Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 665 The Bitterness of the Ryukyu Kingdom
"It can be said that Lu Qing has a heavy responsibility to join the cabinet this time."

Zhu Yixi looked at the much thinner Lu Daqi, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Lu Daqi had already finalized the draft in his mind, so he naturally had a plan in mind:

"Although the minister is old, his heart is not old. As long as His Majesty still has the time to use the veteran, the veteran will definitely live up to it."

"it is good!"

Zhu Yixi clapped his hands, and let someone get stuck with the map in high spirits.

This is a map of Liaodong in the past.

It is painted on the screen, drawn with embroidery in the pattern of a map, which is more durable and more conspicuous.

All prefectures, counties, thousand households, etc., can be seen at a glance.

As early as the early Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu saw the importance of Liaodong, and sent Chang Yuchun to recover Liaodong, and severely damaged Beiyuan in one fell swoop.

In order to stabilize the world, Liaodong even sent the Liao King to sit in town.

It's a pity that after a battle of Jingnan, the king of Sai moved inward, and Liaodong became the world of the frontier army.

Although the Liaodong area was close to Gyeonggi back then, it was under the jurisdiction of Shandong. Without others, it was too close to the Liaodong Peninsula and could be reached by boat.

The disadvantages are very obvious, and the long-arm jurisdiction can catch it well.

Today's Liaodong Provincial Administrative Organization has been established for a long time, and Wenxi, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, is even appointed as the governor of Liaodong Province, who is also in charge of North Korean affairs.

With the development of the past few years, as long as Liaodong is conquered, everything will naturally follow.

"Your Majesty prefers Li Yingren?"

Listening to the establishment of Liaodong Province, Lu Daqi said softly.

"how?"

"After all, Li Yingren came from the Li family in Liaodong..."

"Let me take care of it for two years!"

Yan Chongxin was noncommittal, and said directly: "When Liaodong is stable, it will be too late for me to come back."

……

The two had a long chat over there, while on the other side, the cabinet was silent.

Zhao Shu frowned heavily, drafting his opinion, as if he didn't care.

But in the middle hall, Zhu Yixi was not a little irritable, and her heart was always calm.

Turning around, I came to Zhao Shu's side: "Brother Shi."

"Brother Shoucheng, what's wrong?"

"There is something, but there is no irritability in my heart."

Zhu Yixi also went around and said directly.

"Calm down."

Zhao Shu said solemnly: "It's so hot inside, if you come up quietly, I'm afraid it will be biting cold."

"It's enough to be quiet."

Zhu Yixi sighed and could only sit on it.

Zhang Shenyan on the side kept his mouth shut, and his heart was turning a thousand times.

The power thing is too charming.

The next day, before a day of chatting, Lu Xiaoqi was officially worshiped as a junior scholar of Hua Gai Dian.

Since then, Lu Xiaoqi has officially joined the cabinet.

Before I stepped down as Minister of the Ministry of War, Lu Zhenfei, the former Governor of Western Liaoning, served as Minister of the Ministry of War.

Before that, Yan Yingyuan resigned from his post as Governor of Shuntian Prefecture and took up the post of Secretary of the Organization Department.

That leapfrog attracted the attention of the government and the public.

And the vacated official position has made many people rush, and people are busy.

At such an important moment, Zhengdan ushered in very slowly.

At the end of the new year, news came from Qichuan that Kang Wang Li Zijing, who was the capital of Ganzi, respectfully expressed his respect to the court, agreed to the conditions of ceding Qinghai, and was willing to join the tributary state system.

That one immediately made the imperial court jump like a dog.

The new school of literati headed by the Lifan Academy focused on interests and focused on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and believed that the so-called Kang Kingdom should be defined as a vassal state.

It is the best way to use Kang to check and balance Gushi Khan.

But the conservatives agree.

We believe that the intruder headed by Li Zicheng not only made the entire Central Plains miserable, but also forced to kill Emperor Chongzhen, almost causing Xiaoming to perish.

Although Li Zicheng is dead now, he still has to be responsible for him. He must be wiped out to dispel the hatred in his heart.

Such disputes have been quarreling from the winter solstice to the new year, but no results have been reached yet.

The cabinet did not comment.

Because we vaguely understand that the emperor inherited Xiaotong with a side branch, so naturally he didn't have too much hatred for the intruders, but because of the raging of the intruders, he gained a lot of benefits.

Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong's sons were all made marquises, what did Li Zijing care about?
Sure enough, the emperor's patience was exhausted, and he wanted to argue with those Qingliu again, so he directly allowed Kang Guo to be a vassal state.

As for Gushri Khan, I still knew about those things. Regarding the emperor’s invitation to the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama, I thought it over and finally agreed.

There is a way, twisting the arm is over the calf, it is a good thing to offend Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, for the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama of the Gelug Sect, being rewarded by the Ming Dynasty will definitely strengthen their status.

Zhengdan court meeting, but more silent than ever.

North Korea, Ryukyu, Japan, Annan, Heshuote Khanate, Chahar Khanate, Siam, and the Junggar tribe in the northwest region all sent envoys to congratulate the emperor on the New Year.

As for England, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and other seven western countries, they also sent envoys to congratulate them.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Rites, there are a total of [-] vassal countries participating in the Hajj this time, and there are countless other big countries.

That was the grand occasion since Chongzhen.

It is already far away to think about the time when all nations came to court during the Yongle period.

Of course, the reason for this is mainly because Xiao Ming's reputation is so good.

It was the second time to save North Korea when Kuang helped North Korea to its right position. Xiao Ming was too benevolent.

Who wants to have such a real father?

So even Japan sent a mission here to congratulate the new year. That was the official exchange between the two countries before the Japanese invasion.

The emperor was impatient.

Because those vassal states are very satisfied with the emperor's newly established vassal state rule, and still want to resume the tribute trade in the future.

It's good to be thin and thick.

It's a pity that Cha Guliang bought it. Even though the courtiers are talking about it, I still weakly demand that the subordinate country must agree to this.

Annan was trembling, and the envoys could only delay; the same is true for Ryukyu, who dared to talk less, but our vassal country just didn't care.

The mountains are low and the water is far away. Even if he wants to garrison troops, he has a way.

However, the next day, among the Ryukyu envoys, suddenly no one asked to see the officials of the Ministry of Rites in private, and explained the plight of Ryukyu.

If he dared to delay, he reported it to the Ministry of Rites in a blink of an eye, and then passed it to the emperor's ears.

"Your Majesty, since the 81st year of Wanli (1609), the Satsuma clan in Japan has coveted the tribute trade, weakly invaded and occupied your country's territory, and has controlled the government for seventy years."

"Your Majesty, the courtiers, are sometimes outraged, but why, the country is weak, so you have to bow and submit..."

"Thanks to Xiaoming's prosperity now, I hope that Your Majesty will display the military power of the Celestial Dynasty, restore your territory, and restore the state affairs."

The Ryukyu minister kowtowed like pounding garlic, which made him feel sad, his eyes were red, it was obvious that such humiliation was too joyful.

It's not too embarrassing for such an imposing country to be controlled by weak Japanese feudal clans.

"Satsuma?"

The emperor listened to my words and prepared to send sailors to help, but when I heard the seven characters Satsuma, I immediately understood that it was a nickname for Japan.

The Japanese shogunate is very afraid of it, and it is still like a target for the shogunate, and the cooperation of the two can solve the tension.

(End of this chapter)