eldest son of Ming dynasty

"The Third Highness, Your Highness is receiving King Suleiman II of Luzon. Later, he will be preparing to negotiate with him on post-war island affairs. What Your Highness means, His Highness is the prince, Suleiman II. The world will not dare to offend, so you can make more demands depending on the situation."

Zai Yao's eyes moved, "I know."

In fact, under the ancient tribute system, the central dynasty treated its vassal states in a completely gentleman-to-subject manner.

That kind of hegemony is not the same as today's hegemony.

Hegemony also needs to find some excuses for itself, plaster it on itself, and advocate that human rights are higher than sovereignty.

In East Asia, the relationship between the suzerain and vassal states, which are linked by tribute trade, is not so complicated.

No matter what small countries think, Confucianism has its own self-consistent logic, that is, I am orthodox, and you are all barbarians. It is not that I bully you, how can you have such a big face?

You should kneel down and beg me, let me show my kindness and give you a chance to be loyal to the emperor of the suzerain country.

The sovereign state looked at it and said, well, it's a pity that you are a country of barbarians and have not yet been civilized. Since you are so committed to the country of etiquette in the Central Plains, then we civilized people will not care too much about the barbarians. By the way, we can show the tolerance of the superior country. , I will allow you to be my subject.

During the Chenghua period,

When the emperor sent troops to Liaodong, a decree passed and North Korea also had to send troops. If they couldn't fight, they would work as a food transport team for me.

Maybe Luzon lives overseas and doesn't use him much, so he's probably not used to it yet.

Of course, no one cares about this. If he really wants to be more serious now, Zai Yao won't be the least bit polite to him.

In addition, Zhu Feng, the young and energetic Duke of Chengguo, said so again, so he entered the camp and started to put on a show.

Suleiman II was a discerning man. When he saw that Zhu Feng was being polite to him, he immediately stood up and said, "This must be His Highness the Third Prince of the Kingdom of China."

Zhu Feng is actually the commander-in-chief. In the army, this status is discussed first, and then the prince is discussed. But at this time, it is also to cooperate with the acting, "The last general, Governor of Luzon, Zhu Feng, meets His Highness the Third Prince."

Suleiman II saw this and immediately bowed, "Suleiman, the king of Luzon, has met the third prince."

Zai Yao raised his eyes slightly, raised his head and said, "Sit down."

"Your Highness, please." Zhu Feng made an invitation gesture.

Zai Yao is no longer polite.

In fact, it is quite easy for someone who has been a prince since he was a child to show his noble spirit.

In addition, his biological mother was a virtuous concubine, who taught him in aspects such as manners, temperament, and conversation since he was a child.

I saw him walking in all directions to the main seat and sitting down.

At the signal from his eyes, Suleiman and his ministers sat on the left, while Zhu Feng, Zhang Jing and others sat on the right.

After sitting down, Zai Yao was not in a hurry to speak. Instead, he picked up a cup of tea, shook his head slightly and blew it.

Suleiman was a little embarrassed and glanced at Zhu Feng.

After Zhu Feng received it, he raised his hand and said: "Your Highness, the King of Luzon is here today to deal with many matters after the rebellion. At present, the rebel army north of Beihu has been basically wiped out. The third highness still has to handle the rest. An idea."

Zai Yao did not answer the question. After taking a sip of tea, he lowered his head and did not look at Suleiman. He only said slowly: "When I was going on an expedition, my father called me into the palace and told me this. My father said, Luzon is a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty. Since it is the territory of our Ming Dynasty, there is such a vicious civil unrest. I don’t know how Suleiman II governs it. Go and take a look at his every move. What are you doing every day?"

! !

When the King of Luzon heard this, his heart burst into tears. If His Majesty the Ming Emperor had any objections to him, or even wanted to touch him, then he would really make the heavens and the earth not respond, and the earth and the earth would not work.

He immediately got off the stool and said, "Your Highness, the riot caused by the mob was an accident. It can be considered... or it can be considered a moment of negligence on my part. Fortunately, it did not cause a big disaster..."

"Didn't it cause a big disaster?" Zai Yao interrupted him, "Did you know that more than a hundred people of the Ming Dynasty were killed by the swords of the rebellion this time? How dare you use swords to harm the people of the above country? In my opinion, , there is no superior country in the country of Luzon, and there is no father. Otherwise, how could such a thing happen?!

By the way, this place is far away from the capital. When I set off from the capital, all the people in the court knew were that there might be casualties among the people of Ming Dynasty due to the chaos of war. But the specific figures are not known to the Central Government.

However, these must be reported to the emperor in the end. King Luzon, when the news of more than a hundred casualties reached the palace, no one knew how they would react. Now is not the time for you to say nice things! "

There was nothing Suleiman II could do,

In name, he did recognize the Celestial Empire as his superior country.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty had another 20,000 soldiers stationed on the island.

And many of them are equipped with muskets and sharp weapons. Those rebels that gave him a headache were all wiped out by the heavenly army. What do you think he can do?

"Your Highness, the rebellion that harmed the people of the Kingdom this time is the fault of the little king. How to deal with it? Your Highness, just speak. As long as the little king can do it, he will not frown. Speaking of which, a hundred There are indeed too many people..."

As he spoke, he cast a look at Zhu Feng for help, "Zhu Butang, look at...this..."

Zhu Feng was excited and said, "Don't say that the Third Highness is here, it means that the Third Highness is not here. Whatever the facts are, we should report to the Emperor. There are one hundred and twenty-seven people, that is, one hundred and twenty-seven people. To deceive the emperor, That’s a capital crime!”

Seeing that the heat was almost done, Zai Yao waved his hand, "Okay. King Luzon, my father must care about this matter. How can a sage monarch not care about the life and death of his people? So when the time comes, if there is any anger, you will only I can bear it. However, our country in the Central Plains has always been lenient. Besides, this matter was done by the rebels and has nothing to do with you."

"Yes, yes, your Highness is right. When the people of the Kingdom of China came to Luzon, Xiao Wang always treated them kindly and never harmed anyone."

"Based on what I know about my father, the most important thing you have to do now is to try your best to capture the leader of the rebels, Abe, and his subordinates. Before your father gets angry, send these prisoners first. , this is finally your wish, and the father's fire can be eliminated by three points." Suleiman nodded, "Don't worry, Your Highness, this matter is already being done."

"Second, you have to find a way to ensure that nothing like this happens again in the future," Zai Yao leaned forward slightly and said, "You said you were negligent and a traitor the first time, but how are you going to explain it the second time? ?”

"This..." King Luzon handed over his hand again, "I would like to ask His Highness the Third Prince to make it clear."

Zhu Feng on the side saw it and smiled in his heart.

The Third Highness still has some tricks up his sleeve.

In fact, it is also the fault of Suleiman II for his stupidity.

This guy doesn't care about the life and death of the people under his rule. He has no ambition and no talent. The entire Luzon Kingdom is dominated by weak subjects.

As long as he is happy and retains his throne, he doesn't care about anything else.

Otherwise, how could other tribes follow Abe and rebel against him?

"Okay," Zai Yao slapped his thigh, "I have seen Luzon Island, and it should actually be a rich place. It's a pity that you are located in a remote place with a small land and are isolated from the outside world. You don't know all kinds of things in our kingdom. of good stuff.

In order not to waste such a good place, tens of thousands of people from the Ming Dynasty worked tirelessly to cultivate wasteland here. The food produced can help more people escape from hunger. You have to recognize this hard work.

In our land of Ming Dynasty, facing such a large area of ​​wasteland, we have to cultivate wasteland and build forts, bit by bit, year by year. In the same way, one day this place will become a treasure land thousands of miles away. When the people are rich and everyone has enough to eat, naturally no one will want to be a rebel. The country's taxes will also increase. As the king here, you will definitely have more wealth.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty court and the people will benefit, and you, the King of Luzon, and the people of Luzon will also benefit. Wouldn't it be better to achieve four goals with one stone?

Therefore, my idea is very simple. I want to move more people into Luzon, reclaim the wasteland along the Manila Bend to the north, and build castles along the way to form a defensive posture in case of unexpected events.

In the process of reclaiming wasteland, the people of Luzon can learn various methods and technologies such as planting and city building from the people of our country. Luzon is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. We are willing to learn whatever we want. Because our goal is the same, which is to make Luzon more beautiful and richer. "

Zhu Feng was still holding back while negotiating the terms.

Zai Yao really doesn't have this worry. He has been in the royal family since he was a child and is used to being condescending. Moreover, in a vassal country...

In his concept, it is a country of ministers. He is the prince, and he must do what he says.

In fact, he ignored the role of Zhu Feng, the governor with 20,000 soldiers.

Now, according to him, Ming Dynasty is encroaching on this land step by step.

The reason is very simple. Can the land obtained by the people of the Ming Dynasty still belong to others? He dares to come here to collect tax on a grain of rice, even if he is brave.

Similarly, the people of Ming Dynasty have built castles here, so what do they have to do with these lands?

Suleiman II's face turned pale, why did he ask: "Your Highness, can you add a condition to this?"

"You said."

"That is... it is better not to cultivate wasteland near the royal city and some owned lands. Otherwise, fighting between the two parties will easily lead to fights. It is not that we, the people of Luzon, intend to harm the people of the upper country, but if there is some conflict, it will inevitably hurt each other. ."

Zai Yao thought for a while, "Well... Of course, you can't cultivate wasteland in and around the royal city. Your country is a country of etiquette, so you can't plant rice in your palace."

"Hey, yes, yes."

"Moreover, some lands with owners... I cannot agree to you like this. Logically speaking, you are the king of Luzon, and the entire country belongs to you. Luzon is also a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and these also belong to the Ming Dynasty. . What kind of Lord is this Lord you are talking about? Does it mean that he is outside the realm of the Ming Dynasty?"

puff……

Zhu Feng was drinking water. He had never heard such remarks before, and he couldn't hold it back.

As a result, everyone looked at him, and he quickly found an excuse, "The tea is too hot... the tea is too hot..."

"The Third Highness misunderstood, my king did not mean this." Su Gu showed his head from behind, "I am just worried that if this matter is not made clear, conflicts will indeed arise during the reclamation process, which will always be troublesome. "

"But if someone randomly comes out of you and claims that there is an owner here, there is an owner there, or that the good places have owners and the bad places have no owners, or that the mature land that has been cultivated has an owner, but the raw land that has not been cultivated has no owner. , so what?" Zai Yao began to be unreasonable and waved his hands and said: "It's better not to bother. If there is really a dispute, the only way to do this is to station troops to protect the people and reclaim the wasteland."

Su Guang was so angry that he held back a ball of fire in his chest. He endured it for a long time, but finally said one sentence, "Since your country is a country of etiquette, do you want to forcefully occupy the land of the Lord?"

Suleiman originally sat down to listen to what he said, but when he suddenly said such a sentence, he was so frightened that he stood up again.

Without waiting for him to explain anything, Zai Yao said: "The purpose of teaching you etiquette is to let you understand that a king is a minister, not for you and me to talk about etiquette. Nowadays, Nanyang maritime trade is becoming more and more prosperous, and the prosperity of Shitang Port and Whether it is related to Ming's entire game of chess in Nanyang, no matter how great your reasoning is, it cannot be greater than this one.

Also, I will write your words into the memorial and report it to my father. My father was just about to see what kind of heartless monarch this Luzon vassal state was! "

After saying that, he left the tent angrily.

There was a 'pop' sound, and Suleiman II roared angrily: "If you have angered the emperor, go and apologize yourself, no one will care about you!"