Why is it necessary to hold a ceremony about surrendering to Champa on such an important day as the first day of the Lunar New Year and the convening of the Great Court Meeting?

It is completely impossible for a small city to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the significance of affiliation is far greater than the actual utility.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty's rule over vassal states was always nominal, and no vassal state would ever hand over all its power to the suzerain state.

But now, in the Ming Dynasty, the Champa State has set a precedent.

Once a precedent is set, it means that this is definitely not the first time.

In the grand ceremony, under the watchful eyes of thousands of civil and military officials, the envoys of the Champa Kingdom knelt down three times and kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and presented the official document written by the King of Champa.

This national book is written in Chinese and Zhan characters respectively, with the seal of King Zhan.

"His Majesty decreed that the Champa State should be renamed as Champa Provincial Envoy, retain the hereditary royal title of Champa, and give separate rewards."

"Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!!!"

As the first vassal state to surrender, Zhu Yuanzhang still gave many rewards.

He was directly rewarded with millions of treasure notes, as well as various kinds of fabrics, silks, porcelain, tea and other luxuries.

Since then, there has been no local government in Champa, but yamen were established in the Ming Dynasty to manage it.

The news that Champa had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty quickly spread to the country of Champa.

Many nobles didn't even know that their country was suddenly gone.

In their eyes, King Zhan is just a puppet, what kind of trouble can he cause.

When writing the official document, the King of Champa did not discuss it with the nobles of Champa City, but hid in his room and wrote it secretly.

Then the eunuchs from the Ming Dynasty brought them back to the capital.

It was not until the navy stationed at the seaside of the Ming Dynasty received an order to take over Champa City that the nobles of Champa City realized that their king had given the entire country to the Ming Dynasty.

Angry, they stormed the palace of King Zhan directly, hoping to find an explanation from King Zhan.

Then, the people guarding the palace were no longer the soldiers who occupied the king before, but the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

Facing Ming soldiers, the nobles were much calmer.

After all, if this knife falls, it doesn't matter how much you are worth or what place you had in Champa before.

The leader of the team this time was Navy Commander Jin Kaishan.

King Zhan also knew that if he dedicated himself to the country in this way, he would definitely attract revenge from the nobles, so he asked for protection from the Ming Dynasty.

Of course Zhu Ying agreed to this.

He also promised that he could come directly to live in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and would give him a large house in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. As a hereditary king, as long as he was willing to live in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, he could also receive a salary in line with his status.

King Cham refused. He still wanted to stay in Champa. After all, this was where he had always lived.

Just ask the Ming army to guard the palace.

Zhu Ying naturally agreed.

Jin Kaishan looked coldly at the large crowd gathered in front of him.

Among these people were officials, military generals and nobles who occupied the city.

These privileged classes knew very well that once the city was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, all their power would be wiped out.

Because the Ming Dynasty would not recognize their noble status.

This is also true.

Jin Kaishan first read out the Ming Dynasty's edict, and then ordered them to retreat immediately.

"If you don't retreat within a stick of incense, you will be punished according to the Great Ming Law for gathering a crowd to cause trouble."

"Come here, put some incense."

Under Jin Kaishan's order, the soldiers patrolled and brought an incense burner and lit a short incense stick on it.

It is said to be a stick of incense, but in fact the stick is only half the normal length.

"All officers and soldiers obey the order. When the incense is extinguished, if anyone dares to stay and cause trouble, he will be killed without mercy!"

"promise!"

The nobles of the Ming Dynasty gathered about a thousand people, and at the gate of the palace, including Jin Kaishan, there were only five hundred people.

Other soldiers are naturally guarding other places.

"I don't believe that the Ming army can still kill us all. Today's king is incompetent, stupid and traitorous. How can we stand by and watch and become the people of the country's subjugation."

"Let's all rush together, rush into the palace, seize the tea, and re-establish me as the king of Champa."

Among the crowd, someone shouted loudly in Chinese.

Everyone looked around and saw that it was the prime minister of the Champa Kingdom.

Everyone did not expect that not even the prime minister knew about the matter of occupying the king and betraying the country.

The prime minister is the head of the officials, and the prime minister of the city-occupied state is the actual person in power. The situation is similar to that of Hu Jishao in Annan. Whether it is court power or military power, it is in the hands of the prime minister.

In fact, the Prime Minister is still related to King Zhan, and the Prime Minister himself is the grandfather of King Zhan Chaye.

Cha was also able to suppress his brother and become the king of fortune-telling. Of course, it was the handiwork of his good grandfather.

Although the two are brothers, they have the same father and mother. Of course, the prime minister supports his own grandson.

It's just that when Chaya was the king, the prime minister, as his grandfather, firmly controlled power and completely regarded Chaya as a puppet.

Chaya's mother wanted to wrest power back from her father and give it to her son.

Unfortunately, the year before last, he was poisoned and killed by his own father.

Cha has no evidence, but it is clear that the man behind the murder of his mother was his grandfather.

Perhaps this was one of the factors why King Cham offered up the kingdom of Champa.

"You still dare to attack the palace. It seems that I don't need to give you time. All officers and men obey the order and kill!!!"

Jin Kaishan doesn't care who you are, no matter who you are. After the order from the imperial court came, in Jin Kaishan's heart, the occupied city already belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

In my realm of the Ming Dynasty, you still dare to despise my orders so much. You are kidding with your own life.

After the order was given, the soldiers immediately lit their matchlocks and fired at the crowd without hesitation.

The sound of gunshots continued, and as the smoke filled the air, there was a sound of wailing.

A matchlock gun cannot kill someone with just one shot. Those who were shot fell to the ground and kept screaming. The silk and satin on their bodies had no protective effect.

These nobles never expected that Daming would actually dare to shoot.

Jin Kaishan had a sneer on his face.

Why don't I dare to shoot?

No nobles dared to stay at this time. Those who were lucky enough to hide behind and not be hit, or who were still able to move after being hit, hurriedly ran out.

Even those lying on the ground endured the pain and fled.

A riot was easily suppressed by Jin Kaishan.

These nobles were dying and being injured, so naturally they were unwilling to give in.

So I thought about contacting the gang.

When the gangs heard this, they were immediately speechless.

Are you kidding me? If you let us gangsters go against the government, you might be out of your mind.

At this time, Longdong Qiang had already arrived at the door of a large house somewhere.

Behind him was a carriage, obviously loaded with a lot of cargo.

After a while, the door opened slightly, and a young eunuch glanced at the carriages outside. A bit of greed flashed in his eyes. This greed was well captured by Long Dongqiang.

"Master Long, come in. Grandpa is waiting for you in the backyard. But don't bring these things in."

Hearing what the young eunuch said, Longdong Qiang's heart skipped a beat.

He still had a smile on his face and said, "It's just some ordinary things. I think my adoptive father will like them."

The young eunuch shook his head and said: "Gang Leader Long, don't let me get into trouble."

Hearing that he was rejected again, Longdong Qiang could only wave his hand, and the servants behind him immediately pulled several carriages away.

After entering the gate and passing by the little eunuch, Longdong Qiang skillfully stuffed a few treasure bills into it.

The little eunuch was also very skillful in taking it into his sleeves. Apparently this kind of thing happened often.

"My foster father is in a good mood today."

"Grandpa is in a pretty good mood."

In just two sentences, Long Dongqiang understood in his heart.

Walking through the lobby to the backyard, I saw Li Youwei feeding the fish leisurely on the small stone bridge.

Long Dongqiang immediately kowtowed: "Meet my foster father."

Li Youwei turned around and saw Long Dongqiang, smiled and nodded: "Get up, father and son don't need to be so polite."

After that, he sprinkled the fish food in his hand, causing a swarm of fish to fight over him.

When he walked to the pavilion and sat down, Longdong Qiang was still standing. He sat down halfway after being greeted by Li Youwei.

Li Youwei was obviously very satisfied with Long Dongqiang's respect.
To be continued...