It is worth mentioning that the tribute rules of the Song Dynasty were generally to take one-tenth of the items that the vassal state paid tribute to the emperor as a pure gift from the vassal state to the emperor. The Song Dynasty did not spend any money on this part.
The other nine-tenths are purchased by the Shipping Department at market prices and are not taken for free.
This fully demonstrates the wealth and grandeur of the heavenly kingdom.
The royal families of the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties were indeed extremely wealthy, or in other words, the royal families of all dynasties were very wealthy, so it is not surprising that they would do such a thing.
But Su Yonglin was stingy and stingy, and his royal family was also very poor, so he couldn't open up a pattern in this kind of thing from the beginning, which was very low.
After becoming emperor, Su Yonglin revised the tribute rules, saying that whatever is given to me is mine, and there is no need to break the rules one-tenth or nine-tenths away, eliminating those boring intermediate links.
Bring it all to you!
As the earliest and only first-generation vassal state that survives to this day in the Ming Dynasty, Koryo was also the biggest "beneficiary" of this system.
When their envoy learned that the Ming Dynasty had revised its tribute rules and that the return gift to the vassal states was only a letter of condolence written by the emperor, the expression on their face was quite beautiful.
Later, the King of Goryeo wrote a letter to Su Yonglin, asking Su Yonglin why he changed the rules, and also vaguely asked whether the tribute gifts could be slightly reduced because Goryeo was a small country and the people were tired.
Su Yonglin's reply was simple.
The tributes given to me do not depend on the quantity, but mainly on the intention. Once the intention is met, the quantity actually does not matter, but if the intention is not in place...
Do you, a vassal state, really respect the Ming Dynasty as its suzerain state?
Why can't I feel your sincerity?
Of course, I am definitely not asking you to provide more tributes. Absolutely not. It mainly depends on your heart.
Yes, mind.
Since then, the number of tributes from Korea has increased every year, and the quality is also good, which fully reflects the "intention".
After concluding the relationship between the suzerain state and the vassal state, the Champa Kingdom knew the new rules of the Ming Dynasty, but this time it still sent such rich gifts, which was enough to show Zou Yana's "filial piety", so Su Yonglin also felt that Zou Yana was a good small country that could be supported. king.
In the future, in the new order of Southeast Asia led by the Ming Dynasty, Zou Yana and his Champa Congress will have a good future.
Su Yonglin thought so at the time.
As a result, within a few days, Su Yonglin learned from the Shipping Department of the Ming Dynasty that two businessmen from the Shiguo Country, dressed in tatters and hungry and skinny, had drifted from the sea to complain to the Shipping Department of the Ming Dynasty.
They said that their goods were robbed by people from the Champa State and then sent to Guangzhou. They wanted to recover the goods that belonged to them and accuse the Champa State of their bastard behavior.
Su Yonglin hurriedly summoned the two businessmen and learned from them that they came to Guangzhou for trade with a lot of spices and ivory, but when they stopped by the Champa State, they were caught by the soldiers of the Champa State and put under house arrest. Up, the entire fleet's cargo was seized by the Champa king.
The king of Champa sent people to sneak attack while they were resting. They were caught off guard and captured by the people of Champa State. Now most of them are under house arrest in Champa State. These two businessmen were lucky enough to escape. .
Their mother country was weak and could not provide them with any help. They could only place their hope in the Ming Dynasty, which always valued fairness. They starved all the way to Guangzhou and complained to the Ming Dynasty officials, hoping that the Ming Dynasty would make the decision for them.
Otherwise, if they really want to lose everything, they might as well just commit suicide by throwing themselves into the sea.
Su Yonglin was surprised and confused after hearing this, and asked the two merchants about the types and quantities of the goods they brought. The results matched them one by one, and found that the specific quantities were different by a few hundred kilograms or more than a thousand kilograms, but it was innocuous.
He also found spies from the Skynet Army and asked whether the Champa country was rich in products and whether there was a large amount of spices and ivory produced.
The spy said that there is a lot of ivory, but the production of spices is relatively small. Most of them are enjoyed by the domestic dignitaries, and the quantity that can be used for business is relatively small.
Su Yonglin asked the spies to identify the spices, and came to the conclusion that these spices were indeed not produced in the Champa country.
Su Yonglin sighed, annoyed and speechless.
The Champa Kingdom is indeed not big, but it is still a country and it is a prestigious existence in the entire Southeast Asia. How come the king actually engages in banditry? And use the stolen things as gifts and tributes to him?
Selling stolen goods?
Borrow flowers to offer to Buddha?
Because there is no huge kickback to get, so I use other people’s things to dedicate to him, so that I can get a good reputation without spending a penny?
Su Yonglin suddenly felt that some of the rules set by the previous Celestial Kingdoms had spoiled the surrounding small countries.
Both of them think that the benefits of Big Brother can be taken at will. As long as they pay a little tribute, they can get huge kickbacks. Even when the country encounters financial problems, it will think of Big Brother and then come to "pay tribute."
It is said that because some countries pay tribute too frequently, the Heavenly Kingdom itself cannot bear it, so it has to limit the number of times some countries pay tribute.
This behavior of forcibly restoring respect to oneself after having done a great injustice is really unspeakable.
That's why he made changes after the founding of the country and revised the tribute policy to stop some shameless small countries from making a lot of money through tribute.
For this reason, those who did not come to pay tribute or reduced the tribute gave Su Yonglin a legitimate excuse to start a war and teach them a lesson, which could serve the world revolutionary plan.
When it's not their turn, take the excuse first.
It's their turn, there's no negotiation about beating them.
Regardless of these things for the time being, Su Yonglin was really angry, so he found the envoy from Champa who had not yet left and asked him to confront the merchants from the Dashi Kingdom on the spot.
As a result, the envoy from the Champa Kingdom was speechless. Facing the angry accusations and cries of the merchants from the Dashi Kingdom, as well as the gaze of Su Yonglin Heshan, he could not even raise his head.
Su Yonglin was furious.
"Disgraceful! Really disgraceful! Extremely disgraceful! The king of a country actually does such a robber thing! Do you want any shame? Do you want some dignity? Is this thing really that expensive? More expensive than the dignity of a king?
I really want it, spend some money to buy it, spend some money! It doesn’t cost much! Can such a big country not be able to get even this little money? Actually grabbed it! Are you using this kind of stolen goods as tribute to me? What do you think of Ming Dynasty? What do you think of me? ! "
Su Yonglin was furious, pointed at the envoy's head and cursed so hard that his legs weakened and he knelt on the ground, kowtowed for mercy, and begged Su Yonglin not to kill him.
It wouldn't be a murder, but Su Yonglin was really, really angry, so he asked the envoy to go back to Champa immediately, and asked Zou Yana to come to Guangzhou in person to apologize to him, and release all the captured Dashiguo merchants.
Otherwise, Su Yonglin would take the Ming army to the Kingdom of Champa and demand an apology from Zou Yana in person!
The envoy from the Champa Kingdom ran away in a mess.
Su Yonglin ordered all these "gifts" to be returned to the merchants of Dashi Country.
He also comforted them and told them that Ming Dynasty would definitely uphold justice for them, and they only needed to believe in Ming Dynasty.
The two big food country businessmen shed tears and bowed to Su Yonglin.
What happened after that was very simple. Su Yonglin was still angry and began to seriously think about the previous strategies for Southeast Asia, and began to rethink whether Zou Yana could be used as a pawn.
This guy's pattern is really unopenable.
The king of a country cannot do what he promised, and actually wants to do things that only robbers would do. With this kind of situation, such vision and courage, he is not even qualified to be a chess piece, but at best a chess board.
But in the final analysis, this is not a big deal. With the military strength of the Champaign State, which is somewhat difficult to deal with the Li Dynasty, and with their military strength, which uses elephant soldiers as the main battle force, if they really want to fight, the Champaign State will just be on the dining table of the Ming army. a plate of side dishes.
Su Yonglin didn't think that Zou Yana had the courage or confidence to resist him.
In the final analysis, external problems are all small problems, while internal problems are the big problems. In such a huge Ming Dynasty, if there is a small problem somewhere, if you look closely, it is unlikely to be just a small problem.
Therefore, Su Yonglin decided to solve the Guangzhou problem before launching the third great purge on his way back.
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