The next day Yunxi got up a little later than usual, but it was still within the normal range. He boxed for another half an hour, and then went to Qianqing Palace.
Chen Di, Zheng Yi, and Yang Ben were already waiting at the Qianqing Palace. Yesterday afternoon, Yunxi sent someone to inform them that they would arrive at the Qianqing Palace at the beginning of the day today. Naturally, the three of them would arrive at the Qianqing Palace a little early to wait.
Yunxi greeted them and said, "Have you had breakfast? If not, come and have breakfast with me. Let's chat while eating."
Regardless of whether they had used breakfast or not, the three of them all said they had not used it at this time and went to have breakfast with Yunxi.
While Yunxi was eating rice noodles, he heard Chen Di say: "Your Majesty, there are a total of twenty-two envoys from overseas countries asking to see Your Majesty this year."
Yunxi almost spit out the rice noodles in his mouth. He swallowed it in a hurry, took another sip of porridge to smooth it down, and then asked Chen Di in surprise: "How much?"
Chen Di repeated: "There are twenty-two countries in total."
Yunxi continued to ask: "Why are there so many? Which countries are they?"
Chen Di said: "Your Majesty, in the northwest, there are the Mongolian Oara tribe and the Yilibali Kingdom paying tribute; in the northeast, there are the three countries of Korea, Fuso, and Ainu paying tribute; in the East China Sea, the three Ryukyu Kingdoms all send people to pay tribute. "
"On the Indochina Peninsula, four countries including Champa, Chenla, Siam, and Pahang paid tribute; on the Southeast Sea, three countries including Luzon, Bangni, and Brunei paid tribute."
"In the southwest sea, there are also the four countries of Xuwendana, Rambang, Tamba, and Baihua that pay tribute; in the Western land, there are also two countries of Western Zori and Zori that pay tribute. In addition, Majapahit paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty after its defeat. He expressed his surrender and sent envoys to pay tribute."
"So there are twenty-two countries in total."
"In the Indochina Peninsula, the Annan envoys wanted to pay tribute, but I already informed your Majesty in the twelfth lunar month. Your Majesty rejected their request for tribute at that time. I have already informed the Annan envoys, so Annan is not counted. However, the Annan envoys are still in the capital and have not returned. It would be wrong for me to just expel them like this."
"In addition, there are envoys from the five countries of Sumatra, Manchuria, Balin, Hemaoli, and Maoliwu who want to pay tribute, but I have not yet informed His Majesty, so I have not agreed to it."
Yunxi was a little confused by these country names and said, "Wait a moment, let's take our time."
"Oarabu and Yili know everything about Li Zhen; I also know about Korea, Fuso, and Ainu; let alone the three Ryukyu Kingdoms, they are all countries that often pay tribute."
"I also know that the four countries of Champa, Chenla, Siam, and Pahang are all countries that paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the early years of Hongwu; I also know that Luzon, Bangni, Brunei, and Suwendana paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Fanguo."
"The two Western countries Zori and Zori are also here? They haven't paid tribute for a long time. Since Majapahit is willing to admit defeat and return to vassalage and pay tribute, it doesn't matter."
"The three countries of Lanbang, Temba, and Baihua are also vassal states of the Ming Dynasty? Why have I never seen them send envoys to pay tribute?"
Chen Di said: "Your Majesty, in the eleventh year of Hongwu, these three countries sent envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and the late emperor also gave them gold, silver and brocade clothes before returning."
Now Chen Di does not dare to accept tribute from foreign countries that have never paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Who knows what His Majesty thinks? If His Majesty is thinking of dealing with this country, wouldn't his behavior cause trouble for His Majesty?
Yunxi asked again: "In this case, these twenty-two countries or tribes are all aware of it. Annan continues to refuse. If their envoys still don't leave after the first month comes out, they will be driven away."
"Besides Sumendana, there is another country called Sumatra? It can't be that Sumendana is pretending to be, right?"
Chen Di replied: "Your Majesty, Xu Jingchang and Li Xunhai who came back from Srivijaya prove that this is another country."
"Oh. Manlajia knows it well, just refuse. Where did the three countries of Bolin, Hemaoli, and Maoliwu come from?"
"Your Majesty, the Bolin State is a country near Srivijaya. The current king of the country is Chen Zuyi, a Cantonese. He was a sea robber during the Hongwu period. Later, he somehow ended up in the Bolin State and became the king. He Maoli and Mao Both Liwu and Liwu are countries located to the south of Luzon. They came to Beijing not long ago, so I don’t know the specific situation."
As soon as he mentioned Chen Zuyi, Yunxi understood what this Bolin State was about. Chen Zuyi was the most famous pirate in the East during the Hongwu period. He was one of the most famous pirates in the East. He was based near Malacca and traveled across the East China Sea, South China Sea, Indian Ocean and other places. , when he was at his strongest, he had ten thousand people and nearly a hundred warships. Historically, he later faked a surrender when Zheng He was sailing to the West, but was discovered by Zheng He, captured alive, and sent to the Ming Dynasty for execution.
Yunxi suddenly felt a little scared: he had forgotten such an awesome Nanyang pirate. He really shouldn't have. At that time, people around China only thought that Fuso had the strength to defeat two Ming navy guards, so they fought against Majapayi. Nanyang only sent two naval guards, but they forgot that Chen Zuyi's naval power was almost equivalent to the two guards of the Ming Dynasty! If the Ming Navy had sent troops to assist when the Ming Navy fought against the Majapahit Navy, then the Ming Dynasty would have been very powerful May be defeated.
Yunxi immediately decided to send two more navy guards to Nanyang to prevent Chen Zuyi from having any inappropriate thoughts.
At the same time, Yunxi was also curious about what Chen Zuyi had in mind when he sent an envoy all the way to the capital to ask for surrender. Historically, he pretended to surrender, but he sent envoys to the capital. Yunxi can guess what he had in mind. Impenetrable.
Yunxi thought about it for a while and then stopped thinking about it. With the power of the Ming Dynasty, it didn't matter what Chen Zuyi had in mind. Anyway, as long as it was an undesirable rejection, it would be fine. If he dared to explode again, he would be destroyed.
Yunxi began to think about other countries. After thinking for a while, he said: "Luzon did not obey Ming's orders and refused his tribute."
"Annan and Managazhen have just said that they refuse; as for the four countries of Sumatra, Bolin State, Hemaoli, and Maoliwu, they neither reject nor agree for the time being. Yang Ben, please discuss with them more Let’s take a look at the affairs of these four countries, wait until around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to report to me, and then I will take over.”
Chen Di and others agreed one by one. Then Chen Di said: "Then your Majesty will accept the audience of the other twenty-one countries this afternoon?"
Yunzhen's head was a little big, but he still said: "Well, I will receive the envoys from these twenty-one countries in the afternoon. But you must tell them that this afternoon they will just receive them and not decide anything. Let the envoys from the foreign countries also have their say. Make it more streamlined. Especially the envoys from North Korea, tell them not to mention the matter of recognizing their ancestors during the interview, and to send me a note later for my approval."
Yunxi gave a few more instructions, and Chen Di and others retreated. However, Yunxi was still thinking about one thing: Why are all these foreign countries coming this year?
