Zhu Ci's sudden frenzy caught Qian Qianyi off guard.

"However, but the emperor, if you don't do that, not only North Korea, but all the subject countries will see that the Ming Dynasty is like this, and they will all deviate from the Ming Dynasty, and they will no longer be loyal to my Ming Dynasty, and it will not be good for my Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty!" Qian Qianyi felt that he was thinking about it, in fact, this is a tradition handed down from all dynasties, rewarding gold and silver objects that are at least equal to the value of tribute, in addition to winning over the subject country, but also to show the vast land of the Central Plains and the strength of the Central Plains, Qian Qianyi does not feel that there is anything wrong with coming to persuade him.

He didn't understand why the emperor was so angry.

"Humph!" Zhu Ci snorted coldly and said, "Qian Qianyi, are you deceiving yourself or do you think I can't understand?" ”

Zhu Ci sneered: "Those vassal countries, the so-called loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, are bullshit!" Take North Korea and Annan as an example, I don't believe you don't know, North Korea did not change the name of the year to Zhongxing until the Ming Dynasty re-unified the world, originally they have been using the Chongzhen year, when the city of Beijing was captured by the Liukou, the father of the coal mountain was martyred, the Ming Dynasty was in danger, but the Ming Dynasty was not destroyed! As the orthodox prince of the Ming Dynasty, I followed my father's will to rebuild the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan, at that time, North Korea kept saying that it did not recognize the Manchu Qing, but still refused to give the name of the era, and did not send envoys to congratulate me, you can say that they were afraid of the Manchus, but they didn't even bother to send a secret letter, did they not intend to recognize the Ming Dynasty established by me in Jiangnan? I don't think I want to be too irritated, right? ”

"You can also say that they were under the threat of the Manchurian Iron Cavalry at that time, so they didn't dare to have anything to do with Daming! But it can also be seen that the so-called loyalty of these subject countries can also be changed when they encounter threats to their own interests, and there is also the matter of Tielingwei in the Hongwu period. Speaking of Tielingwei back then, Zhu Ci had a hint of sarcasm on his face.

Speaking of Tielingwei, Qian Qianyi was stunned for a moment, and then showed a wry smile, as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, how could he not understand a small matter recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

To say that the Tielingwei of that year, located in the east of the Yalu River, about three counties and twelve towns, with a population of more than 300,000, was originally the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Yi Sung-gye replaced Goryeo and established the Yi dynasty of Joseon, and at the same time adopted a two-handed approach to the Ming Dynasty, which was polite to the Ming Dynasty diplomatically and confronted by force militarily. For example, after Li Chenggui succeeded to the throne, he went to the dynasty and requested that the Ming Dynasty determine his country name. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The name of Dongyi is the most beautiful name of North Korea, and its origin is far away, so it is appropriate to change the name of the country to North Korea." According to Zhu Yuanzhang's will, Li Chenggui changed the name of the country to North Korea.

On the surface, the Ming Dynasty has the grace of giving names to North Korea, and North Korea respects the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, and it seems to be extremely loyal, but secretly, Li Chenggui continues to create border incidents, encroaching on the Ming Dynasty's Tielingwei in the east of the Yalu River, and when Chengzu launched the Battle of Jingjing, North Korea took advantage of the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty to directly send troops to occupy all the Tielingwei. acquiesced in the matter, which led to the complete loss of all the territory east of the Yalu River by the Ming Dynasty.

After a pause, Zhu Ci hesitated and continued: "There is also Annan, which is also a subject of the Ming Dynasty, and is loyal to the Ming Dynasty on the surface, but when Li Zicheng attacked Beijing City, they sent troops to occupy the two county towns of the Ming Dynasty in Guangxi, and they also continued to create incidents to encroach on more territory of the Ming Dynasty, until I ascended the throne in Nanjing City to rebuild the Ming Dynasty, they did not restrain a little, hum, but although they did not dare to continue to encroach on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, they still did not take the initiative to spit out those two counties!" Sooner or later, I'll let them all know to regret it! ”

Zhu Ci said this, his face was full of cold smiles, if it weren't for the Ming Dynasty just unified, there were still too many things to deal with, he didn't bother to summon the Korean envoys this time, and he was too lazy to open his eyes and say nonsense!

The crown prince of Joseon brought tributes worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in order to let the Ming Dynasty reward them with more valuable gold and silver property. Don't look at those tributes estimated at hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but that's because most of the North Korean specialties, the Ming Dynasty does not have, so it is estimated according to the price of the Ming Dynasty, if it is in North Korea, it is impossible to be worth more than 100,000 taels of silver, there are 70,000 or 80,000 taels is good, if according to the past practice, North Korea is equivalent to letting the Ming buy their tribute at a high price, and the benefits generated by this back and forth are no less than 100,000 taels of silver.

"I'm not a fool, I've long seen that the so-called loyalty of those subject countries is just a way for the Ming to constantly defend in a way that harms their own interests, once the Ming Dynasty has no ability to pay for the benefits they feel they deserve, they will turn into white-eyed wolves, and bite the Ming Dynasty at any time, Qian Qianyi, I tell you a wise saying, between countries, there are only interests! There is no so-called loyalty, I don't believe in that thing, and I disdain to use the way to harm the interests of the Ming Dynasty to maintain the status of the Ming suzerainty, the dignity of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming army to maintain it! Anyone who dares to offend, or has ever offended the Ming Dynasty, I will not let it go! ”

After listening to Zhu Ci's cynicism, Qian Qianyi and the others were so frightened that they couldn't speak, it turned out that the emperor didn't know how to treat his subjects in the past dynasties, but he didn't plan to use it at all, and the emperor seemed to be about to change the way he treated his subjects, and it seemed that he might be mainly using force to suppress them.

Qian Qianyi was shocked, as a Confucian Confucian, he has always obeyed the principle of subduing people with virtue and governing the world with benevolence and righteousness.

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and you should govern the world with benevolence and righteousness, and you must not" Qian Qianyi persuaded bitterly, but Zhu Ci was too lazy to listen to his nonsense.

"The State of Etiquette?" Zhu Ci sneered: "It's true that Daming is a state of etiquette, but Daming is not a coward who is bullied!" If people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone! What did the benevolence and righteousness of the Ming Dynasty get in exchange, in exchange for North Korea saying one thing and doing another, in exchange for Annan taking advantage of the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty to bite the Ming Dynasty, do you plan to let me endure it, and let the people of the whole Ming Dynasty endure it together? ”

There is a point that Qian Qianyi is not wrong, Zhu Ciji is indeed ready to change the way the Ming Dynasty treats the subject country in the past, the Ming Dynasty does not need to use the way to harm its own interests to maintain the loyalty of the so-called subject country, Zhu Ciji always believes that the fist between countries is the last word, Annan and North Korea are not as good as the Ming Dynasty will become the subject country of the Ming Dynasty, but it does not mean that they are really loyal to the Ming Dynasty, everything is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they see the opportunity to resist, they will definitely bite the Ming Dynasty, The so-called loyalty that was originally put on the surface was trampled into the mud, and instead of this, why did Da Ming damage his own interests every year to feed a group of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves.

Since they can only suppress the subject country when they are strong, why can't the Ming Dynasty let the subject country use real tribute to support the Ming Dynasty when it is strong, instead of the Ming Dynasty exchanging greater benefits for their tribute, Zhu Ci did not allow it, and the people of the Ming Dynasty did not allow it.

Qian Qianyi's face turned pale, but he couldn't refute Zhu Cijiao, but it was contrary to the benevolence and righteousness he insisted on to make him agree with Zhu Cijiao.

"Okay, I see that Aiqing is old, don't worry about North Korea's affairs, go back and rest early!" Zhu Ci waved his hand and said, he was already a little impatient in his heart, the reason why he said so much to Qian Qianyi and revealed so much is for a certain reason, if Qian Qianyi can figure it out and change some of the concepts in his heart that are not in line with the future development of Daming, then he is still the first assistant of Daming, if he still insists on what he thinks in his heart, then Zhu Ciyi does not mind changing the first assistant for Daming in the near future.

After the Ming Dynasty ruled the world, according to Zhu Ciyi's plan, it would not take long for the Quartet to begin to expand the territory, Zhu Ciji did not want to have too many obstacles in the court at that time, especially this obstacle came from the first assistant to take the lead, if Qian Qianyi was not suitable, the Ming Dynasty would need another first assistant to take the lead.