15. New peach and old charm (3)
The Queen Mother's words not only recalled many years of friendly exchanges, but also focused on the current situation, it is indeed good, the king of Sulu hurriedly knelt down to thank him, saying that he did not dare to be, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Military Aircraft Minister Wen Xiang read out the holy decree again, canonized Dong Tailai as the king of Sulu, and the title of "Prince Yi", hereditary replacement, and jurisdiction over a total of 63 nearby islands, this is the beginning of the title of prince of the vassal king, the prince of the king added the title of the prince of the county, entered the dynasty to study, China built the port of Hele Island, and the merchants of Sulu entered the court tariff halved, and gave the king of Sulu a golden seal, so farAmong the vassals, in addition to Vietnam, North Korea, Myanmar and other countries, there is another vassal with a golden book and a golden seal, and the double certificates are complete, so it can be justified to come to fight the autumn breeze every year. ⊥,
Several Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy whispered, "This ritual character is excellent, and the etiquette, degree, and etiquette are also excellent, which shows the courteous behavior of the King of Sulu in serving the Celestial Empire." ”
"Yes, this ritual is really good, thinking that the king of Sulu used to give land to the Celestial Empire, and the Celestial Empire is rich all over the world, how can there be a reason to want the territory of the vassal land? Naturally, it was rejected by Emperor Gaozong, but the loyalty of this Sulu country should indeed be commended, and this ritual word also has a consistent meaning, right? ”
"Originally, the Ministry of Rites chose the word respect, but it was rejected by the Queen Mother."
"Oh? Why is that? ”
"Brother Wulin is blind, right? Don't you know that the one standing at the front has the word Gong and the word Gong together! ”
"Kyo? Respect? In this way, it also makes sense," a Hanlin snorted and snorted coldly, "The prime minister's yin and yang council king, how can a small vassal be an enemy." ”
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He also chose an old mansion on the shore of Shichahai to give to the king of Sulu to live in, and the rest of the trivial matters will not be discussed here, as for the port of Hele Island to be built into a military port suitable for the garrison of the sailors, everyone understands it needless to say.
Speaking of the matter about Wang Shizi's entry into Beijing to study, since Dong Tailai took the initiative to propose this, Qinghai has always felt that this matter is inappropriate, if it is to make the vassal think that he wants to rely on the hostage of the prince similar to the Warring States period to be held in China, it will be bad to cause the vassal to panic, but Dong Tailai is very sincere, and said a lot of heartfelt words: "This pilgrimage to the north, seeing the rich and powerful Celestial Empire, only to know that the subordinates are really sitting in the well and watching the sky on Hele Island, and they do not measure their own strength, the Celestial Empire is rich and powerful, and the subordinates have nothing to repay, so they can only put the dog on the side of the Son of Heaven, Instead of Xiao Wang's work of dogs and horses, loyal to the Celestial Empire, moreover, Xiao Wang also has some selfishness, the dog is fortunate to follow the Son of Heaven, if he can learn one or two ways to govern the country, and return to Sulu in the future, he will naturally be able to guard the South Seas for the Celestial Empire and resist the foreigners. ”
There is also some selfishness The king of Sulu did not say it, but everyone knows that the so-called close ministers of the Son of Heaven, from the dragon's work, if the prince has been staying by the side of the Son of Heaven, the emperor of the Celestial Empire, who has hundreds of millions of subjects, will still be able to treat the Sulu country badly when he thinks of the friendship of his classmates in the past? It's a good deal.
This thing is sleepy met the pillow, the queen mother also greatly appreciated the knowledge of the current affairs of the East Tailai, now in the Nanyang layout, just to this a main force, so he changed the constitution of the Li Fan Yuan, gave the title of the prince to the king of Sulu, and gave the title, so that the status of the East Tailai respected, the most beneficial thing for the Sulu country is to transfer all the islands south of Luzon Island in the Philippine Islands to the Sulu country, so that the Sulu country is not too bad from the territory, and the East Tailai should meet the requirements, including inviting the great Confucian to teach in Sulu and so on. These conditions are more affordable than coming to fight the autumn breeze once a year. Wang Shizi Dongjing entered the Hongde Hall to study, and as soon as Dongjing arrived at the Hongde Palace, although the Chinese Chaozhou accent was very strong, he could barely understand it, and he was very fond of the Confucian classics.
Another Dongtai came to ask for a major minister to sit on Hele Island, but it was rejected by the Military Aircraft Department, after all, it is a vassal subordinate, if there is a minister like the Emperor Taishang stationed there, wouldn't it be the same as the country?
Although these conditions have been discussed before, Dong Tailai is now very moved when he hears it, which is for the Sulu country, which is deeply oppressed by the Spaniards, but after a long drought, Dong Tailai hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, "The ministers have another matter to tell the emperor of the Celestial Empire." ”
"Oh?" Emperor Tongzhi was a little interested in King Sulu, who did not play according to the routine, "Prince Yi, please speak." ”
"Your subordinates, please dedicate the Sulu Kingdom Atlas to the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, and the Sulu Kingdom is willing to submit to China and become a state and county of the Celestial Empire!"
For a while, the palace of ministers buzzed, and the old prime minister of Sulu was taken aback, and wanted to step forward to stop it, but he was shocked by the majesty of the Celestial Empire in the Qianqing Palace, and did not dare to make a move, the king of Sulu did not think it moved, "In the past, the Sulu Kingdom regarded the Celestial Empire as the mainstay, and repeatedly earnestly incorporated into China, and now the little king sees the weather of the Celestial Empire, and he is really yearning, so please ask the emperor to accept the land of Sulu, and Sulu will always be in the Celestial Empire!" (To be continued......)