Chapter 208 A Belated Audience

Chapter 208: A Belated Audience

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty was just established. As we all know, when a country is just established, it will not be too corrupt and will definitely be prosperous.

Seeing Liu Fushun's face full of doubt and uncertainty, Ye Xuan could more or less guess what Liu Fushun was thinking. He gently patted him on the shoulder and said, "My Ming Dynasty is peaceful and prosperous, but sometimes it is inevitable that some government orders are not clearly communicated. Maybe there is some misunderstanding here."

"Anyway, follow me into the palace to meet the emperor, and any misunderstandings will naturally be resolved."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Ye!"

Liu Fushun thought about it and it made sense. Moreover, things had come to this point. If he could not see the Ming Emperor in person, he would not be able to report back to his country.

After a while, Liu Fu summoned two other core members of the delegation, rode on horses and rushed to the imperial city with Ye Xuan.

As soon as they arrived at the Meridian Gate, the tall palace of the Ming Dynasty and the majestic Jinwu Guards in bright armor made the three Champa envoys unconsciously restrained.

Looking at the huge imperial city in front of them and the endless city walls, compared with their own so-called imperial palace, the three of them suddenly felt ashamed.

And when they entered the ring city, the broad and straight palace road that stretched as far as the eye could see, the magnificent palace, and the solemn-looking eunuchs and palace maids made the three of them feel an invisible pressure.

Apart from the huge size and large population of Yingtian Prefecture, this was the first time they truly felt the power of the Ming Dynasty!

When the group arrived outside the Wuying Palace and waited to be summoned, those who had been able to chat with Ye Xuan from time to time along the way no longer dared to speak casually, but just lowered their heads and behaved obediently.

In Liu Fushun's mind, all his speculations about the Ming Dynasty court disappeared!

After entering Wuyingdian, Liu Fushun and the other two consciously performed the great ceremony of emperor and subject to Zhu Yuanzhang without any instructions from Ye Xuan.

Zhu Yuanzhang went straight to the point with a solemn expression, asking the three people directly about everything that had happened since they came to the Ming Dynasty.

When it was confirmed that the Champa delegation had only had contact with Wang Guangyang from beginning to end, and that the huge number of tributes they carried were all handed over to Wang Guangyang for disposal, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably have been furious if he had not remembered the presence of Liu Fushun and others.

Suppressing his anger, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up from behind the dragon table and personally helped Liu Fushun and the other two up. What followed was the usual procedure of the emperor receiving foreign envoys.

Just like chatting about family matters, they got to know each other's domestic situation and he generously stated that if the king of Champa encountered any problems in the future, he could ask someone to write to him.

With this promise, Liu Fushun's purpose of this trip was fulfilled. As for who the tribute was given to and what was the trick of this trip, it was not within his consideration.

He told Yunqi to take the three people away and rewarded them with a state banquet.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat down behind the dragon case with a gloomy face. After pondering for a long time, he said to Ye Xuan: "You did a great job on this matter. If it weren't for you, I would have been kept in the dark by the traitor Wang Guangyang!"

"Wang Guangyang doesn't have the guts to privately receive foreign envoys and withhold tribute. There must be someone behind him who is giving him advice, or even colluding with him!"

"Ye Xuan, do you have any way to dig out the person behind this for me?"

Although Ye Xuan had no personal relationship with Wang Guangyang, based on his performance in the court and hearsay, Wang Guangyang was indeed not a daring person.

Such an encroachment on the imperial power is almost treasonous, and it is indeed unlikely that Wang Guangyang would do it.

Ye Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "The underworld can directly summon Wang Guangyang and ask him directly." "For such a serious matter, I'm afraid he can't find any other excuses to prevaricate. The most important thing is that as long as His Majesty reveals the slightest hint, Wang Guangyang will definitely be at a loss."

"If there really is someone behind the scenes who is giving him advice, or even colluding with him, then when he finds out that His Majesty has asked him to come here for this matter, he will definitely go to discuss it with the person behind the scenes!"

"When the time comes, I will just need to closely monitor patient Wang Guangyang and find out who is involved!"

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say. I won't let Yunqi promote him. You can go directly to deliver the order."

"Seeing the Imperial Guards coming, I'm sure the traitor Wang Guangyang will panic and bring out the mastermind behind the scenes."

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

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In order to increase the deterrent effect, Ye Xuan immediately found Wang Feihu and Song Zhenshan as soon as he left the palace.

"You two should go back to the Pacification Division immediately and gather all the brothers. Come with me to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to convey the imperial edict!"

The two looked at each other, and thinking of the time when Ye Xuan led a team to confiscate the property of Left Prime Minister Yang Xian, they instinctively felt that something big was going to happen. They did not dare to ask more questions and immediately took the order and left.

Soon, more than a hundred Jinyiwei gathered in front of Wang Guangyang's mansion with murderous intent.

As the saying goes, there is a third-rank official in front of the prime minister's door. The gatekeeper, who was arrogant in the past, suddenly lost his arrogance when he saw this group of murderous Jinyiwei.

There was no need for Ye Xuan to state his purpose, as he immediately ran back to the mansion to inform Wang Guangyang.

After a while, Wang Guangyang came out swaggeringly. Seeing Ye Xuan and the others, he frowned and asked in a stern voice: "Do you know where this place is? What are you doing here?"

Seeing that Wang Guangyang was still acting like a prime minister, Ye Xuan couldn't help but feel amused.

No matter how Wang Guangyang defended himself after meeting Zhu Yuanzhang for the crime of privately receiving foreign envoys and withholding tribute, given Zhu Yuanzhang's personality, he would definitely not escape the death penalty.

However, Wang Guangyang has not been convicted yet and is still the right prime minister of the Ming Dynasty. With Ye Xuan's stable personality, he would not be so arrogant and domineering now.

However, he did not show much respect to Wang Guangyang. He still bowed to Wang Guangyang on his horse and said, "The emperor has ordered that Prime Minister Wang come to the palace to meet him!"

Wang Guangyang felt relieved, as it turned out that he was just summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang. He was still a little frightened when he heard the doorman say that a large number of Jinyiwei had arrived.

After all, Yang Xian had just died not long ago. With such a precedent, no matter who heard that a large number of Jinyiwei were coming to his house, they would probably be scared to death.

Feeling relieved, the prime minister naturally became more pretentious. However, before he could show off his power, his heart skipped a beat again.

Zhu Yuanzhang had summoned him before, but those who came were always eunuchs. This was the first time that the Embroidered Uniform Guards came instead.

Looking at the person in front of him, Wang Guangyang couldn't help but shudder when he saw the more than one hundred Jinyiwei who looked solemn, even malicious, and murderous.

(End of this chapter)