Daming heir

Chapter 269 Daming Suppressed the Rebellion for Annan

Chen Qiong, the lord of Tsinghua City, is very wrong.

In other words, there is a problem with Annan and Chen Chao.

Facing Chen Qiong's hesitation, Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi looked at each other silently, both of them had a measure in their hearts.

Zhu Gaochi asked Zhu Yunxi the question in their minds: "Where is Lord Chen Min now?"

Chen Qiong froze for a moment, her expression obviously became unnatural, and a touch of shame and anger appeared on her face.

"The lord has escaped! He ran to Shenglong City with Li Jiyao!"

Chen Qiong let out a low growl with a gloomy and angry expression, showing a rare murderous look in front of Daming.

The corner of Zhu Yunxi's eyes twitched, and then he suppressed the doubts in his heart and laughed: "I wonder if there is a cup of hot tea in Qinghua City for my Ming army to enjoy?"

This is to temporarily put the issue on hold and return to the matter of the Ming army taking over Qinghua City.

Chen Qiong immediately nodded again and again. When the Ming army had just arrived in Changhua County, Qiongzhou Prefecture, Qinghua City had already begun to prepare for the war.

Then...

Tsinghua City has undergone a bloodbath, and now Tsinghua City is eagerly waiting for the Ming army to enjoy it.

"Reporting to the General of the Shang Kingdom, the barracks have been cleared out of the city, allowing all the troops of the Shang Kingdom to enter and rest. The City Lord's Mansion has also been cleaned up long ago. The General's horses and horses have been exhausted. The mansion has prepared wine and food to clean up the dust for the General."

The officialdom of the complete Ming Dynasty ushered in the number of ways to send it.

This made Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but look at the Lord of Qinghua City who was talking endlessly and expressing his sincerity in front of the Ming people.

Afterwards, Zhu Gaochi, the general of the army, conveyed the order to set up camp.

[-] Jingwei and [-] Southern soldiers entered the city and garrisoned the city walls and key points in the city.But there are still ordinary Ming troops who were left outside the city to build military camps.

On the side of Qinghua City, after seeing Daming take over the seal of the city lord, everyone also breathed a sigh of relief, and began to eagerly contact the generals in the Ming army.

Chen Qiong, who originally wanted to talk to Zhu Yunxi, was taken away by Zhu Shangbing with his neck buckled under Zhu Gaochi's gesture.

And Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi stepped into Qinghua City under the escort of a group of personal guards and Jin Yiwei.

"It seems that there are no people left in the city." Zhu Gaochi glanced at the deserted streets, only the gentry, dignitaries and servants in Qinghua City, and said in a low voice.

Zhu Yunxi glanced at the people in the streets and alleys not far away, and said softly: "It's been a few days since I left, didn't Qinghua City prevent the people from leaving?"

This is unreasonable. Generally, when a city encounters an enemy, even though the civilians in the city will increase the burden on the defenders, the defenders will often drive away some of the civilians.

But it will not drive away all the people in the city, at least some strong auxiliary troops will be left to defend the city.

But now, Tsinghua City has become a city without people.

Zhu Gaochi thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "My name is Jin Yiwei, and he went out of the city in disguise to inquire?"

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "If my guess is correct, we can ask Jin Yiwei's people to focus on the upper reaches of the Ma River and search for it in the mountains."

Zhu Gaochi hummed, turned around and went to the back to find the people from Jinyiwei to arrange things.

After a while, when Zhu Gaochi arrived in front of the Lord's Mansion of Qinghua City all the way, Zhu Gaochi hurried back.

"People have been sent, except for the west. People have also been sent in the direction of Daluo City in the north and Shenglong City in the south." Zhu Gaochi reported in a low voice, then his eyes flashed, and he leaned into Zhu Yunxi's ear and whispered: " That Chen Qiong is here."

Zhu Yunxi looked back, and saw that Chen Qiong, who somehow got rid of Zhu Shangbing's entanglement, was already running towards the city lord's mansion with a robe in one hand and a high hand in the other, with a smile on his face.

"Clear out all the Annan people in the city lord's mansion, and tidy up the tea room. I want to invite him to drink tea."

Zhu Yunxi gave Zhu Gaochi a warning, and when the other party led someone into the city lord's mansion, he stood on the steps and raised his hand: "City lord, go slowly, I've sent people into the mansion to make tea, please drink with the city lord A pot."

Chen Qiong ran to the front of the mansion out of breath, opened her mouth to breathe and said: "The general ruled the officers and soldiers, the military discipline is really strict, and the military appearance of the Shang Kingdom is really daunting to the humble."

Zhu Yunxi smiled silently, noncommittal.

He turned around and invited Chen Qiong into the City Lord's Mansion.

Walking all the way to the tea room, Chen Qiong kept his head down, even though he could clearly see and hear that the officers and soldiers of the Jinyi Guards of the Ming Dynasty who had advanced to the City Lord's Mansion were kindly arranging him in the City Lord's Mansion to serve the generals of the Ming Dynasty. The maid was kicked out of the city lord's mansion, but he didn't say a word.

Zhu Yunxi observed and scrutinized this obedient and somewhat excessive Chen Qiong throughout the whole process, but he never took the initiative to speak.

When the two entered the tea room, they saw the fat Zhu Gaochi sitting cross-legged on the futon, with a pot of hot tea boiling in front of him.

Zhu Yunxi sat cross-legged on the main seat, with his hands on his knees, and stared at Chen Qiong in front of him indifferently.

Chen Qiong swallowed the hot saliva in her mouth, lowered her head and silently looked at Zhu Gaochi who seemed to have not left, but began to share tea for the three of them, and then gritted her teeth.

Under the watchful eyes of Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi, the man knelt down on the ground with a plop.

Before Zhu Yunxi could react.

Chen Qiong was already howling.

"For a humble position, see the grandson of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, His Royal Highness is a thousand years old."

Zhu Gaochi, who had just poured himself a cup of tea and was about to taste it, couldn't help but stop holding the teacup, looked at Chen Qiong suspiciously, and then looked back at Zhu Yunxi.

Zhu Yunxi smiled silently.

This man is really interesting.

From the beginning when they met and surrendered, they called themselves humble, to the humbleness when they entered the city, and to the humble position at this moment.

In less than half a day, did he already regard himself as a courtier of Daming?
And he could actually see his identity.

"How did you see Gu's identity and not think that he is the grandson of Daming's emperor?" Zhu Yunxi pointed to Zhu Gaochi who was beside him.

Zhu Gaochi, who was drinking tea, was taken aback for a moment, and then rolled his eyes at Zhu Yunxi.

Chen Qiong showed a flattering smile: "I have heard that the emperor's grandson of the Ming Dynasty is extraordinary, and the son of King Yan is very calm, so I just asserted the identity of His Highness."

He even saw Brother Chi's identity.

Zhu Yunxi was quite surprised.

However, Zhu Yunxi restrained the smile on his face, and his face gradually calmed down.

Then he even said quietly: "It's really unexpected that a member of the royal family of the Chen Dynasty would take the initiative to surrender."

This time it was Chen Qiong's turn to be surprised.

He knelt on the ground, raised his head cautiously, just glanced at Zhu Yunxi who was sitting above and watching him, then immediately lowered his head again.

"I don't dare to be humble. I am a person who has surrendered to the city. In front of the true dragon heirs of the Ming Dynasty, I dare not call myself the royal family of the Chen Dynasty."

Chen Qiong was humbled to the extreme, but she was very surprised in her heart. She didn't know how her identity as the royal family of the Annan Chen Dynasty was known by this young grandson of the Ming Emperor.

Zhu Yunxi closed his mouth, stretched out his hand, held the teacup silently, and took a slow taste.

Zhu Gaochi smiled coldly, and took the words: "I don't know what the Lord Chen wants?"

After asking, Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Yunxi who was tasting tea, and shook his head helplessly.

Chen Qiong struggled and tangled several times, and finally knocked his forehead heavily on the ground with a bang.

"The humble post also invites the army of the upper kingdom to send troops to the south to take back the original Annan king Chen Min from the treacherous Li Jiyao."

"Oh?" This time, the expressions on Zhu Yunxi's face can be described as colorful, but he said calmly, "The city lord really hopes that Daming will return to the lord of Annan?"

Before Daming came to Annan, the ruler of the Chen Dynasty in Annan was Chen Min, who was called Chen Yizong.

This person was an official in the Chen Dynasty, and went all the way to the Zuoxiang Kingdom to become the king.

However, after Chen Yuzong died and failed to leave any heirs, the Chen Dynasty supported Yang Rili to succeed him.It's just that Yang Rili has mediocre abilities, is extravagant and dissipated, enjoys daily affairs and feasts, and loves acrobatics.It is even more necessary to restore Yang's surname, which was refuted by the royal family of the Chen Dynasty.Then Dazai King Gongjing resisted and was defeated and killed, and Chen Min fled after hearing the news.

On the way to escape, he tried to commit suicide several times.But fortunately, he was blocked by the left and right subordinates, until the royal family of the Chen Dynasty who was also fleeing at that time met Chen Yun, and the royal family supported Chen Yun as the king.

After being invited three times by the clan and officials, Chen Yun ascended the throne reluctantly, and led the crowd to kill and return to the country to depose Yang Rili as a dungong.

However, Chen Yun was not a talented person after all. During his time as the lord of Annan, domestic rebellions continued, and he relied heavily on his foreign relative Li Jishu.Even his own son can be handed over to the other party to be raised.

In the original history, even without the intervention of Ming Dynasty, in less than two years, that foreign relative Li Jishou would start to control the Annan government after Chen Yun's death, and finally usurp power step by step.

It wasn't until after Daming experienced the battle of Jingnan that he used the pretext of restoring the orthodoxy of the Chen Dynasty to turn Annan into the Jiaozhi Road of Daming in one fell swoop.

Even if Chen Qiong in front of him is a member of the royal family of the Annan Chen Dynasty, facing Chen Min who is becoming increasingly obscene, unknown, and relying heavily on foreign relatives and traitors, it may be difficult to ask Daming to send troops to rescue him.

It is impossible for Chen Qiong, who can make an act of surrendering to the city, to be a foolish and loyal person.

And when Chen Qiong faced this question, he hesitated and hesitated, making it difficult to answer.

Zhu Yunxi took a sip of tea and let out a cold snort.

Zhu Gaochi immediately opened his mouth and asked Chen Qiong: "City Lord, since you said that the Lord of the Chen Dynasty and the royal family have fled to the south, who is in charge of military and political affairs at Langshan Pass and Daluo City?"

Finally, without worrying about how to answer that difficult question, Chen Qiong immediately looked up at Zhu Gaochi: "It's Situ Chen Yuandan. After the king was kidnapped by the traitor Li Jishou, he led the officials and troops in Daluo City to command The battle at Lang Son Pass created a line of defense between Lang Son Pass and Daluo City."

There was no surprise on Zhu Gaochi's face, obviously he knew the answer, so he said, "Is that the one who made the statement 'I don't know if the old crow loves the old crow'?"

Chen Qiong nodded: "It's Situ Chen Yuandan."

Zhu Gaochi nodded, and asked again: "Since the Lord Annan has been..."

"Where have all the people in Qinghua City gone?" Zhu Yunxi interrupted Zhu Gaochi's question, and looked directly at Chen Qiong who was still kneeling in front of him.

As long as it is not the fatal problem, Chen Qiong will do anything and never return without worry.

"The treacherous Li Jisuo heard that the army of the upper kingdom was coming, so he immediately ransacked the treasury in Daluo City, falsely passed on the order of the king, and mobilized his own army to escort them south. At that time, they entered Qinghua City to rest.

The humble official didn't expect that the traitor not only falsely spread the order of the lord to loot the treasury of Qinghua City, forcing the gentry and dignitaries in the city to pay gold, silver, food and grass, but also spread rumors that no grass grew wherever the army of the Shang Kingdom went, and the officers and soldiers of the Shang Kingdom ate it all. The devil of man.

The people in the city were instigated and frightened, and they all fled out of the city secretly. "

After finishing speaking, Chen Qiong seemed to think of something.

He straightened up sharply again, looked directly at Zhu Yunxi, then lowered his head silently, and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness, last year the Guangxi Road in the Shang Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty was ransacked by Annan officers and soldiers, and it was the traitor Li Ji." What Ya did was because he sent people to go to Guangxi Taoism. The purpose is to use the hand of Shangguo to eradicate the ruler of Annan and Chen Dynasty, so that he can take the opportunity to rise to power!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled silently, but under Chen Qiong's nervous gaze, he waved his hand.

"The marching army is quite exhausted, and I just want to rest for a while. The Ming army is in Qinghua City, and the city lord will help it a lot."

Where did Chen Qiong dare not to agree, she nodded and got up from the ground with a bent waist: "The humble official knows, the humble official knows, and I will definitely live up to the great trust of His Highness the grandson."

After finishing speaking, he withdrew all the way to the tea room, closed the door carefully, and then left.

Subsequently.

In the tea room, only Zhu Gaochi was brewing tea, and the sound of water being poured into the teacup could be heard.

Zhu Yunxi frowned and pondered for a long time before he opened his mouth and said, "Do you think what he said is true or false?"

Zhu Gaochi shrugged, put down the tea set in his hand, clapped his hands and said, "It's a lie to save Chen Yun, it's true to kill him by taking the opportunity to force Chen Yun to death. It's true to surrender, but like Na Li Jishou, he also covets Annan the throne of the king."

"He knows our identities, and naturally he also knows that Daming wants to accept Annan as his cochin." Zhu Yunxi expressed different opinions.

Zhu Gaochi smiled silently: "Guangxi, Guangdong, and Yunnan are all implementing the policy of parallel soil flow, so what about the newly conscripted Annan? Ming always needs people from Annan to handle some inconvenient things for the court. things."

"Then the position of the Annan king, who has existed in name only, is not the ultimate goal of Chen Qiong." Zhu Yunxi finished speaking lightly, took a sip of tea, and then said: "The tea soup is weak. After all, the tea varieties here are Not as good as mine."

Zhu Gaochi curled his lips: "As long as he makes contributions in Annan, he will seek to become a wealthy prince in Yingtian City."

Zhu Yunxi snorted and said, "Then, stay in Daluo City now, organize Annan's left-behind officials and troops, and Situ Chen Yuandan who stands in Langshan Pass..."

"Naturally, I and Na Annan recognized that the traitor Li Jishou is a gang of traitors and traitors!" Zhu Gaochi immediately replied in a deep voice.

This answer is very much to my liking.

So, Zhu Yunxi laughed loudly: "Then I, Daming, traveled thousands of miles to Annan..."

Zhu Gaochi responded loudly with an unquestionable, upright expression and tone of voice: "Of course it was Daming who came to suppress the rebellion for Annan!"

(End of this chapter)