Returning to Hangzhou from Yangzhou, Xu Hao declined the invitation of his friends and focused his attention on Annan, and at this time, the court's attention was also focused on Annan.

In the first year of Hongxi, Hu Hancang, the governor of Annan State Affairs, congratulated the emperor on his accession to the throne of the Great Tomorrow, and said that the descendants of the Chen Dynasty were extinct, claiming to be the king's nephew, and was supported by the ministers, and asked to be crowned the lord of the Annan Kingdom.

Zhu Gaochi doubted this, how could the Annan Chen Dynasty be passed down for hundreds of years? And the Ming Dynasty was not ignorant of the political situation in Annam.

At that time, Xu Hao was noncommittal about this and did nothing. The courtiers were worried that Zhu Gaochi would use troops against Annan in order to establish prestige, and persuaded the emperor to rest his mind on the grounds that the Celestial Empire had not interfered in the internal affairs of his subjects since ancient times.

Zhu Gaochi, who had just ascended the throne, was as good as a stream, which made the ministers feel at ease, and the imperial court sent an envoy to Annan to investigate, and was about to be hospitalized, and Hu Hancang summoned the ministers of Annam to jointly submit a letter to the court, and finally named Hu Hancang as the king of Annam, just like knowing that the ministers of the Japanese state were in charge but canonized the shogunate general as the lord of the country.

However, in the second year, an Annam man named Chen Tianping entered Beijing from Ailao (Laos), claiming to be the son of the former king Chen Yizong, and exposed Hu Hancang's father Hu Jichen usurping the throne and killing the Chen family.

This year, three events in a row made Annan a hot event at the court and changed the attitude of the ministers.

The first thing was that Hu Jichen was afraid that the plot of usurping the throne would be exposed, so he sent people to chase and kill Li Kuang, who fortunately had Jinyiwei desperately protected him and escaped back to Yunnan.

The second event was that Annam's sworn enemy, King Luo Hao, was killed, and Annam took the opportunity to send troops to attack on a large scale. Lai Jin, the new ruler of Zhanba, offered a white elephant to the Ming Dynasty for help, asking the Ming Dynasty to send an army to attack Annam.

The third thing is that because Annan has forcibly occupied the territory of Luzhou on the border of Yunnan in recent years, Mu Sheng was dissatisfied, and he wrote several times to request to attack Annan and recover the lost territory.

In the study, Xu Hao pondered about this, and his front was full of information collected through various channels in the past two years.

It can be said that since the Song Dynasty, Vietnam has become more and more unruly because of the fierce folk customs and repeated victories over the powerful armies of Dali or Miao and other places, calling itself the Little Celestial Empire of the South Seas, and ambitious to annex the entire peninsula. Later, he was defeated by three successive victories over the Mongol army. Don't take the combat power of the Ming army into account.

If it weren't for the great Ming land, there were many things. Annan had to bow his head in reality. In history, Zhu Di used soldiers, and Annan, who rebelled for many years, became a big burden for the Ming Dynasty and was finally forced to withdraw from the army.

It can be said that human civilization has developed to the Ming Dynasty and the formation of the Juche nation. Although it is not difficult to annex the territories of other countries. But it is difficult to occupy it for a long time. Even if it is colonized for hundreds of years. Except for sparsely populated areas or areas of primitive civilization such as North and South America, the territories of today's countries during the Ming Dynasty have mostly remained the same in modern times. This is not without reason, because Xu Hao never thought there was any point in conquering the Korean Wa Nation.

Of course, the territory that should be occupied must be occupied, and a monument must be erected to leave rich and detailed evidence for future generations, and the war that should be fought must not be soft.

Intelligence shows that Annan and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty have different opinions on the issue of whether to start a war against the Ming Dynasty, and there are those who are the main war and those who are the main peace, and finally Hu Yuancheng of the left Xiangguo believes that whether the war is won depends on the contradiction of the people's will, and the usurpation of the Hu family is real, and I am afraid that the main war is not certain.

Xu Hao agreed with Hu Yuancheng's idea, the people's will is indeed the key factor in the war, and the Ming Dynasty won first and then lost in history, because the people of Annam believed that the Ming Dynasty army had changed from a righteous army to a foreign enemy, and from the support of the whole country to the enemy of the whole country.

Hu Jichen, the emperor of Annam, was a figure, and adopted the policy of Ruan Jun, the envoy of the Beijiang town, and constantly apologized to slow down his division, and asked to send Chen Tianping back to Annam to succeed him as the lord of the country.

Interestingly, with the rise of the Ming Dynasty, the surrounding countries followed a series of chain chemical reactions, Ryukyu relied on the Ming Dynasty to unify the three countries, adopted mercantilism and prospered, Joseon Li replaced Goryeo, destroyed Buddhism and worshiped Confucianism and other imitations of the Ming Dynasty's national policy also went to prosperity.

The same is true of the Hu clan in Annam, Hu Jichen, like the later Vietnamese, was very good at learning from the Central Plains Dynasty, and forced the issuance of paper money and copper coins to buy Ming Dynasty goods.

Weights and measures were unified, municipal supervisors were set up in all markets throughout the country, and commercial taxes on foreign merchant ships were uniformly regulated. Learn from the Ming Dynasty to open up canals and build official roads, and set up post stations along the way.

land acquisition is state-owned, and legislation restricts land annexation; restricting the aristocracy from supporting domestic slaves and serfs, and reforming the tax system; An arithmetic test was added to the imperial examinations, and a large number of memorized content was abolished and replaced with essays discussing politics.

Hu Jichen's views on Confucianism made Xu Hao very, very interested, and he had in his hand a copy of Hu Jichen's "Book of Ming Taoism", which consisted of 14 chapters, referring to Zhou Gong as the first sage and Confucius as the first teacher, and questioned the authenticity of the four Analects.

called Han Yu a thief of Confucianism, and criticized Cheng Zhu Lixue, thinking that they were pedantic and blindly plagiarized and plagiarized the things of the ancients.

Xu Hao sighed, Hu Jichen's views on Confucianism coincided with his, and the Juche nation gradually took shape, just like North Korea, and began to devote itself to the creation and promotion of its own language.

Hu Jichen was obviously anxious about this, and the Joseon Dynasty created the Korean script in an atmosphere of full respect for the Confucianism of the Ming Dynasty, which did not arouse the hostility of the Great Ming Shilin. Hu Jichen's dislike of Cheng Zhu Lixue, the change of land policy and domestic slave policy and imperial examination not only offended the interests of most nobles, but also violated the interests of many scholars, so that the reform was resisted by the remnants of the Chen Dynasty and the Confucians.

At present, many people in Annam have been trying to overthrow the rule of Hu Jichen's father and son, forcing Hu Jichen to adopt a high-pressure policy to search for opponents throughout the country, which has caused panic among the people in the country, so that the reform has come to a standstill, and the ordinary people cannot enjoy the fruits of the reform, coupled with the continuous instigation of the aristocratic landlords, and the recent large-scale conscription, increasing taxes and building military facilities, have undoubtedly increased the burden on the people, resulting in dissatisfaction with the Hu family throughout the country.

The most fatal and deadly thing is to offend the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and unluckily catch up with the thriving Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, in time, Annan's reform achievements will be no less than those of North Korea.

Some ministers of the DPRK and China believed that Hu Jichen had offended the sages and that it was a great rebellion to arbitrarily change the imperial examination, and they swept away their attitude of opposing the use of troops last year and instead actively suggested sending troops.

Xu Hao was a little disappointed and very happy, the reason why he never dared to touch the imperial examination was because he was afraid of a strong backlash, once he became the target of public criticism, it was too easy to be slandered by people with his identity and power, and the fate of the ministers would either hold the emperor hostage or be killed by the whole family.

However, this time, the will of the DPRK and China is available. Zhu Gaochi really wants to win a big victory through one foreign victory. It not only demonstrates the authority of the kingdom to act for heaven, but also enhances his personal prestige, and by the way, subdues the small countries of Nanyang.

Therefore, Mu Sheng's letter was unexpectedly rejected, and Xu Hao, who was most likely to be the marshal, also had to retreat.

The teacher has to be famous. Few ministers of the DPRK and China are good in this regard. pushed out the eunuch who didn't like his eyes. ordered Tusi, who had just surrendered in Yunnan, with 3,000 Miao soldiers, to escort Chen Tianping back to Annan to die.

In the past six months, the court has worked together to fight hard. Xu Hao also followed the strategy of flanking the front and back that year, and ordered Mu Hui to train the sailors to mobilize the warships, and the first emperor issued an order to announce the start of war, and immediately set off for the city with 10,000 ships.

After spending a year in Hangzhou, Mu Ningxue missed her son and returned to the capital a few years ago. In February, Mrs. Xia next door was counting on Chunxi to give birth every day, and invited the midwife to stay at home day and night, not letting anyone go home, I am afraid that she will not be able to find her for a while.

Mrs. Mu went to Xia's house to sit when she had nothing to do, and the two ladies discussed, combined with Ning Xue's production experience at that time, they wanted to come to the Xu family's midwifery team, saying that now Xiangyu is very famous in the capital, known as a famous doctor in obstetrics and gynecology, and some people are queuing up to make an appointment, and the women's medical hall has set up a number of midwifery teams for this purpose.

Mrs. Xia cleaned up the warm room in the bedroom, put the warm kang back to the hole to prepare for confinement, and found two wet nurses to serve in advance, afraid that Chunxi would not take care of the children when she was young.

On this day, Mei and Xiangling Xiangxuan were gossiping in the house, Mei sent people around to look for her daughter and didn't linger with Xu Hao for a while, she missed it very much, and deliberately said: "I treat you like sisters, I have a confidant to say to the two of you, if you are willing to work together, it will be beneficial for you." ”

Xiangling smiled: "Uncle is good to us, just tell us something." ”

Mei said: "I have been a widow for many years, I don't want to make a mistake in vain, what chastity do you keep in your life? I mean find someone to be funny and kill your loneliness, what do you say? ”

Xiangxuan asked knowingly: "This is difficult, how can people from outside get in?" We can't get out again, so I advise you to get rid of this thought. ”

Mei Shi smiled: "Idiot girl, don't I know that there is one in front of me, why do you need to look for it?" ”

Xiangxuan said: "If it's in front of you, it's nothing more than the third master?" ”

Mei blushed and said, "You are so fine, it's him." ”

Xiangling opened her mouth wide with her beautiful eyes, and said in her heart Amitabha, what does my aunt want to do with the young master?

Xiangxuan said with a smile: "If you want to talk about him, it's easy, I don't dare to hide it from my aunt, the day before yesterday, my sisters went to Mrs. Grandma, and my sister also followed, and I was the only one at home." He suddenly came over, and saw that there was no one, and he forced me, and I couldn't beat him, so I had to rely on him for a while. If you're interested, you'll be able to do it. ”

Mei scolded with a smile: "I don't want to be the first to be taken by you dead girl, what do you think?" ”

Xiangxuan laughed and said: "It's big, his thing is like pig iron, and it took a long time to make me crispy before I woke up." ”

Mei glanced at the incredulous Xiangling, and sighed: "It's okay to have no face, but although we see each other often, how can we do this?" ”

Xiangxuan said: "You pretended to be asleep, I asked him to come and ask him to steal you." ”

At that moment, Xiangxuan ran to the study to find Xu Hao, smiled and whispered, Xu Hao listened interestingly, and immediately the two came to Mei's courtyard together, Xiangling saw people coming from afar, and hurriedly ran in and said, "Coming, coming." ”

Mei hid in the room, took off his clothes and pretended to be asleep on the couch, deliberately crossed one leg, the brocade was lifted a little, and his private parts were slightly exposed.

Xu Hao walked into the room lightly, opened the gauze tent and saw that Mei's upper body was snow-white, wearing only a bean-green gauze bandeau with no hair underneath.

took off his shirt and Xu Hao pressed it, and as soon as he saw it, he sent it in, straight to the root, and moved.

Mei Shi gasped, couldn't pretend to be unable to sleep, opened his eyes and smiled: "Live robber, how can you come to force me in the daytime?" Xiangling is outside, and she can't go down yet. ”

Xu Hao hugged the charming beauty and said with a smile: "When the robbers come to someone's house, can anyone go back empty-handed?" Just accept your fate. ”

Mei Shi was emotional, and the starry eyes were confused, and suddenly said: "If you find Yuying, I would like the mother and daughter to serve you together." ”

Xu Hao's movements stopped, and these days he wondered why his cousin disappeared without a trace, and secretly went to investigate, and found that this matter may have been a good thing done by Zhu Qiaoqiao.

It is said that Zhu Qiaoqiao and Mu Ningxue discussed it back then, and first placed Xiao Yuying in Hangzhou, during the Battle of Jingjing, he thought that Xu Hao's mind was about to fade, and he married Xiao Yuying to an official eunuch in Yangzhou.

One of the purposes of Xu Hao's trip to Yangzhou this time was to inquire about his cousin's current situation. (To be continued......)