Wei Zhongxian followed behind the two, looking a little surprised.

He only learned about the Portuguese mission's arrival in Beijing the day before yesterday. He planned to report to the emperor tonight, but he didn't expect that everyone had already known about it.

In addition to his own Dongchang, could the emperor hear it from Xu Xianchun of the Jinyiwei?

Or was it another achievement that Qiango Tian Ergeng, who had made contributions during his southern tour, was transferred to the capital?

This is a trivial matter. Even if the factory guards have not reported in the past few days, the officials in the court who are responsible for receiving foreign envoys will report the report. However, people like Wei Zhongxian found that it is unusual from ordinary people, which is just one of his many abilities.

He was always the first to know about the bloody storm and even the restlessness in the local area, and then loyally reported it to the emperor.

In the past, the Dongchang Actor first knew everything and then reported it to the emperor. Now the situation has changed, and the Actor is not the first to know.

Either the Jinyiwei or the emperor has other means.

Wei Zhongxian just thought about it this way. He didn't dare to explore in depth what was going on. He also understood that this was just one of the many authoritys of the emperor.

Since ancient times, those who covet the power of the emperor have been very traitorous, and this kind of traitorous grace has no good result.

Five horses were dismembered, and Lingchi was executed, and even the nine clans were implicated. The emperor seemed confused and understood.

For example, the emperor had already known about a small matter when the delegation visited. So did he know about other matters before he reported it?

The more Wei Zhongxian thought about it, the more he felt palpitations and uneasy. The emperor had succeeded to the throne for less than four years, but in his early twenties, his mind was so deep and steady.

Sometimes, it is like this that confusion and understanding, and it is hard to explain or explain. Emperor Tianqi's cleverness is far beyond Wei Zhongxian's expectations.

The few people used the church as a place to meet. Soon, Chau Wang led the delegation back and saluted respectfully.

"The hat of this barbarian is good. I have never seen such a person in the Ming Dynasty." Wei Zhongxian looked at one of them and said with a smile.

When Chau Wang said this, he always felt a little strange. As a missionary in the Roman Catholic Church and was entrusted by his own king, he is now an official in the Ming Dynasty.

He coughed twice and said:

"This is the messenger of the mission. He was born in a royal family in Lisbon. This time, the Portuguese mission came to the Ming Dynasty. The gifts he brought were priceless, and many of them were never seen in the Ming Dynasty!"

Wei Zhongxian snorted coldly: "Even if it is a royal family, you must salute when you see Your Majesty in the Ming Dynasty!"

Johnson Tang was unquestionable about this, but his idea was not the monarchy and courtesy of Wei Zhongxian.

What he thought was to follow the local customs, and the regulations here were the emperor, which was indeed one level higher than the Portuguese royal family, and the most basic respect was also the most basic respect.

"Dias has seen His Majesty the Emperor."

Zhu Youxiao looked at the middle-aged white man who was about forty years old and found that he had thick blonde curly hair, and was taking off his hat and bent down to pay tribute to him. He looked polite and indeed had a somewhat aristocratic temperament.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care about the details of whether he performed the ritual or not. He signaled the messenger to flatten him, and then said:

"Your delegation came to our Ming Dynasty to bring such a generous gift. Should we go to the North Korea to pay tribute, or do we trade at sea for the sake of the cooperation between the two families?"

Diaz, the Portuguese ambassador in his forties, looked at Zhu Youxiao in surprise, and then said, "I didn't expect that Your Majesty would be so straightforward, so I'll just say it."

"I was entrusted by His Majesty the King of Portugal to establish a trade route with the Ming Dynasty, and continue to rent Macau for temporary residence during the Apocalypse."

"These gifts, whether they are tributes to the court or meeting gifts, are all decided by the Ming Dynasty. Our country will cooperate with any statement."

Zhu Youxiao chuckled and said slowly: "It seems that the envoy has studied the Ming Dynasty before coming?"

Dias felt that there was nothing to hide, so he said directly: "It is true that you have learned your country's language and culture. My country knows that your country attaches great importance to whether to pay tribute or not, and decided to cooperate."

“It’s good…”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "I think it is better to sign a treaty to limit the period of time and to define obligations, so as not to use force when we take back the Ming Dynasty in the future."

"As for the two parties' trade, I have the same intention."

When Dias heard the four words "using force", he twitched his eyelids, and he obviously understood the threat in this sentence.

However, before coming here, King Philip IV of Portugal had also discovered from the reply from the first missionaries that the Ming Dynasty was not a foolish and backward Eastern country.

Philip IV, the son of Philip III.

In fact, he was the co-governor king of Spain and Portugal. In most cases, he was not the king of Portugal. He was generally called the monarch of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain.

At this time, Philip IV also nominally ruled the Netherlands. Two years ago, his army was defeated by the Dutch and the Invincible Armada was also severely damaged by the British, but he did not recognize the independence of the Netherlands.

In fact, the Netherlands is now substantially independent and developing rapidly, but it has not yet been recognized by Western countries, just like Mingjin now.

Philip IV was also the lord of the Southern Netherlands. Although the Portuguese colonial empire still possessed a vast territory around the world, it inevitably declined.

Since Philip IV succeeded to the throne, internal and external troubles have never stopped for a moment.

Inside, he suffered from rebellion between the Netherlands and the Dutch, and the global colonial territory continued to shrink. Outside, even the British took advantage of the situation and had to seek opportunities from the East.

Philip IV learned from the reply letters of the first missionaries that the Ming Dynasty is still very powerful and that it also fired guns as weapons. He understood that conquest alone was obviously not advisable, and his attitude quickly shifted from conquest to joint development.

The original purpose of this mission was only one, and it used various means to promote the Ming Dynasty to trade with Habsburg, Spain to obtain rich trade income from the East.

You should know that global trade is centered on the Ming Dynasty. Eighty percent of the silver mined by the West from Africa are flowing into the Ming Dynasty through various trades.

For Western countries, communicating with the Ming Dynasty is definitely a good thing that can both alleviate finances and ensure domestic stability.

On the way, they learned from Joshua Tsang that the Apocalypse Emperor was very dissatisfied with Portugal's loan to Macau, so he changed his mind and wanted to re-discuss the loan to Macau for a while.

Diaz was not humble or arrogant in the threat Zhu Youxia said, and obviously he was prepared for the threat. It was imperative to trade and continue to rent Macau.

After this simple meeting, Zhu Youxiao decided the tone of trading with Spain. The next step was to convene Jiuqing Kedao to discuss the matter at the court meeting.

After returning to the palace, Zhu Youxiao threw his casual clothes on the ground, then sat down on the couch, thinking about it himself.

Wang Chaofu quickly instructed the eunuchs and palace maids of the Ganqing Palace to clean up. After a while, Wei Zhongxian came in happily and said:

"Master, I'll do it. Among the gifts brought by the Spanish delegation this time, the tribute silver is worth more than 200,000 taels!"

"There are some strange things that I don't think I can bid, but the old slave can see clearly that they are all priceless treasures!"

Zhu Youxiao was also a little surprised, so many?

It seems that Spain is in big trouble, and it is also true that Spain is declining at this critical moment. Philip IV must have wanted to ease the tension in Spain at this time by communicating with the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao still understands the reason why you are sick and kill your life. Since this is the case, why don’t I talk to him about the price?
Chapter completed!