Zhu Quan replied: "The way to seek the country, there is no distinction between good and evil, the evil things that are famous and beneficial to the country are willing to be done by Weichen." ”

About two months later, a group of more than a dozen tributary envoys sent by Hu Yiyuan, the current king of Annam, arrived in Nanjing.

On the Fengtian Palace, a group of Annan envoys suddenly saw Chen Tianping, the grandson of Chen Rikun, the former king of Annan, who had gray hair and a haggard face, standing on one side, and couldn't help but be shocked, some were stunned, some were at a loss, and several fell to the ground, bursting into tears, showing that they were still loyal to the Chen family in their hearts.

Yongle Emperor Zhu Di saw that the prestige of the Chen family in Annam had not been lost, and he couldn't help but show a meaningful smile on his face, but he secretly made another calculation in his heart.

On the morning of the second day, Zhu Di, who was confident, asked the envoy of Annan with a calm face: "I originally adhered to the intention of the first emperor and applied gentle measures to small countries such as you, but unexpectedly, Hu Yiyuan's father and son not only raised troops and killed the old master, but also deceived me. It is really bold and hateful to promise to return the land of the five counties, which has been delayed so far and cannot be delivered. ”

Chen Tianping knelt on the ground and cried: "The people who have died in the country of Weichen, I hope that Your Majesty will have mercy and seek justice, if you can restore the country, the descendants of the Chen family will be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty for generations." ” ”“

A group of Annan envoys knew that such a big crime of bullying the king was enough to make their heads move, so they immediately knelt on the ground, and replied that they were just acting on orders, not intentionally deceiving the king, and several people who were still loyal to the Chen family in their hearts immediately foamed at the mouth, and scolded Hu Yiyuan and his son for being mad and killing the lord and seizing the throne. They saw that Zhu Di was biased towards Chen Tianping, and immediately made a posture of not sharing the sky with the Hu family and his son, so as not to suffer from the fish in the pond.

Zhu Quanyi, who was standing not far away, looked at this scene with great interest, but there was no sympathy in his heart, and secretly sneered: What does the history of blood and tears of your Chen family have to do with me? If Hu Yiyuan's father and son know each other, it is only serious to hand over the land of the five counties as soon as possible. He knew very well that Zhu Laosi was a bachelor who couldn't rub a little sand in his eyes, and now he seemed to be speaking for Chen Tianping, but in fact, it was for the five counties that had not yet arrived and were occupied by Annan at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

Sure enough, Zhu Di immediately issued an edict, ordering the superintendent of the imperial history Li Qi, and the pedestrian Wang Shuyun asked Hu Yiyuan and Hu Hancang to blame Hu Yiyuan and Hu Hancang, and ordered his father and son to return the throne to Chen Tianping, and immediately hand over the land of the five counties, and not to postpone it under any pretext. If Hu Yiyuan's father and son are willing to act on orders, they are willing to issue another edict to canonize him as a duke and marquis, and give him land, and his descendants will be hereditary and enjoy the title of land.

When Chen Tianping heard that Zhu Di intended to let Hu Yiyuan's father and son attack the lord and tear the ground, his face couldn't help but change, and although he was extremely reluctant in his heart, he still knelt on the ground and thanked Tian'en. He has experienced many hardships and died nine times in his life, but he is also quite aware of current affairs, and he knows very well in his heart that he is now a person who has lost the throne and taken refuge, and he is not qualified to put forward the slightest condition in front of the Ming monarch and ministers.

When Zhu Quan heard Zhu Di's arrangement, when he called His Majesty Shengming, he secretly thought to himself in his heart: This Zhu Laosi also said that I have a bad stomach. In fact, he had sinister intentions, and this approach was said by later generations to support the regime in exile and interfere in the internal affairs of other countries in a brutal and gross manner. Thinking that the Hu family father and son can seek to usurp the throne, naturally they are not good people, I am afraid that they have already controlled all the military power in Annan, even if they are forced by Zhu Laosi's yin power to return the throne and get the land of the feud, and then after holding a certain amount of military power, they can also fight against this Chen Tianping, whether it is the Hu family or the Chen family in the future, if they want to keep their power and wealth, they must rely on my Daming snort.

About two months later, the hurried envoys of the Ming Dynasty trekked through mountains and rivers, and finally came to the important town of Dobang City in Annam.

Supervising the imperial history Li Qi, the pedestrian Wang Shu when Hu Yiyuan and his son knelt down on the side of the incense case to receive the order, the face was frosty, and he reprimanded him for the great crime of usurping power and seizing the throne and deceiving His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and reprimanded him for immediately returning Qiu Wen and the five counties of Qingyuan, which must not be postponed and denied under any pretext. The father and son of the Hu family heard that Chen Tianping, who was lucky enough to flee for his life, ran thousands of miles to Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and persuaded Zhu Di to support him with some rhetoric, and he couldn't help but be shocked and difficult to justify.

In the Hu mansion shrouded in twilight, a Hu Hancang, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, was in his twenties, had a dark complexion, and was born with a horse face, pacing back and forth anxiously for a few laps, thinking back to the Ming envoy to supervise the imperial history Li Qi, the pedestrian Wang Shu not only was arrogant, ordering his father to return the throne to the remnant Chen Tianping, but also openly met with those officials who were still loyal to the Chen family for a few days. Turning his head to his father Hu Yiyuan, who was sitting at the table, he shouted in a low voice: "Dad, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and no one cares about things." We don't necessarily have to lower our eyebrows and be pleasing to the eyes in everything, and look at his face in everything. "He is brave and brave, and naturally he does not want his father to hand over the throne that is already in his hands, and he will not be able to escape from the palm of his hand.

Hu Yiyuan, who had gray hair and a face very similar to his son, couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "This cooked duck, when it comes to the meat in his mouth, who will willingly spit it out?" Speaking of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and continued: "Tomorrow, my father will order the officials below to hand over the land of the five counties to them." ”

Hu Hancang couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Then this throne ......" He knew that the land of these five counties belonged to China, and his father had promised to return it, and he couldn't deny it. What's more, yesterday's supervising imperial historian Li Qi made it clear that if his father delayed again and led the army to defend Yunnan, the son of Mu Ying in Guizhou, Xiping Hou Mu Sheng would be ordered to send troops and take back the land of the five counties by himself.

It turned out that Mu Ying was the founding general who followed the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and was canonized as Xiping Hou after following the Ying State Duke Fu Youde to sweep away the Liang Queen who was entrenched in Yungui in the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that Yungui and many ethnic groups lived together, there were rebellions from time to time, and it was adjacent to Annan, so he ordered Mu Ying, Mu Sheng and his son to be stationed in the land of Yunnan and Guizhou. Mu Ying died of illness before Zhu Yuanzhang, since Zhu Dijing was difficult to take the throne, he remembered that Mu Ying was the founding relative who followed his father, and Mu Sheng did not die to be loyal to Emperor Jianwen, and went against himself, so he followed his father's example, and passed the decree to canonize Mu Sheng as the West Pinghou, the children of the Mu family hereditarily replaced, guarded Yungui for generations, went on the horse to manage the army, and dismounted to manage the people, and its authority was unique in the Ming Dynasty.

Although Mu Ying has long since passed away, Yunnan is adjacent to Annan, and the Hu family father and son still hear about the power of this Mu Sheng. Although Hu Hancang is young and vigorous, after all, he is not a person who does not know the sky and the earth, and he will not go to war with the Ming Dynasty for the land of the five counties, what he will never forget is this throne that he finally grabbed.

When Hu Yiyuan heard his son mention the throne, he couldn't help but have a vicious murderous aura on his face, and said with hatred: "It's a pity that the scourge of Chen Tianping escaped from the chaotic army that day, so there is an endless disaster today." Speaking of this, there was no one in the customer hall on the fourth side, so he had to be alone with his father and son, and he still said with a cautious face: "You come here with your ears." He was already on the throne and was complacent, but after the arrival of the Ming mission, those officials under his command heard the news that the Ming envoy Li Qi and Wang Shu deliberately spread, and knew that Chen Tianping was not only still in the world, but also persuaded the Ming Emperor to help him restore the country.

Hu Hancang heard his father whisper his plan, and he couldn't help but feel relieved, and finally a smile appeared on his face.

A few days later, supervising the imperial history Li Qi, the pedestrian Wang Shu saw Hu Yiyuan, Hu Hancang and his son not only immediately ordered their subordinate officials to hand over the land of the five counties, but also reluctantly agreed to return the throne to Chen Tianping, who was in exile in the Ming Dynasty, under the pressure of the Ming Dynasty, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Seeing the Hu family's father and son retreating, the deputy envoy Wang Shu couldn't help but bow slightly to his boss with a happy face: "Lord Yushi, rely on Your Majesty's Tianwei, and we will finally complete our merits." ”

Li Qi, who was over forty years old, recalled that he and his party set off from Nanjing, trekking through mountains and rivers, and couldn't help but feel very relieved, and said with a smile: "The two important tasks have come to fruition, and I finally have an explanation for Your Majesty and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty when I return to Beijing." ”

Wang Shu stood up and asked, "In that case, I'll leave for Beijing tomorrow." ”

"Wait." Li Qi heard his colleague mention the return trip, suddenly frowned slightly, waved his right hand lightly, looked at Wang Shu with a puzzled face, smiled and took a few sips of the teacup, and then asked leisurely: "Your Majesty in the Fengtian Palace once said that you are a barbarian, you don't know what credit is, you must not be guarded against." The land of the five counties is owned by my Ming Dynasty, and Your Majesty is determined to win it, and there is no room for loss. If we hurriedly turn back to the Ming Dynasty, and what excuse will the Hu family father and son use to delay the delivery, won't we be guilty of bullying the king? He was able to serve as the superintendent of the imperial history and traveled through the sea for a long time, so naturally he would not just get carried away with the verbal consent of the Hu father and son.

Wang Shu heard that his boss said this, and his enthusiasm for returning to Beijing to recover his life dissipated a little, and his mind gradually cleared up, and he replied with a solemn expression: "My lord is very worried, and the subordinate officials should obey their orders." He recalled in his mind His Majesty the Emperor's unassailable temperament, and knew that Li Qi's concern was very reasonable, although the Hu family's father and son had ordered their officials to immediately hand over the five counties to Yunnan officials, after all, the situation was undecided, in case he returned to Beijing in a hurry, what went wrong in the matter of delivery, this is a crime of bullying the monarch related to the life of the family, and it is definitely not a child's play.

Li Qi slowly stood up and said in a deep voice: "This official immediately repairs a book, and if there is Brother Lao Xian, he will quickly whip his horse and send it back to the Xiping Waiting Office in Yunnan, and ask him to immediately dispatch the military and horse officials under his command to collect the land of the five counties, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

Wang Shu knew that this matter was very important, and he did not dare to refuse, so he immediately surrendered his order.

More than ten days later, Xiping Hou Musheng got Li Qi's handwritten letter and couldn't help but be overjoyed. The father and son of the Mu family have long been deeply resentful of Annan's theft of the land of the five counties, but in the past, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor, was unwilling to provoke lightly, so he had to force himself to do something. Mu Sheng has already come from Nanjing, Yongle Emperor Zhu Di decree, at this time saw the handwritten letter sent by Li Qi, who sent the envoy to Annan, immediately had no scruples, immediately raised the account and transferred troops, and ordered his generals to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses and a group of civil officials to accompany him, and immediately take back Qiuwen, Qingyuan and other five counties.

Although Hu Yiyuan and his son did not want to lose a big thing because of a small loss, they did not deliberately delay the return of the five counties, but because of the thousands of things to be delivered, they were delayed for more than a month, and the dust settled.

Seeing that everything was going well, Li Qi, the superintendent of the imperial history, led Wang Shu and his party of more than a dozen people, and Hu Yiyuan deliberately sent an envoy to welcome Chen Tianping back to China to take over the throne, and hurriedly returned to Nanjing to deliver the decree.

Although Zhu Di is a very deep city, seeing that Mu Sheng and Li Qi have taken back the five counties, he can't help but be very happy, after all, his father did not take back the place, he took it back with his own hands, and saw that the envoy sent by Hu Yiyuan was groveling, and after deeply reflecting on his responsibility for deceiving His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he expressed his willingness to return the usurped throne to Chen Tianping, and implored Zhu Di to keep his promise and give him the title.

Zhu Di, who was wearing a five-clawed golden dragon yellow robe, stood up, glanced at the civil and military officials, and said loudly: "As the Son of Heaven, I reign over the world, and there is no reason to break my promise. After saying that, he immediately ordered someone to take pen and ink, and wrote down his will, canonized Hu Yiyuan Hue County Prince, hereditary replacement, and gave Annan envoys to bring back, with the heart of Anhu family father and son.

The civil and military officials knew that this so-called Hue county prince was really an empty lord, and he didn't even need to make a single contribution, so naturally no one spoke out against it, and they all congratulated His Majesty on recovering the land of the five counties.

Chen Tianping, who was specially called to the palace today, is a person who died nine times and died, and when he saw the hope of recovering the country, he immediately knelt on the ground and thanked the Ming Emperor for his grace in rebuilding the country, and the descendants of the Chen family are willing to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty for generations.

After Zhu Di comforted him with a few words, he asked about the rich land of Li Qi Annan, who supervised the imperial history, and immediately canonized these counties to the Hu family father and son to calm his heart.

Although Chen Tianping couldn't help but feel that Emperor Daming's move was really suspected of overstepping his bounds, he had no way to oppose it in this situation, and immediately made a promise, saying that he was willing to return to China and take over the throne, and would never pursue the former enemy again, and would treat the children of the Hu family clan well.

Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, who was wearing a black python robe, looked at Chen Tianping coldly, and secretly thought to himself in his heart: How can the revenge of killing his father and destroying his family be easily revealed? However, there is no need for Zhu Laosi to worry about this matter, the Chen family and the Hu family are intriguing, and there is a trick of divide and rule, they are busy with infighting, so they don't have so much heart to cause trouble at the border, for the people of Yunnan and Guangxi, it is really beneficial and harmless.

Annan is not as good as Daming Province, and the military strength is even more unattainable, the Hu family father and son were forced by Zhu Di's intimidation to return Qiu Wen, and the land of Qingyuan was expected, but the Hu family father and son actually agreed to return the throne to Chen Tianping, and the matter was still too smooth. Because he was the vassal king of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in the past, he also led the army to guard the border fortress, and he also tasted power, and he deeply thought in his heart that although power is invisible, it can be described as a lingering curse for men in this world. Even though I heard that Li Qi replied that there were still a large number of officials in Annan who wanted to go forward to the Chen family, after all, Hu Yiyuan had been in charge of Annan's military power for a long time, and the matter of returning the throne was still too smooth.