In the temple of nourishing the heart, the discussion is eager.

The plan is set for the time being.

Daming sent fleets and convoys to Annam for large-scale purchases.

But an executor is needed.

There is no need to bother the ministers for this trivial matter, and the various ministries of the DPRK and the Central Committee are already short of people, and the localities are also short of people, so there is no suitable candidate.

"Didn't Zhu Qing persuade me before to forgive the sins of Liao Zhuang and Zhong Tong?"

Zhu Qiyu pondered and said: "I will leave this matter to Liao Zhuang and Zhong Tong to handle." ”

"Well done, the previous sins are offset and reactivated;"

"If you don't do it well, you will be punished for several crimes, and you will be beheaded all over the house!"

The courtiers bowed to the ground: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

Annan wool is just a trivial matter, Liao Zhuang and Zhong Tong are both capable ministers, so they can naturally do it beautifully.

The emperor just wants to go down the stairs.

"How many ships does Your Majesty want to recruit?" Yu Qian suddenly asked.

"The world's ship branches, as much as you can collect."

"Except for grain, the court does not take a penny, and all the income is distributed by merchants, soldiers, and the people."

Zhu Qiyu said: "However, I need 100,000 women to be transported to Ningxia and Rehe to solve the marriage problem." ”

With a mother-in-law, immigrants have a home.

Yu Qian bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty loves the people and has compassion for the people, and the ministers empathize. However, transporting women is easy to arouse the resentment of Annam, so it is better to ask Annam for 300,000 women and children. ”

"The king of Annan is newly established, and he will inevitably purge the court."

"Hanoi will release a large number of serfs, these people have nowhere to settle, just give me Daming."

"Moreover, King Annan is short-sighted and will give more to women and less to labor."

"It's just the whole thing we think."

Zhu Qiyu frowned, what do I want those natives to do?

"Your Majesty!"

Yu Qian smiled: "Don't you want to raze the 100,000 mountains? ”

"Annam and Daming are separated by endless mountain ranges, and it is a rugged road that allows the two countries to form their own systems."

"If you raze the mountains and open up a smooth road to your debut, the heavenly soldiers of Guangxi will be able to come to Hanoi in the blink of an eye, and Annam will not be the meal on my Daming plate."

Yu Qian thought about it very beautifully, and the moat became a thoroughfare.

The question is that King Annam is not a fool either, can they agree?

Annan is isolated from the Ming Dynasty by the endless mountains.

Yu Qian stroked his beard and smiled: "Your Majesty, rest assured, as long as Da Ming asks for women and children, the new king of Annan will definitely be happy to release the population." ”

"And the situation in Annan is treacherous, the coup turmoil has just begun, and I have no time to care about my Daming."

"Use this group of people to open up Guangxi first."

"When Annan is in turmoil, and then the 100,000 mountains are opened, and his Japanese soldiers will come to Annan, and the road will no longer be a problem."

Zhu Qiyu listened: "Where is 300,000 people enough, 500,000, no, 700,000!" ”

"Your Majesty, how can so many people be placed?" Yao Kui was taken aback, these people had to eat and drink, all of which were a lot of expenses.

Wang Fu also felt that it was too wasteful.

"Yao Qing, what do you want?"

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "When the Annan people arrive in the Ming Dynasty, they are slaves and maids, and after these people are used up, they will be sold." ”

"Whatever they eat and drink? Do I have more food, or do I have more money? ”

"Besides, use it for work first, pull it down when you are tired, and sell it directly after you live, and get it for the high price."

Yao Kui opened his mouth and wanted to say that Da Ming had no slave status, but after thinking about it, forget it, don't deceive yourself.

can only say: "Those seven or eight hundred thousand people, a day of eating horses and chewing is a lot of money." ”

"Let Annan bear it!"

Zhu Qiyu spread his hands and said: "I want people, I don't want to spend money yet, I have to let these people work, let Liao Zhuang find a way, isn't he remarkable?" Let him find a way for me, the center can't pay a penny, and the place has no money. ”

Liao Zhuang: Your Majesty, Weichen is not omnipotent, right? Why don't you let Weichen be a stable!

Well, when I didn't ask.

"Xing Guogong, if there is any other good way, say it quickly, Liao Zhuang's elm brain melon seeds, I definitely can't think of it."

Yu Qian smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, since it is procurement, it should be delegated to businessmen." ”

"Weichen thinks this is an opportunity to make a fortune."

"The Ministry of Household should hold an auction to auction off the opportunity to make a fortune in Annam."

In other words, before you do it, you will make money first.

Zhu Qiyu cocked his thumb: "It still depends on my Xing Guogong, Yunwen Yunwu, and the business of Jia, this is my humerus." ”

"Bai Gui, study hard with Xing Guogong."

Yu Qian and Bai Gui smiled bitterly: Making money for you is the humerus, and you can get it in the eyes of money.

"Do it right away!"

Zhu Qiyu said: "I have issued a holy decree to all parts of the country, ordering the local government to collect merchant ships and convoys, recruit merchants, and go to Annan to buy. ”

Short-buy Annan!

With a holy decree, the whole country of the Ming Dynasty was mobilized.

The Holy Decree alone is not so powerful.

The key is that the emperor wants to take the merchants to make money, and the emperor immediately stops when the official writes to the emperor, and the merchants are like flies that smell the smell, swarming in.

The mighty fleet of ships went down the Yuan River.

The Yuanjiang River originates in Yunnan, flows through the northern part of Annam, and is called the Red River when it arrives in Annam, and the famous Red River Plain is formed by the alluvium of the Red River.

Hanoi is located at the intersection of the three waters.

It is equivalent to saying that the essence of the lower reaches of the Yunnan-Guizhou Mountains is in Annam.

We have broken places, but we don't want good places, what is the reason?

Go to Annam to do trade.

It is divided into three paths.

The first one starts from Fenghua Prefecture in Yuanjiang Province in Yunnan Province and goes down the river to Hanoi.

The second is a convoy of troops, which go abroad from Suzaku Pass or Fenmaoling, trading as they go, and going to Hanoi little by little.

the third is to take the sea route, starting from Qinzhou, divided into two routes, all the way by land, from Dongguang to go abroad; The other is to go to the sea and go to Xian'an in Annam to get off the ship.

Each team stretched for hundreds of miles, escorted by tens of thousands of soldiers along the way.

By the time the central authorities issued an order, responded to various localities, and formed a contingent, the first batch of ships arrived in Annam in mid-April.

The situation in Annan has gradually stabilized.

Li Yimin named the third brother Li Kechang as King Gong, and the fourth brother Li Sicheng as King Jia.

Zhao Liyin and other powerful ministers returned to Beijing to stabilize the situation.

is the only one who drags Li Jun's temple number, and there is a great tendency to feed Li Jun's body to dogs.

Li Yimin did not stop, he killed people every day, purged courtiers, replaced them with his own people, and expanded his power.

The problem is new, they are all old people in Li Yimin's palace, many of them are low-level miscellaneous servants, but they stand on the main hall to govern the state and take charge of the center.

They don't even speak basic Chinese, so what do they do with the cantata?

As a result, the center of Annan was paralyzed, and chaos broke out in all parts of Annan.

Li Yimin should be invisible, and wantonly install party henchmen, purge courtiers, and expand his power.

He also allowed his henchmen to expand their land in the Gyeonggi enclosure, and they would grab whatever they liked, which made the people of Gyeonggi angry and resentful.

And everyone in the court is in danger.

The old minister also had no intention of dealing with politics, just thinking about saving his head.

Up and down the government and the opposition, there was chaos.

Although Bian Yong and others were envoys of the kingdom, they did not go out of the house and did not participate in the internal affairs of Annam.

Li Qi is not a fool.

Although Bian Yong coaxed him, the Ming army stationed outside the city did not make any movement, and it had been a month, and Bian Yong had no movement, so he knew what Bian Yong was going to do.

He knelt in front of Bian Yong: "My lord, Xiao Wang has read the books of sages since he was a child, and knows that a benevolent king can make the country strong. ”

"Your Majesty expelled the Tartars and restored the Ming Dynasty, and he will be the king of benevolence."

"Now that the country is in trouble, I ask the adults to write a secret letter for Xiao Wang, and Xiao Wang is willing to face His Majesty Chen."

"Please allow Your Majesty, Da Ming to help Xiao Wang restore the country, Xiao Wang is willing to go to Annan Guohao, restore Jiaozhi Province, and be willing to go to Da Ming to be a courtier, I only ask Your Majesty to help Xiao Wang and avenge his father!"

Bian Yong didn't believe a word.

What kind of virtue Annan has, he knows better than His Majesty.

Annan is the most shameless, after winning Cochin Province, he frequently attacked the border and constantly encroached on the land of Daming!

Especially the fourteenth year of Orthodoxy.

After the defeat of Tumubao, Annan actually sent envoys to ask His Majesty to cede the four provinces of Yunnan to Annan, and said that he was willing to send troops for the Ming Dynasty to conquer Wara!

It's shameless to the extreme!

Moreover, the Xuande Dynasty, the border between the two countries, is not what it is now!

It's Annan that cannibalizes little by little!

The current border line was formed.

"Please get up, Your Royal Highness, Wechen is willing to submit a secret recital for His Highness."

It's dragging.

He's waiting anyway.

As a result, after a few days, there was no news.

Li Qi wanted to go out to breathe under the pretext, but was rejected by Bian Yong.

After a few more days, Li Qi didn't know where to hear that Li Yimin didn't give Li Jun a temple number, the body was already stinking, and his head was still on Li Yimin's desk, which was already smelly.

He cried and begged Bian Yong.

Bian Yong continued to perfunctory him.

A few days later, he tried to escape and was caught, and he explained to Bian Yong that he was just going out for a walk, and Bian Yong ignored him.

However, his movement was restricted and he was not allowed to leave the room.

A few days later, he begged Bian Yong: "If Lord Bian helps the little king to ascend the throne, the little king is willing to measure the material resources of Annan and make the Ming Dynasty happy!" ”

Don't pretend?

Bian Yong sneered: "Your Majesty's decree has not yet arrived, please wait a little longer." ”

Li Qi ate a soft nail.

After waiting for a few more days, he wanted to see Bian Yong, but Bian Yong didn't see him at all.

Finally waiting for the holy decree of the center, Bian Yong entered the palace to discuss with Li Yimin.

Li Yimin had just been "persuaded" by the courtiers to honor Li Jun as Emperor Renzong, and after sewing up his head and body, he was buried according to the emperor's etiquette.

"Lord Bian, Li Jun is about to be buried, and I just want to see Li Jun's head!" Li Yimin regarded the 5,000 Ming army as a means to press the bottom of the box.

If the ministers oppose him, they will kill him in the same way.

He used this hole card and asked Daming to protect him.

Let Daming and the ministers eat dogs, and he will reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"How's the food ready?"

Li Yimin doesn't understand, Daming is so rich, and he still lacks this bit of food?

But since the Ming Emperor wanted it, he gave it.

Anyway, you can't ship it to Annam, and sooner or later you have to ship it back to me.

"Holy Envoy, Hanoi is currently limited in supplies."

"Only six thousand ships of food have been prepared, please give me a little more time."

"10,000 ships, plus the 6,000 ships promised by Li Jun, a total of 15,100 ships."

"None of them are bad, dedicated to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Bian Yong felt that Li Yimin was too bad.

The 10,000 that were promised turned out to be 6,000.

Seeing that Bian Yong didn't speak, Li Yimin smiled bitterly: "My lord, Lone has just ascended the throne, and there are thousands of things in the court, and the cutting is still messy." ”

"Please also give the adults a little time to be alone, there will definitely be no shortage of food!"

"I am willing to measure the material resources of Annan and form the favor of the Ming Dynasty!"

Bian Yong was tired of hearing this excuse.

Bian Yong said slowly: "In this way, collect the craftsmen who build ships from Hanoi, transport them to Guangxi, borrow them for a year, and return them to Zhao after a year." ”

Li Yimin's face changed slightly.

If you want other craftsmen, he is full of promises.

Can be shipbuilders...... What does Daming want so many ships for? Do you still want the county of Annam?

"Annan continues the Ming system, but it is also closed to the country, and the demand for ships is not large, right?" Bian Yong asked.

Li Yimin said: "My lord, the craftsmen in this royal capital are all from the families of powerful ministers, and the king of Annan has no real power." ”

The implication is that Li Yimin is willing to give the craftsman, but Da Ming has to do something in exchange.

"King Lang Son!"

Bian Yong shouted: "Boatsmith, this is your punishment for not fulfilling your promise. ”

"If you still want to bargain, you can, I'm willing to continue the negotiation with you with Bingge!"

With that, turn around and leave.

He did not call Li Yimin the king of Annam, but called the original title.

Li Yimin panicked, and hurriedly stopped Bian Yong: "Lord Bian, I'm joking with you, why are you reacting so much!" ”

"Wechen is old-fashioned and old-fashioned, and he doesn't like to joke." Bian Yong said lightly.

The Annam court cooked oil on a blazing fire.

In order to cultivate power, Li Yimin installed party henchmen and had a very unpleasant quarrel with the ministers.

Therefore, the 5,000 envoys of the Ming Dynasty have become an important force in controlling the situation, and if Li Yimin is not happy to talk, he will throw Li Qi out and talk to the ministers.

Don't forget, the crown prince is still alive!

It's in his hand!

It's not that Li Yimin talks to the official about the conditions, but you beg the official!

"20,000 craftsmen, loaded in three days!" Bian Yong gave an ultimatum.

Li Yimin has been dragging his feet.

It's not that he doesn't want to give grain, but he wants to sell it for a good price.

Strive to get more support from Daming.

It's best to be a big soldier and kill Annan's ministers directly, so that he can be comfortable.

A two-way game.

Bian Yong also wants to maximize profits, and he is waiting for the approval of the center.

And the emperor's secret decree is only four words: it depends on the king.

When he saw these four words, Bian Yong's tears almost burst out, with the emperor's trust, did he dare to repay the country with death?

To die for such an emperor, he is also willing.

"My lord, there are no 20,000 boatmen in Hanoi." Li Yimin complained.

"That's your business, after the grain and shipwright are loaded on the ship, His Royal Highness the Prince will hand it over to you to dispose of, and Da Ming will never ask."

Bian Yong moved out of the emperor.

Li Yimin was surprised, he didn't have enough control over the royal capital, and he didn't know that there was a holy decree.

But he also guessed.

Li Yimin could only go to talk to the ministers.

If they don't agree, kill Li Yin and sacrifice the flag, and let them know whose world it is!

The ministers secretly supported Li Yimin's accession to the throne, but they shot themselves in the foot.

Li Yimin wantonly purged the courtiers and installed his own henchmen.

Then, he asked for food from the Quanchen family and offered it to the Ming Dynasty.

Now here it is again, asking for the boatman.

Where are you going to get a boatsmith?

Ruan Chi, Ding Lie, and Li Yin looked at each other, don't say it, their family really has it, not only that, but there are many more!

Annan learned from the Ming Dynasty and was also banned from the sea.

is also the same, the imperial court is forbidden by the sea, and the family is not forbidden, and the family is the sea merchant of Annan.

Not only boatwrights, but also many excellent shipwrights!

"What does this Ming want the shipwright to do?"

Ding Lie's flesh hurts, his family is the largest maritime family.

"Bian Yong said it was a year, but after a year, will he be able to come back?"

Li Yin was anxious: "It should be possible, after all, the family is still in Annan, and it is useless for Daming to ask these people, there is no need to think too much." ”

"The top priority is to let Your Majesty stop killing, and if we continue to kill, our forces will be killed!"

Ruan Chi glared at him: "It's not you yet, I have to choose him!" ”

"Silence!"

Li Yin covered his mouth: "Don't die, say anything?" ”

Ruan Chi actually slapped himself: "The old man is the stupidest, accompanying you to mess around, causing my Ruan clan to plummet!" ”

He is the last thing he should have supported Li Yimin.

On the contrary, he is the most supportive.

Because the Empress Dowager Ruan Ying wants to cut off her arm and replace the ministers with civil officials, the descendants are not good.

"Well, now is not the time to complain."

Li Yin sighed and said, "What he wants, let's agree for the time being." ”

"Say anything?" Ruan Chi was distressed, there was so much grain and a shipwright, I don't know what Li Yimin would want tomorrow?

"It's all something outside the body, as long as the power is in hand, it will be made up for in a few years."

Li Yin is old and has a long-term vision, and said: "The top priority is to appease Your Majesty, and at the same time, befriend Da Ming." ”

Ding Lie's eyes lit up: "You mean, the control of the prince is in your hands?" ”

Li Yin laughed: "The only one who can curb His Majesty's ambitions is His Royal Highness the First Prince." ”

"As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince protects us in our hands."

"Your Majesty is still a kite in our hands, and we can't fly away."

Li Yin felt that it would be good for the courtiers to be purged.

Let those lackeys know who they should consider to be the Lord.

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

Ding Lie's face immediately collapsed: "But the Ming envoy is insatiable, and he even asked for 10,000 ships of grain. ”

Li Yin wanted to speak and stopped: "The old man heard from the Hou family that His Majesty the Celestial Empire wants to use the grain of Annan to conquer Wuliangha. ”

Ding Lie and Ruan Chi knew Uliangha, the great Emperor Taizong, who conquered Mobei five times, and it was Uliangha who conquered it.

This Hou clan has a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty, and I heard that it is the political envoy of Guangxi.

So well-informed.

"Although the Ming Dynasty is rich in land and resources, natural disasters have continued in recent years."

"His Majesty the Emperor loves to toss again, just look at Guangxi, you know that if you kill a lot of people, you need money and food to appease you."

"So Daming is short of food."

Li Yin said: "The old man estimates that the envoy of the Ming Dynasty sent an envoy to Annan to buy grain from Annan and other countries. ”

Ding Lie's eyes lit up: "If Daming is short of food, we can use food in exchange for Daming's support!" ”

I'm afraid that His Majesty the Celestial Empire doesn't want anything.

Annan doesn't have much else, just a lot of food, so that the untouchables will starve to death more.

"No, Daming has the ambition of Annan, we can't fulfill them!" Nguyen Chi objected.

Ding Lie looked at him with stupid eyes: "Ambition is always ambition, how can Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty be wise and martial, the county and county Annan, and the result is not cheap for us?" ”

Li Yin also felt that Ding Lie was right.

Without the Yongle Dynasty county of Annam, where did the Li Dynasty come from?

The priority was to solve the emperor's problems, not to think about the illusory county of Annam.

"We can use grain to buy Daming's consent!"

Ding Lie and Li Yin had a secret discussion for a long time.

Then send someone to contact Bian Yong.

At this time, the first cargo ships of the Ming Dynasty arrived in Hanoi.

As soon as the goods landed, they were robbed by the powerful families of the royal capital.

Annan and Daming are very close, but they do not trade with each other, and there are only two channels for Ming goods to flow into Annan.

The first is the reward of the emperor after the pilgrimage.

The second is smuggling.

As the first fleet to land, it naturally made a lot of money.

However, they received not much silver, but goods.

Take Daming's rags and exchange them for Annan's rags.

I don't think I will make much money on this trip.

However, what was transported back was a shipload of grain, which the emperor would buy at market prices.

That's the difference they earn.

At the same time, six thousand ships of grain had already been on board, and twenty thousand shipwrights.

So many things were transported back to China, Pan Benyu personally escorted them, and also drew two thousand from the garrison, and Fang Ying also sent a fleet to escort them.

Go to the sea and return to China, just hand it over to Xia Xun, and Xia Xun will organize transportation to the north.

Ding Lie visited Bian Yong at night.

"Lord Ding, I'm afraid you're a step too late, the fleet has set sail, and the official will hand over the people to His Royal Highness King Annan."

Bian Yong has been waiting for the ministers to contact him.

However, the ministers were also playing tricks, and after all, they didn't eat both.

He is not the same as a traditional scholar.

Bian Yong had long been aware of Annan's ambitions, and was very dissatisfied with Daming's abandonment of Annan, and he would give the emperor a recital every year, but the emperor didn't look at it at all.

Now that the emperor reuses him, he must knock out Annan and squeeze it clean.

"Lord Bian, the lower officials have a foolproof plan."

Ding Lie said: "Don't hide it from your lordship, the Ding family is doing some business at sea." ”

"If Daming needs food, how much is there in Annan."

"The Ding family can go to sea to bring more, and this neighboring country of Annam has surplus grain that is willing to sell, oh...... Dedicated to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Bian Yong's eyes lit up slightly.

"As long as the adults are willing to cooperate with the lower officials, not only Your Majesty's share, but also your share."

"Your Royal Highness doesn't need to worry about it."

"Xiaguan has prepared an identical person, as long as the fake prince is sent to the palace and the real prince is handed over to Xiaguan, this matter has nothing to do with you."

Ding Lie said with a smile: "In return, Xia Guan is willing to give you a hundred taels of gold." ”

This is a bribe, and Bian Yong can't look down on it.

He was wondering, could he use the Ding family's ship to help Daming buy seeds?

No way!

The secrets of the three treasures of corn cannot be exposed.

"To Your Majesty, Annan is extremely submissive and does not dare to have any disrespect."

"The lower officials are willing to sacrifice your majesty's 1,000 sea ships, which can be regarded as a little filial piety of the foreign ministers, and they will honor your majesty."

Ding Lie's shot was too generous.

But can we continue to squeeze out more?

Bian Yong chewed and said slowly: "Lord Ding, you are making this official unkind and unjust." ”

"Where's Bian-sama?"

Ding Lie smiled and took out a box and offered it with both hands: "This is a little bit of the lower official's heart." ”

Bian Yong opened it and saw that it was a very large pearl.

"Just a little caution."

Ding Lie accompanied by a smiling face: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, this today's king, the killing is too much, and he can kill the heart of the lower official, he is afraid and trembling, and he lives with his head every day." ”

"The life of His Royal Highness Prince Bao is also to protect the lives of His Royal Highness the Prince."

Although the Ming Dynasty transferred 2,000 people, there were still 3,000 people stationed outside the city.

These people are likely to become the decisive force.

Because Li Yimin and the ministers competed, each was wary of the military power in the hands of the other party, and no one was allowed to rashly transfer troops into Beijing.

Therefore, the 3,000 people of the Ming Dynasty are very precious.

"Since it is a generous gift from Lord Ding, this official will be grateful to Busen."

Bian Yong felt that it was good to eat both sides, accepted the pearl, and turned his gaze and said: "How about going to the sea ship of Daming as a congratulatory gift and offering it to Your Majesty?" ”

Ding Lie shuddered!

That's more than 6,000 ships!

Although there are only more than 1,000 sea ships, there are too many of them! It's all big ships!

It will take at least a few years to build such a ship.

But in exchange for Li Qi's life, it's okay.

"Then please hand over His Royal Highness the Prince to the lower officials."

Bian Yong groaned instead.

How do you get out?

Moreover, a large number of goods are transported in China, and they want to buy Annan, in case Li Yimin knows that Li Qi is fake, won't he be beaten with chickens and eggs?

"Lord Bian is at ease, this person is exactly the same as His Royal Highness the Prince, and no one can tell the truth from the fake." Ding Lie Dao.

Bian Yong still felt unsure.

You've already gained a lot of benefits, so there's no need to take it both ways and put yourself in danger, right?

"It's better than this!"

Ding Lie gritted his teeth and said: "You first dedicate the fake prince to the king, and if the king finds out, you will hand over the real one." ”

"The ship ......"

Bah! You are poor and dead, and you want to break the ship?

Ding Lie was helpless: "Even if it doesn't work out, the boat branch will be dedicated to His Majesty!" ”

A smile appeared on Bian Yong's face: "Deal!" ”

After the matter was negotiated, Bian Yong tested the water of the Ding family's overseas fleet.

As soon as I heard that the Ding family was overseas, there was a huge fleet of sea ships, and there were 5,000 sea ships at the peak, Bian Yong's eyes lit up, if he could pull out the Ding family's family background, Daming would not lack boats!

What a way to make yourself!

How nice it would be to grab it directly.

"Lord Ding, Daming is willing to cooperate with the Ding family for a long time."

Ding Lie was stunned when he heard this: "My lord, can you be the master of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Bian Yong took out the holy decree from his arms, put the holy decree in the direction of the Forbidden City, knelt on the ground, and after three bows and nine knocks, unfolded it for Ding Lie to see.

It's up to you!

Ding Lie opened his mouth wide, this side will always be the emperor's favorite minister!

"Yes, is it that His Majesty of the Celestial Empire wants to do business with the Ding family?" Ding Lie trembled, what a glory.

"There is a royal trading house in the palace, which specializes in doing business with foreign countries."

Bian Yonghe is honored: "This official can call the shots, the royal business house does business with your family, what does Lord Ding think?" ”

Ding Lie can understand that the emperor is also short of money, and Emperor Annam is also like this.

"That's a courtier's honor!"

Ding Lie pretended to kowtow to the holy decree and said something to show his loyalty.

After the talk.

Bian Yong discussed with Lu Gao again.

Pan Benyu had already led a fleet to transport grain back to China.

"The prince is alive, and it is good for our country."

Lu Gao said: "There are so many sea ships in the Nading family, if they all return to China, Your Majesty will be happy, and you and I will definitely be made an earl!" ”

Five thousand sea ships, one count is more than enough.

"There are more than a dozen ministers in Annan, and there are thousands of big families and small families, how many sea ships will add up?"

Lu Gao didn't dare to say how many ships there would be in the domestic maritime merchants of South Zhejiang?

Surely much more than Annan's!

The emperor didn't even need to build ships.

As long as you get these ships to the court, it is enough to form a hundred fleets.

How did Daming's fleet come about?

Emperor Taizu, captured from Chen Youliang.

Chen Youliang got it from the Great Yuan Dynasty.

The maritime trade of the Great Yuan was developed, and the sea ships were everywhere, and even during the Yuan Dynasty, Cao Yun was also two roads: sea transportation and river transportation.

Where did the sea ships of the Yongle Dynasty come from?

Some were old ships, some were new, and some were captured from Quanzhou merchants.

This is also why in the third year of Yongle, Zheng He went to the West for the first time.

Shipbuilding is a long process, the wood has to be soaked for several years before it can be used, the process is complicated, the process is long, but it takes three years to go to the West.

Where did the ship come from? It's scary to think about.

"Then find a way to get it all."

Bian Yong didn't want to think about the sea ships, he was thinking about how he could profit the most from the Annan coup.

Fake Li Qi was sent to the palace.

After Li Yimin ridiculed him, he directly chopped off his head, put his head on the desk, and looked at it for a few days and found that something was wrong.

"That's not right!"

Li Yimin picked up his head and looked carefully: "Li Qi has a hidden mole on his face, why doesn't there be one on this face?" ”

"Fake!"

"This is a fake Li Qi!"

"Where's the real Liqi?"

"The envoys of the Ming Dynasty actually deceived me!"

Li Yimin repeatedly confirmed that there was no hidden mole on this face, and the hidden mole was a black mole that had not yet grown, and the color became darker and darker as time went by.

"Go and bring Bian Yongxuan...... Wait a minute! ”

Beads of sweat appeared on Li Yimin's forehead: "Could it be that something went wrong in the palace?" ”

"Why do the envoys of the Ming Dynasty want to protect Li Qi?"

"It doesn't make sense!"

"I have already given grain and shipwrights, and I have also allowed Ming merchants to operate in Annam, and now this royal capital is full of Ming merchants!"

"Why did you give me a fake Li Qi?"

"Aren't you afraid that I, in anger, will kill the people of light?"

Li Yimin patted his head vigorously: "Why? ”

"If it wasn't the Ming envoy who did it, who did it!"

"The people in the palace?"

"There are still ghosts in this palace?"

"No, no, no, let me think about it."

Li Yimin didn't dare to turn his face with the invention immediately, and he didn't dare to ask Bian Yong to question.

But.

Li Qi is not dead, how can he sit on the throne safely?

"Could it be that Bian Yong and Annan Quanchen cooperated?" Li Yimin immediately thought of this possibility.

The more I think about it, the more I think it's possible.

Daming seems to be very short of food, and there is no envoy style over there, like a businessman, if you have milk, you are a mother.

The benefits that I can produce.

The Quanchen family can also come out, and even, more than me!

Then, his hole cards are not credible.

Li Yimin suddenly found that he had become a loner!

The envoys of the Ming Dynasty fell to the ministers, and their thrones were in jeopardy.

"Someone!"

Li Yimin yelled: "Send the key to the palace door to me!" Every day, after the palace gate is locked, all the keys are sent to me! ”

He found that there was no sense of security.

We must speed up and let our people master the Praetorian Guard, the Beijing Battalion, and the Border Army.

"It must be Li Yin's old immortal idea!"

Li Yimin's eyes flashed with a fierce light: "I swear to kill him!" ”

"Great words are not believed."

"Don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Go, send someone to chase the grain boat back, no, don't chase it, sink it directly! I'd rather sink to the bottom of the sea, I'm not cheap! ”

Although there are Ming troops on the grain ship, the people who step on the oars are all Annan people, and the steerers are also Annan people, who have just set sail for about three days, and they are still in Annan, and they have not arrived in Daming.

Even, Li Yimin had already left the arrangement.

He never thought about transporting these grains to Daming!

He had already sold these grains at a high price and gave them to some powerful families, who would use their own power to rob these grain ships.

You can't catch any hair!

As a result, the envoys of the Ming Dynasty taught him a lesson, and actually sold Li Qi twice, which pitted him a wave.

I'm not a thing!

You're not a thing!

Playing tricks with me, then let's not think about it!

Li Yimin was angry, he thought he was smart, who would have thought that Bian Yong was also so cunning! No integrity at all! Da Ming's face has been lost by you!

And on the magnificent sea.

The large fleet is slow to move, because driving inshore and having to pay attention to reefs at all times slows down the fleet.

Pan Benyu couldn't stand the turbulence of the ship, so he ate and vomited, vomited and ate, and suffered a great sin.

The wind and waves on the sea are completely different from the wind and waves on the river.

Even if it is an old man who has been on the river for many years, he is prone to seasickness when he reaches the sea.

Pan Benyu didn't know that Bian Yong gave Li Yimin a fake Li Qi, and Li Yimin discovered it.

He calculated the itinerary in his heart, and at this rate, it would take fourteen or fifteen days to reach Daming.

Pan Benyu felt unsteady.

The new king of Annam is very cunning, after mixing the old grain and the new grain, it was transported to the Ming Dynasty, and the level of the shipwrights is also uneven, some are still masons, try to ask who uses the mason to build the ship?

He was worried that Li Yimin would send sailors to intercept the fleet, but he would not admit it afterwards.

"Go and invite Lord Xia over!"

Guarding 6,000 grain ships, Xia Xun personally drove the ship.

However, the Ming army had more than 300 warships, and the navy was worth 2,000 people, and it was almost difficult to take care of the huge fleet of ships.

Received a herald flag.

Xia Xun asked his subordinates to get close to Pan Benyu's ship, and then boarded Pan Benyu's ship.

"I've seen Lord Xia." Pan Benyu wanted to get up and salute.

Xia Xun waved his hand and asked him to lie down: "You are seriously ill, don't care about red tape, what are you looking for this official?" ”

"My lord, the lower official feels that this trip must be very dangerous."

Pan Benyu wants to vomit again.

The soldier who was waiting for him brought him a bucket.

Most of the soldiers he brought were landlubbers, and they were still selected not to get seasick, and they didn't fight anyway, so they were in charge of escorting them on the ship.

When his stomach was comfortable, he said sorry to Xia Xun: "Xia Guan is not adrift on the sea, and he can't stand the waves." ”

"The new king of Annan is very cunning, he originally promised us 10,000 ships of grain, but in the end he only gave 6,000 ships, and the quality of the grain is worrying."

"Xia Guan is worried that he will do things on the road."

"Let's drive close to the sea again, and we have to guard against the pirates, I'm afraid there will be a lot of problems."

"So the lower officials are very worried, and please don't take precautions."

looked at Pan Ben's stupid and miserable appearance.

Xia Xun sighed.

He's quite comfortable with seagoing boats.

Because after he arrived in Guangxi, in order to adapt to the turbulence and wind and waves of the sea ship, he moved to the sea to work.

Coupled with the fact that he is not seasick in the first place, he is full of curiosity about the sea.

The emperor needed talents at sea, and he worked hard to transform into talents that the emperor liked.

"Lord Pan is relieved, and the official is always vigilant."

Xia Xun asked the soldier who was waiting for Pan Benyu to go out, closed the doors and windows, and said in a low voice: "Master Pan, this official will tell you the truth, let's not get off the boat in Qinzhou." ”

"What?" Pan Ben was dumbfounded.

"Master Pan, you have been in poor health, so the official didn't tell you." Xia Xun said seriously.

It's not a good health.

It's that I don't trust you, I don't trust me, Pan Benyu, right?

Pan Benyu looked at Xia Xun, this young military plane walking, His Majesty's henchman, had already been prepared.

"Let's disembark at Hongji."

"Hongji?" Pan Benyu exclaimed.

Xia Xun asked him to be quieter and nodded: "It can't be said to be disembarking, it's mooring." ”

"Hongji is in Annam, not far from Hanoi."

Pan Benyu exclaimed: "Lord Xia wants to play with the dark under the lamp?" ”

Xia Xun laughed: "With so many grain ships, the goal is too big, and we don't have sailors, how can we ensure that the grain can be transported back home safely?" ”

"So, let's stop the ship at Hongji."

"I'm not leaving."

"With so much food, how many armies is enough? Hey! ”

Xia Xun smiled evilly: "There are only a few of us, enough to eat for a long, long time." ”

Pan Benyu didn't understand, even if he occupied Hongji, there was still a long way to go back from China, how could he transport it back?

Dreaming, his eyes widened: "Governor Fang is coming?" ”

"Master Pan is smart, that's right, Governor Fang is coming."

Xia Xun said: "Governor Fang has already set off with his troops. ”

"He didn't go to Fenmaoling, he went near the sea to Xian'an, and then marched all the way to Hongji."

"When the time comes, you can transport this grain as you want."

"If it is lost, Governor Fang will send troops to surround Hanoi and let Annan gather more food!"

Xia Xun said this domineeringly.

Pan Benyu was shocked: "How many troops do you need, can you enter Annan without knowing it?" ”

"Hahaha!"

Xia Xun laughed: "As many people as you want, as many people can come in!" ”

"The people of Annam are greedy and want to buy a huge amount of Celestial Empire goods."

"Naturally, there has to be a steady stream of Celestial Dynasty merchants coming in, so what about the people who are guarding the merchants, they will also come in."

"Master Pan, you and Lord Bian have asked for 20,000 shipwrights, but you can solve the urgent need for this official!"

Xia Xun said: "After we stop the ship in Hongji, we will occupy Hongji City, use these craftsmen to repair the city wall, and drive all the people of Annam out of the city." ”

"We are guarding the food and the empty city, and we are guarding it inside."

"Wait for Governor Fang's divine soldiers to descend from the sky."

Only then did Pan Benyu know why His Majesty sent Xia Xun by name.

This Xia Xun is a second-year jinshi of Jingtai, and Wang Yue, Qiu Jun, Ma Wensheng and other people with significant talents on the same list, he is not obvious, and he is such a powerful character.

The emperor really has the wisdom to know people.

Look at the courtiers he uses, all of them are capable ministers, and all of them make the best use of their talents.

"Master Pan, rest in peace, and when you arrive at Hongji, you will get off the boat and listen to the doctor."

Xia Xun returned to his command ship.

The fleet had been on the road for three days, and it was already close to Hongji.

Tomorrow morning, we will be able to arrive at Hongji.

At night, it is the hardest time for the fleet to move.

"My lord, the patrol ship said that it looks like a fleet is crashing down on us."

Xia Xun's face changed slightly: "How far is the distance, how many ships are there?" ”

"It's not known yet, but the patrol boat said that after discovering it, the fleet headed for the deep sea."

That is, they have not yet arrived at the location they planned to rob.

Scold!

Xia Xun sneered, this new king of Annan is really a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised!

I didn't plan to let the grain out of the country at all!

"Then let's have fun!"

Xia Xun's warship was equipped with the most advanced artillery, which was transported from the Ordnance Bureau when he left Beijing, and he also took the craftsmen to Lianzhou Mansion in Guangxi and loaded them on the ship.

The warships were also Franc machine ships, and the guns and guns were well-equipped.

It's just that there are fewer people.

But the battle was won.

They are all Zhu Yong's trainees, and he Xia Xun has also practiced for more than a month, and they are familiar with each other.

The fleet was close to the shore, and when it was close to Hongji, it was full of small islands and reefs, and the boats of Annam often took this road, so they were able to avoid the reefs.

But it was late at night, and the captain suggested docking at the shore and waiting for dawn before sailing.

Xia Xun refused.

Once the ship is docked, it is even more dangerous.

He only had 2,000 sailors in his hands, and counting the 2,000 men brought by Pan Benyu, he couldn't protect so many ships at all.

There are all kinds of ghosts and ghosts on the shore, and if you are not careful, you will lose your food.

He gave the order and headed for the deep sea.

It's a bet.

Arrive at Hongji before dawn.

He was worried that the shipwrecked pirate fleet behind him would plunder the grain ships at night, so he took the risk and went to the deep sea at night, sailing with full sails.

The fleet here accelerated.

The pirates behind followed unhurriedly.

If Xia Xun looked back, he would find that it was not a sea bandit, but a total of hundreds of sea bandits, and thousands of ships were falling far away.

The reason why the pirates are waiting for the opportunity.

Because no one wants to be a bird, they all want others to be a bird, and they are cheap.

In Haikou's eyes, Xia Xun's warships couldn't stop them at all, and the six thousand grain ships were all their trophies.

So there's no hurry.

But it is difficult to eat in the mouth, because the wolves have more meat and less meat, and so many pirates will definitely fight in the end because of the uneven distribution of the spoils.

This gave Xia Xun a chance to live.

When Xia Xun was just dawning, he approached the offshore sea, and when he saw the shore, there was a patrol boat to report, and there was Hongji in front of him.

It was a thrilling night.

He began to play the flag, docking!

Hongji, tucked away among countless small islands, similar to Ningbo, is hidden among the islands and reefs, and is a natural haven.

Xia Xun looked at the map and thought for a long time, and chose this place.

After choosing, he had already sent people to infiltrate Hongji, and as long as the ship branch docked, his men would capture Hongji's county seat, and then welcome the army into the city.

And I saw the grain ship docking.

The Haikou in the back are all stunned, what kind of operation is this? Don't go to Daming? Or did the commander of this fleet rebel?

I thought it was a temporary dock to replenish fresh water or something.

Outcome.

They found that food was being transported ashore.

Even, the entire Hongji Port was controlled by the Ming army, and everyone, no matter who it was, had to help the Ming army transport food.

There are also the people in Hongji City, who were driven out by the Ming army who were fighting in the open fire, and helped the Ming army to transport food to the city.

This operation blinded the pirates.

Xia Xun was not confused.

On the one hand, he organized the shipwrights to disembark and fortify the city.

On the one hand, we organized manpower and hurried the delivery of grain.

Methodical.

There were shipwrights who wanted to escape, and he cut them off with a knife, and hung their heads on the mast, telling them that if they didn't run, everyone would pay them.

The shipwright was also blinded by Xia Xun's sassy operation.

I thought Xia Xun was going to rebel against Daming.

Otherwise, why don't you go to Daming? But stay in Hongji, where the bird doesn't?

There is simply too much food.

Tens of thousands of people were transported, and not much was transported until dark.

Xia Xun felt that it was too slow, so he simply cut open a rice bag with a knife: "If you transport a day's grain to this official, you will give a pound of rice!" ”

The officers and soldiers of Guangxi were frightened, these rice are all from the imperial court, you are in charge of your own affairs, what are you doing here?

You want to rebel, we don't want to, our family business is in Daming!

Xia Xun didn't bother to pay attention to him.

If we don't get the grain into the city quickly, we don't know how much we can get back.

Sure enough, there will be brave men under the heavy reward.

Many people who hid called friends out, and their efficiency also improved.

It took three days and three nights to bring all the grain ships to the city.

Xia Xun also pulled the boat ashore and was pulled into the city by the people.

This makes Haikou's brain buzz.

It's not that there are no Haikou who want to touch their tiger whiskers, but as a result, the artillery of the Ming warship taught them to be a man, and the ship was bombarded on the shore, and the Ming navy was invincible.

And the Annan people who transported the grain were not honest.

More than a hundred people were killed by firecrackers, and their heads were hung all over the city walls, so they could be honest.

The process was also bloody.

Pan Benyu was stunned after watching the whole process.

Xia Xun didn't know when, he sent more than 1,000 people to Hongji, and easily conquered the county seat.

It took three days and three nights to bring all the grain into the city.

The whole Hongji is full of grain.

Killing Li Yimin didn't expect that Daming didn't transport the grain away at all, but conquered a city in Annan and placed the grain here.

Finish doing these.

Xia Xun expelled everyone in the city from the city and closed the city gates.

Even the sailors of the transport ship are not wanted.

The shipwright is placed alone.

Do not touch each other.

These shipwrights did not let go, and provided food on time, but they were not allowed to touch the food.

Xia Xun didn't sleep for three days and three nights, but he was still commanding: "Don't prevent fire, you must prevent fire, no fire is allowed in the city, no open fire is allowed." ”

"Cook and go out of the city to do it, and hang it up from the hanging basket."

"Beware of throwing torches from outside the city and into the city, and prepare for fire, and after you have slept well, you will carry the grain into the house, and the people will live in the courtyard."

"And to separate the grain from the Annam shipwrights, these people are not credible."

Xia Xun told thousands of instructions.

Make a plan for everything that will happen, and let the Ming army do what he says.

"Everyone has transported so much grain back to China, it is a great achievement, sealing the wife and the shadow, it is close at hand!"

"Gentlemen, this official and you are together!"

"The city is in the people, and the city is dead."

"When you return to China, this official will ask for merit for you, all of them are great merits, and Your Majesty will not hesitate to reward them!"

Officers and soldiers promised.

These officers and soldiers were not natives, they were all Han Chinese.

Many of them were brought from Beijing, and they knew the emperor's generosity, after all, after more than a year of fighting, the emperor rewarded him a lot every time.

At this time, the benefits of the emperor's good reputation came to the fore.

Xia Xun saw that the morale was high, so he temporarily put his mind at ease.

Occupy a lonely city abroad, the most feared is the hearts of the people, once the hearts of the people are weakened and morale is low, then the impregnable city can not be defended.

He had to take care of everyone's psychology and let everyone know that Fang Ying was on his way.

We have food that we can never eat, and we are blessed here.

After Xia Xun was busy, he took a nap.

Although tired, but steady, finally no longer on the ocean, to the shore, no one is the opponent of the Ming army.

The Ming army was invincible.

He will also recall the Ming troops scattered in various places and gather in Hongji.

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