The second Li Zicheng!

While this name came to mind, Zhu Mingzhong naturally thought of Chongzhen and the crooked neck tree in the coal mountain.

Back then, Chongzhen was hanged alone on the crooked neck tree.

Would the emperors before him think of this day?

Perhaps, they thought of it, but they couldn't prevent it from burning!

Something...... It's hard to prevent it!

Now what are they discussing?

Looking at the thick wooden door, outside the door stood the soldiers of the Gui State and the Qin State, they stood there, and when they saw His Majesty coming, their expressions looked a little cramped and nervous.

What should I do now?

The young guard thought to himself, according to the rules, during the meeting, unless the door was opened from the inside, it could not be opened from the outside, even if the sky fell!

But now, Your Majesty has come!

If Your Majesty wants to go in, do they want to turn Your Majesty away?

At this moment, countless thoughts, countless thoughts, flashed in the hearts of the young guards, they wanted to stick to their principles, but they were facing His Majesty!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this, this door, is not opened indoors, and outsiders are not allowed to enter!"

Li Changmin looked at His Majesty who came over, and when he said this, he even stretched out his hand to try to stop His Majesty.

As he said this, a thought suddenly surged through his heart.

His job is to guard this place.

Even if it's the emperor...... Can't go in either!

Belch......

Looking at the guard in front of him, who was at most twenty years old, Zhu Mingzhong couldn't help but be stunned, and he looked at the young man in front of him when he was stopped. Looking at the door behind him, Zhu Mingzhong's mind suddenly had an allusion to the fine willow camp.

How do I get in now?

Looking at the young guards, Zhu Mingzhong did not use the holy decree to press him, he who was pressed with a fire in his heart, did not break out, but looked at him with interest. Look at this young soldier.

Perhaps, his father is Wang Wei of the year, for decades, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have engraved "obedience" in their bones, the modernization of military discipline has directly changed this army, compared to the change in weapons, it is discipline that really changed the army from the bones, and Wang Wei who changed from the Ming army to the later Wang Guobing inherited this characteristic.

Instinctively obeying the orders of the army, even the emperor would be blocked by them without further orders, this is inevitable, even with the holy decree, it is impossible to force them to get out of the way.

It seems that there was some lack of thought before.

At this moment, Pan Renyuan, who was following closely behind him, said urgently.

"This meeting is presided over by the national dynasty, Your Majesty is really the honor of our summers, I am the minister of Guiguo, and I should attend the meeting!"

When he said this, Pan Renyuan only felt that his back was sweating, although he knew the allusion of the "Zhou Yafu Army's Fine Willow Battalion", but now His Majesty was unhappy with Zhu Xia.

At this time, being stopped here by this eyeless soldier, isn't this obviously trying to upset Your Majesty?

"This ......"

Pan Renyuan's explanation made Li Changmin hesitate a little, and just when he hesitated, Sun Guicheng, a guard of the Qin State beside him, had already taken the initiative to push open the wooden door. During the whole process, Sun Guicheng didn't say a word, just opened the door with a blank face, just like opening the door for the delegates.

At this moment, Li Changmin understood that it was not His Majesty who entered the door now, but the delegates attending the meeting - it was just that this representative was "late".

When the heavy wooden door was about to be opened, Zhu Mingzhong went to the kings, and they were not discussing other issues, but the demarcation of spheres of influence - next, the Ming would not divide the princes in Siam and other areas outside the colonies. This means that countries can expand further, but expansion needs to be coordinated, and nothing like Ma Chen can do again.

One of the most fundamental reasons for going south this time is to invite Zhu Xia to hold a meeting at Nantianmen to negotiate the division of Nanyang's sphere of influence, perhaps in the short term, those divided spheres of influence will not be occupied by them, but they will enjoy absolute dominance in the future.

The reason why this meeting was held was to avoid differences between the summers, especially to avoid differences leading to contradictions between countries, so this meeting was convened for coordination.

As the head of the Ming Colonial Division, Wang Yuan, in the past two days, most of the time, he was only accompanied by a pair of ears, although the division was presided over by the dynasty, but in fact, the dynasty was also one of the divisions, and no one objected to the demands of the dynasty Siam, the Philippines and the colonies. After all, as we all know, these places are places that need to be "sent with troops" to occupy, and it is difficult to occupy two places with the strength of only one country.

The real dispute is the disagreement between the countries on Borneo, Sulawesi, Johor and other regions, they all have their own demands, and they all have their own hopes, so for two days, they will be arguing, and there will not be much progress in the division of spheres of influence.

“…… As early as 20 years ago, at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Kingdom had already set up a trading post in the Pinang area to trade with the local natives, and according to the prevailing rule of first come, first served, we should have absolute dominance over Johor......"

"If it's first-come, first-served, and the Portuguese arrive earlier, shouldn't they join them? Johor Sudan owes 200,000 taels of silver to Gui, and according to the law of creditor's rights, we should have the right to dominate the locality......"

All right!

Representatives of almost every country expressed their demands, and they also had their reasons, but the speakers were all ministers and ministers, and the kings who were the participants did not participate in the negotiations at all, they just sat on the sidelines of the conference room, and talked and laughed there, as if for them, the outcome of the negotiations did not matter.

In fact, the reason why they are like this is because each of them knows very well that the ministers involved in the negotiations have already had a bottom line, and they will stick to their own bottom line.

Of course, these kings are not discussing anything, they are mostly just talking about irrelevant things, chatting about irrelevant words, and they know that now must be the time to be patient.

Just when they were talking about the wind and snow, and comparing patience there, the wooden door that was originally closed suddenly opened, and when the wooden door that would not be opened until the meeting was opened, Zhu Cixuan instinctively looked up there.

Almost at the moment when he pushed the door open, Zhu Cixuan saw His Majesty walking in.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

Your Majesty is here!

Everyone who saw and heard it got up one after another, and the ongoing negotiations were immediately suspended, and they all stood up and saluted, and the courtesy of the monarch and the minister could not be violated.

When the princes and ministers saluted, Zhu Mingzhong walked to the first seat with an expressionless face, and when he walked there, Zhu Heyu, King of Jin, Zhu Cixuan, King of Gui, Zhu Cihuan, King of Qin, Zhu Honghuan, King of Lu, and Zhu Lunqi, King of Zhou, and others walked in front of him, and when they stood there, their expressions looked a little dazed.

Why did Your Majesty come?

Didn't Your Majesty not participate in this meeting?

Just when they were surprised, Zhu Mingzhong, who was standing there, said expressionlessly.

"All the ministers, all withdraw! Today I have something to say to my clansmen! ”

In that case, outsiders are certainly not fit to be present.

No one would have any doubts, all the ministers withdrew, and when they withdrew, Pan Renyuan glanced at the king and gave the king a look, although he didn't know what it meant, Zhu Cixuan still responded to him with his eyes.

After the outsiders all withdrew and the wooden door was closed again, Zhu Mingzhong said.

In the past 20 years, thanks to Nanyang, the people of the world have no worries about food shortage, so that the people of the world can eat enough, and the princes of various countries can be said to have ......worked hard and made great achievements."

Staring at the princes in front of him, Zhu Mingzhong continued.

"Xingqian for three years, Nanyang stone rice three coins, five coins on the shore, Xingqian twenty-three years, seven coins for stone rice, nine coins on the shore......"

When mentioning the price of these rice, Zhu Mingzhong's tone became colder and colder. And Zhu Cixuan, the king of Gui, Zhu Cihuan, the king of Qin, and Zhu Lunqi, the king of Zhou, they are mostly at a loss, they don't know at all, why His Majesty mentioned this, as for Zhu Heyu just standing there quietly, now the Jin State has no sphere of influence in Nanyang, so naturally there is no Nanyang rice, and even the Jin State needs to import a large amount of rice from Nanyang every year, and the Jin State is mainly animal husbandry, although wheat is planted, but the area is limited. That's why he participated in this meeting, in order to gain a sphere of influence, and then set up a local planting to meet the domestic demand for rice grains.

Because of the South Seas rice ...... It's too expensive!

Therefore, Zhu Heyu participated in this meeting, and now when he heard His Majesty mention the price of Nanyang rice, he vaguely realized in his heart that something big was about to happen.

Compared to Zhu Heyu's ease, others couldn't do it like this, and they vaguely guessed what His Majesty was about to say.

"I can accept the rise in rice prices, after all, in the past 20 years, prices have soared, and it is natural for food prices to rise. But you say, 'Where has the price of all this grain gone up?' ”

Staring at several princes, Zhu Mingzhong asked sharply.

"At present, the local purchase price of Nanyang rice is only three yuan, and the noble one is only four yuan, and those commercial houses are suppressing grain prices one by one, monopolizing operations, and forcing trading, not only do you not ask, but even add fuel to the fire, and they also participate in it. Aren't you afraid that there will be a Li Zicheng in the territory? ”

The sudden reprimand made everyone startled, and Zhu Hexuan was even more frightened, and his face was completely bloody.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty......"

Without waiting for Zhu Cihuan, the king of Qin, to speak, Zhu Mingzhong reprimanded sharply.

"Afraid? You are not afraid at all, you must be there one by one, as long as there is the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to worry about losing the country, the South Seas are narrow and the people are sparse, even if there is occasional civil unrest, as long as the Ming Dynasty is there, you can sit firmly in the country, you are one by one wishful thinking is good, while doing everything possible to squeeze the people, while kicking the responsibility to the Ming Dynasty......"

After learning how the rice merchants oppressed the people, Zhu Mingzhong suddenly realized why Zhuxia was not worried about the people making chaos at all, because in Zhuxia's view, under the "collective security system", any rebellion would be pacified, after all, the "Respect for the King" that matured in Nanyang from the counterattack on Tsushima Dalan can also become "Respect the King and Suppress the Rebellion", and the collective security mechanism of Zhuxia not only includes the countries of Zhuxia, but also includes the Ming Dynasty.

Under this mechanism, it is almost impossible to overturn the rule of the princes through internal rebellion, but are they so confident?

"Do you think that in the future, even if the people are in rebellion, you can "respect the king and rebellious", you can also defend the Xia Dynasty, and you can also ask for help from the dynasty, but have you forgotten Li Zicheng and the lesson of Emperor Lie? ”

"Your Majesty, Minister, Minister......"

"Don't say any sins, these words, the ministers say that they are all against their hearts, and the sin deserves death, in the year of Jiashen, the ministers said that ten thousand people died, but in the end there were only a few, and the one who died was still the emperor of Lie, and the others were all rebellious and descended......"

Interrupting their thoughts of wanting to plead guilty, Zhu Mingzhong stared at them and continued to speak earnestly.

"All the countries in the South Seas are mainly exporting rice, which is not only the plan of the dynasty, but also the foundation of the future development of Zhuxia, but now, what have you done one by one? As a result, for 20 years, the government and merchants monopolized the trade, pressed the price of rice internally, stirred up the dissatisfaction of the people, and raised the price of rice externally in order to make huge profits. They have made money, and even along with you, you have earned money, but don't forget, who suffers! It's the people! It's a countryman! ”

Looking at the prince who has been sincerely afraid in the past few years, Zhu Mingzhong looks like he hates iron but not steel, don't they know how to build a country? It was really raised as a pig.

"Rice merchants do everything possible to suppress the price of rice and squeeze the people, how can the people not know? Who are the people of the Zhuxia Kingdom? It is the people of the country, it is the foundation of your rule, and now it is fundamentally eroded by profiteers, you tell me that the people of the country are in rebellion, and the people can still put down the chaos, but if the people of the country riot, what should I do? If the foundation is not stable, what is the use of asking for more silver? ”

Looking at the princes in front of him, Zhu Mingzhong couldn't wait to knock his brain open and see what was in his head, it had been twenty years, and one by one he had not learned the basic principles of governance.

"What is the root of domination? It is to fight for the basic disk, what is this basic disk? For Zhuxia, it is not millions of natives, but those who defend the country with weapons, as long as they are stable, the country will be stable, if they are unstable, Zhuxia will definitely be unstable! Now the rice merchants are oppressing the people, but the kings are turning a blind eye, and the day when the people are separated from virtue must be the time when Zhuxia perishes! ”

Glancing at the panicked people, Zhu Mingzhong sighed in his heart, and then pointed at them seriously.

"Emperor Lie's experience is not far away! Don't you want to hang yourself on that crooked-necked tree one by one? ”

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