But no matter what, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu finally chose to persuade Chen Zuyi to surrender.

At first, the persuasion was not smooth, Chen Zuyi opened his mouth to ask for a lot of things, not only to listen to the tune but not to listen to the announcement, but even to ask Su Fan to give him countless money every year, almost not to mention collecting the toll.

Zhu Gaoxu heard the report of the people who persuaded him to surrender at that time, and he almost ordered troops and horses to kill the Bolin State.

But Zhu Di calmed down, dissuaded Zhu Gaoxu's irrational behavior, and explained: "The most important thing at Chen Zuyi's hand is his hundreds of big ships, and other land turf and small boats are of little use. We don't have many sailors in our hands now, and the fleet in Chen Zuyi's hands is almost the same, and there is no certainty of victory, now because the sailors are still in him, he still has some taboos, if he loses the first battle, he has no taboos at all, he can do whatever he wants, even if you lead troops to break through his land territory, it is useless. ”

"So what should I do?" Zhu Gaoxu threw down the sword in his hand and asked Zhu Di.

"I personally went to Bolin State to negotiate with Chen Zuyi." Zhu Di said.

"Father, this is not good! Erchen will never agree! Zhu Gaoxu immediately said. He didn't dare to let Zhu Di go to Chen Zuyi's place, in case he went crazy and killed Zhu Di, his reputation would be completely ruined if he let his father negotiate.

What's more, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di have been father and son for many years, and they still have a father-son relationship. Although he didn't want Zhu Di to compete with him for power all the time, he didn't want Zhu Di to die in this place like this.

"Gao Xu, don't worry." Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu, who was unwilling to let himself negotiate, and said with some emotion: "Chen Zuyi is not a fool, bargaining with Su Fan during negotiations is different from killing one of Daming's relatives, the former prince. If he really dares to kill me, Da Ming will definitely hunt him down to the real ends of the earth. Looking at the situation these days, Chen Zuyi is a shrewd person who will not do this. ”

In the end, Zhu Di still went to Bolin State to negotiate with Chen Zuyi in person.

No one knew the specific negotiation process, but in the end, Chen Zuyi completely gave up the conditions he put forward at the beginning, and even gave up the requirement to listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement, and became the official sailor of Su Fan.

Zhu Gaoxu was very surprised at the time, and once felt that Chen Zuyi was deceiving him; However, the summoning of Chen Zuyi into Qian'an City went very smoothly, and Chen Zuyi respectfully knelt on the ground to meet him. Later, although he still didn't understand why, he accepted the fact that Chen Zuyi defected to Su Fan.

Zhu Di heard Chen Zuyi's answer and said with a smile: "Lone is just going to join in the fun." The Ming Dynasty dispatched 600,000 troops to conquer Annan at one time, and the 3,000 men and horses led by Gu were nothing. ”

"No, no," Chen Zuyi even dragged the text and said: "No matter how few soldiers and horses Your Highness has, they are also soldiers and horses, isn't the 600,000 army of the Ming Dynasty also a guard and a guard?" Maybe the 3,000 men and horses led by His Highness will make a great contribution in the battle against Annam. ”

"Haha, Chengqing Jiyan." Zhu Di said with a smile: "But Lone still doesn't believe that you personally escorted Lone to Guangdong just to protect him." ”

"I can't hide anything from Your Highness." Chen Zuyi said: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, the minister is a native of Chaoyang County, the capital of Chaozhou, Guangdong, because he was a pirate in the area of Guangdong in his early years, he was wanted by the first emperor and did not dare to return to his hometown, so he went to Nanyang. Now that His Royal Highness has surrendered the ministers and forgiven the sins of the ministers, the ministers naturally want to return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors. ”

Zhu Di nodded. That sounded like the truth, but he wasn't sure if it was true.

But it didn't matter, no matter why, Chen Zuyi didn't dare to throw him off the boat halfway. He glanced at Chen Zuyi, and he immediately showed a flattering look at him.

The two of them then moved on to something else. Zhu Di said: "Ma He and Wang Jinghong led the fleet around Sumatra, when will they be able to complete the circle?" ”

"Your Highness, according to the minister's past experience, it will take about half a year, if you explore the local sea conditions along the way."

"Your Highness also knows that the island of Sumatra is very special. It is bounded to the northeast by Manraka and many small islands, and to the east by the Java Sea and the island of Java; However, both to the west and south are vast oceans, so the sea conditions are completely different in different places, and it is difficult to find out. Chen Zuyi said.

"Not even with your past experience?" Zhu Di asked.

"Your Highness, how could the ministers in the past find out the sea conditions in those places? That won't be of much use to us, we just need to know a safe way to pass through the sea. So our experience is of little use. Chen Zuyi said.

Hearing his words, Zhu Di lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

Taking advantage of Zhu Di's low head and not knowing what he was thinking, Chen Zuyi said: "Your Highness, look at the eunuch Ma He sent by His Royal Highness, it is white-eyed." ”

"Yes." Zhu Di didn't look up.

"Your Highness, the minister advises Your Highness, you can't believe it, it's better not to trust this horse too much."

"In the past, there were people in the fleet, but they were not loyal, they were always at odds with us, and they once rebelled. Later, the ministers no longer wanted lustful people, whether they were cannibals, Persians, or Indians. Chen Zuyi said.

"This horse next to me is different from the person you said, not like that." Zhu Di said.

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In the northwest city of Ganzhou, a man wearing a white hat and a man dressed in Han costume walked out of the yamen of the guard.

The Han man said, "Today is really busy, my head is sore. I've got to make up for it. ”

He then turned his head to the person beside him and said, "Old Ma, do you want to go to dinner with me?" Mongolian roasted whole sheep is the best. ”

The man called Lao Ma lightly refused: "I still have some things at home today, so I won't go to dinner with you." ”

"Alright then, I'll find someone else. But old horse, why is there always something going on in your family lately, it wasn't like this before. What's going on in your house that you need our help? Han said.

"No, it's just some chores." The old horse said.

The two said a few more words, and the old horse said goodbye to him and returned to his home.

But when he returned home, he didn't do anything else, but immediately said to another person in the house wearing a white hat: "Solaha, it has just been seen from the newspaper that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom has decided to send 600,000 troops to conquer Annam. ”

"600,000 troops? Really? It won't be to scare the Annanes. Sauraha said confusedly.

"It's not to scare the Annan people, it's really to send 600,000 troops." The old horse said.

"Then this news must be known to the Great Khan immediately, and let the Great Khan take advantage of the emptiness of the Ming country to send troops to conquer the Ming Kingdom!" Soraha said.