The county lord of Qingcheng returned to the capital with the original words of King Yan, and Emperor Jianwen, who was in a predicament, originally hoped for a plan to delay the army, of course he did not really want to cede the land and sue for peace, but he was just talking about it, delaying for a few days, waiting for the army of King Qin of the southeast to arrive, and Linjiang would decide again - but King Yan refused to negotiate peace, and he suddenly fell into shock.

"Why," Zhu Yunwen asked himself a hundred times, "why has the situation reached such a point?" ”

Could it really be that he has no "virtue" and no "destiny" - no! He hasn't lost yet!

"The ministers have gone to the southeast to recruit troops," Fang Xiaoru analyzed for him: "Yao Shan, the prefect of Suzhou, Wang Jin, the prefect of Ningbo, Chen Yanhui, the prefect of Huizhou, Zhou Jiyu, the governor of Songjiang, Zhang Yanfang, the magistrate of Leping, and Zhou Jin, the former Yongqing Dianshi, have already raised troops and entered the guard. The soldiers of the five provinces are enough to resist the Yan army crossing the river, and there is also the Yangtze River moat, but when it is a million soldiers, Your Majesty has forgotten that the ships in the north of the river have been burned down! Did the Yan army have wings, how could they fly over? ”

Zhu Yunwen was suddenly much more relieved, because as early as when the Yan soldiers went to Huaiyang, he sent people to burn all the ships in Jiangbei to prevent the Yan army from going south by boat.

"I have adjusted Sheng Yong to guard Puzikou," Zhu Yunwen re-energized and said, "He must live up to expectations!" Yan Bing may be good at riding horses, but the boat master is the step of death! ”

At this time, in the camp of the Yan army, King Yan asked Zhang Fu, Zheng Heng, Xue Lu and others: "You and others went to the counties to mobilize ships, how many did you get back?" ”

"The last general is not talented," Zheng Heng said: "Gaoyou only has 31 civilian ships, and most of them are dilapidated. ”

"There are 110 civilian ships in Taizhou," Zhang Fu said, "but the draft is too shallow and unusable." ”

Xue Lu didn't speak with a sad face, so King Yan asked him how many ships he had mobilized, and he saw Xue Lu stretch out a finger and shake it from side to side.

King Yan raised his eyebrows: "You black guy, do you have the ability to transfer a thousand ships?" ”

Xue Lu was among the generals, his complexion was particularly dark, Zhang Zhaohua was also surprised when he saw him, if he hadn't seen his Han eyebrows, he really thought that he was a black African-he shook his head, and King Yan said: "Being able to send a hundred search boats also shows your ability." ”

Xue Lu continued to shake his head, and King Yan frowned and said, "Could it be that you only got ten ships back?" Just do it, as long as it works! ”

Xue Lu shook his head again without fear of death, and King Yan became furious: "Could it be that you only found a boat for me, this boat can be used as a fart!" How do you get on an errand! ”

The generals in the army all leaned forward and leaned back with laughter, and Xue Lu saw that King Yan was not really angry, so he smiled and said: "Your Highness, the last general didn't get a ship, but I got a person back for Your Highness, this person, said that he could give His Highness a thousand sea ships." ”

King Yan was surprised: "A thousand ships, or sea ships?" ”

Xue Lu nodded and said, "The last general originally thought he was a liar, but this person swore that he had an old relationship with our princess and concubine, and he also showed me a token." ”

Xue Lu handed the token to King Yan, King Yan carefully looked at the folding fan in his hand several times, this folding fan is only the size of a palm, like a child's plaything, the fan is painted with a tender green willow tree, and there are four lines of poetry next to it - in the past, the chapter dance thin waist, let Jun climb and fold the tender branches. From now on, it will be written in Danqingli, and the east wind will not be allowed to shake again.

He was not very familiar with this handwriting, and he didn't know what was written in these four poems, but he saw the mark next to the style, this mark was a small seal, but it was engraved with the words Concubine Yan's own seal.

King Yan was puzzled, and immediately ordered Xue Lu to bring this person up.

This person's name is Shi Jinqing, about thirty years old, he looks gentle and elegant, and when he saw King Yan, he respectfully bowed, and said: "Shi Jinqing, a descendant of Shi's father of Caomin Lu Guo, has seen His Royal Highness King Yan. ”

King Yan ordered him to get up and asked, "You are a descendant of the Shi family, and you listen to the accent, but you are not from Shandong, but you seem to be from Minyue." ”

Shi Jinqing said: "The ancestors of the grass people are already a branch of the Shi family, and since the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, they have moved to Guangdong. ”

King Yan nodded and said, "You came to see me and said that you have an old relationship with the princess, but I don't know what the old is?" ”

Shi Jinqing kowtowed and said: "Back then, the grass people went north and came to Beiping to do business, and they were in love with the eunuch of the Su family, so they ransomed her——"

Shi Jinqing told the cause and effect of the Tanzhe Temple, and said: "I am grateful to the princess and concubine, and I am willing to follow the power of dogs and horses to repay the great virtue and grace." ”

King Yan might as well have such a story, very amazed, and said: "Love is extremely fateful, righteousness is exhausted and fate is full, this is the marriage that the two of you should have, I think the Zhang family is just because of the wind and fire, and the boat is pushed along the water." He ordered Shi Jinqing to stand up, and asked with a pleasant face: "What kind of business are you doing in Guangdong, there are thousands of sea ships?" When I took the imperial exam, I didn't allow the people to go to sea, did you ignore the ban? ”

Shi Jinqing said: "When the grass people were in Hongwu for 30 years, they crossed the sea from Guangdong and entered the country of Three Buddhas. ”

King Yan couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't know what country this Three Buddhas Qi Country was, and he didn't know where it was, but if he was asked to say it, it would be a bit of a loss of face - but what surprised him was that Ma He beside him suddenly bowed down and said: "Back to Your Highness, the Three Buddhas Qi Country, the ancient name is Gan Toli." During the time of Emperor Xiaowu of the Song Dynasty, he often sent envoys to pay tribute. During the Song Dynasty, it was called the Three Buddhas, and the tribute was endless. This country is in the South China Sea, south of the city, five days away, and is the key point of the Zhubo waterway. From the Japa countries in the east and the great food in the west, all the countries of all directions have entered China from their borders. ”

King Yan couldn't help but look at Ma He several times, and then went to see Shi Jinqing, sure enough, Shi Jinqing nodded again and again: "My father-in-law is right, the old dynasty of the Three Buddhas was destroyed by the Java Majapahit country, and the country was in chaos, and no one came forward, so the Chinese supported the current lord Liang Daoming as the king of the Three Buddhas, against the Manjapahit, and a total of more than 31,000 people crossed the sea from Guangdong in four or five years. ”

King Yan would not be stupid enough to ask questions such as "why so many people do not want to stay in their parents' homeland, but go overseas to make a living", because Emperor Taizu Gao's strict policy of not going to sea made it almost impossible for coastal fishermen to make a living and had to go overseas.

"A thousand ships of the sea come to help me," King Yan said tentatively, "Is it the meaning of your lord Liang Daoming, or is it your intention?" ”

"The grass people are not talented," Shi Jinqing said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "It is the prime minister of the country, this time he led a thousand ships, and the lord of the country has nothing to do, the grass people are to repay the great kindness of the princess, and the second is to help His Royal Highness King Yan succeed." ”

"Oh?" King Yan smiled: "You want to help me succeed?" ”

"Your Highness," Shi Jinqing said: "The official ships of Jiangbei County have been burned by the imperial court, in order to prevent His Highness from crossing the river. The grass people's sea boats, has crossed from the South China Sea, fortunately did not see the Ming sailors along the way, and now there are three days of waterway, you can rush to Gaozi Port, at that time at the requisition of His Royal Highness, the Yangtze River moat, then can be crossed overnight. ”

"I didn't see the Daming Water Division," King Yan said: "It's because Chen Xuan, the governor of the Zhou Division, has now been sent by the imperial court to lead the Fangjiang River to deal with me!" ”

"Since you have this heart," King Yan nodded, "This king is very commended. But you have to come to help me, and how shall I repay you after I have overcome great calamity? ”

Shi Jinqing said: "How dare you hope for a return, and your heart is not rewarding!" ”

"My trip is for the Chinese people in Nanyang, and also for the blessings of the Ming Dynasty, grace and overseas," Shi Jinqing stepped forward and knelt down, remembering that the people of Nanyang were banned by Taizu and had to stay away from their hometowns, but after coming to Nanyang, they were bullied by pirates, and couldn't help but cry and said: "I, the people of Nanyang, are also the people of the Ming Dynasty!" Over the years, by the invasion and exploitation of the pirates and pirates, humiliation, miserable, our Chinese descendants not only have no way to complain, but also repeatedly surrounded and suppressed by the Ming sailors, the hardships are really difficult to describe in case. Shi Mou wishes that after His Royal Highness returns to the Mandate of Heaven, Qingning Haiyu will make the people of Nanyang have the joy of living the people. ”

"If you really have your heart for the Ming Dynasty," King Yan sighed: "Then under the protection of my Ming Dynasty, the liquidation of the Japanese and pirates is something that has been done since the time of our emperor Kao Hongwu, and this king will obey the legal system of Taizu, and he will naturally follow it." The encirclement and suppression of the Ming sailors was also forced by the order of the traitorous ministers, and when Wang Jing was difficult to succeed, he should kill this generation to thank the world. ”10