A.D. 2388, the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, this year, the great tomorrow is forty years old.

It was supposed to hold a longevity ceremony last year, but the war between several parties was not over, and the emperor meant: It will be held again next year, reward the heroes, and set a new order around the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, from the end of the previous year, the emperor triumphed in the northern expedition, leaving more than a year to end the chaos in Outer Yunnan, Jiaozhi, and Korea, and to end the Dongying side.

The people of Daming have been accustomed to the good news of the past two or three years, and the people of Beijing are naturally looking forward to the longevity ceremony that will be held this year.

I heard that this year, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent a decree to the Quartet, and the surrounding countries were no exception, and the lord of the country led the important ministers to the Ming Dynasty in person.

It is a major matter related to the construction of transportation and commerce.

The area around the Temple of Heaven and Earth was originally a place where the nobles and magnates bought land and set up family houses, and now there is a large-scale transformation.

There were already many relatives who chose to go to the steppe khanate, to Korea, to Dongying, to the Ryukyus, and to go to more vassal states.

Their houses now have a new purpose: the embassy of the country that established diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

It has not yet been put into use, because the credentials for the establishment of diplomatic relations have not yet been signed.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Zaiqian stood aside, listening to his father's emphasis on Yan Song.

"Don't make the ritual a dynasty for all nations." Zhu Houxi looked at the ceremony note presented by Yan Song, "The lords and envoys of all countries are here to watch the ceremony. The prestige of the Ming Dynasty is obvious, and now it is good to reason with those friendly countries, and they can listen to it. ”

Yan Song was a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, in that case, I'm afraid that they will also be panicked." ”

"My sons and nephews, it is right to bow down and congratulate you on your birthday. The lords of the other vassal kingdoms do not need to ask for it, just give congratulatory gifts. The main venue is the venue, in the Hall of Prayer, where the seats are arranged at a round table, and I discuss with them how to seek common development in the future. In addition, within the palace, I have to meet with each family individually. ”

"The Ayutthaya of Siam......"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he couldn't help but look at the prince out of the corner of his eye.

The disposition of Burma, Cochin, Babai Dadian and other places is naturally also an important agenda of this longevity ceremony and "meeting of the heads of state".

Although the Ming Dynasty has made up its mind, it has not yet been officially announced, and the prince and the ministers who will go to northern Vietnam are still preparing in the capital, waiting for the departure after the longevity ceremony.

On the Siamese side, it is now the Ayutthaya Dynasty, and the lord of the kingdom is named Gaifa.

Zhu Houxi looked at Gao Gong: "Do you dare to come then?" ”

Gao Gong came back from the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate, and bowed down at this time: "This Gaifa only succeeded to the throne last year, and his father was supposed to take the position of his nephew." Now the powerful minister Kun Vara Wangsha sent troops to Lanna together when he attacked Lanna with Burma, and he is in power. Gaifa was afraid that he would not dare to come, otherwise the lord of the country would be transposed. ”

Zhu Houxi smiled: "It doesn't matter if he comes or not, it's true that the army sent Lanna and divided 800 Dadian with Burma." When I come, I should also administer justice for my concubine, let him hand over the land he occupied, and impose a heavy penalty. If you have this sin, how can you establish diplomatic relations with them this time? It is not a friendly country, and there is a lot of room for follow-up. ”

"The minister understands ......"

"This is true for Siam, but for Lanna, in the car, etc., there is no need to be harsh first. They have their own national conditions, and what they have been in the past will not be required to do in the future. Barren mountainous land, tied up by commerce and trade, and slowly assimilated culture and education. The Nanyang countries, even more so, are mutually beneficial, and it is good to help them set up more commercial ports. ”

The east and north of the Ming Dynasty have taken on a new look, and there is a new situation in the south, but the biggest hidden danger is the west.

Yan Chunsheng has already led the army to set off, and he will not come this time.

Whether Tibet will come or not, there is no news yet.

It is still not a unified country, and there are many kings.

Now that I have been given the head, Tubo has retreated to the plateau again, but there was indeed a move by Chen Bingqing before.

It's also difficult to really get them, the geographical advantage is too obvious.

After discussing there, Zhu Houxi thought about it and said, "If they want to stay there, let's give them an official name." Qinggan and Sichuan were both written, and the pope was canonized in turn, and I recognized the family; There is only one Xuanwei Division, called the Ming Territory, and they are autonomous. Border trade exchanges are interconnected, and there is nothing to do with each other. ”

To completely solve the problems there, Daming also needs more accumulation to avoid falling back and forth because of the inconvenience of transportation.

It didn't really change until more than 400 years later, and it also cost a lot of money, including building roads.

Now it's a special case, at least to put the foreshadowing in the way.

After the ministers all withdrew, Zhu Houxi looked at his son: "How much should I feel at ease, right?" Although the days of staying by Daddy's side are numbered, after you go, you will continue to exchange letters, and Daddy will continue to teach you. ”

“…… The son was ashamed. ”

"I understand. It's just that you have to face more problems than the princes of the past. ”

The crown prince, who was originally stable and stayed in the capital to wait for the succession, suddenly wanted to take charge of himself. It's called Experience, I don't know how many possibilities there are in the back, Zhu Zaiqian is firm and depressed, which is normal.

But Zhu Houxi has already decided that he will not change it.

"When your eldest brother comes back, plus Zaiqi, I will tell you clearly." Zhu Houxi looked at him, and his tone softened a lot, "After so many years, you should know it in your heart." For the future of the Ming Dynasty, how much effort did I spend to cultivate an excellent prince. Even if you go to Viet Nam to practice, don't let some thoughts in your heart swallow you. Even if the queen has a concubine, can I train him to be better than you? ”

"Father......" Zhu Zaiqi's voice was a little choked.

"In front of the imperial power, father and son, brother, uncle and nephew...... Dad knows how many bloody stories there are in the history books, and he also knows that everyone inevitably has selfish thoughts in their hearts. What you should face has to be faced, but in the knowledge of my father's teachers, I always hope that you can distinguish the priorities and see the priority. ”

Speaking of this, after a pause, Zhu Houxi sighed lightly: "No matter what, you have to remember that at least on the issue of the great inheritance, my father has always been honest with you and has not shied away from anything. This is because Dad has treated you as an adult, and he hopes that you will be stronger. ”

patted him on the shoulder, Zhu Houxi said: "Although your father is a special case, the pressure on you is indeed greater. Let's go, the days of reunion are getting fewer and fewer, and then accompany my father to play ball. You also have to exercise well, but you can't let your father's hard work be ruined in the future because of physical problems. ”

The words are very clear and clear.

But health and longevity, for example, are also a huge unknown.

He had a son in less than twenty, and now the emperor is still in good health. Although it is true that he is cultivated as a prince with a clear attitude and never shakes his position, what if the crown prince walks in front of the emperor?

This situation will become more pronounced as the emperor and the crown prince get older.

Thinking that back then, Zhu Biao, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, died early, Zhu Yuanzhang's hard work was in vain, and in his later years, what kind of bloody storm was the Ming Dynasty and the opposition?

Everyone thinks about that possibility, and everyone predicts the possible bloody storm in the future.

The pressure that the longevity emperor brought to his sons and courtiers was unimaginable.

Zhu Houxi has no better way to solve all this, after all, the imperial power is still there. Although he created many new systems, because of his own differences, the imperial power is actually more stable and powerful today.

Even if he tries to be a hypocrite, under the sudden and huge changes, not only his sons and ministers will not agree, but the ministers will immediately fall into inevitable infighting and delay the momentum of the progress of the Ming Dynasty.

Take your time, take your time......

……

By the time the emperor has been in power for so many years, the martial arts have reached this level, and then the people of the Ming Dynasty only need to look at the emperor's daily words and deeds.

The emperor's hobbies now are threefold: inventions, miscellaneous books, and asking questions.

Needless to say, the invention of the steam engine has a new generation, which has long shocked the emperor's attention to scientific research and invention and creation.

There are also hints of miscellaneous books, after all, there were royal approvals of the Three Kingdoms before, and now they are even more keen to let many academicians, including Li Shizhen, a new science practitioner who has newly entered the medical center, compile various books.

These, astronomy and geography, medical books...... All kinds of books, a few decades ago, were naturally non-mainstream miscellaneous books, and they could not be on the table.

And asking about the case, it is not that the emperor likes to try the case in person, but he begins to like to draw various case files to read.

From the big and important cases of the imperial court to the small civil cases of the local governments and counties, they all seem to like it very much.

The one who cooperated with the emperor to satisfy his new preference was Hai Rui of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The sensible ministers understood the meaning of this: the emperor was reminding them in this way that the constitution, the party program, and the laws were the most important things for the Son of Heaven in the rule of officials.

Despite your talents, I will stare at you if you remember them.

With a more low-key but more powerful factory and guard system, no one dares to underestimate the amount of information that the emperor has.

The emperor was thus preparing to welcome his 40th birthday ceremony, and the lords, crown princes, and important ministers of various vassal states set foot on the land of the Ming Dynasty one after another.

Zhu Zaiqi returned from Korea with Yan Shifan, and Zhu Xianzhuo, the king of Liao, joined Shen Lian, Li and others and set off together after meeting them.

On the other side of the steppe, the Doyan Khanate, the Uliangkha Khanate, and the Khalkha Khanate...... drove sheep and horses, with furs, and also arrived in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

The fleets outside the port of Guangzhou were frequent, and the Nanyang countries had seen or heard of the invincibility of the Nanyang naval division in the Burma and Jiaozhi wars, and they were extremely apprehensive when they went north.

Da Ming should have had enough, right?

On the Tibetan side, red hats, yellow hats, and secular magnates all had to make a choice because of the attitude of the Ming Dynasty.

There is not much time left, and Da Ming has shown that he will not meddle in the internal affairs of the plateau, and if he has to admit it, he can completely suppress others in the name of righteousness.

Within the Ming Dynasty, all provinces were brought into Beijing by the governor and brought congratulatory gifts.

The emperor has passed the threshold of forty years old, and he is really going to celebrate his birthday later.

Daming has been governed by the emperor into this appearance, and when he reaches the "middle and old age", maybe those jealous sons and subordinates will be staged again, of course, there must be bottom-line thinking.

The same is true of the nobles and magnates: after a great war, the merit is like a rainstorm. This year's meritorious award, I don't know how many more princes and uncles will be. And after the emperor returned to Beijing, he began to hold the reins, and only let a limited number of directions to the west still move forward, that is, to put the handle of the knife into the warehouse and the horse to put Nanshan?

Next, it was the turn of those who were hard to reward for their achievements, and they often felt cold in their necks.

This is what Zhu Houxi realized that it was too difficult to change his thoughts: the bloody stories in the history books were there, and there were still too few people who believed that the times were really different and that this emperor was different.

There is no way, too many people do not have the capital to believe in.

If there is a case, it will be the end of the rolling head, who dares to bet on the stud?

Zhu Zaiyun returned to the capital from Kunming earlier, accompanied by Mu Shaoxun's son and Mu Chaofu, the son of the Duke of Qianguo.

On the Myanmar side, Mu Shaoxun and Yang Bode continued to control the situation there.

On the Jiaozhi side, the same sons of the Marquis of Lingbi and the Marquis of Pinghu came over, and they themselves were still stationed in northern Vietnam and Vietnam, waiting for the disposal of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Qianqing Palace, before the start of the longevity ceremony, there was a banquet for the clan and the relatives.

For many years, Zhu Houxi has been full of children and grandchildren in front of him.

The eldest grandson of the emperor is still in Kunming, but after the prince's wedding, the grandson of the emperor has already been born, born at the end of the month after the emperor's triumph in the north, and was given the name Zhu Yi.

It is not only a weapon, but also a party word. Zhu Zaiqi is going to North Vietnam, and another reassurance that Zhu Houxi gave him is that he still leaves his grandson in the capital to teach him.

It's just that it can't help but remind people that if the prince has a case, will he have to repeat the old things of his uncle and nephew?

You can't guess purely based on the old things in history, don't be too dark, the emperor said frankly to the prince, which made the prince feel embarrassed: Dad, am I already a person who thinks so extreme for the sake of the throne?

Now in front of the clan relatives, Zhu Houxi is in a very good mood.

"They are all family, heroes, and relatives, and some things can be said openly." Zhu Houxi fought with open fire, "Conquered the vassal country, not only for the future of the Ming Dynasty, but also for the resettlement of you." I am not a person who is unkind, and let the feudal capitals move to the capital, mainly for the purpose of grain storage. Although the Ming Dynasty is vast, there is little fertile land. If we can't concentrate our efforts, how can we accumulate strength and root out the problem? Now, you can go to all the foreign lands. ”

After that, he looked at Zhu Zaiqi: "Over there in Dongying, there are still many people who are short of many people who are sealed to take care of some industries, right?" ”

"Exactly! Father and son-in-law are worried about this matter. ”

Zhu Houxi nodded: "From generation to generation, the clan has branched out. In the Han Dynasty, the successive dynasties cut down the feudal domains, all because of the increasing complexity of the clan and the difficulty of financial support. Now that I have allowed the clan to find a way out, I can also reuse my relatives. If you lose your hereditary lineage, you will not be demoted, and you will have to show your ambitions. Now that the Ming Dynasty wants to build a fence again, China also has new relations with other countries, and the clan relatives should set an example and show their strength. I all know that my wish is that the world is harmonious, and the four seas are one family, what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty, it's time to spread out!"

"That's the truth. Today is a poor and remote place, but it is time to work hard, and he will be prosperous and prosperous in the future. Zhu Houxi looked at the past one by one, "Now the power of the Ming Dynasty is incomparable, and the people of the Ming Dynasty still have a high view of the local magnates and people in the feudal country, not to mention the relatives of the Ming clan?" Not to mention anything else, where you go, it's not like staying in Daming and often being afraid, isn't it? ”

“…… Your Majesty is serious. ”

"I've always had something to say." Zhu Houxi shook his head, "The eldest husband was born between heaven and earth, and it is inevitable that he will not be able to enjoy the cost. In Daming, doing things is afraid of causing disaster, and not doing things is a muddy life. When it comes to the vassal country, it will not touch the root of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is me, or the lord of the vassal country, he can be more tolerant. It's just that we should pay attention to the general direction, I hope that the Ming Dynasty can win the hearts of the people of the domain, and I can't exploit it too much. Backed by the Ming Dynasty, it is not difficult to govern a prosperous era that their ancestors did not have in the vassal country, right? ”

After the great conquest, the next stage was the reconstruction and revival of the kingdoms.

The quickest way, of course, is to have an injection of external resources.

The best of both worlds is naturally to let the "civil power" of the Ming Dynasty itself have resources to go to the vassal state more, and not to put too much pressure on the Ming treasury itself; By the way, the reduction of the swelling of the clan and the relatives caused a greater burden on the finances of the Ming Dynasty.

This is the reason why the pre-war plan and the king of this war do not know how much.

Anyway, most of them were feudal states.

The gold content seems to be half a grade lower than that of the Ming Dynasty itself, but what about authority? After all, it is calling for wind and rain within the vassal country.

After listening to everyone's statement, Zhu Houxi looked at Cui Yuan happily: "Maoren, there is a beginning and an end." Cast new money, silver dollars, silver tickets, treasure tickets, and discuss the whole picture. ”

Cui Yuan, who is seventy years old, can be said to be standing tall and always a saint.

The saying that there is a beginning and an end is also said to others.

Cui Yuan sighed a little, after all, he didn't unload the mill and kill the donkey, the emperor can tolerate people, but everyone was squeezed clean.

They are all seventy, and they have to do one last thing well, to establish a monetary system between the Ming Dynasty and the countries that have diplomatic relations.

This large-scale clan and clan went to the vassal country to "settle as a vassal domain", which was naturally accompanied by an extremely large number of currency exchanges.

Their assets in Daming should be converted into silver tickets and treasure tickets. After arriving in the vassal country, they can exchange resources for trade and invest in assets there.

In this way, Daming is about to gain a lot.

Of course, they will not be disadvantaged, and this part of the profit will be a large part of their heads, so that their assets in Daming can be exchanged for a larger amount of money.

In and out, it's a math problem. As long as it is in circulation, Daming and them are not losing money after all.

In the Forbidden City, the emperor was talking about it with the clan and the lords.

And Dongying, Korea, Ryukyu and other places have also recruited people in the capital.

Readers are the most popular, but those who have a skill are equally welcome.

Because of the victory and conquest, a mass migration, assimilation, began.

Zhang Juzheng is temporarily in charge of the Ministry of Rites and Communications, personally handling the new business called "visa".

He carefully realized this kind of thing that had never been seen in the history books, and a concept popped up in his mind: I'm afraid this is the beginning of the real world harmony, right?

The countries have not abolished their local languages, but what is written and practiced in the world will be Chinese, and many rules are born from the Ming system.

Coupled with the migration of 100,000 people every year, they brought with them the lifestyle and culture of the Ming Dynasty, and married the locals......

When His Majesty was still there, Daming was able to control everything.

But it's not enough, the prince and his own generation, and even another generation, still need to be able to control everything!

A hundred years from now, if there is another strife, so what?

It's all the same kind of text!

The hardest part is always to start.

Since Qin ruled the world and the county officials arrived directly in the localities, this was another truly purposeful and planned expansion.

Did the lords of the feudal kingdoms who arrived in Beijing realize this?

Tang Shu, who was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, got the text from Cui Yuan's side, and he asked dumbfoundedly, "To prepare so much?" ”

Li Mo leaned over to take a look, and then laughed: "Is that okay?" More than ten vassal kings and hundreds of relatives have been in the family for so many years, and they have to buy this and that when they go to the vassal country. Hurry up and put the news down, they will sell it, and the old man can collect a lot more taxes this year! ”

The huge amount of resources that the feudal kingdom was about to need, the handicraft industry that was not on a large scale, and the light and heavy industries that were already beginning to take shape, all had a larger market.

Yan Song already knew what was going on, and now in the State Hall, he twisted his beard and smiled.

"I've been worrying about it for a long time, and I've been careful every day. He planted trees, and I took advantage of the shade! ”

There was an air of joy in the State Hall, and it was true.

Autumn is coming, and Daming has also come to harvest the season of so many years of hard work.

(End of chapter)