Although Yuan Chonghuan killed Pu Mo and the North Korean envoy, he still honestly wrote a memorial to Emperor Zhu Youxiao.
Then, Yuan Chonghuan did not leave Tongzhou again, but stayed at Tongzhou Station to wait for the court to deal with it.
Of course, he took the initiative to report what he had done to let the emperor know his determination to firmly safeguard the dignity of the king.
At the same time, Yuan Chonghuan also hoped that the emperor would be moved and dismiss him from office and re-employ him in other important positions.
The cabinet soon received Yuan Chonghuan's memorial.
Han Xu saw this memorial first.
As soon as Han Xu saw Yuan Chonghuan's memorial, he was shocked and said to himself: "Good fellow, this Yuan Chonghuan, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, actually killed the Korean envoy! How come that since His Majesty came to the throne, the ministers of the imperial court, regardless of civil or military affairs, , everyone became stubborn and violent. First, Zhang Tongchang directly beat the governor of Shandong to death, and then Li Zhizao let Ge Lao fall into the water. Now, even a doctor from the Ministry of Rites killed the envoy of the vassal state over a disagreement. "
Han Xu felt that it was normal for Tianqi Dynasty to have nothing to do for a day.
At this time, Sun Ruyou, the Minister of Rites, also came to the cabinet.
Naturally, he also knew about Yuan Chonghuan's execution of the North Korean envoy.
After all, he is the Minister of Rites and is responsible for the external affairs of the Ming Dynasty. When other envoys from North Korea saw that Pu Mohe was killed, they would naturally send people to Beijing to complain to Sun Ruyou, hoping that Sun Ruyou would seek justice.
Naturally, Sun Ruyou came directly to the cabinet.
"Dear elders, do you know that Yuan Zhuke was good at killing North Korean envoys? Tell me why he is so impetuous!"
Sun Ruyou spoke angrily.
"This is happening!"
Wang Xiangqian stood up in shock and asked.
Xu Guangqi also came over and said incredulously: "How dare this Yuan Yuan Yuan do this? It's really unexpected. He is just an envoy. If he is a feudal official, he might cause some trouble!"
"I think he killed well!"
Han Xu suddenly said this at this time.
Wang Xiangqian, Xu Guangqi, and Sun Ruyou therefore looked at Han Xu.
Han Xu handed Yuan Chonghuan's memorial to Wang Xiangqian and Xu Guangqi: "Look, Yuan Zhuke is right to do this. Let alone him, even if I were here, I would kill this person immediately!"
Han Xu's attitude had changed drastically at this time, because when Xu Guangqi said that what Yuan Chonghuan did was really unexpected, he realized that Yuan Chonghuan might be doing it to invite favors and to please His Majesty the Emperor, because he had just read Yuan Chonghuan's memorial about killing North Korea. The envoy's reason was that the North Korean envoy was disrespectful to His Majesty the Emperor.
Han Xu felt that he could no longer hesitate to show his loyalty, otherwise in the future, even Xu Guangqi, who joined the cabinet later, would be more valued by His Majesty the Emperor than him, so he said this at this time .
In his opinion, it was the North Korean envoy who was killed anyway, and he was not a big boss in the civil service group. If he didn't rush to show his loyalty now, how long would he have to wait?
After reading this, Wang Xiangqian and Xu Guangqi naturally agreed with Han Xu's remarks, and they would not express their opinions that Yuan Chonghuan did something wrong.
Sun Ruyou, who didn't know the inside story, therefore asked: "In this case, did the North Korean envoy really die in vain? In this case, can China still be regarded as a good neighbor, a friendly country, and a country of etiquette?"
"There is no need to be polite to those who are disrespectful. As a servant, I should immediately vote for Yuan Chonghuan to hand over Pu Mohe's body to the Ministry of Punishment for whipping, and ask him to warn other Korean envoys not to be disrespectful to our emperor. Then continue his mission to North Korea."
As Han Xu spoke, he asked Wang Xiangqian and Xu Guangqi: "What do the two elders think?"
"Very true!"
Wang Xiangqian and Xu Guangqi replied.
Therefore, Han Xu personally drafted Yuan Chonghuan's memorial, and then asked the eunuch in the clerk's room to send the memorial to the Political Affairs Hall.
At the same time, Han Xu also drafted a memorial on his own, advising the emperor to issue an edict to North Korea, ordering North Korea to choose envoys carefully, and to pay tribute to treasures as an apology. He also asked the eunuch in the clerk's office to send the memorial to the political affairs department. Hall.
"Your Majesty, the cabinet has newly submitted the report of Yuan Chonghuan. Yuan Chonghuan angrily killed the North Korean envoy Pu Mohe because he was disrespectful to your Majesty. Now he has reported it to the emperor and asked your majesty to deal with it."
As he spoke, Fang Congzhe handed Yuan Chonghuan's memorial to Zhu Youxiao: "The cabinet has voted."
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao first took out the cabinet draft and took a look at it. He couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth slightly and thought to himself: "This cabinet draft is more and more in line with my wishes!"
"Directly approve it."
Zhu Youxiao said something.
"yes!"
Liu Ruoyu therefore replied and began to stamp the seal and approve it.
Therefore, Fang Congzhe handed over Han Xu's memorial at this time: "Your Majesty, this is Han Xu's memorial. It states that the imperial court is issuing an edict to North Korea, and orders North Korea to carefully select envoys and pay tribute to treasures as an apology. .”
Zhu Youxiao finally understood why the cabinet's vote was in line with his wishes this time. It was obvious that Han Xu had figured it out.
And because of this, Zhu Youxiao had to admit that among the civil servants still in the court, more and more people were interested.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao continued: "Then Aiqing will vote to grant his proposal and let North Korea lease an island to our Ming Dynasty as a place for trade and garrison. As an apology, Yuan Chonghuan will take this edict to North Korea. "
"I obey the decree!"
Fang Congzhe replied.
Then, Zhu Youxiao talked about this matter: "Through this incident, we can see that the attitude of the Korean scholar-officials is very similar to that of many scholar-officials in the Ming Dynasty. I am afraid that the leader of the country is also incapable of making decisions. From this point of view, If I, the Ming Dynasty, want to coordinate the efforts of all parties to pacify the Donglu, we will have to spend a lot of energy."
"What your Majesty said is that this is why I disapproved of Mr. Xu Ge's proposal to have the imperial court send officials to Korea to supervise Korean military training and to send troops to the Eastern Han Dynasty together with the imperial court to pacify the Eastern Han Dynasty. The ministers are willing to sacrifice their lives for the Celestial Empire, but they are not willing to do so. In my opinion, it will be very difficult for Yuan Zhugu to go to North Korea this time to get support from North Korea and even allow the Ming Dynasty to garrison troops!"
Fang Congzhe replied.
Zhu Youxiao, on the other hand, said angrily: "In that temple, the Ming Dynasty spent countless money and food, and a lot of national power, and sent troops to drive away the Japanese pirates in the country and restore them to the country. Shouldn't they deserve their gratitude? Or should they? These people only know how to ask for help from Heaven when they are in trouble, but refuse to help Heaven when they need to, and even slander me, the Emperor of Heaven, behind my back?!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The Korean people have always been like this. There is nothing the Ming Dynasty can do to protect their safety. Although there are many people in the country who respect the Ming Dynasty, it is still a bit difficult to get them to be respectful to the Ming Dynasty and even willing to contribute to the Ming Dynasty. The court still has to demonstrate That’s all.”
Fang Congzhe replied.
"That makes sense! If they are obedient, that's fine. If they don't, I will have to teach them a lesson!"
Zhu Youxiao replied.
At the same time, Zhu Youxiao thought that if the Ming Dynasty wanted to better control the countries in East Asia in the future, the strength of the navy must be strengthened.
However, increasing the strength of the navy does not happen overnight, everything still takes time.
But now, Zhu Youxiao asked Yuan Chonghuan to go to North Korea just to let Yuan Chonghuan give it a try. Zhu Youxiao was even ready for Yuan Chonghuan to return without success.
Yuan Chonghuan himself also knew that his task was difficult to complete.
But he still boasted to the emperor that he could complete it.
Because Yuan Chonghuan is gambling.
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