Chapter 297: The Land of the Four Counties

Li Rui was in a hurry, the sound of the hurried boots outside was getting closer and closer, more and more urgent, he sighed heavily and said, "It's ...... It's too late......"

Rumble......

At this moment, the door of the study was slammed open, and an Annan general appeared with a terrifying face and several soldiers.

Li Rui looked at the general and said, "General Li? ”

The general smiled coldly and said, "Lord Li is fine." He glanced at the messy chessboard on the desk and sneered, "You guys seem to be very interested. ”

Li Rui said calmly: "What, I don't know what crime the old man committed?" ”

The military general Zhengse said: "You instigated the people to fight against the Ming army, plotted against the Ming army, suspected of effectively imitating the Hu family, and suspected of plotting to usurp the throne." The king and the Ming are in the same breath, and they are grateful to the Ming Dynasty, but you instigate the officials and Confucian scholars to oppose the Ming, in my Annan, the Ming is a rebellion! ”

Li Rui smiled and said contemptuously: "Really? If the old man resists, the Ming army will not be able to sit idly by, so no matter what, the old man will undoubtedly be defeated, and he will be tied to the Han people, and he will be invincible. Ha...... It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, the old man actually lost in the hands of a little Chen family boy, it's good, you take the old man, the old man is willing to be captured. ”

The general smiled, this smile was hideous, but it was word by word: "What does the king mean...... The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and Lord Li's protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials are all over Annam, so ...... We don't take you today! ”

As he spoke, the saber at the general's waist was drawn. Without hesitation, it was sent into Li Rui's abdomen.

Li Rui's whole person twitched, and his eyes looked at the General Li in front of him in a daze, he never imagined it. The person in front of him was so ruthless, he couldn't imagine that Chen Tianping had killed him from the beginning, and he had no intention of letting him live at all.

He twisted his old face in pain, but laughed wildly: "Ruthless, ruthless enough, Hu is ruthless, Chen is even more ruthless." Annan is very lucky, very lucky......"

The general sneered again and again, and he had already kicked Li Rui over. He took out his knife and said viciously: "Rebels and thieves, you dare to talk nonsense." With that, he put the knife back into its sheath. The man has walked out quickly.

Outside this study. Hundreds of Annam's forbidden troops carried torches, and everyone was murderous.

The general clapped his hands and said word by word: "Listen to the order, no one in this house needs to live, they are traitors, and like the Hu family, they are the rebels who are causing trouble to my Annan." No one has to be polite, whether it is a woman or a child. Kill them all! ”

Under the firelight, his face looked particularly terrifying, and the dark red complexion illuminated by the firelight fell as the words fell: "Kill!" ”

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On this night, there were movements of soldiers and horses everywhere, the streets were full of forbidden troops with torches, and everywhere there were shouts and terrible sounds of breaking down doors. I don't know how many people died in pools of blood, I don't know how many people, their eyes were open, showing disbelief, but the body had gradually stiffened, and breathing stopped.

In the depths of the palace, there are people who have no sleep.

Chen Tianping put his hands behind his back, his eyes were blood-red, and his bloodshot eyes were raised from time to time, and he roared in his mouth: "The hour, what time is it?" ”

"Three watches...... Three more ......"

"Whew......" he looked up, his pupils constricting.

Third watch, at this time, the matter must have been done, are those damned people still alive? Ming Army...... What's the reaction?

He is taking risks, although he started the purge in the name of anti-Ming, but this does not mean that the Ming army will be indifferent, but for now, he must do this, and some people must die.

Chen Tianping began to move uneasily, sometimes his emotions became high and excited, he understood that after dawn, the power of Annan really fell into his own hands, and he was the real king of Annan, and no one dared to disobey him from then on.

He had waited too long for this day.

His lips trembled, and his cheeks chattered with the rattle of his teeth. Even with every step he took, he felt his legs a little sore.

"Are they dead...... Dead? They...... Must die...... Yes, it must be ...... death."

At this time, an eunuch came in quickly, stopped at the gate of the hall from a distance, glanced at Chen Tianping in fear, and said, "The king ......."

Chen Tianping was frightened, this voice was so frightened that his three souls and six spirits dispersed. His whole body bowed like a cat, and then immediately drew the long sword at his waist.

He always carried this sword with him, even when he was in Jinling, even in the middle of the night, he went to bed with this sword and clothes.

The sword body slammed out, slashed through a silver fox, and then pointed at the eunuch.

"What kind of person, what kind of person ......" Chen Tianping's gaze also followed the tip of the sword to look towards the eunuch.

The eunuch was startled, and quickly knelt down and said, "Slave maid......"

"Huh......" Chen Tianping breathed a long sigh of relief, and then said angrily: "Bastard, bastard, who let you in, it's Li Rui?" Isn't it Li Rui? ”

The eunuch hurriedly said: "It is the king's order, the king's order, if there is news of General Li, he should report it immediately." ”

"Really?" Chen Tianping's heartbeat gradually eased a little, but the hand holding the sword still refused to let go for half a minute, and he said coldly: "What's the news?" ”

"It's done, close the family...... The total is seven hundred and thirty-five......"

Chen Tianping smiled.

He put away his sword, let out a long breath, his eyes seemed to pass a glimmer of light, his expression became happy, and said: "I know the way, this king knows the way, you ...... Go down. ”

Chen Tianping did not go to bed, he was in the hall, and the silver chair on the silver hall was shining in the dim light, and this hazy light fell in his eyes, making Chen Tianping's whole person look energetic.

He walked up and stroked the handle of the chair, his fingers rubbing every texture on it, his eyes closed, his chin slightly raised, as if intoxicated.

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After dawn, the dawn dewed, and the thick fog accompanied by dew seemed to wash the blood in the depths of the house, but the bloody breath did not dissipate under the morning wind.

One by one, the corpses were hung at the city gates and the bazaar, and the Annan guards of the brigade were still heavily guarded.

There is a horror in the air, and this terror comes from the depths of the human marrow.

The Ming army did not move, and there was no news from the Duzhu Temple.

And in the palace, Chen Tianping could breathe a sigh of relief, everything was ...... The dust has settled.

He summoned a hundred officials, and the officials of Annan arrived at the Silver Hall with trepidation, and everyone looked at the new king with horror and uneasiness, and did not dare to come out.

Chen Tianping said with a cold face: "The traitorous party led by Li Rui has been eliminated, and from now on, whoever dares to speak out extravagantly will be killed." I hope that you can learn from this. After a pause, Chen Tianping looked full of majesty, and continued: "A few days ago, someone wrote a book to say that the king's reward for Hao Yanshi was too rich, and the so-called concurrently listening to it is clear and biased belief is dark, so the king had to withdraw the Zuo Xiangguo Pingzhang affair, and still named him the general of Wuwei, and as for the fiefdom of Qinghua, it was changed to the four counties of the host province as compensation. ”

The whole Annam, respectively, there are east, south, north, west, Honghe, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Zhili eight provinces, the four counties of the east are close to Langshan, the north is close to Guangxi, the east is facing the sea, because it is mountainous, so the population is actually not much, compared to Annam, it is dispensable, but here is an important barrier for Annam, because it is mountainous, under normal circumstances, if Annam is at odds with the Central Plains Dynasty, there is no danger to defend.

Chen Tianping knew very well that he would never let Hao Fenglou do anything about Zuo Xiangguo's peace, on the one hand, he would never allow Han people to share his power, and on the other hand, it would never be tamed within Annan. As for the Qinghua division of Hao Fenglou, it is even more of a joke, Qinghua is the richest place in Annan, losing Qinghua, Annan is equivalent to losing half of the financial resources, the reason why this bait was thrown out before, is nothing more than a trick of power, and now his political enemies have been completely eradicated, of course Chen Tianping has to break his promise.

It's just that Hao Fenglou is by no means a person to be messed with, since you have tricked him, you must take risks, after all, Chen Tianping understands that he needs to use Annan to balance the Ming army, and he also urgently needs the support of the Ming army to consolidate his position. In this case, Hao Fenglou must be given adequate compensation.

Although General Wuwei did not have military power, he was a superb military attache in Annam and had a high status. As for the four counties in the host province, they occupy a large area, accounting for almost one-fifth of the land of Annam, although they are all lofty mountains and mountains, and most of the land is not suitable for farming, but it is enough to be sealed and sealed.

Chen Tianping said, and the hundreds of officials in Annan had thoroughly understood what was going on. From the very beginning, everyone was tricked by this king, this king not only teased Hao Fenglou and teased hundreds of officials, but no one was helpless.

Could the Ming army be against Chen Tianping? Impossible, inside Annan, anti-Ming sentiment is brewing, Chen Tianping is the most important chess piece of the Ming army to clamp down on Annan, if even this chess piece is abandoned, then from now on, all kinds of anti-Ming activities will only emerge in endlessly, so that the Ming army will take care of one and lose the other.

How can the officials take Chen Tianping? Nothing can be done, Li Rui and those 'chaotic parties' are not far from the past, at this time, who dares to show the slightest dissatisfaction?

"King Chitose!" Everyone bowed down and sang loudly. (To be continued......)