Chen Tianping arrived in Kunming in the autumn of the third year of Yongle. Huang Zhong, the military general who escorted him, was the left deputy general of Guangxi, and he was reporting on his duties in Beijing this year, so he took over the errand.

Huang Zhong and Chen Tianping will stay in the capital of Yunnan for a while, waiting for the Yunnan capital to transfer troops and escort Chen Tianping back to China. Now, when the political envoys of Yunnan mobilize troops on the ground, they must inform the Han Wangfu and Mufu.

So Zhu Gaoxu soon learned the news. Then he summoned Chen Tianping, Huang Zhong, and the former ministers of Annan and others in the carrier hall.

Chen Tianping's look of hesitation made Zhu Gaoxu very curious: the Hu family and his son have committed the murder of the monarch and usurped the throne, and they must have grasped the power, how can Chen Tianping's clan regain the power when he returns to Annan?

Without waiting for Zhu Gaoxu to ask, Chen Tianping himself said his plan...... Before the Hu clan was in power, in order to stay away from the power of the Chen clan, the king was controlled to move the capital to Thanh Hoa in the south, and Thanh Hoa became the capital of Annam; However, Chen Tien Ping would not go to Thanh Hoa, but planned to succeed him to the throne in Thang Long (Hanoi, the Ming court's map marked as 'Jiao' in Dongguan County).

Zhu Gaoxu listened to his plan with great interest, and was noncommittal, just nodded slightly.

This is a strategy formulated by the Ming court, and of course Zhu Gaoxu will not question it.

…… But it's certainly not that easy. Zhu Gaoxu listened to them talk while pondering in his heart.

At present, the Hu clan, the largest force in Annam, if he wants to be the king, he must meet two conditions: one is to control the situation at home, and the other is to be recognized by the Ming Dynasty.

The regime of Annam is different from that of the Central Plains Imperial Court. Annam has a strong suzerainty and is bordered by land, and the recognition of the suzerainty is equally important.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu speculated that the Hu family would not be willing to 'befriend' with the Ming Dynasty. The Hu clan should be able to control Chen Tianping on the one hand, find an opportunity to get rid of it, and on the other hand, find a way to get the recognition of the Ming court, and frequently pay tribute and show deference and loyalty, which is an effective method.

At present, it seems that the Hu father and son wrote a letter to ask for guilt, obeyed the arrangement of the Ming Dynasty, and went down that road.

Zhu Gaoxu was full of confidence, and felt that he had guessed Hu's abacus perfectly......

Emperor Zhu Di must also know that Chen Tianping will not succeed. But why did the emperor still send Chen Tianping back to die?

Zhu Gaoxu speculated about the inside story, and the emperor must have done it on purpose. Perhaps the emperor's strategy on the issue of Annam has gradually changed to tough, and he has the heart to forge ahead with Annam and open up the territory!

When the Ming Dynasty launched a war, it paid the most attention to the famous teachers and took into account the general righteousness. This campaign may still be launched in the name of helping Annan Chen. In the future, after defeating Annan, it is best to find another puppet of the Chen family.

Now that Chen Tianping was sent back to Annan by the Ming court to die, he has to find someone with a name for himself......

Zhu Gaoxu thought of this, so when he saw off the guests of Annan, he left the military general Huang Zhong alone.

In the study room on the east side of the front hall of the Han Palace, Chen Xingwang came with the little prince. Zhu Gaoxu asked Huang Zhong to see the little prince with his own eyes, and then listened to Chen Xingwang narrate the ins and outs.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "When this king got Chen Zhengyuan, the prince of Annam, he did not dare to write rashly because he failed to confirm his identity. This time, General Huang wants to return to the court to 'hand' off, and when he meets my father, he can make this matter clear. ”

Huang Zhong hugged his fists and said: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and asked the eunuch Yellow Dog to send him out.

Zhu Gaoxu did not write before, because the imperial court already had Chen Tianping, the king of Annam, the candidate, and the unidentified prince was of little significance; Now he wanted to tell the emperor, but because Chen Tianping might be dying, the little prince became a candidate and became valuable again.

…… The Yunnan Metropolitan Division was edicted and mobilized a guard to escort Chen Tianping. Zhu Gaoxu didn't care about the specific transfer of the capital division, but only found Zhao Ping, the general of the 'guard', and asked Zhao Ping to select 100 guards and soldiers to follow the general Huang Zhong to the south.

Zhu Gaoxu sat on a chair, facing the 'door' of the study, he greeted Zhao Ping and said: "You don't have to follow Huang Zhong to Annan, take Chen Xingwang with you, just go to Laos." First find the temple that Chen Xingwang said, and then bring the queen of Annam back to Yunnan Mansion to reunite their mother and son. ”

Zhao Ping saluted and said: "The last general understands and obeys the order of the prince!" ”

The prince of Annam was only four or five years old, and he did not understand anything; To confirm the identity of the prince, the matter must start with the queen.

When he thought of seeing the famous and beautiful queen soon, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but have some expectations in his heart.

Perhaps the real superiors will only care about the power and the gains and losses of major events. However, Zhu Gaoxu found that he could not completely get rid of his 'private' thoughts, and he was still very interested in seeing such things as beauties.

……

The capital of Yunnan scraped together and finally got 4,000 men, barely a guard army. A group of thousands of people left Kunming City and went south to Annan.

More than 100 people from Zhao Ping followed the army to the bank of the Red River, and then parted ways. The central Huang army continued down the Red River and entered Annam through the 'Ji' Lingguan (Lao Cai), while Zhao Ping led his people across the Red River to Laos to comfort the envoys.

Fortunately, Chen Xingwang has been to Laos, and a group of people will not 'get lost'.

Laos and Yunnan are next to each other, and they will be in Laos in a few days. Zhao Ping led a large group of armor soldiers, and their whereabouts were very obvious, and soon they met the Tusi officials who came to interrogate. There was no need for a translator, and the Tusi officials could also speak a little Chinese, and everyone reluctantly 'communicated'.

Zhao Ping handed over the official document of the Yunnan Metropolitan Division, stamped with a seal, and he claimed to be an envoy of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past two years, the relationship between the Lao Tusi and the imperial court has been very good, and the Lao officials did not embarrass Zhao Ping, and went straight to see the Lao consolation envoy with Zhao Ping.

Zhao Ping wanted to make up a reason so that the Lao envoy would allow them to go to the temple. At this time, Chen Xingwang said: "The consolation envoy should know about Queen Annan." At the beginning, Chen Tianping and the former ministers of Annan were able to hide in Laos, and they had already bribed many goods. ”

"I see." Zhao Ping nodded and said, "Then there is no other way, just explain the intention and talk about the conditions to pick up people." ”

There were Lao officials to greet them, and everyone went to Meng'sao Wacheng, and they traveled unimpeded all the way.

…… Meng'sao Wacheng is the seat of Laos' consolation envoys, there are many Buddhist temples and luxurious palaces, which do not look like a city of governance, but the capital of a country. But the Ming court had to call them a toast.

Chen Xingwang said that the country name of Laos is "Nanzhang Hongkao", and its king is called the king in the local area and in other countries, except for receiving the official position of the Ming Dynasty and being called the Xuanhui envoy in the Ming Dynasty.

Nanzhang means that they claim to have a million war elephants that can scare people.

The king of Laos was very happy because he gave Chen Tianping to the Ming Dynasty and paid tribute many times. Ijo just sealed him as a consolation envoy.

However, it is said that in recent years, Laos has often been harassed by the troops of the Hu clan in Annam, so they took the initiative to show goodwill to the Ming Dynasty and wanted to seek protection.

Fortunately, Zhao Ping was literate and soon learned about some things in this place. In terms of state 'relations', Laos is now on the side of the Ming Dynasty and has a hostile relationship with Annam; However, there was more than one power in Annam, so the king of Laos accepted bribes from the Tran clan.

The king of Laos was called U Ho An, and he had a name that looked like a Han Chinese, but he did not speak Chinese at all. The two sides could not directly 'communicate', and under the lame translation of the Laotian officials, Zhao Ping handed over the official document, and reluctantly let each other figure out the general situation.

Wu He'an had great respect for the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, and sent elephant soldiers to send them to that temple.

But there is no queen in the temple at all, and there is no caretaker as Chen Xingwang said!

Zhao Ping had walked on the rugged and difficult road for so long, and at this time, he suspected that Chen Xingwang was lying, and he was already annoyed in his heart. But he still calmed down first and questioned Chen Xingwang.

Chen Xingwang was also very nervous, and finally found a monk he knew in the temple.

The monk would speak some Chinese, mixed with Chinese vernacular, and tell the truth of the matter, which finally proved that Chen Xingwang did not seem to be lying. The words of the temple monk and Chen Xingwang were strung together, and Zhao Ping roughly understood what had happened......

Chen Tianping was not directly responsible for the detention of the queen, but 'handed over' to a man of Chen An, and then Chen Tianping went to the Ming Jingshi, thousands of miles away.

Previously, Chen An accidentally let the little prince be taken captive, and he was in a hurry to take someone to Yunnan Mansion to make up for his mistakes; But Chen An was 'shot' to death by an arrow from a military general of the Han Dynasty...... After that, one of the escaped assassins brought back the news of Chen An's death.

The remaining three men can't find an employer, and they are going to 'lewd' and play queen first, and then run away to continue their original business.

When they were working together to 'fornicate' and insult the queen, because the queen's resistance was 'fierce', the monks in the temple were alarmed and stopped the matter. The queen offered to bring a letter back to Annan and ask her family to ransom her with a large sum of money; The goods were divided equally among the three men and the temple monks.

Several people finally agreed to this method because the lead employer, Chen An, was dead.

Zhao Ping thought for a long time and asked, "What does the master mean, the 'woman' here has gone back to Annan?" ”

The monk understood this sentence and nodded yes.

Zhao Ping asked again: "Since Chen Tianping has sent treasures to the king, and the person who released him should be ordered by the king, why do you dare to do such a thing as a monk?" ”

The monk didn't seem to understand such responsible words. Zhao Ping asked Chen Xingwang to come, and Chen Xingwang didn't know much about the Lao language, so he couldn't figure it out for a long time.

Zhao Ping took more than 100 armor soldiers to be stationed in the temple for a few days, and Lao officials sent food and water, but the people here were not familiar with the place and the language was not understood, and Zhao Ping could not find a way to find out whether this matter was true or false.

Chen Xingwang has been doing business in Laos for several years, and he didn't even learn the local area, and only had some simple words of greeting. Chen Xingwang said that he mainly 'deals' with Yunnan villagers, while his employer, Chen An, is a native of Annan, but he can speak Chinese.

When Zhao Ping wanted to find the monk of that temple again, he couldn't find anyone anymore.

In short, there was no clue about this matter, Zhao Ping decided to take someone back to Yunnan Mansion first, and after reporting to the King of Han, he would listen to the arrangement.