"Princess, that's enough."

He rolled up his sleeves and ground the ink, then gently reminded Zhang Xin to hold her chin with both hands, obviously in a good mood.

"Okay, go ahead."

Zhang Xin grabbed a pen and started scribbling.

【Unconquered Country】

Northeastern China - North Korea.

Although the court was humble, the birthplace of Goryeoji is rich in Korean ginseng.

Due east and north - Japan.

Although he was a fraud, he secretly communicated with the court officials, so he was afraid of being cut off.

Due south-east - Big Ryukyu Kingdom and Little Ryukyu Kingdom.

The great ones sometimes paid tribute, and the princes and their attendants all attended the Imperial Academy. The small ones did not have any exchanges and never paid tribute.

Southwest - Annam, Siam, Cambodia, Champa, Sumatra, Western Kingdom, Java, Pengheng, Baihua Kingdom, Srivijaya, and Brunei.

The Kingdom of Annan pays tribute every three years.

The Kingdom of Zhenla pays tribute once a year.

The Champa Kingdom paid tribute at irregular intervals, and brought in merchants who were often cunning and deceitful.

Siam pays tribute once a year. It can be reached in seven days and nights with favorable winds. It is rich in yellow incense, Luohu incense, agarwood, agarwood, rosewood, and exotic animals.

After writing the above, Zhang Xin thought about it and didn’t continue writing.

Not long after the Ming Dynasty was founded, my grandfather sent people out to announce the establishment of the dynasty, and then all nations came to pay tribute.

It was not until the 28th year of Hongwu, the year she married Zhu Gaochi, that the fifteen countries that would not be conquered were finally identified.

By the time of my father-in-law, the tribute had reached its peak.

Sixty or seventy countries enjoy this.

Year after year.

Sometimes it comes more than once a year.

They treated the tribute as a business that was guaranteed to make a profit.

Even if they were forced to pay tribute once a year, they would not be able to stop their persistence in coming.

My father-in-law was very happy.

The ones who are suffering are Zhang Xin and Zhu Gaochi.

My father-in-law loves fighting and spends money like ink.

My father-in-law was also very vain. He would write with his imperial pen, and if someone gave him a roll of thread, he would give them a quilt.

My father-in-law asked Ma Sanbao to go to the West, and each trip emptied the entire national treasury.

In the end, all the salaries of court officials were paid with the things that Ma Sanbao brought back, not cash.

Zhang Xin was trying desperately to save money in the harem, while Zhu Gaochi was trying to find ways to make money in the front.

In fact, it is all about robbing Peter to pay Paul.

When the mother-in-law is not around, no one dares to persuade the father-in-law, and no one can control him.

Just two words - willful.

To be specific, it is hard to say who is more tired between Zhu Gaochi and his father-in-law.

One was fighting outside, often sleeping in the open air.

One of them stayed up all night in the study, fiddling with an abacus and counting coins.

So, one died on the way to a war, and the other died just ten months after he ascended the throne.

When a person is gone, he is gone, and life must go on.

By the time Zhanji came to power, they had really lost everything, including their ammunition and food supplies.

After Zhu Gaochi passed away, Zhanji came to Zhang Xin with a bitter face and a pile of account books.

There were a bunch of IOUs mixed in with the account books.

Even the money for the early construction of the imperial city has been delayed.

The mother and daughter stayed up all night looking at the account books for several nights.

The conclusion is that the pocket is cleaner than the face.

What followed was the ceremony of Zhanji's enthronement, followed by the routine rewards for the harem and commendations for court officials after his accession to the throne.

Under duress, Zhanji had no choice but to withdraw the garrison, retreat the defense line, and give up Annan, which his father-in-law had conquered with his own hands.

The practice of going to the West, which was only outbound but not inbound, stopped when Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne.

But even so, people in the palace and the court still counted on money to make a living.

Zhang Xin doesn't want to worry about money anymore in her life. She wants to give her son the fullest treasury!

Prince Ning will be her best partner in making money.

She wants to squeeze those sixty or seventy small countries that took money from the Ming Dynasty in their previous life dry!!!

Eat my food, spit it out!!!

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