"Someone from overseas wants to join my Ming nationality?" Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised when he heard this, "This is something that has never happened before. ”

"Not bad." Liu Zhong said, "I remember that during the reign of Yuan Shizu, there was an overseas person named Marco Polo, who came to live in China from Yin Taili for more than ten years, and never proposed to join the Yuan nationality. ”

"Throughout the thousands of years of Chinese history, there are many precedents of Hu and Han people living together, and gradually naturalization has been carried out over a long time. However, it was the first time that Westerners had asked to join the Central Plains Dynasty. ”

"This also proves that my Ming Dynasty is prosperous, which makes Westerners envious."

"How many people are asking to join?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"About two hundred!"

"Two hundred people, so many!" Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised.

"Most of them are overseas businessmen." Liu Zhong said, "Since His Majesty encouraged trade with overseas, coupled with the efforts of Shen Wansan, the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, there has been an endless stream of overseas businessmen who have come to Tianfu to do business. ”

"In the streets and alleys, you can see some blonde and blue-eyed Westerners at any time, haunting the people, which is particularly eye-catching."

"The merchant ships docked in Jinling Port are covered with the river."

"According to Yingtianfu Yin's statistics, so far, tens of thousands of Westerners have come to Yingtian."

"Uh-huh." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded when he heard this. He was clear about the current prosperity of Ying Tianfu, and he had personally seen it.

When he and Queen Ma appeared in Jinling Port together, a group of blonde and blue-eyed overseas businessmen, together with the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty, bowed to them together, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

Prosperity alone was secondary, and the most important was the prosperity of commerce, which increased the tax revenue for the imperial court.

The tax money handed over by the Ministry of Commerce in the last month is worth all the tax revenue of the imperial court in the past year.

In the past, the main source of tax revenue of the imperial court was daily necessities such as salt, iron, and tea, but now the imperial court's income and commercial taxes account for the majority. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang has issued an order to reduce the price of official salt, so that the people's lives are better.

Those overseas merchants deal in goods, mainly handicrafts. The specialties of overseas countries were transported to Daming to be sold, and tea, porcelain, silk, and perfume were transported back to their countries from Daming.

The perfume of the Ming Dynasty is now more popular than porcelain and silk.

"After these businessmen came to the Ming Dynasty, they personally experienced the wealth and advanced civilization of our Ming Dynasty. Attracted by my long-standing Chinese culture and Chinese cuisine, I planned to stay in Daming forever. Liu Zhong asked.

"Your Majesty, do you want to give them Daming nationality and let them stay in Yingtianfu permanently?"

"Do you have an opinion on this matter?" Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer, but asked his opinion first.

"The minister thinks that he can give them Daming nationality." Liu Zhongzhi thought for a while and said, "My Ming Dynasty is the Heavenly Empire, so it should be inclusive. Isn't there already a lot of Hu people naturalized in history? ”

"In addition, by communicating more with overseas, we can also better understand the customs and habits of overseas countries, which is conducive to our Chinese nation learning from the strengths of others."

"Hmm." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly when he heard this.

"In addition, the minister also suggested that more preferential treatment and care should be given to those overseas who have obtained Ming nationality." Liu Zhong said, "After all, we are a country of etiquette, and we must treat outsiders with courtesy." ”

"They are not familiar with our language and habits, and it is also appropriate to give them some proper care in their lives."

"What kind of preferential treatment are you going to give them?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his tone changed, and he said in a surging voice.

"For example, when buying a property, give them the right price concessions." Liu Zhongzhi did not notice the unkindness of Zhu Yuanzhang's tone, and continued, "When their lives are inconvenient, let the people give appropriate help." ”

"In your opinion, when people from overseas come to my heaven, they should be superior to the people?" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

Liu Zhongzhi was shocked when he heard this, and when he looked up, he saw that Emperor Zhu had a black face, and he couldn't help but sweat down, and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers didn't mean this, the ministers just said that they should be given some care." ”

"Those overseas people want to join the Ming nationality because they admire me in Daming, they are not used to living in Daming, so they can not join." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "In my Ming Dynasty, there is no shortage of a few of them overseas. ”

"You still want to give them a discount on buying a house? Do you want the people to take care of their lives? ”

"I, the people of the Ming Dynasty, don't have such a discount, why do you want to give some outsiders?"

"Those overseas people are all blonde and blue-eyed, with strange shapes and long hair, and they know that they are barbarians at a glance."

Zhu Yuanzhang was born as an authentic farmer, and there is not much pattern. In his bones and blood, there is that kind of simple, Han ethnic complex, and he feels that the Han people are always nobler than the Hu people.

The reason why he did not allow Princess Daming to make peace with foreign clans was not because he felt that harmony was insulting to the Ming country, but because he felt that those foreigners were unworthy.

In fact, many princesses are not real royal princesses, but just daughters of the clan. But even if she is the daughter of the clan, Emperor Zhu still feels that those Zampu of Fanbang are not worthy of marrying.

Harmony is sometimes not humiliating, because many relatives are given by the emperor to foreigners. For example, Tang Taizong gave a marriage to Princess Wencheng of Songtsan Gampo, which has the taste of gifts.

Emperor Zhu looked down on the Hu people in his bones, let alone overseas people.

He looks at foreigners and is always a little condescending.

Moreover, his aesthetic is also a little 'backward', and he thinks that people overseas are ugly and hairy, like uncivilized savages.

"Minister, minister......" After being reprimanded by Emperor Zhu, Liu Zhongzhi was terrified and didn't know what to do. I know I could be wrong, but I don't know where it is.

"You can give those overseas people Ming nationality, but anywhere, you can't let them be higher than my Ming people." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Even let them meet certain conditions before they can join Daming." ”

"I'm so dignified, is it so easy to join?"

"May I ask Your Majesty, what kind of conditions are needed?" Liu Zhong asked.

"Give them a year to learn our language and culture." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "After a year, let the Hanlin Academy send someone to take an examination for them, and those who can't show their talent and fame in Han culture will be expelled." ”

Show off your talents? Liu Zhongzhi was shocked when he heard this, this is very difficult.

"In addition, they are also required to have certain assets, and those whose family assets are less than one million taels of silver cannot join."

"I'm not a good church, and I don't accept those overseas beggars."

"Of course, for some people with special talents, an exception can be made. However, whether their talents are valuable or not must be handed over to the Ministry of Rites for strict examination. ”

"Minister, obey!" Liu Zhongzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

Exited the Imperial Study.

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