Chapter 2518

Although the vassal kings who were entrusted to local areas during the Ming Dynasty could enjoy glory and wealth, they basically had no chance of inheriting the throne. Therefore, these vassal kings' views on dynasty change were still very different from that of Emperor Chongzhen in the Forbidden City.

For Chongzhen, the change of dynasty means that the Zhu family has lost the world, and he is no longer the king who rules the world. It is not an exaggeration to describe this as the sky has fallen. As for the vassal who has no real power and can only stay in the fiefdom all his life,

Coming to the king is tantamount to breaking the cage that imprisoned them. From now on, they no longer need to be bound by royal rules, and they no longer need to bow to ridiculous imperial edicts. They can leave their fiefdom and choose a different life.

Achieved many things that I didn’t dare to think about before.

Of course, before that, the vassal kings must first deal with one thing, and that is their relationship with Haihan. If they do not get the support of Haihan, or even become Haihan's enemy, their future life will be very difficult.

Maybe it's not as good as when I was the feudal king.

Of course, the vassals all have the freedom to choose whether to wisely become a supporter of Haihan, or to support their own troops and fight against Haihan. The truly smart people have already begun to fight against Haihan when the situation in the Ming Dynasty was not good.

There was a secret communication. Moreover, the vassal king had more negotiating capital at that time, so the representatives sent to Sanya were even personally received by Tao Donglai. This is why Tao Hongfang knew the relevant inside story.

Although Tao Hongfang, who was still studying at the time, did not quite understand the purpose of King Zhu Jiafan sending people to Sanya, but later as his knowledge increased, he gradually became able to understand what these people were planning.

Some people want to replace Chongzhen and take the initiative to act as Haihan's puppet to take over the world. Some people want to rely on Haihan, even if they cannot keep the title of vassal king, they still want to keep their family's wealth and special status in the local area.

Of course, there will also be careerists who think highly of themselves, hoping to take advantage of the changes in the world situation to cooperate with Haihan and get better treatment for themselves than the vassal king, such as becoming Haihan's hero in bringing peace to the world. Among these people

So I think I have such qualifications because before that, Ming Dynasty already had a successful example who was not a vassal king but was better than a vassal king.

Tao Hongfang clearly remembered that his father once said to him in private that many people in the Ming Dynasty hated Xu Xinsu, but the reason was not entirely because Xu Xinsu betrayed the interests of the Ming Dynasty, but because these people could not make themselves become Xu Xinsu.

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In other words, if you can be as powerful as Xu Xinsu in the local area, and even regard the imperial power as nothing, then I am afraid that many people will rush to cooperate with Haihan. Even if some of them are pure descendants of the Zhu family,

There will still be uncontrollable ambitions that I want to realize.

However, at that time, Haihan's influence was limited to the southern coastal areas, and it was unable to control the northern areas where the Ming vassal kings were located, and it was unlikely to support a local separatist force similar to Xu Xinsu in these places.

However, through these secret contacts, Haihan also mastered some special resources, which will help in the future to take over the ruling area originally belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

Tao Hongfang said: "Now the Ming Dynasty only has symbolic ruling rights in the areas near Gyeonggi. If these vassal kings do not want to be driven back to live under the same roof with Chongzhen, they have to find a way to live on their own.

They are looking for a way out. But there are really not many choices left for them. If they don’t take the initiative to seek cooperation with our country, they can only wait to slowly become rural rich people."

Bai Letong said: "When it comes to this topic, we must also praise our country's propaganda methods. As far as I know, the sales scope of official newspapers like Haihan Times has not been limited to our country's rule.

Even in the Ming Dynasty, there were a considerable number of subscribers, and most of them were powerful upper-class figures in society. Many of the news published in the newspapers could also be seen by the vassal kings. The two relatively

By comparison, you will naturally gradually understand the strength of our country, and over time you will inevitably have various thoughts."

What Haihan could give, Emperor Chongzhen in the Forbidden City could not give. People's hearts are complicated, but the truth is that simple. The princes of the Zhu family took the initiative to come to seek cooperation. It can be regarded as the general trend and what people want, it will happen naturally.

However, which member of the Zhu family the two officers were escorting south, the young men couldn't guess without more information. And considering their own identities, they couldn't pursue them to investigate the matter. At the moment, they could only

It can be used as a topic for chatting after dinner.

There was no conversation that night. The next morning, everyone didn't even eat breakfast. After simply washing up, they left the guest house and headed east.

They had long heard about the prosperity of Zhoushan Dinghai Port in various reports. Now that they were lucky enough to stay here for a short time, they naturally wanted to take the time to see it.

Arriving near Xiaozhushan, as expected, there were many horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws waiting to pick up customers early on. This place is located in the middle of Dinghai Port, dividing the entire harbor into two, and it happens to be the dividing line between the military base and the commercial port.

These civilian vehicles are not allowed to enter the military base, so they are here in Xiaozhushan to attract customers. Most of the soldiers who go out from the military base go to the commercial district to spend money, so there are quite a few people who will hail a taxi here.

Of course, there was no need for Tao Hongfang and others to hire a car themselves. Their entourage rushed ahead to make arrangements quickly, and then the group took four carriages to the business district of Dinghai Port.

If we make a horizontal comparison from the perspective of topography, the length of the coastline of Dinghai Port Business District is actually almost the same as that of Sanya Victory Port. However, the depth of space is slightly better than that of Dinghai Port, so the area available for development is actually larger than that of Shengli Port City.

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And Shi Diwen did not waste this geomantic treasure land. After more than 20 years of continuous management and construction, it has been successfully promoted to the most prosperous port in the entire East China Sea region.

The young officials let the hired carriage run along the dock of the port area first. Not surprisingly, they found that the scale of the port construction here was indeed comparable to that of Victory Port. Moreover, there were many warehouses and shops near the dock, and quite interesting buildings could be seen everywhere on the roofs.

Haihan's characteristic giant advertising sign allows ships entering and leaving the port to notice the content on it from far away on the sea.

There were also various types of ships entering and leaving the port. As they casually looked at the carriage, they could already identify ships from many countries, including Galen ships and Frut sailing ships from Europe. The sharp-eyed Ning Zijing even discovered

There is a business warehouse flying the VOC flag of the Dutch East India Company. It seems that Western businessmen also attach great importance to the influence of this regional trade center.
Chapter completed!