Volume 3: Confrontation! The Run of Civilization Chapter 464: Furious Zhu Youdong
The next day, the emperor's carriage set off back to Beijing , and Zhu Youdong let Xu Xianchun sit in his imperial sedan chair.
Seeing Xu Xianchun sitting opposite him, all twisted and turned, Zhu Youdong couldn't help but laugh out loud: "You, you sneaked into Siam alone back then, and you've experienced all kinds of storms. Why are you so miserable now?"
"Your Majesty, the King of Siam is just a worm, and you are a real dragon. In front of the real dragon..."
"Alright, alright, stop flattering me. Tell me, what have you been doing in Yangon these past two years? Is there anything worth paying attention to in the Indian Peninsula that I asked you to pay attention to?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. My main job in Yangon is to carefully select orphans of various ethnic groups and train them according to their specialties. At the same time, I assist the governor of Yangon in doing some public security work... As for India, Your Majesty, I have noticed that a lot of things have happened in the Vijayanagar Kingdom in the south-central part of the Indian Peninsula recently..."
After listening to Xu Xianchun's report, Zhu Youdong couldn't help but sneer.
It seems that the time traveler from India is even more extreme than me. Although I don't like some of the scholars in the Ming Dynasty, I still want to suppress, divide, change and even cooperate with them. This Datar is now cutting them off without asking any questions?
This won't work! If the country is smaller, for example, the land area is only one village, and the population is only a few thousand, you can do this. But according to Xu Xianchun's description, the Vijayanagar Kingdom is so large and has such a large population. How can it not need officials to manage it? And the elite class of a country has been killed or driven away by you, who will you use to manage it? You must know that India in this era is not India in the 21st century. All public schools in India in later generations must set aside fixed quotas for Shudras. But now? You let Shudras who can't read a single word govern the country? Even if you reuse Vaisyas, after years of habit, Vaisyas will certainly be unhappy with the oppression of Brahmins and Kshatriyas, but if you let them sit on an equal footing with Shudras, they will be even more unhappy!
Forget it, forget it. I have too many things to do now, and India is too far away, so I will just let you flutter around there. I just hope you are lucky enough not to be killed by your own countrymen - after all, Wenquxing has a good talent, and I want it too.
Well, it seems that we need to arrange a railway from Beijing to Wuchang to Changsha and then to Guangzhou as soon as possible, and then lay a railway from Guangzhou to Saigon. Then, we need to build a horizontal line from Saigon, let the railway pass through Chenla and Zhou and Tang, and finally connect to Yangon - it is almost impossible to make a railway cross the Hengduan Mountains with the technology of this era. It is completely impossible to build a railway directly from Kunming to Yangon, so we can only take a detour.
Only with convenient transportation by sea and land could the Ming Dynasty effectively bring Burma under its control, thus providing a real base and springboard for entering India.
It would take at least ten years to complete so many major projects, right? As I said, Datar, you better be careful if you want to make a move, don't die too early!
After being distracted for a while, Zhu Youdong came back to his senses and smiled at Xu Xianchun: "Okay, from now on, your focus on India will be the Vijayanagar Kingdom. To put it simply, it is Datar. Think of a way to see if you can drive a few nails in."
"Yes, I will obey your order. I will take care of this matter as soon as I return to Yangon."
"Don't be too anxious. As far as I know, even if our ships travel at full speed without stopping, it will still take more than a month to travel from Tianjin Port to Yangon Port, right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, this is a light load. If it is fully loaded, it will take at least 40 to 50 days."
"So." Zhu Youdong spread his hands: "Now we are just making preparations. It's still a long way to go before we really start."
"I understand."
"Well, is there anything new and interesting happening in Yangon? Tell me about it."
"Your Majesty, speaking of novel things, there is a thing that has become popular in Yangon Port recently. This thing was brought by Spanish merchants. It is a black block with a urine smell that is very unpleasant. But after being refined, it turns golden yellow and smells very fragrant. After inhaling it... Your Majesty? Are you okay?"
When Xu Xianchun was talking, Zhu Youdong listened to him for fun to kill time on the road. But when he heard words like refined, golden, very fragrant, and inhalable, he jumped up from his seat, and then his head hit the roof of the car heavily, and a loud noise was heard throughout the car.
The four-wheeled carriage, which was moving at a normal speed of 15 kilometers per hour, quickly stopped, and Fang Zhenghua, who was in the front of the vehicle, quickly came to the back compartment: "Your Majesty, are you okay? Oh, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Quick, call the imperial physician!"
A blood swelling on his scalp was rapidly expanding, and the intense pain and dizziness made Zhu Youdong feel very uncomfortable. But he still roared angrily: "That Spaniard must be caught quickly! Slowly cut him to death! No, it's not enough to slow him alone, I will also skin his entire family!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Speaking of which, Fang Zhenghua has been serving Zhu Youdong for many years since Wang Chengen went into exile because of a mistake in the Donglin poisoning case. Although the emperor has been angry in these years, he is gentle and polite most of the time. Even when he is angry, he just touches his forehead with his hand. It can be said that he has never seen such an angry emperor.
Because of this, the emperor's behavior at this time really scared him.
People around him were terrified, not to mention the other guards and palace maids. For a moment, the emperor's troops stopped as a whole, and a large number of people knelt down on the wide road of the Beijing-Tianjin Highway.
The instigator of all this, Xu Xianchun, turned pale and his whole body was almost stiff in the carriage.
The liver qi was rising, the blood was rushing upward, and the pain on the top of the head became more obvious. However, after all, he had been in power for a long time, and in the end, Zhu Youdong controlled his emotions.
"It's nothing! I just hit my head on the roof of the car. Ask the imperial physician to find some ice cubes. All the troops should speed up. I want to return to the capital as soon as possible. Also, Fang Zhenghua, send out the fast riders to return to the capital first. Ask the Ministry of Public Administration to issue an order. All the officials of the seventh rank and above in the capital should gather in front of the Huangji Palace immediately! All of them! I want to hold an emergency court meeting."
"As you wish!"
After arranging all this, the convoy started moving again. An imperial physician quickly boarded the vehicle and pressed ice on Zhu Youdong's head to stop the subcutaneous bleeding.
Pressing the cool ice cubes on the hematoma not only relieved the pain significantly, but also lifted Zhu Youdong's spirits.
Then he glanced at Xu Xianchun, who was standing in a corner of the carriage, looking anxious and worried. "Have you ever smoked opium?"
"Is the real name of that thing opium? I heard from the Spanish that it is called longevity cream. Oh, Your Majesty, I dare not lie to you. I have smoked that thing before."
"several times?"
"Three...three times. Ouch!"
Zhu Youdong grabbed an incense burner in the carriage and smashed it hard on Xu Xianchun's face, causing the burly Jinyiwei to bleed. But Zhu Youdong was obviously in a violent state at this time, and Xu Xianchun screamed instinctively and dared not move anymore, leaving the blood dripping from his forehead.
After a while, a heavy sigh sounded: " Imperial Physician, I am fine now. Go and check Xu Tongzhi's wound."
"It's okay, Xianchun. You don't know the harm of this thing. You accidentally inhaled it a few times. I don't blame you. But from today, now on, you must quit smoking for me. If I know that you have inhaled it for the fourth time. Then I can guarantee that you will never have the chance to inhale it for the fifth time!"
"I am terrified. I will follow the emperor's wishes and end my relationship with this thing. I also dare to ask the emperor to tell me what this thing is and what harm it can cause."
“This thing…” Zhu Youdong adjusted his sitting posture and sat upright in his seat with a serious expression. He looked into the distance through the car window: “This is the demon that almost caused a great nation to sink and be destroyed completely!”
