Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 308: Turn on father recognition mode (4k)

The situation in the government is unstable, but there are no generals in ancient and modern times who can make contributions to the outside world.

Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Hu Weiyong as the new Prime Minister Zuo of Zhongshu Province. In addition to paving the way for him to reduce the power of the prime minister in the future, another aspect is that Ming Dynasty will begin to expand.

To conquer overseas, you need to use generals.

Almost all of the useful generals in the Ming Dynasty came from Huaixi.

The appointment of Hu Weiyong, who was also from Huaixi, as prime minister also meant to show goodwill to this group of people.

This time the subordinate officials were reformed.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang had already defeated the scholar-bureaucrats and civil servants, he naturally wanted to praise Huaixi's generals.

"What was Yang Xian's reaction after learning that Hu Weiyong was the prime minister?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked.

Zhu Biao reported the situation during the day truthfully, and also emphasized that the Yangzhou Research Institute had conquered the converter steelmaking technology, and steel plants across the country would soon be able to start large-scale steelmaking.

Another important reason is that the northern grasslands were not settled at that time.

You must know that the power of Koryo is not weak in these countries. It once forced the Jurchens to fight, otherwise the King of Koryo would not be so arrogant.

This is the historical limitation of historical figures.

They are all waiting for the direction of the wind and are unwilling to be the first to take the lead.

Zhu Yuanzhang did this to warn his descendants that the surrounding small countries are too remote and too small to pose a substantial threat to China. Only the northern nomads will always be a problem for China. "I have blocked the mountains and seas from the small barbarian countries, and isolated them in a corner. They are not a patient of China, and I will never attack them. However, the Hu Rong in the northwest are a danger to China in the world, so we must be careful. Please remember what I said. , know what I mean."

Original time and space.

You must know that this tribute system has always been the case in China as a suzerain country in all dynasties. That is, China sends more goods or resources to foreign countries than it receives. This practice is usually accompanied by high compensation or rewards. The second is to give the other party a reward higher than the market value in order to obtain foreign goods or resources.

But now the Ming Dynasty is completely different from the original time and space. Zhu Yuanzhang, who has set his sights on the world, has a pattern that is far from comparable to before.

From the perspective of later generations, looking back at the national policy formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty, the so-called country without conquests not only did not become a springboard for the Ming Dynasty's expansion in the ocean, but instead became an island chain that locked the door to its own country.

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, China has occupied the most suitable locations for farming in East Asia. The interior is rich in products and is completely self-sufficient. The surrounding areas are regarded as "barbarians". Even if they are occupied, they will be difficult to develop and cannot provide cultivated land, taxes and military resources. The so-called "barbarians in all four directions are limited to mountains and seas, and are isolated in a corner. The land they obtain is not enough to provide them with supplies." The people are not enough to make orders.”

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang in the original time and space was not interested in the expansion of surrounding small countries, peninsulas, and islands was because the Ming Dynasty was still in the agricultural civilization at that time.

Zhu Yuanzhang believed that conquering these areas would consume a lot of manpower and force. Since these places were separated by mountains and seas, had rugged terrain, and were densely forested, conquest would be very costly and would often result in the loss of troops and generals. Even if it is conquered, a large number of troops will still be stationed here, which will consume too much money and will not be worth the gain.

The solution of steelmaking technology means that it will not be long before railways are laid across the country. With railways, the steam trains he leads the research can be launched.

Two flowers bloom, one on each side.

In a few months, with almost no loss, the Kingdom of Goryeo was directly destroyed.

While the Ming Dynasty was slightly shaken due to the reform of subordinate officials and the change of the central authority of Zhongshu Province, the surrounding international situation also underwent earth-shaking changes.

But that time, this time.

The tenth year since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the first day of this year is the Zhengdan Festival.

That is, from now on, the original tribute system of giving back more than the others and paying twice the price will be completely ended.

Zhu Yuanzhang listed the 15 countries and regions surrounding the Ming Dynasty as "countries without conquest". These fifteen countries and regions are North Korea, Japan, Da Ryukyu (Ryukyu Islands), Little Ryukyu (Taiwan Province), Annan (Vietnam), Chenla (Cambodia), Siam (Thailand), Champa State (Vietnam) South), Sumatra, Western Kingdom (today's Coromandel Coast), Java Kingdom, Panheng Kingdom (Malay Peninsula), White Flower Kingdom (northwestern Sumatra), Sanviqi Kingdom (Palembang), Bohai Mud (Brunei).

At present, the northern grasslands have been cleared away and included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Neither refuse nor agree.

This is completely different from the Ming Dynasty in the original time and space.

At this time, if they don't know how to choose, then Daming Firearms is willing to teach them to make a choice.

The countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty were naturally unwilling to agree. The envoys all excused themselves at the time because they could not make the decision. However, after they returned home, they never responded to this matter.

The new tribute system is not a face-saving project like the previous dynasties in the original time and space. It is a tribute in name, but in fact the suzerain country returns more gifts.

The new tribute system is a unilateral request for resources. Of course, the Ming Dynasty can give verbal commendations to vassal states, as well as some free rewards such as canonization.

This shock to the small countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty was really great.

This tribute system was more for political purposes, to promote the country's prestige and to win over these small vassal countries.

But in a real sense, it is to directly suck the blood of these vassal countries.

At that time, it caused heated discussions and protests among envoys from various countries.

After the converter steelmaking technology was broken and introduced to the palace, the happiest person was the twelfth prince Zhu Bai.

At this time, the King of Korea jumped out and gave them a negative lesson.

This was something worthy of being recorded in history. How could he be unhappy?

On the day when the vassal states came to pay tribute, Zhu Yuanzhang announced something in front of the envoys from all the states.

For a time, all countries seemed to have made an agreement and sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty.

And the most important thing is that Ming Dynasty has begun to show signs of breaking away from agricultural civilization. In a few years, the overflow of goods will need to be dumped abroad. If you want to continue to develop rapidly, outward expansion is the best choice.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment and then said: "Yang Xian knows the general outline."

The current situation is completely different.

Beijing.

Therefore, Ming Dynasty will show such strong aggression.

Zhuque Street, Huitong Hall.

Envoys from Champa State, Annam, Siam and other countries all stayed here, waiting to be received by the Ming Dynasty court.

This time, the number of envoys sent by various countries is the highest in history.

Basically, the No. 3 or even No. 2 powerful person in each country personally leads the team, that is, they are all players who can take the lead.

This shows that they attach great importance to this visit.

However, these princes and important ministers, who used to be the most powerful people in their respective countries, are all feeling very uneasy these days.

It didn't matter whoever it was, but those unscrupulous guys from the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty actually took the envoys from various countries to visit a house before leading them to live in the Huitong Pavilion on their first day in the capital.

The house was unremarkable.

But the person living in the house has a good background. He is the former King of Goryeo, Wang You, who was captured and placed under house arrest in the capital. Looking at the former King of Korea, he had black and white hair and a haggard face, looking so down and out.

The king of a country was like this.

How could this make these envoys uneasy?

Imperial Palace, Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Zhu Biao walked in from outside the palace, came to Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and said: "Father, envoys from Champa, Annan, Siam and other countries have been in Beijing for several days and have been staying at the Huitong Pavilion. When will we Summon them."

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the memorial in his hand, with a disdainful sneer on his face, and said: "When I asked them to implement the new tribute system, they didn't even fart for several months. Now Baba has come over. Why, he is afraid of his own country. Become the second Korea?"

"Yang Xian said it right, these guys are just cheap."

"Let's summon them in batches. Let's let the envoys from Champa, Annam, and Siam come to see them first." Zhu Yuanzhang threw away the memorial in his hand and said.

"Yes, Father."

Not long after, the envoys from the three small countries, led by officials from the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, walked into the palace tremblingly.

"Envoys from Champa/Annam/Siam, pay homage to His Majesty the Ming Emperor!"

The three envoys, speaking broken Chinese, knelt on the ground and saluted.

Zhu Yuanzhang slowly raised his head, looked at the three envoys below, and snorted coldly: "Now is not the day for tribute from various countries. Three envoys, come to our Ming Dynasty, what do you mean?!"

When they heard the word "respect", the faces of these three envoys turned pale with fright.

The strength of these three countries is far inferior to that of Goryeo. Who are they?

The Kingdom of Korea was destroyed when the Ming Dynasty said it would be destroyed.

Can they afford the word "respect" in the Ming Emperor's mouth?

The envoys from the three countries shouted loudly and almost in unison in their broken Chinese: "His Majesty, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid and dare not show respect in front of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to get entangled in this kind of thing. There was a trace of impatience on his face and he said: "Okay, if the three envoys have anything to say, just hurry up. I have other political matters to deal with later."

The Siamese envoy reacted the fastest. He took the lead and said: "After the previous envoy returned home, he conveyed the wishes of His Majesty the Ming Emperor to our king. Our king expressed his strong support for the new tribute system."

"Our king's respect for the Ming Dynasty comes from the bottom of his heart. He told us that the Ming Dynasty is our suzerain state of Siam. It is our duty to pay filial piety to the Ming Dynasty. How can we be greedy for repayment. In order to express our Siamese feelings, This time we also brought tribute, and the things we paid tribute this time were all obtained with the efforts of the whole country."

"His Majesty the King has said that the Ming Dynasty is our Siamese parents. How can any child take time to fulfill his filial piety to his parents?"

The specialties of Siam are nothing more than rice, tea, sappan wood and agarwood.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even raise his eyelids.

However, there is an old saying in China: don’t hit someone with a smiling face.

After all, the other party is here to give a gift.

Zhu Yuanzhang signaled the officials of the Ministry of Rites to accept the tribute gift list from Siam.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang accepting the tribute from his country, the Siam envoy finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought that what he had just said was quite high-level, mainly because of the level of recognition of his father. There would never be a parent in this world who would ruthlessly attack his own son.

The envoys from the other two countries not only despised and secretly scolded the Siamese envoy for being shameless in their hearts, but also hated themselves for being taken advantage of by the other party.

One by one, they have also started to recognize their fathers. They are not shameless, only more shameless.

In addition to the regular tributes, Annan also directly offered their national treasure, the White Elephant King, this time.

Champa did not fall behind at all. In addition to all kinds of incense and precious jewelry, a rare beast was also presented as tribute.

It's a golden lion king.

The envoy from Champa even sang praises to Lao Zhu, saying that the Ming Dynasty was like the golden-haired lion king, the king of all beasts, and that all nations surrendered.

If it had been before, Zhu Yuanzhang would have been very happy and accepted the tribute.

Then happily give them rewards in return.

But at this moment, sitting on the dragon chair, Zhu Yuanzhang felt no emotion in his heart.

Just like the country of Korea, they used to dig up and search for several older Korean ginseng plants as tribute. Now that the entire Korea belongs to the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to go to such trouble.

But in a country where kimchi is a state banquet, it’s really hard to be generous.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was calm inside, a smile appeared on his face.

The real drama is just about to begin.

After seeing the smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, the envoys from the three countries finally let go of their hanging hearts.

Their mission was successfully completed.

However, in their view, they not only agreed to the new tribute system changed by Zhu Yuanzhang, but they were also so active that they came to deliver tributes with a smile on their face.

Not only did he give up the profits, but he was also so shameless.

There is indeed no need for the Ming Dynasty to take action against them anymore, which means that Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction was what they expected.

Their understanding of the Ming Dynasty still remains in the past, thinking that the Ming Dynasty today is just a stronger military force. What they don't know is that the entire Ming Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at the three envoys kneeling below with a bright smile on his face.

"The three envoys have worked so hard this time to prepare so many precious tributes. Although our Ming Dynasty does not need to hold meetings anymore due to the new tribute system, this time, we still prepared a big gift for you."

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

The envoys from Champa, Annam, and Siam showed surprise on their faces.

If the visit is considered a complete success if His Majesty the Ming Emperor forgives him, then if he can receive a return gift from the Ming Dynasty, it means he has overfulfilled his mission.

After returning home, they must be rewarded by their respective kings.

You must know that before their visit, the kings of various countries basically told them that they were willing to give whatever the Ming Dynasty wanted, as long as they could be forgiven by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

These kings are really scared this time.

(End of this chapter)