It has been two months since the expedition to destroy Shenglong. No one had ever thought that things would be so dramatic. Not to mention the Yue Kingdom, even the navy itself, it was incredible.

Only a few days later, the letters of surrender that were invited to surrender from all over the country were passed on. After all, there were many people who knew each other. Now that the Li family is finished, who would still be willing to go to the dark side with the Li family?

Chen Ao was also very happy and cheerful. He was kind to comfort those who surrendered, but he suddenly changed from a butcher to a Bodhisattva. All officials from all over the country remained in office, and the generals from each town also ordered them to guard the place.

Immediately, the pacification edict was issued, which was nothing more than just pursuing the evil leader and not asking the rest, and ordered all prefectures, counties, and towns to obey their duties and not make any mistakes.

This edict was like a general amnesty, which made everyone feel relieved; the situation in the Dayue Kingdom eased in an instant. The Nanyang Navy only stationed in Chameng and Hue, and was still in peace.

Chen Ao lived in the Hue Palace. The Hue Palace is quite large and has now become the center of the Nanyang Navy. From time to time, military generals come in and out. On the fifteenth day, it was dawn. Chen Ao had just changed his clothes and was in good spirits. He heard a voice from outside: "There is an imperial edict."

Chen Ao hurriedly led the generals to kneel down and answered the order. The person who sent the order was an old eunuch. He was not familiar with Shen Ao. He came all the way, and was exhausted. At first, he thought of Chameng, but later he realized that the Nanyang Navy had taken down Hue. What was Hue City? He was confused. Later, after inquiring, he realized that Shenglong had changed his name, which meant obedience to naturalization.

After finally revealing his identity, when he arrived at the palace city, he saw that King Pingxi and his army generals had set up an incense burner. The old eunuch's face looked a little unpleasant. He first looked at Chen Ao carefully before he could unleash the imperial edict helplessly and said, "The command said: King Pingxi Chen Ao was entrusted by the emperor's order and led his army to expedition to Dayue. His ambition was commendable and he worked very hard. I feel comforted."

When the generals heard this, they thought to themselves that His Majesty’s imperial edict was to reward the three armies, and they were very happy.

But Chen Ao felt bad in his heart. He was an old fox for receiving imperial edicts. He had received not a hundred or eighty imperial edicts in recent years. Zhao Ji's personality liked the most is to promote it first or suppress it first and then rise. He often praises you a few words first, and then curses you. If he scolds you in the front, he might change his subject and talk about your benefits. Hearing this, Chen Ao thought in his heart that there will definitely be no good things behind the imperial edict.

As expected, the old eunuch had a slightly awkward expression on his face and said, "I follow the will of heaven and inherit the great throne, and all civil and military officials will deceive superiors and conceal the subordinates, and those who are greedy for merit and boast about it..."

Chen Ao listened to it and became less and less. When he finished reading the imperial edict, he suddenly realized, oh, it turned out that he had made a falsification. He stood up, and the Jiang Zuo behind him shook his eyes one by one. The old eunuch came over with shame and said, "Your Highness..."

Chen Ao said, "You don't need to comfort me, just scold me if you scold me. Look, there are not many imperial edicts for cursing people today. Things are precious because they are rare. After a thousand years, this imperial edict is worthless. This is the heirloom of my Shen family. It will be passed down for generations in the future."

The old eunuch smiled embarrassedly, Chen Ao ordered someone to give him a few taels of silver and sent him to rest first. Soon after, a captain came over and said, "Your Highness, all the officials of Yue Kingdom have been waiting in the Qinzheng Hall. Please preside over the court."

Today's court discussion was Chen Ao's deliberate arrangement. He nodded and said, "Let's go and have a look."

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The Qinzheng Hall is actually not big. So many people are divided into two groups and stand, which seems a little crowded. When Chen Ao appears, the people of Yue bow down and said together: "Your Highness Thousand Years."

Chen Ao took his hands and went straight to the Silver Hall. After sitting down, he asked someone to pour tea on him and said slowly: "Li is executed, and I am the king of the country. What do you have to say? Let me tell you all."

At this moment, a Yue minister said, "Your Highness, since Li was executed, the Yue Kingdom has no leader, and the great Song Dynasty's superior country admired me. Therefore, the subordinates and others submitted a memorial together, asking Your Highness to report to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and ask Your Majesty to set up the Annan Protectorate, re-establish the county and the jurisdiction on his behalf."

Then many Yue ministers said together: "Please report to the emperor on his behalf and then go to the country."

Chen Ao had previously revealed the intention of establishing the Annan Protectorate, but today's court discussion is just to put this matter on the table. Chen Ao cannot mention this matter openly. If it is to mention it, it is also the Yue people themselves.

Chen Ao raised his face and said with a slight angrily expression: "What does this mean? Li is lawless, harming the people, and fighting the army is powerful. Therefore, I am ordered by the emperor to lead the king's army to come. Now that the cause of the Great Yue is apart from the disaster of Li, why is it that the Yue people do not recommend a wise monarch to recuperate, but instead let the Song Dynasty send officials to manage it? In this case, not only will our Song Dynasty be criticized, but there are also some people in Yue State who are dissatisfied. Don't mention this matter again, and I will definitely not allow it."

Chen Ao spoke righteously, but when the people heard it, they didn’t understand? So everyone begged again and again.

Chen Ao was angry and slapped the table and said, "What are you saying? The officials stationed in the Song Dynasty and set up the Protectorate Office. How much money does it cost every year? I, the Song Dynasty, have no time to take care of you, how can I take care of the internal affairs of the Yue people?"

A Yueren said: "The Protectorate can collect taxes..."

Chen Ao shook his head again and interrupted him, "This is even worse. I don't know. I'm even more aware of my skin and bones. There is no need to discuss this matter."

Chen Ao's attitude was very firm, but the people of Yue refused. After pleading with each other, Chen Ao was anxious and said angrily: "If you don't succeed, you won't succeed. Even if you Yue people give me five million silver, you will never succeed. You are not allowed to discuss. Who do you think you are? This king is here to punish the people for their crimes. You Yue people will naturally be dealt with by your Yue people."

Five million taels of silver were exactly the amount of the treasury of Yue State. One son was not much, and the other was not much. The Yue people below cursed Chen Ao and were insatiable and stopped talking.

Chen Ao saw it, why did it suddenly become a mess! He screamed in his heart. Has this drama been too much? Or are these guys reluctant to cut their losses? It seems that the verge of people is still a little shameless after all, and he also knows that the price of 5 million taels of silver is a little higher.

Chen Ao coughed desperately for a few times, and saw that everyone was not moving, they all looked at him speechlessly, with a look of being like I wouldn't play with you. If this continues, the trick of "persuading" will not continue. Fortunately, Shen Ao was thick-skinned, so he said shamelessly: "Actually... I don't mean this, it's the benefit of giving me four million taels of silver. I... I will never do it."

It's so shameless. Chen Ao thought so in his heart, and his old face couldn't help but turn red and purple.

The Yue people below then had a movement, and finally someone said, "Your Highness, the country would rather give up the silver and send him off, and ask your Highness to report to Chen so that the Celestial Empire can send a governor to the Dayue."

Speaking of this, Chen Ao had to "grudgingly" agree.

When he came from the palace, Chen Ao took a deep breath and thought to himself that it was indeed a very painful thing to do politics, or a real thing.

In fact, Chen Ao has already made arrangements for the structure of the Annan Protectorate. The Annan Protectorate has similar powers to the Supreme King. It does not care about the specific government affairs, but if it has one right, it will be decided. In other words, the people of Yue set up three provinces themselves and can appoint officials themselves, but the rights of the Protectorate are simple, which means that they can get the appointed officials out of order. In addition, an Annan Army is established to control part of the Vietnamese power and have the right to adjust tariffs on their own at each port of Yue State.

Although there are few rights, each right holds the key points. The veto power controls the political situation of Yue Kingdom to a considerable extent, military power protects the interests of trade, and tariffs have become an important means for the Song Dynasty to further expand trade. As for other rights, of course, the Yue Kingdom is tormenting itself. This makes even if the conflicts in Yue Kingdom arouse, the Yue Kingdom's spearhead will be directed at the Yue Kingdom's bureaucratic institutions. Although the Song Dynasty will be affected, it can always stay out of the matter. The so-called anti-corruption officials only and not the emperor. The Protectorate is the emperor. The Yue Kingdom's own three provinces and six ministries are corrupt officials. If the Yue Kingdom arouses civil unrest, it is not the matter of the Protectorate, but the Yue Army itself suppresses it. This makes the Protectorate more like the Yue Kingdom's ruling.

As for the responsibilities of the Annan Army, it is said that it is to prevent foreign enemies from invading, but its real purpose is to control the Vietnamese army. To put it bluntly, it is to let the Protectorate take over the benefits. The dirty and bad things have nothing to do with the Protectorate. If you have any injustice and debt, you can make trouble yourself.

The candidates for the Protectorate's Office need to be submitted to the court before making a decision. However, Chen Ao believes that the court's choice is to shirk each other's responsibility, and finally kick the ball back to the Naval Government. The three provinces and six ministries have always been not very keen on maritime affairs. In addition, if you are in a barbarian country, isn't this a military force? After all, he is a governor, and he should at least be a fourth-rank or above official, but whoever you appoint, he must hold a grudge against you.

As an official, the emphasis is on stability. This is the so-called doctrine of meanness. If you cheat someone, will there be no followers? At that time, you will have to fight with you. The final result is that you are very likely to send this hot potato to the Haizheng Office, which is actually just for Chen Ao to do it himself.

It would be better to send the appointment and removal of the governor to Chen Ao. Since the princes in the court did not want to be in charge, Chen Ao knew that the Protectorate's Office had a great relationship and almost controlled the people's livelihood of a vassal state. To put it bluntly, who can control the appointment and removal of the Annan Protectorate's Office is that the King of Annan without a crown is more realistic than the King of Annan, which is not as good as the one who falls into the hands of others.

Annan's control has increased the control of the Nai Zhengyao over the Nanyang, which means that the life, death, honor and disgrace of the countries in the Nanyang are all under the control of the Nai Zhengyao.

However, a piece of news also fell on Chen Ao's desk. A large cannibal fleet was wandering along the coast of Annan. They were originally going to rush to help Cham City, but they didn't expect that Cham City fell so quickly. As he had no choice, he immediately retreated. Now the fleet is in the most embarrassing situation. Since Annan completely turned to the Song Dynasty, they lost the port of supply. A fleet that rushed to Annan thousands of miles away lost supplies. The result was probably long ago.

In the Champa, the First Fleet of the South China Sea composed of gunboats had already attacked. After the tail-ranking fleet, it launched an attack. The great cannibal ships were not bad, but when they encountered gunboats, they immediately got at a disadvantage. They returned in a few naval battles. At the end of their way, they had to choose to surrender.

The captives were still in Champaign. After being questioned, the background of this fleet was clear.

This fleet was not sent by the Great Cannibal Kingdom, but was an adventure organized by a local governor with a very background.

Chen Ao now has to make a choice, either to renegotiate with the cannibal, or to completely rebel against the cannibal. If it is negotiated, it may be beneficial, but in the long run, having an additional competitor in Nanyang is not good for Chen Ao's maritime affairs. Chen Ao pondered for a moment and finally issued an order: "Repeal the crime."

When expeditioning to the Great Yue Kingdom, they almost bullied the weak as strong. Although before that, no one could see the strength of the Nanyang Navy, and they could not expect that the Yue people would be so unbearable. However, in Shen Ao's heart, from the moment of the expedition, the end of this war was actually destined. Doing so would not only shock the mountains and tigers and shock the various vassal states in the South China Sea, but also allowed merchants to see an opportunity. Sometimes violence is a transaction and has great benefits.

Chen Ao believed that in the near future, a new situation would appear in the entire Southeast Asia, and the beginning of this situation would open up a new world for the maritime government.

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Chapter completed!