Ji Kun's self-initiated diplomatic coercion in Siam has now had a chain reaction, and Chenla and Laos no longer dare to confront the Chinese Empire. There was no way to fight, they were all surrounded by the two towns of Jinghai and Jin Mau in the Ming Dynasty, and the two vassal states of Annan and Siam.
Therefore, during the Spring Festival of the fourth year of Hongxing, the tributary missions from Chenla and Laos arrived in Nanjing and demanded that they sign the "Treaty of Suzerainty and Vassal" like Annan and Siam.
Of course, Zhu Cixi had to meet the requirements of these two friendly neighbors, so he asked the envoys of Laos to sign a "standard treaty" - he had no requirements for Laos, they were all mountains, and there were not even a few feet of flat land, and the knife to cut the land Don’t even know where to cut?
As for Chenla, Zhu Cihong cut off the Jiulongjiang Plain and Jinoujiao with one stroke, which were the territories that the Chenla people had given to the Vietnamese in history. Now it is divided between the Jinou and Jinghai armies. The Jinou army takes the big part and the Jinghai army takes the small part.
In addition to Annam, Chenla, Laos and Siam, during the Spring Festival in the fourth year of Hongxing, envoys from Boni, Sulu and Ryukyu came to Nanjing to pay tribute.
This is probably also a chain reaction of Siam's return, right?
However, Boni, Sulu and Ryukyu did not sign the "Treaty of Suspensions and Vassals", which means that they were not yet the "legal vassal states" of the Ming Dynasty.
Now Zhu Cixiang is transforming the Ming Dynasty's external system from the tribute system to the world empire system, and the "Zong-vass Treaty" is one of the legal basis for the Ming Dynasty world empire system. All countries that sign the treaty, while enjoying the protection of the Ming Dynasty, must also bear the obligation to maintain the Ming Dynasty's world empire.
The world empire does not give small countries like them a free ride. They must also fulfill their obligations to the Celestial Empire. Therefore, Zhu Cixiang would not sign contracts with small countries that the Celestial Empire could not protect for the time being, or that were unwilling to fulfill their obligations as a vassal state.
However, it is also the consensus of the important ministers of the two governments to draw the three countries of Boni, Sulu and Ryukyu into the Ming Dynasty world empire.
"Military advisor," Zhu Cixiang fiddled with the memorial from the ambassador to Japan and asked thoughtfully, "do you want to take advantage of Japan's defeat at Kuwu Island to solve the Ryukyu issue?"
Li Yan replied: "Your Majesty is wise, this is what I think."
"But the one who controls the Ryukyu Kingdom is the Satsuma Domain of Japan," Zhu Cixiang said. "It is impossible for the Satsuma Domain to participate in the Battle of Kuwu Island...Are we going to go to war with the Satsuma Domain of Japan for the tiny land of Ryukyu? ?”
Zhu Cixiang was not afraid that he would not be able to defeat the Satsuma Domain, but was worried that the Battle of Ryukyu might become a turning point in the founding of Japan.
Once Japan is founded, sooner or later it will become a powerful enemy of Ming Dynasty in the southeast sea!
Although the founding of Japan is a matter of time, it should not be accelerated if it can be delayed. If it can be postponed for thirty to fifty years, the generation gap between Japan and China will widen.
"Your Majesty," Li Yan added, "if you are not willing to go to war with the Satsuma Domain of Japan, you might as well take advantage of Japan's defeat at Kuwu Island to send troops to the Ryukyu Kingdom. Now Ryukyu is one country and two vassals. Satsuma Domain can send troops, why can’t we?”
"Your Majesty," said Zheng Zhilong, the Minister of Revenue, "Actually, our victory over the Ryukyu Kingdom will not trigger a war with the Satsuma Domain... Compared with us, the strength of the Satsuma Domain is not worth mentioning! Moreover, Just because we enter the Ryukyu Kingdom does not mean we have to exclude the Satsuma Domain. We and the Satsuma Domain can coexist."
"Coexist?" Zhu Cixiang frowned, "How to coexist?"
"We can build a trading port on Ryukyu land," Zheng Zhilong said, "and then outsource it to Satsuma Domain for management. In this way, Satsuma Domain will be profitable and will not make the matter a big deal and attract the attention of the shogunate."
"Really?" Zhu Cixiang was still a little doubtful.
Zheng Zhilong looked at Zhu Cihong's expression and said with a smile: "I have another plan."
"Say it quickly."
"I wonder if your Majesty has ever heard of a person named Ukita Hideie?"
"Ukita Hideya?" Zhu Cixiang pretended to be unclear.
"Your Majesty," Zheng Zhilong said, "Ukita Hideie is the adopted son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and one of the top five men under Hideyoshi. He was once a figure who rubbed shoulders with Tokugawa Ieyasu. In the Battle of Sekigahara fifty-one years ago, Ukita Hideie was Tokugawa Ieyasu's enemy. After the war, Ukita Hideie fled to Satsuma Country and hid for more than two years before being handed over to the Tokugawa shogunate because of the reconciliation between the Shimadzu family and the Tokugawa family. But Shimazu The family and the Ukita Hide family's in-laws, the Maeda family, constantly begged the shogunate to spare his life and exile him to Hachijo Island. As far as I know, this Ukita Hide family is still alive!"
This Ukita Hideie is really alive!
He spent fifty years on earth, while he spent fifty years exiled on a desert island!
"You're 80 years old, right?" Zhu Cixiang thought for a moment, "What's the use of being so old?"
"It's useful!" Zheng Zhilong said, "Once the shogunate was defeated on Kuwu Island and its prestige was damaged, and the Toyotomi family kidnapped Mr. Ukita, shouldn't the Shimazu family have to carefully consider their position?"
It seems to make sense!
"What Mr. Quan Guo said makes sense," Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "That's what we will do!"
As he spoke, Emperor Zhu picked up another memorial, which was jointly signed by Wu Sangui and Zhu Cizhao and transferred from the Ministry of War.
Emperor Zhu said: "The envoys of Pingxi and Shuofang have reached an agreement with Batur Hutaiji of the Zhungeer tribe. Batur Hutaiji agreed to become our vassal and sent troops to attack Yeerqiang Khan. country, and also promised to let one of his sons come to Nanjing to study."
Allowing the sons of the heads of the outer and inner vassals to study in Nanjing was a means for Emperor Zhu to strengthen the relationship between the sects and vassals.
"Your Majesty," Wu Xiang said immediately, "Batur Hutaiji has seven sons in total. Currently, there are five sons alive including Chechen Taiji, Zhuote Babatur, Sengge, Galdan, and Wenchun. I don't know. Who does Your Majesty want to come to Nanjing?"
Of course it’s the Galdan kid. This is a talent that must be cultivated well!
"Let Galdan come to Nanjing," Zhu Cihong said, "let him go to elementary school in Nanjing."
He paused and said, "After Batur Hutaiji takes over the Yerqiang Khanate, we can ask him to send his son here."
...
The two houses worked together until lunch. Zhu Cihong did not eat at the Fengtian Hall, but went to the Xiyanglou, where he wanted to eat with a little girl.
This little girl's name is Jin Dongzhu, that is, Dongguo Princess. She is 14 years old and is already in the fifth grade of elementary school. In a blink of an eye, she will be in middle school, and her academic load is not light. Today happens to be May 14th, and the school only has half-day classes, and tomorrow is a holiday (two days off on the first and fifteenth day of the month, and half-day classes on the fourteenth and thirtieth of each month), so Zhu Cihong asked Jin Dongzhu to go back to school. Lived in a Western-style building.
By the way, I can also help her with her homework...
When Zhu Cixiang arrived at Xiyanglou, Jin Dongzhu had already returned from school. The 14-year-old girl had grown taller, and because she had more sports activities in the girls' school, she was stronger than when she first arrived, and her skin was also a little tanned. Black gives people a healthy aesthetic feeling.
Seeing Emperor Zhu coming, the little girl quickly kowtowed and saluted, and even called herself a civilian girl, which made Zhu Cixi burst out laughing. She waved her hand and said, "Dongzhu, it's just the two of us, why are you so polite?"
Jin Dongzhu smiled and said: "Brother the emperor, the queen's sister-in-law are also Westerners."
"Yes, she is here too." Only then did Zhu Cixiang remember that it was Wu Sanmei's turn to sleep with her tonight. That Zheng Chagu is pregnant again, she will give birth in July or August! So Wu Sanmei must work hard...
"Where is she?" Zhu Cixiang asked.
"I'm teaching Princess Tianfeng archery." Jin Dongzhu replied, "I've already sent someone to call her."
Zhu Cixiang nodded, walked outside the dining room, and found a Western-style sofa to sit down on. Jin Dongzhu also obediently went up and sat next to Zhu Cixiang, and then handed over an envelope.
"What is this?" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "Is it a report card? If you don't do well in the exam, you will be slapped on the palm of your hand!"
Jin Dongzhu blinked, "Brother Emperor is reluctant to beat Dongzhu!"
"Really didn't do well in the exam?" Zhu Cixiang asked half-jokingly.
"No, this is a letter from brother Fulin."
