The reason is that as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty, his attitude towards foreign invasion fleets was too soft, and he even negotiated with them. All forces should be mobilized to eliminate them...

After removing the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Yue Yang executed several major local officials who accepted bribes from the British, and then removed several officials who did not act...

After handling this matter, Yue Yang still has one more task, which is to rush to Macau.

Inform all Portuguese personnel stationed in Macau to get out of Macau within one month...

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Although the Portuguese lived in Macau for a long time, the territorial sovereignty of Macau at that time still belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

The Portuguese living in Macau were required to pay land rent to the Ming Dynasty on a regular basis.

At the same time, Macau's tariff power was still firmly in the hands of the Ming government.

In addition, the Ming government also controlled Macao's legislative, judicial and important administrative powers.

It can be seen from this that the Ming Dynasty was the real owner of the land of Macau.

The Ming Dynasty government, which held territorial sovereignty, incorporated Macau into the jurisdiction of Xiangshan County.

Officials responsible for public security and taxation were also arranged in Macau to declare their right to govern Macau.

The Portuguese living in Macau must strictly abide by the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise they will run into trouble.

For example, in the eleventh year of Wanli, the Portuguese once set up their own officials, which violated the regulations of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Governor Chen Rui immediately met with the Portuguese officials and blamed them for not complying with the regulations of the Ming Dynasty and violating the emperor's original intention to govern Macau.

The Portuguese representative was so frightened by this admonishment that he hurriedly asked someone to bring velvets, mirrors and other precious gifts to the governor.

He also reiterated that he must obey the orders of the Ming government, and only then was he granted permission for internal autonomy.

However, the autonomy that the Portuguese gained with great difficulty was only suitable for dealing with conflicts among the Portuguese.

If it involves the affairs of the Chinese people, Portugal still has no right to interfere.

The Ming government also demolished private forts built by the Portuguese and changed churches built by the Portuguese into Chinese stone monuments to safeguard China's sovereignty.

In order to prevent the Portuguese from infiltrating into the mainland through Macau, the Ming Dynasty government also set up a lotus stem gate at the border between Macau and the mainland.

The gate was originally opened twice a month, but later it was opened every 5 days. When it was not open, it was sealed with 6 seals.

This eliminates the potential danger of excessive contact between the Portuguese and local people.

The commercial development of Macau was also a factor that the Ming government had to consider.

With the development of the commodity market in the Ming Dynasty, foreign trade became an indispensable part of the Ming Dynasty's finances.

The superb navigation skills of the Portuguese have undoubtedly become an important force in promoting the development of commerce and trade.

According to historical records, after the Portuguese rented Macau, they established a number of international trade routes with Macau as a fulcrum and started a maritime trade transit business.

They sold raw silk and silk products from the Ming Dynasty to all over the world through Macao, and brought back a large amount of silver to enrich the Ming Dynasty's treasury.

This also promoted Macao to become an emerging Far East international trade transit port, and thus developed a Maritime Silk Road.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! With the development of the Maritime Silk Road, economic and trade exchanges between Macao and other countries continue.

The Ming Dynasty government used Macao as a window to vigorously promote Chinese products, finally bringing Chinese products to the world stage.

With Macau as the medium, a trade network with Macau-Goa-Lisbon as the route.

It started to operate rapidly in the second half of the 16th century, and Chinese goods were sold well in Eurasia through this medium.

According to estimates by European scholars, during China's Wanli period, an average of 400,000 taels of silver worth of Chinese goods were shipped to India via Macau each year, and then resold to Europe.

The annual price of Chinese goods shipped to Nagasaki is as high as 1 million taels.

The amount of silver coins imported into Macau from the Philippines every year amounts to 1.35 million pesos.

A large amount of silver was imported into China through Macau.

According to the description of Canadian scholar Gond Frank, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, at least one-third of the world's silver entered China.

This craze also brought about the prosperity of Macau, China in the Ming Dynasty.

This "small port" under the jurisdiction of the magistrate of Xiangshan County in Guangdong during the Ming Dynasty was a golden port on the East Asian ocean between the 16th and 17th centuries.

Its prosperous trade supported the glory of the Ming Dynasty's "Longwan Zhongxing".

Such a "win-win" result can also be called a successful governance model in the Age of Discovery.

However, this situation changed by the end of the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court had to fight on two fronts against rogue bandits and Jiannu, and had no time to take care of matters along the southern coast.

In addition, in the late Ming Dynasty, most officials only cared about their own interests, which led to them being bribed and used by the Portuguese. The Portuguese began to take autonomous actions in Macau and built many forts.

The Guangdong officials stationed in Macau were basically bribed by them, and basically turned a blind eye to all the actions of the Portuguese. As a result, they became more and more rampant...

Alfonso, the Governor of Macau, was sitting in the castle leisurely drinking coffee.

Beside him were two fair-skinned, blond, and blue-eyed ocean horses.

There are two Japanese women dancing to the music in the hall.

Alfonso squinted his small eyes and stared closely at the writhing figure of the Japanese woman, causing the big horse next to him to just roll his eyes.

"Governor, the Ming Dynasty officials stationed in Macau would like to see you."

Portugal only has the right of residence in Macau, which was obtained by bribing Guangdong officials.

They had to hand over one thousand taels of silver to Guangdong Province of Ming Dynasty every year.

But they have changed in the past two years. Not only have they not paid one tael of silver, they have also begun to attract Zhuhai's attention.

This British invasion was also the Portuguese idea. They wanted to use the British to test the attitude of the Ming Dynasty...

If they weren't worried that the Ming Dynasty was so thin that a camel was bigger than a horse, they would have started to take action long ago.

When he heard that officials from the Ming Dynasty wanted to see him, Alfonso didn't bother to pay attention to them.

However, thinking of using these people in the future, he waved his hand and said:

"You all stand down and let the officials of the Ming Dynasty come in!"

"yes!"

The four beauties stood up and left, and the guards turned around and came out to usher in the Ming Dynasty officials stationed in Macau.

They all know the local official Xu Kun, and there is a young man accompanying the local official today.

When Xu Kun came in, he greeted Alfonso with a smile on his face, but the young man had an indifferent look on his face.

He did not say hello to Alfonso at all, but just took out a letter and handed it to the Portuguese Governor of Macau.

Alfonso felt very unhappy and did not go to answer the letter.

But he looked at the young man coldly and said in blunt Ming dialect:
Chapter completed!