sinovels Chapter 413 Chenghua 2 Years
Chapter 413 Chenghua 2 Years
In the twelfth lunar month with mixed joys and sorrows, while preparing for the New Year, everyone whispered about some major events in the court.
In the twelfth lunar month, Dingyou, apply for the ban on Zigong.
There is no shortage of eunuchs in the palace, but some people even leave the palace themselves in order to stand out!
Then they lingered outside the palace gate, waiting for the lack of eunuchs in the palace, and as soon as they left the palace, someone would recommend themselves, and they didn't even need to spend money for prostitution, as long as they were verified to be upright, they could be brought in for use.
But some of these people couldn't persist until they entered the palace, so they died at the gate of the palace.
This made Emperor Xianzong very unlucky.
So it is stated that the people are not allowed to leave the palace without reason.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty did not lack sources of eunuchs, such as defeated captives, especially some aliens. After the defeat, adult men and women were sent to mines, boys were castrated to become sources of eunuchs, and girls were palace maids.
As we all know, this is how Concubine Ji came to the Daming Palace.
The same is true for Wang Zhi, an eunuch who is highly valued by the emperor.
This is the biggest source of maids and eunuchs in the Daming Palace, followed by purchasing eunuchs outside the palace and selecting court ladies.
Emperor Xianzong affirmed this point to let the common people stop dreaming.
It is true that eunuchs are used in the palace, but how many eunuchs can stand out in the palace?
How many people are lost in the end?
Rather than hurting the child and sending it to the palace without knowing when it will become famous, it is better to raise it well.
After getting married and starting a business, you can also be filial to them.
Because some father-in-laws had already remembered things before entering the palace, and never contacted their family members after entering the palace, so they had the right to treat themselves as dead.
After getting old, I would rather go through the last journey with my partner, rather than have contact with my family.
How lonely?
This order was also unanimously approved by the courtiers.
The weird new year is here.
That year, Turpan, Ryukyu, Siam, Manlaja, and Annan paid tribute.
Annan came to the court this time, it was really respectful, and even the tribute was much heavier than in previous years. At the same time, he prayed for Daming's forgiveness.
It turned out that Wantong and the others sailed to sea, and Champa was now "taken" back by Daming, which made Annan very panic. Li Shi was afraid that Annan would also be "taken" back by Daming in this way, and even they came here this time. An adult son, it can be seen how much he attaches importance to this matter.
Especially when I heard that Ryukyu got the help of Ming Dynasty and drove the Japanese pirates away!
And Champa is not without their spies. I heard that Champa is now as prosperous as the inland, and many people call it "little inland".
People who are close to each other are rich, especially Champa is next to Annan, but the people of Champa have a grudge against Annan!
Selling things to others for one copper plate would cost four or five copper coins, or even seven or eight copper coins if sold to Annan. Who can bear that?
In addition, a lot of things shipped from Shanghai County are all commodities that are in short supply in Annan, such as triangular cloth, cotton and linen, and milk porcelain, all of which are good things that they dare not even think about. The household items of milk porcelain cannot be said to be
Emperor Xianzong knew this a long time ago. If he hadn't nodded, Wantong would not have dared to escort the merchant ship with a navy for the second time, and the people in Champa would not let them dock for business. .
Siam was terrified when they saw what happened to Zhancheng. Although they have elephant soldiers, they can't swim, they can't go into the sea, how can they fight?
And although there are no pirates in Siam, there are pirates in them!
Compared with Ming's gentleness, the pirates are undoubtedly the most hated by the Siamese.
They hope that Daming can wipe out the pirates, but if they can't be wiped out, it can also serve as a deterrent.
Especially knowing that Wantong and the others went to chase down the pirates and helped Ryukyu solve the problem of the pirates by the way, that would be enviable!
Mancijia was because he heard the news that Daming's naval army wiped out many pirates and Japanese pirates, and even the red beard was taken over by one pot.
Redbeard is a great thief who has been on the sea for many years.
There are people from all over the place under him, and they have been wiped out!
It was only later that Wu Youwei figured out what kind of place Mancijia was!
It is said that its original founder was a fleeing prince named Paramisura, who was originally the prince of Srivijaya, the southeast region of Palembang.
At that time, Srivijaya was captured by the Majapahit Kingdom, and the prince fled from Palembang to Temasek. For some reason, he assassinated the local chief. A hunting dog corners a mouse deer, who kicks the dog into a river in self-defense.
He felt that this was an auspicious place, so he named the place Manraga and settled here.
In the early days, Manchuka had to pay 40 taels of gold to Siam each year, and there was a threat from Majapahit in the south.
In the first year of Yongle, Bailimisula followed Beijing official Yin Qing to visit Ming Chengzu and formally paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Ming Chengzu officially named Bailimisula King of Managa, and presented him with an imperial edict and Haoyin. .
During the heyday of the Malacca Dynasty, it was a world-famous port and economic and trade center.
Because of its location in the center of navigation and trade, and a good deep-water port, it goes east to the resource-rich ancient oriental civilization, and west to India, the Arab world, and European Western powers, making Malacca not only a prosperous commercial center for a while, but also At the same time, it has become a place where various cultures of the East and the West meet and communicate with each other.Zheng He once visited Malacca during his seven voyages to Southeast Asia.
However, in history, it is said that in order to promote the diplomatic relations between the two countries, the princess Han Libao of the Ming Dynasty was married to Malacca.
When Wu Youwei saw this record, he was stunned: "Didn't Daming not get along with each other?"
Everyone knows that there is an iron law in the Ming Dynasty: the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country.
No vassals, no tribute, no peace.
How could it be possible to marry the princess far away for many times?
"Of course we won't get married." Wan Tongdao: "It's all made by them themselves, to put gold on their faces.
Wu Youwei deliberately took out the chart, flipped through it, and found the place: "So it's Singapore!"
He compared Zheng He's charts with the world map in his memory, and it turned out that Mancika was from Singapore, all the way to the Strait of Malacca.
"The Strait of Malacca!" Wu Youwei touched his chin: "It would be great if I could hold it in my hand.
This is the gateway for communication between the East and the West. Even in later generations, there is still an industry in this place that has been passed down for thousands of years: pirates!
"The Strait of Malacca?" Wantong also leaned on it to look at a large map of the world that Wu Youwei had recently drawn: "Here?"
At first glance, it is quite a key place.
"Well, it's called Mancijia now." Wu Youwei curled his lips: "What a place!"
Let outsiders take over, but there seem to be many Chinese in Singapore in later generations?
However, I heard that one thing is that the Chinese left over from the voyages of the Ming Dynasty, and the Chinese who traveled across the ocean to escape the war disaster during the First World War came to Singapore.
"However, they have traveled all the way, and they often inquired about things." Wan Tongdao: "I don't understand the language, but I can learn it. They also brought an interpreter..."
These people come to Daming to pay tribute, not every year, some travel far away, and it is very possible to go for a year. They came to Daming, just because in recent years, there has been a lot of movement in Daming, especially the navy, There were also some pirates who escaped, and they took the news back and spread it out, and the power of Daming's navy is still there.
And it is said that Ming has a new weapon
Shilufan just paid tribute as a routine, but found that the situation in Daming had improved a lot. When everyone was starving, Daming was actually reducing taxes and food.
This is really an anecdote, how much grain does Daming actually produce?
But I dare not take Da Ming's idea, one is that the distance is far away and it is inconvenient, and the other is that Da Ming seems to be getting up now.
Many honest Mongolian tribes migrated to the north, and they were still thinking about how to bite off a piece of meat from Daming's body to swallow it.
All of these were not easy. Wu Youwei listened to Wantong's analysis and felt that he was too polite to the Ryukyu diplomatic missions.
Among the fireworks all over the sky, it is another New Year's Eve.
Wu Youwei here continues the custom of the north. They eat dumplings on New Year's Eve, while most people in the south eat glutinous rice balls.
However, as more and more people from all over the world come to live in Shanghai County, this custom also changes every year, but it is still mainly based on the staple food of the south, glutinous rice balls.
Only some people can eat dumplings in the north.
For example, in Wu Youwei's county government, there were boiled dumplings, and new copper coins were wrapped in the dumplings.
During the meal, Wu Youwei and Wantong each ate one, and Wu Youwei was overjoyed: "It seems that we two will make a fortune together this year!"
"Yes." Wantong handed the copper coin to Wu Youwei: "Take it well."
Wu You took a piece of Supa and put it away in the bedside cabinet of the two of them.
Seeing that he is so superstitious, Wantong talks about getting rid of superstition all day long!
In fact, they were busy during the first month. Wu Youwei wanted to worship the god of the sea, the Taoist ancestor, and the Buddha in his capacity as a county parent official.
Wantong was tied up and worshiped together.
But when worshiping the sea god, Zhang Shen was also added, and he also came.
In Beijing, the Chinese New Year is also very lively, but Emperor Xianzong was afraid that Wan Zhen'er would be pregnant, and it would be bad if he collided, so he asked people not to come out. After a family banquet in Qingning Palace, Concubine Wan Gui took the two The daughter went back to Zhaode Palace to watch the night.
On the second day, they received court congratulations and received foreign envoys. These people were indeed much more honest this time. In private, the Ryukyu envoys even wanted to come back next year, and only asked the Ming navy to protect their Ryukyu from Japanese pirates.
Emperor Xianzong was laughed angrily: "Then the military expenses of my Daming Navy, did you also pay for the Ryukyu Kingdom?"
Emperor Xianzong is not the one who cares about face. How much did he spend to rebuild the navy?If it weren't for Maid Wu, even if he wanted to rebuild the navy, he wouldn't be able to build it!
Gold and silver from the small treasury went out like water, and he was very satisfied in exchange for a naval army that could bring him benefits and deter the surrounding small countries.
The other party wants Daming to protect him?
I only saw them once last year. How many times has he been to Ryukyu since he was on the throne for ten years?
The things given are not as good as the things in the pirate's treasure that Wantong robbed. What is Da Ming?
There is no harm without comparison. Emperor Xianzong now understands that he is the biggest boss in the world!
So not only rejected the proposal of the Ryukyu Kingdom, but also ordered the Ryukyu tribute envoy to arrive once every two years.
But he didn't say he was dead, he just said that the Ryukyu Kingdom should cooperate more in the pursuit. This is also an explanation for the last time Wantong was impeached for crimes such as colluding with foreign enemies.
With his words, Wantong can do as long as it is "chasing the enemy".
However, there is an explanation for what was rewarded to them.
The Ming Dynasty rewarded the foreign missions with the same things: one set of crystal tea sets (the purest colorless transparent glass products), five sets of milk porcelain tea sets, ten sets of milk porcelain ornaments, and ten sets of glass ornaments.
In addition, [-] bolts of triangular cloth, [-] bolts of Songjiang cloth, [-] bolts of brocade, and [-] bolts of silk will be rewarded.
Two hundred catties of white sugar and two hundred catties of brown sugar.
That's it.
It seems to be rich, but in fact Daming didn't spend much money, and Emperor Xianzong asked him to handle it. Who dares to say that these things are worthless?
But who knows, this little thing...is really not worth much.
Emperor Xianzong, who saved a lot of money, celebrated the Spring Festival beautifully, but God seemed very dissatisfied with his stinginess.
In the first month of Xinhai in the spring of 12, there was a loud earthquake in Nanjing.
It is a pity that the first month of the 12th year of Chenghua was not peaceful, and there was an earthquake in Nanjing, which made a lot of noise.
It is not a good omen for the earth dragon to turn over, many people are just around the corner...
Wuwu, a great sacrifice to heaven and earth in the southern suburbs.