There were only two people in the main room, Chang Feng and Jiu Niang. They were alone in a room.
It's spring and the weather is getting warmer. Miss Ninth was not very well dressed. Coupled with her slightly frivolous eyes and tone...
Twenty-two-year-old Chang Feng is full of energy. In this ambiguous environment, I suddenly felt a primitive impulse.
He controls, controls, controls. Finally, reason defeated impulse.
There were dozens of robes standing in the yard. You can't let dozens of people listen to you at the foot of the bed.
So Chang Feng changed the subject: "That Eunuch Li outside loves money very much."
Miss Jiu understood it well: "This is not the first time I have dealt with the government. Whether it is a head catcher in Shuntian Prefecture or a servant of the Ministry of Punishment. As long as you have a hand with money, who wouldn't want to pluck the goose's hair."
"My father-in-law in the palace is pretty much the same."
"You're not talking about getting five out of a hundred for the broker. I'll leave two for Eunuch Li, and two for you, Brother Chang. I'll only keep one for myself."
"If you don't think it's enough, I can give it to you for free as a reward."
Miss Jiu is very good at doing things. She knew very well that if she helped the official's family do business, she wouldn't be able to get a big share of it.
Chang Feng said: "I'll forget it. Just don't shortchange Eunuch Li. Okay, let's go out quickly."
Chang Feng and Miss Jiu walked towards the door of the hall.
Changfeng walked in front. Miss Jiu took advantage of his unpreparedness and launched a shameless sneak attack. He pinched his butt hard.
Chang Feng staggered and almost tripped over the threshold.
Miss Ninth covered her mouth and chuckled, and said loudly: "Oh, brother Chang, why don't you look at your feet?"
Chang Feng was taken advantage of and he didn't want to keep it public. He crossed the threshold with an embarrassed look and left the main room.
Li Guang drank tea and asked in a dark voice, "Has the negotiation been settled?"
Chang Feng said: "It's settled."
Then Chang Feng whispered to Li Guang's ear: "Take five out of a hundred. Miss Jiu is willing to give you two, and she will keep three."
Li Guang firmly believes in a common saying: Don't take advantage of the bastard's temper when you take advantage.
Hearing that it was good, Li Guang's brows relaxed, and he lost all his rebellious expression. He smiled and said, "What do you mean? Then I'll leave it to Miss Ninth."
"Chang Qianhu, I'm going back to the palace, and you should also go back to Jinyiwei."
Chang Feng and Fatty Xu returned to Jinyiwei.
A warrior came forward and said, "Chang Qianhu, Xu Fuqianhu. Eunuch Huai'en and Commander Zhu have invited us."
The two came to the commander's duty room.
Wynn smiled and said, "Grandson, the emperor has just ordered you to do a beautiful job."
Chang Feng asked: "Are you talking about exchanging treasures for money and food?"
Wynn shook his head slightly and said, "No. On the first day of this month, the Fujian Chief Envoy's letter arrived. The letter said that the Oyster Mirror Mazu Temple was built and asked the court to send people to worship."
"The emperor has spoken this afternoon. He ordered Yang Tinghe, the head of the Ministry of Rites, to send a general envoy to Fujian as an imperial envoy. He also sent five deputy envoys."
"Five deputy envoys, one is Li Guang, one is you, and one is Prince Xu. There are also two junior uncles."
"This is a beautiful job!"
It was Zhu Ji who suggested to Emperor Hongzhi that he let the two little demon kings Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling follow them to Fujian.
The reason given by Zhu Ji is: the two uncles are young and should go to Beijing more often to do business. Firstly, they will gain more knowledge and secondly, they will gain more experience.
In fact, Zhu Ji felt that they made Jin Yiwei so arrogant and solemn.
A few days ago, these two little devils brought a big bear from the palace's exotic animal garden to the Jinyiwei school grounds, and even had their warriors wrestle with the big bear.
If Zhu Ji hadn't stopped him in time, someone might have died.
From Zhu Ji to the lowest-level warriors in Jinyiwei, everyone would have a headache when they saw these two little devils.
Only Chang Feng was not afraid of them.
Empress Zhang repeatedly warned her two younger brothers: Chang Qianhu of Jinyiwei is the benefactor of our Zhang family. If you dare to bare your teeth in front of him, be careful and I will have your butts beaten.
Chang Feng asked: "Godfather, when will my grandson leave?"
Huaien said: "The sea festival is scheduled for June.
The sixth day of the lunar month. You can leave in time at the end of March. First go to Hangzhou via the canal, then go east to Ningbo. Take a sea boat from Ningbo to Fujian Oyster Mirror. "
Chang Feng calculated the time: "Godfather, you know, Xiaoyan should give birth in July. If I leave, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back until August..."
Zhu Ji scolded him: "Compared with official matters, private matters are nothing. Do you want to abolish public affairs because of private matters?"
Wynn was a little unhappy: "Commander Zhu, can you stop acting like someone owes you two dollars and you won't pay back?"
"Chang Feng is one of our own. Do we need to scold him all day long?"
"A boss's authority is not established by swearing."
Compared with Huai En, Zhu Ji didn't know how to be a good Shangguan at all.
Zhu Ji said: "My father-in-law taught me this lesson. My subordinates will keep it in mind."
Huaien turned around and said to Chang Feng: "Don't worry, Xiaoyan. I will take care of you. When July comes, I will find an old female official in the palace who specializes in midwifery to live in your house."
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Grandpa."
Wynn said again: "You have to deal with the matter of selling the treasures first. After all, there is still a month before departure."
"If this errand cannot be completed before departure, I will let Sun Luan and Xiao Jing take over."
"By the way, Yang Tinghe is a very capable man. Although his status is not as high as your five deputy envoys, he is the chief priest."
"Don't show off in front of him along the way. If you have time, go to the Ministry of Etiquette to meet him and get to know him."
Chang Feng listened to Wynn's words very much. The next day he came to the Ministry of Rites to find Yang Tinghe. However, he was told that Yang Tinghe had gone to the Siyi Pavilion to receive envoys from the vassal state. .q.
The Siyi Pavilion was the place where envoys from the vassal states lived when they came to Beijing.
Because Changfeng had to go to Xiangxi Lane in the afternoon to talk to Miss Ninth about selling treasures. He didn't have time to wait, so he simply rode to Seyi Pavilion.
Twenty-nine-year-old Yang Tinghe was receiving a delegation.
This mission comes from the sewers of earth's civilization from ancient times to the present, the ceiling of human morality, and the country of beasts that attaches great importance to small details but no great righteousness: the Japanese country.
Changfeng entered Fangchunyuan of Siyi Pavilion.
A large table was set up in Fangchun Courtyard. The table is covered with Japanese knives.
Yang Tinghe was negotiating the price with the Japanese envoy.
The Ming Dynasty strictly prohibited private maritime trade with vassal states. However, the imperial court could conduct official trade with vassal states through forced buying and selling.
This official trade method is called the tribute system.
The tribute system was established by Taizu.
For example, the Japanese specialty that was most in demand during the Ming Dynasty was Japanese knives.
Your Japanese mission can bring a batch of Japanese swords to Ming Dynasty in the name of tribute.
I won't let you pay tribute. We in the Ming Dynasty can convert Japanese swords into silver coins. Then I will give you silk, tea, porcelain and other items of equal value.
However, we, the Ming Dynasty, have the final say on how much your Japanese sword is worth.
The Ming Dynasty has the final say on how much our silk and tea are worth.
Think it's unfair? Do you think Ming Dynasty is overbearing? It doesn’t matter, then we won’t do this business!
Whether it is the Japanese state or the small states of Yuyang, Annan, and Nanyang, they all have a rigid demand for Ming Dynasty's goods.
Tribute trade is an absolute seller's market. Therefore, the vassal states could only grit their teeth and suffer losses.
The tribute system established by Grandfather Taizu seemed to be a perfect system that would benefit the Ming Dynasty without any harm.
However, no matter how perfect the system is, it still needs people to implement it.
Over the past 120 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, this system has gradually changed.
The reason for the change of taste lies in the word "fooling".
For example, the Ministry of Rites negotiated with the Japanese envoy to exchange 20,000 kilograms of tea leaves for 1,000 Japanese knives.
The Ministry of Rites will send a document to the Zhejiang Governor's Yamen: We are hereby collecting a thousand Japanese tribute knives in the capital. Not long ago, the Japanese ship went to Ningbo and handed over 20,000 kilograms of tea to your office.
As a gift of tea, I should have chosen the best tea leaves.
The governor's yamen will hand over the errands to the chief envoy's yamen, and the high-quality tea will become medium-quality tea. Goose plucking middlemen make a profit.
When the chief envoy's yamen is handed over to the Ningbo magistrate's yamen, medium-grade tea will turn into low-grade tea.
Finally, it was handed over to Dinghai County Government. Low-quality tea leaves directly become high-quality tea leaves.
Do you think the high shredding quality is poor? You don’t have to! It's so high-spirited that no matter how many small countries want to kowtow to ask for it, they still have no way to do it.
The confusion of the Ming government led to the rampant smuggling trade along the coast and the proliferation of Japanese pirates and pirates.
Chang Feng is about to see this.
(Chapter ninety-seven is a typo. The imperial envoy to worship Mazu was Yang Tinghe, not Yang Yiqing. Because I found that I overlooked one point. Yang Yiqing is famous in history books for being uglier than a dog. It is impossible to be responsible for going out to Beijing. The officiant’s imperial envoy. Changed.)
