Chapter 872 Continuing the discussion and the worries of the Southeast Asian countries
"I will order another public trial at that time, and we will follow the method of the birth-cutting case. Let the people fully know the ins and outs of this matter, including what the Kingdom of Samarkand did in it."
‘Is Your Majesty planning to go to war with the country of Samarkand?’ Several people thought at the same time. If it is revealed that Samarkand is involved in the witchcraft case, then they will have no choice but to go to war with this country.
"Your Majesty, I tried to dissuade your Majesty two months ago. Samarkand is also a big country and it is thousands of miles away from the capital. The imperial court may not be able to win if it sends troops to conquer the country. Why does your Majesty insist on going to war with his country?" Chen Ji immediately admonished.
"Chen Qing, it's not that I want to go to war with the Kingdom of Samarkand, but that the Kingdom of Samarkand wants to go to war with the Ming Dynasty." Yunxi said: "You don't know, after raiding Bao'an, going to Shanghai and other places, Samarkand
After entering the house of a state spy, he discovered that Timur, the king of Samarkand, had long been disobedient and intended to invade the Ming Dynasty in the east. He had even made a plan to send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty after defeating a country called Ottoman in the west.
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"Now that the Ottoman Empire has been defeated, he has led his troops back to Samarkand from a place called Ankara. In the second half of this year or next year, according to the plan, he will move eastward to fight the Ming Dynasty."
"What!" All the officials present and even the eunuch serving on the side shouted out in surprise. Chen Ji couldn't control his voice and said: "Your Majesty, how could this happen?"
Yunxi's words were actually half-truths. After interrogating these spies, it was indeed learned that Timur had the intention to march eastward, but there was no plan to attack the Ming Dynasty after defeating the Ottomans. In addition, Samar of the two shipping companies
The intelligence personnel of the Khanate only knew that Timur was leading troops to fight against the Ottomans, but they did not know the outcome: News spread very slowly in this era. It would take at least half a year for a thing to spread from Anatolia to the Ming Dynasty. The Jinyi Guards searched
It was only early November when they were there, and there was no time for news of the victory or defeat to reach the Ming Dynasty. However, based on his limited historical knowledge, Yunxi felt that if Timur had not defeated the Ottomans in history, he would not have sent troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, so he told the minister
They said so.
It was Yunxi who ordered the Jinyiwei to carry out the detailed investigation of Samarkand. The Jinyiwei in the capital also did the summary and analysis of the data. Yunxi was not worried that true news would spread, so he lied to them boldly.
In such a major military and national event, no one expected Yunxi to lie, so no one doubted the truth of the matter. Even Chen Ji only said it subconsciously, not out of suspicion.
"Although Yili and Wala had previously told the officials of the Ministry of Rites that Samarkand intended to invade the Ming Dynasty, at that time I and other officials who knew about the matter suspected that these two countries were bluffing, so they were not convinced. Unexpectedly
, Timur actually wanted to send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty."
What he said was known to Chen Ji and others. Shami Chagan, who is now the Khan of the Yili Kingdom, said many times when he was on an envoy to the Ming Dynasty that Samarkand intended to advance eastward, but except for
Officials other than Yun Zhen who knew the historical facts did not believe it.
"Since Timur intends to invade the east, there is no need to hide the matter. If it is announced, it will arouse the common hatred among the people in the court and better prepare for the war with Samarkand."
When Yunxi said this, Chen Ji suddenly said: "Your Majesty, in the third year of Jianye's reign, your Majesty appointed Xia Yuanji as the prefect of Xi'an and sent Xu Huizu to the northwest to mobilize troops. At that time, your Majesty was half-believed in the words of Shami Chagan and others, so
Make preparations in advance?”
Chen Ji suddenly became suspicious of this matter. When Yunxi sent them to the northwest, everyone thought it was just a normal transfer and didn't pay attention to it, including Chen Ji, who had been working with Yunxi for a short time; but
Looking back now, Yunxi was clearly preparing for something.
Yun He's expression remained unchanged and he said: "When I sent the two of them to the northwest, I originally wanted to help the Qin vassal in the expedition. I didn't want to send more soldiers to the northwest to help in the war. But the northwest is barren. If the soldiers continue to fight for years,
If we continue to fight and delay farming, we may not have enough food. Therefore, I sent people to build granaries in various places in the northwest to support the Qin vassal and purify the vassal of grain and grass. However, I did not expect that now I would be preparing to meet with Samarkand in the northwest.
With the help of the battle, one drink and one peck are all predestined."
After explaining the matter, Yunxi had nothing else to tell them. After Hu Yan prepared the edict and showed it to him, he stamped the jade seal he was carrying on this patrol and gave it to Wang Xi to send to the local post station. Local
The imperial edict was conveyed to Haikang Office in Leizhou Prefecture at the post station, and the soldiers of Haikang Office then conveyed the imperial edict to Nanding City and Yi'an City by sea.
Immediately, Yang Ren and others bowed and retreated.
Wang Xi also wanted to retreat and deliver the imperial edict to the inn, but then Yunxi suddenly said: "Wait a minute." He sat on his seat and took out a piece of letter paper and wrote a few words, folded the letter paper and put it in an envelope, and handed it to Wang Xi.
He also ordered: "Wang Xi, please seal this letter and an imperial edict in good condition and send them to Zhang Wen. No one else is allowed to read this letter; there should not be anything in the edict box for Zanyi, He Rong and others."
this letter."
Wang Xi felt strange in his heart, but it didn't show on his face at all. He said respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty." Then he bowed and left. Yunxi looked at his back and murmured to himself: "Be sure to make peace with yourself before going abroad."
In the afternoon, Yunxi received several foreign envoys from overseas. Because he was in Guangzhou this year, all the foreign envoys also came to Guangzhou to wait for the audience.
As the Ming Dynasty became stronger and stronger, and became more and more active in showing its national power to the outside world, more and more countries wanted to pay tribute; and Yunxi did not like to pretend to be fat. He adhered to decent big-country diplomacy,
Don't take advantage of Fan Guo in trivial matters like paying tribute, and don't let Fan Guo take advantage of Ming Dynasty. Most countries are allowed to send people to pay tribute every year; and because Fan Guo sends people to pay tribute, they can also bring some goods to the two markets.
Si, even evading taxes and selling in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty is not a loss of money, so Fan Guo is also willing to send envoys to pay tribute every year.
In particular, the envoys from Champa, Chenla, Siam and other foreign countries who were recruited by the Ming Dynasty to send troops to attack Annan did not hesitate to send envoys to pay tribute.
Under normal circumstances, it is not a big deal to receive tribute envoys. Most of the envoys come with the purpose of gaining knowledge or making money. When they see Yunxi, they kowtow and hand over the tribute. Yunxi then returns the tribute and chats a few words.
You can retire and go do business; but this year's tribute is different from the past.
The fact that Yunxi wanted to crown Zhu Zanyi, King of Jingjiang of the Ming Dynasty, as the king of Annan has been widely spread in the Annan area of Guangdong and Guangxi. Everyone who should know has already known about it, which has aroused the fear of many kings of the country.
Previously, the Ming Dynasty canonized Zhu Gaoxu as the king of Srivijaya. At that time, Srivijaya had already fallen, so it was reasonable. Later, the Ming Dynasty successively named King Pu in the Malay Peninsula, King Song in Luzon Island, and King Luo in South Borneo.
King, these places are considered ownerless lands, that's all.
But this attack on Annan is different. Annan has been independent from the Central Plains for a long time, and has long been regarded as an independent political entity among the Southeast Asian countries. The Ming Dynasty not only sent troops to attack Annan, but also named a person named Zhu here as a vassal king.
, this is equivalent to annexation in Nanyang, which has aroused the concerns of many foreign countries: Today, the Ming Dynasty can use this excuse to annex Annan, who knows whether it will use other excuses to annex our country in the future? The troops mobilized by Siam and other countries are completely
The absence of fighting may not necessarily be related to this matter.
The envoys from these foreign countries all inquired about the matter in a roundabout way when the emperor received them; some of the envoys from the foreign countries were even the monarch himself, and asked Yunxi tactfully: Can I still pass on the throne of the monarch in the future?
Facing every envoy, Yunxi solemnly stated: "As long as your country has no attempt to usurp the throne and no disrespect to the Ming Dynasty, I will never send troops to your country, and I will never overthrow it for any reason.
The title of king for you and your descendants."
Yunxi even wrote several imperial edicts on the spot, stating that the throne of kings of Siam and other countries would always belong to Ayutthaya and other families.
Most of Yunxi's answers were sincere. The most strategically important places in the Nanyang region for the Ming Dynasty: Puluozhong (Singapore), Sumatra, Luzon, Annan and Myanmar have been obtained, and the others have been obtained.
He can get better everywhere, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't get it. If there is an opportunity to take advantage of a country's civil strife, he will intervene. If there is no opportunity to take advantage, he will not move. In short, he will not invest too much energy in dealing with the remaining people.
The Nanyang Kingdom under the Qing Dynasty.
This is because, 'I still have to save energy to deal with India. Before the development of the New World, China accounted for one-third of the total world trade, India accounted for one-third, and all other places together accounted for one-third.
One-third. As long as you control India, the only large market in the world that can rival China, you don't need to worry about any country surpassing China in the next five hundred years.' Yunxi thought.
However, there are also one or two countries where Yunxi did not mean what he said. After Majapayi's envoy heard Yunxi's words, received Yunxi's handwriting, and left with satisfaction, Yunxi looked at the man's back.
, said in a low voice: "How dare you participate in the assassination of my life, I will have to destroy your country in the future!"