The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 524 Daming's Special Cultural Export

The Ming Dynasty in this period is not the Ming Dynasty under the influence of later generations.

The Mongolian and Yuan iron cavalry ravaged the Eurasian continent. When Zhu Yuanzhang expelled him from the Central Plains and defeated the Northern Yuan, the reputation of Ming Dynasty was already extremely strong in the whole world.

You must know that although the Mongolian Yuan was defeated, Timur, the Golden Horde, Oirat, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, the Delhi Sultanate, and the remaining Northern Yuan, these forces are still the overlords of the entire Eurasian plate.

And they, it can be said that they are all the forces of the Mongols.

The powerful Central Plains dynasty, even during the period of Genghis Khan, was a place that the Mongols could not easily conquer. The incomparable Genghis Khan and the mighty Meng Ge failed to complete the domination of the Central Plains.

But now, Daming's prestige is not weaker than that of Meng Yuan.

This is also when Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial decree was conveyed to various small countries, almost all of them bowed their heads and professed their ministers.

That is to say, Japan is more naughty.

But now, Wa Kingdom has been subdued by Daming, not only ceded three coastal cities, but also compensated a large amount of military expenses.

What the two armies of the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty failed to do when they attacked the Wa country, but now it has been done by Daming.

This kind of deterrence has already spread to surrounding countries along with the Jingshi Mansion News.

It has to be said that the Jingshi Mansion newspaper in Daming is already the fourth best-selling item after silk, tea, and porcelain.

Originally, it was just the monarchs of some small neighboring countries who wanted to take this opportunity to know some news about Ming Dynasty.

After all, this is the most powerful country, even Timur, who is currently the most ferocious and powerful in the west, will bow his noble head for it.

Zhu Ying saw this business opportunity, and simply ordered the construction of paper mills and printing plants to be more vigorous.

Treat the Jingshi Mansion Newspaper as a commodity, and directly transport it to all countries outside the territory of the Ming Dynasty, both secretly and on the surface.

The so-called secret is that the merchants who bought and sold this item raised the price under the guise that Daming banned delivery.

On the bright side, as long as the quota can be obtained from the capital, it can be transported normally without restriction.

Originally, Zhu Ying didn't think much about it, she just thought that a piece of white paper could be sold at the price of silk, which was undoubtedly a big deal.

Unexpectedly, this turned out to be a strange transfer of Central Plains culture.

Because all the Chinese characters are printed in the Jingshi Mansion newspaper, since it is a secret cover, it is naturally impossible to say that it is still doing some translation.

This also led to the fact that if you want to understand the content of the Jingshi Mansion Newspaper, you must know Chinese characters.

As a result, all those who could read Chinese characters outside the territory of the Ming Dynasty began to increase in value.

In the past, not many people cared about it. After all, this territory is far away, and it is rare to say that it has been touched.

It's different now.

In the neighboring small countries other than Ming Dynasty, as long as you know Chinese characters, you have a great chance of becoming a guest of high officials and dignitaries.

Among other things, at least in terms of food, clothing and safety, there is no worry at all.

The content in the Jingshi Mansion Newspaper is varied, and there are also specific small story sections, even those who are not very interested in military and state affairs can read it with gusto.

There is also a section about food, which explains in detail the practice, knife skills and taste of some expensive dishes.

People, who didn't eat for those few bites.

Some powerful people in barren areas, after reading the content of the mansion newspaper, have never thought that there are such delicacies in the world. Just listening to them is enough to make people salivate.

The wide spread of the Jingshi Mansion Newspaper also made the spread of Han culture more widespread, especially some descriptions of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, which made people clearly know that the Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty was the most prosperous place in the world.

In the past, there was only such a vague feeling, but now, I know it more clearly.

Like Annan, or the entire Nanyang area, including Champa, many places were originally ruled by the Central Plains Dynasty. Annan himself also speaks Chinese, using Chinese characters, which is different from Ming Dynasty except for the accent. no difference.

However, there are different sounds for ten miles, and different customs for hundreds of miles.

Speaking of which, Annan's accent change is quite normal for Daming.

The southern dialect and the northern dialect in the Ming Dynasty, after tens of hundreds of miles, there are also big differences in accents. This situation also exists even after the popularization of Mandarin in later generations.

This is why when Zhu Ying proposed to the envoys of Champa that the [-] countries in Champa should cede one country to Zhu Yunqi as his vassal, Cha Duo did not dare to directly refuse.

There is really no reason to refuse.

Not to mention the current Champa, because of the lifting of the Daming sea ban and the opening of the sea trade, a large number of Ming merchants began to walk in Champa.

The port of Champa became extremely prosperous all of a sudden. In this era, almost all merchants coming and going were merchants from Ming Dynasty. Occasionally there were some from other small countries, but they were not as large and powerful as Ming Dynasty.

When the palace-like building boat appeared in the port of Champa, it brought a huge sensory shock to the people of Champa.

Zhan people have lived by the sea for a long time, and they can be said to be good at sailing. Naturally, they understand what the size of the merchants of Ming Dynasty means on the entire ocean.

That dark hole is the shining truth.

The silk, tea, porcelain, and Daming mansion newspaper on the ship made all the nobles go crazy.

Cha Duo naturally understood these things.

Under such circumstances, even Zhu Yuanzhang didn't realize that to get Champa to cede a country does not actually require the use of force.

There is a way to hand over the plan.

As long as you have enough information, you can easily get the results you want.

On the side of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, Zhu Ying had consciously inquired and collected information about Annan a long time ago. At that time, Zhu Ying originally wanted to seek Annan, and made a lot of detailed arrangements for intelligence.

Naturally speaking, it is necessary to understand the general situation of these countries around Annan.

After becoming the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, these arrangements became even more important. Not only did Zhu Ying not give up on the training of these personnel, but after the Qunying Chamber of Commerce gave up the grassland branch, he supported the intelligence personnel in the entire Nanyang area.

Especially in terms of output costs, there is not only a higher increase, but also a greater expansion.

This is why Zhu Ying has been committed to the opening of the sea ban.

Because he is very aware of the huge smuggling trade that exists here.

After becoming a grandson, the mentality must be completely different.

In the past, Zhu Ying didn't feel like a Daming person, she should be smuggled and bribed.

But now the identities are different. The whole of Daming can be said to belong to his own family. Who would want the things in his family to be sold secretly by outsiders?

Therefore, the current Zhu Ying has changed, from the former smuggler to the person who most wants to fight against smuggling.

It is precisely because of this business that he was doing before, and he is very clear about some of the tricks in it, so he is naturally more handy when attacking.

Simply attacking is not enough, Zhu Ying's goal is to control trade in Daming's hands, especially taxation.

Only in this way can it be said to be king.

Therefore, the current situation is very unfriendly to Champa.

Not only among the dignitaries, but even ordinary people in Zhancheng are very dependent on Daming now, and as a vassal state of Ming itself, even if it is on the bright side, even if Zhu Ying's request is a bit embarrassing now, no matter if it is tea Duo is still the king of Champa, and he has to carefully consider how to face it.

On the bright side, King Zhancheng didn't have the courage to argue with Da Ming, and Cha Duo knew this very well.

At night, Cha Duo sighed helplessly, and finally remembered what His Royal Highness said, so he gritted his teeth and wrote a letter about persuading King Champa to give up the city.

A letter of credence is a letter of credence, and a private letter is a private letter.

Whether Cha Duo was doing it for himself or for his wife and children, he could only do this.

At the same time, there was also a letter from the capital to Annan, which is adjacent to Champa.

The situation on Annan's side, because of Zhu Ying's intervention, has become completely different from the historical trend.

Historically, Zhu Yuanzhang did not bother to deal with the internal situation in Annan. In the end, Zhu Di sent more than 20 troops, turning Annan into the Ming Dynasty's Jiaozhi Chengxuan Political Envoy.

Although Annan said that this place belonged to the territory of the Central Plains since the Qin Dynasty, and it was not until the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period that it established an independent state, but since then it has been paying tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty and becoming a vassal state.

The replacement of the throne will also be reported to the Central Plains Dynasty, requesting canonization.

In history, in the early years of Jianwen, a coup broke out in Annan. Prime Minister Hu Jishou abolished the monarch and made himself king. He changed the name of the country to Dayu, and it was called the Hu Dynasty in history.

But Hu Jishou kept concealing this matter from the Ming Dynasty.Later, when Hu Hancang, Hu Jishu's son, was in power, he proclaimed himself a minister to Zhu Di, who had just become emperor, and claimed to be the nephew of the king of the Chen Dynasty. He was favored by the officials and asked for canonization.Zhu Di had just seized the throne, so naturally he had no time to investigate, so he canonized Hu Hancang as King Annan.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and ministers from the Chen Dynasty continued to go to the Ming Dynasty to inform Daming of this matter, asking the suzerain of the Ming Dynasty to be the master of the Chen Dynasty.

Zhu Di finally learned the truth of the matter.

Zhu Di actually didn't want to use troops at first. After all, Annan was included among the fifteen countries that Zhu Yuanzhang set up in the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun".

So at first Zhu Di only sent thousands of people to send Chen Tianping, a descendant of the royal family of the Chen Dynasty, back to the country to become king.

But unexpectedly, this Ming army was ambushed, and eventually the entire army was wiped out, and Chen Tianping was directly executed by Ling Chi.

The matter was so extreme that when the news came, Zhu Di was furious with Long Yan, and immediately issued an edict to crusade against the Hu Dynasty who ruled Annan.

The main reason is that Annan is too shameless, and Zhu Di, who has just seized the throne, cares about face very much.

According to Zhu Di's thinking, when my father was here, you Annan honestly didn't dare to make a fuss, but now that I'm on the throne, you just do this?

Moreover, such a coup d'état to seize the throne seems to be learning from Zhu Di.

Zhu Di was very taboo about this matter, and he just became emperor. When the regime was not stable, he urgently needed something to protect his authority, especially for the tributary countries.

Therefore, the 20 troops directly sent troops to Annan.

It even made Zhu Neng, who had made great contributions during Jingnan, serve as the chief general, expressing his determination to defeat Annan in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that Zhu Neng died of an illness due to the unsuitable jungle climate. However, even the lieutenant general Zhang Fu only took five months to completely take down the whole territory of Annan.

In the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty, it was the absolute pinnacle of the world in terms of force value. With the family background left by Zhu Yuanzhang, it is really not a big deal to settle Annan.

This result is also expected.

It's a pity that later, because of governance problems, there were too many uprisings, which also led to the loss of troops and generals in Daming, which cost a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and fell into a quagmire.

Therefore, in the second year of Xuande, Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji of the Ming Dynasty made a decision to withdraw troops from Annan and abolish the Jiaozhi Cheng Xuanzheng Envoy Division.

It's a pity that Zhu Zhanji is still too young, and this withdrawal means that the prestige of Ming Dynasty has begun to decline in the whole world.

That is to say, from here, after Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunqi, Zhu Di, and Zhu Gaochi, the Ming Dynasty really began to go downhill.

When the male lion loses its deterrence, the wolves will have other ideas.

Since then, Ming Dynasty has never been able to regain the prestige that shocked the world in the early Ming Dynasty.

But of course it's different now.

Zhu Ying is still alive, of course he would not repeat the same mistakes.

When the [-] elite arrived in Annan, it meant that the possibility of Hu Jishu's coup d'etat had completely disappeared.

In Kunning Palace.

Annan Anxiugong Chen Muyue, or the current grandson and side concubine, came to the main hall happily.

"Your Highness, I heard that His Highness sent a letter to Annan."

Chen Muyue's tone revealed surprise.

Although life in Annan is not as good as it is now, it is her hometown after all, with her relatives there.

I also grew up there since I was a child.

So news about Annan naturally made Chen Muyue more excited.

However, due to the lack of news, the letter had been sent out for about ten days, and it was almost arriving in Annan, so Chen Muyue got the news.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying said with a smile, "Some time ago, there were indeed some incidents, so I explained to Annan."

Chen Muyue asked expectantly, "Did Your Highness mention me to my father?"

These words stopped Zhu Ying from asking.

In fact, although this letter was also written to King Annan, Zhu Ying naturally didn't think about Chen Muyue's matter at that time, so she didn't mention it.

After a short pause, Zhu Ying, of course, would not answer the question directly, but instead said; "It seems that Mu Yue is homesick."

When Chen Muyue heard this, she couldn't help recalling every bit of her childhood, her eyes turned red, and she nodded slightly to Zhu Ying.

Seeing this, Zhu Ying suddenly had an idea in her heart.

After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Since I'm homesick, why not find some time to go back and have a look."

Upon hearing this, Chen Muyue immediately looked at Zhu Ying in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)