December 10th, late at night.

Vietnam, inside Thang Long City.

Boom boom boom~

Bang bang!

The sound of the palace gates exploding and the sound of gunshots bursting like beans rang out.

And in the palace, the guards were sparse, less than a thousand.

Zhang Fugui rushed into the palace with 800 elite marines, and it didn't take long to enter the harem area, and found King Li Weiqi, who was about to flee in a panic, but was dissuaded by Zheng's eyes and ears - a middle-aged man who was close to forty years old, but had been a puppet for sixteen years, looked cowering, and had no kingly demeanor, and even the attackers had entered the palace, and a few Zheng eyes and ears in front of him could still restrict his freedom.

Bang bang bang!

After Zhang Fugui led someone to shoot and kill these Zheng eyes, he walked up to the trembling Li Weiqi, took out a color photo from his pocket, compared it with the real person, nodded and said, "It's this person, take it away!" In this operation, they made extremely adequate preparations, not only got the layout of the palace, but also sent people to sneak into the palace in advance and took a photo of Li Weiqi, and each Marine made a note of the target person in the photo, which greatly reduced the probability of mistakes.

Subsequently, Zhang Fugui and others, who had succeeded in the special operation, quickly left Thang Long City with King Le Wei Qi, came to the Red River, boarded a small assault boat, and drove along the winding Red River for more than two hours.

After dawn.

Finally out of the estuary, rendezvous with the battleship 'Yaowu' docked on the sea.

……

11th, afternoon.

Li Weiqi, the king of the Later Li Dynasty, who understood the basic situation, met the mastermind behind all this - Sun Chuanting in Lingao County, Hainan Island.

Inside the Dialogue Tearoom.

With the help of a translator from Vietnam, Sun Chuanting apologized to him, explaining that he really couldn't see the actions of the Zheng family, a powerful minister in Vietnam, who had been controlling the government for a long time, so he wanted to uphold justice and invited His Royal Highness over.

For such an explanation, Li Weiqi naturally won't believe a word.

But Sun Chuanting's friendly attitude won him a good impression, at least much better than Zheng Jie's chaotic minister and thief.

I took a few sips of tea.

Then he replied in fluent Chinese: "This king's name is king, but he is just a prisoner, in the hands of the Zheng family, and this is also the case here, if Lord Sun wants this king to do, just come through the channel, if you can do it, this king will try his best to cooperate." ”

"It's serious, Your Highness doesn't have to be presumptuous......"

Sun Chuanting said a few words of comfort, and said: "Your Highness is no longer anyone's prisoner, you can go wherever you want, you can do whatever you want, and your precious freedom is the first gift we give to Your Highness in Xujiazhuang." ”

"Xujiazhuang?"

Li Weiqi was suddenly surprised, as the king, he naturally heard the name and deeds of Xujiazhuang: "It turns out that you are the richest Xujiazhuang in Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty, why are you eyeing this king and my country?" Next, do you want to destroy my country and let me continue to be a puppet for you? He asked directly.

"No, absolutely not."

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said: "Your Highness, we sent someone to rescue you, not to control you as a puppet, but to talk about a deal, a transaction that is absolutely fair and equal for Your Highness, is a win-win cooperation with only benefits and almost no harm, I guarantee that Your Highness will be interested in listening to it, and nodded in agreement." ”

"Oh, you say, what kind of collaboration?" Li Weiqi became interested.

Bang Bang~

Sun Chuanting clapped his palms, and the staff immediately took two contracts and placed them on the tea table.

"Your Highness, we have two cooperation plans here, which are Plan A and Plan B......

Among them, Plan A is called the Partnership Program, and the main contents are three:

First, Xu Jiazhuang and the Zheng family of Fujian will lead a coalition army of 50,000 to enter Thang Long City, expel the power of the Zheng family, help the king Li Shi, and regain control of the real power of the court.

Second, as a reward for helping to regain real power, King Li Clan should permanently cede 1,500,000 acres of land in the Red River Plain, and agree that the Xu and Zheng families should establish fifty grain estates here, free from the king's jurisdiction, without the obligation to pay taxes, and without harassment and attack.

Third, when the royal family encounters great difficulties, the grain estate has the obligation to send troops to protect and stabilize the royal power after receiving the request of the royal family, which will ensure the long-term stability of the royal family's rule.

That is, the largest loss of the Vietnamese royal family is only 1.5 million mu of land, which is at most 5% for the Red River Plain, which has an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers and more than 30 million mu of fertile land.

But it can be exchanged for real power in the government.

In exchange for the support of the powerful and wealthy Xujiazhuang.

And it will never be reduced to the puppet of any family again, and the supreme royal power will never be challenged again.

In comparison, only 5% of fertile land is nothing.

Moreover, when he makes great efforts to make Vietnam stronger, he can engage in foreign expansion, seize territory from small neighboring countries, and cut off 5 million or even 50 million mu of land from his neighbors, and the little land occupied by Xujiazhuang can be greatly compensated.

What's more, Xujiazhuang will not always be strong, and Vietnam will not always be weak, as long as the relationship between strength and weakness changes in the future, hehe, the piece of meat that Xujiazhuang cut is not impossible to come back.

Promise.

This cooperation plan can be fully agreed.

However, Sun Chuanting suggested that he should not be in a hurry to make a choice, but after showing him Plan B, the specific content of this plan made Li Weiqi's eyes widen and his heart beat even more uncompromisingly.

The content of this plan B is mainly six:

First, the king Li clan secretly joined the Xujiazhuang system, and as long as Xujiazhuang existed for a day, the Li clan would never be destroyed.

Second, the net income generated by the grain estate established by Xujiazhuang in the Red River Plain, King Li can receive a 3% dividend, and every year Tianxia Tong Bank will give the royal family a subsidy of 50,000 silver yuan, which will be increased according to the situation in the future.

Third, the innocent army has the obligation to assist King Le Thi, such as quelling civil strife, eliminating powerful ministers, resisting enemy aggression, etc., but the cost of sending troops is borne by the royal family.

Fourth, King Le Thi can participate in all kinds of commercial investment in Xujia Zhuang, and even get certain technical support for the construction of royal estates, the development of minerals, the establishment of workshops, the development of trade, etc., if the resources of the Kingdom of Vietnam can be fully developed, it is expected to bring 10 million silver dollars per year.

Fifth, King Li can obtain the honorary citizenship of Xujiazhuang, and enjoy the rights to travel, invest in real estate, study abroad, and live in Xujiazhuang.

Sixth, Xujiazhuang's various interests should be fully cooperated by the Li family, and no actions should be made that harm each other's interests.

And in order to increase the allure of this plan B, Sun Chuanting also asked people to bring a Pad and play a promotional video introducing Xujiazhuang, the high-rise buildings, busy traffic, steam ships, various living facilities and the scene of the sleepless city in the harbor city, etc., Li Weiqi was stunned and deeply attracted to it.

Finally, back to this plan.

Li Weiqi carefully read each clause more than a dozen times and thought about it for a long time.

Puppet.

He could see that the plan provided by Xu Jiazhuang was also a plan to recruit puppets, how could he not see it after being a puppet king for sixteen years?

But it's a more clever and sincere puppet plan.

And not only give him money to spend.

Provide military support.

And without restricting his freedom at all.

You can also get benefits in Xujiazhuang's system without any restrictions.

The only restriction is that the interests of Xu Jiazhuang must not be harmed, but this is very reasonable and justified.

Compared with the puppet career under the strict control of the powerful minister Zheng, Xu Jiazhuang understood him better and was more sincere, which made him feel excited.

It's just that reason tells him that Plan B may be a poison and looks good, but in terms of independence, Plan A is better, and he has long been a puppet, and he understands better than anyone the preciousness of the right to control his own destiny.

But after weighing the pros and cons, he still didn't hesitate to choose plan B.

What？

Is he addicted to being a puppet?

Isn't he afraid that a few years later, he will be scolded by later generations in the history books for losing power and humiliating the country, and selling Vietnam to Xujiazhuang?

Of course, there are worries about this, but what can he do, he has already had enough of the hard days, and he has endured enough of the oppression of the powerful minister Zheng Jie, he must take revenge! He must regain his dignity and dignity.

If you choose plan A, it will also cede 1.5 million mu of land, but the 'Xu Zheng Coalition Army' will only help him defeat the powerful minister Zheng Jie and help him recapture Huilong City, but he will withdraw the army soon, and the overall situation behind him will have to be supported by himself, even if Zheng Jie leads the army to make a comeback, the 'Xu Zheng Coalition Army' will most likely sit back and watch and will not interfere.

The problem is that he has no money and no one in his hands, and he still has the title of 'cowardly king' among his ministers, how can he control the overall situation and make everyone listen to him?

Difficult.

It was still too difficult for him to deal with such a situation, and he felt that he had no confidence, and he might even become a puppet of a powerful minister again.

Rather than this, it is better to take refuge in Xujiazhuang.

Immediately, tens of thousands of elite troops came to the rescue.

There is also a small amount of money to spend.

And he can also grasp the real power, no matter what powerful ministers and warlords emerge, with the help of Xu Jiazhuang's power, they can easily press to death, and Xu Jiazhuang has repeatedly promised that in addition to the 1.5 million mu of grain estate land, he will not occupy any more points, nor will he interfere in his government affairs.

Case.

Choose Plan B!

"Okay, Your Highness, you have made the most correct choice, and our cooperation will be extremely pleasant."

Sun Chuanting clapped his palms with satisfaction and expressed his praise.

Soon, he asked people to bring an agreement, called "The King of Annam, Li Shi Requests Xu Jiazhuang to Send Troops Agreement", as long as he signed this agreement, the 50,000 people who had been prepared for the 'Xu Zheng Coalition Army' could go out tomorrow to crusade against the powerful minister Zheng Jie, and even the crusade document was written together, so as to obtain a reasonable and legal name for the expedition, representing the dignified and righteous army.

"Okay, this king!"

Li Weiqi signed without hesitation, gritting his teeth with a face, no one hates Zheng Jie more than him.

"I Have a Catalogue of Ghosts and Gods"

……

On the 12th, the combined fleet of Xu and Zheng, carrying 50,000 elite troops and a large number of immigrants, came straight to the Kingdom of Annam (Vietnam).

On the morning of the 13th, it successfully landed in Haiphong County.

On the afternoon of the 14th, the Xu Zheng coalition army easily broke through Shenglong City, annihilated the army of 20,000 of the powerful minister Zheng Ji (Zheng Ji only fled with a few hundred people), dealt a heavy blow to him, and raided the Zheng family, obtaining millions of various property, of which 300,000 were sent to the private treasury of King Li Weiqi.

On the 15th, the core henchmen loyal to the Zheng family in the DPRK and China were killed, replaced with people they could trust, and then a court meeting was held.

"My king Chitose Chitose Chitose!"

"Congratulations to my king for sweeping away the dirt in the court, defeating the traitor Zheng clan, and finally restoring the clear sky."

"The Zheng family is guilty of rebellion, wolf ambitions, and there is no model of a courtier, when the sea catches the document, the whole country wants, and the Zheng family must be killed, and there must be no omission."

"That's right, the nine clans of the Zheng clan must be punished to set an example, so that future generations will not dare to imitate effectively, including their sworn comrades and comrades, none of them can be let go!"

"My king, the minister is willing to sacrifice the two daughters of the family and fill them into the harem in order to seek mercy, and the minister is really not the same party of the Zheng family."

"My king, the minister has a family fortune of 50,000 yuan, and he is willing to give it all, just to prove his innocence, the minister is loyal to my king, and has nothing to do with the Zheng family."

Heard the sound of sycophants from the ministers in the palace, the sound of congratulations, and the voice of sending money and begging for mercy from the women.

Refreshing.

King Li Weiqi has a cool word in his heart.

The second is incense, when Xujiazhuang's puppet, the benefits can be seen immediately, and the wishes can be realized immediately, but the price is very slight, it is simply fragrant.