"Supachai, the envoy from Siam, pays homage to His Majesty the Ming Emperor."

"Messengers are exempt from gifts."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, I have been sent by our king this time to come to the country to report to His Majesty the Emperor. The late king of our country passed away three months ago, and the late king's son Luo Jia Fu Tu passed away in early September of the thirty-third year of Wanli. He succeeded to the throne on the fifth day. I sincerely request His Majesty the Ming Emperor to follow the precedent and issue a gold seal to officially canonize my Lord as the King of Siam."

In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli (1606), on the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Zhu Yijun held another imperial meeting.

Although the difference between the two court meetings was more than three months, it was unbelievable for the previous dynasty and even the previous emperors of this dynasty. But in the eyes of the ministers of the Wanli Dynasty, this was already an extremely rare feat of diligence in the world. .

After the imperial meeting in early September last year, before Shen Yiguan could launch a collective impeachment of Zhejiang Party officials, King Fu Zhu Changxun packed up his clothes and returned to Luoyang at lightning speed. It is said that before leaving, he even visited Ciqing Palace in person. He hugged the prince brother and cried loudly to show his loyalty. At this point, the dispute over the country was finally concluded.

As for Yang Yingwen, he actually did such a morally corrupt thing during his father's death. No one in the entire Ming Dynasty dared to tolerate him. Without anyone else impeaching him, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Household Affairs themselves gave their own opinions on how to deal with it: he was demoted to a commoner. , deprived of their fame, recovered the stolen money, cleared the land, and both brothers were sent to the army. Finally, the empress dowager came out to make some concessions: the first four clauses were implemented, and the army was exempted.

When Zhu Youdong faced the officials who had already surrendered in the Huangji Hall, he did not let him go gently. Instead, he slipped out Yang Yingwen, who jumped the hardest, and trampled on him. Although it made quite a few officials feel unhappy, it also made him feel uncomfortable. Other officials made a decision in their hearts.

The Western political thinker Machiavelli told such a story in his masterpiece "The Prince": A certain territory of a prince had strong folk customs and lax management, and could not effectively collect rent for many years. The prince then sent a The official went to rectify the situation. After this official took office, he brutally governed with an iron fist. After killing many people, the land rent could finally be collected effectively.

But at this time, the dissatisfaction of the people in this territory reached its peak. If this continues, nationwide riots are probably inevitable. So the prince, in the name of kindness and justice, killed this official They were killed. In this way, the land rent could still be collected, but the emotions of the people in the territory were vented, and the crisis of riots was resolved.

Not to mention this kind of thing in the West, even in China, the emperors of the past dynasties have actually used it very skillfully. There was Shang Yang in the front, and Zhang Juzheng in the near future. In the middle, there are countless ghosts of capable ministers and officials... There is no other way, this is the common characteristic of monarchs!

After thousands of years, the ministers are not fools, and they gradually understood it after thinking about it. That's why Wanli persisted in fighting the country's foundation for fifteen years, but no minister dared to publicly stand up for the emperor. His Majesty waved the flag and shouted.

What do subordinates fear most? It’s definitely not the hard work and short-term low income. The biggest fear is that the monarch does not take responsibility: I will do the hardest work for you and offend all kinds of personal interactions that I would not offend. Man. In the end, after everything was done, you abandoned me and left me with no end...

Therefore, as a minister, the most basic rule is: do you want to devote all your efforts to a certain monarch? Putting aside those fearless warriors, the first thing most people have to consider is: does this monarch have the responsibility?

And what Zhu Youdong showed at the court meeting that day was that he was particularly responsible!

Therefore, in the past three months or so, Zhu Youdong's Xinghua Palace has slowly become lively. Under the recommendation of Xu Guangqi, Yang Tingyun, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, took the initiative to come over. At this time, Li Zhizao, who was supervising river maintenance in Henan, also came to

Zhu Youdong expressed his goodwill.

Compared with the reserve of the literati (the first two became devout Catholics in the historical plane, they were outliers among the officials of the Ming Dynasty), the military people were much more cheerful. Although it was limited to this time when the civil servants had no respect for the generals.

They kept a close eye on them, and the military generals could not send their children to their grandsons like the British Duke's Mansion and Ning Yuan Bo's Mansion. But such as the Liu family in Jiangxi, the Ma family in Datong, the Da family in Liangzhou, and the Qi family in Gansu,

The Lu family in Xining, the Wang family in Yulin, the Du family in Kunshan, etc., all sent their capable clan members to express their respects to their grandson through Li Shizhong's channels.

From the point of view of the warriors, it has been a long time since they saw a royal family who dared to charge into battle in person - yes, the grandson who confronted Yu Shi Yanguan face to face, and did not stop to kill him after the fight, is a man enough.

Son!

In addition, the grandson is independent of the Xinghua Palace, which means he has opened a palace. According to the rules, Jin Yiwei must also send someone to be on duty. Among the many young Jinyi guards who are eager to enter the Xinghua Palace to serve the grandson, Zhu Youdong plays the role of a time traveler.

To take advantage of the situation, two people were specially selected: Xu Xianchun and Tian Ergeng.

In short, His Highness Taisun's shogunate is really starting to become lively. Oh, the young eagle is finally ready to fly.

Withdrawing his imaginative thoughts, Zhu Youdong looked at the Siamese envoy under the steps, and his mood suddenly became not so good again.

"I heard that more than five years ago, when my grandson was born when the white crane guarded the blue dragon, your king was also born under the blessing of the Buddha?"

"There is no wiser person than His Majesty the Ming Emperor. Your Majesty, although our King is only five years old, he is talented, diligent and eager to learn. Our country's Muay Thai is a popular local boxing method based on the martial arts of the previous country combined with the reality of our country. Your Majesty, your Majesty, from

He started learning boxing at the age of three. Now he has no opponent among his peers. His Majesty has also made many improvements to our country’s Muay Thai. Not only that, my Majesty is familiar with all kinds of Buddhist classics. He has a kind heart and often goes deep into the boxing.

Folks, sympathize with the difficulties of the people..."

"Well, it's not bad. Well, I understand the purpose of the messenger's visit. Let's leave this matter to the Ministry of Etiquette."

"Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven for your grace..."

During the court meeting on this day, Zhu Youdong finally fully confirmed the reason why the Yuheng star on his back erupted more than three months ago. He also confirmed that among the seven time travellers, the fifth time traveler was the reincarnated Thai royal family.

That was it, he was quiet at the court meeting and did not show any embarrassment to Subachai's request.

Because at this time, the Ming Dynasty needed a stable and powerful Siam (Thailand).

The reason is that Burma's invasion has not stopped on the southwest border of the Ming Dynasty.

The Yunnan Chief Envoy of the Ming Dynasty had a much larger jurisdiction on the surface than today's Yunnan Province. But its actual control area was far smaller than today's Yunnan Province. The reason is that this is the border area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, and the central government

It's hard to project power here.

Therefore, unlike the chief envoys in the mainland, the prefectures and counties under the chief envoys in Yunnan are divided into two types: Zhili and Waiyi. The former is a place that can effectively control and implement the laws of the Ming Dynasty. The latter is

Mainly the restraints.

Beginning in 1575, Mang Yinglong began to launch offensives against Mubang, Mengyang and other places that originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty's foreign states. But after all, he was a heroic leader of Myanmar. Mang Yinglong was very smart: on the one hand, he faced these

Waiyi Prefecture adopted tough military measures. On the one hand, they sent people to submit to the central government of the Ming Dynasty and the local government of Yunnan Province and cried out. As a result, after several years of delay, Mubang, Mengyang and other places were in fact in a state of chaos.

It's under control. The Ming government is still trying to appease this person.

In 1581, Mang Yinglong died. In order to prove that his strategy was as good as his father's, his son Mang Yingli began to expand blindly. He changed his father's tactics, which were dark and ruthless, but always maintained a humble and smiling Tao strategy.

The appearance also became extremely hateful. This triggered a military attack by the Ming Dynasty: in 158, under the attack of troops led by Liu Wei, Deng Zilong and others, Burma was defeated. It took Mang Yinglong a long time to steal it.

All my belongings were lost to this stupid son.

However, the southwestern border of the Ming Dynasty was closer to Burma and far away from Yanjing City. Therefore, after one failure, Burma came back many times. However, the Ming Dynasty could not station a large army on the southwestern border for a long time. So for decades

After all, although the Ming Dynasty once achieved a great victory in which the general led a few hundred people to defeat tens of thousands of Burmese troops, in the end Burma still had the advantage here. Many foreign prefectures outside Yunnan were slowly conquered by Burma.

Got it.

For the Central Plains regime, it had to deal with barbarians from far away places. The most cost-effective way was to use barbarians to fight barbarians. At this time, Thailand's Naresuan had returned to the country. In order to resist the attacks of Burma and Cambodia, Thailand also needed the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Naresuan took the initiative to express his goodwill to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty also gave Naresuan a certain amount of support. At present, when the Toungoo Dynasty in Myanmar is still in its prosperous period, the Ming Dynasty needs a powerful Siamese

Luo.
Chapter completed!