Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 511 Royal Father, My Son Really Has No Disagreements...

Zhu Yunxi's goal was achieved. Every foreign friend who visited Jinling City was shocked by the power of Daming.

Although North Korea, Japan, Vietnam and other countries originally belonged to the pan-Chinese cultural circle, they have had a tradition of treating China as the kingdom of heaven since ancient times.

But with the emergence of the Yuan Dynasty, Japan, North Korea, Vietnam and other countries had some other thoughts.

They all regarded themselves as Little China, thinking that they were the orthodox Chinese.

Relatively speaking, the Ming Dynasty established by Lao Zhu, in their view, is just a low-quality dynasty that inherited the Tartars, and it is not worthy of being called Huaxia at all.

In addition, Lao Zhu is relatively conservative. Apart from chasing Bei Yuan fiercely, he is unwilling to send troops to overseas vassal states, which further fuels their arrogance.

However, today's visit completely overturned their cognition.

If Da Ming was just strong and big, they wouldn't care too much.

After all, Daming occupies the old land of China, no matter how bad it is, it is stronger than these small countries.

But the current Daming is not only a matter of being strong and great, but also surpassing the limit of their cognition.

Even when they returned to the post at Honglu Temple, the rulers of Vietnam, Japan, and Korea were still thinking about what they had seen and heard during the day.

Whether it is a train passing through the ground or a tram driven by electricity, they all feel extremely pessimistic and desperate.

After tossing and turning in the middle of the night, the emperors of the north and the south of Japan got up from the bed at the same time and came to the yard to hang out.

"Unexpectedly, Daming is already so powerful..."

"Yes!"

"This is already a kingdom in the sky, and we are still like frogs in a well!"

"End the conflict!"

"it is good!"

"I voluntarily surrender the three artifacts!"

"Qian Ren Jun Gao Yi!"

"I, Xicheng, swear to the sky here, that from now on, the emperor will take turns between you and me!"

Gan Ren shook his head indifferently upon hearing this.

"That's not necessary. Rotation is easy to cause trouble, so it's better for you to take the lead."

"This……"

Hearing this, Xicheng was moved, but more puzzled.

In fact, Yuan Daoyi had long been involved in the merger of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Emperor of the Northern Dynasty almost agreed to the merger and returned the three artifacts.

It was only because the Ming Navy suddenly opened the door to Japan that the matter was postponed.

"Xi Chengjun!"

"I voluntarily give up the position of emperor to fulfill your great cause of unifying Japan. But you also have to promise me one thing, that is to get rid of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu!"

The so-called Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is Yuan Daoyi, and Yuan Daoyi is his Chinese name.

After hearing what Emperor Kameyama said, Emperor Komatsu Xicheng couldn't help frowning.

He still has a good impression of Yuan Daoyi, even a little adored.

After all, the mess in Japan really needs a powerful official like Yuan Daoyi to clean it up.

"Qian Renjun, I'm afraid this is inappropriate?"

"Now the Japanese army is in the hands of Minamoto. I, the emperor, am just a puppet. Even if I have the heart, I don't have the strength!"

"Furthermore, Japan is still inseparable from him now. If there is no source of morality to deal with Ming Dynasty, Japan will be destroyed in an instant..."

Emperor Kameyama heard the words without any expression on his face.

"You don't have to worry about the assassination. I have already secretly trained a group of dead soldiers, which is enough to complete the matter."

"The reason I'm saying hello to you is just to let you think ahead about what will happen after you get rid of Yuan Daoyi!"

"This……"

When Japan's two emperors cleared up their suspicions, the courtyard where the North Korean envoys lived in the post house was also experiencing a battle between heaven and man.

"Is Daming actually so powerful?"

"It's just...it's just..."

Zheng Daochuan saw that the king was so emotional, he couldn't help but agree.

"Heaven!"

"Correct!"

"It is the kingdom of heaven, and only the kingdom of heaven is worthy of it!"

"Dao Chuan, do you think North Korea still has a chance?"

"Don't say you can catch up with Daming, at least you can't fall behind too much, right?"

Zheng Dao shook his head helplessly when he heard the words.

"Your Majesty, do you think we still have a chance to catch up?"

"Even though Da Ming was powerful before, it wasn't enough to make people feel suffocated. However, Da Ming's strength now has surpassed your knowledge and mine!"

"Ming people have already mastered the special ability of not using the power of livestock and manpower, and can also control the power of thunder in the sky. It has long been unmatched by us in North Korea..."

Hearing what Zheng Daochuan said, Li Chenggui felt endless despair in his heart.

"Is there no chance?"

Seeing Zheng Daochuan shaking his head helplessly, Li Chenggui lost the slightest thought in his heart.

"Gu decides to abdicate when he returns home, and give the throne to the Seventh Son!"

The so-called seventh son is Li Fangyuan, the lord of the Northern Dynasty, who is regarded as the most outstanding among Li Chenggui's sons.

Zheng Dao heard the words and immediately dissuaded him.

"Your Majesty, this must not be done!"

"I have a son in my court, how can I pass the throne to the Seventh Prince?"

Li Chenggui frowned upon hearing this.

"Dao Chuan, what do you mean by that?"

"Among the lonely sons, only Li Fangyuan has great ambitions. Gu had listened to your slander before and made Fangshuo his son. I was sorry for Lao Qi. Now you have jumped out to stop me. Could it be that you want my Li family to be exterminated?" Huh?"

Zheng Daochuan knelt down immediately when he heard this, and tried to dissuade him with his head on the ground.

"Your Majesty, this humble minister may have had some selfish intentions before, but today's persuasion is entirely out of loyalty to the King!"

"In the early years, I felt that the Seventh Prince was too eager to do things, too eager for quick success, which did not conform to the national conditions that there must be great order after chaos..."

"However, it's not Weichen who thinks this way alone. All the people of insight in North Korea think this way."

"Your Majesty can conquer the world immediately, but you must not rule the world immediately!"

"The Great Ming Dynasty is a kingdom of the heavens, and they all choose their crown princes in this way. How can we not follow suit in our peaceful corner of North Korea?"

"Now the Ming Dynasty is stronger than the Han and Tang Dynasties, and even possesses inhuman power!"

"If my North Korean heir is still unhappy and intends to revitalize North Korea and defy the Celestial Dynasty, sooner or later it will bring disaster to North Korea!"

"For the current plan, we only have to serve Daming wholeheartedly and win Daming's sympathy, so as to have a chance of survival!"

When Li Chenggui heard Zheng Daochuan's traitorous words, his face was as angry as a pig's liver.

He originally wanted to reprimand Zheng Daochuan severely, but after thinking about it, he had no choice but to give up.

Although Zheng Dao's rumors are ugly, they are all true.

With the strength of Ming Dynasty at this time, they may survive in North Korea for a few more years if they don't make troubles. If they dare to make troubles and even touch the back of Ming Dynasty, their destruction will only happen sooner or later.

"Get up!"

"Tomorrow Gu will write a letter to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, willing to donate the country and become a county of Daming..."

Zheng Dao was overjoyed when he heard the news.

"Your Majesty, Shengming!"

"It's really clever to retreat to advance. Even if Da Ming doesn't accept it, he will never blame the king, and he will trust the king even more!"

"Can Daming accept it?"

When Zheng Daochuan saw the king looking at him suspiciously, his heart froze, and his forehead was sweating instantly.

He had mentioned this to the Ming Dynasty ambassador to North Korea in private before, and wanted to unite with North Korean civil officials to dedicate North Korea to Daming, but was rejected by the North Korean ambassador, saying that the emperor's grandson had no intention of invading the land of other countries, and only wanted to focus on development Ming economy.

"Kings……"

"A humble minister sees that the emperor and grandson of the Ming Dynasty have great ambitions, unlike those who see small profits and forget righteousness."

"In addition, His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty clearly stated in the emperor's ancestral training that North Korea will be listed as a country that will not be conquered."

"Thus, even if you offer to contribute the land, Daming may not be willing to..."

"Oh!"

Hearing this, Li Chenggui felt a little relieved, he was really afraid that the officials under him would make peace with Daming and sell himself secretly.

"If Daming is unwilling to take over our North Korea, then Gu will manage it for Daming for a few years..."

Compared with the division of North Korea and Japan, the land of Vietnam basically maintained nominal unity.

Even though Li Ji Yak was already a de facto powerful minister in his country, in charge of the military and political power in Vietnam, he still dared not do things to seek power and usurp the throne under the majesty of Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, after seeing the prosperity of Daming, the Vietnamese King Chen Yu immediately thought of how to use the power of Daming to remove the powerful ministers in the court for him, and take back the royal power from the ministers!

Similar to Chen Yu, Li Jishu also wanted to communicate with the grandson of the Ming emperor through this pilgrimage, so that the grandson of the Ming Dynasty would support him, or acquiesce in becoming the real lord of Vietnam.

When the missions of various countries in the post house had different thoughts, the moods of the vassal kings who entered the palace in advance to participate in the family banquet were even more complicated.

They entered Beijing this time, and the changes in the capital they saw along the way brought them a great shock.

Before that, when they saw Zhu Yunxi, although they wanted to behave like a monarch and minister, they actually disapproved of it in their hearts, thinking that he was just a junior, and he was fooled by shit luck to fool the old man. Grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty.

However, seeing the earth-shaking changes in the capital this time, and the addition of so many buildings and machines beyond their knowledge, they were completely frightened.

It turned out that what the grandson said was true, he could really build a railway from the capital to the frontier, and connect the whole of Daming!
Because of this apprehension, they were extra respectful when they met Zhu Yunxi.

"I will pay my respects to the grandson of the emperor!"

Zhu Yunxi looked at the group of Uncle Wangs who bowed to the end, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the two leading ones up.

"Uncle Wang, you are offending me. Today is a family banquet, and we only talk about family affection, regardless of monarchs and ministers!"

Zhu Zhen, king of Chu, became more respectful when he heard the words.

"Emperor Taisun Renyi, those of us who are king uncles don't dare to trust us!"

"Furthermore, the state owns the state law, the family has the family rules, etiquette should not be neglected!"

Zhu Zhen's words were quite convincing, after all, the unconvinced Uncle Wang had already been thrown into the sea to catch birds by the grandson in front of him.

Zhu Yunxi originally wanted to give way to the other Wang Shuqian, to show his virtue of respecting the old and caring for the young.

However, Lao Zhu, who had been dissatisfied with him for a long time, held him in place on the spot when he saw his hypocritical performance.

"You are the grandson of the emperor, they should worship you!"

"Give this to us and accept their worship with peace of mind!"

Zhu Yunxi took the thing that Lao Zhu handed over, looked over it over and over again, and saw that it was made of white jade with eight big characters engraved on it, dedicated to the ancestors of heaven and passed down from generation to generation.

"Grandfather, what is this, why haven't I seen it before?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he wanted to slap him to death, but because there was someone in front of him, he could only patiently explain to him.

"This is Dagui used for sacrifice!"

"Wait a hundred years from now, when those uncles of yours see this Gui, it's like seeing our father!"

"When they bow to you again, they don't bow to you as a grandson, but to the big jade in your hand, just like they greet us!"

All the feudal kings standing at the bottom of the steps also showed awe-inspiring expressions on their faces when they heard what their father said, and became more respectful.

"Stand up for us, let you uncle Wang see you properly!"

"Oh……"

Standing beside Lao Zhu, Zhu Yunxi reluctantly accepted the worship of all the uncles.

However, as soon as he accepted the pilgrimage from the king's uncles, he was kicked away by Lao Zhu.

"The princes come in with us!"

"Now it's the turn of this rebellious grandson to worship you!"

When all the vassal kings heard this, their faces immediately showed joy, and then they followed their father into the house and sat down in order.

When Zhu Yunxi entered the room, he saw his uncles were already sitting on both sides of the room.The one who took the lead was King Zhu of Jin, who was sitting on the left hand side of Lao Zhu and looked at him with a smile.

Seeing Zhu Yunxi standing at the door in a daze, Lao Zhu immediately raised his long eyes and shouted.

"Are you stupid!"

"Why do you salute those Uncle Wangs in this suit, hurry up and change into regular clothes!"

"Oh……"

Zhu Yunxi complained that Lao Zhu had too many things, and at the same time followed the little eunuch to change clothes in other palaces.

After Zhu Yunxi left, all the vassal kings made eye contact with each other.

They all guessed the old man's intention. The old man wanted to set the rules while he was still alive.

And in order to take care of their uncle's emotions, "Da Gui" was used to replace him, so that they would be less conflicted when saluting their eldest nephew.

After all, the old man has already said it clearly, seeing Dagui as his father, what else do they sons have to say?
Zhu Yunxi also understood Lao Zhu's intentions, but he still didn't take it seriously.

If he, the grandson of the emperor, did well, even without Dagui, these uncle Wangs would not dare to do anything wrong.If he didn't do well, even if Lao Zhu made him a specimen and stood beside him, he still couldn't scare the fourth uncle who was bent on Qingjun's side.

Zhu Yunxi changed into a set of regular clothes, and saluted his uncles one by one.

Zhu Yan accepted the elder nephew's four prayers calmly. When Zhu Di saw Zhu Yunxi bowing to him, he felt uncomfortable all over his body, like a thorn in his back.

Although he didn't stand up, his butt moved to the edge.

When it was Zhu Zhen's turn to accept Zhu Yunxi's salutation, he didn't dare to push himself up like the two elder brothers, and hurriedly stood up from the chair, and he sat down again until Lao Zhu scolded him.

However, the timing of his sitting down was very ingenious, and it happened that Zhu Yunxi sat down after performing the four prostrations.

With Zhu Zhen proofreading, the other vassals followed suit and got up to accept Zhu Yunxi's salute.

Only Lu Wang Zhu Zhaohui, who was of the same generation as Zhu Yunxie, sat carelessly, but was skipped by Zhu Yunxie directly.

Zhu Zhaohui refused to accept it on the spot, and yelled for Zhu Yunxi to salute him.

"Grandfather, it's not fair, why should my cousin salute other uncles, but skip me..."

Lao Zhu was also speechless for this ignorant little Nisun. He tried his best to help you Nisuns and Nisuns to get closer to Zhu Yunxi.
When Zhu Yunxi heard Zhu Zhaohui's fuss, he immediately stepped forward and dragged him off the chair, kicking his butt a few times vigorously.

"It's all right for me to meet other Uncle Wangs, they are all my elders!"

"How can you have such a big face, you little kid, and you still want me to salute you?"

"Go away and kneel, there's no place for you here!"

Zhu Zhaohui cried after being kicked by Zhu Yunxie, and could only look to Uncle Qi for help.

"Uncle Qi, he bullied me, wow..."

Upon hearing the words, Qi Wang Zhu Yu hurriedly turned his face away, pretending that he didn't hear Zhu Zhaohui's plea for help.I said in my heart that it's nothing for him to bully you, but when he becomes so ruthless, he even dares to clean up your seventh uncle!

While Zhu Zhaohui was crying, Zhu Yunxuan sneaked in from the door.

"Third Brother, do you want Zhu Zhaohui to play with me?"

Zhu Yunxi didn't know how to deal with this crybaby, when he saw his crybaby coming, he hurriedly dumped Zhu Zhaohui to him.

"Hurry up and take him out, and bring him back when we have dinner later, and accompany me to have dinner with all the Uncle Wangs!"

"okay!"

After Zhu Yunxi took Zhu Zhaohui away, the hall finally restored order again, and Zhu Yunxi finally finished saluting to all the Wang uncles, and then sat down on the seat that Lao Zhu had reserved for him in advance, chatting with the other Wang uncles about the daily routine .

"Fourth Uncle, I heard that you raised taxes again in the fief?"

"I also imposed conscripts on the Mongolian and Yuan tribes on the grassland, which attracted several tribes to rebel, and the whole family moved to the land of Liaodong..."

Zhu Di frowned when he heard this, and secretly thought that the grandson had been staring at him.

"Emperor Taisun Mingjian, that is all nonsense!"

"The land of Yan is already barren, even if taxes are not raised, the people's life will be difficult..."

"Gu came to Beijing this time, and I want to ask my father and the emperor's grandson for a favor, allowing Gu to set up a workshop in Yandi, so as to reduce the burden on the people."

Zhu Yunxi supported and encouraged the vassal kings to build workshops. Even if it was Zhu Di who made the request, Zhu Yunxi had no resistance.

"What kind of workshop does fourth uncle plan to build?"

"If you need craftsmen and financial support, Gu Dao can provide you with some."

Hearing this, Zhu Di secretly slandered in his heart, Gu wants to build a steel factory, I'm afraid you dare not let me build it!
"There are tidal flats in Haijin, I just want to cook sea salt and sell salt, earn some money to subsidize military expenses..."

If it was a general workshop, Zhu Di would do it himself, so there was no need to say hello to Zhu Yunxi.

It's just that in the Ming Dynasty, table salt was always monopolized by the court, and private sales were never allowed.

Zhu Yunxi had no expression on his face when he heard this. After hearing the excessive demands made by his fourth son, Lao Zhu pulled his old face down on the spot.

"Salt refining alone may not be enough, right?"

"How about we give you all the rights to make steel, salt, coin, forge weapons, and firearms?"

"It will be more convenient when you rebel in the future..."

When Zhu Di heard the first sentence, he was quite happy in his heart, thinking whether it was the emperor father or the son who cared for him.

But when he heard Lao Zhu's words behind him, cold sweat flowed from his forehead on the spot.

The old man has said so much irony, do he already know something?

"Father, my son really has no dissent..."

(End of this chapter)