“……… Ordered to cut off the prince, and sent to the martyr's shrine to behead the public, his clan totaled 173 people, regardless of the old and young, all of them were executed, Qin this! ”

After counting the crimes, Xiao Guizi announced the punishment, not to mention the envoys of various countries, even the ministers of the court did not expect such a heavy punishment. (- This latest chapter is available to read online)

It wasn't until the frightened King of Siam was escorted out of the Luang Palace by the warriors that everyone recovered from their surprise.

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, long live, long live!" The reactions of the various countries praised together, and they vaguely felt that the Ming Dynasty seemed to have some changes in its national policy.

"You don't need to be afraid, I punish the vassal kingdoms that do not abide by the way of the courtiers, and you pay the tribute on time, and I will never blame you." Zhu Jun touched the case.

The envoy of Annan cautiously went out of the class and said: "The lower country will definitely abide by the way of the ministers, and the lower ministers dare to ask, is the country of Annan still the country that will never be conquered by the Great Ming Dynasty?" ”

After the envoy of Annan finished speaking, the other envoys also listened quietly, this time their mission in addition to tribute, the most concerned question is whether the Ming Dynasty still continues the previous national policy.

Zhu Jun said: "The Ruan clan of the Annan Kingdom has always been conscientious and conscientiously abide by the etiquette of the lower country, of course, it is still the country of the Ming Dynasty that will never be conquered, and I will rejuvenate the king, but only conquer those countries that are not subordinate, therefore, if the Ruan family continues to treat the Ming Dynasty with the courtesy of the Son of Heaven, I hereby swear that I will never conquer Annam." Cambodia, Sumatra and other countries are the same as Annan. ”

The envoys couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and smiled, the terrible combat effectiveness of the Ming army made all countries tremble, entering the Burmese capital in January, and destroying 30,000 elite soldiers in Siam in ten days, such a powerful combat effectiveness, which country is not afraid of Burma and Siam?

The Spanish envoy of Luzon stood up and saluted Zhu Jun who was high above him: "Your Majesty the most noble Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, we have heard when we were in Luzon that you annihilated the naval fleet of Malacca in the Netherlands in one fell swoop. Spain is fighting against the Dutch, and according to our covenant we want you to send your fleet to Luzon to fight alongside our Spaniards. Fight together against the intrusion of the shameless Dutch Javanese fleet. ”

Zhu Jun asked noncommittally: "What is the situation in Luzon today?" I have heard that your territory has not fallen, and that the fleet of Java cannot help you. ”

"It's the ground. The Spanish army under the Governor's command won successive victories. The heroic Spanish Army gave a harsh lesson to the Dutch troops who landed on the coast of Luzon. "The Spanish envoy is talking nonsense.

Zhu Jun laughed. If the Spaniards say that the war has entered a stalemate, Thaksin will be believed. The Spaniards, on the other hand, said they had won one big win after another. It was as if the dawn of victory was already in sight. It would be ridiculous to just wait for the Ming sailors to go to Luzon to share the fruits of victory. If it is as the envoy said. I'm afraid that Spain will not hurriedly ask the Ming army to help in the war.

Zhu Jun didn't break him. Just said: "The Daming Water Division has just been expanded. Many sailors and sailors are still in the field and training. Therefore, the date of departure to Luzon should be postponed for a while. At that time, I will be well prepared. I will fulfill my covenant with your land. ”

For Zhu Jun. Take advantage of the internal friction between Spain and the Netherlands. It is a matter of course to send sailors to take advantage of something. But now is not the time. First, the newly recruited soldiers of the Navy Division have not yet been fully trained. It is possible to deal with a small country like Siam that has a sea and no defense. But to confront the fleet of a maritime power, the Netherlands, is almost tantamount to death. Second, the Spaniards and the Dutch have not yet fought to the point of life and death. Both sides have not yet exhausted all their combat strength. It is not beautiful for the sailor to rashly help the war. Which of the two world wars in the future was not when the two camps fought to exhaustion. Great, bright, and always right, Uncle Sam appeared in time. All of a sudden, the evil empire that has exhausted its military power will be beaten to the ground, and he doesn't even know the land?

Therefore. Zhu Jun has only one word for the Spaniards---- procrastination. The longer you mop the floor, the better. Wait until the two tigers have exhausted their last bit of strength. It is not too late for the great Ming sailor to go to sea again.

Immediately after that, the household department presented the fold. The state treasury of Siam counted five million taels of silver. There are also two million taels of silver in various rare treasures. 930,000 people. The county guards of Myanmar also set out. went to Haidu to report to Zhu Jun.

Zhu Junda was satisfied, after the establishment of Haidu, the original treasury surplus still had more than 40,000 taels of silver. Combined with the revenues of the Siamese treasury, the total amounted to a terrifying 10 million taels, and it was indeed a very pleasant thing to use plunder to accomplish capital accumulation. After the dispersal of the court, Zhu Jun returned to the dormitory, Qu Ci and Zhou Xue'er were in the house, they had become Zhu Jun's personal palace maids, seeing Zhu Jun come in, Qu Ci untied Zhu Jun's crown clothes, and Zhou Xue'er served tea. Qu Ci has become acquainted with Zhu Jun in the past few days. is also a little less reserved as a girl, and she sees Zhu Jun looking radiant today. While putting together the crown dress for Zhu Jun and placing it on the tray held by Xiao Guizi, he smiled brightly: "The emperor is so happy, but did you have any happy events in the court this morning?" ”

Zhu Jun said: "Today I convicted the King of Siam in front of the envoys of the five countries, those envoys trembled, and did not dare to neglect me in the slightest. ”

Qu Ci and Zhou Xue'er also laughed, and Qu Ci said: "The emperor is sage, Ci'er has listened to her father's words and is relaxed, presumably this is the emperor's truth." ”

Zhu Jun picked up the tea sent by Zhou Xue'er, took a bite and said: "Since I entered Burma, all the countries of Nanyang thought that the Ming Dynasty had exhausted its numbers, but they were afraid to avoid it, and they flattered the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Ci'er, Xue'er, you don't have to be poor, this is all done by the eunuchs, you sit down and talk to me. Zhou Xue'er said: "The emperor is a holy monarch, these Yi people are very hateful, they should be given some lessons, when Xue'er was in Ava with the uncle, the uncle was often looked down upon by those barbarians, and the uncle worked for the barbarians during the day for our livelihood, and when he came home at night, he sighed for a long time. If it weren't for the emperor, I'm afraid that Uncle would still be angry with those barbarians. ”

Zhou Xueer is a big arrogant character, and she also has prejudices against the Burmese people. Qu Ci frowned, and said solemnly: "Although the barbarians are hateful. But they are also born to their parents, if they do not accept the king, His Majesty should show his authority, but he must also be both rigid and soft, not too harsh, otherwise it is easy to provoke trouble. ”

Zhou Xue'er spit out her fragrant tongue. Said: "Sister Ci'er is right, Xue'er's words are more intense, and Uncle also said that governing a big country is like cooking small fresh, and it should not be too harsh." ”

Qu Ci and Zhou Xue'er's two daughters have the same experience, so they get along very well these days, like a pair of sisters, very harmoniously.

Zhu Jun smiled: "In my opinion, you are wiser than those ministers in the court. If you weren't a daughter, I might want you to go to the Hanlin Academy to be a monk. ”

The two daughters looked at each other and smiled, and Qu Ci blushed and blessed Zhu Jun: "The emperor made fun of it." The government is the business of the emperor and the righteous ministers, and the concubines don't understand anything. ”

Zhu Jun and the second daughter talked again, and it was noon in an instant, Xiao Guizi came to eat, and Zhu Jun asked the two daughters to sit down and eat together.

Dutch Governor's Palace in Java.

The governor of Java angrily listened to the report of the envoys to the Manchus, and this time the negotiations were completely unsuccessful, and the Manchus did not take these Hongyi into account at all, and the envoys were not received in any way, and they had just arrived in Hangzhou from the north. He was arrested by the local prefect and beaten on the charge of bewitching the public, and then deported, and the Dutch envoy did not even arrive in Beijing, and the entire alliance plan was aborted.

"These stupid Eastern barbarians." The Governor of Java, Hartling, ignored the insults of the disgraced envoys at his side, and the Dutch, who had always regarded themselves as a great power, possessed the largest number of merchant ships in the world and a large number of ocean-going warships, and now their friendly behavior was unjustifiably rejected by a barbaric nation, and they insulted the envoys they had sent. Even Spain, which was hostile to it, would never do such a thing.

"Your Excellency the Governor, Mr. Mohan, Director of the East India Company, wants to see you, and his carriage has arrived at the door of the Governor's Palace." The clerk hurried in to report.

Hartlin restrained a trace of anger and dressed neatly, he did not dare to slack off on this most powerful figure in the Far East.

Old Mohan's sparse white was missing a few more, and the dark bags under his eyes proved that he hadn't slept well for many days, and he entered the governor's office on crutches, and sat down on the only bench in the governor's office, and said to Hartlin dissatisfiedly: "Your Excellency." As far as I know. Our alliance with the Qing Empire failed, did it? ”

"Yes." Hartling couldn't have imagined that old Mohan would receive the news so quickly. He answered bluntly. An alliance with the Manchus was proposed by Hartlin, and the elder Mohan was Hartling's greatest support.

"So what do we do next? Does the Doge's Palace have a detailed plan? Whether the war against Luzon will continue. Old Mohan looked at Hartling with a slit in his eyes, and surprisingly he didn't blame Hartling.

"We are working harder and I personally suggest that the war should continue, and although the resistance of the Spanish army is fierce, I am confident that we will be able to end the war before the end of the year." Hartling hesitated for a moment, then added: "Sir, we have invested too much military money and lives in this war, and if we cannot take Luzon and drive the Spaniards out of the Far East, we will have nothing to gain, so we can only let the war continue." ”

Old Mohan nodded: "You're right, the company and I have invested too much silver in this war, if we lose, it will not only affect our prestige, but also make me lose all my money, so the silver coins we have invested in must be recovered from the Spaniards." ”

"But it's useless for me to understand that, you have to show the company's top brass the hope of victory, otherwise these unscrupulous guys won't agree to this war going on until the end of the year, do you understand?"

"Yes, I feel the pressure on that." Hartlin shrugged his shoulders, his expression became solemn, and he whispered: "Sir, I still have a plan, if this plan can be implemented, maybe we can not only get Luzon, but also give the Ming army a little color." ”