It was hot and rainy all year round, and now it was raining again, and the sound of rain came from the window, and the night was quieter. There was an arm-thick butter candle burning in the study, shining as bright as day, Xu Jin stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, through the glass window, quietly watching the drifting rain outside.

The European-style castle that Xu Jin is in at the moment is said to have been built specifically for the Portuguese Indian Governor Albu Krk, and even the windows are made of expensive transparent glass, and this study is also the study of the Governor of Alb, but now living in this castle, it is Xu Jin, the governor of Zhejiang of the Ming Dynasty, who uses this book.

Tuk Tuk ......

There was a knock on the door of the study, and Xu Jin said loudly, "Come in." ”

A heroic young military general pushed the door in, and it was Yu Dayou, the protector of the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate (quasi), who walked to the bookcase, and saluted respectfully to Xu Jin next to the window: "The last general, Yu Dayou, see the marshal, I don't know what the marshal is summoning?" ”

Xu Jin slowly turned around and glanced at this heroic general, walked straight to the coffee table and sat down, and said with a smile: "Come, sit down." ”

Xu Jin was very strict in fighting, but he was usually quite approachable with the soldiers under his command, and he could even make some cold jokes, so the soldiers were both in awe and love him.

Yu Dayou naturally sat on the opposite side of the coffee table, and took the teapot and poured a cup for Xu Jin first, and then poured a cup for himself.

Xu Jin picked up the teacup and took a sip, his left index finger habitually tapped on the coffee table, and suddenly smiled: "Do you still remember the scene when you first met with this official in Shangrao County?" ”

Yu Dayou said: "The last general can't remember too clearly, as if he said something excessive." ”

Xu Jin teased: "The official still remembers it clearly, when the official was about to take down your uncle's house, but your kid pointed at the official, saying that the official is a good mother, and warned the official that if you dare to take advantage of your uncle, you kid will greet the official with his fist." ”

Yu Dayou couldn't help but sweat secretly, and said embarrassedly: "The last general was young and vigorous, adults must not take it to heart." ”

Xu Jin said with a smile: "At that time, the official really wanted to take the stick in your uncle's hand and beat you." ”

Yu Dayou said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the big marshal will not be the opponent of the last general at that time." ”

"Ben Shuai is no match for you now." Xu Jin laughed at himself.

"But the marshal doesn't have to do it himself at all now, as long as he gives an order, the last general has to sweep himself with his fist."

Xu Jin couldn't help laughing and said: "You kid is not good at learning, but you learned the ability to pat horses and whiskers from the prince of Bintang." ”

Yu Dayou smiled, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Dashuai, there is a sentence that I don't know if to say?" ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, and he smiled: "Let's talk about it, you can get your mouth into my ears." ”

Yu Dayou's heart warmed, and he said in a deep voice: "The last general feels that the prince of Bintang is very deep in the city and is very forbearing, if the marshal really wants to run Manraka, this person can't continue to stay." ”

Xu Jin smiled and said: "You kid is thinking of being with Ben Shuai, don't worry, Ben Shuai will not keep him to make trouble for you, when you leave Manlaga, Ben Shuai will take him back to Beijing to congratulate the Son of Heaven, and he will never have a chance to come back within three or five years." ”

Yu Dayou couldn't help but be overjoyed, originally he was worried that Xu Jin would not be able to kill him, but he didn't expect Xu Jin to have a better arrangement, it would be best not to kill people, and to detain the prince of Bintang in the capital, which would not overly stimulate those locals, but also freed up time for himself to govern Manraka, three or five years is enough to gain a firm foothold, and then it is a big deal to find a little boy of the royal family to be the king of Manraka.

"Handsome and wise." Yu Dayou was convinced.

Xu Jin's face turned pale, and he said solemnly: "Xiao Yu, Ben Shuai will return north in a few days, you have a heavy burden in the South Seas, it's not easy to be a fool, the Portuguese should launch a counterattack soon, they will not give up the Strait of Malacca easily." ”

Yu Dayou stood up and saluted with a military salute, and said confidently: "Please rest assured, the last general will live up to the trust of the commander, the Portuguese dare to come, and the last general will teach them to come and not return." ”

Xu Jin waved his hand and said: "Ben Shuai has confidence in your kid, otherwise he wouldn't have left you to garrison here, but Ben Shuai doesn't want to beat the Portuguese to the ground, so he can't make it." ”

Yu Dayou's eyes flashed, and he asked suspiciously, "What does the big handsome mean?" ”

Xu Jin pointed to the chair, motioned for Yu Dayou to sit down, and explained with a smile: "The value of the Strait of Malacca is first of all that it is an international shipping lane, if it loses its original role, then it will be meaningless for us to spend all our time occupying here." ”

Yu Dayou suddenly said: "What does the marshal mean to continue to let the Portuguese go?" ”

Xu Jin nodded and said: "Naturally, they have to be released, but they have to be subdued before they are released, not only the Portuguese, but also the Spaniards, the Dutch, and the British. ”

Yu Dayou sighed and said: "Then the general understands, Dashuai means to subdue them first, and then do business with him to make money." ”

Xu Jin laughed and said: "That's what it means, if the official expects it to be correct, the Governor of Portugal will personally lead a team to retaliate against us, and then you will repair him fiercely." Well, Ben Shuai will leave half of the guns and cannons for you, and you don't have to worry about supplies, Guangzhou Prefecture will deliver supplies once every six months, of course, it is best for you to find a way to be self-sufficient, after all, it is difficult to fight near fire from far water. ”

Yu Dayou said confidently: "The last general will be more accountant, and he will definitely live up to the trust of the marshal." ”

Xu Jin nodded with satisfaction and said: "Well, if the Westerners want to negotiate at that time, you let them go to Daming to find Ben Shuai, and Ben Shuai will talk to them personally." ”

Next, Xu Jin talked to Yu Dayou in detail about some details, made arrangements after he left, and only after two hours did Yu Dayou leave the study.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the end of May of the third year of Jiajing, Xu Jin left Nantou City on the second day of the fourth month of April to go to Nanyang, and it had been nearly two months since careful calculation, and Xu Jin had stayed in Manlaga for a month.

On May 25 of the third year of Jiajing, the southwest monsoon had already blown, Xu Jin led the fleet, ready to set off for the Ming Dynasty, and the prince of Bintang, the king of Manlaga, would also follow the fleet to the capital to pay homage to the Ming Emperor Zhu Houxi.

The prince of Bintang is naturally 100,000 unwilling, but as the so-called man is a knife and I am a fish and meat, if he doesn't agree, he probably won't even be able to save his life, and in desperation, this big fat man had to choose to compromise.

However, just as Xu Jin was about to board the ship, the holy decree of the little emperor Zhu Houxi arrived first, and this time it was the eunuch Zhang Yong who was in charge of delivering the decree.

History's evaluation of this eunuch Zhang can be described as mixed, first of all, Zhang Yong is one of the "Eight Tigers" of the Zhengde Dynasty's internal eunuchs, and is deeply favored by Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde.

In addition, the eunuch Zhang is still martial, and has made a lot of immediate contributions, when the king of Anhua in the northwest rebelled, Emperor Zhengde sent Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing to lead the troops to quell the rebellion.

Therefore, Zhang Yong is really not good to evaluate, after the little emperor Zhu Houxi ascended the throne, it was precisely because Zhang Yong had made a lot of contributions that he let him go, and only demoted him to Nanjing to guard the tomb, but this will send him to preach the holy decree, it is obvious that this Zhang eunuch was used by Zhu Houyu again.

Zhang Yong is about sixty, although there are a lot of wrinkles on his face, but he is in good spirits, which is probably the so-called people are in good spirits when they are happy.

Xu Jin was looking at Zhang Yong, and Zhang Yong was also looking at Xu Jin, and when the two of them touched their eyes, Eunuch Zhang said with a smile: "Our family has long heard that Lord Xu is famous, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary." ”

Since the first time he saw this eunuch, Xu Jin had a gut feeling that it was not easy to provoke, and said politely: "Grandpa Zhang praised it falsely, and he didn't dare to be ashamed!" ”

Zhang Yong said with a smile: "Well, don't be surprised, it's rare, Lord Xu will take the order!" ”

Xu Jin lifted the hem of his official robe and knelt down respectfully in front of the incense case.

Zhang Yong took out the holy decree embroidered with the five-clawed golden dragon pattern, and read it aloud: "Emperor Fengtian Chengyun, the edict says: Xu Jin, the governor of Zhejiang, ......"

The beginning of the holy decree is a large number of flowery modifiers as usual, and the real intention is revealed at the end, which turned out to be the merit and the sealing of Xu Jin as the Marquis of Jinghai, and the year of Lu increased by 2,000 stones from the original 1,200 stones, and the first generation became hereditary.

After Zhang Yong recited the holy decree, Ruo glanced at the generals around him who were not angry, and said with a smile: "Lord Xu, take the decree!" ”

It's no wonder that the generals are not angry, after all, Xu Jin was named the Marquis of Jing'an before, and now he has made such a great contribution, the title has not been promoted, but he has been renamed the Marquis of Jinghai, symbolically increasing the age of 800 stones, only the hereditary repudiation is still passable.

Xu Jin looked calm instead, the marquis is the prince of the country, even if Zhu Houxi's kid wants to make himself the prince of the country, those court officials will definitely not agree. Besides, Xu Jin doesn't want to be the prince of the country, after all, fine water can flow for a long time, he is only twenty-one years old, he sat in the position of the prince of the country so early, what will the little emperor reward himself in the future?

When there is nothing to seal and nothing to reward, it is time for your own merits to be high. Throughout the dynasties, which of the ministers with high achievements has a good end?

So Xu Jin happily shouted: "The ministers are grateful, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Seeing this, Zhang Yong's eyes flashed with appreciation, and he smiled: "Congratulations to Lord Xu, Jinghai Hou deserves his name!" ”

Xu Jin said modestly: "Thanks to the grace of my emperor, it is not my intention to be a marquis, but it makes Hai Boping flat!" ”

Zhang Yong's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he laughed and said: "It's not my intention to be a good marquis, but it makes Hai Boping flat." Lord Xu is loyal to the monarch and loves the people, and he is really a model for all his courtiers. ”