Inside the royal palace of Goryeo.
Zhu Di and Guo An, as well as Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others, have also fallen into gentle troubles these days.
Chen Shou said with a distressed look on his face: "Your Highness, please issue an order. Those Goryeo dignitaries are all so shameless!"
Hearing this, Guo An also had a look of helplessness on his face, "Yes, Your Highness, forget it if they offer you their own daughter! They don't even let go of a thin civil servant like Wei Chen!"
Zhang Xing grinned and said: "Hey, General Mo and others heard that even the Han family gave Guo Changshi a legitimate daughter!"
Guo An said: "Your Highness, how did I hear that the Chungju Liu family, Zhenju Liu family, Pingzhou Park family, Pingzhou Yu family, Gushan Kang family, Gyeongju Jin family, Liheung Min family... these Goryeo nobles , send young and beautiful women from each family to your commanders’ mansions?”
At this time, Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others were not calm and said quickly: "Your Highness, the general and others didn't know about those women before they were sent here.
Moreover, the general and the others did not dare to accept any of them! "
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "I am aware of this matter. Moreover, what Guo Qing said did not mean to accuse you!"
"Your Highness, please give me your instructions!"
Chen Shou and others quickly asked for instructions.
"After all, this place is the royal capital of Goryeo, and we, Yanshan Guards, only have more than 10,000 people."
Zhu Di asked: "Do you know that more than 30 years ago, more than 100,000 red scarf troops invaded Goryeo and occupied the royal capital of Goryeo.
The King of Koryo was forced to flee with a group of dignitaries, while the Red Scarf Army looted and massacred the Koryo people in Wangjing.
The Koreans waited until the Red Scarf Army got carried away and just climbed on the bellies of Korean women for fun. Then Li Chenggui sneaked into Wangjing with two thousand Korean elites and killed the leaders of the Red Scarf Army and more than 100,000 Red Scarf Army soldiers. Directly defeated in all directions..."
Hearing this, Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others looked solemn.
"Your Highness, please rest assured, the general and others will definitely be on guard against those Goryeo dignitaries!"
On the side, Guo An said: "For those women sent by the nobles of Goryeo, you commanders also need to accept two or three people!"
"Um?"
Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others couldn't help but look puzzled.
Guo An continued: "Not only do you need to recruit the commanders, but His Highness also needs to recruit the three legitimate daughters of Goryeo dignitaries, in order to win over and stabilize the hearts of some Goryeo dignitaries!"
"Three?"
Zhu Di's eyes widened and he looked at Guo An in surprise.
"Guo Qing, I am not interested in women!"
Guo An said: "Your Highness does not need to get close to those powerful women, you only need to keep them in the Goryeo Palace.
The key point is the powerful people behind those women. As long as His Highness accepts those powerful legitimate daughters, those powerful families will believe that His Highness will not embarrass them.
In this way, those powerful people can be bolder... If those powerful people can rely on their relationship with His Highness to bully and exploit other powerful people, that would be great...
The same is true for Commander Chen and Commander Zhang. They should recruit at least two daughters of powerful men, or three...
Since ancient times, people have worried not about scarcity but about inequality.
As long as you use this to divide the powerful people of Goryeo, or even stir up conflicts, the whole of Goryeo will become dough in the hands of His Highness, allowing His Highness to knead it! "
"Moreover, each of those Korean girls are beautiful, charming and charming, and His Highness and the generals are also worthy of it..."
Zhu Di, Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others couldn't help but feel thoughtful.
Suddenly, Zhu Di remembered something and asked: "So many Goryeo dignitaries also gave Guo Qing some legitimate daughters. Why didn't Guo Qing accept them? Instead, he persuaded me, Chen Shou, and Zhang Xing to accept them?"
Guo An smiled awkwardly, "Weichen is weak, unlike His Highness, Commander Chen and others who are military generals. I am afraid that one day those Korean girls will go crazy and want to assassinate Weichen, Weichen..."
Zhu Di, Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths, with weird faces on their faces.
However, Guo An has a mental disorder, but Zhu Di, Chen Shou and others do not.
It was just a few Goryeo girls. Anyway, after Lao Zhu founded the country, Goryeo often had powerful men and women who contributed tribute girls to the Ming Dynasty.
Soon, Zhu Di accepted a woman donated by a powerful person in Goryeo.
As for conductors such as Chen Shou and Zhang Xing, they also accepted one.
Seeing this, all the dignitaries of Korea were overjoyed.
On the second day, there will be more than a dozen Goryeo dignitaries in each house.
Even in Guo An's house, there are dozens of families.
Zhu Di, Chen Shou and others each collected two more families.
As for Guo An, he was still a little concerned about flying colorful flags outside, so he refused with a righteous expression.
As a result, when the Goryeo dignitaries left, everyone always looked at Guo An with a strange expression.
Another two days later.
Feeling that the time was almost up, Guo An was ready to discuss with Zhu Di about doing business with Goryeo.
"Your Highness, there are now more than thirty Goryeo dignitaries who have expressed closeness to Your Highness, and there are even ten powerful dignitaries among them. Over the years, their families must have accumulated a lot of money. Should Your Highness consider doing business? ?”
"Business?"
Zhu Di was startled, and then his eyes lit up.
In the past few days, he had really been immersed in governing Goryeo, and he had almost forgotten the purpose of coming to Goryeo.
"What's Guo Qing's plan?"
Guo An said: "Your Highness, I am going to send someone to privately inform those Goryeo dignitaries who are close to Your Highness, and talk to them about this matter one by one!
Whatever goods they want to sell to our Ming Dynasty, they can transport them to Jianghua Port, load them on our Yanwangfu fleet, and be transported to Beiping Mansion by our Yanwangfu soldiers for sale.
Then, whatever items they want from my Ming Dynasty can be transported by our Yanwangfu fleet and sold to them one by one at Jianghua Port! "
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Let Guo Qing arrange this matter!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Guo An nodded in response.
He can finally get down to business!
After returning, he directly gathered all the thirty scholars he had brought.
"Everyone, the time has come to truly prove your talents to His Highness!"
Hearing this, the thirty scholars couldn't help but be surprised. They had done so many great things in the past few days, and they were also specially recruited by His Highness King Yan to serve as the Chief Secretary of History of King Yan.
Didn't they prove their talents to His Highness King Yan long ago?
Why do they now feel from Guo Changshi's words that what they did before seems like children playing house?
Shang Kezhou opened his mouth and said: "Please give me some instructions from Guo Changshi!"
"When you were in the academy, every month you had to work as a clerk in various yamen in Beiping Prefecture, as a deputy steward at Zhangjiawan Wharf, as a deputy shopkeeper in various shops, and even in the fields to learn farming..."
Guo An grinned and said very proudly: "These things are all our suggestions!"
Shang Kezhou, Chang Guoting and other scholars looked at Guo An in surprise.
Guo An continued: "Now, all of you have also joined the Chief Shi Division of Prince Yan's Palace, and you are all from your own family.
You may not understand, why do we do that?
Let me tell you the truth now..."
"You all come from poor backgrounds. Even if you are allowed to take part in the imperial examination or even become a Jinshi, what else can you do besides gaining a reputation?
Even if you become an official, how much salary can you receive every year?
If you want to be an upright official, you will be squeezed out by corrupt officials from the gentry... But if you want to be a corrupt official? To plunder the people's fat and the people's anointing, to oppress the poor people of your father's generation? Can your conscience be tolerated?
Even if you haven't been greedy for a few years, you will be caught by the court, your muscles will be pulled out, your bones will be peeled off, and the grass will be peeled off. Why bother? "
Hearing this, the faces of all the scholars changed slightly.
They all also know that it is difficult to become an official in the Ming Dynasty. However, it is definitely better to be an official than to be a commoner.
If they were not poor at home, they would all like to be gentry, live in seclusion at home, and live freely!
Guo An continued: "Therefore, from the beginning, we never wanted to train you to be scholars who only like imperial examinations.
We want you to become a scholar with real talents and practical skills, who can use your talents to serve the country and make money to support your family. "
"Just like now, your opportunity has come..."
At this time, even Shang Kezhou and Chang Guoting's eyes lit up.
Before they came, each of them paid twenty taels of treasure money, and they were already very satisfied.
However, after the King of Goryeo was captured, each person received a reward of one hundred taels of silver.
They couldn't earn this much money even in three years at the academy.
And now, judging from Guo Changshi's tone, can they make more this time?
Although they are not money-grubbing people, they are all children from poor families. They are all short of money. If they can make more money 'reasonably', they will be very willing.
A few scholars couldn't bear it anymore and asked excitedly.
"May I ask Guo Changshi, what is the opportunity?"
Guo Andao: "Prince Yan's Mansion is doing business with Korea!"
All the scholars could not help but widen their eyes with surprise on their faces.
"Guo Changshi, didn't His Majesty not allow the Ming Dynasty to trade with these foreign countries? Could it be that His Highness King Yan obtained His Majesty's permission?"
"No concession!"
Guo An slowly shook his head and said: "However, you must not forget that the King of Korea has rebelled, and now the King of Korea has been captured by His Highness King Yan.
As long as the 100,000-strong Goryeo army led by Cui Ying, Li Chenggui and others return and submit to His Highness King Yan, then the Goryeo Kingdom can be called the Yan Kingdom. "
Thinking of this, all the scholars suddenly understood and their faces were filled with excitement.
However, there are a few scholars who are more sensible.
"Guo Changshi, when the students were governing the King of Goryeo in the past few days, they could still feel that some Goryeo people and dignitaries were superficially loyal to His Highness King Yan, but they still had hidden agendas and were unwilling to truly submit to His Highness King Yan...
What if we wait until the 100,000 troops led by Cui Ying, Li Chenggui and others return? Under the combination of their inside and outside..."
"It doesn't matter!"
Guo An smiled lightly, "There are some Goryeo people and dignitaries who are unwilling to submit to His Highness King Yan.
However, how many Goryeo people and dignitaries are close to His Highness King Yan now? "
All the scholars couldn't help but their eyes lit up.
Guo An continued: "Furthermore, you can think about it, if His Highness King Yan does business with those Goryeo dignitaries, even if Cui Ying and Li Chenggui want to continue to rebel and lead troops to attack Goryeo Wangjing? How many Goryeo dignitaries will there be? Stand up and stop it?"
"hiss……"
Upon hearing this, Shang Kezhou, Chang Guoting and other scholars immediately understood Guo An's intention and expressed admiration on their faces.
In the past few days, they had a deep understanding of the relationship between these Goryeo dignitaries.
Benefits outweigh everything.
Although the marriage relationship between these Goryeo dignitaries is even more complicated, when their interests conflict... Moreover, it seems that His Highness King Yan and the several command houses also have the daughters of several Goryeo dignitaries.
Are they all in-laws?
"Guo Changshi Yingming!"
Thinking about it, when all the scholars looked at Guo An, they couldn't help but express admiration on their faces!
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(End of chapter)
