After some secret conversation, Jiang Xinghuo personally sent Xie Jin, who was dressed in civilian clothes, from the side door, and then returned to his room.

Just when he was about to discuss the specific details of the counterattack with Zhuo Jing, a lieutenant suddenly came to pass on the message of Emperor Yongle.

Jiang Xinghuo was stunned, and he didn't know what Emperor Yongle was looking for him at this time.

"What did Your Majesty say?"

The lieutenant who was wearing the cyan sticker smiled bitterly: "Master Guoshi, the slave and maid don't know it. ”

Looking at his dress, he is about a low-grade eunuch, and it should be just a message, and it is normal to know nothing.

Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself in his heart: "Isn't Zhu Di shaken?" But this seems unlikely, how can Zhu Di be a person who is separated by a few words? ”

With a heavy focus, Jiang Xinghuo returned to the palace with the lieutenant.

Along the way, he was thinking about what Emperor Yongle was looking for, could it be that something really happened?

The current situation is delicate, thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo became more careful.

"National teacher, please wait, the slave and maid will go back to Your Majesty."

The lieutenant took Jiang Xinghuo to the outside of the Fengtian Hall and bowed to salute.

"Thank you." Jiang Xinghuo returned the salute and waited for the lieutenant to go in and return.

Not long after, another chamberlain from Fengtian Hall walked out, this chamberlain was able to serve by Zhu Di's side, naturally he was of the highest grade, I saw that he was wearing a sunflower chest and a collar shirt, and a rhino horn belt was tied around his waist and said respectfully to Jiang Xinghuo: "Master Guoshi, Your Majesty is invited!" ”

This is the young eunuch from the fourth grade, named Zhang Bao'er, but he is usually close to Zheng He, and he used to be an armed eunuch in the Yanwang Mansion, and Jing Nan has been on the battlefield.

While the two were walking, Zhang Bao'er said in a very low voice: "National teacher, it's Annan's business, Your Majesty said that you have to do it." ”

Jiang Xinghuo heard that a big stone fell in his heart, he just raised his sleeves, but was suppressed by Zhang Bao'er, only to see him smile and say: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince has already given it, so I want to wait for you to make it convenient for you at this time." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Xinghuo's eyebrows stretched, a smile appeared on his face, and he patted Zhang Bao'er's arm lightly, which was regarded as a sign of gratitude.

Zhu Gaoxu fought for four years and fought thousands of miles, and he didn't know how much he had caught just in the spoils of war, not to mention that the civil officials still had some concerns, but it was common for military attachés and nobles to compare property and farmland, so Zhu Gaoxu didn't mind that others knew that he was very rich, and he didn't mind throwing a lot of coins. As for how much money he has, he probably doesn't know it himself.

In fact, because of his generosity and Zhu Di's favor, Zhu Gaoxu's popularity in the palace is much better than Zhu Gaochi's, and even with Aiwu and Wu, Jiang Xinghuo, the master, has also been taken care of.

This can be regarded as filial piety in a certain sense.

"There is Father-in-law Lao." In the hall, Jiang Xinghuo bowed his head again, and then stepped inside.

As soon as I stepped in, I smelled a rich fragrance coming to my nose, and I saw that the huge Fengtian Temple was golden and splendid, and it was extremely luxurious after being redecorated, and the fragrance came from the wood, and I didn't know what kind of wood was used.

At the top of the throne of the main hall sat a majestic man wearing a crown and a dragon robe, who was Zhu Di.

"See Your Majesty." Jiang Xinghuo said symbolically.

"The national teacher doesn't have to be polite, sit down."

Emperor Yongle waved his hand and asked Jiang Xinghuo to sit down, and then there was no other movement.

While waiting, the two palace maids walked into the Fengtian Hall with refreshments, they put their things away, and respectfully withdrew.

Jiang Xinghuo sat on the Jindun and couldn't help but wonder, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd, isn't it about Annan? Why do you still eat and drink?

"The national teacher tastes this pastry."

Jiang Xinghuo picked up a piece of pastry, which was different from what it looked on the market.

Seeing that Zhu Di himself picked up one and chewed it, it shouldn't look like it was poisonous.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Jiang Xinghuo took a bite carefully, and the pastry melted in his mouth, with a hint of sweetness, and then it was sweet, and he felt a little unfinished after eating.

"What kind of ingredients are this made of? I don't seem to have seen it in Nanjing before. ”

Jiang Xinghuo resisted the urge to continue tasting and asked.

Zhu Di wiped the pastry residue on his beard, picked up two more and stuffed them in one go, poured a sip of tea, and then said.

"This is the secret orchid cake paid tribute by the Champa envoys, this kind of flower is also available in Liangguang, which has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, but no one has ever used it to make cakes."

"I see."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded to show that he understood, but he immediately realized the crux of the problem: "Now is not the day of tribute, why did the Champa State send envoys over to pay tribute?" ”

Zhu Di looked appreciative and said with a smile: "I called the national teacher here today for this matter, and the reason is simple. ”

Zhu Di threw a note to Jiang Xinghuo, Jiang Xinghuo opened it and took a cursory glance, and automatically filtered out the useless nonsense before and after.

Annan invaded the territory of the vassals with a boat division, and the people suffered from it; When the tributaries returned, all the gifts they changed were detained; and forced the crown to obey the seal, so that he became a vassal; And has occupied the land of Chensha Liya and other places, and now the raid has been repeated, and the minister is afraid that he will not be able to survive on his own, and he is willing to accept the land, please (Daming) to govern it. ”

This means that when Zhu Di ascended the throne last year, he had already sent envoys to Korea, Annam, Champong, Siam, Java, Ryukyu, Sumatra and other countries.

Zhu Di was very happy, so he gave a lot of rewards, and also allowed them to carry out tributary trade, this letter mentioned in the "tributary personnel were arrested, the goods were plundered" thing, referring to this incident, about the middle of February this year (from Nanjing to Annam), and then the Champa city knew about this matter, and then checked and sent a messenger to complain, the road tossed, and it was the beginning of May.

And the reward items given by the Ming Dynasty to Zhancheng were looted away in Annan, and then linked to Annan's consistent disagreement with the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult not to think that this is what the Hu father and son instructed.

Obviously, an emperor with a character like Zhu Di would not allow a small country to "crackle" and slap him in the face.

Whoever dares to hit him in the face, he will erase his genealogy, and foreign kings are no exception.

Therefore, Zhu Di was very angry, and the attitude of the Zhancheng State was very good, and he asked for the contribution of the land and let the Ming Dynasty rule, and brought a lot of special tributes, so Zhu Di naturally favored the Zhancheng Kingdom in his heart.

"I hope Your Majesty will make it clear."

After reading it, Jiang Xinghuo stood up and handed it back, asking what Zhu Di meant.

Seeing Jiang Xinghuo nodded, Zhu Di continued with great satisfaction: "There is a former minister of Annan named [Pei Boqi] who fled to Daming, and currently lives next to the mission of the Zhancheng State, and he wants to see the national teacher by name, so he needs to stop by to see In addition, [Chen Tianping], who claims to be the grandson of the king of Annan, is also there, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites cannot identify the authenticity of his identity, if the national teacher is not sure, our last envoy Yang Bo to Annan will return in two days, although he does not necessarily know, But you can check with him then. ”

Yang Bo and others were sent to Annan to investigate the truth of the incident of Hu Jiyak's usurpation of the throne of the Chen dynasty in Annan, and they returned to Guangdong safely a while ago.

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and said: "Negotiate with the envoy of the Champa State and the former minister who fled from Annan to understand the situation in Annan, apart from that, does Your Majesty have anything else to explain?" ”

Zhu Di thought for a while, and finally said: "In addition, Annan has always had a dispute with the Ming Dynasty on the border issue, if you need to use this as a reason to start a war or want to know about the relevant situation, the national teacher can also choose to go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to check the relevant cases." ”

After listening to what Zhu Di said, Jiang Xinghuo's eyes narrowed, and his eyebrows became a little more solemn.

The war between Daming and Annan is a sensitive topic, and if it is not handled well, it will definitely cause unnecessary twists and turns, but no matter what, this matter is indeed what he has been trying to promote, and it has nothing to do with him, and there is absolutely no reason to shirk it.

"Okay, no problem."

Zhu Di said with relief: "It's hard work for the national teacher, this matter was originally the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites. ”

In fact, the reception of foreign missions in the Ming Dynasty is the responsibility of the Huitong Pavilion under the Ministry of Rites, although there is still a Honglu Temple, but its responsibility is to specialize in the court's ceremonial class, no longer manage the reception affairs, but the official in charge of the Huitong Hall plus the title of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.

Zhu Di also had a hint of helplessness, he said: "But now that Li Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has been imprisoned, Song Li, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, is controlling the water in the south of the Yangtze River, and Wang Jing, the left attendant, is shouldering the important task of preparing for the [Taizu Death Day], and he can't take a break. ”

"But this matter is also important, after all, this is the first 'commodity dumping market' that the Ming Dynasty can get, and if you fight, you must be famous, so I need the national teacher to take the time to sort out and coordinate the affairs of Annan and the occupation of the city. All in all, it's a bit cumbersome, the caliber of all parties is inconsistent, and other people's ideas are still stuck in the tributary system, and it must be not as safe as the national teacher to deal with it, only the national teacher knows what we need, so it is really necessary to deal with this kind of thing. ”

In fact, halfway through Zhu Di's speech, Jiang Xinghuo knew what he meant, it was still Zhu Di's old routine, he didn't bother the two masters for anything, and he used it to death if it was easy to use.

Igniting new manufacturing power - manufacturing high-quality and inexpensive cotton textiles - attacking Annan to obtain commodity dumping market - selling goods to obtain interest rate differentials, since this set of logic was mentioned by you Jiang Xinghuo, then Annan's affairs have nothing to do with you, right? Annan hit Zhancheng, Zhancheng came to sue, it just so happens that there is no one in the Ministry of Rites now, so let's go up, don't shirk.

"What about timing?"

"It doesn't take much work, about a day or two."

"Okay, I'll take care of this in the next two days."

Jiang Xinghuo didn't shirk either, it was very important to change the law, and it was also very important to attack Annan, and he really had to pay attention to Annan's affairs.

Hearing Jiang Xinghuo's affirmative reply, Zhu Di finally showed a smile and continued to taste the secret orchid cake that Zhancheng paid tribute to.

"Then it will be annoying to the national teacher." Zhu Di said vaguely.

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Leaving the palace, Jiang Xinghuo pondered on the little gray horse that went to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Historically, the Vietnamese region has long been subject to or under the rule of the Central Plains regime, so the names of "Annam" and "Vietnam" are related to this, for example, the name "Annam" was first appeared in the sixth year of Yonghui of Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, from the Tang Dynasty's Annam Protectorate, and in the late Tang Dynasty, it was controlled by the Jinghai Jiedu envoy, and Wu Quan seized Annam during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and Annam has been against my iron-blooded Song Dynasty during the Song Dynasty, and it was only paid tribute in the Southern Song Dynasty.

From ancient times to the present, the contradiction between Annam and the Central Plains Dynasty has always existed, the Song Dynasty was even more severe than now, after all, it is only a border friction now, but during the Song Dynasty, Annam invaded Qinzhou, Lianzhou, Yongzhou and other places, in the battle of Yongzhou, Zhizhou Su Mian struggled to resist, and self-immolation and martyrdom after the city was broken, while Annam was slaughtered, slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people in Qin, Lian and Yong Prefectures, and capturing the people and returning.

As for the border friction between the Ming Dynasty and Annam during the Hongwu Dynasty, Jiang Xinghuo really didn't know very well, so he could only check the information first, and he was not in a hurry to meet those "foreigners".

Since the military-related powers of the early Ming Dynasty were mainly concentrated in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies rather than the Ministry of War, Jiang Xinghuo first arrived at the case library of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to briefly understand the border dispute between Annan and the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, a servant that Jiang Xinghuo didn't know quickly greeted him and saluted him.

Wang Bin reminded beside him, and Jiang Xinghuo only knew that this was Xu Yingxu, the second son of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, that is, the father of Rong'er and Xian'er, who had been transferred from his original post since the end of the Jingjing, and had been sitting on the cold bench for nearly a year, in charge of the cases of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and some logistics chores.

"Why did the National Teacher suddenly come here?"

"Investigate the border dispute between Annan and Daming." Jiang Xinghuo said bluntly.

Hearing this, Xu Yingxu's face changed slightly: "What is the National Teacher doing to investigate this kind of problem at this time, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?" ”

Of course Xu Yingxu is kind-hearted, everyone knows that the recent remarks about what "super saint" have caused a storm in the city, combined with the previous incident of Li Zhigang, Jiang Xinghuo can be said to be in the center of the storm, and he can't take care of his own troubles, how can he still have the heart to study the matter of Annan?

"Thank you Xu Yanshi, but I came here on the orders of His Majesty."

Xu Yingxu heard this and nodded clearly, there is nothing to say.

"However, Jiang really wants to know about the situation in Annan, and I hope Xu will give him advice." Jiang Xinghuo smiled faintly.

Xu Yingxu agreed: "Since the National Teacher insists on investigating, then his subordinates will tell you the specific situation, and come down with his subordinates." ”

The reason why Xu Yingxu claimed to be a subordinate was because the national teacher was stipulated by Zhu Di as a super grade, which was equivalent to the prince and uncle, and his position was the governor of the Chinese army, and the hereditary rank was the commander (Zheng Sanpin), which was much lower.

Jiang Xinghuo followed the other party into the case library, but he was a little strange in his heart: "Obviously he is the second son of the king of Zhongshan, but he is in charge of the case library, and he is so respectful to himself."

However, these things are not easy to ask, Jiang Xinghuo can only silently follow behind the other party and study it later.

Although there is no oil and water in the case library, it is indeed a confidential place, many confidential documents and Kanyu maps, mountains and rivers shape victory maps are stored in the case library, and there are relatively strict humidity and temperature conditions, so people feel uncomfortable at first glance, it is obviously a sunny day in May, but it is so cool that people are a little hairy.

Walking to a shelf, Xu Yingxu picked up a yellowed piece of paper and looked at it a few times, then put it back in place, and then pointed to other things on the shelf and said: "Master Guoshi, please see, there are archives for more than 30 years, all of which are the wars and turmoil on the border of Annan and the relevant situation in Annan. ”

Jiang Xinghuo raised his head and glanced around the case library, and saw that these things were stacked neatly, and there was not too much dust, and there was a long table in front of each shelf, and two stacks of white paper strung together with threads were neatly placed on the table.

There is Xu Yingxu's red seal on the register paper, and this seal is hanging on the other party's waist, so it seems that although Xu Yingxu may not worry about these specific affairs, even if it is a cold bench errand such as managing logistics chores such as the case library, with his identity as the son of the king of Zhongshan, he has not completely slackened off, and has not made empty seals, but at least he has achieved a good idea of things and is diligent, at least compared with other noble sons who wander outside every day when they hang a position.

There are so many files, of course Jiang Xinghuo can't look at them one by one, but with Xu Yingxu here, just ask directly, and you can also take the school exam by the way.

"What is the scale of the border clashes in Annan over the years, and what are the reasons for the conflicts?" Jiang Xinghuo asked.

Xu Yingxu replied: "The overall strength of Annan is far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no big chaos in the country under the rule of the successive kings of Annan, but because in addition to a large area of the Red River Plain, the northern land of Annan is mostly mountainous, and the people in the mountainous areas are both fierce and poor, and they can jump and hunt in the mountains like monkeys, mainly relying on hunting animal skins and collecting medicinal materials for a living, so they often clash with the people who enter the mountains on the side of the Ming Dynasty, and the scale is basically a few hundred people. Moreover, the land bordering Champa in the south of Annam is distributed along the coastline, which is extremely narrow and cannot accommodate too many people, so every year tens of thousands of people are forced to leave their homeland, some do a living at sea, and some flee to Qiongzhou Island and other places, not only that, although the cultivated land area of Annam accounts for a large proportion, but in fact, due to the tyranny of the aristocracy, the domestic materials are poor, and for the same reason, although the rice is high-yielding, it cannot feed many people all year round. ”

Jiang Xinghuo listened quietly, he had realized something.

Sure enough, Xu Yingxu continued: "According to the statistics of the Guangxi Metropolitan Command and Envoy, the taxes that Annan needs to collect from the country every year have reached about thirty percent of the income of the people, and this is not counting the part of the landlords, that is, if there is a bit of natural and man-made disasters, then there will be no rice to cook." In this way, the life of the common people is getting worse and worse, and naturally it becomes unstable, and in order to let the people stop, Annan often recruits men to join the army, and provokes wars with neighboring countries, for these small countries, Annan is also the most hated enemy country of all countries. ”

Jiang Xinghuo sighed lightly: "You mean to say that most of the friction was actually provoked by Annan's side?" ”

Xu Yingxu said affirmatively: "Of course, because the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, and there are few people (in the fourteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, there are 210267 households and 1463119 mouths in Guangxi, which mainly borders Annan), the territory of Annan is relatively small, and the population of the people is as much as more than three million. ”

"Don't the Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies know about these things?" Jiang Xinghuo asked with a frown.

"Yes."

"Have you fought back?"

"Nope."

Jiang Xinghuo was silent for a long time after listening, and suddenly asked, "Do you know why you never fight back?" Do the officials of the Governor's Office and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies eat dry food? Let the dynasty suffer humiliation! ”

Xu Yingxu sighed and said: "The Governor's Office and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies have long known the situation in Annan, but the Ming Dynasty has stipulated that Annan is a country that is not conquered, and all national conquests must be reported to the imperial court. So he has been swallowing his anger and has never fought back against Annan. ”

Seeing Jiang Xinghuo's gloomy expression, Xu Yingxu hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth behind this seemingly absurd phenomenon.

"The center of gravity of the military armament of the national dynasty is in the north, the Northern Yuan Dynasty is still eyeing the Hongwu Dynasty, the Northern Yuan Dynasty is the biggest enemy of the national dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao does not want to fight on the north and south fronts, and the Guangxi political envoy is also mostly the territory of the Tusi on the border line, so for the dynasty, it is the people of the Ming Dynasty who die, but it has not weakened to any strength, so it is left to it."

"Oh?"

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared, Xu Yingxu can give such detailed information at the first time, obviously he usually works hard, this kind of person may not be able to become a good commander like his father General Xu Da, but being a staff officer is extremely qualified.

Jiang Xinghuo was slightly surprised, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Xu Yishi seems to know a lot about this?" ”

"My subordinates only occasionally heard my father talk about it before his death, and he often likes to flip through the files to relieve his boredom." Xu Yingxu hurriedly said.

Jiang Xinghuo bowed slightly, then changed the topic, pointed to the file materials on the shelf and said, "Please Xu Yanshi take a few representative copies to show me." ”

Xu Yingxu did as he was told, and then took out a few archives and handed them over: "Master Guoshi, take your time, if you need to take away the borrowed books, you can directly register and take them back to read, if there are no other instructions, I will retire first." ”

"I understand, thank you Xu for your affairs." Jiang Xinghuo responded.

After Xu Yingxu left, Jiang Xinghuo began to read the archival materials.

First of all, Huang Guangcheng, the prefect of Siming Mansion, said: This government has set up Siming Prefecture since the late Yuan, and then changed to Siming Road Military and Civilian Administration's Office, which has jurisdiction over Dongzhai in Zuojiang Yiyi County, east to Sizhou, south to Tongzhu, Yuan soldiers levy Jiaozhi, go to Tongzhu Baili, set up Yongping Village military and civilian Wanhu Mansion, put troops into guards, and ordered people to pay their military salaries.

Yuan Ji disturbed, the Jiaoren (Annan people) broke through Yongping Village with troops, then crossed the Tongzhu for more than 200 miles, invaded the five counties of Qiuwen, Ruxi, Qingyuan, Yuan, and Tuo, and forced the people to attach to it. In order to be the five counties of the year, all the local officials lost, and the former government was unreasonable in the court, so the author was persecuted very much, and Ren Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites stood in Dongdeng.

Dong Deng, Shi Siming Mansion also, and the hand is called the copper pillar world, the minister tastes the performance, the Mongolian Imperial Court Punishment Department Shangshu Yang Jing gathers the facts, and now the construction of Wuzhi can still be examined. Begging to order Annan to return the old feudal to the former five counties, still stop the copper pillar as the boundary, so that the territory is restored, and the year is not worthy. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's reply is also attached to this archive material: order the household department to have what he plays, send envoys, etc., and return it to Annan.

In addition to these documents, Jiang Xinghuo also looked at other archives, which were placed in different categories, including the changes in the political situation in Annan and the surrounding Siam, Champa and other countries, as well as the summary of various news sent by the spies sent to Annan by the Ming Dynasty, as well as the general situation of Annan society.

Looking at these thick documents, Jiang Xinghuo said secretly: "This is really choking, it will take a lot of effort just to read it." ”

However, this is the first time he has reviewed this kind of military classified file, and it is quite new and exciting for him.

He sat at the desk and flipped through it carefully, tore a blank piece of paper, used the pen and ink on the table, sometimes read the file, sometimes picked up the pen to make annotations, and was busy for three hours, until it was a little dark, and then he yawned and rubbed his sore eyes.

The case vault is afraid of fire, so oil lamps cannot be used.

"It's finally done!"

Looking at the things recorded on the paper, Jiang Xinghuo can be regarded as half of an "Annantong" in a short period of time, at least not for this enemy country that is going to do it next, and is in a state where he only knows a name.

He also has a basic understanding of the social, political, economic, and historical conditions of Champa and Siam.

"Whew~"

After taking a breath, Jiang Xinghuo stretched his limbs and moved his muscles and bones, only feeling refreshed, and the whole person was a lot more relaxed.

After folding the piece of paper and putting it in his sleeve, Jiang Xinghuo stood up and walked out of the case library to prepare to have a meal, and rest for a while by the way.

As a result, Jiang Xinghuo bumped into Wang Bin who hurried back, and several of the armor soldiers sent to him by Zhu Gaoxu around him did not move, obviously Wang Bin received some news.

"What's wrong?"

Looking at Huikong who was following behind Wang Bin, Jiang Xinghuo's heart jumped.

After Zheng He left, Huikong was the old monk's direct offline, and he generally didn't run around, and when he came to find himself, there must be something important.

Wang Bin wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Huikong just received the news, let me hurry up to tell you that I wanted to see you by name before, and the former minister of Annan [Pei Boqi], who fled to the Ming Dynasty, had a quarrel with the personnel of the Champa Mission next door, and was seriously injured, and now he is on the verge of death, you have to hurry to the Huitong Pavilion under the Ministry of Rites!" ”

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The Huitong Pavilion is a large area, and it is not far from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, so it is very easy to arrive on horseback.

Jiang Xinghuo walked into the Huitong Hall with a few attendants, and under the leadership of the deputy envoy of the Huitong Hall (from Jiupin), he walked straight towards a courtyard.

In the case vault of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies before, Jiang Xinghuo had already learned some things about Pei Boqi, and he got some more detailed information on the way.

Pei Boqi is not like his name, an old man who is dying, on the contrary, Pei Boqi is a subordinate general of Chen Qizhen, an opponent of the Hu Dynasty, Chen Qizhen is a staunch royalist general of the Chen Dynasty, who once launched a war against the Champa state, and even beheaded the Champa monarch known as the "heroic monarch".

Here's an extra mention, if you still have an impression of the "currency game: simulating the Yuan Dynasty" played by Jiang Xinghuo with Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong, then you should still remember the famous iron-headed baby of the Yuan Dynasty, the king of Zhennan who returned from the three capturing the city without success.

In fact, during the Yuan Dynasty, in the face of great military pressure from the Mongols, the two countries of Annam and Champa once formed an alliance of iron and blood, and the relationship was very close.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, when the Mongols lost this common enemy, the two countries quickly turned against each other, Annam and Champa combined, basically Jiang Xinghuo's previous life of Vietnam, Annam in the north, Champa in the south, in the Annam Chen Dynasty period, Champa successively lost Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue (the Chen Dynasty court set up Shunzhou, Hoa Zhou in this place) and other Jiang Xinghuo's previous life of central Vietnam.

After taking the throne, he was quite willing to forge ahead, and actively practiced the battle formation and trained the soldiers in order to enhance the military strength, so that the soldiers could work hard and stand hard work, and designed a set of elephant array combat methods. The military strength of the city of Zhancheng has not been as good as that of Annam for a long time, and the situation has changed only when the control of Peng'e has changed, that is, the so-called "Zhancheng since Li and Li, the soldiers are brittle and timid, and Annan will run away from his family, or gather to cry and surrender, and then he will control Peng'e, gather lessons, gradually reform the old customs, be brave and hard-working, so he often enters the Kou, which is a great disaster for Annam." ”

And it is not surprising that Pei Boqi followed Chen Qizhen to kill this lord of Zhongxing, who had a high status in the hearts of the people of Zhancheng, and caused today's grudge.

In fact, Zhu Di is right, the officials of the Ming Dynasty still have the thinking of the old tributary system, and it is already very telling that they can arrange a pair of old enemies together.

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo approached the courtyard, he smelled a strong smell of medicine, and then several doctors gathered.

On the bed lay a big man, with a shocking knife mark on his abdomen, his clothes dripping with blood, his face as pale as paper, and his breath dying.

But even this still couldn't suppress the argument of the three doctors around him about his physical condition.

The group of people surrounded Pei Boqi, arguing so red-faced.

"Doctor (the most senior honorific title among medical officials in the Song Dynasty, followed by Langzhong, hereinafter referred to as medical efficacy, Houhou, and since the Ming Dynasty, they have been called doctors), is my father's condition serious?" A man in a green shirt asked anxiously in Chinese with a Guangxi accent.

What I want to say here is that because of dissatisfaction with the Hu family's control of power, Chen Yuzhen launched a coup d'état in the second year of Jianwen in the Ming Dynasty, trying to kill the usurper Hu father and son, but unfortunately failed and was killed, so his remnants were defeated in the northern mountains of Annan under the leadership of Pei Boqi, but in the fourth year of Jianwen, this remnant army was still wiped out by the Hu family's heavy soldiers, when Pei Boqi fled north, the parents, wives and daughters who stayed in the royal city of Annam were killed by the Hu family, and only one son was with him, which was the man in green shirts named Pei Wenli.

A middle-aged physician muttered, "Don't worry, I'm just in a coma now." ”

Pei Wenli's heart relaxed slightly, and she asked again, "What about later?" ”

"I'll die later."

The middle-aged physician said as a matter of course.

"What did you say?!"

Pei Wenli wanted to rush forward, but was directly pressed to the ground by the armor.

"We have come all the way to defect to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Emperor has decreed that I will wait for the summons, but what about you? But you play us like you? ”

Pei Wenli roared angrily, her blood instantly became cold, and the whole person seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar.

"Shut up."

The middle-aged doctor scolded and continued: "This is Da Ming, it's not your turn to roar and be presumptuous, saying that if you can't cure it, it won't be cured, and the Jade Emperor can't save your father." ”

"You!"

Pei Wenli was angry.

Another doctor looked at Pei Wenli with a little more contempt and ridicule, doctors like them, who are used to seeing life and death, have already become hard-hearted, and they don't care about the lives of ordinary people at all, and even the emotions of the patient's family can be ignored.

"Alright, stop arguing." A young but majestic voice rang out.

"Don't you want to meet the national teacher?"

Raising his hand to stop everyone's salute, Jiang Xinghuo walked over quickly, frowned and glanced at Pei Wenli, then moved his gaze to the three doctors, and finally stopped at the older, gray-haired old doctor.

The deputy envoy of the Huitong Pavilion asked Jiang Xinghuo.

"Doctor Liu, is there really no help?"

The old doctor sighed, shook his head and said, "The injury is too serious, and there is no way to return to heaven." ”

Hearing this, Pei Wenli was shocked, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

"Daddy!"

Pei Wenli threw herself on the edge of the bed, crying bitterly, sadness appeared in her eyes, and murmured: "Could it be that our Pei family is really finished?" Is there no one who can punish the Hu traitor? ”

Jiang Xinghuo gently patted Pei Boqi's shoulder and said in a low voice, "Perhaps, there is still a glimmer of hope." ”

Pei Wenli raised her head, looked at this amazing big man with teary eyes, and asked, "What way?" Please also ask the national teacher to save my father! His Majesty didn't see him, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites were also prevaricating, but he knew your prestige, and he had something important to report to you! You've got to save him! ”

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and looked at Huikong.

"Come on."

Huikong's lips moved, and finally nodded gloomily, took out the needles and threads and small wine bottles and other items that he didn't know why he had always carried with him, and began to operate on Pei Boqi after sterilization.

First stopped the bleeding, then skillfully knotted Pei Boqi's intestines and stuffed them back, and then began to clean and stitch the wound again.

"One needle, two needles and thirteen needles."

Sewing a beautiful bow, cutting off the extra thread at the end with small scissors, Huikong wrapped the sterilized strip of cloth around his wound, and then re-clamped the broken bone with a splint

This level of surgical complexity is difficult for the average physician to do, as they usually only prescribe a decoction.

But Huikong, who has already had several surgeries, seems to be very common, and even he is still happy about his progress.

- This is his own original stitching technique!

"Observe it."

After doing all this, Huikong packed up his tools and put them back in his bag, and let out a long sigh of relief.

Pei Boqi's life was finally saved, although the patient is still unconscious, but the vitality transmitted from him is obviously much stronger, after stopping the bleeding and stitching up the wound, it should be out of the near-death state, if there is no problem, it is estimated that he will be able to wake up after a while.

In any case, this time the task assigned by the national teacher was a complete success!

Thinking of this, Hui Kong's heart couldn't help but rise with a strong joy.

At this time, Pei Wenli on the side recovered from the shock and looked at her father lying on the door panel, looking extremely surprised.

"National teacher, please take a step to speak."

Looking at Wang Bin's searching eyes, Jiang Xinghuo signaled that it was okay and took Pei Wenli to a corner of the guild hall.

"Tell me, why does your father insist on seeing me?"

Pei Wenli didn't answer, but took out a note from her arms, which was written in standard italic Chinese characters, and the aristocracy of Annan had a high degree of sinicization, and the daily writing and dialogue were not much different from those of the Ming Dynasty.

Jiang Xinghuo opened the music and looked at it carefully.

"The minister of the world Annan Chen, his grandfather was the ruling doctor, died in state affairs, the minister's mother was close to the Chen family, so the minister served the king from the young king, received the knight five products, and then the Marquis of Wujie Chen Thirst Zhen was the general, Hongwu thirty-two years, on behalf of the thirsty Zhen led the troops out of the East China Sea Imperial Kou.

And the traitor Li Shi (before the Hu family changed his surname) father and son killed the lord and usurped the throne, slaughtered loyal ministers, exterminated hundreds of people, and the ministers' brothers, wives and daughters were also killed, and sent people to arrest the ministers to increase the number of people, and the ministers abandoned the car and fled when they heard the incident, and went to the mountains and forests to live in poverty, and mixed with the barbarian ape prison, Geng Geng was loyal, and depressed.

Recently, I heard that the emperor entered the great treasure, unified all directions, and wanted to drain his courage and liver, please destroy this thief, take advantage of the danger, get to the realm, and the merchant took the responsibility to come out. In April of this year, from the beginning to Siming, the lawsuit was picked up, and I was fortunate to see the light of day.

The minister is only the traitor Li Ji is the son of Li Guo, the Chen family, the world, stealing and favoring, is his son Cang Yitai Guiren, once he has the will, he will be killed, changed his name to Hu Yiyuan, Ziri Hu Cha, changed his name to Yuan, disrespectful to the court, ravaged the people, the people were wronged, called the sky and knocked on the ground, loyal ministers and good people, and the head was sad.

The minister's righteousness is agitated in the middle, vain in the virtue of heaven, willing to see the benevolence of the wide, mourn the innocent people, raise the division of the hanging, the righteousness of the long, the minister has to carry the crossbow arrow forward, guide the power of the sky, the loyal and righteous people will respond when the clouds are combined, the birds will destroy the thief and eliminate the traitor, and the descendants of the Chen family will be restored, so that the lord of this land. Then it is far away and admired, and the saint and virtue are tributed, and they will always be a foreign vassal.

The minister is not talented, stealing Shen Baoxu as a person, daring to ask for death, and looking forward to His Majesty's mourning. ”

The article is good, everything that should be introduced is introduced, and everything that should be touted is touted, but it seems that that's all.

"So, what do you want to say?" Weighing the song, Jiang Xinghuo asked.

Pei Wenli pointed to the words "Restoration of the descendants of the Chen family" on the song, and asked in a very low voice: "Don't you think that the national teacher thinks that this sudden appearance of the king of Annan [Chen Tianping] is too coincidental?" ”

Jiang Xinghuo's eyes were firmly fixed on Pei Wenli.

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

Pei Wenli sighed and said bitterly: "The matter has come to this, and there is nothing to hide." ”

"This [Chen Tianping] is not our Annan kingdom's king and grandson at all, his real name is Ruan Kang, is Chen Yuanhui's house slave, in the Guangtai period once followed Chen Yuanhui to surrender to occupy the city, and now I see that Daming may be interested in raising troops in Annan, so he came to Daming, claiming to be the son of my Annan Yizong, changed his name to Chen Tianping, and asked Daming Xingbing to help him take revenge."

Between the lightning and flint, Jiang Xinghuo blurted out.

"So he's a man sent by the Champa state? And your father and son saw him go to the residence of the Champa embassy today, and found out or peeked into his identity, so that the people of the Champa mission wanted to kill people? ”

Pei Wenli smiled bitterly: "That's right. ”

What a big show!

In the eyes of Daming, Champa has always been a small country bullied by Annan, and unlike Annan, who always opposes Daming, he naturally has sympathy for Champang, so he got the news that the tributary mission of Champa was re-sent to Daming after being looted by Annan, and Zhu Di even found Jiang Xinghuo alone and asked him to handle the matter.

But who knows, Champa is actually pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger to the letter!

If this is the case, then I am afraid that the "looting" of the tributary mission in Annam is also very probable.

As for the puppet of Champa to support [Chen Tianping], trying to weaken Annan with the help of Daming's hand, he did it even more silently, or this person must have something that can be manipulated by Champong, and when he came to Daming, maybe he had a dispute with the Champa mission on some things, otherwise he would not let Pei Boqi see it.

Jiang Xinghuo roughly clarified the matter: "And the reason why your father Pei Boqi wants to see me alone by name is because His Majesty has been reluctant to see you for a long time, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites will not care about your previous grievances at all, and it is very easy to leak the news, so after hearing my name, he wants to try to tell me this secret." ”

"The National Teacher is really as smart and agile as the legend says, and he can't hide anything from you."

Although everything made sense, Jiang Xinghuo did not let his guard down.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at Pei Wenli and asked, "So, what do you and your father want from Daming?" Of course, Shen Baoxu is a loyal minister of the ancients, but the two of you may not be. ”

Pei Wenli's eyes seemed to rise a blazing flame, he looked at Jiang Xinghuo, and said: "My father is a famous general in Annan, he has fought under Chen Yuzhen for many years, there are countless old troops of General Chen and my father's colleagues in the Annan military circles, we need the help of the Ming Dynasty to return to Annan, take revenge on the Hu family who slaughtered our entire family, and let our family become the Zhumen Wang clan of Annan!" ”

Pei Wenli didn't say it too explicitly, but Jiang Xinghuo understood.

He wanted the Pei family to become a self-respecting family of powerful ministers like the Hu family, and Annan has always had a tradition of usurping the throne of the powerful family, which is quite similar to the Sima family acting on behalf of Cao.

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and said: "If your father can wake up, lead the way for the Ming army, and help the Ming Dynasty successfully invade Annam, all you want is just the Ming Dynasty doing it, right, you look like a Confucian student, but you have been educated?" ”

"Naturally, I admired Wang Hua under it, and demanded myself with the etiquette of the Central Plains everywhere."

"Oh, then you came to Daming, have you ever heard of Xie Jin's study?"

A hint of surprise flashed between Pei Wenli's eyebrows: "Naturally, I have heard that this is the first talent of the Ming Dynasty, and I yearn for it, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to meet him." ”

"It's okay, I'll introduce you, I've been missing a friend recently, you can talk to him more about something."

Looking at Pei Wenli, who couldn't hide her joy on her face, Jiang Xinghuo shook her head in her heart, she was still too young.

Walking out of the corner, Jiang Xinghuo summoned Wang Bin.

"Disarm the envoys of the king of Annam, Chen Tianping, and the Champa state."

(End of chapter)