Zheng Zhilong's return to Beijing not only brought a surprise to Zhu Youzhen, but also brought Zhu Youzhen a lot of government affairs to deal with.

The first is the question of the rule of the Southern Ryukyu Islands.

Zhu Youzhen summoned Zheng Zhilong alone and listened to his report.

The conquest of the entire Southern Ryukyu Islands by the South China Sea Fleet was expected by Zhu Youzhen, who did not expect that the Spaniards would surrender, and Zheng Zhilong accepted their surrender.

Since the South China Sea Fleet completely controlled the Southern Ryukyu Islands, it was natural that it should be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and because of the vast territory of the Southern Ryukyu Islands, Zhu Youzhen planned to establish a province here.

In the entire South Ryukyu Islands, the largest island is Luzon Island in the north, whether in the classics of the Ming Dynasty, or among the people of the Ming Dynasty, Luzon is synonymous with the South Ryukyu Islands, and it is appropriate to use "Luzon" as the new province name, and the capital is Manila, which is relatively developed in commerce.

But Manila is obviously not a Chinese name.

"Commander Zheng, Manila is the Spanish title, the Spanish atmosphere is too strong, I plan to change the name, just call it Zhilong, how about it?" Zhu Youzhen began to make the heroes famous again, Zheng Zhilong is already the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, and he can't be promoted in his position, but he has opened up a province for the Ming Dynasty twice, which is obviously not something that can be rewarded by money, besides, Zheng Zhilong has accumulated a lot of wealth, he is rich and rivals the country, and he can't look down on wealth.

Zheng Zhilong has already heard that Zhu Youzhen named the uninhabited island after Mo Ning, and in the past two days, the Jingshi has been spreading, "Your Majesty xià ......"

"Zheng Aiqing, don't you like this name?" Zhu Youzhen estimated that Zheng Zhilong wanted to excuse himself.

Zheng Zhilong knew that this was Zhu Youzhen who made him famous in history, and once Manila was renamed Zhilong City, his Zheng Zhilong's name would forever be recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

But Zheng Zhilong thought about it, his front half was a pirate, this is indelible history, if later generations talk about the origin of Zhilong City, it is named after a pirate, then his honor, wouldn't it be a big discount? It is also nondescript to leave a name in history.

Thinking of this, Zheng Zhilong got up and knelt down in front of Zhu Youzhen's seat, "The minister knows that this is a gift from His Majesty to the minister, so that the minister will leave a heavy mark in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but the minister ...... Chen has a son, named Zheng Fulin, this year just ∷∴dǐng∷∴diǎn∷∴小∷∴ said, .↖.◎os_ (); At the age of seven, the minister begged His Majesty to name Manila with 'forint'. ”

Zhu Youzhen understood what Zheng Zhilong meant, he silently recited it twice, and then looked at Zheng Zhilong, who had been kneeling in front of him, "Forlin, this name is good, Manila has been changed to Forint since then." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After Zheng Zhilong kowtowed and thanked him, he sat down again at Zhu Youzhen's request, he was grateful to Zhu Youzhen from the bottom of his heart, a pirate, who could have become a rich man at most, and then spent the rest of his life in a low-key manner, and now he is not only the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, but his son's name has also become a capital city of the Ming Dynasty.

In the future, Fulin City will have an important impact on the Ming Dynasty and the trade between the East and the West, Fulin City is not only the trade center of the South Seas, but also spread throughout the Ming Dynasty and the Western Ocean with the mouth of merchants.

"How many sons does Zheng Aiqing have? But there is a son named Zheng Chenggong? Zhu Youzhen suddenly thought of "the story of Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan", and now that the father of the person concerned is here, he might as well inquire.

"Zheng Chenggong? No, the minister only has one son, Fulin. Zheng Zhilong didn't understand why Zhu Youzhen asked his family, just now it was the emperor's grace, and in a blink of an eye...... It seems that since he accepted the appeasement of the imperial court, he has never violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and he is already rich and rivals the country, so there is no need to seek wealth in danger.

"Ao, that should be my mistake," Zhu Youzhen then remembered that the name "Success" was given by the King of Nanming, who fled into the south after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and now there should be no chance, "Zheng Aiqing, you continue to talk about the affairs of Southern Ryukyus." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has the courage to protect one person." Zheng Zhilong thought of Li Tong, the two not only have similar personalities, but more importantly, they both value the future commercial value of Luzon, if Zheng Zhilong will be stationed in Luzon in the future, they will be natural allies.

"Ao, who does Zheng Aiqing want to protect? I have long said that as long as you meet outstanding naval talents, you must recommend them to me in time, I don't know what kind of talents Aiqing recommended this time? Zhu Youzhen also thought that Zheng Zhilong wanted to protect the generals of the navy.

"Your Majesty, this person's name is Li Tong, not a soldier, but my Ming Dynasty's Luodi Xiucai, because of poverty, no livelihood, only in Luzon, in the local Han people, natives, and even Spaniards, have a certain reputation, he has a unique view on the future governance of Luzon."

"Zheng Aiqing and Li Tong are old friends?" Although Zhu Youzhen is eclectic to reduce talents, Zheng Zhilong was born as a pirate and has been serving in the navy, how could he recommend a civilian official to him? So Zhu Youzhen suspects that they are old friends.

"Your Majesty, Li Tong is not an old friend of the minister, the minister only knew him when he sent troops to Luzon, and in the process of conquering Luzon, the minister received great help from him." The most important thing that Zheng Zhilong values about Li Tong is his understanding of business, and I don't know if Zhu Youzhen, who grew up in the deep palace, also adopted the strategy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business in Luzon.

"Since Zheng Aiqing recommended it, I will summon him another day, if he is indeed a talent, I will definitely be of great use." Zhu Youzhen didn't know why Zheng Zhilong valued Li Tong, now there are a lot of things waiting for him in the South China Sea Fleet, and he doesn't need to worry about this Li Tong for the time being, unless he is a genius or a generalist.

Zheng Zhilong has fulfilled his promise to Li Tong, as a soldier, he still attaches more importance to the military occupation of Luzon, "Your Majesty, the Marine Corps will continue to move south, and it cannot be deployed in Luzon Province in large quantities, like Taiwan, the entire Luzon Province still needs the army to garrison." ”

"The Han people in Luzon Province are mainly from Guangdong and Fujian provinces, so let's transfer two army divisions from Fujian, and if the number is not enough, we can recruit troops locally in the future." Zhu Youzhen believed that only military occupation of the newly acquired land could become the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and if it only relied on the local natives, it would become independent from the Ming Dynasty sooner or later, just like Laos and Burma.

"Your Majesty, the minister plans to establish a naval base in Subic Bay in Luzon, so that the navy of the Ming Dynasty will extend all the way to Malacca along Xiamen in Fujian, Guangzhou in Guangdong, Dayuan in Taiwan, and Subic in Luzon, so that when fighting with the West in the future, it will not go deep alone."

"Subic Bay? It is a deep-water port, surrounded by mountains, the terrain is good, suitable for the establishment of a naval base, Zheng Aiqing has a sharp eye, worthy of being a dragon on the sea, "Zhu Youzhen remembered that in the history of later generations, Subic Bay was a naval base coveted by various major powers, and he didn't want to be occupied by Zheng Zhilong first.

"Your Majesty Xià ......" Zheng Zhilong was shocked, he had been in the South China Sea for many years, and he was the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, and on the way back, he accidentally discovered Subic Bay, Zhu Youzhen lived in the palace, and he was not out of Beijing, how did he know Subic Bay? To say that Zhu Youzhen said it casually, how did he know that Subic Bay was a deep-water port, but still surrounded by mountains? Don't...... The more he thought about it, the more scared he became, but fortunately he didn't deceive him.

Zhu Youzhen also discovered Zheng Zhilong's question, "I discovered Subic Bay in the classics of the Ming Dynasty, and recently, I have been reading various classics about Nanyang. ”

"I see, it's the minister who thinks about it a lot." Zheng Zhilong breathed a sigh of relief on the surface.

"Not only do I know about Subic Bay, but I also know that on Sumudu Thorn Island (present-day Sumatra), there were Han Chinese who established the Three Buddhas' Kingdom." Zhu Youzhen had to continue to fool.

"Sumudu Thorn Island? Sriwijayaya? Zheng Zhilong felt that something was wrong, "Your Majesty, there used to be a country of Three Buddhas on Sumudu Thorn Island, but it was not established by the Han people. ”

"Zheng Aiqing didn't know, the Three Buddhas were not originally built by the Han people, but in the thirtieth year of Hongwu (1397 AD), the Majapahit on the island of Java destroyed the original Three Buddhas, and the Three Buddhas were in turmoil, at this time, more than 1,000 Han people in the Three Buddhas supported Liang Daoming, a native of the South China Sea in Guangdong, as the king of the Three Buddhas, Liang Daoming led the troops against the Majapahit, and gradually recovered the territory of the Three Buddhas, ten years later, the military and civilians united around Liang Daoming, reaching more than 100,000 people."

"Your Majesty, what happened to this Three Buddhas?" Zheng Zhilong doesn't know this history, but Zhu Youzhen even told the time and characters, so there should be no fake.

"This by the Han people established the Three Buddhas, and the relationship with the Ming is not bad, Yongle three years (AD 1405), Chengzu sent the king Liang Daoming's fellow townsmen to supervise the imperial history Tan Shengshou and thousands of households Yang Xin with the edict to Zhao'an, Liang Daoming with his courtier Zheng Boke into the court, leaving the deputy Shi Jinqing to continue to stay in the Three Buddhas."

"Your Majesty, what happened later? Is this Srivijaya in decline? ”

"No, the Three Buddhas have been in existence for a long time, in the fifth year of Yongle (1407 AD), Zheng He, the eunuch of Sanbao, returned from Malacca, passed through the old port (now Palembang), and was attacked by the pirate Chen Zuyi, Shi Jinqing secretly reported to Zheng Sanbao, Zheng Sanbao broke Chen Zuyi, and was escorted back to Beijing to be killed."

“……”

"Shi Jinqing then sent his son-in-law into Beijing to pay tribute, Chengzu Zhao ordered Shi Jinqing to be the old port to proclaim comfort, Yongle twenty-one years (AD 14), Shi Jinqing died, and his son Shi Jisun succeeded to the throne."

"Your Majesty, is this Three Buddhas already a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty? Or is it simply territorial? After Zheng Zhilong finished speaking, he found that something was wrong, over the years, he had never heard of the Three Buddhas coming to pay tribute.

"Haha, at the beginning, the Three Buddhas still came to pay tribute, but after a long time, there was no news, I don't know how they are now."

Since it is a country established by the Han people, there is no reason not to come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, Zheng Zhilong was a little annoyed, "Your Majesty, if the South China Sea Fleet enters Sumudu Thorn Island, what should the Han people on the island do?" Will they be convicted of treason and sent back to Beijing for trial? ”

"Rebellion? Trial? What kind of business is this? Zhu Youzhen shook his head and denied, "Zheng Aiqing, they didn't oppose the Ming Dynasty, they just couldn't survive in the country like that Li Tong, so they ran away from the Ming Dynasty, it is not a rebellion, although they established a country in the Three Buddhas, they have never been in danger of the Ming Dynasty, they have the same goal as the Ming Dynasty, to safeguard the interests of the local Han people." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister understands." Zheng Zhilong also found that he was too reckless, Zhu Youzhen has always defended the overseas Han people, as long as they are not like pirates who endanger the interests of other Han people, he is also glad for himself, fortunately he has long accepted the appeasement of the imperial court, otherwise, the current commander of the South China Sea Fleet must be held by others, and he is the pirate on the opposite side of the South China Sea Fleet, with the current strength of the South China Sea Fleet, the pirates will be exterminated sooner or later.

"These Han people are scattered on Sumudu Thorn Island, and if the South China Sea Fleet lands here in the future, it can awaken their sleeping memories and let them return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will definitely preach to them the immensity of His Majesty's imperial grace, so that they can return to their hearts as soon as possible."

"Yes, this shows the mind of the great power of the Celestial Empire," Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but praise Zheng Zhilong, "That king of Sulu, Ao, should be called Su Dan, what is going on?" ”