Daming Military Empire

Chapter 322
The capital city in July is already quite sweltering, the scorching sun makes life painful, even if you stay in the house, it is like a steamer. People who are steaming are sweating all over their bodies, making people want to peel off their skin to cool off.But at this moment, Zhu Cijiong was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and sitting in the study of Qianqing Palace, his face was not sweaty at all, and the air conditioner was turned on here, so of course he wouldn't sweat.

It has been almost ten days since he came back from Europe. As he grows up, he has not handed over all the review of the memorials to his fifth uncle Zhu Youjian. Now he personally reviews all the important memorials, and Zhu Youjian reviews the general memorials. At this moment, he has finished reviewing today's memorial, and is about to consider the issue of Nanyang.

There are several maps on the big conference table in front of him. These are the maps of the Ming Dynasty that control Nanyang relatively widely. If you put them together, you will find that the entire Nanyang region, all the way to Batavia They are all territories or vassal states of Ming Dynasty!
However, on the top one, the latest map of the Chongzheng Dynasty, Nanyang is blank, which means that since the Chongzheng Dynasty, no Nanyang vassal country has expressed surrender to Ming Dynasty. They seem to have forgotten that they are a vassal of Ming Dynasty!

Naturally, Zhu Cijiong couldn't tolerate this situation, not only for the majesty of Ming Dynasty, not only for colonial expansion, but also for the future safety of Ming Dynasty.

Because if he doesn't conquer, the great powers will definitely conquer. By then, Nanyang will be ruled by the great powers. Doesn't Ming have to be on guard day and night, and they are squatting at your door. How can you go out to snatch the colonies without worry? What do you do if someone breaks into your house when you walk in front?
Therefore, colonies of great powers are absolutely not allowed to appear around Daming, not even a single one. The whole of Nanyang must be under the control of the Ming Empire. This is the foundation for building a colonial empire on which the sun never sets. When fighting for supremacy at sea, you will be tied up, and there may even be a fire in your backyard.

Zhu Cijiong looked southeast along Dongfan. The first one was Luzon. Don’t worry about this. Although it is a Spanish colony now, it has been mortgaged to Daming. With Philip IV’s spending speed, two years There must be no money to pay back in the end, and Luzon must belong to Daming.

Next is Sulu. During the reign of Emperor Chengzu Yongle, the three kings of Sulu Kingdom led more than 300 family members and attendants to visit China across the ocean and were warmly received by Emperor Chengzu. On the way back, East King Batu Gebala died of illness in Dezhou. Chengzu also sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to preside over the funeral. Since then, Sulu has become increasingly close to Daming. He is one of the few vassals who have always regarded Daming as the suzerain. However, in the past ten years, they have suddenly lost contact. what happened.

Further south is Boni Kingdom. During the reign of Emperor Chengzu Yongle, King Boni led his family to visit Daming. Unfortunately, the king died of illness and was buried outside Jinling City. Later, Emperor Chengzu sent someone to escort King Boni back to China to inherit the throne. Since then, Boni Kingdom has also become a loyal vassal of Daming, but it also lost contact with Daming suddenly more than ten years ago.

Then there are Java and Manchuka. These two island countries have also sent envoys to pay tribute, but only occasionally, so there is nothing to say.

Further to the west or south, Zhu Cijiong didn't pay attention. It was basically a vast sea, and even if there were islands, there were few people. It was basically deserted and worthless for the time being.

The focus of Zhu Cijiong's attention is the southeast peninsula bordering Ming Dynasty. It has a large population and rich resources. It is fat in the eyes of the great powers. If Ming Dynasty does not firmly control it, it will definitely become a hidden danger in the future.

There used to be the vassal states of Ming Dynasty such as Annan, Champa, Chenla, and Siam. Weisi, Laos Xuanweishi, and other territories directly under Ming Dynasty, even had provinces directly under Jiaozhi Chengxuanzhengshisi, but since the late Wanli period, these places have gradually broken away from the control of Ming Dynasty, and they have their own affairs. Put Daming in your eyes.

The most annoying of these is Annan. During the reign of Emperor Chengzu Yongle, the monarch of the Chen Dynasty in Annan was usurped by his nephew Hu Jishu. At the request of the remnants of the Chen Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Hu's regime and set up Jiaozhi Chengxuan to manage it. All over Annan, but a few years after Chengzu's death, Annan began to rebel, and established the Houli Dynasty. After that, he went back and forth again and again, sometimes proclaiming himself a vassal, and sometimes proclaiming the country.

During the Jiajing period, a Donghu dynasty also emerged in the southeast peninsula. This dynasty defeated the Tusi Awa dynasty of the Xuanweisi of Myanmar, occupied the entire territory of Myanmar, and then began to expand around, attacking the Ming Dynasty. And the vassal state Siam and other places, which triggered the famous Wanli Ming-Myanmar War, so that Ming gradually lost control of the southeastern propaganda divisions and vassal states.

In the process of studying the situation in the southeast, Zhu Cijiong gradually came to understand the system of propaganda and consolation department. Perhaps it is time to consider ending this system.

In fact, the Xuanweisi was not a system established by the Ming Dynasty, but inherited the system of the Yuan Dynasty. The full name of this Xuanweisi is Military and Civilian Xuanweisi. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was an administrative department between the state capital and the province. Units, affiliated to the provinces, are in charge of the military and civil affairs of the state capitals below.

In the local administrative system of the Ming Dynasty, there was no Xuanwei Division. The reason why some Xuanwei Divisions were set up was to manage ethnic minorities. , In addition, the Ming court had relatively loose management of these Xuanweisi, basically allowing them to self-govern, and later these Xuanweisi basically became Tudi emperors, so Xuanweisi was also called Tusi.

What do these Xuanfu envoys say? Some listened to the orders of the court. For example, Qin Liangyu's husband, Ma Qiancheng, was seriously injured in the battle for the Ming Dynasty. He didn't resist when the eunuchs came to frame him, but he died of his injuries in prison. This is typical. Xuanfu envoy loyal to the imperial court.But most of them did not obey the orders of the imperial court, such as Yang Yinglong, Xuanfu envoy of Bozhou, She Chongming, Xuanfu envoy of Yongning, An Bangyan, envoy of Xuanfu of Shuixi, Sha Dingzhou, envoy of Xuanfu of Annan, Pu Mingsheng, envoy of Xuanfu of southern Yunnan, etc. Not only did they become local emperors, but they also launched a rebellion to attack nearby state capitals, so that the Ming court had to send troops to conquer, wasting money and wasting national power.

Zhu Cijiong is very disapproving of the way the emperors of the Ming Dynasty ruled remote areas and vassal states. This is clearly a laissez-faire. Of course, the central plains of the Celestial Kingdom basically have this attitude towards the barbarians, and this cannot be blamed on Daming alone. The emperors of all dynasties did not have the threat of great powers before, so why bother with these barbarians!
It's different now. Zhu Cijiong knows the greed of the big powers. If they don't solve the Nanyang problem when they are fighting hard, it will be difficult to solve it when they intervene. So he decided to wipe out Nanyang now!
For those vassal states that repeatedly, unwillingly, and do not want to submit to Ming Dynasty, then fight until he is "willing".

For those chieftains who disobeyed discipline and committed rebellion, they would not be chieftains at all. This time, taking the opportunity of flattening Nanyang, he will abolish all propaganda and comfort departments, set up state capitals and even provinces, and directly govern them!
(End of this chapter)