"His Royal Highness's silver is given by the minister, and the minister naturally knows."

Yan Chengjin walked into the dormitory, and the corner of the box was covered by the quilt, and half of it was exposed, and the scene of counting the money was exposed.

Zhu Hou ordered the eunuch to guard outside, turned around to hide the box, and then walked over.

"What are you doing here to Hongu? Father and Emperor keep an eye on it, this palace can't mess around with you. ”

Yan Chengjin took out a sketch from his arms: "The minister knows that there is something that can be sold for silver." ”

"It's ...... Youtu? Zhu Houzhao became serious.

"It's not a map."

"Lao Gao, who are you fooling, this is the map, although there is no city and mountains, but the palace can be seen at a glance, do you still want to be in the palace?" Zhu Houzhao's face was full of vigilance.

This map was painted by Gao Feng.

Yan Chengjin wanted to give this map to Emperor Hongzhi, telling him that there were potatoes and gold mountains in the Americas, and sent a fleet south to the ocean.

Gold mines are very scarce in the Ming Dynasty, and the Americas are the places with the most gold mines in the world.

Gao Feng can arrive on a six-masted ship, which shows that with the current navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty, he can also reach the Americas.

If it is presented directly to Emperor Hongzhi, it will definitely attract a lot of suspicion, and this map can only be transmitted through Zhu Houzhao.

"It's a felony to secretly possess a map, but this palace won't report you, where is this map?" Zhu Houzhao was so interested that he couldn't see it after looking at it for a long time.

"Gao Feng is back, this is the map he painted."

Zhu Houzhao blinked: "Who is Gao Feng?" ”

Yan Chengjin was speechless, he felt that Gao Feng was a little pitiful, like a cow carrying a weight, silently bearing everything, Zhu Houzhao couldn't even remember his name.

"There are many companions in the palace, so Your Highness can't remember it."

Zhu Houzhao asked seriously: "You just said, how to make money?" ”

"Gao Feng said that this land has not yet been reclaimed to establish a dynasty, if there is a silver mine..."

"I don't believe it."

Zheng Qian came to Yan Chengjin with the classics: "My lord, I have found the old books." ”

The canonization of the surrounding feudal states by the imperial court is a memorabilia, and the historian will definitely record it.

Yan Chengjin opened the classics, and during the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang sent the envoy Yang Zai to Ryukyu to give his surname, and he did issue this letter.

Back at the Liangxiang Yamen, Shang Zhen was once again brought to the hall with shackles on his hands.

"The official entered the palace and read the classics, and there is indeed this sparse letter."

"You believe in this king this time." Shang Zhen's face showed ecstasy, and he returned to a calm look: "The matter of this king's coming to Daming is a micro-visit, and I ask Lord Yan to keep his mouth shut." ”

This time he came to Daming without a guard, and the attendants who traveled with him all thought that he was an official at the same level as Dong Wen.

If you cut off his head, you can exchange it for a thousand gold when you go to the Satsuma Kingdom.

I don't know how many pirates are crazy about it, and their whereabouts must not be revealed.

Yan Chengjin glanced at Shang Zhen deeply: "You think too much, and the official still doesn't believe you." ”

"......" Shang Zhen's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that there were still such cautious people in the world.

This is the holy decree of the Hongwu period, nearly a hundred years ago, except for the Shang royal family, who would know such a detail.

"Bring me pen and ink again!"

The official brought pen and ink to Shang Zhen, and Shang Zhen's pen walked the dragon and snake, and the handwriting revealed a hegemony: the envoy returned from the sea, saying that the three kings of Ryukyu fought with each other, abandoned agriculture, and injured people's lives. I can't bear pity on what I heard.

"Look again, am I the king of Zhongshan, Shangzhen, this is, during the Hongwu period, the holy decree of Emperor Gao of the Ming Dynasty."

The Ming envoy went to Ryukyu, coinciding with the Ryukyus fighting with small countries on the sea, and seeing the devastated scene, Zhu Yuanzhang issued this holy decree out of pity.

Yan Chengjin opened the classics brought out of the palace, and sure enough, what Shang Zhen wrote and recorded was exactly the same.

"How does this official know that you are not a historian?"

After all, historians revise historical materials, and these old records are clear.

In later generations, there are people who cheat with medals and certificates, and in view of the backwardness of the Ming Dynasty's information, it is easier to cheat, so they have to guard against it.

Shang Zhenqi's chest was violently bullied, how could there be such a cautious person as you in this world, in this world!

"Again... Grab the pen again! ”

Forbidden City, the celebrant is on duty.

The factory guard was in a hurry and came to report to Xiao Jing: "Factory father, Yan Chengjin has captured the king of Ryukyu. ”

Burst!

Xiao Jing squirted out a mouthful of strong tea, and raised his legs in shock, "King of the Ryukyus? Why did the King of the Ryukyus appear in Daming? ”

When the king of a vassal kingdom enters Beijing, he must first inform the imperial court.

Both the celebrant and the cabinet had the right to vote for the emperor.

But there was no Ryukyu playing.

The factory guard reported truthfully: "I came to Daming on Gao Feng's big ship, and I came here with a micro visit." ”

He wrote out the man's sparse recital during the Hongwu period, from beginning to end, and also presented the holy decree written by Shang Zhen.

Xiao Jing's eyes fell into contemplation, there was no doubt that he was the king of the Ryukyus, but Yan Chengjin still didn't believe it.

"How many days has Yan Chengjin locked him up?"

"Five days."

Xiao Jing felt that things were not good, and even forgot to take the floating dust, and soon, he came to Fengtian Palace.

At this time, Emperor Hongji was discussing with the cabinet about the renovation of the Chaotian Palace.

"Your Majesty, Yan Chengjin has arrested the Ryukyu King Shang Zhen and is interrogating him in the Liangxiang Yatang."

Emperor Hongzhi was slightly stunned, and Li Dongyang and the three of them were also stunned, how could the king of Ryukyu appear on the territory of the Ming Dynasty for no reason?

was also arrested by Yan Chengjin, is this a coincidence or ......

"Have you found out? It is not surprising that someone is impostoring. ”

Ever since someone impersonated his mother's clan, Emperor Hongji became cautious.

Xiao Jing dared to come to report because he saw one of the holy decrees: "Your Majesty, you see, this is the person's self-proof. ”

Emperor Hongji bowed his head slightly, looking at the five holy decrees placed on the imperial case, and one of them was not the one he promulgated for the Ryukyus?

Xiao Jing continued: "And Dong Wen, who is traveling with him, is a doctor in the Ryukyus, and he has come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute in the sixth and eleventh years of Hongzhi, and he also proves that the person is Shang Zhen. ”

There is no doubt that he is the king of the Ryukyus.

Emperor Hongzhi hurriedly asked, "What about people?" ”

Xiao Jing's face was strange, and he said, "Lord Yan is still verifying his identity." ”

Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian were speechless as if they had eaten Coptis chinensis.

Only Li Dongyang seemed to have guessed it, and his face was as usual.

Liangxiang Yamen.

Shang Zhen raised his weak hand, and his face was like ashes.

From the holy decree to the number of tributes to the Ming Dynasty in the Ryukyus, this person just doesn't believe it.

"Take... Bring a pen. ”

Dong Wen looked at Shang Zhen distressedly and said, "Lord Wang, will the minister ghostwrite?" ”

"This king is all right..."

Shang Zhen changed a new pile of paper, and raised his hand tremblingly, as if he was ten years old, and he was not desperate for writing, but desperate that this person just didn't believe it.

A brocade-clothed guard strode in: "Who is the king of the Ryukyus, Shang Zhen?" ”

"It's me, I'm King Shojin of the Ryukyus!" Shang Zhen was so excited that he almost cried.

Yan Chengjin received the will of Emperor Hongzhi and sent Shang Zhen to Honglu Temple to stay, and entered the palace tomorrow morning.

In fact, he already believed in the six points, even if His Majesty did not give an order, he would release Shang Zhen.

In the early morning of the next day, hundreds of officials were waiting in the Fengtian Hall in their regular clothes, and the gate supervisor outside the hall shouted King Zhongshan.

Shang Zhen tidied up his clothes and strode into the palace, it was originally borrowed by Dong Wen, he made suggestions, but Yan Chengjin made everything change.

"Shangzhen, the king of Zhongshan, has seen the Ming Emperor!"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Why did King Shangzhen come to Daming in person?" ”

"I heard that the Ming Dynasty borrowed troops from Korea to attack the Jurchens, and Ryukyu was also a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, so the minister came to borrow troops from His Majesty this time!"

"I can't do it!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Qin Hong and others had a unique vision, Korea was different from the Ryukyus, and the Jurchen territory bordered the Ming Dynasty, and it was also beneficial for the Ming Dynasty to defeat the Jurchens.

It is possible to send troops to the Ryukyus, and there is no benefit.