Volume 15 Chapter 29 Expanding the Alliance

The emperor's joy about the crown prince spread throughout the capital early the next morning, because Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but be excited the next morning and announced the news.

Of course, even if he doesn't announce it, the people of the capital can guess that the wonder of the palace last night has long been rumored to be miraculous.

Moreover, the civilians near the imperial city faintly heard a loud cry, it was not the birth of the crown prince, how could there be such a big movement.

Of course, Zhu Hetou is not the real crown prince now, because he has not yet been officially canonized, but he is the first son of the queen and the first son of the emperor, that is, the eldest son of the authentic concubine, plus the prestige of the Qin family in the army, as long as he does not die young, the position of the crown prince belongs to him.

Therefore, although everyone can't shout like this in their mouths now, they already regard him as a prince in their hearts.

As for when the prince will be canonized, the Ming Dynasty followed the old system of the Tang Dynasty, and the prince could not be canonized until he was three years old at the earliest.

It is said that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire is happy with such a big happy event for the prince, according to the rule, the vassal states must come to pay tribute, which is called Chaohe in the tributary system, but after the Ming Dynasty was beaten by Jiannu during the Apocalypse, the tribute of the vassal states seems to have been slowly cut off!

Since Zhu Cijiong succeeded to the throne, he really didn't have the heart to take care of this matter, because the tribute is to lose money and make money, and it can't be paid at all, so he has been implementing the "Ming Vassal State Decree System", directly controlling the military and economy of the vassal state, as for the tribute, he has never taken the initiative to mention it.

However, this time, he took the initiative to let the Ministry of Rites notify all the vassal states, welcome everyone to come to the court, and lose money if you lose money, the main thing is that he is happy in his heart and wants to be lively!

What Zhu Cijiong didn't expect was that not only did the vassal states rush to respond and send envoys to congratulate them, but even the Ottoman Empire asked Qin Gongming, who was stationed in the Eurasian Canal, to send back the news, and they would also send an envoy to Daming.

Of course, they are not here to go to Asaga, but to form an alliance!

After Su Yiman returned, he mediated for several months and finally settled all the cronies around His Majesty the Ottoman Emperor, I don't know if he smashed it with gold and silver coins, or with his own money, in short, he finally got the authorization of "His Majesty the Emperor" to deal with the matter of alliance with various countries.

This power seems to be a bit big, as if he can ally with whoever he wants, isn't it a bit exaggerated?

If it was before Ibrahim I succeeded to the throne, this power would naturally be a bit exaggerated, because the Ottoman Empire at that time was extremely powerful, the Holy Roman Empire, Tsarist Russia, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, etc., who was not pleasing to the eye, they would beat whoever was not pleasing to the eye, and they would not agree to others asking for an alliance!

However, it is different now, since Ibrahim I succeeded to the throne, his cronies have made a mess of the entire Ottoman Empire, let alone beating people, it is good not to be beaten.

Therefore, this all-encompassing matter of alliance with various countries is not only not a beautiful errand, but also a thankless chore, your Ottoman Empire is so vast, and the country is in a mess, who doesn't want to come and take two bites, forming an alliance is simply a dream, at least, other cronies think so, they are all waiting to see Suyman's jokes.

If you want to say that Suyman's luck is also against the sky, if he wants to catch any other country, he is miserable, whether it is the Holy Roman Empire, Tsarist Russia, Spain, Portugal or the Netherlands, who is allied with you, such a big piece of fat, without biting twice, and helping you guard it for free, is simply a dream.

But what he caught up with was the Ming Empire, the only powerful country in the world that would not pounce on the Ottoman Empire, and there was only the Ming Empire, not that the Ming Empire couldn't bite them, mainly because the Ming Empire was too far away from them and couldn't reach it!

The so-called long-distance and close attack, if the Ottoman Empire borders the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cijiong probably can't help but go up and take two bites, but the Ottoman Empire is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, so far that he can't even mention the interest of opening his mouth, and more importantly, he doesn't have to open his mouth to bite at all, as long as Su Yiman is raised, this piece of fat is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, not only does he not open his mouth, but he also has to prevent others from opening their mouths, this piece of fat Daming must be kept and slowly squeezed for oil, none of you want to bite!

How do you prevent others from touching this piece of fat?

This Zhu Cijiong naturally thought about it a long time ago, that is, to expand the Triple Alliance and bring both the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire in, and then the Holy Roman Empire, Spain and Portugal would at least not fight the idea of the Ottoman Empire.

As for other countries, in the face of such a powerful alliance, no matter who wants to move their mouths, they must consider whether their teeth are hard enough, if they are not hard enough, not only will they not be able to bite the flesh, but their mouths will be shattered for you!

Therefore, after receiving the request of the Ottoman Empire, he not only immediately replied, agreeing that they should send an embassy to discuss the alliance, but also sent a notice to Spain, Portugal, and the Holy Roman Empire, asking them to send a delegation to the Ming to discuss the expansion of the alliance.

King Philip IV of Spain and King João IV of Portugal had already tasted the sweetness of the alliance, and immediately sent a mission without hesitation after receiving the notice, not to mention the Holy Roman Empire.

Now the capital of the Ming Empire is really lively, the envoys of the vassal states to the pilgrimage are endless, even the Tuwang and the national teacher of Duogan and Wu Sizang have all come to come, for a time, the capital is full of Chaohe's team, the Ming Dynasty seems to have returned to the Yongle period, the prosperity of all countries to come, of course, the current Ming is stronger than ever before, it is not that the vassal states were unwilling to come to pay tribute before, but Zhu Cijiong did not let them come.

This time, Zhu Cijiong himself asked them to come, so he personally met with the envoys who came to congratulate one by one, and gave them rich rewards, and at the same time left them in the capital, delicious food and drink, and let them go back after attending the grand ceremony.

What kind of festival is it? It's so grand, is Zhu Cijiong going to canonize the crown prince now!

Of course not, the grand ceremony he was talking about was the grand ceremony of the alliance of the five countries, and the last time he formed an alliance with Spain and Portugal due to the rush of time, there was no celebration, and he always felt as if something was missing.

Of course, at that time, it was in Spain, and I didn't have the conditions to do it.

This time it was different, he specially called the envoys of the other four countries to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, just to celebrate.

These five countries are all some of the largest countries in the world today, and they all account for more than half of the world in terms of territory and population.

This kind of thing that changes the pattern of the world, how can you not celebrate it!