Chapter 1167 1258 No Report

While Wei Guangde reached out to take the document, he asked the other party at the right time: "Did the Ministry of Rites receive the Siamese Credentials ten years ago?"

"No, after receiving the news, I asked someone to check it. In the past ten years, there is absolutely nothing else in Siam except documents for exploration and cooperation."

Fang Fengshi heard Wei Guangde's question and immediately answered.

"hehe."

Hearing this, Wei Guangde immediately laughed.

Without even bothering to read the so-called credentials, Wei Guangde shook it in his hand and said with a smile: "The influence of the Ming Dynasty in Southeast Asia is very evident. Siam was beaten to the point of destruction and it did not ask for help from our suzerain country, the Ming Dynasty.

So is it now a vassal state of Myanmar or a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty?

Mr. Fang, can you tell me? "

Seeing Fang Fengshi's speechless look, Wei Guangde looked at Zhang Juzheng and smiled: "Uncle, do you also recognize this so-called Siamese Credentials?"

Hearing what Wei Guangde said, Zhang Juzheng said with a serious face: "Siam has no king and no father. It really shouldn't be recognized."

Seeing that the first and second assistants were saying this about the Siamese Credentials, Fang Fengshi didn't know what to say.

"The First Assistant and the Second Assistant are all vassal kings who were awarded golden titles by the imperial court. I'm afraid it's not good to be like this."

Seeing this, Zhang Siwei had no choice but to speak out.

At least change it a bit to avoid the awkward atmosphere.

What's more, although Siam has rarely shown respect to the Ming Dynasty for many years, the superior country should have the bearing of a superior country. Whether to recognize the status of Siam as a vassal state is not a trivial matter. At the very least, the inner court must make the decision.

Although the cabinet has temporary power, it is always just a government office that assists the emperor in governing affairs, and cannot directly make decisions on behalf of the emperor.

"Didn't I tell you that everything was taken away by Burma? Even if there are things given by the emperor, they are probably still in the hands of Yu Dayou."

Wei Guangde indeed shook his head and said with a smile, and then said seriously: "If the country is really destroyed, anyone who has the idea of ​​​​taking over the country will ask for help from the Ming Dynasty, and they will definitely not even issue a document asking for help."

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde suddenly remembered some documents he had seen before in the Hanlin Academy, and couldn't help but continue: "I remember that I was looking through the old affairs of the previous dynasty in the library. In the fifteenth year of Zhengde, our dynasty received some documents from the vassal state." Credentials for help. ’

Hearing Wei Guangde's words, Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei and others became interested.

They have never experienced the old events of the Zhengde Dynasty, so naturally they don't know.

Although they all spent time in the Hanlin Academy, they may not have read as many books as Wei Guangde.

Seeing that the three of them were all interested, Wei Guangde smiled and said: "That was in the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing. I was still working as an editor in the Hanlin Academy. I saw that in the fifteenth year of Zhengde, the Folangji invaded Mancijia. The king of Cijia sent a request for help to our court. "

"What happened next?"

After Wei Guangde paused for a moment, Zhang Siwei asked.

"Emperor Wuzong was still in the south of the Yangtze River at that time, and he only approved the two words "not to report" to Mancijia's envoy."

Wei Guangde said calmly.

"Not to report" actually means not to care, not to ask, and not to deal with it.

The royal capital of Mantsiga is Malacca City, which is a seaside city located in the middle of the Strait of Malacca.

At the beginning of the 16th century, it was captured by Albuquerque, the second governor of Portuguese India, who led a fleet consisting of 18 ships, 1,200 Portuguese soldiers, and more than 200 Marbala reinforcements.

To be precise, what happened in the sixth year of Zhengde's reign was not only the destruction of the country, but also the complete occupation of Mantsika's territory.

King Manchiga could not defeat him, so he had to flee to the sea.

After that, I thought of the former suzerain country, the Ming Dynasty.

After all, there had been no contact for many years, so it was more than eight years later that Manchiga's credentials were delivered to Emperor Zhengde.

After the Portuguese captured the city of Malacca, Albuquerque issued an order to loot, which lasted all day.

There were tens of thousands of treasures, almost two-thirds of the wealth of the Kingdom of Manlajia, and they also carried out a brutal massacre.

The people of the Ming Dynasty had heard about the tragic situation of the Manchurian subjugation, but they were not completely ignorant.

Huang Zhong, the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, once compiled a book called "Hai Yu" to introduce Western style, in which he mentioned the situation of Manchujia breaking the country:

"(The Franji people) commanded eight large ships and had tens of thousands of elite troops. They suddenly arrived in the wind. It was already over a year ago and the country was poorly prepared. They were massacred and plundered."

Except for the slight exaggeration of the soldiers, everything else is basically consistent with reality, especially the recorded killings.

A little later than this book, "Western and Western Studies" also contains:

"Fo Lang's plan was defeated by Mancijia, and he invaded his country. However, the old king's society was ruined, and his subordinates were unable to take revenge."

Mantsika was not only conquered by the colonists, but also occupied, leaving the country in ruins.

After that, Emperor Zhengde stayed on his sickbed until his death.

Originally, this matter seemed to be over here. Manchiga had already been destroyed, so it was useless to say more.

However, in the first year of Jiajing, the Fo Langji people tried to deceive the Ming Dynasty with the plundered golden seals, and went to Guangzhou to do business.

Not only did they want to trade with the Ming Dynasty, they even wanted to deceive the Ming Dynasty, hoping to obtain the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and give them the orthodox status of Mancijia.

"Emperor Suzong didn't agree."

Zhang Siwei asked.

Wei Guangde smiled and said: "It is recorded in the actual records that 'Haiyi Franji drove away Su Duanmamo, the king of Manlajia, and based on his territory, he sent envoys such as Jiabidanmu and others to pay tribute and ask for a title, but they were not allowed.'

Emperor Suzong rejected the Francois' request for peace and trade. Unlike Emperor Wuzong, Emperor Suzong ordered the Ministry of Rites to mediate the matter and strive to restore Manchijia to the country. "

None of the three people in the check-in room knew about this kind of thing. After all, in their impression, they seemed to have never seen similar records.

"Failed?"

Zhang Siwei took the initiative to praise him again and asked in a low voice.

Because Emperor Jiajing was not interested in the Francois and was different from Emperor Zhengde's indifferent attitude, this was a good thing for Manlajia.

Moreover, he had only succeeded to the throne a few months ago, so he did not have much say in government affairs, so in the end, the matter was fully handled by the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites also faithfully implemented the orders given by Emperor Jiajing.

They convened a tripartite meeting between the Francois and the King of Mantsika. The result of the three-party talks was to fully support Mantsika and expel the Frants in the following situation:

"The Ministry of Rites has decided to reject Franji and return it to his tribute envoy."

And questioned the crime of invading the vassal state:

"Flanji is not a tributary country, but it invades neighboring countries and violates the law."

The key is that the Francois were harassing Guangdong and showed off their muscles at every turn, which made the Ming Dynasty's taboo even worse:

"Driving a large ship into Quang Binh Province, the sound of cannons and cannons shook the city."

However, the Ministry of Rites is only responsible for handling foreign affairs. At most, it can expel the Francois from the country and cut off trade with them.

As for helping Manlajia regain its country, it would require a major war. They couldn't control it and they couldn't take charge, so they were handed over to the Ministry of War.

Just as the three of them were waiting for Wei Guangde to tell the Ming Dynasty's final attitude, Wei Guangde did not give in and said directly: "Now that the Ministry of War has discussed it, please order Franji to return to the land of Manchu Lajia and discuss the Siamese barbarians to save the trouble." "Be kind to your neighbors."

Hearing Wei Guangde reciting the records in the record, Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth slightly, looking incredulous.

This strategy is really not very good. It requires Siam to wait for neighboring countries to send troops. What a joke.

The whole thing is to lend a knife to kill people, to shed Siamese blood, and Ming Dynasty to accept the favor. This settlement is quite beautiful.

However, the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty made a calculation and did not produce anything. Will Siam take advantage of it?

What Zhang Juzheng was thinking at this time was that if he had been in the cabinet at the time, he would not have approved the resolution of the Ministry of War.

At the very least, the Ming Dynasty should send out a small number of troops, and then call on the surrounding vassal states to send out troops to attack Folangjicai.

If the Ming Dynasty was still in the prosperous Yongle era, perhaps such an edict would be useful to Siam and other vassal states.

After all, he knew the strength of the Ming Dynasty behind him. At that time, the Ming Navy was still roaming the oceans.

If you have a backer and confidence, you may negotiate better terms with Siam and send troops to rescue. If not, Ming will take the blame.

These decisions are made only when benefits can be gained from sending troops. It is absolutely impossible to achieve it with just a piece of edict.

"Siam did not reply to the imperial court's decree?"

Fang Fengshi asked.

"Haha, Mr. Fang, why do you ask even though you know everything?"

Wei Guangde smiled and said, "Although the Ministry of War's actions on this matter are not authentic, there must be a response whether you do it or not."

Wei Guangde's words are actually somewhat unreasonable.

In that case, if Siam repays Ming Dynasty, their king's head will be funny.

However, it also shows that during the Jiajing period, Siam's attitude towards the Ming Dynasty was already very negative. Apart from Shibo, there were almost no other contacts.

This is in sharp contrast to the attitudes of North Korea, Ryukyu and other countries towards the Ming Dynasty.

However, because of this incident, the relationship between Daming and Fo Langjiren took a turn for the worse.

Of course, if this didn't happen, the relationship between the two parties wouldn't be very good. After all, they were wary of outsiders.

So because the Ming Dynasty completely cut off trade with Folangji, the Xicaowan naval battle broke out between the two sides.

In fact, this battle was not the final tragic victory of the Ming Dynasty in my impression.

When the Folangji invaded Xicaowan, Beiwa commander Ke Rong and Baihu Wang Yingen led their troops to resist.

During the fierce battle, Pan Dinggoo took the lead in boarding the French warship. The Ming army advanced together and captured 42 people alive, including Bedulu, beheaded 35 people, and captured ten men and women who were robbed by the Portuguese army. And captured two French ships.

However, the remaining three ships of the Franco Army launched a counterattack and burned the warships captured by the Ming army. Wang Ying'en died in the battle, and the remaining members of the Franco Army fled.

After that, the Ming court executed the captured Folangji people and showed their heads to the public.

It can be seen that although the Ming Dynasty's losses in this battle seemed to be smaller than that of the Folangji people, and it also prevented the Folangji people's plan to gain a stronghold and cannibalize the Ming Dynasty, in fact it was a big tactical loss.

Of course, the most important achievement of this battle was that the Ming army captured a large number of Franco machine guns and Western matchlocks, and they were recognized by the Ming army for their huge role in the war.

After that, Fran cannons were mass-produced and quickly armed all armies of the Ming Dynasty, becoming a winning weapon in the army.

However, the matchlock gun was not taken seriously by the military at this time. It was not until the Jiajing Japanese Rebellion that the Ming army encircled the Shuangyu Japanese pirates and captured the Japanese matchlock gun, also known as the iron cannon.

In the war of the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming army was mostly injured by iron cannons, it began to pay attention to the imitation of matchlock guns and made blunderbuss.

"Then what should I do with this document?"

Fang Fengshi asked.

The cabinet vote was drafted and the Rites Supervisor approved it, but the Rites Department couldn't wait. They had to have an attitude first.

Although judging from what Wei Guangde revealed, the result will not be too good, but there must be a clear answer.

"Don't report it."

"Don't report it."

At this moment, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng said almost at the same time.

"Okay, I'll send the documents to the cabinet. You can send your votes to the palace later. I'll go back to the Ministry of Rites."

Fang Fengshi said.

"Wait a moment, doesn't Mr. Fang know about the note sent by the cabinet to the Ministry of Rites?"

Wei Guangde opened his mouth to stop Fang Fengshi who was about to leave.

"Put a note, what note?"

Fang Fengshi obviously came out early and didn't know that the cabinet had summoned the people from the Ministry of Rites.

"Sir, Tan Shangshu of the Ministry of War has arrived."

At this moment, scribes outside reported.

"Please."

Zhang Siwei shouted to the outside world, and then laughed at the other party and said: "Master Fang doesn't know something, so I gave the Ministry of Rites a small note and asked someone from the Ministry of Rites to discuss important matters.

I just said why Mr. Fang came so quickly, I think he came at a wrong time. "

Hearing that the cabinet had something to discuss, Fang stopped leaving at the right time.

Soon, Tan Lun entered Zhang Juzheng's duty room. After greeting each other, he sat down and asked, "I wonder why the cabinet summoned you?" ’

Although he guessed that it might be related to the Southwest War, Tan Lun still asked.

After all, seeing that there were people from the Ministry of Rites in the house, Li Chengliang won the battle, so he should approach the Ministry of Household to ask for the silver reward.

Now that the imperial court's finances are not tight, the Ministry of War naturally knows.

Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue should make early plans for rewards for meritorious soldiers, otherwise it would be a joke if the army commanders have not collected enough rewards.

"The reason why the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War were summoned here to discuss matters was mainly due to the orders of the Queen Mother Rensheng and the Queen Mother Cisheng, and it was related to the arrangements for Burma after the war in Burma."

Wei Guangde said.

Hearing that it was the two queen mothers, Tan Lun and Fang Fengshi both cheered up and wanted to hear what major events the cabinet and the inner court had discussed.

Next, Wei Guangde explained the cabinet's considerations about Myanmar's post-war situation.

Fang Fengshi and Tan Lun were both shocked when they heard that the cabinet planned to directly establish provincial administration in Myanmar.

If it weren't for the anomaly Wei Guangde, officials in the Ming Dynasty would never have considered this.

Yunnan is already poor enough, but we still need to find an even more remote backwater. Are we still worried that the court won't be able to afford it?

Before Fang Fengshi could speak, Tan Lun asked first: "Is this matter a conclusion?"

Zhang Juzheng nodded slightly and said, "The cabinet reported this matter to Ciqing Palace. I invite you two to come here today to make some preliminary preparations." ’

Hearing what Zhang Juzheng said, Fang Fengshi knew that even if he stopped him, it would be useless. He had to convince the cabinet and the inner court for what had been decided, but he didn't have the ability.

‘What should the Ministry of Rites do? ’

Fang Feng is considered to be tactful. Since he can't object, he can just act according to the order.

"The Ministry of Rites prepares relevant etiquette notes, while the Ministry of War must consider this matter and properly handle the relocation of various guard posts."

Zhang Juzheng said.

Tan Lun glanced at Wei Guangde and saw him nodding slightly, so he immediately said: 'When I get back, I will ask each department to make plans. ’

However, Fang Fengshi hesitated for a moment before saying: "There seems to be no precedent for this matter before."

"Look through the classics and test, you can always find it."

Wei Guangde smiled and Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Siwei both nodded slightly.

The rituals of the Ming Dynasty all refer to ancient books in an attempt to restore the old system of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

"Is this urgent? Everyone in the Ministry of Rites has been busy with post-election matters recently."

Fang Fengshi opened his mouth and said.