Civil officials were very revengeful. For example, Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty harmed the interests of the civil servants because he let the officials and gentry pay food together, so he was so shattered by civil servants when recording history and became a tyrant. His son Qianlong, who was very happy with merit and was far from him, was described by the shameless civil servants as a "saint king" because he was willing to be corrupt by officials.

Because Liu Jin damaged the interests of the civil servants, the civil officials made a special announcement for this general amnesty that Liu Jin and his followers could not be pardoned. Therefore, although Liu Jin did not verify that it was an unforgivable rebellion, he was still suppressed by the ministers and refused to be pardoned. And those of Liu Jin's party, including Zhang Cai, Cao Yuan, Jiao Fang, and others, naturally did not get the benefits of being pardoned.

Of course, this is a good thing for Marin. Why? If Zhang Cai is pardoned, then with his ministerial retirement level, he would not have to go to Dongfan Island to make a living. And Marin would also lose a general. Therefore, Marin was relieved that Liu Jin's eunuch party members would not be pardoned this time.

Except for the fact that Liu Jin's party members did not get the benefits, all the big men in the court have gained a lot of benefits and promoted their positions. Of course, it is impossible to reward such as "all officials have been promoted to three levels". After all, the three elders of the cabinet are all deputy national-level bosses, and there is no way to be promoted.

Therefore, in addition to the general amnesty of the world, most court officials above the fifth rank and above who are qualified to attend court have received rewards for additional officials and titles. For example, the Ming Dynasty's Wenxun had ten levels, the Wuxun had sixth rank and twelve levels. In addition, there are the Wensan level forty-two levels and the Wusan level forth 30th rank.

This reward is mainly to add civil and military merits and civil and military ranks to officials. These are all empty titles, but they are not completely useless. For example, if you have low positions but high honors, you don’t need to pay tribute to those with high positions but low honors. This thing is actually like a noble title, but it is just not hereditary. Moreover, with a great rank, you can get an extra salary, which is also very good. Of course, the Ming Dynasty executives do not live on salary. Only honest officials will value this thing. However, adding the honors is also a manifestation of glory, which is very suitable for showing off and giving it a lot of face.

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On this happy day when the Ming Dynasty celebrated the whole world, Malin began to remind the happy Ming monarch and ministers - what are my benefits?

Zhengde and the civil and military ministers of the court realized that they had forgotten the first meritorious person who offered the divine food...

Everyone celebrated the whole world and promoted the title again, but they forgot Malin for a while. In addition to being ashamed, the wise ruler and minister who were happy were naturally not stingy...

"After requested by Ma Lin, the king of Beihai, he was appointed as the king of Beihai, and was appointed as the Duke of Daming. He also conferred Ma Lin as the hereditary chieftain Xuanwei envoy of Dongfan Island (from the third rank), in charge of military and civil affairs of Dongfan Island... The merchant ships of Xu Dongfan Island Xuanwei Office came to Daming to purchase and trade, but they were only allowed to dock in Fuzhou, Ningbo and Guangzhou, and each time they stopped, they had to report to the local maritime department... In addition, because the journey was long, the Beihai State could send envoys to Beijing to pay tribute once every four years. And the Dongfan Island Xuanwei Office needed to send envoys to Beijing to pay tribute every year to attend the Zhengdan Grand Chamber..."

After some discussion, the Ming Dynasty ruler and ministers decided to agree to Marin's request to become the chieftain of the Ming Dynasty, and granted Marin the highest level of the chieftain (from the third rank) to control the military and political affairs of the entire Dongfan Island.

However, for security reasons, the Ming Dynasty ruled and ministers decided to only allow merchant ships of the Dongfan Xuanwei Department to dock in Fuzhou, Ningbo and Guangzhou to establish Maritime Department ports.

The Ming Dynasty was in seclusion as a whole, and only the three Maritime Warehouses in Guangzhou, Ningbo and Fuzhou were retained to receive tribute envoys. Among them, the Maritime Warehouses in Guangzhou were specially used to receive tribute envoys from Southeast Asian countries such as Siam and Malacca; Ningbo was used to receive Japanese tribute envoys; the landing site of the Ryukyu tribute envoys was originally located in Quanzhou, but later the Ryukyu people found it closer to Fuzhou. So (in the fifth year of Chenghua, 1469), the Maritime Warehouses against Ryukyu moved from Quanzhou to Fuzhou. As for Korea, before the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty and blocked the road, they went directly to the northeast to pay tribute by land.

Originally, the ministers were only willing to open the port of Fuzhou for Malin's merchant ships to dock for trade, but Malin was afraid that if there was only one procurement point, it would be easy for Ming Dynasty merchants to control the supply of goods and raise prices. Therefore, he asked to open more procurement ports and compare shopping to avoid losing.

Li Dongyang is also a bachelor - you want to compare the stores, right? Well, let's open all the ports of the Ming Dynasty and Maritime Service to you. Then, we added two points to Ningbo and Guangzhou to Malin.

It should be pointed out that the Ming Dynasty’s household registration management is very strict. The reason why the ports are not easily opened is that it is because it is because Ma Lin and others’ “strange appearances” scare the people.

In fact, their concerns are not unreasonable. When the Qing Dynasty was first opened, the people were frightened by the appearance of foreigners and thought they were evil ghosts, so they were also called foreigners.

Guangzhou, Ningbo and Fuzhou are different. This is a traditional open port, so people are not surprised. Moreover, the three places are specially open ports, and it is no big deal to add them to Dongfan Xuanwei Station.

As for reporting to the local maritime department before each trade, Li Dongyang was afraid that the pirates pretended to be Dongfan Xuanwei Department would penetrate the ports in the three places. If they were accidentally attacked by pirates or allowed to purchase sufficient supplies, it would be a disaster.

Therefore, before each trade, merchant ships from Dongfan Xuanwei Department must be disarmed, go to the Maritime Department to register and check the tribute license to avoid anyone pretending to be a lie.

Marin agreed with this, because he was also worried that others would use the name of Dongfan Island to trade in the Ming Dynasty. For example, if the Portuguese who were unconscionable did not add insurance measures, they would definitely do something to pretend. After all, the people of the Beihai and the Portuguese had similar white faces. If they did not need documents, they would be very likely to pretend to be the merchant ships of the Beihai Kingdom...

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content below! Therefore, Malin is very welcome to Li Dongyang's cautious approach. With insurance measures, there is no need to worry about others pretending to be their own ships to seize the interests of trade...

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Of course, Marin was not satisfied, he also wanted a population...

So, Ma Lin submitted a memorial requesting permission to recruit refugees from the Ming Dynasty to go to Dongfan Island to reclaim wasteland.

However, Malin's request made the wise rulers and ministers hesitate...

Why? It’s the sweet potatoes presented by Malin are making a fuss...

Zhengde and his ministers believed that since there were sweet potatoes, it would be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to have disaster victims in the future. Therefore, it is better not to give away the population easily...

After learning about this situation, Malin almost vomited blood. Unexpectedly, the sweet potato he presented himself became an obstacle to his introduction of the population.

Moreover, the monarch and ministers thought it was too simple. Didn’t the Qing Dynasty also promote sweet potatoes? But weren’t the poor people who were not full in the Qing Dynasty?

It is true that sweet potatoes are high-yield, but you have to have land to grow sweet potatoes first!

If there is no field, no matter how high the sweet potatoes are, it has nothing to do with you...

Therefore, Malin continued to submit a memorial, asking the court to allow himself to recruit refugees and beggars without land. These people have no land, and no matter how high sweet potatoes are, they have nothing to do with them. Since they can't survive in the Ming Dynasty, why not give them to Dongfan Island for land reclamation? Moreover, legally speaking, Dongfan Island is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty...

After discussing with the court officials, Zhengde also agreed with Marin's statement that there was no land, and no matter how high sweet potatoes are, they had nothing to do with them. Therefore, Marin also obtained a permit for immigrants and refugees.

However, during the immigration process, Malin must report to the local government for verification. Only landless refugees are allowed to immigrate, and tenants with land or land farming are not allowed to solicit land, so as not to affect the grain production of the Ming Dynasty itself. Moreover, the places for soliciting refugees are limited to the three ports of Fuzhou, Ningbo and Guangzhou, and people are not allowed to be sent to inland areas to solicit refugees...
Chapter completed!