Chapter 52: News Spreads Around the World
The old emperor Zhu Zhongliang knew in his heart that in the process of withdrawing the feudal reform, the feudal king was facing great risks.
The upper echelons of the feudal kingdom will basically support it, and the middle and lower echelons will not oppose it at least, and the only one who may oppose it is the feudal king.
But opposition in this case is obviously meaningless, and on the contrary, it will bring danger to them.
After Zhu Zhongliang saw Zhu Zhongdong's statement, he specially reminded the relevant officials to ensure the safety of the vassal king during the withdrawal process.
It is normal for these brothers and nephews to have opinions about the land that their ancestors have given to their brothers and families for generations, and it is natural to take care of them.
Especially when the current situation needs to be stabilized.
The princes and ministers were all smart people, and they immediately understood what the old emperor meant.
Therefore, when they continued to deal with the reform of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Toyohara Kingdom, their attitude became more moderate and friendly.
Next, the reform of the Ryukyu Kingdom began as normal, and the selection of Kaito envoys immediately began.
The division and posts of the Toyohara Envoy were formulated, and a preliminary plan was formed at the eleventh hour of the Kyoto Division, and then immediately sent to the Toyohara Imperial Ministers for confirmation.
Li Hongbin, the left chief of Fengyuan Kingdom, was stunned for several seconds after getting the telegram from the imperial court, and almost thought that he had read it wrong.
In the end, Fengyuan Yiguo gave a political envoy, and the divisions and posts of the six prefectures and 48 counties were very normal and reasonable.
The highest civil servant is the political envoy from the left and right of the second rank, give one to the prince, and the court arranges another one, and he and other Fengyuan ministers can't get it.
However, the participation in politics from the left and right of the third rank, plus the participation from the left and right of the fourth rank, and the six prefects who are tentatively scheduled from the fourth rank, can arrange all the main officials of the palace.
Everyone can be promoted simply by calculating the grade, and the real power will not be reduced at the very least, which can be said to be very appropriate.
Previously, based on the area of Ryukyu and Dongning Island, everyone thought that Toyohara should be able to get two political envoys, but the special situation of Ryukyu was not considered at all.
So at that time, Li Hongbin hurriedly poured cold water on them, otherwise there might be complaints at this time, even if they could explain it themselves, they would feel uncomfortable.
It is better to lower the expectations in advance before the imperial decree comes down, so that everyone can accept it safely.
Now the imperial court's placement of officials from the vassal state is basically not beyond Li Hongbin's expectations.
But the response to King Fengyuan's request really surprised Li Hongbin.
The emperor completely and unconditionally agreed to his king's request, which was a slightly excessive request in his own opinion.
In particular, Honglu Temple also reminded that the safety of the vassal king must be guaranteed.
This shows that His Majesty the Emperor also felt that this kind of withdrawal of the feudal domain was a disadvantage to the feudal king, so he was willing to take care of and appease him.
Li Hongbin closed his eyes and took a deep breath, quickly sorted out his mood, and took the telegram to see his king.
Zhu Zhongdong, the king of Fengyuan, was originally quite worried, suffering from gains and losses.
After reading the telegram handed over by Li Hongbin, he was also stunned for a while:
"This ...... His Majesty just agreed? ”
Li Hongbin next to him thought for a while and said:
"Yes, Your Majesty has agreed, and the Household Department, the Ministry of Officials, and the Honglu Temple have all specially advised that in the process of preparing for the affairs of the three divisions of Fengyuan, the safety of the king must be guaranteed."
Zhu Zhongdong was stunned for a few seconds, and then muttered:
"Your Majesty the Great Brother Emperor is truly a benevolent and virtuous king! The Lone King...... Worry-free......"
After a few seconds of silence, Zhu Zhongdong opened his mouth and ordered:
"Reply to the court's gratitude, and then inform everyone to pack up their things and return to the national capital immediately, and immediately start the re-establishment matters."
Li Hongbin immediately bowed down and agreed, and then asked again:
"Your Majesty, if other kingdoms come to inquire about it, shall we inform them?"
After a moment of deep groaning, Zhu Zhongdong stroked his beard and smiled and said:
"According to the truth, there is no need to hide it, in the future, they may all be neighbors in Beijing, and it will be a favor to sell a little now, and it will be a favor in the future.
"And the imperial court should also hope that we can witness to the other vassal states, so as to confirm the news of the withdrawal of the vassals, right?
"We, the people of Fengyuan, must have heard the rumors and want to confirm the news, right?
"Then just send a newspaper to the whole country and make everyone happy!"
Li Hongbin also smiled and nodded when he heard this:
"Wang ...... Your Highness is wise. ”
Zhu Zhongdong was obviously stunned for a moment when he heard this title, how did he become His Royal Highness.
Not to mention that Zhu Zhongdong immediately understood that he would be the Prince of Daming in the future, but he would not become His Royal Highness.
So Zhu Zhongdong couldn't help laughing, patted Li Hongbin's shoulder lightly and said:
"Our Fengyuan place is still Li Qing's most promising, Xiao'er is the political envoy, Li Qing will be a senator in the future, and Li Qing needs a lot of help......"
Li Hongbin felt comfortable in his heart, and he didn't even dare to say it on the surface.
At twelve o'clock at noon on the same day, Toyohara officially issued the official announcement of the kingdom.
The three divisions subordinate to the Ming court will be established in the territory of Fengyuan Kingdom, and all immigrants and pure-blood descendants will soon obtain Ming citizenship.
The people of Fengyuan Country have already heard some rumors, and the more upper-level people know, the more they are waiting for the exact news.
Now as soon as the official announcement was made, the middle and upper class groups of Fengyuan Country immediately entered a state of jubilation.
The streets of the major cities of Toyohara Province soon turned into a sea of joy.
Many people laughed and bowed, feeling that they could finally keep the clouds open and see the moon, and they could finally claim to be a Ming person openly.
At the same time, civilian intelligence personnel in all aspects finally got the exact official news of the Ming Dynasty's withdrawal from the domain.
And then immediately spread this content all over the world as quickly as possible.
Fengyuan Kingdom uses the time of the Daming Jingshi, and at twelve o'clock at noon, the sky is still dawn in most parts of the Taixi Kingdom.
The ministers and kings received the notices one after another, but it took them a long time to get up and gather.
At this time, the time of the Three Kingdoms of Anxi happened to be around eight o'clock in the morning, and the kings and khans, who had already gotten up for breakfast, happened to directly start discussing the countermeasures.
The Three Kingdoms of Anxi are not the three khanates of Central Asia in the original time and space, Bukhara, Khiva, and Kokand.
Rather, it was the three states of the Kazakh Khanate, the Khiva Khanate, and the Safavid dynasty of Persia.
The Kokand Khanate of this world, because it was too close to the remnants of the Tianshan Mountains, after the Ming Dynasty integrated the Dzungar Khanate, he took it away.
The Bukhara Khanate in the western part of the Kokand Khanate was divided between the Ming and the Khiva Khanate further west.
After that, the Ming did not continue to expand further west, after considering the ethnic composition of the Anxi region, the direct and indirect costs of rule, and the cost of large-scale official immigration.
It did not continue to annex the Khiva Khanate and the Kazakh Khanate, did not completely annex Safavid Persia in civil strife, and certainly did not let it go.
The Ming first stabilized the turbulent situation in the Three Kingdoms by intervening by force, and established a pro-Ming regime in the local area to ensure that the other side would not be encroached upon by Lucia and the Ottomans.
Then the long-term economic and cultural influence on them turned them into a strategic buffer zone that was nominally completely independent, but in reality more inclined to the Ming Dynasty.
Under the continuous influence of the Ming Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms of Anxi maintained a state of peace and stability for more than 70 years and completed the secularization reform.
Since the international status of the three countries is very similar, they have close exchanges and ties with each other.
In particular, the Ming Dynasty built a railway in their west, near the side of the Ming Dynasty, and set up telephone lines.
When one of the three countries receives the news, it is almost the same as the other two countries also receive the news, and they will call the others directly from the dedicated telephone.