Edict 2SZ-04-03

To the College of Envoys, 

''We have received news that, while the Ming has fallen to the Qing and the last flames of righteous resistance have sadly been extinguished, Heaven has yet to completely abandon the loyalists. ''

''Now that the Helan have taken in thousands of these men, who are no doubt people of talent and of loyal virtue, we ought to establish contact with them. We hereby command that a team of four, with attendants, be handpicked from among the Envoys. They must be astute, hardy, able to travel by ship, and have a good understanding of recent history.''

These four will be stationed in the Helan city of Batavia, the better to communicate between the Empire and the Ming loyalists of the South Seas.