Chapter 1: The Grassland Guest (1)

Modify and correct a mistake in the past. Princess Taisong, who is Concubine Kang, is actually the younger and middle-aged one of Lin Danhan's two sisters. She is not only beautiful but also rich. From now on, Lin Danhan is Zhu Yinglong's cheap brother-in-law!

Previous mistakes will be reflected when the public chapter is updated with the ban. Please correct them at any time and forgive me!

The busy days passed day by day. Because of Lin Rong, Zhu Yinglong forgot that he went to the first floor of the Dark Prison before leaving the First Prison to meet the detained Korqin Mongolian Princess Hai Lanzhu. He only remembered this after returning to the palace. However, since it took at least a day to go there, he could not go there again to see a Hai Lanzhu, so this matter was delayed.

Time has entered December, commonly known as the "twelfth lunar month", and Zhu Yinglong's birthday, that is, the Wannian Festival, is slowly approaching.

Zhu Yinglong ascended the throne at the age of 17 and has been on the throne of the emperor for more than four years. This is the birthday of the 22nd birthday. It is also the time when the domestic system is undergoing great changes. Both at home and abroad pay special attention to this birthday. Envoys from various countries gathered in the capital, many of them traveled thousands of miles and set off for half a year ago.

Envoys from many countries gathered in the capital, including the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, England, France, Japan, Siam, Vietnam, Later Jin, Mongolia, Uszawa (Tibet), Jiaozhi, the Principality of Russia, etc.

In addition to the neighboring countries, some European countries such as England and France are just representatives of businessmen who traveled across the ocean to China to do business. They are simply following the Netherlands and Spain to eat and drink. It may be that the two countries need these people to support themselves.

This time, Portugal went to Beijing to celebrate his birthday only by representing merchants, but he was responsible for this special task. If Portugal wants to become independent from Spain again, it naturally needs a strong ally. Although the Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles away from Portugal, if it can offer more preferential treatment to Portugal in trade, or even tougher in its attitude towards Spain, these will have a huge effect on Portugal's independence.

Portugal and Spain's attitude towards the Ming Dynasty was essentially no different, but Portugal believed that it had a good relationship with the cooperation between the Ming Dynasty, such as selling advanced firearms such as red cannons, Franc cannons, and helping the Ming Dynasty train their troops, etc. Spain had an average relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and even had some evil relationships. Therefore, these so-called advantages were that Portuguese merchants were very frequent in the capital and frequently contacted officials of various imperial departments. However, because his status level was too low and there were envoys sent by Spain to monitor and restrain them, no actual progress was made.

It is impossible for a nation to make progress by being self-consistent. Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty opened the sea ban, the first thing that benefited was the major coastal cities. Navigation trade began to flourish. Although it was only the initial stage, the huge profits attracted merchants. Behind the mysterious veil of the sea, the Ming people with thoughts and flexible concepts gradually attracted.

The Roman Catholic Church also sent a bishop, but this bishop was very arrogant and rude. He repeatedly refused to recognize the legitimacy of Emperor Zhu Yinglong in public, believing that only the emperor who accepted the crown of the pope was legal. For the Roman Catholic Church, Zhu Yinglong was very disgusted with the past and present lives. I am so many great gods in China, why should I worship that bird man? I immediately issued an order to expel this bishop who had not even understood his name, and would not step into the territory of the Ming Dynasty for the rest of my life.

At the same time, the bishop brought an imperial edict to the Pope, which stated that the Ming Dynasty was the center of the world, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was the son of heaven, and was sent by heaven to manage the entire world. The little sect in that wild land dared to claim himself as the spokesperson of heaven. It was extremely crazy. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with a kind heart, was equal to all living beings, and promised that you would visit the City of the Emperor. On the day the decree arrived, you should not call yourself the Pope again, otherwise the heavenly soldiers would be turned into powder, etc.

I believe that the Pope must be angry when he saw this imperial edict. Will he declare himself a pagan, launch a crusade, and eliminate pagans. However, with the influence of the Roman Catholic Church in the European royal family, many European countries must be very unfriendly to the Ming Dynasty. However, Zhu Yinglong did not care about this unfriendliness. There is only strength and weakness between countries, and the rest is only interests, and everything else can be ignored.

These are some small episodes before the arrival of the Wanbao Festival, which only adds some topic of talk to the people of the Ming Dynasty after dinner, and then increases sales and influence to major newspapers in the capital, making a fortune.

Zhu Yinglong was not all foreign envoys who came to Beijing to celebrate his birthday. Some small countries were handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for handling. He personally met with several vassal states with good vassal states for the Ming Dynasty. Among them, two countries that were in name only, one was North Korea and the other was Ryukyu. Needless to say, North Korea now has nearly one-fifth of people living on the land of the Ming Dynasty, and they have even forgotten that they were once a North Korean. The psychological recognition of the Ming Dynasty made most Koreans almost forget their own country, because their life in the Ming Dynasty seemed much better than in North Korea. Why should they go back to North Korea to live a poor life? In addition to the Korean royal family and some ministers who finally became royal family, the general also has some troops who hope to fight North Korea one day and regain the glory of the past!

Therefore, what North Korea needs most is the help of the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Yinglong does not want North Korea to become a vassal state again. Even an obedient dog may one day bite his master. Therefore, he takes care of the Korean royal family and some ministers in every way. However, he is not very enthusiastic about helping North Korea train its army and providing better weapons preparations. However, he treats ordinary people in the North Koreans the same as those in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the North Korean nation is unconsciously becoming increasingly integrated into the Ming Dynasty.

There are also long-term visions among the monarchs and ministers of Korea, but no matter how hard they try, they will probably not be able to restore the former North Korean country. The Later Jin and the Ming Dynasty both covetously towards North Korea. The difference is that the Later Jin conquered by force. The Ming Dynasty is better. At least it does not discriminate against the people of North Korea. In comparison, North Korea was originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but now it has lost its territory. Even if it becomes a province in the Ming Dynasty in the future, it is nothing. The country is destroyed and the nation is not destroyed!

Another one is the king of the puppet, Shangfeng, the king of Zhongshan of the Ryukyu Kingdom. This time the envoy who came to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute was his uncle Xiang Heling and Zijin doctor Cai Jian. Ryukyu is now controlled by the Shimazu family of Japan's Satsuma family, so the King of Ryukyu has become a puppet controlled by Japan. The Shimazu family moved some members of the Ryukyu royal family to Kagoshima, the Shimazu family, and now the King of Ryukyu is in name only.

In the third year of Tianqi, the king of Zhongshan, Shang Ning, passed away, and the prince Shangfeng inherited the throne of Zhongshan. It turned out that Ryukyu had a tribute to the Ming Dynasty in two years. Later, due to Japanese pirates and pirates, they became one tribute in ten years. Emperor Tianqi ascended the throne. Ryukyu immediately sent his uncle Chicheng Anlai (Mao Fengyi), Zhenggong Dafu Cai Xian and others to the court to sue the new king, and at the instruction of Satsuma, he took the opportunity to request that one tribute in ten years be changed to one tribute in two years. Emperor Tianqi used Ryukyu to "Cheng Chen" and so he promised that one tribute in five years be a tribute in five years. Just like when the previous king ascended the throne, the enthronement of the imperial court was unable to be sent for a long time due to various reasons. In addition to the uneasy sea atmosphere and red tape preparations, the Ming Dynasty was vacant and the national treasury was empty and unable to build a gorgeous canonized ship, which also led to the canonization envoy being unable to start as soon as possible. It was not until the Ming Dynasty navy defeated Zheng Zhilong's fleet in Haishan that Du Sance, the chief officer of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Legislung, was sent to the last Ming Dynasty to envoy, and Yang Lun, the pedestrian, as the deputy envoy, arrived in Naha. The canonization of Shangfeng, who had been ascended for nearly eight years, this time Shangfeng sent envoys to pay tribute to the emperor for his longevity and thank him for his kindness. Second, he took the opportunity to show his favor to Daming and requested a tribute for two years.

Ryukyu was nominally a vassal to the Japanese shogunate, but in fact he was controlled by the Shimazu family on Kagoshima. However, Shoufeng himself was a pro-Japanese faction. The reason was because of the influence of the previous Nakayama king, Shouning. The two generations of shoguns of Tokugawa Iemitsu and Tokugawa Hidetachi were not bad to Shoutong. Of course, they also had a purpose, just to use Shouning to repair the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time they had the purpose of gaining Ryukyu dependence and other purposes.

Perhaps because of the brutal invasion of the Shimazu family and the kindness of Edo, Shangyan was even more grateful to Edo and regarded the Tokugawa family as their reborn parents. However, because of Shangyan's influence, Shangyoung naturally hated the Shimazu family to the core, but he showed quite kindness to the Tokugawa shogunate.

The Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan first used a knife to kill people, allowing the Shimazu family to commit violence first, and then came forward to make a false comfort, thus gaining the favorable impression of the Shang family for the Tokugawa Shogunate. Then, the Shimazu family remotely controlled Ryukyu, allowing the Shang family and Shimazu to restrain each other, thus achieving the goal of Japan's permanent control of Ryukyu.

The Japanese shogunate's calculation was naturally quite clever. On the one hand, the princes allowed the princes to expand their territory, and on the other hand, they restricted the princes' strength and prevented their development and growth from affecting their rule. They played the art of balance!

Of course, Zhu Yinglong was not so stupid that he told the Ryukyu envoys directly, but he also gave many hints, and at the same time he asked the Ryukyu envoys to garrison troops in Ryukyu. Moreover, the navy and army troops were stationed together, with about 5,000 troops, which exceeded two-thirds of the Shimazu family's troops in Ryukyu.

In fact, the request for the garrison was just a test of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. He used Naotomoto's mouth to tell the Japanese shogunate that Ryukyu was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, not a close minister of the Japanese shogunate. If you know the truth, get out of Ryukyu quickly, otherwise the next step would be to fight!

Although Zhu Yinglong knew that peaceful development was crucial to the current Ming Dynasty, he still had to beat some restless countries. In the past, the Ming Dynasty was trapped in its own quagmire and could not look out. Now that he was in pain, he did not forget those who took advantage of the situation. The necessary deterrence was still needed. Therefore, the recovery of Ryukyu by force was a crucial part of Zhu Yinglong's plan. The King of Ryukyu Shangfeng sent envoys to pay tribute to celebrate his birthday, which gave him such a god-given opportunity!
Chapter completed!