A month later, Li Zicheng had returned to the capital, sitting upright on the Fengtian Temple, listening to the report of Song Yingxing, the first assistant minister of the cabinet.

"Emperor Qiqi, according to the report of the southern generals, the army has successively taken Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan, the king of Lu Zhu Yihai died of illness in Kinmen, and the Shaowu emperor Zhu Yulu committed suicide in Guangzhou......"

However, hearing these good news, Li Zicheng couldn't be happy at all, his thoughts turned a thousand times, and he couldn't help but think of the past before he traveled through, and through some of the history he knew, he vaguely remembered that due to his own reasons, although history has undergone subversive changes, the ending of Zhu Yihai and Zhu Yulu has not changed.

The only thing that has become is that Zhu Yulu, Zhu Yihai, and those historical figures died many years early.

"Your Majesty, the Westerners entrenched in Taiwan, Macao, and Hong Kong, hope to have normal trade with our dynasty, buy our dynasty's porcelain, silk, tea and other goods, and allow their merchants to freely enter the interior to do business."

With Song Yingxing's words as a conclusion, the hall suddenly exploded, causing a discussion of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs.

"Emperor Qiqi, not my race, his heart must be different, those foreigners have always colluded with the Japanese Bandits, they have always been both businessmen and thieves, it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad, and the sea ban must not be opened~!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, those foreigners have always been ambitious and ill-intentioned, and in the name of doing business and preaching, in fact, they are secretly doing bad things, destroying the traditional Chinese rituals and laws, and forcing the people to believe in their Catholicism."

"Your Majesty, Weichen also does not agree with the opening of the sea ban and allowing foreigners to land freely. Otherwise, it will only breed trouble again, causing piracy to run rampant and the people along the coast to suffer from robbery. ”

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Hearing these opposing voices rising higher and higher, and seeing that there were more and more opposing officials, Song Yingxing's expression became more and more unsightly, although he had the intention to refute, but the scene was noisy, and his voice did not play a big role at all.

"Alright, be quiet!"

While Li Zicheng shouted a loud sentence, he waved his hands, up and down, the hall suddenly quieted down, all eyes were focused on Li Zicheng's body, and the latter spoke again without hurry: "Mr. Song, tell those foreigners that it is not impossible to open the sea ban, but before the sea ban is opened, three things must be done before they are allowed to enter the inland for business." ”

"Your Majesty, what are the three things?" Song Yingxing's heart moved, and hope was ignited again, and he couldn't help asking.

"First, the Dutch in Taiwan, the Portuguese in Macao, and the British in Hong Kong must withdraw their armed forces, and it is okay not to withdraw, but they must surrender all their firearms and ammunition, and they can keep a small amount of cold weapons for self-defense. Moreover, all personnel must register with the nearest yamen. ”

As soon as these words came out, except for a few insiders, everyone grew up in shock, and looked at Li Zicheng in disbelief.

Even desert islands like Hong Kong and Macau are absolutely not!

This is undoubtedly sending a message that the Dashun Dynasty will go to war again, wage war against those foreigners, and recover the sovereignty of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, where those foreigners can live and protect their personal safety, but they no longer have the power of administrative governance, let alone the existence of armed forces.

Although he had a thousand words in his heart and wanted to intercede for those foreigners, Song Yingxing still couldn't open his mouth, after all, the emperor's request seemed excessive and strong, but for a country, it couldn't be more normal.

For a normal country, for the emperor, how could he tolerate the existence of a state within a state?

What's more, those foreigners already have sinister intentions and bad intentions, and if they have a strong armed force as a backing, they must not act more unscrupulously and rudely?

Therefore, it is impossible for Song Yingxing to ignore the righteousness for the sake of a few foreign missionaries, and it is impossible to refute Li Zicheng?

Song Yingxing secretly breathed a long sigh of relief, and while being impressed by Li Zicheng's generosity and pride, he sorted out his thoughts a little, calmed down his mood, and asked in a harmonious voice: "Your Majesty, what about the remaining two conditions?" ”

"Second, every time they enter and leave the Great Shun Dynasty, they must report the goods they buy and sell, and pay 20% of the customs duties according to the price they have sold."

Li Zicheng's second condition is like throwing a bombshell again, and the hundred officials can't help but slander in their hearts, the emperor's hand is too ruthless and too black, and he wants such a high tariff from people as soon as he comes up, and he is not extracted from the profits obtained!

Faintly, everyone had a feeling that the emperor was robbing with open fire.

At this moment, if these officials knew how large the trade volume was on the southeast coast, and that the tariff alone was the fiscal revenue of the previous dynasty for three years, as much as tens of millions of taels, they would not feel that Li Zicheng's hands were black, and they would not have wished that the tariffs they had extracted would be even higher.

Seeming to have immunity to Li Zicheng's astonishing words, Song Yingxing calmed down a lot, and quickly returned to normal, and then asked, "That... Your Majesty, what about the third condition? ”

"The third one is simpler, all foreign merchant ships that enter the twenty-mile sea area of the Great Shun Dynasty must arrive at the designated location, dismantle the guns on the merchant ships, and return the guns after leaving. Of course, for their own safety, they can keep muskets and other things, but they can't take them on land. Otherwise, they will be sunk by the sailors of the Great Shun Dynasty! ”

Baiguan was really convinced this time, and temporarily detaining the artillery of those foreigners was equivalent to abolishing their long-range attack capabilities, and if they dared to disobey the control of the Great Shun Dynasty, they could directly sink them, and they had no power to fight back.

After all, those foreign merchant ships that went to the ocean, even if they had a naval fleet such as the Spanish East India Company, could not have too many personnel and warships, let alone be the opponents of the Great Shun Dynasty Naval Division, which took advantage of the time.

"Well, okay, Your Majesty, Weichen will send someone to the southeast coast as soon as possible to tell those foreigners these three requirements."

When he said this, Song Yingxing's face was full of worry, and he looked like he wanted to say something, as if he had something to say, but in the end he didn't say it.

Although Li Zicheng always had a smile on his face, he looked indifferent, he didn't care about the three conditions, he was more confident, those foreigners had to agree, and if they didn't agree, they had to agree, but they still sensitively caught this subtle change in Song Yingxing's expression.

After the next dynasty, Li Zicheng left Song Yingxing behind and asked, "Mr. Song, do you still have any words that are inconvenient to say in front of hundreds of officials?" ”

Song Yingxing hesitated for a moment, but finally made up his mind, with a worried look on his face, and replied in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, for those three conditions, those foreigners in Macao and Hong Kong may have the possibility of agreeing, but the Spaniards on Taiwan Island are absolutely impossible, Your Majesty, the imperial court must be ready for war~!" ”