When Zhu Di heard Zhu Di's question, Zhu Qi was so bolt from the blue. If there weren't too many people around him, he would immediately give Zhu Di a peanut.

"Don't talk nonsense, what kind of relationship do I have with my elder brother? How could I do such a thing?"

After Zhu Qi finished speaking viciously, Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"I'll just say that it's just a rumor that others are talking nonsense. If the third brother had the plan to fight for the throne, how could he not tell me?"

Zhu Di's expression of "I am a good helper from my third brother" also made Zhu Qi speechless.

Zhu Qi even felt that if he had rebelled today, Zhu Di would probably follow him tonight.

But rebellion is absolutely impossible. I live so happy in my young life, and the prince Zhu Biao is still alive. Who has nothing to do? Rebellion?

The ceremony of the grand dynasty meeting continued there. After the officials entered the court, they soon heard someone shouting, "The Emperor is here!".

Then, behind a long list of emperor ceremonies, Zhu Yuanzhang, wearing a crown suit, walked out with great strides.

After seeing the emperor, the other officials shouted long live in unison and bowed.

After the etiquette, a group of foreign envoys with different costumes walked into the hall under the guidance of a eunuch.

Many of the envoys were familiar faces, and Zhu Qi also knew them. They were naturally very respectful to His Highness the King of Liao.

However, at this time, they were still looking at Zhu Yuanzhang on the table. After all, the emperor was still in front of them, so they didn't dare to look around randomly.

Everyone knelt down and shouted in unison.

They were Gentile envoys, and they came here mainly to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. The tribute between countries was still a process of mutual trading at this time.

The Ming Dynasty naturally suffered a little loss, and the things they gave were more expensive than what they brought with them.

However, there are many benefits in exchange, such as international diplomatic support.

Also, when the army passes by their border, it can obtain various supplies and make them recognize that the Ming Dynasty is the sect leader.

The international reputation that comes from this is also very important.

For example, when Zhu Qi prevented Naha from annexing the grassland tribe last time.

These sub-countries have helped the Ming Dynasty more than once. Even though they did not send troops to pay, they have put a lot of effort into public opinion.

Those requests were sent to Naha's place, but Naha's place was scared at once.

No matter what, Zhu Yuanzhang saw the ministers in front of him kneeling and saluting, his face was full of smiles.

Then they were given a seat on their own, and the envoys from foreign countries took their seats.

Soon, music started playing again, and then there were singing and dancing performances, which were naturally all things that had been arranged long ago.

Zhu Yuanzhang also brought people to serve wine, food and delicacies. Today's grand dynasty meeting is very different from the previous dynasty meetings.

The wine that comes is not something for everyone to eat, but for everyone to watch.

The great dynasty meeting not only demonstrates the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, but also prays for good weather and prosperity in the coming year, so it is naturally a grand event.

The major affairs of the country are only sacrifices and wars.

So the wine and meat served today are actually used for sacrifices, and they don’t look like they have a lot of appetite. They are just the water meat that comes strictly in accordance with the rules and regulations.

Of course, these things are edible, but the taste is really not satisfactory.

Zhu Qi tore it a little and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it like wax paper, and it also had a fishy smell.

Just spit it out and put it under the table, as if nothing had happened.

Then there were a series of rituals to sacrifice the sky, as well as rituals to sacrifice, etc.

Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor who started his career as a commoner. He attached the most importance to etiquette and believed that the emperor should be like an emperor. These ancestors began to have etiquette, so naturally they would not discard it.

Under the command of the etiquette officials, a series of rituals and processes were completed, and the last step was to the heavenly sacrifice ceremony.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very old and did not look tired at this time.

Zhu Qi secretly felt in his heart that his father was in good health. He was a little tired even when sitting on the chair.

Today's Ming Dynasty is naturally full of glory, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty is suppressed and beaten by the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Baobao suffered another defeat under the King of Liao.

Needless to say, the envoys who came to congratulate the Ming Dynasty, each of them congratulated the Ming Dynasty.

I hope to be granted the title of the Ming emperor and become a tribute state of the Ming Dynasty, and to ensure that my throne is stable.

After all, with the protection of the Ming Dynasty, if civil strife occurs in the country, the Ming Dynasty will definitely not ignore it.

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally would not refuse such a request, and the leaders who requested the canonization were also granted the canonization one by one.

This is naturally a great opportunity for the Ming Dynasty to swear sovereignty.

In name, they recognized Zhu Yuanzhang as their emperor, and their territory was naturally the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, the Buddhist kingdoms on the plateau have the largest number, and after controlling the plateau.

The Silk Road to Central Asia was basically under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Northern Yuan forces in the north should not be underestimated. If the Ming Dynasty wants to form a large-scale caravan, they have to completely resolve their threat.

In fact, Zhu Qidu had already discussed with Zhu Yuanzhang about the idea of ​​forming a caravan to go to Central Asia for trade.

This is a huge income. You should know that in the West, the demand for Chinese tea porcelain and silk is still very huge.

When sailing cannot be developed everyday, there is no need to say much about the benefits of the Silk Road.

The Maritime Silk Road, which is through the Southeast Asian Peninsula, continues to reach India along the coastline and then to the Arabian Peninsula. This route can also be developed.

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty has discovered the American continent now. If it doesn’t open up maritime silk routes, it would be a bit of a waste.

You should know that this is a lot of benefits. If all the people in Central Asia are intermediaries and make the difference, it would be better to organize a team by Ming Dynasty and go to the West to conduct trade and business.

But this will definitely be blocked by those in Central Asia.

Then there will inevitably be another conflict, and some people will definitely oppose it, saying that the Maritime Silk Road is exhausting the people and causing money, and a dispute with others will only increase casualties.

These people are really bad at brains. The benefits brought by the Silk Road are unimaginable. If you give up such great benefits just to worry about others fighting with you, that is, you will be unconscious.

Zhu Qi also knew that this was not a trivial matter. The Maritime Silk Road would definitely cause conflicts between the Ming Dynasty and Central Asia, especially the Timur Empire.

Now the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty are still in a difficult position to separate. Although the Timur Empire is just starting, the talented and magnificent Timur has grown up and is still moving forward with the young empire.

It will be in its peak period in less than 10 years.

Zhu Qi also knew that if the Ming Dynasty did not arrange the Beiyuan side properly and went to provoke Timur, this would definitely not be the best strategy.

So Zhu Qi planned to wait until the situation stabilized before talking about this.

While Zhu Qi was sitting there thinking about these things, he suddenly heard someone calling his name.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Zhu Qi suddenly came across his mind and looked to the side, only to find that it was a minister who was calling him, and the other ministers also looked at him.

It turned out that when Zhu Yuanzhang was worshiping the sky, he called himself up and stood with Zhu Biao to complete the ceremony together.

Zhu Qi hurriedly stood up, bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him, and then said respectfully:

"Father is not in line with the etiquette."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and pulled Zhu Qi's wrist, then said:

"What's wrong with etiquette? This is what your elder brother means. We are all a family. You are the best one in our Lao Zhu family. I asked you to follow me to worship your ancestors. I also hope that you will continue to maintain this Beiyuan. We are still waiting for you to clean up for him."

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, when he saw Zhu Biao with a smiling face beside him, Zhu Qi could only stand up with his teeth and walk towards the stage.

He saw all the civil and military officials watching from the audience. As Zhu Yuanzhang's third son, Liao King Zhu Qi actually stood with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and then began a ceremony to worship heaven and ancestors.

Two years ago, Zhu Qi just looked away from the audience, but he didn't expect that he could now sacrifice to heaven and ancestors on the stage.

After Zhu Yuanzhang and his two sons worshipped the heaven and ancestors, he said some encouragement words, which were nothing more than letting everyone work together to create a bright future for the Ming Dynasty. All these words were said.

After that, the leaders were enthroned as tribute countries, giving them various benefits and trade share, etc.

However, this year's tribute is indeed different from the past. In the past, they took various benefits from the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty did not have much benefit.

However, after Zhu Qi checked, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer closed his eyes and asked them to get the benefits.

Anyone who wants to do business with the Ming Dynasty must pay tariffs.

That's right, it's the tariff system.

Now that it is fully implemented, those tribute countries who want to come to pay tribute cannot exchange for Ming Dynasty goods for free in the name of tribute.

If you want to get goods, you have to pay tariffs, and the advantage of tribute countries is that you have the opportunity to pay tribute.

The Ming Dynasty allowed them to do business, like the Beiyuan.

Those who do not pay tribute will not even have the opportunity to do business.

After this plan was announced, the envoys of foreign countries naturally had great opinions.

They originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of tribute to do business and make a lot of money from the Ming Dynasty, but now they can't make too much money due to tariffs.

After all, the tariffs are very high, and the profits that could have been made were compressed in half at once.

However, they didn't dare to say anything at this dynasty meeting. After all, all the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty were there, so the emperor wanted the face.
To be continued...