These people immediately unboxed the boxes, and all kinds of gifts other than muskets were prepared one by one.

It is naturally impossible for eunuchs to come to find these people directly without orders, and even if they have the money from bribery, it is essential.

The eunuchs in the Imperial Horse Prison were extremely happy to see these people selling generously and giving them a lot of rare things, but they did not show any contempt.

Before coming to Beijing, Chen Jian told these people that they must learn to bribe and provide sufficient bribe funds.

Eunuchs love money, and they probably have nothing to love except money, but they may not have to be gold and silver. Some rare objects, such as zebra skins under the name of Lu Shu, which borrowed the Yiyang incident, are even more amazing gifts.

Chen Jian is very sure that Emperor Wanli will also like zebra skins, which is a good meaning.

Because the ministers always tell the emperor that the more descendants, the longer they live, the more they live, and the emperor is very superstitious about this. Lu Shu skin, which is suitable for his descendants, is not easy to cause any tonics, and it is also a story in "Shan Hai Jing".

As early as a few years ago, when Chen Yiguan was a cabinet master, he fooled Wanli all day long, saying that "it was only a blessing that many children and grandchildren."

Except for Taizu and Chengzu, most of the remaining emperors lived short-lived. Chen Yiguan said, "You see, Taizu had twenty-five sons and one hundred and twenty-one grandsons, and Chengzu had four sons and twenty-one grandsons, and they all lived more than sixty years.

Wanli still cares about longevity, and it may be that it is already difficult for Wanli to have a baby at this time, so Chen Yiguan patched it again, saying that it may not be necessary for a son, but for many grandchildren, you can live longer, and encourage the prince to have a strong life.

Although they are all their own sons, their own lives are still more important than their lives. If they can offer a few Lu Shu skins suitable for their descendants at this time, the emperor will definitely be happy. Maybe they must also stipulate that their sons must be on the zebra skins when they do their business at night.

Chen Jian made these things so badly, and the eunuchs were good at, but the facts proved that this was indeed a shortcut.

The Portuguese have low cultural level. Although they have colonies in Mozambique, they probably haven't read the Mountains and Seas, and they don't understand what the emperor likes, and they are even more unlikely to think about catching giraffes, zebras and other things as gifts.

The Dutch have a better cultural level. They use European diplomacy to interact with the Ming Dynasty and often use a few broken ships to threaten by force. In fact, they don’t have the strength at all and are disgusting.

Chen Jian still has a great advantage in this regard. When Matteo Ricci met him a few years ago, he simply took out some things like a self-tone. Chen Jian had much more good things in his hands than a self-tone.

This incident was also an attitude. When the ministers didn't know what to do, two memorials from Fujian caused an uproar.

One letter was the request of Fujian Dao Censor Fang Damei to be exempted from assistance.

"…In the past two years, disasters have occurred in Fujian every year. First, the earthquake was uneven, and then the strong winds were raging."

"So I requested to exempt four kinds of food, whips, and taxes in Fujian. All of these four kinds of food are exempted."

"I requested two more reliefs, first of all, to help those who are unreliable, and secondly, to help those who still have to work next year..."

So far, this is an extremely normal memorial. But the content after this is very different from the past.

"This time, Fujian was hit by the worst in Quanzhou. However, compared with the major disasters a few years ago, the number of deaths in Quanzhou has dropped."

"On the one hand, it was because the man who claimed to be the extreme west brought rice, which helped stabilize the rice price and prevented some unscrupulous merchants from benefiting from the disaster."

"On the other hand, these people taught how to grow sweet potatoes and transported a large number of sweet potatoes as seeds."

"These two things are both effective. So I have two opinions."

"Now there are many merchant ships going out to trade, and Annan, Siam and other places produce rice. Fujian is sparse and has a wide population, and there are many disasters. Therefore, you can meet the taxes and silver for rice transported from abroad, and fix the taxes and fees of one cent per stone. Do not require tax supervisors and high school students to collect them indiscriminately. If you can force those ships going out to trade to carry some rice, you can guarantee the grain prices in Fujian and other places. Fujian itself is not a land of fish and rice, and there is no danger of low rice harming farmers."

"The sweet potatoes are now effective, with a large yield per mu, which can satisfy hunger and taste sweet. Many hungry people in Quanzhou live and do not die. This is a very suitable disaster preparedness food for promotion."

"Those people from the extreme western countries say that it is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish. There are two major difficulties in promoting sweet potatoes, but the "Sweet Potato Preparation Method" made by these people can solve it."

"The first difficulty is the method of transplanting rice seedlings, which makes it difficult to grow, so that the seedlings grow. The "Sweet Potato Preparation Method" says that people can hold bamboo poles in their hands and turn over the seedlings of sweet potatoes every few days. This way, they cannot be close to the soil and will not take root."

"The second difficulty is storage in the north. The "Sweet Potato Preparation Method" says that cellars can be excavated to store sweet potatoes, especially in Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi and other places. There is no rain in drought and the storage cellars will not rot."

"After the disaster, there was no time to harvest rice and wheat, so there was no need to worry about sweet potatoes. You could harvest them in three months, and the seedlings could also fill your hunger."

"Now, Feng Yi is raging in the south of the Yangtze River, and drought in the north is a turmoil. If it can be promoted in the disaster area, this is a demonstration of Your Majesty's kindness."

"I have ordered people to plant sweet potatoes as seedlings in Fujian, and requested permission to promote them in some disaster areas in the north, and they can be transported by sea boats..."

As soon as this memorial arrived in the capital, it caused a huge response.

As the saying goes, it is better to come by a coincidence than to come by. Not long ago, Ye Xianggao just stated the disaster of floods and droughts in the south and north at this time. At this time, this memorial naturally had different effects.

Another letter was also sent from Fujian.

First, he talked about the Japanese pirates, and then talked about the fact that the Japanese pirates have been making trouble everywhere in recent years. It is really a disaster for the failure of Haibo to calm down.

"Now Fujian is not only Japanese pirates, but also Red Yi, Helan, Luzon, Japanese pirates, and there is also a new Yi who claims to be Xia. How should these people be treated? Should they be treated differently or treated equally? This is what His Majesty needs to decide."

"In the past, the navy had large ships and clutches. When dealing with Japanese pirates, we had to rely on large ships to drive them and clutches to chase them. This was our strength."

"But now the Japanese pirates have learned our methods, and their ships have become bigger and faster."

"Some people say that this must be because the traitors of the dynasty have affair with them, so they have spread these technologies, so they requested a strict ban on the sea. They even hope to treat the Japanese pirates, Lan, Luzon, Xia and other countries, because the Japanese pirates must have learned from them. I think this is wrong."

"I think there is a reason why the traitors who communicate with the Japanese are constantly in a row and cannot be forbidden."

"If you want to completely ban it, you can only have to do not enter the sea. You must ban fishermen and market buyers."

"It's just that Fujian has many mountainous land and few arable land. Many people rely on going overseas to trade or fish for a living. This is their life, so there is no way to cut it off."

"If the village is allowed to strictly implement the method of continuous sitting, as long as you find someone going to sea, you can indeed stop it, but disasters will also occur."

"Those who were born in the mainland but drifted out of the sea have already committed a big taboo, but they are concerned about their hometowns and admire His Majesty's grace. Once they sit in the forbidden sea, these people who drifted on the sea may never come back. In this way, they will instead help the Japanese pirates and even join the Japanese pirates."

"Fujian lives on the sea, and there are tens of thousands of people in Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. Once the sea is forbidden, it will be tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, so it must not be banned."

"Indeed, there were traitors who had an affair with Japanese pirates and traded with Japanese pirates. But in addition to Japanese pirates, these merchants also went to other places such as Luzon. Luzon was the place where the eunuch Sanbao went to when he went to the ocean, and this is all recorded."

"There are more than 40 ships from Zhangzhou to Luzon every year, and the military expenditure of more than 40,000 yuan is brought back, and more people are supported. This is a favorable and good thing."

"Although Luzon had slaughtered my people before, on the one hand, those people took it upon themselves, and on the other hand, the Luzon chief also returned money and knew the terrible power of heaven. Therefore, the Luzon people and Japanese pirates cannot be regarded equally."

"In addition to Luzon, there is now another Xia Kingdom that is in the extreme west. They showed their benevolence and righteousness during the disaster in Quanzhou. They really admired the Chinese culture and asked to send some students who were proficient in the words of the saints to go to Xia Kingdom to educate them. This is even more different from Luzon and the Japanese pirates."

"Now they requested tribute and asked to stop in Tamsui, abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and dare not approach the coast of the Ming Dynasty, so I allowed them to stay there for the time being, and they also expressed that they would not do anything to commit crimes."

"They are willing to provide 3,000 taels of silver as the cost of renting and docking every year, and hope that His Majesty can send officials to Tamsui, build Confucius Temples, and educate and cultivate the world."

"If we can trade with them, on the one hand, they will help us North Korea to combat the Japanese pirates in Fujian. After all, they don't want the Japanese pirates to rob their ships."

"On the other hand, their country is 30,000 miles away from here, and there are only hundreds of people transported to it. There will be no danger. This is very different from the Japanese pirates."

"Another, their cannons and firearms are sharp, which we can buy to prevent and deter the four barbarians."

"Besides these, there is another thing that I must tell His Majesty."

"This Xia Kingdom is located west of Japan, closer to Japan, and they are rich in saltpeter, steel, guns, medicine and other things that Japanese pirates need. These things are prohibited from being sold to Japanese pirates."

"If I refuse to trade with them, it will not affect their direct trade with Japanese pirates across the sea. This is what I fear the most. In this way, I am afraid that the Guanbai incident will happen again and the North Korean rebellion will reappear."

"We refuse to trade with them, fearing that they will be resentful and will fund the Japanese pirates. Even if they are not on our coast, they can transport the goods they need from their own country. This is extremely bad."

"If the Ministry of Rites can move it with emotion, explain it with reason, and educate it, so that they will not trade with Japan, it will be a reward for the country and the people."

...The first memorial was only about disaster relief, and the impact was not too great, but it also helped Chen Jian.

The second article about whether to ban the sea and trade with the Xia Kingdom is a major event that officials of the Ministry of Rites have never been exposed to, real diplomatic affairs, rather than tributary affairs.

They have to face diplomatic issues for the first time, and they are very serious diplomatic issues, and they have to even get involved in the international system exchanges in the Pacific region... If they want to achieve their goals, or recognize the seriousness of the problem, they have to make efforts such as diplomatic and trade agreements.

In fact, it is useless. Domestic capital prefers Japanese gold and silver. The developed handicraft industry and self-sufficiency economy of the Ming Dynasty are really something that capital is not interested in. Yes, the more developed the less interested it is.

It seems impossible to believe that education and other characteristics can prevent capital from pursuing profit, otherwise it would be possible to rewrite world history.
Chapter completed!