The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

"Have a cup of hot tea to warm up your body!"

In a cabin of the Fuping, Zheng Zhilong held a cup of hot tea and handed it to Niu Ben, who was curled up in a chair.

Niu Ben's body was covered with water, and there were wet clothes beside his feet. Only his underwear was left, and he hadn't changed into clean clothes yet.

He took the hot tea from Zheng Zhilong's hand and drank it in big gulps.

The uneasy heart gradually eased down.

"If you didn't come, I probably would have died there!"

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Niu Ben looked like he was still alive after a catastrophe.

The torrential flood was really frightening.

"Isn't it already back? It won't be long before we will be able to return to China. This time, I have worked hard for you.

You came here all the way from China by land, right?Why doesn't Your Majesty let me take you off by boat? Zheng Zhilong sat opposite Niu Ben, with a puzzled look on his face.

It is faster and safer to travel by sea than by land.

Zheng Zhilong didn't understand that the people like Niu Ben were the best of the best, and it would be a waste of talent to let them travel by land.

Niu Ben put on the clean clothes on the table next to him, and said at the same time: "It is indeed safe and fast to travel by sea, but it is not very useful. Your Majesty asked me to lead the soldiers and horses to travel by land. There is another most important reason, that It is to find out the road from east to west, Your Majesty is an emperor with great ambitions, Qin Huang, Han Wu can't compare with him, he naturally has his reasons for doing this!"

"That's right, then I won't bother you, I'll have a good sleep after changing my clothes!"

Zheng Zhilong looked at Niu Ben who had changed his clothes, and walked out.

The boat gradually stabilized, and the waves on the sea gradually disappeared.

Niu Ben and his men had already boarded the ship.

Zheng Zhilong came in time, Niu Ben and the others didn't have much loss.

But along the way, 150 people were still lost.

Without exception, they basically died of accidents or diseases or dangerous circumstances.

For this thousand-man team, the loss was a bit big.

There is no way to do this. In this era, most places are sinister no-man's land, primeval forests, forests, poisonous insects and miasma, all of which kill people.

Niu Ben naturally felt uncomfortable. These strong men whose bones were buried in foreign lands were all his brothers.

On the coast, Tucci came to the coast.

The flood on the ground has long since disappeared, and the heavy rain in the sky has stopped, leaving only dark clouds that block the sun.

A few days ago, his soldiers took advantage of the rain from the sky to launch the final blow on Niu Ben and the others.

But in the end, many warships came to the sea.

Not only picked up his enemies, but also fired at his soldiers.

The fierce artillery fire instantly stunned Taqi's soldiers.

Fueled by the artillery fire, the high ground where the soldiers were sheltered was cut into flat ground, and the flood instantly submerged these soldiers.

The intensive artillery fire was like heavy rain from the sky, mercilessly harvesting their lives.

Standing on the shore, looking at the vast sea in front of him, his heart was full of desolation.

When he came out, he led ten thousand soldiers.

But now, there are less than five thousand soldiers left.

Many were washed away by floods, and many were killed by artillery fire.

No matter how they died, half of the manpower was lost.

If Niu Ben and the others could be wiped out, it would be worthwhile to lose these people.

But the problem is that Niu Ben retreated completely, and they didn't even touch him.

"Damn things!"

Tachi kicked the gravel on the ground fiercely and cursed.

Thinking of the current domestic situation and his current environment, anger filled his heart.

"What should we do now? The enemy has all run away, and we have lost half of our troops. If those people in the country find out, we may have problems!"

The lieutenant stood beside him with a perplexed expression on his face.

Tachi closed his mouth, looked at the vast ocean, frowning in thought.

Several soldiers suddenly dragged a dead body over from the coast.

This is the soldier under Niu Ben's command who was washed away by the flood before, and got stuck in the pile of rocks. After the flood receded, he was discovered by the soldiers under Tachi's command.

Tachi naturally recognized the identity of the corpse at a glance.

If there are hundreds of corpses, then he is a great general who has returned from victory.

A corpse or two is of no use at all.

Just when he was disheartened, several soldiers dragged the corpse to him.

"This is their weapon. This kind of matchlock gun looks much better than ours!"

One of the soldiers took the 98k off the body and brought it to Tachi.

Tachi's eyes brightened instantly.

The soldiers under his command have experienced the power of 98k.

He said before that these orientals are powerful because of the weapons in their hands.

If they could get their hands on such a weapon, they would be just as powerful.

The reason why he pressed all the soldiers in his hands up under the heavy rain was that he had a more important goal, which was to get the weapons in Niu Ben's hands.

Tachi hurriedly took the 98k from the soldier and observed it carefully.

The firearm has been soaked in seawater, and the steel part has a slight rust under the erosion of seawater.

But generally there is no problem, and it can still be used after drying.

Tucci had never seen it, and had no idea how to use it.

After fiddling there for a long time, he pulled the bolt.

There are unfired bullets in the chamber, and the yellow color reflects the luster.

"Could it be that the gunpowder is contained in it?"

Tucci removed the bullet and looked carefully at the sun.

"These people are so rich that they use copper as ammunition!" Tachi said.

"If we can copy this weapon, it will be of great help to us!" said the deputy general:
"That's true, but I don't know if we can copy this weapon. By the way, we should keep it a secret, and we must not let this matter get out!"

"No, not only can't keep the secret, but also spread rumors that we have seized a lot of enemy weapons, and now they are in our hands, with great power!" Tachi said.

The lieutenant looked puzzled: "Why?"

"Our soldiers and horses have lost too much, and those who are interested will know whether the war is won or not. At this time, it is a catastrophe for us. If it is rumored that we have seized the enemy's weapons, it will be extremely beneficial to us.

The power of weapons is sometimes even more deterrent than the number of troops.Think about it, the enemy's weapons can hit hundreds of paces, no matter how many troops those people have in their hands, unless they don't show their heads, they will hardly escape the fate of being killed.I think they have a clear sense of the importance! " Tucci said.

"Then do it like this!"

Tucci's approach looked good, but it brought him endless disasters.

He even lost his life because of this weapon.

Between the Safavids and the West lay the Ottoman Empire.

This empire that once spanned the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa is now in decline.

This is an empire founded by the Turks. After the Eastern Roman Empire was eliminated, the capital was in Constantinople, and it claimed to be the heir of the Eastern Roman Empire.

During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the empire prospered day by day, and under the leadership of Barbarossa Hayreddin, his navy even controlled the Mediterranean region.

But after the signing of the "Karovitz Treaty" in 1699, the expansion of the empire began to stagnate, and eventually declined.

The fatigue of the empire has already appeared, and now it has begun to decline, but the flowers are blooming, and the fire is cooking oil, everything looks so "prosperous".

But beneath this false prosperity, doom is brewing.

Constantinople, a city founded by the Greeks in 660 BC, began a thousand-year glorious history after being made the capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great in 330 AD.

From then on, the name Constantinople became one with the city until May 1453, 5, when the empire fell.

The city is still magnificent, but the homeless people and feces everywhere show the decline of the empire.

The current emperor of the empire is Muhammad IV, just a four-year-old baby, and the government is completely controlled by his grandmother and queen mother.

On the day Muhammad IV ascended the throne, the government was already in extreme chaos.

Corruption prevailed in the government, and rebellions continued in various places.

The queen mother and grandmother of Mehmet IV, in order to restore the strength of the empire, promoted Mehmet Koprulu as the first prime minister.

Where he took office, more than 3 corrupt elements, lawless soldiers, and rebels were executed.

The situation was under his control and gradually recovered.

But the decline of the empire is still irreversible.

In the magnificent building of the Grand Palace, there is a small room located in the southeast direction of the palace, close to the palace wall.

The area is not big, it can only accommodate two or three people to work, but it is the most powerful place in the entire empire except the imperial palace.

Sitting in the room, Prime Minister Koprulu frowned tightly as he read a secret letter sent from Tabriz, the capital of the Safavid Empire.

The letter said that a few months ago, a group of Easterners entered the Safavid Empire from the East, and Prime Minister Taqi led the Imperial Guards to encircle and suppress them.

There were only 1000 soldiers in this oriental army, but they were so powerful and powerful that they disturbed the peace of the Safavid Empire.

In the end, this eastern army was blocked by Taqi on the coast.

The situation of the battle is unknown, and Safawi's new army lost more than half, and the loss was heavy.

But it's not for nothing that Tucci gets the powerful weapons they use from the Easterners.

A month ago, the prince of the Safavid Empire, Libu Seth, was dissatisfied with Taki's liquidation of the property, and led [-] soldiers to attack the palace.

Walking outside the palace, Libu Seth, who was heavily protected, was shot dead in the street, and the soldiers under his command scattered in an instant.

It is said that the weapon that killed Libuces at that time was the mysterious weapon Taki got from the east.

It is said that the assassin was on the walls of the palace at the time, at least three hundred paces away from Lipuseth.

"Oriental? Safavid?! A while ago, the spies from the west sent back a letter, saying that a group of people from the east were selling weapons, and they even overwhelmed the entire west. How can the Safavids come back now?" Are there any Orientals? Is this a coincidence, or did the Orientals do this on purpose?!"

Kopruru frowned, feeling restless.

In a sense, Ke Pululu is just like Zhang Juzheng.

After taking office, he threw many spies to the east and west in order to control the current situation.

Not long ago, Western spies reported back, explaining the situation in the West at that time.

The abnormal situation made him vigilant.

Not long after that, Orientals appeared again in Safavid in the west.

The combination of two things had to make him worry.

After thinking for a while, he rolled up the secret letter and walked into the Grand Palace.

The Grand Palace is built on the basis of the Grand Palace of Constantinople, which is extremely luxurious and magnificent.

With the decline of the empire, the imperial palace was no longer its former glory.

The plants in the imperial garden are flourishing, but compared with a hundred years ago, there is an indescribable loneliness.

Koprulu stood in front of a woman sitting on a bench, respectful.

This woman is the most powerful person in the empire today, the grandmother of Mehmed IV, Sultan of Kesem.

The years have carved many wrinkles on her face, making her look extremely majestic.

Holding the letter written on parchment in his hand, he read it carefully.

After a long time, he looked at Kopruru who was standing in front of him.

"Tell me your opinion!" Kosem Sultan said.

Koplulu said: "Although we don't know the specific situation in the east, there is no doubt that a huge empire is rising in the east.

Judging from their traces from the east and west, this empire is definitely not simple. The Timurid Empire was so powerful back then that even the king of Spain had to send envoys to see them, but the soldiers of the Timur Empire had never been there. Here, unless it was the Mongol Empire back then. "

Speaking of this, Sultan Kosem's expression changed.

The Mongol Empire, this is a taboo, the entire Western world taboo.

The predecessor of the Ottoman Empire was a tribe under the Roma Sultanate, just a weak nomadic people.

Before that, the Ottoman people lived in the Amu Darya River Basin, which is the well-known Khwarazmo area, and belonged to Khwarazmo's subjects.

The first Western Expedition of the Mongol Empire destroyed the Khwarazm Dynasty.

Under the butcher knife of the Mongol Empire, the Ottoman nation was attached to the Roma Sultanate.

Unfortunately, the Roma Sultanate did not keep them.

In 1243, after the second Western Expedition of the Mongolian Empire, the Mongolian army defeated the main force of the Roma Sultanate and executed the last Sultan at the same time.

At this point, the Roma Sultan split.The Ottoman nation began to wander again, constantly heading west.

As the troops of the Mongol Empire continued to advance westward and defeated the powerful tribes and countries at that time, this weak nation finally seized the opportunity given to them by God and grew stronger amidst the ruin.

When the Mongol Empire turned its attention to the Southern Song Dynasty in the south, the army retreated, leaving a ruined land.

At this time, this weak nation began to rise.

The Ottoman Empire knew the rise of the empire all too well, and was terrified of the cloud that hung over the entire West.

From the establishment of the empire to the present, the army of the empire has conquered countless western cities, and even Constantinople, the cultural center of the west, has fallen into their hands.

For them, the West is just a lamb to be slaughtered.

But facing the east, the imperial army lost its edge.

East, that is a far away and invincible place.

"Then what do you mean?!" Sultan Kosem asked.

"According to the news from the west, I believe that the main purpose of the Easterners is to disrupt the West. As for their plans behind it, I don't know, but they definitely have a lot of plans!
A wise man once said: When the territory of the empire begins to decline, the orientals will wield the butcher knife again and embark on the road to the west, and all the countries and tribes will become the souls of the orientals! "

Copley's voice was low.

"Hoohoo!"

Sultan Kosem kept panting, with panic appearing on his face.

"Could it be that another Mongol Empire has risen? Back then, the Mongol Empire conquered the west and defeated countless powerful empires and tribes. It is precisely because of this that we can grow stronger. Is it possible that such a country will appear like Mongolia back then? , destroy us?" Sultan Kosem said tremblingly.

This woman who is in power and has stirred up the situation of the Ottoman Empire is now terrified.

The suppression of the West by the East, and terror, continued for many years.

From the beginning of the Fuhao Western Expedition to the Han and Tang Dynasties, the suppression of the West by the East was decisive.

The defeated tribes in the east, after conquering the west, brought the saying that the east was invincible, which made the whole west tremble.

It was not until after the Renaissance that the West began to gradually surpass the East.

Even so, the West's fear of the East is still deeply rooted in its bones.

Even in modern times, it still guards against the rise of the East.

This is a battle between two civilizations, a battle between farming civilization and marine commercial civilization.

"Not necessarily, the east is too far away from us now, and some things cannot be conveyed at all. The news from the west is true and false. At one time, it said that the east was lonely, and the Ming Empire, which once destroyed the Mongol Empire, had perished, and at another time it said , Another powerful empire is rising.

Unless you go there yourself, you can't figure out these things at all.However, the Safavids have the weapons of the Orientals. I think this matter can be used! "

Copley quickly calmed down.

"What do you mean?!" Sultan Kosem asked.

"Powerful weapons are extremely important to us, if we can get the weapons in Safawi's hands and imitate them, then our strength will be greatly improved.

There are also weapons purchased from the East in the West. We also have to obtain them and then imitate them.

If we do nothing and wait for the West to produce a large number of oriental weapons, and the Safavids to produce a large number of oriental weapons, then we will really die. "

Naturally, the things here would not reach Sun Jie's ears, and he had no knowledge of it.

The Fuping was not far away, and Zheng Zhilong sent back a message saying that it had passed the Strait of Malacca.

Niu Ben and the others were also picked up by Zheng Zhilong, which relieved Sun Jie's previously hanging heart.

Domestic affairs are gradually calming down.

Soldiers and horses from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Yunnan are also gathering, preparing to attack the roof of the world and the southeast rainforest.

At this moment, a memorial from Wucheng, Zhejiang was placed on Sun Jie's desk.

A shocking case in the original history kicked off ahead of schedule.

There was a wealthy family in Wucheng, Zhejiang, named Zhuang Tingyu. He was blind due to illness and wanted to learn from Zuoqiu Ming in history. Zhu Guozhen's manuscripts of the history of the Ming Dynasty were compiled and improved by recruiting talents from the Jiangnan generation.

The book still respects the reign title of the Ming Dynasty, does not recognize the orthodoxy of the Qing Dynasty, and adds to the events of the end of the Ming Dynasty. It directly calls Nurhachi a slave chieftain and Qing soldiers as slaves.

The book is named "Ming History Collection", with a total of more than 18 volumes. In addition to [-] famous scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, there are more than [-] editors.

Wu Zhirong, the magistrate of Gui County, reported to the Qing court for the sake of prosperity and wealth.

At this point, the Ming History case broke out.

For nearly two years, countless people were involved. Anyone who participated in the compilation, publication, preface, and proofreading was executed. Zhuang Tingyu was already dead at that time, so his corpse was opened and his relatives were killed. .

"Compilation of Ming History" was destroyed, and all drafts and handwriting were destroyed.

In the end, the whistleblower had a prosperous official career and enjoyed all the glory and wealth.

The truth at the end of the Ming Dynasty also disappeared along with this incident. The Ten Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres in Jiading were gradually covered up by Jiannu. Wait for disaster.

With the arrival of Sun Jie, the trend of history has undergone great changes.

Many things have disappeared, but there are still many things that are still happening along the original context.

The Ming history case has not disappeared, but has entered history in another way.

The rebel in "Compilation of Ming History" became Sun Jie, and the Ming Dynasty became orthodox.

Sun Jie looked at the memorial on the table with a gloomy expression.

Because the name of the memorial is Wu Zhirong.

And this Wu Zhirong is now the magistrate of Wucheng County.

As soon as Sun Jie saw these three words, he thought of Wu Zhirong in history.Looking at the above content, Sun Jie thought of the history of the Ming Dynasty in history.

According to the memorial, there was a man named Zhuang Tingyu in Wucheng County who wrote the history books of the Ming Dynasty privately to smear the current imperial court...

The memorial portrays Zhuang Tingyu as a heinous person, and also portrays this matter as an outrageous thing.

The above content is almost exactly the same as the historical case of Ming Dynasty.

"Wu Zhirong, could it be the Wu Zhirong in history? If so, how did this kind of guy become the county magistrate of Wucheng County?"

Sun Jie looked at the memorial on the table and frowned.

It was late, and the lamp on the table was bright.

Sun Jie picked up the memorial and examined it carefully.

After reading it seven or eight times, the doubts in my heart became heavier.

The Ming history case has eliminated the final truth.

Once, before the end of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Jie hated Wu Zhirong, hated the Qing Dynasty, and hated these slaves who hid the real history.

But today's reversal, this kind of thing fell on him.

According to the memorial, Zhuang Tingqi described Sun Jie as a bandit chieftain and a lowly villain in the "Compilation of Ming History".

When Sun Jie saw these words, he was really disgusted in his heart.

Being scolded like this is unacceptable to anyone.

But he was not furious like Man Qing, and after a brief moment of disgust, he calmed down again.

History is a girl who can be dressed up.

If Sun Jie is willing, he can easily shape the Ming Dynasty into a dirty country, a tyrannical country, a backward country, and a dark country.

But he didn't do that.

It is also because of this that Ming history has not been repaired for a long time.