When Zheng He went to the West to visit Luzon Island in the third year of Yongle, he was appointed as the governor of Luzon by the edict Xu Chailao, an overseas Chinese leader in the Philippines, who commanded the military, political, financial and cultural powers.

Xu Chai Lao lived in Luzon in the early Ming Dynasty, and because of his good business and close relationship with the local natives, he later became a wealthy man on Luzon.

When Zheng He went to the West, he received a lot of blank letters of appointment from Zhu Di. Seeing that Xu Chai Lao was well-known in the local area and was good at winning over relationships, he didn't want money and canonized Xu Chai Lao as the governor.

In the name of the governor of Luzon, Xu Chai Lao announced that Luzon Island would be attached to the Ming Dynasty and become a subject state of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past 12 years, he has been loyal to the imperial court, served the people of Li, worked hard, and practiced himself.

In addition, he spared no effort to promote the culture of the Chinese nation, implemented the rule of Confucian etiquette, disseminated the advanced technology of agriculture, fishery and industry in southern Fujian, and greatly developed shipbuilding, textile, pottery, and tea planting, which were deeply supported by the locals.

Zhu Zhanji also came to this era, only to know that before the Spanish invasion of the Philippines, the Ming Dynasty had extended its land to the Nanyang region.

Luzon had a governor of the Ming Dynasty and had the support of the Ming Dynasty all the time.

And the old port Xuanfu political envoy is the garrison of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, Nanyang includes the West, there are more than 50 small countries that consider themselves to be vassals of the Ming Dynasty, and have sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and some kings have lived in the Ming Dynasty and never returned to China.

Zhu Zhanji couldn't figure out why Daming had such a good deck of cards in his hand at the beginning, but in the end he played a mess and failed!

What he didn't know was that all this was to blame on him, the original owner of the body, a good emperor who was blown to the sky by Confucianism, but was actually a national sinner.

In the original time and space, after moving the capital to Beiping, the imperial court's control over Nanyang was reduced a lot.

The rebellion in Jiaozhi involved too much energy of the imperial court, and in such an area, it cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver or even millions of taels of silver every year for military expenses, but the benefits obtained were only a mere 70,000 taels.

The short-sighted ministers felt that it was not cost-effective to spend too much energy on this barbarian land, and persuaded Zhu Zhanji to give up Jiaozhi.

However, none of them thought that the act of giving up Cochin was to overthrow the first dominoes, and when the Ming gave up this stronghold to control the South Seas, the small countries in the entire South Seas region saw the weakness of the Ming Empire.

Zhu Di died, Renzong Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, adjusted Zhu Di's expansion policy, took measures to alleviate the people's hardship internally, and carried out strategic contraction externally.

At that time, due to the construction of Beijing and the northern expedition for many years, the army and civilians were exhausted and the finances were tight, Xia Yuanji persuaded him to stop going to the West, and Zhu Gaochi agreed.

The contraction of Zhu Gaochi's foreign policy is not only reflected in the Western Ocean, but also in the Annan issue. He only served as emperor for ten months, but the policy of appeasing Jiaozhi Li Li and others began with his hands.

He recalled Huang Fu, who was known to be popular, and listened to the advice of the eunuch Shanshou and others to appease Li Li. These appeasement actions delayed the fighters and gave Li Li a chance to breathe and grow, which directly led to a serious deterioration of the situation of the Ming army in Annam, and finally Zhu Gaochi's successor, Zhu Zhanji, had to abandon Jiaozhi.

The restoration of Annam in the fifth year of Xuande marked the strategic retreat of the Ming Dynasty on land routes, and the countries of the Indochina Peninsula were no longer tamed. The halt to the Western Ocean marked the strategic retreat of the Ming Dynasty on the sea route, and the pressure on the island states dropped sharply.

The disappearance of the Ming Dynasty's military presence in the South China Sea region directly led to the loosening and disintegration of the Western tributary system. The geopolitical earthquake caused by Ming Xuanzong's abandonment of Jiaozhi was not expected by Zhu Zhanji.

In order to save face, he ordered the elderly Zheng He to go to the West for the seventh time. However, at this time, Xu Chai Lao of Luzon had returned to his hometown in Fujian, and after the troops in the old port were evacuated, the Nanyang countries no longer dealt with the Ming Dynasty.

The entire Ming Dynasty's power territory in Nanyang led to a complete rupture because of the abandonment of Jiaozhi.

It is also for this reason that the emperors of later generations have lost interest in Nanyang and always feel thankless.

More importantly, the Tumubao Incident led to the northward shift of the strategic center, and the Ming Dynasty became a continental state.

Although Zhu Zhanji doesn't know this, and he doesn't think he is a superhuman talent, he knows very well that with the identity of a prophet, he can play a bad card into a good card, at least, with a good deck of cards, he will not play stinky.

On the sixth day of the second lunar month, the fleet arrived in the northern part of Luzon Island by the trade winds from the north, and the scenery here was already significantly different from that of the Ming Dynasty, and many soldiers who had never been to the south looked curiously at the land to the east one by one.

The flotilla sailed along the western side of Luzon, not far from the mainland, and was able to clearly see the outline of the mainland.

The smaller ships in the fleet, which were closer to the mainland, occasionally encountered large villages, and would send punts ashore to find out what was going on.

There is no shortage of generalists in the envoy's fleet, and many Fujian people who work hard in Nanyang also know the local dialect. In the Nanyang region, language is not an obstacle.

Most of the populous Irok people in northern Luzon became allies of the Chinese, and they made Xu Chai Lao their leader.

Xu Chai Lao taught them to grow rice, and even cotton, which solved their long-standing shortage of food and cloth.

In the face of the Tagalog people in the south-central region, Xu Chai Lao actively participated in the ethnic and territorial contradictions between them and the most populous Visayas, and actively mediated disputes between them.

The islands south of Luzon were almost all the territory of the Sulu kingdom and were ruled by the Three Kings. They once offended Zheng He's fleet, and after knowing the power of the Ming Empire, they all surrendered to the feet of the Ming Empire, and were willing to become vassals of the Ming Dynasty.

For this reason, they also recognized Xu Chailao's dominance in Luzon, and regarded Xu Chailao as a bridge of communication between them and the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, although Xu Chai Lao can control a small number of people in Luzon, his dominance in Luzon is currently very stable.

Zhu Zhanji looked at the information about Luzon in his hand and sighed after a long time. "I originally wanted to kill chickens and monkeys in the Nanyang region, but now I can't find a target."

Jin Kuo, Zhao Yongliang, Xue Lu and others who were sitting under him were all sweating profusely. With these words alone, they found that this grandson was not inferior to His Majesty in terms of interest in fighting.

If Zhu Zhanji could guess their thoughts, he would definitely not agree with their thoughts. Because Zhu Di simply likes to fight, but he wants to get more benefits through war.

Now the Ming Dynasty's control over Nanyang is still too loose and lacks the strength of restraint.

Xue Lu said with a smile: "It's not easy to want to fight, Your Highness only needs to find an excuse to punish them." ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "It's not cost-effective, the things that are robbed through war have not been made much through trade, so why fight?" ”

Although the Philippines is rich in gold and copper, most of them have not yet been discovered. In the hands of the local natives, the gold is quite scattered, and by grabbing it, they can only grab some wealth on the surface, and it will also worsen the relationship between the two sides.

But through trade, they were able to willingly take out all the gold they wanted in exchange for the fine cloth, silk, and tools they wanted.

Huang Yuan interrupted the train of thought of the two war maniacs and asked, "Your Highness, you will be able to arrive at Beiming Street tomorrow, the former army has now arrived here to prepare for welcoming Your Highness." Young Eunuch Sun has already made a plan on how to lure these natives onto the ship of the Ming Dynasty, and we should also take a good look at it. ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Xu Chai Lao has done a good job, we just need to increase our support for him." ”

Although Xu Chai Lao, as a wealthy man, taught the local people advanced technology of agriculture, fishery, industry and commerce, and greatly developed shipbuilding, textiles, pottery, and tea planting, his strength was limited, and even if he had these technologies, they were only rudimentary processing techniques.

This is in the interests of the Ming Dynasty, because this rudimentary technique happens to be the means to pull these natives onto the ship of the Ming Dynasty.

Only by letting the local natives learn to enjoy it, can they know that the silk of the Ming Dynasty is more comfortable than the homespun cloth, can they know that the tea leaves of the Ming Dynasty are more fragrant than the tea of Luzon, and can they know that the porcelain of the Ming Dynasty is more exquisite than the crude pottery.

What Zhu Zhanji has to do is to increase the control over the output of technology, and some advanced technologies cannot be taught to them, and then it is to increase support for Xu Chailao and strengthen his own armed forces.

Therefore, he asked Sun Lin to make a plan according to the actual situation in Luzon, and strive to tie the natives of Luzon to the link of interests, so that they are willing to be used by the Ming Dynasty and become the cornerstone of the development of the Ming Dynasty.

This is much more cost-effective than the Ming Dynasty mobilizing the people to wage war.

Nowadays, the world is full of people with few people and rough roads, and even if they start a war, it is not easy for them to hide in the mountains.

The occupation of the world by Western countries is full of violence and cruelty, in fact, this is mainly due to the fact that their numbers are too small.

In the process of conquering the Americas, their numbers could not control the situation on the ground at all, and they had to kill and kill for safety.

But the number of people in the Ming Dynasty is much larger, and there is no need to use such extreme means. Moreover, although the Confucian culture of the East will wear out people's temperament, it has a very great advantage in unifying ideas and educating potential.

Therefore, the combination of grace and power is the right way.

Of course, this does not mean that there is no need to use violence, at least in the face of these peoples in Nanyang, who have already identified with the superiority of the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to use violent means.

As for those nations and tribes that did not obey the rule of the Ming Dynasty, they naturally had to be exterminated physically.

In the evening, the Ming fleet had arrived at the later Lingjiayan Bay, but because of the large fleet, most of the ships could not get close to the coast, so they could only disperse, stretching for dozens of miles.

It was getting late, and he couldn't dock, so Zhu Zhanji's flagship did not dock and waited for dawn tomorrow to dock again.

However, a herald boat picked up Xu Chai Lao and a group of local tribal leaders who greeted him on the shore, and came to Zhu Zhanji's flagship.

Among them, Xu Chailao, who is fifty years old this year, is the most excited.

Xu Chailao's ancestral hometown is Shenhu Town, Jinjiang, Quanzhou, and his father took advantage of the situation during Zhu Yuanzhang's vigorous suppression of big food merchants and accumulated a lot of family funds.

But later, Zhu Yuanzhang imposed a sea ban, and the Xu family, who had already tasted the sweetness, was reluctant to give up the Nanyang trade, so they led a fleet headed by Xu Chai Lao to take Luzon as a base and continue to develop maritime trade.

The third year of Yongle was a turning point for the Xu family, and he was appointed governor of Luzon by Zheng He because of his fame and prestige in Luzon.

Although this position is not recognized in the officialdom sequence of the Ming Dynasty, at least it has an official identity.

With this status, he was able to return to Fujian without any scruples, and brought more people and technology from Fujian.

In addition to not being able to trade directly, he had countless more conveniences than the others, and as a result, he developed rapidly.

In today's Luzon, he has become a hegemon. From Daming Street (Manila) to Beiming Street (Lingayan) is the largest plain area on the island of Luzon, where the land is fertile, the water flows and there are countless fertile fields.

He taught the local natives to grow rice, and the fertile land he developed was able to produce endless food.

The natives of the whole island of Luzon began to trade with him, buying all kinds of goods from him. He was no longer short of money, he just wanted to be recognized by Daming before he died. Even if he is just named a nine-rank sesame official, it is better than the current nominal governor.

This so-called governor he has no face to mention at all, and he is more of a joke than a real governor.

At the end of last year, he received news that His Royal Highness Taisun would personally go to the West and would stay in Luzon for a while.

To get the news, not to mention how excited he was. This is not Zheng He's eunuch, but the real dragon son and grandson.

He, a small businessman, was able to personally receive the dragon son and grandson, which was the smoke coming out of the ancestral tomb of his Xu family.

For this reason, he renovated the house on Daming Street, waiting for the arrival of His Royal Highness, but unexpectedly, his first stop in Luzon turned out to be this Beiming Street, where there are not many people living in total.

It was nothing more than a base he set up to serve the fleets sailing at sea and observe pirates.

He didn't know why His Highness wanted to stay here, but he definitely had to obey His Highness's wishes, so he hurriedly brought the tribal leaders here to greet him.

The natives could only be terrified when they saw a warship that was bigger than the city walls, because they couldn't understand how they could make such a huge warship.

But Xu Chai Lao's heart was only excited and proud, because he was a Ming man!

A group of people waited for the flagship, and when they saw such a powerful and strict soldier, their calves and stomachs couldn't help but tremble, and if it weren't for someone in front of them to lead the way, they wouldn't have dared to walk around on this flag-like ship.

Passing through the masts that had fallen sails, they finally saw Zhu Zhanji standing on the deck, which was ten meters high.

Without waiting for the waiter to remind, Xu Chai Lao had already recognized Zhu Zhanji in a dragon robe, he knelt down and shouted at the top of his voice: "Quanzhou Xu Chai Lao, meet His Royal Highness Taisun!" ”

The others waited for a moment, and then they also knelt down in panic, their heads slamming heavily on the deck.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Zhanji's heart was still very happy. Although this Xu Chai Lao is in Luzon, from his performance, it shows that he still thinks he is a Ming man.

Zhu Zhanji looked back and whispered an order to Li Liang, and Li Liang also shouted at the top of his voice: "Summoning the Governor of Luzon, Xu Chai Lao, to see him, and the others will wait in the reception room." ”

(I was going to add it at the beginning of this month, but I caught a cold and was dizzy.) Let's change 4,000 words first, and then if it gets better, I'll do it again. This month's update commitment is not less than 200,000 words)