Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

The news of Zhuge Fengye was indeed not bad. Just as he was embarking on the return ship, a flight carrying the governor of Fanyang, the Yamen General Bureau of Siam (Liao) (National) An (South) Chen (La) and Myanmar (Myanmar) The old-fashioned lucky boat of the head of the department, Zong Youfang, has already sailed into the mouth of the Fuliang River under the escort of the Beihe boat master. [ ]

The so-called Phu Liang River is the Red River in the future, and Thang Long (Hanoi), the capital of the Zhongxing Li Dynasty, is on the south bank of this river.

The Fuliang River flows into the sea at many forks on the plains in its lower reaches. As Lord Zheng, who was in charge of the Liwei Dynasty, almost never dredged the river, most of the tributaries can only pass through flat-bottomed boats such as sampans and long dragons. Only Bala, Tai'an, Zongyi's three estuaries are relatively open, and the water level is deep enough for medium-sized sea-going ships between [-] and [-] yuan to enter. Zong Youfang's ship is the main channel of the Bala River Estuary.

Because Lord Zheng never allowed foreign ships to sail into the Fuliang River before, even the Dutch East India Company, the sponsor of Lord Zheng’s Thai and Western countries, only allowed trade in the port cities of Rongshi, Censhan, and Haiyang, so the ship almost It is a blatant measurement of the depth of the channel and the speed of the water.Master Zheng, who had no choice but to do nothing about it, had no choice but to let it go.

No matter how far the voyage is, no matter how slow the speed is, there will always be a time when it arrives at the port. The ship finally landed on the river port outside Thang Long City.Although the person who came was just a six-rank official with the title of inspector, he was not an important minister of Ming Zheng at all, but because Zhong Xingli professed his minister to Ming Dynasty, and Lord Zheng called Zheng Kezang his nephew, the main mansion sent an escort Cong and an old man came forward to greet him.

The so-called escort is a member of the five government auxiliary bureaucrats, the highest ruling body of Lord Zheng.Among them, participating and accompanying are not officials, but the status and titles of participating in national policies. The person in charge can be a minister, a minister, or a censor. The difference between the two is that the status of serving as a participant is higher. , is the prime minister, and the attendants are generally third- and fourth-rank officials, who are deputy prime ministers.As for the five mansions, it is the abbreviation of the five military governors' mansions, and they are the highest military officers involved in state affairs.

The so-called state elders refer to the old ministers of Dessau. These ministers are basically close to the age of becoming an official. [ ]

"King Dingnan is too polite." Facing such an over-standard reception, Zong Youfang could only pretend to be sincere and apprehensive. "How to make it, it's really rude to accept it, it can't be done, it can't be done."

"Your Excellency is an angel of the Kingdom of Shang. I am facing a small country. My lord Dingnan Wang is also the nephew of Prince Xia. It should be more grand." Chinese culture, this accompanying adult is even more fluent in Chinese, but the accent is a bit strange, very similar to Cantonese trying to roll their tongues to speak Nanjing Mandarin. "My lord, you are welcome."

Zong Youfang still wanted to evade, but Li Enguang, the old man beside him, laughed and said, "Master Angel, my lord is already waiting."

As the saying goes, Jiang is old and hot, and when Li Enguang said this, Zong Youfang had no choice but to half-heartedly receive extra-standard treatment.

Speaking of the names of the Annan people, it is very strange. There must be a common character in the middle, and all the males in the family have to use this common character for generations.For example, Li Enguang's en is a common character, and his descendants will be called Li Enmou, just to avoid the ancestor's name, and the descendants' names will become more and more strange. Adding radicals, in the end, no one can understand it, and only scholars can read half of it.

Of course, Zong Youfang did not dare to sit on an elephant. Mules and horses are rare in Annan, so in the end he sat on a sedan chair.There is no one to sit on a sedan chair in Beihe, and ordinary petty officials just get a sliding pole or something. Only when they reach a certain level can they get a sedan chair for two people. Carrying a big sedan chair is going beyond the establishment.

Zong Youfang naturally sat on four-person chairs, and even some of his entourages were mixed with two-person chairs, so a group of people marched mightily into the city.Leaving aside the barrenness outside the city, even in Thang Long City, there are low buildings everywhere, which makes Zong Youfang feel more disdain for this country that calls itself Little China.

In fact, Zong Youfang is a bit biased. Naturally, there are many luxurious buildings in Shenglong City. The palace of Lord Zheng, the palace of Emperor Li, and the residences of many ministers, which one is not magnificent, but he did not see it. It can be said that it is blind Not seeing Mount Tai. [Thanks for supporting the novel] Of course, this does not mean that Beihe's national strength is strong. In fact, everything in Rising Dragon City is built on the flesh and blood of the people of Beihe. Guangnan and even Annan and Vietnam, which are different in time and space, have the power to continuously expand outward.A large number of refugees went abroad to open up wasteland, encroach on the uncultivated territories of foreign countries, send refugees to encroach again, and fight a war to snatch the land if not possible. This is the trilogy of Annan's development from a county under Chinese rule to a great country in the Indochina Peninsula.

Although Li Enguang said that Lord Zheng was waiting, in fact it was impossible for Lord Zheng to condescend to meet Zong Youfang, and Zong Youfang came from a long way, so he had to be sent to the guest house immediately.

Since the decline of the Ming Dynasty, no one has lived in Shenglong’s guest house for decades. It is full of relatives and nobles, so the yard is quite remote.

Of course, it can't be ruled out that Master Zheng deliberately arranged this so that he could send troops to wait outside the gate, so as to cut off the possibility of Zong Youfang contacting the hidden anti-Zheng forces in Beihe.It must be known that Beihe, like Ming Zheng, is a master of the weak and a strong minister. It cannot be said that there are no cases of ulterior motives. It is reasonable to sit on the precautions.

After Zong Youfang moved in, Master Zheng sent people to pick up the wind and wash away the dust. Early the next morning, the Honglu Temple of Zhongxing Li Dynasty sent people to meet Zong Youfang.

Li Wei Dynasty originally imitated the official system of the Qing Dynasty, with six ministries of officials, rites, households, soldiers, workers, and punishments, six temples of Dali, Taichang, Guanglu, Taipu, Honglu, and Shangbao, as well as the Imperial Academy, Dongge, and Guozijian. , National History Academy, Sitianjian, Imperial Hospital, Secret Supervisor and a series of government offices.

However, after Lord Zheng came to power, the powers of the six ministries were taken over by Liu Fan. Fortunately, the six temples were able to maintain the original system because of their unimportant status. However, in order to entertain the envoys of Ming Zheng, the Zhengqing of Honglu Temple who came forward deliberately changed On the entourage of the main mansion.

"Lord Mo asked me why I came here this time." Zong Youfang and the other party greeted each other with a smile, and did not hide anything about this descendant of the Gaoping Mo family. "No, no, no, Mr. Mo doesn't need to explain, there is nothing to hide." Speaking of this, Zong Youfang took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and read it according to the script. "I am following the order of King Xia to make the following request to the main mansion." Mo Peicong listened quietly. "A, hand over one county of Gaoping and the land north of Xuanjiang to Daming, and the two countries will demarcate the boundary here, and the frontier has been determined."

Mo's companion listened dumbfounded, but Zong Youfang didn't finish what he said: "Second, open Duobang (Lang Son), Haiyang, Rongshi, and Censhan as treaty ports to facilitate business exchanges between the two countries. Ming people have The right to live, buy land, and open shops at the port; Ming people do not pay other taxes to Annan except for business operations at the treaty port, and do not pay the additional blackmail demanded by local officials, which violates Annan’s criminal law. Judgment; Annan’s import and export commodities need to refer to the establishment of exchanges in various trading ports in Daming to determine prices, and the deacons of the exchanges must be designated by Daming; in addition, Annan’s import and export tax rates need to be set by Daming (that is, the power to formulate tariffs is required).”

"Well, where does this start from?" The face of Zheng Qing of Honglu Temple, surnamed Mo, had turned blue. "This, this is absolutely impossible."

"My lord, don't refuse in a hurry, and listen first." Zong Youfang said calmly. "There's more to come later." Zong Youfang continued to read while looking at the exasperated opponent. "Bing, the Gui Dynasty was transferred to Luzhou in the north, which is Taixi Hongyi," Zong Youfang explained, and then continued to read. "Your dynasty transfers the diplomatic rights to the Luzhou countries in Beiju. Except for the Ming Dynasty and the countries recognized by the Ming Dynasty, the countries are not allowed to set up commercial offices and arrange envoys in Annan."

This is to cut off the relationship between Beihe and its biggest sponsor, and at the same time end Beihe's right to communicate with Western countries. Mo Peicong, who has forced himself to calm down again, asked directly: "Is there anything else?" ?”

"No more." Zong Youfang replied honestly. "For the time being, there are only these three."

Mo Peicong asked again: "Can these three items be discussed?"

"Only the first day can be discussed, and the other two can only be agreed or not, which cannot be discussed." Zong Youfang said with a half-smile. "In order to ensure the implementation of the last two items, the Ming Dynasty needs to set up commercial consuls at various ports, and permanent national messengers in Thang Long Prefecture. In addition, for the needs of communication between the two countries, the Ming Dynasty will allow Annan to be a permanent pilgrimage envoy in Guangzhou."

Mo Peicong asked again: "If this court does not agree to these three items, what will happen, and if it agrees to these three items, what will be said."

"If you don't agree to these three items, the feudal lord will immediately mobilize soldiers to go south, and when the war breaks out, the three items cannot be resolved." Zong Youfang sneered. "If you agree to the three items, there are two more items that I can tell the lord's mansion." Someone Mo pretended to be listening, and Zong Youfang immediately turned over the paper in his hand. "If the noble court agrees to the request of this vassal, Jiang, the vassal, will donate two thousand bird guns and twenty Dafolang cannons free of charge, and then sell them to the main mansion with two thousand bird guns and some large Fa Gong and Da Fu Lang Ji."

Lord Zheng’s contact with the Dutch was mainly in the hope of obtaining funds and Western armaments. The two non-negotiable clauses of Zheng Fan now only prohibit the Dutch East India Company from setting up diplomatic missions and commercial offices in Beihe. Zheng Fan’s consent is not included. Prohibit Beihe from continuing to trade with the Netherlands. From this perspective, the price proposed by Zheng Fan is exciting.

Therefore, Mo Peicong's expression softened slightly, but he never expected that what Zong Youfang said next would make him jump up.

"In addition to the above-mentioned military resources, Daming will also confer the title of King Dingnan as King Jiaozhi."

Although Li Weichao proclaimed himself emperor behind closed doors, he still regarded himself as a king when facing the Ming Dynasty. So the real meaning of Zong Youfang's words was that Zheng Fan was about to replace the Ming Dynasty, and Master Zheng's nephew should follow suit.

The stunned Mo stammered and asked, "Then, what about Mrs. Li?"

"Without the Zheng family, the Li family would have already lost their country. Now that they have enjoyed peace for so many years, they are already worthy of the Li family." Zong Youfang had a strange smile on his face. "If the main mansion dare not deal with it, it will be sent to Nanjing to be a Marquis of Taiping."

"Then, what if the Ruan family in the south sends troops to seek an explanation for the Li family?"

"The best policy is to destroy the Ruan family in the south of your country. If the two sides are unified, the world will be peaceful." Zong Youfang had a plan in his heart for a long time. "The middle strategy is that the Ming Dynasty also canonize Lord Ruan as the King of Guangnan or the King of Rinan. As for the worst strategy, our clan sent troops to destroy this country and bring it into the territory of the Ming Dynasty."