Yang reformed three times and divided five by two, and quickly completed the matter of reopening the country. The income is expected to be quite large, and I am secretly proud in my heart. The government continued. In addition, I plan to go back tonight, I have to check what the way this Bi Ziyan came from, and see the "achievements" of history, if the "historical results" are good, I don't mind using him, if not, stop here.

"Your Majesty, there is Shang Feng, the son of the king of Zhongshan in the Ryukyu Kingdom, who sent an envoy to pay tribute and ask for canonization." A minister came out to do something.

The government continued to function.

"Ryukyu country? King of Zhongshan? The Son? Shang Feng? Yang Gai was surprised! Wasn't this Ryukyu Kingdom on the sea east of the Ming Dynasty? Isn't it a small piece of land? This, a tribute? This, kind of interesting. Yang Reform quickly started his brain, remembering that a game he had played before, called "Age of Exploration IV", there was Ryukyu in it, and there was a port there called Naha, which could be used for trade, and Yang Reform was very impressed by this.

This matter, you have to think about it, after that, this Ryukyu country was swallowed by the book! Since he is a Chinese in the future, he cannot let this kind of thing happen, since this Ryukyu country is still a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, since he is now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, then he has to do something for future generations, and put this Ryukyu country firmly in the hands of China, this is best to garrison, this is more perfect, even if the Ming Dynasty declines, the matter of the Chinese garrison in this Ryukyu country is also an ironclad matter, proper, it is impossible to separate Ryukyu from China, let alone have any island chain to block China, Yang Gai felt that he had to leave something for future generations, otherwise he would regret it.

Immediately, he said, "...... There was a messenger who paid tribute and asked for canonization...... Ladies and gentlemen, tell me what is going on with this Ryukyu country, the relationship with our dynasty, and what should I do? Yang Reform originally wanted to directly send people to garrison troops to defend China's inherent territory, but when the words came to his lips, he remembered that the Chongzhen Emperor in history was probably the first time he had heard of this thing in the Ryukyus, and there was also a Ming Dynasty's vassal Zhongshan, and he couldn't "leak traces" too much. hurriedly asked the minister what to do, thinking that this was also the performance that Chongzhen should have in history.

When the ministers saw that the emperor asked about the affairs of the Ryukyu Kingdom, they were as if frost had struck, and they were not happy and dodged. Yang Gengai glanced at it and knew that this matter was troublesome.

Yang Reform glanced at the person who reported this matter again, the minister couldn't stand the emperor's forced gaze, lowered his head, and reported: "Back to Your Majesty, this Ryukyu country has always been a subject country of our dynasty, in the east of the vast sea of our dynasty, the successive Zhongshan kings of the Ryukyu country have all taken our dynasty as Zhengshuo, and the new king ascended the throne, they will ask our dynasty to be canonized, this time, it is the old king who died, the new king is in place, and he came to ask for the canonization of my dynasty. ”

Tribute? This thing, Yang Reform heard the history teacher say, saying that the tribute of the Ming Dynasty is purely a one-sided project, others pull a few Nanyang natives, and then call themselves what kings, with a few catties of straw, a few strings of shells to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, and then the Ming Dynasty in order to show that they are rich, will give a large ship of gifts as a return gift, so as to show that the Ming Dynasty is the Heavenly Empire, this thing, in Yang Reform's view, is purely a matter of treating the Ming Dynasty emperor as Kai Zizai.

"Hey, hey, what's going on,...... Is the messenger coming? I want to meet, hehe, guests from overseas? I'm curious, what kind of new gifts will there be, send the messenger quickly, I'm a rare treasure from overseas! Yang Reform plans to see what is in this tribute gift, whether it is a few handfuls of straw and a few strings of shells in the legend, and Yang Reform is going to verify how the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were slaughtered. I am also going to have a little "relationship" with the Ryukyus, so that I can go to the garrison later.

Seeing that the emperor was about to summon the envoy, someone immediately came out to stop him, saying, "Your Majesty, don't summon the envoy, and listen to the minister's words." This minister was also in a hurry to stop the emperor.

Yang Reform also wondered, what's wrong? Could it be that the monarchs of the Ming Dynasty don't like the "hat" of the Heavenly Empire now?

"What's the matter with Aiqing? But say, why can't you summon you? ”

"Your Majesty, this is no gift...... This envoy cannot be summoned, and once summoned, His Majesty will have to reward him again, and he will have to send a canonized ship to sea, which is a big expense! Thinking that now that the treasury is empty, how can I send a canonized ship, and how can I return the gift? Your Majesty, you will never see the messenger. ”

Yang reformed that! This Ming Dynasty people are not all fools, knowing that they have no money, and they don't even see the messenger, this ......, "canonize the ship?" Then if I see the messenger, give a gift in return, and send a canonization ship, how much silver will it cost to come down this time? "Yang Gai wants to know, how much does it cost to be the unjust boss once?

"Returning to Your Majesty, one hundred and twenty thousand taels is indispensable, this gift depends on Your Majesty's meaning, this utensils, clothing, seals, silver coins, brocades, treasures, etc., are all according to Your Majesty's will, but this canonized ship, this ...... The imperial court is just making ends meet, how can it afford to build this new canonization ship? How do you go out and be canonized? Your Majesty? "When this man talks about sealing the ship, he dodges and dodges.

The more this person dodged, the more interested Yang Reform became, and said, "How much does this canonization ship cost?" Why can't the household department even pay this money? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this canonization ship, go out for a canonization, it will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, and this household is now less than 100,000 taels, and there is still money to canonize this Ryukyu king!"

This person spit out the truth, no wonder when he talked about this canonization, the faces of the ministers were as if frost had beaten them, clothes were human hair, money was human courage, and without money, natural courage was insufficient, and doing things was naturally obscene.

"Tens of thousands of taels? What kind of ship is this? How big is it? "Yang Reform remembers that this silver of the Ming Dynasty is quite valuable! How big is a ship built in tens of thousands of taels? Four thousand tons? Or five thousand tons? It's not a treasure ship, is it?

"Back to Your Majesty, the ship is not very big, but this ship is built quite luxuriously, in order to be decent and reflect the prestige of my Ming Dynasty when the envoy is canonized. Now, the household has no money, and cannot afford to send this canonized messenger! This man bitterly persuaded the emperor to leave this matter alone.

Yang Genghe glared, he originally wanted to do something for the future generations of China, but he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty's finances were so urgent that even tens of thousands of taels of silver from this small sesame seed were also seen in his eyes, and he couldn't afford it, and there was a big gap between the desire to send troops to garrison Ryukyu and seek a "legacy" for future generations of China. may have to pay for this by himself, Yang Reform Consciousness.

“…… Then you can't drag it on like this, can't you canonize the king of the mountains in the Ryukyu Kingdom? Is this someone else still waiting to be king? It's not good for you to drag it like this, you really don't have any money, I sponsor a little, don't build this canonized ship so luxuriously. Yang Gengai decided to do it according to his own wishes, and said that he would contact the Ryukyu Kingdom and garrison the army as soon as possible, resulting in an ironclad historical fact. This is also for the benefit of future generations.

Yang Reform made a very happy decision to make money, but the minister's words made Yang Reform "thunder".

“…… Your Majesty, the envoy of the Ryukyu country, arrived a few years ago, and now, in the capital, I have been staying for seven or eight years, and the son of Shangfeng of the Ryukyu country, I am afraid that he has already ascended the throne as a king, and it doesn't matter if I send a canonized envoy to the dynasty or not,...... It's better to wait a few years, your majesty, the court has a lot of income, and your majesty will send an envoy to canonize it, and when the time comes, build a big canonization ship, and it will not lose the dignity and prestige of our dynasty! ”

Yang Reform felt that the thunder was rolling on this day, I had heard of the bureaucracy procrastinating, I had never seen such a delay, other kings ascended the throne, waiting for your canonization, you are good, it will be delayed for seven or eight years, I'm afraid, this king's neck should be as long as a giraffe. Well, don't look at any gifts, I came here seven or eight years ago, and I'm afraid I don't know where this gift has gone.

Yang Gai felt that this was really terrifying, since you are someone else's suzerain, then you have to canonize on time, if you can't even afford to canonize on time, then don't wear the hat of this suzerain, shame. It's still over as soon as possible.

"Ladies and gentlemen, is this how the Ming Dynasty behaved? Other kings ascended the throne, looking forward to the canonization of our dynasty, such as looking forward to Ganlin, you Aiqing is good, in order to save a few silver coins, even the hat of this suzerain, since you don't want it, I quickly tell people, my Ming Dynasty can't afford to be your suzerain, do it early, and don't delay people's youth. Think that my Ming Dynasty is a huge empire, with a territory of thousands of miles and a population of tens of thousands, can't even a canonized ship be saved and can't be built? What happened to my Ming Dynasty? Yang Reform crackled, the ministers on this ground, all shrunk their necks, silent, this time they were scolded by the emperor, it can be said that they are not complete, and they are ashamed in their hearts. This is also true, this huge Ming Dynasty, is it that the poor can't even afford to build a canonization ship? Say it, others who believe.

“…… The ministers are guilty...... "When the ministers saw the emperor say such things, they all knelt down and claimed that they were guilty.

Yang reformed the air knot. This group of ministers used the big move "ae", and they had to persuade themselves and not lose their temper.

"Everyone, get up, this matter, my words are indeed a little heavier, but, as I said, the hat of this suzerainty is still needed, this canonized ship still has to be sent out, this reward in return is also to be decent, since there is no silver in the household, then this matter, let me figure it out, alas......" Yang Reform pretended to be a pretend, saying that he paid money to get this matter, in fact, he wanted to spend some silver to garrison troops in Ryukyu, so that Ryukyu would become China's "inherent territory", Later, if he wanted to abandon this place, he had to weigh how the descendants would scold.

More importantly, Yang Reform knew that it was a trade port, and he had to take the road of overseas trade in the future, and he would soon be engaged in maritime trade, so he would get rid of the shackles of natural disasters on the Ming Dynasty one day earlier, otherwise, relying on the existing land of the Ming Dynasty to solve the problem of famine at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Reform felt very pressured. Therefore, the prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom [who has actually been a king for many years] paid tribute and asked for canonization, which was an opportunity. Yang Reform is prepared not to give up no matter what.

(To be continued)