"It doesn't matter, the Spanish merchant ships can pass, why can't the Ming merchant ships pass? If the Dutch dared to intercept the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, I would pull out all his bases in the South Seas to see how they could still engage in maritime trade. ”

"Your Majesty xià......" Tabora was stunned, this emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is it a cat or a tiger?

"Your Excellency the Governor, these Chi Diǎn besides, the cooperation between the Ming Dynasty and Spain should be a win-win situation, if Spain does not show enough sincerity, can you expect the sincerity of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes, yes, the Spaniards are absolutely sincere." Tabora was sweating profusely, and in the middle of winter, he seemed to have climbed up from the Bohai Sea.

Zhu Youzhen took a step after him: "Daming will also buy some goods from Spain, as for what kind of goods, I don't know now, but I heard that the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences can learn navigation knowledge, I don't know if His Excellency the Governor is sincere?" ”

"The Royal Academy of Sciences?" Tabora didn't know what Zhu Youzhen had taken a fancy to, whether there were any goods for sale there, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid I can't sit down on the lord here." ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, the cooperation between the Ming and Spain is a cooperation between countries, not between individuals, and it is also mired in trade, if both sides agree, we can also cooperate with other parties - if the Ming and Spain establish a contract, I am afraid that it will only take effect with your Majesty's signature, right?"

"That's, that's," Tabora diǎn head like a rice tree, "I will definitely convince my king to let the people of the Ming Dynasty enter the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences to learn about navigation." ”

"That's right, if we both have the sincerity to cooperate, even the Dutch will not be able to eat in the East."

"Your Majesty is going to stop trade with the Dutch?" Tabora was overjoyed, the Netherlands was Spain's biggest rival, since independence from Spain, the Netherlands suppressed Spain everywhere in the eastern trade, and Spain's large trade in the East was uprooted by the Dutch, until only Nanliu remained.

"I'm afraid it's not easy to ban it, the current Netherlands still has considerable strength in the East, but I will gradually weaken the strength of the Dutch, will His Excellency the Governor assist the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Youzhen threw another decoy.

"Of course, Spain will definitely assist the Ming Dynasty and weaken the strength of the Netherlands in the East." Tabora's eyes lit up, but they soon dimmed, and now △dǐng△diǎn△小△said,.2≡3.os_ ★(); Spain, what to fight the Netherlands? King Felipe IV only valued the Americas, and even the Governor of Manila was concurrently held by him, the Governor of the Americas, and Spain tasted the sweetness of the Americas, and now it will definitely not throw troops to the East.

Zhu Youzhen observed the change in Tabora's eyes, "Your Excellency the Governor only needs to have a heart, and you don't have to send troops, the cooperation between Spain and the Ming Dynasty is the best way to attack the Netherlands." ”

I heard that there is no need to send troops Tabora's confidence has increased greatly, and it turns out that following Daming's ass still has these benefits, "Spain will definitely cooperate with Daming." ”

"That's good," Zhu Youzhen saw that Tabora had swallowed the bait, and simply threw the hook out, "Your Excellency the Governor is from the Americas?" ”

"Yes......" Tabora swallowed the hook, only to realize that something was wrong and tried to spit it out.

"Then His Excellency the Governor must have mastered the route from the Americas to Asia, for the sake of our cooperation, I wonder if the Governor is willing to share the secret of this route with the Ming Dynasty?"

"This ......" Tabora was shocked, the Americas are the gold and silver mining places of Europeans, and if the Ming Dynasty enters the Americas, it will squeeze the space of Europeans.

"Your Excellency the Governor, there is still a lack of necessary trust between us, if Spain is unwilling to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, it doesn't matter, the Ming can cooperate with other countries, but if it does not cooperate, the Ming Dynasty will enter the Americas sooner or later, at that time, the Ming and Spain will not be friends in trade."

"Your Majesty Xià ......" Tabora didn't expect Zhu Youzhen to bring up the matter of the Americas, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, he was unwilling, compared to the Ming Dynasty has not yet entered the Americas, if he refuses to cooperate with the Ming in the Americas, then the trade in the East, the Ming may refuse Spain, then he lost the matter of the Southern Ryukyus, how to explain to the king when he goes back?

"Daming and Spain, the basis of cooperation is trust, before we have established enough trust, I am afraid that it will be difficult for His Excellency the Governor to decide, but without the assistance of Spain, Daming will cross the Pacific Ocean sooner or later, if the time comes, the friends of Daming cooperation, I'm afraid it will be more than Spain, in other words, why should Spain cooperate with Daming?"

"That ......" Tabora is engaged in a fierce ideological struggle, the Kuroshio route across the Pacific Ocean, now as long as Spain knows, if it leaks out, the trade benefits in the middle will have to be shared with the Ming Dynasty.

"It is not only Spain that excavates gold and silver in the Americas, but also the Netherlands, England, and Portugal, and the governor is self-controlled, if there is friction in the future, can Spain deal with the Netherlands and Britain alone?"

After the Netherlands became independent from Spain, not only did they not remember the grace of the old lord, but also suppressed Spain everywhere, and captured Spain's eastern trade base, and the invincible armada, which Spain was proud of, was destroyed by the British.

However, Spain was helpless against the two fierce rivals of the Netherlands and Britain, and the gap in national strength was getting wider and wider, and there was no hope for revenge.

Zhu Youzhen's words were stabbed in Tabora's wound.

"Your Majesty, if there is friction between Spain and the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, will Da Mingken fully support Spain?"

"Daming can at least mediate and negotiate for you, excluding the interference of force, as for whether Daming fully supports Spain, it depends on how much trust the two sides have, after all, Daming and Spain are not allies."

"Your Majesty, will the Ming and Spain develop into full-fledged allies? From trade to the military, the kind that will help you with all your might. ”

"It's entirely possible, as long as we build enough trust between the two sides," Zhu Youzhen is not opposed to forming an alliance with Spain in the future, his goal is Britain, and if there is one more ally in Daming, Britain will have one less, "but now, we must first establish mutual trust in trade, and trust needs to be accumulated step by step." ”

"Your Majesty is right." Tabora began to waver, and now he was most worried about the domestic criticism of him for leaking the Kuroshio Current route, and he had lost Southern Ryukyu.

Zhu Youzhen saw that Tabora was a little loose, and felt that he was going to take drastic medicine, "If His Excellency the Governor refuses to cooperate with Daming, I will not embarrass you, you can leave Daming at any time, but our cooperation will lack the basis of trust, and besides, I will not release the thousands of Spanish prisoners of war who are now being held in Xiamen." ”

"Your Majesty," Tabora finally came up with a compromise solution, "I can name the Kuroshio Route, but it doesn't have to be written in the peace treaty between the two sides, it should be a gift from me to His Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen understood that Tabora was trying to block the mouth of Spain, "I have thanked His Excellency the Governor first, since His Excellency the Governor is so sincere, then the cooperation between our two sides will also have a basis of trust." ”

"Your Majesty, how exactly do we work together?"

"Your Excellency the Governor, the specific content of the cooperation needs to be agreed upon by both sides, and I will send Vice Foreign Minister Huang Xiaofu to meet and negotiate with His Excellency the Governor."

Several major matters have been basically dealt with one after another, but Zhu Youzhen is still not idle, this is a problem that he has dealt with in the name of the emperor, and it still needs the approval of the cabinet to take effect.

But Zhu Youzhen will not be too worried, he has already established a certain prestige in the Ming Dynasty through his military exploits and accumulation of wealth, and the cabinet will basically agree to any decision he makes, and the cabinet at this time is mainly an executive body.

Now is not the time for the court meeting, Zhu Youzhen convened a temporary cabinet meeting.

In the matter of the establishment of the province of Southern Ryukyus, the cabinet chief and deputy prime ministers and the ten ministers did not make a statement, although their eyes could only see the huge inland of the Ming Dynasty.

Since Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, it has been the norm for the Ming Dynasty to establish provinces in the frontier, from the original two capitals and thirteen divisions with a total of 15 provinces, to the current Luzon has become the twenty-fourth province, an increase of nine provinces, and they estimate that it will increase in the future.

There are gold, copper and iron mines in Luzon, who will have to deal with these golden gold and red copper?

As for the selection of officials and the garrison of troops in Luzon, Zhu Youzhen handed them over to the Ministry of Personnel and the National Defense Yuan, and he only made an exception to appoint Li Tong as the prefect of Fulin Prefecture.

The matter of naturalization of the Kingdom of Sulu was not only agreed by the ministers, but simply unanimously welcomed. This is like the tributary of all nations in the era of Chengzu, and the Ming Dynasty once again became the core of East Asia, although it was only the beginning.

Although Sulu is a small country, all the land and population are not as good as a medium county in the Ming Dynasty, but Sulu is a naturalized country and has since become a part of the Ming Dynasty.

Sulu's naturalization was active, and the Ming Dynasty did not use troops against Sulu, a real soldier who surrendered without a fight.

When Zhu Youzhen was discussing Sulu in the cabinet, it suddenly occurred to him that Sulu's willingness to naturalize the whole country was probably related to their admiration for the culture of the Ming Dynasty, so in the future layout, we must promote the Chinese language and the values of the Ming Dynasty to the surrounding countries, so that the Ming Dynasty will become the core value area of the surrounding countries, which can recover the surrounding vassal states more than a blind war.

Due to the proximity of Sulu to Luzon and the small size of the island, the cabinet did not set up a separate prefecture here, but directly incorporated it into Luzon Province, which was unified by Luzon Province.

Sulu's Sutan also Habamala, because he took the initiative to join the Ming Dynasty, and the cabinet wanted to set an example, he was named an auxiliary prince by Zhu Youzhen, and gave the Han name Anqing, and gave a mansion in Beijing.

However, now the Duke of the Kingdom is not a hereditary title, although it can be hereditary, but it is reduced by one rank per generation until the viscount is no longer hereditary.

However, Zhu Youzhen's preparations for the conclusion of a peace treaty with Spain were not smooth, and many ministers expressed objections to this, and the voices of opposition far exceeded Zhu Youzhen's imagination, and even Premier Huang Liji, who had always supported Zhu Youzhen, was also opposed to concluding a peace treaty with Spain.