Zheng He returned to Beijing to restore his life, offered the treasures obtained from the trading along the way, and took Chen Zuyi to His Majesty as a prisoner. The envoys of the Nanyang countries also came with the ship to pay tribute, and there was really "nine days to open the palace, and all the countries were clothed and crowned." "The pomp and circumstance. Emperor Yongle was overjoyed when he saw this, ordered someone to reward Zheng He and others, and ordered Chen Zuyi to be beheaded for public display, and ordered Zheng He to supervise the beheading, and the envoys of the Nanyang countries to watch.

When he was about to be executed, Chen Zuyi looked up to the sky and shouted: "Pure wisdom misunderstands me! ”

Zheng He felt strange, and just wanted to shout to stop, but who knew that the executioner had already cut off Chen Zuyi's head.

The envoys of the various countries and the ministers of the court and the central government who were watching were thunderous with joy, and said in unison: "Since then, the sea road has been peaceful from the past, and the people have relied on it to settle down." ”

Not long after, the new king of the Bo Ni Kingdom (i.e., the Bolin State) sent an envoy to pay tribute, and the Yongle Emperor granted his request, and sent an envoy to make him the king, and gave him seals, edicts, surveys, brocades, color coins and other things.

King Mana was very happy, and in order to thank the grace of the Ming Dynasty, he personally led the princess and his younger siblings, children, courtiers and others to come to the court. The group first went to Quanzhou Port in Fujian, and the guards reported the truth. Emperor Yongle sent Zheng He to greet him, and accompanied King Mana to Beijing, where he was hospitalized by all the prefectures and counties.

When the king of Mana enters the Beijing court, Emperor Yongle will reward his labor.

King Mana knelt down and thanked him and said, "Your Majesty has the destiny of Heaven to unify all directions. The minister is far away on the island, and he is blessed by heaven, captures the evil and eliminates the traitor, and gives him a knighthood. Since the rain in the country is in tune, the year is abundant, the people have no disasters, between the mountains and rivers, the curiosities are revealed, the plants, trees, birds and beasts, also all the flowers. The elders in the country said that it was caused by the fall of the Holy Son of Heaven. The minister is willing to see the watch of the sun, lose less money, not afraid of danger, bow to the family and accompany the ministers, and thank you. ”

Emperor Yongle was overjoyed, and he was repeatedly condoled, and ordered Princess Mana to enter the middle palace notes and special products, and Chen Zhi was in the Wenhua Hall for the ministers to pay respects.

After the king of Mana entered the palace and finished the dedication, the Yongle Emperor was happy, and all the crowns and belts and clothes were rewarded from the king of Mana and the princess. And personally set up a banquet to entertain the king of Mana in Fengtianmen, and the princess gave a banquet to him below, and sent it back to the hall after the ceremony.

The ceremonial officer asked Emperor Yongle whether he should use the princely etiquette to entertain the king of Mana, and the Yongle Emperor pondered for a while and said: "It is too much to use the prince's etiquette, and it is allowed to entertain with the courtesy of the prince." ”

So the court gave King Mana a guard of honor, a chair, silverware, an umbrella fan, a gold saddle horse, a gold weaving Wenqi, a saro, and a silk cloth in accordance with the courtesy of the prince, and he was rewarded with other things.

King Mana lived in Beijing for more than a month, feasting day and night, singing songs night and night, deeply appreciating the prosperity and wealth of the Ming Dynasty, and he was not in a hurry to return to China, and he felt a little happy.

Who knows that happiness is very sad, and it is also unadaptable, maybe it is overeating, on this day, King Mana died violently in the same hall.

Emperor Yongle deeply regretted and mourned for it, and even dropped out of the dynasty for three days, sent officials to pay tribute, and gave special gifts. The princes of the East Palace are all envoys, and there are priests who prepare coffins and bright vessels, and bury King Mana in Shizigang outside the Ande Gate, and the tree tablet Shinto. On the side of the ancestral tomb again, there is a spring and autumn festival to be a young prison, and he is said to be obedient. Emperor Yongle issued an edict to comfort his son Yaowang and ordered him to take the throne of king.

At the beginning, King Mana once said to Emperor Yongle: "The minister is blessed with a knight, and the land of the minister belongs to the office, and the mountain is a town after begging for the country." ”

The new king Yaowang replied to his words, and the Yongle Emperor remembered his sincerity, and sealed his mountain as the mountain of Changning Town. The imperial inscription makes people strangle on the monument. The text said: "God bless my country for the foundation of eternal boundaries, and I ordered my Taizu Emperor Gao to take care of the world, recuperate, to govern and teach, benevolent and righteous questions, Bo Ji is coming, all the countries in all directions, running and surrendering, and filling the court." The opportunity to deify the moving is so wonderful. I keep the great plan, and the rate is by the classic style. Strict respect, concord and unity. Inside and outside, all are regarded as one. Suining, too, promises.

It is the muddy king, sincere and respectful, known and respected, Mu Shang Shengjiao, prudent and pious, leading his dependents and courtiers, not far away tens of thousands of miles, floating in the sea to the court, reaching his ambition, through his desires, the chief of the audit said: 'Distant concubines, Pi risked the grace of the Son of Heaven, to raise and rest, both and peaceful. Thinking of the light of the sun and the moon, he is not afraid of danger and dares to build a court. And he said, 'He who covers me is heaven, and he who carries me is the earth.'" So that I have the devotion of the people of the land, the gathering of the fields and wells, the residence of the palace, the pleasure of wives and concubines, and the taste of clothes, the use of equipment, to make a living, the strong dare to invade, the people dare to violate, it is only the gift of the Son of Heaven. It is added by the merits of the Son of Heaven, and it is combined with heaven and earth. However, the sky just sees, and the ground is walking, but the son of heaven is far away and difficult to see, and it is difficult to understand. It is a distant concubine, who does not dare to go outside, surpasses the mountains and seas, bows to the que, and stretches his affection. ’

I said: 'Only the sky, only the emperor's examination, pay to the world, and the son will support the people.' Heaven and the emperor test, depending on the people, give it the virtue of inheriting the heaven and the emperor's test, but I am afraid of it, if you say. He bowed to the head of the hand and said: "Since the founding of the Son of Heaven, the time and the years of abundance, the collection of mountains and rivers, the overflow of treasures, the flowers and trees are all gorgeous and solid, the birds and birds are singing, and the beasts are dancing." Huang Suxian of the country said, the Chinese sage is gradually becoming moralized, and Stojia should be. Although the land is far away, he is really a scoundrel of the Son of Heaven, so he came to the pilgrimage with all his might. I look at his words and appearance, and he can't exceed the rules, and he is happy and liturous, and he can't get rid of his habits. Ji Zhi's book, a country far away from ancient times, is like the way of heaven, obeys the sound of teaching, and has a person who is in the imperial court. As for those who raise wives, brothers, relatives, and courtiers to be concubines under His Majesty, there is only one king; The governor of the southwestern Zhufan is not like the sage of the king. The king's sincerity runs through the gold and stone, reaches the gods, and makes the name pass on for a long time, which can be said to be bright.

The mountain in the kingdom of Zite Xifeng is the mountain of Zhang Ning Zhenguo, and the stone is engraved with the text, so that the king rests, and it is eternal in the ten thousand years of Zhao. This was followed by a poem that said: 'The ruins of the sea of fire, where the mud is.' Xuren gradually righteousness, there is no way. The King of Virtue, but the admiration of the transformation. Guided by the elephant, rushed to run. With his wives and sons, brothers, and courtiers, he has something to say. It is said that the king is still the sky, leaving it to rest and happiness, treating everyone equally, and the bandit is thick and thin. Guzxiande, known as Soyun. Langbo wind, hard work. Ji Gu Yuanchen, Shun came to be angry. It is difficult to bow or to say that the family room. Wang Xincheng is sincere, and Jin Shi is strong. The southwest is long, and Wang Xian is the domain. Towering high mountains, to town the kingdom. The text is in the stone, and the king is deed. Wang Dekezhao, Wang Guoyouning. In the year of Vance, look up to me Daming. ’

Yaowang kowtowed and thanked him: "The minister is offering forty catties of Javanese brains, and the beggar emperor issued an order to dismiss the Java year offering and pay tribute to the Celestial Empire." When the minister returned to the country, he was afraid that Java would not accept it, so he begged His Majesty to send troops to escort him, and stayed in the town for a year to comfort the hopes of the countrymen. and begged for the period of tribute and the number of retinues. ”

Emperor Yongle thought for a while and said, "In that case, your Bo Ni Kingdom will pay tribute every three years." Since you have surrendered to my Ming Dynasty, you naturally don't have to pay tribute to that Java. The number of the envoys was only sent by the king. Zheng He, the eunuch and eunuch, is familiar with the situation in Nanyang, and I ordered him to escort you back to China. ”

The king of Yaowang kowtowed and thanked him, and Emperor Yongle gave him a jade belt, a hundred taels of gold, three thousand taels of silver, and money, brocade, saro, mattress, tents, and utensils, and the rest were given, and Zheng He was ordered to go to Nanyang twice to escort him back to China.

On the day of his resignation, Emperor Yongle set up a banquet in Fengtianmen, and suddenly the pedestrian division sent two urgent documents, Emperor Yongle opened it and took a look, one was sent by Shi Erniang, the daughter of Shi Jinqing, the daughter of Shi Jinqing, who was condoled by the old port, saying that his father died of illness, and because the ministers pushed him to take over, he took over and asked for canonization. One was sent by Shi Jinqing's son, Shi Jimin, saying that his sister contacted the commander Chen Zhi to forge a suicide note, usurped the position of the consolation envoy, and asked Daming to uphold justice.

After Emperor Yongle saw it, he was so angry that he threw the report to the ground and said, "How can this be reasonable, how can there be a woman who is the lord of a city?" ”

After hearing this, Yaowang's face changed and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that there was such a custom in Java, and there have been many queens on the throne. ”

When Emperor Yongle heard this, his face softened slightly, and he said, "Is there such a thing? Sure enough, it is a hundred miles of different winds, thousands of miles of different customs, if there is such a custom in Nanyang, it doesn't hurt to be original, but the old port is where my Ming people live, so set up a consolation envoy, equivalent to the mainland, this wind can not be long. ”

Yao Wang nodded again and again: "That's nature." ”

Emperor Yongle turned his head again and asked Zheng He, "Who is this Chen Zhi commander?" ”

Zheng He frowned slightly and said: "Shi Jinqing once said before his death that this person was both civil and military, and he saved the old port from danger several times, so please make a commander." The Ministry of Rites and the Cabinet agreed. ”

Yao Wang said: "I heard that this commander Chen Zhi is a monk, who is an official during the day, returns to the temple at night, and continues to be a monk ringing the bell and chanting Buddha. ”

Emperor Yongle smiled: "This is quite similar to our Young Master Yao. ”

When Zheng He heard this, he couldn't help but ask Yao Wang: "Does the prince know what Chen Zhifa's name is?" ”

Yao Wang said: "I heard that it is called Jingzhi. ”

Zheng He suddenly realized: "It turns out that he is Jingzhi. ”

Emperor Yongle asked him, "Do you know this person?" ”

Zheng He said: "The slave maid returned from the West, passing by the old port, Shi Jinqing told me that he sent a famous monk to Chen Zuyi to go undercover, and found out the news that Chen Zuyi was going to attack my Ming fleet, so the minister took precautions, and then he wiped out Chen Zuyi and captured him alive. And Chen Zuyi said before he died, 'Pure wisdom misunderstands me.' Now that I think about it, this is the man. ”

Emperor Yongle nodded and said to Zheng He: "This Chen Zhi's ability is not small, do you know his details?" ”

Zheng He's face turned red and said, "The slave doesn't know." ”

Emperor Yongle Zhengse said: "You are going to Nanyang, first, to escort Yaowang back to China, and secondly, to find out the origin of this Chen Zhi, I suspect that this person is related to that person." ”

Zheng He suddenly changed color, bowed down and saluted: "The slave obeys the order." ”

After Zhang Shixing and Shi Erniang got married, they handled government affairs in the palace during the day, and still went back to the temple to live at night.

In the evening of this day, Zhang Shixing was about to return to the temple again, Shi Erniang stopped him and said, "Don't go back to the temple tonight, the Ming envoy Eunuch Zheng came to my old port, and asked you to see him by name." ”

Zhang Shixing was stunned when he heard this: "I'm not a consolation envoy, why does he have to see me, can't he just go with you?" ”

Shi Erniang pouted and said: "You are my husband, I am the consolation envoy, you are the commander of my subordinates, go to see the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, it should be." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "You also know that I fled here from Annan and don't want to see the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Shi Erniang took his hand and shook it back and forth, and said coquettishly: "Can you make an exception for me, this meeting is related to whether I can be a stable queen." I heard that my younger brother complained to the Ming Emperor about me, saying that women should not be the lord of the old port, and this time Zheng He came to investigate this matter, you can't help but speak for me. ”

Zhang Shixing couldn't be pestered by her, so he agreed to go. He had a hint of luck, thinking that after seven or eight years, Zheng He would definitely not recognize himself.

When they came to the wharf, they saw that Zheng He also happened to come from Dangang in a small boat, and after he got off the boat and landed, Shi Erniang led Zhang Shixing and others to kneel down and kowtow, and said: "The minister comforts Shi Erniang, and the commander Chen Zhigong welcomes the envoy." ”

Zheng He stepped forward quickly, helped Shi Erniang and Zhang Shixing up, he glanced at Zhang Shixing up and down, and said, "It turned out to be you?" ”

When Zhang Shixing heard this, he was scared into a cold sweat.