Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 497
At a quarter of noon on the first day of July in the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, the weather was as hot as fire, and the capital, which had not rained for more than half a month, was extremely hot, even if two copper basins filled with ice cubes were placed in the room , Yin Zuo still felt that it was hot enough, lying on the couch tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, so he simply got up, walked to the desk, pressed the anxiety in his heart, and approved the papers, but only approved a few copies, Yin Zuo Impatiently, he dropped the vermilion pen in his hand, raised his head, and stared blankly at the ceiling in a daze.

It's been two months, and the Nanyang War should be over no matter what. If it is according to the schedule, the news should have arrived in Beijing long ago, but now there is no news at all. Could it be that the entire army has been wiped out?No way?Even if the old fourteen made a mistake in command, with the huge strength of the First Fleet, it is impossible that not even a warship can escape, or is it still fighting?This is also impossible!According to the news we got last time, the British guy’s food reserves will not survive July. With the British guy’s personality, there is absolutely no reason to sit still and wait for death. The battle must have already been fought, but why is there no news?Yinzuo walked to the wall with the huge chart hanging restlessly, staring at the chart, his face was full of worry - this is a war of betting on the fate of the country, Yinzuo can't afford to lose, if he loses Now, not only the domestic reforms will be frustrated, but also if you want to launch a large-scale ocean-going expedition, it will be impossible to prepare for ten or eight years. How many ten years can life have? !

"Report to Your Majesty, Ma Zhongtang and Lin Zhongtang are here." Just as Yin Zuo was in a daze, Gao Nianying, the eunuch of Li, walked up and said in a low voice.

"Oh." Yin Zuo came back from his daydream, frowned and said, "Xuan it." Gao Nianying hurriedly agreed in a low voice, and retreated. After a while, he led Ma Qi and Lin Xuanyi, the two on-duty The minister of military aircraft walked into the room.

"The Holy One is overjoyed, overjoyed!" Ma Qi knelt down on the ground with a stack of official documents in his hands, and became a little incoherent with excitement, hearing Yinzuo's confusion, and couldn't understand that Comrade Ma was so foolish. What was he talking about, he looked at Ma Qi suspiciously and said nothing.On the contrary, although Lin Xuanyi was also full of excitement, he held his breath a little bit, and explained with a trembling voice: "My lord, the great victory in Nanyang: my Qing soldiers and three armies have used their lives, and they have wiped out the British and Dutch coalition forces. It is useless to capture them. The governor has arrived at eight hundred miles in a hurry."

"What?" Even though he was prepared in his heart, Yinzuo was still stunned by the great news that fell from the sky, his eyes couldn't help getting wet, and he was so excited that he couldn't help himself: Malacca, my Malacca, with Malacca, Asia This is the Asia of my Qing Dynasty, and the living space of the Qing Dynasty is worry-free!
"Your Majesty, this battle has been won long ago, but unfortunately the battleship returning to China encountered a storm at sea and was delayed, so it arrived in Guangzhou three days ago..." Ma Qi was also so excited that he completely forgot Strictly speaking, this is also impolite before the king, but Yinzuo didn't have time to care about this little thing, so he rushed over regardless, and took the official document from Ma Qi's He copied it from his arms, and the force was so fierce that Ma Qi was so shocked that he couldn't even finish his sentence.

"Okay, that's great, it's raining in time!" Yinzuo glanced over the official document, applauded, the big stone that had been hanging in his heart for several months finally fell to the ground, and his face was full of smiles , turned around in the room, completely forgetting the majesty of the emperor, like a small merchant who just picked up a big ingot, and the two military ministers Ma and Lin were stunned by the smug look.

"Cough, cough, my lord, that..." Seeing Yin Zuo's endless joy, Lin Xuanyi had to fake cough a few times, and carefully reminded that this is Lin Xuanyi, and I'm afraid he wouldn't have the guts to do it with someone else. At least Ma Qi, the chief military minister, did not dare to remind Yinzuo to pay attention to his image.

Hey, forget your form, forget your form, aren't we happy.It was only then that Yinzuo realized that he was a bit of a dissolute person, which was not the way a gentleman should behave. He scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, laughed for a while, and ordered loudly: "Come on, announce that all the military ministers Prince Jicheng, Prince Yi, Prince Yong, Hongli, and Hongyang will see you immediately."

Yinzuo is currently escaping the heat in Changchun Garden, except for Ma Qi and Lin Xuanyi, the two ministers on duty who are in the garden, the rest of the people are resting in their own mansion. He slipped up on the bed, and was rushed to Yanbo Zhishuang Pavilion desperately. All the officials were sweating profusely and full of doubts. If he dared to ask questions, he could only kneel obediently in front of the emperor, waiting for Yinzuo to speak, even Yun Zhen didn't dare to say anything, but his face was ashen.

"Dear dears, I have great news to tell you all." Yinzuo glanced at the important ministers who were kneeling on the ground, and with a smile on his face, he waved his hands to Gao Nianying and said, "Xuan!"

Gao Nianying bowed in response, unfolded the folder in his hand, and read out in a shrill voice: "The minister Zheng Nan, General Yunxi, and Deputy General Liu Yao told the Holy Majesty: Thanks to the great blessing of the Holy Majesty, and the life of the soldiers of the three armies, my Majesty The Qing Navy has pacified the South Seas, Malacca, Danmasek, Batavia and other places have been wiped out. A total of more than 27 enemies have been wiped out, and countless prisoners... In the early days, our Qing Navy fought the enemy in the Java Sea and captured the Dutch Far East Fleet alive. Commander Lites Leiming boarded the admiral, and then took advantage of the victory to attack Batavia at night, annihilating more than [-] enemies... On May [-], my expedition fleet fought a decisive battle with the English Far East Fleet in the sea area of ​​​​Badas Island. The battle was full of artillery fire, and our officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were not afraid of powerful enemies, and fought bloody battles... In this battle, more than [-] enemies were wiped out, eight enemy warships were sunk, [-] were captured, and seven enemy ships that slipped through the net were also on May [-]. Surrendered to our Shanmaxi garrison on the [-]nd, killed Admiral Nadal, the enemy chief, and captured more than a dozen generals including Lieutenant General Bradley, Major General Brown, and Major General Connery, and the entire English Far East Fleet was wiped out in several battles... Our army has lost a total of eleven warships, large and small, and more than [-] casualties..."

The memorial was very long, and it took Gao Nianying a full stick of incense to read it all, but the ministers didn't think it was too long, everyone's blood boiled when they heard it, even Prince Yong Yunzhen's green face The red light was exposed. This is one of the great victories since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. Not to mention the expansion of the land, it is also shocking the world. It is really exciting and good news.

"Your Majesty, this battle has been victorious, and our country's prestige has been shown overseas. I dare not congratulate Your Majesty on his wisdom. Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Prince Cheng Yunzhi was the first to stand up and said loudly.

"That's right, these victories are all due to the wise decision of the emperor. My minister congratulates the emperor on the victory of the banner and the consolidation of my foundation in the Qing Dynasty. This is an unworldly achievement!" Prince Yi Yunxiang also immediately said.

"Your majesty is holy, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the sons and officials couldn't help shouting together.

"Hehe, all my lovers are flattering, but it's quite useful. I don't dare to call myself a saint. The fact that this battle was fought so beautifully is the result of the bravery of the navy officers and soldiers. I am so relieved!" Yin Zuo Laughing loudly, he waved his hand, signaling to everyone not to praise, glanced at the ministers and said: "The battle is won, but the matter is not over yet, and there are still a lot of hands and tails behind. Let’s talk about what Sudan thinks about the matter attached to the above table, and I’m listening.”

Incidentally, Yunti’s book mentions that the Sultan of Malacca, Naraba, is willing to attach himself to the Qing Dynasty and become a sub-province of the Qing Dynasty. The Sultan of Malacca proposed to Ming Chengzu that the conditions were the same, and there was no change.

Yunzhi is in charge of the Ministry of Rites and is in charge of foreign affairs. Hearing Yinzuo mention this matter, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think Malacca is really an important place for foreign trade, and this place must be strictly controlled by my Qing Dynasty." Underneath, according to the current laws of my Qing Dynasty, different surnames are not allowed to be crowned kings. I am afraid that this throne is not easy to handle. I think that my army has already occupied the entire territory of Malacca, and a small local sultan seems to have no need to bother. If not..." Yunzhi made a chopping motion.

"Third brother's words are inappropriate, my lord, and my brother thinks that since the Sultan of Malacca is willing to attach himself, it shows that his heart is towards my Qing Dynasty. If you kill at will, it will not be good if you arouse the resentment of the local people. If there are riots, the law and order will not be good. Jing is not necessarily a good thing, my brother, please think twice." Prince Yi Yunxiang immediately objected.

Uh huh, killing is very easy, one swing of the knife is enough, but after the killing, the matter is definitely very troublesome, a throne is no big deal, but if you want to change the law for such a small chief, it is not necessary , this matter is really fucking difficult to solve.Yinzuo naturally understands that killing people can't solve the problem. Yinzuo has made up his mind to merge Malacca into the Qing Dynasty instead of making it a colony. How to solve it, but some children scratched their heads.

At the same time, the ministers believed that they could agree to the attachment, but how to solve the local sultan's matter was full of controversy. In the midst of the chaos, the second elder brother Hongyang stood up and said loudly: "Report to Emperor Ama, my son has Play on the book."

(End of this chapter)