I'm really not the carpenter emperor

As long as the two parties sign and pledge, the treaty will take effect immediately. Even if the news of Manila reaches Amsterdam, the Dutch will have no regrets.

Therefore, in the "Manila Treaty", Ming still gave up some more ambitious propositions.

Originally proposed by Xu Guangqi, the fishery tax levied on all Dutch ships in the southeast waters was abolished in the fierce dispute between the two sides.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao's proposal to let the East India Company directly cede Malacca was also forced to give up under the almost firm rejection of the other party.

After that, Zhu Youxiao changed his tone and claimed one-fifth of the territory of Borneo in the East Indies.

The East Indies are the so-called Spice Islands commonly known by Westerners, and Borneo is one of the islands with the richest and most diverse spice production and types.

The reason why the two colonies of Brunei and Sanfa in the north of Borneo is because Zhu Youxiao wants to take the opportunity to intervene in the global spice trade.

As for why the Dutch agreed, they naturally have their own considerations.

Although the "Manila Treaty" is harsh, it is not too bad. After all, trade in the southeastern sea is almost at a standstill.

As long as the treaty is signed, the trade in each colony is smooth, and the piles of goods of all kinds can easily make up for the compensation of nearly 500 million Dutch guilders.

At that time, the Dutch Federation was still a European shipbuilding tycoon, and the East India Company was still the world's number one joint-stock company.

Even the British still like to come to the Netherlands to buy boats, so the prosperous Dutch shipbuilding and fishing industries will not be affected.

As for Ming's local trade commodities such as tea, silk, and porcelain, although they have already flowed into Europe through Spain, they are still far from reaching the level of addiction to royal families and nobles like American tobacco and Indonesian coffee.

As for Manila's status as a free city, there is nothing to worry about.

As long as the gold mountain of the East Indies is still in their own hands, the East India Company can continue to monopolize the global spice trade.

Spices can still be shipped from the East Indies to Europe in an endless stream, making a lot of money for themselves.

As for the meager profits between the two colonies north of Borneo, let Daming earn it!

As long as there is money to be made, the East India Company can hire more sailors, build shipyards, rebuild the fleet, seize more colonies, and wait for an opportunity to come back for revenge.

In fact, although this treaty made Ming almost become the dominant country in the local world in the Far East and participated in the trade war, Ming's trade was still at a relatively disadvantaged position.

The East India Company has a large number of powerful partners in the Far East and Europe, and the cost of logistics and business transactions is extremely low.

No matter what kind of loss, they can quickly reflect the value of this contract after signing through trade.

This is why the board of directors of the East India Company must sign the contract as soon as possible at all costs.

As for the Ming Dynasty, it was only after Zhu Youxiao's apocalypse that he officially got involved in the trade war.

To put it more bluntly, now that Ming is in Europe, apart from Spain, there is no second trade partner country at all.

Even if you want to sell your own things, people may not necessarily buy it!

In this way, the cost of logistics and commercial transactions needs to be borne by the merchants or the court alone. The cost of logistics and time is almost several times that of the Dutch.

This situation is equivalent to limiting the development speed of Ming's foreign trade, making this seemingly lucrative treaty income limited.

The most urgent task is to restore the tributary system of the Ming Dynasty in Asia and even the Far East, and quickly establish trade routes with the rest of Europe.

With these "friends", profitable trading is much easier.

On the day the treaty was signed, Zhu Youxiao issued an imperial decree to the Kingdom of Luzon, the Kingdom of Old Port, the Kingdom of Annan, the Mughal Empire, the Kingdom of Korea, and other countries with trade value.

That Daming who came to court from all nations back then is coming back!

Chapter 693 You Are Younger

A certain day in January of the sixth year of Apocalypse.

The first ray of sunlight in the morning shone into the Forbidden City, and the Kunning Palace was peaceful, but Zhu Youxiao, who was still sleeping a moment ago, suddenly opened his eyes.

In the main hall connected to the long corridor about seven or eight steps away, Xu, the former female official of Kunning Palace, is lightly placing tea sets.

Putting down a dish, Xu seemed to realize something, turned his head, and suddenly found that Emperor Tianqi was staring at him closely, and his heart tightened immediately.

She hurriedly knelt down and said:

"The slaves don't know the severity, Your Majesty forgives the sin..."

"It's okay."

Zhu Youxiao turned his head, put away his vigilant eyes, and found that Zhang Yan and Zhu Ciran, who was just five years old this year, were sleeping soundly.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't bear to be disturbed, and stood up cautiously.

After standing up, Zhu Youxiao covered Zhang Yan with the quilt again, turned his head and walked slowly into the main hall, took a glass of water to rinse his mouth, casually spit it into the copper basin at his feet, and asked:

"Is Ci Ran still as difficult to learn as before?"

Mrs. Xu heard that, at such a young age, she had a motherly look on her face, and said with a smile:

"Although His Highness is playful, he has never delayed his reading and literacy. Even the gentleman often praises His Highness's talent and intelligence. Your Majesty can rest assured."

"That's good, Yu's prince and princess haven't reached the school age yet, right?"

Zhu Youxiao felt relieved when he heard the words, sat at the table of the Eight Immortals, asked himself a question, then looked at the dormitory, and said silently:

"In the past few years, you have been busy in the palace, and you have credit. Where is your hometown?"

Xu didn't know why the emperor asked about this matter, but she replied honestly:

"Your Majesty forgot, the slaves are from Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province."

"Ah, Shaoxing is a good place, but it's a bit far away. What year did you enter the palace? Haven't you been back home for a long time?" Zhu Youxiao just asked this question, and didn't intend to listen to her reply, so he continued:

"After a few days, the whole country has a holiday on the first day, so you should go home and have a look."

Mrs. Xu was taken aback when she heard the words, she didn't care about standing up just now, and quickly knelt down again, "What did the servant do wrong, your majesty wants to drive the servant away..."

As she spoke, some tears appeared on her face.

"You are wrong. I really want you to go home and have a look. After all, these days, I have troubled you to take care of this unworthy prince." Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly, raised his hand and said:

"You get up."

After hearing this, and looking at the emperor's face, Mrs. Xu also understood that this was really the case, so she choked up for a while, and her words were filled with tears:

"This is the duty of a servant, if His Majesty said so, it's a shame for a servant!"

"Then it's settled. On the first day of the year, I will give you half a month's leave and go back to Shaoxing to visit your parents." After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he didn't want to hear any more words of thanks from her.

So he turned his head and looked at the bedroom again, and said:

"In order not to disturb the empress and the prince, please give orders. Today, I will go to the Maoqin Palace to clean my face and change clothes, and tell the palace people not to come to Kunning Palace."

Xu felt a little envious in her heart, she stood up and said, "Your Majesty is really understanding. Your Majesty and Your Highness are the happiest people in history."

"Ha ha……"

Are you happy?

As an emperor's woman, no one is really happy.

Zhu Youxiao laughed at himself twice, and walked out with his hands behind his back.

Xu looked over, but for some reason, she suddenly felt that the back of Emperor Tianqi looked a little lonely.

……

About half an hour later, the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

Changing his clothes and face, Zhu Youxiao, who appeared here with a brand-new posture, looked at the envoys of several countries kneeling at his feet, first looked sideways at the North Korean Wancheng Mansion Lord and said:

"I decreed last November that North Korea, as the nearest vassal state of Ming Dynasty, why did it come so late?"

"Didn't Li Yu forget who is in charge of the house?"

Cui Mingji, the Lord of Wancheng Mansion, is one of the most powerful ministers in the country during the Injo Dynasty of Joseon.

In the third year of Apocalypse, Cui Mingji participated in the palace coup, overthrew the previous North Korean King Gwanghae Jun Li Hun, and helped the current North Korean King Li Zhen take the throne.

As for Li Zhen, he was sent to Daming during the Penghu naval battle last year, and thus was canonized by Zhu Youxiao and officially became the king of North Korea.

The difference between Li Ji and Li Hun is that the former is close to the Ming Dynasty, while the latter is obedient to Daming Yang and secretly close to Jianzhou, which leads to the loss of people's hearts in North Korea.

The so-called Lord of a certain local government is a kind of title title granted by the king of Joseon to his relatives and heroes during the Joseon Dynasty. Generally speaking, it is awarded to the father of the previous Korean princesses, and he is a first-class title.

Of course, there are also very few such as Cui Mingji who were awarded the title of first-class hero in the "Injo Reversal" incident, and are the highest rank among the emperors with different surnames.

North Korea sent this person to show its sincerity.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the North Korean power minister in front of him, but he didn't show any good looks on his face. After all, they had to know who the master was.

To re-establish the tributary system this time, the first thing is to let them understand a truth, without Ming Dynasty, North Korea is nothing.

There are princes of the same rank as the King of Joseon in the Ming Dynasty, and they dare not breathe loudly in front of me, let alone you, a small subject of the Joseon Dynasty.

Cui Mingji really looked very frightened, and said quickly:

"Your Majesty has wrongly blamed us. The Korean subjects have always regarded Daming as their suzerain. Once the previous kings came to the throne, they were orthodox only when they were conferred by Daming."

"Otherwise, the people in the country will be full of resentment, and even the throne will not last long."

"This time I came late this time. It's because I, Wang Chengmeng, is favored by His Majesty. He ascended the throne for the first time, but the country is not stable. This time, we signed a trade contract with Daming, and many people objected..."

Zhu Youxiao knew what he was thinking, this Cui Mingji was using Daming to eliminate dissidents for himself in North Korea.

Zhu Youxiao sneered from the bottom of his heart. As a person from later generations, he naturally knew what kind of guy Cui Mingji was, and asked lightly:

"Who are you talking about?"

Cui Mingji saw that Emperor Ming's face was dull, and he felt that there should be more heat in his heart, and he said quickly: "It's those ministers of the Western People's Party who sneaked into the Kingdom of Jin, which is not good for Your Majesty."

"If your majesty wants to remotely control the Korean state hall, such assistance from the minister is indispensable..."

After speaking, he made a bow.

Zhu Youxiao didn't speak for a while, but he was actually recalling what later generations knew about Korean temples.

Although the current king of North Korea, Li Ji, was defeated by Jiannu later on, but now he has just overthrown his uncle, he is still young and wants to follow Daming and fight Jianzhou to the death.

Cui Mingji in front of him was a staunch peacemaker in the incident of Huang Taiji's invasion of North Korea in the future. To put it bluntly, he suggested that Li Zhen bow his knees to Huang Taiji, which was a complete fool.

Although this guy had secretly informed Daming in North Korea after the peace, it didn't make Zhu Youxiao's impression of him much better.

Just like "the water is too cold" Qian Qianyi, when Daming was still there, he did not do practical things. When the Tartar Qing came to rule the Central Plains, he realized that it was different from what he thought, and he was attached to his old master again.

What did you do here early?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao decided to have a showdown with him, and sneered:

"The Western People's Party secretly communicated with Jianzhou?"

"Cui Mingji, do you really think I don't know what you're thinking?"

"You're a little tender for making these fancy intestines in front of me!"

Chapter 694 It's a mess

"what……!"

Cui Mingji was astonished, and quickly knelt down:

"Why did Your Majesty say that...!"

"The Western People's Party are righteous ministers who resisted the Jin Dynasty. During the Wanli Dynasty, when Japanese pirates invaded Korea, most of them were the civil and military members of the Western People's Party who resisted!"

"Do you think I don't know anything since I've only been on the throne for five years?" Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, with murderous look in his eyes.

The so-called Western People's Party is the pro-Ming faction of civil servants and generals in the current Injo Dynasty of North Korea, mainly composed of two brothers, Kim Sang-heon and Kim Sang-yong.

The Andong Kim family where the two brothers belong is also a famous family of the Lee Dynasty in North Korea.

His younger brother, Kim Sang-heon, was a civil servant and was known as Moon Cheon-hsiang of Joseon. In history, he was given the posthumous posthumous title of Moon Jung after his death, and was worthy of being honored by the court of Hyojong of Joseon.

In the chaos of Bingzi, it was this Jin Shangxian who led the Western People's Party to reprimand Cui Mingjizhu and the Yi faction for their actions of throwing money against the will, and advocated fighting.

And his elder brother, Jin Shangrong, was also a famous figure at the time. He discussed politics from the right to the right, and led the king's army in the four southern borders of North Korea.

Kim Sang-heon, Kim Sang-yong, and most of the Western People's Party have historically been martyred on Ganghwa Island during the Bingja Rebellion.

Even before his death, Kim Sang-heon said "I only hope that the motherland will save it and continue the country", which shows the loyalty of the Western People's Party to Daming.

People like Cui Mingji dare to use the so-called "remote control of North Korea" in front of him to tease him. It is conceivable how courageous this guy is and how deep his thoughts are!

Put this kind of person back to North Korea, Li Zhen, that fool, can't he be fooled around?

As a matter of fact, the king of Joseon, who overthrew his uncle with only a passion for blood, was really played around by this "double agent" Cui Mingji in history.