Damn, isn't this a servant of the people and a lonely loyalty of the court? Qin Lin was taken aback. When I looked up, I saw that the person who spoke had a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, and a pair of triangular eyes that were slippery, and he wanted to make a brave and loyal appearance, which was really ridiculous.

Sure enough, those officials who received the folded money were all angry, and they all shouted: "Qiu Yushi, you don't have to work hard to talk nonsense, but we want money and food to raise children, and they are all as fake as you, why bother to be an official?" ”

"We still have to rely on the silver to support the family, Qiu Huan, you have to pretend to be a lonely minister, why bother to pretend to be in front of us!"

When Qin Lin heard this, he knew that the person who spoke was called Qiu Huan, who was a superintendent of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, the imperial history of the patrol city is divided into the north and south of the capital, and the patrol is according to the imperial history according to the provinces, but the supervision of the imperial history has been in Beijing for a long time, because it is a subordinate official of the Imperial Procuratorate, and is also known as the old man.

The so-called mad dog imperial history refers to these people, who are extremely poor and bored all day long, and the court allows him to hear about things, and often go to this chapter to impeach the court officials, which are often words that catch the wind and shadows, but they also play a role in supervising the court officials.

Starting from Hongwu's grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty officials' salaries were very meager, and the old men were not deacons, and they couldn't receive any ice and charcoal, and they were so poor that they were all eaten up, and some people even relied on selling impeachment to pay for their families.

For example, if a wealthy businessman or official has a personal grudge against a certain court official of the current dynasty, he can spend fifty or one hundred taels of silver to buy the impeachment chapter of the old man, and the nonsense of impeaching the court official will not be seen by the emperor or the ministers, and the final fate is a wastepaper basket, which can always make people disgusting when it is sent.

Qin Lin knew that the life of the supervising imperial historian was poor, but it was very strange that this Qiu imperial historian was willing to accept the discount without complaint.

Qiu Huan's words angered the public, and he was squeezed out by the officials, standing next to the crowd and wiping his sweat with a handkerchief.

Qin Lin stepped forward and arched his hand with a smile: "Qiu Yushi is invited, the lower official is the commander of the Jinyi Guard Qin Lin, may I ask if the officials are in turmoil about this matter, why don't you think so?" ”

Qiu Hu didn't know Qin Lin, he was stunned when he was suddenly asked, thought about it, put on a face of serving the country with a red heart, and said with a stern face: "Chief Qin, you are a new official in Beijing, right?" The matter of folding the salary has already caused an uproar in Shilin and officialdom, and everyone is wrong with this, but the lower officials uphold the public heart and want to advance and retreat with the imperial court, not to mention that only part of the salary is discounted with tribute, even if all are not paid, the lower officials are willing to serve the court loyally, and there is no complaint. "Damn, this man's brain is burning? Qin Lin had a feeling of nausea after eating flies, and he wanted to ask Qiu Yushi about the folding, but he didn't expect that what Ya said was simply the reincarnation of Bao Longtu, and he didn't want to be an official together, and he was willing.

If something is abnormal, it is a demon, Qin Lin has also handled several cases of corruption, corruption, and corruption, those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, who doesn't say it better than sing? As an official, you always have to support your family, like Qiu Huan, who doesn't ask for anything, but I'm afraid that he will grab more miles in other aspects. Lu Yuanzhi and Niu Dali were two, but they admired Qiu Hu so much that they threw themselves to the ground, and felt that this person who could chase Bao Zheng Bao Longtu in the history of the supervision of the imperial history was comparable to Hai Rui Haigangfeng, and he was really a rare honest official in the dynasty.

Qin Lin didn't think so, but he pretended to have a look of admiration on his face: "Qiu Yushi has such a loyal heart to serve the country, and now it is extremely rare, and the lower officials really admire it!" It's just that Xia Guan is the first time to come to Beijing, and he doesn't know how to do this folding, so he asked Qiu Yushi for guidance. ”

Jinyiwei and the Eight Poles of the Metropolitan Procuratorate couldn't fight, but Qiu Huan was still very happy to get Qin Lin's praise, so he explained to him point-at-all.

The Wanli Emperor ascended the throne as a young man, and Zhang Juzheng implemented a new policy, and all parties hoped to show a Zhongxing atmosphere, showing that the tributary trade of the four Yi Dynasty during the reign of the Holy Son of Heaven also flourished with the opening of the sea in Yuegang.

Tribute, in Chinese civilization, can be traced back to at least two years ago in the time of Zhou Tianzi.

Confucian Zhou etiquette set "five clothes." "The princes of the world are divided into five suits according to the relationship between relatives and geographical location, and they have different tribute standards and give rewards, which are generally more than tribute, for example, the tribute of Chu is a bunch of weeds: bud grass, used to filter wine, not worth a few big money, and Zhou Tianzi's reward is often silk, bronze, bows and arrows, military chariots and other good things, the value is much higher than tribute. ,

In general, "the king does not govern Yidi, those who come do not refuse, and those who go do not chase." "If the Central Plains Dynasty is in the name of the Siyi Dynasty, the emperor will "not refuse to come" to the countries that come to pay tribute; The four Yi and the princes coveted rich rewards, and both sides took what they needed, and they were all happy.

Since the tribute is profitable, it is inevitable that some people will have a bad idea on this, just get some thatched poles, and go to Zhou Tianzi to change a big copper tripod, which is really profitable.

However, during the time of Zhou Tianzi, no matter how far or near the princes of the world, it was the extremely far away Chu, Wu, Yue and other wild places at that time, and their ancestors were mostly the heroes of King Wu or Zhou Tianzi's relatives.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty arrived, he opened up a small country in the Western Regions, those barbarians were not familiar with the emperors of the Han Dynasty, the distance was too far, and when they came to Chang'an, some had to cross the desert, and some had to cross the green mountains, and there were many countries, and a small city of hundreds and thousands of people was considered a country, what Dawan, Shache, and Yu Hui...... The strange names alone are a headache, and the old man who is in charge of diplomacy has made one head and three big, so he has to carry it clearly, so he has to refuse to come.

The golden seal of the "King of Han Weinu", which was regarded as the important treasure of the country in Japan in later generations, was given to them by Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, the people were still in the Yayoi period, and they were about the same as primitive people, so it was impossible to have any good things, and it was estimated that after paying tribute to a few plates of sashimi, they would get a gold seal, which was really profitable.

Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, and there is no doubt that he repeats the lessons of the past, but to say that the most lively time for tribute, it is still the Yongle Dynasty. Ming Chengzu Zhu Di overthrew his nephew Emperor Jianwen and seized the throne by force, after all, he was a little unsure in his heart, so he attacked Mongolia in the north and went to the West in the south, and called all countries to come to the court to show the legitimacy of the regime.

There are cunning and cunning guys in the southeast, northwest, and northwest who see the doorway, wipe their faces black with pot ashes, and then casually mutter a few words of "Yiyu." "Just bring some local products from the countryside, a chicken in the left hand and a duck in the right hand, and come to Zhu Di to pay tribute.

Good! The Yi people came to pay tribute, indicating that I "the Holy Son of Heaven is on the throne." "Of course I, the Ming Emperor, want to" those who come do not refuse. "Great reward! Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was very bold, and asked Zheng He to go to the West to order the small countries of the Tubang to come to the Hajj, a few local chickens and ducks, in exchange for gold and silver, silk and satin, the guy who succeeded in the Beijing Shi Hu Eat Haisai, finished washing off the pot ash on his face, took the emperor's reward, and went home with a smile.