"Father...... Woowoo woo ......"

As soon as Zhu Gaoyu stepped into the luxuriously decorated palace, he saw Dona crying on the side of the bed.

"How's it going?"

Zhu Gaoyu looked at it and was sent in by him to protect Dona's left army.

Zuo Jun looked left and right, and whispered back: "The eldest son of the old king is dead, and he died in the afternoon." ”

"The old king woke up once when his eldest son died, but when he received the news, he vomited a mouthful of blood, and fainted again, and he is still not awake."

Zhu Gaoyu nodded, and instructed him: "You first lead people to guard the palace, and when Jia Hui arrives, let him directly control the entire royal city, and anyone who makes trouble will be killed!" ”

Xinzhou Port is more than 100 miles away from the king of Champong, and Zhu Gaoyu led the cavalry to rush over in order to hurry.

"Yes!"

The left army responded to the order, ordered the monkey to protect Zhu Gaoyu, and turned around to carry out the order.

After the main hall was first controlled, Zhu Gaoyu walked to the old king's bedside.

At this time, the old king was not as radiant as a few days ago, his fat face was covered with life, and the discerning person knew that his life was short.

"Let Imperial Doctor Zhou take a look first, don't be too sad, I'm here for everything!"

Helping the crying Dona, Zhu Gaoyu comforted him a few words, and then signaled to Imperial Doctor Zhou who followed behind.

Imperial Physician Zhou stepped forward, glanced at the old king, and shook his head secretly.

Is there any need to watch it like this, it is more useful to prepare for the future than to waste time here.

But His Highness has already ordered, not to mention that he is about to die, even a corpse, he has to touch a few handfuls.

Touching the almost imperceptible pulse, Imperial Physician Zhou pretended for a long time, got up and shook his head.

"Your Highness, the king of Champa has run out of oil and lamps, and he is tired of returning to heaven."

"Woo...... Father! ”

Dona, who was still expecting a miracle, saw that the imperial doctor of Daming had no choice, and he couldn't hold back his emotions anymore, threw himself into Zhu Gaoyu's arms, and cried.

In this regard, Zhu Gaoyu could only be appeased lightly.

After a moment, he looked at Imperial Physician Zhou, "Can you let him wake up and see Dona one last time." ”

The doctors who can enter the palace have some skills in their hands.

Zhu Gaoyu had heard that Chinese medicine had a way to wake up people who were unconscious, so he asked tentatively.

"Yes!"

Originally, I didn't have much hope, but I didn't expect Imperial Doctor Zhou to nod directly and respond.

He opened the small box he was carrying, took out a few silver needles, and pricked the old king a few times.

With a muffled snort, the unconscious old king opened his eyes leisurely.

"Father!"

Seeing his father wake up, Dona seemed to have found the backbone of the heart, and hurriedly came to his side, looking at the old king excitedly.

"Dona!"

The old king, who woke up, was confused for a long time, and it took a long time to recognize the person in front of him, and he cried out weakly.

"Two quarters of an hour at most, Your Royal Highness the princess should hurry up."

Imperial Physician Zhou reminded him, carried his suitcase, and went outside to wait.

The old king, who also heard the reminder, searched around with his eyes, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhu Gaoyu standing next to him.

Slowly stretched out his hand and looked at Zhu Gaoyu.

Zhu Gaoyu stepped forward and grabbed his hand and asked, "What do you command, I'm listening here." ”

The old king nodded effortlessly, and pulled Zhu Gaoyu's hand to his daughter's hand, so that the two of them held together.

"Your Highness Yu, Dona, I will entrust it to you, now that I am dead, there will be some turmoil in the country, please take her out of this place of right and wrong for the sake of my old man's face."

Listening to the old king's deathbed entrustment, Zhu Gaoyu nodded heavily.

"Don't worry, I've made a decision to marry Dona as a side concubine, and she will be the king's woman in the future, and no one can bully her."

"Your throne, I will also help you settle it, and there will be no turmoil in your country."

Hearing this assurance, the old king smiled reassuringly.

Now that his two sons are dead, he has no other relatives except for his granddaughters, and the only thing he can't let go of is this daughter.

Now that his daughter has been entrusted, and he is also the powerful Prince of Daming, he is officially relieved.

"Thanks..."

As soon as the old king Xie Zi spoke, his body suddenly stiffened, and the hand that was grabbed by his daughter hung down heavily.

"Father!"

Dona cried out in grief, and threw herself on the old king's corpse and wept.

Zhu Gaoyu, who was next to him, the old king who didn't close his eyes when he saw death, sighed slightly, reached out to help him close his eyes, took a splendid square handkerchief, and put it on his face.

"Call the envoys!"

didn't go to comfort Dona, who was crying bitterly, Zhu Gaoyu asked people to call the accompanying envoys.

There's a lot to do now, but it's not the time for children to grow up.

"Your Highness!"

The envoy who was called over, hearing the crying in the hall, showed a touch of excitement in his eyes, and bowed to Zhu Gaoyu, who was waiting.

Zhu Gaoyu said with a sad expression: "The old king passed away just now. ”

"Your Majesty...... Woowoo woo ......"

The envoy who had just gotten up fell to his knees again, and began to weep profusely, not knowing whether it was true or not.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

After making him cry for a while, Zhu Gaoyu knocked on the arm of the chair.

The envoy who was crying and crying immediately stopped the rain, without the slightest sadness on his face, and looked at Zhu Gaoyu expectantly.

"Before he died, the old king entrusted me to support Dona to become the queen of the Champa country and take over his throne as the king of the Ming Dynasty."

"The king is shengming!"

The envoy slapped a sycophant, and as for whose sycophant he was patting, only he knew in his own heart.

"It's a pity that the old king left too quickly and didn't make an edict to pass on the throne, and I don't know much about the customs of your country, so I want you to come over and help write it."

Zhu Gaoyu said the reason for letting the other party come over.

When the envoy heard that this was the case, he patted his chest without hesitation and agreed.

Zhu Gaoyu asked people to take pen and paper and watched each other write in person.

After writing it, Zhu Gaoyu asked the accompanying translator to read it, and after confirming that there was no problem, he personally picked up the seal of the king of the city and stamped it.

Later, I did not forget to sign the name on the witnesses and stamp the royal seal of King Yue.

"Your Highness, Captain Jia Hui is here."

As soon as the edict was written, the left army ran over, and the first guard of the Hujiao battalion, which reported that it was behind, had rushed over and controlled the entire royal city.

"Just in time!"

Zhu Gaoyu smiled with satisfaction, took out one copy of the edict of succession in duplicate and handed it to the envoy.

"Now you are the minister of the Champa Kingdom, go and announce the old king's decision to the people."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The envoy took the edict with both hands, took a deep breath excitedly, and strode out of the palace under the protection of the soldiers sent by Zhu Gaoyu.

Looking at the back that disappeared at the gate of the palace, Zhu Gaoyu suddenly raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.

Then he naturally put it down, turned around and entered the old king's bedroom, comforted his side concubine, and helped deal with the old king's funeral affairs by the way.

A few quarters of an hour later, Zuo Jun hurriedly walked into the palace and reported bad news to Zhu Gaoyu.

The envoy who went to deliver the edict, after announcing the edict, was assassinated by the old king's nephew Yu Xin, and died on the spot.

Zhu Gaoyu sighed for this, and ordered the left army to settle his family well, and bury the envoy, and write down his merits one by one, so that future generations can know.

The news of the sudden death of the old king and the fact that Princess Dona had become the queen of Champa soon spread throughout the country.

The sudden arrival of several news made the people of the city of Zhancheng stunned for a while, and it took a long time to digest it.

To be honest, if it weren't sure that all this was an accident, many people felt that all this might have been planned by this Princess Dona.

No way, it's such a coincidence.

First, the eldest prince fell ill, and then the second prince, who rushed back, was assassinated, all of which was more coincidental than an accident.

Although there are such and such speculations among the people, Princess Dona, who has the support of the Ming Dynasty, still successfully ascended the throne.

However, the unexpected is that.

The princess, who had just ascended the throne, announced that she would learn the rules of the Ming Dynasty and keep filial piety for her father for three years.

During these three years, the affairs of the Champa Kingdom will be taken care of by her husband, His Royal Highness the King of Daming Yue.

At the same time, she also announced that she was only temporarily taking over the throne, and when she and Zhu Gaoyu had children in the future, she would pass on the throne to her children and continue to inherit the Champa Kingdom.

For Queen Dona's decision, the whole Champa country was both happy and worried.

Happily, His Royal Highness the King of Yue has a huge fleet in his hands, and the next one, His Royal Highness the King of Yue, who is temporarily in charge of the affairs of the Champa State, must have strong support for the Champa State in terms of commerce.

The sad thing is that their Majesty the Queen has half of the Ming blood, and now she is married to the Prince of the Ming Dynasty.

In the future, the children of the two of them can already be called complete Ming people.

In this way, the future royal family is the royal family of the city or the king of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Queen's Bed in the Royal City.

Zhu Gaoyu looked at the girl in his arms, who had fallen asleep because of fatigue, and showed a satisfied smile.

The little girl in front of her is not stupid, she knows that with her knowledge and means, she can't control the throne at all.

Therefore, on the day of the old king's marriage, he gave himself all to his husband, and at the same time, he also gave the entire Champa country to his husband.

I plan to be a little woman behind her husband and children as the nurse said.

However, when giving all this, she made a request to Zhu Gaoyu.

That is, in the future, the two will have children, and the area of the city country will be managed by their children, which can be regarded as inheriting the blood of the old king.

In this regard, Zhu Gaoyu was full of promises.

Let's not mention whether the two will have children in the future, even if they have children, what if they give it, they are their own cubs, and they can't fall into the hands of outsiders.

Zhu Gaoyu's trip to occupy the city can be said to be very smooth, not only won a queen's daughter-in-law for nothing, but also won the entire Zhancheng country without blood.

The benefits of taking the Champa state can be said to be very many.

Not only did it expand its territory, but it also opened a stable commercial port.

In addition, the Champa states can be used to obtain the resources needed in the Southeast Asian region.

Although there are many benefits, there are also headaches.

Shouldering the task of opening up the West, it is impossible for Zhu Gaoyu to stay here for long.

So he needs a capable person to help him take care of the entire Champa country.

There is no shortage of generals under Zhu Gaoyu who can fight, nor are there any shortage of engineers who study various technologies, and the only thing that is lacking is officials who are good at management.

The only one of his subordinates who is good at this aspect is Haisheng alone, and most of the others are mediocre in qualifications, and it is okay to manage a township and a county.

Occupying such a large territory of the city country, and it is also related to Zhu Gaoyu's follow-up plans, it is really difficult for an official with average ability to be qualified for this position.

In fact, not only Zhu Gaoyu has such a problem, but his father also encountered this problem back then, otherwise he would not have received a large number of ministers after ascending the throne.

If it weren't for Yao Guangxiao, Queen Xu, and Zhu Chupang in the early stage, how could his father have such a solid logistics.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoyu couldn't help but sigh.

"If only the eldest brother were my son!"

In Jinling, Zhu Fatpang, who was still working late at night, sneezed, looked left and right, scratched his head, and continued to bow his head to correct the work assigned by his father.

Zhu Gaoyu understands that having a son like his eldest brother is completely blind.

Even if his son has that ability, he is still breastfeeding, and when it is useful, it will be more than ten years later.

Frowning, Zhu Gaoyu began to think about what other talents were not discovered by his father.

Yu Qian, who followed the fleet, was one, but he was still too immature to take out his hand for the time being.

Thinking about it, a person appeared in Zhu Gaoyu's mind.

Zhou Xin, according to the procurator of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, is an honest official, good at judging cases, and was imprisoned for offending Jinyiwei!

A short introduction appeared in his mind, and Zhu Gaoyu recalled history.

It seems that this person is still locked up in Jinyi Wei Prison, and in the eleventh year of Yongle, he was slandered by Ji Gangjin, angering the old man and being killed.

However, now that Ji Gang is dead, Zhu Gaoyu doesn't know whether the other party is dead or alive now.

Thinking that this person has good ability and is in urgent need of talents, Zhu Gaoyu can't care so much, so he took out the arm that the beauty was pillowing, got up and came to the table, began to write letters, and asked the old man for someone.

Not only this week, Zhu Gaoyu also mentioned several people.

These guys were all thrown to Jinyiwei Prison for reflection because they offended the old man, including Xie Jin, the editor of the Yongle Canon.

Zhu Gaoyu is now eager to seek talents, although he has the idea of establishing a new school and cultivating talents in his heart, but the top priority is still to be carried out by some people.

After writing the letter to the old man, Zhu Gaoyu also wrote a letter to Haisheng, asking him to go to the Zhancheng State first, take care of it temporarily, and wait for Zhu Gaoyu to come back from overseas before making other arrangements.

Haisheng came quickly, and in less than half a month, he came to the Champa country.

"Your Highness, congratulations!"

As soon as Haisheng came up, he bowed with a smile on his face.

When the Champa Kingdom fell into the hands of His Royal Highness, he didn't want to know what was dirty about it.

Although he is upright and dares to give direct advice, this is only for the people of his own country and only for Zhu Gaoyu.

As a strategist, he was well aware of the importance of the Champa state to Zhu Gaoyu.

With this area, Zhu Gaoyu's future plans will be completely activated.

Zhu Gaoyu smiled and waved his hand, "Everything is a coincidence, I didn't expect to encounter these things at the beginning of going to sea." ”

Seeing that Zhu Gaoyu was cheap and behaved, Haisheng smiled and didn't comment on it.

"Okay, I'm in a hurry here, and there will be opportunities after chatting."

Zhu Gaoyu beckoned Haisheng into the main hall, introduced Dona to him, and told the two about the management of the Champa State.

Dona didn't like government affairs, Zhu Gaoyu handed over everything to Haisheng, and Dona just signed it finally.

left a part of Haisheng's manpower and focused on explaining some things to him.

After arranging everything, Zhu Gaoyu did not stay in Zhancheng for long, and continued to set off south with the fleet the next day.

Not long after Zhu Gaoyu set off here, and before he reached the next supply point, the letter he asked for was in the hands of the old man.

"This kid is more ruthless than me."

"But that's right, if you don't have some means for the monarch, how can you achieve great things."

Looking at the contents of the letter, the old man smiled meaningfully.

He didn't believe that the occupation of the city was an accident.

If it had happened to his eldest son, he would have believed it.

The fourth son, Zhu Gaoyu, he is 100 do not believe.

However, it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, it is too late for the old man to be happy.

Looking at the list of Zhu Gaoyu's VIPs behind, the old man frowned, and after a moment of silence, he called Hou Liang over.

"Sanbao, go and call Jianyi too!"

Zheng He, who had been promoted to the eunuch of the celebrant and the seal of the seal, had just sent someone to pass on Hou Liang, and the old man asked him to call the official secretary Jianyi over.

Although these people Zhu Gaoyu wants can be in charge of themselves, they are still a little poor in terms of overall planning.

Since he has made up his mind to support the fourth son, control the entire Southeast Asian region, and send him a right-hand man, it is still necessary.

The old man thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to send one of the trump cards in his hand, this official Shangshu.

Xia Yuan Guitar is really reluctant, so he can only choose Jianyi.

Since the incident of beating Yan Shenggong, the old man has a trace of guilt in his heart about this trump card he once trusted.

In his mind, the other party has a close relationship with the Confucian family, and although the Northern Confucian family has been destroyed, it is impossible to ensure that the other party has anything to do with the Southern Confucian family.

A secretary has an unusual affection for a certain family, and it is easy to have his own ideas when it comes to deploying officials.

So the old man thought about it for a long time to prevent it from being a big deal afterwards, and finally decided to let this trunk move its position.

On the side of the imperial court, there are several candidates in the old man's heart, and Jian Yi's absence actually does not have much impact.

But his youngest son is different, he doesn't have an assistant to control the overall situation, and many things are inconvenient.

As for his fourth son, whether he can accept these people depends on his own ability.

Hou Liang, the commander of Jinyiwei, was the first to rush over.

The old man saw that Jian Yi might be busy with something, and he would come back later, so he wanted to decide Zhou Xin and the others first.

"Zhou Xin, Xie Jin and others, are they still alive?"

The old man didn't mean anything else when he asked this.

Several of them were thin literati, and in the harsh environment of Jinyi Wei Prison, they could get sick and die if they didn't pay attention to it.

What he meant was to ask if these people had died in an accident.

But there are some things that people can't think about.

When Hou Liang heard the old man's words, he thought that the old man was dissatisfied that a few people were still alive, so he immediately knelt down and said, "The minister will deal with it immediately!" ”

With that, he retreated.

Looking at Hou Liang who was retreating, the old man was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time before he reacted and knocked on the table hard.

"You idiot, come back to Lao Tzu!"

Hou Liang hurriedly rushed back and knelt on the ground again.

"You stupid, where do you think, Lao Tzu is asking you, did they die in an accident in Jinyi Guard, and Lao Tzu has to wait to use it if he is not dead."

"Where are you bastards?"

Hou Liang, who was scolded by the old man, looked confused, and his feelings were that he thought too much.

"What are you doing here? Go back and see if they are dead, pack up if they are not dead, and send them to Qiongzhou. ”

"The minister commands."

Realizing that he had indeed misunderstood, Hou Liang kowtowed in embarrassment and hurriedly ran out.

"Damn, don't figure it out if you don't have that brain, fortunately Lao Tzu reacted, otherwise Xiaosi would know, and he wouldn't know how to complain about me."

Looking at the figure running away in embarrassment, the old man was tired in his heart.

Now he misses Ji Gang a little.

Although Ji Gang is a little arrogant, he is very clear about his heart, and often some things, as long as he says a few words, Ji Gang can do it properly, and he doesn't bother him at all.

As for Hou Liang now, there is no problem in terms of loyalty, but his brain is turning a little slower.

Alas, I'm tired!

Thinking of Ji Gang's good in the past, the old man rubbed his somewhat sore forehead helplessly, shook his head and sighed.

(End of chapter)