Wanli 1592

Chapter 417 It's Done
What Matteo Ricci said made Qu Rukui frown.

Hearing the words, he thought for a while, then loosened his brows for a while, and then nodded.

"Although this method is not perfect, for example, if it is feasible for a small country with few people, it may be difficult to release the billions of people in the entire Ming Dynasty. Moreover, what should we do if the Audit Office and the local government are in collusion? What should we do specifically? What about supervising the officials at all levels from the local to the central? The officials of the Ming Dynasty protect each other, and the officials under Xiao Zhennan's command may not be any better.

But for a military general, it is really not easy to think of such an administrative method that can continue to operate. The old man has also heard that Burmese Zhenhai business is very prosperous in recent years in Guangdong, and many foreigners go to Burma to do business. For business, many merchants along the coast of Ming Dynasty also went to Myanmar and Siam to do business, which shows that Xiao Zhennan is very good at managing money.

Such a general who is capable of writing and martial arts is really like a fish in water in Myanmar. If it is only used to govern the army, I am afraid that it will not achieve such a miraculous effect. In the interior of the Ming Dynasty, no one will allow him to do so. The imperial court does not care about Myanmar. , I regard Myanmar as a place where prisoners are exiled. Now, I am afraid that there will be a change. By the way, Mr. Li, you are working beside Xiao Zhennan. Do you have any assistants around Xiao Zhennan? "

Ricci nodded.

"There is a Mr. Yuan Huangyuan who is General Xiao's right-hand man and helps General Xiao deal with many administrative matters."

"Yuan Liaofan? This rumor is actually true. It is said that this person went to Myanmar after he resigned from office. Later, he wrote to his hometown, asking his friends from his hometown to go south to help Xiao Zhennan manage Myanmar. However, it is said that only his son Yuan Yanhe Disciple Chen Long is going south, and no one else went south, Xiao Zhennan only has these three assistants, how can he be so prosperous?"

Qu Rukui stroked his beard with a look of amazement on his face: "This old man has the idea of ​​going to Burma to have a look. This place has always been regarded as a wild place, and this old man never wanted to go."

"That's just right! Taisu, I came here under the order of General Xiao. After my work here is over, you can go to Myanmar with me. I'll treat you to mung bean cake."

Qu Rukui was taken aback for a moment.

"Mung bean cake? What is that? A cake made of mung beans?"

"Well, yes, the climate in Myanmar is hot. General Xiao made mung bean cakes with mung beans that can cool off the heat. It tastes sweet and soft, and it is intoxicating to eat with tea. Basically, residents in Myanmar have eaten mung bean cakes. , the price is not expensive, everyone can afford it.”

"Oh? There is such a thing? I really want to see it..."

Qu Rukui groaned like this.

Because money is needed to manage relationships, Matteo Ricci, through Qu Rukui’s relationship, entrusted a reliable person from Guangzhou Port to set up a boat to Luzon Island to ask for money. After the money came, he would ship it back from Guangzhou Port and give it to Matteo Ricci as an event. For funds, manage Fujian officials up and down.

Relying on the influence of Qu Rukui's connections, he explained the fact that there is no mountain of gold and silver on Luzon Island, which prompted the emperor to dispel this idea. Matteo Ricci regarded himself as a diplomat, and he was indeed doing the work of a diplomat. No way, there are too few foreigners who understand Chinese.

And Matteo Ricci himself is one of the more proficient ones. Many things have to be communicated through him. Few people in the Ming Dynasty could speak Spanish and Portuguese, and none of the translators in the capital could speak Portuguese or Spanish. .

These missionaries were the earliest translators, and they helped the Chinese and Europeans in the Ming Dynasty realize the initial communication, and they contributed a lot.

Luzon Island was feeling a little jittery, and suddenly came the news of Matteo Ricci. The Governor-General of the Philippines breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered a batch of gold and silver to be sent to Guangzhou as funds for Matteo Ricci's activities.

Those servants and friends of Qu Rukui were honest, and honestly sent money to Matteo Ricci. After Matteo Ricci thanked him, he asked Qu Rukui to show him how to manage Chinese officialdom. He had seen some low-level missionaries Scheduling pointed out corrupt priests in the middle and upper levels of the church, but he didn't know much about Chinese officialdom.

Qu Rukui instructed him bit by bit, how to deal with the relationship between people, and follow the vines to get to the court eunuch who has the decision-making power.

The eunuch got a not-so-good errand this time. He went to Nanyang and was half dead. On the way back and forth, because there was no place to send him, the local officials were not in a hurry to please him. Some people were eager to get promoted and get rich. Officials don't care about him.

Going out of the palace to do errands has always been a direct train for eunuchs to get rich. As long as there are local dispatches, especially dispatches from the south of the Yangtze River and the southeast coast, they can definitely make a lot of money. The money is earned, but if there is no local assignment, it will be a short wait.

No one needs you to say good things in front of the emperor, there is no reason in hand, and the officials don't panic, there are some people who don't want to spend money to avoid disasters, except for the local officials who have to come out to meet eunuchs on the way, most of them There is no need to be shy to ask for an interview, and the eunuch does not have much income.

This time it was even more so. I went to Luzon to look for Jinshan in Nanyang. This kind of assignment was purely for sin, and there was not much money. Before I went back, Matteo Ricci appeared, and I sent a few boxes of gold and silver. This eunuch Eyes are dazzled.

"Well, it's not bad, hahaha, Mr. Qu thinks highly of our family. Our family is doing things for the Lord Long Live. What does the Lord Long Live say? We people have to do something. If one is not good, Lord Long Live When we get angry, we don't even protect our lives. This time, we came out to do business for the Long Live Lord, saying that he went to Luzon to find mountains of gold and silver.

Oh, hey, don't tell me the jokes, everyone who spread the news thought they were Xiao Zhennan, Luzon was Japan, and they were all gold and silver, nonsense!We went up and circled around our house, and our feet were covered with bleeding blisters, and we didn’t even see a grain of gold sand. This is simply nonsense, a group of people who want money and want to be crazy are playing Long Live God!We want them to look good when we go home! "

Qu Rukui understood, and Matteo Ricci understood, and the matter was done.

Matteo Ricci finally let go of his hanging heart, but Qu Rukui curled his lips in disdain.

These eunuchs are full of stink, but it’s just good, they do things when they get money, they do this kind of thing as their main business, they care about their reputation, and they don’t dare to take money for things they can’t do , I'm afraid that if the signboard is broken, my job will be smashed, and I will be run over by other eunuchs, and the future will be bleak.

What he said means that the imperial court will never launch troops against Luzon.

Then Ming Ting will solve this problem. Next, it will be up to Xiao Ruxun.

(End of this chapter)