The Rise of the European Emperor

Civil officials are very vengeful. For example, Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty harmed the interests of the civil official class by allowing "officials and gentry to pay as a whole". And his son Qianlong, who was very successful and talented, was described as a "sage king" by shameless civil officials because he condoned official corruption.

Because Liu Jin harmed the interests of the civil servants at the beginning, so this time the amnesty for the world, the civil servants specifically proposed that Liu Jin and his party members could not be pardoned. Therefore, although Liu Jin did not verify that it was an unpardonable treason, he was still firmly suppressed by the officials and refused to be pardoned. And Zhang Cai, Cao Yuan, Jiao Fang and other members of Liu Jin's party will naturally not get the benefit of being amnesty.

Of course, this is a good thing for Marin. why? If Zhang Cai was pardoned, then with his ministerial retirement level, he wouldn't have to go to Dongfan Island to beg for a living. And Marin will also lose a general. Therefore, Marin was also relieved that Liu Jin's members of the eunuch party were not pardoned this time.

Except for the members of Liu Jin's party who didn't get any benefits, all the bigwigs in the court got a lot of benefits, and they were promoted to ranks. Of course, rewards such as "all officials promoted to three ranks" are impossible. After all, the three cabinet cabinets are all deputy state-level bosses, and there is no way for them to be promoted.

Therefore, in addition to amnesty for the world, most of the courtiers above the fifth rank who are eligible to go to court have received the reward of being promoted to rank. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, Wen Xun had ten levels, and Wu Xun had six ranks and twelve ranks. In addition, there are forty-two steps of Wen San and thirty-two steps of Wu San.

This award is mainly to increase civil and military honors and civil and military ranks for officials. These are vanity titles, but not entirely useless. For example, if the position is low but the honor rank is high, there is no need to salute to the person who has a high position but a low rank. This thing is actually like the title of nobility, but it is not hereditary. Moreover, with the rank of honor, you can also get an extra salary, which is also very good. Of course, Daming executives don't live on paychecks. Only honest officials will value this thing. However, adding honor ranks is also a manifestation of glory, it is very suitable for showing off, and it is more face-saving to say it.

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On this great day when the Ming Dynasty celebrates with the whole world, Marin began to remind the overjoyed Ming monarchs and ministers—what about my benefits?

It was only when Zhengde and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty came to their senses - oops, they forgot the person who made the first contribution...

Everyone was celebrating together, and they were promoted to ranks, and they forgot Marin for a while. In addition to being ashamed, the emperor and ministers of Ming Dynasty who are happy are naturally not stingy...

"At the invitation of Ma Lin, the lord of the Beihai Kingdom, he canonized Ma Lin as the lord of the Beihai Kingdom, and he was better than the Duke of Daming. In addition, Ma Lin was canonized as the hereditary chieftain of Dongfan Island (cong Sanpin), in charge of the military and civilians of Dongfan Island Affair... The merchant ships of Xudong Fandao Xuanwei Division came to Daming to purchase and trade, but they were only allowed to stop at Fuzhou, Ningbo and Guangzhou, and each time they stopped, they had to report to the local Shipping Department... In addition, because of Long Trip,

It is allowed to send envoys to Beijing to pay tribute once every four years. As for the Xuanwei Department of Dongfan Island, it is necessary to send envoys to Beijing every year to pay tribute and participate in the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting..."

After some deliberations, the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty decided to agree to Ma Lin's request to become the chieftain of the Ming Dynasty, and granted Ma Lin the highest level of comfort envoy (cong Sanpin) among the chieftains, in charge of the military and administration of the entire Dongfan Island.

However, out of safety considerations, the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty decided to only allow the merchant ships of the Dongfan Xuanwei Division to dock at the three ports where the Municipal Ship Division was established in Fuzhou, Ningbo and Guangzhou.

The Ming Dynasty was closed as a whole, and only three city shipping departments in Guangzhou, Ningbo and Fuzhou were reserved for receiving tribute envoys. Among them, Guangzhou Shipping Department is specially used to receive tribute envoys from Southeast Asian countries such as Siam and Malacca; Ningbo is used to receive Japanese tribute envoys; close. Therefore, later (the fifth year of Chenghua, 1469) the Shibo Division for Ryukyu moved from Quanzhou to Fuzhou. As for North Korea, before the rise of Houjin and blocking the road, it paid tribute directly by land in the northeast.

Originally, the ministers were only willing to open Fuzhou Port for Marin's merchant ships to dock for trade, but Marin was afraid that if there was only one purchasing point, it would be easy for Ming Dynasty merchants to control the source of goods and raise prices. Therefore, he requested that more ports be opened for procurement. Shop around so you don't suffer.

Li Dongyang is also a bachelor—you have to shop around, right? Alright, let me open up to you the three ports in Daming that are open to Shibosi. Then, two points were added to Marin in Ningbo and Guangzhou.

It should be pointed out that the household registration management in Daming was very strict. The reason why the port is not opened easily is because they are afraid that the "strange appearance" of Marin and others will scare the people.

In fact, their concerns are not unreasonable. When the Qing Dynasty first opened up, common people were frightened by the appearance of foreigners and thought they were evil spirits, so they also called foreigners foreign devils.

However, Guangzhou, Ningbo and Fuzhou are different. This is a traditional open port, and people are no strangers to it. Moreover, the three places are originally specially opened ports, and it would not be a big deal to open them to Dongfan Xuanweisi.

As for the need to report to the local shipping department before each trade, Li Dongyang was afraid that pirates would pretend to be Dongfan Xuanweisi's ships and infiltrate the ports of the three places. If you are accidentally attacked by pirates, or let the pirates buy enough supplies, it will become a disaster.

Therefore, before each trade, the merchant ships from Dongfan Xuanwei Division must be disarmed, first registered with the Municipal Ship Division, and checked the tribute license to avoid impersonation.

In this regard, Marin is in favor of it. Because, he was also worried that others would use the name of Dongfan Island to trade with Ming Dynasty. For example, the unscrupulous Portuguese, if they don't add insurance measures, they will definitely be able to do impersonation. After all, both the Beihai people and the Portuguese have similar Caucasian faces. If they don't need documents, it's really easy for them to pretend to be Beihai merchant ships...

Therefore, Marin welcomes Li Dongyang's cautious approach very much. With insurance measures in place, there is no need to worry about others posing as their own ships to snatch the benefits of trade...

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Of course, Marin is not satisfied, he still wants a population...

Therefore, Ma Lin went to Shu and asked for permission to recruit refugees from Daming to go to Dongfan Island to reclaim wasteland.

However, Marin's request made the emperor and ministers of Ming Dynasty hesitate...

why? It was the sweet potatoes offered by Marin that caused the trouble...

Zhengde and the ministers believe that since there are sweet potatoes, it will be difficult for Daming to have disaster victims in the future. Therefore, it is better not to give people away easily...

After Marin learned of this situation, he was almost so depressed that he vomited blood. Unexpectedly, the sweet potatoes he offered became an obstacle to his introduction of people.

What's more, Zhengde's thoughts are too simple. Didn't the Qing Dynasty also promote sweet potatoes? But weren't there poor people everywhere in the Qing Dynasty who couldn't get enough to eat?

It is true that sweet potatoes are highly productive, but you must have land to grow sweet potatoes first!

If there is no land, no matter how high the yield of sweet potatoes is, it has nothing to do with you...

Therefore, Marin continued to go to the sparse, asking the court to allow him to recruit refugees and beggars without land. These people have no land, and no matter how high the yield of sweet potatoes is, it has nothing to do with them. Since they can't survive in Daming, why not give it to Dongfan Island for reclamation? Moreover, from a legal point of view, Dongfan Island is also the territory of Ming Dynasty...

After discussing with the courtiers, Zhengde also agreed with Marin's statement that there is no land, and no matter how high the yield of sweet potatoes is, it has nothing to do with them. Therefore, Marin also received permission to immigrate as a refugee.

However, during the immigration process, Marin must report to the local government for verification. Only refugees without land are allowed to immigrate, and tenants with land or land are not allowed to recruit, so as not to affect the grain production of Daming itself. Moreover, the locations for recruiting refugees are limited to the three ports of Fuzhou, Ningbo, and Guangzhou, and no one is allowed to recruit refugees in inland areas...

Although there is a gap from the expectation, after obtaining the permission, Marin can be regarded as fulfilling his expectations and has achieved his goal...