Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 692 Bribes outside Shenming Pavilion, gold and silver are thrown in front of the inspection department!
Manrique said calmly, "Of course the madman's proposal is not feasible."

Seeing that the last person who could influence the decision-making of the Haojing Council gave objections to the coalition's resistance to the Ming Dynasty, Drapey and Du Chen did not show any signs of disappointment.

Drapey hopes to defeat the Ming Dynasty through the Portuguese-Dutch coalition forces, and regain the interests of the Netherlands in the East, and even obtain greater and more benefits.

Du Chen wanted to use the war to expand his power as a military commander, so that he could live up to his name as Governor of Australia.

Unfortunately, in Manrique's mind, the Ming country is now so powerful that it is difficult for the combined military forces of the Netherlands and Portugal in the east to defeat it.

Unless the two countries transfer their respective main fleets and armies of more than [-] from the mainland-this is simply impossible to achieve.

Gao Shida deliberately showed a helpless expression and shrugged his shoulders, then left the secret room and hurriedly left the church with Fei Susha.

Ming officials usually choose Shenming Pavilion when they come to Haojing to announce government orders. Now there must be a lot of people gathered there, and he has to hurry there to control the scene...
On a fort next to the Haojing Shenming Pavilion, Xiong Kaiyuan, who is the envoy of the South China Sea Supervision Army and also serves as the "special envoy for the rectification of the Haojing", climbed up and looked into the distance. He couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect the Haojing to be so prosperous."

Looking around, I can see that the moat mirror leased by Portugal is about 30 square kilometers. Whether it is on the coastal side or the side facing the inland, city walls have been built.

The highest point of the city wall is more than five feet.Among them are city gate towers, forts, horse-faced walls, and bastion walls, which can be said to integrate the current Chinese and Western city defense wisdom.

"Western specialties?"

At that time, any officials who were corrupt and broke the law would be punished by peeling the bark and real grass.

Fortunately, the moat is not big, and it is by the sea, otherwise, there may have been many epidemics in it. "

Gao Shida looked over, reacted briefly, and his face turned pale with fright.

Today, His Majesty has the image of Taizu, and also hates corrupt officials.But you guys bribed us in public between the Shenming Pavilion and the Yamen of the Inspection Department. Could it be that you want us all to be skinned? ! "

The mix of Chinese-style buildings and Western-style buildings, blond-haired and blue-eyed Europeans and black-haired and black-eyed Ming people lined up shoulder to shoulder on the streets, and black slaves, Japanese slaves, and ronin lived among them, which made the city's style very different from other cities in Ming Dynasty.

Because of this, he was even more anxious at this time.Because he knew that the matter of giving gifts to these Ming officials might be completely screwed up.

He said: "It has been more than a hundred years since I moved the Guangzhou Shipping Department from Dianbai (county) to here in the Ming Dynasty. Since then, Haojing has the advantage of opening a port, and there have been constant exchanges between domestic and foreign merchant ships.

To be on the safe side, when the Persian beauties were distributing the gift boxes, Gao Shida stepped forward and made a bow with a smile and said, "Sirs, you come to Haojing, and we should treat you as guests well, but the time is short, and it's not good to delay your official duties. So we can only prepare some western specialties as gifts."

Inside, there are Western-style buildings such as meeting halls, churches, schools, clinics, docks, and warehouses built by the Portuguese, as well as Shenming Pavilion and several government offices built by the Ming Dynasty.

He not only knows Chinese characters, but also has read many Chinese classics. He knows the meaning of these sixteen characters very well, and he also knows the stories behind them.

Sure enough, Gao Shida, the chairman of the local council, went up to meet him first, bowed to Daming, and said in Chinese with a smile: "I don't know what business do you Shangguan have? Please feel free to say, as long as I can do it, I will definitely go." manage."

On the other side, Hu Jing, the chief judge of the Guangzhou Court, had a different opinion.

Most of the Portuguese in Haojing were Sinicized, and Gao Shida and others also knew a lot about the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty.So at this time, instead of asking someone to bring boxes of gold and silver, gold bars and silver ingots were sealed in exquisite wooden boxes, tied with high-quality red silk, and given away as gifts.

"Why don't you read it? Could it be that you don't know Chinese characters again?" Xiong Kaiyuan asked urgently.

Sure enough, whether it was intentional or not, the Xiong Kaiyuan gift box fell to the ground as soon as it was opened, and ten five taels of gold bars also fell to the ground, exuding an attractive luster.

At the end, Xiong Kaiyuan's voice was severe, and he smashed the gift box in his hand to the ground.

Because of the prohibition of this decree, they almost violated it.

Gao Shida had no choice but to grit his teeth and said: "Your salary is rich, the people are fat and the people are creamed. The people are easy to abuse, but the heavens are hard to bully~"

In an instant, there was silence inside and outside the Shenming Pavilion!
After about ten seconds, Xiong Kaiyuan said: "Gao Shida, I think you can speak Chinese well, so you must know Chinese characters?"

After saying these words, Xiong Kaiyuan got off the fort and walked towards Shen Mingting.

Fei Susha understood, and immediately distributed gift boxes to Ming officials near Shenming Pavilion with a few Persian beauties as discussed when he came.

"It would be a pity for Portuguese people to manage such a prosperous place, let alone this generation stealing property under the pretense of renting it.

As for Xiong Kaiyuan, Yao Zhizhuo, and Hu Jing, they are the chief officials responsible for rectifying the moat mirror.

What's more, this moat looks bustling, but the streets are not very clean, some people even defecate everywhere, and the sewage flows into the sea.

Xiong Kaiyuan, the chief officer of the special affairs team, did not talk nonsense, directly took out a document, and said loudly: "Xiong Kaiyuan, the imperial envoy of the South China Sea Supervising Army, was ordered to lead the special affairs team to rectify the violation of the law in the trenches.

Sure enough, Xiong Kaiyuan said again: "In the past, my great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty hated corrupt officials the most, so these sixteen characters were left in front of the local yamen as a warning.

There are still some officials on this fort, but they are all accompanying staff this time.

Gao Shida didn't know why, but he nodded again and again, "I know, I know."

That rough action made Gao Shida's right eyelid twitch.

Although the number of words in this decree issued by the cabinet is not many, it is still quite a lot. When Xiong Kaiyuan finished reading it, the Portuguese people in the autonomous council, such as Gao Shida and Fei Suza, could not help but break out in cold sweat.

Then there are many Portuguese and Ming houses, as well as a large number of shops, and then some factories and handicraft workshops.

If this fails to prosper, the Portuguese's ability to govern the city is very doubtful.

In Gao Shida's impression, there are not many Ming officials who are not greedy, at most they dare not openly accept bribes such as gold and silver.

Upon hearing this, Xiong Kaiyuan accepted the gift box from the Persian beauty and opened it on the spot.

"Then can you help me read the two sentences engraved on the doorpost over there?" Xiong Kaiyuan said, pointing to the old inspector's yamen opposite.

It is said that the officials of the Ming Dynasty have become clean and honest, so he will use the gift box to cover it up. These officials of the Ming Dynasty should be subordinated, right?

And if this decree is really followed, the Portuguese will really be like ordinary tenants and businessmen in Haojing, and their century-old business will be in vain!
When he came back to his senses, Gao Shida quickly gave Fei Susha a wink.

If I don't give them a serious look, I'm afraid that the Portuguese will think that I, Daming, are fooling me. "

Yao Zhizhuo, the patrol envoy of the Guangzhou Mansion, said: "Although Franji is cunning, greedy, and vulgar, he is still good at running a small city like this in terms of business."

This is to make Hao mirror up and down, no matter what country the people of, once they enter the territory of our Ming Dynasty, they must respect our Ming Dynasty and issue orders..."

But he saw a group of well-dressed Portuguese approaching this way, and guessed that they were people from the Portuguese Self-Government Council.

Nearly [-] officials and hundreds of officials who followed behind him also threw the gift boxes in their hands to the ground!
In an instant, gold bars and silver ingots rolled around inside and outside the Shenming Pavilion, and the golden light and silver light almost blurred human eyes!

However, none of the Ming officials present looked at the gold and silver rolling around their feet, but looked angrily at Costa and other members of the Portuguese Autonomous Council.

　I wish readers and friends a happy Lantern Festival!
　　I didn't get back from delivering the lights until [-] or [-] tonight, sorry for the late update.

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