Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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In short, Qiu Rong and Su Zhandao were more polite to them.The two of them went out of the palace with Mamo Sultan and invited them in.

In fact, it's not that Campos is too stingy, but that the Dutch's big ship has been sunk, and most of their "sincerity" has also sunk, so naturally they can't produce many good things.

And the seven third-tier ships from the four countries of Britain, France, Switzerland, and Portugal are still there, so they pooled their points and sent them to Qiu Rong and Su Zhandao.

"Sir Zha, poor class, are you being too polite? We didn't do anything, we don't get rewarded for nothing! Besides, this king is the prince of Ming Dynasty, the confidant of the emperor, can he accept your gold?"

"That's right, I and Qiu Junmen are both upright officials, and I can't accept your gold, take it away quickly!"

Chapter 798 This is the real Celestial Dynasty!

Although Qiu Rong and Su Zhandao were dazzled by Jin Jin, their heads were not dizzy yet.This gold is very hot, taking it back might kill someone.Besides, one of them is the elder brother of the current empress, and the father is the Duke of the state. He has made more contributions and is a county king!And after his father Qiu Hui retired, he became the leader of the Qiu family generals, so there is no shortage of gold.

And the other is a rising star of the Su family general, who also has the title of viscount. The future in the army is bright!

Moreover, the general backstage of the Qiu family is the queen Qiu Shuzhen and the prince Zhu Yixin, while the general of the Su family is closer to the noble concubine Ye Yuling... These are figures from two factions.Whoever received a heavy bribe from a foreigner cannot guarantee that the other person will not expose it.As for collusion...that mistake is worse than taking bribes!

"You two misunderstood..." Poor Sen saw that the two refused to accept the money, and of course he refused to carry the gold back. Instead, he smiled and said, "This is our British East India Company, French East India Company, Swedish The East India Company and the Goa Governor's Palace in Portugal gave the tribute to the Emperor of Heaven."

"Gongjin?" Su Zhandao asked, "You are not my vassals of the Ming Dynasty, what kind of tribute do you have?"

"That's right!" Qiu Rong asked with a smile, "Do you want to submit to the Celestial Dynasty?"

"Of course not. Britain, France, Switzerland, and Portugal are so far away from the Chinese Empire, so they are not suitable to be vassals of the Ming Dynasty!" Poong Sen quickly denied, but his face was still full of smiles, "We are for the Chinese Navy to severely damage the Strait of Johor. The fleet of the Netherlands East India Company, and defended the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Malacca, and paid tribute to the Great Tomorrow."

"Oh, that's how it is!" Qiu Rong smiled, "This Malacca is originally a territory of the Celestial Dynasty, and my Celestial Navy should maintain order!"

Su Zhandao also nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, that's what we should do, you are really polite!"

Qiu Rong and Su Zhandao said polite words, but they didn't pretend to refuse gold anymore... This is tribute gold, and it's still a barbarian offering tribute because of the grace of the heavenly kingdom, so it's inappropriate not to accept it .

In addition, what this impoverished and impoverished taiban said inside and outside the meaning seems to be acknowledging the power of the Great Ming Dynasty to dominate the Straits of Malacca!

The Strait of Malacca is the gate of communication between the East and the West. Only when Ming masters this gate can he truly own a Chinese dynasty—to the east of the gate, from the Strait of Malacca to the west coast of the New World, there is nothing that can Challenge the existence of Daming authority!

Once the gate is closed, it will be difficult for the sea power of the Western powers to enter.

So from the east of Malacca to the west coast of the New World... Ming can easily become the absolute dominant country!

As for the distance from this gate, which is related to whether Daming can become a true celestial dynasty, the capital city of Guangzhou, the native capital of the Ming Dynasty, is only five thousand miles away.The fleet headed south with the wind, and it will definitely arrive in half a month.And here is more than [-] miles away from Europe, and it will be smooth sailing if you can get there in half a year.

Therefore, in the struggle for control of the Strait of Malacca, the Great Ming Dynasty has too much advantage over the Europeans!

Therefore, as long as Da Mingchao regains his ocean power, he can win no matter how he fights.

And this time the battle for Malacca, Ming can be said to have won very beautifully... because the Ming navy showed a huge advantage in the night battle in the Johor Strait, which made the naval fleets of Britain, France, Sweden and Portugal lose the courage to fight again.

Thus, the Great Ming Dynasty can use the least cost and the shortest time to win the door of Malacca, which connects the East and the West.

Childe and Poong Sen came to confess today on behalf of the four countries of Britain, France, Switzerland and Portugal... Although the general line of Western civilization to contain the Great Tomorrow Dynasty will not change, they can only give up the door of Malacca.

But what Zhu Heqi wants now is to control the gate of Malacca, not to close it.

"Then..." Qiu Rong, who was about to return to Guangzhou, understood Zhu Heqi's thoughts very well, so he asked with a smile, "The ships from Britain, France, Switzerland and Portugal that are currently huddled in the Johor Strait are all coming to Ming Dynasty for freedom. trade?"

His words were translated by Poorson into "Old English" of the seventeenth century, and Sir Child immediately went down the steps after listening.

Childe smiled and said: "You are right, we are from free trade. We are willing to exchange real money for Ming silk, porcelain, sugar, perfume, cotton cloth and Japanese lacquerware."

His words were translated by Qiongsen again.

"Understood," Qiu Rong nodded with a smile, "but now that Malacca is tentatively settled, the places in Nanyang are still unstable, and it will be chaotic for a few months. During this period, it is not safe for merchant ships from your four countries to enter. How about this? , you go back to Malacca and wait. There will definitely be merchant ships from Ming Dynasty coming from Guangzhou in March, and silk, porcelain, sugar, perfume, cotton cloth and Japanese lacquerware will be enough by then!"

This is also what Zhu Heyi meant. Emperor Zhu didn't want to engage in a one-stop trade in Malacca, he was willing to open up in an all-round way.But now the war against Annan's Zheng family is about to begin, although Daming's national power far exceeds Annan's.But Annan has the record of defeating the Northern Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and the former Ming Dynasty after all.Moreover, Annan defeated all the northern dynasties whose national power was on the rise or at its peak.So Zhu Heqi didn't dare to take it lightly, and had to kill chickens with a sledgehammer!

In this case, of course he had to cut off the connection between the Annan Zheng family and the Western colonists, lest they get advanced weapons and equipment from the Western colonists.And Annan's coastline is very long, and the sea conditions in the South China Sea are not conducive to blockade warfare.That's why Zhu Heqi first attacked the Dutch East India Company before the start of the Battle of Annan.

Now the Dutch East India Company has been persuaded, and the Strait of Malacca is also controlled by Ming Dynasty. Of course, the British, French, Swiss, Portuguese and other Westerners should not be allowed to hang out in the coastal waters of Annan before Annan is defeated...

But business still needs to be done!Therefore, Malacca City, Bintan Island, Batam Island and other places have now become the transit points for trade between the East and the West.

Understanding Qiu Rong's meaning, Chard also let out a sigh of relief. The British East India Company also had three third-class ships trapped in the Johor Strait.If the Ming Navy doesn't let them leave, then they will be in big trouble, as long as they can let them leave, then they can say anything.

But he didn't get angry for too long, and the words that made him vomit blood came, and Qiu Rong said again: "Sir! Since you are here to trade, you must have brought a lot of gold and silver, right? Why don't you take out half of them?" , deposit it in the Daming Nanyang Bank, and just open a ticket for what you want to buy next. How convenient? Besides, there must be a lot of Western-made goods on your ship? Why don’t you unload them to the nearest Batam Island to avoid transshipment back and forth? .”

As soon as Poor Sen Poor Taiban heard this, he immediately understood... This ship and people can go to Malacca, but the gold, silver and goods on board must stay!

Thinking of this, he said to Childe in old English: "Sir, Commander Qiu means to let us leave the gold, silver and goods on board... to serve as silk, porcelain, sugar, perfume, cotton cloth and Japanese lacquerware." Pay in advance, and then go to Malacca City with an empty boat to wait."

"What?" Childe was a little anxious, "How can they do business like this? The full payment has to be paid in advance before the goods arrive! And..."

He stopped in the middle of his words, because the main cargo loaded on the Shikoku ships were flintlock guns, black powder, 6-pound and 3-pound guns.

According to the plan, all these weapons will be sold to the Annan people!

Qiu Rong said with a smile: "Sir Zha, since you are merchant ships coming from afar, we, as the heavenly soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who maintain the safety of the Strait of Malacca, naturally have the right to board the ship for inspection and collect taxes...so you are the best if you have any goods on board." Report it truthfully!"

"Sir," Poorson said to Childe in old-fashioned English, "they're going on board to check..."

Check on board?

Childe wondered: "Can those flintlocks, black powder, 6-pound and 3-pound guns be inspected for them? Are they going to be thrown into the sea? This loss is not small!"

Qiu Rong looked at Chard who was frowning and said: "Governor Zha, what's the matter? You don't want the officers and soldiers of the Celestial Dynasty to check on the ship? There won't be any prohibited items on your ship, right?"

Poor Sen hurriedly said to Chard: "Sir, Qiu Junmen is angry... If we don't agree with them boarding the ship, we will use rockets to sink our ship!"

"Agree! I agree..."

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The day after Sir Childe returned to the Britannia with the most heart-wrenching heart to arrange for dumping the munitions into the sea, Campus, Sultan Mahathir and others followed Qiu Rong to board the battleship Chaozhou at the end of July. .They drifted on the sea for about 20 days, and finally arrived in the increasingly prosperous Daming Haijing Guangzhou City a few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Although the Strait of Malacca was temporarily blocked during this period, merchant ships from the West could not arrive for a while, but benefiting from the upcoming Annan War, Guangzhou, as the base camp for conquest of Annan, started from the second quarter of the seventh year of the Grand Duke. Supplies, ships, and troops began to gather in Guangzhou.All the barracks inside and outside of Guangzhou became very lively. The "short soldiers" who came from Luzon Island, the old brothers from the first, second, and third towns of the Ming Army recruited from Guangdong, and the soldiers from Guangxi All kinds of chieftain soldiers who came here have been training for several months at the Baiyun Mountain training ground outside Guangzhou to adapt to the mountains, water nets and jungle terrain... This is not just how to line up troops, but also Including how to set up a camp in the plague-stricken land of Annan Kingdom and fight against various diseases.

During the months-long Battle of Luzon, due to quick battles and good barracks sanitation management, not too many officers and soldiers contracted malaria and other tropical diseases. There were less than 1 people on Luzon Island. In the end, thousands of people died of illness.

Therefore, in the following Annan battle, the key is to solve the battle quickly and avoid falling into a long-term public security war.

In this regard, Zhu and Qi responded in two ways, one is to establish the Annan Kingdom.

The second is the leading party of Guangshou. These days, Ruan Fubin, the lord of the Ruan family in Guangnan, Mo Jingyu, the lord of the Mo family in Gaoping, and Wu Gongjun of the Wu family (protector) in Xuanguang have all followed Annan General Zu Zeqing to Guangzhou City.

When Campus and Ma Mo Sultan followed Qiu Rong to board the five-story Zhenhai Tower on the Xiaopanlong Gang of Yuexiu Mountain, which had been enclosed in Yuexiu Palace, Emperor Zhu led Zu Zeqing, The four of them, Ruan Fubin, Mo Jingyu, and Wu Gongjun, were watching together on the fifth floor of Zhenhai Building!

"See? That foreign devil is the governor of the Dutch East India Company, Kemps! The Eight-Nation Invincible Fleet he commanded was defeated by our Chinese navy in the Strait of Malacca, and now he has no choice but to come to Guangzhou City to pay the money to plead guilty... See and follow Are the dozen or so foreign coolies in the back? The boxes they are carrying are full of gold!"

The one who was explaining the "pleading guilty with money" to the four Annan people was the new Annan general Zu Zeqing, and his Guangxi king had come to an end.However, Zhu Heqi did not turn him into a Yugong in Guangzhou City. Instead, he was sent by General Annan, and promised to let him stay in Annan forever after "recovering" Annan, and become Annan's "Mu family" , guarding Annan from generation to generation, and assisting Zhu's Annan King together with Mo Shi, the governor of Annan, and Wu, the Xuanfu envoy of Annan.

In addition, the Ruan family in Guangnan will also get their own country after the Annan War-Zhu Heqi has promised to make his own son the queen of Annan, and canonize Ruan Fubin as the king of Guangnan County.

In the future, An Nan Kingdom will be divided into two, North Zhu and South Ruan!

Of course, taking care of Annan is just part of Zhu Heqi's southward strategy... Just like forcing Wu into Burma, capturing the Spanish Philippines, and closing the gate of Malacca, it was Emperor Zhu who organized Nanyang and its surrounding areas into a big Steps towards the back garden tomorrow.

Once Annan and Guangnan are fully incorporated into the Celestial Dynasty system, Zhu Heqi will be able to attack the remaining four countries on the Indochina Peninsula, including Siam, Chenla, Nanzhang, and Champa...Of course, his goal is not To turn these countries into the "children countries" of Ming Dynasty, but to expand the Confucianism system to all countries in Southeast Asia and the Indo-China Peninsula.It is not necessary to "respect Confucianism alone", but at least a system of "Confucianism governing the country and Buddhism governing the mind" must be established.

And bringing Annan, the most powerful small power in Southeast Asia, under his command is a key step for Zhu Heqi to pacify Indochina Peninsula!

"Your Majesty, Admiral of the Nanyang Navy, Commander Zuo, General Zhengnan, King Qiu Rong of Chaoyang County cited Campus, Governor of the Dutch East India Company, Taipan Poorsen of the British East India Company, Taipan Martin of the French East India Company, Governor of the Swedish East India Company Wallenberg, please see Pimentel, Governor of Portuguese Timor."

Nalan Xingde’s voice sounded behind Zhu Heqi. This time, Qiu Rong and Campos came to Guangzhou together with the “tribute envoys” from Britain, France, Switzerland, and Portugal——Kampos was Those who came to plead guilty, and the four "tribute envoys" actually came to pay the fine.It's just a nice name...

Zhu Hechi nodded heavily and said, "Okay, let them go upstairs to talk!"

Chapter 799 Great Tomorrow Dynasty, Long Arm Jurisdiction!

"Gentile minister, the governor of the Dutch East India Company, Kemps, respectfully invites the great emperor St. Ann..."

Campus had already knelt down to Zhu and Qi, performed the most formal ritual of three prostrations and nine kowtows, and greeted Emperor Zhu in Chinese.

When he was kowtowing, Emperor Zhu had already spoken: "Kampus, you call yourself a foreign minister, and you say you are the governor of the East India Company... Which country are you a minister of? Who is your monarch? Is the East India Company of which you are Governor a government office or a firm?"

Nalan Xingde, the Minister of Attendance, immediately translated Zhu Heqi's words into Latin, and added: "The Great Emperor has studied both Chinese and Western affairs, and is familiar with Western affairs. If you dare to deceive the King with false words, beware of the Great Emperor's thunder and wrath!"

When Campus heard this, he quickly kowtowed and pleaded guilty: "The emperor forgives me, I am from the United Provinces of the Western Netherlands. Although the republic does not have a monarch, it has a consul who is not much different from the king, the consul William III It is my monarch. As for the East India Company, it is between commercial institutions and government agencies. It is a chartered trading company specially authorized by the Great Council of the Netherlands, and can exercise the right to fight wars, make treaties and manage colonies..."

He's speaking Latin now, Zhu and Qi can understand it perfectly, and he also knows what a chartered trading company is...they're actually robber companies that legally do zero-dollar purchases!

In fact, it is a group of people who look like dogs, believe in God, and the aristocratic masters of Europa who are passionate about charity are inconvenient to end up robbing.Just come up with such a moth subsidiary company, hire some desperate people to go to sea to rob, and be a shareholder to share the dirty, get the benefits but not get notoriety and karma, and will not go to hell for killing people and setting fire to hell after they die.

This is really treacherous!

Zhu Hechi is now the supreme leader of the Eastern civilized world. Of course, he must maintain the order of the Eastern civilized world. Of course, this kind of robber company cannot be allowed to come to the civilized world east of Malacca to do evil.

"Bold!" Zhu Heqian was already angry, and interrupted with a yell, Campus, who was planning to bully the king, but put Campos, Poor Sen, Martin, Wallenberg, and Pimentel together. The leader of the bandit colonists was frightened.They were all lying on the ground, not daring to show any air, for fear that Zhu Heqi would kill them all with an order.

Zhu Heqi scolded angrily: "You guys are clearly pirates and bandits. They are all doing business of killing and stealing goods. Everyone is doing all kinds of evil. Why are you pretending to be a businessman with integrity? I know that you are doing these things. very!"

As soon as his words fell, Qiu Rong beside him also stared at his eyes and echoed: "Hmph, you thieves don't think that you can fool the Holy Majesty! You don't even want to fool me, I know too well what you are What a mess!"

Nalan Xingde also lowered his face, and said in urgent and fast Latin: "The Great Emperor knows everything, and of course he also knows the evil things you Europeans have done in the name of chartered trading companies and missionaries... Now that you dare to lie and deceive in front of the Great Emperor, aren't you afraid that the Great Emperor will behead you in anger?"

This time, Qiongsen, Martin, Wallenberg, and Pimentel quit, and immediately raised objections.

"Emperor, we didn't say anything!"

"Emperor, the one who deceived you is the Dutch pirate and profiteer Campus, I am the servant of the King of France..."

"Emperor, I am the agent of the King of Sweden. Our Swedish East India Company really didn't do anything bad in the east of the Strait of Malacca..."

"Emperor, I am related to the Bei Luo family in Macau, and your Concubine Bei is my distant relative!"

Well, he actually climbed up to relatives!

Fear of death and fear of becoming like this really disgraced Portugal.

However, Zhu Hexi was still ready to give Bei Jiaxin a little face, and said to Pimentel, who claimed to be a relative of Concubine Bei, with a smile: "You, the governor of Timor, are different from the four of them. You are an official from Portugal. They are pirates in the name of Chartered Trading Company!"

Pimentel let out a big breath, but his heart was still very empty.Because he was originally a Portuguese from Macau and a high-ranking official.After Zhu Heqi regained Macau, because he was unwilling to be ruled by Ming Dynasty, he dragged his family and fled to Goa. After arriving in Goa, he recruited a group of Macanese Portuguese to work as mercenaries. After two or three years, he got A chance to serve as Governor of Timor Island.

However, the governor of Timor Island is a bit hot to handle. Although he received the commission more than ten years ago, he was unable to take office for various reasons.

But this time, because he and his subordinates performed outstandingly in the "Eight Nations Printing" battle, the Goa Governor's Office sent a warship to send him to Timor, and by the way, restore Portugal's colonial rule on Timor Island.

But the location of Timor Island is also east of Malacca... Now it is a territory of the Chinese Empire!

After Nalan Xingde translated Zhu and Qi's words into Latin, the four of them, Campus, Poongsen, Martin, and Wallenberg, all took a breath.The Emperor Ming wanted to treat them as pirates.While they were indeed pirates, they were all licensed pirates.Among them, the French East India Company is still controlled by Louis XIV, and belongs to the state-run pirates with establishments!

Thinking of this, Frenchman Henry Martin yelled in Latin: "Emperor, I am a naval captain appointed by King Louis XIV of France... Our French East India Company belongs to the royal family, and I am a servant of the King of France!"

After hearing what he said, Nalan Xingde turned around and said to Zhu Heqi: "Your Majesty, this foreign devil surnamed Ma said that he was a servant of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he was from the Fourteenth Road of the King of France. He and the one named Kan, the one named Poor, and the one named The foreign devils in Wa are different, he is a servant with status."

Zhu Heqi smiled, and said to himself, "As expected of Nalan's talent, this translation is really good!"

He laughed and said: "I don't care who is from Lusi, Zhaner, Wei Laosan, or Chashier. If you want to make a fortune in Daming's territory, you have to abide by my rules... And this rule of mine is not only to control what they do in the Great Tomorrow, but also to control what they do in the west of Malacca!"

Nalan Xingde turned his head and said to the foreign devils: "The great emperor said that the east of the Strait of Malacca is now the territory of the Great Ming Dynasty. As long as you want to do business in the east of Malacca, you have to abide by the rules and laws of the Ming Dynasty! And this Fadu not only takes care of your affairs east of Malacca, but also takes care of your affairs west of Malacca!"

what?

Even things west of Malacca?

Is this too broad?

"The Great Emperor," said Qiong Sen, who can speak Chinese, "According to international public law, the monarchs or governments of various countries usually manage the affairs of other countries, and generally cannot interfere in the judiciary of other countries, or they will be messed up."

"Who said that?" Zhu Heqi rolled his eyes, "Do you think I don't understand public international law? I am a great dynasty, the most powerful in the world, and I can exercise long-arm jurisdiction!"

Qiong Sen was taken aback, what is long-arm jurisdiction?Is there such an article in international public law?

"Great, great emperor, how to exercise this long-arm jurisdiction?" Poor Sen thought for a while, but still felt that he had to ask clearly.

Zhu Hechi said in a calm voice: "You companies, and the Goa Governor's Mansion, must not do anything in the east of Malacca that will harm the national security of my dynasty. Otherwise, I will punish you. You implement the 'Sanction Order of the Celestial Dynasty', strictly and strictly, severely sanction...and even send troops to crusade!"

Nalan Xingde immediately translated Zhu and Qi's words again, and the four of them, Campos, Martin, Wallenberg, and Pimentel, were also a little dumbfounded.

National Security?

What kind of standard is this?

Seeing that they were stupid, Zhu Heqi was very unhappy, but he did not continue to explain the principle of long-arm jurisdiction to them.Instead, he smiled and said to Pimentel, the governor of Timor: "Governor Pi, Timor Island is a good place... It is rich in mahogany, teak, green dragon wood, sandalwood, and pearls. I heard that there are gold mines." .But this island is occupied by a group of Macanese, and they don't recognize you as the governor!"

Because Portugal was swallowed up by Spain for decades, the foundation of the country was hollowed out by the Spaniards, the navy was also defeated by several failed "Invincible Fleet Expeditions", and the control of the colonies was greatly relaxed.Therefore, Portuguese colonies often experienced rebellion, mutiny, and conquest by nearby indigenous feudal dynasties.

On the island of Timor, a 20-year civil war broke out among the mixed-race Portuguese!At the end of the fight, he rejected the governor sent by the Governor's Mansion of Goa, and started independence.As a result, the governor was unable to take office.

Nalan Xingde translated Zhu and Qi's words, and Pimentel frowned after hearing this, "Emperor, Goa sent me a Tier [-] warship to take me to Timor Island."

"But have I agreed?" Zhu Hechi looked at Pimentel seriously, and said to him in Cantonese, "Timor Island is east of Malacca, I agree, you can go to Timor Island, I don't agree , you cannot go to Timor Island.”

Pimentel grew up in Macau. He could listen to Cantonese and speak a little. He immediately knew his opportunity was coming, so he asked in Cantonese: "My lord, what can I do for you? What do I have to do...to become Governor of Timor?"