Working for the election of sympathetic public officials
The high technology in the ships of the Portuguese gave them an advantage over other countries, becoming the most powerful navigators during those two centuries. Portuguese trading focused mainly on obtaining gold, ivory, and pepper; but in addition to these products, so prized in Europe, it is estimated that more than 175,000 slaves were also carried on Portuguese ships to Europe and the Americas in the greatest migration of people during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
During the post era Most influence are the aristocrats and local
provincial administrators, the typical pattern for relations between china and
its neighbours during the post-tribute, but remain independent. The Ming Chinese
naval expeditions of the early 15th century ended because they challenged Confucian
values and typical expenditures
