The port was in a mess, with sunken warships everywhere. Many warships were half-sunk in the port, burning with raging fires.
In this port, there were not only burning and sinking ships, but also coalition soldiers who tried to jump off the ship at night to escape. However, these coalition soldiers were obviously unlucky. Many people were drowned directly in the port, and their corpses were floating in the harbor.
Above the water, it looked very miserable.
Standing on the bow of the ship, Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and others' faces were filled with joy. Qi Jingtong could only hear Qi Jingtong exclaiming: "The Western Allied Forces have been defeated in this battle, and the situation is over!"
Everyone knows that this time allied forces from the Western countries gathered together to form a massive coalition to conquer the Ming Dynasty fleet.
From the beginning of the war, the coalition forces of various countries firmly believed that they could destroy the Ming fleet. The coalition forces never concealed this fact, and they never believed that thousands of warships could not even defeat more than 200 warships.
It is not only the coalition forces who hold the same idea, in fact, even many generals on the Ming side are not optimistic about this battle.
Although they have a certain advantage, the difference in the number of battleships between the two sides is so large that there is no hope of victory.
But everything has undergone earth-shaking changes with the sudden change last night.
Thousands of warships were sunk, burned, and burned, but less than 10% of them were still somewhat intact.
Needless to say, these battleships became the trophies of the Ming fleet.
A naval general sighed with regret: "It's such a pity that we were not able to capture the top generals of the coalition forces."
Obviously in this general's mind, not only destroying the naval fleet, but also capturing the top leaders of the coalition, that would be a kind of meritorious service, wouldn't it?
Yu Dayou chuckled and said: "It's just a group of arrogant coalition generals. Let them go. It's better for these mediocre people to lead the army than to be replaced by some smart people."
Qi Jingtong watched as small boats rowed into the port one after another and began to receive the spoils left by the coalition forces.
Needless to say, the biggest trophies are these battleships that are still in good condition. If you do some casual statistics, there are almost more than a hundred battleships that are still able to move.
It only lost a dozen warships, but it gained hundreds of warships and destroyed thousands of allied warships. Once such achievements spread, the names of Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and others will inevitably be
Famous throughout the world.
In fact, at this time, as Prince William, the Governor of Portugal and other high-level coalition generals left and spread the news, legends about Yu Dayou and others had begun to spread in various countries.
In the winter of the 19th year of Zhengde's reign in the Ming Dynasty, the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops who had been invincible all the way finally reached the Mediterranean coast.
Along the way, the Ming Dynasty overran more than a dozen countries, large and small. Small countries were destroyed, and large countries were half-broken. If it were not for Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu and the others, their purpose was to join forces with Qi Jingtong, Yu Dayou and others. Under the sweep of hundreds of thousands of troops, even some
A big country may not be able to escape the disaster of national destruction.
While the snowflakes were flying, Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu and others finally joined forces with Yu Dayou and others. The entire Western world trembled under the fierce power of the Ming Dynasty.
England was destroyed, and Prussia maintained a strong army. However, in one battle, it destroyed 50,000 troops and was defeated by the Ming Dynasty. The country was destroyed.
Countries were destroyed one by one, and the entire Western world was reduced to a garden-like existence after the Ming Dynasty. Even if some countries were still surviving, they no longer had the courage to form a coalition to fight against the Ming Dynasty, and more of them chose to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
This year, during the year-end ceremony, nearly 200 overseas vassal states sent envoys to watch the ceremony.
Not long ago, the 100-foot-tall altar was finally completed after spending a lot of manpower and material resources.
Zhu Houzhao received the news as soon as the altar was completed. The next day, Zhu Houzhao issued an edict, ordering all overseas countries to come to Beijing to watch the ceremony.
Although Zhu Houzhao's decree was not mandatory, with the current momentum of the Ming Dynasty, even if Zhu Houzhao showed a little intention, overseas countries would never dare to take it lightly.
As the end of the year approached, many people in the capital discovered that several princes from overseas princely states entered the capital almost every day.
The Ministry of Rites, which had always been the coldest place, suddenly became extremely lively.
As the etiquette department, I always have a good grasp of how to receive and accommodate guests from all over the world. If I am too cold, if I offend the other party, it may damage the relationship between the other party and Ming Dynasty. If I am too enthusiastic, but
Will be impeached by those censors.
However, the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the best in the world. As an official of the Ministry of Rites, naturally there is no need to think too much, because the Ming Dynasty can completely ignore the threats from these overseas countries.
No matter how indifferent they are, these overseas countries will never dare to say anything. Instead, they must carefully flatter them, for fear that they will say something bad about them in front of the emperor.
Hundreds of vassal states are all composed of royal clans. In just a few years, almost all the royal clans in the Ming Dynasty and above the level of county kings have been enfeoffed. Although there are still many clans left, these clans
Compared to the Ming Dynasty, the harm was far less than that of those clans that were enfeoffed.
Quite a few of these clans are no longer much different from ordinary people. After Zhu Houzhao relaxed the ban on clans, many clans made a living on their own, and talents in some clans also stood out one by one.
The danger of the Ming Dynasty clan that could bring down the Ming Dynasty was completely eliminated in the hands of Zhu Houzhao.
In addition to these vassal states entrusted by the Ming Dynasty, there are a group of kings who are extremely eye-catching.
To be honest, these people should be given a title, that is, the kings of subjugated countries.
These people are all the heads of countries that were destroyed by the Ming Dynasty. Each of the former kings of the kingdom has become a prisoner of the current class.
Anyone with any backbone would have died in front of the Ming Dynasty, and the foreign masters present obviously did not have the determination and courage to die calmly. Therefore, the foreign masters who were lingering in the Ming Dynasty and just wanted to save their lives could only survive.
Be more cautious.
After all, these people have nothing but a false name. Even their daily necessities are provided by the Ministry of Rites. However, it is obvious that the imperial court will not support these people with excellent conditions. Although it seems that
They are much stronger than most people of the Ming Dynasty, but compared to the days these lords of a country lived before, it was simply the same sky and the same earth, and there is no comparison at all.
Such a towering altar has been built in the capital. Anyone who sees this altar will be deeply shocked, but at the same time, they will also have some doubts in their hearts.
Da Mingzi spent so much effort and took a long time to complete it. Is it just for the sake of looking good?
But no one knows what Zhu Houzhao was thinking, or how he came up with the idea of building such a striking altar.
No one can guess the emperor's thoughts, so many people are very curious about that altar.
It was impossible for Zhu Houzhao to tell others what he was thinking. Zhu Houzhao did not even tell Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming and others about the fundamental purpose of building such an altar to worship the heaven. Even Wang Zheng, who was almost inseparable from him, did not know his purpose of repairing the altar.
During the last early morning court meeting a year ago, Zhu Houzhao appeared in the court hall as usual and accepted the worship of hundreds of officials.
"If you have something to do, start to act, if nothing happens, leave the court!"
After singing a chorus, Wang Zheng stood beside Zhu Houzhao with a fly whisk in hand, looking calmly at the civil and military officials below.
To a certain extent, Zhu Houzhao took back part of the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Although the position of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Bingbi Eunuch, was not revoked, Zhu Houzhao has not selected a new Supervisor of Ceremonies for a long time, which made
The identity of Wang Zheng, a chamberlain of Zhu Houzhao, seems quite strange.
Ordinarily, given the degree of Zhu Houzhao's trust in Wang Zheng, Wang Zheng was definitely trusted by Zhu Houzhao. However, Wang Zheng was not able to become the new Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies, as if the position of Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies was intentionally left vacant by the emperor.
However, if you think about the people who have served as the Supervisor of Ceremonies since Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, it is not incomprehensible that Zhu Houzhao left this seat vacant.
Liu Jin was harmed by hundreds of officials, and because he suddenly gained a high position, he lost his original intention. Eventually, the officials took advantage of him and forced the emperor to behead him at the Meridian Gate.
After Liu Jin came Chu Yi. Chu Yi did very well in the position of Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies. He even changed the fate of the Ming Dynasty through the position of Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies. It can be said that there were so many dynasties in the Ming Dynasty.
There is no one in charge of the ceremony and supervision who can compare with Chu Yi.
After Chu Yi resigned, the position of Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies fell into the hands of Gu Dayong, a great eunuch who had great trust from the emperor.
However, Gu Dayong used this to form a clique for personal gain. If it were just that, that would be fine. After all, Chu Yi had also united a group of people in the position of Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies, so it could be regarded as forming a clique for personal gain.
It's a pity that Gu Dayong did not learn Chu Yi's skills. The result of forming a clique for personal gain was harming the local area, and even led to a local mutiny because of his subordinates. Gu Dayong was investigated and walked outside the Meridian Gate.
Of the three Supervisors of Ceremonies, only Chu Yi died a good death. Both Liu Jin and Gu Dayong had a great impact on Zhu Houzhao. Therefore, after Gu Dayong, Zhu Houzhao subconsciously left the position of Supervisor of Ceremonies vacant.
stand up.
Fortunately, Wang Zheng was with Chu Yi and had been taught by Chu Yi all the year round. He knew how to advance and retreat, and did not have too high expectations. It was precisely because of Wang Zheng's ability to abide by his duties that he was able to be relied upon by the emperor, even though he was not a minister of ceremony.
The chief supervisor is better than the chief supervisor.
All the civil and military officials in the main hall knew that Zhu Houzhao's convening of the imperial meeting was related to the towering 100-foot altar in the capital, so all the officials looked at the chief officials of the Ministry of Rites. After all, they were
After receiving the news, the officials of the Ministry of Rites are preparing for the sacrificial ceremony. If nothing unexpected happens, the emperor will most likely inform all officials about what is going on with the altar at this court meeting.
Seeing that the civil and military officials had nothing to report, after pondering for a while, Zhu Houzhao looked at the Minister of Rites.
Feeling Zhu Houzhao's gaze, the Minister of Rites took a deep breath, stepped forward, saluted the emperor, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I have this memorial!"
