Tiny Luzon is just an appetizer, and the key today is to establish the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards the Nanyang countries.

Even if Zhu Houzhao has lived in this era for so many years, sometimes he still has to change some of his ideas.

For example, in 1526, the concept of a modern sovereign state could not be found anywhere in the world, and the source of this concept, which was deeply ingrained in his mind for decades, was actually traced back to the Treaty of Vesphalia in 1648.

Therefore, the attack on the Kazakh Khanate, the attack on Luzon, and the attack on Japan discussed today do not involve so-called aggression, let alone justice and injustice.

As for national independence, as one of the connotations of the concept of a sovereign State, it does not exist in today's world.

Especially in the East Asian order, with China as the suzerain, it does not exist.

Therefore, the war against Luzon and Japan should not be called a war of annihilation, but should be called the punishment of the subject countries by the Celestial Empire.

Just like Zhu Houzhao punished any minister today.

The implication is that they shouldn't resist, the monarch wants to kill you, how can you resist? You're a problematic guy!

This is the order of East Asia, and the Ming Dynasty is the co-master here.

In fact, in real history, the kings of Ryukyu and Korea would compare and show off each other in the way of 'who is more loyal to the Ming Dynasty'.

Some of the kings of the small countries of the South Seas used the grants of the Celestial Empire as a source of legitimacy for their royal power.

What Zhu Houzhao wants to do today is to make the loose relationship between suzerains and vassal states with the tributary trade system as the main link more substantive.

"Since the beginning of the Hongzhi period, Westerners have driven ships to the East, and in less than 30 years, they have invaded the countries of Manchuria, Siam, and Boni. These are all subject countries under my rule, and I have been thinking about how to deal with this matter, and it just so happens that the eldest son of the emperor put forward the idea of a great power strategy, and in the past six months, there have been a lot of discussions inside and outside the DPRK and China. To my surprise, there was a lot of support in the court. ”

The emperor's gaze turned slightly, and it fell on Zaiyu's body.

This incident was indeed beyond Zhu Houzhao's expectations,

Generally speaking, a purely expansionist policy would be very opposed by the older group of officials.

They fear that excessive expansion will bring a heavy burden and lead to the decline of the country.

But this time, the voices outside the palace are indeed mostly supportive.

Hindsight of the cause,

One is that the identity of the eldest prince played a role, he finally got the emperor's attention and encouragement, and asked him to consult with people of insight, most of the people around him are also officials with heavy religious concepts, and many of them should support him.

The second is that Zhu Houzhao has played a role in shaping the pattern of interests for many years, and the Ming Dynasty is now a semi-continental and semi-maritime country, which is a semi-agricultural and semi-commercial country in terms of social production.

A group of lords and generals relied on the distribution of profits in sea trade with one hand and the expansion of knighthood with the other, why did they oppose it?

The third belongs to the credit of Bowang Hou Jingyang. Because of him, many people of insight in the Ming Dynasty began to open their eyes to the world, and the first scene they saw was the slaughter and ravage of weak and small nation-states by Westerners.

Today, the Ming Dynasty doesn't care about the life or death of the subject country, and when it comes to the four realms, what should Westerners do when they arrive at the coast of the Ming Dynasty?

Of course, there is a more realistic reason: the emperor supports it, you oppose it, do you still want to be an official?

In addition to these four reasons,

Opponents, however, do not come up with any arguments that are realistically defensible.

Especially in the crowd of supporters, if there is an opposing voice, they will often be questioned as traitors, and in such an atmosphere, in fact, even if some people have some doubts, they dare not speak.

Zai Yan suppressed the smugness on his face a little, and said modestly: "My father has been in charge of the country for twenty-one years, and he has worked hard, forgetting to sleep and eat, and the heart of the country and the people, and all the officials have a feeling in their hearts. The son is also a blessing to his father. Today's Ming Dynasty sits on thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, after the signing of the "Ming Covenant", the Ming Dynasty and a number of subject countries are a unified common market, so the credit is no less than the first emperor's book with the same text, the car with the same track, the same line of the same line'. And in order to encircle this common market, the imperial court should do something. ”

Yan Song also followed up in a timely manner, "What His Highness said is insightful, the market of the subject country is also the market of the Ming Dynasty, in the future, the merchants and people of the Ming Dynasty will do business and live in Nanyang, but the Westerners are eyeing each other, rather than being passive in the future, it is better to start establishing a unified defense now, in the view of Weichen, this can correspond to the nine sides of the Great Wall in the north, called the nine sides of the South and the South Ocean!" ”

"This statement is exquisite, so that every Ming person can understand it." Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, he actually didn't think about how to explain the defense strategy of the Nanyang side well, the mention of the South Nine Sides was very good, "At the beginning, the main threat of the Ming Dynasty was in the north, so since Emperor Taizu Gao, generations of ancestors have continued to consolidate the border defense, and finally formed the Nine-sided Fortress."

In the future, the main threat of the Ming Dynasty must be in the south, and the ferocious Westerners will rob everything they see. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal." Zhang Xuan also began to express his position.

After that, Gu Renyi, Wang Tingxiang, Jin Gui, Jiang Yong, Zhou Shangwen, etc. all agreed.

A voice of the minister seconded, and the eldest prince Zaiyuan was excited in his heart, excited that he had forgotten the spider web-like defense strategy of 'island as a point, jumping forward', in fact, it was originally spoken by Zaiyan.

"Yan Song."

"The minister is here."

"In the Ming Treaty, there are also garrisons and joint defenses, and you should take this as an opportunity to make it clear to the subject countries that my intention is to strengthen ties with them in case of emergency.

From then on, the soldiers of our Celestial Empire and their respective soldiers and horses advanced and retreated together, unified to resist the enemy, and anyone's attack on the Ming Dynasty and any vassal state was regarded as an attack on us as a whole, and all countries had the duty to send troops, pay and provide food! ”

In the ancient East Asian order, no emperor did such a thing.

However, the Shangguo sent troops to the subject country to help the subject country fight, which existed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, which shows that in the heads of the characters in this period, they all felt that this method was a normal move.

The only thing that is different,

It was the Ming Dynasty who wanted to vigorously build a new port in the South Seas and garrison troops.

"Bring me the map," Zhu Houzhao ordered, and pointed to the map, "I am fortunate to have set the first batch of ports today, according to what I said before, the Manchurian country guards a sea lane, and the military port in this place is far more important than the port of Shitang, followed by the port of the Champa country, which was also the first batch at that time. ”

Zhang Xuan spoke at this time, "Your Majesty, with so many affairs, the minister thought that he should send a powerful minister to take care of it. ”

Zhu Houzhao also had this intention, "Just Yan Song!" ”

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The fever subsided.

It's a cough, a runny nose, and a sore body, which is relatively the kind that can be resisted.