Unlike the political philosophy of the rulers who were in power in the past, the Ming Dynasty, under the helm of Lin Qingran, is step by step opening the country's doors to face the world.

Through international routes, the Ming Dynasty is closely connected by several open cities to the South and East China Seas, and even some private merchant ships have ventured to the West and North America to hunt for gold.

Correspondingly, more and more foreigners know the power of the Ming Dynasty and come to see the prosperous style of the Ming Dynasty.

In particular, some missionaries were very yearning for the capital of Daming. Although they had already taken root in Xiangshan County, they were still willing to spend more than half a year to come to the capital.

The reason why so many foreigners gathered in the capital this time was actually caused by Lin Weiran.

As early as when Baili ascended the throne last year, Lin Qingran took this opportunity to order the South China, East China Sea and Western countries to come to the court, and even stated that the king himself needed to come in person.

Generally speaking, tributes from vassal states were sent to the vassal states, and few kings went there in person. For example, Altan paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, even though he despised the Ming Dynasty very much, it was impossible for him to go to the capital in person.

However, the Ming Dynasty is now famous, and the United Fleet has long become the well-deserved overlords of the South China Sea and the East China Sea. The country's power is only stronger than the Ming Dynasty's Chengzu period.

That's why when Lin Qingran sent this invitation letter to the joint fleet to the countries, most of the kings chose to come to the capital in person to discuss major events.

Since the king came to the court this time, the king came in person, and the accompanying personnel were naturally incomparable to the sending of envoys, so only this month would the scenes that foreigners could see everywhere.

China is undoubtedly a very inclusive nation. From the beginning of surprise to the foreign people, it began to slowly accept it. In the end, some people who are good at socializing invited them to drink and have fun.

The sky in March is not stained with dust, like a green jade wall.

I was a young man in Yongfang, Guo Mansion.

Guo Pu was wearing a long gray suit. After experiencing an illness, his face gradually became rosy, but his face was obviously thinner than before.

He is still the chief minister of the cabinet in the current dynasty. Last month, he submitted a memorial to resign because of illness. As a result, Empress Dowager Chen allowed him to recover from his illness and then return to the cabinet to handle government affairs.

Many people know that Guo Pu insisted on resigning so much, which is why Guo Pu blamed himself for the case of corruption in Gansu, so he wanted to submit a memorial to resign repeatedly.

But I don’t know whether Empress Dowager Chen really wanted to keep Guo Pu, or whether Empress Dowager Chen could not figure out the reason why Guo Pu resigned, but directly allowed Guo Pu to take the post to recuperate.

Under Lin Qiran's persuasion, Guo Pu also accepted the result temporarily, but did not continue to submit a memorial to resign. However, he did not return to the cabinet, but stayed at home to be a free-spirited crane.

"You have made such a big fight to summon kings and envoys from the East China Sea and the South China Sea to the capital. Is it really just to show your national prestige?" Guo Pu sat in the pavilion and left a white piece straight to the point.

At this time, the person sitting opposite Guo Pu was Lin Weiran, the second-time assistant of the year. Today, he took advantage of the opportunity to rest, but came to play chess with Guo Pu.

Lin Xun seemed to stare at the chessboard with all his attention, and thought for a moment and fell a dark piece and said, "Our Ming Dynasty is much stronger than the overseas countries. This time, we will naturally show the national prestige of our Ming Dynasty! If we don't let them know our Ming Dynasty.

They are probably still arrogant when they are powerful. No matter how nice they say it, they actually don’t take us seriously in their hearts!”

During this arrangement to entertain the foreign vassals, he had specially prepared a military exercise, with the purpose of severely intimidating these arrogant kings and envoys.

"Although I have no statistics, the expenses for entertaining envoys from various countries this time and the gifts from the emperor are not the same as the next one. But there is no one in the world who is smarter than you. I absolutely don't believe you just to show your national prestige!

"Guo Pu fell a white piece heavily on the chessboard, but glanced at Lin Weiran and said.

In fact, not only did he think so, but most officials in the Ming Dynasty officialdom knew that Lin Weiran must have other plans.

After all, this secondary assistant dared to offend the entire official and gentry class for the sake of the livelihood of ordinary people, so it is naturally even more impossible to make the principle of cutting the Ming Dynasty's meat to feed these vassal states.

Combined with Lin Xuran’s actions over the years, Lin Xuran must be planning something, so he created this rare "all nations come to pay tribute".

Lin Weiran's attention was on the white chess that continued to attack, and he said seriously: "In addition to showing the prestige of the Ming Dynasty to them, I do have other ideas, but I haven't figured out their attitude yet, so I'm not yet

It's easy to say, but..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly wanted a solution to deal with it. The black chess that was about to be grabbed in his hand fell heavily on the chessboard, and it turned out to be a successful breakthrough.

"What?" Guo Pu asked after seeing the fallen black chess was very exquisite.

Lin Weiran saw that he had successfully reversed the battlefield, and he had an idea and said, "Mr. Guo, your Anyang pre-Qin belongs to Yanzhao, and my Gaozhou was at the Baiyue area at that time. But now we are officials in the same dynasty, and we play chess here today.

I talk about current affairs, but I don’t know who planted the fruits?"

"Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng wiped out the six kingdoms, unify the country, and created the Chinese imperial system. This is the achievement of the First Emperor!" Guo Pu fell a piece on the chessboard, and seemed to be genuine without thinking.

Lin Qingran followed a black chess, but continued to ask: "The Qin II died, but the world was not divided into seven, but was from the Han Dynasty. The country lasted for four hundred years. Why is this?"

"Ruoyu, what you are planning to gather all countries this time is related to Qin's unification?" Guo Pu picked up the teacup on the table and seemed to have some realization.

Lin Weiran saw that Guo Pu had stopped playing chess, so he put the chess piece in his hand back into the chess jar and said, "The Qin Dynasty changed its course to the county, the same writing, the same track, the same wheel, the same currency, the unit of measurement, etc. This is exactly this move.

The people of the seven countries are closely connected. Even if the dynasties are changed later, we people from the north and the south can be both officials in the same dynasty, and can also drink tea, chess and chat here."

"This time you summoned the countries to the capital. Are you trying to follow the example of Ying Zheng of the Qin Dynasty?" Guo Pu's tea cup was sent to his mouth and suddenly asked in shock.

Although I don’t understand why Lin Junran always had such a genius idea, once this plan is successfully implemented, it will benefit all the generations.

Even if the Ming Dynasty did not annex the South China Sea now, as long as these small countries were slowly assimilated by China, it would be only a matter of time before they would be incorporated into the territory of China in the future.

But it has to be admitted that Lin Qingran was not only the best prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, but also the most outstanding leader of the Chinese nation.

Lin Qingran reached out and picked up the teacup, but smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Our Ming Dynasty is only the sect leader, but we cannot force them to obey this way, but this is indeed the direction I am seeking now!"

History has proved most that simple expansion of force cannot benefit the people.

In the early days of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, the Hu Dynasty, who replaced the Annan regime, harassed the Ming Dynasty's borders. Zhu Di was furious and sent Zhang Fu to lead his army deep into Annan, successfully eliminating the Hu family regime in the throne, and obtained the fifteen prefectures and 312 people.

Wan, established the Jiaozhi Administrative Office in Hanoi for direct rule.

The local people did not accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and always regarded the Ming Dynasty as an invader. There were constant rebels trying to overthrow the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

But the Ming Dynasty needed to send large troops to station in Annan for a long time, and the annual military expenditure required three million taels, but the tax that could be received from Vietnam was only 70,000 taels.

After Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji, succeeded to the throne, he quickly chose to give up Annan's rule, throw away this huge financial burden, and concentrate on the Ming Dynasty's national defense cause.

Although there are many factors in the failure of Annan Zhidi, Lin Weiran did not intend to embark on this simple path of military expansion, but hoped to learn from the lessons of his predecessors to strengthen our China.

"This is indeed the direction we deserve to work hard on, but some countries already have their texts. How do we plan to achieve this "same book"?" Guo Pu finally understood that Lin Junran was playing a big game, took a sip of tea and continued to ask questions.

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The housekeeper had been in the pavilion and realized that the two big men were discussing important things, so he waved to the maid who was preparing to come to deliver pastries.

Lin Qingran took a sip of tea and said openly: "The education of all countries is quite backward. I want to create a saint academies in various countries, absorb local children who are interested in learning for free, teach them the Confucianism of the Ming Dynasty, and even

Allow them to come to participate in our imperial examinations and enter the official career! Of course, the Ming Dynasty will have more official documents with the countries in the future, and I will also ask their reply letters to use Chinese characters."

"Your idea is feasible, but this cost is definitely not small, and those juren, Jiao Yu, who are from juren, will definitely not go to those bitter and cold places!" Guo Pu nodded with approval, but said with some concern.

Lin Qingran held the teacup in his hand and said seriously: "Teaching these people does not require teaching, nor does it even require the qualifications of students. It only requires the level of children or above. Next, I will be in the Imperial College.

Next, a normal college will be established. These students who can graduate successfully are all public officials of the imperial court, and then sent to the saint academies of various countries to serve. After five years of teaching, they can return to the original county government office to serve as clerks."

"Then how to unify the goods..." Guo Pu knew that Lin Shiran's methods might not be the only one, and was about to continue digging deeper, but when he saw Lin Fu hurriedly walking towards this side, he couldn't help but stop the topic.

Lin Xuran knew that something important must have happened, so he said to Lin Fu who was approaching: "What's the matter?"

"Shuntian Prefecture Lei Changjiang just sent someone to ask. Two vendors and King Boni and his party fought over a dispute, but they didn't know if they should be interrogated?" Lin Fu came here panting and asked very seriously.

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Boni Country?

When Guo Pu heard this, he couldn't help but show a solemn look.

Boni is located in the northern part of Kalimantan Island. The capital has 10,000 residents and has 14 states under its jurisdiction, but it is managed by four ministers and eight deputy ministers.

Although it is an island country, thanks to its flat and fertile land, it mainly focuses on agriculture and is also engaged in "boiling the sea to salt and brewing sorghum to wine".

As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, the two places had friendly exchanges. The Boni Kingdom sent envoys to visit the Song Dynasty twice, and Zhu Yuanzhang sent envoys to the Boni Kingdom in the early days.

In the sixth year of Yongle, King Manaragana brought his wife, brothers, sisters, children, and ministers to the Ming Dynasty for friendly visits. He died of illness in October of the same year and was buried with the king's ceremony and was posthumously named King Gongshun.

As the Ming Dynasty implemented the strict policy of seclusion and fence, and the Boni State's own regime had some turmoil, the relationship between the two sides gradually faded.

However, now the gates of the Ming Dynasty were opened, and a large number of Ming Dynasty merchants were active in the seas of the South China Sea, resulting in the resumption of tribute exchanges between the two countries.

Now the court is still thinking about how to win over the countries of Southeast Asia, but they don’t expect that the vendors are so bold that they fight with King Boni and their party.

Fortunately, Lei Changjiang still knew the severity of the matter, so he sent someone to ask Lin Weiran first, otherwise it would really affect the overall plan.

"You asked the man to go back and tell Lei Changjiang: Now he is the prefect of Shuntian. Do I need me to teach this kind of thing?" Lin Qingran did not intend to cover up King Boni, and said calmly.

Lin Fu was slightly stunned at first, and then he took the order and left.

Guo Pu watched Lin Fu leave in a hurry, but couldn't help asking: "Ruoyu, the dignified lord of a country came thousands of miles away. This is not our way of hospitality!"

"Our Ming Dynasty has always adhered to the principle that the prince violated the law and committed the same crime as the common people. If the King of Boni ignored the rules and did something that forced to buy and sell, we cannot spoil him! To be honest, I will be tough this time.

In this way, when negotiating, they dare not jump out and disobey us!" Lin Weiran's eyes were very sharp, and he said his thoughts.

The Ming Dynasty is now a strong country, so it can be completely posed as a strong country.

With his understanding of the vendors in the north of the city, it was impossible to have conflicts with King Boni and his party for no reason. The party at fault for this matter is most likely to be King Boni.

It is precisely because it is not his style to cover up. It is better to take this opportunity to beat King Boni to achieve the effect of killing the chicken to warn the monkey.

Guo Pu just wanted to admit defeat when he saw Panqi. Now Lin Weiran is doing things step by step, but he finds that he really doesn't need to go back to the cabinet anymore.

North of the city, in the Shuntian Prefecture Hall.

Zhang Hu led a group of constables to take the troubled Boni country and his group to Shuntian Prefecture. The people around him came to join in the fun, but wanted to see the scene where Shuntian Prefecture Order Lei Changjiang interrogated the King of the Fanbian.

Just a cup of tea, there are already three layers inside and three layers outside, looking very excited.

Seeing Lei Changjiang walking into the court, Sulfrie accused him very angryly, "I am Sulfrie of Boni Country! They inexplicably blocked our way, but you didn't ask for help.
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