open sea

Chapter 427
The Mexican Expeditionary Force had long been wiped out in Guam, and even Chen Mu, who was a creditor, forgot that he still had a debtor who was a king.

The sea is really annoying, who can keep thinking about a decision without getting a reply for half a year.

Not to mention that those arrears were just what Chen Mu said casually, and he really didn't expect Philip II to pay them back. Even if Chen Mu's soul is westernized enough, he is still a Chinese with a big face.

This status determines that he, let alone understand, would never have imagined that as a king, as an imperial court, he owed money to private merchants, even if he didn't pay the interest, he even wanted to lose the principal?
He simply felt that asking for 700 million taels of silver was a humiliation.

As long as this message is conveyed, his goal will be achieved. He really never thought of getting the 700 million taels of silver that he mentioned casually.

Thinking about the 700 million taels of silver, it is better to teach the people of Guangdong how to breed pigs.

This is not a joke. Chen Mu, the right governor of the Nanyang Military Mansion, has been busy with this matter recently. He wrote a letter to the local officials in Guangdong in his personal capacity, hoping that they would educate the people. the one.

This idea came from his plan to build horse farms in Qiongzhou and Luzon, and encourage the local people to raise horses. He was afraid that the people would breed the smallest horses like pigs, and even changed the pigs together.

Compared with Chen Mu, once the structure of the Nanyang Military Government's respective duties was established, others were much more busy. Gao Gong, Xu Wei from the Bureau of Staff of the Foreign Affairs Department, and the others were busy planning various affairs in Japan, trying to use the most astute means to achieve [-]% success. Ten places to avoid the possible criticism of the court officials.

After all, there is still the ancestral law of the land of non-expropriation, and Gao Gong needs a lot of planning to avoid this.

When waiting for business and asking Japan to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty after the war, Chen Mu spread his hands and said, "Why pay tribute? This matter of losing money and making money, should they refuse to submit or not? It makes sense? I don't just want them to Paying tribute, I still want to abolish or change the tribute in the future, so that they can pay tribute."

Chen Mu doesn't like paying tribute more and more, because the recent letters sent by the imperial court to the Nanyang military government have repeatedly condemned the Nanyang 'tribute' led by him, which has caused a lot of complaints from various countries.

In the past, tributes were tributes from small countries that made money in the tribute trade. Since Chen Mu came to Nanyang, tributes have become tributes. The accompanying Nanyang Banner Army stipulated how much goods they could bring back on the way back from the capital. , and when the tribute fleet is not on the road, the best tribute will be separated, and it will not be included in the calculation of the tribute value.

"Chen Shuai—the things you know, why did God let you know that you are not a more wise and outstanding person." Mr. Gao looked at Chen Mu with a gaze that was infinitely close to heartbroken, and sighed: "Heaven is jealous of Daming!"

Gao Gong didn't know what to say to such a greedy Chen Nanyang at the stall. Fortunately, he was used to being a teacher, so he asked persuasively, "Does Chen Shuai understand paying tribute?"

"It's hard to understand." Chen Mu didn't like being said that, even if it was Gao Gong who said this, what do you mean God let Lao Tzu know about these things, God is jealous of Daming, huh?Obviously a blessing from heaven!Chen Mu put his hands on the table and said, "The tributes from the countries in Southeast Asia for the past two years have all been arranged by Mr. Chen."

"Well, you're right to do it all by yourself. In the past two years, the officials of the Ministry of Rites have complained a lot." Gao Gong nodded angrily, and said, "What does Chen Shuai think the tribute is for, to earn some yellow and white things?"

Gao Gong waved his hands and said, "I don't mean to despise wealth. The court has been unable to make ends meet for a long time. The army's salary is in arrears, disaster relief is not good, and rivers are difficult to repair. All of these require money, but Chen Shuai really thinks that the court is so weak that it needs to pay tribute to earn silver. For the sake of it, that is also very funny."

"The tribute is not for silver, and secondly, it is not for respect. Whether it is the late emperor or your majesty today, it is not very happy to see the vassals paying tribute. The tribute is for soldiers who surrender without fighting." Gao Gong emphasized Chen Mu's identity, Said: "Chen Shuai is a military general. The purpose of training troops is to fight and kill the enemy. It is to report to the emperor to save the head of Guizhou."

"But in the imperial court, when the emperor is in the cabinet and the ministers are in the hall, when you are used, there are no orders. If you are required to fight and defeat the enemy, regardless of casualties, this does not mean that we are all hard-hearted."

Gao Gong sighed, and said: "When I was in the capital, the old man once asked Chen Shuai for the Nanyang Temple. Tens of thousands of people were killed in the temple's calculation. When it came to Chen Shuai, it was killing heads one by one on the battlefield. Which soldier Don’t you want to go home and live a good life, full of food, warm clothes and no worries?”

Chen Mu nodded, he knew all of this, even if it was far away, he often wanted to go back to Qingyuan and Yuegang by himself, to have land and a house, to have a baby when he was full, to sleep when he was tired after giving birth, and to eat after waking up.

Not to mention that Lin Manjue, who has done meritorious service in Guam, took the whole general to retire from the battlefield and happily went home to rest for half a year via Luzon. Chen Mu also asked him to think about it. Who wants to work hard?
but.

"Is this related to the tribute?"

"The old man already knows, no matter what, tell Chen Shuai concisely, Chen Shuai can't understand."

Gao Gong explained helplessly: "Most of the time, tribute is not paid. Chen Shuai made money by doing that, but the court did not lose money in the past. You will only lose money when you still fill in the unbalanced hospitality group regardless of the price.”

"Thick exchanges and thin returns are not good. In addition, the purpose of paying tribute is to control the surrounding countries. When they pay tribute, they can mediate the war when they attack each other. If the countries are not annexed, they can save the people of the countries and not harm the common people. It can benefit Daming."

Chen Mu understood this sentence.

It is forbidden for others to annex each other, and other countries will always have a small amount of land, and there will never be any powerful neighbors around them, so there will never be threats.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen, I understand."

Chen Mu couldn't help smiling, and after thanking Gao Gong, he said: "Then there will be three kingdoms or even more, and their kings are not easy to move, but Kyushu and Ezo land will be separated, and the state will be established. "

Gao Gong frowned slightly, motioned Chen Mu to continue, and heard Chen Mu say: "Kyushu uses Han people and Japanese people to jointly establish a country; Eizu land uses local natives and Jurchens to jointly establish a country. In this way, the three kingdoms are contained, like a male Lord, you can also find out sooner.”

In fact, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty never cared about Japan. Few people were as interested in Japanese newspapers as Chen Mu was, and they never put Japan in the range of barbarians such as Mongolia, Jurchen, North Korea, and the Southwestern tribes.

In this era, Huayi is divided into high and low, but one family, as the late Emperor Longqing said: Hu and Yue are one.

The Japanese are the same as the Westerners, and it has nothing to do with it.

"Since Chen Shuai is interested, let's send a letter to Chen Bazhi in this way, let him seek the king of Japan to ask the court for help to suppress the rebellion, and the Nanyang military government will also submit a letter to the cabinet. .”

(End of this chapter)