Chapter 253: King of Champong
Thang Long City was not damaged and the handover went smoothly.
For the people of Annam, it was nothing more than a change of ruler, and there was no difference, so the whole process was orderly, and there were occasional riots, which also quickly subsided.
After Zhang Fu took over Thang Long, he first killed Li Sicheng and his son on the street, and then issued three laws.
Article 1 halves all taxes.
Article 2 The acres of land shall be re-inventoried, and all the land that had been forcibly occupied in the past shall be returned to the people after verification and verification.
Article 3, the people of Annam and the people of the Ming Dynasty are treated equally, they can take the imperial examination, and they can enter the court as officials, of course, this is the new imperial examination.
As soon as these three laws were promulgated, the people of Thang Long City were overjoyed.
Over the years, Annan has been in turmoil between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Li Dynasty, and every time there is a war, the people at the bottom bear the brunt.
As long as there is a war on the front line, young and strong men will be arrested and sent to the army, and there are no young and strong people at home, so they have to pay a high amount of money and food to supplement the military expenses, and the people have long been miserable.
Knowing that Da Ming attacked again, everyone's hearts were panicked.
Perhaps, they will die on the battlefield, perhaps, the only food they have in their homes will be expropriated.
All in all, they hated Da Ming so much.
However, when the Ming army occupied Thang Long, killed the Li father and son, and issued a new law, everyone suddenly discovered that perhaps, what they hated was not the Ming Dynasty, but the war.
If there was no Houli Dynasty, under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, life would be much better.
The people of the whole city rushed to tell each other, passing each other the three chapters of the Ming Dynasty's covenant.
At first, some people didn't believe it, but when they saw that the Ming army really began to check the nobles and measure the acres of land, they finally became convinced that the Ming army they had heard before was extremely vicious, like the evil ghosts of hell, and it was just a lie made up by those nobles!
Since then, the only remaining trace of nostalgia for the Li dynasty in their hearts has also vanished.
After Zhang Fu did all this, he left Mu Bin, the Duke of Qianguo, to sit in Shenglong, and he took Mahagui and Princess Xuanzhen of the Champa royal family to Qinghua City to join Zhu Qiyu.
Thanh Hoa City is much worse than Thang Long City, most of the houses were burned down and need to be rebuilt.
Fortunately, some people in the army knew how to burn lime and make cement, so they organized the local people to open up the mountains and build cement workshops, and for a while, the entire city of Thanh Hoa was under construction.
Here, the best-preserved is the royal palace, where the Mahabharaya, the king of Champa who was captured by the Annamite people, was imprisoned.
That night, Li Sicheng's father and son were in a hurry to flee for their lives, and they had no time to care that there was still a prisoner here, and their subordinates did not get a clear order to make their own decisions, so Mahabharaya escaped.
However, when the Ming army found him, he had been locked up for three days and was about to starve to death......
The Mahabharaya did not know what was happening outside, but he heard a loud thunderous noise, and then the fire raged into the sky for two days and two nights, and the palace was in chaos, and all the guards at his gate were gone.
It wasn't until the third day that he learned that it was the Ming Dynasty's King Yu who personally led troops to rescue him, and he couldn't help but be grateful.
At the beginning, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty and preached the national prestige to the outside world.
This time Annan captured the city, before the defeat of the Mahabharaya, he repeatedly asked the Ming envoys for help, but all of them were lost in the sea, and they were intercepted and killed by the Annan people halfway.
In the more than a year he has been imprisoned, he has looked forward countless times to the day when he will be able to get out of here.
However, time passed day by day, from the initial anti-expectation, to the gradual loss of hope, I thought that I would die, but I didn't expect that the Ming army was coming!
God bless the city, Daming has not forgotten this little brother thousands of miles away!
Zhu Qiyu ordered someone to invite Mahabharaya to the main hall, but did not say what happened to the war, but asked about the customs and customs of the city.
Mahabralaya was flattered and answered all questions, and
Swears that the country of Zhancheng will always belong to the Ming Dynasty, and is willing to be the head of the horse.
Only three days later, the news of the destruction of Thang Long City came, and a few days later, Zhang Fu came to Thanh Hoa with Mahagui and Princess Xuanzhen.
When the two saw the old king, they were excited and indescribable.
The three of them reunited after a long absence, as if they were separated from each other, naturally they had a lot to say, Zhu Qiyu temporarily placed people in a separate courtyard, and then called Fan Jinglong, the squire of the Ministry of War, and Pan Peng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
Since the surrender, these two people have behaved very diligently, especially Fan Jinglong, who gets up early every day and is greedy for darkness, leading people to clean up the streets, and has already disposed of tens of thousands of dead bodies.
Pan Peng is not idle, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of Annan, in charge of etiquette, he has a place to use at this time.
What he has to do every day is to go around preaching the benevolence and righteousness of the Ming Dynasty and the crimes of the Later Li Dynasty, which can be summed up in one sentence, and Annan's change of toe is a move that conforms to the will of heaven.
"Xiaguan Fan Jinglong, knock to see His Highness!"
"Xiaguan Pan Peng, knock to see Your Highness!"
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said, "Get up and talk!"
"Your Highness!"
Although the two of them stood up, they bowed and asked, "May I ask what Your Highness commands?"
Zhu Qiyu said, "You two bring a team of men and horses to escort the king of Champa back to China."
Fan Jinglong's face was overjoyed, and he saluted: "Your Highness, rest assured, this matter will be handed over to the lower officials, and we will ensure that the people will be sent back smoothly!"
Zhu Qiyu looked at Pan Peng and said, "You were in charge of the Ministry of Rites of Annan, and you are going to Zhancheng, hand over this letter of state to the current king of Zhancheng, and tell him that the Ming Dynasty promised to occupy the city has been done, and now it is time for Zhancheng to fulfill its promise."
Pan Peng saluted slowly, "Obey Your Highness's orders!"
Zhu Qiyu thought for a while, and then said, "If you go to Zhancheng and someone asks, you will say that you are an official of the Ming Dynasty, understand?"
The two looked at each other and became excited at the same time.
General Annan and Ming officials are two completely different identities.
If you go to Champong, the people love to hear that they are the generals of Annam, and they will definitely despise and even be hostile.
However, if he says that he is an official of the Ming Dynasty and is appointed by His Royal Highness King Yu, it is completely different!
The other party must be served with good food and drink, and at least he will give more gold and silver.
It seems that the efforts of this period of time have not been in vain, and they will be developed in the future!
The two of them were refreshed and walked out of the main hall.
A figure flashed behind the screen, and Zhang Fu stepped over, frowning slightly, and asked, "Why did Your Highness send Annan people to escort you?"
Zhu Qiyu said thoughtfully: "Two days and the same day, it is not necessarily a good thing."
"Your Highness, please rest assured, the old minister has brought enough soldiers and horses, forgive him for his little king of Champa and dare not make a mistake!"
Zhang Fu was full of disapproval, and didn't seem to take Zhancheng in his eyes.
Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "Our soldiers and horses should not act rashly for the time being, first see what the other party's attitude is, and then make plans."