The lights in the Gongyuan were brightly lit, and the students were taking exams, but actually they were taking exams for their own future.
The Qianqing Palace also seemed like daylight, with the emperor and his ministers holding lamps and discussing the future of the empire at night.
Duke Xu Huizu of Wei, Duke Chang Sheng of Zheng, Duke Li Jinglong of Cao, Duke Fu Rang of Ying, Ping An, the chief military officer of the Beijing camp, Wang De, the Marquis of Anyuan, Wu Fu, the Marquis of Anlu, Geng Bingwen, the Marquis of Changxing...
The ministers who participated in the temporary imperial meeting were shocked to find out, how could these warriors from the Ming Dynasty come together in such a large number today?
"The emperor wants to fight again? Who the hell are he going to fight? The internal affairs have not calmed down yet! The signs of trouble in various places in the south of the Yangtze River are getting stronger day by day. Are you going to fight again?"
The civil servants thought in their hearts, and actually the military officers also thought in their hearts.
"It's so late at night, why are such old people here?"
Therefore, both the civil and military ministers were secretly observing the expression of the emperor on the throne.
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Zhu Yunxi, on the other hand, had been holding the memorial in his hand since the ministers came in, bowed and were seated, with a very...complex look on his face.
"My butterfly wings have changed the direction of history. Many things that were supposed to happen in the future have actually been brought forward!"
"This is the eight-hundred-mile emergency from the Chief Secretary of Guangxi!" Zhu Yunxi shook the memorial in his hand and motioned to Deng Ping, who was standing nearby, to pass it to the ministers, "Annan, there is chaos!"
"I just said I wanted to beat up Annan! The emperor always has a grudge!" Li Jinglong gave Fu Rang a look.
The latter looked back, meaning, "So soon? Didn't you say wait a few years?"
Li Jinglong looked back, "The emperor wants to wait, but what if Annan doesn't play his cards right?"
Fu Rang thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
Just fight! Who is afraid of whom?
Thirty years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, which year was there no war?
If there is no war, we warriors will drink from the northwest wind!
When the soldiers in the Beijing camp heard that the scraps cut off from Jiubian were snatched in Burma...the trenches were filled with trenches, their eyes were already red!
Besides, the Beijing camp has not been dragged out to fight in several years! To raise soldiers, you have to let them eat meat and drink blood from time to time. Otherwise, the wolves will all turn into poodles, and the food will be in vain!
The excerpt was circulated among the ministers in turn, and after reading it, everyone had different expressions on their faces.
Some frowned and thought, some secretly gritted their teeth, some were filled with indignation, some shook their heads and sighed...
Probably because Zhu Yunxi was mean to Annan, his imperial edict reprimanding Annan caused a complete rift between Annan's royal family surnamed Chen and the powerful official Li Jiyou.
The royal family surnamed Chen wanted to use the rebuke from the Celestial Empire to depose Li Jiyou.
The latter, on the other hand, simply refused to do anything else and entangled his party members to depose the Lord of Annan.
Not to mention it, he also killed more than a thousand people in his family.
After he was killed, in order to show the legitimacy of his usurping the throne, he signed a series of unequal treaties with Ming Dynasty.
Li Jisu originally wanted to bow his head and be a grandson, and after stabilizing the situation in Annan, he would start arguing with the Ming Dynasty. Who knew that Zhu Yunxi accurately said that the Ming Dynasty had always been aggressive.
You usurped the throne, I pretended not to know!
You sign the contract and implement it as soon as possible!
But since Li Jisu was a treacherous minister who usurped the throne, he was naturally full of tricks. He agreed on the surface, but in private he delayed everything.
He must have felt Ming's hostility towards him, and he was not a fool.
Those treaties made it clear that they were meant to strangle Annan's life.
While delaying, Annan was also vigorously reorganizing the army in the country. According to the secret report of Annan's informant, all Annan men over the age of fifteen must be registered so that the government can recruit them at any time.
In fact, even if things developed into this situation, both Daming and Annan knew that the other party had evil intentions, but they did not go to the point of fighting each other... Generally speaking, the two sides still maintained the final bottom line.
Daming is exercising restraint!
Annan is giving in!
But an unexpected event may directly rewrite the course of history!
Because when Li Jisu was massacring the royal family surnamed Chen, something slipped through the net. A direct descendant of the royal family surnamed Chen fled to Ailao (Laos).
It happened that this year the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to Champa and Ailao. With the help of the Ailao nobles, this man sent a letter to the Chief Secretary of Guangxi through the Ming Dynasty envoy, a letter to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
In the letter, in the name of the Ming Dynasty vassal state and the Chen family of Annan, the Ming Dynasty was asked to give the Chen family the final say!
Moreover, this letter was written in bloody blood! The Chief Secretary of Guangxi did not dare to neglect it, so he rushed for 800 miles, and several horses were killed as he rushed it to the capital.
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"This... Li Ji..."
When Chang Sheng, Duke of Zheng, saw that no one was speaking, he spoke first, "Li Ji..."
As soon as he heard what he said, Zhu Yunxi knew that Chang Sheng, a big boss, probably didn't know the word, so he said, "Li Jishou...(mao)"
"Yeah!" Chang Sheng was stunned, then suddenly laughed.
Zhu Yunxi suddenly raised his eyes and looked over.
Chang Sheng stood up quickly and whispered, "Your Majesty, I can't hold it back. This man named Li is also a powerful prime minister of the country, and now he has usurped the throne and became the king. He is actually called by such a name!" After saying that, he paused. The voice said, "Chicken feathers..."
"snort!"
Zhu Yunxi also laughed, Li Jiya... Li Jifei!
But the Imperial Council was not the place to tell these jokes. He said with a straight face, "What do you want to say?"
"This Li Ji Feo has usurped the throne! Everyone will punish the rebellious ministers and traitors!" Chang Sheng said, "But this man named Chen is not a good person either!" After saying that, he raised his head and said, "The previous generation of Annan King Chen Rikun. .... During the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao, taking advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains, he sent troops to annex the five counties in northern Guangxi..."
Then he paused and said, "I was busy fighting the Tatars at the time and didn't have time to pay attention to him. Afterwards, they seemed respectful and sent heavy gifts year after year, but they never returned the place where they swallowed..."
"I signed the contract with us this time, but I was hesitant..." At this point, he glanced at Zhu Yunxi again, "I still have a question, who is this member of the royal family surnamed Chen? Is it true or false?”
True or false is actually not important at all!
If the Ming Dynasty needs it, even the son of King Annan Chen can be transformed.
If the Ming Dynasty does not need it, even if King Annan is resurrected, he can kill him again!
But the bad thing is, this prince should be real!
Because the letter was delivered with the help of the Ailao nobles, if the Ming Dynasty ignored it, what would the Ailao CPC and other congresses think?
Um!
I call you daddy on weekdays! But when I really need you, you just ignore me and pretend not to know!
But now is really not a good time to send troops!
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Rujun, the Minister of War, had been deep in thought until now and said, "Annan is going to be fought! The opening of the sea is about to begin. Annan is connected to the Indochina Peninsula of the Ming Dynasty. Annan will occupy the city, Siam, Chenla, and Managa. Sumatra, Java, Mudang and other countries are all under my control, Ming Dynasty!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi nodded slightly.
Ru Yu's words directly conveyed the strategic significance of capturing Annan.
If these surrounding vassal states relied entirely on land attacks, the Ming Dynasty's two treasuries would not be enough!
"But now is not a good time!" Ru Yu continued, "And based on the so-called Chen's royal family's words, the reason is a bit weak!"
Zhang Yan, the Minister of Household Affairs, also pondered for a long time, "What I mean is to delay first!"
Zhu Yunxi perked up and said, "Keep talking!"
"First reply to the Chief Secretary of Guangxi and send this son of the Chen Xing royal family to Guangxi to check his true identity!" Zhang Yan said in a low voice, "Don't rush, take your time, it is best to leave for three or two months!"
"After verifying his true identity, he will issue an edict to reprimand Annan. Since the Li thief said that he was the heir to King Annan Chen before he ascended the throne, then he must give me an explanation for this matter!"
"One more thing has been added to this, his crime of deceiving the emperor! He has been going back and forth like this for a year and a half! And while he is lying to me, the Celestial Empire, the Li thieves are bound to conquer Annan violently, so that the people's resentment boils!
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"Fight!" Zhang Yan stroked his beard, "It's inevitable! Victory is inevitable! If we don't fight, we'll have to fight. If 50,000 people can't do it, then we can use 100,000 people. If 100,000 people can't do it, then we can use 200,000 people. If we don't fight, then we can use 200,000 people. If we don't fight, we can use 200,000 people. If we don't fight, we can use it to defeat three hundred thousand people."
For five years, as long as the national treasury has money, it won’t be a problem!”
"What I'm worried about is another issue!"
All Zhu Yunxi was thinking was, "After you captured Annan!"
"Yes!" Zhang Yan said, "Since a child named Chen can emerge today, will there be other members of the royal family emerging after Annan is captured? Goryeo has been under the rule for several years, but the people have been in chaos year after year!"
An old minister is an old minister, and he goes right to the root of it.
Historically, after Annan was conquered by the Ming Dynasty, a royal family named Chen appeared from time to time to cause rebellion, which made that land unable to integrate with the Ming Dynasty.
"Get this person to the capital first!" Zhu Yunxi nodded at the table, and then suddenly smiled mischievously, "Also, give an order to Li Jishou of Annan and ask him whether he is the heir to King Annan or whether he usurped the throne and killed the master?"
Hearing this, all the officials smiled maliciously.
what?
The meaning behind the question is to make you, Li Jishen, start killing innocent people indiscriminately because of your evil intentions...