Moreover, in addition to external threats and influences, there are also problems within the Nanyang region.

Among the countries in the South China Sea, the Mada Blue Sultanate is undoubtedly the most powerful and has a large population. It was able to be on par with the Dutch colonists back then, and it besieged Batavia several times.

After the Dutch were driven away, the empire once had plans to colonize Java, and the Mazda Sultanate was the biggest obstacle. However, at that time, the official colonization behavior had stopped and only the imperial merchants raised funds. However, due to the limited size and ability, the domestic disgust of colonial behavior was finally left alone.

But the empire completely collected the Dutch's power and territory on Java, and the Madalan Sultanate has always asked the empire to return the land occupied by the Dutch. Obviously, this is impossible, and there is no reason to spit out the things that were swallowed.

After that, the Sultanate of Madalan has been in a state of political and economic heat with the empire. Madalan announced that it would not pay tribute to the empire, maintain its independent status, and not become a vassal state of the empire. Once one step is made, it belongs to the first part east of Malacca.

However, the Ma attacked the Blue Sultanate and did not dare to provoke the empire. Its manifestation was that on the one hand, it kept a distance from the empire, but it did not dare to introduce Western forces to confront the empire. It has always refused to trade with European countries.

But in terms of economy, the two sides have close contacts. Java Island has very fertile land, Madalan is the largest grain exporter in the Nanyang region, and tropical crops such as spices are also quite competitive.

However, in the past two years, the Madalan Sultanate has become somewhat difficult to control. After making a territorial request to the empire, it actually decided to develop eastward, first annexing the Sultanate of Cialiben, a small country within Java, and then turned to attack the Bali Kingdom.

Although the Bali Kingdom quickly declared itself a vassal of the empire and preserved its regime, the Madalan Sultanate occupied part of its land and was not returned.

Similarly, in Mindanao and the surrounding waters of southern Luzon, the Makingdao Sultanate also fought a war with the Sulu Sultanate. The Makingdao Sultanate once defected to the Spanish colonists, and Spain once severely damaged the Sulu Sultanate. The Sulu Sultanate was in a friendly state with the empire in the pre-imperial era.

The founding sultan of the Sulu Sultan of this dynasty was rescued by the Supreme Emperor Li Mingxun from the Spanish slave camp in Guam. Later, his subordinate Weizier rebelled, and Li Mingxun also asked the Imperial Navy to escort the prince who was studying in the empire back to restore the country.

From the second generation, the Sulu Sultanate became stronger and once destroyed several small countries on Mindanao. At that time, this behavior was supported by the empire. After all, the relationship between the two sides was very friendly at that time, and the expansion of the Sulu Sultanate was the market for imperial commodities.

However, more than ten years ago, the Majingdanau Sultanate was restored, repeatedly defeated the Sulu Sultanate, and reoccupied most of the land on Mindanao. Both sides were in a state of war.

On Sumatra, several small countries are fighting constantly, and there is no time for peace in the South China Sea.

In recent times, wars in Southeast Asia have become more and more powerful, and the intensity is gradually increasing for many reasons.

Some monarchs, especially the Madlan Sultan, were full of desire to expand, and this monarch's expansion behavior was the direct cause of war. However, the inaction and arbitrage of the empire were also important reasons.

Because these sultans are linked to various appeasement zones, the chief officers of these appeasement zones are all military officers of the army and navy. The officers are most familiar with military affairs, not economics and diplomatic affairs, and naturally they are willing to see the managed areas in chaos.

The more war there is, the higher the value and status of soldiers will be. This is an indisputable fact.

On the other hand, domestic merchants also played a role in fueling the fire. Not to mention, how did these small countries get so many weapons, and where did they buy weapons from where they get the money. A large part of the reason is that the monarchs of various countries borrow money from the empires.

This kind of loan is not public, neither borrowing from the Imperial Government nor from the Imperial Bank, but from some wealthy merchants in the Imperial Empire.

Because Nanyang is full of feudal regimes, the trade volume with the empire has not been large, and the war has increased.

Obviously, all interests are short-term. In the long run, the chaos in Nanyang is harmful to the empire.

Yipin Tangchi.

This is a soup pool located in the prosperous place of Shenjing. After the Suez Project, Turkish steam baths began to become popular in the empire. Steaming saunas, a social activity that has been around since the Zhou Dynasty, was revived in the empire, and Li Junwei is a person who likes steaming saunas.

Li Junwei, lying on the bed, was enjoying the push-back service provided by the technician. His stiff neck began to soothe because the technician's pinching began to soften, and he made a comfortable moan.

"Not it, third brother, is it that comfortable?" Lin Junhong asked with a smile while sitting in the pond, drinking a small wine.

"Who knew that sitting in the office was so tiring, even more tiring than his mother's war. I haven't suffered so much in the years overseas," said Li Junwei.

This time when he returned to Beijing, Li Junwei was forced to enter work. He was willing to come back by himself and throw his two sons into school to watch the two sons' restrained fun. Who knew that after going to work this time, his butt also grew on an office chair. Every day, he had endless documents, endless meetings, and endless subordinates.

"It's been a pain for you. If you weren't for your return, I'm afraid the Nanyang storm would fall on me." Lin Junhong said proudly. When Li Junwei returned, his life was obviously much easier.

Li Junhua came out of the bathroom, wrapped in a bath towel, and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"The matter in Nanyang." Lin Junhong hurriedly said.

Li Junhua sat on the marble steps, tidied up his hair in the mirror, and asked, "How is it, the third brother, do you have any eyebrows?"

Li Junwei has been irresponsible for Nanyang affairs for many years, and after taking over, it will definitely take time to get familiar with the situation. But in fact, the emperor and King Cheng are not very familiar with each other. Nanyang affairs are rarely mentioned to the imperial meeting for discussion.

"There is a general idea. The first point is that the control of the Nanyang area by the navy and the army must be completely lifted. I found that many things are just that these guys are looking for trouble for nothing." Li Junwei immediately got up.

He found a glass of juice from the table and drank it on his own. Lin Junhong said: "The situation in Southeast Asia is more complicated. Is it too reckless to lift the appeasement system?"

The South Ocean is not only a province of small kingdoms and empires, but also a special area where there is no regime established. These areas are either located in the eastern part of the South Ocean, such as the Maluku Islands, which was the place where the three kingdoms of Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands competed for, and that is the famous Spice Islands.

The original regime was destroyed during the colonial era, or after the empire replaced the colonists. The local indigenous people did not belong to the imperial citizens, so it was obvious that it was difficult to rule in the establishment of provinces.

There is also the area around Green Bird Island, which is the island of New Guinea in later generations. It was originally called Green Bird Island. Later, because many islands in the Pacific were called this name, it was changed. Because the shape of the island is similar to a bird, it is called Green Bird Island.

The island is full of land, and many of them are still cannibals. Obviously, it cannot establish a province.

"What I mean is to lift the appeasement zone and separate the Nanyang region. All civilized regimes such as sultanate countries and kingdoms are directly responsible for establishing diplomatic relations. As for the places, they are handed over to the Ministry of Overseas Affairs and the Ministry of Overseas Affairs to govern. In this way, some structures of the appeasement zone can be left directly, but active military officers are not allowed to manage the place." Li Junwei said.

The Ministry of Overseas Affairs is essentially an empire's colonial institution, and it is actually more appropriate to manage these places. However, the Ministry of Overseas Affairs was established relatively late, and at that time, the sphere of influence in Southeast Asia had been divided up, so naturally there was no qualification to intervene.

The Ministry of Overseas Affairs is also a special department. In name, it belongs to the cabinet. Its minister has been served as deputy prime minister of the cabinet for a long time. However, in fact, it is the base camp of King Yu Li Junwei. As long as he returns to China, he will work in the Ministry of Overseas Affairs.

The Ministry of Overseas Affairs is also special. This department is close to the military and the Chinese government. A large number of people with military backgrounds hold important positions, but they only have military backgrounds. Unless the emperor directly appoints, the rest must retire from active service if they enter.

"I think this is good. It is also beneficial to withdraw all the military personnel from the local governance," Li Junhua directly expressed his support. He did not care at all about his younger brother pulling the territory under his hands. It has been proved over the past few decades that King Yu is good at using power, but he has no power ambitions.

Those with power ambitions will only enjoy the sweetness of power, rather than complaining about power in front of their superiors that make them stiff.

"It's okay to say these uncivilized places. The real key is those places that have been civilized and civilized, and those large and small regimes are troublesome, especially those sultanate countries." Li Junwei sighed.

In fact, the empire's control over the Nanyang region has not been completely ineffective in recent years, especially under the appeasement zone system, strong control has achieved remarkable results, one of which is that it has controlled the further expansion of the power of the Tianfang Cult.

After the colonists of the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal successively withdrew from the Nanyang region, a vacuum of religious power appeared here. Because the empire had no state religion, the local religions and localized religions of the empire faced the three Christian sects and the two major sects of Tianfang sects in terms of missionary preaching, which was simply a scattered tree.

Polytheism is no match for the Monotheism in controlling people's hearts.

The reason why the Empire quickly provided support after the Bali Kingdom was attacked by the Sultanate of the Horse-Battle Blue was because the Bali Kingdom was a Hindu country. Once it was annexed by the Horse-Battle Blue, it would quickly become a place where the Tianfang Cult has the advantage.

The empire in the appeasement zone of Nanyang controlled some primitive religious areas or protected Christianity left by the colonists because these areas were either low in civilization or weak in religious power and were no match for the Tianfang Cult at all.

"In fact, the existing tribute system of vassal states has lagged far behind the times, and I have always been determined to solve this problem. But you also know that I have lacked effective contact with diplomacy over the years. However, foreign relations are sometimes better than doing it if it is not done.

Because as long as you make changes, you may make mistakes, and we are not yet at the point where we need to change.” Li Junhua said.

The tribute system is because the empire has an absolute advantage in power and civilization in the Eastern civilized world. Other countries are full of yearning for the empire and want to be protected by the empire. Before the empire, this system actually rarely had violent acts, but it still belongs to an unequal dry cleaning.

After the establishment of the empire, the rapid reconstruction of the tribute system was more about the protection of Eastern countries from the empire's invasion and colonization, which was completely different from the ritual and orderly relationship of previous dynasties.

After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he left behind a large number of unsuccessful countries. However, the empire's external conquest and non-succession were not completely controlled by the emperor. Capitalists needed a market and would affect the empire's strategy. In order to avoid becoming a colony and avoid being forced to establish a country by the empire, they simply became a vassal state, which relieved all dangers.

At present, the tribute system has not reached its end, but it is becoming increasingly unacceptable. However, Li Junhua has never given up without hitting the wall. When the foreign vassal was reorganized, the foreign vassal system was also on the rise, and it was far from being exhausted. However, because it was beneficial to the empire and because it found a suitable solution, Li Junhua still took the initiative to promote it.

"This is a big thing, and it cannot be solved in a short period of time. But nothing can be done, so I plan to go deeper into the issue of textile quota and slowly solve it." Li Junwei said.

Li Junhua frowned: "You mean to solve Guangnan and Japan's countries first?"

Important strategies of the empire, especially in terms of internal affairs, often carry out pilot projects, select one or two provinces and pilot projects in the appeasement zone, and only then will it be implemented with good results. However, there is no such case in diplomacy. After hearing Li Junwei's statement, Li Junhua guessed from this.

Li Junwei shook his head: "I mean, in the name of solving economic problems, solve political problems. As long as there is a political structure, other problems will be added to the roots."

“Tell me in detail.”

Li Junwei said: "Guangnan and Japan have textile quota issues with us, but other countries are not without them. For example, in the information submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Empire and Annan reached cooperation on coal and textile issues.

Zhen La and Siam also hope that the empire can protect the rice share..."

Annan is the northern part of Vietnam. It can be said to be the closest place to Chinese civilization. Its political structure and civilization can be called Little China, and the same is true in terms of economy, a complete small peasant economy. Therefore, Annan imposes heavy taxes on the empire's textiles to prevent industrial textiles from shattering the rural economy.
Chapter completed!