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Chapter 438 The True and False Monkey King

"Long live my lord, it's the Annan delegation here. It arrived at Tianjin Wei with the navy's ship four days ago and settled in the Huitong Pavilion the day before yesterday." Not long after, Wang An hurried over.

"Why don't you report it?" The tributary envoys came to Beijing for two days and even sent gifts to the palace, but no one reported it to the emperor. It was very abnormal.

"Long live Lord, two missions came from Annan this time. Both the Li family and the Ruan family are called Zhengshuo. The Ministry of Rites is hard to decide. There should be a report in the next few days." Wang An looked a little weird when he explained. , It seems like a smile but not a smile.

Hong Tao knew very well why he had this expression. The reason why Annan is in the current situation is himself, and the court does not know what happened.

Legally speaking, the King of Annan conferred by the Ming Dynasty was the Mo family. The Li family had always opposed Han rule and was a rebel. But the Mo family has never defeated the Li family, and is currently living in the mountains near the border of the Ming Dynasty. The Li family rules most of Annan.

If the Ming Dynasty did not want Annan's subordinate states to become hostile, it would not offend the Li family too much. It was in a wait-and-see state, and it would be canonized again to see who could finally take power. This is how it is between countries. It is 100% an exchange of interests and there is no emotion at all.

But before the Li family's Northern Expedition destroyed the Mo family, Yuan Keli's navy intervened in Annan affairs. No, the navy is just the executor, the real mastermind behind this is the Ming Emperor.

Hong Tao did not want the Le clan, who had a high anti-Chinese sentiment, to secure the throne of King Annam, so he sent the navy to cause trouble. As a result, not only did Thang Long Palace suffer a heavy blow, but the Nguyen clan in Hue City was also panicked.

Ruan Xiangjiang volunteered to go north, met with the Ming Emperor and reached a private agreement, willing to lead the Ruan Group to be a puppet of the Ming Dynasty in exchange for weapons and equipment and industrial and agricultural assistance to ensure that they would not be eaten by the Li family.

It was very lively now. Annan's struggle for hegemony between Li and Mo suddenly turned into a tripartite confrontation among the three kingdoms. From north to south, they were the Mo family, the Li family, and the Ruan family. If you add the Cham people in the far south, it will be a melee between the four countries.

Comparing the existing economic and military strength, the Li family has certain advantages. However, the geographical environment of Annam was too complex, and the Li family was unable to fight on two fronts in the north and south. To deal with the Mo family and the Nguyen family at the same time, they could only make peace with one party first and concentrate on dealing with the other.

When choosing who was the main enemy, the Le family decided to avoid conflict with the Nguyen family in the south first, and concentrated their forces to destroy the Mo family with the smallest territory and population. In this way, land transportation with the Ming Dynasty can be opened, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can apply for canonization. After getting the name of Zhengshuo, it is justifiable to attack southward.

After more than a year of hard work, the Li family finally completely defeated the Mo family. The first thing they did was to send an envoy to pay tribute. As a result, I met an acquaintance in Guangzhou, and the Ruan family actually sent a mission, and the two parties almost started fighting on the spot.

It was probably the first time that Zuo Guangdou, the chief envoy of Guangdong, encountered two unscrupulous rulers coming together to pay tribute. He couldn't decide who to trust, and he didn't dare to drive them all away, so he reported it to the Governor of Nanyang. Yuan Yingtai.

Zuo Guangdou may not know what happened to Annan, but Yuan Yingtai felt like a mirror, so he wrote a letter asking the navy to send a ship to send the two missions to Beijing together.

That is to say, Yuan Yingtai knows the inside story. If it were done by another official, it would definitely be to force the palace. The correct approach should be to leave the two missions in Guangzhou, then go to Shu for instructions, and then deal with them after the emperor makes a decision. However, after going back and forth like this, it is estimated that the process will not be completed in half a year. "Don't embarrass the Ministry of Rites, say hello to the cabinet, and I will go to the meeting hall to meet them in person on a certain day." Yuan Yingtai dumped the burden on the emperor so neatly, Hong Tao didn't feel it was inappropriate. Annan's problem was really only his own. solve.

Tongwenguan, the state guesthouse of the Ming Dynasty, is divided into two parts, the north and the south. The North Pavilion is located on Wangfu East Street in Qingfangfang, Daxing County, which is to the east of the Tenth Prince's Palace. It has 376 rooms and is known as Wuman City among the people.

This place is responsible for receiving official officials from various royal palaces, as well as Liaodong Jianzhou, Maolian, Haixi and other guards Nuzhi, Duoyan Sanwei, Turpan, Samarkand, Hami, Chijin, Handong and other guards Huihui, Xifan Dharma King, People from Taomin, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Huguang, etc.

The South Pavilion is located on the west bank of the Yu River, adjacent to the Hanlin Academy in the north, and has 387 rooms. All the tribute and accompanying ministers from the north of Oara, Korea, Japan, Annan, Nanyang, Western countries and other countries settled here. Each of the two buildings has east and west wing rooms, a banquet hall and a back hall. In addition to entertaining envoys from various countries for food, drink and accommodation, it also serves as a market.

The envoys who came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty ranged from dozens to hundreds of people. In addition to the tributes, they also brought a large number of specialties from various countries for sale. In order to strengthen management, the Ministry of Rites stipulated that each mission could only set up stalls and sell in the front yard of Tongwen Hall for three days. During these three days, Ming merchants were allowed to enter and trade with other countries.

Normally, when the emperor comes, the place must be cleared regardless of whether it is a trading day, but Hong Tao did not let the Ministry of Rites reveal the matter, and instead paid a private visit incognito. That is to say, this place is close to the imperial city, surrounded by the Ministry of War, Ministry of Industry, Honglu Temple, Shanglinyuan Supervisor and other imperial government offices. There are basically no idle people, so we reluctantly obtained permission.

Although it was a private visit incognito, we couldn't just take three or five people out of the palace to wander around like in TV movies. In addition to Zhang Ran and Wang Chengen, there were also fifty Kaito Division Musketeers and twenty Cuju players.

In addition, two days ago, members of the Warrior Battalion and Gekko had disguised themselves as vendors and were closely monitoring the area inside and outside the Nantong Library. The Jin Yiwei sent out multiple horse teams to patrol the nearby streets.

Today the emperor wore a plain robe, a green robe, and a swastika on his head. He looked like a member of a wealthy family. Wang Chengen and Zhang Ran were wearing short clothes and small hats, pretending to be servants.

"Straighten your waist, don't move your head around, and respond with a slight nod to anyone who salutes you. You don't have to speak. Do you remember?"

Looking at the emperor walking with his hands behind his back, Wang Chengen curled his lips. A fake is a fake, no matter how you pretend it is, it is different from the real thing. The more familiar people are, the easier it is to spot it. But if the emperor wants to turn the fakes into real ones, it is his task to make them look more like the real ones.

"Is this so?" The emperor straightened his chest and lifted his chin upon hearing the instruction. Then he felt it was a bit too much, so he stopped it and asked in a low voice what the effect would be.

"Swing your shoulders more... I'm asking you to sway your shoulders instead of swaying your body!" Although the poses are very similar, Wang Chengen always feels that they don't look the same. Looking back, I finally found the problem. It wasn't the posture of my body, but the way I walked.

"Okay, that's it. I don't want you to look real, as long as I can hide it from outsiders." Just as he was about to give a demonstration to the fake emperor, a low order came from behind him.

(End of this chapter)