Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 932 Annan Jishi
"Well, I will go now." Zhu Su nodded. According to the rules, the imperial envoy and the prince who came to Beijing had to go to the palace to meet the emperor first and report to the emperor before they could return to their own residences.

However, this was the first time that Zhu Su had asked someone to urge him. This made him feel uneasy.

Could it be that Guizhou's system had run into problems? Or was it because of Ma Ye's death that Zhu was still dissatisfied with himself?

Zhu Su couldn't help but quicken his pace into the palace.

As the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty improved, people from all walks of life gradually accepted the new market economic theory that "only when money is spent can the people benefit." Therefore, the Ming Palace, which originally had a somewhat frugal atmosphere, is now becoming more and more majestic and magnificent.

The Jinshen Hall was probably renovated during Zhu Su's absence from the capital. Zhu Su looked up and saw that it looked more magnificent than before. Along the way, Zhu Su met some officials who were coming and going in the Jinshen Hall, some familiar and some unfamiliar. When they saw the eunuchs leading Zhu Su into the palace, these officials bowed to him respectfully. Zhu Su was quite surprised by the large number of people coming and going.

In recent years, Zhu Yuanzhang has actually retired to the second line. Most of the affairs of the court were handed over to the crown prince Zhu Biao for management, and only very important memorials needed to be personally reviewed by Zhu Yuanzhang... But now there are so many officials coming and going in the Jinshen Palace. Did the establishment of Guizhou make Zhu Yuanzhang so worried?
When Zhu Su entered the Jinshen Hall, there were indeed quite a few officials and officers standing in the hall. Old Zhu was sitting at the head of the table, buried in his many memorials and documents as he had done in the past. Seeing Zhu Su coming, his face warmed up and he greeted him, "Is our Xiaowu back?"

"You go down first. When you have figured out something, you can draft a memorial and report it to us."

"Yes." All the officials bowed and greeted Zhu Su together, then filed out and left the Jinshen Hall.

Only Old Zhu and his son were left in the hall.

"Sit down." Old Zhu greeted Zhu Su. "Thank you for your hard work in the southwest."

"If you hadn't maintained the situation, the southwest half of the country would have been plunged into war."

"It's my job, I don't dare to complain." Zhu Su said, somewhat surprised that Old Zhu didn't mention Ma Ye. But since Old Zhu didn't mention it, he naturally wouldn't take the initiative to bring it up. Instead, he looked at the pile of memorials on the imperial desk and wondered, "What happened in the court? Why did you have to work so hard?"

"Is it because of the establishment of Guizhou?"

"Guizhou establishment?" Old Zhu was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Those matters can be handed over to the six ministries and the cabinet to do step by step. Why bother us?"

"Well, this matter has something to do with you." Old Zhu took out a memorial from the imperial desk and threw it in front of Zhu Su. "Take a look at this."

"Hmm?" Zhu Su unfolded the memorial and then showed a look of surprise. "How dare the Li clan of Dai Viet depose the king and massacre the royal family?"

"Yes." Old Zhu nodded, his eyes sparkling. "I heard that the leader of Champa, Tse Pong'e, has passed away, and Annan is no longer threatened by foreign forces... The Li family is beginning to prepare to usurp the throne and seize power."

Li...as Lao Wu said, began to show his wolfish ambition. In other words, the opportunity for Ming to recover Annan and expand its southern territory to resist the Little Ice Age is approaching.

Annan, formerly known as Jiaozhi, has been a Chinese territory since the Han and Tang dynasties. It became an independent country after the Five Dynasties. The name of the independent country was Dai Viet.
During the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Annan took the opportunity to break away from the Chinese territory and sent troops to attack Yongping Village in Siming Road, exceeding the copper pillar boundary set by the Yuan Dynasty by more than 200 miles and occupying five counties including Qiu Wen and Qingyuan.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang once ordered the return of Annan. However, Annan was already under the control of the Li family at that time, and the Li family was unwilling to return it. The Ming Dynasty's attention was also mainly focused on the north at that time, and it was unwilling to start a war in the south. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang just kept this matter in mind and temporarily let Annan go.

However, since then, the Ming Dynasty has had a very bad impression of the ambitious Annan Kingdom. Zhu Yuanzhang even rejected Annan's tribute requests several times and excluded it from the tribute system.

After deciding to take action against Annan, Zhu Yuanzhang sent out several groups of Jinyiwei to inquire about Annan's movements and find out how the powerful Annan official Li family rose to power.

The full name of Le was Le Qui Ly. He became a powerful official in Dai Viet (now Annan) because of his military exploits. At that time, Emperor Tran Huu Tong of the Tran Dynasty of Dai Viet was in power. The Tran Dynasty of Dai Viet had already begun to decline, while the Champa Kingdom in the south was at its peak. The Champa King Tse Pong Nga repeatedly sent troops to fight against the Tran Dynasty, but the Tran Dynasty was defeated without a single victory. Even their "Emperor" Tran Rui Tong was defeated in the battle.

After that, Champa became even more powerful, and even attacked the capital city of Thang Long, and Dai Viet was unable to stop it. In such an environment, resisting the invasion of Champa became the top priority of the Chen Dynasty at that time.

It was at this time that Le Qui Ly took control of the power of the Tran Dynasty of Dai Viet. He led the Tran army and defeated the army of the Champa ruler Tse Pong Nga for the first time, which made the people of Dai Viet ecstatic. The Dai Viet court treated Le Qui Ly like a savior, and Le Qui Ly also won over most of the officials and nobles in the Dai Viet court because of this military achievement.

With this power, Le Qui Ly successfully moved the capital of Dai Viet to Hue, his own sphere of influence, and then, following the example of Cao Mengde during the Three Kingdoms period, he started a business of holding the emperor hostage to control the princes.

In just a few years, Le Qui Ly had already deposed two Tran kings. Now that the Champa king had passed away and Champa was no longer a threat to Dai Viet, Le Qui Ly naturally began to plan his plan to usurp the throne.

"According to the course of history, Li Jizhen will kill all the descendants of the Chen family, and then use his own son to usurp the throne and claim to the Ming Dynasty that the Chen family has no descendants and his son is the nephew of the Chen family... In this way, he will deceive the Ming Dynasty into giving him a title."

"He even asked his son to change his surname to Hu, hoping to hide it from the eyes and ears of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Su said.

"Hmph, a traitor with evil intentions." Old Zhu said disdainfully. Although he did not like the behavior of Annan Chen, the behavior of Li, who was a whore and wanted to be a saint, made Old Zhu feel even more disgusted.

He was the emperor, and what he hated most were those ambitious usurpers of the throne.

"So... what is the Ming Dynasty going to do?" Zhu Su asked. "Are we going to sit back and watch the Li family kill all the Chen family members, or are we going to rescue the Chen family members, help the Chen family serve the people, and send troops to the Li family?"

"I'm afraid that neither of these two methods can effectively recover the old land of Annan... I don't know what you are going to do, Dad."

(End of this chapter)