The Rise of the European Emperor

On Taiwan Island, after receiving Lu Feng's secret report, Kong Tai also made corresponding arrangements. For example, they sent people to Beijing to bribe eunuchs such as Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong, asking them to speak for Wang.

Of course, the bribe was in the name of "Friend Wang", not the name of Beihai State. Kong Tai has been here in the Ming Dynasty for the past few years, relying on a lot of money, he has already recruited a lot of people. In addition to scholars like Lu Feng, Kong Tai also recruited many thieves under the instruction of Marin to help him deal with some shady things. Of course, Conte is hiding behind the scenes. These chicken-screaming dogs and thieves, contact each other at the first level, and after several levels, the people who perform the task will never know that the foreigner Kong Tai is their general backer.

This time he bribed Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and other eunuchs who were still highly valued by Emperor Zhengde. Kong Tai planned to use those gangsters to give gifts to several eunuchs through the professional brokers of the capital. It doesn't take much, ten thousand taels of silver can be spent. After all, the other tigers of the "Eight Tigers of Zhengde" have never had such power over the world like Liu Jin, and their appetites are not as big as Liu Jin. If they give two or three thousand taels of silver, they can help them speak.

For Kong Tai, a big man who controls the import trade of the North Sea country, spending tens of thousands of taels of silver is considered a trivial matter. Anyway, he didn't have to pay for the money himself.

And the reason why he wanted to speak for Wang was also to let the matter of Wang burning the boat pass quickly, so as not to attract Zhengde's attention and pursuit. After all, if Zhengde builds a ship, it will affect the interests of Beihai.

Kong Tai's men and horses could not use the Ming Dynasty post system, so the speed to go to the capital was slower. Within a few days, Wang's messenger arrived in the capital and sent the victory memorial of "Eight Hundred Li Expedited" to the cabinet.

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Liang Chu, and the cabinet ministers Jiang Mian, Mao Ji and others were surprised when they opened the memorial. In fact, in the past few months, the cabinet has basically received emergency calls for help from the coastal areas of Jian and Jian every few days. A few days ago, it also received urgent reports from the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Therefore, the cabinet has been struggling with this matter for a long time these days.

In order to shirk responsibility, the emergency reports from all over the country, without exception, exaggerated the Portuguese's strong combat power and "invincibility", and asked the imperial court to send a large army to encircle and suppress.

But the problem is that these Portuguese always shoot a shot to change places, and don't stay in one place for a long time, which brings great difficulties to the mobilization of soldiers and horses of the Ming court.

Therefore, these days, Liang Chu, Jiang Mian and Mao Ji, the three cabinet assistant ministers, are having a headache for the Portuguese. Moreover, because of the exaggeration in the emergency reports in the coastal areas of the two provinces, the Ming court also believed that it would be difficult for the "Falang machine man" to defeat.

Right now, even Emperor Zhengde, who has been preparing for a decisive battle with the Mongols, has set his sights on the southeast coast. However, Emperor Zhengde didn't seem to know much about water warfare. Otherwise, they would have been bragging about leading troops to assess "Frankie Pirates".

But just when the Ming court was a little helpless against the "elusive" Portuguese fleet,

Suddenly came the good news, saying that the Portuguese had been defeated, and 19 enemy ships had been burned... Could this be a lie about the military situation?

The first reaction of the three elders in the cabinet was that Wang lied about the military situation, but they also knew that although Wang was not so pedantic, he was not the kind of villain who talked nonsense. Therefore, they are a little dubious.

However, Wang also said that he had captured 3,351 yellow-haired fan ghosts, and was about to escort the capital to hold a "prisoner offering ceremony" to boost the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

Maybe we can lie about the burning of the ship. Anyway, the ship is gone, so we can talk nonsense. However, more than three thousand fan ghosts can't be faked. After all, the appearance of Fangui is very different from that of Central Plains people, so it is difficult to impersonate. So it's probably true.

Thinking of this, Liang Chu and the three were immediately excited. Moreover, I feel proud. After all, this is a great victory during their tenure. As the three most senior civil servant leaders of the imperial court, they will get a high evaluation of "good leadership" no matter what, and they can be regarded as gaining popularity and sharing a lot of credit.

Moreover, Wang is very embarrassing to the civil servants this time! This is not a great victory led by military generals, but Wang used the unique strategy of civil officials to break the Flang machine. Therefore, this great victory is also a victory for the civil servants, which proves the rationality of civil servants controlling the world from the side...

The three of them were worried, so they asked the messenger who had rested for half a day to come to the cabinet in the afternoon and asked about it face to face. The messenger had been entrusted a long time ago, so naturally he described the thrilling battle according to the "script" given by Wang...

The three elders couldn't help being fascinated after hearing this, and were greatly moved...

"Jingzhi (Jiang Mian's name is Jingzhi), Weizhi (Mao Ji's name is Weizhi), I really didn't expect that Wang Xuanzhi (Wang) would be so resourceful and resourceful, and he could come up with such a strange trick to break that Frangji ghost!"

Jiang Mian stroked his beard and said:

"It's not that he, Wang Xuanzhi, invented the fire attack method. In the Three Kingdoms scripts in the market, there is a plot of 'burning the red cliff'. This Wang Xuanzhi also learned and used this method to fight against Flang's machine warfare. Chuan is also a good talent!"

Both Liang Chu and Mao Ji nodded, agreeing with Jiang Mian's statement. But Mao Ji added:

"That being said, there are so many officials in the Ming Dynasty, and so many officials in the Jian Dynasty. They have probably all heard the storytelling of the Three Kingdoms, but no one else can come up with such a clever plan. It can be seen that this Wang Xuanzhi is also a talent!"

"That makes sense!" Liang Chu and Jiang Mian nodded repeatedly.

"Since this great victory is real, let's go to the Leopard Room and report to His Majesty to find out!" Liang Chu suggested.

Both Jiang Mian and Mao Ji frowned, but considering such a major event, it was inappropriate not to report it to the emperor. So, the two reluctantly followed Liang Chu, left the Forbidden City, and went to the Leopard Room, the private pleasure place of Emperor Zhengde in the northwest of the imperial city, to report the great victory.

When the three auxiliary ministers arrived, they heard Zhengde's loud shout from inside:

"Big cat (Zhengde's name for a certain tiger), bite Dahei (the name for a certain black bear)!"

After a while, Zhengde shouted again:

"Dahei, kill the big cat!"

Apparently, a fierce tiger-bear battle was going on in the leopard room, and Zhengde cheered for the tiger for a while, and supported the black bear for a while...

The three auxiliary ministers were helpless, but Liang Chu had an upright character, so he ignored Zhengde's enthusiasm and shouted directly outside the door:

"Your Majesty, good news from Guangdong and Guangxi!"

The voices in the yard suddenly quieted down, and after a while, Zhengde's impatient voice came:

"Emergency report is urgent report. These days, how many days do you not come to make an urgent report? Mr. Liang Ge, just watch and deal with it!" Obviously, Zhengde heard the "good news" as an "urgent report" asking for help.

"Your Majesty, it's not an 'urgent report', it's a 'good news' of great victory! The Guangdong and Guangxi navy broke through the Frangji fleet, and the good news came. Please read it, Your Majesty!" Liang Chu said loudly.

Now Zhengde finally became interested, he didn't care about the fight between the tiger and the bear, and ran out excitedly, saying:

"Really? The Guangdong-Guangzhou Navy defeated the Frangji Fleet? Could this be a lie about the military situation? These days, all I hear is basically bad news!"

As a warrior-loving emperor, it's no wonder he's in a good mood when he hears bad news every day. So, after the court today, Zhengde went directly to the Leopard Room to have fun, ignoring the affairs in the palace. And the Leopard Room is no longer in the palace city, but in the northwest of the imperial city, so naturally it didn't get the news immediately.

But in any case, Zhengde is still an emperor with an online IQ. Hearing the "good news" is also very exciting. So, he ran out excitedly, took the news from Liang Chu and read it...