The capital in July is already quite sultry, the hot sun makes people hurt, even if they stay in the house, it is like a steamer, and the steaming people are sweating all over, making people even want to peel off the skin to cool off. But at this moment, Zhu Cijiong was sitting in the study of Qianqing Palace in a bright yellow dragon robe, with no sweat stains on his face, and the cold air conditioner was turned on here, of course he would not sweat.

It's been almost ten days since he came back from Europe, and as he grows older, he doesn't give all the reviews to the fifth uncle Zhu Youzhen, and the important folds are now all reviewed by him personally, and the general folds are still reviewed by Zhu Youzhen, and at this moment he has finished reviewing today's folds and is about to consider the problem of Nanyang.

There are several maps on the big conference table in front of him, which are the maps of the Ming Dynasty that have a relatively wide control over the Nanyang, if you combine them, you will find that the entire Nanyang region, all the way to Batavia, used to be the territory or subject country of the Ming Dynasty!

However, on the top one, on the latest map of the Chongzheng Dynasty, Nanyang is blank, that is to say, since the Chongzheng Dynasty, no Nanyang subject country has ever expressed its submission to the Ming Dynasty, and they seem to have forgotten that they are vassals of the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Cijiong naturally could not tolerate this situation, not only for the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, not only for the sake of colonial expansion, but also for the future security of the Ming Dynasty.

Because if he doesn't conquer, the great powers will definitely conquer, and at that time, Nanyang has become the world of the great powers, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty have to be on guard day and night, people are squatting at the door of your house, how can you rest assured that you go out to rob the colony, you walk on the front foot, and people will break into your house on the back foot.

Therefore, in the periphery of the Ming Dynasty, the colonies of the great powers are never allowed, not a piece, the entire South Seas must be under the control of the Ming Empire, which is the basis for the creation of the colonial empire on which the sun never sets, if this foundation is not laid, the Ming Dynasty will be tied when fighting for hegemony on the sea, and there may even be a fire in the backyard.

Zhu Cijiong looked southeast along the east all the way, the first one is Luzon, this does not need to be considered, although it is now a Spanish colony, it has been mortgaged to the Ming Dynasty, as far as Philip IV spends money, there will definitely be no money to pay back in two years, and Luzon must be the Ming Dynasty.

Next is Sulu, Chengzu Yongle years, the three kings of Sulu have led their dependents and attendants more than 300 people, crossed the ocean to visit China, received the hospitality of Chengzu, its return journey, the East King Badu Ge Horn Tara died of illness in Dezhou, Chengzu also sent officials of the Ministry of Rites to preside over the funeral, since then Sulu and the Ming Dynasty have become increasingly close, is one of the few vassals who have been taking the Ming as the suzerain, but in the past ten years there has been no contact, I don't know what is going on.

Further south is the Bo mud country, Chengzu Yongle years, the king of Bo Ni also led his family to visit the Ming Dynasty, its king unfortunately died of illness, buried outside the city of Jinling, and then the Emperor Cheng Zu sent someone to escort the prince of Bo Ni to return to China to inherit the throne, since then the Bo Ni country has also become a hardcore vassal of the Ming Dynasty, but the same more than ten years ago suddenly lost contact with the Ming Dynasty.

Then there are Java and Manchuka, two island nations that have also sent envoys to pay tribute, but only occasionally, and there is not much to say.

Further west or south, Zhu Cijiong didn't pay attention, there was basically a vast sea, and even if there were islanders, there were very few, basically deserted, and there was no value for the time being.

Zhu Cijiong's focus was on the southeastern peninsula bordering the Ming Dynasty, which had a large population and rich resources, and was a fat meat in the eyes of the great powers.

There were Annam, Champang, Chenla, Siam and other vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and there were also Mengyang Xuanwei Division, Mubang Xuanwei Division, Burma Xuanwei Division, Cheli Xuanwei Division, Eight Hundred Dadian Xuanwei Division, Laos Xuanwei Division, and other Ming direct territories, and even Jiao Lu Cheng Xuan Zheng Envoy Division such direct provinces, but from the late Wanli period, these places gradually broke away from the control of the Ming Dynasty, and they did not take the Ming Dynasty in their eyes at all.

One of the most annoying is Annam, the monarch of the Chen Dynasty in Annam during the Yongle period of Chengzu was usurped by his relative Hu Jichen, the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Hu regime at the request of the remnants of the Chen Dynasty, and set up the Jiaolu Cheng announced that the political envoy department managed all parts of Annam, but a few years after the death of Chengzu Annam began to rebel, and established the Hou Li Dynasty, and then again and again, a while called the minister, a while called the country, as if the Ming Dynasty could not clean them up.

During the Jiajing period, the southeast peninsula also rose a Donghu Dynasty, which defeated the Tusi Ava Dynasty of the Burmese Xuanwei Division, occupied the entire territory of Burma, and then began to expand everywhere, attacking the Mengyang Xuanwei Division of the Ming Dynasty, the Laos Xuanwei Envoy and the subject Siam and other places, thus triggering the famous Wanli Ming Burmese War, so that the Ming Dynasty gradually lost control of the southeastern Xuanwei Division and subject countries.

In the process of studying the situation in the southeast, Zhu Cijiong gradually developed an opinion on this system of the Propaganda Division, and perhaps it was time to consider ending this system.

In fact, the Xuanwei Division is not a system established by the Ming Dynasty, but inherited the system of the Yuan Dynasty, the full name of this Xuanwei Division is the Military and Civilian Propaganda Division, which was an administrative unit between the state capital and the province during the Yuan Dynasty, subordinate to the provinces, and in charge of the military and civil affairs of the following state capitals.

In fact, there is no level of Xuanfu Division in the local administrative system of the Ming Dynasty, the reason why some Xuanfu Divisions have been set up is to manage a small number of famous people, the Xuanfu Division of Xuanfu has great power, and the military, government and civil affairs are grasped, plus the Ming Dynasty Imperial Court has a relatively loose management of these Xuanwei Divisions, basically allowing them to be autonomous, and these Xuanwei Envoys have basically become the emperor of the soil, so the Xuanwei Division is also called the Tusi.

What do these Xuanfu envoys say, some listen to the orders of the imperial court, such as Qin Liangyu's husband Ma Qiancheng, who was seriously injured in the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't resist when the eunuch came to frame him, and as a result, he died of his injuries in prison, which is a typical Xuanfu envoy loyal to the imperial court. But most of them did not listen to the orders of the imperial court, such as Yang Yinglong, Yongning Xuanfu, Hao Chongming, Shuixi Xuanfu, An Bangyan, Sha Dingzhou, Yunnan Xuanfu, etc., they not only became local emperors, but also launched a rebellion to attack the nearby state capital, so that the Ming court had to send troops to levy, labor and money, and waste national strength.

Zhu Cijiong was very dismissive of the Ming emperors' method of ruling remote areas and vassal states, which clearly showed that he was letting it go, of course, the Celestial Empire in the Central Plains basically had this attitude towards the barbarian natives, and this could not be blamed only on the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, there was no threat from the great powers before, so what did these barbarians do!

It's different now, Zhu Cijiong knows the greed of the great powers, and if he doesn't solve the problem of Nanyang when they are fighting, it will be difficult to solve it when they intervene, so he decided to level Nanyang now!

For those vassal states who are reluctant, reluctant, and do not want to submit to the Ming Dynasty, then fight until he is "willing".

For those who do not obey the discipline and commit rebellion, they simply let them not be the toast, this time taking the opportunity of pacifying the South Seas, he wants to revoke all the Xuanwei Division, set up a state capital or even a province, and directly govern it!