Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2106, a vassal state busy with beauty contests
Inside the Palace of the King of Korea.

"Your Majesty, here is the list of gifts to congratulate the Son of Heaven on his enthronement!"

Pu Yuanzong respectfully presented a list to Mr. Yanshan.

The Yanshan Monarch in front of him was famous for his brutality and inhumanity. After he ascended the throne, once his power was consolidated, he began to massacre the courtiers, concubines, etc. who persecuted his mother at the beginning, and killed thousands of people at one time.

Later, there were several changes in succession. Yanshan Jun was ruthless and killed wantonly, and the whole North Korean country was trembling.

Originally, Lord Yanshan should have died in a palace coup in history, but now because of the changes in Ming Dynasty, great changes have taken place in North Korea.

As a vassal state of the Ming Empire, and also the most loyal vassal state, North Korea also enjoyed the dividends of the colonial era and the capitalist era along with the Ming Empire.

Overseas, North Korea also has many colonies. Among them, on the Tianzhu mainland, a large area of ​​land on the west bank of the Indus River is a colony of North Korea.

It has been at war with Spain for many years, and it has also acquired a large area of ​​colonies, whose area is several times that of its native area.

Because it has acquired a large number of colonies, it can plunder a steady stream of wealth from the colonies, and at the same time imitate the Ming Empire and migrate a large number of people to the colonies.

These have greatly eased the internal conflicts in North Korea, especially the contradictions between people and land. In the past ten years, North Korea has always been calm and peaceful, with seas and rivers feasting.

In addition, according to the Daming vassal state agreement, Koreans can also immigrate to Daming, and can go to Daming to work, do business, settle down, etc.

The large-scale development of the Liaodong area also attracted a large number of Koreans. Many Koreans married Ming people. In the Nanyang area, Koreans and Japanese also immigrated in large numbers.

These people settled down in Daming, obtained the status of Daming citizens, and gradually became Daming people.

In addition, in Golden Island, Australia and other places, there are also a large number of Koreans and Wa people who immigrate and settle down. They benefit a lot and enjoy the same treatment as Ming people.

All of these have greatly reduced the internal conflicts and pressures in North Korea, and the brutal Yan Shanjun has been able to secure his position, instead of being overthrown and exiled as in history, and died on the island of exile.

If there is anyone in this world who can make Lord Yanshan obedient, it must be the emperor of the Ming Empire.

According to the vassal state agreement, the king of North Korea is a courtier of Da Mingzi. Although Da Mingzi never expresses any opinions on the affairs of North Korea, he is the monarch in name after all.

Every time a decree comes from the Ming Empire, the Korean nation attaches great importance to it, and so does Yan Shanjun.

Just like this time, Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty will hold a grand enthronement ceremony three months later. Although the invitation letter is still on the way, the North Korean side has already begun to prepare related gifts. I am afraid that the preparations will not be sufficient. , unable to demonstrate North Korea's loyalty to the Ming Empire.

"No, no!"

"This gift list is too thin."

"This is the first time our North Korea has presented a gift to the new emperor of Ming Dynasty after he ascended the throne. It must be heavy enough to show our North Korea's loyalty to Daming!"

After quickly browsing the list, Mr. Yanshan shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty, this list is already very rich, and it is almost worth nearly a million taels of silver!"

Park Yuanzong quickly explained.

"No, no!"

"A million taels of silver used to be a big amount, but now, a million taels of silver is not worth mentioning at all."

"Our North Korea has always been the most important vassal state of the Ming Empire. Over the years, the Son of Heaven has treated our North Korean subjects as if they were his own."

"I Koreans in Daming are no different from Daming people, and enjoy the same treatment, which shows that the emperor of Ming Dynasty treats us well."

"Now we are competing with the Spaniards for the colonies in West Africa. In the future, the support of the Ming Empire will definitely be indispensable. When the new emperor ascends the throne, the gift must be heavy."

"Increase five times on this basis!"

"In addition, I heard that today's Da Mingzi prefers beautiful women, so he immediately issued an order to the whole country to stop all marriages of girls over the age of 16. All must participate in the beauty pageant, and the most beautiful tribute girl will be selected and sent there."

Yan Shanjun thought for a while and shook his head.

"Yes!"

When Pu Yuanzong heard this, he quickly said yes.

Soon, following Yan Shanjun's order, the entire North Korean country immediately became busy. On the one hand, they were busy collecting precious tributes, and on the other hand, they were busy with beauty pageants.

It has always been a tradition in Korea to pay tribute to beauties to the Ming Empire.

Starting from Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea regularly paid tribute to the Son of Heaven with beauties. Especially after the new emperor ascended the throne, North Korea would definitely hold a beauty pageant to select the most beautiful beauties for the Son of Heaven.

This is already the practice of North Korea, and a certain system has also been formed.

Almost every few years, the North Korean side will choose one, and then pay tribute to the Emperor of Heaven. In the case of the Hongzhi Dynasty, even if Emperor Hongzhi did not love women, there was only one Empress Zhang.

However, North Korea still paid tribute to Daming beauties on a regular basis. Counting from the level of Emperor Hongzhi, they paid tribute several times, and the number exceeded a hundred.

In fact, most of these beauties who paid tribute to the Ming Empire had a miserable fate. The few who were able to gain the favor of the emperor were fine, and they could even be named concubines. Die alone.

Most of these beauties who paid tribute to the Hongzhi Dynasty were maids in the palace until they were old. They had nothing but dragon slaying skills, but they would never be able to use them. Only a few were given to Zhu Houzhao by Emperor Hongzhi. tragic.

Some even gave birth to sons for Zhu Houzhao. The mother is more expensive than the son, but she has gained status and lived a pretty good life.

Generally speaking, the fate of the beauties who came here as a tribute is not very good.

But for North Korea or Ming Dynasty, this is no longer important. No one cares about how they live, and no one cares. Everyone only cares about the relationship between North Korea and the Ming Empire.

North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Empire, and it is a courtier of the Ming Dynasty. The relationship between the two parties is like this. It is just paying tribute to some beauties.

The sudden beauty pageant order also caught North Korea off guard. Soon everyone knew that the new emperor of Ming Dynasty had ascended the throne. According to the usual practice, it was time for the beauty pageant again. The beauties selected were obviously paid tribute to Da Mingming. child's.

For a while, the entire North Korean country was troubled by this matter.

This beauty pageant is not a random selection. Women from ordinary people's families are naturally not eligible to participate. Women from gentry, official, and merchant families are selected.

Not only do you have to be young, you have to be beautiful, you have to have a good figure, you also have to be knowledgeable about books and rituals, and it is best to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In addition, after you are selected, you must learn the language of the Ming Dynasty and the etiquette of the Ming court. , plus some special training and learning and so on.

Only after undergoing such rigorous selection and training will they have the opportunity to pay tribute to the Ming Empire and serve the Son of Heaven.

Unmarried women from the families of officials, gentry, and merchants throughout North Korea have been included in the list, and beauty pageants are in full swing.

Many people are crying and mourning, regretting that they did not marry their daughters early. If they are chosen, they will be sent to the Ming Empire. If they want to meet again in the future, it will be really impossible It's even harder.

When you arrive at the imperial palace of the Ming Empire, where the palace is fortified, it is really completely isolated, unless one day you are lucky enough to be able to spread the branches and leaves for the son of the Ming Dynasty, the mother is more expensive with the son, and you have gained a certain identity and status. It can be said that there is contact with the family here.

At this time, not only North Korea is busy with beauty pageants, but Wa is also the same.

The Japanese king and the shogun of the Japanese country issued orders for beauty pageants almost at the same time.

Similar to North Korea, the beauty pageants in the Wa country are only selected from the famous ladies. In the famous families of the Wa country, it is natural that the nobles, daimyo, and samurai are considered famous.

Ordinary people don't even have a surname, they are the most humble, no matter how beautiful they are, they are not qualified to serve the Son of Heaven.

The current Wa Kingdom is learning from the Ming Empire in all aspects, changing Chinese surnames to Chinese names, and wearing Han clothes, but this is only the middle and high level of the existing Wa Kingdom.

The people at the bottom of the Wa Kingdom are still forbidden to have their own surnames, unless a few people who have made contributions can be given surnames. Having their own surnames is the goal that countless Wa people have been striving for all their lives.

Because it is an extremely honorable and remarkable thing to have one's own surname passed down to one's descendants.

For this reason, many people immigrated to the Southeast Asia and overseas places of Daming at all costs. In these places, they can get the same treatment as the Ming people, and they will be given a Han surname by the local government officials.

With the order of the Japanese king and the shogun, the whole Japanese country was busy.

For this matter, the Wa Kingdom is very active, because Zhu Houzhao has a concubine of the Wa Kingdom, and gave birth to several sons for Zhu Houzhao, including a woman from the Ashikaga family of the shogunate. This once made the shogunate extremely excited. Even sent a lot of money over.

Now that Zhu Houzhao has ascended the throne, everyone knows that Zhu Houzhao is lustful, so it is natural to choose carefully.

(End of this chapter)