The Central Plains dynasty's attitude towards these people who left their hometowns and lived overseas has always been distinct, because most of these people are merchants or landless farmers who cannot survive. They will not provide taxes to them even if they live abroad. Although the Ming Dynasty did not prevent people from going to South China, the scholars had no sympathy for them, and this attitude of discomfort was very clear from beginning to end.

Therefore, after the Spanish massacre of the Nanyang Chinese in the late Wanli period, Emperor Wanli was furious and demanded to send troops to conquer. The court officials rejected the emperor's opinion on the grounds that the national treasury was empty and that overseas Chinese were not the people of the Ming Dynasty.

They believe that merchants are the last of the four people, paying attention to interests and despising friendship and principles, so such people deserve to die. Who told you to leave your hometown and go to those places? If you don’t go, you won’t die? If you want to leave, I don’t care about you, but if something happens, don’t expect me to save you.

This is their general attitude.

This attitude has also affected many people. People generally believe that these people who went overseas are self-destructive from the Ming Dynasty. You do not pay taxes on the Ming Dynasty, and you still expect the Ming Dynasty to save you? In terms of public opinion, they do not have the advantage. They are abandoned overseas orphans. This attitude and tradition of the mother country directly affect their living environment. Now the Ming Dynasty is still in power, and they can still pretend to be powerful. However, when the Qing Dynasty began to come, the Qing Dynasty could no longer provide enough reputation, and the lives of overseas Chinese in that era were so miserable.

But at the root of the Ming Dynasty, which paid great attention to the local complex, except for merchants, if there were people who left their hometowns and went abroad to survive, they would definitely not be able to survive in China. The land was annexed, the property was hacked, and they could not even have enough food to eat. What else could they do? In order to survive, they could only go overseas to make a living. At the root of the root of the problem was that there was a problem in China, which forced them to leave their hometown.

Unlike modern times, the Ming Dynasty in that era was the supreme country of the Celestial Empire. The people generally looked down on those "barbarians" with red hair and skirts. The reason why they could leave their hometowns and go to the "Four Barbarians" was to survive, they could only survive.

But there are too few people who uphold this concept, and even fewer in the central government. But then again, the world is not peaceful these days, and there are still a large number of people in China who are threatened by bandits to survive waiting for rescue. How can the Ming Dynasty, who has no money, take care of overseas?

There are quite a few maritime merchants like Lin Yuanshan who live and serve as officials abroad. There are many such people in the vassal states around the Ming Dynasty. These maritime merchants have studied, written, done arithmetic, and have experience in doing business. They are absolutely sufficient in their abilities. Moreover, the golden signboards from the Ming Dynasty are like the world's top university degrees today, making them more popular in the vassal state governments.

Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty just beat up the Japanese, once again showed their muscles to the surrounding countries, telling them that although I am old, it is still easy to deal with you naughty kids, be honest and obedient, don’t always think about causing trouble!

After being warned like this, the surrounding countries, whether they are vassal states or outside the system, all had more awe of the Ming Dynasty. Against this background, King Narixuan relied on the measures of Chinese officials to express his sincerity to the Ming Dynasty, expressed his respect for the Ming Dynasty, announced the Siam sidelines, etc.

Xiao Ruxun received a letter from the messenger sent by Lin Yuanshan on the boat. When he opened it, he couldn't help laughing.

At this time, Chen Lin happened to come to Xiao Ruxun with two sea crabs caught from the sea to drink. Seeing Xiao Ruxun smiling happily at a letter, he asked with interest: "Is it because the wife of the admiral sent a letter to inform the children at home to grow up healthily?"

Xiao Ruxun looked up and saw Chen Lin, shook his head and smiled, "No, no, guess who sent the letter?"

Chen Lin shook his head: "Admiral, I am a rough man, just say it directly."

"It's strange to say that it was sent by a man named Lin Yuanshan."

Xiao Ruxun raised the letter in his hand.

"Lin Yuanshan? Who is that? Officials in the capital or local officials?"

"None of them! He is a senior aide to Siam King Narexuan. According to the Ming Dynasty's grade, he must be a second-rank official."

"Second rank? Lin Yuanshan?" Chen Lin frowned, then said with relief: "Is it because of the descendants of those coastal maritime merchants who have become officials in Siam?"

"Hmm? Do you know this very well?"

Xiao Ruxun asked curiously.

"That's natural. I have grown up in coastal areas since I was a child and have also been an official in this area. When I fought with Japanese pirates and fought rebels, I had a deep understanding of these coastal maritime merchants. Although some of these people are serious in business, most of them are armed forces, both businessmen and pirates. When the year is good, they are businessmen and pirates. When the year is bad, they have also done a lot of unreasonable things.

At the beginning, the Japanese pirates did not cause the Japanese pirates! Basically, these big sea merchants organized some desperate people to make trouble by using the name of Japanese pirates. While making trouble, they did business with many small countries in Nanyang and Franchise people. They made a lot of money. Later, the imperial court was determined to suppress the Japanese, and a large number of sea merchants were pursued by the Qi army for committing a crime and fled all over the world. They had no choice but to escape to the surrounding small countries for refuge.

Of course, in addition to maritime merchants, there are some miserable people who cannot live on. However, those people are different from the descendants of these maritime merchants. If their fathers make trouble, it will naturally be difficult for the next generation to return. Over time, they can only stop the idea of ​​going back. They take root in these small countries, do some business, or simply become ministers to the kings of these vassal states.

These people have read books, read, and know how to arithmetic. They also have other skills. They are rare talents for those vassal states. They recruit them as ministers, or teachers, and train students to live better than in the country. However, those landless farmers who cannot live a life are ignorant and can survive. How can they be the minister?”

Chen Lin filled the wine with disdain, and each of the two sea crabs sat down and said, "If I really said that, these people were still people without a king or father. As Chinese descendants, they did not want to serve the country, and actually worked hard for these vassal states. If they hadn't thought about their relationship with surrounding vassal states, these people would have been captured and killed by the army in the morning, and they could have been left to this day. I think, Lin Yuanshan must be guilty of being a thief. His father or his ancestor must have been one of the maritime merchants who had caused trouble in the southeast. What did he say? Did he ask for forgiveness? Don't pay attention to them!"

Xiao Ruxun heard about these mysterious things that he had never heard of in the past, and he also had some understanding of these Chinese people in Southeast Asia and South Asia.
Chapter completed!