The practical "standards" that people pay attention to are written in black and white on two documents. One is called the Universal Trade Agreement, and the other is called the Universal Initiative.

But the truly far-reaching standard of thinking is something that few people are aware of at this moment.

All countries, you must at least be a country that meets the definition of the Ming Dynasty, and you need to have a clear scope of boundaries and a relatively complete system.

This article alone does not meet the definition of many so-called vassal states that are roughly glued together by large and small tribes: there is at least considerable uncertainty.

More importantly, the past model of peace and even benefit through tributary submission will be replaced by this Huanming trade circle.

Since we are talking about trade, we are talking about money, goods, and profits.

In front of the Ming officials, who had been ravaged by the emperor's financial and accounting expertise, the envoys of the feudal domains could only nod their heads in confusion.

There are many things, you can come up with a set of careful and rigorous plans, and if others can't come up with them, you will appear professional and reliable.

What's more, at this time, the status is not equal.

This asymmetry is not purely a reference to the strength of the army, but to the market demand and technical capacity.

For the feudal clans, the Ming Dynasty was the largest buyer: in the face of the huge demand for raw materials, there was more than one that could supply the same kind of goods. Buyers require quality standards and measurement standards, and sellers can only provide goods according to demand, compare prices and sell to grab shares.

For the Ming Dynasty, all the feudal domains needed the "finished products" of the Ming Dynasty: ironware, salt tea, silk, porcelain, and new industrial products...... What is it that has not been processed and requires technology? However, the Ming Dynasty's own demand was equally large, and the amount that could be supplied and sold to the feudal domains was also limited.

Among them, there is also a Portugal facing the entire European market and these vassal states competing with these vassal countries for products that can be exported under the limited production capacity of the Ming Dynasty.

In short, Daming only recognizes Daming's new money.

The total scale of transactions in the entire trade circle is too large, if all localities take the local gold, silver and copper with different smelting technologies and different purities, where can they be calculated?

By the way, gold, silver, copper ore, or minted foreign vassal money can also be sold to the Ming Dynasty. How to calculate, Daming naturally also provides a set of standards that are awe-inspiring at a glance in terms of numbers and process testing.

A trade agreement is a collection of standards.

The initiative of the Huanming Nations to unify is related to another major matter.

"After the conclusion of a trade convention, it will be implemented on a trial basis for three years. Presumably, these days, you have also heard from my ministers to explain the reason. ”

This time, Zhu Houxi met them again, and it was in the National Assembly Palace.

"The country has its own people, and it dwells in the country. Governing the people is never easy. China has been strong for thousands of years, and it has also grown from a large number of tribes to a unified country, and then it has constantly changed and restructured itself into a strong country with the times. This process is a process in which every matter of state affairs is sorted out more and more carefully. ”

Da Ming's loving father looked at them, and his tone was extremely sincere: "Da Ming is the suzerain of the vassals, and I really hope that the vassals can also keep up, and there will be progress in governing the country." You know, times have changed. In the past, the carriage and horses were slow, and the mountains and seas were dangerous. Between tribes and between countries, the territory is not clear, the subjects are not clear, and there are only swords and soldiers and envoys. That kind of situation, which is self-contained, can remain unchanged for hundreds of years. But what about now? ”

What Zhu Houxi said is also the truth.

In general, the population is multiplying more and more, and the living space will inevitably squeeze each other, so there will be friction.

Technology is generally getting more and more advanced, and now isn't it the first Portugal in Europe to destroy Manchuria, and then the Ryukyus to be suddenly destroyed?

So in general, the correspondence is becoming more and more frequent.

If the Ming Dynasty does not bring them new changes, the Europeans will also come and make them change.

Zhu Houxi said earnestly: "I said that the people of all the feudal domains are my people, and I have no other intention, but from the bottom of my heart. For thousands of years, China and its vassal domains have had disputes, but they are also close neighbors. Because of the size of China, all the vassals respect the elders, but now how can the elders not pity the weak and the young? I hope that from the beginning of this Datong initiative, the Western Regions and the East in the mouth of Europe will really become a family in the future, resist foreign enemies together, and seek common prosperity and strength! The Ming Dynasty does not hesitate to help, and the feudal clans themselves must strive to make progress, and they must not rest on their laurels! ”

Some people still want to be the king behind closed doors, and they are not too happy to "really become a family" with Daming like this.

But what the Great Tomorrow Son told them was a great truth, and it was a benevolence for the people of the Ming Dynasty, so what is the blame for this.

This initiative is not forced on the surface.

However, if the Ming Dynasty does not admit it, it will not be able to remain in the "convention organization" of the Ming trade agreement in the future, that is, the Ming Dynasty and the real vassals of the Ming Dynasty may be enemies.

According to the Ming Dynasty's initiative to change the internal, of course, the resistance and suffering are great. If you don't do it well, you have to change the day.

But if someone does it and becomes rich and powerful, can't it be like what the Ming Emperor said: there are clearer boundaries and subjects?

Don't forget, in this round of "trial observation period", Daming also "proposed" everyone to demarcate the boundaries clearly.

Drawing borders, isn't that the possibility of war?

If the drawing is not clear, will Daming do Zongzheng to help them draw it like in Jiaozhi?

"All in all, it is a bit arrogant for you to hear that China is accustomed to treating its vassals as barbarians, but it is not unfounded. In the future, the Ming Dynasty will no longer regard itself as its father's country, it will be a brother country, but all countries must really have a country. The inheritance is orderly, the major policies are stable, and the etiquette is orderly. In this way, there will naturally be fewer and fewer disputes, and it will be better and better to help each other. I have a hard time, and I hope you will think about it when you go back. ”

It is said that it is to discuss and make a convention together, but in fact, it is nothing more than Da Ming to express his attitude and ideas.

Da Ming is ready to do this, whether you want it or not, it's your business.

In short, the envoys of the feudal domains have been temporarily withdrawn.

After three years of trial implementation, Daming will change the past model of "canonization" and change to the method of recognition and establishment of diplomatic relations. A country recognized by the Ming Dynasty and a country that has established diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty will also have a stable relationship.

This stable relationship is also clearly told to the vassals: there are several levels, depending on the degree of intimacy.

So in fact, the Ming Dynasty is also using more standardized diplomatic rules to dazzle these vassal states.

After this meeting, Tang Shunzhi and other ministers of state walked slowly to the way to the Wenhua Palace.

Yan Song seemed to smile: "Ying De seems to be a little emotional? ”

Tang Shunzhi smiled slightly and responded: "Elder Yan Guoguo has been taking care of all matters of the Ministry of Etiquette for many years, and his actions are really extraordinary. ”

Yan Song shook his head again and again: "Is this the old man's idea?" It is still His Majesty's Shengming, and the strategy is at your fingertips, and it is strategic. If it is as requested by Yingde, although the people of the vassal domain will eventually obey, it is inevitable that the resentment of the treacherous state and the high military expenditure of the treasury will be overwhelming the Quartet. ”

Yang Shen, who was walking in front, also looked back at Tang Shunzhi when he heard this: "Yingde, although you will definitely go to the military conference in the future, you can't forget the lessons of the ages." In terms of martial arts, it makes sense. As long as the monarch and the minister are of the same mind, and the civil and military are suitable, the major affairs cannot be handled. ”

Tang Shun sighed in his heart, but said, "The younger generation has been taught. ”

He is the youngest top minister of the Ming Dynasty, and at this moment, saying a word about the younger generation seems to be soft.

After returning from the Hetao, on behalf of the Military Council, he came forward to ask the emperor to "sweep" directly, which still caused great nervousness among the other ministers of state.

It was one thing that caught Yan Song off guard, and the other ministers were even more worried that in the process of the Ming army's attack from all sides, they were only afraid of leaving endless generals and even local separatism in the future.

Of course, the previous drama was not acted enough, and he went to wipe out the small country with a sentence of hanging the people. Even if you win, you will inevitably be the identity of the foreign invader after all. Although the ethnicity is close, after all, people have lived in one place behind closed doors for so many years. And with the national war, many people left behind with national hatred and family hatred are also a big trouble for the follow-up governance of the Ming Dynasty. What can be seen with the naked eye is that the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty will definitely increase by an order of magnitude.

The feudal feudal lords also bear part of the military expenses? That can only be said to be the state after stabilization in the future. What about before stabilization? How could the princes and civil and military ministers who had been divided into strange places quickly establish their own stable tax revenue?

So there is the current trick.

Tang Shunzhi knows how powerful this trick is.

To put it bluntly, the strongest moment of the Ming Dynasty is the moment when it is not launched by virtue of its strong national strength.

In the face of this situation, as long as the Ming Dynasty sets new rules, sets these new rules a little more, and has a greater impact, the vassals have to consider their own trade-offs.

The contradictions within them and the contradictions between them are likely to erupt during the period before the Ming Dynasty was introduced.

Once it really breaks out, the chaos is too bad, and Daming will have both room to choose and less resistance when he makes another move.

To put it bluntly, since the Ming Dynasty has promulgated the new rules, there will also be "pro-Ming factions" who want to take advantage of this matter within some vassal states that are unwilling to follow these new rules.

Although the diplomatic envoys have been withdrawn for the time being, aren't they all open to trade? The businessman who comes and goes is the best medium, and there is also the exchange of interests.

Tang Shunzhi knew that Xia Yan and he were still a little too strong at that time.

If the importance of the military is over-inflated with this round of big actions of the Ming Dynasty, it will not be easy for the emperor to handle.

You must know that today's military is very different from what it used to be.

In the future, if you will garrison the feudal domains, will the military generals and officials really be able to make the emperor feel like a finger?

The current approach is to let the Ministry of Rites and Communications occupy the position of using literature to control military forces in advance, and also let the factory guard forces directly under the emperor's control and the power of the Emperor's Assets Bureau play a role first.

When everything is done in the future, the military will not be prone to chaos.

Tang Shunzhi didn't feel too sorry.

He is young, so he must help Xia Yan to be this vanguard, not only to pave the way for him to take over the military council in the future, but also to show the emperor that he will not maintain the exact same position as the future State Palace.

He's young, so he doesn't care if he follows this strategy. Xia Yan naturally wanted to make greater achievements in his tenure, but Tang Shunzhi was more looking forward to taking his time and giving him time.

The Ming Dynasty's strategy for the feudal domains was ultimately a balanced result.

Tang Shunzhi sighed only the intriguing of the emperor's methods.

And to be honest, this set of diplomatic games is indeed beyond the understanding of Tang Shunzhi and other top ministers.

Indeed, after throwing away the burden of "going to the kingdom", on the contrary, it seems to be more benevolent, and the room for maneuver is so much greater.

In the past, they were nominally like father and son, but how could anyone who was a "father" directly beat up his "son", and the "son" must still be filial and abnormal?

It's a country to a country!

Tang Shunzhi also sighed that Yan Song's luck was good.

His son had been operating in the east for many years, and after this real move, with the news that a Tsushima clan was attacking the main island and a Ming dynasty was about to go on an expedition to the east, it actually attracted their Kyushu princes to rob the Ryukyus.

There are already early birds, and rightly so.

Tang Shunzhi held a small meeting with other ministers of state in the Wenhua Palace, and after determining the preparations and clear requirements of the Ming Dynasty in all aspects, he left with Yan Song to go to the Qianqing Palace.

The affairs of the envoys of the other vassal states were basically completed, and the next thing was nothing more than to choose an auspicious day to officially sign the Huanming trade agreement with the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the vassal states.

However, the envoys of Ryukyu and Korea still had specific matters to discuss with the Ming Dynasty.

In the Qianqing Palace, Xia Yan was already waiting there, and the emperor was talking to Shang Yuan, Mao Longyin, Li, and Yin Yuanlao.

Seeing Tang Shunzhi and Yan Song appear, Zhu Houxi nodded: "It's all here, then we can officially start discussing how to eradicate the plague!" ”

……

"Lord Yan, you must request reinforcements! Just a place on horseback, you can't stop the Imperial Defender Alliance! ”

On Tsushima Island, Zong Qingkang looked anxious in front of Yan Shifan.

Yan Shifan said leisurely: "The alliance of the Ouchi clan, crossing the sea to attack Tsushima Island? It's not that they don't know that there are Daming warships here. ”

Zong Qingkang sat there stiffly, extremely serious: "Since the righteous transfer came back, now the Hosokawa clan regards itself as the general of the Emperor and the Ouchi clan as the general of the Imperial Guard, and they are already clamoring for the Imperial King to be outside, how can they care about Lord Yan's warship not being on Tsushima Island?" ”

Yan Shifan waved his hand and smiled: "I'm not saying that he will be scrupulous, but whether he can or not." ”

Zong Qingkang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "That's the Ouchi clan, the Maori clan, the Shimazu clan and several coalition forces!" Even though the warships of Shangguo are extremely powerful and the soldiers are elite, they are twenty times the number of troops under them after all! ”

The current Zong Qingkang is really looking forward to Master Wang coming soon.

Mori Moto, who had agreed with him to besiege the Ouchi clan together, and Yoshitaka Ouchi, now turned the gun and said that he was a thief of Yamato.

Under the sudden "betrayal", Zong Qingyasu also lost the stronghold on the main island that had just been pulled out in the Ouchi clan's territory.

And Shimazu Takahisa, with the prestige of burning Shuri first and plundering the Ryukyus, which made it difficult for the Ming to attack from the southwest, also joined the coalition of the imperial generals of Ouchi Yoshitaka.

What are the conditions...... It seems to be the territory of Kitakyushu controlled by the Ouchi clan, and Yoshitaka Ouchi married the Shimazu clan after receiving Yoshiko again.

As for the Niko, they are now undecided.

Because the nun finally died of old age after a long time. He lived for eighty-three, and it can be said that he witnessed the first half of the entire collapsed Warring States Period.

Now, Niko Haruhisa has not yet made up her mind whether to join the camp of the Hosokawa clan, or under the pressure of the Imperial Guardian Coalition and Zong Qingyasu and the pressure of facing the Ming army when the Ming Dynasty really attacks in the future, she chooses to turn to the emperor and the shogunate, who are now looking forward to the Ming Dynasty to rescue the predicament.

In that case, Zong Qingkang will no longer be an enemy, but can plan to submit to the Ming Dynasty and the shogunate in the future, and divide China, Kyushu, and Shikoku together.

But at the moment when Niko Harumu was busy handling the long-term funeral of her grandfather Niko, the Imperial Defender Coalition took a step to prepare for a joint attack on Tsushima Island and once again stabilize the front line of "Yuming".

Zong Qingkang looked at Yan Shifan, secretly hating in his heart, but he didn't dare to declare it.

He said: "Yan San, why didn't you tell me first that His Majesty the Emperor had named the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan in his letter to the emperor and the Ashikaga shogun? ”

Yan Shifan glanced at him and said lightly: "Your Majesty's national letter, I am a courtier, how can I read it first?" ”

Zong Qingkang thought to himself, how could you not know in advance?

Yan Shifan only said: "I didn't expect that you guys like big gambling so much." Ouchi Yoshitaka proclaimed himself the general of the imperial guard in a blink of an eye, but it seemed that he could win the Ming Dynasty. Now, it's even more unwise to let the Nizi clan, who has the revenge of killing his son, go unwise. ”

"Can't Yan Sang see that if he captures Tsushima Island, it will not only increase his momentum, but also attack the Nizi clan from the north and south?"

Yan Shifan just said disapprehantly: "But Uncle Ben is here!" What if he dies here? Can you afford the prestige loss of the so-called Imperial Coalition being routed by the Ben Uncle's escort warships? If he can't even take Uncle Ben, what kind of general does he brag about? Even if he wins, Uncle Ben is moved, and the king is established, can he leave the Nizi clan alone and keep Tsushima Island? ”

"Ruo Nizi Haruhisa also fell to his side, what about the royal master? If the Ouchi clan succeeds, it must be the destruction of the Hosokawa clan, the new opening of the mansion, and the residence in. This land of China, there is no need to fight with the Nizi clan. ”

"The revenge of killing the son, can Nizi Haruhisa easily believe in Yoshitaka Ouchi's promise?" Yan Shifan still didn't care, "I picked the opportunity after Yoshitaka Ouchi died in battle to ask Zongsang to make a move, isn't it because they are already on the same page?" ”

Zong Qingkang now regrets betting on that. Daming didn't leave room for the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan, and his strategy of conspiring with Ouchi Yoshitaka and Mori Yuan to attack the Niko clan became a joke.

And the gamble is because of Yan Shifan's bright status as the Earl of Daming, because Yan Shifan said that Daming only wants this place to return to a unified and stable new order, so that Daming can get the gold, silver, copper and other raw materials produced here, so that Daming goods can be sold here.

What now? The Tsushima army suffered a lot of losses in the process of retreating to Tsushima, and he became more dependent on this Toyingbo.

And this guy has too many options: he can even leave directly now, leaving this mess behind and letting Zong Qingkang clean it up by himself.

"Don't worry, Uncle Ben won't just leave." Yan Shifan seemed to be able to see what he was thinking, but he still smiled and said, "Uncle Ben naturally won't hold it up, thinking that just a few boats will definitely be able to defeat them." It's just that Uncle Ben has a different opinion from you, and it would be strange if Yoshitaka Ouchi didn't attack the West and actually attacked the Niko clan while the Niko clan was in full swing. ”

Zong Qingkang was stunned for a moment: "Sound east and west? ”

Yan Shifan sneered: "He raised a huge banner, he has no land and no money in his hands, how can he let everyone follow him?" Do you really think that he is willing to hand over Kitakyushu to Shimazu Takahisa, just because Shimazu Takahisa sent someone to Ryukyu to do a big vote, which can be a heavy general, but can increase his prestige? Shimazu Takahisa naturally has to work hard to help him actually gain something! Compared with the false name of the front line of Tsushima's resistance to the Ming Dynasty, Iwami Silver Mountain is a real benefit! ”

Zong Qingkang looked at him coldly.

Da Ming, an earl who is not in the center of power, has such ability and strategy?

(End of chapter)