Ji Kun's self-initiated diplomatic coercion in Siam has now had a chain reaction, and the two countries of Chenla and Laos no longer dare to confront the Celestial Empire. There is no way to fight, they are all surrounded by the two towns of Jinghai and Jinou in the Ming Dynasty, and the two feudal states of Annam and Siam.

Therefore, during the Spring Festival of the fourth year of Hongxing, the tributary missions of Chenla and Laos arrived in Nanjing and demanded the signing of the "Treaty of Clan" like Annam and Siam.

Of course, Zhu Cihong had to meet this requirement of these two friendly neighbors, so he asked the Laotian envoys to sign a "standard treaty" - he had no requirements for Laos, they were all mountains, and there were not a few feet of flat land at all, and he didn't know where to cut the knife to cut the ground?

As for Zhenla, Zhu Cihong went down with a knife and cut down the Jiulongjiang Plain and Jinoujiao, which is the territory lost by the Zhenla people to the Vietnamese in history. Now it is divided between the two armies of Jin Ou and Jinghai, the Jin Ou army took the big head, and the Jing Navy took a small head.

In addition to Annam, Chenla, Laos and Siam, during the Spring Festival of the fourth year of Hongxing, there were envoys from Boni, Sulu and Ryukyu to Nanjing to pay tribute.

This is probably also a chain reaction of Siam's return, right?

However, the three kingdoms of Boni, Sulu, and Ryukyu did not sign the Treaty of Suzerain, which means that they were not yet "legitimate vassal states" of the Daimei Dynasty.

Now Zhu Cihong is transforming the Ming Dynasty's external system from a tributary system to a world imperial system, and the "Treaty of Clans" is one of the legal bases of the Ming world's imperial system. All countries that signed the treaty, while enjoying the protection of the Ming Dynasty, had to bear the obligation to maintain the Ming World Empire.

The World Empire is not a free rider to these small countries, they must also fulfill their obligations to the Celestial Empire. Therefore, for the small countries that the Celestial Empire cannot shelter for the time being, or the small countries that are unwilling to fulfill the obligations of the vassal state, Zhu Cihong will not sign a contract with them.

However, it was also the consensus of the important ministers of the two governments to pull the three kingdoms of Boni, Sulu and Ryukyu into the Ming World Empire.

"Strategist," Zhu Cihong asked, fiddling with the envoy's notebook to Japan, "do you want to take advantage of Japan's defeat at Kuwu Island to solve the Ryukyu issue?" ”

Li Yan replied: "Your Majesty Shengming, that's what the minister thinks. ”

"But it was the Satsuma clan of Japan that controlled the Ryukyu Kingdom," Zhu said, "and it was impossible for the Satsuma clan to participate in the Battle of Kuwu Island...... Are we going to war with the Satsuma Domain of Japan for the land of Ryukyu Projectiles? ”

Zhu Cihong was not afraid that he would not be able to defeat the Satsuma Domain, but he was worried that the Battle of the Ryukyus might become a turning point in Japan's path to the founding of the country.

And once Japan is founded, sooner or later it will become a strong enemy of the Ming Dynasty in the southeast sea!

Although it is a matter of time before Japan is founded, it should not be accelerated if it can be postponed, and if it can be postponed for another thirty or fifty years, the generational gap between Japan and China will be widened.

"Your Majesty," said Li Yan again, "if you are not willing to go to war with the Satsuma Domain of Japan, you might as well take advantage of Japan's defeat at Kuwu Island and send your army to the Ryukyu Kingdom." Now that the Ryukyus are one country and two genera, the Satsuma Domain can send troops, so why can't we send them? ”

"Your Majesty," said Zheng Zhilong, the head of the Tobe, "Actually, if we take the Ryukyu Kingdom, it will not lead to a war with the Satsuma Domain...... Compared to us, the strength of the Satsuma Domain is not worth mentioning! Moreover, if we enter the Ryukyu Kingdom, it does not mean that we will exclude the Satsuma Domain, and we can coexist with the Satsuma Domain. ”

"Coexistence?" Zhu Cihong frowned, "How to coexist?" ”

"You can build a trading port on the land of the Ryukyus," Zheng Zhilong said, "and then send the contract to the Satsuma Domain." In this way, the Satsuma clan will be profitable, and it will not make a big deal and attract the attention of the shogunate. ”

"Really?" Zhu Cihong is still a little skeptical.

Zheng Zhilong looked at Zhu Cihong's expression and said with a smile: "The minister still has a plan." ”

"Let's talk about it."

"I don't know if Your Majesty has heard of a person named Ukita Hideya?"

"Ukita Hideya?" Zhu Cihong pretended to have a unclear expression.

"Your Majesty," Zheng Zhilong said, "Ukita Hideya is the adopted son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he is also one of the five big bosses under Hideyoshi, and he used to be a figure who touched Tokugawa Ieyasu shoulder to shoulder. In the Battle of Sekigahara fifty-one years ago, Ukita Hideya was Tokugawa Ieyasu's opponent. After the war, the Ukita Hideya fled to Satsuma Province and hid for more than two years before being handed over to the Tokugawa shogunate due to the reconciliation between the Shimazu family and the Tokugawa family. However, the Shimazu family and the Maeda family, the in-laws of the Ukita Hide, kept pleading with the shogunate to spare him and exile him to Hachijojima. As far as the minister knows, this Ukita Hideya is still alive now! ”

This Ukita Hideya can really live!

He has been in the world for fifty years, and he has been exiled to a desert island for fifty years!

"You're 80 years old, aren't you?" Zhu Cihong thought for a while, "So old, what's the use?" ”

"It works!" Zheng Zhilong said, "Once the shogunate is defeated on Kuwu Island, its prestige is damaged, and the Toyotomi family has robbed the Ukita boss again, does the Shimazu family have to think about their position?" ”

Seems to make sense!

"Quan Guogong is reasonable," Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "Let's do it!" ”

As he spoke, Emperor Zhu picked up another notebook, which was a joint performance by Wu Sangui and Zhu Cizhao transferred from the Ministry of War.

Emperor Zhu said: "The envoys of the two feudal domains of Pingxi and Shuofang have already negotiated with Batur Huntaiji of the Junggar Department, and Batur Huntaiji promised to be our vassal state, and sent troops to attack the Yeerqiang Khanate, and also promised to let one of his sons come to Nanjing to study. ”

Allowing the sons of the lords of the outer and inner domains to study in Nanjing was a means for Emperor Zhu to strengthen the relationship between the clans and the vassals.

"Your Majesty," Wu Xiang immediately spoke, "Batur Huntaiji has a total of seven sons, and there are still five sons alive in Chechnya, such as Chechen Taiji, Zhuot Babatur, Sangge, Galdan, and Wen Chun. I don't know who His Majesty wants to come to Nanjing? ”

Of course, it's a Galdan child, this is a talent, and it must be cultivated well!

"Let Galdan come to Nanjing," Zhu Cihong said, "let him come to Nanjing to go to primary school." ”

He paused, "After Batur Huntaiji takes the Yeerqiang Khanate, you can let him send his son." ”

......

The collegiate work of the two governments was busy until lunch, and Zhu Cihong did not eat in Fengtian Palace, but went to the Western Building, where he wanted to accompany a little girl to eat together.

This little girl's name is Kim Dongzhu, that is, that Donggu Gege, she is 14 years old this year, she is already in the fifth grade of primary school, and in the blink of an eye, you will be in middle school, and the burden of schoolwork is not light. And today happens to be May 14, the school only has a half-day class, and tomorrow is a vacation (the first and fifteenth days of the new year, and the fourteenth and thirtieth of each month are half-day classes), so Zhu Cihong let Jin Dongzhu go back to live in the Western Building.

By the way, I can also help her with her homework......

When Zhu Cihong arrived at the Western Building, Jin Dongzhu had already returned from school, a 14-year-old girl, her body had grown up, and because she had more sports activities in the girls' school, she was also stronger than when she first came, and her skin was a little tanned, giving people a healthy beauty.

Seeing Emperor Zhu coming, the little girl hurriedly kowtowed, and called herself a people's daughter, which made Zhu Cihong laugh, and waved her hand: "Dongzhu, just the two of us, what are you polite?" ”

Jin Dongzhu smiled and said, "Brother the emperor, the queen's sister-in-law is also a Westerner. ”

"Yes, she's too." Zhu Cihong then remembered that it was time for Wu Sanmei to go to bed tonight. That Aunt Zheng Cha is pregnant again, and she will give birth in July or August! So Wu Sanmei must work hard......

"Where's she?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"I'm teaching Princess Tianfeng archery." Kim Dong-joo replied, "I've already asked people to call it." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, walked outside the dining room, and found a Western-style sofa to sit down. Jin Dongzhu also obediently went up and sat next to Zhu Cihong, and then handed over an envelope.

"What is this?" Zhu Cihong smiled, "Is it a transcript?" I didn't do well in the exam, but I had to hit the palm of my hand! ”

Jin Dongzhu blinked his eyelids, "The emperor's brother is reluctant to fight Dongzhu!" ”

"Really didn't do well in the exam?" Zhu Cihong asked half-jokingly.

"No, it's a letter from Brother Fulin."