I am the king of the dead

Chapter 933 The only rule at sea: whoever has the biggest fist is the father
Li Chengwen, from the Li family of Meizhou in the old port, lived a very happy life in Songjiang Mansion. The seasickness caused Li Chengwen to lose nearly [-] pounds. Li Chengwen, who had just landed, was completely out of style, only tired and gorging, and took care of more than ten Only then did Li Chengwen slowly regain his original appearance, a humble gentleman.

For Li Chengwen, everything about Daming was very novel. When he was in better health, he asked his nephew and adopted son to push him around Songjiang Mansion, and visited Daming's maritime affairs with almost no obstacles. Hall, Craftsman City, Shipbuilding Department, Wanguo City, Weaving Bureau, Shipyard, Oil Refinery, Waterworks, Official Stores, etc.

Li Chengwen felt that he was like a countryman who entered the city, and everything he saw was novel and dazzling.

Li Chengwen said to his nephew and adopted son: "Da Ming deserves to be the kingdom of heaven, but my brother is still too conservative. What he told me about the Ming Dynasty is not as good as what I see."

"Mencius said: Ju Yi Qi, nurturing Yi body, how great is Ju! Isn't a husband the son of a man?"

"Mencius went from Fanyi to Linzi, the capital of Qi, and he saw the son of the king of Qi. He said this. His status changed his bearing, and his care changed his physique. The son of King Qi is also a son of a man, but he is so handsome. The importance of status can be seen."

"The ruler of the state of Lu came to visit the state of Qi, and the officials of the state of Qi asked Mencius why the ruler of the state of Lu was not the ruler of our country, but the tone of his speech was very similar to that of the king of Qi, and his behavior and demeanor were the same. Mencius said, no Other reasons, just because of the same status."

"You two are more blessed than my elder brother and I. It is a blessing to be a Ming Dynasty person. It is an honor to be born in Fanguo and grow up in the court."

In Li Chengwu's description, Daming is indeed rich and prosperous, but it has always lacked the atmosphere of a celestial kingdom. It is not that there is something wrong with Li Chengwu's description, because the few times Li Chengwu went to Daming were during the orthodox years, when people's livelihoods withered and life The people are suffering, and Li Chengwu can see that the atmosphere of the celestial dynasty is an aggressive and strange thing.

"May I ask the old man, what is the price of this pork?" What Li Chengwen saw was not only the elegance and luxury of the Ming Dynasty, but the people are the foundation of the country, the people are the most important, and the people's livelihood is the foundation of the country.

The butcher who sold the meat replied in a muffled voice, "Sixteen cents a catty."

"Oh, then what is this?" Li Chengwen looked at the pile of meat beside him, and asked a little strangely.

"Go into the water, Your Majesty went to the Songjiang Mansion in the south, just bought the shrimp from my stall, how much?" The butcher turned the knife in his hand, looked at Li Chengwen and said with a smile: "You are such a nobleman, why don't you come here?" Waiting for the fishy guy to buy meat?"

The butcher opened his door to do business, and he saw many people. Li Chengwen looked like a nobleman. When he came to his meat jerky, he seemed nondescript and out of place. Most of the meat buyers were cooks, which was obviously not the case. Those who come to buy meat and those who delay business are bad customers. The butcher did not lose his temper. Bad customers return to bad customers, but this is a nobleman.

"Cut the ribs like this, and add half a catty to the water." Li Chengwen signaled his nephew to pay, and what Li Chengwen's nephew took out was silver ingots, not Tongbao, let alone silver coins.

The butcher laughed loudly. After cutting the meat, he rummaged through the boxes and chests to find out the small scale and silver scissors, and patted it hard. The dust on the small scale began to give Li Chengwen change.

"I haven't used it for a long time, so I gave birth to my hand. Just look at it, you are never missing." The butcher cut a small piece from the body of the silver nude. Looking at this small piece of silver nude, the butcher even shook his head. , and then threw it in the drawer.

The butcher took another look at Li Chengwen and asked with a smile: "Nanyang people?"

"Is the accent very heavy?" Li Chengwen was rarely timid, and his eyes were a little evasive. Li Chengwen's mood at this time was probably just for the poem. , dare not ask anyone.

The butcher handed over the meat and the change, and said with a smile, "No, I didn't dare to confirm what you said until you took out the silver ingot. Daming has no one to use this silver ingot right now."

"That's good." Li Chengwen breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to wander around the Daming market.

Li Chengwen asked for prices everywhere, but he didn't feel bored. The price of rice in Songjiang Mansion was about three renminbi a stone, a five-jin fish was 98 renminbi, a Chuanhao pen was 54 renminbi, an ingot of Hui ink was 36 renminbi, and an iron pot Two cents and five cents of silver per mouthful, [-] cents per iron spoon, two cents per barrel of sweet water, seven cents per catty of fine coal...

After Li Chengwen finished shopping in the market, he saw his nephew and adopted son carrying big and small bags of goods and returned to the Huitong Hall. Li Chengwen began to write and draw pictures, and then wrote what he saw and heard in the title book .

However, Li Chengwen was going north in a few days. According to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, Li Chengwen met Li Binyan, the governor of the Songjiang Mansion of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Chengwen had met Li Binyan before, but he had only seen one chair, the one that Tang Xing carried with Da Ming Fan.

Li Binyan couldn't help shaking his head when he heard about Tang Xing's work, the chair going to the west, Songjiang Governor Li Binyan's treasure, etc., this Tang Xing always gave him many surprises.

It was the first time Li Binyan heard about Songjiang Governor Li Binyan's treasure. He said that there was a big corrupt official in the Ming Dynasty.

The corner of Li Binyan's mouth twitched, and he repeatedly warned himself to be gentle.

Tang Xing owed a romantic debt in Jiaozhi before. It was the daughter of Ding Lie, the Minister of the Household Department of the old Li Dynasty in Annan Kingdom. At that time, Li Yimin was defeated, and Li Sicheng was negotiating naturalization with Daming. For Ding Lie's daughter, His Majesty said that beauty tricks are not allowed, but he did not say that beauty tricks are not allowed. Tang Xing's dissolute, unrestrained and freedom-loving temperament is very lethal to young girls who are not deeply involved in the world.

Originally, Tang Xing was acting on the occasion and didn't take it seriously, but Ding Lie's daughter joined the play and found Da Ming, who asked Li Binyan by name.

Tang Xing used Li Binyan's name all the time in cochin activities. The little girl went to Daming to find someone, and Li Binyan was not the right guy. Naturally, he knew it was Tang Xing's trick, which made Li Binyan flustered for a while.

Li Binyan has been to Jilong Island and Penghu the farthest in his life. He has never even been to Luzon, but there are legends about him everywhere on the sea and ocean. , with varying responses.

One day when Tang Xing gave Li Binyan the nickname "The Whole Bloody Man Tu", Li Binyan was not surprised at all.

"Governor Li, the students are a little confused, so I ask Governor Li to clarify." Li Chengwen's reason for coming to Daming was to study, and there was nothing wrong with claiming that he was a student.

Li Chengwen recorded what he had seen and heard, then handed out his notes, and asked suspiciously: "Students are confused, living in the country and raising their spirits, the Ming Dynasty is so livable, Dousheng small people live and work in peace and contentment, and the Ming Dynasty has great plans to open the sea, Who still wants to go to sea? It’s me, and I will rely on Daming not to go out.”

Li Binyan flipped through Li Chengwen's notes, and said with a smile: "You are a big family in Nanyang, and the consolation envoy of Jiugang was afraid that you would suffer in Daming. Wan Liang, you didn't even spend a single ingot of silver to buy these things, so naturally you don't think it's expensive, but for the common people, it's still a bit expensive."

""The Doctrine of the Mean" says: The body means to put yourself in the place, and to observe the heart."

"It's the students who got a glimpse of the leopard. Thank you, Governor Li, for your teaching." Li Chengwen was taken aback, and immediately understood his problem. He was thinking about the problem from his own standpoint. His brother had never treated him poorly. It is much cheaper, but to the common people of Ming Dynasty, it still looks expensive.

When he went to buy some meat, the butchers knew that he was a man of honor.

Putting yourself in the shoes of others and thinking about problems from the perspective of others is easier said than done.

Li Binyan shook his head and said, "This is after His Royal Highness King Xiang set up the supply of official stores to stabilize prices. If it was a few years earlier, the price you bought would be more than [-]% more expensive."

If the establishment of the official store and the relationship between the official store and the Farm Law were clarified, Li Binyan would not do anything today. Just learn slowly and watch slowly.

The next day Li Chengwen set off, all the way north, and entered Beijing in the twelfth lunar month of the 11th year of Jingtai. After bathing and changing clothes, he met His Majesty in the lecture hall.

"I see Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, Long live, Long live, thank Your Majesty for your kindness." Li Chengwen greeted him gratefully. He was in poor health. It would be ridiculous if he bowed three times and kowtowed five times, but when he had an audience, His Majesty specially decreed that he would not have to bow down and gave him dignity.

Li Chengwen didn't make any fools, he came to the light quickly, he gave himself face, Zhu Qiyu was naturally willing to give him face.

"Free of courtesy." Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Chengwen's appearance. Aren't all the elder brothers in the world so inconspicuous as King Jili?

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Yu Shaobao has won me twice, do the Nanyang expatriates still have a heart of obedience? Yu Shaobao won, neither Chen Shouyan nor your two brothers from the Li family have made it difficult for me. It didn't make it difficult for Daming, which is very good, and I am very relieved."

Li Chengwen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is generous, if the ministers don't know the destiny, both humans and gods will abandon them."

Daming established the rules in Nanyang, thinking about the livelihood of the expatriates in everything, the emperor of Ming Dynasty was so kind, if they were not submissive to the wealthy households, they would be too disrespectful, and they had to wait until they were bombarded by strong ships to find them Bei was willing to obey, Da Ming would lose some face at most, but these luxury households lost their lives.

In the final analysis, Chen Shouyan, Liu Tianhe, and the two brothers of the Li family are so submissive among the Nanyang expatriates, and it is because the gun barrels of the Ming Dynasty's fleet that covered the sky and the sun were pointing at them. How can there be so many etiquette on the sea? , If you are destroyed, it will be destroyed, and no one will care about it, and no one will speak for them.

Will the Ming guild of the court tell the emperor the way of benevolence and forgiveness for the sake of the aliens who are thousands of miles away?

When the emperor dealt with luxury and wealthy households in the four directions of the Ming Dynasty, he had to talk about evidence and etiquette, otherwise the courtiers would use the word abuse to admonish them.

But when it comes to Nanyang, it doesn't matter who has more ships, bigger ships, and more guns, who has the final say?

There have always been no rules at sea, the only rule is: Whoever has the biggest fist is the father.

Chen Shouyan was not so obedient at the beginning, and he used the name of Zhang Shicheng's old department to gather people's hearts, but when the Black Dragon Cannon of the Haining was pointed at him, he immediately became obedient.

What Zhang Shicheng?I've never heard of it, our Chen Lunpo Chen family is Daming's lackey!
"Your Majesty, my brother asked me to bring some gifts, and they are all on the boat. I entered Beijing first, and the gifts are on the way." Li Chengwen said respectfully, the goods on the two ships were gifts from Li Chengwu to the Ming Emperor. In fact, it is to use money to open the way. I hope the emperor can see that his younger brother will not be treated too lightly when he is in ill health.

Li Chengwu was overseas, and his understanding of the emperor probably remained in the stereotype of having dinner with Wang Zhen of Dadang for 1000 taels of silver.

Zhu Qiyu was happy, in terms of money, the entire Ming Dynasty, the whole world, whoever has him, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, has money, all the national funds will be borrowed from his internal funds, he said with a smile: "Keep it for yourself, I don't lack you That point, you offer it up, and I will reward it again, toss it again, and it becomes an imperial bestowal, and it is not easy for you to dispose of it, Li Chengwen, you have no relatives and no reason in Daming, and there will be many places to spend money in the future."

"Since I'm here, I won't treat you lightly."

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty kept his word, and his words were well-spoken. From Sakai Port to Manbasa, from Ezo Island to Constantinople, everyone knows everyone.

Zhu Qiyu and Li Chengwen chatted a few interesting things about Nanyang, Li Chengwen was indeed as mentioned in the memorial, his knowledge is extraordinary, his talents and learning are indeed outstanding in Nanyang, but in Ming Dynasty, they can only be said to be mediocre.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "The Old Port Propaganda Department was re-established, and many government factories were re-established. What you and your brother did in the old port have been reported by Commander Tang. You two brothers have done a good job. Next year, you and Li Chengwu The eldest son, he went to the Imperial College to study."

Because of the age gap, the eldest sons of Li Chengwen and Li Chengwu are about the same age.

Since they came here under the pretense of admiring the flourishing culture of the Ming Dynasty and concealed their identity as a proton, then they will conceal it to the end, and everyone will look good.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." Li Chengwen chose to leave, and a big stone in his heart fell to the ground. Sure enough, as Commander Tang said, His Majesty spoke very directly.

Li Chengwen's feeling was not wrong. His thin shoulders indeed carried the hopes of the entire Nanyang diaspora. His performance directly affected the attitude of the Ming emperor, the imperial court, and all officials towards the diaspora.

Fortunately, Li Chengwen did nothing wrong.

Compared with Ryukyu King Shang Taijiu, Tatar Khan Tutuobuhua and his two sons, Annan King Li Sicheng, the treatment of Sanfoqi King Li Chengwen is much better. Li Chengwen lives in the capital, and the others live in Siyi Pavilion in Tianjin Wei.

Li Chengwen is a native of Ming Dynasty. His father defected to Liang Daoming from Dianbai Port to Songsang Port during the Yongle period.

"They are all the pioneers of Daming Kaihai." Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Chengwen's back and said with a smile.

After Zhu Qiyu kicked open the door of steam, the productivity of Ming Dynasty was growing rapidly at a speed that Zhu Qiyu could not understand. The problem of overproduction appeared in front of Zhu Qiyu's case for the first time in the form of memorials. If there is a lot of liquid assets, there will naturally be a market to sell them.

Establishing an effective system to expand domestic demand, accelerating the cultivation of a complete domestic demand system, strengthening demand-side consumption willingness, and promoting internal circulation are one direction. Cultivating a mature and stable overseas market and efficiently using overseas trade to bail out Daming’s excess liquidity are also one direction. .

The development of domestic market and overseas market is extremely unbalanced. If the domestic market is one hundred, then Jingtai's overseas market at the end of 11 is only one.

The Ming Dynasty is an out-and-out kingdom of the heavens. Whether it is economy, culture, politics, or military affairs, it is unique. As the world's largest producer and consumer country, after kicking the door of the industrial revolution, what will happen? It is a new challenge for Daming to adjust the conflicts of interests and contradictions among various classes.

During the transformation of the Ming Dynasty from a small peasant economy to a commodity economy, Zhu Qiyu, as the emperor, must unite all forces that can be united to break this shackle.

To open up overseas markets, Li Chengwu, Li Chengwen, Chen Shouyan, Liu Tian and the luxury households represented by them are all pioneers, and they are the kind of pioneers who bring their own dry food.

For example, the Liu family of Chen Ping, with a family of 72 Dingkou, bought 500 hectares of land directly with [-] silver ingots after arriving in Luzon, and then bought [-] eunuchs at the price of [-] Wen per Ding from the Baofeng Wang family. people, and then hired three hundred wandering people from Dianbai Harbor, Xingang, Yuegang and other places, and opened palm gardens and coconut gardens with whips.

Most of these wandering people are villains, and the Liu family and the Wang family did not dare to be too harsh. In Daming, these extravagant households can act recklessly relying on the court's laws. When they go overseas, there is no king's law. The wandering people have been tortured too much, and the whip in their hands can not only beat eunuchs, but also these extravagant households. The wicked have their own way.

The Ming Dynasty’s opening of the sea was carried out in an orderly manner, and it was not without discordant voices. King Said of Luzon was ready to attack the expatriates again. The Nanyang countries have long formed a kind of path dependence. diaspora.

With the continuous advancement of opening up the sea, breaking the path dependence of the Southeast Asian countries so that they dare not and cannot attack the overseas Chinese is also one of the important tasks of opening up overseas markets.

It is Zhu Qiyu's responsibility to eliminate King Said of Luzon, appoint a new governor of Luzon, and ensure the overseas interests of Ming Dynasty.

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