Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 408: The Kingdom of Yu is in retreat and the Kingdom is sinking: Assassination of the King of Wu, turmoil in the vassal state, and the return of the King of Shang
Great changes have taken place in the country.

Zhu Jianqi's seventh son, Zhu Youzhen, did not know that he was currently on the island of Sumatra opposite Malacca.

The old emperor enfeoffed Sumatra to King Zhu Jianluo of Yu.

The entire island of Sumatra, as well as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the islands in the Shidu Strait were all sealed to the Yu State.

The Kingdom of Yu is the outer island chain of the Baiyue Land of the Ming Dynasty.

But it was controlled by Yu State.

The old emperor set up a two-layer island chain in the East China Sea, but the island chain in the West Sea was controlled by the Yu State. In the past two years, the old emperor wanted to find an island reef in the Myanmar Sea (West Sea) and build an inner island chain. Protect the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the natural island chain was sealed to the Yu State, and they could only find solutions on the islands and reefs at sea.

Suddenly, drastic changes occurred in the country.

Zhu Jianluo didn't know it yet. It wasn't until the Ming Dynasty's ship passed through Malacca that the news reached the Yu State. After Zhu Jianluo found out, his heart sank to the bottom.

Fortunately, due to the superb medical skills of this era, his life was saved, but his voice was ruined.

Zhu Jianluo was very popular with his father and the prince, so he put it here to defend the Ming Dynasty's Western Sea. In fact, his father also had high hopes for him, but he failed after he succeeded the vassal.

After receiving the news of the prince change, King Yu first informed the central government and scolded Zhu Jianqi for being unfilial from his father's point of view. Then he sent someone to send good things to King Shang to curry favor with King Shang.

Wu Wang Zhu Jianhu was hit by an arrow in the throat. If he had not avoided it in time and the arrow missed the throat, his throat would have been sealed with a sword.

In the past few years, he has been paying attention to the movements of the major vassal kings. They all belong to the older vassal kings, and he, Zhu Jianluo, is considered a loser.

If Zhu Jianji succeeds to the throne.

wrong!

Fortunately, the arrow is not poisonous. If it were poisonous, the gods would not be able to save it.

After more than thirty years of governance, there is no trace of the natives. The 1.1 million people, all Han, have either been assimilated or disappeared.

Although the position of prince has nothing to do with him, he also wants to have a feudal country.

King Yu is not an ordinary country title.

However, it was firmly opposed by the Yu State because Malacca provided 60% of the financial revenue to the Yu State.

"My heart is like a burning fire. If I say less, I will feel extremely uncomfortable."

When King Yu first succeeded to the vassal, there were dozens of countries in the entire Sumatra Island. After being wiped out by the Ming Dynasty, they were annexed one after another.

He is a rare princeling.

Then the Shang Kingdom must be let go. The Shang Kingdom has a vast territory and can be called the largest vassal state. Will grandpa let his father become the emperor of the Shang Kingdom?
And the King of Shang broke the earth and granted the title of king, and granted the title of King Zhao, King of Qi and King of Lu. The three of them became the sons of the emperor. Should they give the title to the brothers of the same clan?
If you think about it this way, your own feudal country will come.

King Wu was the last one in Oceania to know about changing the crown prince. He immediately ignited hope that if the fourth child died, he would be the successor!

He was fine when he came out. Why did his grandfather suddenly change to the prince? The question is what should I do? Who am I?

The one who had the same idea as him was Wu Wang Zhu Jianhu.

Zhu Jianluo is the sixth child, and he has many unrealistic ideas.

It can be said that the entire Nanyang was cultivated by the Han people, but the people who made the final decision were not Han people. How sad.

In fact, the most confused person is Zhu Youzhao.

If the fourth child dies and the fifth child also dies, will the priority go to me?

The news that Zhu Jianhu was seriously injured caused an uproar in international public opinion.

Now that Zhu Jianqi has disobeyed the old emperor and been deposed as prince, what will happen to him as a princeling?
He is not afraid of his father liquidating him.

But it is located on the Strait of Malacca. In the past two years, the old emperor wanted to open up another strait to relieve the pressure on Malacca.

Which piece is better to choose?
While King Yu temporarily curried favor with King Shang, he was also thinking about whether he could inherit the throne of Shang Kingdom. Or go one step further and enter the capital to inherit the crown prince!
The second and third children are twins and have no chance.

He had some hope that his father, Zhu Jianqi, would ascend the throne, but if his fourth uncle ascended the throne, there would be no hope at all.

After the prince came to power, he began to build a financial center in Palembang. The name Palembang originated from Zheng He.

The son of the deposed prince? Or the grandson of the emperor?

In fact, the names of many cities in Southeast Asia are closely related to the Han people, such as Zamboanga, Luzon, and Baguio.

The natives were either turned into slaves or killed, leaving almost no one alive.

However, that night, King Wu was assassinated and seriously injured.

When he was entrusted here, it was Zhu Jianqi who used his strength.

The dynasty before the Xia Dynasty was the Yu Dynasty, which was the name of a great country.

"It's Lao Liu!" Zhu Jianhu's voice sounded like a broken gong. He didn't have a mouthful of phlegm in his mouth, but a mouthful of blood, which started to bleed whenever he spoke.

"Your Majesty, please stop talking!"

Zhu Youzhen immediately thought that his grandfather had feelings for Zhu Jianqi and would definitely arrange for them.

The Yu State made a lot of money by relying on the Strait of Malacca.

The country of Yu has a population of 1.1 million, which is not a large population.

He was worried that Lao Si would liquidate him.

Zhu Jianhu looked ferocious: "It was Lao Liu who did it. He wanted to succeed the crown prince, so he wanted to get rid of Gu."

"Your Majesty, it may not be King Yu's fault."

The important minister said: "In exchange for the crown prince, Your Majesty allowed King Shang to lead 50,000 elite troops back to the country, and sent hundreds of thousands of navy to escort him, for fear that someone would secretly murder him."

"Besides, King Yu is a man of great ambition and talent. Since he wants to assassinate him, he should assassinate King Shang first and then you. Why would he assassinate you first?"

"And the desire for hegemony in Oceania has arisen. The veteran suspects that it is the kings of Oceania who are doing this and are just diverting the disaster eastward."

Zhu Jianhu coughed up blood and said, "Second child? Third child? Impossible. They are twins. There is no possibility of inheriting the throne. Besides the fourth child, I am the only one!"

"Lao Qi is a sick man. He probably won't survive my father."

"Besides, if the throne is passed to the seventh child, it's better to let the eldest brother do it."

He didn't know yet that King Su was dead.

But the important minister said: "What if I can cross King Zuo?"

"You mean Lao Ba?"

Zhu Jianhu's face showed a fierce look: "Is it the sinister King of Song? In order to ascend to the throne of God, he killed me first?"

"Perhaps it is not to ascend to the throne of God, but to plot against the Kingdom of Wu." The important minister believed that the King of Song was very ambitious, but it was impossible for him to kill a group of brothers above him and ascend to the throne.

The most important thing is that King Song is the fourth son, and he is the most supportive of the fourth son's ascension to the throne.

In other words, he wanted to take over the fourth son and get rid of the older vassal king? To clear all obstacles for him to succeed to the throne? Beware of being changed to crown prince again?
Zhu Jianhu suddenly thought of this section: "Do you think the fourth child could take this opportunity to get rid of his brothers and consolidate his position as the prince?"

"How could it be?" Chongchen felt there was no reason.

The old emperor chose King Shang to be the crown prince. Why would King Shang worry about his younger brothers? Besides, in terms of ability, the one who can rival Lao Si is Lao Twenty.

If the Fourth Brother kills the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh to Nineteenth children, wouldn’t that give the Twenty-second Brother a benefit?
"The fourth child wants to cause chaos in Oceania and give him enough time to rectify the country. What a sinister method!" Zhu Jianhu is now suspicious of everyone.

Because King Wu was assassinated, this tourist-oriented country immediately closed its door to freedom, searched for assassins, and defended King Wu.

The state of Wu is in turmoil.

International public opinion pointed to King Yu and King Song.

However, King Yu and King Song remained silent, which aroused the imagination of the people all over the world.

Did King Yu and King Song both send assassins?

As a result, within two days, King Yu and King Song were assassinated one after another, and King Zheng, who couldn't even fight, was also assassinated.

The older princes were assassinated one after another, but everyone was cleared of suspicion.

Only King Wu was the most miserable and was almost shot to death.

Others suffered only minor injuries.

But the assassination of a vassal king was the first time in history and unprecedented.

Who did it?

When the elder kings were assassinated one after another, the biggest suspect turned to Lao Si.

Except for the fourth child, all the other older kings were assassinated. Of course, the second and third children were left alone, and no one paid attention to them.

Zhu Jianji, who was drifting on the ship, sent messages to Ming Dynasty three times a day, and the message ships would also deliver the latest news.

So Zhu Jianji also knew that his brothers had been assassinated.

Wasn't this arranged by him?

Who did it?

If only King Wu was assassinated, it would be clear that it was Lao Liu who did it, but all the older kings were assassinated, and the shit basin was placed on his head.

Who is muddying the waters?

Zhu Jianjian had been the emperor for thirty years. He was truly a horse-riding emperor. He fought on the battlefield throughout his life and killed countless people. Naturally, he developed a suspicious and domineering character.

Longitudinal analysis of his brothers.

The fifth child is a little clever, but he cannot become the emperor of a great country. The fact that the sixth child is sealed in Sumatra is enough to show that he is not a material for success.

Let alone the seventh child, he is just a otaku; as for the eighth child, Zhu Jianyi has some bad thoughts, but they are all written on his face. He is the kind who wants to be bad but cannot be evil, and he is also a loser; the ninth child, Zhu Jianzhu, He doesn't want to compete with the world, but he wants to compete. He is in that damn place in New Zealand and there is no way he can participate in the struggle for hegemony.

Not to mention Lao Ten and Lao Eleven. These two guys are very good at dog-eat-dog, but they are terrible at getting things done.

Who could it be?
Could it be the second or third child that has been ignored?

A pair of twins create tension in the government. What benefits can they gain?

But Zhu Jianzhen knows a kind of person who doesn't like other people's good things. When he sees you having good things, he will feel so uncomfortable that he can't sleep.

But the second and third children in my memory were not of this character.

People change.

Zhu Jianqi is crazy, not to mention the others?
Zhu Jianjian succeeded to the throne over the two of them. It is impossible to say that he does not have any hatred in his heart.

"Could it be them?"

Zhu Jianjian's fleet has crossed India and will soon enter the Ming Dynasty's national boundary.

The expected assassination did not come.

Instead, the older kings were assassinated.

His father must have seen the memorial, which added the first difficulty to his return to the country and succession.

"I seem to have been ignoring someone! Boss, could it be you?"

Zhu Jianjian's fleet docked in the country of Suo for half a day for supplies. King Suo was assassinated, so he sent someone to greet the king of Shang, but he had no other words to express.

Obviously, Prince Su, an otaku, would not lie. He suspected that the fourth brother had sent someone to assassinate him, so he did not want the brothers to meet.

Zhu Jianjian was speechless: "I have expanded tens of thousands of miles of territory in Eastern Europe, and how can I engage in such ignorant conspiracy and tricks? How come Lao Qi keeps getting better and better? I'm waiting here just to see you."

In fact, he did not know that King Zuo was dead. After the second generation King Zuo succeeded to the throne, he did not report his funeral to the old emperor because he hid the truth from the old emperor, so all countries thought that King Zuo was still alive.

It wasn't until Zhu Jianjian's ship arrived in Malacca that he received a secret letter.

It is a secret letter written by Zhu Youzhi, the second generation king of Zhao.

"So I misunderstood Lao Qi. He, he actually walked in front of me? Alas!" Zhu Jianji didn't expect that Lao Qi died last year. He was worried about the old emperor's health, so he didn't report his funeral for a long time.

"At that time, I should have gone to the country of Zuo to worship him!"

Zhu Jianji felt a little regretful.

But the feeling of brotherhood is just a word of regret.

So the question arises, King Zuo was also assassinated. Was it Zhu Youzhi who was assassinated?
It shows that the killer behind the scenes didn't know about the death of King Su.

Doesn’t that just mean it’s Zhu Jianqi!

Zhu Jianqi is making it more difficult for him to succeed to the throne and sow discord between Ming Dynasty and the vassal state. Isn't this too obvious?
"Boss has planted nails in various countries? Is there anyone around me?" Zhu Jianjian realized that this was unlikely.

When he succeeded to the vassal, his father indeed asked him to take care of many people.

But these people have been tested for loyalty time and time again. The problem is that his father does not need to guard against his sons. The boss did not have much power at the time, so it is impossible for him to arrange it.

The old emperor and the boss had a falling out, and it was even more impossible to hand over these nails to the boss.

According to this logic, it doesn’t seem like the boss did it, so who could it be?
After the fleet passed through Malacca, the fleet accelerated and landed in Shandong. Because in the 63rd year of Jingtai, Tianjin Port had been gradually renovated and was completely closed at the beginning of this year.

Because the preliminary preparations for reclamation are basically completed.

By the spring of Jingtai's 65th year, Tianjin Port was no longer able to dock ships, including ports in Liaoning and North Korea, which were basically unable to dock.

Now the largest port in the north is Qingdao. All goods shipped to the north are basically unloaded in Qingdao. Since then, the scale of Qingdao port has expanded infinitely and has become one of the top five ports in the world.

Zhu Jianji landed in Qingdao. He led a total of 62,000 cavalry. Yang Yiqing personally took charge of the Beijing camp and welcomed Zhu Jianji in Qingdao.

After disembarking from Qingdao, we immediately boarded a special train without resting and took the special train to Beijing.

The railways from Qingdao to Beijing were all requisitioned today because they had to transport nearly 100,000 troops plus war horses. Basically all civilian trains were also requisitioned.

The speed of the train has increased from the initial speed of 9 kilometers per hour to 90 kilometers per hour. It can reach the capital in one day and one night.

But the special train that Zhu Jianjian was riding traveled at a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour. It was guarded by cavalry troops along the way. The entire railway was under martial law and all the carriages were guarded by sentries.

Not only that, the road ahead will be inspected every fifteen minutes, on a rotating basis, to be on guard against someone planting a bomb.

Yang Yiqing and Zhu Jianjian slept in the same carriage.

"King Wu was assassinated, and His Majesty was furious. Since then, many vassal kings have been assassinated. The Minister of Dali Temple suspects that you were responsible. After entering the capital, you must explain clearly."

It's rare that Yang Yiqing, this piece of stone in the pit, actually pointed out Zhu Jianji.

Zhu Jianjian was not familiar with him, but nodded.

The main reason why Yang Yiqing mentioned him was that the old emperor was too tired and his body was indeed unable to govern. He would fall asleep while listening to discussions every day, and then he would not follow the next sentence and would finish speaking halfway. Forgot half of the sentence.

The old emperor is indeed too old. He is still different from two years ago. Two years ago, his memory was very good.

Zhu Jianqi's incident hit him hard.

I heard that Zhu Jianqi had been imprisoned for these days, cursing the old emperor every day. The court officials wanted to escort him to Zhongdu, but they had to wait until King Shang returned home.

Otherwise, once something unexpected happens to King Shang, or the old emperor suddenly dies, for the sake of the stability of the country, either Zhu Youquan will ascend the throne, or Zhu Jianqi will ascend the throne again.

The cabinet made the most complete plan. The worst-case scenario was that the old emperor would support Zhu Jianlu before King Shang returned.

Therefore, the last section of the journey must be carried out with caution, and the King of Shang must be properly sent back to the capital.

Yang Yiqing also took the initiative to protect him. Even though the assassination of the feudal lord was most likely his fault, Yang Yiqing still chose to protect him.

Zhu Jianji did not explain.

In the past few days, he had been trying to figure out who was responsible for this clumsy assassination.

He had been looking towards Asia and Oceania, but not towards Europe. If such a clumsy assassination was not carried out by his idiot son King Zhao, it must have been done by the evil King Chu. .

Among the European sect kings, Zhu Youtang is the worst.

This guy is definitely not satisfied with the territory of Chu State, and he is not even satisfied with the country name. He wants to use the country name of Dayuan, but the old emperor has never approved it.

In the fifty-seventh year of Jingtai's reign, he already wanted the title of Dayuan. The old emperor made every batch because the title of Dayuan was too big and he was worried that the Chu State would not be able to sustain it.

If it was done by King Zhao, he would understand, because Zhao wanted to expand its territory and focused on Shang itself, which was understandable. Besides, if his father became the emperor, he would benefit.

But the King of Chu did it, which made it seem weird.

Logically speaking, Zhu Youtang's father was Zhu Jianshen, not the old emperor's son, but he was adopted by the old emperor, so he was considered to be of his lineage.

Over the years, the old emperor had treated Zhu Jianshen as his own.

But why did he want to blackmail himself?

Zhu Jianji's succession to the throne is almost certain. Zhu Youtang is so smart, so he should be fawning over him. How could he set up a trap to harm him?
He didn't understand.

But besides that bad boy, there should be no one else, right?
Now that I'm on the train to the capital, I'm only one step away from succeeding to the throne.

People all over the world have been looking forward to it, although they have no sense of participation.

Yang Yiqing didn't talk too much with Zhu Jianji. He was just responsible for sending Zhu Jianji safely to the capital, that's all.

Calculated based on speed and distance, it would take three days for Zhu Jianji to enter Beijing.

These three days may be the longest three days in Yang Yiqing's life. Even if he has the merit of supporting him, for the fifty-seven-year-old Zhu Jianji, the merit of supporting him is insignificant.

He did not succeed to the throne from an internal vassal, but from an emperor who returned from abroad.

Although his great merchants were not as powerful as the Ming Dynasty, they were still the largest among the vassal states, and he had the final say in all of Eastern Europe.

Yang Yiqing knew this well.

Therefore, he just observed Zhu Jianjian with a cold eye, and only hoped that he could become a qualified emperor instead of disappointing people like Zhu Jianqi.

at this time.

King Yu was assassinated. Fortunately, King Wu was in front of him and took precautions in advance, so he was not assassinated successfully.

But King Yu was frightened.

The unrealistic thoughts in my heart were immediately given up. He was already assassinated for being a bastard prince. If he dared to daydream, he would probably be the one who died.

Zhu Jianji didn't have martial ethics and even attacked his own brother. This bastard, when he succeeds to the throne, his Yu Kingdom will definitely be doomed.

The more he thought about it, the more he became afraid, and the more he became afraid, the more he thought about it, which led to him not thinking about food and drink, and being in poor spirits.

Naturally, there is no time to receive Zhu Youzhao. In addition, Zhu Jianqi has been deposed. Who cares about the seventh son of a deposed prince?

King Yu was very ruthless and the boss was useless, so he immediately broke away from the boss and started to kneel down and lick the fourth child. In the end, the fourth child assassinated him and he continued to lick him while he was crying.

This is human nature.

Zhu Youzhao felt the warmth and warmth of human feelings inexplicably.

His mission will continue, and there is no one in the country to tell him to stop his mission, so it will naturally be business as usual.

He is not a dandy, but he is dull and arrogant, and he is also a homebody.

Therefore, he ended his visit to Yu State hastily.

Depart from the State of Yu and go to the State of Que.

The Kingdom of Que, on the island of Java, extends eastward to East Timor. That is to say, the main island of Java, the two islands of Nusa and Tenggara, plus the East Timor Islands, are all the territory of the Kingdom of Que.

In the South China Sea, a straight line is formed.

However, King Zhu Jianlai did not have a good relationship with King Shen Zhu Jianhu and King Xi Zhu Jiansi. There were many disputes among the three countries because of the small island.

However, the country of Que was very wealthy.

With a population of 1.7 million, food is mainly exported to Zhou State.

Therefore, the relationship with Zhou State is very close.

Although Que State belongs to Asia and faces the Ming Dynasty across the sea, it hugs the thigh of Zhou State. When Zhu Jianqi was the crown prince, Ming Dynasty had no ambition to expand, and it was enough to defend its huge territory.

Therefore, Que Guo should hold on to Zhou Guo's thigh and be a good little brother, and don't let Zhou be destroyed.

But now the situation is different, King Shang is here.

King Shang was a horse-riding emperor. Looking at the territories he had conquered in Eastern Europe, you knew that this guy would be in power and would have terrifying expansion attributes.

So, where will the expansion direction be?
Look at it from the map.

Sumatra Island, Java Island, Nusha and Tenggara Islands, East Timor, and Maluku form a closed loop of the Ming Dynasty South China Sea.

With the entire island chain, the Ming Dynasty locked the mainland together, and no country could break through the Ming Dynasty's territory at sea.

So, will Ming Dynasty attack Yu, Que, Xi, and Shen first?
These four countries are the weakest.

Okay, even if everyone has a brotherhood with Zhu Jianjian.

But Zhu Jianjian's son, Zhu Youyi, has no relationship with them. After he succeeds to the throne, will he take action on his uncles?

For sure!

Because Zhu Jianji has a very strong aggressive nature, after this person ascends the throne, Ming Dynasty's attitude towards the vassal state will definitely change.

Not only from a strategic perspective, but also from an economic perspective, war is inevitable.

Not to mention having the same origin, there were fewer rebellions in the Ming Dynasty in the early years?
When an economic crisis occurs, the best way is to divert conflicts, which is war.

There are a bunch of soft persimmons abroad, and Zhu Youyi will definitely pick a few to start with.

and so.

After receiving the imperial edict, King Zhu Jianlai immediately contacted the King of Zhou and sought asylum from the State of Zhou.

At the same time, King Que contacted King Xi and King Shen, hoping that the three kingdoms would abandon their past grievances and unite with the outside world.

Originally, they wanted to contact King Yu, but King Yu was assassinated and no one was seen. This resulted in the Four Kingdoms Alliance missing one country.

Judging from King Yu's actions, he was trying to cut himself off from the boss and curry favor with the fourth.

He probably hasn't seen the situation clearly yet.

From a macro level, Zhu Jianji's ascension to the throne will definitely change the world situation.

Countries with intracontinental disputes are likely to unite at the first opportunity to deal with Zhu Jianji.

Zhu Jianqi became emperor, but no one took him seriously.

When Zhu Jianji ascended the throne, he felt like he was facing a formidable enemy, and Ming Dynasty became the target of public criticism.

There are pros and cons.

In Zhu Youzhao's eyes, Que State has a large population, rich tourism resources, and its national construction follows the footsteps of the Ming Dynasty. It is not a weak country, but it is not a strong country either.

If Zhu Youzhen were a general, he would be sure to conquer Qu's country within two years.

Zhu Youzhao noticed the change in King Que and couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the past, when his father was the prince, the kings were not afraid of him and basically went their own way. As a result, King Shang succeeded to the throne, which made people panic.

It turns out that the feudal lord is really not afraid of his father.

Maybe it would be a good thing for the emperor to change the prince.

After hovering in Queguo for a few days, he headed north to Xiguo, which was located in Sulawesi and the Maguru Islands. It happened to be sitting in the earthquake zone, and earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis followed closely, which was very unlucky.

However, the main island of Sulawesi is also the most barren. Relatively speaking, the Maguru Islands are a good place. The earliest Spice Islands is Maguru Island.

Therefore, Xi King Zhu Jiansi wanted this island. If there were no Magulu Islands, he would probably have to change places to succeed.

The country has the smallest population in the world, with only 3700 million citizens.

It's not that Xiguo doesn't want to give birth, it's that Xiguo can't afford it.

The country's largest export is sulfur.

Because there are many volcanoes, after a volcano erupts, there are sulfur workers who endure the heat and brave mountain fires to collect sulfur ore. There are almost tens of millions of people in Xi'an who are sulfur workers.

Although the sulfur workers earned a lot of money, they were not dignified and the work was tiring and they made little money. This caused a large number of people from the country to flee.

Some fled back to the country, some went to the Song Dynasty, and a very small number fled to the Que Kingdom.

Instead, the country has become the poorest country in the Asia-Pacific region.

In the past two years, Xiwang has been a bit broken.

The exodus of young labor force is irreversible and there is no way to enter industrialization.

This directly led to the very slow industrialization process of Xi State, which was not as good as Shen State in the north, Que State in the south, and far inferior to Song State in the east.

The country of Xi is getting weaker and weaker, but the king of Xi still owes his son, so he goes on a military rampage and provokes troubles everywhere.

The Song Dynasty was looking for a sense of existence, while the Xi Kingdom simply couldn't survive anymore and was trying to make trouble everywhere.

The poor mountains and bad rivers give rise to unruly people, and the country is full of unruly people.

If there are many unruly people, you can fight.

King Xi knew that his area was broken, so he half-killed and half-Chineseized the natives, basically recruiting them as soldiers to fight for him on the battlefield.

The effect was very obvious, a few small battles were secretly fought, and Xiguo quietly became a small overlord for a few years.

But as the industrialization process began, the country fell behind.

So King Xi is ruined.

If we can't industrialize, we'll just give birth to children and spoil them.

Let's be poor, even to the point of death.

If you are so poor that you don’t dare to attack me, if you attack me, you will have to support tens of millions of militaristic citizens, and you will be trapped in the quagmire of war.

Then, King Xi asked the rich countries for it.

I want it from the Ming Dynasty, from the Song Dynasty, from the Zhou Dynasty, from the Que State, from the Shen State, I want it from everyone.

This guy looked like he couldn't afford to live, and he would perish if he didn't pay.

As a result, this guy really found a way to make a fortune just like a beggar.

In the 50th year of Jingtai, the Ming Dynasty introduced a relief policy, mainly to relieve vassal states that could not afford to survive, and Xiguo was among them.

Xiguo receives a fixed subsidy from Daming every year, which is definitely not enough to spend, but it is a win-win situation.

This has developed the habit of asking others for money instead of producing.

Aren’t these nomads?

The Huns, Turks, and Mongols were like this.

But the times have passed and the dividends are gone.

In the industrial age, the way of fighting is also changing. In the past, we relied on soldiers to fight, but now we rely on machines to fight, and soldiers have become expendable.

No matter how fierce the Xiguo soldiers were, they had no use for them.

Can a knife be faster than a bullet?

Therefore, it will not work for Xiguo to follow the road of Wala.

King Xi hasn't realized it yet.

Until the central government changed the prince and Zhu Jianji succeeded to the throne, he immediately realized that he was poor and useless.

He is the twelfth child, and he and Zhu Jianjian grew up together.

He knew how powerful that guy was.

In these years, Zhu Jianji was the vassal king who expanded the most territory among the vassal kings. He can be said to be the most capable son among the old emperor's sons.

In this way, if one person ascends the throne and succeeds to the throne, the country can be destroyed in a snap.

Xiguo is a burden in the eyes of Que and Shen, but not in the eyes of Ming Dynasty. Isn't it just tens of millions of people? Daming keeps it!

And opening Sulawesi directly opened the way to Oceania.

This is the main road.

Can the ambitious King Shang let go?

Therefore, when Que Wang Zhu Jianlai received a letter, Que Wang and the Asia-Pacific countries put aside their past grievances and unanimously opened up to the outside world. He immediately chose to agree and join the Three Kingdoms Alliance.

When Zhu Youzhao came, the three kingdoms of Que, Xi and Shen had already formally formed an alliance and were currently negotiating with Song. It would be best to ask King Zhou to take charge of the overall situation.

In Xiguo, Zhu Youzhao's biggest impression was that he was poor and unruly.

The people here speak fiercely and have a murderous attitude.

Zhu Youzhen walked around the street for two hours, was robbed nine times, was almost beaten twelve times, and was kicked.

This is a broken country, and Zhu Youzhao would not want to come back even if he beat him to death.

He didn't want to stay any longer.

Immediately go north to Shen State.

Shen State is also a country of Thousand Islands. Except for Luzon Island, Mindoro Island, and Princess Island, the Philippines is all the territory of Shen State.

This is an extremely fragmented country, and there is no way to estimate how many islands there are.

The main territory of Shen State is in Mindanao.

He also thought about reclamation, but the problem was that the cost of reclamation was too high.

Shen Guo didn't have the money and was unwilling to invest.

The State of Shen was the closest country to the Ming Dynasty.

The country's infrastructure is basically contracted by Ming Dynasty, and all the money is paid from internal funds, which means that Ming Dynasty built it for him.

Shen Wang Zhu Jianhu is a person who can cry very much.

Almost every month he cried and complained that his country was poor, and he took good things from Ming Dynasty and transferred them to his own country.

In fact, the State of Shen was not poor at all. It had a small land area, but it had 80 million citizens. Its per capita income was almost the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, or even slightly higher.

Because King Shen can draw money, infrastructure was built with money from Ming Dynasty, national welfare also came from Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty spent money in many places.

The reason why we keep it is because the geographical location of this country is so critical.

Luzon Island was an important base for the Ming Dynasty's trade with Oceania, and ships traveling to and from it must pass through Shen State.

Shen State became the trading hub of Oceania.

Therefore, Shen Guo can make money as long as he follows the footsteps of Ming Dynasty. This is a geographical advantage.

Furthermore, King Shen will cry.

Mindoro Island originally belonged to the Shen Kingdom. In the 50th year of Jingtai, it was included in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, King Shen cried out for huge benefits.

To be precise, the old emperor spent two billion to buy this island, all the money that King Shen cried out.

The reason why Mindoro is needed is to build the first layer of the island chain.

King Shen cried and asked for it. Although it was annoying, he really wanted it.

Other vassal kings couldn't pull off this face.

But King Shen was deeply loved in Shen State.

The money that King Shen cried for was not squandered in his own pocket, but used for industrial construction, industrial development, and private welfare construction.

The 80 million citizens of the Shen Kingdom had a higher happiness rate than the Ming Dynasty.

in fact.

At that time, the old emperor asked not only for Mindoro Island, but also for the island chain from Zamboanga to Semporna, Borneo, with the Sulu Sea in the middle, turning the Sulu Sea into the Ming Dynasty Inland Sea.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty should have swallowed up the entire Philippines at that time, and should not have granted it to King Shen.

There are two important island chains from the Philippines to Borneo.

One is Princess Island, Mindoro Island, and Luzon Island.

The other one is Zamboanga and Semporna.

By constructing the island chain in this way, eastern Borneo will be free from foreign aggression.

As the largest island in the Ming Dynasty and the richest island, Borneo has a population of more than 300 million people.

King Shen was only willing to sell Mindoro Island.

At that time, the old emperor wanted to give Greece to King Shen as a new feudal state, and give him 10 billion in cash compensation.

King Shen refused.

How can Europe be close to the Ming Dynasty? If you are next to the Ming Dynasty, you can live a life of greatness just by lying down.

Europe is a place where birds don't shit, whoever goes there will be stupid.

but!

The court has changed its crown prince, and Shang King Zhu Jian succeeded him as crown prince!

This is bad news!
The State of Shen is a country adjacent to the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the country that has the greatest chance of threatening the southern border of the Ming Dynasty. For an emperor on horseback, he will never allow any danger to exist, and must annex the State of Shen.

So King Shen regretted it, it would be great to go to Greece.

It's too dangerous to be around Daming.

It's no longer possible to regret it now. The old emperor probably doesn't have the energy to change his kingdom.

Therefore, when King Zhu Jianlai requested the Three Kingdoms Alliance, he immediately agreed. He was the most worried.

In the past, there was an island dispute with Xiguo, but this time it was completely gone.

A broken island is nothing, as long as the country can be saved, it is more important than anything else.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen's biggest feeling in Shen State was that he felt comfortable.

This place is so rich.

The food scraps leaked from Ming's hands fed the vassal state.

In particular, this place is an important section of the road leading to Oceania and America. It naturally plays a hub role. Ships from all over the world have to pass through Shenguo.

The people are all wealthy. I heard that many charitable foundations in the country have donations from wealthy businessmen in Shen State, which shows how wealthy the people here are.

There are only four feudal states in Nanyang, namely the four nearby vassal kings: Yu State, Que State, Xi State and Shen State.

There used to be distant vassal kings, but the four kings all claimed those islands, so there were only these four countries in the entire Southeast Asia.

In the past, when Zhu Jianqi was the crown prince, everyone lived their own lives and would fight each other if nothing happened. Life should not be too comfortable.

This time the King of Shang returned to his country and succeeded to the throne, the problem became even bigger.

And this moment.

The Shang King's special train arrived in the capital without any danger.

King Shang stood outside the Meridian Gate.

Looking at the somewhat dilapidated palace gate, he felt very high-spirited and said in his heart, "I, Zhu Jianjian, am back again!"

When he succeeded to the vassal, he thought he would never return to his home country.

But he never expected that he would be back again when he was almost sixty years old.

When I left, I was in my prime.

When he came back, his temples were already gray and he was very old.

But his heart is still old, and his ambition and lofty sentiments have never diminished.

After receiving the imperial edict from the palace.

He followed the eunuch at full speed and entered the Forbidden City after an absence of more than thirty years. This Forbidden City had not been repaired for more than thirty years and already looked very dilapidated.

In the fifty-seventh year of Jingtai, the Ministry of Industry proposed to repair the Forbidden City.

But Hubu refused on the grounds that it would affect the old emperor's rest.

Until now, the Forbidden City has not been repaired.

Zhu Jianji walked into Fengtian Hall.

He originally thought that he would see his father sitting majestically on the dragon throne, eagerly awaiting his return, just like his father announced in the Fengtian Palace when he succeeded to the vassal.

But when he entered the Fengtian Hall, he saw a rickety old man sitting on a dragon chair and dozing off, drooling.

The face that should have been handsome was covered with age spots. Because he was too thin, wrinkles covered his cheeks, and he no longer had the domineering look he once had.

When he saw his father again, he felt the air of death rushing towards him. His father was old, too old.

What kind of power allowed him to handle the affairs of the court for seventeen days?

At that moment, the corners of his eyes were a little moist.

After he entered the palace, the eunuch was about to sing, but he quickly stopped him: "Your Majesty is tired, please go to the Hall of Nourishing Heart to rest."

The courtiers were also sizing up the Eastern European emperor at this moment.

Zhu Jianzhen is fifty-seven years old this year. He has gray hair on his temples, but he does not look old. In particular, his eyes are shining with blazing fire, making him look like an old emperor in his fifties.

But he was a little more murderous and bloody than the old emperor, and his skin also looked very rough, which was the result of living in the open air for many years.

His legs were somewhat bowed, which he had developed from years of riding horses.

His back was straight and his eyes were like daggers.

At this moment, he glanced at the ministers condescendingly.

Just the first impression made the civil servants very unhappy. This guy must be restless. For some reason, they felt a bit of regret in their hearts.

Zhu Jianjian was also looking at the ministers.

The memory of once governing in the Fengtian Palace came back into my mind, and I thought I would never enter the Fengtian Palace again.

But here it comes again, the one who rules the world is here, this is fate!
As they silently exchanged words.

Zhu Qiyu suddenly woke up and wiped his saliva with his sleeve: "Is the fourth child back?"

Pfft!
Zhu Jianjian knelt on the ground: "Dad! My son is unfilial and his son is back!"

For a moment, my face was filled with tears.

Zhu Qiyu stood up holding on to the table. His eyesight was poor. He rubbed his eyes and said, "Come closer and let dad take a look."

Zhu Jianjian climbed up from under Danqi and reached his father's desk. When he raised his head, he saw that his father's eyes were cloudy and his body needed support to stand. At that moment, his tears burst out: "Dad! "

"Fourth!"

Zhu Qiyu touched his head gently: "You are old too and have gray hair. It's good to come back. It's good to come back."

(End of this chapter)