Although under Lu Xiangsheng's gaze, Lin Yueshan felt that his neck was heavy and difficult to turn, he still replied calmly: "Whether it is the Zheng clan or the Ruan clan, they are not trustworthy vassals for the Ming Dynasty.

Vietnam's entry into China's land originated from Qin. It was not until the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period that the "Battle of the Baiteng River" broke out here, and the local native Wu Quan defeated the Southern Han Dynasty, proclaimed himself King of Wu, and established the Wu Dynasty, which was the beginning of Vietnam's formal separation from China.

In the six or seven hundred years since then, Vietnam has either been unified by the Central Plains Dynasty or rebelled against the Central Plains and became independent. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, at the request of the remnants of the Chen Dynasty, we overthrew the regime of the traitor Hu and established the Jiaozhi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department in Vietnam, and Vietnam returned to China again.

However, in the second year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, Liu Sheng, the chief military officer, was defeated by the local rebels. The Vietnamese people took the opportunity to establish the Hou Lê Dynasty and changed the name of the country to Da Viet, so the Vietnamese region became independent again.

Emperor Xuanzong did not want to go on an expedition, but decided to withdraw his troops from Jiaozhi. So Xuande officially abolished Jiaozhi Cheng in the third year of the declaration of political envoys. Subsequently, Le Le accepted the canonization of our Ming Dynasty, and Vietnam became an independent subject country in the south of our Ming Dynasty.

What is the difference between the situation in Vietnam today and the Yongle period? The Vietnamese Zheng clan offended our Ming frontier, and our Ming army naturally had to punish it. However, the Nguyen lord of Quang Nam wanted to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to eliminate the Zheng clan in one fell swoop and thus unify Vietnam.

With the character of the Vietnamese towards Qin and Twilight, once Vietnam is reunified, I am afraid that their next goal will be to expel the forces of the Ming Dynasty from Vietnam. The reason why the Vietnamese people still remember the Hou Li Dynasty today is because Li Li defeated our Ming army and forced Emperor Xuanzong to withdraw his troops from Vietnam.

Ha Guan heard that there is a lake in Thang Long province that the Vietnamese named Hoan Kiem Lake. The origin of this name is precisely to commemorate Li Li, the founding king of the Later Li Dynasty. It is said that when Li Li raised troops to defeat my Ming Dynasty and founded the country, one day he visited this lake, and met the golden turtle to ask him for a sword, indicating that since the army has retreated, then it is time to return the sword to it. Therefore, the Vietnamese named the lake Hoan Kiem Lake as a memorial.

Marshal, the Vietnamese have such a legend, don't they regard the defeat of our Ming army as the orthodox destiny of the Vietnamese monarch? Whether it is the Nguyen clan or the Truong clan, if they want to change the dynasty after the reunification of Vietnam, they must provoke a war against our Ming Dynasty in order to prove to the Vietnamese people where the destiny of heaven lies.

Because of this, the meaning is: if either the Ruan family or the Zheng family is disobedient, it is okay to teach a lesson, but one must not condone one side to defeat the other side completely, it is not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

All Daming needed was two sheep, not a bull with horns. The reason why Xia Guan put the Guangnan envoy under house arrest was precisely because he didn't want to embarrass the marshal. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's face was extremely ugly when Lin Yueshan said this, but after all, he didn't release the anger in his heart, he was silent for a while, and then he still asked in a dissatisfied tone: "According to what you say, this official should thank you for your good intentions?" What did Liu Xingzuo say over there, could it be that there are people around him like you, who are willing to take on the great responsibility for Shangguan and intercept the envoys of Guangnan? ”

Lin Yueshan hesitated, and then replied softly: "Previously, the Zheng clan sent people to Guangzhou to sue for peace, and at the behest of His Majesty, the governor of Yungui had arrived in General Liu's army half a month ago and was presiding over negotiations with the Zheng clan. Today is the last day of the talks, and the results of the negotiations will be in the army either tonight or tomorrow. Dashuai why not wait for a day. ”

Hearing Hong Chengchou's name, a thought suddenly flashed in Lu Xiangsheng's mind, and he immediately stared at Lin Yueshan and asked coldly: "Is this idea of detaining the envoy of Guangnan your own initiative, or is it Hong Hengjiu's idea?" ”

Lin Yueshan originally wanted to say that it was himself, but looking at Lu Xiangsheng's gaze, he quickly changed his tone and said: "Governor Hong said that the handsome man has an upright personality, and if he knows the truth, he may be sped on by the Guangnan envoy. It's better to hide it from even the marshal and directly put the Guangnan envoy under house arrest. That way, if something goes wrong, there's a way to remedy it..."

"Smack." Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that he slapped the table next to him, knocking over all the tea cups on the table. He didn't care about the cuffs that were wet with tea, and just said hatefully: "What a Hong Hengjiu." ”

Hong Chengchou, who had just reached a peace agreement with Zheng Zheng, sneezed loudly, and his relatives around him rushed up and said with a smile: "Master, this sneeze is good, maybe it was nagged by His Majesty." If Your Majesty knew that the lord could knock out so many things from the Vietnamese, I am afraid that it would be time for the lord to be added to the knighthood. ”

Hong Chengchou waved his hand and scolded with a smile: "As long as you have a lot of things, you don't look at the time of this sycophancy." Now is not the time to relax, the Vietnamese have always been treacherous, writing down the peace treaty is nothing, only when you get your hands on it, can you really end the matter. Go, let General Liu send a team of people to escort the Vietnamese back, and by the way, monitor how the battle of Thang Long Mansion is going. ”

The relatives agreed, then turned around and hurried away. Hong Chengchou looked at the white sky at this time, and he sighed in his heart. He really didn't expect that after crossing the mountains on the border of Annan, Yunnan, such a large flat plain would appear.

The upstream is still crossing the flowing Red River in the mountains and ravines, and when it comes to the downstream, it can actually break out of such an endless plain, and the rice fields and villages that can be seen everywhere on both sides of the Red River make Hong Chengchou think that he has come to the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River.

The climate and soil of the Red River Delta are extremely suitable for growing rice, and two crops can be harvested a year. According to his estimates, the annual rice production in the plains of the Red River Delta alone is about 00,000 stones, about half of the rice production of the whole of Vietnam.

After deducting Vietnam's own consumption, Vietnam can export at least 500-10 million stone of rice every year. Under the condition that a large number of sugarcane are planted in Guangxi, Vietnam, which is so close to Liangguang, has great potential to become the granary of Liangguang.

Therefore, when signing the peace treaty with the Zheng family, in addition to demanding Zheng Shi to compensate the Guangxi border residents with 2.42 million yuan and 4 million stone of rice for losses and military expenses, Hong Chengchou also offered Zheng a rice trade contract of 3 million stone of rice per year for a contract period of 10 years at the price of 05 yuan per stone of rice.

And for Zheng Jie in Thang Long Mansion, the peace treaty brought back by his son Zheng Zheng is really quite favorable in his opinion. Politically, the Ming Dynasty only demanded that the status quo of the various forces of the Later Li Dynasty be maintained, mainly to ensure the independence of the Wu clan of Xuanguang Zhen and the Mo clan of Gaoping.

As for the division of power between the Nguyen and Zheng clans, we will have to wait for the end of this war. As for the other conditions, they are mostly economic requirements.

For example, the ports and domestic markets of the Later Li Dynasty were liberalized, and the Ming Dynasty was allowed to use the Red River to transport Yunnan products, and the Later Li Dynasty was not allowed to refuse the use of the Ming Yuan. Then there are the reparations and the demand for food trade.

The price of 05 yuan per stone of rice is indeed very cheap in Daming, but the price in Vietnam is not low. The ten-year rice trade contract is not only enough for the Zheng family to earn back the compensation, but also to exchange the excess rice for the products of the Ming Dynasty, thus restoring the vitality of the Zheng family.

Therefore, Zheng Jie, who originally only regarded peace as an expedient measure, felt that it would be good to abide by this peace agreement for a few more years. And Ming Guoken gave such generous conditions, which also made Zheng's advisers think that Ming's willingness to make peace with them seemed to be true.

However, even so, when Zheng Jie went out of the city to counterattack, he still left most of his troops in the city in case the Ming army tore up the peace treaty and raided Thang Long Mansion. He himself only pursued and killed the Quang Nam army for less than 60 miles, and then returned to Thang Long Province with his army.

After hearing the news of the defeat of the Quang Nam army, Haiyang City put Ruan Youyi back. When Lin Yueshan sent Ruan Youyi out of the city and got on the boat, he said to him: "Lord Ruan's light army is rashly advancing, so that our army is unable to respond for a while. When you go back, you can tell the lord of the country that it is difficult to continue this Northern Expedition, so why don't you talk about peace and strike for the time being? ”

Ruan Youyi looked at Lin Yueshan, who looked nonchalant, and said with a smile: "The matter has come to this, what else does my country have to say, I should obey the orders of the kingdom." However, our country's dispatch of troops this time is in response to the edict of the kingdom, even if it is defeated this time, the kingdom should not let our country gain nothing, right? ”

Seeing that Ruan Youyi didn't mention the previous house arrest, Lin Yueshan immediately smiled and replied: "That's the principle of nature, but I don't know what is the bottom line of Guangnan?" ”

Ruan Youyi lowered his head and thought for a while before he said: "South of the Lanjiang River, it should all belong to our country. ”

Lin Yueshan frowned and thought for a long time before cautiously replying: "The Ming Dynasty can only ensure that Guangnan obtains Quang Binh Province, as for the area between the south of the Lanjiang River and Guangping, it depends on how you and the Zheng clan talk." ”

Ruan Youyi immediately bowed and said, "Okay, then Master Lin, we'll make up our minds." As soon as he had finished speaking, he descended the bluestone steps and boarded the gangplank to the ship.

Looking at Ruan Youyi, who was standing motionless at the bow of the boat, Lin Yueshan couldn't help but shake his head and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that there are such interesting characters in Vietnam. ”

After returning to the mansion, Ruan Youyi learned the news that Lord Ruan was unconscious, and immediately went to find the prince Ruan Fulan and suggested to him that Lord Ruan should be sent back to Quang Nam as soon as possible and prepare to take over as the head of the country, so as to prevent the Ming State from interfering in the succession of the Lord of Quang Nam, after all, the third son of the Lord of the State is still in the hands of the Ming State.

After the Ruan clan consulted, they decided to follow Ruan Youyi's advice and let the prince quietly escort the unconscious lord back to Quang Nam to succeed him, while Ruan Youyi led a large army to deal with the Ming army and the Zheng clan.

On 19 June, the Minh Quook, the Trần Clan, the Nguyen Clan, the Mo Clan, and the Vu Clan each sent representatives to conduct peace talks between the Ming and Vietnam in Hai Duong City, and the negotiations were concluded within three days under the condition that the Ming Quoc and the Truong Clan had reached a tacit understanding.

In the end, the Nguyen clan only received Quang Binh Province, while Zheng Jie sent his son Zheng Zheng and some of the children of the Hou Lê ministers to the Ming Kingdom as hostages, and began to pay war reparations to the Ming State. The Vietnam War finally came to an end, and peace was restored on the borders of Guangxi and Yunnan.

The Zheng clan lost not only wealth in this war, but also a large number of people who were looted to the outer islands by the Ming army. After the Spaniards and Dutch could no longer plunder the Chinese as slaves, they began to accept these hard-working Vietnamese as slave labor in their estates and urban construction.

Without three or four years of recovery, Zheng may not be able to recover his strength. However, the war finally prevented the Ming from continuing to enter Vietnam to plunder the population, as the border between the two countries had become almost no man's land.