I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 466: Longing for the Country
The Spanish envoy returned to the Philippines safely, and Antonio did not forget to bring a piece of porcelain to Governor Fernando.

It was obvious that this envoy did not have any ideas, but at least he had a long-term vision.

When Fernando saw the piece of porcelain, his eyes suddenly brightened: "Oh, my God! This is simply an excellent piece of art, even more beautiful than the porcelain I saw in the palace."

Antonio brought colored porcelain to the governor, because enamel was too expensive and it was difficult to find anyone selling enamel, which was basically monopolized by the court.

But even if it is colored porcelain, it can be regarded as a dimensionality-reducing blow to Spain.

Although the Ming and New Dynasties have begun to sell enamel and colored porcelain to all parts of the world, it has only been a few years, and China and the Netherlands are also deliberately monopolizing it, so European porcelain is still the mainstream of blue and white porcelain.

The royal families and nobles of various European countries may have been able to acquire a few pieces of colored porcelain and enamel as treasures in recent years, but Spain certainly has none.

By the way, 18 years ago, with the support of August the Great of Poland, the first porcelain factory in Central Europe (Meissen Porcelain) was opened in Albrechtsburg.

Although it is said to be a factory, it is actually just a small workshop with only a few dozen workers. Most of them are imitating Chinese blue and white porcelain and pure white porcelain, and the technology is extremely immature.

Let alone enamel, don’t even think about colored porcelain.

It was not until the fall of the Qing Dynasty 200 years later that European Meissen porcelain began to emerge and gradually developed into Europe's "white gold".

So, stop saying that Europe has its own porcelain.

The difference between Meissen porcelain and Chinese porcelain is like the difference between Maotai wine and ordinary 15 yuan bottle of wine, and the output of this 15 yuan bottle of wine is not as good as Maotai, so it is even less competitive.

Antonio said: "Your Majesty the Governor, Spain, as the country of God's refuge, should also enjoy the monopoly rights of these exquisite and precious works of art. It must not be allowed to be possessed by the despicable Dutch alone."

Fernando nodded: "Antonio, you are right. Although the Chinese Emperor's conditions are harsh, Spain cannot lose Cebu Island in the Far East. I will personally persuade the colonial assembly to agree to the Chinese Emperor's conditions, and then I will trouble you, representative. Spain goes to China again."

Antonio quickly bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty the Governor, this is my honor."

As Zhu Yijiong thought, Fernando, the Spanish governor, had no bottom line. It should be said that he was just a colony. Selling colonial interests was considered a loss of power and an insult to the country?

Among the European powers, only the French truly operated their colonies as territories.

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The ninth day of August.

Under the spotlight, this year's examination is coming as scheduled.

Compared with the last time, there are obviously many more scholars taking the exam this year. The most intuitive manifestation is that there are more than one cases where scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam actually fought in the street for a good stall.

Ying Tianfu Yin is rarely busy these days. For this kind of street fight case, both the "Da Ming (Old) Law" and the "Qing Law" have strict legal basis.

The "Ming Dynasty (Old) Law" stipulates that those who fight with each other without weapons will be rewarded with twenty lashes as normal, and those who are injured or who use weapons will be given an additional [-] lashes, and those who are injured with weapons will be given an additional [-] lashes.In terms of disability assessment, redness, swelling and bruises are considered injuries, and being hit with a washboard is also considered a weapon.

It was also stipulated that hair-pulling was not allowed, and those who pulled hair would be directly rewarded with fifty lashes. Those who saw blood and threw feces on people would be directly rewarded with eighty lashes.

The "Qing Code" even made some progress. In addition to inheriting the provisions of the "Ming Code", it also specifically added same-sex crimes, the technical term "sodomy crime".In the past, these scholars who fought in the streets would have been just people who ignored the officials.

Especially during the special period before the examination, the court would usually try to cover it up for the sake of face and would not really impose a penalty.

However, Ying Tianfu Yin submitted the case to the cabinet for review, and the cabinet submitted it to the emperor as normal.After reading this, the emperor first smiled and then commented: "Follow the law. This is your first offense. The "New Laws of the Ming Dynasty" has not yet been compiled. You can use your discretion not to be deprived of your qualifications to take the exam."

The emperor's approval shocked the cabinet and Ying Tianfu Yin, but they didn't say much. They just secretly sighed that these scholars were really lucky.

If the "New Laws of the Ming Dynasty" were compiled, then these scholars would all have traveled a long distance in vain, and for such a ridiculous reason.

However, although they were not disqualified by luck, these few have already attracted the attention of the emperor, and they are almost unable to refer to them because of this. It is difficult to predict their future career.

In addition to the candidates who passed the normal provincial examinations in various places, the candidates for this scientific examination include a small number of supervisors who came out of the Imperial College.

This batch of supervisory students were all among the first batch of students since the pilot reform of the Imperial College. Although the quality was definitely uneven, they all received a good new education. There were even math masters like Mei Yingcheng who personally taught calendrical astronomy.

As long as these people are not stupid, they can be ahead of most of the scholars in the country in the subject of calendar astronomy.

Among this batch of reference supervisors, there are two candidates with relatively special identities. One is Pu Zheng, a supervisor from North Korea who had previously petitioned the emperor to request to stay in the Ming Dynasty and serve as an official in the imperial examination, and the other is a supervisor from the Ruan family. (Proton) Nguyen Phu Ngoc.

Zhu Yijiong has officially given Pu Zheng the favor of reference. The scholars of the country yearn for the Celestial Dynasty. As a country of the Celestial Dynasty, they should be grand... The real reason is that Pu Zheng racked his brains and searched for ancient Chinese classics from Korea and China, and then mixed them together. , Lai Bo quotes scriptures, which fully and powerfully proves that the Ping'an Road and Hamgyong Road in the northern territory of Korea, and even the entire Korean Kingdom, are the homeland of China.

Pu Zheng specially sent the article to Zhu Yijiong, and also said that North Korea, as the homeland of China, should return to the embrace of Ming China as soon as possible, instead of calling itself Little China every day.

This is disrespectful behavior!

Zhu Yijiong received this memorial, read it once and sternly rebuked: "The Ming Dynasty will not covet the territory of its vassal state like this!"

Then, the memorial was directly retained, and Pu Zheng was once again rewarded with a year's expenses, and a favor of permission to refer to.

Ruan Fuyue felt the same way. After learning about Pu Zheng's tricks, he went to Pu Zheng to act as a gunman for him and ghostwritten an article and memorial.

As for his hometown of Guangnan, which he betrayed, Ruan Fuyue didn't care at all. He was Ruan Fuyue's concubine, and he was the lucky one among more than 100 sons to come to China as a hostage.

With such luck, let alone the lord of Guangnan, he would not be able to become an official.Moreover, Ming Dynasty China has already annexed the Zheng family and the Li Dynasty, and also massacred the Zheng family. It is obvious that the Nguyen family in Guangnan will not be able to survive for a few more years.

Rather than being buried with Nguyen Quang Nam, it is better to use it to exchange for glory and wealth with Ming's father. Even if you cannot exchange for wealth, you have to exchange it for the qualification to be a Ming person in China.

When Zhu Yijiong saw Ruan Fuyue's memorial that followed, his expression was very weird, because the writing style and handwriting were exactly the same as those submitted by Pu Zheng a few days ago.

But it doesn't matter, all Zhu Yijiong wants is an excuse. Now that the excuse has been presented by Ruan herself, just wait for the right time to come up with it.

It's still the same, the memorial is still in the middle, sternly scolding, and after the scolding, he is rewarded with gold and silver and a reference to grace.

That’s quite stingy!
But Ruan Fuyue and Pu Zheng are grateful.

(End of this chapter)