The Rise of the European Emperor

How can this be? Ma Lin has worked so hard and risked his life to come to Daming, not just to obtain the tribute qualifications. You know, there is a limit to the number of tributes.

At the beginning, the Ming Dynasty wished that the vassal states would come to pay tribute every day. In this way, it is also good to create the false prosperity of "all nations come to Korea". However, later North Korean Bangzi saw the benefits and ran very diligently. Others pay tribute once every three to five years, and Bangziguo visits several times a year, so he almost calls him father.

Moreover, although the emissary Bangzi just dug some "radishes" in the mountains of his hometown to pay tribute, Korean ginseng is not valuable in North Korea, but it is very valuable in Daming. The Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty did not return the gift according to the status of the radish of the Korean Korean ginseng, but according to the value of the Ming ginseng, and then doubled the gift...

Therefore, Bangzi saw the benefits, dug radishes vigorously, and picked up a few minks by the way, peeled them and sent them in exchange for generous rewards...

Later, the Ming Dynasty couldn't take it anymore-I said, Brother Bangzi, why do you keep running to your elder brother's house? The big brother's rewards and hospitality fees are a little too much...

In desperation, during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty began to limit the number of vassal tributes to avoid too much expenditure for the court.

Therefore, even if Marin offered top-level auspiciousness, the Ming Dynasty allowed Marin to pay tribute, but there was a limit on the number of times - at most once a year...

How can this work? Marin is going to do big business, and it only happens once a year, so it can't be done at all. If Marin hadn't set up a base on Taiwan Island, it would be fine once a year. However, he has a base on Taiwan Island, which is next to Daming, and he can come to Daming to exchange information at any time...

However, no matter what Marin said, most of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not agree with normal trade.

why? Although Liu Jin was in power, it was only a few years. At present, in the Ming Dynasty, most of them are the "Qingliu" team left by the Hongzhi Dynasty, and only the key parts are controlled by Liu Jin.

And what is "clear flow"? On the surface, "Qingliu" means noble character. But at the same time, most of Qingliu's ministers are also straightforward and straight-forward ministers who are stubborn and accept death. It is true that they talk about principles, but they don't know how to adapt, which makes people very helpless.

Liu Jin agrees, and his henchmen are fine. However, regarding this big issue, the ministers spoke enthusiastically, and most of them did not agree to make an exception, which made Liu Jin feel a little helpless. This group of Qingliu ministers became stubborn, and no one would buy it...

Moreover, the reasons of these Qingliu ministers are also very good-this time we agree to normal trade between the North Sea country and Ming Dynasty, what about North Korea, Ryukyu and other countries? They also make this request? North Korea has been the "good boy of China" of the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years. If you give this right to the North Sea country, but not to North Korea, it must be unreasonable...

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There was an uproar in the hall, and, it seemed, Qingliu's reason was so good...

Fortunately, Marin had expected this for a long time, and there was still a big move left...

So, Marin held his breath hard, and was about to amplify his moves—all out of the way, I want to amplify...

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After the quarrel among the courtiers weakened, Marin proposed a solution:

"What your lords said is indeed reasonable. The Beihai Kingdom is a foreign vassal, and it is indeed unethical to obtain normal trading qualifications. But what if the minister becomes an internal vassal?"

"What do you mean? Beihai country wants to merge into Daming? But, Beihai country is too far away from Daming..." Yang Tinghe said.

"That's right, Mr. Yang Ge, I heard that Daming has a chieftain system, right?"

Yang Tinghe nodded and replied:

"It is true that Ming Dynasty had a chieftain system, but most of the chieftains are in the border areas. But Beihai is tens of thousands of miles away from Daming, and it is not even considered a frontier..."

Ma Lin chuckled, took out a small map and pointed it to Yang Tinghe and said:

"What if I develop Dongfan Island and become the owner of Dongfan Island?"

"You mean, you want to become an official of the chieftain of the Ming Dynasty under the name of the owner of Dongfan Island? But, you are the owner of the Beihai Kingdom. And the native official, the most senior comfort envoy, is only from the third rank! And the owner of the Ma Kingdom , you are super..."

According to the Ming Dynasty system,

Gonghoubo is super-grade, under the county king, but above all officials.

Marin smiled and said disapprovingly:

"Old Yang Ge, serving Ming Dynasty, what grade are you talking about? Moreover, in our Europe, it is normal for one person to hold several titles. For example, now I am not only the Duke of Beihai, but also the Earl of Newcastle, the Earl of the Highlands, the Border Earl of the county, one person holds several titles. The most exaggerated is a king named Charles V, who has dozens of titles. Just writing the titles requires a piece of paper..." In fact, Charles V is still Just a kid about Caesar's age. Moreover, his long list of Spanish titles was also lost because Marin saved Juan III. However, this does not prevent Marin from using him as an example...

"This is a way, but there is no precedent..." Yang Tinghe hesitated. He still has a good impression of Marin. After all, the poem "Bamboo and Stone" that Marin sent him is very high-end, which suits his mood very well. However, Marin's request was a bit out of etiquette, which made him hesitate...

The same goes for other courtiers, and the plan proposed by Marin seems to be okay. But the problem is, there is no precedent... For a group of stubborn Qingliu, following the ancestral system is their important point of view.

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At this time, Marin had to amplify his moves...

"What if Ma offered the most precious treasure of the Beihai Kingdom, a kind of divine food with a yield of more than one thousand catties per mu, or even two thousand catties per mu?"

All the monarchs and ministers of the court were startled, and then they all looked at Marin with a kind of caring eyes for the mentally retarded—are you fooling a fool? When we are full of civil and military affairs, we don't know farming? All the officials present are landlords! The geometry of the yield per mu, is everyone still unclear?

The Ming Dynasty was a feudal dynasty based on agriculture. The Manchu civil and military ministers, who didn't have hundreds or thousands of acres of land? Although most of the officials' income does not come from rent collection, everyone still knows the output of the family's fields. After all, those who can reach high positions are not pure nerds, they still know some economics.

Even in the most fertile top paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River, the yield per mu is generally only about 500 catties. Marin said that he could produce a thousand catties per mu, and maybe two thousand catties, so everyone just thought he was bragging...

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Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Marin insisted confidently:

"It's true, there are really thousands of catties per mu. Moreover, this is the yield per mu on barren sandy soil and mountainous land. If it is on fertile fields, with good care, the yield per mu can reach two thousand catties!"

"Oh? What kind of crop is it? Is it rice or wheat?" Li Dongyang asked curiously.

"It's neither rice nor wheat. It's a kind of divine food that I discovered by chance. It doesn't need mature fields in the south of the Yangtze River, even in the barren yellow sandy soil in northern Shaanxi, the yield per mu can reach more than a thousand catties!"

Sweet potatoes like sandy soil the most. On sandy soil, the yield per mu can easily exceed 1,000, and 2,000 is not impossible, as long as there is sufficient fertilizer and water.

But for rice and wheat, sandy soil is a barren land with insufficient nutrients, which is not suitable for crop growth. Therefore, northern Shaanxi has always been a poor place. Because of poverty, everyone can't get enough to eat. If you can't eat enough, you will rebel. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng came out and overthrew the Ming Dynasty. The Republic of China came out... and brought down the bald dynasty...

Yang Tinghe stood up:

"Is there really such an output?"

"certainly!"

"There is no evidence for what you say!"

"I would like to issue a military order..." Marin was almost taken into a ditch.

Marin hurriedly said:

"If this kind of grain can really produce a thousand catties per mu, I ask Daming to give me the opportunity to serve as the chieftain of Dongfan Island. Since I am also a native official of Dongfan Island, then I can be regarded as one of Daming's own people. When the time comes, send a boat to Fuzhou Purchasing from Quanzhou should not be restricted, right?"

"That has to prove that the kind of grain you said can indeed produce a thousand catties per mu..."

After discussion among the ministers, and with the help of Liu Jin to say good things, Emperor Zhengde made a final decision:

"Then it's settled. If the facts prove that Ma Guozhu's words are true, he will agree to Ma Guozhu's request to serve as the native official of Dongfan Island. If the yield per mu cannot reach a thousand catties, then the matter will be dropped. And, as a punishment, Beihai The country's once-a-year tribute qualification has been reduced to a three-year tribute!"

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