Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 180 The son-in-law does not object to Annan, the county

Time flies like an arrow.

Seven months passed by in a blink of an eye.

The time came to the fourth year of Yongle, June [-]th.

early morning.

At this time, Chen Qia, the young minister of Dali Temple who had just arrived in Beijing yesterday to report the news, gave a brief summary of the battle situation of the Southern Expedition Army in the past six months.

In the first month of this year, the Ming army, which had controlled the epidemic and rested for a month, took Thang Long City as its base and began to attack Thanh Hua City, the capital of the Annan Kingdom established by the puppet king of the Hu family. Hu Yuancheng, the prince of the Hu family, led the army to retreat to the Huangjiang River and fought with Hu Ji Yao and Hu Hancang reunited, while Mu Sheng led his troops to Mufanjiang to prepare for the attack.

In February, Mu Sheng defeated Hu Yuancheng's army along both sides of the river and pursued it to Menhaikou. Due to another outbreak of disease in the army, the Ming army moved to Xianziguan to set up a fortress in preparation for the war.

In March, Hu's army gathered 21 water infantry troops, known as [-], and fought the battle of Xianzi Pass with the Ming army. As a result, Hu's army was defeated. A large number of soldiers drowned in the river there. Numerous ships and military supplies sank. Hu's father and son Flee in defeat.

In April, after receiving the military report, Zhu Di issued an edict, ordering the officers and soldiers of the Southern Expedition to continue searching for Chen's descendants, hoping that the Annan Kingdom would still be in charge of the Chen family's descendants.

In May, the Hu family and his son were captured by the Ming army at Qiluo Haikou. The Annan Kingdom established by the Hu family was destroyed, and its territory was recovered by the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, after the news that the Ming Dynasty court was looking for the descendants of the Chen family spread in the Annan Kingdom, the elders of the Annan Kingdom organized a petition team of more than 1000 people, came to the gate of the Ming army camp to petition, and presented Annan Kingdom's county County map.

They believed that the Chen family of the Annan Kingdom had been killed by Hu's thieves and had no heirs. They were eager for the Ming Dynasty to directly take over the Annan Kingdom because "Annan is the land of China, and the beggar still joins the party, Tongnei County."

Yesterday, after entering the capital, Chen Qia, the military quartermaster who was responsible for managing one of the provisions for the Southern Expeditionary Army, Dali Temple Shaoqing, immediately handed over the map of Annan Kingdom and the military report submitted by Licheng Hou Shengyong to the court.

"The matter of merit and rewards can be discussed after the meritorious soldiers return. The most important thing right now is how to deal with the Hu family and his son and the Annan Kingdom. I would like to hear your opinions this morning."

Zhu Di sat on the golden platform, unable to hide the joy on his face, and asked very happily.

He never expected that in less than a year, the Southern Expedition Army would easily wipe out the Annan Kingdom!

That is the Annan Kingdom with a population of more than 300 million, more than 300 million, not more than 30!
This is only the number of people registered in official statistics. If the hidden people were to be strictly counted, the entire Annan Kingdom would probably have a population of 400 million!
None of the civil and military officials in the court expected that the Annan Congress would be so vulnerable.

"Your Majesty, the Hu family and his son are traitors who usurped power and should be executed in Lingchi according to the law, implicating the nine clans!"

Baozhao, the censor of Zuodu, took the lead and bowed to report.

"I second the proposal." Yan Zhen, the censor of the right capital, followed closely behind and bowed.

Subsequently, hundreds of officials including Lu Zhen, minister of Dali Temple, came out to express their support.

When Zhu Di saw this situation, he waved his hand and said: "That's it, then it's settled. Let's discuss the next thing, how to resettle the Annan Kingdom, whether to establish counties and counties, or continue to look for the descendants of the Chen family and revitalize the Annan Kingdom for the Chen family. Destroy Jijue?"

In history, there are many versions about the fate of Hu and his son.

The reason for this situation is related to Zhu Dijing's difficulty in ascending the throne.

However, with Zhu Gaoxu's time travel, the direction of history was changed, and Zhu Di was no longer a usurper, so he was much easier to deal with the Hu family and his son.

"Your Majesty, the Annan Kingdom had always been part of the Chinese territory before the Tang Dynasty. Later, taking advantage of the chaos at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the local native Qu Chengmei stole the title of king. In the early Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty made this leader of the Ding tribe the king of Jiaozhi County. But after three generations, the power was usurped by the minister Li Huan. The Li family also passed down for three generations, and was usurped by the minister Li Gongyun. When the Li family passed on to the eighth generation, they had no children, so they passed the throne to their son-in-law Chen Riju, and the power belonged to the Chen family."

Zhang Wei, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, bowed out of the queue, raised his hands and said: "When I was presiding over government affairs in Yunnan, I knew a lot about the Annan country. Although the people there admired Chinese culture and imitated our Chinese laws in every way, they were confused. For hundreds of years, people's minds have been impetuous, and if we rashly put the counties and counties in charge of it, I'm afraid there will be a recurrence."

Zhu Gaoxu sat on the lower left side of Zhu Di. After listening to Zhang Yan's point of view, he silently praised the other person in his heart.

Historically, there have been constant rebellions in Annan after the Ming Dynasty County Annan. From Zhang Fu's second southern expedition until the Ming Dynasty abandoned Annan during the Xuande period, hundreds of thousands of Ming Dynasty heroes died there in succession.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts are consistent with Zhang Yan's, and it is not the best time for County Annan at the moment.

"Is Zhang Qing opposed to Annan, the imperial prefecture?"

Zhu Di was afraid of misunderstanding Zhang Yan's meaning, so he immediately leaned forward and asked specifically.

Zhang Xuan held the wat board in his hand and bowed: "Your Majesty, I am indeed opposed to Annan, a prefecture and county of the imperial court. I think we can temporarily appoint a general to guard Annan until we find suitable descendants of the Chen family, and then continue the rise and fall of the Chen family in Annan." , to demonstrate our great Ming Dynasty’s national policy of embracing gentle people and benefiting all nations.”

"Zhang Shangshu's statement is totally wrong!"

Lu Zhen, minister of Dali Temple, bowed and went out and said: "My soldiers fought bloody battles in the Southern Expedition and finally suppressed the rebellion. Now we can't find the descendants of the Chen family. Moreover, thousands of Annan elders and others have petitioned, hoping that the imperial court can take over Annan. Faced with this In this case, the imperial court should agree to the request of the elders of Annan and establish prefectures and counties as prefectures and counties."

When Zhu Di saw Zhang Zhen and Lu Zhen arguing, he deliberately interrupted: "What do other people think?"

"Your Majesty, I agree with Annan, the county." Zheng Ci, the Minister of Rites, said respectfully.

Jin Zhong, the Minister of War, said: "I second the proposal."

Yu Xin, Minister of the Ministry of Finance, chose to remain silent.

Mo Lin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, said: "I second the proposal."

Sun Xiandao, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, said: "I second the proposal."

When Zhu Di saw that four of the six ministers agreed with Annan, he couldn't help stroking his beard and said with a smile: "Apart from Zhang Shangshu, who else opposes Annan, county of the imperial court?"

He waited for a long time, but still saw no objection from anyone in the court, so he was about to issue an order to order the secretary to prepare the affairs of Annan, the county.

However, at this moment, Crown Prince Zhu Gaoxu stood up.

He turned around, faced Zhu Di, bowed and said in salute: "Father, I have no objection to County Annan, but now is not a good opportunity for County Annan."

Zhu Di was a smart man and immediately heard other meanings from Zhu Gaoxu's words.

So, he stood up, looked around the ministers, and said loudly: "How should the imperial court manage Annan? All the kings and officials of the fifth rank and above in Beijing, regardless of civil or military, can write memorials on this matter and submit suggestions. I will personally Yu Lan. Today's court meeting will be here, retreat."

After a while.

Hall of Martial Arts.

Zhu Di sat behind the imperial table, Zhu Gaoxu sat on the first chair on the left front of the imperial table, and Chen Qia, the young minister of Dali Temple, sat on the chair ten steps away from the imperial table.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu, father and son, were listening to Chen Qia slowly telling the history of Annan's regime change in recent decades. "After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu renewed the title of Chen Rixuan, a descendant of the Chen family, as the King of Annan. In the edict, he clearly hoped that Chen Rixuan could inherit his grandfather's business, guard the southern border, claim vassal China, be respectful of his ministers, and be granted the title forever. . Before Chen Rixuan's death, he reported to the court that his throne would be passed to his nephew Chen Rixuan (jiān). Emperor Taizu did not know the reason, but agreed to Chen Rixuan's request."

Chen Qia said respectfully: "However, although Chen Rizhen is nominally the son of Chen Yuanyu, a member of the Chen family, in fact he has no Chen family blood at all."

When Zhu Di heard this, he looked strange and said, "Why is this?"

"Your Majesty, according to my investigation, Chen Rizhen's original name is Yang Rili, and he is the son of an actor. After his mother became pregnant, Chen Yuanyu, a member of the Chen family, was pleased with her beauty and accepted her. When the child was born, he considered her his own son. So Yang Rili He changed his surname to Chen and was raised as his own son by Chen Yuanyu, a member of the Chen clan."

Chen Jiandao: "Chen Rixuan was critically ill and had no children, so he designated Yang Rili as his heir. The ministers strongly opposed it because this would cut off the Chen family lineage and make it fall to foreign surnames. But 20 days after Chen Rixuan's death, the Queen Mother ignored the others. The minister objected and insisted that Yang Rili enter the palace and take the throne. The Queen Mother believed that Chen Yuanyu was the eldest son of the previous King Annan, but he failed to inherit the throne, and Chen Rili was Chen Yuanyu's son, so it was natural for him to inherit the throne. In this way, Yang Rili became Annan's eldest son. King of the South.”

"Chen Rixuan, that is, Yang Rili wanted to change his surname back to his original surname after he came to the throne. This aroused the anger of the Chen family of King Annan. They worked together to overthrow Yang Rili and established Chen Rixuan's younger brother Chen Shuming as king. After Chen Shuming succeeded to the throne, he deposed Yang Rili was the Duke of Huunde and killed him soon after. Two years later, Chen Shuming gave way to his younger brother Chen Rixuan and called himself the Supreme King."

When Zhu Di heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "This Chen Rixuan is really stupid, but he doesn't know what Chen Shuming's political methods are?"

"Your Majesty, Chen Shuming is even more stupid than Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty in his later years." Chen Qian said bluntly.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Let me tell you in detail."

"Yes."

Chen Qia said respectfully.

"Since the early Hongwu period, the Chen Kingdom has begun to gradually decline. At this time, the king of the Champa Kingdom in the south, Ata'a (Zhi Peng'e), was majestic and powerful, and invaded the Chen Kingdom many times."

Chen Qia continued: "After Chen Shuming abdicated to his younger brother Chen Rixuan, the new king of Annan Kingdom, Chen Rixuan, in order to establish his prestige, personally conquered the Kingdom of Chengdu. He died in the battle, so the Supreme King Chen Shuming changed his name to Chen Rixuan. His son Chen Riwei will be king."

"When Chen Rixuan personally conquered the city, Hu Jishen was the commander-in-chief in the battle. However, he was spared from being dismissed due to his nepotistic relationship with the Supreme King Chen Shuming. After that, the power of the Champa country became more powerful, and even once the capital was promoted. Under the Dragon City, Annan Kingdom was unable to stop it."

"Although Chen Riwei is the king of Annan, he has no real power. The person in charge of power is still the Supreme King Chen Shuming. During Chen Riwei's reign, the power of the powerful minister Hu Jiyou became more and more powerful, which aroused Chen Riwei's fear."

"Chen Riwei saw that the Supreme King favored and trusted Hu Jikun, and conspired with the ministers to try to get rid of Hu Jimo to strengthen the king's power. However, Hu Jimo was the first to slander the Supreme King Chen Shuming. Chen Shuming actually forced Chen Riwei to abdicate and appointed Chen Rikun to take charge of state affairs. ."

Chen Qia was worried that Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu could not understand the relationship between the characters, so he specifically explained: "Chen Rikun is the son of Chen Shuming, and Chen Riwei was forced to commit suicide soon after abdicating the throne."

"In the 23rd year of Hongwu, after the death of Ata'a, the king of Champa State, Champa gradually declined. After the foreign troubles were eliminated, Hu Jima massacred the Chen family of King Annan, paving the way for usurping the throne. At this time, King Taishang Chen Shuming finally realized that Hu Jiya's power was too great and posed a threat to the Chen royal family. But at this time, Hu Jiya's power had surpassed that of Chen Shuming, and Chen Shuming could not control it at all."

When Zhu Di heard this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The powerful minister Hu and the Supreme King of Annan were simply replicas of An Lushan and Tang Xuanzong.

"In order to prevent Hu Jiya from usurping the throne in the future, Chen Shuming ordered a painter to draw the four auxiliary pictures and gave them to Hu Jiya, asking him to loyally assist King Annan of the Chen family."

Chen Qia did not dare to keep Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu waiting for a long time, but immediately added: "The so-called four auxiliary pictures are the main picture in Chinese history of Duke Zhou assisting King Cheng of Zhou, Huo Guang assisting Emperor Zhao of Han, Zhuge Liang assisting Queen Shu, and An In the history of the Southern Kingdom, Su Xiancheng assisted Li Longhan."

After a pause, he continued: "Not long after, Chen Shuming summoned Hu Jiya into the palace and said calmly to Hu Jiya: 'Pingzhang relatives have entrusted state affairs to them. Now that the country is weak, I am an old man. After this world. If the officials can assist, they will assist them; if they are mediocre, they will take care of themselves." After hearing this, Hu Jisao immediately removed his crown and kowtowed in gratitude. At the same time, he pointed to heaven and earth and swore: "I cannot be loyal to the officials and do my best. It hates it.'"

"It is a pity that after Chen Shuming's death, Hu Jiyou became more and more interested in usurping the throne. He then killed Chen Yuanyuan and others who opposed him, and changed Chen Yuanyuan's surname from Chen to Mei. After that, Chen Ri, King of Annan Kingdom, Kun was young and immature, so Hu Jiyou took on the post of assistant to the Grand Master and Pingzhang, who held important military and state affairs, combining military and political power."

"In the 30th year of Hongwu, Hu Jishen completely took control of the Annan Kingdom by virtue of his military exploits. Regardless of the opposition of his ministers and subordinates, he sent officials to Qinghua Prefecture, his base, to build the Western Capital City, and followed Cao Cao's example of moving to Xudu. The capital has been moved here since Shenglong, and the people have been moved to consolidate the land.”

Zhu Di stroked his beard and smiled and said: "I didn't expect that in the land of Annan, there are people who are familiar with my Chinese historical allusions. This fake king of the Hu family is quite a treacherous figure."

"Your Majesty, the puppet king of the Hu family is far inferior to Emperor Wu of Wei."

Chen Qia said respectfully: "This man has bad behavior and corrupt moral character. He is actually a thief from the Annan Kingdom."

"After the Hu family moved the capital, they coerced Chen Rikun to become a Buddhist monk in Chen Shaozhu, and forced Chen Rikun to enter a Taoist temple and become a Taoist priest. Soon, Hu Jimao wrote a poem and suggested that Chen Rikun commit suicide, but Chen Rikun refused, so Hu sent his generals to Chen Rikun hanged to death."

"Young Master Chen was only three years old when he came to the throne, and was born to Hu Ji Yao's daughter. At this time, Hu Ji Yao's attempt to usurp the throne was already very obvious."

"Annan Kingdom's Taibao Chen Yuanhang, Zhuguo Chen Ritun, General Chen Kezhen, Chariot General Fan Keyong and others supported the Chen family and wanted to kill Hu Jisao. As a result, the incident was revealed, and more than 370 men and their families were killed, and the women Not a servant girl."

"In order to completely eradicate those loyal to the Chen royal family, Hu Jiya sent people disguised as bandits and deliberately carried out plunder under the banner of supporting the Chen royal family. In the name of getting rid of thieves, Hu Jiya searched for supporters of the Chen royal family everywhere, making The people of Annan are in panic, which has aroused dissatisfaction among the people."

"After that, Hu Jiya wore a yellow dragon robe and lived in the Renshou Palace. He used the king's chariots when going in and out. The second son, Hu Hancang, was called Taifu and lived on the right side of the Huangyuan Palace. The eldest son, Hu Yuancheng, was also awarded the title of Situ."

"The following year, under the arrangement of Hu Jiya, the ministers jointly proposed that Hu Jiya be king. Hu Jiya pretended to refuse at first, but later accepted the suggestions of the ministers, deposed the young master Chen and established himself. Hu Jiya restored the ancestral Hu The surname claimed to be the descendant of Yu Shun and Hu Gongman, but he overrode the name of the country and established it as Dayu."

"Although Hu Jiya usurped the throne, he was unanimously opposed by the Chen family's ministers. Under strong pressure, Hu Jiya had to pass the throne to Hu Hancang at the end of the same year. Hu Hancang was born to Princess Huining of the royal family surnamed Chen, and Hu Jiya was born. The puppet king himself holds real power as the supreme king."

Having said this, Chen Qia stood up, bowed to Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I have finished talking about the history of the struggle for political power in Annan Kingdom in recent decades."

Zhu Di waved his hand, signaling Chen Qia to step back, and said, "I will give you three days' leave to have a good rest."

"Thank you for your majesty's grace. I will take my leave."

After Chen Qia saluted again, he bowed and retreated.

After Chen Qia left, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu and hesitated to speak.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Father, do you want to say that the Annan Kingdom has seen too many regime changes in recent decades?"

Zhu Di sighed: "After hearing these things, I feel more and more that my old Zhu family is favored by God and established according to the destiny of God. I am so lucky to have you as the prince!"

He paused and then continued: "The puppet king of the Hu family can usurp power. Isn't it Chen Shuming's connivance? But Chen Shuming took power as the Supreme King and was so greedy for power that he was deceived by villains and listened to slanders many times, which ultimately harmed his descendants. Isn’t it true that if we cut off the relationship, we will bring it upon ourselves?”

"Reading history makes people wise, and reading history can tell the rise and fall. Then Chen Shuming should also have read history books. Don't you know who An Lushan is?"

After Zhu Di sighed with emotion, he looked at Zhu Gaoxu and asked: "You brought Chen Qia here to tell the history of Annan Kingdom in recent decades. Do you want to persuade me not to abandon the county of Annan for the time being?"

Zhu Gaoxu stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Father, the main reason why the Southern Expeditionary Army was able to quickly and smoothly pacify Annan was that the puppet king of the Hu family often practiced harsh governance and the people were not loyal to him. However, the imperial court sent troops to punish the people and save the people. Shuihuo also promised to restore the descendants of the Chen family to continue their rise and fall, so they would naturally be supported by the people of Annan. This time the imperial court sent troops to attack the Hu family's regime in Annan, which can be said to be a righteous move."

"But now the county Annan, which is blindly optimistic just based on the petition of more than 1000 people including Annan elders, although it can barely make sense, is ultimately breaking its own promise."

"Although Annan has become our Chinese territory many times from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, it has become an independent country since the late Tang and early Song Dynasty. If it suddenly returns to the imperial administration, it will definitely be attacked by those loyal to the Chen family in Annan Kingdom. Resist.”

"Even if the imperial court sends troops to extinguish the rebellion, people are driven by profit and changeable. If they support the imperial court today, but are dissatisfied with the imperial policy tomorrow, they may start to oppose the imperial court under the instigation of the rebels. In this way, the Annan Rebellion will continue to repeat. , wasting our Ming Dynasty’s national power.”

Zhu Di thought for a moment and felt that what Zhu Gaoxu said was reasonable, so he asked, "What suggestions do you have?"

(End of this chapter)