Chapter 785: Becoming the Qing Dynasty’s dog (please subscribe!)

Author: Linjiangjun

"King of Persia, the situation has become smaller. There is an old saying in the Qing Dynasty: paying tribute is an advanced form of alliance. If I pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty, they will not be allies!"

If I am wrong, please ask me to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty will protect me.

"Your Majesty, please agree to him quickly and ask for tribute. Then I can enjoy the glory and glory for a longer time."

The Persian veteran's style of painting suddenly changed, and he actually began to support tribute.

The old Persian minister supports it because he knows what is going on with the tribute thing. Generally speaking, if you pay tribute, you are not really your younger brother. Unlike a brotherly country like the peace treaty, generally you will not really hit your younger brother.

In the name of paying tribute, Persia could live longer.

For now, Persia can just survive. When the Qing and Mongol Empire collapses, one day the territory will return to Persia's lap.

After a lot of crooked reasoning and the agreement of other ministers, Suleiman I pinched his nose and admitted it!

If you pay tribute, just pay tribute. If the Qing Dynasty's dogs can bear it, at least if the Ottomans take advantage of the situation and rob them, the Qing Dynasty will protect them.

"My dear ambassador, considering whether they are paying tribute to the country, let's talk about the compensation. Of course, 50 million silver coins, none of them will be less, and they will give more to the Qing Dynasty!"

Ten million a year will make a total of fifty million in five years.

"oh?"

Suo'etu's son became interested.

"Mr. Gelfen, anyway, Persia is not a tributary state of the Qing Dynasty. I also want 50 million silver coins. Why not, if the time is longer, Persia can pay interest!"

"Furthermore, 10 million yuan a year is too much pressure on the Persian state. If the tax increase is excessive and the people revolt, they will not have to bother the Qing soldiers to suppress it, and they will waste more time and money!"

The Persian veteran argued hard, and what he said was indeed reasonable, and the reparations could be settled in a steady stream.

Gelfen also expressed his approval, and the two sides started a new round of game.

The "Treaty of Tabriz" was initially signed, and the terms within it have basically remained unchanged, except for the compensation.

Fifty million silver coins will be paid in 30 years, with an annual interest rate of 4%.

As a result, the pressure on the Persian state dropped sharply, but Fou always had a lot of money. The principal plus interest was as high as 85,934,754 silver coins!

That's more than 80 million silver coins.

To put it bluntly, it is much more favorable than most housing loans in later generations.

The interest rate on that indemnity is similar to the interest rate on the Boxer Indemnity of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces.

The reparations paid by the Eight-Nation Allied Forces can be cleared in 39 years, and some countries have refunded the reparations in various ways.

At that point, the negotiation was successfully concluded. Gelfen worked hard, and in less than two months, he handed the peace treaty signed by Persia into Kangxi's lap.

"Reporting to the Great Khan, the Persian Empire has promised to order Dongda to allocate a large area of ​​land to the left of Qazvin to the Qing Dynasty within three months. At the same time, it will recognize the Qing Dynasty as the suzerainty. Fifty million silver coins will also be issued within three months.

Ten years later everything is clear."

Griffin said.

"good!"

Kangxi nodded with great satisfaction. The Qing Dynasty had another buffer zone, and the Qing Dynasty was booming again!

Over in the Ming Dynasty, the queen and concubine gave birth to two fat boys to Zhu Kezang, and the number of males in the royal family increased!

The second prince born to the queen is named Zhu Yijin, and the third prince born to the imperial concubine is named Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Kezang was very pleased. The Ming Dynasty finally had a master in the American colonies. From now on, it would be good to entrust America to the two of them and let them build a Ming Dynasty!

Outside the Forbidden City, Zhu Kezang, who was away to accompany his sons, made a rare exception and held a court meeting.

At this moment, outside the main hall, Zhu Ke was sitting on the dragon chair. Next to the dragon chair was a small dragon chair, and the crown prince Zhu Yiming was walking here.

Is that what Zhu Kezang begged to do, let Zhu Yiming come over every now and then to observe the affairs of the Yidong Dynasty and "follow him" in advance.

Except for Zhu Kezang, all the civil and military officials outside the main hall were also walking.

All the people walking there were long chairs, but the prime minister and ministers in the front row were walking on individual chairs with backrests.

At this moment, Zhu Kezang opened his mouth and said after the ministers had bowed and left.

"I, Mingyue, have summoned all the ruthless ministers to come here. I want to ask you one thing, please tell me about the abolition of slavery in the Ming Dynasty!"

"That point must have been heard by many ruthless ministers!"

"The court meeting tomorrow will not discuss any wrong strategies. It will only send the standardized system that has been formulated to the east!"

"Your Majesty, regarding the abolition of slavery, I have asked the Ministry of Industry to print thousands of documents and ask Dong to distribute them to the yamen of various prefectures. Why don't you give one copy to each of the officials first?"

After hearing this, Chen Yonghua took the lead and spoke repeatedly.

"Then give one copy to each person and take a look first!"

Zhu Kezang said, Chen Yonghua nodded, then waved his leg, and a civil servant from the East Ministry of Industry hurried in, and then distributed a prepared document to everyone.

Even Zhu Ke was holding a document, and he was speaking to the ministers at the moment.

"At the time of coming to the east, the most important thing for Ming Dynasty was, if nothing else, the abolition of slavery!"

"A few months ago, in Weixian County, the Wang family actually killed three slaves and abused more than ten slaves, which aroused public resentment!"

"But the audacious Wang family actually joined forces with the county magistrate and the magistrate's two-level yamen to hide this matter from the east. I am deeply angry and those who made the mistake should be severely punished!"

"The Emperor is in the Holy Ming!"

The origins of the gentry's slaves are not as clear as the official slaves of the imperial court, who have clear sources and records.

Their slaves are nothing more than forcing girls into prostitution and buying and selling people.

The buying and selling of people seriously affects local stability, and may even lead to civil unrest if the locals are left unchecked.

The imperial court is now implementing a new policy, counting the acres of land, dividing the land into acres, and allowing the gentry to pay the grain as one. Is this a good thing, but if there is a problem with the population, the policy will be greatly compromised.

If it is not stopped, it will get worse.

In some places, the government and the gentry colluded with each other to demote the peasants into slaves. When the gentry annexed the land, they would also turn the peasants into their slaves. This seriously affected the safety of the court and severely reduced the court's tax revenue.

In order to maintain the rule of the imperial court, slaves should be abolished and local slaves should be strictly prohibited.

Hearing this, the ministers in the court opened their mouths one after another.

At that time, Zhu Kezang glanced at Ke Ping, the Minister of Punishment.

"Let me tell you, how should we deal with that matter?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice, who fished every day, almost didn't react when the emperor called him, but he straightened his face and said.

"It is not a big deal to arouse complaints from the people. I believe that murderers should be caught and severely punished!"

Well, is Ke Ping an old bureaucrat who has been around for many years?

What he said is quite beautiful - just catching the murderer will only involve some beatings.

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Because in such a big family, how could the master of the family do something like killing the slaves himself?

There must be someone else with the vicious legs!

Recently, the imperial court has made the gentry suffer too much, and now it is asking for the abolition of slavery to step on them. If the punishment is more severe, it may be the last straw that breaks the gentry's back.

That is political wisdom: compromise.

To govern a big country is like cooking small dishes, but also to give the gentry some way to survive.
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