"Isn't this an exiled poor monk?" Dao Yan blinked his triangular eyes and asked pitifully.

Facing His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who does not enter the oil and salt, he is really a little poor in donkey skills.

"How could it be exile?" Zhu Zhen said lightly: "You just said that there is no chance for you to make waves right now...... The implication is that this king understands. ”

Saying that, he pushed open the window and said to the starry sky: "This king has nothing to say to people, let's open the skylight and say bright words - what you think is nothing more than that my father and the emperor rely on the vassal king, and if you look through the history books, you will know that there will be a day when the vassal will be cut in the future." That's where you can come in, right? ”

"......" Dao Yan's expression changed several times, and Liang Jiufang nodded and said: "Yes, the trouble of the wall is not in the current generation, but in the second and third generations. ”

"You understand this truth, this king understands, my father and brother understand," Zhu Zhen said calmly: "Do you know what tacit understanding we have reached?" ”

"What tacit understanding?" Dao Yan asked.

"After we are the king of the world, we will follow the story of King Wu of Zhou, divide our brothers into extraterritorial, and let us continue to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Zhen said lightly, there is no need to keep this matter secret, but more people should know about it, so that many incidents can be avoided.

"That's right." Dao Yan was surprised at first, and then sighed in shock: "I thought there was no solution to this problem, but I didn't expect there to be such a solution......

With his wisdom, he naturally thought clearly about the benefits of such an arrangement in an instant.

First of all, for an arrogant vassal king like Lao Liu, this is a good place to go. Overseas extraterritorial, the emperor is far away, he can be the king and hegemon, self-unified, and enjoy the power of ceremonial conquest, life and death.

In addition, although Yunnan is now undecided, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty is also there, the overall situation of the unification of the world has been decided, and the day when the swords and guns are put into storage, and the day when the horses are released to Nanshan is not far away. At that time, how to deal with these proud soldiers who have fought for half their lives will be a big problem.

If they can follow the vassal king to continue to fight abroad, no matter what, it is much better than cooking a rabbit and a dead dog.

Moreover, the vassal king is not in China, which can not only threaten the emperor's rule, but also can really protect the country and keep the Ming Dynasty away from border troubles.

In the end, the vassal kings were relatively independent, financially self-responsible, and expanded their territories when they were able, and tightened their belts if they were not, without exhausting China.

Although there are some hidden dangers in the division of feudal kings overseas, such as weak central control, the nominal status of vassal kings, and the actual independence. However, the Son of Heaven owned the whole territory of China, and the vassal kings lived in a corner of the country, and could not threaten the rule of the central government.

And on the contrary, if the vassal king wants to gain a firm foothold in a foreign land surrounded by foreign races and rule for a long time, it is inseparable from the legitimacy given by the Son of Heaven and the support of the motherland behind him, and the relationship between the two sides is easy to straighten out.

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"In this world, there are two kinds of problems that cannot be solved, one is that there is really no way. For example, let the sun come out in the west. The other is just what you think you can't do. In the face of Dao Yan's exclamation, Lao Liu smiled: "Sometimes standing a little higher, the pattern is a little bigger, many problems that are thought to be unsolvable, in fact, there are still ways to solve them." ”

"It's an amazing idea." Dao Yan sighed: "But it is even more amazing that a few of your brothers can accept this arrangement." ”

To put it bluntly, for the imperial court, this is to pack and throw away the problems that cannot be solved, and let them fend for themselves. So for the imperial court, of course, it is excellent.

But for the feudal kings, this was a great test and tribulation. It is only those who are ambitious, capable, and able to endure hardships that they are willing to leave their comfort zone and accept this challenge with unknown prospects.

"It's unfortunate, my brothers are all ruthless, and they all want to create a family business on their own." The sixth laughed.

"What about the younger brothers?" Dao Yan asked.

"Then it's up to them." The sixth smiled irresponsibly: "Who made them younger brothers." ”

"Okay......" Dao Yan nodded and asked as if resigned to his fate: "So Annan, is it the first stop to expand the territory?" ”

"That's not right, Master." The sixth child immediately corrected: "Annan has been a part of my China since ancient times, but it was split by the rebels who took advantage of the weakness of the Song Dynasty. ”

Saying that, he waved his lower arm vigorously and said: "I, the Ming Dynasty, 'expel the Tartars and restore China', shouldn't I recover the homeland of Jiaozhou?" ”

"Of course it should." Dao Yan nodded, spit out a long breath of turbidity and said, "If you can recover the homeland of Jiaozhou for the country, it will not be in vain." It's just that Annam is far away from the southwestern border, with high mountains and dense forests, miasma, and has been independent for a long time, so I am afraid it will not be easy to recover. ”

"Easy things, can you still show the master's ability?" The sixth child put a high hat on Dao Yan, and then took out a file bag that had been prepared a long time ago from the filing cabinet, and handed it to him:

"This is the latest situation in Annan collected by the staff of the City Shipping Department by taking advantage of the convenience of trade, the master can take a look at it first, and then we will talk."

"Yes." Dao Yan took it with both hands and took out the documents inside to look at it carefully.

To put it simply, Annan was in a very turbulent and weak stage at this time.

First of all, ten years ago, Yuzong of the Chen Dynasty, who ruled Annam, died without a queen, and before his death, his adopted son Yang Rili succeeded him. But Yang Rili not only ignored political affairs and indulged in pleasure, but even wanted to change back to his original surname Yang.

The result was a coup d'état, which was deposed by his father-in-law, Chen Shuming, who then became the king of Annam, three years after Hongwu.

Chen Shuming reported the matter to Daming, hoping to be canonized. But Boss Zhu thinks that 'Annan Chen Shuming is treacherous and blackmailing, and destroys his king in order to become rich and noble. It's to appease the rebellious ministers and thieves too! ’

Therefore, he refused to canonize Chen Shuming, which made his position very embarrassing, and he had to abdicate and apologize, so that his younger brother inherited the throne, which was canonized by Daming.

But that was just to deal with the Celestial Empire, and these Annan people closed the door and had another face. Chen Shuming changed his name to Chen Xuan, pretending to be the 'Emperor Taishang', and still controlled the government of Annam.

But his ability is really average, during his reign, there were frequent rebellions in the country, and even the national capital Shenglong was captured by the monk Fan Shiwen.

Externally, he was defeated by the Cham country, and even his younger brother Chen Ruizong died on the battlefield with the Cham country, and the bones were not recovered. This is the matter of the ninth year of Hongwu......

However, the Annan people have always lied repeatedly, and in the recital to the imperial court, they lied that Chen Ruizong accidentally fell into the water and drowned while patrolling the border. I ask my father to canonize his son Chen Riwei as King of Annam. After Zhu Zhen finished speaking, he said to Dao Yan again:

"This Chen Riwei is extremely friendly to the Ming Dynasty, not only actively paying tribute, but also asking the Celestial Empire to send a senior monk to Annan to preach the Fa, this matter has been approved by the father, and the king is ready to recommend the master to take on this position."

Saying that, he smiled and said Dao Yan, who had read the information after examining the school: "Now please ask the master to analyze the situation in Annan and how we can use this opportunity based on this information......

(End of chapter)