Although it is exaggerated, it can be said that the great power in the East is rising and is no longer the kind I heard before. And that big power is vast and has countless wealth. It can be imagined that once it goes to sea, the number of fleets will definitely not be small. At least now, the great power in the East is no longer the British can get benefits by simply sending a fleet of ships.

Charles I thought in his heart that he was even more pessimistic. At least several countries in Europe must unite to have the strength to fight against the Eastern powers.

Thinking of this, Charlie I felt a little moved, or could he really send someone to several other countries to see, at least find out what their attitude is towards the great power in the East?

He was thinking, and Widell said there again: "Your Majesty, I was thinking, since the Bay of Bengal is already cruising Ming warships, and the Strait of Malacca, what will happen to the Dutch East India Company in Batavia? What will happen to the Spanish colony of Luzon? I think it is very likely that it will be destroyed by Ming. It is better to send people to these two countries to see. If possible, we can unite together to deal with the great powers in the East, and at least force Ming to agree to trade according to our conditions!"

When Charles I heard this, he couldn't help but be happy and said, "Yes, I think this too!"

When Widell heard this, he thought that this was the same as the heroes saw, and quickly added: "Goa and the Lion Kingdom are colonies of the Portuguese, which are very close to the Bay of Bengal and will definitely be threatened. Also, the Portuguese also have colonies in the Far East, and they are probably taken away by the Ming Kingdom now. Otherwise, you can also contact Portugal, and I think there is a chance."

"Good, a good idea!" Charles I immediately agreed after hearing this. Anyway, I sent someone to ask first, and there would be no less meat.

So Weidell immediately asked and volunteered to be an envoy.

In this way, a conspiracy against the Ming Dynasty began to take shape.

It was soon mid-10th year of Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen learned about the situation in the North American base from the chat group, so he issued an order to Lu Xiangsheng, who was in charge of Japan, to allocate a part of the Liaoxian Navy on his side, and took Japanese prisoners to North America and began to expand the base.

The country of Japan has already enfeoffed five vassal kings, namely one Kyushu Island, one Shikoku Island, and three Honshu Island. The vassal kings that are the northernmost, including Hokkaido. Of course, according to convention, several ports in Japan are directly under the Ming Dynasty and are not considered vassal territory.

After so many vassal kings were enfeoffed, there are only a dozen vassal kings left in the Ming Dynasty. They seemed to have no place, so they were a little panicked. The vassal letter was sent to Emperor Chongzhen, expressing their urgent desire for a better place.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen took Goa out as the next place to enfeoffment. Of course, it was not for them to go there immediately, but for auction and money to use as military supplies, which was necessary to fight.

It is not realistic to call the Japanese army too far from Bangladesh. Therefore, the prepared army was transferred from Guangxi, Yunnan and other places. This combat mission was commanded by Min Hongxue on the Tang Dynasty, and the naval general was naturally Liang Xiaozhen. Attacking the Lion Kingdom, he was prepared to be carried out by the navy, and attacking Goa was the army's mission.

There is a consideration here, that is, once Goa is occupied, it will likely attract the attention of the Mughal dynasty and trigger a chain reaction. Therefore, Bangladesh must have enough troops to take charge.

As a result, the troops of the vassal state also recruited and held charges according to the will of Emperor Chongzhen. In addition, the troops trained by Qin Liangyu were also transferred from Guizhou and Sichuan.

The front line of the Ming Dynasty has finally been lengthened.

Zhu Xieyuan, the governor who had been in Yunnan and Guangxi, was transferred to the capital to enter the cabinet.

The second assistant Sun Chengzong was old and retired and returned to his hometown in Gaoyang to enjoy his life.

No one cared about this. There was something that was quietly changed under the silent arrangement of Emperor Chongzhen. That is, among the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty, the number of officials from the south was increasing, while the number of officials in the north was decreasing, at least in the center.

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen once again left the palace in vain, but did not leave the capital, but went to Xu Mansion.

The reason why he left the palace in confinement was not to do something shameful, but to not want to bother Xu Guangqi. After all, he was recuperating. If the emperor came, he would have to welcome him, and the entire Xu family would have to be busy.

When the gatekeeper of Xu Mansion knocked on the door, he showed the waist sign of the admiral of the East Factory, and he knew who the young man was respectfully served by the factory. In fact, he had seen it once in Fengtianmen Square, so he had an impression of the emperor's face. At this moment, he was frightened and quickly wanted to kneel down to greet him.

When Wang Chengen saw him, he stopped him and asked him, "Where is Lord Xu, leading the way, the emperor comes to see him."

When the concierge heard this, he didn't dare to refuse to follow, so he quickly led the way carefully.

Emperor Chongzhen followed behind, strolling and looking at the Xu Mansion. At first glance, there was not much luxury, just ordinary. After passing two doors, he came to the backyard. There was no flat marble here, but all vegetable fields, which surprised Emperor Chongzhen a little.

I saw Xu Guangqi sitting on the steps of the yard lobby, and several servants were serving the vegetable field. They pointed at the vegetable field from time to time and said something. For a moment, no one was coming.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that there were all kinds of crops planted on this vegetable field, and he knew everything he didn't recognize.

The concierge saw that the people in the yard did not notice it, and quickly shouted from the air: "Master, the emperor is here to see you!"

Hearing this, everyone in the yard subconsciously heard the sound and looked over. At least Xu Guangqi was familiar with it. Seeing Emperor Chongzhen, accompanied by Wang Chengen, looking at him with a smile.

He was very surprised and quickly stood up and wanted to welcome him.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he waved his hand while passing through the vegetable field, he said, "I came out of the palace in a very small way, but I didn't want to be too polite, which affected Xu Qing's body."

After hearing this, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but feel very grateful and quickly replied: "The old ministers are given all kinds of maintenance items by His Majesty, and their health is OK!"

"That's good!" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile and said, "I happened to have something to look for you. I was worried about your health!"

Hearing this, although the servants around him didn't say anything, they were thinking in their hearts: The master has retired and returned home due to illness. At such an old age, the emperor actually wants the master to work hard. This is to die!

To be honest, after thinking about it this way, they all felt that the emperor was a bit too much and used his master to death!

Xu Guangqi didn't have this idea and quickly remembered the emperor going into the lobby to speak.

However, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand again and ordered Wang Chengen to bring a stool from it, and sit next to Xu Guangqi, saying like a chat: "It's good to sit here, see what Xu Qing is doing?"

After hearing this, Xu Guangqi smiled and waved his hand to let the servants continue. Then he replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Some old ministers don't know much about the habits of these crops, and some want to breed and cross them to see if they can cultivate better ones. They are fiddling with them!"

Hearing his answer, confirming his thoughts, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile and said, "Xu Qing, you really can't rest!"

"Oh, I'm not good at it." Xu Guangqi sighed and replied, "Otherwise, I can do more things."

Speaking of this, he was thinking about it, so he took the initiative to ask Emperor Chongzhen: "I don't know if Your Majesty is looking for the old minister. What is the matter for the old minister? As long as you can, the old minister will do his best!"

Hearing this, several servants of the Xu family in the vegetable field couldn't help but look up at their master, with no happy expression on their faces.

They naturally knew that Xu Guangqi's body was just sitting next to him and verbally said that it was okay. If he really wanted to work himself, his body would still not be able to stand it. These servants had been following Xu Guangqi for decades and were familiar with farming, so they had a deep relationship with Xu Guangqi.

One of them was brave and even thought that if the emperor wanted the master to do something hard and laborious, what if the master was tired and had some shortcomings? He made up his mind that even if the master agreed to the country, he would persuade him.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally didn't know what these people were thinking in the vegetable field, and he didn't pay attention. He just looked at Xu Guangqi and said, "This year's examination is about to begin. Xu Qing should know that this examination is different from previous years. It is the first time that the scientific and technological knowledge I promoted has been used in the imperial examination for the imperial examination. It is a very important thing for the field of science and technology."

Speaking of this, he looked at Xu Guangqi's expression and saw that he was very concerned about it, he continued: "This exam will definitely be recorded in history and remembered by future generations. I think that Xu Qing is the first person in science and technology knowledge for the Ming Dynasty. If Xu Qing misses such a grand event, it would be a pity. You see if this is OK. You are the chief examiner of this exam, but Xu Qing doesn't have to worry about the specific matters. I will arrange another person. You just need to be a good example, preside over the exam, and leave it in history. How about it?"

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was stunned. He felt that there must be something important to the emperor when he came to him. The emperor had come to the door in person. No matter what, as long as he still had the strength to do it, he must do it.

But he really didn't expect that the emperor would actually ask him to be the chief examiner of the honorary examination, just to give him such an opportunity to keep his name in history. To be honest, such an opportunity is what he, a civil servant, most longed for.

Thinking of this, he was immediately excited. He knew that this was the emperor's intention. He quickly wanted to stand up, but the emperor pressed it with his hand, so he had to answer: "Your Majesty, there must be a lot of people thinking about the chief examiner of this examination. The old minister had to occupy such an important official position without doing anything. Is this inappropriate?"

He was sure that the prime minister would rush to do such an opportunity. After all, in history books, he must remember a new school of science and technology knowledge to enter the imperial examination.

The servants in the vegetable field also did not expect that the emperor would come to the mansion in a very indifferent manner, but only invited their master to do such a job that would only be beneficial and would not take any effort. It was obvious that they were taking care of their master, and they were all very surprised.

According to general circumstances, the master's health is no longer possible to serve in the court. In order to win over the ministers and let the ministers do things better, the emperor should obviously leave such good things to the in-service ministers he trusts!

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but be grateful to the emperor, knowing that the emperor was thinking about their master and giving them the kindness of his master.

Besides, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and smiled and said, "I don't know how much effort you have spent on promoting scientific and cultural knowledge in the Ming Dynasty. The farming matters you are now guiding can actually be classified as scientific and cultural knowledge. I think that this first exam chief examiner is not the one who is here to serve as the one who is here."

Speaking of this, he stopped his smile and said extremely solemnly and seriously: "I remember all your contributions in my heart. I was worried about your health, but now it seems that there is no problem to be the chief examiner of honor. This honor should be your income, and no matter how others think about it, it is useless!"

After hearing the decisive meaning of the emperor's words, Xu Guangqi was very moved and had to respond. He was very excited and said with a little emotion: "The old minister wishes he could be dozens of years younger and could continue to be the pioneer in the promotion of scientific and technological knowledge!"

Emperor Chongzhen understood his mood, so he comforted him a few words, and then said to Xu Guangqi: "Xu Qing should rest with peace of mind, and the future will grow. I will have an order later, and Xu Qing will be mentally prepared."

After saying that, he stood up and didn't want to disturb Xu Guangqi's rest anymore.

When Xu Guangqi saw that the emperor was about to leave, he wanted to get up to see him off. Emperor Chongzhen refused, but he refused to do so. He just said, "The old minister also wants to walk around from time to time. Just exercise and walk to the door."

Just like that, Xu Guangqi forced Emperor Chongzhen to personally send him out.

Seeing them leaving the backyard, the servants in the vegetable fields looked at each other and finally sighed: "The emperor is really unspeakable. He has such kindness to our master!"

"But that's not. The emperor has always been like this, I've known it a long time ago!"

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Emperor Chongzhen did not stay outside the palace for many years this time. He went out of the palace just for Xu Guangqi's affairs. Then he began to worry about the first examination with scientific and technological knowledge as the content of the exam.

The ministers were also a little surprised that the emperor ordered Xu Guangqi to serve as the chief examiner of this term. However, it is reasonable to think about it. After all, Xu Guangqi's scientific and cultural knowledge is famous.

As everyone expected, the first session ended, the list was announced, and the palace examination was held.

When Emperor Chongzhen got the list, he was a little surprised because he saw a name he was more familiar with.

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