"The thieves Li Jiyou and his son killed King Qian Annan to take possession of his country. It is a crime!"
"To kill the descendants of the Chen family and the clan leader to the point where King Chen's clan is completely wiped out. This is the second crime!"
"Annan was given the name by the heaven, but the Li thieves thought they were the queen of Yu, so they took the name. They did not follow the orthodoxy of the imperial court, changed the country's name, and used the honorary title in vain. This is the third crime..."
Ruan Nanbo, who was stunned on the spot, felt his hands and feet numb as he listened to the imperial edict recited by Pei Boqi.
"It's over, it's all over!"
He did not expect, he never expected that after waiting for so long in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, he would receive such an imperial edict.
No, this is not an imperial edict.
It was a message issued by the Ming Dynasty when it was about to conquer Annan!
A proclamation is a declaration of war.
"Champa was originally a Chinese vassal who only respected China. But the Li thieves made their own seals, won nine chapters, and forced the king of Champa to confer it. This crime is seventeen!"
"To pay tribute to China, instead of sending envoys, we select unscrupulous and ignorant people to openly provoke the Chinese monarchs and ministers in the court. Such humiliation and disrespect have never happened in ancient times. The crime is twenty..."
"It's over! It's over!"
Ruan Nanbo closed his eyes in despair and let his tears fall.
The Ming Dynasty's proclamation listed Li Jiya's twenty major crimes.
Each and every one of them is well-founded and hard to argue with.
At the same time, each and every one of them is a serious crime that will lead to death and destruction of the whole family.
"Your Majesty..." Ruan Nanbo lowered his hands feebly, "Accept the order!"
With that said, he stretched out his hand to get the imperial edict.
However, Pei Boxi sneered and withdrew his hand, not letting him touch her at all.
"you....?"
"The imperial edict is for you to listen to, not for you to take!"
"If I don't take it, how can I go back and report it to the king!"
"Perhaps your king knows it before you do!" Zhu Gaochi turned around with a bitter smile on his smiling face, "This holy decree was issued in Guilin..."
"Guilin? Huh?" Ruan Nanbo's heart skipped a beat and he was sweating.
The Ming Dynasty gathered troops in Guilin, and the imperial edict was issued from Guilin. Could it be said?
"Hahaha!" Ruan Nanbo sneered with an ashen face, "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty really thought highly of me, Annan, and he actually wanted to conquer me personally..." He gritted his teeth and said, "Have you heard of the story of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty in Korea?"
"That's Goguryeo!" Zhu Gaochi corrected with a smile, "Besides, who told you that our emperor is going to conquer in person!"
"That......"
"He is going to support the army!" Zhu Gaochi sneered.
"As a great country, Ming Dynasty wants to go to war without declaring it?" Ruan Nanbo said angrily.
"Isn't this announced?" Zhu Gaochi pointed to the imperial edict, "I kindly asked someone to read it to you..."
The corner of Ruan Nanbo's mouth twitched violently a few times, and then he leaned forward, "In this case, I would like to thank His Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty for his kindness!"
"You've changed your face so quickly!" Zhu Gaochi sneered, "It's not as good as you expected, and the title has changed from your subordinate to your subordinate?"
"Since the Ming Dynasty wants to use force against Annan, why should I be humble and cautious?" Ruan Nanbo also sneered, "Is it possible that the Ming Dynasty should be allowed to be ungrateful first, and that I, Annan, should not be discourteous?"
Zhu Gaochi looked at him sideways for a long time.
Then he turned to Pei Boxi and said, "This guy is quite good!"
Pei Boxi sneered, "Talent but no virtue!"
Ruan Nanbo ignored these and continued to say, "In this case, it will be useless to stay here. Farewell!"
As he said that, he turned around and waved his hand.
"Where are you going?" Zhu Gaochi asked.
"Go back to Annan!"
"Have you come back alone?"
"Your Highness wants to behead me?" Ruan Nanbo turned around and sneered, "Here is the good man's head. If Your Highness wants to take it, I won't be able to get it!"
As he spoke, he raised his head and sighed, "As a minister, I can't share the Lord's worries. As a scholar-official, I can't relieve the suffering of the people. What's the use of holding my head!"
Zhu Gaochi looked at him carefully again and said to Pei Boxi, "This man is really good!"
Pei Boxi sneered again, "A born thief with no sense of shame!"
"Is Chen Chao the master of the Ming Dynasty?"
Ruan Nanbo had never said anything bad to him before, but now he said tit for tat, "If the king of the Chen Dynasty was the Ming Lord, how could he lose his kingdom?"
"You..." Pei Boxi was furious.
"Whether it is the Chen Dynasty or the Li Dynasty, they all belong to my Annan dynasty. I am a native of Annan, and I work for Annan myself. I naturally choose the best place to rest my talents and knowledge, and the most important thing is to benefit the people of Annan!"
"But it's you who, for the sake of the so-called loyalty deep in your bones, wants to put the country of your parents and the place where your ancestral graves are located into the flames of war."
"You...?" Pei Boxi was angry and was about to draw the knife.
"You'd better kill me now!!" Unexpectedly, Ruan Nanbo stepped forward directly without fear, "I don't want to be like you and become a country subjugated..."
"No..." He suddenly laughed again, "You are not a person who has subjugated the country, you are just a servant of the bereaved master. And I am the person who has subjugated the country. What you want is the Chen Chao family, and I
What I am thinking about is the country of Annan."
"Hahaha! You say that my moral character is lacking, Pei Boqi! I am infinitely nobler than you! You say that I am a rebellious minister, but what have you done for the people of Annan?"
"brazen!"
Pei Boxi shouted loudly and drew his knife.
"Um!"
Zhu Gaochi frowned and snorted coldly.
With a snap, the knife that had just been drawn out was directly pushed back into the scabbard by a big hand.
Then a big hand pressed Pei Boxi's shoulder, "Master Pei, are you going to use a knife in front of the Crown Prince?"
The muscles on Pei Boqi's face twitched wildly, and he finally let go of the hand holding the handle of the knife.
"Farewell..." Ruan Nanbo bowed his hand.
"I told you not to let you go!"
"Then kill!"
"Who said I'd kill you?"
"If you don't kill and don't leave, what's the point?"
Ruan Nanbo's chest heaved and he shouted loudly.
"If Annan had sent you here earlier, things would never have progressed to this point!" Zhu Gaochi looked at the other party for a long time and sighed slightly, "I want to ask you something!"
"What's the matter?"
"Seeing that your talent is rare, are you willing to serve me, the Ming Dynasty? You also said that you are for the people of Annan, not the master of the same surname!" Zhu Gaochi said, "If you are willing, it is just a different method.
Just continue to seek peace for the people of Annan!"
Ruan Nanbo was silent for a long time, then leaned over and said, "Thank you in advance for your love...but!" He said with a smile, "I can be a person who subjugates the country, but I cannot be a scum that leads the wolf into the house."
As he said that, he smiled proudly again, "Actually, you are right. When the Yuan Dynasty ruled China, the Chinese scholars and officials also thought the same way about the Mongols. But...although I was born in a small country,
But justice must not be distorted!"
"Okay!" Zhu Gaochi clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Anyone who doesn't want to be a traitor is a person worthy of admiration!"
As he said that, he lowered his head and looked at his fingers, "However, not everyone has Wen Tianxiang's spirit!"
"What do you want to do?" Ruan Nanbo asked.
"I think at this time, our army has entered the territory of Annan. You, the envoy, will never be let back!" Zhu Gaochi smiled, "Not only will they not let you go back, but they will also tell the Annan people that you have abandoned the dark side and are determined to follow.
Heaven!"
"you......."
When Ruan Nanbo was shocked and pale, Zhu Gaochi said again, "Holy decree, Annan's old man Pei Boqi is the pacifier of Annan's army and people. He serves in front of the army and performs the duty of pacifying the people, officials and gentry!"
"And you... Annan's Hanlin scholar is our Ming Dynasty's Annan scholar envoy. You also serve in front of the army to appease the Annan scholars for our Ming Dynasty. At the same time, you supervise the burning of Annan's books that are not our Ming Dynasty's sinology!"
"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!" Ruan Nanbo shouted with red eyes.
The Ming Dynasty actually wanted him to go back to Annan and burn the history books of the Annan people.
Thinking of this, he felt horrified.
The purpose of the Ming Dynasty was not only to conquer them in war, but also to completely destroy them culturally. Just imagine, if this is true, in less than twenty years, who of the next two generations of Annan people will remember the history and culture of the Annan people?
.
Suddenly, he suddenly thought of something.
"Da Ming, are you going to swallow me, Annan?"
"Uh-huh!" Zhu Gaochi smiled, then spread his hands, "Just like Goryeo, it became a province of the Ming Dynasty!"
"You...you...are greedy!"
"Whether you agree or not!" Zhu Gaochi bit his fingernails, "At this time, the news that you have become a minister of the Ming Dynasty should have spread in Annan, right?"
Pei Boqi sneered from the side, "Maybe Li Thief will kill Ruan Hanlin's whole family in his rage..."
"You..." After Ruan Nanbo screamed, his body suddenly straightened up and he fell down straight. He actually fainted from the anger.