This is one of the many strongholds of the Han King Zhu Gaoxu in Beijing.

The King of Han had many strongholds in Beijing, with shops, teahouses, and dwellings, and everyone didn't know each other.

The person in charge of the Jingshi is Song Changlin, and only Song Changlin alone knows all the strongholds of the Jingshi.

Song Changlin's identity in Beijing is a fortune teller, because many official ladies and wives like to go to the cave shrine to pray for God and Buddha.

Song Changlin's purpose is to make friends and find out the news, but he doesn't go to set up a stall every day, usually once every three or four days, but he didn't expect to meet Huang Ying today.

This Song Changlin also reacted quickly, and immediately said a bunch of good things, saying that King Han asked him to wait here for a year, and he was moved by the tears that Huang Ying said.

Song Changlin arranged for Huang Ying to go to Yunnan while discussing with Uncle Chen.

They already knew that someone had killed Huang Ying in Qingliang Temple, and it was Yuan Yi.

Because he and Zhu Gaoxu went to Qingliang Temple together to see Yuan Heng's son Guanyuan, and according to Huang Ying, Guanyuan took the initiative to find her and Chunxiao that day, saying that there were people everywhere under the mountain, and let them stay in the temple for a few more days.

Then Yuan Yi came to the door, took them out, and killed Chunxiao.

Yuan Yi's appearance is very recognizable, his eyes are very small, as soon as Huang Ying described it, Song Changlin knew that Yuan Yi did it.

Yuan Yi is the prince's person, he should not kill Huang Ying without authorization, there must be someone behind him, either the prince or Zhu Di.

"What do you think?" Chen Bo asked.

Song Changlin sneered: "Yuan Yi and Guan Yuan both resigned, such a good opportunity, of course I killed them." ”

However, when they followed Mao Xiong and Dian Sheng to kill Yuan Zhongche, they didn't tell the king of Gaoyang County, and it seems that His Royal Highness also has some opinions.

Chen Bo said: "Send someone to ask the king of Han first, if the king of Han agrees, he will kill the two of them." ”

Uncle Chen's son Chen Wen is also half of Zhu Gaoxu's strategist, so Uncle Chen is also very smart, he thought for a while and said: "If it is really Yuan Yi and Guan Yuan who did this, let's kill the two of them, the people behind them will definitely suspect that someone is retaliating, so we have to ask King Han about this." ”

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The Imperial City of the Imperial Division.

Zhu Di is convening several cabinet ministers to deliberate.

After Zhu Di entered Beijing, he summoned Xie Jin into the cabinet, participated in the preparatory service, established the prince in March last year, and in late January this year, not long ago, Zhu Di Xie Jin was promoted to a bachelor of Hanlin and a scholar of Youchunfang University, becoming the first cabinet chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Huang Huai, Yang Shiqi, Hu Guang, Jin Youzi, Hu Yan, and Yang Rong were transferred to Wenyuan Pavilion.

This is also the first cabinet member of the Ming Dynasty, of course, this Wenyuan Pavilion is only equivalent to the emperor's secretary, only has the opportunity to provide advice to the emperor, and has no real power.

It's just that because they are close to the emperor's place of work and are in Wenyuan Pavilion, they are called the cabinet.

Zhu Di is now in power, so many things are decided to summon the six Shangshu to arrange for processing.

Like before, Zhu Di convened the secretary of the military department, assigned the generals to garrison, convened the secretary of the ministry of works, and instructed the new shipyard, all of which were directly assigned and not discussed with them at all.

On the other hand, the six Shangshu of this society are not even as good as these cabinet members, and the cabinet members have stayed with Zhu Di for a longer time, and they still have the right to make suggestions.

Today, Zhu Di mentioned an incident reported by the Ministry of Rites.

There was a man named Chen Tianping in the Chen Dynasty of Annam who fled to the Ming Dynasty, saying that the retainer Hu was plotting to usurp the throne, and asked the Ming court to send troops to recruit Hu Jichen and Hu Hancang and his son, and restore the Chen Dynasty.

The ministers looked at each other when they heard this, because last year Hu Hancang had just submitted a table to the Ming court, claiming that the royal family of the Chen Dynasty was extinct, and his nephew was promoted as the emperor by the ministers, and asked for canonization, Zhu Di and the ministers discussed, and then sent an envoy to Annan to investigate, and then canonized Hu Hancang as the king of Annan.

It's only been a few months, but I didn't expect another Chen Dynasty person to come to the door.

Xie Jin was the first to speak: "Are you sure about the affairs of the Chen Dynasty?" ”

Zhu Di said, Xiping Hou and Yunnan Bu Political Envoy also played at the same time, it is true.

The others remained silent, their heads bowed as if they were thinking about something.

Xie Jin suddenly became furious: "Whoever went to Annan to investigate last year should be punished." ”

Everyone was speechless again.

Xie Jin relied on Zhu Di's grace, and now he is a little lawless.

Today's Spring Festival, Zhu Di said in front of all cabinet ministers, "The world cannot be without me for a day, and I can't be less than Xie Jin for a day." "Raise Xie Jin's status to the peak.

Xie Jin was originally straightforward, but now that he has the emperor's favor, he is even more lawless.

It was Zhu Di who canonized the king of Annam last year, and it was Zhu Di who sent people to investigate, what do you mean?

Although there is a suspicion that the following officials are not clear about the investigation, it is not good for you to say this in front of Zhu Di and the ministers.

When Xie Jin said this, Zhu Di didn't change much on the surface, and he didn't seem to be angry.

Yang Shiqi saw it in his eyes, and then stepped forward: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that when I arrived in Annan, the officials of our court are not familiar with the place, and they are easy to be deceived, and the crime will not be punished." ”

Yang Shiqi couldn't get used to Xie Jin, so he grabbed the opportunity to take a bite.

The Ming officials were lonely, and they traveled thousands of miles to Annam to investigate something, and it was not all up to the locals.

It's normal to be deceived.

Xie Jin glared at him, and he still had to argue with reason, Zhu Di waved his hand: "Last year's events aside, what do you think the imperial court should do now?" ”

The emperor was asking for their opinions, but the people on the scene were all human spirits.

Zhu Di just said that the Marquis of Xiping and the Yunnan Political Envoy confirmed that what Chen Tianping said was true, and the Hu family must be plotting to usurp the throne, so Zhu Di's mind has already been guessed by everyone.

This kind of person who is not in the right position must be taught a good lesson, and this shows that our emperor is very right.

Yang Rong reacted quickly, knelt down, and said loudly: "The Hu family is not in the right position, deceiving the Ming Dynasty, and he should be ordered to abdicate and let Chen, and enter the court to ask for guilt." ”

Then, except for Xie Jin, the other ministers said the same.

Only Xie Jin sneered, it is useless to say so, it is necessary to use a large army.

Everyone rolled their eyes one after another, this will make the Ming Dynasty just experience the battle of Jingyan, of course, if you don't fight, you won't fight.

Zhu Di didn't say anything that day, and after these cabinet members left, he recruited Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department.

Xia Yuanji is a very talented person, and Zhu Di trusts and values him very much.

After Zhu Di saw Xia Yuanji, he opened his mouth and asked, how much food does the household have now?

Xia Yuanji blushed when he heard this, and said loudly: "Your Majesty is going to fight again?" ”

Zhu Di smiled awkwardly, and didn't care about his attitude.

Xia Yuanji immediately shook his head: "No money." ”

Zhu Di said in a good voice: "This time is different. ”

"That's different?" Natsuhara said strangely.

"The Annan Hu clan is plotting to usurp the throne and is not in the right position."

The corners of Xia Yuanji's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself, it was not right to be in place.

"I don't want to move troops immediately, send someone to persuade me first, if you don't listen, then move troops, you can prepare for me." Zhu Di spoke to him in an excellent tone, which was completely different from the majesty when he was in the last dynasty.

Xia Yuanji is not a person who does not know what to do, otherwise it would be impossible to be promoted to the head of the household.

He was silent for a moment and sighed: "Annan is located in a remote area, and once the army is mobilized, it will inevitably be laborious and costly. ”

Zhu Di said: "I may not be able to move troops, I will send someone to persuade first, if the Hu family is interested, he should not want to start a war with our dynasty." ”

Natsuhara was noncommittal.

The next day, Zhu Di called the officials of the Ministry of Rites, led by Lu Yi and Huang Zhong, the deputy generals of Guangxi, to escort Chen Tianping back to China and take the throne.

Chen Tianping, who received the news in the Huitong Pavilion, immediately called over two henchmen: "You go back to Yunnan quickly and inform Xiping Hou of the news." ”

The two henchmen left Beijing overnight,

In February of the second year of Yongle, Daming sent someone to escort Chen Tianping back to Annan.

They set out by water, all the way to Guangxi by boat, and then in Guangxi they were escorted by Lu Yi and Huang Zhong with troops, from Nanning Wei to the west, through Xinning Prefecture to Taipingfu.

Taiping Province is adjacent to Annam, which is full of local toasts, and further west, you will enter Lang Son province of Annam.

Taking the waterway here, it was faster than Zhu Gaoxu's arrival in Yunnan, Lu Yi and Huang Zhong set off in February, and arrived at Taiping Mansion in April.

At the end of April, they entered the territory of Annam, but were ambushed by the Hu clan at Zhiling Pass near Langshan, and the Ming army was defeated, with more than half of them killed and wounded.

In history, Hu Hancang also ambushed the Ming army here after getting the news, and also captured Chen Tianping, but as soon as the fight started this time, Chen Tianping ran away without a trace.

After more than half of the casualties, Lü Yi and Huang Zhong reluctantly fled back to the Ming Dynasty with half of their soldiers and horses, but the accompanying civil officials were all killed, and Chen Tianping was nowhere to be seen.

In June, when the news reached Daming, Zhu Di was furious and decided to send troops to conscript.

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Back in March, on Chen Tianping's way to Annan, Zhu Gaoxu had already returned to Xinping County.

Sheng Yong is waiting for him here.

Zhu Gaoxu said, I will arrange for you to go to Yunzhou, there will be 30,000 Tusi soldiers and horses waiting for you, you are good at using firearms, and train them well.

In addition to the 30,000 Tusi soldiers who thought about the law in Yunzhou, there were also 4,000 Zhu Gaoxu's own soldiers and horses, all of which were under the unified command of Sheng Yong.

And Ping'an will be left in Xinping County, the Yuanjiang Mansion here has begun to provide war horses to Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaochu will definitely deceive some local soldiers from the Na clan, and then form a cavalry with his own soldiers and horses, and hand them over to Ping'an.

The bottom requirement in Zhu Gaoxu's heart is to have 30,000 cavalry in his hands, and he is good at using cavalry with peace and himself, so he can use it handy.

The entire battle of Jingyan was fought by King Yan with soldiers and horses, and almost no other general in the Yan army could stand alone.

And once he starts a war with Zhu Di, he can fight from Sichuan, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Guangxi battlefields at the same time.

Even if Zhu Di is a pro-conscript, he lacks skills, at most he will compete with Zhu Gaoxu in one province, and in other provinces, it depends on the level of their respective subordinate generals.

Therefore, as long as Zhu Gaoxu has enough soldiers and horses, he is very confident in raising troops.

His subordinates Li Yuan, Sheng Yong, Ping'an, and even Chen Wen can stand alone, not to mention that on Yan Jun's side, there are still some secret cards in their hands.

After sending Sheng Yong to Yunzhou, Zhu Gaoxu returned to Kunming.

As soon as he arrived in Kunming, some people said that Na Rong was asking to see the King of Han and had been waiting in Kunming for more than half a month.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately summoned Na Rong.

(End of chapter)