"Your Majesty, it's not good! The Ming army is coming to the palace! ”

La Meixuan stood up in a panic: "What is Daming going to do?" Are you going to destroy my Dacheng Dynasty? ”

"Your Majesty, quickly deploy troops to suppress it!" There is a ministerial proposal.

"Troops must not be transferred!"

The rational minister hurriedly said: "The Great Tomorrow Soldiers, you can't be invincible, and you must not anger the Heavenly Soldiers anymore!" ”

Then, kneeling on the ground: "Your Majesty, please send an envoy to make peace with the Great Tomorrow soldiers and solve the problem peacefully!" ”

"Noradi, you're a coward!"

There was a general kneeling on the ground: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to personally lead the troops and destroy the Ming army!" ”

Boom!

Before he finished speaking, a minister kicked him over: "You don't think it's big enough, do you?" The Ming Dynasty has swallowed the northern part of Annam, how close it is to Siam, do you know? ”

"You are so good at fighting, why don't you go and fight Annan?"

"This official asks you, can you beat Annan?"

"The Ming Dynasty pacified Annan, almost effortlessly, which shows the strength of the heavenly soldiers. You're still on this charmer, what do you want? ”

The minister knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, what Noradi has said is very true, and this matter must be resolved peacefully!" There must be no war, there must be peace! ”

La Meixuan also came to her senses.

It was not that the Ming Dynasty defeated the Tatars and made Siam afraid, but that the Ming Dynasty was close to Siam, and he could reach the Siamese border in three days by riding a horse.

What did he use against the heavenly soldiers?

Is it a city defense army that was defeated by 10,000 people by 300 people?

"Noradi and Waqilawu, the two of you will go out of the palace in person and negotiate peace with the Ming army, you must not have a dispute by force, you must not have peace talks, you must make peace!"

"Siam is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, and their relations with each other are a strip of water, so they must negotiate peacefully and resolve disputes peacefully."

"Only peace is in line with the common interests of Ming and Siam."

La Meixuan repeatedly stressed the importance of peace talks.

If you can beat the Ming Dynasty, who wants to talk about peace with you.

"The old minister would rather die than dishonor the holy order!"

The two ministers kowtowed, and the wind was Xiao Xiao and the water was cold.

The sky was beautiful, and by the time the day was about to dawn, the heavy rain had stopped.

The royal capital road is paved with bluestone slabs, but unlike Beijing, which has a complete sewer system, the royal capital of Siam is full of stagnant water, which is not easy to walk.

Gao Zongben held a sword, led a 300 iron army, and came to the palace with great momentum.

The defense army of the royal capital city, assisting in the defense on both sides, obviously did not dare to make hard steel with this iron army, because Gao Zongben was holding a head in his hand.

It is the head of Lan Ya, the leader of the defense army of the royal capital of Siam!

He came to the palace in a rage.

When Noradi and Vazilagu saw this scene, they almost died of anger, and the Siamese army was like a protector, surrounded by the Ming army, and did not dare to engage the Ming army at all.

Looking at the Ming army again, they are all arrogant and imposing.

Judgment from above.

"With such a strong army, Daming has two million! What country in the world can be the enemy? Noradi sighed.

Waqilawu smiled bitterly: "The Celestial Empire is invincible, since the beginning of the history of our dynasty, it has been a tribute to the Celestial Empire, it has a history of 1,500 years, and the subject country challenges the authority of the suzerain, this is a fatal thing." ”

"Yes, you must not provoke the Ming Dynasty, and you must not maintain peace." Noradi is steadfast in his desire for peace.

"Please stop and listen to the next word!" Noradi stood in front of the Ming army and shouted loudly.

He is also afraid of death, who knows if Gao Zongben is a madman, what can he do if he is killed directly? So stand far away.

As everyone knows, Gao Zong was relieved.

With 300 men, he attacked the royal capital of Siam, which was stationed with more than 100,000 strong soldiers? I don't dare to think so with my knees.

He was delaying Bian Yong and Lu Gao.

At the same time, he wants to occupy a rational word!

These 300 mourning soldiers are not here to fight, but to ask for reason!

"Up ahead, Lord Noradi of the Council?" Gao Zongben's eyes were sharp, and he recognized this person's identity from his official robe.

The two sides do not speak the same language, and they need to be translated by the fireman.

Nora Di also breathed a sigh of relief, the envoy was not crazy, and there was still something to talk about.

He and Vaqilawu walked forward quickly, walked in front of Gao Zongben, and saluted under the white blade: "It is Nora Di below, this person is Shangguan Waqilagu, and our king has sent us to discuss with the ambassador about the dismissal of the army. ”

He lowered his posture first.

knew that he would be blackmailed by the Ming army, but Siam would rather suffer a loss than be held by the Ming Dynasty, and he would never let the Ming send troops to the south.

Believe it or not, if the Ming Dynasty leads its troops south, countries such as Annam, Champong, Laos, Cambodia and other countries will definitely not let go of the opportunity to expand.

When the time comes, Siam will be full of chicken feathers, and Daming will have nothing to do, so he will change to a puppet and continue to be a country.

Siam can't afford to lose.

Noradi would never allow this to happen, and would rather be blackmailed by the Ming than lose his territory.

Gao Zongben stared at him without speaking, and his heart was open.

"Ambassador Gao, this is not the place to speak."

"My king is waiting for you in the palace, and you have anything you don't like."

"Please face my king, and my king will give you a satisfactory explanation!"

The implication is that the three hundred people were disbanded.

At the beginning of the turmoil, Siam sent people to monitor the Ming merchants, fearing that the Ming merchants would also make trouble.

Fortunately, these businessmen are peace-loving.

Otherwise, tens of thousands of people will make a rebellion in the royal capital, and the royal capital will collapse immediately, and Siam will become a big joke.

Gao Zongben stared at him: "Talk? More than 200 of my brothers are buried in a foreign land, how can we talk about it in exchange for the lives of my 200 brothers? ”

The words rang loudly, and the soldiers behind him brandished their weapons and roared angrily.

"Ambassador Gao, this matter is a misunderstanding!"

"What a misunderstanding!"

Gao Zongben asked sharply: "If there is a misunderstanding, what is going on with the head in the hand of the envoy!" ”

He put Lan Ya's head in front of Noradi's eyes, which startled Noradi, it turned out that the head of a person was cut off like this after death.

"The ambassador is angry, the ambassador is angry." Noradi said something nice.

Gao Zongben also climbed up the pole, and Siam lowered his posture first, so he pretended to be angry and rushed into the sky, and he had to ask for an explanation.

"Ambassador Gao, do you have to burn all the jade tonight?" Vaqilawu asked in a cold voice.

One of these two sang red face, and the other sang white face.

Gaozong understood this, and snorted coldly: "This envoy represents the Celestial Empire, on behalf of His Majesty the Great Emperor, and led troops to Siam." ”

"It is to give the King of Siam and let the King of Siam bathe in the blessings of the Holy One!"

"Before the envoy left Beijing, His Majesty told him in every possible way to bring out how many people he brought out, and all of them must be brought back!"

"Now that 200 people have died in vain, I, Gaozong, must ask for an explanation!"

As soon as I heard this.

Brother Nora and the others breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that they were here to ask for an explanation, not a war.

"The ambassador is angry, this matter is really a misunderstanding."

Gao Zongben first soft and then hard, and shouted: "Today, my Gao Zongben must ask for an explanation for two hundred unjust souls!" ”

"Otherwise, the Great Emperor will send a million heroes to pacify Siam and avenge us!"

Noradi and Vazilavu knew that this was.

"Ambassador, my king is waiting for you in the palace, and he will give you a satisfactory statement, please let us enter the palace." Noradi said.

"Well, the envoy himself asked the King of Siam, what does this mean?" Gao Zongben raised Lan Ya's head.

He turned around and said to his soldiers: "You are waiting here, without the order of the official, you are not allowed to move, and the official will enter the palace to ask for an explanation for the martyrs!" ”

"Whoa!" The Ming army responded in unison.

Gao Zongben entered the palace with Noradi and others, he still had a head in his hand, Noradi wanted him to put it down, but Gao Zongben glared at him: "Want to destroy the evidence?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

A military disaster disappeared into invisibility.

The Siamese court breathed a sigh of relief.

When I entered the palace, the sky was already dark.

Gao Zongben held Lan Ya's head in his hand and walked into the hall generously.

La Meixuan has already received the information, and she has calculated in her heart that the Ming should have no intention of attacking Siam, as long as the emotions of the Ming envoy are appeased, the matter will pass.

He decided to drive all the Xiyi merchants out of the country and let the Ming merchants leave Siam as soon as possible.

Then, put your armaments in order and work hard.

Gao Zongben stepped into the main hall, did not salute, raised Lan Ya's head high, and asked in a loud voice: "The foreign minister dares to ask the King of Siam, what is the reason why this person sent troops to kill the Ming army?" ”

"Ambassador Gao, roaring the temple like this, can you put my king in your eyes?" A Siamese Wenchen questioned Gao Zongben.

Gao Zongben turned his head to look at him: "Then you Siam, do you want to bear the wrath of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"This ......"

"If you don't dare to take it, shut up!"

Gao Zongben held his head high, and his face was fierce: "When I left Beijing, Your Majesty ordered me to bring back the Ming army. ”

"Now that 200 people have been slaughtered by you in Siam, is this angering the Celestial Empire?"

The man trembled and did not dare to speak.

Noradi came out and said to the mud: "Ambassador Gao, don't be sad. ”

"We can all understand your feelings, but this matter is General Lan Ya's fault."

"He didn't listen to the king's orders, he made his own decisions, and attacked the Ming army."

"That's what caused this misunderstanding."

"I also ask the ambassador to forgive me, my king does not know about this."

"Take a dead man to blame?" Gao Zongben didn't eat this set.

"The ambassador is angry, not guilty."

"It's the duty of the city defense army to rectify law and order in the city."

"The Ming army killed innocent civilians in the royal capital, so the city defense army was dispatched to maintain law and order."

Noradi went around and around, blaming the Ming army for the blame.

"Innocent civilians, that's a good word."

Gao Zongben raised his head and looked directly at the King of Siam: "King of Siam, may I ask the foreign minister, in front of Your Majesty, are you a minister or a king?" ”

"This?"

La Meixuan has a red face and red ears, although Siam is included in the tributary system of the Ming Dynasty, it does not border with the Ming Dynasty, and although the relationship with each other is good, it is not the same as North Korea and Annam, it is a little brother with no skin and no face.

If the subject states are divided into several classes, Annam, Korea, Champong, and Ryukyu are the most loyal first-class subjects.

Laos, Cambodia, Bo Ni and other countries are counted as second-class subject countries.

The Wa Kingdom, Luzon, etc. are counted as third-class subject states.

Siam, on the other hand, is a 2.5-class subject state between the second and third, which can be regarded as a kind of subject country that is about to leave, but is within the system, enjoying the benefits of the system, but not taking responsibility.

"Please answer the words of the foreign ministers!" Gao Zongben was very presumptuous, but no one in the hall stopped him.

La Meixuan said slowly: "There is no other day, in front of the emperor, Lone is naturally a minister. ”

"Good!"

Gao Zongben asked again: "Since you personally admit that you are a courtier of the Great Emperor, then the king insults the ministers to death, and some people insult His Majesty, what should you do?" ”

He added a sentence with pity: "The whole world is not the king's land, if someone insults Your Majesty, as a courtier, I will work hard with him to maintain Your Majesty's heavenly prestige!" ”

La Meixuan's whole face turned purple!

A strong sense of humiliation arose.

Even, the dragon chair he sat on was like sitting on pins and needles, which was very uncomfortable!

He's a minister! He's a slave!

In the eyes of the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, he La Meixuan, the King of Siam and Gaozong were the same courtiers! It's the same as those stinky mud-legged soldiers outside!

There is only one gentleman in this world, and that is Zhu Qiyu!

"The king humiliates the ministers to death, and the ministers dare not refute!" La Meixuan's voice trembled, and tears choked out of the corners of her eyes.

The taste of humiliation inspired him to strengthen the country.

Boom!

Gao Zongben threw Lan Ya's head on the ground.

He took out a secret letter from his bosom and held it high: "Come down!" ”

La Meixuan's brain is about to explode!

Why is the Great Emperor of the Celestial Empire so aggressive!

I am the King of Siam, not your slave!

But!

The Ming army told them in reality that the Ming army of 300 people could defeat 10,000 people, and if the emperor was angry and waved a million troops south, what would happen to Siam?

Siam doesn't dare to bet! I can't afford to gamble!

He slowly stood up.

Slowly walked down the Danqi, tears wet his beard, this extreme humiliation, made his heart collapse.

However, Gao Zongben walked on the Danqi!

A foreign minister actually stepped onto the Danqi of the royal capital of Siam, and the entire Siamese court was completely stunned.

Gao Zongben put the secret decree on the table, and then quickly came down and knelt on the ground.

"Get on your knees!"

Gaozong drank it vigorously!

The hand in La Meixuan's sleeve was trembling, he was on par with Gao Zongben, he could pounce and choke Gao Zongben's neck, or he could give an order to punish all the Mingren!

He has the ability!

However, he is the king of Siam and must consider the consequences of this matter!

The great emperor is mighty and cannot be offended.

He slowly lowered his noble head, slowly bent his knees, and knelt down in front of the empty desk!

"Your Majesty......" one courtier exclaimed.

When the Son of Heaven came with a decree, he was allowed to bow down and listen to the decree and allow him not to kneel.

This is Grace.

It just said that the helplessness of the Ming Emperor, the Ming Dynasty was too far away from Siam, and the Ming Dynasty was quite powerless.

But!

Gao Zongben, an envoy of the Ming Kingdom, forced the King of Siam to kneel before the holy decree!

The reason why he can do it is because of strong soldiers!

La Mexuan waved her hand to interrupt everyone's voices: "Kneel! ”

The Siamese courtiers wept and slowly knelt on the ground.

They all felt humiliated.

"Your Majesty's secret decree, the edict of Gao Zongben, no matter what the price is, you need to bring the Ming army back, don't bury your bones elsewhere!" Gao Zongben was loud.

Believe it or not, if you open the secret decree, you will find that there is not a word inside.

But who would dare to open it?

Gaozong's own soldiers were fierce and vicious, and they had the intention of opening the country and fighting a war, and they frightened the Siamese court.

"Your Ministers obey!"

Gojong's great gift.

After Lameixuan knelt down, her mentality relaxed, she knelt anyway, and she was about to make a big salute?

For Lamexuan, this was an excuse to strengthen the army, and no one in the courtiers would oppose the Siamese strategy of strengthening the army.

He can only comfort himself like this, who makes Da Ming strong!

Just like the Great Yuan back then, let Siam surrender, does Siam dare to say a word?

"And yet!"

After saluting, Gao Zongben said sharply: "The innocent and good people in your mouth have repeatedly rejected Your Majesty's kindness, and helped Xiyi merchants to raise prices, causing Xiyi to tear up the signed contract!" And repeatedly blackmailed Da Ming, treating His Majesty as nothing! ”

"That big food merchant, can you know the way of loyalty in your heart? Is there His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire in your heart? ”

"King of Siam, the foreign minister asked you, what should you do if the king humiliates the minister to death?"

La Meixuan lowered her eyebrows and bowed her head: "You should kill it." ”

"That's right, damn it!"

Gao Zongben shouted sharply: "So this envoy, kill him in the starry night, but is it still wrong?" ”

"No mistake!" La Mexuan is still kneeling!

knelt down in front of the empty secret decree, so that he clearly understood that the master of this world will always be surnamed Zhu!

Only the emperor of the Central Plains is the master of this world!

He is Siam, but he is just sitting in a well and watching the sky.

"The foreign minister asks you again!"

"Xiyi businessmen, mercenary, signed a good contract, increased the weight several times, and even coerced the Celestial Empire several times."

Gao Zongben asked again: "And in this cooperation, Your Majesty has sent thousands of miles away to send foreign ministers and other vast caravans to come with sincerity, and even the things in this transaction are the holy relics of the Longevity Festival dedicated to Your Majesty." ”

"What do you say, King of Siam?"

La Meixuan gritted her teeth and said, "Kill!" ”

"Good!"

Gao Zongben nodded with satisfaction: "Since you have already said that you should be killed, then please give an order, in the territory of Siam, so the merchants of Dashi, Persia, Xiyi, etc., all arrested, and after the envoy verifies, the guilty will kill the innocent and expel them, is it okay?" ”

That's too overstepping!

You Ming closed the country, and forced us to close the country in Siam, didn't you?

"King of Siam, what did the ministers ask you?" Gao Zongben asked again.

Are you a minister, or my father?

How do you feel like you're on my neck?

La Meixuan's eyes were fierce, and she really wanted to strangle this envoy directly.

"In front of the secret decree, tell the truth! The crime of deceitful king, it should be killed! "Gao Zongben seems to represent Tianwei.

In the royal palace of Siam, he actually criticized the king of Siam, and he should be killed at every turn.

The problem is that in Gao Zongben's logic, you King Siam are His Majesty's ministers, and I, Gao Zongben, am also ministers, and I am still Han, so my status is naturally higher than yours.

This logic seems to be fine, and the Siamese courtiers seem to think there is nothing wrong with it.

"Answer!" Gao Zongben persecuted.

La Meixuan spit out a breath of turbidity: "In front of the emperor, the minister does not dare to lie, the Xiyi merchant Jia Yu deceived the emperor, and the minister is willing to kill him and export evil anger for the emperor." ”

"However, the land of Xia Guo is tired and poor, and it still needs to trade with Xiyi in order to make the country rich and strong, so I want to ask the emperor to calm his anger and allow Xia Guo to still trade with Xiyi."

The corners of Gao Zongben's mouth curled, as long as you accept this logic, then there is no problem.

As for whether to trade or not, we don't care.

"The foreign minister will record this matter in great detail and report it to Your Majesty, and then Your Majesty will issue a decree ordering you to act in Siam."

Gao Zongben firmly occupies the moral high ground of the kingdom.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor Xie is gracious!" Lamexuan kowtowed to the secret decree.

"Well, since the King of Siam has a heart, he will order all the merchants to be arrested and waited for us to distinguish."

Gao Zongben said: "These trading utensils are all gifts for Your Majesty's Birthday, if you need Siam's help, the King of Siam must work hard in front of Your Majesty." ”

La Meixuan felt a pain in her big neck.

How many times did he kowtow to the secret decree? Do you still have to work hard?

"At that time, Your Majesty will naturally bestow grace on Siam, and you will know your Majesty's broad-mindedness."

Gaozong originally needed the Siamese Navy to help transport the seeds back to the Ming Dynasty.

But he said that letting the King of Siam take the initiative to behave is not to beg him, but to ask you to beg Zhu Qiyu.

There's nothing wrong with this logic.

"I am willing to pour everything into my filial piety for His Majesty the Great Emperor!" La Meixuan was angry for a night, and Gao Zongben's last sentence satisfied him.

The tributary system of the Ming Dynasty is that the suzerainty will not let the vassal state suffer.

As long as La Meixuan behaves well, the emperor will definitely reward him more, so that La Meixuan is so satisfied that she happily calls her father.

As for the humiliation of kneeling, I can only say, Dad, I want to kneel again.

Gao Zongben also breathed a sigh of relief, but said again: "There are a few words of advice to the King of Siam. ”

"Your Excellency, please speak." Lamexuan is still kneeling.

"First, Ru Siam is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, how can you not speak Chinese? Instead of talking nonsense? The king of Siam and the full hall of civil and military affairs, when they learn the Chinese language, and govern the country with righteousness, is the way to long-term peace and stability. ”

I'm talking about ghosts?

La Mexuan almost fainted, we have our own culture in Siam! We should also be culturally confident!

However, some courtiers actually felt that it was still a good word.

They do speak like ghosts.

To tell the truth,Siam didn't think about asking for sinicization.,The problem is that Daming's father is arrogant.,Don't allow them to be sinicized.,Dislike them as people outside the country.,Don't sinicize.。

"You should learn Yayan, use Han surnames instead, give Han names, don't call some ghost names, it will be insulting to the morals, and it will be insulting to the demeanor of the Ming Dynasty."

Gaozong was extremely ridiculed, but some Siamese courtiers felt that it was a grace from heaven.

"Second, I have come out of a trade route, and the two countries should work together to build a road."

"Open up trade routes, communicate with each other."

"Let the culture of the Celestial Empire be introduced to Siam, and let Siam evolve from a savage to a human, is the way to long-term peace and stability."

Are we savages?

The Siamese courtiers felt their brains buzzing.

If you discriminate against us in your heart, you can't say it!

However, building a galloping road, I'm afraid it's convenient for your Ming army to come to the city, right?

"Your Excellency, the Celestial Empire and my Siam do not border, how can we open up trade routes?" Lamexuan makes excuses.

"It doesn't matter, Your Majesty will borrow the city from Annan, and it will naturally be bordered." Gao Zongben is no longer pretending, there is a direct showdown, and we are about to annex Annan.

Upon hearing this, the Siamese courtiers looked terrified.

Three hundred heavenly soldiers are so powerful, what if one million comes?

No, 100,000 heavenly soldiers can make Siam destroy the country!

"Your Excellency, I, the Siamese people, are poor and tired, and have no money to repair the roads." La Mexuan made another excuse.

"It doesn't matter, if you are from Siam, I will pay for it."

"You Siam is a small country, and a little money is a big deal for you."

"But for Da Ming, it's just a hair." Gao Zongben was proud.

Not to mention, people have crazy capital.

At least in Central and South China, a remnant army of the Han people is a father, no matter what era.

Nora Di gave the King of Siam a look, first promised to come down, let's cultivate slowly, cultivate him for a hundred years, what else can Daming do?

"Obey the order!" Lamexuan kowtowed to the secret decree.

Gao Zongben nodded with satisfaction, and said: "The third thing, you Siamese should send people to Daming to study astronomy, and after learning, the Siamese script will be abolished and Chinese characters will be fully used. ”

"And, from now on, revoke the year name of your country, uniformly use the year name of the Great Emperor Jingtai, and use the Han law year, and no longer use the national year!"

La Meixuan felt humiliated, and his era name was deprived? Why?

"Obey the order!" Lamexuan kowtowed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! Gao Zongben was very satisfied with this political deal.

He bowed three times and bowed nine times to the secret decree.

Then Shi Shiran left the palace.

And La Meixuan couldn't stand up, knelt so many times, kowtowed so much, her legs were full of lactic acid, soreness and numbness, and she was greedy by her courtiers.

"What a shame!"

La Meixuan burst into tears: "After being the emperor for so many years, I know that I am also someone else's courtier!" ”

"The Ming Dynasty deceives people too much, and I swear to be the enemy of Siam!" An official holds stinky feet.

La Meixuan slowly turned her head, rushed over like crazy, and punched and kicked him: "Why didn't you say it when Gao Zongben was there?" Why didn't you speak up for me when I was wronged? Now it's a fart! ”

No one stopped Lamexuan, until Lameixuan was tired, then she sat on the main hall and cried: "Siam wants to become stronger, become stronger!" ”

But no one paid any attention to him.

The courtiers are thinking about a question, Siam is very weak, and the Ming want to get involved in Siam? If Siam becomes stronger, how can others snore on the side of the couch?

Doesn't this force Daming to go south!

Or continue to be rotten, as long as we are rotten, Daming will not look down on us, this is the way to long-term peace and stability.

La Meixuan made a fuss, and the courtiers didn't see it.

When he retreated, an official looked at the head rolling on the ground and asked the King of Siam, "What should Lan Ya do?" ”

"What else can I do? Buried! ”

Lamexuan was furious.

After suffering such a wretchedness, the Siamese courtiers still did not support him in training strong soldiers, when will he be able to take revenge?

The other side.

Bian Yong and Lu Gao, who were slaughtering, were pulled away by the city defense army.

Suddenly, the Siamese city defense army helped the Ming army and captured the Xiyi merchants, Bian Yong and Lu Gao were stunned, and heard that it was still the king's order.

This is strange, the king of Siam has a lot of complaints about the trade between the Ming Dynasty and Xiyi, why did he suddenly change his sex?

When I returned to the post house, I learned about Gao Zongben.

Bian Yong hurriedly found Gao Zongben: "You are crazy, you are gambling with your life!" ”

Gao Zongben just took a hot bath, changed into refreshing clothes, drank hot tea, and dispelled the cold of the rain: "Ambassador Bian, if you don't gamble, where did you get a big victory?" ”

"But, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

Bian Yong asked him: "Once you lose the bet, we will kill so many Xiyi merchants for nothing, I'm afraid we won't get a seed." ”

Gao Zongben raised his head and looked at Bian Yong: "Ambassador Bian." ”

"Without Siam's assistance, even if we kill all the Xiyi merchants, will we definitely be able to get the seeds?"

"You forgot, we don't have a navy!"

Bian Yong looked at Gao Zongben in disbelief.

From the very beginning, what Gojong had intended for Siam to contribute, it was all carried out according to the plan.

"Ambassador Bian, we can't help it."

Gao Zongben said helplessly: "If you want to transport the seeds back to China, you must use the method of thunder, whether you succeed or not, it is just a matter of fate." ”

Bian Yong looked at the stubborn Gao Zongben and sighed inexplicably: "But you are gambling with your life and your career." ”

"Career?"

Gao Zongben was slightly stunned, thinking of the scene when the emperor saw him before leaving Beijing.

In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, the emperor's head was buried in the piled up of music, and when he saw him coming, he stood up and sat on the soft collapse: "Gao Zongben, Siam is the land of the tiger's den in Longtan, the danger on the road is a trivial matter, and the biggest danger is in Siam." ”

"The Ming army is too strong, and the subject country is afraid, and it will definitely oppose the Ming Dynasty."

"You go to Siam, you can make a fuss in the royal capital, so that the king of Siam can see the power of the Ming Dynasty."

"Strength is not spoken, but played."

"Don't be afraid to make a big fuss, I'll give you the back."

"I know very well that far away in Siam, it is difficult to wait for the holy decree in everything, but I give you full authority to do what you want."

Gao Zongben knelt on the ground and said something to show his loyalty.

and talked secretly for half an hour, and when he retired.

The emperor suddenly stopped him: "Gao Zongben, I hope you come back alive." ”

"Bring back the Ming army you brought with you."

"I am in the Forbidden City, setting up a celebration banquet for you, waiting for you to celebrate."

"When you encounter difficulties in a foreign country, you must learn to be patient, and everything cannot go as smoothly as at home. When you come back, tell me that I will avenge you. ”

At that moment, Gao Zongben's tears swirled in his eyes.

The emperor did not think only about his own merits, but also about his safety.

It is true that Siam and Daming do not share a border, but Daming has the ability to go south, he did not lie to those soldiers, they died here, and the emperor will definitely slaughter this city and avenge them!

This is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

An emperor who made him willing to serve to the death!

"Contribute to the country, regardless of personal honor and disgrace." Gao Zongben replied seriously.

Bian Yong looked at him for a long time, and bowed respectfully: "Bian Shiyuan, it's not as good as you Gao Maoqing!" ”

Gao Zongben replied: "Ambassador Bian, this matter has just begun, be sure to transport the seeds back to China." ”

"You have opened up such a situation, if you can't transport the seeds back to China, it will be my Bian Yong's guilt."

Ben Yong knew very well that the seed was more important than the relationship with Siam.

The two groups of missions are just for the seed to return home.

Next.

Lu Gao began to interrogate all Xiyi merchants.

As for the merchants in Central Asia such as Dashi, they were all killed, and their money, according to what was agreed in the palace, was given to the Ming soldiers who were killed as a pension.

Of course, the Siamese courtiers all thought that Emperor Gojong would have been greedy for ink.

This is absolutely impossible in the Ming Dynasty.

This money will definitely be sent to the home of every war dead, definitely.

Xiyi's merchants in Siam had some floating wealth, but not much, and the Ming Dynasty did not take a penny, and all of them belonged to the Siamese royal family.

Most of their wealth is on ships.

But these goods still make La Meixuan very satisfied, the pot is on his back, and he has half of the benefits, and this transaction is worth it.

It is estimated that more than 3,000 merchants were killed this time, and the merchants in Siam are still being arrested, and the king of Siam has made a fortune.

Sure enough, after the torture, it was learned that their ship stopped in Luzon.

Gao Zongben entered the palace and asked the Siamese navy to assist the Ming army in transporting things back to the Ming Dynasty.

La Meixuan's eyes flickered, Daming would rather slaughter and get something, what is it?

"Don't hide it from the king, it's some seeds."

Gao Zongben knew very well that he couldn't hide it, even if the King of Siam didn't know it now, the Siamese Navy would definitely know about it.

The Ming army on the ship did not have such combat effectiveness.

Therefore, after discussing with Bian Yong and others, Gao Zongben decided to make a deal with the King of Siam.

"What seeds?" The King of Siam came interested.

"Your Majesty gave the name corn, this thing can be planted in the cold Mobei, I Ming control the territory of Mobei Wanli, I need to plant corn to feed the local people."

As soon as he heard that it was a matter of seeds and agriculture, the King of Siam suddenly lost interest: "Our country has high-yield rice, which is taken from Champa, and if Your Majesty likes it, the minister is willing to offer it to Your Majesty." ”

"High-yielding rice, what is high-yielding?" Gao Zongben actually had the feeling of riding a donkey to find a donkey.

During the Song Dynasty, the Central Plains introduced Champa rice.

Nowadays, all the southern regions are planted with Champa rice.

But after all these years, the Ming Dynasty did not introduce Champa rice again.

The emperor didn't think about it, and neither did the courtiers.

The Manchu Dynasty thought that the rice of Zhancheng was the same as the rice of the Ming Dynasty, and there was no difference.

However, there are many varieties of Champong rice.

La Meixuan looked very ordinary: "6 stone ...... per mu"

"How much?"

Gao Zongben stood up in shock.

And the guards outside the hall thought that the envoy was doing something again, so they hurriedly came in and found Gao Zongben standing dumbfounded: "King, king, how much do you say?" ”

"6 stones, is it a lot?" La Meixuan asked a sentence that would not pay for her life!

The first-class fields of the Ming Dynasty have a yield of 4 stones per mu (1 stone = 130 city jin, 520 city jin).

There are too few first-class fields, basically between 2 and 3 stones.

"The best fields in Siam can yield 10 stone per mu, and we dislike too much rice, so we only plant one crop a year."

Gao Zongben looked at La Meixuan stupidly, damn it, you are God chasing after you to feed and eat! Don't you fucking cherish it?

How many people are hungry!

If there is this food, the Manchu Dynasty will not be worried about gray hair!

"Then, if you plant it twice, you can get 20 stones?" Gao Zongben asked cautiously, feeling that 20 stones was already a lot.

La Meixuan looked at him as if he was looking at an old hat: "We are three crops a year, and we can get 30 stones." ”

Boom!

Gao Zongben sat on the ground, his eyes shining, the chosen place! This is the chosen place! This place must be included in the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it must!

La Meixuan realized the problem, how could the Celestial Empire be short of food?

In the years of sending envoys to communicate with each other, as well as historical records, Siam did not know that the Ming Dynasty was short of grain, and thought that the world was the same as Siam, and it was normal to produce 6 stones per mu.

What age is this, and there will still be people hungry?

The Celestial Empire? What about jokes, right?

However, Gao Zongben's reaction was too terrifying.

It seems that Da Ming really can't eat enough, how can it be? This is the Heavenly Empire, their silk and porcelain are so beautiful, and there are such terrible strong soldiers, how can they not have enough to eat?

It's bad, the Ming won't attack Siam because of this, right?

"There are very few fertile fields in Siam, and they are basically land with a yield of 6 stones per mu." La Mexuan can make up for it.

Are they all places that produce 6 stones per mu?

How big is Siam? It's bigger than a couple of Annam! They are all places with a yield of 6 stones per mu, and there are places with a yield of 30 stones per mu.

A Siam can raise a whole Ming Dynasty!

That's not too much, isn't it?

"Is it a mu yield of 6 stones with three crops a year?" Gao Zongben's voice trembled.

Lamexuan nodded.

Rumble!

Gao Zongben's head exploded directly!

18 stone per mu! it!

Gao Zongben's eyes were blue, and he gasped and said: "Da Ming is willing to spend money to buy Siamese grain, can Siam be willing to sell it?" ”

"Daming is short of food?" Lamexuan seems to have discovered an amazing secret.

No wonder the Ming envoy did not hesitate to make a fuss in the capital of Siam, but also wanted to get the so-called corn seeds, because the Ming was hungry!

Gao Zongben smiled helplessly: "In the ordinary days of the world, the Celestial Empire is indeed not short of food. ”

"But recently, there have been many natural disasters, and there is a shortage of food everywhere."

"Therefore, Your Majesty sent us to Siam and Xiyi to buy corn seeds, just to grow grain on the barren land."

He didn't dare to say that because of the war, there was not enough food to eat.

Worried that Siam does not sell grain.

But how smart Lamei Xuan was, she naturally thought of the Ming Dynasty's continuous war.

Such a terrible Ming Dynasty, knowing that Siam is a huge grain producing area, will it launch a grain war and destroy Siam?

Should Gao Zongben be killed here immediately!

La Meixuan was afraid, a country that was hungry all the year round, and there were two million strong soldiers, was it difficult to swallow Siam?

It's so easy!

"Your Majesty, I'm not afraid to show my bottom to you."

"There is a famine in several provinces of Daming, and there is chaos in the country."

"So Your Majesty is in a hurry and sends us south to look for seeds."

Gao Zongben said nonsense: "If you can eat enough, who wants to fight?" ”

"Now that the country is not stable, there are wars going on everywhere, Your Majesty is really anxious, and the façade of the Celestial Empire is somewhat untenable."

"Your Majesty, Da Ming is willing to spend money to buy Siam's grain, and Da Ming will buy as much grain as there is in Siam!"

Saying that, Gao Zongben knelt on the ground: "Please king, save Daming!" ”

The style of painting is wrong!

A few days ago, your Gao Zongben also forced La Meixuan to kneel down in front of the secret decree, showing the prestige of the Ming Dynasty everywhere.

Now that Daming is in chaos again? It's good to mess up, it's good to have no fight!

Play this with me?

La Meixuan sneered in her heart, Gao Zongben was careful to send back the news of Siam's grain production, so he lowered his head and made it small.

"Your envoy, Lone can send an envoy to Daming, if there is no chaos......" La Meixuan became majestic.

Gao Zongben kowtowed and said: "It's really chaotic, there are wars all over the country, you can send envoys to take a look." ”

It's really a war, but it's not a rebellion, it's the emperor who is purging.

La Meixuan was even more shocked, the Celestial Empire was in chaos?

Here's your chance!

He began to weigh in his heart, if Gaozong died, Emperor Daming would not give up, such a capable minister must be very important in Daming, right?

The news that Siam is rich in grain may not be hidden, don't forget that Siam is now full of Ming merchants, and these people will find out sooner or later.

It is better to take advantage of the opportunity to make money and develop armaments.

Otherwise, the crazy Ming Dynasty will definitely go south to attack Siam, and it will be even more difficult for Siam to stop the heavenly soldiers at that time.

"Your Excellency, please."

La Meixuan said: "It's okay to trade grain, but I just want to exchange grain for ordnance, and the firearms equipped by your Ming army are very good, we want to buy them." ”

Gao Zongben's face changed sharply!

If the ordnance is sold to Siam, won't Siam become bigger? How will Siam be exterminated at that time?

Siam must be occupied!

In Gaozong's heart, Siam is already a meal on the plate of the Ming Dynasty.

"This matter is too big, the foreign minister can't make the decision, and he needs to report to the center and ask His Majesty to give a decree."

Gaozong didn't dare to agree, but instinctively didn't agree in his heart, so he directly sent troops to rob it.

But.

La Meixuan is also a smart person, he calculates that if the Ming wants to border Siam, it will take a few years, and then attack Siam, at least five years later.

After five years, he had grown an army of one million, all armed with firearms.

If you don't sell it to us, we will buy it from Xiyi.

The top priority is to stabilize the chaotic Ming Dynasty, and don't let the Ming Dynasty go south and attack Siam.

Gao Zongben also thought of Xiyi, and immediately said: "The foreign minister thinks that His Majesty will agree, Siam and Daming, with a strip of water, are compatriots, and Your Majesty will bless Siam." ”

Lamexuan couldn't help but be ecstatic.

What about the strength of the Ming Dynasty, the lack of food in the Ming Dynasty, and the continuous rebellion in the country, indicating that the Heavenly Empire is already crumbling.

As long as Siam is given time to develop, Siam is equipped with a million firearms soldiers, maybe he can enter the Ming Dynasty and become the emperor of the Central Plains!

When the time comes, I will also be the emperor! Don't be the king anymore!

Let the whole world learn Siamese dialect!

Let the people of the Central Plains not be allowed to speak their Chinese, let them speak Siamese! Angry with you!

"Your Majesty, what kind of thing?" Gao Zongben asked cautiously.

La Meixuan waved her hand: "Lone sent a sailor to help the Ming Dynasty and transport the merchant ships into the Ming Dynasty, which was counted as a gift from the subordinates to His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"Thank you for your help!"

Gao Zongben restrained his arrogance and became cautious.

This attitude made Lamexuan very satisfied, and asked him: "Would you like to stay in Siam and assist Gu?" ”

Gao Zongben saluted solemnly: "When the national disaster is at hand, the foreign ministers can't bear to abandon the saint, and they can't bear to leave their homeland, so please forgive the king." ”

"Loyal minister, when will I have such a loyal minister by my side?" La Meixuan sighed.

On the way out of the palace, Gao Zongben was hanging.

When I returned to the inn, I was completely relieved and drank water in a big gulp to calm my nervous mood.

"What happened?" Bian Yong is working in the post house.

Gao Zongben was excited, and when he looked up and saw Bian Yong, he breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably: "Brother Shiyuan, where is Commander Lu?" ”

"He's dealing with the matter of Xiyi Shangjia, what's going on?" Bian Yong frowned.

"Brother Shiyuan, come with me for a secret talk."

Gao Zongben was sneaky, closed the door tightly, ordered the guards to guard, did not allow anyone to eavesdrop, and repeated what La Meixuan said.

"Bragging, huh?"

Bian Yong didn't believe it: "Daming is the kingdom, our land is the best in the world, where is the fertile soil with a yield of 18 stones per mu?" ”

"Bragging, it must be bragging!"

"If you want to say that it is 4 stones per mu, I will believe it."

Gao Zongben said: "Brother Shiyuan, when you see the Siamese people, do you have hunger on your face?" ”

"This?"

Bian Yong frowned, as if there was really none.

"Brother Shiyuan, do you remember Annan, who gave us 20,000 boats of grain?"

Gao Zongben said: "I suspect that this grain comes from Siam." ”

Annan is not a big grain producer, Daming knows.

The grain producing area is the Champa state.

Bian Yong was incredulous: "How is it possible? My Celestial Empire is the kingdom of God, how can Siam be so rich in rice? ”

"If everyone in Siamese can eat enough, why is it so weak?"

"Why didn't they go to the Central Plains, the emperor of the Central Plains?"

Gao Zongben also wondered.

In the eyes of the scholars, if there is food, there must be strong soldiers, and if there is food and soldiers, how can you live in a corner of Siam and be a local emperor?

Actually, Siam is not weak at all.

It's just afraid of comparison.

Compared with Da Ming, how many are stronger than Da Ming?

Sometimes, food comes too easily, and those who have not tasted hunger will never have the spirit of upward.

In this place in central and southern China, God is chasing and feeding, so there is no strong country.

In that part of the Central Plains, the common people carefully held the rice bowl, but God was angry and smashed the rice bowl, once in two hundred years, so there will always be a military and political strongman, and a powerful regime will be born.

"No matter what, let Lu Gao check ...... first" Bian Yong did things properly.

But Gao Zongben said: "No, report it directly and let the center know first!" ”

"Yes, the information must be passed on first."

Bian Yongdao: "Then ask the central center to send people to Siam, translate their books, and see if there is a great famine in this place." ”

"Let the people of the Imperial City Division go to the countryside to find out how much food they can produce."

Gao Zongben interrupted him: "It is imperative to send someone back to pass on the information, and leave the matter of receiving Xiyi seeds to me." ”

"Maoqing, this matter is dangerous......" Bian Yong wanted to go.

Gao Zongben said: "Siam needs you, I have a bad reputation in Siam, stay here, Siam Manchu Dynasty civil and military will have trouble with the Ming Dynasty." ”

"We used to make trouble, and we didn't care."

"Now, I need to buy their food, and I need you to stabilize the Siamese court, and it's not appropriate for me to stay here."

Bian Yong saluted to Gaozong: "Mao Qing is dedicated to the country, and she is a true husband!" ”

Gao Zongben returned the salute: "Siamese affairs, I will hand it over to Brother Shiyuan, we know too little about Siam, we must speed up our understanding, learn their words, and understand Siam in depth." ”

"Moreover, I think that it can promote the sinicization of Siam from top to bottom."

Bian Yong's eyes lit up: "This plan is feasible." ”

As he was talking, Lu Gao came back.

invited Lu Gao in again, and the three of them had a secret conversation.

Lu Gao was not surprised: "Your Majesty has long said that Siam is rich in rice, and there is too much grain here to eat, but the court doesn't believe it." ”

"Your Majesty was prescient!" Bian Yong and Gao Zongben sighed.

"I'm going to send the message back now."

It's agreed here.

Gao Zongben went with the Siamese sailors to get the seeds of Xiyi and transport them back to China.

The Xiyi merchants were not completely killed, and the leaders were still alive, and as prisoners, they demanded that the seeds be transported into the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, not for nothing.

Instead, according to the negotiated price, I will pay when I arrive in Guangzhou.

Da Ming is also strange enough.

in Guizhou.

The insects and shrimps begged to surrender, and Tao Cheng recruited the insects and shrimps.

Tao Cheng had a bomb in one hand and silver in the other, coercion and temptation, so that the Qiongshui Division was willing to be sinicized, and Qiongshui County was officially built.

Officials were sent from the center to establish a new county government.

And recruited some local natives to enter the Ming Dynasty official system.

Tao Cheng is reorganizing the army in the Qiongshui Division, and at the same time he is waiting, should he go north or west?

At this time, Hunan intelligence was received, Tianzhu and Wenxi, Tusi were uprooted, two counties were established, and the expedition to the north was stopped, and the turn to the south.

Tao Cheng decided, and the army moved westward.

All the villages and caves along the way were forcefully uprooted.

Then, enter the town of Yuanwei.

Tao Cheng saw that the officers and soldiers of Zhenyuan Guard were all yellow and thin, and they didn't practice when the time came, so he frowned slightly: "But they were exploited?" ”

He was the earl of the Emperor's Qinfeng, and he didn't care what a mere commander of the Guard thought.

He pulled out the toast to the west, and Zhen Yuanwei was his back road.

The road back must not be broken.

Moreover, the food in the army ran out, and Xiang Wenyao wrote a letter to order the army to replenish food in Zhenyuanwei.

"Back to the adult, the commander made the adult not exploit the villain." A pawn replied.

Tao Cheng is a native of Yulinzhou and can understand a little Guizhou dialect, but he still needs someone to translate.

"Then how do you have yellow muscles? Can't get enough to eat? Tao Cheng frowned.

Now that the new policy has been implemented, the proportion of grain paid by military fields has been lowered to ensure the supply of grain in the army.

The pawn knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty's new policy, the army can eat enough, but the small family has no livelihood, so they can't eat, and the villain doesn't dare to eat enough, so he has to give his family some even." ”

Tao Cheng summoned the commander.

The commander made Cheng Fei kneel on the ground, unable to express himself.

"Your Majesty's strict decree, the army will be given three buckets of rice and millet every month, haven't you made up for it?" Tao Cheng asked.

Cheng Fei kowtowed: "Please be respectful." ”

"Your Majesty did make an order, but Guizhou doesn't have so much food, each family can only make up one bucket, and the center has also approved, you can take a look."

He asked people to go to the duty room to get it.

"There are few people in Guizhou, how can I make up a bucket of rice to eat?"

Tao Cheng didn't believe it: "In the instructions given by Governor Xiang to the general, you want to replenish military rations from Zhen Yuanwei, do you have any grain in your warehouse?" ”

"Don't dare to deceive adults, there is really no food in stock." Cheng Fei smiled bitterly.

Tao Cheng was not easy to fool: "Since Governor Xiang appointed you Zhenyuanwei, it means that there is food in your Zhenyuanwei, how can you not have it?" ”

"Cheng Fei, don't think that you are the commander, the general will have nothing to do with you!"

"Ben is going to war!"

"You should know what the consequences of influencing war are!"

Cheng Fei's tears were about to come out: "My lord, Zhen Yuanwei really has no food, if you don't believe it, you can go to the granary to see it." ”

"Look at the fart, Lao Tzu asked you, where did the grain go?" Tao Cheng asked.

"Nope."

Cheng Fei bit to death without food.

(End of chapter)