Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 652 The Special Envoy's Request

A group of envoys from various countries knelt down on one knee and saluted Emperor Zhu Cihong, speaking blunt Ming dialect.

"The special envoys of all countries are exempt from courtesy!" Zhu Cihong, wearing a brand new dragon robe, showed a benevolent smile and stretched out his hand to signal.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Emperor Daming!" The envoys from various countries stood up, brushed their left chest with their right hands and bent down to thank them.

"Hearing that His Majesty the Emperor of Ming has ascended the throne, we have come here from far away to present a tribute to congratulate His Majesty the Emperor," Alberta, the special envoy of the Netherlands, said.

Under Zhu Cihong's instruction, a group of little yellow gates brought in several large boxes from outside the hall.

What the Netherlands sent was a box of ivory ornaments, including ivory bracelets, bracelets, stationery utensils, and Buddha statues.

Francha Kingdom sent a box of emeralds, and the tribute of little Franchis was a bunch of weird decorations. According to the envoy, these decorations were collected after a lot of effort, and only His Majesty the Ming Emperor The identity is a perfect match.

The tributes of several other envoys were similar, either jade or ivory.

This made the civil and military officials on both sides very puzzled. Although it was the first time for them to see so many countries coming to the court at the same time, they had read a lot of historical materials.

These tributes are not rare in Ming Dynasty, especially pearls, jadeite and ivory ornaments, not to mention the palace, even most of their homes have a few decent ones.

These fan countries are too shabby, and many courtiers are discussing them.

"Please thank the emperor of your country on my behalf, and say that I am very happy, and the Ministry of Rites pays attention to paying back the gift." Zhu Cihong glanced at the gift list, although he felt a little shabby, he was still in a good mood.

After all, etiquette is less important than affection, and the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and has everything, unlike these small remote countries, it would be good if they could come.

Han Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, clapped his hands and agreed, seeing that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was so happy, and all the envoys looked at each other, feeling relieved.

The countries behind these envoys are still fighting each other due to religious conflicts. It is not easy to come together for the sake of the overall situation. After all, this matter is too important to them.

Under the interests, they are all friends.

"We will definitely spread the gospel of His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to our country. Apart from congratulating His Majesty on his enthronement, I have one more thing to hope for His Majesty's grace."

Little Franz's special envoy Alex said a little impatiently.

"Special envoy, please speak." Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

Zhu Cihong was really in a good mood. Now that the Ming Dynasty is in peace, the people are praising him, and there are countries coming to court, and his vanity is haunting him. He decided that as long as the envoys' requests are not excessive, he will definitely grant them.

"The subjects of our country have always admired the prosperity of Daming, and many wanted to come to Daming to see the grand occasion, and during this time, many maritime merchants wanted to enhance the friendship between Daming and Little Franz through trade."

Alex raised his beard and said very bluntly.

"Oh? This is a good thing. Da Ming welcomes people from all countries, and welcomes businessmen from your country to trade with me." Zhu Cihong said casually.

Now that the customs office has been established, it is natural to deal with the fleet trade of the country and foreign countries. This is not contradictory to what the King of Anguo once told him.

"It's just His Majesty the Emperor, our country is located west of Europa, which is already far away from Daming, and we have to go through many difficulties and dangers along the way to transport the goods to Daming, so as to strengthen our friendship with Daming.

However, the taxes collected by the customs of the Ming Dynasty are too high, which will greatly discourage the enthusiasm of Chinese businessmen. They think that it is not worthwhile to travel so far by sea to come to Ming Dynasty for trade.

Therefore, I came here in the hope that His Majesty the Emperor will put our friendship as the most important thing to reduce tariffs. This is a good thing for the subjects of Ming Dynasty and the subjects of our country, and the subjects of our country will definitely be grateful Your grace. "

After finishing speaking, Alex did not forget to salute with his right hand on his chest.

After speaking, he glanced at Zhu Cihong anxiously, and then exchanged glances with several envoys who came with him.

After Yiguan Zheng, the governor of the Ming Navy, was expelled by the Ming court, they were really surprised, because Yiguan Zheng was so domineering that each merchant ship had to charge them 3000 Ming silver in taxes.

And as far as they knew, the money was put into Yiguan Zheng's own pockets. They didn't understand why the Ming court allowed Yiguan Zheng to behave like this.

After Yiguan Zheng led a large number of navies to Sulu, they were really flustered. They thought that the Ming court was going to attack them, but later learned that the court wanted to destroy Yiguan Zheng.

Yiguan Zheng fell, which made them very happy. Although his power is still strong, the countries have already communicated that they will put aside all previous disputes and deal with Yiguan Zheng unanimously.

Now that one official, Zheng, does not have the support of the Ming emperor, he dare not confront them in Sulu.

After Yiguan Zheng left Daming, he thought that he would never have to pay the 3000 taels of shipping tax in the future, which stimulated many businessmen from their country to come overseas to do trade.

But I never thought that the caravan just arrived at Daming Sea, and there was news that Daming had set up customs along the coast, which was responsible for Daming's import and export trade and collected customs duties.

This was nothing, they knew that Ming officials liked money, and they thought that they would spend some money at the treaty port and bribe those greedy officials of Ming, and they would surely be able to successfully transport goods into the interior of Daming.

It's just that I never expected that the official surnamed Huang in charge of Daming Customs was very unfriendly!Not only rejected the money they sent, but also sent troops to beat their merchants!

If Guangzhou doesn’t work, then go to Fuzhou. They don’t believe that officials in Ming Dynasty don’t like money as much as this man surnamed Huang. This surprised them.

According to the ancestors, before Yiguan Zheng took charge of Daminghai, when their ancestors came to trade, they would directly hand over a small amount of silver to the officials of the Shibo Department, and then they would be able to trade without hindrance.

But when they arrived in Fuzhou, they were surprised to find that the official surnamed Huang was still receiving them. They didn't even enter the door, and continued northward to Ningbo and finally to Shanghai.

They are desperate.

This official surnamed Huang is simply a miser. Not only did he not invite them to dinner as the ancestors said, but he also said that if he did not pay the customs duty, he would not be able to enter Daming!
Then it was now, they decided to send someone to meet the Emperor Daming directly as an envoy, and implore His Majesty the Emperor of Ming to deal with this miser surnamed Huang.

After all, in their eyes, the emperor of Ming Dynasty is vain. As long as they make the emperor happy, the surname Huang will definitely suffer. If the emperor of Ming Dynasty can allow the reduction of tariffs, they will definitely get a huge reward when they go back. And glory.

"This..." Zhu Cihong frowned and fell silent after hearing the report from the special envoy of Little Frangji.

(End of this chapter)