Although Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, argued on the basis of reason, saying that the Ming would make huge profits under the sea trade between the two countries, the Chinese officials of the dynasty had no choice but to compete against each other on the grounds that His Majesty the Hongwu Emperor had forbidden the sea ancestral system and could not be easily abolished. In the eyes of these well-educated Confucians, small Japan, located in a remote corner of the country, and the Ming Dynasty allowed it to come as tribute, which is already a generous grace from heaven and earth, how can it interact with businessmen? Lost the majesty of the Celestial Empire?

Although Zhu Di had the intention to break the sea ban, he also knew that his father Yu Wei was still there, and he would discuss the matter later, put it on hold, and after rewarding the people of the Japanese mission, he ordered the household department to hand over the copper coins made to Kenaka Keimi to bring back and trade silver. More than 20 vicious Japanese leaders also ordered Kenaka Keimi to bring them back to Japan and kill them according to their own laws.

Hearing that Jianzhong Guimi actually killed the Japanese in such a cruel way, Zhu Di couldn't help frowning slightly, and said: "This bald thief is also ruthless. It seems that my father never had dealings with this little Japan in the past, and it is not entirely unreasonable. ”

He has been on the battlefield for a long time, and what tragic situation has he not witnessed under the battle of thousands of troops and horses? However, this Jianzhong Guimi monk actually steamed and killed all the Japanese invaders, which was quite unexpected to him. Recalling that when he asked about the Japanese monk's sea ship in the Fengtian Palace, the other party said with a smug view that the sea boat they took this time was also more than 20 zhang in size, and he couldn't help but turn his head and ask Ji Gang: "Is the sea boat that the Japanese monk is riding really more than 20 zhang away?" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen once ordered his subordinates to measure the ships of the Sea of Japan with ropes, the largest of which is seven feet seven feet wide and twenty-four feet three feet long." Ji Gang replied respectfully. As the leader of the Jinyi Guard of the Son of Heaven and Zhu Di's confidant, didn't he know that His Majesty the Emperor was extremely concerned about the Ming fleet's going to sea, and had already ordered his subordinates to measure the size of the ships in the Japanese Sea, waiting for Zhu Di to ask.

Zhu Di couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and when he was playing with the wooden boat, he suddenly found that this small wooden boat was heavy and light, and it was obvious that there was a heavy object filling in the bilge, so he couldn't help but turn his head and ask Zheng He: "What is the purpose of stuffing heavy objects in this boat?" ”

Zheng He bowed down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, above the ocean, the wind is wild, if the ship is empty, it is very easy to overturn and capsize, so the bottom layer must be stuffed with heavy things to stabilize the hull in order to move forward smoothly." In the past, he took the grain fleet to the north along the coast, and since he was ordered to build a ship, he has more contact with the shipbuilders of the Ministry of Industry, and he is naturally comfortable answering Zhu Di's questions at this time.

Zhu Di nodded and ordered Zheng He to put the boat into the water to try.

Pushed by the bamboo poles, the wooden model of the boat cut through the calm water and headed forward. When the wind rises, the sails on the mast struggle to propel the boat forward on the sparkling lake.

Seeing the sudden wind on the lake, although the boat shook slightly, it still maintained a general stability, and went away with the wind, Zhu Di said with a satisfied chin head: "The people in the Japanese mission, when it comes to navigation, every face has a color, they really underestimate my Ming no one, and he will let them see with their own eyes my Ming huge sea ships, the world's unparalleled fleet across the ocean." Speaking of this, he turned his head to Zheng He and said in a deep voice: "I have to build a huge ship, the bigger the better, preferably forty zhang away." ”

Zheng He couldn't help frowning when he bowed down to receive the order, since he supervised the shipbuilding in Longjiang Pass, which is located in the northern suburbs of Nanjing, every time he came into contact with the skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, he naturally understood that this sea ship would be a general, and there would inevitably be countless problems with it.

On the vast Fengtian Palace, Huang Zhong, the deputy general of the left who led the army to escort Chen Tianping's return to China, knelt on the ground and explained to the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di that after leading the army into Annam, he was ambushed by Hu Yiyuan's soldiers and horses.

After knowing that Chen Tianping, the king of Annam, who was canonized by his edict, Nie Cong, the imperial historian of the Ming Dynasty, was killed by ambushes, Xue Pin, the Qing of Dali Temple, committed suicide, and lost hundreds of soldiers, Zhu Di was already clenched into fists with both hands, and his face was pale.

The civil and military officials were also stunned by this thunderbolt-like news. In their opinion, the little Annan is just a small state, Hu Yiyuan and his son not only dared to trick Chen Tianping into returning to the country to kill him, but also secretly set up an ambush to attack the Ming army, could it be that he lost his mind and went crazy? This news was so terrifying that all the courtiers suddenly heard the bad news and felt incredulous, and they did not come back to their senses after looking at each other.

Ning Wang Zhu Quan couldn't help frowning, in his opinion, whether the king of Annam is the Chen family or the Hu family, or even Zhang San and Li Si, a cat and a dog, as long as he is willing to return the land he has invaded and does not cause trouble at the border, for the Ming Dynasty, there is not much difference.

Since the Hu family father and son have already controlled Annan, Zhu Di has even sent an envoy to canonize it, and its momentum is like a boat, it is better to simply make a mistake, admit that the Hu family father and son are the rightful lord of Annan, and place Chen Tianping in Nanjing, just eat and wait for death. If the father and son of the Hu family invade again, the Ming army will use Chen Tianping or his descendants to raise troops to fight, which is a well-known strategy for the division. Unexpectedly, there was such a sudden change, the Hu family father and son secretly set up an ambush to attack the Ming army halfway, killing Chen Tianping and Nie Cong, and even making Xue Pin return to Beijing without shame and apologize for his crimes.

Under such circumstances, there is no room for maneuver, and war between the two countries is inevitable. He knows Zhu Di's temperament too well, if he tricks Chen Tianping into returning to the country and killing him, attacking the Ming army, killing Yushi, and forcing Dali Siqing to death, this evil breath can be swallowed, and Zhu Laosi will not be Zhu Laosi.

Zhu Di, who was full of murderous face, stood up angrily and roared angrily: "Er clown, the crime is heinous, you still dare to lurk treacherous plots, wanton poison is like this, I push sincerity to accommodate, but I am bullied, this is not punished, and the soldiers are ridiculed?" The father and son of the Hu family deceived Chen Tianping into returning to the country and killing him, and the killing of Ming officials completely angered the long-established Ming Emperor.

Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, who was wearing a bright red official uniform, came out and said loudly: "The crime of the traitor is great, and heaven and earth do not tolerate it. ”

For a time, all the civil and military officials were in turmoil, and what you said and I said was an admonition that this revenge must be avenged.

After all, Zhu Di had been on the battlefield for a long time in the past, charging into battle, and after slowly returning to the imperial study, his anger had gradually calmed down, but what he was thinking about was the crusade against the father and son of the Hu family in Annan, how to enter the army, and the question of the choice of the commander of the army.

A moment later, seeing the little eunuch waiting in the imperial study hanging the map drawn by the silk cloth not far away, a small corner of the land of Annan that was far inferior to the Ming Dynasty, a smile suddenly appeared on Zhu Di's cold face. In his opinion, Chen Tianping's life and death are just the same, killing the imperial history Nie Cong, forcing Xue Pin to death of Dali Temple, and killing the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty undoubtedly made his dispatch of troops to attack Annan justified, and the division was famous, and he just took advantage of the situation.

After a while, Jin Yiwei commanded Ji Gang to creep into the study under the guidance of a small eunuch, and said to Zhu Di that it was Hu Yiyuan in the past, Hu Hancang and his son sent envoys to pay tribute, asking the Ming Dynasty to canonize the king, and Yang Bo, a pedestrian from the Ministry of Rites, went to Annan to check the people's situation at the behest of His Majesty the Emperor, and received bribes such as silver and two jewels from the Hu family and his son. As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he found out about Yang Bo's acceptance of bribes early in the past, and the reason why he couldn't bear it was because Zhu Di saw that the Hu family father and son were obedient, and immediately sent an envoy to canonize Hu Yiyuan as the king of Annam. If he made this matter clear, not only would he immediately become the target of all civil officials, but would also make His Majesty the Emperor unable to step up? Today, seeing the turbulent state of civil and military officials, he simply fell into the well and cleaned up Yang Bo, an official of the Ministry of Rites.

"Take Yang Bo into the Jinyi Guard, and punish him for the big crime of bullying the king." Zhu Di snorted coldly in his nose and said categorically. Seeing Ji Gang, who was wearing a fancy costume, bowed down to receive the order, and continued: "Spread my message, and order Xiping to wait for Mu Sheng to enter Beijing immediately." ”

After Ji Gang said that he obeyed the order, he retreated out of the imperial study, but his heart sank involuntarily, knowing that His Majesty the Emperor had been aroused by the Hu family's father and son, and even Xiping Hou, who had been in Yungui for a long time, had to be summoned to Beijing, obviously for the sake of the army's imminent crusade against Annan.

Two months later, Yongle Emperor Zhu Di was enshrined in the Taimiao, ascended to the palace, and ordered Zhu Nengpei, the Duke of Chengguo, to carry the seal of the general Zhengyi, as the chief military officer, and led an army of 150,000 troops from Pingxiang, Guangxi. Xiping Marquis Mu Sheng Pei Zhengyi Deputy General Yin, as the left deputy general, led an army of 150,000 from Yunnan Mengzi to attack. Liu Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is in charge of military affairs, and must make 300,000 people have no food and grass.

Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu is the right general, Fengcheng Hou Li Bin is the general, Yunyang Bo Chen Xu is the right general, all command the same knowledge Cheng Kuan, command the secretary Zhu Gui as the god general, all command the same knowledge of Mao Badan, Zhu Guang, command of the servant Wang Shu as the guerrilla general, command the same knowledge of Lu Lin, all command of the servant Wang Yu, command of the commander of the Henghai general, all of the governor Lu Yi, all of the commander of Zhu Ying, all of the commander of Zhu Ying, all of the command of the same Zhi Jiang Hao, all of the command of the servant Fang Zheng as the general of Yingyang, all of the command of the secretary Zhu Ying, all of the command of the same knowledge of Jin Ming, all of the commander of the servant Wu Wang, Both commanded Tongzhi Liu Ta to become a hussar general. The generals must obey Zhu Neng, Mu Sheng's orders, command the soldiers and horses, crusade against the father and son of the Hu family in Annan, and hate the Ming Dynasty with snow.

Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, who was wearing a python robe and standing not far away, saw that the generals in armor suddenly agreed to the promise, and the murderous military might, he couldn't help but secretly wonder: The father and son of the Hu family are not able to measure themselves, and the disaster is not far away. He had already seen that most of the Ming generals sent by Zhu Di were generals who could conquer and fight after following him in the past, and there were even 300,000 people who went out to fight, and under the big fight, it was not just for revenge, but had another deep meaning.

The sun is shining, the wind is beautiful, and the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di led the civil and military officials to practice for a group of generals in Longjiang. When the generals saw His Majesty the Emperor coming to practice, they all shouted, "I will step on the south of Ping'an and sacrifice my majesty to the prisoners."

In the three deafening cannon sounds, Zhu Neng and Mu Sheng each led their generals and soldiers and horses to go to battle.

In the city of Nanjing at dusk, the wide streets have long been devoid of the bustling crowds in the daytime. On the bluestone paved street, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves "getting". A man dressed as an officer and soldier rode his horse and galloped through the street, heading towards the Hongwu Gate of the Forbidden City, which was faintly visible in the distance.

At night, in the imperial study of the Forbidden City, the candles are still bright. Zhu Di, who was pacing back and forth, let out a long sigh and sat down at the desk, looked down at the urgent military intelligence report sent to the palace an hour ago, and couldn't help frowning two points deeper.

Rao is that he has been through the wind and is not shocked by changes, and now he has fallen into a difficult choice. It turned out that this emergency military information from the southern expeditionary army and transmitted by Zhang Fu, the marquis of Xincheng, told that when the army of the conquest of Annan marched to Guangxi Dragon Boat, the commander of the army, Zhu Neng, the prince of Chengguo, suddenly fell ill and died a few days ago.

At the moment when thousands of troops and horses were ready to go, Zhu Neng, who was the minister of Jingnan and the commander of the army, suddenly died of illness, and this news made Zhu Di, who had always been decisive in killing, also a little undecided. It is foreseeable that if the civil and military officials know the news tomorrow morning, Lao Cheng will be as serious as Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department, and will definitely ask to postpone the dispatch of troops to Annam, and at this moment, the other route will be Xiping Hou Mu Sheng's army commanded, maybe it has already invaded the territory of Annam.

It is conceivable that after the father and son of the Annan Hu family killed Chen Tianping, they would inevitably gradually eradicate the officials and generals under their command who were still loyal to the Chen family. Time does not wait for me, and the commander of the army must make a decision at the right time.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Di immediately summoned the eunuch who was waiting outside the imperial study into the pen and ink and wrote down a holy decree.

After about a stick of incense, Jin Yiwei commanded Ji Gang to enter the imperial study. Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "Immediately order Jinyiwei to go to Guangxi Dragon Boat and pass on my personal will to Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu and others." Yan Ba stretched out his hand and took a three-foot long sword on the table, and said with a solemn face: "I Qin gave this sword, and ordered the person who sent the decree to Zhang Fu together." ”

When Ji Gang bowed down to take the will and Shang Fang's sword, he couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart. He was a shrewd person, seeing the secret decree sealed by fire paint, and the emperor's decree to give the sword to Zhang Fu, the Marquis of Xincheng, overnight, but did not mention the commander of the army, Cheng Guogong, he had already vaguely guessed that a major change must have occurred in the army of the Southern Expedition, and replied respectfully: "Weichen obeys the order." He cautiously exited the imperial study.

Guangxi is adjacent to the land of Annam, a meandering down, into the two sides of the big river in Annam, the camp tents are continuous, people are noisy and neighing, and flags are waving. It was stationed all the way to the southern expedition of the Ming Dynasty, with a total of 150,000 people.

As the drums of the generals were passed through the barracks one by one, the generals of the Ming army in armor hurriedly ran out of their tents, turned over their horses and rode towards the commanders in the distance.

Under the broad handsome tent, a young man in his twenties, wearing armor, thin and tall, with thick eyebrows and starry eyes, stood solemnly. It was the confidant general who followed Zhu Dijing's difficulty in raising troops, the son of Zhang Yu who died in Dongchang in the later battle, and Zhang Fu, who was canonized as the Marquis of Xincheng by Zhu Di's edict.

Zhang Fu looked at the flag moving with the wind on the flagpole from afar, and couldn't help but feel excited. It turned out that about half an hour ago, he had received a holy decree written by Zhu Di, the emperor of Yongle, who was sent to the army by the Nanjing Jinyi Guard, and asked him to take over the whole army, according to the strategy and another way from Yunnan, and the 150,000 troops led by Xiping Hou Mu Sheng were divided into a joint attack to defeat the Hu rebels.