Is Yang Cong really so confused?

Of course not.

He had already asked people to investigate the situation in Annan clearly.

The royal orthodoxy of the Later Li Dynasty in Annam has indeed become extinct, and as for who was exterminated, Mo Dengyong had a share, and the Zheng family also had a share.

In other words, the Zheng family and the Mo family are dog-eat-dog, they are actually chaotic ministers and thieves, but the Zheng family's strength is not as strong as the Mo family, so the Mo family became the king of Annam, and the Zheng family can only pretend to support the royal family of the Hou Li Dynasty, and ask the Ming Dynasty to help them clean up the Mo family.

If Da Ming cleaned up the Mo family indiscriminately, it would be called confusion.

At this time, the orthodoxy of the royal family of the Li Dynasty has been extinct, what should the Ming Dynasty do with it?

Very simply, Annam is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the king of the vassal state is cut off, and its territory should be owned by the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty can reappoint the vassal king, or it can directly bring Annan directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Yang Cong, of course, was inclined to the latter, and directly brought Annan under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, so that he could use Annan as a springboard to monopolize Nanyang's business.

However, there is a premise for all this, that is, the Mo clan or the Zheng clan must be honest and obedient and recognize the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty over Annam.

The Zheng family was very obedient on the surface, but in fact they were not, because they supported the side branch of the Later Li Dynasty royal family.

In other words, they just want to use the Ming Dynasty to clean up the Mo family, and then continue to use the Houli Dynasty royal family as puppets and prestige in Annan, and it is unknown what the Mo family thinks.

What Yang Cong has to do now is to make Mo submit, whether it is coercion and temptation, or threat and intimidation, he must make Mo obedient and hand over Annan!

He pretended to be "deceived" by Mo Dengyong for a while, and then said solemnly: "Leave other things aside for the time being, this official asks you, are you willing to return to the imperial court?" ”

Submit to the imperial court?

When Mo Dengyong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, this sound a little wrong, if the Ming court can recognize his identity and crown him as the king of Annam, he is naturally willing, the problem is that the governor doesn't seem to mean this.

He thought about it, and then said carefully: "Annan was originally a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, if your lord is willing to help the court play the court and let the court crown the official as the king of Annan, the lower official will naturally lead Annan to continue to belong to the Ming Dynasty and be a vassal forever." ”

You've got a lot to think about!

Yang Cong snorted coldly: "Didn't you say that you didn't plot to usurp the throne?" You don't mean to usurp the throne, so what is that? ”

Sure enough, the governor had no intention of making him king of Annam at all.

Mo Dengyong couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, he thought about it, and said cautiously: "My lord, wronged, isn't this the orthodoxy of the Houli royal family already extinct, otherwise how dare the lower officials brazenly ask for the throne of the king." ”

Yang Cong still snorted coldly: "The orthodoxy of the Houli royal family has been extinct, can you be the king?" To put it mildly, if the Ming Dynasty is a prince or a county king, will the emperor choose a retainer to succeed the vassal king in this prince or county king's mansion? ”

This!

When Mo Dengyong heard this, he couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart.

Yang Cong is right, he is not qualified to inherit the throne of King Annam at all, he is a fisherman, and he has no blood relationship with the Houli royal family, where is he qualified to inherit the throne of King Annam.

Could it be that this Governor meant to let him support the current Li Zhuang Zong?

How is that possible, Li Zhuangzong is the puppet of the Zheng family, if he stupidly supports others, it is estimated that he will not be far from death.

What's going to be good now?

He frowned and pondered for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, the Li Zhuangzong supported by the Zheng family is an impostor, if the lower officials support him to succeed to the throne, Annan will also fall into the hands of others!" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he said lightly: "This official naturally understands that this official is asking if you are willing to submit to the imperial court, and other matters will be left alone for the time being." ”

Yes!

What does this mean?

Mo Dengyong asked cautiously: "My lord, please forgive the officials for being stupid, what does your lord mean by this submission?" ”

Yang Cong patiently explained: "It's very simple, Guishun the imperial court naturally listens to the imperial court, and you will do whatever the imperial court tells you to do." ”

This!

When Mo Dengyong heard this, his face couldn't help showing embarrassment, asking him to let a good king not be an official to the Ming court, could he be willing?

Of course he didn't want to, it seemed that he could only resist and try.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, didn't his Houli royal family also start by rebellion, why was the Ming Dynasty able to recognize their kingship at that time, and why can't it be done now?" ”

Yang Cong still said lightly: "At this time and that time, at that time, Daming was facing the invasion of the Northern Yuan Warat, and he had no time to look south, so Daming didn't have this concern at this time." ”

He is indeed right, Xuanzong Xuantong during the Northern Yuan Wara Department is about to move, the Ming Dynasty has no time to suppress the rebellion of Annan, and so on to Yingzong Orthodox years, Ming Yingzong was taken by the eunuch Wang Zhen to Xuanfu Town for a walk, but was directly captured by the Wara Taishi first, Daming almost died because of this, naturally there is no time to take care of Annan, so he has no choice but to admit the rule of the Hou Li Dynasty over Annam.

It's different now, Nan Wei has been almost cleaned up by Yang Cong, and Beiyu doesn't dare to make any changes for the time being, can you still dare to jump in your little Annan?

Mo Dengyong really didn't dare to jump, but he didn't want to give up the throne so easily.

He could only stubbornly continue: "My lord, even if the lower officials are willing to submit to the imperial court, I am afraid that the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals under the lower officials are not willing, after all, this country was not fought by the lower officials alone, but by more than 100,000 people working together to defeat it." ”

He originally wanted to use more than 100,000 troops to blackmail Yang Cong, but he never thought that when Yang Cong heard this, he actually said with interest: "Oh? Who wants to rebel? The official is worried that the 500,000 army has not been assembled and has not achieved an inch, although the head of the vassal army is not as valuable as the head of the Tartars and the Japanese Kou, there is always fifty taels, you say, whoever wants to resist, the official immediately led the army to pacify them! ”

, how to forget this stubble, the Ming court in order to motivate the Ming army soldiers to kill the enemy bravely, specially set up a provision for the reward of the first merit, an enemy's head ranges from fifty taels to one hundred taels.

This guy, at the beginning, the soldiers of the Ming army were just killing the enemy, but in the back, as long as they went to the battlefield, it was simply killing people when they saw them, a head was at least fifty taels of silver, which was a huge amount of money for ordinary people, and those Ming soldiers who went to the battlefield were not allowed to work hard to get their heads, it doesn't matter if you are an enemy or a civilian, as long as you have a head!

As a result, the Ming army formed a bad habit of killing good people and taking meritorious deeds, and as long as the leading generals did not control it, the consequences were unimaginable.

Obviously, the Governor not only did not want to control his subordinates, but also connived at them.

If they are allowed to enter Thang Long City, then they will have it!

When Mo Dengyong heard this, he couldn't help but shudder with fright, and he subconsciously struggled to say: "My lord, this one kills a thousand enemies, and loses eight hundred, and there are always dead people in a war, why bother?" ”

Yang Cong said disdainfully: "Can the feudal soldiers under your command be more powerful than the Tartars and the Wokos?" Let me tell you, this official led the army to defeat the 100,000 iron cavalry of the Mengyuan Tatar Department and did not kill a few people, as for the Japanese in the southeast, they also destroyed almost 100,000 in two battles, and none of the officers were killed. If you don't believe me, you can order someone to inquire and see if the official is bragging. ”

Yes!

So powerful!

When Mo Dengyong heard this, he finally relented, how could his soldiers have the Tartars and the Wokos, no matter whether this Governor was braggadocio or not, it was definitely a fact that people dared to fight with the Tatars and the Wakos.

This guy even dares to fight the Tartars and the Wokos, will he still be afraid of this bit of feudal soldiers under him!

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