Chapter 43: Timely Self-Awakening
Yin Shixun was very happy when he heard the emperor's words. It was a taboo from ancient times to the present, and it was not tolerated by the emperor. This time, the emperor opened a testimony to this family, which was unsuccessful for him! "I am afraid, it is a blessing for me to be able to collect Lord Tian as my adopted son. Thank you for your kindness." Tian Rong had just been appointed as the eunuch of the Sili, and his actual power was much greater than that of him. Besides, Tian Rong was a popular person around the emperor. He could not find any connection with the adopted son. He was willing to be a son of Tian Rong, and the benefits contained in it were indescribable.
Under my auspices, Tian Rong gave a big gift to Yin Shixun and even made a fucking marriage. "Yin Aiqing, I asked you to come this time because there is a big thing for you to do. You can come here." I asked Yin Shixun to come to the map and point to the location of Macau. "You lead 300 Jinyiwei to disguise themselves and get some people back for me. The people you want to catch are foreigners with red hair or yellow hair and blue eyes. This must be done secretly and must not be known to outsiders. If foreigners have families to kidnap to Nanjing together, this is my confidant. Yin Aiqing should not miss my major affairs."
Yin Shixun felt that this matter was very easy to do. "Don't worry, my elders must do it without knowing it. Those foreign ministers have seen it. Lord Xu Guangqi and these foreigners had close friends with these foreigners back then. The foreign minister named Matteo Ricci had seen it!"
I was stunned, Matteo Ricci! This person sounded familiar! I thought for a long time before I remembered that Matteo Ricci was a missionary. There were also records about him in history books I learned later. The most famous one was to draw a world map in China, which opened the eyes of the people of our country of Heaven. "It would be great that since Yin Aiqing had dealt with foreigners, it would be fine. In short, I would just catch more foreigners to come to Nanjing for me, whether they are doing business or preaching, I would catch them all."
I remember that Portugal was an old European colonial power. Although it could not be compared with Britain, France and the Netherlands, its strength, especially the activity of maritime trade, cannot be underestimated. If I could open up the European market through the Portuguese, then the money in my hands would be full, and anything would be easier to handle with money. I could expand my arms and buy cannons to build sea ships, so that when I face the Qing Dynasty, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's troops would not collapse like the Southern Ming Dynasty in history. If I could win in this turbulent era and win the country while saving my life, then with the experience and overseas knowledge accumulated in the war, I could also compete with the current European maritime powers to see who is the real maritime overlord.
I was immersed in my longing for the future all day long. When the sun was drooling, when my stomach was hungry, I suddenly felt very funny. I became a typical ambitious person. I remember a celebrity said that if a person who only sees a beautiful future without paying attention to the ground, he will never reach the beautiful scenery he expected. Am I just like what he said! The future is beautiful but the road is tortuous. If I don’t handle the things in front of me with one step at a time, what is waiting for me is probably Zhu Yousong’s fate.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shivered. I was just a passerby in time and space with someone else's body. It would be very sad to live without bent down and work hard. Although I was holding on to the supreme body of the emperor in this era, so what? There are three emperors like me now, and each one is better than me. Dorgon is the elite of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have millions of troops. And I am just a puppet, and are still working hard for survival. Cui Jie, Cui Jie, you think about this era too simply. The capable people in this era are more capable than you think. You have to be careful!
After thinking about this, my mind seemed to be purified, which made me realize myself clearly. I think this mental journey will be of great help to me. What I should do is to go to every step of progress so that there will be a possibility of peak.
After dinner, I asked Ji Xian to lead someone to the harem to bring the woman who pretended to be Tong Concubine to me. Zhang Kai said it very clearly in the letter. Such a person must be asked to be executed. I want to see what she looks like, and she has the courage to pretend to be Zhu Yousong's wife. Could it be that she thinks Zhu Yousong is a fool? If Zhu Yousong is still alive, wouldn't it be exposed immediately? How could her husband not recognize his wife?
What came in was a young woman, with a medium-sized appearance, and she was holding a six or seven-year-old child in her arms. When she saw me sitting on the dragon throne, she quickly took the child to kneel down and shouted long live. She wanted to move forward but was stopped by Ji Xian and others.
I stared at her for a few minutes, thinking that the mother and son in front of me would die because of my words, but this was something that could not be changed. From the moment she pretended to be Concubine Tong, she should have known that such a fate would be there. "Ji Xian, I don't recognize this person. I dare to pretend to be the royal relative and hand it over to the Ministry of Justice for a strict interrogation to serve as a warning to you, drag it out!" Listening to the crying of the woman when she was dragged out, I felt extremely uncomfortable. This was the first time I had directly decided on a person's life and death, and it felt like I had killed someone with my own hands.
Thinking that the morning court of the next day was about to discuss the matter of sending the peacekeeping mission to the north, I dug out all the previous memorials on this matter. Shi Kefa had already written a letter to discuss the matter. Former Governor General Chen Hongfan volunteered to request the Northern Envoy. Ma Shiying had asked him to come to Nanjing. Another was a memorial handed over by the governor of Yingtian Zuo Maodi. He asked to go to Beijing with Chen Hongfan on the grounds that his mother died in Beijing. Now these two people are in Nanjing. It seems that the candidate for the peacekeeping mission to the Northern Envoy has come out. The matter will be settled tomorrow morning court.
It started drizzling at the fifth day of the day, which made the recent stuffy weather relieved a little. When I arrived at the back of the hall, Tian Rong shouted his lyrics: If you have something to say, you will leave the court without any trouble!
Wang Duo took the lead, "Your Majesty, I have taken the person who pretended to be the prince of the late emperor to Xingshan Temple, and I will be interrogated after the witness is complete."
As soon as Wang Duo finished speaking, Lu Daqi, who was standing beside him snorted coldly, "Your Majesty, Lord Wang's words are wrong. He called the prince a fake before the matter was clear, which is really disrespectful. I think the late emperor may only have this bloodline. He should strictly verify the authenticity. He should also treat it well before the authenticity is clear. Isn't Lord Wang afraid of people in the world to ask questions?"
I know that Lu Daqi is a more prestigious person in the Donglin Party. It seems that what he said represents the opinions of most Donglin Party members. At that time, Lu Daqi blocked Zhu Yousong's ascension to the throne when he was supported by whom he was the king of the Southern Ming Dynasty. I couldn't help but look at Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan and Jiang Riguang. Are these three Donglin leaders in the same position as Lu Daqi?
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