My father Yong Le Emperor, you let me keep a low profile

Chapter 102 Is Xie Jin alive?
"Father... woo woo woo..."

As soon as Zhu Gaoyu stepped into the luxuriously decorated palace, he saw Dona crying on the bedside.

"How's it going?"

Zhu Gaoyu looked over, and was sent in by him to protect Donna Zuojun.

Zuo Jun looked around and replied in a low voice: "The old king's eldest son is dead, he died in the afternoon."

"The old king woke up once when his eldest son died, but when he received the news, he vomited a mouthful of blood and passed out again. He still hasn't woken up yet."

Zhu Gaoyu nodded, and told him: "You lead people to guard the palace first, and when Jia Hui arrives, let him directly control the entire palace, and any rioters will be killed without mercy!"

Xinzhou Port is more than 100 miles away from the king of Champa. In order to hurry, Zhu Gaoyu led the cavalry to rush over first.

"Yes!"

Zuo Jun responded, ordered the monkey to protect Zhu Gaoyu, and turned around to carry out the order.

After the main hall was controlled first, Zhu Gaoyu walked to the old king's bedside.

At this time, the old king was not as radiant as he was a few days ago, and his fat face was filled with lifelessness. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that his life was not long.

"Let Doctor Zhou take a look first, don't be too sad, I'm here for everything!"

Helping up Donna who was crying, Zhu Gaoyu said a few words of comfort, and then gestured to Imperial Physician Zhou who was following behind.

Doctor Zhou stepped forward, glanced at the old king, and shook his head secretly.

As it is, is there still a need to look at it, preparing for the funeral is more useful than wasting time here.

But His Highness has already ordered, not to mention dying, even a corpse, he has to touch it a few times.

Feeling the pulse that was almost imperceptible, Doctor Zhou put on a show for a long time, got up and shook his head.

"Your Highness, the king of Zhancheng has run out of fuel and is exhausted."

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu father!"

Dona, who was still expecting a miracle, saw that Daming's imperial physician had no choice but couldn't bear his emotions anymore, and threw himself into Zhu Gaoyu's arms, crying loudly.

In this regard, Zhu Gaoyu could only comfort him lightly.

After a while, he looked at Imperial Physician Zhou, "Can you let him wake up and see Dona for the last time."

Doctors who can enter the palace have some skills in their hands.

Zhu Gaoyu had heard that Chinese medicine has a way to wake up a comatose person, so he asked tentatively.

"Yes!"

I didn't have any hope at first, but I didn't expect that Zhou Taiyi nodded and agreed directly.

He opened the small box he carried with him, took out a few silver needles, and pricked the old king a few times.

With a muffled grunt, the unconscious old king slowly opened his eyes.

"Father!"

Seeing his father wake up, Dona seemed to have found the backbone, and hurried to his side, looking at the old king excitedly.

"Dona!"

The old king who woke up was confused for a while, and it took him a long time to recognize the person in front of him, and he gave a weak cry.

"At most two quarters of an hour, Her Royal Highness should hurry up."

Doctor Zhou reminded me, carried my suitcase, and went outside to wait.

The old king, who also heard the reminder, searched around, and he was relieved when he saw Zhu Gaoyu standing beside him.

Slowly stretched out his hand and looked at Zhu Gaoyu.

Zhu Gaoyu stepped forward and grabbed his hand and asked, "What's your order? I'm here to listen."

The old king nodded his head with difficulty, and pulled Zhu Gaoyu's hand to his daughter's with all his might, allowing them to hold each other.

"His Royal Highness Yu, I will entrust Dona to you. Now that I am dead, there will be some turmoil in the country. Please take her away from this place of right and wrong for the sake of my old man."

Hearing the old king's final entrustment, Zhu Gaoyu nodded heavily.

"Don't worry, I've made a decision to marry Dona as my side concubine. From now on, she will be my king's wife, and no one can bully her."

"Your throne, I will also help you settle it, and will not cause any turmoil in your country."

Hearing this assurance, the old king showed a relieved smile.

Now that his two sons are dead, apart from a few granddaughters, he has no other relatives. The only thing he can't let go of is this daughter.

Now that his daughter has been entrusted to him, and he is also the powerful Prince of Ming, he is officially relieved.

"Thanks…"

As soon as the old king said Xie, his body froze suddenly, and the hand held by his daughter dropped heavily.

"Father!"

Dona cried out in grief, and threw himself on the old king's body, weeping loudly.

Beside Zhu Gaoyu, the old king who didn't close his eyes when he saw death, sighed slightly, reached out to help him close his eyes, took a embroidered square handkerchief, and covered his face.

"Call the envoy!"

Instead of comforting Donna who was crying bitterly, Zhu Gaoyu asked someone to call the accompanying envoys over.

There's a lot to do now, and it's not the time to be in love.

"Your Highness!"

The envoy who was called over heard the crying in the hall, his eyes showed a touch of excitement, and bowed down to Zhu Gaoyu who was waiting.

Zhu Gaoyu said with a sad expression: "The old king just passed away."

"My lord... woo woo woo..."

The envoy who just got up knelt on the ground again, not knowing whether it was true or not, and burst into tears.

"Dong dong dong..."

After letting him cry for a while, Zhu Gaoyu knocked on the armrest of the chair.

The envoy, who was howling loudly, stopped immediately, without any trace of sadness on his face, and looked at Zhu Gaoyu expectantly.

"Before he died, the old king entrusted me to support Dona to become the queen of Champa and take over his throne as the superior kingdom of Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, Shengming!"

The envoy was flattering, and as for whose flattering he was, only he knew in his own mind.

"It's a pity that the old king left too hastily and didn't make an edict to pass on the throne, and I don't know much about your country's customs, so I want you to come over and help write it."

Zhu Gaoyu explained the reason for letting the other party come.

When the envoy heard that this was the matter, he patted his chest and agreed without hesitation.

Zhu Gaoyu asked someone to fetch a pen and paper, and watched the other party write in person.

After finishing writing, Zhu Gaoyu asked the accompanying translator to read it. After confirming that there was no problem, he personally picked up the king's seal of Champa Kingdom and stamped it.

Later, I did not forget to sign my name on the witnesses and stamp the king's seal of the king of Yue.

"Your Highness, Captain Jia Hui is here."

As soon as the imperial edict was written, Zuo Jun ran over and reported to the first guard of Hujiao Battalion who had rushed over and took control of the entire royal city.

"It came just right!"

Zhu Gaoyu showed a satisfied smile, took out two copies of the imperial edict, and handed one copy to the envoy.

"Now you are Minister Tuogu of the Champa Kingdom, go and announce the old king's decision to the people."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The envoy took the imperial edict with both hands, took a deep breath excitedly, and strode out of the palace under the protection of the soldiers sent by Zhu Gaoyu.

Seeing the figure disappearing at the gate of the palace, Zhu Gaoyu suddenly raised his hand and rubbed the center of his eyebrows.

Then he put it down naturally, turned around and entered the old king's bedroom, comforted his side concubine, and helped with the old king's funeral by the way.

A few quarters of an hour later, Zuo Jun hurried into the palace and reported bad news to Zhu Gaoyu.

The envoy who was going to convey the edict was assassinated by the old king's nephew Yu Nie after announcing the edict, and died on the spot.

Zhu Gaoyu sighed because of this, and ordered Zuo Jun to settle his family well, and buried the envoy generously, and recorded all his achievements so that future generations could know.

The old king died suddenly, and the news that Princess Dona became the Queen of Champa quickly spread throughout the country.

The sudden news stunned the people of Champa, and it took a long time to digest it.

To be honest, if it is not certain that all of this is an accident, many people think that all of this may have been planned by Princess Dona.

No way, it's too much of a coincidence.

First the eldest prince fell ill, and then the second prince who rushed back was assassinated. All this was more a coincidence than an accident.

Although there were various speculations among the people, Princess Dona, who was supported by Daming, still succeeded in ascending the throne.

However, it is unexpected.

The princess, who had just ascended the throne, announced that she would learn the rules of Ming Dynasty and keep a filial piety for her father for three years.

During these three years, her husband, His Royal Highness the King of Yue, will be in charge of the affairs of the Champa Kingdom.

At the same time, it was announced that she was only temporarily taking over the throne, and when she and Zhu Gaoyu had a child, she would pass the throne to the child and continue to inherit the Champa Kingdom.

Regarding Queen Dona's decision, the Champa Kingdom is both happy and worried.

The good news is that His Royal Highness the King of Yue is in control of a huge fleet. The next His Royal Highness, who is temporarily in charge of the affairs of the Champa Kingdom, will definitely give great support to the Champa Kingdom in terms of business.

What is sad is that their Queen has half of the blood of Daming, and now she is married to the Prince of Ming.

In the future, the children of the two of them can already be called complete Daming people.

In this way, the future royal family will be the royal family of Champa Kingdom or the Wang family of Ming Dynasty.

In the Queen's bedroom in Wangcheng.

Zhu Gaoyu looked at the girl in his arms, who had fallen asleep due to exhaustion, and showed a satisfied smile.

The little girl in front of her is not stupid, she knows that with her knowledge and means, she can't control the throne at all.

So on the day the old king got married in front of his coffin, while giving himself all to his husband, he also handed over the entire Champa Kingdom to his husband.

She intends to become the little woman behind her husband and child, as the nanny said.

But when giving all this, she made a request to Zhu Gaoyu.

That is, in the future when the two have children, the area of ​​Champa will be managed by their children, which can be regarded as inheriting the blood of the old king.

To this, Zhu Gaoyu fully agreed.

Let's not mention whether the two of them will have children in the future, even if they have children, so what if they are given, they are all their own cubs, and they cannot fall into the hands of outsiders.

It can be said that Zhu Gaoyu's career in Zhancheng Kingdom went very smoothly. Not only did he get a queen's wife for nothing, but he also took down the entire Champa Kingdom without bloodshed.

The benefits of taking Champa can be said to be many.

Not only expanded its territory, but also opened a stable commercial port.

And you can also use Champa to obtain the various resources you need in Southeast Asia.

Although there are many benefits, there are also headaches.

With the task of opening up the West, it is impossible for Zhu Gaoyu to stay here for a long time.

So he needs a capable person to help him take care of the entire Champa Kingdom.

Zhu Gaoyu has no shortage of generals who can fight, and no shortage of engineers who study various technologies. The only thing he lacks is officials who are good at management.

The only person under his command who is good at this aspect is Haisheng. Most of the others are mediocre, and they can manage one township and one county.

Occupying such a large territory in the city, and it is also related to Zhu Gaoyu's follow-up plans, it is really difficult for an official with average ability to be qualified for this position.

In fact, Zhu Gaoyu is not the only one who has such a problem, his father also encountered this problem back then, otherwise he would not have recruited many officials after he ascended the throne.

If it wasn't for Yao Guangxiao, Empress Xu, and Zhu Pangpang to support him in the early stage, how could his father have such a stable logistics.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoyu couldn't help sighing.

"It would be great if the eldest brother was my son!"

In Jinling, Zhu Pangpang, who was still working late at night, sneezed, looked around, scratched his head, and continued to lower his head to correct the work assigned by his father.

Zhu Gaoyu understood that having a son like a big brother was just wishful thinking.

Even if his son has that ability and is still breastfeeding now, it will be more than ten years before he can use it.

Frowning, Zhu Gaoyu began to think about what other talents his father hadn't discovered.

Yu Qian who followed the fleet counted as one, but he was still too immature at the moment, and he was not suitable for taking action yet.

After thinking about it, a person appeared in Zhu Gaoyu's mind.

Zhou Xin, the procuratorate of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, is a clean and honest official, good at solving cases, because he offended Jin Yiwei, he was wrongly imprisoned!

A brief introduction appeared in his mind, and Zhu Gaoyu recalled the history.

It seems that this person is still locked up in Jinyiwei Imperial Prison. In the 11th year of Yongle, he was slandered by Ji Gangjin, who angered the old man and was killed.

But now that Ji Gang is dead, Zhu Gaoyu doesn't know whether the other party is dead or alive.

Thinking of this person's ability, Zhu Gaoyu, who was in urgent need of talents, didn't care so much, took out the arm that the beauty was resting on, got up and came to the table, began to write letters, and asked the old man for someone.

Not only this Zhou Xin, Zhu Gaoyu also mentioned several people.

These guys were all thrown into Jinyiwei Prison for self-reflection because they offended the old man, including Xie Jin, the editor of Yongle Dadian.

Zhu Gaoyu is thirsty for talent now, although he has the idea of ​​establishing a new school and cultivating talents in his heart, but the top priority still needs some people to support him.

After finishing writing the letter to the old man, Zhu Gaoyu also wrote a letter to Haisheng, asking him to go to Champa and take care of it temporarily, and make other arrangements when Zhu Gaoyu returns from overseas.

Haisheng arrived very quickly, and arrived in Champa in less than half a month.

"Your Highness, congratulations!"

As soon as Haisheng came up, he bowed his hands with a smile on his face.

The Champa Kingdom fell into the hands of His Highness, and he didn't want to know what was wrong with it.

Although he is upright and dares to speak out, this is only for the people of his own country, only for Zhu Gaoyu.

As a counselor, he is well aware of the importance of Champa to Zhu Gaoyu.

With this area, Zhu Gaoyu's future plans will come alive.

Zhu Gaoyu smiled and waved his hands, "It's all a coincidence. I didn't expect to encounter these things just at the beginning of going to sea."

Seeing that Zhu Gaoyu was cheap and good-looking, Haisheng smiled and didn't comment on it.

"Okay, I'm in a hurry here, there are plenty of opportunities after chatting."

Zhu Gaoyu greeted Haisheng into the main hall, introduced Dona to him, and told the two about the management of Champa.

Dona didn't like government affairs, so Zhu Gaoyu handed everything over to Haisheng, and Dona just signed and confirmed it.

He left some manpower behind for Haisheng, and explained some things to him emphatically.

After arranging everything, Zhu Gaoyu did not stay in Champa, and set off with the fleet to the south the next day.

It wasn't long before Zhu Gaoyu set off here, and before he reached the next supply point, the letter he asked for was in the hands of the old man.

"This kid is more ruthless than me."

"But that's right. A king can't achieve great things without some means."

Looking at the contents of the letter, the old man smiled meaningfully.

He didn't believe that Champa was an accident.

If this happened to his eldest son, he would definitely believe it.

The fourth son Zhu Gaoyu, he is 100 do not believe.

However, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, for no reason, the actual control of the country has increased by a large area, and it is too late for the old man to be happy.

After looking at the list of Zhu Gaoyu's VIPs, the old man frowned, and after a moment of contemplation, someone called Hou Liang over.

"Sambo, go and call Jian Yi over!"

Zheng He, who had been promoted to the eunuch in charge of ceremonies, just sent someone to pass on Hou Liang, when the old man asked him to call Jian Yi, the official secretary.

Although the people Zhu Gaoyu wants can be independent, they are still a bit weak in coordinating the overall situation.

Since he has made up his mind to support the fourth son and control the entire Southeast Asia region, it is still necessary to send him a right-hand man.

The old man thought for a long time, and finally decided to send one of his trump cards, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to him.

Xia Yuan Guitar is really reluctant, so he can only choose Jian Yi.

Ever since the incident of Yan Shenggong, the old man has had a grudge against this trump card he once trusted.

In his mind, the other party had a close relationship with the Kong family. Although the northern Kong family had been wiped out, it was unclear what the other party had to do with the southern Kong family.

A Minister of the Ministry of Officials has unusual feelings for a certain family, and it is easy to have his own ideas about the deployment of officials.

So the old man thought about it for a long time, in order to prevent the tail from getting lost afterwards, and finally decided to let this backbone move its position.

The old man had several candidates in his mind who could serve as Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the imperial court, and Jian Yi's presence or absence didn't actually have much influence.

But my youngest son is different. Without an assistant in charge of the overall situation, it is inconvenient to do many things.

As for his fourth son, whether he can accept these people depends on his own ability.

Hou Liang, commander of Jin Yiwei, was the first to rush over.

Seeing that Jian Yi might be busy with something and would come back later, the old man wanted to make a decision on Zhou Xin and the others first.

"Zhou Xin, Xie Jin and others, are they still alive?"

The old man had no other meaning when he asked this question.

Several of them were literati with thin bodies, and in the harsh environment of Jinyiwei Imperial Prison, they might get sick and die if they didn't pay attention.

What he meant was to ask whether these people died in an accident.

But there are some things that people can't stand thinking about.

When Hou Liang heard the old man's words, he thought that the old man was dissatisfied with how many people were still alive, so he immediately knelt down and said, "I will deal with it immediately!"

After finishing speaking, he retreated outside.

Seeing Hou Liang who was backing away, the old man was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to react, and he knocked on the table vigorously.

"You idiot, come back to me!"

Hou Liang hurried back and knelt down on the ground again.

"You idiot, where are you going? I'm just asking you if they died in an accident in Jinyiwei Prison. If they don't die, I have to wait for use."

"Where are you going, you bastard?"

Hou Liang, who was scolded by the old man all over his face, looked dazed, feeling that he was thinking too much.

"Why are you still standing here? Go back and see if they are dead. If they are not dead, pack them up and send them to Qiongzhou."

"The minister takes orders."

Realizing that he had indeed misunderstood, Hou Liang kowtowed in embarrassment, and ran out quickly.

"Damn it, if you don't have that kind of brain, don't think about it. Fortunately, I have reacted, otherwise Xiao Si will know, and I don't know how to blame me."

Seeing the figure running away in embarrassment, the old man felt so tired.

Now he misses Ji Gang a little bit.

Although Ji Gang is a bit arrogant and domineering, he is very clear about his heart. Often, he only needs to say a few words, and Ji Gang can handle things properly, without letting him bother at all.

As for Hou Liang now, there is no problem in terms of loyalty, but his brain turns a little slower.

Oh, I'm so tired!

Thinking of Ji Gang's goodness in the past, the old man rubbed his aching forehead helplessly, shook his head and sighed.

(End of this chapter)