Nanjing, Forbidden City, Fengtianmen.

With the three rings of the net whip, the body in Nanjing, who had been waiting outside the noon gate for a long time, from the Ming civil and military officials above the sixth grade and the local councillors who were not literate or martial (the parliamentary officials were all positive six grades), all walked into the door one by one, and entered the large square outside the noon gate and outside the Fengtian Gate.

Today's day is a pilgrimage meeting!

Although Emperor Hongxing of the Ming Dynasty is a Ming monarch, he is a Ming monarch who likes to sleep lazily, so he rarely convenes a court meeting early in the morning. If there is anything to be discussed, it is generally a collegiate meeting between the two governments - the heads of the cabinet and the marshal's palace can meet in the Fengtian Hall or the Dongnuan Pavilion in the Fengtian Palace.

If there is anything else that needs to be carefully considered, before the final decision is made, there will be a so-called council of the kings—the noun is copied from Dorgon, but the connotation is different. The so-called council king meeting is that the local council and the kings in Beijing hold a fairy meeting together. Emperor Zhu listened to everyone's opinions, especially the opinions of the local councilors, that is, a group of gentry elected by the local state government, to show prudence.

Of course, this council is not parliamentary democracy...... It's a Taiwan-like institution.

Although Emperor Zhu reformed the Yushitai, turned the Yushitai, which was in charge of everything, into an anti-corruption bureau, and revoked the six departments that liked nonsense too much, it did not mean that he did not need to listen to different opinions. Disagreement over major policies or impeachment of officials should not come from mid-level bureaucrats within the anti-corruption department or the government who do not do anything practical and do not understand local conditions.

Now that there is a collegial meeting between the two governments to solve problems and a meeting of the king of parliament that raises problems, Zhu Cihong can basically be a wise monarch who can find and solve problems......

Therefore, the pilgrimage meeting that affects the quality of sleep will not be held if it can be opened.

But yesterday at noon, a huge victory was reported to the city of Nanjing! So in the afternoon, the various yamen were notified that they were going to hold a great court meeting.

Now that the sky has just brightened, and the weather is relatively cool, the officials who entered the main square outside Fengtianmen under the guidance of the eunuchs are yawning and rubbing their palms to keep warm, and some are in a hurry, and they are still nibbling on buns, steamed buns, fritters or something...... It doesn't look like a good official!

"The emperor has arrived, the emperor has arrived ......"

With the eunuch's duck voice, yawning, rubbing their palms and secretly eating breakfast The high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty all came to the spirit at once - the emperor is also here today? It's so rare, I have to take a good look.

When these courtiers and officials shouted long live and worshipped, the first filial son of the Ming Dynasty had already carried Emperor Chongzhen out of the Fengtian Palace and went to the white marble platform outside the Fengtian Gate.

Then everyone heard the voice of Emperor Zhu who couldn't hide his smile: "Flat, flat......"

Listening to the government at the imperial gate is "outdoor work", it is more difficult, not to mention the wind and rain, there is no seat, only Zhu Cihong downstairs under the Fengtianmen Gate and the emperor Chongzhen who sometimes appears have a chair to sit on. Everyone else is left standing!

Seeing that the ministers had already gotten up and taken their positions, Zhu Cihong, who was already sitting on a dragon chair with a sloppy ass, said with a smile: "Calling Zhongqing over today is to tell you good news...... Yesterday at noon, the king of Rinan sent an envoy to report the victory, and the 30,000 soldiers of the Great Tomorrow were like a bamboo, and they attacked Bintonglong, the capital of the Zhancheng State, and the kings and ministers of the Zhancheng City had abandoned the city and fled to the Zhenla Kingdom. The city that did not respect my great tomorrow dynasty and rebelled against the country has now been destroyed! ”

His tone was excited, and he seemed to have won a big victory!

In fact, the war to destroy the occupation state is not worth mentioning from a military point of view...... In the early years, the Champa state was also the number one in Southeast Asia, but now it has long since declined. The country's last glory came more than 200 years ago, almost 300 years ago, almost at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, there was a male lord named Zhi Peng'e, who had a set of skills in raising elephants, and could train elephants that could really charge into battle, and killed the Annan Chen Dynasty to a great defeat and defeat, and defeated Shenglong three times.

However, after that, at the beginning of the 15th century, when Annan's side was replaced by the Hu Dynasty, the city began to be unlucky, and the capital was attacked by Emperor Hu, and all the good things that were finally snatched from Annam were snatched back. When Annam defeated the invasion of the Ming Dynasty, the Hou Li Dynasty took over the Hu Dynasty's class, and the days of the Zhancheng State were even more unbearable, most of the territory was annexed by Annam, and the remnants of the Zhan people were encircled near Bintonglong to survive.

Although because of the spread of the Celestial Sect (the king of Champa later converted to the true god), the Champa city recovered a little vitality, but after entering the Age of Discovery, the forces of the Celestial Sect in Southeast Asia are going downhill, and the old brand of the Celestial Sect Sultan is not prosperous, not to mention the newcomer of Champang?

Moreover, as soon as Champa entered the Heavenly Fang Sect, it automatically stood on the opposite side of Catholicism - Nam Nguyen, next door to Champang, was supported by the Portuguese!

Therefore, Champa gave all kinds of bullying to Nanruan, and the land shrank again and again, and now there are only a few city-states left - Champa has always been a pattern of commercial city-states and agricultural tribes, after the introduction of Tianfang Sect, some of the commercial city-states believe in the true God, and the agricultural tribes are still the way of Brahmins. Moreover, the two sides are not united, the Brahmins who believe in the Zhanren are pro-Zhenla, and the Zhanren who believe in the true God want to rely on the seaports and trade routes to become part of the Tianfang Sect world.

And there are not many people in these two groups together, that is, more than 100,000 people. In the face of the 30,000 troops of Daming and Annan, there was no way to resist at all - all their strong men plus one piece was not this number.

Besides, more than two-thirds of the people are Brahmans, and they fight according to caste...... How many people can go to war?

And the Zhan people who believed in the Heavenly Sect could not fight, and before the Ming and Annam coalition forces came, they began to run towards the Malay Peninsula. Even the king of Champa, Ba Bi, fled before the army could invade.

Therefore, the conquest army occupied the entire territory of the city almost without bloodshed!

Moreover, according to the agreement reached by Zhu Cizhao, Chen Zizhuang and Annam Sizhong, the Ming Dynasty's gains in this war were also limited, but some territory along the coast of Champa (the rest of the land was returned to Nam Nguyen), which was about the Thanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, and Binh Thuan in Vietnam in later generations.

Apart from two very nice ports (Nha Trang and Cam Ranh Bay) and a few coastal plains, there aren't really much good things left.

But Zhu Cihong still looked like he had picked up a big bargain, and said with a smile: "The Han Dynasty broke away from China's Rinan County, and now it is finally back...... What an immortal achievement! The king of Ninan is worthy of being my good brother and the emperor's good son! I can't treat him badly, Emperor, what do you think of him? ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled bitterly and thought: Cizhao this child is bitter...... They were all driven south of Annam! There's no going back in this life!

He said tentatively, "I miss my fifth brother a little...... In addition, the 30,000 soldiers who followed the fifth brother's southern expedition have all worked hard, is it time for them to return to the court? ”

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "The king of Rinan is not afraid of hardships and dangers, he is really the pillar of the country, although the land is not much, but it is the beginning of opening up to the south!" It will definitely go down in history in the future...... Now that Rinan County is newly attached, the people's hearts are not convinced, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, it is really not the time to recruit the king of Ninan.

However, the soldiers who followed the southern expedition of the king of Ninan did not have to stay in the wild land...... King Ninan, Daniel Zhang, and Qiu Lei can choose 5,000 soldiers who are willing to stay in Rinan for a long time, and choose a place with a cool climate, abundant products, and a natural harbor to build a city and live in a place with a cool climate, abundant products, and a natural harbor by the coast of Rinan County. As for the rest of the soldiers, they returned to China in batches. ”

Most of the 30,000 troops brought by Zhu Cizhao actually did not reach the Cham country at all—the troops attacking the Champa were mainly the men and horses of the "Annan Sizhong".

Moreover, the land in Zhancheng that fell into the hands of Zhu Cizhao was basically abandoned, and it was not easy to develop it, so it could not support an army of 30,000.

It would be nice to have 5000 left...... The matter of colonizing and expanding the territory to the south can only be done step by step.

Although it is only a small step now, it is a big step for the whole of China!