The vassal state of the Ming Dynasty is not random, and it is not acceptable to everyone.

The Aztec kingdom and the Inca Empire did not have any common values with the Ming people at all.

Not to mention anything else, just because these two countries have to use live human sacrifices on a large scale every year, in the eyes of the Ming people, they are very barbaric and brutal.

Only barbarians would sacrifice with living people.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that at present, these two countries can be treated as pending vassal states, and I can send a large number of saints to educate them, and when they understand the way of courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame, and respect the way of Confucius and Mencius, I will treat them as vassal states."

Soon, another minister stood up and took a stand.

Far apart, these two countries are very weak, and in the eyes of these ministers of the DPRK and China, their gold and silver are the most important, and as for the rest, they are actually irrelevant.

However, the promotion of the way of Confucius and Mencius, Confucianism, now has become an important sentiment of the literati of the Ming Dynasty, they not only want to build more schools in the Ming Dynasty, so that more people can read and break words, can know etiquette, righteousness and shame, and now they are advocating to promote Confucianism and the way of Confucius and Mencius.

"Your Majesty, I think that these two countries can be used as a place of experimentation, and the way of Confucius and Mencius can be promoted here in these two countries, so as to lay the foundation and experience for the future Ming Dynasty to popularize Confucianism around the world."

Some ministers stood up and said that there is nothing to say about this kind of thing, and they must support it.

Overseas barbarians, who are not educated, who do not know etiquette, righteousness and shame, then they who are scholars have the responsibility and obligation to educate them and spread Confucianism and the way of Confucius and Mencius to them.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, promoting Confucian culture and the way of Confucius and Mencius, which is a must, in Liu Jin's words, only people with common culture and values can really come together.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to rule more and more vast territories, rule more and more regions and nationalities, and if it wants to have long-term peace and stability and want to occupy these places forever, then it is necessary to vigorously promote Chinese civilization.

Now, the core idea of Chinese civilization is Confucianism.

"Your Majesty, the Golden Continent is vast and sparsely populated, only the two countries of the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire have relatively large populations, and if I want to occupy the Golden Continent and develop the Golden Continent, I must make good use of this."

At this time, Li Dongyang stood up.

"Well, Li Aiqing continues to speak~"

Emperor Hongji nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"Judging from the news coming back from the Golden Continent, it is not only our Ming Dynasty that is now carrying out colonization activities on the Golden Continent, but also the Europeans have been colonizing on the east coast of the Golden Continent."

"The Golden Continent is vast and sparsely populated, the land is fertile, and there are countless gold and silver, which is a place that my Ming must not let go, and our Ming must monopolize the Golden Continent, and we must not let the Europeans touch the Golden Continent."

"The Golden Continent strategy formulated by Liu Jin is very correct."

"The Golden Continent is far away from our Daming, and it is not easy to come and go, I want to keep the Golden Continent, and develop the Golden Continent in addition to vigorously encouraging immigrants."

"What's more important is to make good use of these descendants of Yin Shang in the Golden Continent."

"These people are very similar to our Ming people, and they have a common ancestor, from this point of view, our Ming people are of the same species and the same origin as these Yin Shang descendants."

"It's just that our Ming Dynasty is very strong now, and they lack education and have not gone through the way of Confucius and Mencius, so they are ignorant and very barbaric."

"I only need to send a large number of saint disciples to the Golden Continent, promote the Tao of Confucius and Mencius here, and educate them, then the Ming will become the same as our Ming people."

"At that time, the population of these two countries themselves is very large, as long as we make good use of it, our Ming Dynasty will be able to monopolize the Golden Continent, completely drive the European forces out of the Golden Continent, and make up for the lack of population and strength of our Ming Dynasty in the Golden Continent."

"Since they believe in the sun god and worship the dragon, our Ming Dynasty happens to be Huode, and we are the descendants of the dragon, at this point, all this is arranged by God."

"I should obey the will of heaven, accept them, educate them, and return them to our Ming."

Li Dongyang obviously has a detailed understanding of everything that happened here in the Golden Continent, and is very familiar with all this, and at the same time, he is also keenly aware of the conflicts that may occur on the Golden Continent side in the future.

The Europeans came to the east coast of the Golden Continent, and like the Ming people, they had powerful artillery, muskets, and advanced navigation technology, and they also came to the Golden Continent for the great wealth here.

When the power of the Ming Dynasty slowly expanded from the west coast of the Golden Continent to the East China Sea, there would inevitably be contradictions and conflicts with these Europeans.

So his meaning is very simple, that is, to subdue these two countries first, and in the future after a conflict with the Europeans, he can also use the people of these two countries to deal with these Europeans.

It is also possible to use the people of these two countries to develop the Golden Continent and complete the strategy of the Ming Dynasty to monopolize the Golden Continent.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks what Li Gong said is very true~"

"As things stand, the Europeans arrived at the Golden Continent before we did, and they already established a full-fledged colony over several islands on the east coast of the Golden Continent."

"I, Daming, should take advantage of the fact that their strength is not strong now, and announce to the outside world that the ownership of the entire Golden Continent belongs to our Daming, and take advantage of the situation to drive all these Europeans out of the Golden Continent."

"The Europeans are ambitious, like us, they are constantly opening up new routes and colonies around the world in search of wealth, and they also have powerful artillery and muskets, and they will surely become the most formidable enemy of our Ming Dynasty at sea in the future."

Xie Qian also stood up, and his position changed again.

In the past, it was against the expansion and colonization of the Ming Dynasty on the sea, but now it is strongly supporting the expansion and colonization at sea, because with the opening of Nanjing and Songhu, the big merchants, big families, and gentry in the south are also eager to go to sea in search of wealth.

"Not only do I want to prepare early on this side of the Golden Continent and drive these Europeans out as soon as possible, but we also want to prepare for it on the Indian Ocean and African side."

"According to the news from the Golden Continent, the Spaniards know that a few years ago, Portugal in Europe had entered the Indian Ocean, and they had also established a colony in Tianzhu."

"They are stirring up trouble everywhere, blockading the Gulf, and monopolizing trade, which brings great challenges and threats to our Ming strategy in the Western Ocean."

"I think that my Ming should prepare in advance to expand the navy, and at the same time, we should also vigorously encourage the expansion and action of private commercial banks around the world to enrich the strength of my Ming overseas."

Originally, he was talking about the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire, but when it came to the overseas strategy of the Ming Dynasty, Xie Qian was obviously a representative of the private trading houses.

Tian Erniu relied on 10,000 men to conquer the two huge empires of the Golden Continent, and if this trading house had armed forces, it could also conquer a country and region overseas and obtain huge benefits.

Now Hu Xian and Zhang Yuan are organizing and planning such an action, they have gathered men and forces on the Nanyang side, and are getting ready, their first target is Ceylon, the big island in the south of Tianzhu.

"What are you talking about at this time~"

When Hubu Shangshu Tong Zhong heard this, he immediately shook his head helplessly.

Originally, I wanted to find an opportunity to receive all the gold and silver from the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire to the treasury, but now that you mention it, what should I say later?

If the subsequent profits of these two countries are attributed to the national treasury, then if the commercial banks under your command also lay down a piece of land and countries overseas, will these local revenues also be collected into the national treasury?

At this point, I'm afraid that the ministers will not agree, everyone has more or less shares in some commercial houses, and everyone is waiting to go overseas to eat meat.

"Forget it, I'm afraid it's impossible to pry this piece of fat out of His Majesty's mouth."

She Zhong sighed helplessly in his heart.

The Aztec kingdom and the Inca empire, these are definitely two of the fattest pieces of meat.

The pyramids were made of gold and silver, and over the course of a year, the two countries were able to get a fortune of tens of millions of taels of silver at will, and the reserves of gold and silver here were too abundant.

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that what Gong Li and Gong Xie said is very true~"

When it comes to this matter, the ministers have also expressed their opinions, everyone wants to eat meat, and the major trading houses have also united to form a Western trading house, and everyone has already arrived in Nanyang and is preparing to start the first transaction.

At this time, there was a surprising unanimity of opinion on the need to support overseas expansion and action.

"Your Majesty, the envoys of the two countries have arrived~"

This is, Xiao Jing came to Emperor Hongzhi's side and reminded.

"Let them in."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, and looked at the ministers below, in fact, Emperor Hongzhi was very clear about their plans, but as long as they were overseas, it didn't matter, and this was indeed something that was beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, so he supported it.

"Envoys from the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire~"

Xiao Jing opened his throat and shouted, and suddenly the ministers also quieted down.

Soon, Silone and Ahaya also walked in slowly with the treasure presented to the Great Tomorrow in their hands.

"Minister Silonei, Ahaya meets His Majesty the Ming Emperor~"

The two of them knelt down and bowed very respectfully in the Daming dialect that was not very proficient, at this moment, they were slightly excited, and finally saw the Ming Emperor, at this moment, it was as if they had seen the god in their hearts.