Ying Tiancheng, in the back garden of the Shuangfeng County Mansion, Ma Xinyi, who was on crutches, smiled bitterly at Luo Zenan, who was shaking a paper fan: "Teacher, although the student and Du Wenxiu are both H people, they have never known each other, where can they speak?" ”

This Ma Xinyi was the leader of the Hui Eight Banners who was captured by the Ming army in the Battle of Ningjin, and he also broke a leg. But in the end, he was in the Jinshi, and Li Hongzhang, Shen Baozhen, Shen Guifen, He Jing (a native of Xiangshan, Guangdong, a Jinshi in the 27th year of Daoguang, and now he has also taken refuge in Zhu Ming, and the official worships the co-organizer of the Imperial Study), Guo Songtao, Zhang Zhiwan and others are the same year. These people worked together to rescue Baoju, and Emperor Zhu also made a favor, letting him and Zhang Zhiwan work together in the imperial study, and also worshiped Luo Zenan as a teacher.

Luo Zenan said with a smile: "Although Du Wenxiu is a citizen of H, he is also famous, and he has read the book of sages, so he should have a feeling of sympathy with you Magushan." In fact, the emperor admires Du Wenxiu's skills very much, but the book of sages and the truth of his religion are not the same thing after all. Du Wenxiu himself believes that there is nothing, but he is guilty of a taboo by reusing the power of religion, and he is a taboo by vainly trying to rely on this separatist side. Gushan, when you arrive in Dali, you must make this truth clear to Du Wenxiu. He also had to tell Du Wenxiu that the emperor knew that there was a deep contradiction between Dali and Han, so he was ready to set aside a concession in the rich land of northern Vietnam to settle his people. In the future, as long as his subordinates devote themselves to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor, the court will not be disadvantaged. If you are still stubborn and want to resist to the end, when the great soldiers arrive, I am afraid that the whole clan will be wiped out! ”

Ma Xinyi sighed: "Teacher, what you said, the students know. The students will definitely do their best to convince Du Wenxiu to avoid the misery of the sword. ”

Luo Zenan nodded: "If this matter can be successful." The vice-governor of Annam is you, Magushan. However, the position of deputy governor of Annam is not easy to do...... Taniyama. Do you know how Emperor Lu Dao plans to deal with Annan? ”

Ma Xinyi thought for a moment before replying in a low voice: "After all, it is going to become one with Huaxia, right?" ”

Becoming one is certain, but not now. At present, the Ming Dynasty has not yet been completely unified in the country, and although its military strength is strong, the focus of its military use is still in the north and northwest, and it is unlikely that it will invest heavily in Annan for a long time. Therefore, annexation can only be done in a few steps, not overnight. Moreover, China's southward expansion posed a threat to the interests of the Western powers in the South Seas, and it had to pull France to act with it. This Vietnamese state will also be divided between China and France.

According to the latest agreement reached between Zhu Jishi and French Ambassador Bourblon, China and France will use Hue, the capital of Vietnam, as the dividing line, to divide the "sphere of power" in Vietnam. Hue City would remain under the rule of the Nguyen Dynasty, which would remain for the time being as a joint puppet of China and France. In addition, Confucianism and Catholicism can be freely spread throughout Vietnam; Both China and France will have trade privileges throughout Vietnam; China and France jointly established a Vietnamese bank to issue currency in Vietnam; Chinese and French citizens are free to reside and do business throughout Vietnam, and have extraterritorial jurisdiction.

On the surface, these terms appear to have given the Ming "cede" half of Vietnam to France, but in fact they were more conducive to the Ming expansion. After all, Vietnam is far from France and close to Daming. Vietnam's culture is also close to that of the Ming Dynasty, especially Confucianism, which has a great influence in Vietnam. Like the Ming Dynasty, the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam also adopted the system of imperial examinations. Now the officials of the Nguyen Dynasty are almost exclusively selected by imperial examinations. The content of the assessment is also based on Confucianism, and even the eight-strand scholars are taken. It is similar to the imperial examination system that was practiced in China before. What's more, the official script of Vietnam is still Chinese characters (Zi Mur was once the official language in the Tay Son Dynasty, but Chinese characters were used again after the restoration of the Nguyen Dynasty).

All of this is in China's favour over France, which may be able to do a lot of economic benefits in Vietnam, but it is unlikely that Vietnam will become a French colony for a long time. Therefore, on the one hand, Emperor Zhu Da colluded with the French to invade Vietnam, and on the other hand, he also pondered the idea of strengthening the traditional Confucianism of Vietnam, and also eliminated all the Vietnamese characteristics in Vietnamese Confucianism, and turned it into a pure Chinese Confucianism and an authentic science, so that it would be much easier to annex Vietnam in the future.

"The emperor's intention is to use the learning of saints to educate people's hearts." Luo Zenan said eloquently, "There is no problem in capturing Vietnam, if Du Wenxiu is willing to listen to the emperor, his Dali soldiers will be able to level Vietnam!" If he didn't obey, how could an army of an army win a big victory, and besides, the French sent an army over. However, it is difficult to win the hearts of the Vietnamese people, and if the people's hearts are not attached, they will not be able to annex their country after all. ”

Speaking of Vietnam, the country is still a hard bone to gnaw, in history, when the Ming Dynasty became the ancestor, he destroyed Vietnam once, and then did not hold it and let the Vietnamese return to the country. When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was in a fight with Vietnam, he ended up with a result of "surrendering but not submitting", and he was regarded by the shameless Qianlong Emperor as one of the ten complete martial arts!

However, now the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam is said to have decayed, so it is not worrying about subduing the Nguyen Dynasty. In fact, even if Ruan Chao cheers up, it is impossible to be the opponent of Zhu Ming's army! However, bulldozing the Nguyen Dynasty did not mean the death of Vietnam, Vietnam is said to have a heroic and unyielding people, and the US imperialists did not force the Vietnamese people to embark on the evil road of democracy and freedom.

Therefore, Emperor Zhu, who knew the history of the Vietnamese people's resistance to the American invaders, did not dare to look too ugly. After defeating the Nguyen Dynasty, the signs of the State of Vietnam and the Emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty will continue to be hung, and the Vietnamese Confucian scholars still find a way to fool them.

Even if it is to "divide" the scope of power given to the Ming Dynasty, it cannot all be turned into occupied areas at once, otherwise the Vietnamese will not be joking in waging a guerrilla war. For Vietnam, you have to eat it slowly, one bite at a time. Cutting a piece of land today, drawing a concession tomorrow, and having a "Northwest Boundary Demarcation Treaty" the day after tomorrow to deal with them by encroachment, even if they cannot be completely annexed in the future, they can turn all the fattest territories in Vietnam into the sacred territory of the Ming Empire.

When Ma Xinyi left the Shuangfeng County Mansion in a carriage and returned to his residence in Yingtian Outer City. In Fort Maria, Zhu Jishi was holding his jade seal and knocking on a letter of state, and after knocking, he handed the letter to Wu Chunqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He said to Wu Chunqiu: "Once South Vietnam is occupied by France, Siam can be surrounded by the power of Britain and France and Burma, Britain and France have ambitions for Siam, and Burma is a Siamese feud, and the only thing Siam can rely on is my Ming Empire." And maintaining the independence of Siam is also good for my Ming Dynasty. You go and tell Rama III that I and him are both descendants of China, and we are both kings of the same country, so naturally we should support each other. Therefore, I can sign a mutual insurance agreement with him to ensure that the territory of Siam is not invaded by any foreign country. However, my grace will not be given casually, and I need Siam to become a prosperous country for the Chinese, and Siam to become a prosperous place for Confucianism. I didn't know that there was a Rama dynasty in Langdao, only that there was a country of Siamese Zheng in Langdao. If the Rama clan agrees to my terms, I am willing to become brothers with him, and the Zhu and Zheng dynasties will be brothers. He just wants to ban Christian churches and monasteries, and I will support it! ”

Wu Chunqiu said with a smile: "The emperor's condition Rama III must not be able to ask for it, and this time Japan defeated Tsarist Russia with the support of the emperor." Where did Rama III and the Siamese magnates not know whose thick legs to hold? King Rama III had earlier withdrawn the British interest in the purchase of sugar in Siam and had banned private purchases of other commodities such as timber. He also ordered the abolition of churches and monasteries, although due to general reasons, it was not fully realized, but it had already caused great dissatisfaction among the Western powers, and if the emperor could regard Siam as a brother, how could Rama III refuse? In addition, after the Rama Dynasty also claimed to be Emperor Zheng Xin (Chinese), they used the surname Zheng when they paid tribute to the Manchu Qing Dynasty over the years, and Rama III called himself Zheng Fu. Moreover, the Rama Dynasty has always welcomed the Chinese to Siam and has taken care of the interests of the Chinese, so this dynasty can also be said to be a Chinese dynasty. (To be continued......)