Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 129 The Harm of Nanyang
time flies.

In a blink of an eye, another three months passed.

It was the middle of winter, the sky and the earth were completely white, snowflakes were flying all over the sky, but the plum blossoms took the opportunity to bloom.

Since the Royal Bank branches in various counties in Yingtianfu were officially opened one after another, Zhu Gaoxu has been busy for more than two months.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching, he took advantage of the rare free time today and returned to Chunhe Hall after the court, and decided to spend a day with the increasingly mature Crown Princess Li Yao.

"The capital is different from the north. It rarely snows heavily. If I remember correctly, the last time it snowed heavily was a few years ago."

Zhu Gaoxu held an umbrella and accompanied Li Yao to watch the snow scene in the yard.

"Look, Your Highness, the red plum blossoms in the corner are blooming!"

Li Yao raised her right hand and pointed at the garden under the west courtyard wall, and said happily.

Her left hand was holding Zhu Gaoxu's arm, and her increasingly plump breasts were close to Zhu Gaoxu's forearm through the thick winter coat.

"This plum tree was newly transplanted when I ordered people to tidy up the garden in February this year. Unexpectedly, it bloomed in this cold winter month."

Zhu Gaoxu was amazed at the vigorous vitality of the plum tree.

"Does Your Highness like plum blossoms?" Li Yao asked curiously.

"I can't say I like her, nor do I hate her. After all, Mei has pride."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the snowflakes floating in the sky and sighed: "Time flies so fast, as if a year has passed in the blink of an eye."

"Yes, I have been married to His Highness for ten months." Li Yao said with sudden blush on her cheeks.

Zhu Gaoxu is a smart man. When he saw Li Yao's strange expression, he understood that there was something in Li Yao's words, so he comforted him: "Next year, or the year after next at the latest."

What he said was meaningless, but Li Yao understood it and said "hmm" seriously after hearing what he said.

Afterwards, the two walked around the yard and then returned to the temple.

About half an hour later.

Kang Ping bowed and entered the palace to report: "Your Majesty, your Royal Highness, Cao Hu, the guard in front of the palace, wants to see you?"

"Pass him in."

When Zhu Gaoxu heard that it was Cao Hu, he couldn't help but look solemn.

After entering the twelfth lunar month, he gave the teachers and students of Jinling Changke Academy one and a half months of annual leave to visit relatives, so the academy currently does not have much security work.

For Cao Hu, who is also the guard of Chunhe Palace and the captain of Jinling Academy Guards, he will not come to find the current prince unless there is something important.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang arranged for the three emperor's grandsons, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Yunwen, and Zhu Yunxi, to go to Changsha with the consort Ouyang Lun's caravan to familiarize themselves with the tea trade.

On the way back to Beijing, Zhu Yunwen received news that Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao was seriously ill. Although the rain was too heavy and the river swelled, Zhu Yunwen insisted on sending the ship. In the end, the ship capsized and everyone on board had to jump off the ship in order to survive. .

As the captain of the escort of Zhu Yunwen and his entourage, Cao Hu, a member of the Jin Yiwei Qianhu, even risked his life to protect Zhu Yunwen and jump off the ship together, buying time for Zhu Yunwen to be rescued.

However, he was jointly and severally responsible for Zhu Yunxi's death, and was dismissed by Zhu Yuanzhang and imprisoned after the incident.

Although the crime he committed was not an unpardonable crime, he was not included in the list of pardoned persons compiled by the Ministry of Punishment after Zhu Di succeeded to the throne.

After all, Emperor Taizu personally ordered him to be imprisoned, and he was jointly and severally responsible for the death of an imperial grandson, so the officials of the Ministry of Punishment did not want to cause trouble.

Cao Hu originally thought that he would die in prison of old age in his life. Unexpectedly, after Zhu Gaoxu was named the prince, he would petition the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, on the grounds that "the six-year sentence of Cao Hu, the former Jinyi Guard Qianhu, is enough to offset the joint crime". Release Cao Hu.

Zhu Di knew that Zhu Gaoxu was taking this opportunity to win people's hearts, so he ordered the Ministry of Punishment to release Cao Hu.

After Cao Hu was released from prison, he was immediately summoned by Zhu Gaoxu and appointed him as the captain of the guard team of Jinling Regular Academy.

The academy covers a large area, so it recruited about a hundred guards. However, Cao Hu got to know everyone after half a month of joining the job. He could call out every name of the guards when he saw them. .

In addition, he divided the guards into three squads, with more than thirty people in each squad, and one captain on the left and right. He also divided each squad into three groups, with more than ten people in each group, and one captain on the left and right.

Cao Hu stipulated that when any member of the escort team encounters an incident, he must first report it to the leader of his team, who will report it to the team leader, who will then report it to him.

Unless the team leader is not available that day, you can skip the report to the team leader. If neither the team leader nor the team leader is available, report it directly to him for processing.

In non-emergency situations, reporting beyond the next level is not allowed.

So-called emergencies, that is, major incidents such as burglaries and fires, must be reported to him as soon as possible.

After Zhu Gaoxu learned about this, he sighed that Cao Hu was worthy of his fancy, and he was indeed a loyal and good guard.

So he paid more attention to Cao Hu and gave him an identity token as a guard of Chunhe Palace.

In other words, if there is an emergency, Cao Hu can use this token to enter the palace to find Zhu Gaoxu.

"Cao Hu, a humble official, pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Cao Hu entered the front yard and happened to see Zhu Gaoxu standing at the entrance of the palace. He immediately bowed and bowed.

"Pingsheng, come in and talk."

Zhu Gaoxu signaled Cao Hu to get up, and then walked into the hall first.

Cao Hu followed respectfully.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu walked to a three-foot-high heater in the side hall and stopped. Then he took off his mink coat, handed it to Kang Ping next to him, turned around and sat on an armchair.

Cao Hu stood on the outside of the heater, facing Zhu Gaoxu who was sitting on the inside of the heater to keep warm. He bowed and said: "Your Highness, I caught a suspicious person at the main entrance of the academy today, but he claimed to be Shi Jinqing, the envoy of the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom in Nanyang. Overseas Chinese.”

"Tell me more carefully."

When Zhu Gaoxu heard that it was "Shi Jinqing", he quickly ordered.

"Yes." Cao Hu said respectfully.

Then, he roughly told the whole story of the incident.

Early this morning, Cao Hu, who was not on duty, was at home with his wife and children. Suddenly, he received a report from several guards on duty at the main entrance of the academy, saying that they had caught a suspicious person.

Cao Hu immediately went to the academy and met the arrested Shi Jinqing and his entourage.

The guards guarding the gate said that in the past few days, Shi Jinqing led several followers to wander around the gate of the academy and asked to see the dean.

Seeing that Shi Jinqing and others had unknown origins, they not only refused to pass on the news, but also kept a close eye on them.

After all, the dean of the academy is the current prince, and many people know that the prince often visits the academy. There are many people like Shi Jinqing clamoring to see the dean of the academy.

Generally, for such people, Jinling Academy has a special reception room to screen the authenticity of the visitor's identity, as well as the purpose of the visit and other matters.

Today, Shi Jinqing also said that he wanted to go to the academy to see the dean. Naturally, the guards could not let him in.Shi Jinqing was anxious and planned to break in with his entourage, but how could they be the opponents of the guards, and they were quickly caught.

Cao Hu discovered that although Shi Jinqing had a dark complexion, he looked the same as the common people of the Ming Dynasty, and he spoke with a serious accent of the southern coastal sea people.

Shi Jinqing said that he was an envoy sent by the new king of Srivijaya in Nanyang to visit the Ming Dynasty. On the way to the Ming Dynasty, he encountered a storm on the sea, and all the documents that could prove his identity were destroyed by the wind and waves.

Therefore, after they landed, they were considered to be fake envoys when they asked to see the Quanzhou local government. The local government demanded that they pay a fine, otherwise they would be arrested and imprisoned.

Because he had a heavy mission, Shi Jinqing had no choice but to find an excuse and lead his followers to escape.

After more than a month of wandering, they finally contacted the Ryukyu Kingdom's delegation to Ming Dynasty, and followed the Ryukyu Kingdom's delegation to the capital.

Because the situation was urgent, Shi Jinqing was unwilling to follow the Ryukyu State mission and wait for arrangements from the Ministry of Etiquette, so he decided to take a different approach.

Shi Jinqing found out that the current prince Zhu Gaoxu was the dean of Jinling Changke Academy and often visited the academy, so he rushed all the way to the academy, hoping to meet the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Yongle Emperor, through the prince.

In order to prove their identities, Shi Jinqing also handed over to Cao Hu the identification documents written for them by the Ryukyu State mission.

After reading the document stamped with the seal of the Ryukyu State envoy, Cao Hu guessed that what Shi Jinqing said might be true.

He did not dare to ask for help, so he ordered his left and right officials to guard Shi Jinqing and others, and came to the palace in person to report the matter to Zhu Gaoxu.

"Where is Shi Jinqing now?"

After listening to Cao Hu's story, Zhu Gaoxu asked.

"Back to Your Highness, Shi Jinqing and others are being detained in the side hall of the reception room of the academy." Cao Hu replied respectfully.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the 1.8-meter-tall strong man in front of him and gave an order: "First send someone to take Shi Jinqing to bathe and change clothes, and then bring him to see me."

An hour and a half later.

Cao Hu led Shi Jinqing, who had changed into a brown cotton robe, to the Chunhe Hall.

"The common man, Shi Jinqing, comes to see His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Shi Jinqing knelt down and performed a salute to Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Pingshen."

His eyes swept across Shi Jinqing's face, and then he looked at him.

I saw that Shi Jinqing was about 1.6 meters tall, with a goatee on his chin, protruding nostrils, a forehead full of wrinkles, and a dark complexion. His temperament looked like someone who had lived on a Nanyang island for many years.

After Shi Jinqing stood up, Zhu Gaoxu asked: "You said you were on a mission and were anxious to see me. What happened to you?"

"His Royal Highness, the ancestral home of Cao Min is Guangdong. Due to the war in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, our ancestors immigrated overseas. After many twists and turns, they settled in the old port of Nanyang."

Zhu Gaoxu knew this.

Even at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were still many coastal sea dwellers in Guangdong and Fujian who were forced to go out to make a living. Among them, those who settled in the old port mostly sold goods to and from various countries in Southeast Asia to make a living.

"More than ten years ago, Liang Daoming, who was originally from Nanhai, led his family to immigrate to Old Port. Because the grassroots had business contacts with him, over time, he became a close friend."

"Eight years ago, a group of local natives from Old Port colluded with overseas Japanese pirates and wanted to rob the Chinese people like us of money, food and goods. Fortunately, Liang Daoming noticed it in advance and led us and the Chinese people to transfer money, food and goods in advance. Only then did the people and their families Escaped."

"In order to resist the intrusion of pirates and natives, we Chinese people live in groups, forge iron and steel, forge swords and guns, and select young men from each family to form volunteers and perform martial arts regularly."

"Later, more and more Chinese people immigrated to Old Port, numbering in the thousands. Because of Liang Daoming's high prestige, he was elected as the leader of the Chinese people."

"In the 30th year of the Hongwu Period, the Majapahit Kingdom invaded the Srivijaya Kingdom. At that time, there was great chaos in the Srivijaya Kingdom. Liang Daoming led a volunteer army composed of Chinese people like us to guard the old port and repelled the Majapahit Kingdom's invasion."

“The scattered people of Srivijaya saw that we were not afraid of the Majapahit Kingdom, so they attached themselves to us. Soon after, Liang Daoming led us to recapture part of the northern territory of the Srivijaya Kingdom that had been invaded by the Majapahit Kingdom. "

"Since then, more and more overseas Chinese have learned the news and have taken boats across the sea to seek refuge."

"As the number of Chinese citizens increases, even tens of thousands, our confidence in guarding the old port becomes stronger and stronger, and the homeland of the Srivijaya Kingdom recaptured from the Majapahit Kingdom becomes wider and wider."

When Shi Jinqing said this, he hesitated for a moment, and then said decisively: "Last year, we and tens of thousands of Chinese people and tens of thousands of native people supported Liang Daoming in rebuilding the Three Buddhas Kingdom and respected him as the king."

He immediately knelt down again and said: "The common people came to the Ming Dynasty to ask the imperial court to send troops to destroy the Boyi Kingdom of Manjua."

Zhu Gaoxu looked puzzled and asked: "According to your words, the new Sanfoqi Kingdom has tens of thousands of Chinese people and tens of thousands of native people. The number of soldiers who dare to fight should not be less than three thousand. With such a strength , is enough to repel the invasion of Majapahit, why do you have to travel thousands of miles to ask the imperial court to send troops?"

"Your Highness does not know that the Majapahit Kingdom is extremely ambitious. Its sphere of influence currently covers most of Borneo, Old Port, Java and other islands. It seems that it wants to annex the Southeast Asian island countries and establish a huge island country. "

Shi Jinqing said respectfully.

"Get up and talk." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Shi Jinqing said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhu Gaoxu continued: "How much do you know about Majapayi Kingdom? Please tell us in detail."

Therefore, Shi Jinqing slowly revealed the news about the Majapahit Kingdom that he had found out in advance.

Before the Majapahit Kingdom was established, the Sinhasali Kingdom (hereinafter referred to as the Shahari Kingdom) ruled the eastern part of Java.

During the Yuan Dynasty BC, King Xinkesali refused to accept the invitation from the court of the Yuan Dynasty and insulted the envoys of the Yuan Dynasty.

At that time, King Sali completely expelled the forces of Srivijaya from Java and sent a fleet to the old port in an attempt to completely defeat Srivijaya.

Due to the main expedition, the king of Shari Kingdom was killed by his subordinate general soon after. The general established himself as king, which was a false king.

In order to avoid the pursuit of the false king, the Prince Consort of Shali State fled to a wasteland with his people. With the help of the Madura people, he established a village and used it as its foundation. The place was named Majapahit. The location of the capital of Majapahit and the origin of its name.

A few years later, Kublai Khan, the founder of the former Yuan Dynasty, ordered Shi Bi, Yihei lost his way, and Gao Xing to lead a fleet of one thousand armed ships across the sea from Quanzhou, Fujian, and landed in Java, where they joined forces with the forces of the Prince Consort of Sali. He defeated the puppet king of Shali and beheaded the puppet king and his followers.

However, after using the Yuan army to defeat the puppet queen, the Shali Kingdom's prince-in-law immediately turned back and launched a surprise attack on the former Yuan officers and soldiers, repelling the former Yuan officers and soldiers.

At this point, the Prince Consort of Sali became the ruler of the entire Java region, and the kingdom he established was called the Kingdom of Majapahit.

"The Majapahit Kingdom was established by taking advantage of and resisting the war of the former Yuan Dynasty, but it shamelessly adopted a positive and pragmatic attitude towards diplomatic and trade relations with the former Yuan Dynasty, and even paid tribute frequently."

Shi Jinqing bowed his hands and saluted: "Your Highness, it can be seen from this that the Boyi Kingdom of Manja is a capricious barbarian who fears power but not virtue."

Zhu Gaoxu heard this and responded with silence.

Shi Jinqing continued: "In the early days of this dynasty, the Boyi Kingdom of Majapa was worried that Emperor Taizu Gao would send troops to sea to attack them, so they sent envoys to offer gold-leaf watches and pay tribute as a vassal to express their submission."

"Emperor Taizu Gao didn't know that the Majapayi Kingdom was different from the outside, so he launched a series of diplomatic relations and trade exchanges with the Majapayi Kingdom."

"The Majapahit Kingdom, relying on its trade relations with China, often secretly recruits Japanese pirates, and even hires Japanese pirates to help it attack other island countries, killing and destroying them, which is really a harm to Nanyang!"

When Shi Jinqing said this, he knelt down again and said: "Your Highness, the common people request the imperial court to send out the heavenly troops as soon as possible to wipe out the Manju Boyi Kingdom and restore peace to Nanyang!"

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