Straightened up, several envoys were under the guidance of the ceremonial officer, and once entered, the vastness of the interior of the Imperial Palace instantly made the envoys of these small countries and widows worship, especially after Zhu Youxiao installed some transparent glass on the roof, such a tall building, a bright hall, and made them worship in their hearts. [No pop-ups. 】

From the outside, it looks magnificent, and the interior decoration is even more classical and elegant, and the envoys of several small countries who have not been to the Ming Dynasty for a long time don't know what to say.

They didn't dare to look at it much, for fear of being laughed at by the officials of the country, so they lowered their heads, just glanced at them secretly, and then when they arrived at the position, they directly knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.

"The envoys of the lower kingdom see the emperor of the upper kingdom, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

The six envoys, the voice is quite neat, but there is still some sequence, after all, there has been no rehearsal beforehand, it is very good to have this level.

"Everyone, the envoys have come all the way from afar, and the road is still smooth." Zhu Youxiao said dignifiedly, and asked with concern by the way.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, the journey is very smooth, there are soldiers of the Ming fleet cruising along the road, and no one dares to make a mistake." The envoy of Annam preemptively replied that Vietnam in later generations was divided into three at this time, and that his active performance was to establish his prominent position.

"Your Majesty Xie cares." Zhenla and the envoys of Siam replied together, they were not willing to be left behind, and they were a little transparent, as for the other three small forces, they retreated slightly and did not fight, so that on the small southeast peninsula, several forces were clearly layered.

"Gift list!" After a small interaction, the officer shouted loudly.

Several envoys stood up respectfully, took out a hard-shelled thing from their bosoms, which looked like a high-end wedding invitation, handed it to the ceremonial officer, and sang it one by one.

"The commander of Annan, Li Shi, donated 100,000 quintals of rice and grain, 18 pearls of the South China Sea, a pair of jade, 12 high-grade jade, and 18 beauties."

"The commander of Annan is Mo's, and he offers 3,000 gold, 30,000 silver, 300 deep mountain materials, and 18 beauties."

"The envoy of Annam, Ruan, offered 100,000 quintals of rice grain, 30,000 gold, 100,000 silver, 18 Nanyang pearls, two pairs of jade, 18 pieces of high-quality jade, 200 pieces of deep mountain material, and 32 beauties."

For the Quang Nam Kingdom, this nominally still belongs to the rule of the Li clan, but when someone comes to pay tribute and give gifts, the officials are too late to be happy, how can they decide. Today's tribute, at the request of the stingy emperor, does not need to pay back the tribute at all, this is a simple income, no one is stupid enough to give up, so together, the officials of the Ministry of Rites also gave them the title of the commander of the capital of Annan, anyway, there are already several people in this position over there, and one more is too much.

"The lord of Siam offered ten elephants, one white bear, 100,000 quintals of rice, 300 deep mountain materials, and eighteen beauties."

"The lord of Zhenla Kingdom offered 3,000 gold leaves, 3,000 silver ingots, 100,000 quintals of rice, 300 deep mountain materials, a pair of jade, 18 pearls, and 18 beauties."

"The lord of Zhancheng gave three thousand gold, thirty thousand silver, one coral, eighteen pearls, ten beauties, and households..." The gift list of each country is confidential, and although you can know some types of things that are shipped, you can't know everything about small things.

For example, rice, which has been transported for more than two months, everyone knows that these countries include these in their tributes, but they don't know what to do, and they are all locked in boxes.

"The lord of the city of Zhancheng presents a yellow book of household registration." Taking a deep breath, the officer shouted loudly.

In an instant, the hundred officials looked sideways, and they all looked at the past, and countless eyes made the envoys of Zhancheng uncomfortable. No one will feel comfortable being stared at by the central officials of the most powerful country in the world.

"Champa envoy, what do you mean by this?" Zhu Youxiao asked at the right time.

"Small countries and widows, not enough to rely on, often bullied, the state sacrifices, almost unable to preserve the ......" said and said, the envoy suddenly burst into tears, "The small country does not dare to ask the kingdom to restore the country, but to be reduced to the territory of the kingdom and accept the protection of the kingdom." ”

The tributary system of the Ming Dynasty is complex and meticulous, and there are many procedures, but this is the beginning of the founding of the country, at this time, due to the ban on the sea, Western colonial invasion, etc., many small countries have either disappeared, or lost the ability to pay tribute, and the Ming Dynasty has gradually ceased to maintain a strict subject system.

For this system, Zhu Youxiao once asked about it, and found that it was too complicated, so he cut all those red tapes, for him, these are not important, what matters is what kind of benefits Daming can get from it.

Therefore, he stipulated two vassal systems, one at the level of a king, such as the king of Annam, the king of Japan, the king of Korea, etc., of course, the latter one has disappeared forever, so you don't have to care.

At this level, the country has various independent rights, and the Ming will not interfere too much, similar to what NATO Warsaw and other organizations in later generations, but it should be more strict, the subject country pays tribute, and the Ming provides military protection, and at the same time, in diplomacy and military, the subject country must be consistent with the suzerain.

The next level, is the territory, this is to be counted in the land of the Ming Dynasty, but a lot of rights below the place, its form and one country, two systems of Hong Kong and Macau is similar, but slightly higher, the lord of the country is hereditary, there is no independent diplomatic power, the army to accept the Ming Dynasty to send officers and advisers, and even when necessary, to accept the Ming garrison.

Of course, both have to pay protection fees, and the amount is tribute, but there are fewer subject countries and more dependent territories.

Other than that, there is nothing else, of course, if it develops later, like the West, maybe there will be multiple colonies or something.

These are all clearly understood by the envoys of Champa, the war between the subject countries, generally the Ming Dynasty will not interfere, unless one party asks for it, but the territory is considered a part of the Ming Dynasty, and it will definitely intervene if it is invaded by any kind. The situation in Zhancheng is already very bad, facing the invasion of Guangnan for many years, and even the bullying of Zhenla, I don't know how long it can last, rather than this, it is better to act as the territory of the Ming Dynasty, at least my own inheritance can be preserved.

"Well, your sorrow, I have understood, the temple sacrifice is a big event, in order to protect the temple, it is not too much to suffer some grievances, for the sake of filial piety, I agreed." Zhu Youxiao said it in a pretentious manner, and then said, I only accept it for the sake of your filial piety, otherwise it is impossible to be a territory and accept the complete protection of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, he was actually happy in his heart, this year he had a hunch that there would be a country to pay tribute, just to sort out his own straightened out system, redefined, but he didn't expect to have a good news as soon as he came, and he harvested a territory. As for the territory of the commander of Annan, Zhu Youxiao did not plan to ask for it, his territorial requirements were extremely harsh, except for the internal affairs that were not very openly involved, he had to infiltrate the tentacles in other aspects.

In this way, there is no need for Quang Nam and Annam, which are more stubborn and tenacious, to maintain their territorial status. Face is not important, the important thing is affordability, look, for this name, the gifts given by the two lords are not very much!

Seeing this somewhat shameless scene, the envoys of Zhenla and Siam did not express their position, but envied the strength of the Heavenly Empire in their hearts, and there were people rushing over to be the younger brothers.

Annan didn't have anything, just stared at Gaoping Mo's people, I don't know what they would ask for, you must know that nominally, Gaoping is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the envoys of Quang Nam, they were almost screaming in anger, in the country, they have regarded Champa as their back garden, and they have nothing to do to get a handful, as if not long ago, they occupied Yinghua and set up prefectures and counties here to administer them.

Now, all this beautiful situation has been stirred up, and the cooked duck is gone, and the envoy of Quang Nam can't help but want to speak, "Your Majesty......"

"Silence!" The ceremonial officer suddenly shouted and interrupted the envoy's words, "The Guangnan envoy must not make a mistake!" ”

In a word, he will be blocked, and if he is not asked, you are not allowed to interject, and besides, what qualifications do you have in Guangnan to express your position on the handling of the subject country.

After such a delay, Zhu Youxiao over there had already accepted the yellow register of household registration in Zhancheng, and the decree would be canonized in a few days, and the matter was a foregone conclusion.

After dealing with Zhexi, Zhu Youxiao looked at him with a cold gaze, like a sword, "Guangnan envoy, could it be that you have some criticism of my treatment?" ”

The words that were as cold as iron made the other party feel excited, remembering the earnest confession of the lord of the country before he went abroad, and sounded the generous gift he gave this time, and he could no longer say the words of opposition.

"Small countries have no objections." He replied bitterly, feeling compassion for the weakness of the country.

"That's good, I hope your country will do the same in the future, don't forget the duty of the subject country." Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly.

"Rites, canonization ceremony." Seeing that the matter was over, the ceremonial officer shouted loudly and began to move on to the next item, which was the proper meaning of the question, regulating the rights, responsibilities and obligations of each vassal.

Zhu Youxiao was still very satisfied with the tributes of various countries this time, especially the delivery of 100,000 quintals of grain and 100,000 quintals of grain, as well as hundreds of large grains, all of which hit his heart, and with food, he could ensure the stability of the country and military operations.

Now the roads in the country are not smooth, and there is no collection of grain, the Tiangong business has just been paved to the whole country, and there is no ability to transfer grain in the entire Ming Dynasty, so these sacrifices of rice are precious. It directly saved him the trouble of buying military rations.

As for the big material, needless to say, it is the main material for building a battleship, with these, he will not have to worry about building a ship without wood for at least a few years, and these wood materials are dried in the shade, although the sea transportation has been damp, but as long as it is dried, it can come in handy, and it will be able to enter the factory to build ships next year.

:I'm just off work now.,Fortunately, I struggled the day before yesterday.,Four yards a day.,Save two.,Otherwise, I don't know if I can update it today.。