: Big smoke price reduction

In the mid-19th century, Britain launched two Opium Wars that invaded China and occupied Hong Kong.

Participate in suppressing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom revolution in China; suppressing the Indian national uprising and strengthening the rule of India.

In 1876, the Conservative Party B. Disrari cabinet crowned Queen Victoria, making her the Queen of India.

After that, Britain was also called the British Empire or the British Empire. Later, India became independent and the British monarch lost his title of emperor.

In addition, invasions have also been expanded in Iran, Myanmar, South Africa, Egypt, East Africa, New Zealand, Australia and other places.

It also gradually penetrated South America and became the largest investor there. Canada became the first autonomous territory in the UK.

Zhu Youjian carefully recalled how England could develop and dominate the world.

Fortunately, he traveled through timely, and England has not yet become a climate, and it is impossible to compare with the two maritime overlords of Spain and the Netherlands.

Several wars with the Netherlands also did not begin. What Zhu Youjian has to do now is to turn him into a poor, backward and ignorant country.

As for the empire that never sets in later generations, Zhu Youjian made them not even qualified to dream.

The ministers saw that the emperor was silent for a long time and didn't say a word. They didn't dare to disturb the emperor and could only wait quietly.

Zhu Youjian looked up at the confused civil and military officials in the court. He knew that his condition just now scared them.

"Ahem..."

Zhu Youjian coughed a few times to break the peace in the court:

"Minister of the Honglu Temple, tell the English envoy that the Ming Dynasty could sell them 100 mortars, five hundred taels of silver per, and twenty taels of silver per shell.

If you need a flintlock rifle, you can also discuss it. The price is fifty taels of silver per pole, and you can give them fifty bullets. If the bullets are not enough, five taels of silver will cost ten.

But other firearms such as armored warships are not sold in the Ming Dynasty and will never be sold to foreigners. If someone dares to sell non-selling products to foreigners privately, I will destroy the nine clans of his clans."

Zhu Youjian's sentence destroyed the nine clans and immediately made the air in the hall condense, and all the civil and military officials in the court could feel the chill on their backs.

In fact, Zhu Youjian had no choice but to do so. He was mainly worried that someone would sell advanced firearms to Western countries in private. In the future, the bullet and Opium War broke out, and these firearms would become weapons to attack the Ming Dynasty.

"Abide by the order"

The Minister of the Honglu Temple hurriedly received the order, and other military officers also stepped forward and bowed:

"Your Majesty, don't worry, as a military officer of the Ming Dynasty, you will never sell weapons to anyone in private..."

Zhu Youjian nodded:

"I believe you don't know. The Minister of the Honglu Temple told the envoys of other countries that he would not sell a large bright firearm and would not consider how much gold and silver they would give."

Zhou Lishun, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, hurried forward to salute:

"Abide by the order"

The Minister of the Honglu Temple was ordered to retreat, and Zhu Youjian told Qinglong and Cao Zhengchun who were standing aside:

"It is estimated that the workers' uprising will break out in England. At that time, you will notify the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei and the Dongchang men in England that they can participate in the quelling of the British royal family."

Zhu Youjian's words made the civil and military ministers a little confused. The emperor always did not play according to the rules, so why was he helping England to quell the rebellion?

But no matter what the reason, Cao Zhengchun of Qinglong immediately bowed to receive the order:

"Abide by the order"

Before resigning from the court, Zhu Youjian passed two more decrees, the first decree reduced the sales price of big cigarettes in England and other Western countries, so that ordinary people could afford big cigarettes, and tried to make them all like to take a few sips.

Another thing is the enthronement of the queen. As the Ming emperor, he has never appointed an empress.

Although there was no one in the harem at the beginning, there was absolutely no shortage of people now, with more than 30 people.

After a period of open and secret investigation, Zhu Youjian already had a candidate for the queen in his heart.

When the emperor heard that he wanted to reduce the price of smoke, the ministers were stunned. There was no emperor who thought he had much money.

You should know that the Ming Dynasty sold its tobacco to the West can almost bear the huge military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty, which is definitely a huge income.

However, the emperor actually reduced the price of big smoke a lot, so that all Western people can enjoy it.

In the territory of the Ming Dynasty and abroad, the emperor strictly prohibited the Ming people from buying big smoke, and in severe cases, they would be beheaded.

They did not understand why the emperor suddenly cared so much about the people of England and the Western countries.

How could they know the harm of big smoke to humans? They thought the emperor suddenly became kind-hearted!

However, before the ministers could react from the price reduction of the smoke, they immediately heard that they wanted to establish a queen, and they immediately turned their worries into joy. The Ming Dynasty finally had a queen...

The little eunuch held the second imperial edict and began to read it:

"The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun, and the imperial edict said: Qin Mingyue was appointed as the Empress of the Ming Dynasty, Mu Jianping was the Imperial Concubine, and Lin Ruyu was the Imperial Concubine...

The imperial family is a state affairs, let alone the enthronement of the empress! The enthronement of the empress in the Ming Dynasty was something that the emperor had to discuss with the ministers.

Whether the emperor can successfully enthrone the queen he likes depends on the emperor's mastery of the empire.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were both very powerful emperors. At that time, the power of civil officials did not have the ability to threaten the imperial power.

However, after Renxuan, especially after the Tumu Fort Incident, the military generals in the court were wiped out. From then on, the civil officials were dominant, and the emperor could only use the power of eunuchs to restrain him.

It can be said that the actual ruler of the empire at that time was civil servants, so the enthronement of the empress was related to the status of the crown prince, and the emperor had to discuss with the ministers.

Although Concubine Wang was favored by Emperor Chenghua, she was born in a humble background and had no power to rely on. It was impossible to accept her as the queen, so the empress dowager and the ministers opposed it.

As for Concubine Zheng, Emperor Wanli failed to make her the queen after not going to court for decades.

Of course, his will was not possible. If the minister admits this photo, it would be like slapping himself in the mouth and admitting that he was wrong.

However, Zhu Youjian made Qin Mingyue the queen and did not mention it to anyone. Now when she is determined to be the queen, she just notified the ministers.

Many ministers knew that Qin Mingyue was the niece of the loyal Hou Qin Liangyu. According to the Ming Dynasty ancestor Qin Mingyue was not qualified to become the queen of the Ming Dynasty.

The generals did not care about the comparison, they only knew that any decision of the emperor was very wise.

However, some civil officials felt a little unhappy. Now the Ming Dynasty is almost the world of military generals, and civil officials have no say except for governing the country.

Now, Qin Mingyue was made the queen, and the heroine Qin Liangyu became a royal relative again.

There is also the Duke of Qian, Mu Tianbo, who was in Yunnan. His daughter Mu Jianping actually became the imperial concubine. How can civil servants live?

The Ministry of Rites and Hanlin Academy had just wanted to object, but suddenly saw the emperor's cold eyes sweeping past the civil and military officials in the hall.

They suddenly felt a chill in their hearts, and immediately remembered the officials who had taught the emperor the ancestral teachings but were exiled to the northeast for grazing.

They hurriedly swallowed their saliva, swallowed what they had just wanted to say back into their stomachs, and followed the other civil and military officials to congratulate the emperor in unison.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to my Emperor..."
Chapter completed!