Zhu Ying looked at Zhu Yunwen in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Since you have decided, I will call the envoys to occupy the city and ask them to give up a country as your vassal territory."
Zhu Yunwen, who was sitting opposite, bowed happily: "Thank you very much, brother."
After Zhu Yunwen had made peace with Li Jinglong, when he returned to the palace, he heard Mrs. Lu saying that Huang Zicheng was also willing to follow, and he was even more surprised.
Then, under Lu's urging, Zhu Ying came to Kunning Palace today and asked for the vassal to occupy the city.
Faced with Zhu Yunwen's request, Zhu Ying naturally agreed.
Now Zhu Gaochi is also going to the Japanese country. Apparently many princes and grandsons are thinking of establishing a vassal empire overseas.
This trend is pretty good at the moment, and most of the princes and grandsons still want to work hard on their own to make a name for themselves.
No matter what, Daming will provide a lot of support, it depends on the results in the future.
For people like Zhu Yunwen who have a relatively close relationship, Zhu Ying, as the eldest brother, arranged it himself.
After Zhu Yunwen left, Zhu Ying ordered Guo Zhong to call over the envoys who were occupying Tianjie Temple.
Let’s talk about the issue of vassalage.
About an hour later, the envoy to capture the city came over.
"The envoy of Champa City, Chaduo, pays homage to His Highness Taisun of the Ming Dynasty."
Chaduo is a middle-aged man. He dresses in an Indian style and speaks with an Indian accent.
This is because Champa is deeply influenced by Tianzhu culture, including domestic characters, which are all South Tianzhu characters.
However, as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, he is relatively fluent in Chinese.
Zhu Ying nodded, and was too lazy to talk nonsense. He said straight to the point: "My younger brother Yunzhen, the grandson of the Emperor, has now reached the age of joining the feudal clan."
"According to the current system of the Ming Dynasty, my brother chose the place where he occupied the city as his place of enthronement."
"This palace will provide one hundred thousand taels of silver as the money to purchase a kingdom in Champa. I also ask envoy Chaduo to send a message to the king of Champa about this matter."
Hearing this, Chaduo, the envoy of Champa City, was completely stunned.
He did not expect that His Highness Taisun of the Ming Dynasty would directly ask for a country as the Imperial Sun Domain.
I didn't know how to answer all of a sudden.
This is obviously beyond Chaduo's understanding.
The only thing that is more touching is the one hundred thousand taels of silver.
"Your Highness Taisun, this... I'm afraid this is not good." Chaduo didn't think much and subconsciously refused.
After all, splitting his country directly to the Ming Dynasty would undoubtedly make him a criminal who occupied the city.
During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, the king of Champa surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty. Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, granted him the title of Prince of Champa County and established Champa as a province.
Later, due to the prince's dissatisfaction, Kublai Khan sent troops to attack from the sea. The Yuan army won many times, but also suffered a lot of damage. The king of Champa retreated to the mountains and forests and could not recover.
Kublai Khan also sent his prince Tuohuan to march overland and passed through the Kingdom of Dayue. King Chen Renzong of Dayue resisted him. Although Tuohuan captured the capital of the Yue Kingdom and joined forces with Zhudu, Chen Renzong gathered all the troops to counterattack and defeated Tuohuan.
Inviting to attack the capital, the capital was defeated and died.
At the end of this battle, Mongolia suffered numerous losses, the city was captured to protect the country, and Kublai Khan gave up the attack.
In the view of the Champa envoys, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty failed to capture Champa at the beginning, so how could the Ming Dynasty easily capture Champa now.
Zhu Ying said with a smile: "What's wrong with this? There are fifteen vassal states in the city. Even if one country is given to my brother, there are still fourteen states."
"I hope you know more about the current situation in the city. Annan has always wanted to conquer your country."
"Now in the capital of Annan, there are 50,000 elite soldiers of our Ming Dynasty, and the navy of the Ming Dynasty is invincible in the world."
"If two sides attack Champa from Annan by sea, how long do you think you can resist it, or should you hide in the mountains and forests like you did a hundred years ago?"
"If my brother takes over the city, there will be no trouble between Annan and Champa in the future. Moreover, the first stop for sea trade in the Ming Dynasty is in your city. There will be a lot of sea trade in the future.
Deepen the connection between Champa and the Ming Dynasty."
"Let's talk about the city of Champa. It has been part of our Central Plains Dynasty since ancient times. It was at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty that the Cham tribesmen joined forces and killed the Xianglin County magistrate of Rinan County in the Han Dynasty. Thus, they became independent from our Central Plains and established Champa.
country."
"What I have said, I think as an envoy to occupy the city, you should have read several history books and know it in your heart."
"If we really want to investigate, the entire city of Champa should belong to the Ming Dynasty. Now we are just using your country to settle the grandson of the Ming Dynasty. Why not?"
Zhu Ying's words are not just nonsense, but there are indeed such records in historical records.
If it weren't for the great chaos in the Central Plains at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there would be no such thing as the Champa State. It would be just a county of the Central Plains Dynasty.
From the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, now it is just a country to install a vassal king. If the Champa Kingdom is so ignorant, there is no need to exist.
Big beads of sweat rolled down the forehead of Cha Duo, the Champa envoy, and his back could be said to be completely soaked.
He originally thought of something good, but he didn't expect that it would end up like this.
However, Chaduo, the envoy of the Champa City, could not find any words of rejection from the Ming Dynasty Taisun.
Even after hesitating for a long time, he didn't know what to say.
Seeing this, Zhu Ying said: "It seems that Envoy Cha Duo is dissatisfied with my proposal."
"I would like to ask Envoy Chaduo to tell me what exactly makes me dissatisfied. Is it because I feel that the one hundred thousand silver given by me is too little?"
After hearing this, Chaduo knew that he could no longer remain silent. After thinking for a while, he could only bite the bullet and said: "Report to Your Highness, this matter is of great importance. I have no way to make the decision without authorization. I can only write a letter to Champa City."
, let’s see how the king thinks about it.”
At this point, Cha Duo can only blame the matter on his own king.
Zhu Ying asked: "If I remember correctly, the King of Champa should be your brother."
"According to the system of direct descendants of the Ming Dynasty, the position of King of Champa should have been occupied by you, Cha Duo, but now due to some external reasons, your brother has ascended to the throne."
"He was afraid that you would have an impact on his rule in Champa, so he asked you to serve as the envoy of Champa to the Ming Dynasty."
"I heard from the monks of Tianjie Temple that you have been in Ming Dynasty for more than five years. When you first came to Ming Dynasty, you didn't even speak Chinese, so you had to find someone else to teach you."
"Don't you think that one day you can return to Champa?"
"Your wife and son are all in Champa."
Before that, Zhu Ying had already figured out the details of Cha Duo.
The fact that Chaduo was in Champa was not a secret to begin with, and the reason why his younger brother was able to become the king had a lot to do with the religious beliefs in Champa.
Because of the influence of Tianzhu culture, even as the eldest son, Chado was not able to successfully inherit the throne. Instead, he was succeeded by his younger brother.
Zhu Ying didn't bother to understand some of the intricacies here.
All you need to know is that when Chaduo came to Ming Dynasty, his wife and children were almost taken as hostages in Champa City.
This is Zhu Ying's breakthrough.
Cha Duo did not expect that His Highness the Grand Sun of the Ming Dynasty would know him so well. How could he possibly know these things if he had not specifically inquired about it.
In fact, having said this, Chado knew in his heart what His Highness Taisun wanted.
He wanted to agree to the conditions set by him as an envoy to capture the city.
As long as there is this handle, even if his younger brother, the King of Champa, does not agree to cede the territory, he will not be able to stand firm in terms of justice.
With an excuse, Ming Dynasty would not care too much about the wishes of the Champa King.
I will directly send troops to get it myself.
Chaduo also knew that 50,000 elites went to Annan, which posed a great threat to Champa.
Annan himself had the idea of invading Champa, but due to some domestic problems in recent years, he has not been able to do so.
"Chaduo, you have to know that Emperor Yunzhen's grandson is my own younger brother, and his vassal must be resolved."
"Don't think that what Meng Yuan couldn't do, I, the Ming Dynasty, can't do. Look at the current Japanese country. It lost many armies of the Meng Yuan Dynasty, but under the military peak of the Ming Dynasty, it still has to surrender."
"Now that the sea ban has been lifted, more merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty will pass through the city in the future. If we don't have our own place in the Ming Dynasty, how can we reassure people?"
"And having said that, you can't possibly want to stay in the capital all your life. Over there in Champa, you still have your wife and children waiting for you."
"Now you can take some credit for this matter. Even if I send some people over to help you bring your wife and children to the capital, it won't be a big problem."
Zhu Ying used both soft and hard tactics, and Cha Duo finally gave in.
This result is already doomed. If the Ming Dynasty really goes to attack the Champa State, it will not be a matter of surrendering to one country.
Maybe then a bunch of royal relatives will come over to grab the territory.
After finishing the ideological struggle, Cha Duo took a long breath and said, "I will obey the arrangements of His Highness the Grand Sun."
The next thing became much simpler. Zhu Ying immediately ordered someone to draft a letter of credence to be sent to Champa.
There are two identical paragraphs in the credential, but the difference is that one is written in Chinese characters and the other is written in South Tianzhu characters.
As for the nandina text, Chaduo was naturally responsible for writing and translating it.
After the writing is completed, it will be stamped with the seal of the envoy from Chateau Champa.
Taking this thing, Zhu Ying went to ask the old man to stamp it.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the contents of the credential and scolded with a smile: "You kid, why are you doing things like taking advantage of others? Of course, the king of Champa will obediently give up a country to Yun because of this credential."
Can you become a feudal lord?"
"Besides, your national certificate also says that one hundred thousand silver will be exchanged for the Kingdom of Rili. We also know a little bit about Champa. Among the fifteen kingdoms under our command, they are Jiuzhou, Wuli, Rili, and Wu.
Horse, it’s pretty good to pull it in a few places.”
"Don't say it's one hundred thousand silver, it's five hundred thousand or one million taels. If we can exchange Rili without fighting, that's a big advantage for us."
Zhu Ying smiled and said: "Only when you know yourself and your enemy can you be victorious in every battle."
"My grandson has been researching about Champa for many years. Although the king of Champa ascended to the throne through some means, he is actually just a fool."
"In addition to being a firm believer in Buddhism and worshiping Buddha every day, I almost don't care about some domestic matters."
"Annandu is in such a situation. The country is in chaos. It is still able to suppress Champa to a large extent. It is thanks to the current king of Champa."
"When my grandson is sending a message to the King of Champa, he will also send a message to Annan, asking our 50,000 elite troops stationed in Annan to bring 20,000 to 30,000 expiring men around the border to put some pressure on them."
"On the Champa royal family's side, Sun'er also bribed some officials and promised them huge profits. I think they will definitely be willing to agree to this."
"Grandpa doesn't know that the officials currently occupying the city are all the most greedy for money. Bribing them is not a big problem at all."
Hearing what Da Sun said, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and took the jade seal, and then pressed it on the certificate of credence.
"Okay, let's see how Da Sun obtained the kingdom of Champa so easily."
"But let's talk about the ugly things first. If they really don't agree with it, they will raise troops to attack the city again, but it won't be that simple. It will take a lot of planning."
"Now that our Ming Dynasty is going to war with foreign countries, it is not a good thing for other small countries. If we take too many actions and fail to gain benefits, it will easily inspire many other small countries to boycott us."
Zhu Yuanzhang was also worried about what he said.
In the past two years, the Ming Dynasty frequently mobilized its troops to fight against the Japanese and fought wars on the grasslands.
There was also a war in Yunnan at the end of last year.
Although it was a victory without any loss, due to the new feudal king system, this made the surrounding countries a little uneasy.
I'm afraid that one day I will be assigned a vassal territory.
This has an impact on the stability of the Ming Dynasty today.
Confronting the army on multiple fronts was originally a taboo and could easily lead to turmoil in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Ying smiled and said, "My grandson understands. Please rest assured, grandpa. My grandson will definitely let the King of Champa agree to this matter."
"As long as they don't use troops, other small countries will naturally not take this matter too seriously."
"Besides, Champa is different from the Japanese state. What is actually written in historical records is that the Han Dynasty was the county of our Central Plains Dynasty. The former king of Champa betrayed the country and killed the county magistrate, which is why today's Champa is here.
city."
"In terms of justice, we are reasonable."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.
This actually sounds like this, but in fact Champa has been independent for many years.
It has been a thousand years since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It seems a bit difficult to use what happened thousands of years ago to describe what is happening now.
But the truth is here, no matter how you say it, it has a name.
Even if the troops are actually launched, it can be said that they are well-known.
"Okay, you've taken a lot of trouble with Yun Wen. I think Yun Wen is lucky to have such a big brother like you."
"Let's see how the Champa King responds."
After Zhu Yuanzhang handed his credentials to Zhu Ying, he patted his shoulder and said.