On this day, Xie Jin completed the revision of the "Taizu Record" and dedicated it to Zhu Di for review, Zhu Di took a brief look at it, and then ordered someone to call Yao Guangxiao, and pointed to the thick stack of books on the imperial case and said: "Young Master, Xie Jin has completed the revision of "Taizu Record", please ask the young master to review it." ”

Yao Guangxiao smiled slightly and said: "How can Weichen He De dare to approve the book that I am the first genius of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Zhu Di said: "Otherwise, although Xie Jin is called a great talent, he still has the spirit of a scholar." The young master has insight into the world and extraordinary knowledge, this "Taizu Record" is to be passed on to future generations, don't be sloppy, you will check for me, I can rest assured. ”

Yao Guangxiao hurriedly got up and saluted: "Thank you Your Majesty for your trust, Weichen will live up to his trust." After that, he took a copy of "Taizu Records" from the imperial case and proofread it.

Zhu Di reviewed the folds on the side, and Yao Guangxiao communicated with him directly if he had any opinions. For three days in a row, Yao Guangxiao looked at a volume of "Taizu Records" repeatedly, and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Zhu Di asked, "Young Master, if you have anything unspeakable, just come to the truth." You and I are friends in trouble, no better than others. ”

Yao Guangxiao sighed and said: "Xie Dacaizi's intentions are good, but in this way, it seems that he wants to cover up. ”

Zhu Diqi said: "Why did the young master say that? ”

Yao Guangxiao stepped forward and pointed to a passage in the book and said: "Your Majesty, please see, this text records that Your Majesty and King Zhou are the sons of Taizu and Empress Xiaoci Gao, and the rest are all concubines." ”

Zhu Di looked at Yao Guangxiao suspiciously: "Is there anything wrong with this?" In fact, this passage was revised by Xie Jin at his own behest to show the legitimacy of his rebellion.

Queen Ma has no children, the eldest son Prince Zhu Biao, the second son Qin Wang Zhu Zhang, and the third son Jin King Zhu Li were all born to Concubine Li Shu, the fourth son Yan Wang Zhu Di, and the fifth son Zhou Wang Zhu Hu were all born to Concubine Qi. But due to the early death of Concubine Li Shu and Concubine Qi, these five brothers were all raised by Queen Ma, and they regarded them as their own, and it is not an exaggeration to call them sisters-in-law. But in order to set off Zhu Di's glorious image, Xie Jin only wrote in the record that Zhu Di and his brother King Zhou were concubines, and everyone else was a concubine, which was a big flaw.

Of course, Yao Guangxiao knew Zhu Di's intentions, and he was also familiar with the inside story, he said with a straight face: "Emperor Taizu Gao is the most important concubine, if Prince Yiwen is not a descendant, how can he be established as a prince and carefully cultivated for more than 20 years?" If it is a concubine, where is the Empress Xiaoci Gao? If it is written in the record, the whole book will have no credible words, and it will be laughed at by future generations. ”

When Zhu Di heard this, he woke up like a dream, and hurriedly asked, "Then according to the young master's words, how to remedy it?" ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "Without him, we should revise the record here, and change all the five brothers of His Majesty, including the crown prince Zhu Biao, to the concubine." ”

After Zhu Di heard this, he nodded again and again: "Fortunately, the young master reminded me, otherwise this book will become a laughing stock for eternity." ”

He then paced back and forth in the hall, pondered for a long time, and said to Yao Guangxiao: "I have made up my mind, please ask the young master to find someone to compile the "Taizu Record" and "Literature Dacheng" again, and work in Wenyuan Pavilion, and finally achieve flawlessness and glory through the ages." ”

Yao Guangxiao bowed down and said, "Weichen obeys." ”

After that, Zhu Di gradually distanced himself from him because he suspected that Xie Jin would leak the matter of establishing the prince to the outer court, and it was inappropriate to repair the "Records of Taizu".

On this day, Zheng Ci, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly handed over a recital, saying that the king of Annan, Chen Rikun (that is, Chen Shunzong), died, and the Chen family was succeeded by his cousin Li Hancang.

Zhu Di felt that this matter was unusual, and it was a little strange, so he summoned seven ministers to discuss the matter.

Originally, Xie Jin was the first assistant of the cabinet, and he should be the first to express his opinions in case of trouble, but during this period of time, Emperor Yongle was extremely indifferent to him, and often rejected Xie Jin's opinions, so Xie Jin stood in the hall without saying a word and watched the situation.

After Huang Huai read the recital, he said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the minister, you should be allowed to play." ”

Zhu Di sighed and said: "Why is this, Qing should tell me in detail." ”

Huang Huai said: "When Emperor Taizu Gao, he listed Annan as a country that was not conquered, no matter whether its lord was the Chen family or the Li family, as long as he bowed down to my Ming Dynasty and called it a vassal, I could canonize it, and Huaiyuan people would raise the prestige of our country." ”

Zhu Di nodded and said: "What Huang Qing said is reasonable, what do other Aiqing think, you might as well talk about it." ”

Yang Qi stepped forward and said, "Weichen can't agree. ”

Seeing that it was Yang Qi, Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction and encouraged him to continue.

Thinking that Zhu Di captured the Jingshi and was complacent to go to Fengtian Palace, that is, the emperor's throne, Yang Qi stopped him halfway and asked: "Your Highness will pay homage to Linghu first, and ascend to the throne first?" Only then did Zhu Di come to his senses, go to the tomb first, and then ascend the throne, otherwise the procedure is not right, and he will be ridiculed by the world in the future. Since then, Zhu Di has looked at Yang Qi differently and summoned him to the cabinet, thinking that he has extraordinary knowledge.

Yang Qi said: "The Chen family has been established for more than 170 years, and there will be many descendants to reproduce, how can there be no reason for heirs. It must be the Na Li clan usurping the throne, and the country is not satisfied, so I want to let the Ming Dynasty canonize it to prove that it is orthodox, and Your Majesty must not fall for its tricks. ”

Huang Huai was dissatisfied: "Brother Yang is alarmist. I think that the king of Joseon, Yi Sung-gye, also usurped the throne of Goryeo, and my Taizu Emperor Gao also canonized him and gave him the name Joseon. Now that the affairs of Annan are the same as those of North Korea, why can't they be canonized? ”

Yang Qi said: "Brother Huang, this time, that time." My Emperor Taizu Gao has the most righteous country, so there is nothing to taboo, but now it is different. As soon as he said this, he suddenly realized that this was inappropriate, and hurriedly stopped speaking.

Huang Huai didn't spare him, and asked, "Brother Yang, you made it clear, what's the difference now?" ”

Yang Qi pounced, knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Di, and then said with a firm look in his eyes: "Your Majesty, now that I am the Ming Dynasty, I must promote the righteous path and never allow any usurpation of the throne, lest the world's vassal states follow suit." ”

Zhu Di's face did not change, and he waved his hand and said: "Yang Qing, please come up, you have some truth in what you said." ”

All of a sudden, several ministers were divided into two factions on whether to canonize Li Hancang as the king of Annam.

Xie Jin's son and daughter-in-law, Hu Guang, gave him a look and asked him to speak. Xie Jin was indifferent. I think that when Xie Jin was still favored, he once served Zhu Di with Hu Guang for a banquet. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhu Di was a little smoky, and joked to the two: "You two live in the same life, the eldest classmate, the same official, the same brotherhood, Xie Jin has a son, and Hu Guang can be a wife." ”

Hu Guangdun bowed his head and thanked: "The minister's wife is pregnant, unknown men and women. ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "I will give birth to a daughter." ”

Not long after, Hu Guang really gave birth to a daughter, and the two families became married.

Zhu Di saw that the ministers were arguing, so he said to Xie Jin: "What does Xie Qing think about this, you might as well talk about it." ”

Xie Jin stepped forward and replied: "Your Majesty, what Brother Huang and Brother Yang said makes sense. According to Weichen's opinion, you might as well send someone to Annan to investigate, if the Chen family is really the heir, and the Li family respectfully obeys my Daming, you might as well crown him the king of Annan. If there is any lawlessness, it is a different matter, or issue an order to reprimand, or send a large army to levy it, and act according to the facts. ”

As soon as everyone heard this, Xie Jin's handling was really safe, and he deserved to be the first assistant.

After Zhu Di heard this, he also nodded and said, "According to Xie Qing's disposal, you plan to order the Ministry of Rites to send someone to Annan to verify the situation." Stand down. ”

Soon after everyone returned to Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhu Di ordered someone to send the saro clothes that Annan Kingdom paid tribute to, and rewarded them to the cabinet ministers, but did not give Xie Jin.

Hu Guangda was puzzled, and secretly asked Xie Jin: "Brother Jie, how have you offended Your Majesty recently, and why did you treat you like this?" ”

Xie Jin smiled bitterly: "I don't know, probably after the Duke of Qi entered the palace to advise the crown prince, His Majesty treated me like this." Maybe Your Majesty thinks I've leaked the matter of Lichu. ”

Yang Bo sat in the first place on Renshou Palace, listening to the sound of silk and bamboo, watching the dance of beauties, tasting the mellow wine, fluttering and wanting to die, I really don't know where I am.

Li Jiyak and Li Hancang kept raising their glasses to persuade each other, and the words were like a tide, which made Yang Bo, a five-grade official of the Ming Dynasty, feel respect that he had never felt before.

Yang Bo drank a few more glasses of wine, his tongue was a little big, and said to Li Jiyak: "Li Xiangguo, you said that after Chen Shunzong of your country, the heir of the Chen family, according to my investigation in Annan in the past few days, you lied to me, you answer honestly, what is going on?" ”

Li Jiyak's face changed and said: "Yang Langzhong, you are a noble envoy of the Ming Dynasty, how dare I lie to you?" You must have been deceived by others. There are quite a few people in this Annan Kingdom who are jealous of my Li father and son, and they must be talking nonsense and deceiving the noble envoy. ”

Yang Bo waved his hand and said: "Li Xiangguo, you and I are both smart people, let's open the skylight and say something, are you lying to me?" ”

Li Hancang answered on the side: "Yang Langzhong, tell me, where did we lie to you?" ”

Yang Bo smiled and said, "General Li, don't look at me drinking too much, but my mind is very clear." After Chen Shunzong of your country, his son Chen Shaodi, that is, your nephew, ascended the throne, and then he gave the throne to your father Li Xiangguo, and your father passed the throne to you. ”

In 1400 (the first year of Hu Shengyuan), under the arrangement of Hu Jiyak, the ministers jointly proposed that Hu Jiyak be the emperor. Hu Jiyak initially pretended to resign, but later accepted the advice of the ministers, abolished Emperor Chen Shaodi, and changed the Yuan Shengyuan. Hu Jiyak restored the surname Hu of his ancestors, claiming to be a descendant of Yu Shun and Hu Gongman, and the name of the country was Dayu.

Although Hu Jiyak usurped the throne, he was unanimously opposed by the remnants of the Chen Dynasty. Under strong pressure, Hu Jiyak had to pass on the throne to Hu Hancang (born to Princess Huining of the Chen Dynasty) at the end of the same year, and he held real power as the emperor.

In order to get the support of the remnants of the Chen Dynasty, in 1403 (the third year of Hu Shaocheng), when Hu Hancang founded the Hu Dynasty Taimiao in Thanh Hoa, it was deliberately divided into two parts, the East Taimiao was dedicated to the ancestors of the Hu family, and the West Taimiao was dedicated to Chen Mingzong and Chen Yizong of his grandfather's family, but with little success.

In 1403 (the third year of Hu Shaocheng, the first year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty), after the Jingnan Revolution of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Hancang presented himself to the Ming Dynasty, claiming that the royal family of the Chen Dynasty was extinct, and his nephew was promoted as the emperor by the ministers and asked for canonization. After Ming Chengzu sent an envoy to Annam to investigate, he canonized Hu Hancang as the king of Annam.

However, many of the remnants of the Chen Dynasty were killed by Hu Jiyak, and the surviving vassals fled to the territory of the Ming Dynasty to ask the Ming court to send troops to recruit Hu Jiyak, who had usurped the throne, and restore the Chen Dynasty's Sheji. In 1404 (the first year of Hu Kaida, the second year of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty), a man named Chen Tianping also fled into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, claiming to be a member of the Chen Dynasty, and asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops to Annam to assist him in restoring the Chen Dynasty. Hu Jiyak was eventually forced to hand over disputed territory on the border to the Ming Dynasty.

In 1406, Ming Chengzu sent the governor Huang Zhong to escort Chen Tianping back to the throne. When Hu Jiyak learned of this, he sent Hu Yuancheng to ambush at Zhiling Pass to defeat the Ming army and capture Chen Tianping. After interrogation, it was learned that this person's real name was Nguyen Kang, who was a domestic slave of Chen Yuanhui of the Chen Dynasty, who had participated in the popular rebellion, and fled to Ailao (Laos) after defeat, and then fled into the territory of the Ming Dynasty through Ailao. Hu Jiyak ordered Ling Chi to be executed.