Daming: Is There Imperial Examination Fraud At The Beginning? I Cry As A Candidate During The Test

Chapter 87 Ye Xuan: A generous gift in return for a small country? Just spend it casually!

After some persuasion from Ye Xuan, Zhu Biao understood how inappropriate his previous actions were.

He gave so many gifts to the small foreign countries that paid tribute.

The small foreign countries that pay tribute will not thank you at all.

They believe that they pay tribute to the great powers just to survive.

It is as it should be.

Will there be any gifts in return tomorrow?

They don't matter.

I just hope that the Ming Dynasty will not attack them.

Daming gave so many gifts in return.

Those small foreign countries felt that Tianming was taken advantage of.

Will be more greedy in the future.

Trying to profit from this method of paying tribute.

Come exploit Ming Dynasty.

However, the people in power in the Ming Dynasty felt that it was a good thing for all nations to pay tribute.

There is absolutely no thought that I am being taken advantage of.

What's more, I didn't expect that the reputation of the Ming Dynasty's scapegoat had spread to other countries, leading to tribute from all countries.

This makes Ming appear to be pathetically stupid.

With the Ming Dynasty's economic strength, powerful military, technological level, etc., there is no need for such diplomatic means to achieve territorial stability and political and economic recognition.

The most ridiculous thing is.

Historically, after the Ming Dynasty adopted this "thick and thin" tribute system, conflicts and wars would still occur between the Ming Dynasty and small foreign countries.

Why?

It was because the Ming Dynasty did not allow small foreign countries to pay tribute.

After all, the Ming Dynasty could not afford to pay tribute because of the excessive number of tributes.

The small foreign countries refused.

Because it pays tribute, its main purpose is to exploit Ming Dynasty and profit from Tian Ming.

You don't let it pay tribute.

How does it make a profit?

How to make money?

The wages of avarice is death.

Small foreign countries could not pay tribute to obtain benefits, so they had frictions and wars with the Ming Dynasty on the border.

Of course, there may also be small foreign countries that use tribute as an excuse to attack and test the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Biao woke up, he hurriedly said goodbye to Ye Xuan and went to see Ren Ang, the Minister of Rites.

Inside the warehouse.

Ren Ang and a group of officials from the Ministry of Rites are preparing gifts in return for the tributary countries.

"How many people did Goryeo have and how many tributes did they bring?"

Ren Ang asked.

The subordinate next to him held a brochure, flipped through it and said: "There are hundreds of Koreans, 300 taels of gold, 700 taels of silver and gold-plated silverware, 2,000 jins of Fanbang's specialty ginseng, 3,520 jins of sesame oil, and 500 taels of ink." Ingots, 9 fine horses, 10,000 pieces of cloth, 200 pieces of silk, 100 pieces of silk...

Let him caress his beard.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he would like generous gifts."

"Of course we can't neglect it."

"Then, I will reward Goryeo with 30,000 pieces of copper coins, 1,000 pieces of silk, 5,000 pieces of cloth..."

Some officials from the Ministry of Rites nearby packed all the copper coins and silk cloth according to the order of the Minister of Rites, and marked them as gifts from Goryeo.

"On to the next one."

The Minister of Rites said.

The subordinate holding the pamphlet continued: "Siam tributes ambergris, ivory, pepper, cardamom, agarwood, peacock tail, gems, gold rings..."

Ren Ang pondered for a moment, "The gift in return is twenty thousand taels of copper coins, one thousand pieces of silk and cloth, one hundred pieces of porcelain, one hundred taels of gold..."

Everyone in the Ministry of Etiquette methodically pretended to give gifts back to the tributary country.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"★FT............"

There was a sudden sound outside, and Prince Zhu Biao, who was wearing Jiuzhanggun uniform, walked into the warehouse. When officials from the Ministry of Rites saw Prince Zhu Biao, a group of people from the Uralula went directly to salute him.

"No need to be polite."

"Get up."

Zhu Biao said.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Ren Ang and others stood up one after another.

"How are the return gifts to the tributary countries arranged?"

Zhu Biao asked the Minister of Rites.

Ren Ang said:

"Arrangements are being made."

"At present, the gifts from Korea and other countries have been arranged."

"oh?"

"Bring it to me and show it to me."

Zhu Biao said.

Ren Ang signaled to the official of the Ministry of Rites who was recording the records next to him, and showed the record of the gifts returned from the tributary countries to His Highness the Crown Prince.

The subordinate handed over the gift list with both hands.

Zhu Biao took it.

Look carefully.

Then, he frowned tightly.

When Ren Ang saw Zhu Biao's brows furrowed, he felt guilty.

Quite uneasy.

"Is it something wrong with giving back gifts?"

"But I came here according to His Highness the Crown Prince's words. I will give you a generous gift in return."

"It should be no problem."

Just when Ren Ang was feeling uneasy, Zhu Biao pointed at the list of gifts and said:

"Too many giveaways."

"Delete two-thirds of the gifts from these countries."

"In addition, there is no need to give too many gifts in return to the tributary countries."

"The value of the return gift need not exceed the value of the tribute."

"Just pick something and give it to the tributary country."

"Better something cheap."

"I think the specialties of our Ming Dynasty, such as paper and porcelain, are very good."

"Just express our Ming Dynasty's wishes briefly.

Ren Ang was stunned again and again after listening to Zhu Biao's words.

Something is wrong.

Not long ago, Zhu Biao said that tributary countries should be given generous gifts in return. He also said that the value of the gifts in return should be much higher than the tribute. Why has it changed now?

Other officials of the Ministry of Etiquette were also dumbfounded.

Zhu Biao made it clear before.

Give generous gifts back to the tributary country.

Why now, so perfunctory?

Give something cheap?

Just pick something?

Paper, porcelain?

Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince joking?

Everyone in the Ministry of Rites secretly observed Zhu Biao's expression and saw that Zhu Biao's face was serious and showed no signs of joking. They could only look at Ren Ang and wait for Zhu Ang's words.

After all, the Minister of Rites is the head of their Rites Department.

He decides everything.

Even if there is a pot.

It was also supported by the Minister of Rites.

Ren Ang was silent for a long time, and then said respectfully:

"."Yes, sir, I understand."

The Minister of Rites began to rearrange the arrangement, eliminating all the previous valuable gifts and putting in cheap items, such as paper, porcelain, specialties of the Ming Dynasty, etc.

Then, these gifts in return were delivered to the foreign envoys who paid tribute. After receiving the gifts in return, these foreign envoys did not dare to think of anything else and returned home happily.

Zhu Biao was filled with emotion when he saw this scene.

Mr. Ye is indeed right.

These small foreign countries paid tribute in order to survive if the powerful Ming Dynasty did not attack them.

to this end.

This group of small foreign countries did not dare to have any other demands.

Even if Ming’s gift in return was perfunctory.

They didn't dare to have any complaints.

And their tribute has been delivered, which means that the Ming Dynasty is willing to protect them, and they can happily return to their country and resume their lives.

A generous gift or something.

There is no need (Li Mo Zhao) to do it.

"A weak country has no justice, a weak country has no outsiders..."

Zhu Biao pondered these words and thought about these small countries.

The small foreign countries were weak compared to the Ming Dynasty.

They have no ability or strength and can only be slaughtered by the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, before being slaughtered, they can only pay tribute and superficially surrender, hoping that the Ming Dynasty can tolerate their existence.

If one day, the Ming Dynasty becomes a weak country, I am afraid it will be similar to these small foreign countries.

Waking its head and tail to the big country.

Asking major powers to tolerate their existence…………

Zhu Biao took a deep breath.

"It seems that I still need to learn a lot of things."

"The way of the emperor."

"The way to run a country."

With this in mind, Zhu Biao found Ye Xuan again, bowed deeply to Ye Xuan, and solemnly said:

"Mr. Ye, I want to ask for advice on how to be the emperor of Ming Dynasty and how should I govern the country!"

"Please inform me sir."