Among the envoys of all countries, only the envoys of Manchurian and Jiaguo were the most sincere, because he brought edicts and seals, which were given to them by Emperor Yongle.

Because in the first year of Yongle, Baili Mirasu, the founder of the Manchurian state, followed a man named Yin Qing to Jingshi to meet Zhu Di.

This Yin Qing was a eunuch who represented the Ming Dynasty before Zheng He, and he sent envoys to Manchuria, Sumatra, etc. in the first and third years of Yongle respectively.

Of course, Baili Milasu is not interested in the Central Plains, but because his country has just been established, in order to survive, he must pay 40 taels of gold to Siam every year, and there is the threat of Majapahit in the south, so he seeks the support of foreign countries, which is sandwiched between China and Russia today, and always has to fight with another powerful country.

Later, in the first half of the 15th century, because of the good political relations with the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty had a powerful Zheng He fleet that sailed to the West seven times, the state of Manchuria, which is now Malacca, moved towards peace and prosperity.

Of course, the influence of the Ming Dynasty was only part of it, and the kings of Manchuria themselves were also an important factor.

Because after Xuande, the Ming Dynasty also rapidly declined. Fortunately, in the second half of the 15th century, Manraka welcomed her fourth monarch, who refused to continue paying tribute to Siam and defeated Siam in war.

At that time, Zheng He's fleet was already extinct in the sea, but the Mangara state took advantage of the trade network established by Zheng He's fleet, so in the second half of the century, the Manchurian state ushered in its heyday.

But when this heyday is underneath, there are also dark shadows. At the same time, the Westerners began the Age of Discovery in the 15th century, when the first Portuguese Viceroy of India brought the Portuguese to the shores of the Indian Ocean, and the second was more expansive than the first, devised a plan to completely exclude the Muslims from the spice trade and control the 3,500 miles of the Indian Ocean.

It can be said that after decades of initial gestation, to the current Zhengde five years (1510), Westerners have stretched out their claws to the East.

The so-called Muslim includes the state of Manchuria, because it did not choose Confucian culture, but Muslim culture.

The Spice Islands, the raw material of the spice trade, are most of the islands in Southeast Asia, including most of the islands of the Malay Archipelago, Borneo, Celebes, Java, New Guinea and Sumatra.

The spice trade was so lucrative that Westerners had long wanted to find the Spice Islands and take control of the trade route themselves.

Therefore, under this aggressive policy, the prosperity of Manraka was naturally the primary target, and the excellent geographical location of this place made the Portuguese salivate.

It can be said that if you control here, you control the spice trade.

In the first year of Zhengde, the Ming Dynasty suddenly lifted the sea ban, which did not attract special attention in Manchurian at first, and it was nothing more than a few more merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty every year.

The amount is not large, and there is no army, so everything is calm.

But in 1509, the fourth year of Zhengde, the Grape people began to arrive in Manchuria, and these Westerners were ill-prepared and were repelled by the fierce attack of Manchuria.

However, the news brought by the ships that came and went through the trade showed that the Portuguese would not give up their invasion easily, and that specific military preparations were underway, and the Viceroy of India had been preaching that the Manchurians could not refuse them in this way.

In this context, with the return of the Ming people, the Manraka Kingdom sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty this year.

In fact, as recently as 1511, Albuquerque, the governor of Portuguese India, arrived in Malacca with a fleet of 18 ships, 1,200 Portuguese soldiers, and more than 200 Marbara reinforcements. They demanded the release of prisoners of war, reparations, and the cession of a piece of land to build a fortress to Manchuria, which led to a fierce war.

This event eventually led to the demise of the state of Manraka.

Therefore, the sincerity of foreign envoys comes from the grim situation.

And very, very coincidentally, although Zhu Houzhao, a visitor from later generations, did not know the history of many small marginal countries, he had read some Nanyang history articles in his previous life and brushed up on the war between the Portuguese and Manchurians.

You have to remember the same, right?

That's the good thing about prophets.

The envoy named Liasha specially found Zhu Houzhao between the banquets and reported the reality of the mother country in detail, which basically coincided with Zhu Houzhao's memory.

Liasha also saw the 2,000 large ships built by the Ming Dynasty in Ningbo, and he saw that the Great Emperor was thinking and hesitating, so he spoke up again, "If His Majesty the Great Emperor feels inconvenient, his subordinates can buy the big ship in Ningbo from the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the Sultan, and ask His Majesty the Great Emperor for permission!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was actually waiting for Jin Gui to bring the record, "I remember that in the first year of Yongle, your first monarch paid tribute to my ancestors, and the record of Taizong is clearer, in the ninth year of Yongle, the king of Manraka, Baili Mirasu, also led his wife and courtiers to Beijing?" I don't know. ”

Liasha was full of joy, "As His Majesty the Great Emperor said, the Sultan of Manraka and the Ming Dynasty have been friendly for generations. ”

"The King...... Sultan, you used to be called king, now you are called sultan? ”

Liasha paused, but still nodded, "Yes, the current sultan of our country is Sultan Mahmoud Shah." ”

Sultan means chief in Muslim culture.

"I still think that the king is easy to say, and the Sultan can't understand it. But as you said, our two countries have been friendly for generations, and this is your decision, and I will not interfere with it. As for what you said about sending troops to guard against the Franc machine, in my opinion, there is no problem in principle. However, Mangara is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, and even if it is a big ship of 2,000 materials, it can only carry two or three hundred people, so within three or two years, it is impossible to do effective help, you must be clear about this section. ”

Zhu Houzhao knew that he was going to have an accident in 1511, so he had to drag him for a while, in fact, he requisitioned all kinds of merchant ships, and it was not impossible to transport thousands of soldiers there. Of course, the cost is also high.

The most important thing is the icing on the cake, which is never as good as charcoal in the snow.

If you don't let him experience the fear of annihilating the country once, he won't know how much Da Ming will help him.

Of course, Liasha could also detect the loopholes in the emperor's words, so he proposed: "It is only necessary for His Majesty the Great Emperor to send twenty ships to defend against the Francoman, and we have 30,000 soldiers in Mangarat to fight!" The ministers heard that His Majesty the Emperor's shipyard was going to build the first batch of thirty ships, and this was completely sufficient. ”

Zhu Houzhao did not panic, he said: "Thirty ships are not built in one or two days, and even if they are built, they must recruit a sufficient number of soldiers who dare to fight, and train them, so that they can have combat effectiveness, otherwise they will send my soldiers to death." In addition, I have a sea frontier of thousands of miles, and thirty ships are still a drop in the bucket for myself. ”

When Liasha heard this, she immediately became anxious.

Zhu Houzhao raised his hand and motioned him to slow down, "I will not forget the generational friendship between Daming and Manraka, you said that you asked for help, I promised you, three years and five years, I will definitely be able to do it." You can't wait to buy a ship, and I promise you. The shipyards of the Ming Dynasty are now self-financing, they have lost money, and the imperial court will not make up for it. So as long as you convince Ping Haibo on the price, I will not have an opinion. Even I can issue an edict emphasizing once again that Manraka is a subject state of the Ming Dynasty and that no one is allowed to infringe upon it. Isn't that enough? ”

Ping Haibo was beside him, and he also brought people over, and he persuaded: "Liasha, hurry up and thank you, Your Majesty is already trying his best to help your country." ”

There was no way, Liasha could only kneel and kowtow.

Zhu Houzhao had to be ruthless, and if he operated like this, more people would naturally die in Mangara, because they would have to fight more badly with the Portuguese, but they had always been successful, and it was impossible for him to release his ridiculous and stupid mercy at such a time.

After Liasha retreated, Pinhaiber remained. The emperor's originally smiling eyes quickly pulled down, and Mei Kejia's heart trembled.

"Why do you want him to know the exact number of ships built by Daming Shipyard?"

(End of chapter)