Zhu Cihong has thought about the requests of these envoys, perhaps because he wants to pay more tribute, or maybe he hopes to give them the title of Ming Dynasty so that they can return with glory......

It's just that he never thought that these envoys pleaded to reduce their tariffs, and this request didn't feel anything to Zhu Cihong, after all, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has never attached great importance to commercial taxes.

If Liu Hongjian is in front of him, he has to give this guy a fried chestnut with sugar, why can't this Nima be able to support the wall?

The reason why Zhu Cihong hesitated was because the tariff matter was presided over by his brother Liu, and if he rashly lowered the tariff for this group of envoys, it would probably damage his brother Liu's plan.

"Your Majesty, the envoys of various countries have come from afar to work hard, if you arrange for the distinguished guests to rest first, the tariff matter can also be discussed later!" Seeing that the emperor was embarrassed, Han Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out of the class to play.

Some courtiers said that Zhu Cihong had no disapproval, and immediately announced his withdrawal from the court.

Several envoys followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites back to Honglu Temple and muttered quietly.

"This young majesty of the Ming Dynasty seems to be hesitating, and he doesn't know if he can agree to our request." Dutch emissary Abbota said.

"The emperor of the Ming Dynasty likes flattery the most, and those officials only like to hear us praise the Ming Dynasty, and even in order to show their wealth, they still have to slap their swollen faces and show off their fat people to me, so I think the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will definitely agree to our request."

Alex, the envoy of the little Francois Kingdom, was a little loud, but his words were full of contempt for Da Ming.

"Alex, be quiet, you're surrounded by officials from the Ming Dynasty." Francha's envoy Hans frowned and reminded.

Several of them were in charge of foreign affairs, and they knew several languages, and they spoke in the language of Franc in front of the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

"What are you afraid of, these Ming people are so closed that they can't understand what we're talking about at all."

"It's also ......"

"In my opinion, if the Ming Emperor does not agree to reduce the tariff, I will simply continue smuggling, I have already sent people to contact the merchants of the Ming Dynasty......"

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In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Cihong urgently summoned the cabinet team to discuss the matter of reducing tariffs requested by the envoys of various countries.

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that my Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and is rich all over the world, and should have the demeanor of a great country, these small border countries are just admiring the prosperity of my Ming Dynasty, if the emperor refuses their request, they will inevitably say that the emperor is mean and unkind after returning to China, and the minister's opinion is not to allow them."

Zhang Tianlu, a scholar of Dongge University, saw that several colleagues were silent, and took the lead in speaking.

Zhang Tianlu knew that this young master, like the first emperor, was a person with an excellent reputation, otherwise he would not care so much about the people's evaluation of him.

"Lord Zhang, the imposition of customs duties on foreign people is a great plan of the dynasty that the king of Anguo strongly supports, and it is also a great help for the collection of taxes by the imperial court in the future.

Han Yu, a scholar of Mandarin Hall and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, retorted.

Although Uncle Han felt that it was not a big deal to give favors to these small countries, after all, this customs plan was proposed by his lord, no matter what, he should deal with this matter from the standpoint of the king of Anguo.

"Lord Han is serious, and the official did not say that all the reductions are reduced, and it is the ancestral system to give favors to the country that comes to the dynasty." Zhang Tianlu retorted.

"At this time and at that time, if the Ming Dynasty still follows the ancestral system in everything, isn't the lesson of the first emperor enough?" Han Yu asked sharply.

If it weren't for the sudden rise of the king of Anguo County a few years ago to save the Ming Dynasty, according to the practices of the group of conservative courtiers, the Ming Dynasty would have died a long time ago.

"You ......"

"Okay, okay, don't quarrel about it, let's wait for Liu Qing to come and make plans." Zhu Cihong saw Zhang Tianlu glaring at him angrily, worried about the escalation of the quarrel, and hurriedly explained.

After more than half an hour, Liu Hong, the initiator of the salt administration reform and customs collection, and the king of Anguo County, who had hidden his merits and fame, was gradually late.

"Let the emperor and you wait for a long time, where are the foreign envoys, why haven't the ministers seen it?" Liu Hong gradually entered the main hall and saluted.

As soon as he heard that the envoys from various countries were coming, Liu Hong gradually learned that something had happened, and as soon as he heard that the little yellow door of the imperial court said that it was for tariff matters, Liu Hong gradually became more interested.

"Lord Wang, the envoys have all been placed in Honglu Temple by Lord Han, and the emperor summoned you mainly to discuss the reduction and exemption of tariffs." Shoufu Li Banghua said angrily.

Although he was the first assistant, he didn't know much about customs, taxation and other matters, but he intuitively felt that this group of envoys must not have any good intentions, because the eyes of this group of people were a little strange, or greedy.

"What tariff reduction? Why subtract? Does this still need to be discussed? It's definitely not going to be reduced! Liu Hong's face gradually looked surprised.

He thinks that this group of uncles is idle and fine, how can the set law be changed because a few foreigners give some gifts?

Besides, it's silver, you know? Is silver or face important?

"Lord Wang, this is detrimental to the prestige of the dynasty." Seeing that others did not dare to refute Liu Hongchuan, Zhang Tianlu said in a deep voice.

"Weiyi? The prestige is not given by others, it is earned by the Ming Empire itself! Liu Hong gradually became unhappy when he heard it.

Whether the people of the Ming Dynasty are doing well or not, whether the court has face, it is not what a few gringos say, not to make them grateful to the Ming Dynasty, they have to send silver.

Instead, if they dare to go back and say bad things about Daming, they will beat him, torture him, and him, until these guys don't dare to say bad things about Daming anywhere.

This kind of hegemonism may not work in later generations, but in these days, whoever has the biggest fist will have enough confidence.

"But ......"

"It's nothing, but when the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil a few years ago, why didn't these countries come to help? Now that the Ming Dynasty is in sight, why are these envoys of the Bird Kingdom uninvited?

Don't you understand? There is no eternal friendship between countries at all, only eternal interests. As soon as Zhang Tianlu spoke, he was gradually interrupted by Liu Hong.

This surnamed Zhang makes Liu Hongjian look at it unpleasantly.

"There is no eternal friendship between countries, only eternal interests, alas, Liu Qing is reasonable......" Zhu Cihong, who had been quietly listening to the arguments of the ministers, repeated Liu Hongji's words and sighed.

This remark was incisive, and it directly broke through the heavens, causing other cabinet ministers, including Zhu Cihong, to frown slightly, and Shao Tian nodded slightly.

Just as he was hesitating, the superintendent of Dongchang walked to Zhu Cihong, and whispered in Zhu Cihong's ear, not knowing what to say.

Zhu Cihong's face changed greatly after hearing this, and he slapped on the imperial case.

"A small country outside the country, rude, hateful! Shameless! ”

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