The Rise of the European Emperor

At this time, an old man in the ranks of general Xungui asked aloud:

"Master Ma, you said that you started from a wandering knight who was kicked out of your home. Presumably, you have won many great victories in the past 16 years. Otherwise, you would not have grown from a wandering... knight to become a king. I don’t know, can Lord Ma please tell us a thing or two?”

This old man is the contemporary British Duke Zhang Mao, who is already 70 years old. Zhang Mao is the grandson of Zhang Yu, a hero of Jing Nan, and the son of Zhang Fu, the second generation British Duke who died in the "Tumu Fort Change". Since Zhang Fu's death in battle, he has been granted the title of Duke of England. He has always been a big shot in the capital's army. In the army, I am afraid that only Wei Guogong Xu's family in Nanjing, the world town, can surpass him. As for the Mu family and Cheng Guogong Zhu's family guarding southern Yunnan, they are on par with the Zhang family. As for who is higher and who is lower, it mainly depends on the position of the current Patriarch.

But no matter what, Zhang Mao, who is already 70 years old, is definitely ranked among the top three top bosses in the Ming Army. His words can basically be used as a representative statement of the military general Xungui's lineage.

The eunuch on the side was afraid that Ma Lin would not know him, so he specially introduced Zhang Mao's identity. Marin was startled—that was the British Duke...

In the previous life, in the few novels that Ma Lin read that traveled back to the Yongle Dynasty, Zhang Mao's father, the British public Zhang Fu, was a golden supporting role with a high rate of appearance...

Marin hurriedly bowed and saluted as a greeting. And Zhang Mao also returned a gift. After all, Marin belonged to a foreign monarch, and his rank was no lower than Zhang Mao.

After the courtesy, Marin continued to tell the story...

"At the time when I was wandering alone, I encountered a great war. At that time, King Charles VIII of France, the most powerful country in Europe, led an army of 37,000 people to the south and invaded Italy..."

After finishing speaking, Marin pointed out the locations of France and Italy on the map to Emperor Zhengde who was fascinated by the story.

"But Italy belongs to our Holy Roman Kingdom in name. Therefore, our great king Maximilian I is not happy. Although he is not a monarch with real power, he ordered the princes of all parties to form a coalition to resist The invasion of powerful enemies..."

"However, the great king usually only has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and most of them have to stay to guard the mainland. Therefore, he has no extra troops to go south to rescue Italy. When I heard the news, I rushed to the capital of the king excitedly, thinking Enlisted in the army. After all, the children of our knight family all received civil and military education at the age of 8. They are very skilled and good at riding. No matter how bad they are, they can be hired by the great king and become a cavalry..."

Here, Marlin paused. Originally, he wanted to make a fuss about the fact that he slept in the haystack behind the monastery by the Rhine and was enlightened by the great sage. However, thinking that Ming Confucianism believed in "Zi don't talk about strange powers and chaos gods", and Zhengde didn't believe in gods, so he skipped the middle paragraph...

"At that time, the great king issued an edict to recruit warriors from all over the world to fight this war for him. On the way to enlist, the minister suddenly thought - one person is weak, why not organize the warriors who go to enlist? In this way, there are also More room for bargaining." Marin smiled at Zhengde who was fascinated.

"So, on the way, the minister first found an ugly man with infinite strength as his servant. Then, he took this warrior to persuade those candidates. At first, those candidates were not convinced by the minister. Then, the minister took The warriors under his command subdued them..." In order to have a more dramatic effect, Marin deliberately made the process more exciting. In fact, when he recruited soldiers, he used the banner of fief knights to coax those unlucky ones into joining them. But at this time, to make the young Emperor Zhengde happy, it is natural to speak more brilliantly.

"Okay!" Emperor Zhengde actually cheered like he heard a book.

"Then, I recruited more than a hundred warriors, formed a mercenary group, appointed myself the head of the group, and went to the capital to apply..."

"Chen's teacher was in Daming, but he learned "Sun Tzu's Art of War" from his master, and the teacher taught him. After a period of training,

The minister's centurion order forbids it. When the day came when the great king selected mercenaries, the minister's centurion made a big splash. Then, the minister also got the position of a phalanx leader, which is equivalent to a thousand households in Ming Dynasty..."

"Then, when I went south to fight in Italy. By a coincidence, I learned that the King of France wanted to lead his troops back to the country. But it happened that they were held back by the coalition forces. The King of France, who was eager to return home, decided to take the risk of returning to the country with the main force of 8,000 cavalry in the middle of the night. Well, it just so happened that the spies sent by the minister learned that..."

"So I imitated Sun Bin's tactics of ambush Pang Juan, and led thousands of troops from my headquarters to ambush in the middle of the night. But the King of France had two ways to retreat. So I sent people to dig up the main road, and then concentrated the troops on the hillsides on both sides of the path. superior."

"When the King of France passed by with 8,000 cavalry, the minister gave an order, thousands of arrows flew, and the rocks rolled, defeating the 8,000 cavalry of the French King at once, capturing 4,000 French knights alive, and almost capturing the French King... "

"It is precisely because of this military exploit that the minister was appreciated by the great king. Later, he was granted the title of baron and a small fief, becoming an independent lord... Then, he led his troops to regain the ancestral property..."

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"Okay, wonderful!" Emperor Zhengde slapped the handle of the dragon chair excitedly, expressing his excitement.

In this era, applauding is not popular in China. When the ancients saw wonderful performances, they often applauded loudly or overwhelmed the audience. Therefore, many costume TV dramas describe the ancients applauding, all because the screenwriters have no historical knowledge...

The excited Emperor Zhengde, who probably got into the habit of reading books, actually shouted:

"Old Liu, watch and reward!"

Well, Emperor Zhengde used Marin as a storyteller...

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were so ashamed that they covered their faces, but fortunately Liu Jin didn't really reward him. And Marin deliberately pretended to be confused, and the joke made by Emperor Zhengde was deliberately ignored by everyone.

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Next, another minister asked about Xuangui. Naturally, it is impossible for Marin to say that it is an ordinary big tortoise, but he compiled a wonderful storytelling...

"It is said that I only brought guns and colored glaze, a specialty of Venice, as a tribute, but when the fleet sailed to the South China Sea, a strong wind suddenly picked up, and the fleet deviated from the normal route..."

"At that time, I was so frightened that I was at a loss. I thought that I was about to encounter a shipwreck and was about to die. Unexpectedly, the strong wind blew the fleet to an unknown island in the South China Sea..."

"Then, I saw nine huge turtles on the island..."

"At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed in my mind—could it be that the strong wind blows me to this unknown island on purpose? My teacher said that the giant tortoise represents Xuanwu. Although I don't know Why did the offspring of Xuanwu, the divine beast from the north, appear in the South China Sea... Perhaps, Xuanwu accidentally left behind an offspring when he went to visit Suzaku in the South China Sea..."

The courtiers showed a knowing smile, but they didn't dare to laugh presumptuously. After all, this is Xuangui and Jiarui, it would be disrespectful to laugh recklessly.

...

Ma Lin made a flicker and stunned the emperors and ministers of the Ming dynasty, and they couldn't tell the difference between the south, the east, and the north...

Seeing that Marin sent 9 black tortoises representing the top auspiciousness, the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty had a very good impression of Marin.

However, when it came time to finally consider Marin's request for tribute and trade, something went wrong...

Because, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty all agreed to accept Marin's Beihai State as a vassal state and allow it to pay tribute. However, most officials disagreed with Marin's request for normal trade. As for the reason, it is very simple, there is no precedent...

In other words, the purpose of Marin's request for tribute and trade was only half achieved...

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