Zheng Sicheng of Honglu Temple, who was still watching the play, couldn't help but sit still.
"Your Highness King Yan, please calm down, generals. It's just some silver coins, not worth using weapons rashly..."
"Some silver coins?"
Zhu Di smiled coldly and stared at Zheng Mi closely, "Twenty-one thousand taels of silver, with an interest of 5%, has now become 220,000 taels of silver. Why is it just some silver taels in the eyes of an official like you?
So, you will pay back the money for these Korean thieves? "
Zheng Mi suddenly had a sneer on his face, hunched his neck and replied: "Your Highness, this official... This official is just a sixth-grade official, how can he come up with so much money?"
Zhu Di was furious and scolded: "Then you tell me to calm down my anger? Do you know how much food can be bought with 220,000 taels of silver?...
At least more than 400,000 shi of grain, enough to feed 50,000 people for a year..."
Zheng Mi lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
Zhu Di was still confused and turned to stare at Cui Chun, "I will lend you money from Korea and sell you transparent glass and the secret recipe for growing vegetables in winter.
As a result, the King of Goryeo made money, but he sent you, a thief official, to find me and cry out for my poverty? You won’t even give me back a tael of silver? "
"Fuck..."
The more he thought about it, the angrier Zhu Di became.
"Zhu Changshi, please quickly send someone to report to the court. I will personally lead the troops and kill the ungrateful and ungrateful King of Korea!
Damn it, no one has ever dared to play tricks on me like this! "
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Old man Zhu Fu also looked angry.
Goryeo's coquettish operations also angered Zhu Fu.
After bowing his hands and bowing, Zhu Fu left the hall angrily.
Zheng Mi stared at this scene with wide eyes, but he did not dare to say a word.
As for Cui Chun and other Goryeo envoys, their expressions changed drastically and they felt like the sky was falling.
Everyone was kneeling on the ground with fear on their faces, begging for mercy.
"Your Majesty King Yan, please calm down. I, the King of Goryeo, really have a hidden agenda in doing this!...
Your Highness, I, the King of Goryeo, have always respected the Ming Dynasty, regarded the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain state, and paid tribute every year. I have absolutely no disrespect! …”
"Your Highness, please calm down. Although our country is small, it still has millions of people and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Once we use weapons, both sides will suffer..."
Hearing this, Tang Yun and other generals on the side couldn't help but become furious.
"The small country of Goryeo is so boastful. We only need to bring 100,000 elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to destroy the small country of Goryeo!"
"Your Highness, let's recruit. Now that the people of our Beiping Mansion are wealthy, as long as His Highness gives the order, we can recruit one hundred thousand elite soldiers in half a month. Before the New Year, the general can bring the King of Goryeo to your Highness and let him whip him!"
"Your Highness, now the King of Qin, the King of Jin, the King of Zhou and other Highnesses are also vassals. If Your Highness feels that conscripting people is a waste of people's resources, you can ask several Highnesses for help.
As long as the Kingdom of Koryo is conquered, it will be enough to repay the favor of several His Highnesses..."
"Your Highness, some Japanese pirates are able to plunder Goryeo everywhere. The general only needs to bring 10,000 Yanshan Guards to get back the 220,000 silver that Goryeo owes to Your Highness within one year..."
"Exactly, my Ming Dynasty can even defeat Bei Yuan. Their Bei Yuan Emperor is running around, and the small country of Goryeo can be destroyed directly..."
Seeing the ferocious-looking generals of Prince Yan's palace, who looked like a group of bandits, Cui Chun, who was still somewhat confident, couldn't help but feel panic in his heart.
He knew that as long as his country, Koryo, admitted its mistake, the Ming Emperor and the Ming court would definitely not use force against their King of Koryo.
But why did he feel that King Yan and his group of soldiers were all bandits?
Perhaps, they will really start a war against their country of Korea in private?
The original plan was just to frighten the Goryeo envoys and give them a legitimate reason to send troops in the future.
However, Zhu Di was pleasantly surprised to find that after saying this, it was justifiable for him to send troops!
"Go ahead with the order. The Yanshan Guards are preparing for war. Firearms and bombs are all ready for me! In addition, we are looking for wealthy businessmen in the south to buy us warships!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Below, Guo An responded helplessly and prepared to walk out.
On the opposite side, Tang Yun, Chen Shou and other Yanshan guards also stood up and resigned to Zhu Di.
"this……"
Cui Chun was dumbfounded. That thief Li Shihou had mistaken him!
How did a good thing turn into this?
Moreover, why are the King of Yan and his subjects so bold? How dare you prepare for war in private?
If a war breaks out, he, Cui Chun, will be the sinner of the entire Goryeo Kingdom!
"Your Highness, calm down, calm down, our country, Korea, is willing to pay back the money, willing to pay back the money!"
Zhu Di sneered and asked quietly: "Are you willing to pay back the money?...How?"
"this……"
Cui Chun was stunned for a moment and said quickly: "Your Highness, our country, Korea, can use things to pay for money! I wonder if Your Highness wants horses, ore, Korean ginseng... or even some maids!
Your Highness, I, the King of Goryeo, really have no money in the inner treasury. Please calm down, and I can only pay for it with objects..."
"Um?"
Zhu Di's expression condensed.
Below, Guo An, who had not yet left, was also startled. How could the Goryeo Kingdom have such no limit?
However, since ancient times, Goryeo maids were indeed quite valuable in the eyes of the powerful men of the Ming Dynasty.
Suddenly remembering something, Guo An smiled gently, "You are just an envoy. Can you, the King of Goryeo, make the decision?"
Cui Chun quickly glanced at Zhu Di above him and found that Zhu Di was not angry at all. He immediately understood that this young official must be a confidant of King Yan.
"Back to His Royal Highness King Yan, although this Shangguan is an envoy, he comes from the Cui family of Tiewuan and is the younger brother of Cui Ying, Lord of the Imperial Palace. He can still decide some small matters in the Goryeo court."
"Cheorwon Choi?"
A trace of surprise flashed in Guo An's eyes, and his tone became much gentler subconsciously.
"Cui Envoy was born in the Cheorwon Choi family of the prime minister who married into the royal family?"
"Exactly!"
Cui Chun suddenly looked proud.
You must know that in the entire Goryeo Kingdom, only fifteen noble families can intermarry with the Goryeo royal family.
And his Cheewon Cui family is still the top one among these fifteen noble families.
"So, if you use a city from your country of Korea to repay it, can you be the master?"
Hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up on the throne.
Cui Chun's eyes widened, "What? Your Highness, how is this possible? No matter how poor our country is, how can we sell the city and ruin the family fortune of our ancestors?"
"That city belongs to the Korean royal family. What does it have to do with your Cheolwon Cui family?"
Guo An sneered and continued: "Moreover, your country of Goryeo is so barren that a mere city is not worth 220,000 taels of silver. It can be worth 100,000 taels of silver at most. This is considered a mercy of my Highness!"
"this……"
Cui Chun's eyes widened, why didn't you go and grab it?
He shook his head repeatedly.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Foreign ministers dare not make decisions on such important matters privately!"
"In that case, let's start a war!"
Guo An said softly, "Your Highness is so angry that I have come up with a solution for you and others from Korea. Since you want to do this, even if I want to help you, I can't help you!"
Cui Chun's face became anxious and he subconsciously looked towards the throne.
Sure enough, Zhu Di had a cold face.
Cui Chun's heart trembled and he said hurriedly: "Your Highness, calm down and sell your country and cities. Even I, the King of Goryeo, dare not make the decision privately. I have to discuss it with the ministers at the court meeting...
However, please rest assured, Your Highness, King Yan, that when the foreign minister returns to Goryeo, he will immediately report this matter to me, the King of Goryeo! "
"oh?"
A faint smile appeared on Zhu Di's face, "Will your King of Goryeo agree to this?"
Cui Chun quickly replied: "The foreign minister cannot guarantee this matter, but the foreign minister can guarantee that as long as the king knows His Highness's intention, he will definitely consider it carefully..."
As he spoke, Cui Chun thought of something and asked again: "It's just that the foreign ministers are confused. Our country of Goryeo is still so far away from the Ming Dynasty by such a wide sea. Not to mention it is barren, it is still very far away from the Ming Dynasty... I don't know that His Highness King Yan wants to buy me." What is the purpose of Goryeo City?"
Hearing this, Zhu Di was also stunned, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Guo An aside.
Guo An smiled faintly and said, "Envoy Cui doesn't know that although Goryeo is barren, there are still many things in Goryeo, which are very valuable in our Ming Dynasty.
As long as our Prince Yan's Mansion can trade with Korea, then our Prince Yan's Mansion will definitely be able to earn a lot of money! "
Cui Chun's eyes lit up, and then he asked worriedly: "But, as far as I know, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty prohibits everyone in the Ming Dynasty from going to the sea to trade with foreign vassals!"
Guo Andao: "That's why our Prince Yan's Mansion needs to buy a city on the coast of the Republic of Korea. In this way, our Prince Yan's Palace will not go to the sea to trade with the Republic of Korea..."
Zhu Di's eyes flashed.
As for Cui Chun, he was also a little moved.
Although their country of Goryeo is barren, they do have a lot of good items. If they can be sold to the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely make more money.
As for selling the city?
That city belongs to the royal family, what does it have to do with them, the Goryeo nobles?
"After the foreign minister returns, he will definitely inform the king of His Highness King Yan's intentions!"
"Um!"
Zhu Di nodded slowly.
Below, Guo An said again: "Please remember, Ambassador Cui, that if the Kingdom of Koryo wants to use its city to pay for money, it needs a credential bearing the seal of the King of Koryo.
We also need to find a city with convenient roads and close to all the major cities in Goryeo.
Moreover, although the docks outside your city do not have to be as wide as the docks in Tongzhou City, Prince Yan's Mansion, they still need to be enough to support 500 large ships.
This is the minimum requirement of Prince Yan's palace, so that it can be used to exchange for one hundred thousand taels of silver.
Of course, the better the city you want to sell to Prince Yan's Mansion, the higher the price will be..."
"this……"
Cui Chun looked embarrassed, but couldn't help but glanced at Zhu Di subconsciously, and quickly replied: "Your Highness, please rest assured, the foreign minister will definitely report all the requests of His Highness King Yan to the King!"
"Very good!"
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Either return the money, use objects to pay for the money, or use the city to pay for the money, you and the Kingdom of Korea must give me an explanation before the spring of next year.
If not, by the beginning of next spring, our Prince Yan's Mansion should have purchased all the warships.
At that time, you and the Koryo Kingdom have not given us any instructions, so we will directly lead our troops and attack the Koryo Kingdom..."
Cui Chun finally remembered that the civil servants and military generals who had just walked out of the hall were filled with fear.
"Yes, yes, Your Highness King Yan, please rest assured, I, the King of Goryeo, will definitely give His Highness an explanation!"
"Um!"
Zhu Di smiled gently, "My Beiping Mansion is still quite far away from the King of Korea's city, so we won't keep you waiting. You will leave Beiping Mansion today, go back to Goryeo, and report to your King of Goryeo!"
"The foreign minister resigns!"
Cui Chun hurriedly saluted, and then left in a hurry with a group of envoys.
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(End of chapter)
