Chapter 286: If you don't fight, you are not a Ming Dynasty person

In the Ou Mansion in the capital, Ou Zanghua was sitting in the study with two letters in front of him.

One letter was sent from Hangzhou Post Station via carrier pigeon. It contained only a few short lines of words, saying that Mei Manor was empty. Only a fresh grave was found in the woods outside the manor. There was a wooden board with "Tomb of Huang Zhonggong" written on it. The man who erected the tombstone was named Heibaizi.

Ou Zanghua read the letter and couldn't help but sigh.

The second letter was sent by Zuo Leng at full speed. In addition to the letter, there were also some small gifts.

The letter began with ordinary greetings, followed by some work reports. Even after leaving Ou Zanghua, Lao Zuo did not forget to train his soldiers and was always ready to make achievements.

The last paragraph mentions what happened in the martial arts world.

Lao Zuo received news that the long-missing demon Ren Woxing had reappeared, and the martial arts world was bound to be in turmoil again. He was worried that something might happen to the Five Mountains Sword Sect, so he asked the leaders of each sect to gather in Luoyang.

As the leader of the Songshan Sect, he really wanted to kill Ren Woxing.

But he was worried that doing so would affect his career, so he asked Ou Zanghua what he should do.

Ou Zanghua originally didn't care about either Ren Woxing or Dongfang Bubai.

There are only two things he wants to do most now, one is to edit a book, and the other is to make money.

The Weiyang Palace and the Imperial Farm have sparked a sapphire blue trend in the capital city this month, and it has gradually spread to the surrounding areas. For example, many merchants wearing sapphire blue gowns have appeared in Tianjin Port.

A few days ago, after checking the account books, Cheng Zhirou thought that she could open branches in other cities before the weather turned cold.

The three cities that she took a fancy to were Kaifeng Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture.

Among them, Suzhou Prefecture has a branch of the Cheng family, and the business environment is also the best, so Miss Cheng wants to open the first branch in Suzhou Prefecture.

Ou Zanghua looked at the letter on the table, thought for a while, and then wrote back to Zuo Lengchan, asking him to protect the inheritance of the Five Mountains Sword Sect first.

As for my own way.
Ou Zanghua wrote directly: "Let him be arrogant for a while, tolerate him, let him be, avoid him, let him be, endure him, respect him, ignore him, wait for him to make a big mess, and then catch him in one fell swoop."

Then he reminded Zuo Lengchan that he should not just focus on training the cavalry and should not forget the significance of the existence of Songshan Guard.

He sealed the letter and gave it to Hua An, asking him to send someone to deliver it to Luoyang.

Then, Ou Zanghua stopped paying attention to the disturbances in the martial arts world and focused on the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. Recently, a special envoy from a vassal state came to the Honglu Temple.

It’s not that the envoy is special, but that he brought bad news.

In the sixth year of Zhengde, a group of red-haired demons from the distant land of sunset attacked their country and captured their Sultan.

And this unfortunate country was called Malacca.

You should know that during the reign of Emperor Taizong, the Ming Dynasty had established a friendly relationship with this country. The Ming Dynasty accepted tribute from Malacca and made it a vassal state.

Now the country has been destroyed by a group of red-haired devils. Ou Zanghua said that this is something he cannot tolerate.

What is this called?
This is called timely rain!
Fortunately, Ou Zanghua was still thinking of finding a reason to persuade Emperor Zhengde to build a ship and go out to sea to rob and promote culture. Now he has it, doesn’t he?

Therefore, Ou Zanghua wrote a memorial full of righteous indignation and anger, saying that the words would damage the state and disrespect the Ming Dynasty. The solution given was also very direct. The Ming Dynasty sent 500 ships and borrowed 8,000 soldiers from Siam. His victorious Honglu Temple Minister personally went out and vowed to destroy their ancestral temples and razed their altars to maintain the dignity of the Ming Dynasty!

Such a big fuss stunned Yang Tinghe and Fei Hong who were on duty in the cabinet.

The two searched for a long time on the map before they found this vassal state in the Strait of Malacca at the end of the world.
"Well, the Malacca envoy and Ou Dongqing knew each other before?" Yang Tinghe thought for a while and guessed hesitantly.

"He probably doesn't know him. He traveled all the way from Guangzhou to the capital, sleeping in the open air, and he can't even speak Chinese fluently." Fei Hong shook his head and said.

Yang Tinghe asked in confusion, "Why is Ou Dongqing so angry?"

"After all, he is just a teenager and has never seen such a scene." Fei Hong didn't understand either, so he could only explain it this way.

After all, the two men were more than 20 years older than the Ming Dynasty. They had seen the destruction of many vassal states. As long as the person who seized power continued to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, they would generally just reprimand him or her and the matter would be over.

Do you really expect the Ming Dynasty to be like the Tang Dynasty and the Han people, leading a group of good family boys to rush forward to avenge others and then destroy both sides?

The two discussed it for a while and decided that a scolding would be enough and there was no need to be so radical.

They wrote their opinions on small receipts and attached them to memorials. After a while, eunuchs would come and present these memorials to His Majesty.

Emperor Zhengde didn't take care of much of the affairs, but fortunately his subordinate Zhang Yong was a practical man who picked out some important memorials and read them to His Majesty while he was practicing martial arts and taking a break.

After turning to Ou Zanghua's memorial, Zhang Yong read out: "Honglu Temple Minister Ou Zanghua has a memorial. Recently, the Malacca envoy has come all the way to the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Zhengde sat on the steps, and two palace maids were fanning him gently with fans.

After hearing the contents of the memorial, Boss Zhu was also somewhat puzzled.
Malacca.
This name sounds familiar!

"What does Cabinet mean?"

"Your Majesty, the cabinet's proposal is to rebuke it." Zhang Yong looked at the contents on the receipt and said with a hunched back.

"I remember Malacca. It's next to the Xuanwei Office in Jiugang." Emperor Zhengde pointed to the bookshelf next to him and said, "The third grid in the second row. Spread out the map inside."

Two eunuchs immediately walked over and took out the map that Emperor Zhengde mentioned. Each of them held one end and slowly opened it.

"After five years of orthodoxy, we lost contact."

Pointing to the Strait of Malacca on the map, Emperor Zhengde said slowly: "In the eighth year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong ordered Guo Yan to supervise the construction of a ship for the voyage to the West, intending to send He Fandu to command Ma Yun to go to the West again. However, after the ship was built, it was shelved due to civil unrest along the coast."

"I have lost contact with my territory. Now there is a chance to reconnect with it. Why not go?" Emperor Zhengde said, looking at Zhang Yong and asked.

Zhang Yong had no choice but to say, "I guess the cabinet has its own problems!"

"So what do you think of Lord Ou's proposal?" Emperor Zhengde smiled and continued asking.

"Your Majesty, it is not a problem for the dynasty to gather 500 ships, but we are not sure whether these ships can withstand the ravages of the sea." Zhang Yong thought for a while and said calmly: "As for borrowing troops from Siam, I remember that there is no precedent in our dynasty."

After hearing this, Emperor Zhengde couldn't help but smile, and asked with a bit of pride: "Why? Zhang Banban thinks that I haven't broken enough precedents?"

Zhang Yong:.
(End of this chapter)