In the thousands of years of civilization history of the Celestial Empire, the emperors of all dynasties, whether they were mediocre or virtuous, attached great importance to the tribute of Fanbang, and sent soldiers to personally escort Fanbang's envoys into Beijing, and went down to the streets and alleys to clean up, all of which are recorded in history.

In the history of more than 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, there is no lack of Fanbang tribute, and compared with the previous dynasties, from the original Yongli Dynasty, Zheng He was sent to the West to raise the prestige of the country, and later because of the financial difficulties of the imperial court, he was afraid of Fanbang tribute, and indirectly refused.

Every dynasty and every generation has a state to pay tribute, no matter what banner it is, it can be praised by the ministers, saying that this is the emperor's martial arts, and the surrounding countries will send people to pay tribute, so the tribute of the state will generally get a large number of rewards, and the sum of these rewards may be more than the annual tax burden of the small country, so later, the small countries will pay tribute as a business, and every famine year or financial difficulties will send a few people, Grab a few broken coconuts or grab a few local wildlife and run to pay tribute and ask for a reward.

1641, April 18

The diplomatic documents of Fanbang that Zheng Hongkui transmitted through the secret intelligence system of the Ming Dynasty under the command of Jinyi Weidu have been personally delivered to Chongzhen three days ago, and there is also a letter of Zheng Hongkui's explanation to the Republic of Australia attached with the document.

The basic content of the explanation is that the Australian people look the same as the Ming people, even the same ancestor, they claim to be the descendants of the former Song Dynasty Yashan, because they do not want to return to the Yuan soldiers, so the ancestors fluttered across the sea, arrived in Australia thousands of miles to the south, and took root, it has been a hundred years ago, to stand on its own as a country, the current domestic implementation is a republic, and the emperor is elected by the people.

At first, Chongzhen was just curious about this letter of tribute from Fanbang, after all, it was the first time he heard this Australian country, and he thought about where this came from, but as soon as he saw Zheng Hongkui's letter, he knew that this Australian feeling was a descendant of the former Song Dynasty, and he went to the country established overseas.

But then I can't be happy to see more and more explanations, I feel that the ** family is not to recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors, but to come to pay tribute and submit a diplomatic letter, what does this mean, they have built a country by themselves, the whole world is not the king's land, although you are adrift overseas, but after all, you are the people of the Ming Dynasty, how can you establish a country alone.

On the spot, Chongzhen slammed the document to the ground, and scolded that he would send troops to destroy this Australian Republic, but when he thought about the troubles now, it seemed that he really couldn't do it if he wanted to destroy this so-called Australian country, Zheng Hongkui said, this Australia is thousands of miles south, and the giant ships of non-treasure ships cannot be reached, and the treasure ships of the Ming Dynasty have long been gone, that is, the sea power is completely dependent on the Zheng family.

When the anger passed, the little eunuch comforted a few words, and Chongzhen felt less angry, people are descendants of the former Song Dynasty, although the Ming Dynasty inherited the Song Dynasty, but the ancestors of the people went to sea, and there was no Ming Dynasty, so it can't be said that there is anything wrong with the people, this must be really investigated, and the people are orthodox, inheriting the former Song Dynasty.

Hurry up and let the little eunuch pick up the paperwork and send it to the cabinet, at this time the cabinet is Fan Fucui, the old Fan comrade is the forty-seventh year of Wanli Jinshi, the first year of Chongzhen is the imperial history, because of the denunciation of Dong Maozhong, by Chongzhen's appreciation, after the patrol according to Jiangxi, Shaanxi, the two places of finance, defense carried out effective reform, Chongzhen praised again returned to Beijing to serve in Dali Temple.

Soon, he was directly promoted to the Ministry of Rites Zuo Shilang and Dongge University Scholar, and he was already the acting criminal department of Dali Temple, and entered the cabinet, which was a rare promotion in the Ming Dynasty.

Fan Fucui is also a person who is quite appreciated by Chongzhen, otherwise he would not have been promoted so quickly, although he was impeached many times during his presiding cabinet and resigned, but he was not allowed, which shows how much Chongzhen attaches importance to him.

The documents were sent to Chongzhen through the secret channels of Jinyiwei, so they did not go through the Honglu Temple to the cabinet, so the ministers of the court and the central government did not know at this time that there were documents sent by Fanbang to pay tribute.

"Listed as an adult, the documents submitted by this Australian state can be read." Fan Fucui glanced around at everyone and asked very seriously.

"My lord, this country of Australia is originally my Ming people, and you have established a country overseas without the permission of the emperor, which is different from rebellion."

"Lord Chen's words are wrong, although this Australian person, although it is in the same vein as my Ming people, but after all, he has been adrift overseas for a hundred years, and he went out to sea when he was in the former Song Ya Mountain, which really has little to do with my Ming Dynasty, and it is inappropriate to use it as a mess."

"No, no, Li Ren's words are wrong, although Australia has no inheritance relationship with the Ming Dynasty, but after all, my Ming inherited the orthodoxy of the former Song Dynasty, and the descendants of Yashan should come to take the blame, I have been established for a hundred years, why do I come now."

After several ministers in the cabinet expressed their opinions, they did not say whether they saw or did not see it, or whether they wanted to blame the envoys.

Whenever you say that you are guilty, immediately the other party stands up and says, what is the guilt of the people, as for why they only come to pay tribute after hundreds of hundreds, didn't they say, the place where you live has been a hurricane and waves for many years, and you can't get it if it's not a giant ship, and now it's because it took a hundred years to build a giant ship, so you can go to sea, and you feel the teachings of your ancestors, so you come back to see.

A few people argue with me, and after a cup of tea, there is no result, so Fan Fucui, who has been sitting on the side and has not followed the argument, is a little unbearable, if this argument continues, I am afraid that there will be no result until tomorrow.

"As an adult, listen to me."

"Your Excellency, excuse me."

Fan Fucui arched his hand to express his gratitude, "In my opinion, if it is a crime against the envoy, I am afraid it is inappropriate, but if it is not seen and lost in etiquette, if it is summoned, a reward is essential, and now all parts of the court need silver, and the emperor has even taken out a lot of treasures in the royal collection, I am afraid that he will not be able to get a reward." ”

"Since the document of the Australians' tribute this time only says to go home and see, then please ask the emperor to allow Australians to return to their ancestral homes every year to worship and live, which is also a reward, and it is listed as what the adults think."

It can't be said that Fan Fucui is still talented, and he is very right to find the bottom of the stairs, and the emperor's meaning of handing over this document to them for processing is to ask whether to see it or not, but it is revealed that the treasury is empty and there is no money left.

"Your Excellency's move is wonderful, it can not only save treasures and money rewards, but also promote the prestige of our country."