I, Zhu Qizhen, am not called the Son of Heaven!

Yan Song's words fell, and the Manchu dynasty was civilized and martial, all with a pleasant expression, and their faces were proud.

Born to be a great man, this is luck!

This is a blessing!

That's pride!

Zhu Qizhen sat on the dragon chair and asked Yan Song, "How much money do these vassal countries have every year?"

"Back to Your Majesty, among these dependent countries, the highest amount of silver paid by the Korean state is 500,000 taels of silver. The other dependent countries range from 220,000 taels to 400,000 taels, in addition to the silver of the year, there are also special products of various countries, jewelry corals, night pearls, crystal cups and other rare items. "

Listening to Yan Song's report, Zhu Qizhen's brows frowned slightly.

"The largest number of Korean kingdoms is only 500,000 taels?"

Hearing the emperor's words, Yan Song secretly said in his heart: "These 500,000 taels of silver can already be made up by the Korean Kingdom tightening its belt, and the Korean Kingdom is already very poor, and the difficulty of making up 500,000 taels of silver is unimaginable." "

If it weren't for the Daming Empire destroying Walla and frightening the King of Korea, the Kingdom of Korea's annual silver would only be 300,000 taels.

The situation in other dependent countries is basically the same as in the Kingdom of Korea.

This is a protection fee paid to the Daming Empire, otherwise, they are afraid of being destroyed by the Daming Empire.

You know, the repair of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal only needs one million taels of silver, and it is still the kind that can repair the transportation for a hundred years.

Those countries are just small countries, where is there so much silver?

Last year, before the reform of the Daming Empire, the annual treasury revenue was only a few million taels of silver.

Zhu Qizhen pondered in his heart the years and silver offered by various countries.

Although looking at the amount of money paid by a vassal country alone, it is actually not much, but together, it is still an extremely considerable income.

Zhu Qizhen looked at Yan Song and said lightly: "In the name of the cabinet, it is announced that these vassal countries will increase their silver by 100,000 taels if they want to get the protection of the Daming Empire." "

Hearing this, Yan Song sighed.

He mourns in silence for these vassals, you are not born at the right time, fall into the hands of this young lord, and do not peel off your three layers of skin, how can you stop?

"Obey the will. "

Yan Song handed over the years and silver of these vassal countries.

Zhu Qizhen opened the fold and calculated.

The total amount of silver offered by these vassal states reached six million taels, counting the twelve vassals that were newly subordinate, and the vassal states of the Daming Empire reached thirty-four, which could be nearly eight million years more per year. "

Looking at the silver offered by these vassals, Zhu Qizhen smiled.

At this moment, the treasury of Xu was thick again.

Just as Zhu Qizhen smiled, Yan Song said again: "Your Majesty, the Sun Never Set Empire has sent messengers to request an armistice agreement with the Daming Empire, and they are willing to compensate for the losses, and they are willing to pay a high price to redeem those British prisoners who are locked up in the naval prison. "

Qianqing Palace, Xuanzheng Hall.

Hearing Yan Song's report that the British Empire had sent messengers willing to redeem the prisoners at a high price, Zhu Qizhen asked lightly: "How much reparations can the Britons give?"

He knew that the current Daming Navy had not yet fought in the oceans, the strength of conquering the Empire that never sets, and even the strength of conquering the British Company in India.

Moreover, even if you want to go to the Western Ocean, the Navy must train for at least one year, and wait until the officers of Daming have rich sailing experience before they can go to the Western Ocean.

For now, compared to killing prisoners.

It would be better to first take some reparations out of the pockets of the Britons.

"Your Majesty, the messenger of Britain said that they settled using gold coins. A captive, they are willing to pay a ransom of five gold coins, and more than eight hundred prisoners are more than four thousand gold coins. Moreover, they also want to redeem the royal battleship that never sets, one battleship is willing to pay a ransom of 10,000 gold coins, and three warships are 30,000 gold coins. "

Yan Song threw up his hand and said, "That's a total of more than 34,000 gold coins. "

"Thirty-four thousand gold coins?"

Zhu Qizhen took a sip of tea and sneered: "Ten thousand gold coins want to redeem a battleship?"

"These Britons are really whimsical, telling them that they don't want bullshit gold coins, they only need white flowers of silver, let them prepare 14.7 million taels of silver, and they can redeem more than 800 prisoners including Duke Charles." "

14.7 million taels of silver, equivalent to 21 million silver dollars.

This is the reparation demanded by the Empire in the Treaty of Nanjing when it opened the gate of Huaxia with a strong ship cannon.

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "As for the royal battleships of the Sun Never Set Empire, no matter how much money it is, the Daming Empire will not redeem it." "

"In addition, tell the Britons that in a year, the Daming Navy will go to the West again!"

"The old minister obeys. "

Yan Song returned to the Chao Lie.

Since the Daming Navy defeated the Royal Battleship of the Sun Never Sets, the Britons have a new understanding of the Daming Empire and the Daming Navy.

They finally realized that there was a huge gap between the Daming Empire and their proud Sun Never Setting, and this ancient Eastern Empire was not something that the Sun Never Set Empire could provoke.

However, for them.

The most important thing is that the Daming Emperor decreed that the vassal countries around the Daming Empire were forbidden to trade with the Britons, and the countries around the Daming Empire really interrupted the trade of the Britons and expelled all the Britons.

The British routes were severely blocked.

The Britons exhausted all their doors, and finally sent envoys to the Daming Empire to visit the palace of Yan Song, the head of the cabinet.

Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is an old fox.

No matter who it is, he always looks like he is smiling, seemingly gentle, but he hides a knife in his smile.

However, the two countries fought each other and did not kill each other.

This is the etiquette of diplomatic relations since ancient times.

The British Kingdom sent emissaries to show favor to the Daming Empire, hoping that the Daming Empire would cease the war, although after the collapse of the British fleet, the Daming Empire did not have a frontal conflict with the Sun Never Set Empire again.

However, the vassal states of the Daming Empire were constantly attacking the caravans of the Britons.

In just three months, more than fifty merchant ships were sunk in Britain, and Britain had no place to stand in the entire East.

The countries that had been successfully colonized by them also took advantage of the situation to fight back, and raised the banner of the vassal state of the Daming Empire.

This left the Britons in a dilemma.

For the colonies they conquered, they were naturally unwilling to give up.

However, if they flaunt the banner of the Daming Empire, if the misunderstanding with the Daming Empire deepens, there will be a big war between the Sun Never Set Empire and the Daming Empire.

Obviously, after seeing the strength of the Daming Empire, they were not sure of winning the war.

In the Xuanzheng Hall, Zhu Qizhen handled several more government affairs and announced his retirement from the dynasty.

Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, left the Xuanzheng Hall with their heads held high, and the faces of the two old ministers were radiant.

Today in the court, the emperor's maintenance of them, they all saw it in their eyes and moved in their hearts.

This is their supreme glory.

Your Majesty defends them like this, how can they fail Your Majesty?

Whether it was opening the sea or commercial reform, the emperor supported Yan Song and Xu Jie, and without the emperor's strong support, they did not know how many more impeachments they would suffer.

The emperor has supported a piece of heaven and earth for them and given them a platform to display their talents, how can they live up to the emperor's expectations and trust?

As soon as Zhu Qizhen arrived at the Qianqing Palace, he smelled a unique smell of meat.

"What kind of meat is this?"

Zhu Qizhen looked suspicious, and his words fell.

The Empress Dowager walked out of the Qianqing Palace and said with a smile: "Emperor, you have a blessing, and the Wei family has found you a beautiful lady who can make rustic snacks." "

"Well, this taste is really very different from the delicious food in the palace. "

Zhu Qizhen also noticed something strange, and couldn't help but light up his eyes.

As an emperor, the mountains and sea delicacies in the palace, he has long been tired of eating, and occasionally changes the taste, just like Xiao Beisheng is newly married, and he has a special taste.

Empress Dowager Sun took Zhu Qizhen to the imperial garden of the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Qizhen was surprised to see a large table in the courtyard, and on the table were all kinds of delicious dishes, and they were all rustic methods that he had never seen before.

In addition to a variety of leafy greens, as well as various ingredients, there is also a pot of venison.

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "Queen Mother, where did you find the cook, smell it, these rustic smells of cooking, there is really some craftsmanship." "

Empress Dowager Sun's father was the daughter of Sun Zhong, the chief secretary of Yongcheng County. (Read violent novels, go on Feilu Fiction Network!)

She grew up in the river, her father was not a big official, and when Empress Dowager Sun was young, she ate these country delicacies.

There are many delicacies in Yongcheng, among which Yongcheng venison pho is even more famous, and when Empress Dowager Zhang was a child, the food she looked forward to eating the most was venison rice noodles.

But venison is first-class meat, extremely rare and expensive.

It's too hard to eat venison once.

During the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Di, Empress Dowager Sun married the imperial eldest grandson Zhu Zhanji and entered the prince's mansion, and was inseparable from Zhu Zhanji and his wife.

After Zhu Di's death, Zhu Zhanji's father ascended the throne for a year, and he also left.

When Zhu Zhanji became emperor, he abolished Empress Hu and established Zhu Qizhen's mother as the queen, and Zhu Zhanji's deep affection for Empress Dowager Sun can be imagined.

Since ancient times, gentlemen do not go down to the kitchen.

However, Zhu Zhanji did not care about other people's gossip, and after knowing that his wife liked to eat venison, he once personally made venison pho for Empress Dowager Sun.

Zhu Qizhen's father, Zhu Zhanji, was a diligent emperor.

He loves rivers and mountains.

However, he also loves beauty more.

Jiangshan beauty, can completely do, the two live up, this is Zhu Qizhen's father, Zhu Zhanji, with practical actions to tell him this son.

After the Empress Dowager and Zhu Qizhen sat down, a beautiful and tall woman walked into the imperial garden, carrying various dishes in her hands.

However, what made Zhu Qizhen puzzled was.

On the waist of this woman, there was actually a waist tag, a waist tag unique to the Great Inner Guard.

Moreover, as a martial arts grandmaster, Zhu Qizhen sensed from this woman's long and slender breath that she was actually a martial arts practitioner, and her martial arts skills were good.

You know, the big inner guards in the palace are all men.

Why did the special waist tag of the Great Inner Guard hang from the waist of a woman, and how did this woman know that the Empress Dowager liked to eat rustic venison?

It seems that she did a lot of homework before entering the palace.

"The Empress Dowager, this venison can't be too hot, it's easy to get old when it's hot, but it can't be cold, and if it's cold, there will be no special aroma of venison... Here, you taste this piece. "

The woman took a piece of venison for the Empress Dowager, looked up at Zhu Qizhen, and owed a gift.

"Weichen Begonia, see Your Majesty. "

"Begonia?"

Zhu Qizhen's brows frowned slightly, and he suddenly remembered that someone had come.

A subordinate of the Iron Gallant God Marquis of Wolong Mountain Villa, Xuanzi's No. 1 Great Inner Secret Agent, Shangguan Haitang.

In the imperial garden, Zhu Qizhen looked at Shangguan Begonia.

This beautiful woman, just from the point of view of appearance, compared to those eighteen beautiful women, she will not be eclipsed.

However, Zhu Qizhen did not have that kind of mind.

Did he know that Shangguan Haitang was one of the most powerful subordinates of the Iron Guts God Marquis, the No. 1 Great Inner Agent of Xuanzi.

And the iron god Hou Zhu ignored it, but he was ambitious and always coveted the throne.

Being looked at by the emperor like this, Shangguan Haitang was a daughter's family in the end, and he couldn't help but blush, clamped a piece of venison for Zhu Qizhen, and said softly: "Your Majesty, this is a rural taste made by Weichen, please taste it Your Majesty." "

"Well, the aroma is overflowing and seems to be very good. "

Zhu Qizhen was noncommittal, smiled faintly, and then opened the Shangguan Begonia: "Put it on the plate, you can retire for the time being." "

There was no doubt that he was not at ease with Shangguan Haitang.

Perhaps it should be said that he is not at ease with the Iron Courage God Hou.

Before the Iron Courage God Hou, one person and one sword, he killed the Vara camp alone, and killed the Walla Taishi first, which was rumored to be the victory of Daming, which is already a beautiful talk.

Speaking of the Iron Guts God Marquis, in the Daming Empire, who doesn't give a thumbs up?

Do not praise him for his faithfulness and courage, but can break through mountains and rivers.

However, the more so, the more Zhu Qizhen dared not take the Iron Courage God Hou lightly, a veritable hero, a fierce tiger lurking in the secret.

"Yes, Weichen retreated. "

Shangguan Haitang surrendered his hand and withdrew from the Qianqing Palace.

After Shangguan Haitang left, Zhu Qizhen turned his head to look at the Empress Dowager and asked softly: "Queen Mother, when did Shangguan Haitang enter the palace, and what did she come to the palace for?"

"I entered the palace three days ago, I came to serve the mourning family, is there any problem?"

Empress Dowager Sun said with a smile, and a trace of suspicion flashed in her eyes.

"Does the Queen Mother know who this woman Shangguan Haitang is?"

Zhu Qizhen held a piece of venison and put it in his mouth.

The taste was fragrant, but he frowned.

"She is the Iron Guts God Hou, recommended to enter the palace. "

Seeing Zhu Qizhen's brows furrowed, looking worried, the Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Emperor, you don't have to be so jealous of the Iron Courage God Marquis, after all, he is a royal bloodline, and he is one of the four great ministers of Gu Order, and not long ago, didn't he still establish meritorious achievements in the battle to eliminate Wala?"

Everyone knows that the Iron Courage God Hou is loyal.

But Zhu Qizhen did not think so, and he was like a traitor, and he was talking about people like the Iron Courage God Hou.

He smiled lightly and asked, "Does the Queen Mother know the details of this Shangguan Begonia?"

The Empress Dowager ate a bite of venison and said with a slight smile: "Isn't it the No. 1 inner secret agent of the Xuanzi of the Dragon Guarding Villa? The Wei family knows that she can use physiognomy, medical skills, and transfiguration, her parents died early when she was young, and she was adopted by the Iron Gall God Marquis, and she is the righteous daughter of the Iron Gall God Marquis, and I heard that she will also have some martial arts." "

Listening to the Empress Dowager's casual laughter, Zhu Qizhen was slightly surprised.

The Empress Dowager has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and on weekdays, even the Cining Palace does not step out much, how can she know so much about the Dragon Guarding Villa?

The Queen Mother ate a piece of venison and wiped her hands with a handkerchief.

"O Emperor, when your father left, he instructed me to obey the government, to calm these ministers and princes for you, and to sit firmly, and if anyone stands in your way as an emperor, the family will get rid of him. "

Hearing the Empress Dowager's words, Zhu Zhen immediately understood the reason.

In this huge Daming Empire, perhaps, there are some things that I don't know, but the Empress Dowager knows it well.

For the sake of the imperial throne, the Iron Courage God Marquis has laid out the world for twenty years, perhaps he showed loyalty and deceived the ministers, but Empress Dowager Sun knew it well.

The Queen Mother stood up, and a palace maid held the Queen Mother's arm.

"Emperor, in fact, everything you do, every holy decree you give, the mourning family knows, and what you didn't do, the holy decree you didn't give, the mourning family also did it for you, and also gave it for you. "

"That Shangguan Begonia is very handsome and sensible, and the Wei family sees that she will definitely be able to give birth to an imperial heir, so the Mourning family will arrange for her to go to the Nourishing Heart Hall and give the emperor a bed." "

After the Queen Mother said this, her gaze was still soft.

"Drive back to the palace. "

The old eunuch of the Cining Palace shouted loudly.

A group of people surrounded the Empress Dowager, walked out of the imperial garden of the Qianqing Palace, and returned to the Cining Palace.

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