Daming: Dad, you are really not good at governing the country

Chapter 320: Nakhon requested the seal of the King of Siam, and Wang Jinghong used his status as an imperial envoy to take advantage of the situation
Kong Ying never dreamed that he had only been in contact with Zhu Yuanzhang for one or two hours.

His true identity was revealed by the other party.

"In the tenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, King Ramati Bodhi of Uthong, who was of Chinese descent, moved the capital and established the Ayutthaya Dynasty.

However, the Suphan Buri region, where Siam flourished, is still ruled by a branch of the royal family.

I am Prince Nakhong Ying of Suphan Buri. Since King Uthong passed away in the second year of Hongwu, the two major branches have fought for the throne many times.

This time, my father sent me to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute. The main purpose was to obtain the "Seal of the King of Siam" bestowed by the country."

When Wang Jinghong heard that the other party wanted to ask the Ming Dynasty for a favor, he immediately understood how he should respond.

"Before the delegation from the sixty-two Southeast Yi countries arrived at Yingtian Prefecture, His Majesty found a job for me at the 'Western Investigation Agency'.

The full name of the official position is "Eunuch in charge of the Imperial Governor-General of the Western Regions and the Nanyang Factory Official School."

If the prince thinks this name is too long, you can call me our factory supervisor or factory master."

Since transportation was not very convenient in feudal society, officials generally did not travel easily.

Once the imperial court sent an official on a business trip, it was considered an imperial envoy inspecting the local area.

To a certain extent, the imperial envoy at that time enjoyed the same rights as a first-rank minister in the local area.

All officials who can reach this level are the emperor's confidants.

If any one of them was assassinated, it would definitely cause panic in the court.

Zhu Yuanzhang would never let it go and would definitely investigate the assassination thoroughly.

After all, when a first-rank official goes to the local area, he represents the emperor, and assassinating the imperial envoy is equivalent to assassinating the emperor.

Who would dare to do such a thing as punishing the entire clan?
Therefore, when Kong Ying heard that Wang Jinghong, a eunuch, actually had the word "imperial envoy" in front of his title, his expression immediately became extremely respectful.

"I didn't expect the factory supervisor to have such an unfathomable background. I was really a little negligent just now."

Wang Jinghong waved the whisk in his hand and said, "It doesn't matter if you neglect our family, the most important thing is to do the job well.

After all, both Ayutthaya and Suphan Buri have royal bloodlines.

Who your majesty will bestow the 'Seal of the King of Siam' upon will mainly depend on which envoy can help the court raise the minimum sales guarantee for overseas agents at the upcoming investment auction."

Na Kongying quickly grasped the key information from Wang Jinghong's words.

He asked tentatively: "Could it be that the Ayutthaya secret envoy is hiding in the delegation of the sixty-two nations of the Southeast Yi who came to pay tribute?"

After making sure that there was no one else around, Wang Jinghong deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Although I am illiterate, I heard His Majesty mutter something under his breath when he was looking through the list of tributes from vassal states.

"Why would an envoy come to pay tribute to a vassal state that has already been destroyed?"

Although the names of several countries flashed through Kong Ying's mind, it would take time to verify their identities.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to attach great importance to Ayutthaya's secret envoy. Even if he could find the other party, he could not take any extreme actions within the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

When Wang Jinghong stood up to say goodbye, Kong Ying hurriedly took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into his hand.

"The factory supervisor has come a long way and has worked hard. This is a small gift from me. I hope you don't mind."

Looking at the piece of silver worth half a tael in his heart, Wang Jinghong felt for the first time the prosperity of the Suphan Buri area of ​​Siam.

Fortunately, he did not forget Zhu Gang's previous instructions, "This silver is indeed a good thing for our family. But there is one thing that we still need to remind Prince Kong Ying.

Your Majesty has considered that if the envoys from the 62 countries of the Southeast Yi all use silver to exchange for salt, the salt use of the people of Yingtian Prefecture will definitely be affected.

In addition, many envoys took out large amounts of silver to exchange for green salt in the past few days. The money they have now is probably not enough to cope with the upcoming investment auction.

Therefore, Your Majesty has specially authorized the envoys of the vassal states to directly exchange grain for banknotes at the Ming Dynasty money houses.

The relevant decree will be delivered to Huitong Hall tomorrow morning, so please make good use of the opportunity, Prince Kongying."

After Wang Jinghong disappeared, the Siamese deputy envoy standing behind Kong Ying said, "I heard that the four prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River in Ming Dynasty suffered natural disasters last year, and now the people living there still have to rely on the local powerful gentry to provide porridge relief.

Envoys from vassal states are now allowed to exchange grain for banknotes at Ming Dynasty money houses.

Maybe they want to use the food we have to help Ming solve its food shortage problem."

Na Kong Ying turned to look at the Siamese deputy envoy and said, "Even a pig-brained person like you can see this. How can the other envoys from the 62 Southeast Yi countries not understand this?
As long as they can find a way to exchange for food from all over Yingtian Prefecture, won't they have as much treasure notes as they want?"

The Siamese deputy envoy suddenly realized, "Your Highness means that we can also adopt the same method to exchange food from all over Yingtian Prefecture.

But since we didn’t participate in the ‘salt grabbing’ incident before, we can only use the money to buy food now.”

Na Kong Ying suppressed his anger and said, "The factory manager just said it very clearly. The relevant decree will not be delivered to Huitong Hall until tomorrow morning.

As long as we quickly purchase the grain on the market in Yingtian Prefecture before the envoys from the vassal states get the news.

Then, in the next investment auction, Suphanburi will be able to get more overseas agents for its products than Ayutthaya.”

Ever since he saw the high-quality refined salt with distinct grains and white as snow in the Fengtian Palace, Na Kongying made up his mind to get the Siamese overseas agency for salt.

Because salt is the raw material for making stomach acid, if a person does not eat salt for a long time, his stomach acid will decrease.

The person may also experience low blood pressure, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, fatigue, and abdominal or leg cramps.

If it is summer, the human body sweats more and may even easily suffer from heatstroke.

The most crucial thing is that if the Ayutthaya envoy gets the Siamese overseas agent of salt, it would be equivalent to handing over the monopoly of Suphan Buri's high-quality refined salt market to others.

On the contrary, Nakhon Si Thammarat could use dumping and other means to allow the people of Ayutthaya to eat refined salt, thereby gaining the support of local people.

In fact, Zhu Gang had already told Zhu Yuanzhang about this seemingly fantastic strategy.

“As long as this healthy competition is within a controllable range, the court can just sit back and watch the outcome.

There is no need to put the entire Ming Dynasty into a dangerous vortex just for the sake of the so-called "Heavenly Kingdom". "

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "I already understand what you said.

Whether to choose to uphold justice for a vassal state depends mainly on the pros and cons of this matter for the imperial court.

But there is one thing I don't quite understand. You allowed the vassal states participating in the Kanhe trade to exchange grain for Ming treasure notes.

If they find a way to exchange food from all over Yingtian Prefecture, it will inevitably cause food prices to rise.

Won't the gentry in the four prefectures of Jiangnan who were distributing porridge to help the disaster suffer a loss?"

(End of this chapter)