In the winter of the seventh year of Longqing, all Chinese in the Nanyang area were excitedly looking forward to a grand ceremony - the upcoming meeting of the kings in Feilong!

This grand ceremony was the most important event in the South China region of China since Zheng He voyage to the West. Almost everyone knows that this marks that the Ming Dynasty will enjoy hegemony throughout Southeast Asia.

The conquest of Annan and the defeat of Folangji were all footnotes of the Ming Dynasty's solemnity of the South China Sea. After Yin Zhengmao captured the Enclave of the Tianzhu, even Myanmar, which was more content in the northwest of this region, could not sit still!

The "Great Meeting of the Kings" is scheduled on December 16th. As early as October, the kings of Annan, Chameng, Tsinghua and Sanbaoyan all came to express their views on time, saying that they would arrive on time.

In another half a month, the kings of Zhenla, Siam, Malay, Sumatra and Bharat also agreed to attend one after another. Now most of the islands surrounding the South China Sea have been directly controlled by the Ming Dynasty. These nine countries surrendered, and dozens of other countries, large and small (some are actually just tribal alliances) rushed to show their loyalty. However, it was not until the end of November when Li Yanzhi arrived at Feilong that the Burmese King sent envoys to say that the Burmese King was sick and could only send representatives of his relatives and nobles to come.

Li Yanzhi was furious when he heard this. His anger was not due to emotional personal anger, but the country's anger. He said in a slut: "The chieftains of Myanmar have always been my subordinates of the Ming Dynasty. When he was king of Siam, Zhenla, and Laos, he really thought he was a king? I met the princes, and he dared to get sick! Humph! Even if he died, he would bring him to me! If he didn't come, I would send someone to invite him!"

Half a month later, the Burmese King sent someone to inform him that December 16th would definitely come.

At the same time, the imperial edict on the titles of Southeast Asian countries also arrived. It turned out that Li Yanzhi had already deployed this matter after he captured Palawan. He attached 109 countries in Southeast Asia, and all the small and close ones were included as prefectures and counties, and those who were small and far away were allowed to follow them. However, he ranked the seats and ranked the twelve major powers such as Myanmar, Laos, Annan, Siam, and Java, and asked the court to enthrone according to the rules. This was a major event to determine the rule of the Ming Dynasty in Southeast Asia. The court did not dare to neglect them, and the censors did not dare to refute them, but it was quite troublesome to enthrone them.

The order in which the Huaxia Circle enthroned the surrounding countries is, according to the tradition, the first one must be North Korea, and the hereditary titles of princes. Below North Korea is Annan, which is the two most profound traditional vassal states in the Huaxia Circle, northeast and southwest. Below Annan, other countries are there.

Annan was originally a king, but later was demoted to the commander-in-chief. Siam was called king, and Burma was also called king, but Li Yanzhi was only a marquis. If these countries were named king, wouldn’t Li Yanzhi be tied to the meeting? So some people suggested that Li Yanzhi be named king.

Once this discussion was released, the government and the country caused a sensation.

If Li Yanzhi supported the merits of establishing the Dingding and opening up the territory, it was really rare in ancient times. You should know that he had developed the South China Sea and almost doubled the territory of the Ming Dynasty! Such merits were not an exaggeration to be named kings, but it has been ominous since ancient times, not to mention that the title of kings was only one shoulder to be left when the title of kings was abandoned. Li Yanzhi also had heavy troops outside and enjoyed a high reputation inside. If he really won the title of kings, it would be hard to say what happened in the future.

In the end, Xu Jie was determined and said, "The Marquis of Zhenhai is outstanding and he is not unable to be named a king. However, since ancient times, many ministers have been kings, so there is no good thing. Let's leave this title to wait for Zhenhai Hou to be behind."

The emperor and ministers were relieved after hearing this.

This king could not be granted, but he had to express his feelings. Therefore, the Beijing court appointed Li Yanzhi as Duke Zhenhai, led the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, and gave Shangfang swords to the emperor to patrol the emperor in Nanyang. To the south of Penghu and west of Qinzhou, the ministers and merchants from inside and outside, and when they met Duke Zhenhai, they were as if they met the emperor.

With such an edict, the kings of Annan, Myanmar, and Siam were all given titles of royal title, and Li Yanzhi could still suppress them.

I don’t know how long it took to prepare for this “Capitalization” ceremony and how much money it cost. Since Hu Zongxian, all officials of all sizes have spent countless efforts on this matter. More than one million Chinese in Southeast Asia are looking forward to it, and everyone is waiting for the coming of this day.

But at this moment, a message that influenced harmony came from the East China Sea: For some reason, the Japanese princes united to attack the Japanese and Chinese. Now there are hundreds of thousands of Chinese in Japan. They formed a separate territory in the Kyushu area and the western part of Honshu Island. Under the attack of the Japanese coalition forces, they could not resist the mountain and had completely withdrawn from Honshu Island and resisted Kyushu Island. However, the Japanese coalition forces were powerful and the Japanese Chinese were retreating step by step. Any place was captured, and their people were either displaced or directly massacred by the Japanese army. Someone fled to North Korea by boat and was intercepted by the Busan Guard. The Ming Dynasty learned about this.

After receiving the news, Zhan Yi told the Shangjianjian. Shangjian was shocked and thought that Boshan was the enemy of the Ming Dynasty and Li Yanzhi. On the contrary, the Japanese shogunate had a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty over the years, but the ones who were killed were Chinese in Japan. How to solve this matter is really difficult.

He rushed to discuss with Hu Zongxian, and Hu Zongxian was also stunned, but he immediately said, "You have to hide this matter first!"

"conceal?"

"Yes, it cannot be made public before the meeting of the kings! Otherwise, it will affect the overall situation. The most important thing at the moment is stability! I think we should wait until the meeting of the kings is held before reporting to the governor, so as not to have a knot in the heart and affect the emotions. The governor's emotions are affected, and the morale of the entire army will be affected. At that time, these sluts in Myanmar and Java will take the opportunity to make trouble."

The Shangshangjian frowned slightly: "But this matter is very serious. If he doesn't report it to the governor, he will start to attack, and I am afraid that you and I will not be able to withstand it."

At this time, Zhang Juzheng had already returned. After a plan, the two decided to take a compromise from the opinions of both parties, that is, to block the news completely. Hu Zongxian reported to Li Yanzhi, and the Shangshangjian rushed to the East China Sea to deal with the matter.

When Hu Zongxian arrived at Feilong, all the kings of all countries had arrived. More than thirty kings gathered in Feilong City. As for the generals, even the Mughal Empire sent the prime minister to watch the ceremony. Hu Zongxian did not dare to act rashly, thinking: "Anyway, it's not too late, so why not wait until tomorrow's major event is over and report to the governor."

Unexpectedly, Li Yanzhi saw Hu Zongxian coming, but the Shangshangjian did not come, so he took the time to find Hu Zongxian and asked: "Where is Zhixiu?" Seeing Hu Zongxian hesitating, he jumped and shouted: "What happened! You must have hidden something from me!"

Hu Zongxian was forced to do so, so he had to sigh: "The governor is wise and it is indeed a shameful thing. Although it is not big, we didn't want to disturb the governor's mood. Brother Shang, he went north to deal with this matter."

"Going north?" Li Yan was not surprised: "Zhang Juzheng has already gone north. He is my representative, so he speaks naturally. In addition, Gao Gong, who is staying in Beijing, will something happen if something happens?"

He thought there was something wrong with Beijing.

"No, the governor, not from Beijing." Hu Zongxian lowered his voice and whispered a few times to Li Yanzhi.

Li Yan heard that it was Japan's incident and said in surprise: "If something big happened, why don't you notify me immediately!"

Hu Zongxian hurriedly said: "It's not because his subordinates intentionally deceived him, but because they are afraid that the news will leak. It will bother the governor's mind and affect the current good situation."

Li Yan glared at him and asked back with a sneer: "What kind of good situation will this matter affect if it spreads?"

Hu Zongxian was asked directly by Li Yanzhi, and he was speechless for a moment. Hu Zongxian was also a master of the world, and he had been under Li Yanzhi for quite some time. However, his thinking on such issues was two worlds after all!

After a long time, Hu Zongxian said: "We are about to hold a grand ceremony for the kings to show the prosperous times of our Celestial Dynasty and show the unprecedented achievements of the governor. When the four seas come to the court, if something goes wrong in Japan, the countries will know that there is something wrong in our northeast. I am afraid that they will be volatile. The most important thing at the moment is the stability of the overall situation. Don't make a small matter on the edge and miss the whole game of big chess."

"Don't let your mother gossip!" Li Yan pointed at him and cursed: "This fucking grand ceremony, and even the majesty and face of a great country in the Celestial Empire, is false. The Chinese people over there are expelled and massacred, that is true! For the sake of face, they ignore the lives of their own people, but they bring out some stable overall situations and a whole game of big chess. What kind of bullshit is this? Which classic comes from? Or is it the sage taught you?"

Seeing Li Yanzhi scolding him like this, Hu Zongxian felt at ease in his heart. He thought that Li Yanzhi was willing to scold him like this, which was to treat him as his own person, but as a senior official in person, he was scolded in person like this. After all, it was not good, and he just said, "I, I, this, this..."

Of course he couldn't tell which sage is the reason, because the soil that Hu Zongxian's thinking sprouted was not an open and upright truth. If you want to say anything, it is the reason for bureaucrats. People like Hu Zongxian have extremely strong personal abilities, otherwise they would not be able to reach their current position. But after all, he is a member of the bureaucratic group and a bureaucrat. How can he get rid of his own limitations?

The power system behind bureaucrats is mostly incorrect. Because of its unrighteous foundation, we must strive to pursue face stability and act like a cover-up, and be stable every day. All reforms, changes, and even all emergency rescues must make concessions to "stable ass". After all, the butt is the most important thing? If the butt is not firmly sitting, what should I do if the butt is exposed, which cannot be wiped clean, and it will be blown away by people?

In fact, the overall situation in China has changed now, and the way of doing things should have changed reasonably. However, this kind of thinking is deeply rooted, and even talents like Hu Zongxian can't get over it for a while.

"What will the governor plan to deal with this matter?" Hu Zongxian asked tentatively.

"I was entrusted by the emperor, so I naturally have the responsibility to protect all Chinese overseas!" Li Yan said firmly: "Send a letter to Zhixiu immediately, letting him take the rescue of Chinese in Japan as the top priority. If the emergency comes, let the herders move troops! Fight!"

Hu Zongxian was stunned: "Catch it? But most of the Japanese Chinese are under Poshan's subordinates, this..."

Li Yanzhi said lightly: "My and Poshan are fighting behind closed doors. How can this hinder the righteousness of the same roots as China!" After pausing, he said: "All the troops and financial resources on the Nanyang side are also moved there."

Hu Zongxian said: "But if you do this, I'm afraid you can't hide this matter."

"Why should we hide it?" Li Yanzhi sneered: "As a court, if you don't do justice, there must be something that cannot be told behind the scenes - do we have something that cannot be told?"

"No."

"Since there isn't, why are you afraid of saying it outright!"

Hu Zongxian still disagrees with this move: "In Nanyang, the new defeat of the Folangji people, Myanmar and Annan are not safe, and they have not yet fully stabilized. If you only focus on managing the affairs of Japan, it is probably inappropriate."

Li Yan sighed and said, "Ruzhen, why are you so confused? Can we pacify Nanyang? It is not up to these ghosts and monsters to be honest. We rely on the support of all Chinese and pro-Chinese people on this land. If not, will our advancement be done this time? The Chinese in Nanyang and the Chinese on the Japanese island are both overseas, with a heart towards China, and their situations are similar and their worries are related. If we devote our efforts to rescue the Japanese, it is to tell them that the imperial court has the courage to protect all overseas people! If we don't save them, then

And they were cold in their hearts! They would think: 'Who knows if the court will ignore our lives and death tomorrow for the sake of the "big situation"! Therefore, the matter of Japan is more important than the bullshit ceremony in Nanyang! People's hearts are more important than temporary stability! As long as overseas Chinese still support us, even if we lose Nanyang today, we will fight back tomorrow! As long as the Chinese people support us, why bother too concerned about the ideas of foreigners? Besides, hehe, I don't think that these clowns, such as Annan, Myanmar, and even the white ghosts in Europe, dare to come to capture my tiger beard today!"

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Chapter completed!