The next day was already the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, and the palace was completely dressed up, and it happened that there was no wind and snow in the past few days, and the palace was also dressed up extremely festive. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

But on such a day, Yun Xi had to get up early in the morning and go to the Qianqing Palace to discuss things. Yun Xi himself actually wants to rest, but who made the first day of the Lunar New Year the time to meet with the envoys of Fanguo? How Yun Xi treats them, at least until then, he has to fulfill a charter. And tomorrow is the 29th day of the lunar month, and there is no free time, so we must discuss it today.

When Yun Xi came to the Qianqing Palace, his cronies Qi Tai, Lian Zining, Chen Xingshan, Chen Di, Violent Zhao, Li Ren, Jing Qing and others had already arrived, and the next group of people that Yun Xi had deliberately cultivated, Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi, Jian Yi, Huang Huai, Xia Yuanji, etc., were also standing in the room.

When they saw Yun Xi coming in, they were all busy greeting her. Yun Xi waved his hand and said, "No need to be formal, I want to have a good year, and you also want to spend more time with your parents and family, so let's discuss it directly." ”

Yun Xi then sat down and said, "Let's discuss first, do you want to crown Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as the king of Fuso?" ”

Lian Zining first said: "Your Majesty, since there is still a so-called emperor in Fuso, then there is its orthodoxy, although it is a passover to call himself emperor, but he can order the king of his country to abolish the title of emperor, but he cannot crown Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as the king of Fuso." ”

Chen Xingshan also said: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Brother Lian's opinion. There is a monarch in Fuso, but Ashikaga Yoshimitsu deceived my Ming Dynasty, not only could not crown him as the king of Fuso, but wanted to issue an edict to reprimand him. ”

Yun Xi listened to their words and did not speak, but after glancing around, he saw that Qi Tai seemed to have a different opinion, so he asked, "Qi Qing, do you have any different opinions?" ”

Qi Tai said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Brother Lian and Brother Chen said is reasonable, but what should I do if Ashikaga Yoshimitsu publicly deposes the monarch of his country, and then sends someone to ask me to crown him as the king of Fuso?" ”

Jingqing said: "Then what else can I do? Of course ......" but halfway through his speech, he suddenly stuck.

Jingqing originally wanted to say: Of course I can't accept it, His Majesty has not yet recognized Hu Yiyuan (formerly known as Hu Ji?) of Annan. How can you agree to canonize Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as the king of Fuso?

But Jing Qing immediately remembered that the first thing Yun Xi did to the outside world after succeeding to the throne was to recognize the throne of the Joseon King of Korea Li Chenggui and Li Fangyuan's father and son, although their family was renamed Zhu, but they also recognized their throne.

So Jing Qing didn't dare to continue.

Yun Xi also understood what Jing Qing meant, so he didn't ask.

But Lian Zining said: "Your Majesty, the matter of Fusang is different from that of North Korea. The matter of Korea was that the first Goryeo State offended our great prestige, so the first emperor acquiesced in the establishment of Yi Sung-gye as the monarch of Korea. ”

"But there is no such thing in the country of Fuso, so it's not easy to compare."

Qi Tai said: "Your Majesty, before the Fuso Kingdom refused to pay tribute to my Ming Dynasty, and there were still Japanese Kou across the sea, now if Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is willing to call the minister and pay tribute, and is willing to depose the monarch of his country and become the official monarch, then it is very similar to the matter of Korea, and it can be compared. ”

Lian Zining said: "No. The Korean state is extremely deferential to our country, but what about Fuso? Although Hongwu also sent envoys to our Ming Dynasty in the last years, but only two or three times, North Korea has sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty twice a year since Hongwu 241 years. ”

"How can the position of my Ming vassal country be so easily granted to them?" The two of them are a little bit of a-for-tat.

Yun Xi listened to Lian Zining's words and felt that it was very reasonable: How could the status of a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty be easily allowed? That's not worth much. Yun Xi Ke is different from Zhu Di, although he has no idea of sending troops to recruit Fusang, but Yun Xi attaches great importance to the status of the vassal state.

For Yun Hee, if he accepted a country's request to become a vassal state, he had to take responsibility. In case other countries dared to attack the vassal states or the vassal states went to war with each other, the Ming Dynasty had to bravely send troops to maintain order when verbal persuasion did not work. It's as if after the United States formed two alliances in the North Atlantic and the Western Pacific respectively after World War II, when its allies were threatened, it really sent troops to deal with it head-on.

However, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is also limited, and it cannot be wasted in the hands of these vassal states; The logic of an agricultural country is also different from that of an industrial country, so Yun Xi has to think twice about every new vassal state except for the country that has been recognized so far.

Yun Xi thought for a moment and then said, "If Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is willing to depose the monarch of the country and formally establish himself as king, and is also willing to restrain the Japanese Emperor, then I can canonize him as the king of Fuso." ”

"But," Yun Xi continued before Lian Zining could speak, "You can't give the status of a vassal state to Fusang so easily, you have to apply for it again and again. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites, I will refuse the request of the Fuso envoy this time, but you must tell the Fuso envoy vaguely what I mean. ”

To put it simply, the Ming Dynasty has to take care of both the inside and the face, and he can't clearly tell the Fuso envoy that we take care of the face, otherwise there will be no face. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites was responsible for making this meaning clear to the envoys of Fuso, but the words could not be said too clearly. Therefore, the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites is great.

Chen Di also understood this truth, bowed down and said, "The minister knows." ”

After that, Yunxi began to discuss with them about the title of the new country for Zhu Mo.

Since Zhu Mo is going to be the monarch of the Three Buddhas, the original name of King Shen is of course inappropriate; And it is neither appropriate nor pleasant to call the king of the Three Buddhas, so it is necessary to take another one.

This issue is not very important, and although everyone actively put forward suggestions, the anger that was just discussed about Fuso is gone.

Li Ren, Qi Tai, Jian Yi, Yang Shiqi and others put forward their own suggestions one after another, but Yun Xi didn't think it sounded good and didn't adopt it.

In the end, Xie Jin said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the island where the Three Buddhas are located is called Suvendana, and there is another Sumatra, so it is better to change the title of His Royal Highness King Shen to King Su." ”

Yun Xi felt that this name sounded much better than the names just mentioned, so he said, "Let's change it to King Su." ”

After that, some issues were discussed, and after discussing the most anxious issues, Yun Xi saw that it was not too early, and returned to the harem after having lunch with them.