Faced with the Ming Dynasty envoy's dilemma and intractable situation, the King and Prince of Chechi Kingdom were extremely troubled.
After all, there seems to be no way to resolve the current situation.
The envoy from the Ming Dynasty came to Chechi Kingdom but found no evidence. Instead, he prepared to risk his reputation and life to fabricate evidence, thus giving the Ming Dynasty a reason to act.
If this Ming Dynasty envoy returns and confidently claims that he has found evidence and even fabricates some, then the king and prince of Chechi Kingdom will have no way to defend themselves.
Besides, this is a fact, isn't it?
In this way, Chechi Kingdom would face the wrath of the Ming Dynasty.
But right now, they are completely helpless against this envoy from the Ming Dynasty. They can't deal with him either, since he is an envoy sent by the Ming Dynasty.
Generally speaking, the identity of an envoy represents the entire Ming Dynasty. Doing anything to an envoy is of no benefit to the Ming Dynasty.
Harming the envoy would be tantamount to declaring war on the Ming Dynasty.
This is no different from directly admitting that they killed the grandson of the Ming emperor, and may even more directly lead to war.
However, if we do nothing to the envoy and simply let him go back, we will directly face retaliation from the Ming Dynasty.
This unsolvable situation made the king and prince of Chechi Kingdom understand what despair truly meant.
Even so, they still had to think about how to deal with this situation.
We can't just stand by and watch Chechi Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty go to war, can we?
Doesn't that mean the Kingdom of Chechi is doomed?
In this moment of despair, the King and Prince of Chechi Kingdom finally panicked.
Soon, the Ming Dynasty envoy prepared to leave Chechi Kingdom.
Now that he has decided what to do, he naturally has to go back and implement it.
When the Ming envoys left, the King of Chechi Kingdom went to see them again, hoping there might be a way to salvage the situation. He sincerely stated that the death of the Ming crown prince had nothing to do with them.
I hope he didn't wrong Chechi Kingdom.
But what he got in return was a burst of mockery and sneers from the Ming Dynasty envoy.
The Ming Dynasty envoy simply did not believe that this matter had anything to do with the Kingdom of Chechi.
He firmly believed that it must have been Chechi Kingdom that did it, since almost all the western countries had cooperation with the Ming Dynasty and could benefit from it through Zhu Yuntong's connections.
Only Chechiguo was not involved; only Chechiguo had a grudge against Zhu Yuntong, so this could only have been done by Chechiguo.
Therefore, the Ming envoy did not offer any lengthy explanations for the nonsense spoken by the King and Prince of Tingcheting Kingdom.
Instead, he resolutely left Chechi Kingdom.
After some time, the envoy successfully returned to the Ming Dynasty.
Then, in the imperial court, he said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Your Majesty, during my time in Chechi Kingdom, I have basically ascertained that the death of my Ming Dynasty's Crown Prince is directly related to the King and Prince of Chechi Kingdom."
It can be basically concluded that they were the ones who sent people to kill the Crown Prince. During my questioning earlier, the King of Chechi Kingdom inadvertently let slip that they had admitted to doing it.
I was extremely angry at the time, and they even threatened to kill me on the way back if I told them the truth. I only escaped death after I warned them.
The envoy's words were only half true. He had indeed been threatened, but neither the prince nor the king of Chechi Kingdom ever inadvertently admitted to killing Zhu Yunwen.
However, the envoy's words naturally caused a great uproar in the court.
Lan Yu was the first to excitedly stand up and say:
"I knew it, it must have been Chechi Kingdom. That hateful Chechi Kingdom actually destroyed all the evidence and refused to admit it."
Another prominent civil official also spoke up:
"Although it's almost certain that Che Chiguo did it, it's just that he accidentally admitted it. We still don't have any substantial evidence."
Zhu Yuanzhang, standing above, had a grim expression. He never cared about evidence; as long as it was confirmed that they were the ones who did it, that was enough.
"Pass on my order: the army is to begin moving westward and advance slowly."
No one in the room objected to Zhu Yuanzhang's words.
Originally, for them, attacking Chechi Kingdom was just a pretext.
Now that they basically know that Chechi Kingdom killed Zhu Yunwen, they will announce this news.
Even without substantial evidence, it can be said that the envoy learned it from the King of Chechi, who inadvertently revealed it to him.
In any case, the revenge for the Ming Dynasty's crown prince must be taken.
Thus, the Ministry of War began to mobilize troops and generals to make various pre-battle preparations.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang designated Lan Yu to lead an army of 100,000 men, armed with rifles, bombs, and small cannons, to Chechi Kingdom to raze the Chechi royal palace to the ground.
Lan Yu was very excited after receiving the order. He had always wanted to avenge Zhu Yunwen, and now the opportunity had come.
In his view, this was the only way to bring Zhu Yunwen peace.
After this news was released, the people of the Ming Dynasty were extremely excited. Avenging the Crown Prince was the wish of all the people of the Ming Dynasty, and now it could finally be realized.
Everyone was naturally very happy.
The news quickly spread to the west, and the reactions from various western countries were a mix of shock, worry, and joy.
Some of the happier ones are those who have a grudge against the Chechi Kingdom. The Chechi Kingdom is a domineering country, and if it were to be destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, it would definitely be a good thing for the western countries.
The concern was that the Ming Dynasty's overreaching influence might pose a threat to some of their countries.
Upon receiving the news, the King of Chechi Kingdom was thrown into a panic. After all, Chechi Kingdom had now recognized the strength of the Ming Dynasty and was extremely wary of it.
If killing Zhu Yuntong leads to war between Chechi Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty, then he will truly regret it.
In short, this is not the way the King and Prince of Chechi Kingdom wanted things to have developed.
This was completely out of their plans, and they were extremely anxious. The Ming Dynasty's 100,000-strong army, armed with such powerful weapons, was absolutely not something the Kingdom of Chariots could withstand.
Despite their past boasting that the Ming Dynasty was in the west and could never do anything to the Chechi Kingdom.
But now that they are actually facing this situation, they are still extremely flustered.
They still believed that the Ming Dynasty had the strength to deal with them.
Just as the King and Prince of Chechi were in a state of great panic, a guard suddenly came to report that a powerful figure from the Ming Dynasty had come to see the King of Chechi.
The King of Chechi immediately ordered his men to enter, and a moment later, Prince Zhu Gang of Jin appeared before the King and his son.
He stood confidently with his hands behind his back, looking at the King and Prince of Chechi, and said:
"I am Zhu Gang, the Prince of Jin of the Great Ming Dynasty."
The King and Prince of Chechi Kingdom were immediately dumbfounded. They wondered why a prince from the Ming Dynasty would suddenly come looking for them now that they had broken with the Ming Dynasty to this extent.
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