Zhu Zaiyi was riding a bamboo pole and holding a leather rope. He was beating and shouting: "Drive, drive, come after me!"
Wang Su also rode on a bamboo pole, chasing wildly and enjoying this game endlessly.
Wang Ce sat on the stone carrying a bamboo pole, so bored that he yawned. He was already seven and a half years old and a man, and he didn't want to play with little kids.
"Haha, I'm the fastest runner!" Zhu Zaiyi rushed to the finish line and turned around to laugh happily at his playmates.
Wang Su quickly said: "I am second, I am second!"
Zhu Zaiyi walked up to Wang Ce, held his whip and asked, "Why don't you run?"
Wang Ce replied: "Children only ride bamboo horses, but I have ridden real horses at home."
Zhu Zaiyi didn't believe it: "I've seen a real horse too. It's so tall. Can you ride it?"
"Of course I can ride, I'm riding a pony." Wang Ce said proudly.
Zhu Zaiyi immediately turned around and ran, followed by a group of eunuchs chasing after him. When he ran deep into the garden, Zhu Zaiyi threw himself into his mother's arms: "I want to ride a horse too, I want to ride a horse too!"
The imperial concubine smiled and coaxed: "When I grow taller, I can ride a horse."
Zhu Zaiyi raised his head and asked: "Do you want Brother Ce to be as tall?"
The imperial concubine caressed her son's head and said: "Yes, when you are as tall as brother Ce, let your father take you to ride a real horse. If you want to grow taller quickly, you must eat meat and eat meat."
Too little and too weak to ride a horse."
"Well, I will eat more meat every day!" Zhu Zaiyi solemnly promised.
The imperial concubine waved her hand and said with a smile: "Let's go play."
Two kittens next to him suddenly jumped up and ran wildly after Zhu Zaijun. They were both descendants of the "Three Civil Engineering Masters" and mixed with the blood of civet cats. It was difficult to tell that they were leopard cats.
Song Ling'er and Huang E were sitting there, watching the three children playing with the imperial concubine.
Song Ling'er was pregnant again and was due to give birth in two months. On the contrary, Huang E and Xiang Xiang remained silent and felt quite envious. They always pestered Wang Yuan to exchange physiological knowledge.
"These are the spices that Majapahit paid tribute to. Please take some back with you." The imperial concubine handed two bamboo baskets from the hands of the palace maid.
Huang E then thanked him, and Song Ling'er asked: "Where is Manzha Boyi?"
The imperial concubine smiled and said: "Nanyang is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. This tribute is to subdue the weak. I am afraid of being beaten by the navy of the Ming Dynasty."
Huang E asked curiously: "Since we are a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, why are we afraid of being attacked by the navy of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Because they are attached to Fo Langji." The imperial concubine explained.
Majapahit was the largest country in Southeast Asia, located in the later Indonesian region, but its land area was much larger than Indonesia.
Decades ago, a city that converted to the Green religion declared independence from Majapahit, the "Sultanate of Tammu". Although the Sultanate of Tammu was small in size, it managed to hold on to Majapahit for more than 20 years. Not only did it
They used force to achieve peace and also took away the spice trade routes in Southeast Asia.
After Portugal captured Malacca, Majapahit immediately went to contact Portugal and Manchuria to form an alliance to jointly deal with Tammu and Malacca.
After the Ming Dynasty navy drove away Portugal, it obtained three large islands from Malacca. And because of conflicts in the spice trade, the Ming Dynasty navy immediately attacked the Lingga Islands, which was the stronghold of Majapahit's westward trade.
The Tammu Sultanate immediately hugged the arm of the Ming Navy and started another war with Majapahit who believed in Buddhism and Hinduism.
Now, the Ming Navy has successfully captured the Lingga Islands, and the Tammu Sultanate has doubled its territory. Malacca has come to interfere again, because just a few years ago, they were always poked in the butt by Majapahit, and now they are bound to
Take the opportunity to retaliate.
Majapahit could not withstand the joint attack of the three countries and quickly sent envoys to Beijing to pay tribute, hoping that the Ming Emperor would let them go.
Leopard room.
Zhu Houzhao held the tribute document in his hand and said with a smile: "I'm afraid I can't fight this Manzha Boyi again."
"It's true that we can't fight," Wang Yuan said.
Majapahit respected the Ming Dynasty very much, and among the vassal states in the Nanyang region, the frequency of paying tribute was second only to Ryukyu.
This time he sent an envoy to Beijing to beg for mercy, but was immediately taken advantage of by Qingliu.
Just yesterday, Liang Chushang made a few remarks: "Manchu Boyi is also a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Manchu Boyi presented the Mongolian and Yuan imperial edicts to show his unwavering loyalty to our Ming Dynasty."
For the past few years, etiquette has not been lost during the tribute season, and the Ming Dynasty has shown great admiration for us. Now that the Qiantang Navy is full of integrity, it privately leads troops to sea and violates the regulations to conquer the subject country. The crime should be punished! The Qiantang Navy crosses the border and goes to sea, and it should be recalled immediately.
, don’t leave Zhejiang for another half step!”
Zhu Houzhao asked: "How does Erlang think it should be handled?"
Wang Yuan replied: "The Manchu commander-in-chief has made it very clear in his letter that Majapahit is the largest country in Southeast Asia. However, it has been established for a long time and is dying of corruption. It is bullied by small countries with indifference. Such a rigid country should
If you support it as a puppet, you should not let it die quickly. On the contrary, it will be a weak-minded sultanate. The establishment of the country will be short-lived and it will be brave and vigorous. We should be careful to guard against it."
Zhu Houzhao thought: "However, we are allies with Manlajia and Danmu, so we cannot turn around and support Majapayi."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "How can Manlajia and Danmu be qualified to be allies of the Ming Dynasty? We sent troops to help Manlajia because Manlajia was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. We sent troops to conquer Majapayi because Majapayi was attached to it.
Fo Langji, the suzerain state is just punishing the vassal state. These two troop dispatches were both well-known, so why is it so disrespectful? The small country of Danmuzuoer rebelled from the Ming Dynasty's vassal state Manchu Boyi, so the Ming Dynasty naturally has reason to suppress it!"
Zhu Houzhao suddenly laughed: "Erlang is worthy of his rule of law in the Book of Rites. He follows the etiquette no matter what. He confuses right and wrong and refers to a deer as a horse. That's all."
Wang Yuan said a lot of things in an awe-inspiring manner, but in the final analysis it was just about interests.
Majapahit is the main producer of spices and is known as the Spice Islands by Europeans. However, its spices' westward shipping lanes were controlled by Tammu, so they chose to form an alliance with the Portuguese.
The Ming Dynasty sent troops to conquer Malacca just to obtain the three major islands as overseas strongholds. It counterattacked the Lingga Islands in order to seize Majapahit's only remaining port to the west and block Majapahit there. Since it has been sealed
If it dies, then there is no need to fight anymore, just let Majapayi become the spice production base of the Ming Dynasty.
The situation changed as a result. Ming Dynasty and Tammu were allies before, but now they are competitors in the spice trade. Only by killing Tammu can Ming Dynasty control the spice trade between the East and the West!
Wang Yuan straightened out the interests and Zhu Houzhao immediately understood.
This emperor was shameless and would not lose the benefits of the spice trade just because of his high-sounding reputation. He readily agreed to act in accordance with Wang Yuan's strategy, supporting Majapahit and suppressing Sultan Tammu.
Immediately, Zhu Houzhao said: "Johor really has so much gold? In that case, we might as well occupy Johor, and we can dig out gold every year!"
Wang Yuan advised: "Absolutely not. We have already had an unpleasant quarrel with Majapayi, and next we want to suppress the Tammu Kingdom. How can we have another dispute with Manlajia? This is a strategy to make enemies on all sides."
"Then just leave the gold and don't dig for it?" Zhu Houzhao was a little unwilling.
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "At the beginning, the King of Manlajia promised that the people of the Ming Dynasty could make a living freely in their country. Just let the people go gold mining. Those immigrants were very active. As long as Manlajia banned gold mining, the Ming Dynasty would intervene again.
It’s not too late either.”
The Johor Gold Mine is an important economic resource for many strategy games, and it should have been discovered during this period.
Maritime merchants in Guangdong and Fujian have received the news and are organizing voluntary gold rushes.
Going northwest from Johor, there are still more large-scale gold mines that have not been discovered. Japan dug a lot of gold during World War II, and after the war, gold was dug in Malaysia again, and large-scale gold mines continued to be discovered.
The gold mines in the Malay Peninsula alone can drive Chinese immigrants crazy.
With the support of the Ming Dynasty Navy, in at least twenty years, the Malay Peninsula will be filled with Chinese people, and most of them will go to gold mining!
As for Qingliu's attack, don't pay attention to it. Maybe they will send people to dig for gold in the end.