Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 623, be king to the outside world

In the study of Emperor Hongzhi in Qianqing Palace in the capital, the ministers of the DPRK and China gathered together again to discuss the current payment of tribute by missions from various countries.

"Your Majesty, missions from various countries have arrived in the capital, and I have made arrangements."

Minister of Rites, Fu Han, reported the situation of the missions from various countries, who came, who countries, and what kind of things they paid tribute to Daming.

"Zhu Aiqing, the missions from more than [-] countries in Nanyang came here at once. I'm afraid it's not just as simple as paying tribute, there should be other purposes."

Emperor Hongzhi listened carefully to Fu Han's report, and said after thinking about it.

"Another purpose?"

When the ministers heard this, they were slightly surprised, especially these civil servants.

What they have always liked most is when a small country comes to pay tribute. This time, how many missions from many countries come here at once is even more remarkable. This is a glorious moment that can be capitalized, close-up, and written into history.

In their view, Ming Dynasty is powerful, and it is nothing more than a normal thing for these small countries to come to pay tribute.

"Your Majesty, is it because our Ming Dynasty occupied the northern part of Luzon, so these Nanyang countries are very afraid?"

Liu Jian, chief minister of the cabinet, thought for a while and said.

"Hmm~ I'm afraid so."

"Everyone, look at the tributes paid by these countries. They are very rich. It can even be said that the previous achievements were so rich. In the history of the Three Treasures eunuch's seven voyages to the Western Seas, there were no countries in Southeast Asia that paid such rich tributes."

"But now, everyone is very generous."

"This is obviously deterred by the powerful power of our Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, it is also afraid of our Ming Dynasty's expansion in the Nanyang region."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly and said.

"Your Majesty, the Nanyang countries have been friendly to our Ming Dynasty for generations, and they have always been my Ming's vassal states. There are occasional tributes. I think that our Daming should appease the hearts of the Nanyang countries and promise the Nanyang countries that they will not use force against them."

Fu Han, Minister of Rites, thought for a while and said.

"I think it's wrong~"

As soon as Fu Han finished speaking, Liu Jin stood up and said.

These civil servants really did not succeed enough to reveal more than they did. It was not easy to get off to a good start in the Nanyang region. He even said that he would not expand in the Nanyang region.

Daming didn't expand in the Nanyang region, where did the land come from to build plantations?
If the Ming Dynasty does not expand in the Nanyang region, how will it master the transportation and hubs in the Nanyang region.

At that time, how will we go south to Australia and west to Europe and Africa?
At this time, the situation in Daming is very good, so why not take advantage of this opportunity to expand wantonly and seize more land and resources, should we wait until the national strength of Daming weakens to come back?
"Oh, Liu Jin, what do you think?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately became interested. In terms of overseas expansion, Emperor Hongzhi was still more willing to listen to Liu Jin's advice, because Liu Jin can always make Daming the most powerful.

"Your Majesty, this time the Nanyang countries have come to the DPRK, which shows that our Ming Dynasty is strong, and it also shows that our expansion in the Nanyang region is right."

"Because of our expansion in the Nanyang region, the countries in Nanyang are afraid of me, Ming Dynasty, so they came here to pay tribute in such a grand manner."

"But tribute is just tribute, and the vassal state and suzerain state are not the same country."

"When our Ming Dynasty is in foreign relations, there should be only one principle, and that is to take the interests of our Ming Dynasty as the fundamental and core."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said slowly.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, please look at the map~"

"The geographical location of the Nanyang region is extremely important. It goes north to our Ming Dynasty, North Korea and Japan, and goes south and east to Australia, and through Australia, we can reach the South Gold Continent."

"To the west is the throat leading to the South Asian subcontinent, the Middle East and Africa."

"Such an important place, I, Da Ming, not only want to expand here, but also should firmly hold these places in my hands."

"In addition, in the Nanyang region, because of the tropical region, it is summer all year round. There are no four seasons. The climate here is hot and humid, and the land is fertile. Rice can be harvested three times a year and four times every two years~"

"As long as this area is occupied, I, Ming, will no longer have to worry about famine. Even if the population is ten times larger, I can easily support it."

"For such an important place, I believe that my Ming Dynasty should take the interests of Ming Dynasty as the foundation, continue to expand in the Nanyang region, and eventually control the entire Nanyang region."

Liu Jin introduced Nanyang's geographical location and natural conditions in detail, and then said bluntly that Nanyang must be in the hands of Daming.

"I think it's inappropriate. Nanyang countries have been friendly with my Ming Dynasty for generations, and they have always been my vassal state. They admire my style of Ming Dynasty. How can we treat our vassal state like this?"

"Lu Song is famous for killing the people of our Ming Dynasty and sending troops, but other countries have never harmed our Ming Dynasty at all. Besides, since ancient times, they have been aggressive and warlike, and they will die."

"Only by convincing people with virtue and benevolence and righteousness can we prosper in the world. We are a big country with thousands of miles of land, so why do we have to compete for the territory of these small countries in Nanyang?"

Fu Han, Minister of Rites, also stood up and shook his head repeatedly.

His words also made many civil servants nod, thinking that Daming should be like this, Nanyang is good, but my Daming has a big country, there is no need to grab it, the most important thing is to cherish your own feathers.

Daming has always been a kind person, and the image of this kind person cannot be ruined.

"Convincing people with virtue?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Jin couldn't help but sneered.

"My Ming Dynasty has always convinced people with virtue, and the grassland people in the north can convince you. Didn't they go south every year before?"

"Is the Japanese country convinced you?"

"In the past, Japanese pirates ran rampant along the southeast coast, burning, killing and looting. How many Ming people died?"

"Is Lu Song in Nanyang convinced you? What about the Ming people who were massacred and killed in Crescent City?"

"This?"

Hearing Liu Jin's rhetorical question, Fu Han suddenly had nothing to say.

"In these lawless and barbaric places, they only believe that the strong prey on the weak, and that power is the truth. Benevolence, justice and morality have no meaning at all to them."

"Our Great Ming's army wiped out the grasslands in the north, so now the grassland people in the north herd horses and sheep for us, and conquer the Japanese kingdom, so the Japanese kingdom treats us with low eyebrows, and the Japanese pirates disappeared completely."

"In Luzon, Luzon was taught a lesson, so countries in Southeast Asia came to court one after another."

"This is the best explanation~"

"If we, Ming Dynasty, still believe in the so-called virtue to convince people, it would be really ridiculous."

"Do the king's way to the outside world~"

"If you are willing to submit to me and become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, that would be the best. In the future, you will pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty regularly every year, and you must also stipulate the tribute, quantity and scale of the tribute."

"Not only paying tribute, but also letting these vassal states learn our Ming culture, learn Chinese, write Chinese characters, and change their Chinese surnames."

"If you don't want to submit to me, or even show your teeth at me, Da Ming, I, Da Ming, should use strong boats, sharp guns, and a large army of iron weapons to teach them a lesson, and let them know the fate of offending me, Da Ming."

"The barbarians are fearful of power but not virtuous, and do not understand etiquette, justice, and shame."

"I, Da Ming, should be prepared with both hands, with strong ships and cannons, and a large army of cavalry. If you don't obey me, Da Ming, and dare to hurt my Da Ming, you should punish them severely."

"On the other hand, we must constantly spread the civilization of our Ming Dynasty, let them understand benevolence, morality, propriety, righteousness and shame, so that we can promote our country's prestige and strengthen our country's strength."

Liu Jin looked at the crowd and said forcefully.

"Hmm~"

After listening to Liu Jin's words, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but nodded.

He is the person who has the deepest experience.

In the past, he had great trust in civil servants, and he was also very kind to people. Emperor Hongzhi is a good old man. This is definitely not an exaggeration, but he is really a good old man.

But, these civil servants are worthy of his trust?worthy of his conscience?

Emperor Hongzhi was kind to them, but they always wanted to calculate the imperial power. Several major cases appeared one after another. Starting from the famine in the three northern provinces and the imperial granaries being swallowed up by people, Emperor Hongzhi gradually realized his mistakes as an emperor. .

When the emperor, he can't be a good old man, otherwise these people below will go too far, and they won't see you as the emperor at all.

After killing a large number of officials one after another, he can clearly feel that the following ministers are more obedient and more agile in handling affairs. Unlike before, there are always various reasons to hate you.

There are also those families, businessmen, gentry and so on in Jiangnan, all of them have stopped now, and they dare not have any more conspiracy and tricks.

The same is true between countries. Before the Ming Dynasty, it was good enough for the Wa Kingdom, the Jurchens, and Luzon, but what did they get in exchange?
It is the Jurchen tribe in the Liaodong area that often robs the border people, it is the Japanese pirates who are rampant in the southeast coast, burning, killing and looting, and it is the Lusong Kingdom who is plotting to rob the people of Ming Dynasty.

On the contrary, after the Ming Dynasty used troops in these places, these places suddenly became much quieter. The Japanese pirates rampaging along the southeast coast disappeared, and the Jurchens in the Liaodong area were beaten submissively. to die.

This is enough to show that what Liu Jin said is correct, people are cheap bones, afraid of power but not virtuous.

The same is true of this country, it is right to treat it as a person.

What Da Ming has to do is to make them fear Da Ming. Only when they are afraid of Da Ming, they will obediently listen to Da Ming and do things according to Da Ming's wishes, instead of just thinking about taking advantage of Da Ming, a good old man.

Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang, Qi Zhong, Liu Daxia and others listened carefully, pondered carefully, and finally couldn't help but nodded slightly.

No matter how much you say, there is nothing more convincing than speaking with facts. Everything that Daming has experienced shows that what Liu Jin said is not wrong.

　What do you think?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)