Emperor Ming Dynasty

The Longevity Festival is mandatory and necessary for many lords, but it also brings them some unique opportunities.

For example, the King of Liao, at the age of thirty-eight, although his face was full of weather and had been exposed to the cold winds of Central Asia, he was still frivolous in his bones.

No, in the Chang'an Theater that belonged to him, he was hugging each other, so happy.

Standing in front of him was his eldest son Zhu Fuzhen. He was eighteen years old and exuded an aura of embarrassment.

"I said Fourth Brother, Fu Zhen is here, you are being ridiculous!"

King Xing sat across from him, glanced at the Prince of Liao who was bowing his head and said nothing, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Xiao Feng, let's go out and play!"

"Don't bother me!" King Liao shook his head, let go of his hands on the girls, waved his hand to let the girls out, then sat upright and said:

"Many years have passed since Chang'an Theater, I will miss it very much!"

"Xiao Feng, what have you been singing lately?"

"Father, now the Chang'an Theater has begun to sing Chang Banpo. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has become even more popular after being edited by Mao and his son!"

Zhu Fuxiang said, shaking his head and explaining the essence of it.

Such as the size of the steps, the pitch of the voice, the range of movements, the choice of singing, etc., it can be said to be a mastery.

The King of Liao laughed and scolded: "You have stayed in the capital for so many years and you have learned how to watch a play?"

At this time, King Zhao shook his head and said: "The capital is prosperous, and I don't know if it is good or bad for them to come here."

"It's nothing. Let them see the real good places in the world, so as not to be a frog in the well. The prince is great? They are all over the capital!"

King Liao said casually.

King Zheng, King Chen, and King Xu also nodded.

Compared with the three kings of Liao, Zhao, and Xing who had been vassal for many years, the three kings of Zheng, Chen, and Xu founded their country in the land of the Kazakh Khanate, and the three major kingdoms were equally divided.

There are 70,000 to 80,000 herdsmen per capita, and the territory is not small.

The Liao Kingdom had been established for a long time, but he was very generous to his three younger brothers, subsidizing a lot of craftsmen, money and food, which made the relationship between the two countries quite close.

The bloodline brought in the mother's womb is nothing, the most important thing is the distance.

The six kingdoms of Xing, Liao, Zhao, Zheng, Chen, and Xu formed a semicircle around Anxi, surrounding the entire northwest of the Ming Dynasty and forming a barrier.

The King of Liao was the oldest, most senior, and most prestigious among the kings. He coughed and cleared his throat:

"We are all brothers. The vassals of the Ming Dynasty have broken bones and tendons. They are usually busy governing the country. Today is a good opportunity!"

As he spoke, he glanced at his son and several other boys: "You also have to listen, and you have to write down your thoughts afterwards."

"Yes!" A group of boys agreed with grimaces.

The group of half-grown men behind the kings are their sons.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the prince must come to Beijing to study when he is twelve years old and return when he is sixteen. The same is true for legitimate sons, except that it is not limited to concubines.

Naturally, the eldest son, legitimate son, and concubine of the six princes were all sent to the capital to study with their grandson.

This is to cultivate the closeness of the next generation, and the kings are naturally willing to do so.

This visit to Beijing is also a father-son meeting for the kings.

"Fourth brother, what's the big deal for you?"

King Zhao looked solemn and straightened his buttocks unconsciously.

"Nothing!" King Liao said casually: "I just want our six countries to be closer to each other."

"For example, I heard that there are traces of Manchus in the northwest of Zheng State. How will we respond then? Do we need to ask for help?"

"We all know that although Anxi has the discretion, his response is too slow and not as fast as ours."

"Besides, if there are any shortcomings between us, we don't need to bring silver coins. Bartering is also feasible."

With that said, King Liao talked about this exchange between the northwest vassals, and finally said: "I also heard that the boss did it. He is very close to King Wei, and he transferred hundreds of thousands of people to Qi. The country has made millions!"

This statement made several people jealous.

As the saying goes, if you don't become a family, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are; if you don't become a vassal, you don't know the suffering of the vassal country.

King Zheng was so envious that his mouth watered.

Among the six northwest countries, Zhao has the best environment.

It is close to Anxi, with half of the country's cultivated land and half of its pastureland, and abundant food. It can be said to be the granary of the northwest.

And what about Zheng Guo?

Besides cattle, there are sheep and horses, but who in the northwest lacks these?

Therefore, when he heard that his fourth brother, King Liao, was talking about this, he immediately became interested: "Second brother's Qi country, let alone that, was all barbarians in the beginning, but now it's better, there are all kinds of copper mines, gold mines and silver mines. , mining makes a lot of money every year!”

"These days, I really sleep on gold..."

"We can't compare to the Song Dynasty, but we each have our own advantages."

The King of Liao counted his treasures and said: "We have cloth from Liao, wine from Zhao, ceramics and grain from Xing, and you Zheng, Chen, and Xu have countless cattle and sheep, and they complement each other perfectly!"

"Whenever big things happen in the future, we can keep in touch with each other!"

This was said, but several people did not agree with it.

You know, there are imperial envoys in the country, and the governor of Anxi is supervising the diplomatic affairs of various countries. Where does the king of Liao get the basis?

Moreover, as the masters of a country, they have long understood that pie in the sky will not fall into the sky, and the King of Liao must have his own purpose for doing this.

And this is easy to guess, that is, it established the Liao Kingdom's position as the big brother among the Six Kingdoms.

That is, the right to speak.

It's very simple. The King of Liao is on the throne at this time, so he is naturally the eldest brother. But if the King of Liao dies and his son succeeds to the throne, they, the uncles, will ignore him.

And if the name is directly set at this time, even if the throne changes, the right to speak of the Liao Kingdom will not be erased.

Thinking of this, even his brother King Xing fell into thinking and was speechless. Seeing this, the King of Liao did not panic at all: "Old Fifteen, I heard that your Xing Kingdom has recently started fighting with the Persians?"

"There wasn't much fighting!" King Xing said casually: "It's just a group of desperate people who jumped over and incited the untouchables to rebel."

"I couldn't get angry, so I sent people to rob the whole town, and then a fight broke out."

"Hehe!" King Liao said grandly: "I heard that Persia has hundreds of thousands of troops. Don't be afraid. Fourth brother, I will directly send out elite troops to help you and keep them safe."

King Xing was stunned and nodded slowly.

He realized that this was the fourth brother making conditions.

Among the several countries, the Xing Kingdom is the most dangerous. Although the Persian Empire is as stiff and slow as an old man, its huge size is like a chokehold.

Without Liao, he would not be able to sleep at night.

"When the time comes, just lend me your firearms camp!" King Xing said with a smile.

The King of Liao gritted his teeth in distress when he heard this.

He spent all his efforts to build a firearms battalion of 3,000 people!

"Okay -" His gums were almost broken, but King Liao smiled happily.

"Fourth brother, I am so far away from you, I will support tens of thousands of cavalry when the time comes!" King Zheng hurriedly mentioned the conditions.

The King of Liao naturally agreed.

Now, several other countries also responded.

Immediately, several people reached a few consensus:

First, when encountering foreign enemies, provide reinforcements as soon as possible, no less than ten thousand cavalry.

Secondly, the six countries exchanged what they had, and their respective internal affairs offices bartered with each other.

Third, they must not conflict with each other. In case of conflict, the King of Liao will mediate.

Compared with the loose southern countries, the northwest countries are a little closer.

How could the King of Liao dare to hide such a big thing from his father? He couldn't wait to come to the palace the next day to report the matter.

The old emperor held a wooden stick in his mouth, and the sound of chewing candy occasionally came, which frightened the King of Liao.

"Fourth brother, I'm not dead yet!"

"Father——" King Liao became excited and hurriedly knelt down: "My son doesn't have that intention. He just thinks that Xing State has to face Persia. To the west of Zheng State is the Manchu Qing Dynasty. We can watch and help each other..."

"Hmph!" Zhu Yixi snorted coldly: "Those who don't know would have thought that your Liao Kingdom established a Northwest Alliance and became its leader!"

"Where did you leave Daming?"

"Son, I don't dare!" King Liao lowered his head, his face flushed.

Zhu Yixi closed her eyes and her anger gradually subsided.

To be honest, the six northwest countries are the most barren among the vassal states. The nomadic countries are too fragile, so it is understandable to alliance with each other.

That place in the northwest is not safe.

"Let's leave it at that!" Zhu Yixi suddenly said: "But Governor Anxi has to join in, and we can't go behind his back."

"Son is not allowed!"

The King of Liao breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately returned to his playful smile: "Father, I heard that the railway tracks have been built to Jiayuguan Pass? When will they be built to the Liao Kingdom?"

"Let's wait a few more years!" Zhu Yixi smiled: "I guess I have been in Shaowu for forty-five years!"

When building a railway in the northwest, there are not many environmental problems. The only problem is that there is a shortage of wood and iron, which has to be transported thousands of miles from the south, which is extremely troublesome.

When the railway track is built to Yili and leads directly to the six countries, people in the northwest will feel at ease.

At the end of the year, the emperor's grandson Zhu Fuzhuo took his newlywed wife, dozens of civil servants and generals, and hundreds of soldiers, and sailed southward by boat to arrive at the vassal state of Fujian.

In other words, inherit the incense from his uncle.

The Nanhai Navy personally escorted them, carrying the power of the sovereign state.

The lower half of Borneo was preceded by the Kingdom of Masen.

Even after more than ten years of land reclamation, the population of Fujian still does not exceed one million, only less than 300,000.

The capital of the country is Jian'ou City, where one-third of the country's population is gathered.

The Prime Minister of Fujian respectfully led everyone to kneel down to greet him.

"The emperor is destined to be blessed by heaven. The imperial edict states that the emperor's second grandson Zhu Fuzhuo... is now canonized as the crown prince of the King of Fujian and will inherit the throne of the King of Fujian on that day..."

"Long live my emperor, long live long live—"

Witnessed by all the civil and military officials, Zhu Fuzhuo became the heir to the throne of Fujian. After a succession ceremony is held, he will become a veritable king of Fujian.

On the periphery, a group of European businessmen doing business here watched the excitement.

"The new King of Fujian was appointed by the emperor?"

"I wonder what the King of Fujian's attitude is towards us?"

Under the instigation of thoughtful people, the indigenous people suddenly broke out into chaos, and tens of thousands of people besieged Jian'ou City.

Unexpectedly, the Nanhai navy returned and landed directly to fight, which resolved the crisis and the power of the new King of Fujian increased greatly.

This little chaos in the succession is not a storm at all.

"This is forcing me to go on a killing spree!" the new Fujian king Zhu Fuzhuo murmured.

Obviously, the vested interest groups were not happy for him to come and join the vassal state, which even included some Han people.