As soon as the envoys of various countries said blunt words from the Ming Dynasty, they knelt down on one knee and saluted the Ming Emperor Zhu Cihong.

"The envoys of all countries are exempt from courtesy!" Zhu Cihong was dressed in a brand-new dragon robe, and stretched out his hand with a smile that he thought was very benevolent.

"His Majesty Emperor Xie Daming!" The envoys of various countries were ordered to get up, and then brushed their left chest with their right hand, and bent down to thank them.

"I heard that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has ascended the throne and is in power, and we have come from the ocean to present tributes to congratulate His Majesty the Emperor." Dutch Special Envoy Alberta said.

Under Zhu Cihong's instructions, a group of small yellow doors carried in several large boxes from outside the hall.

The Dutch sent a box of ivory ornaments, including ivory bracelets and bracelets, as well as study utensils and carved Buddha statues.

Francha sent a box of jade and jade, and the tribute of little Franco was a bunch of strange ornaments, according to the envoy, these ornaments were collected by them with great effort, and only the identity of His Majesty the Ming Emperor was worthy of Yunyun.

The tributes of several other envoys were similar, either jade or ivory.

This made the civil and military officials on both sides very puzzled, although it was the first time they had seen so many countries coming to the DPRK at the same time, but they had read a lot of historical materials.

These tributes are not rare in the Ming Dynasty, especially pearl jadeite, ivory ornaments, not to mention the palace, even most of them have a few decent pieces at home.

These countries are too shabby, and many courtiers are discussing it.

"Please thank the emperor of your country on my behalf, and say that I am very happy, and the Ministry of Rites will pay it back." Zhu Cihong glanced at the list of gifts, although he felt a little shabby, but he was still in a good mood.

After all, courtesy is light and affectionate, and the territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast and has everything, unlike these remote and small countries, it would be good if they could come.

Han Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, promised to make a promise, and seeing that the Ming Emperor was so happy, all the envoys were overjoyed, and they were relieved.

The countries behind these envoys are still fighting each other over religious conflicts, and it is not easy to come together for the sake of the overall situation, after all, this matter is too important for them.

Under the interests, they are all friends.

"We will definitely spread the gospel of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to our country, and in addition to congratulating His Majesty the Emperor on his accession to the throne, there is one more thing that I hope His Majesty the Emperor can be gracious."

Alex, the envoy of the little Francois country, said a little impatiently.

"Special Envoy, please." Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

Zhu Cihong is in a really good mood, now that the Ming Dynasty is stable, the people are praising him, and there are countries coming to court, vanity is troubled, he decided that as long as the requests of these envoys are not excessive, he will definitely grant them.

"Our subjects have always admired the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and many of them want to come to the Ming Dynasty to see the grand occasion, and during this period, many maritime merchants want to enhance the friendship between the Ming Dynasty and the little Franc through trade."

Alex said stiffly with a curled beard.

"Oh? This is a good thing, Daming welcomes the subjects of all countries to come, and also welcomes the merchants of your country to come to my Daming trade. Zhu Cihong said casually.

Now that the customs yamen has been established, he has to deal with the trade of domestic and foreign fleets, which does not contradict what the king of Anguo once told him.

"It's just that His Majesty the Emperor, our country is located west of Europa, far away from the Ming Dynasty, and we have to go through many difficulties and dangers along the way to transport the goods to the Ming Dynasty, so as to strengthen the friendship with the Ming Dynasty.

However, the customs of the Ming Dynasty collected too high taxes, which will greatly discourage the enthusiasm of our merchants, who think that it is not cost-effective to travel so far by sea to trade in the Ming Dynasty.

It is because we have come in the hope that His Majesty the Emperor will lower the tariffs on the basis of our friendship, which is a good thing for the subjects of the Ming Dynasty and for the subjects of our country, and the subjects of our country will surely be grateful for your grace. ”

After Alex finished speaking, he didn't forget to clasp his right hand on his chest and salute.

After speaking, he glanced at Zhu Cihong worriedly, and then glanced left and right with several envoys who came with him.

After Zheng Zheng, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, was expelled by the Ming court, they were really surprised, because Zheng was so domineering that he had to collect three thousand taels of silver from each merchant ship.

And as far as they knew, the silver was put into Yiguan Zheng's own pocket, and they didn't understand why the Ming court allowed Yiguan Zheng to behave like this.

After Yiguan Zheng led a large number of navies into Sulu, they were really panicked, and they thought that the Ming court was going to attack them, only to learn later that the court wanted to exterminate Yiguan Zheng.

They were so pleased that Yiguan Zheng had fallen, and although his power was still strong, the kingdoms had already communicated and wanted to put aside their previous disputes and unanimously deal with Yiguan Zheng.

Now Yiguan Zheng did not have the support of the Ming Emperor, and he did not dare to confront them at all in Sulu.

After Yiguan Zheng left the Ming Dynasty, he thought that he would never have to pay the ship tax of three thousand taels of silver in the future, which stimulated many merchants from their country to come to the sea to do trade.

I never thought that as soon as the caravan arrived at the Daming Sea, news came that the Ming Dynasty had set up customs on the coast, which was responsible for the import and export trade of the Ming Dynasty and the collection of customs duties.

This is nothing, they know that the officials of the Ming Dynasty like silver, and they think that it is a big deal to spend some silver when they get to the treaty port, and bribe those insatiable Ming officials, and they will definitely be able to successfully transport the goods into the interior of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that I never expected that the official surnamed Huang in charge of Daming Customs was very unfriendly! Not only did they refuse the money they sent, but they also sent troops to beat their merchants!

If you can't do it in Guangzhou, then go to Fuzhou, they don't believe that the officials of the Ming Dynasty don't like silver like this surnamed Huang, which is too surprising to them.

According to their ancestors, before Yiguan Zheng took charge of Daminghai, their ancestors came to trade by directly handing over a small amount of silver to the officials of the Municipal Shipping Division, and then they could be unimpeded.

But when they arrived in Fuzhou, they were surprised to find that it was still the official surnamed Huang who received them, and they did not even enter the door, and continued north to Ningbo, and finally to Shanghai.

They were desperate.

This official surnamed Huang is simply a miser, not only did he not invite them to dinner as his ancestors said, but also said that he would not want to enter the Ming Dynasty without paying tariffs!

And then now, they decided to send someone to meet the Ming Emperor directly as an envoy, and implore His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to deal with this miser surnamed Huang.

After all, in their eyes, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are all vain, as long as they coax the emperor to be happy, the surnamed Huang will definitely suffer, if the Ming Emperor can allow the reduction of tariffs, they will definitely get a huge reward when they go back, and glory.

"This ......" Zhu Cihong listened to the report of the envoy of the little Franco, frowned slightly and fell silent.