After coming out of the downcast room where Wu Gao was imprisoned, Zhu Gaoxu met Hou Hai. Hou Hai held a memorial and said with a tribute: "The lower-ranking official received this letter from Governor Sheng. Ruan Zhi, a man from Jiaozhi, was escorted to Guilin Mansion. The prince might want to see the news."

Zhu Gaoxu took it and browsed it. The content was similar to what Hou Hai said just now. He asked casually: "Only Ruan Zhi, Jin Shitou hasn't come back?"

Hou Haidao: "I don't know."

"As soon as Ruan Zhi arrived at Guilin Prefecture, he would bring him to see me immediately." Zhu Gaoxu ordered.

He had a vague premonition in his heart that the matter of persuading the Ming army of Jiaozhi might not go well.

In the afternoon of the same day, Ruan Zhi arrived at Guilin Mansion. Zhu Gaoxu was discussing affairs with the generals in the living room of the front yard. When he heard the report, he ordered Ruan Zhi to come and meet.

After waiting for a while, a young man with dust arrived at the door. He was Ruan Zhi, who Zhu Gaoxu met during his conquest of Annan. Ruan Zhi was wearing a short robe from the people of the Ming Dynasty, and looked exactly the same as the locals in Guangxi.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the Jiaozhi area gradually separated from the central dynasty; before that, Jiaozhi was under the jurisdiction of the Jinghai Jiedushi, and there were many Han people near Shenglong. Therefore, the Jiaozhi people in the northern part of Guangxi and Yunnan also had similar appearances to those in the Ming Dynasty, but it was easy to distinguish between the people in Chameng (Nanyue).

Ruan Zhi was a member of Ruan Gonggui, a nobleman of the Chen Dynasty in Jiaozhi area. He belonged to the noble clan. During the Hu family's regime, he defected to the Hu family's rebels. Ruan Zhi initially led troops near Qin Station, but Zhu Gaoxu thought he was completely unsuitable for being a military general. Later, the Ruan family was favored and won over by Zhu Gaoxu, and Ruan Zhi had always been a Jiaozhi person who was more inclined to the Han Palace.

Ruan Zhi knew Zhu Gaoxu, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed with fists, and said, "Your Highness, General Jin, has been captured by the Ming army in Dongguan (Shenglong)!"

The civil and military officials of the Han Palace in the living room immediately started talking noisily.

Zhu Gaoxu had vaguely guessed the result before, and asked calmly: "No gift. What happened?"

"Xie Jin!" Ruan Zhi was a little excited and said only one word.

Zhu Gaoxu said kindly: "Don't worry, sit on the chair and say slowly."

Ruan Zhi thanked him, thought for a while before saying, "General Jin is from the Han Palace, so I know him. Seeing the letters and promises from the Han Palace he brought... I tried my best to arrange for General Jin to meet with some Ming generals from the Dongguan. At first, it was quite safe, and most Ming generals were unwilling to offend the people from the Han Palace; not to mention that after asking clearly, they screened out generals who were easy to talk to, and then recommended them to General Jin.

Recently, there was a military order from General Zhang Fu, the Han Dynasty, in Dongguan. Anyone who exposed the traitors of the Han Palace could be promoted and rewarded. Xie Jin, the senator of Jiaozhi Province, worked very hard to implement this military order, and he always came to the army to persuade the soldiers to report secret matters directly to him.

Finally, one time, General Jin's personal soldiers were discovered by a military general. Originally, ordinary soldiers could not find a way to inform him, but the personal soldiers directly found Zhijin. Xie Jin immediately captured the Ming general, and then followed the clues to find General Jin. He was very worried when he heard the news, so he had to escape from Dongguan City overnight..."

The chief secretary Hou Hai, who was next to Zhu Gaoxu, couldn't help it and cursed on the spot without hesitation: "Mom! What's wrong with Xie Jin? The fake emperor obviously disliked him and demoted him to Jiaozhi. Why did he still work so hard?"

Ruan Zhi said: "General Jin's errands were not going well, but he was arrested. The senator Jie often made generous speeches in crowded places, saying that Chen Jikuo's rebels threatened Jiaozhi Province. The King of Han ignored the national justice and the safety of Jiaozhi Province, and wanted to drive away the Jiaozhi garrison to rebel and die..."

The generals were immediately in an uproar and cursed. The civil and military officials of the Han Palace certainly felt that Zhu Gaoxu was very wronged. Because Zhu Gaoxu refused to admit that the rebels founded the country in Yunnan, he gave up many possible benefits for the sake of justice; but now he was slandered, everyone was naturally very angry.

A general stood in the middle of the room, clasped his fists and said, "The last general asked the prince to send troops immediately, headed south from Guangxi, marched into the East Gate of Jiaozhi, and pulled out the little people to rectify the Dharma!"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't comment, looking thoughtful.

From many things Ruan Zhi said, he paid attention to one of the sentences, "General Jin's errands were not going well."

So Zhu Gaoxu guessed the mentality of the generals of the Jiaozhi Ming army. They might think that the internal wars of the Ming Dynasty were not long, so they were not willing to travel back to fight in the internal wars. They just wanted to wait for the result and whoever wins would surrender to whom... After all, this is the unanimous abacus of many forces over the past year.

However, this force in Jiaozhi Province is unlikely to help the court attack the Han Wang Army. One reason is that the families of Guizhou soldiers and soldiers were under the control of the Han Wang Mansion and could easily surrender at the last minute; the other reason is that the road is too far.

The Ming army of Jiaozhi is not yet Zhu Gaoxu's enemy, at least not the main enemy. Zhu Gaoxu also had to consider the marching distance of two thousand miles from Guilin Prefecture to Jiaozhi East Pass.

His silence made the living room even more noisy. Some people were scolding the generals of the Ming army in Jiaozhi, watching the fire from the other side of the river, shameless and unfaithful.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his head and looked at the general following the scolding. He thought to himself: Although everyone is showing loyalty, do you really believe it?

In this world, there are indeed people who have wanted to train human beings to be completely loyal and obedient, but they all failed; and once the real power is completely handed over to those "tools", all the rulers will be retaliated against and suffer all the bitter fruits. Whether it is Mamuliuk in the west, the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty, or the civil servants in the future of the Ming Dynasty.

"I will discuss this matter later." Zhu Gaoxu finally spoke.

The noise of the crowd was a little less, and they turned their heads to look over. Zhu Gaoxu said again: "The decisive battle in Huguang is the top priority. All military and political decisions must be considered for this battle! As long as we win this battle, the overall situation will be decided. If we deal with the Jiaozhi garrison, it will affect the battle in Huguang, and we can put it aside first and then handle it later."

"I will obey the order!" Everyone bowed and stopped arguing.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Ruan Zhi again and said quietly: "Although Jin Shitou's affairs were not done, I remember the loyalty of the Ruan family. Sooner or later, I will definitely clean up Jiaozhi affairs and will never treat you badly at that time."

Ruan Zhi looked tired, but showed an excited look, "The Ruan family has always despised me, but I have been appreciated by the King of Han. In the future, I will be a person with serious behavior in the clan!"
Chapter completed!