The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Wei Guangde didn't know that the main reason for the Spaniards to stop was Lin Feng.

Just when the Spanish governor in the Philippines sent the letter back to his country and waited for news, Lin Feng and his group of pirates were chased back to Luzon by the Ming army.

Hundreds of troops in the Philippines were almost defeated by Lin Feng, let alone the earlier plan, which was a foolish dream.

Although the navy under Yu Dayou now looks very immature in the eyes of the Spaniards, they don't know the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

More than a hundred years ago, the Ming Dynasty's navy, which was so powerful, visited the West. The current navy should be even more terrifying.

Therefore, Yu Dayou's troops were considered by the Spaniards to be only part of the main force.

Although the ships were not as good, they were more numerous. Without sufficient preparation, Spain completely gave up the plan to go to war with the Ming Dynasty.

The atmosphere in the hall was depressing, and everyone was a little gloomy and speechless after hearing Wei Guangde's words.

The Ming Dynasty, which was considered powerful in the past, was actually threatened by overseas barbarians, which made them, the dragons and phoenixes among them, a little bit unbearable.

In the Ming Dynasty, these Jinshi were the best.

And the strength of the Ming Dynasty was also something they were proud of.

Although the Ming Dynasty at this time no longer had the confidence and invincibility of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the officials of the Ming Dynasty still had some inner thoughts.

Although the Jiajing Dynasty had several things that made the court lose face, so what? It was just that the court was not careful for a while.

Look at it now. The Ming Dynasty is still the Ming Dynasty. Liaodong was swept away. Mongolia, which could once threaten the capital, has surrendered. Myanmar, which was secretly against the court, has also been defeated by the Ming army. Who else around the Ming Dynasty can threaten itself?

No.

However, now the two small countries in the far west have the strength to threaten the Ming Dynasty from the sea, which is more unacceptable to them than the Japanese invasion in the Jiajing Dynasty.

The Japanese invasion is a scabby disease.

Wakoku is a kingdom greatly influenced by the culture of the Tang Dynasty. According to the intelligence sent back now, the culture of Wakoku is inextricably linked to Chinese culture. If the Tang Dynasty had not allowed them to learn Chinese culture, they might still be living like beasts.

Because they learned Chinese culture, although the Ming Dynasty was dissatisfied with the Japanese pirates, it did not vent its anger on Wakoku. It only hoped that their king could discipline his warriors.

And what are the barbarians?

They have nothing to do with Chinese culture and are a country of their own.

Those who are not of our race must have different hearts.

Compared with Wakoku, the barbarians are even less accepted by the literati of the Ming Dynasty.

Finally, Lao Kan asked, "What happened in Luzon before?

When I was in Fujian, I only heard that the Ming army wiped out the pirate Lin Feng there, and it seemed that they occupied a piece of land there.

But after returning to the court, I learned that half of Luzon was incorporated into the territory of our Ming Dynasty."

"Luzon has been destroyed by the Spaniards."

Wei Guangde replied indifferently, "Just like they did in the New World, destroying countries, looting, and plundering all wealth. The ships that went there through the New World were called treasure ships, perhaps a large ship comparable to Zheng He's treasure ship, and transported back to their country."

In the Ming Dynasty, there may be prejudice against Zheng He's voyages to the West, but there are still legends about the treasure ship, because it was a big guy, and there were many exaggerated descriptions of it among the people.

After all, it was the pinnacle of the Ming Dynasty's manufacturing power in that era.

"We chose to station troops in Luzon to monitor the actions of the Spaniards nearby to prevent them from continuing to expand in the vassal states of the South Seas and then destroying the vassal states of our Ming Dynasty at will."

Tan Lun said.

"The King of Sulu, Bakker, who is about to arrive in Beijing, is worried about the Spanish invasion of Sulu, so my army helped a lot in the operation in Luzon this time.

Because Sulu has not paid tribute to our Ming emperor for many years, it took the initiative to come to Ming to request an audience."

Jiang Zhi also spoke.

Bakker had arrived in Ming a long time ago, and the navy fleet took him directly to Fujian to land.

Although he wanted to go to Beijing to see the emperor as soon as possible, the emperor was not so easy to see.

The Ming court asked him to walk around Jiangnan first, and then went to Nanjing, and then went to Shandong from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to pay homage to the tomb of the Eastern King of Sulu.

The Honglu Temple of Ming Dynasty has prepared the Huitongguan Post Station, waiting for Bakker to arrive in Beijing from Shandong, and will arrange for him to meet the Ming emperor.

"Dare to approach Mancijia, in fact, it also means to monitor the Portuguese."

At this time, Lao Kan also added.

They are all old people in Beijing. Although Wei Guangde was in charge of the military operations of the Ming army in Nanyang, they also learned a lot of information afterwards, and they can talk about it at this time.

"So, in just a few years, the Ming Dynasty not only expanded its territory by 800 miles in Liaodong, but also incorporated Xiaoliuqiu, Luzon and Jiugang into the territory of our Ming Dynasty?"

Many doubts before were finally solved at this moment.

Lao Kan heard some news in the Censorate, but the source of the news was uncertain. After all, the court never issued an imperial edict to talk about this matter.

Up to now, the pace of Ming Dynasty's external expansion is actually still semi-confidential.

The officials in Beijing heard some, but not all.

As for the foreign officials, there is even less way to know.

Perhaps, only the officials in the southeast coast learned some of the situation through the mouths of sea merchants.

"Shan Dai, it seems inappropriate to command the Ming army to attack cities and plunder land everywhere."

Wei Guangde did not expect that Lao Kan would say such a thing after listening to his achievements over the years.

In this regard, Wei Guangde returned to God after being shocked. This is the normal response of Daming doctors.

If they can laugh when they hear the empire's opening upward territory, Daming will not only have the current land, and it will have stretched the tentacles to Nanyang and South Asia.

Why they have been suppressing the news, not because of this.

Therefore, Wei Guangde smiled and said, "As any, the court is targeted.

The old port is my Ming and comfort Division. It has not been involved in being broken by the neighboring countries for many years. The restoration of the old port is just a thing that belongs to Daming.

Including Myanmar, in fact, it is just that the court directly managed the Myanmar Xuanfu Division.

It is really newly included in the territory, strictly, only Xiaolongliu and Luzon.

What is the situation of Xiao Ryukyo? If you have been in Fujian, you should be clear, and you are closest to my Ming. If you do n’t take it, you will be occupied by others, which is the biggest threat to the court.

At the time, Yu Dazhen led the island to clear the pirates that were cleared on him. The old nest of Lin Feng pirates was on the island.

As for Luzon, as before, it has to be garrisoned, otherwise it will not be able to monitor the Spaniards nearby. Once they continue to annex Sulu, Java and other places, they will be infinite.

And if Daming is no longer Luzun's garrison, the surrounding area such as Sulu is difficult to sleep.

This time, the king of Sulu Jinjing was when the court publicly disclosed the public. "

Wei Guangde's words, Lao Kang couldn't help nod.

In fact, he didn't care about several other places, especially in the Ryukyu. Fujian was only a day of a day away from Xiao Ryukyu.

If it falls into the hands of the Gentile, it is really not appropriate.

Now that Wei Guangde intends to disclose the news while the King of Sulu Kingdom saw the emperor. In fact, he intends to use the King of Sulu to ask the Daming army to ensure the reasons of Nanyang's peace.

The vassal state requested a country that has been destroyed by the Governor of the Sects and protects other vassal states. It seems reasonable.

In fact, this year's younger is not suitable for visiting foreign guests.

However, Wei Guangde considers that the whitewashing occupies Luzon, or discuss with Zhang Juzheng, and set it down to seal those clear streams with the country of vanity.

It can only be said that the Huahua world in Jiangnan has satisfied the scholars and no longer look out.

It is just that Wei Guangde knows the future historical development trend. Naturally, he will naturally use the current opportunity to expand survival space for China as much as possible, control peripheral resources, and further consolidate China's East Asian hegemon.

The strong scholars' class contribute to ensuring the completeness of the country, but it also limits the expansion of the country.

Their conservative thoughts were too powerful. Even if the cabinet controllers were worried, they had to try to hide from compromise.

"This time, the Ministry of Military Affairs also had to know that Yu Dazhen was in private, so that he would be alert to the Portuguese's possible threats."

Wei Guangde said to Tan Lun again.

"Good loan, the Ministry of War has found Zheng He's literature for a long time."

Tan Lun sighed.

"It doesn't matter, as long as Jin Yiwei can get the Portuguese Haitu."

Wei Guangde laughed. "I heard that big food people are also proficient in sailing, and there should be sea maps.

Zheng He's Document Department still wants to find it, and also sends people to find people in the Hanlin Academy and Wenyuan Pavilion.

Since the decision of the Manchu Minister, maybe the document was hidden in other places.

I remember when I was at the Hanlin Academy, I saw some documents that Zheng He recorded the customs of the Western countries. You might as well send someone to the Hanlin Academy to find it, and I said that I have seen it in the library building. "

"Do you say that there is a document in the bookstore of the Hanlin Academy recorded in the customs of Western countries?"

Tan Lun was shocked and asked immediately.

"I just rolled down at that time. After all, I didn't like to see it, so I didn't care, but I still remember it."

Wei Guangde said lightly.

It was reminded by Wei Guangde that Tan Lun's heart would rise immediately.

As Wei Guangde said, it is not just so large. What can you hide?

Those people in the ministry have turned the warehouse mostly this afternoon, but they were not found.

At first, the Manchu and Martial Arts of the Manchu dynasty opposed the actions that continued to go to the west, and the difficulties would not choose to hide the documents and archives to other gates.

It is absolutely not dare to say that Liu Daxia dares to burn away those things. He dares to disaster?

The plot was not so serious when he moved away from the military department and hid in the library of other yamen.

"I will take someone to the Hanlin Academy to collect it in the morning tomorrow morning."

Tan Lun thought that many people in the Hanlin Academy were afraid that many of them would also be opposed. If they just sent the main affairs and the gangwai Lang, they would not be ignored.

Still go to find it for a day.

Since Wei Guangde said he had seen Zheng He's information there, it would definitely not be wrong.

Although the Hanlin Academy may be included, it is said that it will only include the imperial court's will, and there should be no documents that record the customs of Western countries.

At this time, Tan Lun had some recognized Wei Guangde's speculation.

Perhaps Liu Daxia hidden Zheng He's literature, which was quietly sent out of the Ministry of War and transferred to other gates.

Among all the gates in Beijing, the fear of receiving these documents only is the old and old scholars of Hanlin. It is really not afraid of it.

The next day, Tan Lun rushed to the Ministry of War and went directly to the library of the Arsenal Department, where many low-level officials of the Ministry of War were still looking for Zheng He's documents.

Among the four departments of the Ministry of War, the Arsenal Department is in charge of archive management. The documents of each department are finally sent here for storage and proper management.

When he saw Tan Lun coming, the doctor of the Arsenal Department was shocked.

Although he also knew that the things he was looking for had been hidden decades ago, he was the head of the Arsenal Department after all, and he would still be responsible if he couldn't find them.

The key is to continue to pursue the responsibility. I'm afraid that the homes of the previous few people will be raided directly, including Liu Daxia's home, to find the stolen documents. This is definitely not a trivial matter.

He stepped forward to salute Tan Lun, and before he could speak, Tan Lun ordered first: "Half of the people in the department follow me."

"Sir, what are you doing?"

The doctor didn't react and asked stupidly.

"Don't ask too much. The rest of you should continue to look in the library, even if you have to dig deep."

Tan Lun just said this, then turned around and went out, waiting for his men to assign people.

Not long after, a large number of green-robed officials came out of the library and gathered at Tan Lun's side.

Tan Lun took a look and saw more than 30 people, many of whom were new scholars. He immediately nodded and said, "You follow me."

After that, he led the people out of the Ministry of War and walked towards the Hanlin Academy in the north.

It is indeed convenient for the Ming Dynasty government offices to be concentrated together. If they were distributed throughout the capital, it would be inconvenient for so many people to move.

Soon, Tan Lun led them to the Hanlin Academy. With the Minister of War leading the way, the gatekeeper of the Hanlin Academy naturally did not dare to stop them, but still reported the news of their arrival inside.

The current director of the Hanlin Academy is Wang Xijue, the Minister of Rites. He is not in the academy at this time, so he just needs to send someone to send a letter to the Ministry of Rites in a hurry.

When the news reached Wang Xijue's ears, half an hour had passed.

In the duty room of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Xijue couldn't believe his ears and asked the official who reported the news: "You said that Minister Tan of the Ministry of War took many people into the Hanlin Academy and went directly to the library?"

"Yes, sir, after they went in, Minister Tan was guarding the door and said that no one was allowed to take books out of the building. Those officials from the Ministry of War were rummaging through the bookshelves in the library, as if they were looking for something.

But that is our Hanlin Academy's library, how could there be things from the Ministry of War?"

The official replied.

"Did he say he was looking for something?"

Hearing this, Wang Xijue just frowned and asked.

"I asked, but Mr. Tan didn't say."

Hearing this answer, Wang Xijue stood up all of a sudden. Although the Hanlin Academy was not as powerful as the Ministry of War, it was not a random intrusion.

It was okay for Tan Lun to go to the Hanlin Academy library to read books, just go there properly, but it was too much to take a large group of people with him.

Wang Xijue knew that he had to go back and question him in person about what happened today, otherwise the Hanlin Academy would lose face.

But he didn't know that when he got home last night, Tan Lun repeatedly pondered and deduced from the location of the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of War that Liu Daxia would probably hide the information in the Hanlin Academy.

It was because the two government offices were too close. (End of this chapter)