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After Song Yingsheng stayed in Qiongzhou for half a month, he left for Guangzhou, and soon went to Macao to send a letter to the Portuguese for the king of Chu. But he got a piece of news that surprised him.

Song Yingxing, who sailed east from the port of Ningbo, arrived at the stronghold of the Portuguese in the southern part of the Americas, entrusted a Portuguese merchant ship that was going to cross the Pacific Ocean to Macao, and returned to Daming with a letter.

This letter was originally to ask the Portuguese in Macao to forward it to the Guangzhou government, and then hand it over to him through the official channel, but when he arrived in Macao, he was fortunate enough to get this letter first.

In the letter, Song Yingxing was very anxious, and even showed a trace of fear, he said that according to the Portuguese who accompanied him, the fleet had only traveled a third of the voyage, but what Xiyi said could basically be verified, and Diyuan said that it might be true.

When the fleet crossed the equator and the North Star disappeared from the night sky, his whole body almost collapsed, and his spirit seemed as if the sky had fallen, and he couldn't believe that the earth was really a sphere.

The collapse of the traditional world view of Confucianism made Song Yingxing unable to adapt for a long time, full of anxiety, he originally thought that he knew the world very well, understood the world, but when suddenly one day, he found that everything in the past was wrong, and the world was not what they understood, he immediately rushed to the world to be extremely strange, and even frightened.

At the time of writing this letter, Song Yingxing had basically accepted Xiyi's statement, but he did not return there, but decided to continue the voyage, go to Europa, and then return to Daming to complete the entire voyage.

This letter also had a huge impact on Song Yingsheng, making him feel very uncomfortable and anxious in his heart.

People always have a comfort zone, accustomed to being in their own comfort zone, Song Yingxing's letter undoubtedly broke Song Yingsheng's comfort zone, and the environment in which he was located suddenly became strange and unknown, and anxiety was inevitable.

Generally, when encountering this situation, most people will cover their ears, refuse to admit it, are unwilling to accept, and are unwilling to get out of this comfort zone, but there are still so many people who can continue to get out of their comfort zone, challenge new environments, and conquer new environments.

People who are always in the comfort zone, or the country, will eventually lose their morale and fall behind others, and the courage to challenge the new environment can make progress and achieve success in the secular sense.

After staying in Macao for a while, Song Yingsheng left Guangdong and hurried back to Nanjing to report to Wang Yan.

Eight years of total rule, 1657 A.D., spring.

Just after the New Year, when government affairs were piling up, Wang Yan got up early in the morning, moved his muscles and bones in the courtyard, washed his hands and face, and the princess asked people to bring breakfast over.

After Wang Yan ate it hastily, Princess He Zhizhi gave him a cloak and went to the cabinet in a carriage.

The carriage left a trail of wheels on the streets covered with thin snow, and the guards stepped on the snow, and in a short time reached the cabinet.

The soldier on duty in front of the door saw the carriage of the prison country coming, and hurriedly removed the threshold, and the carriage entered the Wenyuan Pavilion directly, and the guards brought a small stool to set it up, lifted the curtain, and Wang Yan came out with a hollow hand stove.

"See the prison country!" The two officials knew that Wang Yan was coming and came out to greet him.

Wang Yan said with a white breath in his mouth, "Song Shilang, Qian Domain, is President Chen here?" ”

"Wait in the council hall!" An official replied.

At that moment, Wang Yan went straight up to the second floor and entered the council hall, where the three people were sitting and talking, and they saw Wang Yan come in and hurriedly got up and saluted.

Wang Yan put the stove aside, took off his cloak, handed it to the guards, and then sat down with the stove in his arms, "You can also sit, you don't have to be formal, today is not a formal meeting, I just want to learn a few things from you, so that I can make some adjustments to this year's pre-meeting." ”

Several people sat down when they heard the words, Wang Yan looked at Song Yingsheng, and then asked, "Yuan Kong's inspection of Guangnan this time, how was the harvest?" ”

Song Yingsheng was busy preparing to stand up, but Wang Yan waved his hand and pressed it, motioned for him to sit and said, Song Yingsheng sighed: "Returning to the prison country, the minister has a lot of feelings this time, and he has already done an in-depth understanding of shipbuilding. I am currently writing an excerpt and will submit it to the Cabinet in a few days. ”

Wang Yan nodded and asked, "Lone's letter to the Portuguese, what did they say?" ”

Song Yingsheng said: "The Portuguese in Macao said that they could not control Tianzhu, and they needed to forward the letter from the prison country to the country and ask the Portuguese king to decide. ”

Wang Yan frowned slightly when he heard this, "Does Yuan Kong think the Portuguese will agree to Gu's request?" ”

Song Yingsheng shook his head, "Portugal also has interests in Tianzhu, and they are essentially the same as the Netherlands and Spain, and they are in a competitive relationship with our dynasty. If they lease their stronghold to our court, it will definitely affect their trade in Tianzhu, and the minister thinks that most of the Portuguese kings will not agree, and may use excuses to prevaricate the past. ”

As the trade of the Ming Dynasty expanded to the Tianzhu and Tianfang regions, the Ming Dynasty urgently needed to obtain a place to anchor ships in Tianzhu and the Mughal Empire for the anchorage and supply of Ming merchant ships, and use it as a base to engage in various related trades.

Wang Yan heard from Jinyiwei that the Portuguese had many strongholds in the Mughal Empire, such as Ago, Uze, and Daman, so he hoped to borrow one for the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, so he wrote a letter to the Portuguese.

His idea is a bit wishful thinking, although the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Portugal is relatively harmonious, but after all, they are two countries, each has its own interests, and it is impossible to harm itself and others.

However, Portugal did not agree, and Wang Yanzhi would not be angry and drive the Portuguese out of Macau, he needed to stay in Portugal to understand the changes in the West.

Wang Yan couldn't help but nod after hearing this, since the Portuguese couldn't get through, then he could only think of other ways, so he looked at Qian Bingrup and said, "Qian Domain, how are you talking with the Dutch and Spaniards?" Can you use the prisoners and find the Dutch to change a stronghold in Tianzhu. ”

Qian Bingrup thought for a while, "Back to the prison country, the Dutch are now too busy to take care of themselves, and they really want to redeem the warships and prisoners, and I propose to exchange the prisoners for a stronghold, they may really agree!" ”

"Oh?" Wang Yan was puzzled, he tried hard to find Portugal, there was no result over there, something was wrong with the Dutch, and it was possible to give Daming a stronghold.

At that moment, Wang Yan couldn't help but sit up straight, and said with a straight face: "What trouble did the Dutch encounter?" ”

"I heard that it was the Dutch who transferred Tianzhu's soldiers and horses to Malacca, which caused their stronghold in Tianzhu to be empty, and the English took advantage of the situation to seize the Dutch stronghold in Tianzhu, so the Dutch were anxious to negotiate peace with our dynasty and ransom the prisoners to resist the English."

After hearing this, Wang Yan couldn't help but touch the short beard under his forehead, his eyes turned down, and he said: "The negotiations with the Netherlands should be carried out quickly, but the conditions can be mentioned more." If they agree, then return the captives to them, and if they do not agree, then there is no need to continue the negotiations. ”

"The minister knows!" Qian Bingrup immediately said: "Later, the minister will ask people to summon the Dutch envoy to the Imperial Court to discuss." ”

Wang Yan bowed slightly, thought for a while, and added: "The Dutch are cunning and have repeatedly broken the contract. ”

"Yes, I understand."

Wang Yan then asked, "How about talking to the Spanish duke?" ”

Qian Bingrup said, "The terms have basically been decided, and the issue of the exchange rate between the silver dollar and the Spanish peso is currently being discussed. Once this matter was decided, the treaty could be finalized and executed as long as the King of Spain signed it. ”

Wang Yan looked at Chen Yonghua, "Fufu, what is the exchange rate given by the Five Virtues?" ”

After the implementation of the new monetary policy in the Ming Dynasty, in principle, foreign trade must be settled with silver dollars of the five virtues, and the circulation of gold and silver was slowly banned in China.

When Chen Yonghua heard this, he hurriedly said: "Back to the prison country, Wude's suggestion to the Li Fan Yuan is a one-to-four exchange ratio. ”

Wang Yan was taken aback when he heard this, "One tael of silver coins in exchange for four Spanish pesos, will they accept it?" ”

Chen Yonghua said: "Don't worry, I got the news from the Portuguese that Spain is short of materials, prices are soaring, and four pesos can't buy a stone of grain, and I am looking for a stone of grain, about one or two dollars, this ratio is negotiated according to the price, it is reasonable, and the Spaniards will not have any objections." ”

Wang Yan only knows a rough idea of these problems, but he doesn't know too much, and he plans to take some time to study them and then understand them.

At that moment, Wang Yan nodded, looked back at Qian Bingrup and said: "Qian Domain, you will write an excerpt later, and hand over the specific situation and details of our negotiations with the Netherlands and Spain to the cabinet, so that several cabinet ministers can understand." ”

Qian Bingjian nodded, and said yes, Wang Yan asked about another big thing, "Fufu, is Wude's action against the Jin Kingdom about to close the net?" ”

For the speculation of cotton prices in Jinguo, it has been a year, and Wang Yan estimates that domestic cotton merchants and cloth merchants are also a little unable to hold on.

Chen Yonghua smiled, "Back to Your Highness, it's almost time to close the net." However, there is still some time before the Wude is ready to let Jin Guo plant the new season of cotton before starting the operation. ”

The new season of cotton is planted, and when the price of cotton falls, it is too late for Jin Guo to change the plant, Wang Yan smiled at the corner of his mouth, and he was a little proud in his heart, it seems that he is not far from his great cause of reunification.

After discussing these things, the direction of this year's New Year's pre-discussion will also come out.

To sum up, there are two relatively big things, the first is to prepare for the conquest of the Jin State and complete the unification of the Ming Dynasty, and the second thing is to comply with the requirements of the maritime merchants, expand the scope of trade to the Mughals, and establish a stable stronghold to protect the rights and interests of the Ming Dynasty maritime merchants in the Mughals·····

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