Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 247 Dogs can't be fed too much
"Execution—"

"boom!"

On the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, [-] Spanish soldiers who had participated in the "Talun Mountain Massacre in Manila" and survived were released on the beach of Padang Island. , was rebelled by Huanglong with five punishments including beheading, hanging, Lingchi, beheading, and tongue pulling out.

Many soldiers looked at Nesta, the envoy who brought them here, in disbelief, and Nesta also lowered his head, not daring to look directly into the eyes of these dying people.

In the end, in the pain and despair of being suffocated and the neck bone being torn off, in the fear, in the pain of being cut in half, and the helplessness of bleeding to death when being lingering, and being suffocated alive by being hung on a tree by pulling out the tongue In the resentment of death.

These two hundred and thirty one executioners died in front of Huang Long and hundreds of generals of the Ming army, and everyone was indifferent to their deaths.

The group of executioners who created the Dalun Mountain massacre and massacred tens of thousands of Chinese were finally beheaded by the Ming army after [-] years.

"Cut off the head, and after processing it, send it to Dalun Mountain in Luzon, where it will be made into a Jingguan to commemorate the dead people."

After confirming that everyone was dead, Huang Long gave instructions to Li Dan next to him, and then walked to the Spanish envoy Nesta, leaned over the treaty on the table, and signed his name.

So far, in the Battle of Nanyang, the Ming army's war against Western powers came to an end, and the "Mingxi Badong Treaty" was officially signed and entered into force.

The content of the treaty is as follows:

[[-]. Spain confirms the validity of the Treaty of Brazil. 】

[[-]. Spain returned and recognized Luzon and the vast area of ​​Nanyang as the territory of Ming Dynasty since ancient times. 】

【[-]. All merchants and people of the Ming Dynasty who trade in Spain and its colonies can enjoy the right to use ship repairs and store materials for free. 】

[[-]. Spain compensates Daming with [-] million taels for military expenses and [-] million taels for those killed in Dalun Mountain, totaling [-] million taels. Tianqi will deliver [-] taels in March of the fifth year, and the remaining [-] million taels will be paid in installments Ten years of delivery. 】

[[-]. Anyone who is a citizen of the Ming dynasty, regardless of the dynasty, or its vassal states, military or civilians, etc., commits crimes in various places under the jurisdiction of Spain. Spain has no right to sentence this person. The evidence and criminals should be forwarded to the Ministry of Criminal Justice of the Ming Dynasty for conviction. 】

[[-]. Those who do not have Daming Road Guide, Huangdian Iron Plate, or Trader Guide are not allowed to cross the Kunlun Slave Islands, and the Daming Navy may choose to sink if they violate the rules. 】

[[-]. The place of trade between the two countries is scheduled to be the Chengxuan Political and Envoy Division of the Old Port, and the Guanshi Island of the Old Port. 】

[Eight. Daming can deal with those who break the law and discipline on Guanshi Island, without...]

The content of the treaty, consisting of seventeen articles and thousands of words, made people look overwhelmed, and at the same time exposed the weak confidence of Spain.

Indeed, at this moment, Spain is no longer able to compete with Ming Dynasty in trade confrontation.

The Thirty Years' War and France, Portugal, Holland and other countries that were constantly engaged in wars of independence were all dispersing Spain's power.

In this relatively peaceful Far East region, if Daming wants to cut off trade with Spain, then the East-West ocean trade, which occupies a large part of the royal family's finances, will be completely removed from the income list.

This is absolutely unbearable for Spain, which is already mired in the quagmire of the European war.

Therefore, they would rather compensate Daming [-] million taels for ten years, but also obtain trade support from Daming.

As for the [-] million taels of silver, it is only half of Spain's east-west trade.

Although it hurts, at least there is still money to be made, and the royal family can see their determination to do things.

This is a helpless move. If you can fight well, no one is willing to sign such a treaty that humiliates the country.

However, in any case, this matter is Spain's fault after all, and it will not get much sympathy from other countries.

Nesta took the contract signed by Huanglong and left Padang Island in despair.

And just a few days later, France, England, Portugal and other three countries also arrived in Padang Island.

After learning that the Netherlands and Spain had successively signed treaties to withdraw from Nanyang and compensate Ming Dynasty, the three relatively peaceful forces got a treaty that was not too harsh.

According to the earlier agreement, the three countries got goods worth [-] taels of silver, and Daming got part of the land in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula controlled by the three countries.

More than [-] mu of arable land, more than [-] natives, and a series of Western-style buildings and Nanyang buildings.

This is a big cake that Daming spent [-] taels of silver to get, and this kind of exchange also made the envoys of the Three Kingdoms grit their teeth.

In this way, the "Minghe Padang Treaty", "Ming Ying Padang Treaty", and "Ming Fa Padang Treaty" were signed one after another, and the Europeans will completely withdraw from Nanyang and Southeast Asia in two months at the latest.

However, these treaties may be the end for the European countries, but for Daming and Huanglong, how to clean up the large and small Nanyang native forces that do not obey the kingship of the Ming Dynasty is their top priority.

Therefore, after sending away the envoys of various countries, Huanglong began to mobilize the troops of Gan Bozhi and Siam who had arrived in the northern part of the Malay Peninsula.

He sent a one-step guard to the southernmost tip of Siam, and after preparing to train the soldiers and horses of the two countries, the one-step guard and the two-guard navy attacked the undisciplined states of the Malay Peninsula.

As for himself, he started to deal with Aceh, Pattani and other countries on Sumatra Island who refused the invitation of the Ming Dynasty vassal.

As for many islands such as Java, Poro, Luzon, and Papua (Papua New Guinea) further west, they are left to be cleaned up at the end.

After finishing all the arrangements, Huang Long left Li Dan in Padang Island to control the mouth of Malacca, and ordered people to go north to deliver the letter, while he himself led the troops to Sumatra.

At the same time, the letter sent to the north was also released in the scale of more than a hundred flying pigeons. After arriving at Ryukyu Mansion, Shen Tingyang sent people across the sea to Fujian, and sent it to the north from Fuzhou eight hundred miles in an expedited manner.

When the letter was first sent to the capital, it was already the fifteenth day of the fifth year of Tianqi...

"Hey—"

"Long live Long live Long live……"

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, in front of the Zhongji Hall, nearly a hundred and five-rank Beijing officials, wearing official uniforms (similar to the official uniforms of the Song Dynasty), congratulated Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

It was the annual Lantern Festival, and Emperor Zhu Youxiao ordered a grand celebration in the palace. There were lights and festoons inside and outside the palace. beyond words.

"Let's go flat."

Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing a red uniform, slightly raised his hand, and the Minister of Honglu Temple, who was in charge of hosting the Lantern Festival, also sang:
"Disperse-"

"Mum... bang!"

The big Han general whipped his clean whip in the air, and all the officials thanked him one after another, and then dispersed, standing by the banquet in groups of three or four, drinking and chatting.

Compared with them, Zhu Youxiao on this day is reserved, just like at this moment, he is sitting under the yellow tent, a few steps away are more than a dozen court painters who are painting his portrait.

Unsurprisingly, these dozens of painters would follow Zhu Youxiao from morning to night, and faithfully record all the lively scenes they saw.

Wei Zhongxian, who was watching from the side, asked Wang Tigan next to him in a low voice without looking back: "Are you all ready?"

"It's all ready." Wang Tiqian nodded slightly, and Wei Zhongxian also responded: "Let's get started."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Wang Tiqian turned around and left, while in the square in front of Zhongji Hall, among the officials who were drinking and chatting, many people were staring at Wei Zhongxian.

The party struggle in the capital became more and more serious, and it can be said that it has reached the point where fire and water are incompatible.

As far as the cabinet is concerned, during the several months of party struggle, the cabinet team was replaced by seven members: Ye Xianggao, Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei, Bi Ziyan, Zhou Rupan, Huang Liji, and Sun Chengzong.

Those who have changed among them are all members of the eunuch party, and even affected Zhu Xieyuan of the Zhejiang party recommended by Zhu Youjian.

For Zhu Xieyuan, Zhu Youjian admired his ability and strength of character, and recommended him because he felt that if he was a cabinet minister, it would be difficult for the Zhejiang Party to expand its power.

It's just that Yao Zongwen and the others were not stupid. Seeing Zhu Xieyuan who couldn't be manipulated by others, they quickly joined forces with the other four parties to bewitch him beside Wei Zhongxian, and finally replaced Feng Quan and Zhu Xieyuan.

In this way, among the cabinet ministers, there are two people who are considered to be members of the Qi Royal Party, and three members of the Eunuch Party, Ye Xianggao has no party affiliation, and although Sun Chengzong is Donglin, he is in a difficult situation.

He did not have Liu Yixiu's political ability, and Zhao Nanxing fell ill due to the hard work of the party struggle for nearly half a year, which made Donglin unable to come up with a backbone.

Without Zhao Nanxing's support, Sun Chengzong's situation in Donglin was not easy.

There are nearly a hundred officials in Jingdonglin. Except for a small number of people who support him, the rest think that he picked up the position of cabinet minister after being recommended by the king of Qi.

Dong Lin, who was not united at first, was pursued and beaten by Wei Zhongxian, who was bewitched by Yao Zongwen, following Zhao Nanxing's illness.

Only from the twelfth lunar month of the fourth year of Tianqi, when Zhao Nanxing fell ill, in just one and a half months, the number of officials in Jingdonglin has been reduced to the point where there are only sixty-six people left.

Helpless, Zhao Nanxing had no choice but to take up the post again with his sick body. At this time, he was sitting in a wooden wheelchair with a pale face, surrounded by a group of officials who looked down on Sun Chengzong.

"As for the cabinet ministers, Mr. Qi He should be allowed to join the cabinet."

"If Mr. Qihe had joined the cabinet, then we wouldn't be in such an embarrassment."

"Get a seat."

"Mr. Qihe, how can we watch Wei Ni be so domineering?"

A group of Donglin Censors and censors chattering around made noise, giving the frail Zhao Nanxing a headache.

At the age of seventy-five, how could he stand up to the besieged and questioned by this group of people?For a moment, he couldn't help but have the idea of ​​wanting to beg for a resignation and return home.

For a second, there was nothing in his mind to change Daming's arrogance, no decisiveness to rectify the bureaucracy, only the idea of ​​finding a place where he could rest peacefully.

These days, he thought of many ideas for Donglin to bring down the eunuchs.

For these thoughts, during the Wanli period, Cui Chengxiu and others under Wei Zhongxian's command would definitely be sentenced to death, but the result did not allow him to do so.

Relying on Zhu Youjian's military power, Zhu Youxiao protected the backbone of the eunuch party, as well as Wei Zhongxian and others.

His evasion has no effect except to hit some insignificant officials and officials.

At this moment, he was really tired...

What also made him feel tired was the group of noisy Dong Lin colleagues in front of him.

For the first time, he felt that perhaps it was a mistake to establish Donglin in the first place...

[Donglin Academy strictly prohibits discussing government affairs. 】

[Donglin's lectures take the mission of restoring the spirit of ancient prose to convey Tao, and try to reshape the new style of the literary world. 】

Zhao Nanxing recalled what his good friend Gu Xiancheng had said to him back then, and looked at the so-called Donglin scholars who were "eunuchs" and "Wei Ni" in front of him, feeling disappointed.

If Gu Xiancheng saw the current scene, he would be extremely disappointed.

"The old man is weak, so I will leave first..."

Facing the questioning of many Donglin officials, Zhao Nanxing dragged his sick body without leaving any advice for them, and signaled the officials behind him to push him away.

"Mr. Saizuru!"

Watching Zhao Nanxing leave, a group of Donglin officials were helpless, while Zuo Guangdou and other Donglin officers gathered together sighed and shook their heads after seeing this scene.

Those who also saw this scene were officials from the five parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuan, and Kun who were in the eunuchs. At this moment, they, Cui Chengxiu and others looked at Zhao Nanxing who had sadly left the scene, with contemptuous smiles on their faces.

However, when Cui Chengxiu and others smiled contemptuously, Yao Zongwen and others also glanced at Cui Chengxiu and others.

"Idiot, after using you to clean up Dong Lin, I will clean up you next..."

Yao Zongwen, Tang Binyin, Gu Tianjun and others thought so in their hearts, and at the same time Zhu Youxiao, who was under the yellow tent of Zhongji Hall, also knew about Zhao Nanxing's departure.

"Understood, you go down..."

Zhu Youxiao signaled Liu Ruoyu to step back, and at the same time, there was a sudden sound of beating gongs and drums in the square of Zhongji Hall, which was originally quiet.

"Soldiers, surround those who move forward!"

"Auspicious clang, iron clang, dense circle, green gun."

"My lord once set Liaodong, fought Hebei, and swept Hetao north to fight Nanyang..."

"The prime minister of Shandong, the general of Shanxi, is not as good as the five kings of Qi today..."

Amidst the sound of gongs and drums, a group of Jingjun eunuchs and a group of Nanyang short blacks appeared on the square. While performing, they walked to the center of the square, allowing Zhu Youxiao and the officials to better see the performance.

In such a scene, Donglin, Ye Xianggao and many non-partisan civil servants were stunned on the spot, but the eunuch officials seemed to have known it for a long time, and there was no surprise or surprise.

In order to make the emperor happy, Wei Zhongxian gave the eunuchs a death order and must make the emperor happy.

In this regard, Cui Chengxiu and the others racked their brains and came up with ingenuity.

In order to increase the festive atmosphere, Cui Chengxiu made preparations one month in advance, ordered someone to buy castrated Kunlun slaves, specially invited an acrobatic troupe, and invited court musicians to change the song and write lyrics for "Kunlun slaves", and finally presented this A performance for all to see.

Zhu Youxiao, who was dressed in a costume, was stunned at the beginning, and immediately watched the performance of "Kunlun Slave" with great interest.

Under the stage, the eunuchs of the Jing Army and various circus troupes, as well as the Kunlun slaves showed their abilities, such as drill rings, magic tricks, handstands, etc., which were thrilling and dizzying.

Next to the acrobatic performance, there is also a special band to add to the fun, beating gongs and drums, shouting and cheering, it is very lively.

At the same time as the performance, thousands of court ladies filed out from the left and right of the square, walked out holding lanterns, and began to perform according to the rehearsal.

In previous years, the most important entertainment during the Lantern Festival was lantern appreciation. Officials from all over the country would present special lanterns to the palace. The exquisite design of various lanterns dazzles the eyes.

Because Qi Chuzhe Xuankun was eager to fight against Donglin, he specially collected many lanterns this year, just to let Wei Zhongxian further improve his position in the emperor's heart.

However, due to the special regulations of the Ming Dynasty for the Lantern Festival, from the eighth day of the first lunar month to the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the lanterns must be lit for ten consecutive nights, which is the longest Lantern Festival in the history of the Central Plains.

Therefore, for an emperor who likes to pursue novelty and excitement, although the scenes of acrobatics, opera, and lantern viewing are lively, Zhu Youxiao is also common in the palace, so he feels that it is not enough.

After looking at it for a while, he said dissatisfiedly to Wei Zhongxian next to him:

"The Lantern Festival is like this every year, and I haven't seen anything special this year."

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian laughed his old face together and said flatteringly:
"Long live, don't worry, there will be surprises ahead, please go down the steps and visit..."

Sure enough, as soon as Wei Zhongxian spoke, Zhu Youxiao became interested. He got up and walked down from Zhongji Hall under the guard of Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen, and Lu Wenzhao and others.

Wei Zhongxian led the way, leading Zhu Youxiao and the others into the juggling team.

The body fragrance of thousands of court ladies and the stop-and-go lantern dancing surrounded Zhu Youxiao and the others, making people feel like they had come to the kingdom of daughters.

At the same time, bursts of laughter came from not far ahead, which made Zhu Youxiao curious, and at the same time couldn't help speeding up his pace. After walking a few steps, the surrounding ladies suddenly moved away.

"Sell goods, sell goods..."

"Liaodong mountain ginseng, tiger fur and fox fur, everything you need..."

When the court lady moved away, there were two rows of stalls hundreds of meters long that appeared on the left and right of Zhu Youxiao.

On the stalls, the shopkeepers shouted loudly, and the surrounding maids and eunuchs of the Jingjun also pretended to be pedestrians.

"Long live, this is the scene on the Qinhuai River in Nanjing City at this time."

Wei Zhongxian smiled flatteringly. In order to please Zhu Youxiao, he deliberately moved the folk street scene into the palace.

And instead of moving the general street scene into the palace, the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, thousands of miles away, was moved into the palace.

For Zhu Youxiao, who is used to seeing the grand scene of the court and life in the well of Beijing, the northern scenery can no longer attract him.

Suddenly seeing the folk street scenes of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, he naturally found it novel and amusing, so he turned his head and ordered to the accompanying court painter:

"Record this scene, draw three copies, give one to my brother, and one to the queen."

"It's done..." Hearing Zhu Youxiao's initiative, Wei Zhongxian also knew that he had caught Zhu Youxiao's liking.

As for Zhu Youxiao, after ordering the court painter to draw a picture, he turned around and returned to the yellow tent in front of Zhongji Hall, and took his seat again.

At this time, Li Ruolian, the commander of Beizhen Fusi, walked around the noisy square and walked to Lu Wenzhao's side with the military newspaper sent by Nanyang urgently in a month.

Lu Wenzhao also noticed him from the beginning, so when he came to him, he asked:
"what happened?"

"The Great Victory in Nanyang, Euro Pasiriya will completely withdraw from Nanyang within three months, and the governor of Huanglong has already begun to mobilize troops against the natives of Nanyang who refuse to accept the king."

Li Ruolian presented the military situation with both hands, and roughly explained the process and results of the matter.

Hearing the words, Lu Wenzhao immediately opened the military information, and after scanning the ten lines, he walked cautiously towards Zhu Youxiao, and then put his hands on the military information and said:
"Long live, great victory in Nanyang, the western barbarians of the five countries withdrew from Nanyang, a total of [-] million taels of military expenses for our dynasty..."

"Huh?" Zhu Youxiao, who heard such good news on the Lantern Festival, was stunned for a moment, then grabbed the military situation, and after repeated glances, suddenly smiled and said:
"Good! Good! Good..."

Three good words in a row show his satisfaction and joy in the Nanyang Campaign.

And when he uttered the first good word, the music of the audience stopped, and all the officials turned their heads to look at the emperor under the yellow tent of Zhongji Hall.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Youxiao picked up a glass of wine, then walked to the square of Zhongji Hall and said loudly:

"Nanyang Great Victory, Navy Captain Huang Long forced back the five kingdoms of Xiyi, and the Ming Dynasty expanded thousands of miles!"

"Victory in Nanyang, navy..." As soon as Zhu Youxiao spoke, dozens of big Han generals who followed Zhu Youxiao began to convey Zhu Youxiao's words.

Dozens of people stood on the high platform and opened their mouths to the Zhongji Temple Square, which would form an echo.

Although it was a bit messy at the beginning, after shouting a few times, their voices became unified, and it also let the civil and military officials on the square know why the emperor was happy.

It's just that, compared to the emperor's joy, some people's faces turned ugly.

Among them, especially the officials of the Zhejiang Party, their faces are particularly ugly.

Nanyang was actually taken over by Huanglong. Doesn't this mean that all maritime merchants in the future will need to be supervised by the Maritime Department?

Many ministers and workers who were originally happy because of the civil strife in Donglin were devastated like this, and Zhu Youxiao had a panoramic view of their expressions.

"Heh..." Looking at the many officials in the square, Zhu Youxiao also sneered in his heart.

But, before he was ready to say anything, a commander dressed in the uniform of the Commander of the Five Armies Commander's Mansion walked into the square of Zhongji Hall, and was stunned when he saw the ugly faces of many ministers and the silence of the banquet.

"What's the matter..." Seeing this man, Zhu Youxiao frowned and asked.

The officials of the Dudufu of the Five Armies will not enter the palace unless there is an urgent matter, and since the other party has come, there must be something important.

"What-"

The big Han general suddenly opened his mouth, and his voice spread throughout the square, and the commanding officer hurried all the way to the steps of the Zhongji Hall when he heard the words, knelt down and bowed to Zhu Youxiao on the high platform:

"Long live Qi Zuo, at Maoshi today, the five major fortresses and the five armies went out of the fortress, and the King of Qi led [-] cavalry to kill the tiger's mouth, and headed straight for Bansheng City!"

"Are you mobilizing troops?"

"You didn't even tell the Ministry of War."

"Where does the Ministry of War manage the Palace of Prince Qi and the Palace of the Governor of the Five Armies?"

"In this season, the snow on the Hetao has not yet melted. If we rush to send troops, we are afraid that we will suffer a big defeat."

"King Qi is reckless..."

For a while, hundreds of officials were discussing, some were discussing that Zhu Youjian would send troops without reminding the Ministry of War and the cabinet, some were discussing the seasons and snow accumulation, and some people thought that Zhu Youjian was a little outrageous this time. .

In any case, after Yang Lian was locked up, it seemed that no one could speak for Zhu Youjian except the officials of the Qi Royal Party who had interests.

Even Ye Xianggao, in the face of the complicated situation of party struggle, is unable to continue to favor Zhu Youjian.

Accusations sounded in the square, and the backbones of the eunuch party who had been respectful to Zhu Youjian began to dare to talk about Zhu Youjian's deeds as the Donglin Party weakened.

Such a scene made Zhu Youxiao's face a little ugly. He felt that the eunuch, the dog, seemed to be fed by him, so full that he forgot who his master was...

"I'm not feeling well, so let's stop the Lantern Festival celebration."

Turning around, Zhu Youxiao explained to Wei Zhongxian, and then left without looking back.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian also froze in place, a little at a loss.

At this time, Wang Tiqian said:

"Long live is not feeling well, the Lantern Festival celebration is over, and all officials are dismissed..."

"Long live Long live Long live……"

When the ministers heard the words, they only thought that the emperor Qi Wang Zhu Youjian was dissatisfied with sending troops in private, but they didn't know that it was because of the eunuch's mocking behavior.

Even if the celebration is over, few people can detect Zhu Youxiao's thoughts.

Not only the eunuchs, but even Donglin's few people noticed Zhu Youxiao's thoughts.

The only ones who can perceive Zhu Youxiao's thoughts are Ye Xianggao, Zuo Guangdou, Han Yu and others.

Such a scene is a funny scene in which a large number of civil servants with political level have been dragged into the water since the party struggle in the first year of Taichang.

If Fang Congzhe, Sun Ruyou, Zhu Guozuo, Shen Yu, Qi Shijiao and others were still there, they might have sensed the emperor's discomfort and started to prepare for the party's retreat...

(End of this chapter)