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Chapter 145: Envoy Annan

Zhu Qiyu asked, "What happened?"

Although Mahagui couldn't understand Chinese, he guessed it from Zhu Qiyu's reaction and then rumbling loudly.

Xuanzhen immediately translated: "My Chameng Kingdom is the supreme country of the Celestial Empire and pays tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year. He has been loyal for a hundred years. His Highness King Hui, now that the land in Chameng has been occupied by neighboring countries and the people are poisoned by war, why does the Ming Dynasty ignore it?"

Zhu Qiyu's face became solemn, and she asked, "You make it clear, what happened?"

Mahagui continued to yell, feeling very excited.

Xuanzhen translated: "Zheng Ke, Annan Kingdom, led his army to attack Cham City. The capital Vijaya fell, and the king of Cham City Mahabharya was captured. He also asked the Celestial Empire to send troops to help Cham City regain the capital and welcome His Majesty the King!"

As soon as these words came out, the Fengtian Palace suddenly fell into silence.

The grudges between Annan and Chameng have been around for a long time, and even the Ming Dynasty tried a lot to mediate it.

Small countries around the Central Plains, such as Annan, Chameng, Goryeo and other countries, were once vassal states of the Yuan Dynasty. At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, due to its unstable foundation, Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to go to war with neighboring countries. Therefore, after the reign of the Hongwu period, he immediately sent envoys to the surrounding countries to declare:

"I am the lord of China, and the world is safe. I am afraid that the country will not be known, so I sent envoys to repay the countries... Since I am the lord of the world, I am unknown to the Chinese and foreigners. Although my surname is different, my name is like..."

Among them are Annan Kingdom and Chameng Kingdom.

However, the responses shown by these two countries were completely opposite.

During the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Annan took the opportunity to escape from the control of the Yuan court and sent troops to attack Yongping Village on Siming Road, surpassing the demarcated copper pillar of the Yuan Dynasty for more than 200 miles, occupying five counties including Qiu Wen and Qingyuan.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, although Annan accepted the title of the Ming Dynasty and regarded it as the sect leader on the surface, he actually secretly occupied a lot of land northward.

Zhu Yuanzhang once issued an order to King Chen Rikun of Annan, ordering the return of Qiu Wen and Qingyuan and other five counties, but Annan said that the army refused to be ordered. At that time, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were still there, and the focus of the Ming Dynasty's combat was in the north. He focused on appeasement of these small countries around him and was unwilling to fight again, so he ignored it. Annan was in a semi-independent state since then.

Chameng was the opposite. When the Ming Dynasty released goodwill to neighboring countries, Chameng quickly responded positively, sending envoys to the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Chameng was mostly a royal member of the royal family, including princes, Wang Shu, Wang Sun, etc., fully expressing Chameng's respect for the Ming Dynasty.

During the Hongwu period alone, the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to Chameng seven times, and issued imperial edicts to Chameng and other countries, and issued tribute collections of tribute documents, so that the Confucian thoughts in the Central Plains spread overseas.

Since then, friendly vassal relationships between Chameng and the Ming court have always been maintained. Zhu Yuanzhang is also very interested in this younger brother. He listed it as one of the earliest countries to not be conquered in the imperial ancestral teachings of the Ming Dynasty, and warned future generations not to conquer the descendants of the descendants to fight at will.

In contrast, Annan Kingdom was a two-faced villain. During the Yongle period, Zhu Di could not stand what they did, so he sent troops to destroy the country and then changed it to the Jiaozhi Governor's Office.

However, later, the Ming Dynasty frequently fought with the Northern Yuan Dynasty and had no time to look south. The rebellion continued in Annan. When Xuanzong ascended the throne, Li Li raised an army to rebel against the Ming Dynasty and established the Later Li Dynasty. Since then, he has officially broken away from the control of the Ming Dynasty.

Due to the feat of fighting in the north and voyage to the West during the Yongle period, the national strength was already seriously insufficient. Zhu Zhanji weighed the pros and cons and finally adopted the strategy of rest and recuperation, so he simply gave up Annan.

In the second year of Zhengtong, the Ming court appointed Lili as King of Annan, and since then the two countries restored the tribute system.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen ordered Zhang Fu to take the vassal of Jing'anzhou, and all officials would object.

In their hearts, the Ming Dynasty was the supreme country of the Celestial Empire. Even if the war was to begin, the Ming Dynasty could not provoke the war. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a big bullying of the small?

How could these pampered men have thought that Annan Kingdom would sneakily capture the capital and capture the king.

Just imagine what would happen if the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was captured by the Oirat?

Zhu Qiyu asked again: "When did something happen? Why didn't he send an envoy to the Ming Dynasty for help?"

Xuanzhen said: "The king was captured in May last year. At that time, His Highness Mahagui led troops to block the Annan army and sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty for help, but the Ming Dynasty ignored it."

Zhu Qiyu immediately understood that she was busy fighting with Yeyesen last year, so how could she have time to deal with your messy affairs?

"The Emperor is here!"

A sharp voice came, and the ministers hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

Zhu Qizhen looked excited and quickly walked into the hall. While walking, he asked, "Where are the people?"

Mahagui and Xuanzhen hurriedly bowed, and Zhu Qiyu briefly described the two of them to what they had just said.

Zhu Qizhen nodded repeatedly, came to the two of them, looked up and down, his eyes full of surprise.

These two people couldn't help but feel panicked, thinking about what the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was like? We are here to complain. Why are you so excited?

We were beaten and the king was also taken away. This should be a sad thing!

Why do you want to laugh?

She laughed so slutty...

Zhu Qizhen sniffed his nose and noticed something strange, but he didn't care about it now.

"I'm here to ask you, who caused this war?"

Xuanzhen subconsciously took a half step back and said, "Of course it was the incident that Annan Kingdom provoked!"

"Sure enough!"

Zhu Qizhen couldn't hide his excitement on his face and clapped his hands: "I have long felt that Annanguo is betrayal and ambitions. He dares to use troops against Chameng today, and he won't fight to Beijing tomorrow?"

Xuanzhen is a little confused. It’s because our capital was beaten. What does it have to do with your Ming Dynasty?

But he didn't know that for Zhu Qizhen, this was called sleepy sending a pillow!

I was worried that there was no reason to send troops, so you came. Isn’t this a coincidence?

Cao Nai and others also had a very conflicted expression. The emperor's intentions were very obvious. It seemed that the battle between the Ming Dynasty and Annan Kingdom had to be fought.

Behind him, Gao Gu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Annan Kingdom uses troops to Chameng, which is a conflict between other countries. As a king of the Celestial Kingdom, our Ming Dynasty should not be involved in its disputes. The old minister suggested that the court mediate the will and let the Chameng king be released and ordered the two countries to rebuild it. In this way, it would be a good deed for the people of both countries."

Zhu Qizhen showed nothing on his face, but he knew very well in his heart.

Gao Gu didn't want to see the Ming Dynasty send troops to Annan because of the smuggling group behind him, and one of the important channels was Annan Kingdom.

At this point, this person is still thinking about his business. Humph, if he hadn't been worried about scaring away the big fish behind him, he would have asked the Jinyiwei to go and search your house long ago!

However, even if the Ming Dynasty did not directly send troops to Annan, it only needed to take advantage of the opportunity to mediate and put pressure on Annan, and this battle would start sooner or later.

Zhu Qizhen weighed the pros and cons, and finally said: "The cabinet has issued an order to order Annan Kingdom to release the King of Chameng. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would not sit idly by!"

Cao Nai replied: "I obey the order!"

Zhu Qizhen said again: "Prince Jing'an!"

Zhang Fu hurried forward: "Old minister is here!"

"This matter is related to the relationship between our Ming Dynasty and the vassal states. It is very important. I have been thinking about it, so it's better for your family to go there in person!"

Zhang Fu quickly agreed: "Old minister obeys the order!"

Zhu Qizhen said again: "The journey to Annan is long. In order to protect the safety of the Qing family, the cabinet plans to issue another decree to send Nanjing troops to escort them."

Others look at me, and I look at you, but don’t know what to do.

After a long time, I was still ready to start the fight?

Although it was very reluctant, it was normal for the Prince of Jing'an to be sent to Annan to send troops to escort him!

When Zhu Qizhen said these words, Xuanzhen kept whispering to Mahagui's ear.

Mahagui was overjoyed and knelt down on the ground with a thud, snot and tears, crying.
Chapter completed!
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