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Chapter 166 Opportunity
Yang reformed three times, five times and two times, and quickly settled the matter of reopening the Guozijian.The income is expected to be quite good, and I am secretly proud of myself.The government continued.Another plan is that when I go back tonight, I have to find out where Bi Ziyan came from, and look at the historical "results". If the "historical results" are good, I don't mind using him. If not, stop here.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Shang Feng, the son of King Zhongshan of the Ryukyu Kingdom, sent an envoy to pay tribute and request canonization." A minister came out to report.

The government continued to function.

"Ryukyu Kingdom? Zhongshan King? Prince? Shangfeng?" Yang Reform was surprised!Isn't this Ryukyu country on the sea to the east of the Ming Dynasty?Isn't it a small piece of land?This, paid tribute?This is interesting.Yang Reform quickly started to use his brain. When he remembered, he played a game called "The Era of the Great Voyage [-]" before. There was Ryukyu in it, and there was a port called Naha where commerce and trade could be carried out. Impressive, very deep.

You have to think about this matter, in the future, this Ryukyu country will be swallowed up by Japan!Since I am a Chinese in the future, I cannot let this kind of thing happen. Since this Ryukyu country is still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and since I am now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I have to do something for future generations to stabilize this Ryukyu country. It is firmly in the hands of China. This is the best garrison, which is even more perfect. Even if the Ming Dynasty declines in the future, the matter of the Chinese garrison in the Ryukyu Kingdom is a matter of iron and steel. It is proper and impossible again. If Ryukyu is separated from China, there will be no island chain to block China in the future. Yang Reform feels that he has to leave something for future generations, otherwise he will regret it.

Immediately said: "... There are envoys paying tribute and requesting canonization... All you loves, tell me what is going on with the Ryukyu Kingdom and its relationship with our dynasty, and what should I do?" Yang Reform originally wanted to send someone directly Garrison, defending China's inherent territory, the words come to my lips, I think, this is the first time that Emperor Chongzhen in history has heard of Ryukyu. traces".He hurriedly asked the minister what to do, thinking that this is also the performance that Chongzhen should have in history.

When the ministers saw the emperor asking about the Ryukyu Kingdom, they all felt as if they had been beaten by frost, and they were unhappy and evasive.Yang Reform took a glance and knew that this matter was troublesome.

Yang Reform turned his eyes to the person who reported the matter again. The minister couldn't bear the emperor's stare, lowered his head, and reported: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this Ryukyu country has always been a vassal country of our dynasty. To the east, the successive kings of Zhongshan in the Ryukyu Kingdom have all regarded my court as Zhengshuo, and when the new king ascends the throne, they will ask for my court's canonization. And this tribute, please His Majesty decide."

Tribute?Yang Reform heard from his history teacher about this thing, saying that the tribute from the Ming Dynasty was purely a vanity project. Others brought a few Nanyang natives, and then they called themselves kings, brought a few catties of straw, and a few strings of shells to the Ming Dynasty. The court proclaimed its ministers and paid tribute, and then in order to show off its wealth and show its wealth, the Ming Dynasty would give a large ship of gifts in return, which showed that the Ming Dynasty was a kingdom of heaven. The matter of Kai Zizai.

"Hey hey hey, about this... has the emissary come? I want to meet, ha ha, a guest from overseas? I'm curious, what kind of novelty gift will there be? Send the emissary quickly. I'm so rare about this overseas treasure Ah!" Yang Reform intends to see what is inside the tribute gift, whether it is a few handfuls of straw and a few strings of shells in the legend, Yang Reform intends to verify how the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were slaughtered .I also plan to have a little "relationship" with Ryukyu, so that I can go to the army in the future.

Seeing that the emperor was about to summon the envoy, someone immediately came out to stop him, saying: "Your Majesty, do not summon the envoy, and listen to the minister." The minister also hurriedly stopped the emperor.

Yang Reform also wondered, what's wrong?Don't the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty like the "hat" of the Heavenly Dynasty Shangguo now?

"What's the matter with Aiqing? Just say it, why can't you summon me?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is not a gift... This envoy cannot be summoned. Once summoned, His Majesty will have to reward the gift again, and will have to send a canonized ship to sea. This is a big expense! Thinking that my treasury is empty now, how about it?" How can I return the gift when I send out a canonized ship? Your Majesty, you must never see the envoy."

Yang Reform that Jiong!The people of the Ming Dynasty were not all fools. They knew that they had no money, and they didn’t even see the envoy. This..., "canonize the ship? Then if I meet the envoy, return the gift, and send the canonized ship, how much money will it cost for this trip?" ?” Yang Reform wanted to know, how much would it cost to be taken advantage of once?

"Reporting to Your Majesty, one or two million taels is indispensable. The gift depends on His Majesty's intentions. The utensils, clothing, seals, money, brocade, treasures, etc. are all according to His Majesty's wishes. It's just that the seal of the ship, this... The imperial court is unable to make ends meet, how can it afford to build this new canonization ship? How can it go out to canonize it? Your Majesty?" The man evaded when he mentioned the canonization ship.

The more this person dodged, the more interested Yang Reform became, and said, "How much is this canonized ship? Why doesn't the Ministry of Households even pay for this money?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver to build a canonization ship and go out to canonize it. The household department is now less than 10,000+ taels. There is still money to canonize this Ryukyu king!"

This man told the truth, no wonder when he talked about the canonization, the faces of the ministers were as if they had been beaten by frost. Clothes are human hair, money is human guts, without money, naturally courage is insufficient, and doing things is natural. wretched.

"How many taels? What kind of ship is this? How big is it?" Yang Reform remembered that this Ming Dynasty silver was quite valuable!For tens of thousands of taels of ships, how big does it have to be?Four thousand tons?Or five thousand tons?It's not a treasure ship, is it?
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the boat is not very big, but it is built quite luxuriously, in order to be decent and reflect the majesty of my Ming Dynasty when it is envoy. Now, the Ministry of Households has no money and cannot afford to send this envoy. Messenger!" The man earnestly persuaded the emperor not to care about this matter.

Yang Reform stared blankly. He originally wanted to do something for future generations of China, but he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty's finances were so tight that even tens of thousands of taels of such a small sesame seed money was in his eyes, and he couldn't afford it. There is a big gap between the desire to send troops to garrison Ryukyu to seek a "legacy" for future generations of China and the reality.Maybe I have to pay for it myself, Yang Reform awakened.

"...Then you can't keep procrastinating like this, can't you not confer the Zhongshan King of the Ryukyu Kingdom? Others are still waiting to be kings? It's not good for you to procrastinate like this. You really have no money. I will sponsor a little, and this canonization ship is not necessary. Make it so luxurious.” Yang Reform decided to do it according to his own ideas, contact the Ryukyu country as soon as possible, and garrison troops as soon as possible, creating an iron-like historical fact.This is more or less for the benefit of future generations.

Yang Reform quickly decided to pay the money, but the minister's words "thundered" Yang Reform.

"...Your Majesty, the envoy of the Ryukyu Kingdom arrived a few years ago, and now he has been in the capital for seven or eight years. The son of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Shang Feng, may have already been enthroned as king. It doesn't matter if I send an emissary to confer the title, it doesn't matter if I go or not...how about, Your Majesty, after a few years, when the court has enough money, His Majesty will send another envoy to confer the title. Lost my dignity and dignity!"

Yang Reform felt that the sky was full of thunder. He had heard that the bureaucrats were procrastinating, but he had never seen such a procrastination. Other kings ascended the throne, waiting for your canonization. When you arrive, it will take seven or eight years. I am afraid, the neck of this king should be As long as a giraffe.Well, don't look at any gifts, this gift came seven or eight years ago, I am afraid that this gift has gone long ago.

Yang Reform thinks this is really scary. Since you are someone else's suzerain, then you have to be canonized on time. If you can't even afford to be canonized on time, then don't wear the title of suzerain. It's shameful.Get it done as soon as possible.

"My loves, is this the way things are done in the Ming Dynasty? Other kings are enthroned, looking forward to the canonization of our dynasty, like looking forward to the rain, dear loves, in order to save a few coins, I don't even want the hat of the suzerain state. Since you don’t want it anymore, tell them quickly that my Ming Dynasty can’t afford to be your suzerain country, so get it done early and don’t delay other people’s youth. Thinking about my Ming Dynasty’s huge empire, with a territory of thousands of miles and a population of tens of millions, is it possible that even one canonization Ships need to be saved, so can’t they afford to build them? What’s wrong with my Ming Dynasty?” Yang Reform said, and all the ministers on the ground shrank their necks and kept silent. This time, they were scolded by the emperor. Yes, it can be said that he may be bruised and ashamed in his heart.This is true, the Ming Dynasty was so poor that it couldn't even build a canonized ship?Tell it, no one will believe it.

"...the ministers are guilty..." Seeing what the emperor said, all the ministers knelt down and claimed that they were guilty.

Yang Reform is angry.This group of ministers used the big move "AE", so I had no choice but to persuade them not to lose their temper.

"Everyone, get up, my words are indeed a little serious about this matter, but, as I said, the hat of the suzerain is still required, the canonized ship still needs to be sent out, and the rewards and gifts must also be returned." Be decent, since there is no money in the household department, let me figure out a solution for this matter, alas..." Yang Reform pretended to pay money to settle the matter, but in fact, he wanted to spend some money. Garrisoning troops in Ryukyu, in this way, this Ryukyu has become China's "inherent territory", and those who want to abandon this place in the future have to weigh how future generations will scold them.

More importantly, Yang Reform knew that place was a trading port, and he would have to take the road of overseas trade in the future. If he started maritime trade as soon as possible, he would get rid of the shackles of natural disasters on the Ming Dynasty one day earlier. The existing land of the Ming Dynasty solved the famine problem at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and Yang Reform felt a lot of pressure.So the eldest son of the Ryukyu Kingdom [actually has been the king for many years] paid tribute and asked for canonization, which was an opportunity.Yang Reform is prepared to never give up no matter what.

(End of this chapter)