Hai Rui actually bought meat and ate it. I believe many people know this anecdote.
Due to word of mouth among the people, Yuzhu also served as the vice president of the Ming History Museum, and he even took a closer look at Hai Rui's life.
However, Hai Rui in the Ming Dynasty only pointed out that Rui was born in Qiongshan, but did not explain that he was a member of the Hui Hui clan.
However, after Yang Dingjin's reminder, Yuzhu remembered that Hai Rui's distant ancestor Hai Da'er was indeed the name of the Hui people.
In Yuzhu's mind, Hai Rui is a monument to anti-corruption.
Even though Hai Rui has shortcomings like this and that, he still has extremely important symbolic significance in guiding people without officials or corruption.
Hai Rui represents the grassroots' hatred of corruption.
Hai Rui also represents the grassroots’ infinite desire for Master Qingtian!
However, whether it was the Han Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, or even the current Tatar Qing Dynasty, the ruling class has never been able to curb corruption.
To put it bluntly, Yuzhu himself is also a member of the corrupt class who enjoys privileges.
After paying homage to Hai Rui's tomb, Yuzhu took the fleet and continued southward to Dongwu.
Shalian is located on the bank of the Yangon River, across the river from Yangon.
At this time, Yangon was still just a small market town, and was called Dagon by the locals.
The name Dagon comes from Sanskrit, which means Sangang Village.
Today's Dagon is not important.
Importantly, the French, Dutch and British East India Companies were gathered in Salim opposite Dagon.
It must be admitted that foreigners are indeed good at trade. In just a few decades, Salian has become the most prosperous coastal city in Dongwu.
Old Shanghai, the truly prosperous core area, was actually a public concession where foreigners dominated.
Yuzhu had already learned the details of Sha Lian from William's mouth.
To put it bluntly, the purpose of going south this time was to teach Dong Wu King Daning Nei a lesson, and the other purpose was to use force to turn Sha Lian into his own territory.
At this time, the British were still on the European continent, fighting with France, and could not spare the time to colonize Dongwu.
The British are temporarily unable to get their hands on Dongwu. For Yuzhu, this is the best time.
When the fleet passed through the Strait of Malacca, Yuzhu held a monocular and looked toward the lush forests of Singapore, feeling mixed feelings in his heart.
What a good choke point. When the old emperor dies, this place will be a strategic location that must be fought for.
After entering the Andaman Sea, Yuzhu looked at the west exit of the Strait of Malacca, which just held the Strait of Malacca, touched his chin, and thought for a long time.
Sanguo is really lucky. Daiying brought not only humiliation to Sanguo, but also rich historical rewards.
Not to mention anything else, Sanguo has benefited a lot from the fact that the Andaman Islands hold the choke point of Malacca.
Before entering Dagon Bay, the warships on guard outside captured a British merchant ship.
Since the British businessman was captured, Alice was put to use, and Yuzhu sent her to interrogate the captured British.
Soon, Alice grasped the situation of the prisoners and came to tell Yuzhu.
"My dear, the person captured is one of the 24 directors of the British East India Company, named Johnson." Alice said happily, "In the past, I would have never expected to see such a big man. But such a behemoth, actually
I became your prisoner."
Yuzhu smiled slightly. Although the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company were essentially military colonial groups, they also had many differences.
For example, in the British East India Company, the real power was held by the governor and 24 directors.
However, the governor of the East India Company was not the executive governor appointed by the Queen, but the executive president elected by the company's general meeting of shareholders.
In the 41st year of Kangxi's reign, that is, in 1702 AD, the new East India Company and the old East India Company merged, and the new company was named: the English Merchant East India Trading Company.
This year, the Mughal Emperor of India granted the British East India Company special treatment of exemption from customs duties in Bengal.
After hearing Alice's report, Yuzhu decided to meet Mr. Johnson, the director, in person.
"Dear General, I, Johnson, have no intention of offending your country's mighty military power..." As soon as they met, Johnson bowed his waist and carefully explained why he wanted to evade inspection.
Yuzhu said in fluent English: "Mr. Johnson, please forgive me, your war with the Mughal Empire was a shameful defeat. In addition, businessmen in your country often pretend to be pirates and rob serious business while doing business."
Dutch and Portuguese traders.”
An expert will know if it is there as soon as he reaches out his hand.
Yuzhu knew a lot about the rogue colonial history of the British East India Company.
Seeing that Yuzhu had exposed his old foundation, Johnson did not blush at all and continued to speak boldly: "Dear Sir, to tell you the truth, as long as the Dutch and Portuguese, especially the French, seize the opportunity, they will
Will sack Britain's merchant ships."
Yuzhu raised the red wine glass in his hand, indicating that Johnson could pour himself a glass of wine to calm his shock.
In fact, in the early days of maritime trade, there were few serious businessmen in Europe.
Johnson is absolutely right. Since the beginning of the Age of Discovery, the British, Dutch, French and Portuguese have been fighting with each other on the sea for hundreds of years.
When he has enough strength, he turns into a pirate and robs merchants from other countries of their supplies, money and women.
When their strength is insufficient, they pretend to be aggrieved and shamelessly declare that they are just serious businessmen.
Yuzhu's favorite stand-alone game in the past was "Age of Discovery 4 Powerful Edition". He has a very clear understanding of the colonial history of Europe.
"Mr. Johnson, you want to expand your territory in Dongwu, and we want to punish King Dongwu, why don't we work together?" Yuzhu knew the British habits, if he spoke in a secretive manner using the language and art of the Qing Dynasty,
, it’s really a waste of time.
To put it bluntly, the British colonists of this era were not as mature as later generations. They preferred to go straight rather than talking in circles.
Johnson originally thought that he was going to be thrown into the sea to feed the sharks, but he didn't want to survive. He actually had a chance to survive. He couldn't help but asked overjoyed: "How can we cooperate?"
Yuzhu shook the red wine glass in his hand and said with a smile: "In Sha Lian, in your territory, set aside a space for my caravan."
Oh, it turned out that he wanted to get a share of the pie. Johnson felt relieved immediately.
As one of the core directors of the British East India Company, Johnson obviously knew the attitude of the British Parliament towards the East India Company.
However, Johnson was not stupid. He felt that Yuzhu's request should be more than that, so he asked again: "Your Excellency, what else is there?"