The Ming Dynasty moved quickly. North Korea, Japan and Luzon soon signed the Ming Dynasty vassal state agreement with the Ming Dynasty and officially became the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.
The two sides confirmed their bilateral relations in the form of legal documents. The Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state, and the other three countries are all vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.
Based on this relationship, the two parties also further specified the responsibilities and obligations between the two parties in detailed treaties.
His Majesty, the First Ming Emperor, is the supreme leader and monarch of all countries. The monarchs of various countries can only call themselves kings, not emperors. The Emperor of Japan must also be changed to the King of Japan, and he can no longer claim to be the emperor.
The kings of all countries are all ministers of the Emperor of Heaven. They must be canonized by the Emperor of Heaven before they can become legitimate, legal and valid.
Secondly, the Ming Dynasty established a political, economic, military and cultural alliance with its vassal states. Politically, it was the relationship between the suzerain state and the vassal states. Economically, each vassal state used the Ming's silver coins and banknotes. Ming merchants could freely travel to and from each vassal state.
Chinese merchants could also travel freely between the Ming Dynasty and other vassal states.
In terms of military affairs, the Ming Dynasty established a military alliance with the suzerain state. If any country encountered any military threat or military industry, the Ming suzerain state and other vassal states were obliged to send troops to help.
The Ming Dynasty had the power to recruit troops from vassal states to serve the Ming Emperor.
In the Cultural Alliance, the Ming Dynasty and the vassal states must uniformly use Chinese characters, promote the Ming Dynasty Mandarin, respect Confucianism and Taoism, change Chinese surnames, take Chinese names, and are not allowed to learn or use the language, customs, religions, etc. of any other foreign civilization.
At the same time, the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty have the responsibility to promote Chinese civilization to the world. Successful students from various countries can come to the Ming Dynasty to take the imperial examinations and become officials in the Ming Dynasty.
After the agreement was signed, the Ming Dynasty Morning Post immediately announced it.
Suddenly the entire Beijing-Tianjin area was boiling.
"Okay~ This is what a true vassal state of our Ming Dynasty should look like."
"Those vassal states in the past were just my attempt to steal wool from my Ming Dynasty. They were not considered vassal states at all. They were all a group of people who saw nothing but profit and unrighteousness."
"Now when we ask them to sign an agreement and require them to truly become a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty and learn from our Chinese civilization, not one of them agrees."
"How can there be such a good thing in the world? Do you really think that I, Daming, am a fool?"
"That's right, especially in the Southeast Asian countries, there are hundreds of countries, large and small. Many countries are very small, only the size of a county, and yet they dare to call themselves a country. It's really arrogant and arrogant, watching the sky from the bottom of a well."
"My Ming Dynasty gave them the opportunity to learn from our Chinese civilization, but they were unwilling."
"It's better if you don't want to. Once you understand the relationship between the two parties, you can save yourself the trouble of taking action in the future because of feelings."
"Did you read the last newspaper? This Nanyang is a tropical area. It has summer here all year round and there is sufficient water and heat. Therefore, the rice grown here can be harvested three times a year and seven times every two years."
"The income from growing sugarcane here is even better than that in Ryukyu. Many companies are recruiting people to open plantations in Nanyang. I heard that some people just opened plantations this year and made a lot of money from the sugarcane.
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"Yeah?"
"true or false?"
"Of course it's true. We are the capital. If we were in Tianjin, you would find that there are many people coming from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong every day."
"They are preparing to go to Nanyang with their entire family."
"In the newly established Nanyang Nanzhou Province, in order to encourage immigrants, as long as people from the Ming Dynasty are willing to go, each person will be rewarded with ten acres of land. If you bring your family there, there will be seven or eight people in the family, which adds up to almost
Nearly a hundred acres.”
"And there are a lot of unclaimed lands over there. You can reclaim them as you like and it's your own. It's tax-free for three years. I heard that growing rice is easy anywhere. Just sow the seeds."
"How good are the conditions?"
"Of course, it's very popular to immigrate overseas. Many people immigrate to Ryukyu."
"On Ryukyu Island, more than a dozen cities of various sizes have been built, and thousands of plantations have attracted hundreds of thousands of immigrants."
"It is said that the Nanyang side is richer than Ryukyu. There are gold and silver mines on many islands. The key is that it is not cold all year round. This is comfortable."
"In the future, our Ming Dynasty will definitely gradually annex all of Nanyang. By then, we will only rely on Nanyang, and our Ming Dynasty will no longer have to worry about famine."
"But why I heard that there are barbarian natives here in Ryukyu, and there are also black and short natives on the islands in Southeast Asia. They often attack our Ming people."
"My Ming Dynasty is afraid of the natives. The Emperor is kind and will do his best to appease these natives. Those who are unwilling to appease them will be annihilated by our Ming Dynasty's army."
"And in Ryukyu and overseas, the government allows the people of the Ming Dynasty to own weapons, because the government believes that the people of the Ming Dynasty will definitely endure hardship if they do not have weapons. Only by having weapons will they not be bullied."
"You can actually have weapons. Aren't you afraid of people rebelling?"
"rebel?"
"Will you rebel when you are full?"
"If you don't have enough to eat, you will still rebel even if you don't have weapons."
"That's true. It has been like this in all dynasties since ancient times. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, we Han people even shared kitchen knives with almost everyone. The Northern Yuan Dynasty was cruel and was eventually overthrown by me, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty."
"That's it, it's so simple."
"Overseas, the government also encourages Ming people to practice martial arts and keep fit. If they meet foreigners, if they dare to do something strange, they must be severely punished to let them know the power of Ming people."
"Domineering, that's how it should be~"
"I'm going too far, I'm going too far, let's talk about the affairs of this vassal country."
"From now on, we Ming people will be able to travel freely to North Korea, Japan and Luzon, which will make it much easier to do business."
"Isn't that right? From now on, if you speak the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, write Chinese characters, and respect Confucianism and Taoism, you can come and take the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty."
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Through the Ming Dynasty Morning Post, the matter quickly spread throughout the Beijing and Tianjin areas, and also quickly spread to the entire Ming Dynasty.
People in Ming Dynasty are talking about this matter.
Many knowledgeable people were initially worried that the tribute issue would drag down the Ming Dynasty's national power, but now they are relieved.
You are not a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty. Please don’t pretend to pay tribute in the future. It is a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty. There are regulations for paying tribute every year, so follow the rules.
Paying tribute is a trivial matter, the key is to promote our Chinese civilization.
After hearing the news, many old Confucians couldn't help but shout that a saint was born. In fact, Confucian people have been committed to promoting Confucian thought and culture to the world beyond the Ming Dynasty.
One of the important reasons why North Korea was able to obtain close relatives from the Ming Dynasty is because North Korea respects Confucianism and Taoism, and everything is learned from the Ming Dynasty and Chinese civilization.
It's good now. In the future, Japan and Luzon must be like Korea, and this Confucian thought and culture can spread quickly.
Now the envoys of Korea, Japan, and Luzon have been recruiting Confucian gentlemen and scholars in the Beijing-Tianjin area to go to these countries to preach to them and spread Confucian thought and culture.
The salary and conditions offered are quite good, with a high salary of at least a dozen taels a month. It can be said that it is not only a glorious cause for spreading Confucianism and Taoism, but the income is also quite good, much better than teaching and educating people in the Ming Dynasty.
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A large number of Confucius and old scholars from the Beijing and Tianjin areas also went there with their families and traveled across the ocean to spread Confucianism and Taoism.
The people of the Ming Dynasty were cheering for joy, and the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty were also satisfied.
In particular, North Korea and Luzon have concluded a military alliance, which means that they no longer have to worry about being invaded by others, which is very critical.
North Korea's neighbors are only the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese Kingdom. The Ming Dynasty will not invade North Korea. As for the Japanese Kingdom, it has always been ambitious. Now it is restrained and cannot invade North Korea in the future. North Korea will be very safe.
The Luzon Kingdom, which was always worried about being destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, now has a guarantee and has established a military alliance with the Ming Dynasty. It does not need to worry about the invasion of other Southeast Asian countries.
This is nothing less than the sound of nature to the current Luzon Kingdom. There is no need to worry about destroying the country. Everything else is easy to talk about.
Therefore, Luzon is the most active in learning Chinese civilization. It has hired many teachers in the Beijing-Tianjin area to go to Nanyang to teach Confucianism to the Luzon people. He respects Confucianism and Taoism very much. He is a good student.
The Japanese side is also quite satisfied. There is no doubt about the power of the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese people will obey the strong. The Ming Dynasty beat the Japanese country hard. Everything else is easy to talk about, and they are willing to learn from the Ming Dynasty.
The world is a big place, and if you follow the Ming Dynasty, you will definitely have meat to eat.
I heard that after the New Year, there will be a new round of big moves in the Ming Dynasty. One is from west to east, sweeping all the way to the west. The other is that there will be big moves in Nanyang, and then there will be the occupation of Australia.
Open up a route from the Southern Hemisphere to the Golden Continent.
As far as the Ming Dynasty can go in the future, the Japanese country can also follow the Ming Dynasty. North Korea was rewarded with an island in the South Sea by the Ming Dynasty. It will definitely not worry about land in the future. The world is big and there is a lot of land. Maybe the Japanese country can also do it.
Take a different path.
At the Tianjin Port, the envoys from various countries in Southeast Asia brought with them infinite nostalgia and reluctance. They also brought tributes from their own missions, and they could only choose to go back in despair.
Although some of them asked the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty many times, the Ming Dynasty refused to accept it. It is not a vassal state, so why are you pretending to pay tribute?
If Ming Dynasty had to accept it, it was not impossible, but it was just normal exchanges between the two countries, and Ming Dynasty's return gifts were few and certainly not valuable.
Even if they wanted to sell their tributes in the Beijing-Tianjin area, the Ming Dynasty did not allow them, and it was not that easy to do business in the Ming Dynasty.