Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 217: The Envoy of Clavijo to the East ([-])
However, I later learned that there were nearly a hundred big cities like Ili City in the Ming Empire!
Especially Jinling City, the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty. In April of the eighth year of Yongle, the city's population exceeded 100 million!

After leaving Yili City, we took a four-wheeled carriage and continued eastward for thousands of miles, arriving at Hami City at the end of October in the eighth year of Yongle.

Hami City is the provincial capital of Puchang Province in the Ming Dynasty and a large city with a population of more than 30.

There are also the Academy and the Academy of Changke in this city, but it is a pity that our group is not allowed to enter the Academy and the Academy of Changke.

It is worth mentioning that outside Yili City and Hami City, there is an important military place guarded by Ming Dynasty soldiers.

I asked Qingyao's envoy, and he told me that it was a forbidden military area - a place where weapons were manufactured. Without a military order from the local capital, anyone who wanted to enter must rely on a personal order from His Majesty the Ming Emperor or His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Otherwise, trespassers will be beaten to death on the spot.

Everyone must abide by this iron law, no matter who they are, including members of the royal family!
Since then, I have not dared to ask Qingyao envoy anything about the Ming military.

Because Qingyao’s envoy specifically told me that in the seventh year of Yongle, there was an envoy from Kejili, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, who wanted to find out how the Ming army made firecrackers. After he was discovered, he was arrested by patrolling officers and soldiers. Killed on the spot with a firecracker.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty believed that the Kejili Kingdom had committed the crime of attempting to steal court secrets, so he issued an edict to abolish the throne of King Kejili and planned to install a new King Kejili.

It happened that the original King Kejili was unpopular with the people, so the people in the country jointly wrote a letter of all people, requesting His Majesty the Ming Emperor to send a Ming royal family to be their king.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty complied with the people's wishes and sent His Highness Prince Ning of the Ming Dynasty royal family to Kejili Country, where he became the new king of the local people.

However, since then, the Kejili Kingdom has ceased to exist, and His Highness King Ning established the Ming Dynasty vassal state-Ning Kingdom on the land of the former Kejili Kingdom.

As for the difference between the Ming vassal state and the Ming vassal state, to put it simply, the former was directly managed by the Ming court, while the latter was nominally managed by the king of the country.

The specific differences between the two will be introduced in detail later.

After resting in Hami City for a few days, we once again set foot on the journey to the Ming Dynasty Capital.

Along the way, I found that roads and canals were being built everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. The people who were working did not seem to find it hard, but were full of energy. Everyone's face was filled with hope.

Although their faces were not very good-looking, most of them were wearing clothes, although most of them looked tattered.

In November of the eighth year of Yongle, we followed the Angel of Ming Dynasty to the imperial capital of Ming Dynasty smoothly.

I swear, Emperor Ming Dynasty is the most majestic, luxurious, spectacular, largest, and most unparalleled city I have ever seen in my life!
I believe that no city in this world can surpass him.

Of course, ten years later, when I went to the new capital of the Ming Empire to meet the Ming Emperor as the ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain, I found that the new capital was comparable to the imperial capital before the Ming Dynasty, and even surpassed the old capital in some aspects. .

After entering the imperial capital, we were greeted by the courtesy officers of the Ming Empire.

At that time, I thought that the Ming Emperor and the Crown Prince were very busy and did not have time to receive us. Later I learned that envoys from any country could never meet the Ming Emperor or the Crown Prince without asking.

This needs to be reported to the ceremonial officer first, and only after obtaining the permission of the emperor or the prince, the envoy can be led into the palace and summoned at the specified time.

We were taken into the Huitong Pavilion, which was expanded last year, by the etiquette officer, and had a thorough bath from top to bottom.

After that, we rested in the Huitong Hall for a full half a month before we were summoned.

This visit to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty went smoothly. I saw the majestic Fengtian Hall, which can accommodate thousands of people, and a large-scale court meeting with thousands of people.

At the court meeting, His Majesty Emperor Yongle agreed to my request and was willing to accept my country as a vassal state of the Ming Empire.

After the court meeting, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince summoned me alone in a place called Wenhua Hall.

He asked me about the situation in various countries on the Western Continent, and was especially interested in my country, the Ottoman Kingdom, and the Portuguese Kingdom.

Finally, His Royal Highness the Prince personally saw me off from the Wenhua Palace and told me that he was very happy to see my country become a vassal state of the Ming Empire.

He hopes that my country can always be protected by the Ming Empire and enjoy stability and peace.

In this way, His Royal Highness the Prince appointed his servant Qingyao as an envoy, leading a cavalry team of [-] people equipped with advanced muskets to escort us back to the country from the original route.In October of the ninth year of Yongle, we crossed Congling and arrived at the Kingdom of Halie.

In March of the [-]th year of Yongle, due to the outbreak of fighting between the Ottoman Kingdom and the separatist forces on the east coast of the Mediterranean, our way forward was blocked.

Two months later, Qingyao, as the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, summoned [-] cavalry from the Kingdom of Hale. With a hundred knights under his command as the backbone, he led these [-] cavalry and defeated the Ottoman Kingdom's army and troops in front of them in one fell swoop. Local separatist forces.

In this battle, the 1000 cavalrymen of the Khali Kingdom only lost more than 8000 people, but the Ottoman Kingdom and the local separatist forces combined lost more than [-] people.

Since then, Qingyao's name has become a name that is talked about by the soldiers of the Ottoman Kingdom.

In September of the [-]th year of Yongle, Qingyao escorted us back to the capital of the Kingdom of Spain. My king met with Qingyao and his party at the Pardo Palace, and accepted the imperial edict of the Ming Emperor read by Qingyao and the golden camel button seal given by His Majesty the Emperor.

After the canonization ceremony, Qingyao told me that if a country pays tribute to the Ming Dynasty, then the king of this country will be canonized by the Ming Emperor and will have a gold-plated silver camel button exclusive to him.

This gold camel seal is a symbol of his status as the king of a dependent country of the Ming Dynasty.

From then on, the king must pay tribute to the Ming Empire regularly every year, and the Ming Emperor would also give generous gifts in return.

Moreover, when the country was bullied by other countries, the Ming Dynasty would send troops to help, and even send officials to the country to help the king govern his country.

For example, many academies will be established in this country to teach local people Chinese writing and culture. They will also teach the rulers of this country the skills and methods to build roads and canals and improve the lives of ordinary people.

That is to say, on the surface, there is nothing wrong with the Kingdom of Spain where I live in paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, it will be protected and can enjoy stability and peace.

But in fact, after my king accepted the golden camel button seal given by the Ming Emperor, the Kingdom of Spain legally fell within the sphere of influence of the Ming Empire.

In this way, many people may not understand.

Then I won’t say anything else now, just two words: “Profess your submission”.

When a country surrenders to the Ming Dynasty, its king, nobles, and common people will automatically become subjects of the Ming Empire, and will naturally become subjects under the rule of the Ming Emperor.

In this way, it became a matter of course for the Ming Emperor to protect his subjects.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty required his subjects to learn excellent advanced culture and select outstanding talents and soldiers from among his subjects. This is also a matter of course and right, isn't it?

Someone reading this might be shocked.

Yes, after I understood the essence of paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty, I realized that this was a way of controlling another country by using "submission" as a method of non-war means.

Don’t you understand it, but you feel it’s awesome?

That's right!

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty is not Timur. He does not want people in the world to be his slaves. He only needs people to surrender to him and accept his rule.

The Ming Emperor's ambition was to be the common master of all nations in the world, not to conquer the world.

In March of the 11th year of Yongle, I was ordered by the king to leave the Western Continent with Qingyao and others, carrying various tributes.

After more than a year of long journey, in June of the 12th year of Yongle, we once again crossed the Congling Mountains and arrived at Ili City, the provincial capital of Beiting Province in the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the prosperity and permanent population of Ili City could not be compared to the two Ili cities put together four years ago!

I later learned that in Yili City in the 12th year of Yongle, the total number of permanent residents in the main urban area and suburbs exceeded 72!

Most of the small towns in the west of the Ili Valley that had a population of less than a thousand people before have now become large towns with a population of tens of thousands.

I am very curious, where did the increased population in Beiting Province of Ming Dynasty come from?

This is only four short years!
What exactly happened in these four years?
(End of this chapter)