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Chapter 1066 Biao'er has given us a big problem.

Emperor Zhu said through gritted teeth, "Your son said that some places are too far from our Great Ming, even farther than the distance from Liaodong to Guangdong, and we can't possibly manage them all."

Empress Ma frowned slightly and asked, "And then?"

Emperor Zhu was so angry that he laughed and snorted, "That beast said that when he becomes emperor, he will let his second, third, fourth, and fifth sons lead troops to fight their way out, and all the territories they conquer will belong to them."

Empress Ma was taken aback. "There's nothing wrong with that, is there?"

"After all, it is too far from the imperial court, and it is inconvenient to travel back and forth. If there is any natural disaster or man-made calamity, the imperial court may not be able to deal with it in time."

"It would be better to follow the example of the Zhou royal family and enfeoff eight hundred vassal lords to guard the local areas."

“They are taxed, and then they are educated.”

"A hundred years later, these newly occupied territories also became part of the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Zhu sighed, "If he had said he would emulate the Zhou dynasty's enfeoffment system, I wouldn't have been angry with him."

"After all, this country will eventually be handed over to him."

"We can't control what he does in the future."

"But who could have imagined that this scoundrel didn't intend to emulate the Zhou royal family's enfeoffment system at all, but instead planned to separate from his second, third, fourth, and fifth sons—he said that his second, third, fourth, and fifth sons should also establish their own kingdoms and become emperors!"

"That little beast!"

"We worked so hard to build his empire, and all he does is open his mouth and tell his second and third sons to become emperors too!"

At this point, Emperor Zhu lowered his head again, rubbed his face, and said in a muffled voice, "We know he meant well."

"On the one hand, he genuinely felt he couldn't manage it all, and on the other hand, he felt that since we changed the rules of hereditary nobility, he wanted to find other ways to compensate the second and third sons."

"The key issue is that his idea is wrong."

"His first mistake was that he only made up for the second and third brothers. What will the sixth and seventh brothers think?"

"The second mistake he made was that what he did was equivalent to ordinary people making a fuss about dividing their family property, or even more excessive than dividing their property."

"Think about Hu Yuan's golden family."

"After Temujin's death, Jochi, Chagatai, Ögedei, and Tolui established the four Khanates."

"But look at the situation now, among the four Khanates, who takes the others seriously?"

"And at the end of the Song Dynasty, only a few years after Hebei was separated from the Song court, Zhang Hongfan no longer considered himself a Han Chinese."

"If Biao'er really lets the second and third sons each establish their own countries and become emperors, then the people of this world will be divided into the Ming people, the Qin people, the Jin people, and the Yan people."

"Good luck brings lasting peace and stability."

"If you're unlucky, they can beat someone's brains into a pulp."

"..."

Empress Ma was also a little stunned—although she knew that her eldest son was bold, who would have thought that he was so bold?

The key issue is that this idea is utterly unfeasible and has virtually no practical significance; it can only become a source of chaos!

"Hey~"

Emperor Zhu sighed again, rubbed his face, and said, "Biao'er has really given us a big problem this time. We don't even dare to discuss this with Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen."

……

While Emperor Zhu and Empress Ma were having a headache in the Kunning Palace, Yang Shaofeng was receiving numerous envoys from vassal states in the Honglu Temple's official residence.

A more accurate description would be that the envoys were accusing each other.

The Koreans were the first to launch an attack.

"These short, ugly Japanese are really going too far!"

Park Deok-hwan stared intently at the Japanese envoy, Kikuchi Yoshimasa, and said, word by word, "For the sake of laborers, these short and ugly people actually secretly sent ronin to infiltrate Goryeo and capture Goryeo people as slaves!"

Kikuchi Yoshimasa was not tall, but his aura was in no way inferior to Park Deok-hwan's: "Didn't you Goryeo send any Hwarang warriors to infiltrate Japan?"

"In less than a month, your Hwarang warriors from Goryeo have committed more than 30 murders in Japan and arrested more than 100 Japanese civilians."

"Our great Japan is merely retaliating in kind!"

Park Deok-hwan was furious and was about to retort when the Annamese envoy, Du Shunqin, bowed to Yang Shaofeng and said, "Your Highness, Siam has also sent people to infiltrate Annam and arrest civilians. We hope Your Highness will uphold justice for Annam!"

The Siamese envoy glared at Du Shunqin and shouted, "If the Annamese monkeys hadn't sent people to capture Siamese people and enslave them first, why would Siam have bothered to capture you Annamese monkeys?"

"..."

Following the lead of Park Deok-hwan, Kikuchi Yoshimasa, Du Shunqin, and the Siamese envoys, other envoys also spoke out one after another.

"The barbarians from Srivijaya are also involved in arresting my Annamite people!"

"Those Siamese barbarians have captured our Burmese people!"

"..."

Yang Shaofeng was a little confused, but also wanted to laugh.

The short, stocky man grabs the stick, but the stick then grabs the short, stocky man in return.

The Annamese monkeys captured the Siamese monkeys, and the Siamese monkeys in turn captured the Annamese and Burmese monkeys.

Is this supposed to turn into complete chaos?

Yang Shaofeng tapped the table and said with a forced smile, "Have you come here to seek justice from me, or to have a quarrel in the Court of State Ceremonial?"

As soon as Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, Park Deok-hwan, Kikuchi Yoshimasa, and the others fell silent.

Park Deok-hwan bowed to Yang Shaofeng and said, "This humble subject begs Your Highness to uphold justice. I apologize for my momentary lapse in decorum."

Yang Shaofeng grunted, glanced at the many envoys, and said in a deep voice, "Japan says that Goryeo arrested Japanese people first, while Goryeo says that Japan struck first."

"And the same goes for the rest of you."

"A man has his own reasons, and a woman has her own reasons."

"It's just that I'm busy with official duties and I can't tell who among you is telling the truth and who is lying in a short time."

“Here’s what we’ll do,” Yang Shaofeng said slowly, “you each go back to the laborers you’ve already captured.”

"In this matter, I will not pursue the matter further as to who is right and who is wrong."

"From now on, you are not allowed to capture other people as slaves."

"I will give them a heads-up at the border markets and in Liaodong. We will only hire Japanese people to work in Japan, and we will only hire Korean people to work in Goryeo."

"If anyone captures people from other countries to be forced into labor, neither the border markets nor Liaodong will accept them."

Park Deok-hwan stared blankly at Yang Shao-feng.

Try to smooth things over?

Fifty hits each?

Is that all?

Kikuchi Yoshimasa first gave Park Deok-hwan a cold glance, then bowed to Yang Shaofeng and said, "Your Highness, as long as Goryeo stops sending samurai into Japan, Japan will also guarantee not to send samurai into Goryeo."

Yang Shaofeng nodded slightly, and after considering for a moment, said, "Well then, since you're all here, I'll take this opportunity to give you some benefits."