in the palace, and there is no concubine who can rush in front of the emperor. The emperor has no other concubines in the way, so let's be late."

"Do you think the courtiers won't rush you? You arrange it quickly."

"My lord, our family really doesn't dare, the emperor will beat our family to death. Or, why don't you talk to the court official? The emperor won't do anything to you."

Wang An kicked the ball back.

The Duke of England returned home full of anger, only to see his old wife, who was about to float up in a smile, and her appearance was not much different from when she became the eldest grandson.

"What good thing makes you so happy?"

For two or three months in a row, I saw that the old wife became more and more anxious, and it was a rare sunny day.

The Duke and Duchess of England grinned from ear to ear, "Eunuch Cao took me into the palace to see my mother today. Liu Yuanzheng asked my mother for a peace pulse this morning, saying that my mother is close."

"Really?" The British Duke wanted to pray to Buddha.

"Yeah. Liu Yuanzheng said to wait another three to five days before we can fully confirm it. You know that those who are imperial physicians always say that things that are very good are seven or eight. The empress was happy, and she asked eunuch Cao to take me into the palace when she learned that the emperor was discussing disaster relief with the cabinet again. It is estimated that the emperor should know by now."

The British Duke regretted going to Wang An himself.

"Oh, this child came at the wrong time." The British Duke sighed.

"Why isn't it time? Where is the eldest son?" The British princess raised her eyes.

"You forgot, the court only got the news of the Yellow River breach the day before yesterday."

The Duchess of England immediately slumped her shoulders and was about to cry with a downcast face.

"Oh, how good is this? It's too unlucky."

The British Duke thought for a while and said, "I will go to the palace to see the emperor and see if I can postpone the announcement for a few days."

"Then hurry up and go. The Yellow River is true. There is not a year that does not break. I don't know how much money is spent on repairing the embankment every year. Those people in the Ministry of Industry are all living. How can a river be broken?" Can’t it be repaired? In the previous dynasty, we didn’t see dikes breaking every year.”

"You can talk about it at home. If you go out and say it, others will think it is the meaning of the emperor. Let me tell you that this year the Yellow River burst, and the flooded area is the least. It is much better than last year.

The Ministry of Industry has adopted a new method to control the river, and maybe the embankment will not burst again in the future. "

"Hmph, wait until the Yellow River doesn't break its embankment next year, and then you can speak for the Ministry of Industry."