Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 210
"Your Majesty, the Great Emperor, everything is well in Manchuria. Siam, which originally worried us, has gradually shrunk due to Prince Wu's southern expedition."

King Manlajia bowed, his face full of reverence.

"Thanks to the Ming Dynasty, and to His Majesty the Great Emperor, Malaka is booming."

"Development is a good thing, but if you don't have enough greed, it's not so good..."

Before Zhu Di could speak, a voice sounded that made everyone look sideways.

People found the source of the sound very easily. First of all, it was very quiet during the envoys' tribute ceremony. No one dared to speak casually.

This is the second time...

From the Yongle Dynasty to now, they had only met two people who dared to speak at this time.

The first one is the former Han king Zhu Gaoxu, and the second one is his son, Zhu Zhanhe.

"Zhan He, what's the problem?" Zhu Di's brows furrowed following his grandson's words.

He knew very well that his grandson was actually very afraid of trouble. Except for the time when he was in Yingtian, he would not take the initiative to speak out about anything without benefit.

Once you take the initiative to speak, it will either be profitable or you will be forced to fight back.

"Grandfather, this year Siamese elephant soldiers crossed the border. On the west side of Laowosi, that is, on the east bank of the Lancang River, grandson sent troops to attack. He attacked all the way. First, he took back the 24 Dadian Division set up by Emperor Gao of Hongwu in the [-]th year of Hongwu. , and later took back Demasas, which my grandfather had added in the fourth year of Yongle."

Zhu Zhanhe stood up and walked to King Manlajia.

It is indeed sincere enough to pay tribute as a king, but if he takes advantage of this opportunity to achieve some ulterior motives, Zhu Zhanhe will not be happy.

"but!"

Zhu Zhanhe's suddenly elevated tone made King Manlajia tremble.

"According to the information Sun'er received, Siam carried out a contraction strategy after Sun'er sent troops, gathering almost all the troops that could be mobilized towards the royal capital Sukhothai."

"As a result, a total of [-] states and counties in Siam, including Chiang Phang, Ranong, and Phang Nga, lack troops."

"Prior to this, my grandson had stationed the soldiers sent by the protector king of Uzangdu and the king Zanshan in the forest on the west side of Dagu Lasi, but I never thought it would play a role at this time."

"On the eve of leaving Babai Dadiansi, Sun'er got the news from them, saying that the shadow of the army suddenly appeared in Jianje and other places in Siam and forcibly took over the prefectures and counties there."

"Because he was going back to Beijing, my grandson didn't think much about it. He just thought that Siam sent people to take over, or forcibly recruited soldiers or something."

"Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem right."

"This is the king of Malacca, don't you think so?"

As Zhu Zhanhe talked more and more, the head of King Manjaga became lower and lower, and Zhu Di's expression turned out to be more serious.

Before that, Malaka had been oppressed by Siam, and was even almost annexed by Siam. Later, it happened that Zheng He passed by this place during his third voyage to the West, and sent troops to intimidate Siam, which made Siam a little more honest.

However, after all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and Siam's harassment of Malaka continues, but it is not as serious as before, it is just harassment in the literal sense.

Now, Siam is weak, and the royal family has been taken over by Zhu Zhanhe, and the officials below are naturally in chaos.

If the king of Malaka was still worried about Zhu Zhanhe suddenly withdrawing his troops and Siam came back to deal with him after he recovered, then after the battle of Sukhothai, the king of Malaka was really unscrupulous.

There is actually no clear dividing line between Manchuria and Siam, because they are on the Malay Peninsula in later generations. The states and counties mentioned by Zhu Zhanhe are all in the middle section of the Malay Peninsula, and the southern section is Manlajia.

The idea of ​​​​King Manlajia is actually very simple. It is not a treasure land, there are no minerals and it is not a food-producing place. The Ming Dynasty should not be interested. Even if it is there, it is a nominal rule, and it will not be particularly interested.

But the problem is that there is one thing that the King of Malacca did not guess, and it is something that he will never guess.

Zhu Zhanhe's vision was different from that of people today.

Why did Zhu Zhanhe attack Siam?For land?Not really, at least not entirely.

Siam and other places are indeed good places for food production. They are located in the tropics, and with the Lancang, Chao Phraya, Red River and many other rivers originating from Us Zandus, they are really suitable for growing food.

But after having food like sweet potatoes, Zhu Zhanhe really didn't care about this very much.

He attacked Siam, in addition to the hatred he brought from his previous life, just like Wa, the most important point was for the Malay Peninsula.

He wanted to control the Strait of Malacca, a maritime traffic artery.

If it was replaced by generals like Mu Sheng and Zhang Fu, the first thing to do might be to deal with the captured areas instead of rushing to control the Malay Peninsula.

Zhu Zhanhe did the same thing, but while doing so, he kept his eyes on the Malay Peninsula.

"Is this possible!?" Although Zhu Di didn't know why Zhu Zhanhe was obsessed with that small place, the majesty of the Celestial Kingdom cannot be violated.

When Zhu Zhanhe conquered Siam, not to mention Manjajia did not send troops to help, even if they sent troops to help, they could not covet the spoils of Ming Dynasty.

"His Majesty, the Great Emperor, has a clear warning!" King Manlajia trembled for a moment, but his reaction was still very quick, and he immediately complained.

"Since the founding of Manchuria, Songkhla and other places have always been our Manchurian land. Siam has repeatedly invaded the south, and we have been forced to retreat continuously!"

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, we have only taken back what belongs to us. We must not covet other places that do not belong to us!"

"Oh?" Zhu Di didn't speak, but Zhu Zhanhe spoke.

"Don't dare to covet other places that don't belong to you? This is interesting."

"But Parameswara, are you sure?"

Parameswara, this is the name of this Manchurian king.

Hearing Zhu Zhanhe's words, Paramesura's tension increased.

In the ninth year of Yongle, envoys from Manchuria and Zheng He came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Zhanhe at that time was not what he is now.

On the contrary, Zhu Zhanhe was actually at his lowest at that time.

In the ninth year of Yongle, that is, the year when Zhu Zhanhe returned from the Northern Expedition with the army, he had a showdown with the old man before the New Year, so that neither he nor his father Zhu Gaoxu attended the New Year's Eve dinner that year.

Later, although Man Lajia also heard some news about Zhu Zhanhe, he heard nothing after all. It was not until Zhu Zhanhe attacked Siam that Manlajia got a deeper understanding of this young man.

But people actually have inertial thinking. The original Japanese shogun Ashikaga Yoshimachi was like this, because he did not expect that Zhu Zhanhe dared to do so cruelly, and in the end the country was destroyed without even a little resistance.

The same is true for Parameswara now. The image of the Ming Dynasty in the past impressed them deeply. They could not imagine that the Ming Dynasty would have such a figure as Zhu Zhanhe. The most important thing is that the court did not stop him.

"As far as I know..." Zhu Zhanhe didn't know Paramesura's psychological activities, but talked about other things.

"Manlajia was founded during the Hongwu period, and the so-called founding emperor is you."

"But, as far as I know, you were originally the prince of Palembang (Sumatra). Later, because the country was occupied by Majapahit, you, the prince of Palembang, were forced to leave your hometown and fled to Temasek."

"Later, you failed to assassinate the local chief. In order to evade capture, you fled north and came to what is now Manlajia."

"am I right?"

Paramesura looked at Zhu Zhanhe who was smiling with shock on his face.

Nearly 20 years have passed since this incident. Except for a few words at the beginning, he rarely mentioned it later.

But now, Zhu Zhanhe knows so clearly that even he has forgotten some details, such as Temasek, which has now been destroyed.

"Pali Misura!" Zhu Di frowned and spoke with dignity.

"Is what Prince Wu said true?"

"His Majesty the Great Emperor, it's... it's true..." Paramesura turned pale and stopped reasoning.

Zhu Zhanhe's ability to say these things so clearly proves that they were all investigated, and his refutation is useless.

"If it's true, then where does the recovery of the old territory you mentioned before come from!?" Zhu Di's tone turned completely gloomy.

You know, it was he who sent Zheng He to acknowledge the existence of Manlajia, but now Manlajia has been proven to be a thief who borrowed other people's land to live as a parasite.

This is tantamount to slapping him, the Ming Emperor, in the face in public!

"His Majesty the Great Emperor."

At this moment, a man who Zhu Zhanhe didn't know was an envoy from which country suddenly stood up, making everyone look at him with surprise.

Apart from anything else, in the Yongle dynasty's tributes over the years, there has never been a situation where envoys from other countries interfered, no matter what.

"Prince Ulugh Beg of Tamerlane has met His Majesty the Great Emperor, and His Majesty bows to Jin'an."

As soon as the three words Timur came out, Zhu Zhanhe suddenly laughed, extremely brightly.

"Your Majesty, the Great Emperor, Manlajia is a subordinate state of the Ming Dynasty, and the occupied areas are the result of the military exploits of His Highness the Prince of Wu. Logically speaking, we should not and have no reason to intervene."

"But this kind of deception is really disgusting and infuriating."

Zhu Zhanhe raised his eyebrows, but instead of saying anything, he returned to his seat and quietly watched the Ulugh Beg performance.

People from Timur's empire came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and they said good things when they first arrived. Zhu Zhanhe didn't believe that he had no evil intentions.

"Oh? In your opinion, how should I deal with him?"

Zhu Di was very keen to find that his grandson had returned to his original position. Although he didn't know why, but because of his understanding of Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Di felt that there was something wrong.

"His Majesty, the Great Emperor, if it were me, Timur, we would give him a hundred warriors and let him go back and regain the lost territory on his own!"

(End of this chapter)