Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 879 Who Is Tricking Me?

Chen Baoting was summoned, and after hearing Emperor Chongzhen's question, he responded with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, these days, after in-depth investigation, I found that this matter may have something to do with Yan Shenggong! "

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he didn't find it strange.

Since I began to vigorously develop natural knowledge, and even later, the imperial examinations were no longer limited to the Four Books and Five Classics. In these years, the popularity of natural knowledge has faintly surpassed Confucianism.It's not surprising that the biggest conflict of interest in these changes is that of Yan Shenggong!

With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen remained calm, and immediately asked: "I know all the details."

"Slave obeys the order!" Chen Baoting listened, and quickly agreed, and then began to report to Emperor Chongzhen one by one the circumstances of Dongchang's arrests.

Just as Emperor Chongzhen himself thought, it was the situation over the years that made Yan Shenggong very worried and dissatisfied.So, always looking for opportunities to make a difference.

But it's a pity that over the years, the Ming Dynasty has been powerful and prosperous, and the prestige of Emperor Chongzhen has been even more prosperous.Under this background, Yan Shenggong did not dare to make any changes.

With the explosion in the princess's mansion, those old-fashioned Confucian scholars who had been instructed by Guo Yan Shenggong finally seized the opportunity to start making waves, saying that the unhealthy winds rising in Ming Dynasty made the heavens angry, so they sent this disaster to warn the world!
Speaking of this, Chen Baoting took out a stack of memorials from his sleeves, presented them to Emperor Chongzhen with both hands, and played at the same time: "What the slaves said are all on the memorials, and there are five treacherous confessions at the back!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately took it and looked at it carefully again.

Matters involving Yan Shenggong must not be sloppy.After all, the name Yan Shenggong started from the Northern Song Dynasty, and there is no doubt that Yan Shenggong did not fall when the dynasties changed.

If Yan Shenggong had been hiding nearby and making no sound, Emperor Chongzhen would not have thought of him and would not have touched him.However, now that he has jumped out, Emperor Chongzhen will never let him go.It's just that the matter is so important that it still needs to be planned in detail.

After carefully reading Chen Baoting's memorial, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and then issued an imperial edict to let Yan Shenggong come to Beijing to have an audience.

As soon as this decree was made, the imperial decree rushed to Qufu, Shandong.A little different from the usual decree, the envoy who went to proclaim the decree this time was a person from Dongchang.

On Emperor Chongzhen's side, naturally he would not wait. He still had a lot of things to do.No, after putting aside this matter for the time being, he immediately held a clan meeting.

The vassal kings from all over the country had been summoned to the capital before, and when they heard that the emperor was finally going to see them, they came to the Forbidden City earlier than one another.

They have to be anxious. One of the emperor's princes and two vassal kings have been sealed off to the Mughal side. Then, where they can go next is related to their lifetime interests, and even the interests of future generations. Can you not worry!
If it were in the past, Emperor Chongzhen might have used the form of a tea party. After all, this was a group of relatives, right?But now, he no longer needed to use this method to show his favor to the clan. He just summoned them in the Wenhua Hall.

Emperor Chongzhen just wanted them to understand that he was the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, the supreme being in the world, no matter who they were, they should listen to him!

After seeing the ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen didn't talk nonsense, and immediately said to them: "In May and June next year, I will send another expeditionary force to America. I believe you must have inquired about the situation over there. I won't be too verbose."

While saying this, he was still scanning the vassals below, seeing their different expressions, but he ignored them and continued to say in an unquestionable tone: "Therefore, I plan to choose three vassals to go to the vassal first. As for the territory of the vassal state, except for a small part selected by me, other places can be chosen by oneself. Those who come first, choose the fertile land first."

Like the Panama region in later generations, there is also the very famous Brazilian iron mine. Even if it is in the hands of the Portuguese now, it will eventually be acquired under the Ming Dynasty.

Hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, even if these vassals were afraid of the emperor's power and influence, they couldn't help talking in a low voice because it was related to their vital interests.

Seeing them talking, Emperor Chongzhen coughed, and there was a sudden silence in the Wenhua Hall, and then he said: "Go to America and become a vassal, I don't ask for more, as long as whoever completes the delivery with the local government first, then whoever can Take a spot first."

These vassal kings have many fiefdoms in name.If they want to take another feudal domain, these fiefdoms cannot be taken away of course. Emperor Chongzhen's request is that they can only negotiate with the local government to realize it.Now that he mentioned this condition, it means that whoever negotiates with the local government no longer bargains, and the deal is made immediately, then whoever can complete the preparations first and occupy the first place to go to America.

The gains and losses in the middle have to be weighed by the princes themselves.Therefore, after hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, they immediately began to think about it.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly said to them: "I also received news that Lord Yansheng heard that most of the natives in America were uneducated, so he intends to go to America to educate them. I don't know if this is true or not. , I have sent people to invite Yan Shenggong to come to Beijing. If this is the case, I believe Yan Shenggong will definitely choose the intention of the first three vassal states to educate first."

As soon as this news came out, all the feudal kings were taken aback.They didn't expect that Yan Shenggong was so outstanding that he would go to America to educate the natives.If this is really the case, it would be great if you could educate them first in your own vassal country!
As for whether this news is true or not, although they have never heard of it before, since the emperor said it himself, there must be some basis for it, and there should be no falsehood!

Thinking of this, King Lu was the first to stand up, and immediately saluted Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, I am willing to accept the offer from the local yamen, and I will never counter-offer. I am willing to travel across the oceans to conquer the Americas!"

It is basically a certainty and an irreversible matter for the vassal king to deal with the affairs of the vassal overseas.That being the case, the first to become a vassal can have many benefits, and the King of Lu doesn't care about the money.

He will settle this account, and other feudal lords will also be able to settle accounts, and they all stood up one by one immediately to grab the spot.All of a sudden, the Wenhua Palace was very lively.

In the end, Emperor Chongzhen finalized the three vassal kings including King Lu, and asked them to hand over and recruit subjects who voluntarily went to America to make preparations before the army expedition in May and June next year.

As these vassal kings dispersed, the news that Yan Shenggong voluntarily went to America to educate the natives also spread.In the streets and alleys, the discussion is all about this.

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Besides, after receiving the imperial decree, Yan Shenggong rushed to the capital to have an audience with him, accompanied by the wolfish Dongchang fan servants.

At this time, Yan Shenggong, because of the butterfly effect, Kong Yanzhi, who had died of illness in 1647, was still alive.

This Kong Yanzhi, in the original history, in September 1644 when the Manchu Qing entered the customs, he submitted the "First Entry Form" to the Manchu Qing, expressing his willingness to return to the Manchu Qing.In 1645, after the Manchu Qing promulgated the hair-shaving order, he led the people to shave their hair first, and played the "Head Shaving Memorial" to the Manchu Qing.

It can be seen from this that there is not a single hard bone in Kong Yanzhi's body.The current emperor sent people from Dongchang to convey the decree. He had something in his heart. To be honest, it was impossible not to panic!

Today's Son of Heaven is no better than other emperors. On the throne, he has handled several major cases of treason, which is the crime of punishing the nine clans.If it was reasonable to say that the Shanxi merchants' rebellion was justified, then Qian Qianyi's big treason case, no one else talked about it, at least in Kong Yanzhi's view, Qian Qianyi's original intention, he absolutely did not dare to rebel.The reason why it was determined to be treason in the end was that the emperor used a heavy code.

If the emperor finds out about his affairs, and with the emperor's current power, if he goes into a rage, even if he is not charged with such a serious crime as treason, it will still be unbearable!

Thinking of this, it can be said that Kong Yanzhi was worried all the way.

However, after so many years of inheritance, scholars all over the world regard themselves as disciples of Confucius. I believe the emperor should not be too much, right?
While Kong Yanzhi comforted himself, he was worried that the emperor would be furious.Along the way, I don't know how many times I woke up from nightmares in the middle of the night.

On this day, he finally arrived in the capital and stayed at the post station to wait for the emperor to summon him.Uneasy, he sent his servants to the street to inquire about the situation.

As a result, what he never expected was that the streets and alleys of the capital, restaurants and teahouses, all praised the contemporary Yan Shenggong, who is worthy of being a descendant of Confucius, and willing to educate the native Americans. This is really amazing!

Hearing the servant's report, Kong Yanzhi couldn't help being dumbfounded. When did he make this decision?
"My lord, I also heard that many Confucian scholars said that they were moved by the magnanimity of the lord and wanted to follow the lord to educate the native Americans!" The servant said excitedly, "Master, you But the secret is really tight, there is no news at all at home, fortunately, the prince heard the news and spread it."

"..." Kong Yanzhi was dumbfounded, shouting in his heart, who is cheating me?Ghosts are going to the wild land!

After waiting for a long time, when he came to his senses, he suddenly understood that, needless to say, besides the current emperor, no one else would make this decision for him.

At this moment, Kong Yanzhi's mind was extremely clear.Even though he kept that matter secret, the emperor should still know about it.Otherwise, the envoy who delivered the decree would not be from Dongchang.The emperor clearly told himself that he had to write a letter to educate the natives in America, otherwise, he would be held accountable for what he had done!
(End of this chapter)