I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 272 Changes in Tributary Trade

Seeing that Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng still had some doubts about this, Jiajing immediately withdrew his gaze and said firmly.

"No, not this time, but from now on, my Ming Dynasty will no longer conduct tribute trade!"

"Everything is carried out in accordance with normal trade. I, Ming, can no longer continue like this. I have paid a lot to maintain that worthless decency!"

"In the end, this part still has to be counted on the common people's heads."

After Jiajing finished speaking, he swept his eyes over the people present one by one.

"But Your Majesty, if this happens, it will damage the face of my kingdom, and I'm afraid..."

Seeing this, Xu Jie at the side immediately mustered up his courage and advised Jiajing.

Before Xu Jie finished speaking, Jiajing interrupted him coldly.

"What kind of face, face is earned by yourself, not by doing favors. What's more, the barbarians are afraid of power but not virtue!"

"The Chinese people are the foundation of the world, and the people of the barbarians are still like branches and leaves. They disturb their roots with thick branches and leaves, seeking long-term security. From ancient times to the present, there has never been such a thing."

"Say, what are your intentions?"

Jiajing asked after sweeping his gaze over the officials present one by one.

Faced with the emperor's slanderous words, all the people present dared not argue, and all knelt down on the ground, their bodies trembling uncontrollably because they were too panicked.

Jiajing seemed very satisfied with the reactions of many ministers present, paused, and then added.

"In addition, I have another word for you."

"Truth is always only within the range of the cannon!"

But at this moment, the people who knelt on the ground earlier also realized something after hearing the few words the emperor added just now.

"Truth, is it only within the range of a cannon?"

Zhang Juzheng fell into deep thought when he heard the emperor's words.

After a long time, he slowly raised his head, as if he had figured something out, with an inexplicable light in his eyes, facing the direction where Jiajing was, and bowing again.

"Chen, Zhang Juzheng, thank you for your majesty's teaching, my minister has been taught!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for teaching me!"

After Zhang Juzheng, the rest of the cabinet also spoke with one voice.

"Well, get up!"

Jiajing nodded, and then signaled everyone to get up from the ground.

After everyone sat back to their seats, Jiajing paused for a moment before continuing.

"Therefore, I plan to reform the original tribute trade!"

"Turn the original tribute trade into normal trade."

When Jiajing said this, he turned his gaze to Gao Gong and reminded him.

"Didn't your maritime trade department sell [-] certificates for going to sea before?"

"Let's start with them!"

When Gao Gong saw that the emperor suddenly mentioned the [-] sea-going certificates sold by the Maritime Trade Department, he already had some guesses in his heart, so he responded immediately.

"Yes, Your Majesty's minister will definitely order this matter, and let this group of people work for my Daming!"

Seeing that Gao Gong understood his meaning so quickly, Jiajing nodded and responded.

"Yes, Not Bad."

"If they don't want to, you should know how to deal with it?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he looked away from Gao Gong and said slowly.

When Gao Gong saw this, his expression turned serious, and he immediately responded.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know what to do!"

"Well, that way, I'm relieved."

Seeing this, Jiajing nodded, and then ordered the Guozijian at the side to sacrifice wine and fetch pens and paper for himself.

After a while, the pen and paper arrived. Jiajing spread the pen and paper, and drew a rough map of the world with the memory in his mind.

After the ink on it was dry, Jiajing immediately sent someone to fix it on a wooden board, picked up the ruler, pointed at the map, and said slowly.

"Look, this is my Daming!"

Everyone present was shocked by the map drawn by the emperor himself, and was speechless for a moment.

"I dare to ask Your Majesty, is this map also recorded in the book called Science?"

Yan Song tremblingly got up from the seat, looked at the map hanging on the wooden board, and asked.

Faced with Yan Song's question, Jiajing just nodded without denying it.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for clarifying my doubts."

Seeing that he got the answer he wanted, Yan Song sat down on the seat immediately, and looked at the place where the emperor's ruler pointed before, and said silently to himself.

"So, this is me, Daming!"

Jiajing coughed twice, drawing everyone's attention back to himself.

"Okay, let's continue. Look, this is me, Daming!"

"Next to it is Japan, and here is Tianzhu."

"Then, Your Majesty, where is this place?"

At this moment, a supervisor raised his hand, pointed at the vast land above Daming, and asked.

Seeing this, Jiajing pointed the ruler to the place that the supervisor asked just now, and explained to him.

"This is the place where Raksha people gather. The climate is cold and not suitable for living!"

"Therefore, Raksha people usually gather in this area, but there are basically not many people here."

While explaining to him, Jiajing also moved the ruler on this hand-painted world map.

"And here is Jiaozhi, where the climate is hot and rich in rice. If we can take it down, I, Ming, will no longer have to worry about food!"

"And here, here is the place where the Hongyi people gather. I call it Europa. There are many countries here, like France, England..."

Time passed by so slowly, and when Jiajing came to his senses, the time had already passed, and the sun was already shining outside.

"Okay, let's stop here for now."

"When I have free time in the future, I will come to the Imperial College to teach again!"

I saw Jiajing put down the ruler in his hand, turned his eyes to the people present, and said slowly.

It wasn't until this moment that all the people present reacted abruptly, and at the same time they realized that time had passed so fast.

And through the emperor's lectures, they also had a deeper understanding of countries other than Ming Dynasty!

Whenever Jiajing moved the ruler to a new place on the map, he would intersperse it with the country's customs and customs.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey."

"I am waiting for Your Majesty!"

Soon, under the leadership of Yan Song, all the people present knelt down and saluted.

"Ah."

Jiajing was quite calm about this, and after responding, he left the lecture room straight away, while Lu Fang, who had been standing by the side for a long time, followed the emperor's footsteps step by step, his face full of concern.

After Jiajing left, in the room, whether it was the students of the Imperial College or the officials who came to observe, they were still immersed in the customs and customs of each country that Jiajing had described before, unable to extricate themselves.

"I didn't expect that this group of red barbarian people called Spain would have such a powerful navy that they could occupy so many territories!"

"The two countries, England and France, were able to continue fighting for 100 years. It is really a miracle."

"In Nanyang, there is such an important transportation hub. If this place belongs to me, Daming, it would be great!"

When Jiajing left, he did not take away the world map drawn by himself, but left it in the Guozijian.

"Come here, according to the map drawn by His Majesty, make a good copy and send it to the cabinet."

I saw Yan Song calling his subordinates and giving orders.

"Yes, Mr. Ge!"

(End of this chapter)