With the surrender of the defenders of Moresby Fortress, the Dutch Papuan colony changed hands.

On April 8, the third year of Shenwu, when the dragon flag of the Chinese Empire fluttered over the Moresby Fortress, it was announced that this land would become a colony of the Chinese Empire.

At the end of each year, it is the time when the central government collects taxes. The Netherlands is no exception, and Dutch Papua has its taxes ready for shipment to Europe. However, in December last year, the Chinese Empire launched a colonial war against Papua, and the tax was not shipped out of Hong Kong to Europe, and was stored in Morsby.

The tax paid was as high as 50 million guilders, equivalent to more than 20 million silver dollars.

The Dutch colonists plundered far more ruthlessly than the Spaniards. In addition to collecting all kinds of harsh taxes in the Philippines like the Spaniards, the Dutch also had a poll tax. And this poll tax is the most expensive and lucrative of all taxes.

The so-called poll tax is calculated according to the population in Guinea, one is counted as one, and the poll tax must be paid every year to save your life, otherwise you will be killed by the Dutch.

The poll tax alone, the Dutch plundered more than 25 million guilders, equivalent to more than 10 million silver dollars, in Papua. According to the equal distribution of more than 3 million people in Papua, each person has to pay a poll tax of three silver dollars per year, which is equivalent to half a year's income of Papuans and a month's income of ordinary people in the Chinese Empire.

Papua was plundered by the Dutch very poorly, from 300 million guilders a year at the beginning, to 50 million guilders now. With this kind of violent plunder, the people don't have much oil and water anymore.

Papua sent troops to establish a provisional colonial government, and Liu Feng temporarily acted as the colonial governor of Papua.

The Papua colonial war came to an end, and the holy decree of Emperor Shenwu arrived in Moresby, but from the point of view of the will, in addition to condolences to the casualties of the sending army, the emperor was more concerned about how much wealth was looted in Papua and how many immigrants could be arranged to Papua.

Liu Feng smiled bitterly, this Papua is really poor, in addition to the more than 20 million taxes that the Dutch are ready to pay to the Dutch central government, the dispatch army has plundered a total of about seven million wealth, and the navy and army have spent five million silver dollars on dividends, leaving about 12 million silver dollars.

These are used as tributes to Emperor Shenwu, which is really shabby.

Liu Feng then started the idea of the Dutch in the city of Moresby, who had plundered Papua for so many years and made a lot of money. At the same time, Papua was rich in gold and silver, and judging from the depth of the mines opened by the Dutch, the amount of gold and silver they mined was also huge.

Therefore, Liu Feng called a meeting of the big merchants in the city, saying that protecting their personal and property safety would require them to pay a huge protection fee. Seeing that Liu Feng's asking price was too high, the businessmen disagreed.

The next day, several Dutch merchants had their homes raided, and millions of silver dollars worth of their fortunes were used for military expenses. The businessmen looked for Liu Feng's theory, but it was obviously Xiucai who met the soldiers, and they were helpless.

Therefore, in order to save their lives, these merchants had to accept Liu Feng's overlord clause and donate huge wealth to pay tribute to the emperor of the Chinese Empire.

In this way, Liu Feng took a large amount of gold and silver money from the fat sheep, plus the wealth he plundered before, and melted them into gold bricks and silver bricks together, worth more than 43 million silver dollars.

Although Liu Feng looted and robbed most of his wealth, the foreign merchants in Papua did not go bankrupt like the Spaniards in the Philippines, Liu Feng left them some means of subsistence and allowed them to continue to do business in the colony.

As soon as he was ready, Liu Feng sealed the treasure worth 50 million silver dollars and entrusted the navy to transport it to the capital as a congratulatory gift for the empress dowager's fiftieth birthday.

At the same time, as the Empress Dowager's birthday was approaching, the military operations of the Chinese Empire were suspended for a period of time, and the Empress Dowager's birthday was over. To this end, the Papuan Dispatch suspended military operations against New Zealand.

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The Forbidden City has recently been lit up with lights and is very lively.

The fiftieth birthday of the Queen Mother is coming, and everything revolves around this.

Hundreds of civil and military officials from all over the country have prepared a congratulatory gift, and as the son of the queen mother, Deng Haonan, the emperor of Shenwu, is also carefully preparing a birthday gift.

Concubine Chen is most familiar with the one in the palace, and takes the queen mother and the queen to wander around, satisfying the queen mother's curiosity, and at the same time, helping the queen take care of the harem.

The Queen Mother never dreamed that one day her son would become the emperor, and in addition to coaxing the emperor and grandson every day, she sincerely worshiped the Buddha and prayed for her son.

For this reason, Deng Haonan's birthday gift to his mother was to build a Buddha temple in the harem, which was luxuriously decorated, and was specially used for the Queen Mother's worship of Buddha.

"The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye"

Every morning, after Deng Haonan got up, he first greeted the Queen Mother, and then went to the morning court.

"The concubine asks the Queen Mother for peace"

Similarly, Concubine Xiang, who has been with Deng Haonan these days, also has to come with her to say goodbye.

The Queen Mother said a few good words and hurriedly asked the two to get up.

"Queen Mother" Deng Haonan stepped forward and said: "Erchen built a Buddhist temple for you, I don't know if the Queen Mother feels good"

"Okay" The Queen Mother said happily: "As long as you do it for your mother, your mother is happy that Concubine Chen took the palace to see it yesterday, it's very good, the emperor has a heart."

Deng Haonan smiled, and at this time, Concubine Xiang took out a string of Buddhist beads soaked in ambergris and gave it to the Queen Mother as a gift for the Queen Mother's fiftieth birthday.

The queen mother accepted it happily, but her eyes drifted to Concubine Xiang's lower abdomen, and said with a smile: "If Wanqing can give birth to a daughter for a year and a half to the emperor as soon as possible, the queen mother will be even happier."

Concubine Xiang's face was suddenly flushed, and she hurriedly said yes, but her eyes drifted to Deng Haonan, full of complaints.

Deng Haonan coughed dryly, said that he was going to go to the morning court, and hurriedly left with Concubine Xiang.

When she got outside, Concubine Xiang's face was full of frustration.

Deng Haonan smiled: "Why are you black-faced again?"

"It's not because of you" Concubine Xiang complained unpleasantly: "The other sisters have your flesh and blood, but my stomach hasn't moved until now, it's all because of your partiality"

"Why am I eccentric?"

Deng Haonan teased: "In the past two months, you have accompanied me, how can you say that I am partial?"

"I've found several imperial doctors to check the pulse, and they all said that there is no problem, the problem is with you, that is, you are eccentric"

Deng Haonan quipped: "I naturally have no problem, then the problem lies in the taste, you have to work hard, concubine."

Concubine Xiang glanced at Deng Haonan and said coquettishly: "You are still not idle enough?" Of the sisters, I'm the one who accommodates you the most."

"How do you know?"

Concubine Xiang blushed and said, "We sisters naturally have nothing to talk about."

Deng Haonan was stunned for a moment, and secretly said that this is the so-called topic of men having men, and women having women. Men like to talk about women, and the only man they can talk about is Deng Haonan.

"You're going to behave with me in the future"

"Wouldn't that be even more fun?"

“……”

Concubine Xiang was so angry by Deng Haonan's words that she was speechless, she was stunned for a while, and when she looked at Deng Haonan again, she had already run away, so she had to stomp her feet secretly.

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Early in the morning, Deng Haonan sat on the dragon chair and listened to the recitals of the ministers of civil and military affairs, while thinking about Concubine Xiang's angry appearance. Concubine Xiang failed to get pregnant, so naturally Deng Haonan moved his hands and feet, because he didn't want several wives to become pot-bellied women.

"Your Majesty, the Papua Dispatch Army Headquarters has sent back news that the treasure worth 50 million silver dollars has been shipped and will arrive in Beijing in the near future."

The unique loud voice of Lin Feng, the secretary of the military department, suddenly pulled Deng Haonan's thoughts back.

Deng Haonan straightened his body and said, "Okay, the Queen Mother's birthday is approaching, and this batch of treasures is coming at the right time."

Qian Qianyi reported: "Your Majesty, Papua has been conquered by the Celestial Empire, and the immigration operation can continue"

"Accurate"

"Emperor Xie"

Yesterday, Hubei Governor Lai Youguang Gong Jade Watermelon, Yunnan Governor Duo'an Kegong White Tiger Skin, Jilin Governor Wu Jingzhong presented a 10,000-year-old ginseng, and Sichuan Governor Chen Ke presented a pair of giant pandas."

Deng Haonan and other civil and military officials were all pleasantly surprised when they listened to the tribute paid by the governors of various provinces, but when they heard that Chen Ke, the governor of Sichuan, presented a pair of giant pandas, they were all stunned.

"What is a giant panda?"

Everyone didn't know why, only Deng Haonan was the happiest. This was revealed by him to Chen Ke, the governor of Sichuan. Chen Ke learned that the emperor liked giant pandas, and at first he didn't know what giant pandas were, but later Deng Haonan had to describe the appearance of giant pandas and send someone to Chen Ke.

It was only then that Chen Ke understood that the giant panda in Deng Haonan's mouth was a cat bear.

The cat bear is a folk name, officially called a tapir beast, because Deng Haonan only knows about the giant panda, has never heard of the tapir beast, so it was very difficult for Chen Ke to find the giant panda at the beginning.

In the former Ming Dynasty, Yuan Mei's "New Qi Harmonic First Collection" recorded: "There are tapir beasts in Fang County, which are good at eating copper and iron without hurting people. The iron sheet wrapped on the city gate is all intrigued. ”

In ancient times, giant pandas did not hurt people, but they looked like bears, and hunters in the mountains often hunted them. For a long time, the number of giant pandas has decreased dramatically, and it has gradually shifted from low mountains and valleys to high mountains.

However, the giant panda population was still large at this time, because the Chinese Empire had a small population and their territory was very extensive. Therefore, at this time, the giant panda is not an endangered animal, Chen Ke picked a pair of the best pandas to send to the capital, in fact, Chen Ke was afraid that the giant pandas would die in the capital, so he spared more than 20 and transported them to the capital.

Deng Haonan was very happy and hurriedly retreated to see what the ancient giant panda looked like. The civil and military officials were very surprised, anyway, there was nothing big to do, and they all followed the emperor to see what the giant panda was, and they were able to get the emperor's dragon face and great joy.

After seeing the giant panda, the civil and military officials were startled, thinking it was a bear. But then I found out that this thing is not harmful, and when I learned that the giant pandas like to eat the farm tools used by the common people, they all laughed heartily.

Deng Haonan undoubtedly likes giant pandas, and later generations want to adopt a giant panda every day, but unfortunately the government firmly disagrees, so he can only go to the zoo to see them, and have a good time.

Now, Deng Haonan's wish has come true, and he wants to raise a litter of giant pandas in the Forbidden City as his pet.

Deng Haonan likes giant pandas, loves the house and Wu, and passed the decree to reward Chen Ke and receive a ruby official hat from Chen Ke.

At this moment, the envy of the ministers was terrible, and the ruby official hat given by the emperor was a supreme glory. The official uniforms of civil officials in the Chinese Empire remained unchanged and basically continued the style of official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, the middle of the official hat was to be inlaid with a gemstone, and the size, purity, luster and style of the gem were different according to the different levels of officials.

According to the color grade, it is divided into yellow, purple, red, blue, orange, green, blue, white, etc., as a symbol of honor. Among them, purple, red, and blue are worn by officials with knighthoods. And Deng Haonan gave Chen Ke the ruby official hat, which is equivalent to giving Chen Ke a great advantage, although Chen Ke does not have a title, but if there is an official who wants to take off Chen Ke's official hat, it must be approved by the emperor, which is the superiority of the imperial gift.

The ministers were greedy in their hearts, and secretly said that the jade watermelons and other rare treasures contributed by Lai Youguang and others failed to get the favor of the emperor, and Chen Ke only got a few giant pandas to make the emperor look at him differently, and suddenly his heart was full of thoughts.

Deng Haonan likes giant pandas and treats them as pets, so the celebrant asks for the giant panda to be listed as the emperor's favorite.

Deng Haonan thought about it, it is better to be a national pet than a special pet. So instead of agreeing to the request of the celebrant supervisor, he asked some important ministers to bring the surplus giant pandas home to raise.

This giant panda is very expensive to raise, but the emperor likes to raise giant pandas as pets, and civil and military officials also follow suit, and for a time the officials of the country and the dynasty set off a craze for raising giant pandas.

Soon, large families in the capital began to raise giant pandas, and every family took it as their glory to raise giant pandas. At the same time, giant pandas are expensive to raise, which is in line with the psychology of the aristocracy and wealthy families, and families use it as a means of comparison.

The people learned that the emperor liked the giant panda, so the local officials included the giant panda in the scope of superior animal protection, the hunters no longer hunted the giant pandas wantonly, and the common people no longer hunted the giant pandas that came to steal and eat farm tools, but took the damaged farm tools to the local government to receive government subsidies.

In this way, under the influence of the personality cult of the emperor by the people of the Celestial Empire, the giant panda became the favorite animal of the Celestial Empire. Three hundred years later, when people in other countries of the world were vying to raise all kinds of pegs, the citizens of the Chinese Empire had cultivated countless kung fu pandas that could help their masters fight.

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In the imperial study, Deng Haonan played with the jade watermelon that Lai Youguang paid tribute to, and listened to the report of Qian Qianyi, the first minister, which was basically about officials from all over the country to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty, the governors of various provinces have spent a lot of thought in preparing for this birthday, and they have made the Queen Mother happy, which is to make the Emperor happy."

Deng Haonan nodded, happy and at the same time showing some worries.

"The emperor seems to have concerns"

Qian Qianyi saw that Deng Haonan was a little worried, thinking that Deng Haonan was a little dissatisfied with his work, so he hurriedly asked.

Deng Haonan put the jade watermelon on the imperial book case, pointed at it and asked, "How much can this thing be worth?" ”

Qian Qianyi thought for a while and replied: "This thing is rare, it is a priceless treasure, but if you insist on pricing, it is worth at least 30 million silver dollars on the market."

"30,000,000 Silver Dollars"

Deng Haonan repeated, and said sharply: "Lai Youguang is so big"

Qian Qianyi didn't say anything, and said secretly in his heart: Lai Youguang has so much money to make jade watermelons, and it's not all because of the emperor's indulgence of him

But Qian Qianyi didn't dare to answer, because he knew that once he answered, it would be easy to involve the emperor.

"Don't you want to say something?"

Deng Haonan saw that he didn't speak, so he had to ask.

The emperor asked, Qian Qianyi had to answer, thought about it, and said: "The emperor promised the officials that he would not pursue their past."

"Yes, I did promise not to pursue everyone's past anymore"

Deng Haonan said: "It's just that the current Lai Youguang is different from the past? ”

Qian Qianyi replied: "The emperor is the king of the Holy Ming, and the officials of the dynasty are deeply favored by the emperor, and they dare not commit adultery again. ”

Lai Youguang became the governor from the prefect, because what he had in his hand was money, so there was no need to be corrupt and looted. On the contrary, he voted for Deng Haonan's favor, continued to help the victims, and gradually changed the people's perception of him, and became a good official.

"If he can go on like this, I will admit it"

Deng Haonan doesn't rely on Youguang to commit any crimes now, so he can't trouble him. But when he saw the jade watermelon he offered, he knew how much people's fat and ointment he had looted back then, which made Deng Haonan a little uncomfortable.

"The Emperor"

Qian Qianyi said at this time: "Ten years of cold windows are only for officials, and thousands of miles of officials are only for wealth, which is nothing more than a good word." ”

Deng Haonan nodded and sighed: "Although he is an official in the ten-year cold window, the original intention of the scholar is to serve the court and bring a blessing to the people of the world, and the original intention and starting point are originally good."

Qian Qianyi said: "The emperor is wise and martial, and he proposes a high salary and honesty, which is enough to create a large number of clean and good officials. From then on, the government of the empire will gradually be restored to the clear and clear. ”

"High salaries and incorruptible pensions are just auxiliary means," Deng Haonan said, "The most important thing is the strength of the supervisory organs"

Qian Qianyi replied: "The Imperial Historical Observatory, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Procuratorate have always been very attentive, and in the past, the funds were small and the supervision and supervision were insufficient, but now with the strong support of the financial authorities, they can go deep into the people to carry out the responsibility of comprehensive supervision, and the trend of corrupt officials and corrupt officials will be greatly reduced." ”

Deng Haonan said at this time: "The tribute paid by the local officials in the provinces is very valuable, and I am worried that they will distribute these to the common people, so I decided to allocate silver taels from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to supply the provincial officials, and they in the province will settle the accounts on the heads of the common people in the future."

"The Emperor Shengming"

Qian Qianyi knew that Deng Haonan's internal affairs office had money, so he agreed with this matter. If Deng Haonan said that he would make up the money from the central government, then he would definitely oppose it. C