Chapter 301: Occupy the city

The elephant was surrounded by the crowd and did not walk very fast. It took a while to enter the city.

However, as it approached the city of Champa, temples appeared one after another, indicating that Champa was not a country where Buddhism flourished.

When Zhu Houhuang saw this, his hostility towards the city disappeared somewhat

Although Buddhism has such and such disadvantages, it is easier to be accepted by Zhu Houhuang than Islam.

From this point on, Zhancheng was not Zhu Houhuang's main goal.

Although Zhu Houhuang wants to make the entire Nanyang his territory, he also knows that things have to be done little by little, even when the Tang Dynasty was running the Western Regions, there were still many independent small countries under the Anxi Protectorate, so Zhu Houhuang did not have the ability and could not completely eliminate the Nanyang countries.

If Champa is really obedient, it would not be bad to leave Champa as a model country, so that all countries know that it would be a good choice if they became the loyal little brother of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Houhuang thought silently.

Shakubke, the king of Champang, did not know that because of the current thoughts, the future Champa would become the country with the longest inheritance among the Nanyang countries.

When the elephants entered the Champa Palace, the carnival began.

There were dancing girls everywhere, all of them enthusiastic, as well as the ministers of Champa and some Chinese merchants who had already occupied the city, all came here.

It was a grand banquet.

Nothing serious has begun, just warm hospitality. Zhu Houhuang himself is a little unbearable.

The fiery girl scattered Zhu Houhuang and Xu Ai, as well as the guards who were secretly following him.

Zhu Houhuang simply walked around in the palace of Zhancheng.

The guards in the palace all saw Zhu Houhuang coming with the angel, so no one stopped him.

Zhu Houhuang turned around a few times, and suddenly heard Chinese, which should be Cantonese.

Thanks to Hong Kong films, otherwise, Zhu Houhuang, a northerner, probably wouldn't understand what they were saying. Zhu Houhuang turned around, but saw a side hall where many Chinese were sitting and drinking.

Zhu Houhuang listened on the side: "Do you know what happened to the angel coming over this time?" ”

"I have a friend over there in Annan, and I said that this time it was not an angel who came, but an envoy of King Yong?"

"Who is King Yong?"

"King Yong is today's younger brother, the most favored trust, he is not willing to seal in the mainland, but to Dongyong, the Son of Heaven is too good to say anything to this younger brother, I don't know how much gold and silver was rewarded, King Yong is also a capable person, in just two years, will be Dongyong desert island, built into a small country, this time over, it is estimated to show the existence of Yongguo in the South Seas."

"Where is Yongguo?"

"It's on the east side of the Fujian Sea, on that deserted island in the Great Ryukyu."

Some people understand, some don't.

They immediately talked about Zhu Houhuang, the king of Yong, and said everything, and no one could convince anyone for a while.

Zhu Houhuang listened on the sidelines and said secretly: "This time the envoy is the right one. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the Nanyang area still doesn't know who King Yong is? ”

In ancient times, messaging was slow, and it was normal for this to happen.

"Your Highness," Zhu Houhuang suddenly heard someone talking behind him, he was startled, and when he looked back, it was Li Liangqin.

But seeing Li Liangqin with a cold face, he said: "Your Highness, please respect yourself." ”

With Annan's trip, Li Liangqin was particularly concerned about Zhu Houhuang's safety. But just now countless girls surrounded him, and he had no choice.

If they were all enemies, he could immediately kill a gap and rush to Zhu Houhuang's side, but all the young girls around him couldn't do it.

Zhu Houhuang coughed dryly twice and said, "Lonely is wrong, and call me Gongzi here." ”

"Childe." Li Liangqin said: "Mr. Wang called you over. ”

Zhu Houhuang immediately understood that business had begun. Zhu Houhuang said: "Let's go, go to Master Wang." ”

After a while, he had already found Wang Yangming. Wang Yangming said to him: "The king of Champa has come to invite me to discuss the matter, you have to be prepared." ”

Prepare, what prepares. Zhu Houhuang naturally knew it. said, "Yes." ”

Zhu Houhuang followed Wang Yangming into the main hall of the Zhancheng Palace.

I saw that the whole hall was splendid, as if it was paved with gold, and the Forbidden City, the leopard room was completely two styles, which made Zhu Houhuang look full of eyes.

Shagubuk greeted Wang Yangming behind the door of the main hall, and he bowed and said, "Lord Wang, please." ”

The two sides sat down in the middle of the main hall.

Shakubuk spoke first: "I heard that your envoy is coming from Annan, but I don't know how Annan is doing now?" ”

Wang Yangming said: "Annan is in the midst of civil strife, I came to Nanyang to buy grain on the orders of His Royal Highness, but Annan has no grain, blindly reckless with military force, and wants us to exchange weapons for food, I really don't know what to say?" ”

As soon as Shagubke heard that he had exchanged weapons for food, he couldn't sit still. Of course, he knew that Wang Yangming was not the so-called angel, but the envoy of King Yong.

But Shagu Buke would rather regard Wang Yangming as an angel, not an envoy of the Son of Heaven, but also an envoy of the Celestial Empire? It is used to strengthen the hearts and minds of the people in the country. And what is the situation of civil strife in Annam, Shakubuk knows much better than Wang Yangming. Almost every day, he listened to the news from the north with one ear pricked up.

"Angel, I occupy the city and the country has grain, and I am willing to buy it from Angel, I don't know if I can sell it to Nan'an Weapons?" Shagubk said.

He didn't care much about how many weapons he had, but about his attitude after buying them.

Wang Yangming said: "The foreign minister should not be called an angel, the foreign minister is just a messenger of King Yong, but the minister promised on behalf of King Yong, so he naturally said nothing and could not go back." ”

"The angels don't know anything?" Shakubuk almost cried out and said: "Annan is a country of tigers and wolves, and there is a desire to invade the south every day, and the city is humiliated by Annan every day, and it is miserable. ”

Shagubk almost fell to his knees. was supported by Wang Yangming. He said, "Why should the king be like this? The minister has already said that the minister is not an angel, but an envoy of King Yong, and he is here today just to buy grain, and the minister has no choice about what the king said? ”

Zhu Houhuang couldn't listen to it.

Without him, Shagubke's Chinese is not up to par, and his acting skills are not up to par, which makes Zhu Houhuang see hypocrisy at a glance. It has been more than 100 years since the Hongwu period when the city was threatened by Annam, and the city is still stubbornly surviving in the South Seas. So the crisis that Shakubk encountered was not as big as he said.

But if you see through it or not, Zhu Houhuang not only can't say it, but also plays it with Shagubke, saying: "King, this is a bad word, those who save themselves, outsiders can save them, if the king has been expecting outsiders to rescue, the day of occupying the city and destroying the country is not far away." ”

Shagu Buke pointed at Zhu Houhuang and said, "Who is this?" ”

Wang Yangming said: "It is the deputy envoy of the minister. Wang Yangming turned his head and pretended to say, "Xu Sheng, presumptuous." ”

Zhu Houhuang immediately lowered his head and made a look of preparing to retreat.

Shakubuk thought a lot, and said secretly in his heart: "Isn't it that this envoy has something to say, let the deputy envoy speak first, once it fails, there will be room for maneuver." As soon as he thought of this, he immediately said: "Stay, and please let Lord Xu say it clearly." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "The king forgives his ministers for being rude. Champa is far away in Nanyang, and even if the news reaches Beijing, even if Beijing agrees to send troops, it will be too late to send troops to Nanyang. And nine times out of ten, Beijing will not send troops. ”

"Why?" Shagubk said.

"Unprofitable." Zhu Houhuang said.

"How can the Celestial Empire speak for profit?" Shagubuk was taken aback, people who had never been Ming would say their interests so bluntly. "Champa is a vassal country of the Celestial Empire, how can it be profitable everywhere."

Zhu Houhuang said: "The king is the minister of the Son of Heaven, if the Son of Heaven sends a holy decree to the king to commit suicide, will the king commit suicide?" ”

Shakubke was speechless for a while, how could he kill himself, he committed suicide when he went crazy.

Zhu Houhuang didn't wait for Shagu Buke to answer, and said: "The minister thinks that the king will definitely not commit suicide. Although Zhancheng is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, there is not an inch of silver from the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has a policy of generous exchange and thinness, and every time the city is occupied to pay tribute, it is rich, and it does not treat the city badly. ”