"This is impossible. The nobles in our country will definitely not support this, even if the Ming Dynasty really sends out the navy to help."

There was a look of panic in Zhan Wangcha's eyes.

The next day, he was summoned to the King of Wu's palace, thinking that it was because Ananiah had really persuaded the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, it’s almost the same.

However, the Crown Prince did not receive him, but it was the Prince of Wu, Zhu Yunwen, who came forward.

It was still okay at the beginning, but he knew with his brain that there was no way to meet the conditions proposed by the King of Wu.

It is true that he is the king of Champa, but he does not have complete control over Champa.

When Chaye's father seized the throne, he gave up a lot of interests in order to gain the support of the vast majority of the nobles and usurp the throne.

Similarly, in order to smoothly inherit the throne, Cha also made many promises to these nobles.

Otherwise, he would not be the current King of Zhan.

In King Zhan's opinion, none of these conditions could be agreed to by the nobles.

Of course, he himself didn't want to agree.

Let those untouchables learn Chinese, and open free Chinese schools in all cities, and establish laws to force learning.

How is this possible.

This is an insult to their noble status.

The reason why nobles are nobles is that they are born nobles. How can these lowly people look up to them?

The most important thing is that King Zhan felt that if he really did this, the power of the royal family would be completely hollowed out and they would become puppets.

"This is what my elder brother meant. You should also know that my elder brother's order cannot be disobeyed."

"I know you'll get into a lot of trouble for this, but if you disobey my eldest brother's order, I'm afraid your trouble will be even greater."

Zhu Yunwen shrugged and said nonchalantly.

These requirements were specifically told to him by his elder brother. Given his current situation, it was naturally impossible for him to disobey them.

Two days ago, he was severely reprimanded by his elder brother, which scared him a lot.

What he worried most was that his elder brother would depose him from his position as overseas vassal king.

Although his eldest brother might not give the order immediately because the Emperor was still around, Zhu Yunwen knew very well that if his eldest brother really had this intention, he would not have a good life in the end.

After all, the future of the Ming Dynasty belongs to my eldest brother.

Fortunately, after I told my mother about this, she told me not to worry too much.

If the eldest brother really wanted to punish himself, then there would be no need to reprimand him.

Now that he has been admonished and there was no other punishment at the time, the matter is over.

"Your Highness, King Wu, how about this? We no longer need the Ming navy to patrol the western waters."

King Zhan is now in a state of confusion.

He originally wanted to use the relationship between Ananiya and his great-granddaughter Concubine to bring greater benefits to Champa and consolidate his own power.

But now I feel like I'm trying to steal a chicken but end up losing the rice.

Zhu Yunwen frowned and scolded, "Prince Zhan, do you want my elder brother to change his mind every day?"

"I'm telling you, now is not the time for you to decide. When the eldest brother issues the order, it means that this matter must be carried out."

Zhu Yunwen even found it a little ridiculous.

You think you are a vendor bargaining in the market, saying "I don't want it" and want to end it like that.

Where do you put the face of the Ming Dynasty, and where do you put your elder brother's face?

"this……"

King Zhan was suddenly in a dilemma.

If he agreed, there would be no doubt that he would be despised by almost all the nobles in the country and would completely lose his power as a king.

Without the support of the nobles, can the royal family still be a royal family? They may soon be forced to abdicate.

But if you refuse, you will face pressure from the Crown Prince of Ming.

He didn't know how the Ming Crown Prince would punish him.

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, King Zhan gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, King Wu, I'm sorry that I can't agree to open a school."

"This is the cultural heritage of our Champa Kingdom and the cornerstone of our Champa Kingdom. If we rashly make such a huge reform, it may cause the entire Champa Kingdom to be in turmoil."

"I will personally plead guilty to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. No matter what the punishment is, I am willing to bear it."

After saying this, Zhan Wangchaye felt relieved.

He has already figured it out. If he disobeys the order of the Ming Crown Prince, he will at most be punished. Perhaps the punishment will be severe, but it will not cost him his life.

Even if he was forcibly removed from the throne, it wouldn't matter much.

When this matter spreads, it will surely gain more deep friendships from the local nobles, as they will know that they are doing this for the benefit of all Champa countries.

The Ming Dynasty was indeed very powerful, but it couldn't declare war on Champa just because of this one incident.

After listening to this, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but look at Zhan Wangchaye with a hint of silence in his eyes.

He was a little stunned.

Is there anyone in this world who dares to go against the will of the Ming Dynasty?

In his heart, whether it is the emperor grandfather or his elder brother, they are the most supreme in the Ming Dynasty.

And the Ming Dynasty should be the ruler of this world.

At the beginning, the eldest brother only needed to issue an imperial decree, which made King Zhan and the nobles in his country give Wuli, which is now Wucheng, to the Ming Dynasty as their vassal state.

Now this matter has to go against my eldest brother's wishes.

"Have you thought it through?"

Zhu Yunwen asked again to confirm, he felt like he might have heard it wrong.

Zhan Wangcha also bowed and said, "I will definitely apologize to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Although Zhu Yunwen was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics since childhood, he did not understand the concept of civilization.

The civilization heritage of Champa comes from India, as well as some other aspects.

But fundamentally, it is the nobles' maintenance of themselves.

What Zhu Ying did was equivalent to lifting the fig leaf of the nobility, completely shattering the lie of so-called natural nobility.

In fact, there was such a concept in the Central Plains earlier.

However, after the saying "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers born with a different species?", the ideology gradually changed.

It was not until Zhu Yuanzhang that a commoner truly became emperor.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Yunwen did not think that the opening of a Chinese school would have any impact on Champa.

With Prince Zhan’s answer, the pressure was put on Zhu Yunwen.

When he first received the order from his elder brother, he thought it was not a big deal. After all, there were Ming troops here that were powerful enough to overthrow the entire Champa Kingdom.

King Zhan will definitely understand.

But now, things can't be done.

I was scolded by my eldest brother a few days ago. Now I can't even handle such a small matter. Wouldn't that disappoint my eldest brother even more?

No, it can't be like this.

"King Champa, if you insist on disobeying my elder brother's order, then the future of Champa will not be easy."

Zhu Yunwen's tone was a little cold, with a very strong threat.

On the contrary, Zhan Wangcha's thoughts were now clear, and he could only pretend to be sincerely fearful and apologize to King Wu.

But he never mentioned the promise.

Zhu Yunwen felt like he was overwhelmed.

Now he has no way to really coerce.

In desperation, they could only let King Zhan leave first.

After thinking it over, Zhu Yunwen immediately went to find his mother, Lu.

At this moment, Lu was accompanying Ye Yueqing and others.

After all, they are all women.

After hearing the message from the palace maid that her son wanted to see her for something, she could only helplessly say to Ye Yueqing: "I'm so sorry, maybe Yun Wen encountered some difficulties."

Ye Yueqing said: "Your Majesty, it is more important for you to deal with the business."

Zhu Yuanzhang, including Zhu Ying, had not yet deprived Lu of her status as Crown Princess.

Although she was the successor, she was also legally the Crown Princess.

After Zhu Biao passed away, Zhu Yuanzhang also gave him the posthumous title of Prince Yiwen.

Ye Yueqing is the Crown Prince's Consort, so in terms of relationship, Lu is still Ye Yueqing's legal mother.

Of course, Lu would not do such a thing to embarrass himself.

This time when she came to see Ye Yueqing, she did not mention her identity as the Crown Princess at all, but instead came as an elder relative.

Even when talking and communicating, Lu was very careful, and even had a subtle intention of respecting Ye Yueqing. To put it simply, he was trying to curry favor with her.

There is no way, she is only in name now, while Ye Yueqing will be the future Queen of the Ming Dynasty.

It is certain that she felt a little uncomfortable, after all, the position of queen should belong to her.

But the cleverness of Lu is that he is very clear about his position.

If the Crown Prince wanted to restore her mother, the Crown Princess, to her status as the principal wife, thereby depriving her of her own identity, she would have no way to stop him.

No matter what your identity is, you can only be subordinate to power.

Lu had already figured this out in his mind.

After leaving, Lu met Zhu Yunwen.

After seeing his mother, Zhu Yunwen felt a lot less pressure.

During the time when Wu Cheng was an overseas vassal king, all difficult issues were easily solved by his mother, which made him strongly dependent on her.

After all, he is just a teenager.

He immediately recounted the conversation with King Zhan.

"Mother, this Zhan Wang is too abominable. Aren't they afraid that the Ming Dynasty will conquer them?"

"But what should we do now? My eldest brother just scolded me a few days ago, and now I can't do what he asked me to do."

Zhu Yunwen said somewhat dejectedly.

I thought it was just a small task and never imagined it would be so troublesome.

After listening to this, Mrs. Lu frowned slightly.

In fact, she didn't expect that King Zhan would be so persistent in refusing.

"It seems that we have underestimated the nobles of Champa before."

"The fact that the Champa king would rather be punished than to persevere shows that the nobles in Champa attach great importance to status."

"I was negligent. I should have thought of this when they were willing to pay such a high price to stop the establishment of the Chinese Academy in Wucheng."

Lu soon realized that King Cham's behavior reflected the choice of the Champa nobles.

"Then what should we do?" Zhu Yunwen asked with a bitter face.

After a moment's thought, Lu said, "We can only tell the Crown Prince the truth about the situation."

"The Champa King has made it clear that he will not carry out the Crown Prince's order. What can we, an orphan and a widow, do in this Champa Kingdom?"

"Fifty thousand elite soldiers are only for self-protection. If we really want to fight against these nobles of Champa, only the Crown Prince can take action."

After that, he comforted Zhu Yunwen: "Don't worry, it has come to this point, just tell the truth to the crown prince, and I will naturally not blame you."

Zhu Yunwen nodded helplessly: "Okay, I'll go find my elder brother now."

…

Inside the King Wu’s palace.

Zhu Yunwen lowered his head slightly and confessed everything about Prince Zhan.

Then he looked at his elder brother cautiously.

When I saw my eldest brother's eyes become fierce, my heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Zhu Ying sneered, "This King Zhan is really interesting. Does he think that as long as he pleases those nobles, it doesn't matter if he offends me?"

"It seems that in his heart, these nobles in Champa are more important than our Ming Dynasty."

"Why don't you ask carefully about the current situation of Annan? The lessons from the past are all here, but you are still so stubborn."

Zhu Yunwen felt relaxed.

He was afraid that his elder brother would scold him.

Now that he heard that his anger had been diverted, he was relieved and immediately added fuel to the fire, saying, "Brother, you don't know that the King of Zhan really can't be taken seriously by us...our Great Ming."

"I have already explained it to him in detail. This is my eldest brother's order, representing the entire Ming Dynasty."

"But he refused to agree no matter what, and even said that he would come to Big Brother to apologize."

"In my opinion, the Cham King and the nobles of Champa have never taken the Ming Dynasty seriously. They are secretly disobeying the emperor's orders. They really need to be taught a lesson."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying turned around and asked, "Then tell me, how should we teach them a lesson?"

When asked this question, Zhu Yunwen was suddenly embarrassed.

He tried to say, "Why don't we just use the army? That way they will know how to be afraid and will have to agree even if they don't agree."

Zhu Ying looked at Zhu Yunwen and asked, "Is it because of this incident that the war between the Ming Dynasty and Champa was started?"

"Champa is easy to fight, but war should not be started lightly. Things like this require subtle changes. If the people of Champa develop hatred towards the Ming Dynasty, it will be difficult to deal with in the future."

Zhu Yunwen subconsciously said: "Are we just going to let it go like this?"

Zhu Ying laughed: "You must be joking. How can we just let it go like this? There are many ways to deal with these nobles."

After saying that, he looked at Zhu Yunwen. He now felt that Zhu Yunwen was really too naive. How come he didn't even have any conspiracy or tricks at all?

After all, it’s because he grew up in the greenhouse of the palace, never experienced any setbacks or hardships, and was protected too well.

This also made Zhu Ying realize that if he wanted more princes to become overseas vassal kings, he had to train them well.

Otherwise, if these princes run overseas and talk about expanding the territory, they will be completely killed by some politicians with ulterior motives.

Smart people are not only found in the Ming Dynasty.

Conspirators are everywhere.

"Okay, go talk to Song Zhong about this later. During this time, you should stay with Song Zhong and see how he does it and learn from him."