第三十三章            海上新秩序

Zhou Mengchen's thoughts rolled in his heart and said, "If I remember correctly, this is the second time that Zhongshanwang has mentioned this matter."

Shang Yuan said: "It is precisely because this is the ardent hope of the Ryukyu that Xiao Wang dared to overestimate himself and ask the adults repeatedly. He also asked the adults for compliment."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Since that's the case, let alone the prince's contribution to the last time he reported the letter, how can I not be sure of the friendship between the two countries? But the prince also knew that the Celestial Empire had always treated the vassal states with great favor and was a great love, even unprecedented in ancient and modern times. The court never greed for the vassal states, but now he is rashly stationed outside. He knows that it was the prince's request, but he doesn't know that the Celestial Empire would be greedy for a mere Ryukyu, which hurts the court's credit, but it would be bad."

When Shang Yuan heard "just." he knew something was wrong. Sure enough, he heard the following words and immediately became a little anxious. He said, "Sir, this is our Ryukyu sincerely. There is no intention of slandering the Celestial Empire."

Zhou Mengchen said, "I didn't say yes, either. Let me think about it."

Zhou Mengchen pretended to be together and wandered, and Shang Yuan's eyes beads almost touched Zhou Mengchen's face. Zhou Mengchen felt that the time was almost right and said, "I have it. Let's do it, Zhongshanwang sends a Ryukyu army and a large army to join the army. I will leave a group of troops to guard Ryukyu."

Shang Yuan was shocked for a moment and said, "Sir, what does this mean? I, Liuqiu people, are not trained, but are just mobs, and they are not as useful as heavenly soldiers. Even if I follow the battle, it is useless."

In fact, Shang Yuan was so eager to let the imperial garrison garrison, but he might not have no little thoughts. With the Ming garrison, the Ryukyu army might be further dismantled. The political system of Ryukyu is still very primitive, and many positions are hereditary. Just like the 36 surnames of Fujian from the Ming Dynasty have been in charge of the exchanges with the Ming Dynasty for generations, while other nobles of Ryukyu also have things that they have to be in charge of for generations.

And the army is the same.

Before ascending the throne, Shang Yuan was in the Imperial College in Nanjing for many years and only returned after his father passed away.

With the support of the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu decided not to dare to rebel. However, not daring to rebel is still different from being honest and obedient.

What Shang Yuan thought was that as soon as the Ming garrison arrived, he could use his power to tigress, rectify the Ryukyu, and make himself the real Ryukyu king.

In Shang Yuan's opinion, it was simply incredible to send the Ryukyu army to the expedition. In fact, the Ryukyu army still has some combat effectiveness and some examples of fighting pirates, but Shang Yuan, an international student, said that his country's army was a scumbag.

Of course. Compared with the elite soldiers trained by Zhou Mengchen, he is really a scumbag.

Zhou Mengchen also knew that the Ryukyu army was very poor. Although he only took ashore, he looked at the Ryukyu army and saw that the army that was full of people and young people together, from personnel quality to training to organization, could it have any combat effectiveness.

Zhou Mengchen didn't care what combat effectiveness the Ryukyu army could exert, just treat it as more civilians.

He was also looking forward to the imperial garrison so earnestly in Shangyuan, and suddenly realized that perhaps the Ming Dynasty's prestige was not very useful in Nanyang, but it was still quite useful for Ryukyu and Korea-Xian.

Then he naturally has to make use of this prestige.

How to use it?

That is to create a new maritime order that is conducive to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty needed to control the sea rather than control these countries. Similarly, the Ming Dynasty generally did not pay much attention to maritime affairs, and Ryukyu and North Korea did not actually attach much importance to it.

So is it possible that several countries will unite to jointly maintain maritime order and form a unified market, that is, to share some benefits with other countries in maritime trade.

It seems that there is no monopoly, but in essence, the size of the Ming Dynasty can definitely make the greatest benefit in this unified market and reduce maintenance costs. It allows countries to spontaneously maintain the new maritime order established by the Ming Dynasty.

Some people may think that Ryukyu has only a few hundred thousand people, which is not as good as a county in China. What is the role of it?

Indeed, Ryukyu's primary school country is a country. But after all, it is a country, and its biggest role is to demonstrate.

Zhou Mengchen's target was not Ryukyu, but Korea-Korean and Japan.

This time, I will definitely deal with North Korea and Korea. Although the North Korea-Korean country is a little small in size, it is at least a province in China. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty will not have too many troops to stay in Japan in the future. At that time, other forces will be introduced, such as the North Korean army.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty could not destroy Japan, so what method should be used to get along with the Japanese in the future? There must be a set of models. Zhou Mengchen even planned to recruit soldiers from Japan. There must be a comprehensive solution together.

Zhou Mengchen said to Shang Yuan: "I went to sea to inspect Japan on behalf of the emperor, not for war, but for peace. Since more than ten years, Japanese pirates have risen, not only the Ming Dynasty has been hit, but also the Ryukyu is uneasy, and North Korea has also killed. This is caused by the loss of the Japanese country and the lack of masters of the artifact."

"The sea is so big and vast. If you want to eliminate pirates, you cannot only work in the Celestial Empire. All countries must do their best. I want to persuade North Korea, Korea and Japan to jointly send troops to establish an army to encircle and suppress pirates, and can act along the coasts of various countries. As long as Ryukyu joins it, you will be protected by the Celestial Empire. The Ryukyu army is just symbolic. Although the Ryukyu country is small, you can't do anything without any strength in this matter."

Shang Yuan's eyes turned and said, "As long as you join, can't countries invade each other?"

Zhou Mengchen nodded and said, "Of course, there is supervision from the court. If there is any problem, the court will naturally deal with it. Moreover, when the Ryukyu army arrives in the court army, generals can be sent to train well to improve combat effectiveness."

Cheng Yuan was overjoyed and said, "Mr. Xiao Wang Xie was willing to promote the whole country to respond to the imperial court's claim. As long as there are Ryukyu, even if you speak, Xiao Wang will agree."

How could Shang Yuan not know who the biggest enemy of Ryukyu is? It is Japan. As long as Japan is honest, Ryukyu will not be in any other danger. If participating in the coalition forces is really as good as Zhou Mengchen said. Ryukyu is really a big deal, and they must maintain their position in the coalition forces.

Zhou Mengchen nodded and said, "You are kind to you, I thank the court on behalf of the court, but the court never entrusts the vassal states for no reason. As mentioned just now, just send an army first."

In his heart, Zhou Mengchen gave a new framework to the future governor of the North and South Oceans. The future governor of the North and South Oceans, their troops would definitely not only be the army of the Ming Dynasty, but also the army of various overseas vassal states.

This has led to a large-scale drop in costs.

But this way, there were new requirements for the political skills of the two governors. Similarly, Zhou Mengchen was also worried that this model was easy to use between Beiyang, namely, Korea, Ryukyu, and Japan.

Korea-Korean and Ryukyu were both loyal ministers and filial sons of the Ming Dynasty. Japan was still in a split and could be defeated. The matter was solved. But Nanyang is different, and the situation in Nanyang is too chaotic.

If the Ming Dynasty intervenes, no one will be willing.

"There must be a road before the car arrives at the mountain." Zhou Mengchen said in his heart: "Don't worry about the affairs of Nanyang for now, let's get the Beiyang here first." After he sent the Ryukyu Zhongshan King, he immediately summoned civil servants of Xu Wei, Hu Zongxian, Tang Shunzhi and other big and small things. He told them his own thoughts.

Zhou Mengchen asked, "What do you think?"

Xu Wei spoke first and said, "Since ancient times, the great powers are ministers and small countries. The imperial court summoned vassal states here, so they should send troops. There is no problem with this. The most important thing here is Korea-Korean. Will Korea-Korean obey the orders of the adults to send troops? If there is only one Ryukyu, it is just a good product. Korea-Korean has channels to directly connect to the Da Nei."

Zhou Mengchen understood that Korea-Xian and Ryukyu are different from Ryukyu. The connection between Ryukyu and the court is all at sea. For Ryukyu, Zhou Mengchen is their only medium for contacting the Ming court. But Korea-Xian is different. Korea-Xian can contact the Ming court through other roads. Many things will be reported to the court, and Zhou Mengchen is not so free to do things.

And the court supports this matter? This is also a problem.
Chapter completed!