In the confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and the envoys of those vassal states, Zhu Yuanzhang did not come forward during the whole process. But he often heard the crown prince and Lu Ning come over to report on the progress of the matter.

Lu Ning shocked Prince Annan, and then shocked Prince Gao, and the envoys of other small countries trembled with fear, and they were also much more respectful when they met Zhu Yuanzhang.

Seeing the appearance of these envoys, Zhu Yuanzhang felt secretly refreshed.

"No wonder Zi'an said that a weak country has no diplomacy, at the beginning I told them etiquette, these grandsons played barbarism to us, and when we were also barbaric, they immediately coaxed, they are all cheap bones!"

After going back to see Queen Ma, she was also in a very good mood, and she specially set up a banquet in the harem to drink and talk with Queen Ma.

While he was talking here, he heard the little eunuch outside come in and report.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the rich prince Lu Ning to ask for a meeting outside."

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he heard it, and immediately said.

"It turned out that Biao'er and Zi'an were here, quickly call them in, and they will come back in the future, they don't need to be reported, just come in directly!"

After a while, two brothers walked in from outside and saluted the emperor and empress.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked them about their intentions, and Lu Ning asked the prince to come.

The crown prince reported to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Father, Li Chenggui, the deputy envoy of Gaoguo, wants to ask to see Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said directly with disdain.

"Aren't they the doglegs of the Northern Yuan? Ran to Jinling City to show off your power with us, why haven't you made enough trouble, and you have disgusted us in the palace again, we don't see it! ”

After Zhu Biao listened, he persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang.

"King Gao's father and son are bent on going their own way, and they are friendly with the Northern Yuan, those courtiers have long been unable to see it, and the deputy envoy Li Chenggui has a heart of obedience, and he has already contacted Zi'an, and the sons and sons have come to ask their father for advice."

In fact, Li Chenggui privately contacted Lu Ning to return to the Ming Dynasty, and Jinyi Wei had already reported to Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was actually watching Lu Ning's reaction.

He found that Lu Ning listened to Li Chenggui's words and did not give any instructions, but directly took him to find the prince and wanted to play with the prince.

There is no mistake in the procedure, always put the interests of us and Daming first, and naturally he is a great loyal minister!

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite satisfied with Lu Ning, so he ordered to summon Li Chenggui.

This Li Chenggui really respected the emperor of the kingdom very much, and made three bows and nine bows.

"Li Chenggui, deputy envoy of Gao Guoguo, knock on His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, long live the Great Emperor, long live the Great Emperor!"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked him and said.

"Why does King Gao want to help our enemy, the Northern Yuan, to fight against the heavenly soldiers of the Ming Dynasty?"

Li Chenggui kowtowed and pleaded guilty and pleaded guilty directly.

"The current King of Gao, Wang Qi, is mediocre and insistent on going his own way, and goes against the Ming Dynasty, which makes the lives of the two countries miserable, which is not only the disaster of the Ming Dynasty, but also the enmity of the people of the Gao Kingdom. Please have mercy on the Great Emperor and save the suffering of the people of the high country! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank and asked.

"You were originally a courtier of the high country, but you want to commit a rebellion and kill your master, if you do this today, you may not rebel against us tomorrow, so how can we believe in you?"

Li Chenggui had long known that Zhu Yuanzhang would ask this, and he was ready to say something.

"Since the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, our Gao Kingdom has been a subject country of the Central Plains Dynasty, but in the Wang Dynasty, it has fallen under the iron hooves of the Northern Yuan. The people of Gao Guo wanted to slaughter him and ask the emperor to fulfill it. ”

These words reached Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, he had always been proud of restoring the etiquette of the Tang and Song dynasties, and his face was slightly softened.

"The foreign minister is not disloyal, but he must not be loyal to a shameless person who succumbed to the iron hooves of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and forgot the clothes of his ancestors! Your Majesty, please be wise! ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang praised again and again.

"You can distinguish between right and wrong, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, which shows your loyalty and courage, so what do you want to do?"

Li Cheng kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said.

"Your Majesty, the villain wants to kill this father and son of the high king who acted against the sky, send his head to the court of the great emperor to ask for guilt, and then, my Gao country will pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty forever and use it as a vassal country!"

In fact, when the Ming Dynasty was first established, it urgently needed to be recognized by some subject countries in order to lay a political foundation for the future conquest of the Northern Yuan.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it and decided to throw him a piece of candy first.

"Let's first reach a private agreement, as long as you can kill King Gao's father and son and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, we will order you to be canonized as the official King Gao! Tell me, what are you going to do? ”

Receiving the promise of the king of a country, Li Chenggui was very happy.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been fighting with the Japanese Kou all these years, although he has made many military exploits. But the real power is in the hands of the prince of Gaoguo, and the ministers have no military power in their hands, so they want to ask the emperor to show mercy and send heavenly soldiers to assist Yu Chen, and kill the despicable and shameless King Gao. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang first said Li Chenggui, you slippery head, this is asking us to send troops to help you work, and the benefits are all yours alone.

He was about to refuse, but suddenly thought about it, but this was also an excuse for my Ming to send troops to Gaoguo.

If this kid is obedient, if he dares to play yin for us, then pick up the grass and beat the rabbit, and by the way, clean him up!

So he nodded and said.

"Originally, I didn't interfere in the internal affairs of the vassal country, but King Gao is too shameless, for the sake of the people of Gaoguo, we will agree to your request and send Lu Ning with a firearms battalion of 3,000 soldiers to assist you in pacifying Gaoguo!"

At first, Li Chenggui was very happy, but then he thought about it, Daming's firearms battalion is quite powerful, and it can not only kill King Gao, but also kill me.

It seems that this time we must cooperate sincerely, otherwise there will be endless troubles, in front of Da Ming, any slippery behavior is his own death, and he broke out in a cold sweat.