Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 222 Zhu Di wants to meditate ([-])
However, Qingyao did not dare to forget his mission.

Three months later, he led five thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fleet to disembark from Suez, and relied on the deterrent power of sharp firearms to sail northward through other countries' territory smoothly.

In the spring of the 25th year of Yongle, Qingyao led the Ming Dynasty soldiers to borrow a ship from Egypt and arrived in Spain.

After arriving in Spain, he pretended not to know the ambitions of the Spanish King Juan, and made false concessions to him. He sent a thousand elite soldiers to guard Juan's palace, and at the same time offered to attack Portugal for Spain.

Juan didn't know it was a trick. A few days later, when his spies told him that Qingyao had indeed led troops to attack Portugal, he decided to seize the rule of Dingxi Town by force.

On the second day after Huan sent troops to attack Dingxi Town, Qingyao returned with four thousand troops. The Ming army in Dingxi Town cooperated with the outside world, and the battle ended in only six hours.

This battle was dubbed "Huan's Rebellion" by Qingyao, who was proficient in the art of vertical and horizontal tactics, and sent people to add fuel to the flames.

Under the evidence of the established facts, King Juan of Spain became a despicable villain who was ambitious, betrayed the Ming Dynasty, and tried to seize the rule of the Ming army in Spain.

For a time, Juan became a street rat that everyone shouted to beat.

At the same time, Qingyao began to secretly send people to spread the good deeds of Alfonso, the son of Juan's uncle Fernando - repaying kindness and being magnanimous.

Alfonso was the son of Fernando, King of Aragon, and Leonor, Countess of Albuquerque.

After succeeding to the throne, he publicly destroyed a list of Aragonese nobles who opposed his accession, which earned him the reputation of "Magnificent Alfonso".

Because he coveted Italian territory, Alfonso raised his troops to invade the Corsica region in the 22nd year of Yongle.

A few years ago, the Kingdom of Naples ruled by Queen Joanna was successively attacked by Louis II, Duke of Anjou and his son Louis III of France, and faced the disloyalty of mercenaries.

In this case she asked Alfonso for help on the condition that Alfonso would become her heir.

Alfonso happily accepted the invitation, immediately sent his troops to aid the Kingdom of Naples, and became the adopted son of Queen Joanna in the 22nd year of Yongle.

But after the danger in Naples was temporarily lifted, Queen Joanna suddenly changed her mind and planned to adopt her original enemy Louis III, Duke of Anjou, as an adopted son.

Although Louis III was adopted by Queen Joanna and became the heir to the throne of Naples, he died before the queen. His brother René claimed to have inherited the title of Duke of Anjou and became the heir to the throne of Naples.

Just when Alfonso was furious, Qingyao's people found Alfonso and told him that the Ming Empire was going to abolish the throne of the King of Spain (Juan II) and planned to make him the new King of Spain.

Alfonso, who was nearly thirty years old, was not an inexperienced child. Of course he could see that Qingyao was just using him to suppress the forces in Spain that supported the former king.

In this way, if Alfonso wants to secure the throne and expand externally, it is obvious that he must rely on the support of the Ming Empire.

Let the Kingdom of Spain succeed to the throne and surrender to the Ming Empire, and at the same time, by deposing the King of Spain, it will show the power of the Ming Empire to the entire western continent.

Although Alfonso knew it in his heart, he had to bow his head under the eaves.

He finally agreed to Qingyao's suggestion and accepted the canonization of the Ming Emperor and became the new king of Spain.

After Alfonso ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to announce various crimes of Juan II, such as raising troops to kill hundreds of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, treachery, committing unpardonable crimes such as rebellion, and sent him to prison The guillotine.

The second thing was to execute all the Spanish soldiers who participated in the attack on Dingxi Town at that time, just to avenge the dead Ming soldiers.

The third thing was that he learned from King Shaharul of Harih and erected a monument to the heroes of the Ming Dynasty in the square in front of the palace. The monument described in Chinese characters and Latin characters how the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty traveled tens of thousands of miles from the east to the west. The detailed process of assisting Spain in defeating foreign enemies and helping Spain become stronger.

Later, at Qingyao's suggestion, "The Envoy to the East" written by Claviyo began to be published and sold in Spain.

In just a few months, "The Eastern Envoy" has become the best-selling book in Spain.

Qingyao stated in the letter that the Kingdom of Spain is a very aggressive country and cannot be allowed to develop and grow.

Juan, who had been beheaded, was ambitious, as was his father Enrique.

According to Qingyao's inquiries, Enrique succeeded to the throne at the age of 11 and took over the throne at the age of 14. In order to re-establish control over the royal council and courts, he recruited a large number of scholars who were proficient in law to specifically suppress the royal council.

Later, Enrique married Catherine, the granddaughter of King Pedro I of the Algarve, which ended the long-term aristocratic unrest in the Kingdom of Spain and began the dictatorial rule of the King of Spain.

From the 29th year of Hongwu to the 31st year of Hongwu, Enrique defeated the army of the Kingdom of Portugal several times, but under favorable conditions, he made a truce and built up internal affairs.

During the truce with Portugal, Enrique sent his brother Fernando to capture the city of Granada.

On the other hand, he also sent the navy to destroy the largest pirate base in the Western seas, and sent people to start developing overseas territories on the archipelago in the ocean.Since then, the Spanish Navy has become the most powerful presence in the entire western sea.

In order to curb the rise of the Ottoman Kingdom, Enrique sent the envoy Claviyo to the Ming Dynasty many times and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty in order to obtain military assistance from the Ming Dynasty.

Enrique was born weak and sickly, unable to lead an army in battle, but he was good at checks and balances.

He controlled the power of royal meetings through scholars who were proficient in laws and regulations. He also controlled military power by sending his confidants to serve as supervisors for governors in various places.

Qingyao stated in the letter that if Enrique had not been frail and died young, I am afraid that the current Kingdom of Spain would have become the most powerful kingdom on the Western Continent.

Therefore, at the end of the letter, he suggested to Zhu Gaoxu that the imperial court could set up a guard station in Spain to strengthen supervision of Spain just like the Ceylon Guard was established in the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom.

After all, King Juan of Spain had evil intentions, and the Ming court had sufficient reasons to set up a garrison there.

Zhu Gaoxu closed the secret letter, which was more than [-] words long, touched the three-inch long black beard on his chin, and fell into a brief thought.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is here to invite you."

At this moment, Changsheng's voice sounded outside the study.

"Where is the father now?"

Zhu Gaoxu immediately stood up and asked.

Changsheng bowed and replied: "Your Majesty is at Wuying Hall."

"Do you know what my father did when he saw me?"

As Zhu Gaoxu started to walk out, he said to Changsheng who was following him.

Changsheng answered truthfully: "Your Highness, I really don't know."

A quarter of an hour later.

Hall of Martial Arts.

"My son, I pay homage to His Majesty the Father, and I respectfully send my greetings to you."

After Zhu Gaoxu entered the hall, he lifted up his robe, knelt down and saluted.

This was the first time he saw Zhu Di after leaving the court, so he made a special bow to pay his respects.

"I bow to you."

Zhu Di understood that Zhu Gaoxu was showing his filial piety, so he waved his hand and said, "Get up and talk."

"Thank you, Father."

Zhu Gaoxu said respectfully.

Zhu Di pointed to the chair in front of him and said, "Come and sit down here, let us have a chat."

Immediately, he looked at Li Xing and others and ordered: "Except for Yu Qian, the official on duty, everyone else should step back. You should also step down."

"This slave accepts the order." Li Xing bowed and said.

When only Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu, and Yu Qian were left in the hall, Zhu Di said straight to the point: "Gaoxu, after careful consideration, I have decided to meditate on you."

"Father, this is impossible!"

Zhu Gaoxu immediately politely refused and said, "I don't agree."

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "I am not discussing with you, but informing you. I have already decided on the matter of inner Zen, and it is useless for anyone to persuade you."

(End of this chapter)