Chapter 8: The Recovery of Penghu (1)
Jiang Riguang slammed the teacup in his hand heavily on the ground. For a moment, the porcelain pieces flew everywhere, and the hot tea water splashed everywhere. Jiang Riguang's sleeves were also stained with splashing tea leaves. Jiang Riguang's sleeves shook the water droplets on his body, and became fierce to the lady who was still nagging.
"I had a headache when my family burned someone yesterday. When I went to the palace at night, I was scolded by the emperor. It was so angry that I would be so angry that I would be angry when I got home. I would be angry with you, my wife. Shut up!" Jiang Riguang no longer had the gentle and elegant scholarly temperament at this moment.
"You still have the face to say that you go out to get flirted with flowers on weekdays. Do you think I don't know, so I can endure it. But now even the family is burning for people, and the Chinese New Year is about to be celebrated. What do you think you will do?"
"What should I do? I know what to do. The emperor said that he would give me a big house, so that you will be satisfied! The woman knows that it is causing trouble. I am already annoyed enough. Just calm me down? Forget it, I won't argue with you anymore. I will go to the printing house!" Jiang Riguang was hurt by the wife's pain in the men's and immediately lost his temper. In order to avoid the storm that followed, he quickly ran to the printing house to avoid the limelight.
"Mr. Jiang!"
Jiang Riguang entered the cabinet and kept meeting the cabinet officials to salute him. When he arrived at the house of his book printing house, he was shocked. In just one night, the room opposite the door of his book printing house was also vacated. The sign hanging on it was actually the book printing house, but there were several large characters from the capital book book below. What surprised Jiang Riguang the most was that the old scholars who surrounded his house yesterday were now full of the house, and they were all very excited.
"What's going on? Why are these old scholars here?" Jiang Riguang asked casually, holding a small official from his own book printing company.
"Don't you know, Lord Jiang? The cabinet vacated the house in the middle of the night yesterday. According to Grand Secretary Sun Chengzong, this is the emperor's intention, and those old scholars who are causing trouble also want to compile a booklet. Do you think this is a scramble for business with our book printing company?"
Jiang Riguang was shocked. The emperor obviously supported him. Why did he ask these old scholars to make a book now? He hurried to Sun Chengzong to inquire about the situation.
Sun Chengzong was correcting the official documents at this moment. When he saw Jiang Riguang in, he smiled and said, "I have decided that the first thing Lord Jiang did when he came this morning was to see me. As expected!"
Jiang Riguang ignored Sun Chengzong, went straight to the topic, and said hurriedly: "Mr. Sun, what happened to the Bookmark Office? What the emperor was thinking? Please give me some advice. The emperor is now completely confused by the emperor's intention!"
However, Sun Chengzong was not in a hurry, and got up and pulled Jiang Riguang to sit down on the side of the tea table, picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup for Jiang Riguang, and then said, "Sir Jiang, don't be in a hurry, have a little tea first!"
Jiang Riguang took the teacup handed over by Sun Chengzong, drank it dry, and said, "How about not being anxious? The family was burned for people yesterday, and it alarmed the emperor. Today, those who burned my family actually ran to the opposite door of my book printing office to get a book book. How about not being anxious if you want me!"
Sun Chengzong smiled and said, "Mr. Jiang, the criminal who burned your house has not been arrested yet. How can it be said that it was set by these famous scholars? Even if they are some of them, don't draw conclusions like this. As for the newly-published book, it is the emperor's intention. The emperor said that since these old scholars also have different voices to say, they have to give them a way. The Ming book you have now will definitely not publish their articles, so you have to start a new one. In fact, this is good. What everyone thinks about in the future is how to scold you in the book instead of setting fire to burn your house!"
When Jiang Riguang saw Sun Chengzong actually joking, the nervous Xuan relaxed in his heart. After thinking for a while, he said, "The emperor already understood what the emperor meant. It is better to guide him if he guards the people's mouths than to prevent rivers and block them. The emperor would go back now and quickly compile the next issue of the book. He must not be suppressed by their book!"
"The emperor saw that you had a little temper yesterday, so he didn't tell you this. In fact, it was the same. You read the book book every issue. I still seem to have many flaws. As for those I won't say, you probably know it yourself. Some things need to be done with your own hands and feet. As long as you are within the framework of the emperor, don't be afraid of the consequences. If you do well, the emperor will naturally praise you. If you don't do well, the emperor will give you some tips on your mistakes. Haha, this is what the emperor said to me a few days ago. I guess you are also applicable!" As the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet of the Emperor, Sun Chengzong naturally knows more about some problems than Jiang Riguang, who is slightly on the edge, and sometimes he has to adjust the misunderstandings between the emperor and the ministers.
Jiang Riguang sighed for a moment and quickly replied: "Thank you for your reminder, Mr. Sun, please remember Lord Sun's good words. Please trouble Lord Sun today, please leave first!" After saying that, he turned around and left.
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This day was the most famous day in the history of Ming Dynasty news. On this day, the second national news publishing institution in the Ming Dynasty was born. Although his birth was so absurd, it was a fire in Jiang Riguang's home that unveiled the most famous news war in the history of Ming Dynasty news. In the following days, the Ming Book Books and the Beijing Books fought countless wars of verbalism. Of course, this war that lasted for several years finally came to an end with the decline of books and the rise of newspapers. There were no winners, but the Ming Dynasty was the real beneficiary. Through these two books, one thought after another matured.
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Zheng Zhilong closed his cuffs, rubbed his hands, and whispered: "The bullshit weather, such a strong sea breeze, is almost fucking cold."
A sailor next to Zheng Zhilong followed the topic and said: "What's more fucking bullshit is that it's like this kind of weather to fight Penghu. I don't know what the officials have in their minds, and they don't look for some good weather when they fight!"
"What do you know? Why are you rushing to fight at this time? It's because the emperor issued an order to recover Penghu within three months. In order to please the emperor, our imperial envoy probably wanted to solve the Dutch people before the New Year so that he could seek credit from the emperor!" said a navy soldier with a obviously higher official position next to him.
When Zheng Zhilong saw the quality of these sailors, he felt a little contempt. Not to mention anything else, he was not well-made in training and discipline. This was the flagship of the imperial envoy. It should be the most elite group of this group of navy. It is all of them with such qualities. No wonder those Dutch red-haired men dared to rush to Anping Port. Just look at the quality of these navy. That one is so disappointing. It's okay to deal with merchant ships. It's probably no chance to meet pirates, let alone those well-equipped Dutch red-haired men. Thinking about the cannons on the Dutch ships, it's too terrifying. There are such ships in the Ming army.
At this time, Shangdi next to him ran out of the cabin. Seeing that Zheng Zhilong was standing at the bow of the ship, he rushed over and said to Zheng Zhilong: "One official, is the imperial envoy looking for you now? I searched the cabin all but couldn't find you. I didn't expect that you like to stay at the bow of the ship and watch the scenery the most!"
Zheng Zhilong glanced at Shangdi with contempt and said, "I didn't expect that you thought you could fight. You're so excited, right? Let's go, I wonder what this imperial envoy has to ask me for?"
"What else can I do? I guess I'll let you be a translator. How can I let you go there? If you have a few things, how can I explain to your uncle?" Shang Di said with disdain.
"Damn, I thought you were worried about my safety. I was worried about how to explain to my uncle. It's a pity that I, Zheng Zhilong, respect you as much as my elder brother, I'm just thinking of you!" Zheng Zhilong joked, and punched Shangdi gently on the shoulder while talking.
Feng Luoyun was waiting for Zheng Zhilong. When he saw Zheng Zhilong coming in with a smile, he said, "I knew that forcibly recruiting you into the army was a bit domineering, but there was no way. I now need talents who are familiar with maritime trade, but the time is urgent and I cannot tolerate the imperial envoy to wait, so I have to feel wronged you!"
It turned out that the monk Zheng Zhilong was acquitted by Feng Luoyun a few days ago. He was very happy. Unexpectedly, the monk Zheng Zhilong was happy for a short moment. Feng Luoyun had just opened his mouth to rescue Shangdi and Zheng Zhilong out of the tiger's mouth, but then he pulled the two into hell. According to Shangdi's vivid description, since the monk Zheng Zhilong had such outstanding performance in Anping Port, and in order to prove that everyone was innocent, Feng Luoyun decided to force the two to join the army and participate in the battle to regain Penghu, and the other sailors were naturally acquitted.
At first, Zheng Zhilong thought that Feng Luoyun was going to let him be a soldier who was charging into battle, but later he realized that Feng Luoyun was actually interested in his half-baked Dutch. Although those proficient in Dutch, because there were few Dutch people in the capital, the Dutch language was probably not very authentic. In this way, Zheng Zhilong, a translation that is proficient in maritime affairs and Dutch, was highly valued by the imperial envoy. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong was a little proud and was respected by the imperial envoy. This time he regained Penghu, and he would not have been promoted or made a fortune.
So Zheng Zhilong replied immediately: "We are all people of the Ming Dynasty. Caomin is already very happy to do something to recover Penghu this time. I really thank the imperial envoy for his support!"
Chapter completed!