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Chapter 624, the real vassal state of the Ming Dynasty

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    "That's right~"

    "My Ming Dynasty should change it. As Liu Jin said, in terms of external affairs, the interests of Ming Dynasty should be the core and fundamental, and everything must be done around this point."

    Emperor Hongzhi praised happily.

    ??If people don¡¯t do it for themselves, heaven will punish them and the earth will destroy them.

    The same is true for a country. Everything should be based on the interests of its own country.

    The former Ming Dynasty was a really good man, a model of self-sacrifice for others.

    Of course, this is actually a good example of pretending to be fat.

    Whenever someone came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty felt that his face was very proud, so the tribute from the other party was worth ten thousand taels of silver, and the Ming Dynasty had to pay back several times, typically cutting off his own flesh to feed people.

    After the news spread, sometimes some businessmen in the Nanyang region would pretend to be envoys from some unknown small country and come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

    You can easily defraud the Ming Dynasty to get generous rewards, and make a lot of money when you return to Nanyang.

    The result of this is that later on, after the Tumubao Incident, the Ming Dynasty's national power declined rapidly. With the treasury empty, it was difficult for the Ming Dynasty to embarrass itself and pretend to be fat.

    There were too many missions coming to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year, which put huge pressure on the Ming Dynasty's finances.

    what to do?

    There was no other way but to order the envoys from various Southeast Asian countries not to frequently come to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

    In the past, you came once or twice a year, but from now on, once every three or four years will be enough.

    At the same time, this was one of the reasons that prompted the Ming Dynasty to implement a sea ban, but of course it was only a small reason.

    Because at that time, some ministers reported that the tribute burden was too heavy, so the key was to ban the sea, so that few people would pay tribute in the future.

    This is the Ming Dynasty, a typical example of pretending to be fat.

    After all, the Ming Dynasty's previous foreign policy was not a strategy for sustainable development at all. This is why Zheng He could only make seven voyages to the West, and there was no way to say eight or nine, year after year, month after month.  .

    Because for Ming Dynasty, Zheng He¡¯s next expedition to the West was a heavy burden.

    Shipbuilding, supplies, personnel, carried goods, etc., are all a heavy burden for Ming Dynasty.

    In addition, after having contacts with the Nanyang region, Nanyang countries rushed to pay tribute, which further increased the burden on the Ming Dynasty, and naturally it could not last long.

    On the other hand, it was different when Taiping Hou Du Mingen went to Nanyang.

    ??From the beginning, the purpose was to make money, seek benefits, and open up wealth routes in Nanyang.

    Because it was profitable to go to Nanyang, major commercial houses in Tianjin rushed to go there.

    Now there is no need for official power at all. Just the Ming Dynasty private trading houses in Tianjin have a large number of merchant ships going to and from Nanyang every day.

    Sell ??the goods from the Ming Dynasty to Nanyang, and then transport the goods from Nanyang back to the Ming Dynasty. Every time you go back and forth, you can easily make profits ranging from hundreds of thousands of silver to as many as millions of taels of silver.

    Driven by huge profits, businessmen ran much faster and more diligently than the imperial ships.

    At the same time, Ming Dynasty also became rich quickly during this process, unlike before, it was all a loss-making business.

    Only in this way is the long-term way to continue to develop.

    ??Profit is the root that drives everything.

    But these civil servants in the Ming Dynasty often shouted benevolence, righteousness and morality, seemingly for the sake of the reputation of the Ming Dynasty and the image of the great Ming Dynasty, but they were often at the expense of the interests of the Ming Dynasty, which was simply impossible to last.

    "Liu Jin, how do you think our Ming Dynasty should treat these vassal states?"

    Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and asked.

    "Your Majesty, gentlemen~"

    ¡°First we have to figure out what kind of relationship these countries have with our Ming Dynasty.¡±

    "I believe that the relationship of vassal states cannot be easily given to these countries."

    Liu Jin thought for a while and replied.

    "There are hundreds of countries, large and small, in the Nanyang region. The big ones include Siam, Annam, and Myanmar, and the small ones include Sulu, Java, and Champa."

    "In the past, because our Ming Dynasty would pay tribute many times to the countries that came to pay tribute, so all the countries in Southeast Asia came to pay tribute one after another, but how many of them really admire the style of our Ming Dynasty?"

    "I'm afraid, most of them are actually for the generous rewards from my Ming Dynasty."nbsp; vassal states, vassal states, did they really surrender to the Ming Dynasty?

    If we surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, there would be no Annan people who repeatedly went north to invade Guangxi, and there would be no Japanese pirates rampaging along the southeast coast, let alone the killing of our people of the Ming Dynasty in Crescent City in Luzon State.

    If you really admire our Chinese civilization, you should be like North Korea, learn Chinese characters, respect Confucianism and Taoism, change your surname to Chinese, and learn everything from the Ming Dynasty, instead of just for the exquisite porcelain, silky silk and mellow fragrance of the Ming Dynasty.  Tea leaves and these things.

    If it is really a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it should be like North Korea. From generation to generation, it dare not offend the Ming Dynasty. When the king changes, it must ask for the canonization of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

    If it is really a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it should be like North Korea, willing to go through fire and water for its elder brother anytime, anywhere, without hesitation.

    ?? If you really let the countries in these areas of Nanyang, the so-called vassal states, harm their own interests to fulfill the Ming Dynasty, do you think they will agree?

    If you asked them to learn Chinese characters from the Ming Dynasty, speak Chinese, respect Confucianism and Taoism, and change their surnames to Chinese, do you think they would be willing?

    I¡¯m afraid that when the time comes, they will reveal their true faces.

    They are afraid of power but not moral. They are just afraid of the power of Ming Dynasty, so they send people to please Ming Dynasty.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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