After packing his luggage, Yang Xuan left the capital with An Qing and Xiuhe.
All the way north.
Lao Hu was left to look after the house.
However, his son Huzi was taken away by Yang Xuan.
During this trip, Zhu Di assigned Yang Xuan a Jinyi Guard from the Hundred Household Office to accompany him.
Their speed was neither fast nor slow, and they arrived at Xi'an Mansion in more than half a month.
Yang Xuan did not make a big show, but dressed up in disguise.
He also wanted to see what the situation was like in Xi'an Mansion now.
After several days of private interviews in private, he wrote down some of the problems he discovered and asked Jin Yiwei to send them back to the capital.
Yang Xuan didn't care about what happened next.
He believed Zhu Di would handle it well.
After that, Yang Xuan and the others took off their disguises and came to Prince Qin's Mansion.
The second generation Qin King Zhu Shangbing personally came out with his family to greet him, giving him enough face.
After some pleasantries, Yang Xuan also explained his intention.
Zhu Shangbing quickly welcomed Yang Xuan and An Qing into the palace, and asked people to clean up their rooms for Yang Xuan and the others.
Everyone came to the living room and began to reminisce about the past.
Zhu Shangbing also said that the sister Anqing was the most worried about before his father passed away, and he regretted not being able to see her again.
An Qing's eyes turned red when he said that.
Yang Xuan had no choice but to comfort him.
In the evening, Zhu Shangbing prepared a feast for Yang Xuan and Anqing, and told Yang Xuan and Anqing that he had sent someone to arrange the memorial ceremony.
After all, they are different from ordinary people. They have corresponding procedures for paying homage and so on.
After the dinner, Yang Xuan and the others returned to their room early.
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Beijing.
Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Di was furious at this time.
"Little Annan, how dare you offend the power of Ming Dynasty, I will destroy them."
Today, the Annan family is not headed by the Chen family, but by the Hu family and his son.
In the first year of Jianwen, Li Jiyao (maO) (also called Hu Jiyao), the Prime Minister of Annan, killed his master and claimed to be the Supreme Emperor. He made Zi Cang the emperor and changed his name to Hu Yiyuan.
At that time, Zhu Yunwen was busy cutting down the feudal vassals to deal with Zhu Di, so he believed Hu Jiya's statement.
However, as Annan was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, its king naturally needed to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty.
So Zhu Yunwen named Hu Jiya king.
But Chen Tianping, the grandson of the former King Annan, defected to the Ming Dynasty.
This made Zhu Yunwen a little embarrassed. After all, he had already made Hu Jiyou the king on the grounds that the Chen family was extinct.
Wouldn't it be a slap in the face if a descendant of the Chen family ran out at this time?
However, at that time, Zhu Di had already raised troops, and Zhu Yunwen had no intention of caring about Chen Tianping, so he had him settled in the capital.
It was not until the Battle of Jingnan ended and Zhu Di ascended the throne that Chen Tianping appeared in the eyes of the Ming Emperor again.
It's just that the Ming Emperor is no longer Zhu Yunwen.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, the Annan Hu Dynasty felt that the Ming Dynasty had just experienced a civil strife and was unable to launch a war with the outside world.
Then they harassed the border, looted, and killed Ming soldiers and civilians.
Zhu Di decided to send an army to escort Chen Tianping back to Annan to bring order to the chaos.
Therefore, after the beginning of spring, Zhu Di ordered Huang Zhong, the governor of Guangxi, to lead five thousand soldiers to escort Chen Tianping, the "grandson of the former king" of the Chen Dynasty, back to Annan.
However, shortly after entering Annan, the Ming army was ambushed by the "Hu army".
Huang Zhong was defeated and Chen Tianping was captured.
After being interrogated by Hu Chao, he was Ling Chi.
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After the news came back to Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di was naturally furious.
So there was that scene in the Qianqing Palace.
"Here comes someone." Eunuch Wang Zhong appeared.
"Go and tell the British Duke Zhang Yu, Cheng Guo Duke Zhu Neng, and Qi Guo Duke Qiu Fu to come to the palace to see you."
"Let them go directly to the imperial study."
Zhu Di said in a deep voice.
"According to the order!" Wang Zhong accepted the order and immediately went to deliver the order.
Then Zhu Di came to the imperial study room and asked someone to find a map covering the southern part of the Ming Dynasty and Nanyang, and hung it on the wall of the imperial study room.
When Zhang Yu and others arrived, Zhu Di was looking at the Kanyu map on the wall with concentration.
In the picture, Annan's territory was circled by Zhu Di.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Yu, comes to see you!"
"Chen Qiufu meets your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, Zhu can see me!"
"Get back on your feet!" Upon hearing the voice, Zhu Di came back to his senses and said calmly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu, and Zhu Neng said in unison.
They all saw that Zhu Di's brows were filled with anger.
"I won't talk nonsense to you anymore."
"The Hu Dynasty of Annan, these monkeys, ambushed my army escorting Chen Tianping."
"And he also gave Chen Tianping to Ling Chi."
"This is a provocation to Ming Dynasty and a slap in my face."
Zhu Di put his hands on the jade belt around his waist, his chest rising and falling.
"What do you think we should do?"
Zhu Di looked at the three people.
"Fight, must fight!"
"The barbarians in the small country do not know the power of heaven. They must be made to feel the thunderous wrath of the Ming Dynasty."
"Yes, if we don't fight, other vassal countries will probably follow suit."
"We must kill the chicken to scare the monkeys."
The three people said loudly, with a unified attitude.
"Very good, that's what I meant when I asked you to come over." Zhu Di was very satisfied with the attitude of the three of them.
"It's a small country that doesn't know the power of God."
"I felt that after the battle of Jingnan, Ming Dynasty had not recovered its strength, so I tried to confront Ming Dynasty."
"Ah!"
"I want them to know that the power of Ming Dynasty cannot be offended."
"Anyone who offends my Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away!"
Zhu Di sneered and said.
"Anyone who offends my Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away!"
Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu, and Zhu Neng shouted in unison.
Seeing this, Zhu Di laughed and turned to look at Kanyu Tu, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.
Afterwards, he discussed the battle plan with Zhang Yu and the others.
Until dawn.
In fact, Zhu Di beat Annan not only for revenge, but also had another purpose.
He looked at the map and found that the location of Annan was very important.
It can be used as the Ming Dynasty's outpost in Southeast Asia, and neighboring countries such as Laos and Siam are also under Annan's surveillance.
At the same time, after the sea is opened, Annan can also serve as a springboard for Ming Dynasty to go overseas.
Its strategic significance is extremely important.
"In this battle, Zhu Neng, lead your army!"
"Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu and you two will stay in the capital."
Zhu Di looked at the three of them and said.
"Yes!" the three of them said in unison.
Zhang Yu and Qiu Fu are both over sixty years old. Among the three, only Zhu Neng is the youngest, only in his thirties.
Zhu Di didn't want the two veterans to go on an expedition. According to Yang Xuan, he wanted to give young people a chance.
He ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare some food.
After resting their bellies, they left the royal study room and prepared to go to court.
At the court meeting, Zhu Di told the matter.
There was a quarrel in the court. Some people agreed to go to war, while others opposed it.
Of course, those who oppose it are basically civil servants.
After all, fighting will improve the status of a general.
However, Zhu Di suppressed all objections.
The court appointed Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng as the general to conquer the barbarians, Xincheng Bo Zhang Fu (Zhang Yu did not die, and Zhang Fu's contribution was not as great as in the original history, so he was only made a count), and Xiping Hou Mu Sheng was the deputy general and led the army to the south. Conquer Annan.
Then he ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War to cooperate fully, and Prince Zhu Gaochi to coordinate the arrangements.
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