Chapter 474 Public Enemy Japanese Poison Denunciation Banquet
Singing and dancing in Qianqing Palace brought peace.
This is the feeling of the envoys attending the banquet: winter is approaching, and the war is fierce. Although the people of the Music and Arts Department of the Ming Dynasty Rites and Communication Department sing and dance well, peace does not exist in the hearts of the vassal envoys.
On the corridor from Qianqing Gate to the main hall of Qianqing Palace, the passage above the ground is arranged as a stage.
The important ministers of the Ming Dynasty and the envoys of various vassals were sitting on the platform outside the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
The musicians, singers, and dancers of the Folk Art Department naturally worked very hard to perform in front of the emperor.
The atmosphere was "good" until someone burst into tears.
As the crying became more and more sad, Zhu Houcong looked over and motioned to Huang Jin.
The music stopped for a moment, the dancer bowed and bowed out first, and the scene became quiet. The man, who was still crying bitterly, left the table and knelt down in the direction where the Emperor of Heaven was sitting.
"Foreign ministers have behaved inappropriately. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Zhu Houcong nodded slightly, and then sighed: "General Mao, because of the happy scene at this time, he felt sad and thought of Ryukyu?"
"Your Majesty clearly knows that the foreign minister feels this. Thinking that the life or death of the king is uncertain, the Ryukyu people are being kidnapped, and the foreign minister's family may have been killed, which makes him sad."
"If that's the case, what's the crime?"
Zhu Houcong asked him to get up and sit down again, and then slowly looked at the envoys of various vassals from far and near.
"Today, Japan only gives banquets to ministers to express their friendship. However, Ryukyu is now in disaster, and North Korea is also plagued by Japanese pirates. Even Shuangyu Port in the Ming Dynasty has been plagued by Japanese pirates in the past few days."
Zhu Houcong looked at Li again, at Mo Dengyong's son Mo Zhongzheng, at Ruan Gan's son-in-law Zheng Jian, and at Mang Ruiti's sister-in-law Mang Yinglong.
After a pause, he looked at the king of Johor, which was established by the descendants of the Kingdom of Malaka. This time, the king of Johor, Sultan Ala-uddin, came in person.
"In the past, the Portuguese in Europe captured Malacca and destroyed Managara. At the beginning of my reign, I saw the descendants of the Johor king asking for help. The vassals regarded the Ming Dynasty as their suzerain, and it was naturally difficult for the Ming Dynasty to ignore it. However, the vassals Far away, the Ming Dynasty's military expedition was a small matter. How to eradicate future troubles and at least maintain peace for dozens or hundreds of years in one battle is difficult. Ala'uddin, you were exiled when you were young. You remember this past event most clearly. You might as well tell all the envoys about it. Let’s talk.”
"Yes, His Majesty the Great Emperor..." Ala'uddin stood up, bent down, and began to speak.
He had his own interpreter to help him convey the story. What Ala-uddin himself thought about that past event, and what the Aceh and other Sultanate envoys next to him thought, that was their business.
But when the Portuguese warships arrived, they were indeed a sweeping force.
The remnant descendants of the Malaccan royal family became bereaved. They lost first the core area of Malacca City, and then the Lingga Islands and Bintan Islands.
The original Malaka Kingdom fell apart, and a number of small countries emerged. If the Ming Dynasty had not intervened, Johor, which was owned by the descendants of the Malaka royal family, was eventually conquered by Aceh.
Now, Malacca was changed to the Nanyang Protectorate by the Ming Dynasty and was directly managed by the Ming Dynasty.
European warships and merchants have been blocked west of Malacca.
Although the borders of the many small countries next to them are still unclear, they all enjoy the dividends of trade with the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu and North Korea, and European merchants, and they are temporarily stable.
"If the Supreme Kingdom were defeated and subjugated the Western Barbarians, how could Johor survive? Now that the Supreme State has used the heavenly troops of the Nanyang Protectorate to overwhelm the Western Barbarians and pirates, all the countries in Nanyang are grateful for Heaven's grace."
After Ala'uddin finished speaking, although Luis, the Portuguese ambassador, was not a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, he felt a little uncomfortable being invited here.
At the same time, he could only sigh in his heart.
If the Ming Dynasty had not intervened in Southeast Asia, with Goa and Malacca as the fulcrum, what huge benefits would Portugal have gained in the East?
But there is no way to assume that. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was determined not to trade with Portugal, and the scale of sea trade was far less than it is now. Louis just thought that if there had been no failure at the beginning, and if the correct strategy and method had been adopted, maybe he would eventually be able to compete with Portugal.
The Ming Dynasty, which engaged in maritime trade, realized trade. In that case... Portugal's future would be limitless.
Now, it is not the worst outcome. It still monopolizes the maritime trade routes to the East, opened up Brazil, and hopes to use the powerful strength of the Eastern Empire to try to compete in Europe.
Zhu Houcong waited for Ala'uddin to finish speaking, and then gave a second example.
This time, it was Mang Ruiti's sister-in-law Mang Yinglong who spoke.
The grievances between the former Meng Yang, Meng Ding, Mubang Sansi and the Bagan Dynasty, and how the new Toungoo Kingdom was established, this story also contains the presence of the Ming Dynasty.
In Nanyang, it was the Ming Dynasty that took action to fight the Portuguese outside the territory, and finally established a new order in Nanyang.
In Outer Yunnan, the Ming Dynasty took action together with its vassals to defeat other restless vassals. After the First World War, Meng Ding completely disappeared. Although Meng Yang and Mu Bang were still there, their strength was greatly reduced.
Mang Yinglong knew his brother-in-law's ambition to rebuild a strong Burmese dynasty. But in the current situation in Yunnan, the young man could only speak cautiously, praising the great emperor of tomorrow for the people of all ethnic groups in Yunnan.
The kindness of the people.
Zhu Houcong gave a third example, looked at Li and said: "Li Hai'an, the son of the leader of North Korea, went to the Ming Dynasty for the first time in the past. He spoke well and behaved politely. I admired it very much. However, I later learned that the crown prince of North Korea
The dispute has become fierce. North Korea has always been submissive. In order to prevent North Korea from mistakenly thinking that the Ming Dynasty wants to interfere in its affairs, I persuaded Lord Hai'an to return to the country. Li, please tell everyone what happened at that time."
"...The foreign minister obeys the order." Li glanced at Elder Yin from the corner of his eye and smiled bitterly in his heart.
How could the dispute between the crown prince and the prince be mentioned so straightforwardly in front of so many envoys from the vassal country? It was still "extremely popular".
But when the Ming Emperor asked him to talk about the past events at that time, Li could only talk briefly in embarrassment.
Probably to show that the superior country has no intention to fight for power among the vassals and is magnanimous and benevolent, right?
Zhu Houcong finally looked at Mo Zhongzheng and Zheng Jian.
"The civil strife in Jiaozhi was caused by the Ming Dynasty's intervention and the peace treaty between your two families." Zhu Houcong sighed, "Mo Dengyong ascended the throne and asked for the title. In my opinion, it was really an arrogance to usurp the minister. The Li family suffered this disaster because of this.
Moral governance is not practiced. It's just that you can't win the hearts and minds of the people of Jiaozhi, but the war continues endlessly. How can the people deserve it? I heard that Mo Dengyong passed away, and you have another dispute?"
Mo Zhongzheng's heart trembled.
He is the son of Mo Dengyong, and now it is his brother Mo Dengying who is the leader of Mo Dynasty in North Cochin.
Also in front of so many people, Emperor Ming once again pointed out Mo Dengyong's identity as a "usurper". What does this mean?
For North Cochin, the period after Mo Dengyong, the "founding lord", passed away last year was very stressful.
On the one hand, Mo Dengying does not have the same prestige and ability as his father, while Ruan Gan is the person who has fought against Mo Dengyong for so many years.