The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

In Kunning Palace.

Zhu Ying looked at Zhu Yunqi in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Since you have already made up your mind, I will call the envoys of Champa and ask them to cede a country as your vassal land."

Zhu Yunwen, who was sitting opposite, bowed happily: "Thank you, brother."

After Zhu Yunwen had a good talk with Li Jinglong, when he returned to the palace, he was even more pleasantly surprised when Lu said that Huang Zicheng was also willing to follow.

Then, under the urging of the Lu family, today Zhu Ying came to Kunning Palace and asked to occupy the city.

Facing Zhu Yunqi's request, Zhu Ying naturally agreed.

Now Zhu Gaochi is also going to the Wa country, obviously many princes and grandchildren are thinking of going overseas.

This atmosphere is good at the moment, and most of the princes and grandchildren still want to work hard to create a world by themselves.

No matter what, Daming will give a lot of support here, it depends on the future results.

For those with a relatively close relationship like Zhu Yunqi, Zhu Ying, as the eldest brother, arranged it himself.

After Zhu Yunwen left, Zhu Ying ordered Guo Zhong to call Champa's envoy from Tianjie Temple.

Let's talk about the matter of the vassal.

About an hour later, the Champa envoys came over.

"Cha Duo, the envoy of Champa, pays homage to His Royal Highness, Grandson of the Ming Dynasty."

Cha Duo is a middle-aged man, his dress is more Indian-style, and his accent also has the taste of Tianzhu.

This is because Champa is deeply influenced by Tianzhu culture, including domestic characters are all South Indian characters.

However, as an envoy to Ming Dynasty, he is relatively fluent in Chinese.

Zhu Ying nodded, and didn't bother to talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "My younger brother, Yunwen, the grandson, has now reached the age of becoming a feudal vassal."

"According to the current system of Ming Dynasty, my brother chose Champa as his place of residence."

"My palace will distribute 10 taels of silver as the money to buy Champa, and please send a message to the king of Champa from the envoys of Cha Duo on this matter."

Hearing this, Champa envoy Cha Duo was completely dumbfounded.

He didn't expect that when His Royal Highness the Grandson of Daming came here, he would directly ask for a country as the land of the emperor's grandson.

I didn't know how to answer for a while.

This is clearly beyond Cha Duo's comprehension.

The only thing that is more touching is the 10 taels of silver.

"His Royal Highness, this... I'm afraid this is not very good." Cha Duo didn't think much about it, and subconsciously refused.

After all, splitting his country directly to Daming would undoubtedly make him a sinner of Champa.

During the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, the king of Champa belonged to the Yuan Dynasty, and Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, named him the king of Champa, and Champa was established as a province.

Later, because the prince refused to accept it, Kublai Khan instigated them all to attack from the sea. The Yuan army won many times, but suffered many losses.

Kublai Khan sent his prince Tuo Huan to conquer by land, passing through the country of Dayue. King Chen Renzong of Dayue resisted him. Invite to attack the capital, and the capital is defeated and killed.

At the end of this campaign, Mongolia suffered numerous losses, Champa was able to protect the country, and Kublai Khan gave up attacking since then.

From the perspective of the Champa envoys, the Mongol Yuan failed to take down Champa at the beginning, so how can Ming Dynasty easily take down Champa now.

Zhu Ying said with a smile: "What's wrong with this, Champa belongs to fifteen countries, even if one country is given to my brother, there are still fourteen countries."

"The current situation in Champa, I think you know better. Annan has always wanted to conquer your country."

"Now the Annan King's Capital has [-] elites from my Ming Dynasty, and now the Daming Navy is invincible in the world."

"If it's from Annan, and the two sides at sea seize Champa, how long do you think you can resist it, or hide in the mountains and forests like a hundred years ago?"

"If my younger brother is in Champa, there will be no problems between Annan and Champa in the future, and the first stop of Daming's sea trade is now in your Champa, and there will be more sea trade in the future. Deepen the connection between Champa and Ming Dynasty."

"Let's talk about Zhancheng, which has been a part of our Central Plains dynasty since ancient times. That is, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Zhan people were united and killed the Xianglin county magistrate of Rinan County in the Han Dynasty, so as to become independent from our Central Plains and establish Champa country."

"I think you, as an envoy of Zhancheng, should have read a few history books about what I said, and you know it well in your heart."

"If we really want to pursue it, the entire city of Zhancheng should belong to my Ming Dynasty. Now it is just using your country to house my grandson of the Ming Dynasty. Why not?"

What Zhu Ying said was not talking nonsense, but it was indeed recorded in the historical records.

If it weren't for the chaos in the Central Plains at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there would be no such thing as the Champa Kingdom, which is just a county of the Central Plains Dynasty.

From Daming's point of view, now it is just a country to place a vassal king. If the Champa Kingdom is so ignorant, there is no need for it to exist.

Beads of sweat rolled down the forehead of Cha Duo, the Champa envoy, and his back was completely soaked.

He was thinking of something good at first, but he didn't expect it to be like this in the end.

It's just that Cha Duo, the envoy of Zhancheng, couldn't find any words of refusal from the grandson of Ming Dynasty.

Even after hesitating for a while, he didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Zhu Ying said, "It seems that the envoy Cha Duo is dissatisfied with my proposal."

"I would like to ask the envoy Cha Duo to tell me what he is dissatisfied with. Do you think the one hundred thousand silver given by the palace is too little?"

Hearing this, Cha Duo knew that he had no choice but to remain silent. After thinking about it for a while, he could only bite the bullet and say, "Reporting to Your Highness, this matter is of great importance. I have no choice but to write a letter back to Champa. , let's see how the king thinks about it."

So far, Cha Duo can only push this matter to his king.

Zhu Ying asked: "If I remember correctly, King Zhancheng should be your younger brother."

"According to my Great Ming's system of heirs, the position of king of Zhancheng should have been occupied by you Chaduo, but now due to some external reasons, your brother has become the throne."

"He was afraid that you would have an impact on his rule in Champa, so he asked you to come to Daming as the envoy of Champa."

"I heard from the monk official of Tianjie Temple that you have been in Daming for more than five years. When you first came to Daming, you couldn't even speak Chinese, so you had to find someone else to teach you."

"Don't you think that one day, you can go back to Champa?"

"Your wife and son are all in Champa."

Prior to this, Zhu Ying had already found out the details of Cha Duo.

It was not a secret that Cha Duo was in Champa, and the reason why his younger brother became king had a lot to do with the religious belief in Champa.

Because of the influence of Tianzhu culture, even as the eldest son, Cha Duo failed to inherit the throne smoothly, but was inherited by his younger brother.

There are some intricacies here, and Zhu Ying doesn't bother to understand them in depth.

You only need to know that when Cha Duo came to Daming, his wife and children were almost taken as hostages in Champa.

Here is Zhu Ying's breakthrough.

Cha Duo never expected that His Royal Highness, the grandson of Daming, would know him so well. If he hadn't inquired, how could he know these things.

In fact, when it came to this point, Cha Duo understood in his heart what His Highness the Grandson wanted.

He wanted to agree to the conditions set by him as an envoy of Champa.

As long as he has this handle, even if his younger brother King Champa does not agree to cede the land, there is no way to gain a firm foothold in righteousness.

Daming, who has an excuse, will not care too much about King Zhancheng's intentions.

I will send troops directly to get it myself.

Cha Duo also knew about the fact that [-] elites went to Annan, so it was a great threat to Champa.

And Annan himself had the idea of ​​​​invading Champa, but because of some domestic problems in recent years, he has not been able to do it.

"Cha Duo, you have to know that the grandson of Emperor Yunwen is my younger brother, and his feudal land must be resolved."

"Don't think that what Meng Yuan didn't do, I can't do it in Ming Dynasty. Look at the current Wa country, how many troops were damaged by Meng Yuan at the beginning, but under my Daming Bingfeng, they still have to surrender."

"Now that the sea ban has been lifted, more Ming merchant ships will pass through Champa in the future. If there is no place for me, Daming, how can people feel at ease."

"Besides, it's impossible for you to think that you will stay in the capital all your life. In Champa, you still have your wife and children waiting hard."

"Now you can have some credit for this matter. It is not a big problem for me to send some people to help you bring your wife and children to the capital."

Under Zhu Ying's soft and hard tactics, Cha Duo finally compromised.

This result is already doomed. If Daming really goes to attack the Zhancheng Kingdom, it will not be a matter of letting a country go.

Maybe at that time, a bunch of royal relatives will come to grab the territory.

After finishing the ideological struggle, Cha Duo took a long breath, and then said, "I will follow His Royal Highness Taisun's arrangement."

The next thing became much simpler, and Zhu Ying immediately ordered someone to draft a letter of credence to Champa.

There are two sections of the same content in the national book, the difference is that one is written in Chinese characters, and the other is written in Nantianzhu script.

As for the Nandina characters, Cha Duo is naturally responsible for writing and translating them.

After finishing writing, it will be affixed with the seal of the envoy of Chado Champa.

Holding this thing, Zhu Ying went to ask the old man to stamp it.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the content of the letter of credence, and scolded with a smile: "You boy, why did you do such a thing as stealing and usurping? Of course, King Champa will obediently give up a country to Yun because of this letter of credence." Wen is a feudal domain?"

"Besides, it is also written in your national book that one hundred thousand silver was exchanged for the Rili Kingdom. We also know a little about Champa. Among the fifteen countries under your command, only Jiuzhou, Wuli, Rili, and Wuli Ma, pulling a few places is not bad."

"Don't say it's 50 silver, it's [-], a million taels. If we can exchange Rili without fighting, that's a big deal for us."

Zhu Ying said with a smile: "Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in all battles."

"Grandson has been inquiring about Champa for many years. Although the king of Champa has ascended to the throne through some means, he is actually an idiot."

"In addition to believing in Buddhism and worshiping Buddha every day, I can almost say that I don't care about some domestic affairs."

"Annan is in such a situation. The country is in chaos, and he can suppress Champa to a large extent, thanks to the current king of Champa."

"When my grandson sent a letter to King Champa, he would also send a letter to Annan, asking us to send [-] to [-] elites stationed in Annan to wander around the border and put some pressure on them."

"On the side of the Champa royal family, the grandson also bought some officials and promised them great profits. I think they will be willing to agree to this."

"Grandpa doesn't know that those officials in Champa are the most greedy for money. It's not a big problem to buy them off."

Hearing what Dasun said, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and took Yuxi over, and then pressed it on the letter of credence.

"Okay, let's see how Dasun managed to obtain Champa so easily."

"But let's talk about the ugly words first. If the other side really disagrees, it will not be that simple to attack Zhancheng again. You have to plan carefully."

"Now that our Ming Dynasty is fighting everywhere, it is not a good thing for other small countries. If we do too much and can't get benefits, it will easily inspire many other small countries to boycott us."

Zhu Yuanzhang also had some concerns about these words.

In the last two years, Daming has frequently mobilized troops, fought against the Wa Kingdom, and fought on the grasslands.

There was also a battle in Yunnan at the end of last year.

Although there is no loss in victory, but because of the new vassal system, this makes the surrounding countries a little uneasy.

I'm afraid that one day a feudal land will be installed.

This has affected the stability of Daming today.

Confronting the army with multiple lines was originally a taboo, which could easily lead to turmoil in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Ying said with a smile; "Grandson understands, please don't worry, grandpa, grandson will let King Champa agree to this matter."

"As long as no troops are mobilized, other small countries will naturally not take this matter too seriously."

"Furthermore, Champa is different from Japan. It is actually written in the historical records that in the Han Dynasty, it was the county of our Central Plains Dynasty. The former king of Champa was treasonous and killed the county magistrate. city."

"In righteousness, we are reasonable."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

This actually makes sense, but in fact Champa has been independent for many years.

It has been thousands of years since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It seems a bit difficult to use the events of thousands of years ago to describe the current events.

But the truth is here, no matter how you say it, it can be regarded as a reputation.

Even if the troops are really mobilized, it can be said that they are famous as a teacher.

"Okay, you have taken care of Yun Wen's affairs. With a big brother like you, you are lucky to come to Yun Wen."

"Let's see how King Zhancheng responds."

After Zhu Yuanzhang handed the letter of credence to Zhu Ying, he patted his shoulder and said.