These two strategies have their own pros and cons, Zhu Su guessed, presumably Lao Zhu's difficulty today is here.

Finding a way to rescue a descendant of the Chen family, in the future, in the name of helping the Chen family, raising the flag to crusade against the Li family is undoubtedly the most worry-free and effort-saving method. With the righteousness of the Ming Dynasty in hand, Annan will definitely gather to respond...... Whether it was the land of Samhan that had conquered Goryeo before, or the early stage of the Ming Dynasty's campaign to conquer Annam, this method was adopted.

But the disadvantages of this are also obvious, Lao Zhu's ambition for Annam is also different from that of Goryeo: like Goryeo, Mobei, Yingzhou and other places, the imperial court can use them as a fiefdom, send a noble emperor to establish a feudal state, educate the country, and after years of accumulation, it may become the land of China.

But for Annan, Lao Zhu wanted to return it to the central court and did not intend to use it for separation.

Because of Zhu Su's informance, Lao Zhu was single-minded and wanted to use Annan and Champa as reserve grain production areas to prevent the invasion of the Xiaoice River. Even if it is Yingzhou, Fengmingzhou and other places rich in gold and silver, for Lao Zhu, its importance is far less than that of the southern countries bordering the Ming Dynasty.

If the world does not produce food, what is the use of more gold and silver? Will it fill your stomach, or will it withstand the harsh winter?

Lao Zhu was born as a farmer, and his dedication to food is simply carved into the depths of his bones. After hearing that future generations will lose food due to frequent natural disasters and insufficient treasury, a sense of crisis broke out, and they didn't want to hoard a thick family foundation for Daming. Gold, silver, grain, and straw are such things as a generation, and it is absolutely difficult to stock up on them until a few hundred years later. But the land is undoubtedly the best way to pass it on to the children and grandchildren.

Annan and Champang, which could also produce a large amount of grain during the Xiaoice River period, were the targets of Lao Zhu. In his heart, such a good place should naturally be owned by Da Ming. Naturally, the attention paid to Annan is far greater than elsewhere.

Rescuing the descendants of the Chen family was certainly conducive to defeating Annan, but the annexation of Annan after the war would also hinder the name of righteousness of the Ming Dynasty, so it was resisted. What Lao Zhu wanted was by no means to retain the royal family like the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo, and temporarily govern the local area in the name of concessions and colonies, but to completely incorporate the Ming Dynasty. However, the lesson of the failure of the Yongle Emperor in history to occupy the land of Annam has shown that it is not feasible to support the descendants of the Chen family, and then tear their faces and annex Annam.

Although the Ming Dynasty has enough soldiers, Lao Zhu also knows that if Annan is forcibly swallowed, Annan will still rebel one after another as in history, and Daming is likely to still be dragged into the endless war quagmire.

But the other way is to sit back and watch the Li clan kill the royal Chen clan...... This also has great drawbacks. The first point is that the Li clan has completely destroyed the Chen clan, and if the Ming Dynasty wants to send troops to Annam again, there will be no righteous reputation, and the difficulty of capturing Annam will inevitably be much more difficult than that of the Yongle Emperor in history.

The second point is that the hundred officials of Annan, who have lost the support of orthodoxy, will they break the jar and break it, and simply die to assist the Li family? This is also uncertain.

To put it bluntly, unlike other wars, the Ming Dynasty needed two righteous names, one of which was to intervene in the civil strife between the Li clan and the Chen clan to seize power; Second, it is justifiable to annex Annam and not be rejected by the people of Annam.

It is difficult to meet these two points at the same time.

After talking with Lao Zhu for a long time, he still didn't have a clue, Lao Zhu said tiredly: "That's it, you have been in the dust all the way, let's go and rest first." ”

"You go back to your mansion first, let's go here, and let Jinyiwei observe the movements of Annan again."

"Southwest thanks to you for stabilizing the situation, otherwise, I may not be able to free up my hands when the Li clan and the Chen clan are fighting infighting tomorrow."

"Let's give you a garden on Qixia Mountain first, and you can recuperate for a while."

"Yes." Zhu Su bowed, secretly happy in his heart.

“…… Don't forget, go to Xiaoling to meet your mother. Lao Zhu stared at the Kunyu Wanguo map on the screen with his back on his back, and suddenly said coldly.

Zhu Su's heart sank, and he bowed down again, Lao Zhu waved his hand quite tiredly, Zhu Su respectfully withdrew from the palace, and the cold wind outside the hall blew, and Zhu Su was shocked to realize that he was in a cold sweat.

The matter of killing Ma Ye, my father still cares!

Zhu Su is now extremely glad that the crown prince Zhu Biao came forward and stood in front of him. If there is no Zhu Biao, I am afraid that if I come back this time, Lao Zhu will not let himself "meet" Queen Ma, but will kneel in Xiaoling to plead guilty.

It is also because of Zhu Biao who came forward that there was no deeper mustard between himself and Lao Zhu, the cheap father.

Zhu Su returned to the palace of King Zhou, Xu had been waiting at the gate of the mansion with his family for a long time, Zhu Su was quite comfortable under the service of Xu's bath and change clothes, without resting, he directly wore Yanju regular clothes, called the chamberlain Xiang Deng, and asked him to go to the East Palace to see if Zhu Biao was worth.

Zhu Biao did him a great favor this time, and Zhu Su wanted to come to the door as soon as possible to express his gratitude to Zhu Biao.

Before the sky was dark, Xiang Deng came back from the East Palace and told Zhu Su that the prince Zhu Biao had returned to the East Palace tonight, and heard that Zhu Su was going to meet him in the East Palace.

Zhu Su would not shirk himself, immediately took the Xu family, and personally selected some rare things brought back from Guizhou as gifts, and then went to Zhu Biao's East Palace.

Zhu Biao's East Palace, strictly speaking, Zhu Su is the first time to go. In the early Ming Dynasty, the old Zhu filled the lake to build the Ming Palace, because of the huge project, for more than ten years, the palace was built while living in the state. Because the palace complex is not yet complete, the crown prince Zhu Biao, like the kings, also divided the mansion outside the palace for a while, not called the palace, but temporarily called it the "prince's mansion".

However, a few years ago, the Ying Emperor City was finally completely completed, because the Ming Dynasty at this time was richer than the Ming Dynasty at the same time in history, and the Nanjing Imperial Palace was more magnificent than the previous imperial palaces. Zhu Biao finally moved from the "Prince's Mansion" where he lived temporarily to the "East Palace" in the palace. The name of the East Palace in the strict sense is called "Chunhe Palace", located on the side of the Wenhua Hall where the cabinet does business on weekdays, Lao Zhu has already put the prince to serve in the cabinet, listed as a Ming custom, which is also convenient for the princes of the Ming Dynasty to go to the cabinet office on weekdays.

When Zhu Su entered the palace to visit his brother, he naturally could not go to the main gate of the palace, Chengtian Gate, but entered from the Donghua Gate on the east side, and visited the prince Zhu Biao through the Spring and Gate Gate.

(End of chapter)