Nanming: I can build wonders

"King of Persia, the situation is small. There is an old saying in our Qing Dynasty: Tribute is an advanced form of alliance. If you pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty, we are allies!"

Right, as long as you pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty will protect you.

"Your Majesty, promise him quickly that as long as you pay tribute, you can enjoy the glory and wealth for a longer time."

The painting style of the old Persian official suddenly changed, and he actually started to support the tribute.

The old Persian official supported it because he knew what the tribute thing was. Generally speaking, if he paid tribute, he was a real younger brother. Unlike a country of brothers like a peace treaty, he generally would not really hit his younger brother.

With the name of tribute, Persia can live longer.

Now Persia just needs to hang on. When the Qing Mongol Empire collapses by itself, one day the territory will return to Persia.

With the consent of other courtiers, Suleiman I pinched his nose and admitted!

Pay tribute, just pay tribute, and be a dog of the Qing Dynasty. At least if the Ottomans take advantage of the fire and rob them, the Qing Dynasty will protect them.

"Dear ambassador, since we are a tributary country, let's talk about the indemnity. Of course, we will not lose 5000 million silver coins, and we will give more to Qing!"

1000 million a year, a total of 5000 million in five years.

"Oh?"

Suo'etu's son became interested.

"Mr. Gelfin, anyway, Persia is a tributary state of the Qing Dynasty, and it has to pay back 5000 million silver coins. How about this? If it takes longer, Persia can pay interest!"

"Furthermore, 1000 million a year puts too much pressure on Persia. In case the tax increases are excessive and the people revolt, they will have to trouble the Qing Heavenly Soldiers to suppress it. It will cost more!"

The old Persian official argued hard, what he said was indeed reasonable, and the compensation can also flow indefinitely.

Gelfin also expressed his approval, and the two sides started a new round of game.

Finally, the "Qingbo Tabriz Treaty" was signed, and the terms in it remained basically unchanged, except for the compensation.

The 5000 million silver coins are paid in 30 years, with an annualized interest rate of 4%.

As a result, the pressure on Persia has dropped sharply, but the total repayment is a lot, with the principal plus interest as high as 85934754 silver coins!
That is more than 8000 million silver coins.

There is one thing to say, it is much more favorable than most mortgages in later generations.

The interest rate of this indemnity is similar to the interest rate of the Boxer indemnity of the Eight-Power Allied Forces.

However, the indemnity of the Eight-Power Allied Forces can be paid off in 39 years, and some countries have refunded the indemnity in various ways.

The negotiation came to a successful conclusion. Gelfin hurried on, and in less than two days, he handed over the peace treaty signed by Persia to Kangxi.

"To the Great Khan, the Persian Empire has promised that within three days, it will issue an order to allocate a large area of ​​land to the left of Qazvin to Qing Dynasty. clear."

Griffin said.

"it is good!"

Kangxi nodded in great satisfaction, the Qing Dynasty had more buffer zones, and the Qing Dynasty was thriving again!

On Daming's side, the empress and imperial concubine gave birth to two fat boys for Zhu Kezang, and the number of royal males increased!

The second prince born to the queen is named Zhu Yijin, and the third prince born to the noble concubine is named Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Kezang was very pleased that Daming finally had masters in the American colonies, so he would entrust America to the two of them in the future, and it would be nice to let them build a Ming Lijian!
In the Forbidden City, Zhu Kezang, who was busy with his sons, made a rare exception and held a court meeting.

At this moment, in the main hall, Zhu Kezang was sitting on the dragon chair. There was a small dragon chair in front of the dragon chair, and the crown prince Zhu Yiming was sitting here.

This was requested by Zhu Kezang, to ask Zhu Yiming to come over every now and then to observe the government affairs, and to "follow the class" in advance.

Except for Zhu Kezang, all the civil and military officials in the hall were also sitting.

They all sat on long chairs, only the prime minister in the front row and the officials of various ministries sat on individual back chairs.

At this moment, after the officials saluted and sat down, Zhu Kezang opened his mouth and said.

"I summoned all my lovers to come here today. The main reason is that I abolish slavery in Ming Dynasty!"

"This point must have been heard by many Ai Qing!"

"Today's court meeting is not to discuss any countermeasures. It is nothing more than to distribute the established norms and systems!"

"Your Majesty, regarding the abolition of slavery, I have asked the Ministry of Industry to print thousands of documents, and they are going to be distributed to the government offices of various states. Why don't you distribute a copy to each of the officials?"

Hearing this, Chen Yonghua opened his mouth first.

"Then send a copy to each person, let's have a look first!"

Zhu Kezang said, Chen Yonghua nodded quickly, and then waved his hand, a civil servant under the Ministry of Industry hurried in, and then distributed a draft document to each of them.

Even Zhu Kezang himself took a document, and he was speaking to the officials at the moment.

"In the next stage, the most important thing for my Ming Dynasty is nothing but the abolition of slavery!"

"A few days ago, in Weixian County, the Wang clan actually killed three house slaves and abused more than a dozen house slaves, which aroused public resentment!"

"And the daring Wang clan actually colluded with the county magistrate, the magistrate's two levels of yamen, and jointly concealed this matter, deceiving the upper and lower. I am deeply annoyed, and these few should be severely punished!"

"Emperor Shengming!"

The source of the gentry's servants is not like the official slaves of the imperial court, which have clear sources and records.

Their slaves are nothing more than forced prostitutes, buying and selling people.

The buying and selling of people seriously affects local stability, and if left unchecked, it may even lead to civil uprisings.

The imperial court is now implementing the new policy, checking the acres of land, sharing the land into the acres, and the gentry paying the grain as a whole. This is a good thing, but if there is a problem with the population, the policy will be greatly reduced.

If not stopped, it will intensify.

Locally, the government and the gentry colluded with each other and reduced the self-cultivated peasants to slaves. While the gentry annexed the land, they also turned the self-cultivated peasants into their slaves. This seriously affected the safety of the court and severely reduced the court's tax revenue.

In order to maintain the rule of the imperial court, slaves should be abolished and local slavery should be strictly prohibited.

Hearing this, the ministers above the court opened their mouths and said.

At this time, Zhu Kezang glanced at Ke Ping, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

"Tell me, how to deal with this matter?"

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, who fished every day, almost didn't realize that the emperor called him, so he straightened his face and said.

"This has aroused complaints from the common people. Naturally, it is a major event. I think that the murderer should be caught and severely punished!"

Well, Ke Ping is an old bureaucrat who has been around for many years.

This is quite beautifully said - only arresting murderers will only involve some thugs.

To put it bluntly, it’s all about!

Because in such a big family, how could it be possible that such a thing as killing a house slave was done by the master himself?

The murderer must be someone else!

Recently, the imperial court has suffered too much for the gentry, and now they want to abolish the slaves and step on them. If the punishment is severer, it may be the last straw to overwhelm the gentry.

This is political wisdom: compromise.

If governing a big country is like cooking small fish, we must also give the gentry some ways to survive.

(End of this chapter)