The matter of the party dispute has just been resolved, and the news from the Japanese side has come again.

What Zhu Cihong didn't expect was that the old thing of Tokugawa Iemitsu actually died!

As soon as the old thing died, the shogunate elder Sakai Tadakatsu and others immediately supported Tokugawa Ietsuna, the ten-year-old son of Tokugawa Ietsuna, as the new shogun, and held a shogun proclamation in Kyoto.

The Tokugawa shogunate, which was still passively resisting, immediately changed its posture and took the initiative to make peace with the Ming Dynasty and agreed to all the terms.

Zhu Cihong looked at these reports, and finally felt relieved in his heart, the child of Tokugawa Ietsuna, I heard that he was mentally retarded, and he was not afraid.

Now that the strategic objectives have been achieved, it is only necessary to reap the fruits of negotiations.

In this peace negotiation, Zhu Cihong demanded that the other party must be the emperor of Japan to sign the treaty on behalf of Japan.

Because the Japanese emperor claims to be a family of all generations, there has been no change of dynasty from ancient times to the present, and it has always been the imperial family that is tossing, and the current Emperor Goguang is already the 110th generation.

Negotiate a contract with the emperor, and no matter how civil war and chaos Japan will have in the future, and which daimyo will come to the fore, these terms will come into effect.

As long as anyone dares to infringe on the interests of the Ming Dynasty in Japan under the pretext, the Ming Dynasty will have a reason to raise a righteous army to crusade!

For the envoy to Japan for negotiations, Zhu Cihong thought about it and decided to send Zhu Cijiong, the king who had just returned from Nanyang, and only the prince of the Ming Dynasty was equal to the status of the Japanese emperor, giving Na Shaoren a little face.

Zhu Cihong replied to Shen Shouchong's recital, and Yu Guang found that the crown prince Zhu and His Majesty were quietly lying in front of the palace gate.

"What are you doing, come in!"

The prince jumped in, and said with a suspicious face: "Father, have you killed someone again?" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly, but asked quietly: "How did the emperor know, who told you?" ”

The prince didn't think much about it, and replied: "I heard from a few eunuchs on the other side of the Qianqing Palace. ”

"Oh."

Zhu Cihong nodded lightly and glanced at Wu Zhong beside him.

Wu Zhong understood, bowed down and slowly withdrew from the main hall.

"Father, why are you killing people?"

Zhu Cihong looked at the crown prince and said with a smile: "The emperor only considers one reason for killing people, that is, whether this person has affected the stability of the country. ”

The anomaly of the prince's birth did not come in vain, although he was young, he was extremely intelligent and knew a lot of small truths.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Father, can you be an emperor without killing people?" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Yes, then you have to be ready to be a faint king." ”

The prince couldn't understand it, and Zhu Cihong didn't bother to explain it to him.

Throughout history, it can be sadly found that the achievements of emperors are often directly proportional to the number of killings he has, and the more people killed, the greater the achievements.

What great emperor didn't have blood on his hands? The more majestic the emperor, the more murderous he is!

The real emperor survival game is so cruel! A good man can't be an emperor!

To use the law of blood reward, violence is the meta-rule that determines everything!

A large amount of resources and wealth are distributed according to the ability to kill and destroy, and the destructive power directly shapes the social structure and directly determines the social status and the boundaries of rights and obligations of each social group.

Zhu Cihong looked at the prince with a puzzled face and asked, "I heard that your third uncle entered the palace today?" ”

The prince didn't think much about it anymore and replied: "The third uncle is meeting the imperial grandmother in Cining Palace!" ”

Zhu Cihong was curious: "How do you know everything!" ”

The prince muttered, "It's such a big place in the palace......"

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong occasionally felt that yes, there is such a big place in the palace, and I have to take this kid out for a walk in the future.

"Your Majesty, go to Cining Palace and call your third uncle, and tomorrow I will take you out of the palace for a walk."

"The Emperor's Decree!"

The prince's face was overjoyed, and he ran out of the hall in a hurry.

......

Not long after, Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding, who was wearing the clothes of the prince, hurried over.

Stepping into the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Cijiong saluted and said, "Brother Dingwang Cijiong, meet His Majesty the eldest brother Emperor!" ”

"Okay, you're welcome, family, sit down!" Zhu Cihong pointed to an embroidered pier at the bottom of the road.

King Ding has matured a lot in recent years, and he has also settled down a lot.

He is in his early twenties, height and appearance are quite similar to Zhu Cihong, but the expression on his face is a little cowardly, and he does not have the majesty and domineering of Emperor Zhu.

Zhu Cihong asked: "Third brother, are you still used to living in Nanyang in the past two years?" ”

"Thank you for your concern, my brother is doing well, but the temperature over there is high, there is a lot of rain, and the wind is quite strong."

Zhu Cihong smiled, the Philippines has a tropical rainforest climate, and there are typhoons every year, can it be compared with Daming?

"If you are not used to it, please come back, and I will arrange a more comfortable place for you, such as Taiwan, or Japan." Zhu Cihong said seriously.

King Ding listened to the first half of the sentence and felt very comfortable, and secretly said that the royal brother still loved me, but when he heard the location behind him, his heart instantly cooled half.

What kind of place is this, or an overseas island!

Can the environment in Japan be a little better? But don't you get tired of watching a group of dwarves who speak bird language all day long? (Ancient Japanese were generally short in stature, and it is said that Tokugawa Ieyasu was 1.56 meters and Toyotomi Hideyoshi was only 1.4 meters.) ）

Zhu Cihong got up and came over, patted King Ding's shoulder and said, "Third brother, you are still young, and you have not experienced the hardships of your father and me. ”

King Ding hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Brother respectfully follow the teachings of His Majesty the eldest brother!" ”

Zhu Cihong motioned for him to sit down and speak, and then asked, "How is the situation in Nanyang?" ”

King Ding replied very carefully, first talking about how Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, developed Luzon Island, and how to arrange immigrants on various small islands in the South Seas, the deployment of troops, and the relationship with the local aborigines.

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, and secretly said that King Tang had a hard time, and he also knew that he had grabbed the territory.

"What about the colonies of Europa? What is your attitude towards my Ming Dynasty's development in Nanyang? ”

"In the third year of Tianwu, Frederick Henry, the consul and military commander of the United Republic of the Netherlands, died of his duties, and his titles included Prince of Orange and Earl of Nassau......"

Zhu Cihong knew it in his heart, no wonder after the Ming Dynasty recovered Taiwan, the Netherlands did not raise troops on a large scale to retaliate, it turned out that the boss was dead, and everyone was very busy.

"What about Spain?"

Zhu Cihong was most concerned with the Spaniards who occupied the Philippines.

King Ding replied: "In the fifth year of Tianwu, Spain lost the war against France, and their military superiority on land came to an end, and their national strength was gradually declining. ”

When Zhu Cihong asked about the situation in the United Kingdom, King Ding wanted to say but stopped, and seemed reluctant to say.

Zhu Cihong smiled: "What's wrong? Was it the English King Charles I who was guillotined? ”

King Ding was surprised, and said with a face full of surprise: "How did the imperial brother know?" ”

This was the sixth year of Tianwu, and after the parliamentary army led by Cromwell defeated the royal army, he executed King Charles I in January 1649 in the Western calendar, overthrew the Stuart dynasty, and established the English Republic.

From England to Daming, it takes a year to take the sea route, this news is the first-hand news that King Ding gets, he really doesn't know how his brother knew about it.

Zhu Cihong just smiled, he wouldn't tell this younger brother that this thing written in the junior high school history book is still a compulsory question in the high school entrance examination!

At this moment, Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding, admires his imperial brother like a surging river, endless, and like the flooding of the Yellow River, out of control......

In the end, King Ding said a piece of news that made Zhu Cihong very excited, he returned to Daming this time and brought potatoes from Nanyang!

This is the first time that Zhu Cihong has been impressed by this third brother, and he has finally done something to benefit the country and the people! (Historically, potatoes were introduced to China from Southeast Asia in February of the year in the book.) ）

In order to encourage this little brother, Zhu Cihong praised him and rewarded him with a lot of items, including the request for a Yanma to be a concubine before Enzhun Dingwang.

With excitement, after a few days in Nanjing, King Ding set off for Japan as a messenger to sign a treaty with the Japanese Emperor Shaoren.