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Chapter 271 Ryukyu Korea
Nanjing.

The Ministry of Industry received the emperor's approval and allocated funds from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and has begun to renovate the Forbidden City's fortifications.

The Ming Dynasty has a national treasury and a royal private treasury, but the renovation of the imperial palace is a national honor and a national project, so it is naturally allocated by the national treasury.

As for whether it will be a waste of people and money, the real waste of people and money is when the corvee is there.The government levied free corvee labor for projects and even paid no attention to food, thus delaying the farming season.

This is a waste of time and harms the people.

The Ming Dynasty has abolished corvee service. Even if the Six Ministries organize to renovate the palace, they still have to pay for it and cannot force it.

This is a matter of rules and regulations. At least in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty can abide by them.

Whoever disobeys it is because he thinks the emperor's knife is disadvantageous?

But at most it can be maintained while Zhu Yijiong is still alive. When he dies, and a few more emperors come to do it for a few more rounds, there will definitely be problems.

This is inevitable, no matter how good the system is, it needs people to implement it.And people not only become corrupt when dead, they also become corrupt while alive.

The renovation of the Forbidden City seems to be a huge project, but in fact only three main halls have been renovated so far. The main parts are still there, but they need major repairs. Building materials can be obtained from the temples.

Yes, it is the Putuo Mountain Fayu Temple that was demolished by Emperor Kangxi and renovated after the Nanjing Imperial Palace was demolished. Now it is nothing more than bringing back the demolished building materials.

Moreover, as soon as they heard that the Ministry of Industry was going to renovate the Forbidden City, the wealthy gentry families in various provinces, especially the dozen or so families that had been successfully selected as show girls, all took the lead in donating funds.

Let the Ministry of Household Affairs chip in, and the money for the renovation will come out... and there will still be a surplus.

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On the streets of Nanjing City.

The diplomatic missions from Ryukyu and Korea were led by officials and translators from Honglu Temple in the Ming Dynasty, stopping and going all the way to the guest house open to foreign vassals in Honglu Temple.

The envoys from the two countries did not come to pay tribute this time, but even came in private.

The normal tribute time for vassal states such as Ryukyu and Korea has always been from the end of the year to the beginning of the year.

The leaders of the Ryukyu mission are Cai Wen and Cheng Shunze, both of whom were born in Kume 36.

The Kume 36 surname, also known as the Fujian 36 surname, as the name suggests, is the Han family from Fujian who moved to Kume Island in Ryukyu (the name of the island comes from the Kume village of the 36 surname).

It was sent by Lao Zhu to facilitate the exchange of tribute, and it has always played an important role in the Ryukyu military and political system.

Until the Satsuma Domain invaded Ryukyu, the Kumi Han group began to be suppressed, and five families were even directly exterminated.

Passed down to later generations, there are actually only 25 surnames left.

Cai Wen and Cheng Shunze were not only born with Han surnames, but also occupied important positions in Ryukyu themselves.

Cai Wen is the national advisor to the current Ryukyu King Shōkyung (the post of national advisor only existed during this period). He created the Ryukyu Golden Age and was the first special case to become the third official (prime minister) as a Kumihan.

Previously, the three chief ministers were basically occupied by Shuri nobles and the king's cronies.

The latter, Cheng Shunze, was equally remarkable. This person imitated China and transformed Ryukyu official positions, corrected the unification of weights and measures, and greatly promoted the development of Confucianism.

In the "Five Great Men of Ryukyu" published by Japan, the names of Cai Wen and Cheng Shunze were included.

Of course, this time they led a team to Jiangnan to secretly pay a pilgrimage to the Ming Emperor.The main reason is that both of them are Han Chinese and familiar with Chinese culture.The former studied Yangming's philosophy of mind, while the latter was a Confucian master from Ryukyu.

Ryukyu King Nao Kei succeeded to the throne at the age of 13. He has already reached the age of pro-government and the age of ambition. This will inevitably conflict with the Satsuma clan, which actually controls Ryukyu.

Similarly, everyone will have ambitions, and even those who served as the leading party for the Satsuma clan will become increasingly dissatisfied with the Japanese who always manage them.

If it weren't for lack of strength, who would be willing to stay under others for a long time?

Except for the Zhao family...

In comparison, the North Korean mission is a little shabby.

Not only are there few people, the chief envoy Pu Wenxiu is also a little-known official.Even just this year, he passed the C-level course of the liberal arts course and was selected as the historian of Hanyuan.

And his ability to become the chief envoy of the envoy was due to his firm support of Wang Shidi Li Bing in the "Renyin Three Hands Prison" incident. The main role was the Shishi Shi Zhao Tailai.

But Li Bin still remembered him, who had the lowest official position.According to the timeline, in another year, King Li Yun of Joseon should die of illness.Moreover, before he died of illness, his younger brother Li Bin was forced to drink a bowl of ginseng soup to extend his life.

Ginseng soup is very effective. If you drink it one day, you will die the next day.

Li Bin avoided the sight of the Qing Dynasty and secretly sent a shabby envoy to pay homage to the Ming Dynasty emperor. His purpose was self-evident.

The envoys took the delegation to the Honglu Temple Guest House. The officials of Honglu Temple told them that they could visit Nanjing, but they needed to report. If they didn't report, they were not allowed to run around.

Later, the two countries sent envoys to perform Hajj and reported it to the cabinet.

The cabinet received the news and quickly began to collect and read information from the two countries.

This was the first real pilgrimage to a foreign vassal, and the one in Macau didn't count at all.

Although Honglu Temple is separated from the Ministry of Rites, its essential status is still the same as that of the Six Ministries, and it will eventually be consolidated with the cabinet.

After all, this is a foreign state matter, and the emperor can indeed decide it with a single word.

But I also learned that the cabinet will be consulted more often than not.

The memorial copy is to be sent to the emperor's case.

"Ok?"

Zhu Yijiong couldn't help but be a little surprised after reviewing it.

Cabinet vote: North Korea and Ryukyu are called Hajj. They have impure thoughts. Please make your decision.

Zhu Yijiong summoned Wang Li and other cabinet ministers and asked: "Why are North Korea and Ryukyu so impure in mind?"

Wang Li said: "Your Majesty, the Ryukyu Kingdom has been vassal to China since the Ming Dynasty, and it has also been vassal to the Japanese vassal state. Not to mention its head and two ends, it also annexed China and the Japanese vassal state. This is disrespectful."

"Furthermore, according to reports from the officials accompanying Honglu Temple, this Ryukyu mission is called Hajj, but every word of the mission is inquiring about the situation in China. They even cried loudly and complained that they were suffering from Japan. This is killing someone with a borrowed knife, and has sinister intentions."

"And this is even more true for North Korea. King Li Yun of North Korea is on the throne, and his younger brother Li Ban, although he is the younger brother of the king, secretly sent an envoy to North Korea without authorization. This has bad intentions."

Zhu Yijiong understood.

On the one hand, this Ryukyu envoy came to inquire about news and see if their old master, the Qing Dynasty, was really in trouble.By the way, he cried to Ming Dynasty and wanted to use Ming Dynasty's hand to put pressure on Japan.

Well, it is true that my mind is not pure.

And in North Korea, good guys, the one who sent the envoy was not the king, but Wang Shidi.

Zhu Yijiong nodded: "I see, Wang Qing took the trouble."

Wang Li handed over his hand and said, "I don't dare! Moreover, my Ming Dynasty's Fujian and Taiwan maritime merchants have reported too much. They often have restrictions on going to Ryukyu to do business, so I also ask your Majesty to deal with it."

Zhu Yijiong asked: "What does Wang Qing mean?"

Wang Li said: "Envoys from Ryukyu and North Korea can be summoned to give Ryukyu a beating, while North Korea can make appropriate gestures of goodwill."

Zhu Yijiong smiled when he heard this: "Haha, it seems that Wang Qing is not a rigid person?"

They beat up Ryukyu but show favor to North Korea, especially when they just said that the North Korean envoy was sent by Wang Shidi with bad intentions.

This is a preparation to win over North Korea. It is best if it can add obstacles to the puppet Qing Dynasty. If it cannot add obstacles, it will not suffer. Anyway, Ming Dynasty does not have to pay anything.

Wang Li took it as a matter of course and said: "National affairs are the most important thing, how can we be biased for a little selfishness?"

Zhu Yijiong nodded, thought for a moment and said: "I think there is no need to go to the trouble of beating this Ryukyu. Why don't we just send troops out once and for all?"

Send troops directly?

All four cabinet ministers were shocked.

　By the way, in fact, memorials are not exclusive to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty also called memorials. Only those handled by the Military Aircraft Department are called memorials and are special memorials.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)