When Zhu Hengjia was studying in college before time travel, he once asked his Chinese teacher: "What was the wonderful life of ancient literati like?" The teacher with a face full of classical literature replied: "Reading at night with red sleeves and fragrance."
Now that I have traveled back to ancient times, I have not experienced "reading at night with fragrant red sleeves", but I have experienced "reading at night with fragrant red sleeves".
The red sleeve accompanying me today is the wise concubine Huang Wan.
A virtuous concubine, naturally virtuous. Huang Wan sometimes studied ink and sometimes helped Zhu Hengjia massage his shoulders and neck.
Looking at Huang Wan's catkins, Zhu Hengjia suddenly became interested and said, "Wan'er, sit on my lap and grind the ink for me."
"No, Your Majesty, it is inconsistent with etiquette."
"What's wrong with being polite? The national economy is in my hands and the earth is under my feet. Who dares to say anything?"
"Your Majesty, you are fine, but my crime is very serious. If the historians know about it, why don't they accuse me of praising Si and Daji? I will never dare to obey my order." Huang Wan refused life and death.
Seeing Huang Wan's refusal, Zhu Hengjia had no choice but to say: "Then Wan'er will move a chair and sit next to me. I will sit next to Wan'er and feel happy."
The red sleeves add fragrance, and it is enjoyable.
"Your Majesty, why are you laughing?"
"Annam Governor Hu Zhigong said that the Annam province has been re-planned, adding Hai Duong, Feng Hoa, Jian Binh, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Gia Lai, Kun Hao, plus the original Qiongzhou, Lang Son, Xin'an,
Hongji, Huaying, and the Five Prefectures already have thirteen prefectures. Since Jiashen, Hongguang, and Longwu have all lost their territory, but I can only expand it. Wan'er, tell me, can I be considered an emperor through the ages?"<
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"Your Majesty is wise and mighty. Naturally he is the only emperor of all time. I am proud of your Majesty." Huang Wan pursed her lips and smiled.
I wear it a thousand times, but I don't wear flattery, especially the flattery with red sleeves, which smells very good. Emperor Guangwu laughed loudly, and found it very useful, and opened another memorial.
"Huh?"
The emperor frowned.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
"Zhang Mingzhen said in his first letter that the remnants of the Zheng family are in Jiaxing, Dien Bien, Thanh Hoa, and Nghe An. He is preparing to relocate the people in the mountainous areas and set up forts all over the mountains to surround and trap Zheng's army to death. This is what he is doing
, It’s too much money! These four provinces are a big quagmire, and they may empty out my treasury. But if you ignore it, my Ming Dynasty will lose face. It’s worthless, worthless, tasteless to eat, it’s a pity to throw it away!”<
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"Your Majesty thinks it's worthless, so why not send someone to surrender? Since ancient times, tolerance can win millions of soldiers. There is no need to waste national power just for a piece of worthless money." Huang Wan blinked her big eyes and advised.
"Surrender?"
Zhu Hengjia tasted Huang Wan's words carefully and nodded for a long time, "Wan'er knows me!"
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The negotiation between Nguyen Renzheng and Zhang Mingzhen failed, and he was depressed and reluctantly returned to Thang Long Palace, intending to try his luck with King Le Weihu of Annam.
Thang Long City is indeed the capital of Annam, the capital city, the imperial city, and the palace city. The three city walls are tall and mighty, and it is simply a miniature version of Beijing City.
On the streets, you can see rich people wearing brocade and poor people wearing dark-colored coarse cloth everywhere. Occasionally, you can see officials wearing blue clothes and servants wearing brown or black cloth. It is bustling and lively.
A fat man in brocade came out of the restaurant with a person dressed as a singer in his arms. "Uh", he let out a big wine burp, which made Ruan Renzheng dizzy.
He shook his wife angrily and said, "Huh, businessmen don't know how to hate the country's subjugation!"
Go to the imperial city and report.
Hearing that the Zheng family had come as an envoy, Li Weiyu summoned him in Xiangguang Hall. Since the Jinguang Hall was burned, Xiangguang Hall has become the place where King Annan handles government affairs.
"Why did Zheng Gen send you to see me?"
"The Crown Prince is willing to submit to His Highness, please persuade the Ming army to withdraw its troops."
Li Weiyu was furious, "Zheng killed the late king, do you still want to survive?"
"Your Majesty, the one who killed the former king was Zheng Dong, and has nothing to do with my lord Zheng Gen. Moreover, Zheng Dong was killed by the army, which can be said to have been punished by heaven. As a king, you should put state affairs first, how can you stick to personal grudges?
Now, the king's worries lie with the Mo family and not with the Zheng family. Why not leave Zheng Zhimo behind? Please think about it, the king." Ruan Renzheng answered calmly.
"Leave the Zheng family to contain the Mo family?"
Li Weiyu had a thought in his mind. The Mo family had great ambitions. In addition to the three prefectures of Gaoping, Beigan and Taiyuan that had always been divided, this time they took the opportunity to control the four prefectures of Tuyen Quang, Ha Giang, Guihua and Laizhou, controlling most of the city.
Long Mansion. In the long run, he will become a puppet. Leaving the Zheng family to check and balance the Mo family is a good move. However, Gu should also have a territory that he can directly control.
Li Weiyu thought for a while and said: "Gu can persuade the Ming army to withdraw and allow the Zheng family to continue to keep Thanh Hoa and Nghe An. However, the Zheng family must surrender to Gu and cede Jiaxing and Dien Bien to Gu."
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"Here, my king is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old." Ruan Renzheng hurriedly agreed and shouted to Li Weiyu Dancing Mountain.
Politics is such a bird of virtue. Just a moment ago, it was a fight between life and death, but in the next moment, it was shaking hands and making peace.
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Zhu Hengjia's edict came, asking Zhang Mingzhen to raid and lure him to surrender. Fight and talk at the same time, focusing on talking. The central point is to kill less people, spend less money, and do more things.
Zhang Mingzhen laughed and said, "It's just as expected."
Seeing that the power of the Mo family was growing day by day, he wanted to dominate Annan. He was worried that the Mo family would become the second Zheng family and would cause trouble to China over time. He wanted to remind Emperor Guangwu and knew about the relationship between the emperor and Princess Zhao, so he probably told the emperor
He refused to listen, so he decided to leave Zheng to contain Mo.
If he directly said that he should let the Zheng family go, he might not agree with Emperor Guangwu's character of being very happy with his achievements. Fortunately, this emperor was a miser and was notoriously afraid of spending money, so he simply offered a large fortress and surrounded it with iron walls.
The plan is a good plan, but it consumes too much money. Such an idea cannot be accomplished without more than a million taels. Sure enough, when Emperor Guangwu heard that it would cost so much money, he immediately ordered negotiations.
Zhang Mingzhen was secretly proud when he suddenly reported that Ruan Renzheng had arrived with a letter from Li Weiyu, King of Annan. He couldn't help but laugh, "A few days ago, I was trying to catch him and rejected this person. I was worried that I would not have a chance to change my life, so someone took the initiative to come.
Pass the ladder.
Sitting arrogantly in the commander's tent, he met with Ruan Renzheng, "Didn't I say that the commander-in-chief must surrender unconditionally? Why are you back?"
Ruan Renzheng was also a drama star, and he knelt down with a plop: "Commander, my lord Zheng Gen has surrendered Jiaxing and Dien Bien to the Second Palace, and surrendered to Annan King Li Weiyu. Li Weiyu is a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and my lord is
The ministers of Li Weiyou are naturally ministers of the Ming Dynasty. I wish to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation. If I violate this oath, both humans and gods will be abandoned. God has the virtue of good life, and your army is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. I ask the commander to allow my lord to surrender.
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It was reasonable, extremely humble, and gave China enough face. Zhang Mingzhen was very satisfied, pretended to think about it, and then agreed.
"In this case, I agree to your lord's surrender. Go back and tell Zheng Gen that you must serve the Celestial Empire faithfully, otherwise there will be unforeseen disasters.
After Zheng Gen surrendered, peace was finally restored in Annan, and a balance emerged between the various forces.
The Ming Dynasty did not stop its expansion. Yang Wu also lured the three ethnic groups of Monong, Ma and La, located between the Champa Kingdom and Guangnan Kingdom, to surrender. He reported to the imperial court and appointed the chiefs of the three tribes as pacification envoys. With Yang Wu's temperament, he also wanted to invade the Dongpu area (Jiading) of Zhenla Kingdom. The land in this area is fertile and the products are rich. Historically, Yang Yandi and Chen Shangchuan, the surviving ministers of the Ming Dynasty, once went into exile in Annan and captured this area on the orders of the Ruan family.
Zhu Hengjia firmly disagreed, saying that Zhenla was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and had always been submissive to the Ming Dynasty. Our country would never do such a treacherous thing. Only then did Yang Wu give up.
The Battle of Pingannan came to an end, and Zhu Hengjia ordered Yang Wu, Hu Zhigong, Ma Xuansheng, Feng Anping, and Huang Zhao to stay in Annan, while Zhang Mingzhen, Ruan Jin, and other dynasty generals returned with their troops.
Unexpectedly, when Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, was in Annan, he contracted an illness due to the unsuitable climate and soil, and died of illness on the way back to his army.
Zhu Hengjia was in great mourning and said to his ministers: "It is my loss to lose a minister like Zhang Mingzhen who dared to give direct advice!"
It was decreed that Zhang Mingzhen be granted the posthumous title of Duke of Dingxi, Shangzhu Kingdom, Crown Prince Taibao.
He also wrote the phrase "Recalling Wangsun·Si Zhang":
The strongest grass is the most difficult to find,
Put pen to paper and join the army with unremitting determination.