The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 657 Becoming a Subsidiary of Ming Dynasty

"Isn't he afraid of my mutiny?"

Angkor Dynasty.

After the King of Chenla announced that the Grand Prince of Chenla was the heir, the court meeting ended directly.

Suddenly, that didn't talk to Gao Xiangping.

After the meeting, Gao Xiangping's face was ashen.

He also wanted to speak forcefully at the hall meeting, but he suppressed it in the end.

After all, he is not yet a rebel, and he also needs to follow the rules of the hall. At this time, he forcibly resists. Who knows what His Majesty the King who is about to die will do.

Of course, the most important thing is that he is a bit apprehensive, not knowing what kind of support the Great Prince of Chenla has obtained from Daming in the coastal port.

His Majesty the King suddenly dared to be so strong, he must have a trump card.

"Wait for the news, our people will be able to bring back information about Daming to the port by tonight at the latest."

"At this time, remember not to act rashly. You were right in not embarrassing His Majesty at the palace meeting."

It was Gu Luozhi who spoke, which is equivalent to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Households of the Ming Dynasty.

The two are in charge of Zhenla's money bags and military power respectively, so they can fight against King Huerna and help the third prince to ascend to the throne.

"I always have a bad premonition that Daming will support the eldest prince very much. According to the news from the envoy, Sultana has married the grandson of Daming."

"Sultana is so beautiful, she must have been favored by the grandson of Ming Dynasty."

"We shouldn't have let Sultana go to Daming in the first place. Who knew she would meet the grandson of Daming."

"Now it's letting us tie our hands and feet."

Gao Xiangping expressed strong regret in his tone.

Originally, as a princess of the Kingdom of Chenla, especially when she was so beautiful, it was impossible for her to have the opportunity to go to Daming.

It was because he knew that the prince of Chenla planned to exchange Sultana for support from the general of the Lancang Kingdom, so he made a plan to encourage Sultana to go to Daming.

In their plan, as the most important bargaining chip of the great prince of Chenla, Sultana left Chenla.

It's not just a few years in Ming Dynasty, the king's condition is so serious, there must be no chance of coming back.

Who would have thought that the grandson of Daming, who is rich all over the world, would also fall in love with this Sultana and really become a concubine.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it is like this, according to the normal situation, Daming has no time to support the Prince of Chenla.

But it happened that Daming came up with the ocean-going fleet again, and now he came to Chenla, which happened to be when the king of Chenla was most seriously ill.

In the luxurious mansion, the two frowned.

I always feel that this time the prince of Chenla is very likely to take the throne directly.

"If he becomes king, he will deal with both of us."

After a while, Gao Xiang said quietly.

The battle for the throne is often bloody.

Once the competition fails, the consequences are obvious.

In fact, in history, the eldest prince of Chenla, Sanle Popiya, eventually became king, and it was not because of Sultana's relationship.

It was to take advantage of the day when King Khurna died.

The eldest prince of Chenla was forced to have no choice but to secretly plan to bring more than 1000 palace guards, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the two, forcibly beheading them, and then announcing his crime.

This kind of drastic action left many of his followers without a leader, and only then did he successfully sit on the throne.

However, because of this mutiny, Chenla's military power was dispersed, thus planting the seeds of destruction.

Angkor was eventually captured by Siam.

"The prince of Chenla is still in the port, and it is impossible to come back so soon."

"If...if His Majesty the King dies in these two days, and the third prince takes the throne first, then even if the eldest prince of Chenla comes back, it should be too late."

After a long time, Gao Xiangping said.

Gu Luozhi was slightly silent.

He knew that Gao Xiang wanted to mutiny and seize Angkor because of this.

Theoretically speaking, it is very possible.

"The general of the Ayutthaya dynasty. We met last year. I can write him a letter and ask them to attack the city. At worst, I will give them two more cities."

"It's only in chaos that we have a chance."

"Daming's ocean-going fleet only has 6 to [-] people. Even if it has a strong force, not all of them will come to support the prince."

"This is our only chance."

Gu Luozhi's eyes flickered, as he controlled all the financial power, he would naturally be instigated by the Ayutthaya Dynasty.

I am still loyal to Chenla and Guluozhi.

But at this juncture, it is not impossible to sell Zhenla's interests.

The frontier army in Chenla is in the hands of the king. Only by drawing their energy can they carry out a coup better.

"Okay, let's do it like this." Gao Xiang said with a nod.

A coup d'etat is a matter of secrecy, speed, and taking advantage of people's unpreparedness.

More than [-] troops took away the palace of Chenla.

With mental calculations or unintentional calculations, the King of Chenla was completely imprisoned, and the entire Angkor was controlled by Gao Xiangping.

But even so, the third prince has no way to inherit the throne.

Because King Huerna is not dead yet.

Even if there was a coup d'état, Gao Xiangping didn't dare to kill the lord, he could only wait for Huerna's death.

"Is His Royal Highness still dead?"

Gao Xiang asked the doctor in a gloomy tone.

The doctor just shook his head: "Although His Majesty's condition is very serious, he has been persisting."

"How long will it take?" Gao Xiangping asked.

The doctor spread his hands: "Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe half a month, no one can say for sure."

Gao Xiang was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he didn't dare to give the order for the doctor to kill the king.

Chenla has been inherited for 600 years, and there have been many battles for the throne in history.

There are successes and there are failures.

But there is a bottom line that requires the entire Chenla to abide by the rules, that is, the king cannot be murdered.

Whoever murders the king, all the nobles can oppose him.

Even Summitt, who only wrote to King Khurna about the coastal situation, hinted at his suicide, but did not dare to speak out.

Being able to pass on for 600 years, some rules have been deeply rooted in the hearts of nobles.

Gao Xiangping didn't dare to take this risk.

Fortunately, on the fourth day after the coup, the Siamese army approached, making the Chenla army on the border unable to return to Angkor.

This is the method of Gu Luozhi, who secretly gave him no idea how much money he gave, and even promised to cede the two cities after the matter is completed.

One of them is the important city of Chenla.

As for the third prince, he was almost like a puppet.

A coup was attempted in his name, but he had no right to speak at all.

The news quickly reached the port along the coast of Chenla.

The eldest prince of Chenla was shocked directly, he did not expect that these people would dare to stage a coup d'etat.

Regarding this point, it was something that Summitt hadn't thought of.

"Now we can only rely on Ming's ocean-going fleet."

Samit said in a low voice.

They have no escape route to speak of.

According to estimates, the prince of Chenla now has only more than 2000 soldiers and horses.

Even including the soldiers on the port side, there are not 2 people in total.

In Angkor, there are [-] soldiers, and they still guard the city.

At first glance, the Grand Prince of Chenla has no chance.

Even with the addition of Li Jinglong's soldiers and horses, the scale is only 4.

Moreover, it is impossible for Daming to send all the people here.

Angkor is the royal capital of Chenla that has been passed down for 600 years. It has a strong and towering city wall. Let alone tens of thousands of people, even 10,000+ people cannot be captured in a short time.

"There are very powerful artillery on the big ship of Ming Dynasty. If the Duke of Ming Dynasty is willing to let these artillery help, even the city walls of Angkor cannot stop it."

"Now we have to see if Daming is willing to help us."

Summit's voice echoed in the ears of the Grand Prince of Chenla.

Another layer of meaning in these words is that under such circumstances, it is inevitable to pay a higher price to invite Daming.

"No matter how much they pay, even if Zhenla becomes a vassal state of Ming Dynasty from then on, they cannot be allowed to succeed."

The eldest prince of Chenla said slowly.

In fact, this matter has been something that the prince of Chenla has been thinking about for the past few days.

Because in his mind, he was about to become the king of Chenla.

But for the future development direction of Chenla, he can't see any hope at all.

The Ayutthaya dynasty of Siam is now becoming more and more powerful, retreating step by step on the border.

The eldest prince of Chenla knows how much he is, let alone lead Chenla to counterattack Siam, it is unknown that he can completely control the military power.

Without the influence of external forces, Chenla may only be able to give up Angkor.

The location of Angkor is too close to Siam, especially the loss of several key territories.

That was originally the territory controlled by the natal family of the great prince of Chenla.

It took less than three days for the Siamese army that broke through the border to approach Angkor City.

The reason why the great prince of Chenla would have such an idea.

It is because in the last chat with the Duke of Ming, the Duke of Ming proposed to intervene and mediate Siam's aggression against Chenla.

It was only when the Great Prince of Chenla turned his head that he realized how powerful Daming is now.

Chenla is close to Champa, and there are currently Daming navy stationed in the waters of Champa.

This is equivalent to the entire South Seas, which has been controlled by Ming.

Seeing the treasure ships of Ming Dynasty, one can understand that in today's world, no fleet of any country can compete with Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention the great influence of Ming Dynasty on the Southeast Asian countries.

Just in terms of trade, it has affected the interests of almost all nobles.

To be Daming's younger brother, the eldest prince of Chenla doesn't have any psychological burden. Instead, it depends on whether Daming is willing to accept this younger brother.

Immediately afterwards, the Grand Prince of Chenla took Samit to meet the Duke of Ming again.

"It seems that there is a big problem in the prince's country."

"About the Angkor matter, I have received news here. At this time, I have sent someone to convey my meaning to Siam, asking it to withdraw its troops and return to the city, and not to interfere with the affairs of Angkor City."

Li Jinglong spoke first.

For Li Jinglong, it was just a matter of passing an order, which was relatively simple.

As for whether Siam will be obedient, Li Jinglong doesn't care.

However, there is a high probability that the Ayutthaya dynasty will not go against Daming's wishes.

The eldest prince of Chenla was quite pleasantly surprised when he heard this.

He didn't expect that the Duke of Ming would really help him sincerely.

If the worries on the border are relieved, then he can let the frontier army return to Angkor, so there is a great chance of winning.

"If the eldest prince doesn't mind, I can mobilize a hundred cannons from the ship and bombard the gate of Angkor City for a day and a night."

Li Jinglong said with a smile again.

Artillery is the siege weapon of Ming Dynasty.

The city on the Nanyang side is said to be a high wall, but it is actually the size of Daming County, and it cannot withstand the bombardment of cannons at all.

For things like siege, don't be too simple.

Samit and the prince of Chenla did not expect happiness to come so suddenly, and immediately expressed their gratitude to Li Jinglong with a big gift.

Li Jinglong just smiled and didn't speak.

Already familiar with the habits of the Duke of Ming, the great prince of Chenla, Sanlie Popiya, immediately stated that as long as he can become the king of Chenla, then Chenla will be the most loyal vassal state of Ming in the future.

The laws of Ming Dynasty will be implemented in Chenla.

He himself would even go to the Great Ming Capital in person to accept the canonization of the Great Emperor.

Li Jinglong was also shocked.

He didn't expect the eldest prince of Chenla to be so direct.

Although as far as the present is concerned, in terms of tribute trade, all the countries that are close to Ming Dynasty are professed to Ming Dynasty in name, but in fact, Da Ming has no power over it.

Even in the letter Timur wrote to Daming, he still regarded himself as a minister.

But Chenla's behavior is tantamount to becoming a de facto vassal state.

The vassal state is completely different, it means that the succession of the king of Zhenla needs to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty.

This gave Daming the power to garrison Chenla.

The most important thing is that such a thing can be regarded as a great credit to Li Jinglong.

A big country like Chenla, which has been passed down for 600 years, has become a vassal of Ming Dynasty. Such a huge achievement is completely equivalent to the canonization of the Duke.

It is tantamount to expanding the territory of Ming Dynasty.

Cao Guogong's title is hereditary, but now Li Jinglong himself already has merits comparable to the Duke of the State.

"Elder Prince, don't worry, the affairs of Chenla are my Ming's affairs, and I will definitely do my best to help the Eldest Prince put down the domestic rebellion."

Li Jinglong said without hesitation.

This gave the great prince of Chenla the confidence to take back Angkor.

While integrating forces along the coast.

Li Jinglong's letter also spread to Siam.

It was only a brief hesitation, and the Siamese side chose to withdraw its troops regardless of the promise of Chenla Minister Lonely.

In Siam, everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the Ming Dynasty Ocean Fleet, which represents great wealth.

Besides, Siam had no intention of offending Daming at all, but hoped to go to Daming more for tribute trade and get more porcelain and silk.

There is absolutely no need to be so anxious about the occupation of Chenla.

The king of the Ayutthaya dynasty didn't think Chenla would pose any danger to Siam.

The strength of Siam is constantly rising, and it is the most stupid behavior to offend the God of Wealth for a few cities.

Moreover, this is not in the interests of the Siamese nobles.

Now, it was the turn of the rebel forces in Angkor Thom to panic.

(End of this chapter)