Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 247 Da Ming's Father's New Tributary System
Prince Jianguo angrily reprimanded North Korea for treachery and voted for the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He wanted to cut off North Korea’s national title, and asked the king of North Korea to bring all the royal family to Daming to plead guilty, and refused to let them return to the country. , which made many people feel that the prince was a bit too harsh.

Even Bai Mingxiu himself knows that North Korea’s obedience to the Manchus is entirely based on realistic considerations. The Korean dynasties of all dynasties are all a routine. Whoever is powerful in the Central Plains obeys whoever is strong. Although North Korea still considers itself a small China and despises the Manchus. son, but on the other hand, there is nothing missing in the etiquette that should be given, and the old coins that should be paid in tribute.

Understanding is understanding, but Bai Mingxiu decided that North Korea should be punished.The Government Council, including the people, also has a widely accepted attitude towards the prince's statement.In traditional Chinese culture, benevolence and righteousness are valued. It is unacceptable for ordinary people to betray the suzerain and even stab the suzerain in the back.What's more, according to the prince, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, he paid a huge price to save North Korea, and even gave the Tartars an opportunity.As a result, North Korea said that it was grateful to Dade, but it had no determination to fight for Ming Dynasty.

This kind of move was unknown to ordinary people before Bai Mingxiu told it. After all, this was an era with limited information, and few people knew about North Korea sending troops to follow the Manchu Qing Dynasty.However, as soon as the "Da Ming Daily" revealed this matter, it immediately aroused outrage among the people.Now the people of the Ming Dynasty know that the Ming army is powerful, it is difficult to encounter opponents, and the sea and ships can reach thousands of miles without hindrance.North Korea is so unloyal, Ming Dynasty should retaliate.

After the headline on the front page of the Daming Daily reported that Prince Jianguo reprimanded North Korea for envoy Hong Mingxia, scholars gathered outside the State Guest House in Shanghai to protest the next day. This kind of activity probably started in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Yes, the Shanghai police also dispatched police forces to ensure that the entire protest process was peaceful and conflict-free.

The North Korean envoy Hong Mingxia stood by the window of the hotel, looking at the loud protests of twenty or thirty scholars downstairs outside the glass window, his face was like gold paper, and his expression was gloomy.

The impact of Shanghai New City itself on Hong Mingxia is huge. This city is different from any city he has ever seen.Ordinary Daming Fucheng is already much more prosperous than North Korea’s Kaijing (Kaesong), Wangjing (Seoul) and other places, and Shanghai is no longer a thing of the same dimension as these Fucheng.

The spacious concrete road, row upon row of buildings, stayed in this hotel for one night, if Hong Mingxia hadn't been too worried, Hong Mingxia probably didn't want to leave.Exquisite furniture, the workmanship amazed Hong Mingxia, it turned out to be a craftsman of the Celestial Dynasty.Mattresses are much easier to sleep on than ordinary hard beds, and even the windows are made of large pieces of glass. Hong Mingxia is worried that those who have never seen the world in the diplomatic mission should not take things in the hotel and lose them. Their North Korean faces.

However, North Korea is about to cease to exist.

There is a copy of "Daming Daily" on Hong Mingxia's desk. Hong Mingxia is also very surprised about this thing. He hastily asked people to collect all the recent newspapers, because he found that relying on newspapers can have a good understanding of the current Daming. Intuitive understanding.

Daming is no longer the Daming that Koreans used to know, it has become more mysterious and powerful.

What worries him even more is that even after reading yesterday's newspaper report, he himself feels that North Korea has gone too far. Judging by Confucian values, the crusade against North Korea occupies the commanding heights of everything. Zi came to protest, which shows that North Korea has left a very bad impression in the hearts of Ming people.

"If the Crown Prince Jianguo really wants to launch a crusade, then North Korea definitely has no chance of winning."

Once Huang Taiji's army invaded North Korea, and even captured the king of North Korea, Li Jing. In the end, Li Jing had to send both sons to the Qing Dynasty as hostages and pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty.The Ming Dynasty's heart was even bigger. This time, Prince Jianguo actually wanted to take the title of North Korea, turning North Korea into an internal vassal state. Although the North Korean royal family was still retained, they wanted to bring the entire North Korean royal family to Daming as hostages.In addition, it is necessary to set up a Xuanfu Department to directly manage North Korea's political affairs.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty was not very interested in meddling in the affairs of these neighboring tributary states. What they cared about was often things like Gang Chang, such as Li Di.But now the Ming court is very interested in managing the government affairs of the tributary state.

Not to mention Cochin Province, but also to establish a Xuanfu Division for North Korea.

In fact, there are many worshipers in North Korea. If the Celestial Dynasty sent talented officials to North Korea to govern, many people would be willing, but removing the king of North Korea is not acceptable to North Koreans who also abide by the rules of the monarch and ministers.

Underneath this series of entanglements, there is Bai Mingxiu's new thinking on the overall diplomatic relations of Ming Dynasty.

After a long period of research and thinking, Bai Mingxiu has re-established a new tribute and diplomatic system with Ming as the main body.First of all, Daming is an enlightened and autocratic monarchy, and Bai Mingxiu has no intention of carrying out any radical social reforms.The first-level administrative regions within the Ming Dynasty are provinces and municipalities directly under the central government, which are called internal administration.And the first-level administrative region on the same level as the provincial municipality is the Xuanwei Division, which is actually a colony of the Ming Dynasty, called the Foreign Service.

The system of internal service and external service originated from the system of nine services, but it was simplified by Bai Mingxiu.

In addition to internal and external clothing, there are also internal and external vassals, which is the tribute system.Both the inner domain and the outer domain are countries, and theoretically they are both part of the Ming Empire. If North Korea surrenders, then North Korea will become the inner domain of the Ming Dynasty. On the basis of retaining the hereditary royal family, the real power of the royal family of the inner domain will be deprived, and Xuanfu will be established. The Secretary, with Xuanfu envoys or the governor-general, governs the political affairs of the vassal state, which means that the Ming emperor and the Lizhengyuan have complete governance power over the inner vassal.

Foreign vassals also belong to the tributary system, which is relatively similar to the previous tributary states. Their kings are recognized by the Ming Emperor, and the change of the throne requires the approval of the Ming Dynasty. Other than that, political affairs are managed by themselves.However, what is different from the previous tribute system is that the Ming emperor will dispatch ministers stationed in the vassal state. Although they will not participate in the management of the vassal state, they will represent the interests of the Ming Dynasty and express their opinions on some issues of the vassal state.There are no external vassals in the full sense of the word in the Ming Dynasty, but Bai Mingxiu intends to convert Siam, Cambodia and Laos into external vassals, and Bai Mingxiu of the Champa Kingdom is ready to wait for the Ruan family to kill them, and then take them over and directly establish the Xuanwei Department.

Outside of the tributary system, there is diplomacy, which is more similar to the equal status of countries in modern diplomacy. Of course, this equality must be verbal equality.The current diplomatic relations between Ming Dynasty and Portugal and the United Kingdom are normal diplomatic relations at the ministerial level.

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