Volume 14 Chapter 23 Sweeping South Asia
The Ming Dynasty's promotion of dragon coins was not limited to the mainland, but also had arrangements for the vassal states, and the implementation of the vassal state's promotion plan was the calligraphy and painting exchange mission led by the Guozi priest Jiu Huang Daozhou.
The scale of this mission can be described as unprecedentedly huge, not only officials at all levels of the Ming Dynasty, but also the winners of the "Shengshi Daming" calligraphy and painting competition, 25 first prize winners and 200 second prize winners are all accompanied, and even nearly 300 third prize winners are also involved, making the number of the delegation reach a terrifying 600 people.
The envoys not only carried all the framed first prize and second prize winning works, but also carried the Ming dragon coins worth 10 million taels, of course, they did not take the vassal countries to issue them compulsorily, but took them to the vassal states to send them, and the later generations opened the calligraphy and painting exhibition to collect admission money, not only did they not charge the ticket money, but also sent money, send dragon coins!
Their first stop was not the nearby Dongying, Korea, and Ryukyu, but the newly converted southeastern countries, and such a large delegation of envoys went to the southeastern countries, if they had changed to before, they did not know how long they would have to prepare, how long they would have to go, and how many troops they would have to send to protect them.
However, now that there is a railway, they don't need to prepare much at all, and they don't need any army to protect them, they directly mobilize five trains, bring five hundred brocade guards to escort them, bring all kinds of supplies, sit leisurely, and within a few days, they rushed from the capital of the Ming Dynasty to Thang Long City in Annam!
Although most of the accompanying officials and award-winning personnel have taken the train, but such a long journey, they are basically the first time to experience, from the capital of the Ming Dynasty to the southwest Antarctic border of Annan is so easy, this was unimaginable before, the strength of the Ming Dynasty, so that all the entourage are proud of it, proud of it.
The envoys of the Celestial Empire came, and the king of Annam took the civil and military officials to kneel outside the north gate of Thang Long City as a routine to greet him, although Huang Daozhou was only a third-grade official of the Ming Dynasty, but his real power and his prestige were counted in the court, and he was even more experienced in these vassal kings and kings.
In his opinion, he is the envoy of the Heavenly Empire, he is greater than the vassal king and the subordinate king, you are the subordinates, you all have to listen to me!
If other Ming Sanpin officials point fingers at him, Li Weiqi, the king of Annam, estimates that even if he doesn't get mad, he will give people a little face, but he is extremely deferential to this Huang Zhou, don't look at this Huang Daren's elegant appearance, polite, he is a well-known butcher Hongru, in North Korea, another subject country of the Ming Dynasty, that killing, it is said that the king of North Korea saw him with weak hands and feet.
Li Weiqi, the king of Annan, saw that he was not weak in his hands and feet, but he didn't dare to go against him, so as soon as he said what kind of calligraphy and painting exhibition he wanted to hold, Li Weiqi immediately vacated a few palaces in the palace, and he tossed it casually, as soon as he said that he wanted people to visit and study, Li Weiqi immediately ordered all the students in Annan to come in turn, and the court will report to you for the travel expenses, but you must not make this master unhappy, otherwise you will click you!
The students of Annan are not disgusted by this, on the contrary, they are quite enthusiastic, because they have learned Chinese, and they are also quite interested in calligraphy and painting.
Huang Daozhou is not just let them come to see it, he has always been quite generous to obedient people, he not only arranged a large number of third prize winners to explain the subtleties of calligraphy and painting works for these students, and even set up countless desks in the hall, so that those calligraphy and painting masters and second prize winners are now splashing ink, on-site guidance, teaching calligraphy, teaching painting, learning well, calligraphy and painting talented, that is immediately ten taels, twenty taels, even fifty taels, one hundred taels of rewards, of course, are dragon coins, Whoever comes will also be issued a set of cents or coins.
For a time, Annan's Shilin was also crazy, in the case of such a developed transportation, the Ming Dynasty issued dragon coins naturally spread to Annan, they had long wanted to see the style of dragon coins, and now someone actually sent them out, they are not eager to do it, and even many students have asked to exchange gold and silver, exchange more, and give it to relatives and friends!
This can make it difficult for Huang Daozhou, the 10 million dragon coins he brought are to be sent to the four vassal states in the southeast, if all of them are exchanged by the students of Annan, then what about the remaining three vassal states?
Fortunately, at this time, the southeast peninsula was also telegraphed, and the capitals of the vassal states all had telegraph systems, and he immediately sent a telegram to the emperor to ask the emperor how to deal with it.
Zhu Cijiong received the telegram and was naturally a dragon-faced Dayue, praising him for his ability, if people want to change it, they will change it, and it is a big deal to send tens of millions of dollars!
Originally, there were many Annan students who rushed to learn calligraphy and painting after hearing the news, but now plus the students who came to exchange dragon coins, and even Annan officials and wealthy businessmen, the whole venue can be said to be crowded, and they are almost crowded!
Huang Daozhou immediately quit, he thinks that he is mainly here to engage in calligraphy and painting exchanges, and the promotion of dragon coins is just incidental, and now so many businessmen are coming to exchange dragon coins into what system, what is the Daming Royal Rixing Bank, Daming Royal Xinglong Firm, etc., the shopkeeper of the Annan branch, all come over to me, quickly apply to your headquarters, transfer a batch of dragon coins over, and want to exchange them for you to exchange, don't come to me to make trouble.
This thing is messy, even Zhu Cijiong didn't expect it, isn't it a bit messy to say that the students and wealthy businessmen in Annan are a little messy, take real money and silver to exchange for Daming's banknotes, are you sick or what?
In fact, they are not sick, they all know that this dragon coin can really be used as money, in any business in Daming, even the Portuguese can be used as money, now what Daming Royal Xinglong business, Daming Royal Western Commerce, Daming Royal Machinery Group, Daming Portugal Trading Company has opened more and more branches in various parts of Annam, they don't have to worry about dragon coins will become waste paper.
It is said that Daming Royal Xinglong Firm, Daming Royal Western Commerce, Daming Royal Machinery Group, Daming Portugal Trading Company not only opened more and more semicolons in various parts of Annam, but also opened more and more semicolons in Goa and Mysore, and now the semicolons in Goa and Mysore are busier than the semicolons in Annam.
Because, the acquisition of the Mughal Empire has begun, of course, they are not using dragon coins, but real money and silver, a shipload of real money and silver from the Ming Dynasty to Goa, and then, the Ming Dynasty Royal Xinglong Firm and the Ming Portuguese Trading Company and other local compradors began to contact the Mughal Empire's landlords Haoqiang and big traders, frantically buying all kinds of goods, especially food and other necessities of life, as long as they are transported over, they will be collected!
The landlords and big traders of the Mughal Empire are also crazy, they really haven't seen customers who want anything, especially food and other necessities of life, as long as they are transported over, they will give money, no matter how much, and they will give real money, this kind of money is not earned, it is simply an idiot!
A takeover that swept the Mughal Empire began, with large quantities of gold and silver pouring from the Ming Empire to the Mughal Empire, and countless goods pouring from all over the Mughal Empire to all parts of Goa, and both sides were so happy that they almost laughed from ear to ear.
Are they sick? Of course, there is always one party who is sick, and both sides think that the other is sick, so everyone laughs so happily!