The Mexican Expeditionary Force had long been annihilated in Guam, and even Chen Mu, as a creditor, forgot that he still had such a debtor as a king.

The sea is really annoying, a decision to half a year and not get a reply for half a year, who can always worry about it.

Not to mention that those arrears were originally Chen Mu's casual words, I really didn't expect Philip II to pay it back, even if Chen Mu's soul was Westernized enough, he was still a Chinese with a big face.

This identity determines that he doesn't want to understand, he can't imagine that as a king and a court, he owes money to private businessmen, and even wants to pay off the principal?

He simply felt that asking for seven million taels of silver was a humiliation.

As long as this message was conveyed, his purpose was achieved, and he really didn't expect to get the seven million taels of silver that he casually mentioned.

Thinking about the seven million taels of silver, it is better to teach the people of Guangdong how to breed pigs.

This is not a joke, Chen Mu, the right governor of the Nanyang Military Government, has been busy with this matter recently, and he sent a letter to the local officials in Guangdong in his private capacity, hoping that they will educate the people that in the future, the pig should not be used for the smallest one, but the largest one.

This idea came from the fact that he wanted to build horse farms in Qiongzhou and Luzon, and encouraged the local people to raise horses, for fear that the people would breed the smallest horses like pigs, and simply change the pigs together.

Compared with Chen Mu, as soon as the structure of the Nanyang Military Government performing its own duties came out, others were much busier, and Gao Gong and Xu Wei of the Staff Bureau of the Foreign Affairs Department were busy planning various affairs in Japan, trying to use the most shrewd means to avoid possible criticism from the court.

After all, there is still the law of the ancestors of the country that is not conquered, and it takes many plans to avoid this for the high arch.

When waiting for the discussion and asking Japan to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty after the war, Chen Mu spread his hands and said: "Why pay tribute, this matter of losing money and making money, should they not be subordinate or not, it makes sense?" Not only do I not want them to pay tribute, but I also want to abolish or change the tribute in the future and let them pay tribute. ”

Chen Mu became more and more dislike tribute, because the recent letters sent by the imperial court to the Nanyang military government repeatedly condemned the Nanyang 'tribute' led by him caused many complaints from the countries.

In the past, the tribute was the tribute of a small country to make money in the tributary trade, since Chen Mu came to Nanyang, the tribute became tribute, and the accompanying Nanyang flag army stipulated how much goods they could bring back on the way back from Beijing, and separated the best tribute when the tributary fleet was not on the road, and it was not included in the calculation of the value of the tribute.

"Chen Shuai, those things you know, why does God let you know that they are not more wise and outstanding people." Old Man Gao looked at Chen Mu's gaze infinitely close to heartache, and sighed: "God is jealous! ”

Chen Nanyang, who had such an eye for money, Gao Gong didn't know what to say, but fortunately, he was used to being a teacher, and asked seductively: "Can Chen Shuai understand tribute?" ”

"I don't understand." Chen Mu is not happy to be said like this, even if it is Gao Gong who said this, what does it mean that these things are known to Lao Tzu by God, and he will be jealous of Daming, huh? It's obviously a blessing from heaven! Chen Mu pressed his hand on the table and said: "The tributes of the Nanyang countries in the past two years have been arranged by Chen. ”

"Well, you can do it single-handedly, that's right, the officials of the Ministry of Rites have complained a lot in the past two years." Gao Gong nodded angrily and said, "Why does Chen Shuai think the tribute is to earn some yellow and white things?" ”

Gao Gong said and waved his hand: "The old man does not mean to depreciate property, the imperial court has been unable to make ends meet for a long time, the military salary is in arrears, the disaster relief is unfavorable, and the river is difficult to repair, which requires silver, but Chen Shuai really thinks that the imperial court is declining to the point that it needs to pay tribute to earn silver taels, which is also very funny." ”

"The tributary is not for the silver, and the second is not respected, whether it is the first emperor or the current majesty, it is not much fun to see the tributary of the vassals, and the tribute is a soldier who surrenders without a fight." Gao Gong emphasized Chen Mu's identity and said: "Chen Shuai is a military general, and the training is to kill the enemy in battle, and to report to the Son of Heaven to save the head of Qian." ”

"But in the imperial court, in the Son of Heaven, in the cabinet and in the ministry, when you are used, there is no more than a number, if you want to fight, you want to level the enemy, regardless of casualties, this does not mean that we are all hard-hearted."

Gao Gong sighed and said: "When I was in Beijing, the old man once asked Chen Shuai to count the Nanyang Temple, and the temple was calculated by tens of thousands of lives. ”

Chen Mu nodded, he knew this, not to mention far away, he often wanted to go back to Qingyuan and Yuegang by himself, he had a field and a house, he gave birth to a baby when he was full, he slept when he was tired of giving birth to a baby, and then ate when he woke up.

Not to mention Lin Manjue, who made meritorious contributions in Guam, took the entire general manager to retire from the battlefield and go home happily through Luzon to rest for half a year, Chen Mu also asked him to think about it, if he rested enough, he would not come back - who wants to work hard if he can live a good life?

But.

"Does this have anything to do with the tribute?"

"The old man already knows, no matter what, tell Chen Shuai concisely that Chen Shuai can't understand."

Gao Gong explained helplessly: "Tribute, most of the time does not lose money, Chen Shuai does that to make money, but the previous tribute of the imperial court does not lose money, the loss of money is only when the small border countries pay tribute, even if the imperial court puts all the tribute into the official and does not count the price, it still can't fill in the level of the reception of the ceremonial group to lose money." ”

"In addition, the purpose of the tribute is to control the surrounding countries, and the tribute can be mediated when they attack each other, and the countries will not annex it, which can not only protect the people of the countries, but also make the Ming Dynasty benefit from it."

Chen Mu understood this sentence.

If it is forbidden for others to annex each other, other people's land will always be like that, and there will never be a strong neighbor around, and there will never be a threat.

"Thank you Gao Gong, Chen understands."

Chen Mu couldn't help but smile, and thanked Gao Gong before saying: "Then it will also be divided into three kingdoms or even more, their kings are not easy to move, but Kyushu and Ezo must be divided and feudal states will be established." ”

Gao Gong frowned slightly, motioned for Chen Mu to continue, and listened to Chen Mu: "Kyushu uses Han people and Japanese people to establish a country; Ezo is based on the local natives and Jurchens to establish a country, so that the three kingdoms can be contained, and if they are the masters, they can also be discovered as soon as possible. ”

In fact, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty never cared about Japan, and few people were as interested in Japanese newspapers as Chen Mu, and they never put Japan in the scope of the Mongols, Jurchens, Koreans, and southwestern ethnic groups.

In this era, Huayi is divided into high and low, but one family, just like the late Emperor Longqing said: Hu and Yue are one.

The Japanese, like Westerners, have nothing to do with it.

"Since Chen Shuai is interested, let's send a letter to Chen Bazhi like this, let him find the Japanese king to ask the court for help to quell the rebellion, and the Nanyang Military Government will also submit a letter to the cabinet, stating the interests and disadvantages, and it will be done in a few days, and the Nanyang Military Government should open the Dongying Capital Division again." https://./14_14088/