Wanli Xinming

Chapter 282 Envoys
In the next few days, orders from the Privy Council of the imperial court came to Yangon one by one, and outlined the entire plan of attacking Annan in every detail.

As Luo Wanhua had expected, the imperial court would attack in two directions.All the way, the new army of [-], led by Gong Xian, set out from Manmo, half-crossed and half-walked, and after crossing the Changshan Mountain, entered the Xuanzhou Mansion of the Mo Dynasty.

After Gong Xian arrives in Xuanzhou, he will board the ship again and release Thang Long, join forces with the Mo clan, and then attack Qinghua southward under unified command.At the same time, two gunboats escorting ten warships from Guangzhou will also go straight to Thanh Hoa.

The imperial court has issued an decree to Mo Chao, requesting Mo Dun to gather soldiers who dare to fight, and to obey the orders of the country, to join the imperial court in crusade against Zheng Song, and to investigate him for the crime of killing Yingzong of the Li Dynasty; Disrupting court laws and other crimes.

The commander-in-chief of Vietnam, Emperor Yancheng of the Li Dynasty, Mo Maoqia and Ying Wang Mo Dunrang, received Zhu Yijun's copy of the decree, and almost happily took them away.Because Zheng Song's northern expedition last year was very urgent, and he defeated Shannan in the first battle, which frightened the Northern Dynasty overnight, and sent an envoy to the court to reiterate the meaning of obedience:
"This minister secretly remembers that the land and people of this country are owned by the Celestial Dynasty. Since the Chen clan has died, the Li clan has inherited it, and has assumed the title of emperor. Meng Shizong's approval. Today, Li Zhengxing's attack on me is not an attack on the ministers, but an attack on the land of the court."

However, in the 11th year of Wanli, the emperor focused all his energy on Mongolia and the West Sea, and did not include the boiled duck in Annan as the focus of the strategy, so he ignored Mo's call for help.Mo Dunrang was surrounded by Zheng Song and nearly ascended to heaven.

It is a pity that during the reign of Mo Jingpian, the Northern Dynasties were strong and strong, competing with the Southern Dynasties and taking the initiative to attack, and the Zheng family of the Li Dynasty was on the defensive.In the fourth year of Longqing, Zheng Jian, the first-generation head of the Zheng family, died of illness, and his sons Zheng Song and Zheng Hui were in strife. Mo Jingdian took the opportunity to attack south.Later, he canonized Zheng Song as the Prime Minister of the Left and dispatched generals to resist Mo Bing.

Zheng Song strengthened the walls and cleared the country, Mo Jingdian was unable to attack for a long time, and withdrew his troops when they ran out of supplies, and the Li Dynasty regained Qinghua.Zheng Song was named Taiwei and Changguogong because of his meritorious service, and his power increased day by day.Li Yingzong was afraid of Zheng Song and conspired with his ministers to eradicate him.In order to escape, Zheng Song killed Li Yingzong and welcomed Li Weitan, the fifth son of Yingzong, who was named Guangxing and became the No. 16 emperor of the Li Dynasty.At this time, in the Li Dynasty, there is only a little skin left on the face of the Zheng regime.

After Zheng Song unified the south, he planned the Northern Expedition day and night, and the two sides attacked endlessly.After Mo Jingdian's death, Zheng Song won many battles.In the 11th year of Wanli, Nanshan was conquered in the First World War, and the Mo Dynasty was shocked.

Now the emperor's edict has arrived, claiming to attack the Zheng family and bring the chaos to order; at the same time, the Li Dynasty has been blamed, and almost all of the Annan policies since Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty have been overturned.Mo Dunrang, who had been beaten by Zheng Song, was about to be unable to keep Shenglong, and seeing the will was like escaping from death.

However, the truth behind this edict is actually untenable: the Mo Dynasty, who upheld the theory of general principles, usurped the throne of the Li Dynasty, captured and killed Emperor Li Zhao, and killed Emperor Li Gong and the Empress Dowager, was the target of the attack.

In fact, after Mo Jingdian of the Northern and Southern Dynasties usurped the throne of the Li Dynasty, because of his pledge of land donation, Emperor Sejong of the Ming Dynasty pretended to be deaf and dumb, and turned a blind eye to the request of the envoys of Annan to ask the court to decide the matter. , Mo Jingdian was allowed to pay tribute every three years - the army was weak at that time, and the idea was to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Now Daming is no longer the Daming of Sejong's time. Because of the need for a large colony to relieve the population pressure in the southern part of the empire, he no longer adheres to the vague policy of "two Annans" and ends himself.

Mo Dunrang saw the copy of the official edict. After Zheng Song obtained the copy through intelligence, both of them understood the intention of the Ming court: to re-incorporate Annan into the territory and make it a county.For the Mo Dynasty, in order to gain the support of the imperial court in Jiajing, Mo Jingdian had already donated soil and renamed Shenglong "Dongguan".

In the 11th year of Wanli, Mo Dunrang once again made a statement, reaffirming to Zhu Yijun that Annan is the land of the imperial court-this is the reason why he was able to win the support of Ming Dynasty when he was about to end his life.

Not to mention the ecstasy of Mo Dunrang, who had already entered the northern mountainous area to fight guerrillas. After seeing the content of the imperial court's decree given to the Northern Dynasty, the Grand Captain of the Li Dynasty, Chang Guogong, could not sleep at night. In less than half a month, his hair was half white.

The dispute between Annan, North and South, coupled with the "Ruan Zheng" dispute within the Li Dynasty, has already drained the country's war potential.At this time, the Zheng clan was the most prosperous in martial arts, with only fifty thousand soldiers and horses.

With [-] exhausted soldiers, Zheng Song could not defeat the new army of Ming Dynasty, who defeated Mang Yinglong in the first battle.With the widespread dissemination of Emperor Ming's edict aimed at Annan, Thanh Hoa City has fallen into panic.Emperor Guangxing repeatedly summoned Zheng Song and asked him if he could keep Qinghua—if not, should we surrender or run south.

Zheng Song echoed back: "Your Majesty, don't be nervous. It's been five years since the Ming Dynasty destroyed Burma, and where the troops are heading, Laos, Siam, Champaign, etc. are all in danger. It can obstruct the northern soldiers."

"Secondly, I heard that the Portuguese barbarians have been annexed by the Spanish barbarians, and that Daming and the Spanish barbarians are at odds. I have sent an envoy to Mandraga to ask for the governor-general, or I may borrow it to help."

"Three, I invite the emperor to hunt south and go to Dongshan for the sake of completeness."

"As for the last section, although my dynasty respectfully served the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court has not allowed me to pay tribute. It has been 57 years. I would like to send a capable envoy to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute to the capital of the Ming Dynasty—maybe it will be effective in slowing down the troops."

At this time, Li Weitan, Emperor Guangxing, had already taken away his bones after 12 years of puppet career, and he had no heroic spirit.Hearing what Chang Guogong said, his face was pale and weeping: "What Chang Guogong said is true. I heard that small things are big, and the situation is normal, but the name of the emperor, what a pity? I even call it 'dutongshi' , so what's the matter?"

Zheng Song listened to Li Weitan's words, his eyes were like a hawk on his face, and he sneered: "Your Majesty is the commander of the capital, where will you place your ministers?" Emperor Guangxing muttered but could not answer.

Zheng Song got up and said: "My minister expects that the troops from the north will come to the south, and they will inevitably join forces with the Mo clan. The Mo clan's rat generation has long been frightened, and seeing the official flag, they can only look at the wind and flee. —Also ask the emperor to prepare, you go to Dongshan first."

In September of the 12th year of Wanli, Zheng Zhongguo, an envoy of the Li Dynasty, arrived in Guangxi with tribute. He spoke very respectfully and asked the governor of Guangxi to act on his behalf and allow him to pay tribute.

In order to obtain the permission of the imperial court, the envoy Zheng Zhongpup drafted the worship table for Emperor Guangxing, which included "the ministers are all under Annan, but they guard the land for His Majesty. Wait.

However, the pretty eyebrows were made for the blind, and Wu Wenhua, the governor of Guangxi, told Zheng Zhongpup that the Annan Li Dynasty had not paid tribute to the court for many years. He immediately returned to Thanh Hoa.

Zheng Zhongpu was a scholar of the Li Dynasty and was proficient in Sinology. He proved Wu Wenhua's wrongdoing based on the historical records of the people of the past dynasties in China, and recited the Great Ancestor's Precepts for a long time, pointing out that the imperial court's mobilization of troops to attack Vietnam was inconsistent with the ancestor's instructions.

Wu Wenhua listened with a sneer and said: "At the time of Taizu, the shipping route was not established, and the large ships were not enough. The land of Annan and the Central Plains were separated by mountains and seas. It was not easy to manage. Word."

"However, when I became an ancestor, when Annan had a commander in charge of the capital, I had half of it in the county and county! Li Li rebelled against the soldiers of heaven, and he succeeded. The country of Yelang dared to be called a loner, a corner of the emperor. ridiculous!"

"My emperor wants to control the tyrant, how can I keep you and others sleeping soundly next to the couch! You don't have to use your words to move me, quickly repay your family's master Zheng, and walk with your face bound and knees. Come here to apologize, you may not be able to keep his seedlings. If you continue to be stubborn If it doesn’t work, once the heavenly soldiers arrive, there are absolutely no types!”

Zheng Zhongpup used all the tricks such as provocation, begging, and bribery, but without Wu Wenhua's permission, he could only cry back.

At the same time, after a long journey of more than a year, the first Ming embassy led by Earl Xu Guangqi finally arrived in Europe.

A total of five Galen galleons, after stopping at Goa, Calicut, Mombasa, Mozambique, and Sofala, bypassed the Cape of Good Hope - this is a major event that the Chinese nation in this time and space will always be recorded in the history books, Xu Guangqi Became the first Chinese to bypass the Cape of Good Hope in written records. [Note 1]
The storm at the Cape of Good Hope taught long-distance travelers a hard lesson, with the Chinese embassy tossing and tumbling in the turbulent Atlantic Ocean, and Luo Mingjian, who followed the embassy, ​​could do nothing but pray for the strength of the Portuguese captains and sailors.

After paying the price of two members of the mission died of illness, the mission finally reached the west coast of Africa.The supply points became denser, and the mission also got a chance to breathe.Finally, on the seventh day of September in the 12th year of Wanli, a whole year later, I arrived at the first stop of my visit to Europe - Lisbon.

　Note 1: Later reporters have seen a document and Zheng He's chart in South Africa, which marked the Cape of Storms. Therefore, some people say that Zheng He bypassed the Cape of Good Hope - an unofficial history, and the old man did not take it.

　　In addition: This book is about to enter the second critical stage, what kind of turmoil and evolution will European history cause after the intervention of Wanli and Xinming.Lao Mo needs political, economic, and cultural historical materials in Europe during this period. If there are some students who can join the group, Lao Mo would like to thank you!

　　
　
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