In the study of Emperor Hongzhi of the Qianqing Palace in the capital, the ministers of the court and the central government gathered again to discuss the current matter of tribute by the envoys of various countries.

"Your Majesty, the missions of various countries have arrived in the capital, and the ministers have made arrangements."

Fu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, reported on the situation of the envoys of various countries, and those people and countries came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and so on.

"Zhu Aiqing, the missions of more than 30 countries in Nanyang came at one time, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as coming to pay tribute, it should have another purpose."

Emperor Hongzhi listened carefully to Fu Han's report, thought about it and said.

"For another purpose?"

When the ministers heard this, they were slightly surprised, especially these ministers.

Their favorite thing is to have a small country to pay tribute, and this is a great thing to come to the missions of many countries at one time, which is enough to capitalize and close-up, and write into the glorious moment of history.

In their opinion, the Ming Dynasty is strong, and these small countries come to pay tribute, which is just a normal thing.

"Your Majesty, is it because our Ming Dynasty occupied the northern part of Luzon, so these Nanyang countries are very afraid?"

Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, thought about it and said.

"Hmm~ I'm afraid so."

"Look at the tributes paid by these countries, they are very rich, and it can even be said that they are rich in the past, and during the period when the Three Treasure Eunuchs went to the West seven times in history, the countries of the South Seas did not pay such a rich tribute."

"But now, all of them are very generous."

"This is obviously intimidated by the powerful power of my Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, it is also afraid of the expansion of our Ming Dynasty in the Nanyang region."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly and said.

"Your Majesty, the countries of Nanyang have been friendly with us for generations, and they have always been the vassal states of our Ming Dynasty, and there are tributes from time to time.

Fu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, thought for a while and said.

"I think it's inappropriate~"

As soon as Fu Han's words fell, Liu Jin stood up and said.

These Wenchen really had more than enough success and more than failure, and finally got a good start in the Nanyang region, and he even said that he would ensure that he would not expand in the Nanyang region.

The Ming Dynasty did not expand in the Nanyang region, where did the land come from to build plantations?

The Ming Dynasty did not expand in the Nanyang region, how to master the transportation navigation and hubs in the Nanyang region.

How will it go south to Australia and west to Europe and Africa?

At this time, the situation of the Ming Dynasty is very good, why not take advantage of this opportunity to expand and seize more land and resources, do you have to wait until the Ming Dynasty weakens to come back?

"Oh, Liu Jin, what do you think?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately became interested, and in terms of overseas expansion, Emperor Hongzhi still preferred to listen to Liu Jin's advice, because Liu Jin was always able to make the Ming Dynasty get the most powerful.

"Your Majesty, this time the countries of the Nanyang have come to the court, which shows that our Ming Dynasty is strong, and it also shows that our expansion in the Nanyang region is right."

"It is precisely because of our expansion in the Nanyang region that the countries of the Nanyang are afraid of my Ming Dynasty, so they will come to pay tribute so ceremoniously."

"But a tribute is just a tribute, and a vassal state and a suzerainty are not the same country."

"When we are in foreign relations, there should be only one criterion for our Ming Dynasty, that is, to take the interests of our Ming Dynasty as the fundamental and core."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said slowly.

"Your Majesty, Princesses, please look at the map~"

"The geographical location of the Nanyang region is extremely important, it is our Ming Dynasty, Korea and the Japanese Kingdom in the north, to the south and east to Australia, and through Australia you can reach the South Golden Continent."

"To the west is the choke point to the South Asian subcontinent, the Middle East and Africa."

"Such an important place, my Daming not only wants to expand here, but also should firmly grasp these places in the hands of my Daming."

"In addition, the Nanyang region, because of the tropical region, is summer all year round, there is no four seasons, the climate here is hot and humid, the land is fertile, and the rice can be harvested three times a year, four crops in two years~"

"As long as I occupy this area, I will no longer have to worry about famine, even if the population is ten times larger, I can easily feed it."

"Such an important place, the minister thinks that my Ming Dynasty should take the interests of the Ming Dynasty as the foundation, continue to expand in the Nanyang region, and finally control the entire Nanyang region."

Liu Jin gave a detailed introduction to the geographical location and natural conditions of Nanyang, and then bluntly said that Nanyang must be in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

"I don't think it's appropriate, the countries of Nanyang have been friendly with me for the Ming Dynasty, and they have always been my Ming vassal states, admiring my Ming style, how can we treat our vassal states like this."

"Luzon killed my Ming people, and the troops were famous, but other countries did not hurt me Ming at all, and since ancient times, the army has been reckless, and the belligerent will die."

"Only by convincing people with virtue and benevolence and righteousness can we be successful in the world, I am a big country with a land of thousands of miles, why do I have to compete for the territory of these small countries in the South Seas?"

Fu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also stood up and shook his head again and again and said.

His words also made many Wenchen nod their heads, thinking that Daming should be like this, although Nanyang is good, but my Daming country is big, there is no need to rob it, the most important thing is to cherish your feathers.

Daming has always been a good man, and the image of this good man cannot be ruined.

"Convince people with virtue?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he couldn't help but sneer.

"I, Daming, have always been able to convince people with virtue, and the grassland people in the north can obey you, and they haven't gone south every year before?"

"Can the Wa Kingdom obey you?"

"In the past, the Japanese invaders were rampant on the southeast coast, burning, killing, and plundering, and I don't know how many Ming people died?"

"Luzon in the South Seas can convince you? What about the people of the Ming Dynasty who were slaughtered and killed in Crescent City? ”

"This?"

Hearing Liu Jin's rhetorical question, Fu Han suddenly had nothing to say.

"In these lawless and barbarian places, they only believe that the law of the jungle is the strong, and they only believe that power is the truth, and benevolence, righteousness and morality have no meaning at all for them."

"Our Ming army swept away the grasslands in the north, so now the grassland people in the north have herded horses and sheep for us and conquered the Wa Kingdom, so the Wa Kingdom bowed its eyebrows to us, and the Wa Kou disappeared cleanly."

"In Luzon, Luzon was taught a hard lesson, so the countries of the South Seas came to the court one after another."

"That's the best explanation~"

"If we still believe in the so-called convincing people with virtue, it would be really funny."

"Be the king of the world~"

"If you are willing to submit to me, and you are willing to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it is best to pay tribute to me regularly every year in the future, and you must also stipulate the tribute, quantity and scale of the tribute."

"It's not just about paying tribute, but also letting these vassal states learn the culture of our Ming Dynasty, learn Chinese, write Chinese characters, and change their Chinese surnames."

"If you are unwilling to surrender to me, or even grin at my Da Ming, I Da Ming should teach them a hard lesson with strong ships and cannons, and the iron weapons of the army, so that they will know the fate of offending my Da Ming."

"Barbarians are afraid of authority but not virtue, and they are not courteous, righteous and shameful."

"I should have two hands to prepare, one hand is strong ships and cannons, the army is iron, disobey my Ming, dare to hurt my Ming should be severely punished."

"The other hand is that we must continue to spread the civilization of our Ming Dynasty at all times, so that they can understand benevolence, righteousness and morality, courtesy, righteousness and shame, so that we can promote the national prestige of our Ming Dynasty and strengthen the national strength of our Ming Dynasty."

Liu Jin looked at everyone and said sonorously.

"Hmm~"

After listening to Liu Jin's words, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but nod his head.

He is the one who understands it best.

In the past, he was very trusting of the ministers, and he was also very good to people, the good man Emperor Hongzhi, this is definitely not an exaggeration, but he is really a good man.

But what about these ministers, worthy of his trust? Worthy of his conscience?

Emperor Hongzhi was good to them, but they always wanted to calculate the imperial power, and several major cases appeared one after another, starting from the famine in the three northern provinces and the granary of the imperial court being devoured, Emperor Hongzhi gradually realized his mistake as an emperor.

When he is an emperor, he can't be a good person, otherwise these people below will become more and more excessive, and they won't look at you as an emperor at all.

After killing a large number of officials one after another, he can clearly feel that the following ministers are more obedient and more neat, how can it be like before, there are always various reasons to scold you.

There are also those families, merchants, gentry and so on in Jiangnan, now that they have all stopped, they don't dare to have any more intrigues.

The same is true between countries, the Ming Dynasty used to be good enough for the Wa Kingdom, the Jurchens, and Luzon, but what did they get in exchange?

It is the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong who often plunder the border people, the Japanese robbers on the southeast coast who burn and kill and plunder unscrupulously, and the Luzon State who deliberately rob our Ming people.

On the contrary, after the Ming Dynasty used troops in these places, these places suddenly became much quieter, the Japanese who were rampant along the southeast coast disappeared, the Jurchens in the Liaodong region were beaten and obeyed, the Luzon in Nanyang trembled, and the countries in Nanyang were also afraid to death.

This is enough to show that what Liu Jin said is right, people are cheap bones, afraid of power but not virtuous.

The same is true of this country, and it is right to treat it as a human being.

What Da Ming has to do is to make them afraid of Da Ming, only if they are afraid of Da Ming, they will obediently listen to Da Ming's words and do things according to Da Ming's intentions, instead of just thinking about getting benefits from Da Ming, a good old man.

Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang, Tong Zhong, Liu Daxia and others listened to it, pondered carefully, and finally couldn't help but nod slightly.

No matter how much you say, it is more convincing to speak with facts, everything that Daming has experienced shows that what Liu Jin said is not wrong, and he should be the king to the outside world, that is, he should be domineering.