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Formerly, the envoy Kun Lu-qun and others from the country of Siam memorialized that when coming to offer tribute, their ship had been damaged by the sea and the winds, and they requested that a replacement be conferred upon them. The Emperor, showing sympathy for the distant yi, allowed this. The Ministry of Rites arranged this with the Guang-dong Provincial Administration Commission. However, the Grand Coordinator and Censor-in-Chief Zhu Ying proposed that they be given 200 liang of silver so that they build their own ship. At this time, Kun Lu-qun secretly instructed his subordinates to falsely memorialize that Ying, having demanded valuables and not received them, was intentionally violating the orders. The Ministry of Rites held: "The fan people have been able to come and go at will. There has been a lapse in defence by the officers there. The regional inspecting censor should be ordered to carry out an investigation and, like before, it should be ordered that a ship be constructed and provided to them." The Emperor approved the memorial and ordered that Ying advise of the facts.