Moreover, the names of the two vassal states established by the Ming imperial family also reveal that the Ming emperors had high expectations for them.

At this moment, Old Zhu also spoke up, "Throughout history, we Han people have always liked the character '子' (zi), but your country is, after all, a vassal state. Let's add a character to each of you, '东日' (Dong Ri), that's the fourth prince's vassal state. That place is, after all, in the east of our Great Ming, so to say it's the place where the sun rises is, in our opinion, an exaggeration."

Then, looking at Zhu Gaochi, Old Zhu said, "Your side is Fuyue. Your side is close to Busan, so it's relatively safe."

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Mengwan naturally had nothing else to say; it was best to quickly express their gratitude.

Qin, Han, Tang... the Chinese civilization did indeed prefer single-character dynastic names, but for surrounding vassal states, it often didn't like to use just one character. Zhu Yuanzhang's differential treatment was quite evident.

However, it seems that no one has any objections, because this was just a vassal state after all, and it was fundamentally different from the Ming Dynasty.

Just like the rulers of vassal states, at most they could only be called 'kings,' that's all. Calling oneself a king in a vassal state is fine, but if one dares to call oneself an emperor, that would be a provocation against the Ming Dynasty, which is absolutely unacceptable, especially since these vassal states were independent from the Ming Dynasty, making the distinction even more important.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Mengwan had no objections, and naturally, Zhu Yunying also had no objections. Objectively speaking, Zhu Yunying believed that he was relatively fair, at least he didn't give a label like 'Japanese' or anything like that, and he didn't belittle anyone.

Zhu Yunying still had some expectations for these two vassal states; it would be even better if they could make further efforts.

Zhu Yunying still held some expectations for the surrounding lands. If some promising members of the imperial clan were willing to establish a new dynasty, that would be even better—that would truly be the way to protect the Ming Dynasty!

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