Annam also called Cochin in this era, not Vietnam anyway. During the reign of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, the monarch of the Tran Dynasty of Vietnam was usurped by his relative Hu Jichen, and the Ming Dynasty of China overthrew the Hu regime at the request of the remnants of the Tran Dynasty. The Ming army took advantage of the situation to occupy Vietnam, set up counties, and placed Jiaozhi Chengxuan political envoys, and once again carried out direct rule, that is, "Annam belonged to the Ming period". However, a few years after the death of Ming Chengzu, Le Le launched the Blue Mountain Uprising to expel the Ming army from Vietnam, but after promising to maintain suzerain-vassal relations with the Ming Dynasty, he regained his independence and established the Later Lê Dynasty.

In 1471, the Later Li Dynasty destroyed the Champa Kingdom, and its territory gradually expanded to the south. In 1527, Mo Dengyong usurped the Later Li Dynasty and established the Mo Dynasty. After 1531, the Lê dynasty was restored with the support of the Zheng and Nguyen families, and occupied the south, confronting the Mo dynasty, and Vietnam began to enter a period of more than 200 years of division between the north and the south.

In 1592, the Later Lê Dynasty destroyed the Mo Dynasty, and Vietnam was divided again, with the north controlled by the Truong family and the south controlled by the Nguyen family. The titular co-owner, the Emperor of the Later Li Dynasty, was a complete puppet and was under the control of the Zheng clan.

The Ruan family in the south, in order to maintain economic stability, restricted the import of goods from the Ming Dynasty, which was also a move with no choice.

Because of the large number of imported goods, the handicraft industry in southern Annam was completely shocked, and a large number of handicraftsmen lost their jobs and went to the Khmer Saigon area.

Saigon was not included in the southern part of Annam, which was controlled by the Nguyen family, and Annam's territory was smaller than later generations because they had not yet occupied the Mekong Delta, which belonged to the Khmer.

The Khmer in this era was relatively weak, and if Annam wanted to forcibly occupy the Mekong Delta, the Khmer obviously had little to do. And there are a lot of resources that haven't been developed anyway. Dividing a piece of land out of the country will not shake the rule. So in general, the land is ceded out without a solution.

However, now that the military forces of the Ming Dynasty have intervened in the Indochina Peninsula, they began to garrison troops in the Khmer and included the Khmer in the status of a protectorate, which means that the Khmer has become the younger brother of the Ming Dynasty, and no one can bully this little brother, so the Annamites have no possibility of occupying the Mekong Delta.

However, refugees continue to enter the Mekong Delta, which is welcomed by Daming Capital, because the development of those rice fields requires more people.

In order to curb the continued decline of the economy. As well as to protect the jobs of craftsmen, the Nguyen family officially announced restrictions on the import of goods from the Ming Dynasty.

When the Zheng family in the north saw it, they immediately followed suit. The influx of goods from the Ming Dynasty was relatively severe, which also had a great impact on the rural natural economy in the north and south of Annan, leading to the outbreak of the peasant uprising.

After Gao Bangzuo, commander-in-chief of the Nanyang Military Region, learned the news, he immediately put pressure on Annan, demanding that the Ruan family and the Zheng family in the north and south of Annan immediately stop restricting the goods of the Ming Dynasty and completely open the Annam market.

Both the Nguyen family and the Zheng family refused to give in easily. refuted the request of the Ming envoy.

When Gao Bangzuo came to Nanyang as the commander-in-chief of the military region, the first thing he wanted to protect was the colonial and commercial interests of the Ming Dynasty in Nanyang and the Indochina Peninsula.

The behavior of the two family forces in the north and south of Annam. It has seriously threatened the interests of the Ming Dynasty in Annam. Gao Bangzuo saw that Annan had a tough attitude, and he relied on a relatively strong natural risk, and he looked a little fearless.

Gao Bangzuo immediately went to the imperial court and suggested that troops be sent to Annam to protect the authority of the Ming Dynasty in the Indochina Peninsula.

The arrival of the recital to the court caused a heated debate among the ministers, and some of the ministers believed that the content of Gao Bangzuo's recital was desirable and that Annan should be taught a lesson.

Some ministers believe that now that the Ming Dynasty has just completed a round of large-scale expansion, it is time to digest the fruits of victory, how can they continue to provoke wars.

"Annan has been my Chinese territory since ancient times, and it was also ruled by the Ming Dynasty during the Chengzu period, and now the Li Dynasty exists in name only, and the north and south of Annan are in turmoil, and I have the obligation to reorganize Annan, so that the people of Annan can live a peaceful life." Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon chair and said with justice and awe.

"Holy wisdom, the people of Annan are indeed in dire straits now, and we really need my Ming to re-govern the whole territory of Annan."

"Your Majesty, if you want to reopen the Jiaozhi Political Envoy Division, you need to send honest officials, and it is strictly forbidden to oppress the people of Annam, otherwise you will repeat the mistakes of the past and cause a rebellion."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao spoke, the courtiers knew that the emperor was going to take Annan. It just so happened that the headquarters in the eighth year of the Apocalypse did not give any clear operational goals, and many military resources were idle and idle, which happened to be used to teach Annan a lesson.

There are those who are in favor and those who make suggestions, but there are those who are not.

Nowadays, the finances of the imperial court have greatly improved, the military is strong, and it is common to fight wars. Since Zhu Youxiao established the New Army after he ascended the throne, he has never lost a foreign war.

"If you directly occupy Annan, it will be too hasty. It is better to control Annam first, retain its administrative system, and reopen the matter of the political envoys of Jiaozhi, and then mention it later. Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said, to directly capture the whole of Vietnam, it takes a bit more manpower and material resources, after all, to directly drive out the ruler of Annam, the resistance will inevitably be more violent.

It is better to use the method of boiling frogs in warm water, first use force to force the two families in the north and south of Annan to succumb and become the puppets of the Ming Dynasty ruling Annan, and then retain some of the benefits to them, so that they can give up complete resistance when there is still a way to live.

In this way, as time goes by, the Ming Dynasty's control over Annan will become stronger and stronger, and Annan under the rule of the puppet regime will inevitably have serious social problems in Annan due to the progress of commercial colonization, which will naturally be unpopular at that time.

At a certain point, these puppets can be kicked away, and the Ming Dynasty will directly rule Annam.

In the final analysis, it is still a matter of capital expansion, if there is no need for capital expansion, Annan will naturally not care about them if he wants to play with mud by himself.

However, the Ming Dynasty has embarked on the road of capital expansion, and capital is constantly expanding outward. State-owned capital needs to constantly look for new markets and constantly expand its own capital. Once Annan's political system hindered the exploitation of external interests by the state-owned capital consortium, it was natural to overthrow it.

Gao Bangzuo's proposal to impose military sanctions on Annan was passed, and Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered Gao Bangzuo to act at the right time and be sure to deal with Annan.

When Gao Bangzuo received Zhu Youxiao's holy order, he was ready to attack Annan. (To be continued.) )