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In fact, Zhu Yujian had already made his choice when he heard that his two uncles might take over the throne of Tang Dynasty. At this time, when he heard that Emperor Chongzhen offered him unexpected benefits, how could he still hesitate and immediately replied excitedly: "The sinner is willing to choose the second option!"

Deep down in his bones, he actually still has a passion for making great achievements. Otherwise, he would not have gone against the ancestral system and led troops to serve the king in a hot head.

As for the Tang king's fiefdom, changing it from Henan to Dongwu is equivalent to leaving the land of his ancestors. This may have psychological barriers for others, but for Zhu Yujian, it had almost no impact.

For these, he will not care much compared to the causes he considers important. This point was also reflected in the original history and has not changed due to the emergence of the butterfly effect.

In the original history, after Zhu Yujian ascended the throne as emperor, he proposed and implemented the idea of ​​uniting with the peasant army to fight against the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Maybe people in later generations won't think anything of it, but at that time, everyone believed that Emperor Chongzhen died at the hands of the peasant army. Therefore, if he wanted to take the throne of the Ming Dynasty, he had to avenge the late emperor. How could he join forces with the peasant army? Woolen cloth! But he, Zhu Yujian, withstood such pressure from public opinion.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen listened to Zhu Yujian's choice again, nodded with a smile and said: "This is to expand the territory, and in the future we have to govern the vassal country. Whether it is a dragon or an insect, the key depends on you. I told you to see it before You are indeed reading these books carefully. This is good, and I can rest assured. It seems that I was right to choose you to do this!"

After praising him, Emperor Chongzhen became serious again and said: "The change of vassal title has a bearing on whether the Ming Dynasty will be revitalized or not. Therefore, your first example must succeed. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty and for yourself, you must work hard. When I destroy Jian Prisoners, after freeing up hands, Ming Dynasty will also focus on Nanyang. Until then, how much land you have captured will determine how many fiefs you have in the Tang Kingdom. It all depends on your own efforts!"

If Zhu Yujian was a man who waited for death and only cared about being happy and happy, then this important task would definitely not fall on him. However, Emperor Chongzhen still saw Zhu Yujian's shining points, and he also had some expectations in his heart. He didn't know how high Zhu Yujian's achievements would be?

"The sinner must work hard and live up to His Majesty's high expectations!" Zhu Yujian knelt down and kowtowed to the ground. At this time, he was excited and full of fighting spirit.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and after telling him something else, he asked him to follow him out of the Jinyiwei Prison, and then convened the cabinet to formally discuss the matter.

After hearing Emperor Chongzhen's will, all the ministers in the cabinet couldn't help but be overjoyed. To be honest, anyone with a little discernment would know that this vassal king's matter was a chronic problem of the Ming Dynasty. But after all, this was the emperor's family matter, and ministers could not change it. Even Zhang Juzheng, who was so powerful in the early Wanli period, did not dare to do anything more. Now that the emperor has proposed a complete solution, all of them are naturally overjoyed.

After some discussion, we came to the following conclusions.

First, Zhu Yujian, who is still the grandson of Tang Dynasty, can be officially canonized as the king of Tang Dynasty and transfer his fiefdom to prepare money and food. The auction of the land cannot be carried out for the time being, otherwise too much movement will make the feudal kings from all over the country suspicious. If they join forces to cause trouble, the pressure of public opinion will be too great, which will add a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Second, the assistant minister Min Hongxue was familiar with the border affairs in Yunnan and Guizhou, and had led the army to put down the rebellion there. Therefore, Min Hongxue will return to Yunnan as an imperial envoy to coordinate and control the surrounding provinces, and make preliminary preparations for the attack on Dongwu.

Third, after the King of Tang raised money and food in the fiefdom, the Jin Yiwei escorted the King of Tang secretly to Yunnan to meet Min Hongxue, and then began to recruit troops and prepare for war. And the king of Tang himself selected the officials he would use in the future, so as to avoid chaos caused by no one to govern after Dongwu was captured.

Fourth, after everything was ready, the imperial court took the opportunity to announce Dongwu's crimes, publicly changed the title of King of Tang, announced a new policy for the vassal, auctioned off the old land of the former King of Tang, and officially attacked Dongwu, bringing Dongwu into the territory of China. Make your master famous, destroy his country and frighten the surrounding vassal countries.

At the end of the meeting, Emperor Chongzhen announced very seriously: "This matter is the top secret of our Ming Dynasty. If anyone dares to leak it and I find out, he will be severely punished regardless of his official position!"

The implication is that this matter can only succeed, not fail. These people present were all the highest-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty, so they naturally understood the seriousness of the matter and did not dare to violate it. Of course, if it weren't for the miraculous performance of the factory guards in the past six months, it's not certain that someone would have other thoughts.

After this matter was arranged, Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief.

The court did not need to pay much money for food, and the Tang king paid for it, and then went to the border areas of Yunnan and Guizhou to recruit soldiers and horses, which could be regarded as solving the local employment problem and promoting the development of related industries. As long as the war can be guaranteed to burn in Dongwu, this war will definitely not be a loss-making deal for the court! This was also due to the accumulation of money and food by the Ming vassal kings over the generations. They should have enough money and food to fight a protracted war. Otherwise, the court would eventually have to provide money and food, which would be a burden to the Ming Dynasty.

The most important thing about this matter is that it can also solve the problem of domestic vassal kings. In addition, the Ming Dynasty can also directly extend its influence to the Indian Ocean through Dongwu. If you really want to count it in detail, the benefits brought by this matter are really countless.

Therefore, this matter was acted upon very quickly, and Min Hongxue resigned from the palace the next day and prepared to leave Beijing.

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and then told him: "After Min Qing arrives, there is a man named Ba Dengding who will go to Min Qing according to my order. He is from Mubang and should be familiar with Dongwu affairs. But this person It’s hard to say whether it is reliable or not. Min Qing can send more people to collect Dongwu’s intelligence first, so as to know ourselves and the enemy. Before our army moves, if possible, we can also support Dongwu’s domestic opposition forces to cause internal friction... …”

Emperor Chongzhen actually knew that Min Hongxue, as a feudal official who had experience in leading troops and had returned from victorious battles, naturally knew about the things he ordered. But this fact was too important, so he still took the trouble to explain all the key points he could think of carefully and repeatedly.

Emperor Chongzhen himself might have thought that he would do some useless work, but Min Hongxue was greatly surprised. He didn't expect that Emperor Chongzhen, who was so young and had never led an army before, could speak out so clearly and logically about so many things to pay attention to. There were even a few places that he didn't pay much attention to.

Min Hongxue was willing to accept his teachings and eventually left in submission.

However, Emperor Chongzhen had no rest. His chamberlain reported that Xiong Wencan, the former governor of Fujian, had arrived in the capital.

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