"How can Goryeo trade with Prince Yan's Mansion? Although you are not merchants, you have all worked as stewards at the Zhangjiawan Wharf in Beiping Prefecture, as well as in various shops under Prince Yan's Mansion..."
"Everyone, the essence of trade is the exchange of interests... and now that trade is dominated by our Prince Yan's Palace, then the interests of our Prince Yan's Palace need to be at least twice as much..."
"As for the powerful people in Korea? There is no need to pay too much attention to it... If they can't accept it, there is no need to do business...
However, if His Highness King Yan wants to turn the Kingdom of Goryeo into the Kingdom of Yan, you all need to work hard. When the Kingdom of Goryeo became the Kingdom of Yan, and all of you were civil servants who followed His Highness to conquer the Kingdom of Yan, then your status in the Kingdom of Yan...
I won’t describe the future for you. Your main task at the moment is still trade matters..."
"You don't have to worry too much about the common people and dignitaries of Goryeo. You can know from the gifts given by those Goryeo dignitaries to His Highness King Yan, as well as to Chen, who commanded them, and even from me in the past few days. The wealth of these powerful families is definitely much richer than that of the Goryeo King Wang You..."
"...I want to set up a department in the Wang Jing, called the Department of Commerce, to be responsible for coordinating the trade affairs between the powerful people of Goryeo and our Prince Yan's Palace. Of course, the most important thing is to be responsible for coordinating the powerful people in Goryeo...
In addition, a municipal shipping department should also be established in Ganghwa Port..."
"...There is only more than thirty miles from Goryeo Wangjing to Ganghwa Port. You should also think more and see if any Goryeo dignitaries want to hire Goryeo people to pave this road with cement roads..."
"Cement can be transported from our Prince Yan's Mansion, or it can be produced in Goryeo..."
"You will separate some people to find those Korean dignitaries and learn from them what the Korean people like most about our Ming Dynasty...
Just look for the powerful and wealthy people of Goryeo. The people of Goryeo don't need to pay attention. They have no money to buy...
In addition, you will also search again to see if there are any good things from Korea that you can sell to Daming, especially good things like Korean ginseng. Don’t worry about the price. The gentry and aristocratic families in Daming are richer than those powerful people in Korea. …”
"Also, you all need to learn Korean... You also need to do more research. Korea also has a lot of iron ore, copper mine, silver mine, gold mine, coal, etc. These are all good things. If they can If you mine it, you don’t need to sell it to the Ming Dynasty, our Prince Yan’s Mansion will take it..."
"There are only thirty of you, and I hope at least half of them will participate. As for the remaining half, they need to govern the King of Goryeo... Remember, a few more people will be sent to teach the Goryeo people to grow food...
Although the ordinary Goryeo people have no money, they are a force that cannot be ignored because of their large numbers. If His Highness King Yan can control all the Goryeo people, those Goryeo dignitaries will be dispensable...
The most important thing is that you must keep your true intentions and not be greedy for money and lust, thereby delaying His Highness's important affairs.
At the end of the year, I will ask His Highness King Yan to give 10% of the money earned from trade, and give it to you as a lump sum reward at the end of the year..."
While drinking tea, Guo An told these scholars all his thoughts without reservation.
From the day they set out to conquer Goryeo, these thirty scholars were regarded as the first team of King Yan in the future.
Listening to Guo An's words, these scholars all nodded with bright eyes.
They had personally done these things before in Beiping Mansion.
Even when it comes to paving cement roads, some of them have plastered them themselves!
No difficulty at all...
As for who will be an official in Wang Jing, who will go to the Commerce Department, who will go to the Shipping Department... there is no need for Guo An to appoint them one by one, they all know each other.
Moreover, each of these official positions is very important, and their number is small, so there is no need to compete. Whoever likes which aspect can go to whichever yamen.
Soon, after they were directly assigned to each other and reported to Guo An, these scholars all started to work excitedly.
As for these scribes under King Yan who suddenly came to visit, the Goryeo dignitaries were stunned for a while. After hearing about the trade deal, all of them were filled with excitement.
According to their past experience, when a powerful dynasty captures Goryeo, it will definitely occupy it for decades, or even hundreds of years!
Of course, the Red Turban Bandits, a group of peasant bandits, do not count.
Moreover, after their observations these days, they found that although King Yan of the Ming Dynasty was powerful, he was not tyrannical.
Although in the past few days, some people have been killed one after another.
But those are all those who want to rebel against King Yan, or those who are seeking death!
Even these Goryeo dignitaries were ready to be squeezed by King Yan of the Ming Dynasty.
And now, King Yan of the Ming Dynasty has brought another big surprise to them, the powerful people of Goryeo.
They were actually able to trade with the Ming Dynasty!
Although they were only trading with King Yan of the Ming Dynasty, it was still trade. They knew that King Yan of the Ming Dynasty had more than fifty large ships anchored in Jianghua Port.
Enough to transport a lot of goods at one time.
If the more than fifty large ships are not enough, they can let the Korean Navy's large ships also deliver goods.
You know, since Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict prohibiting the Ming Dynasty from trading with these vassal states, the most uncomfortable people were the nobles of Goryeo.
You cannot sell some luxury items such as Korean ginseng, thick white paper, and sesame oil to the Ming Dynasty to make money from the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Let alone eat Ming Dynasty delicacies, use Ming Dynasty ceramics, drink Ming Dynasty fine wine and tea, wear Ming Dynasty silk clothes...
Based on the little they brought back as tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year, they still had to leave some for the royal family, and the rest was not enough for them to share!
After holding back for so many years, King Yan of the Ming Dynasty initiated trade. All Goryeo dignitaries were extremely excited.
I can't wait to start trade immediately...
However, these Goryeo dignitaries were excitedly discussing with officials of the newly established Department of Commerce and Trade.
The gate of Goryeo Wangjing was closed urgently, and the entire Goryeo Wangjing was put under martial law!
Cui Ying, Li Chenggui and other ministers from the Eastern Expedition have returned with a 100,000-strong army!
Zhu Di still attaches great importance to Li Chenggui, the Goryeo 'god of war'. He put on the armor himself and took the King of Korea Wang You and a group of Goryeo dignitaries to the city wall to meet Li Chenggui outside the city.
"Capital envoys Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu, where are Cui Qing?"
Seeing Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu below, Wang Yu asked in a deep voice.
"The king wrote an edict asking you to surrender. Why did you come to the city with a large army? Could it be that you want to raise an army to rebel?"
On the side, a group of Goryeo dignitaries also hurriedly spoke to persuade.
"Brother Zhongjie, our Kingdom of Goryeo was originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. His Highness King Yan of the Ming Dynasty only came to punish the king. You are all loyal ministers, but it shouldn't be like this!"
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, why is this necessary? Your Majesty surrendered for the sake of our people, the people of Korea. We, the people of Korea, can no longer suffer from war!"
"Li Zhongjie, Cao Minxiu, you two ask the soldiers to put down their weapons and go home!"
"Father……"
"Son..."
"..."
Below, Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu were filled with anger.
However, Goryeo King Wang You had already persuaded them to surrender, and there were even their former allies, in-laws, and even a group of their family members standing around.
It seems that when they went out with their army to lie down, not only their home was stolen.
In fact, they directly became enemies of the entire Goryeo.
However, fortunately, when they returned to the army, they captured the traitor Cui Ying.
Thinking about it, Li Chenggui sighed helplessly and looked at Cao Minxiu aside.
"Brother Cao, for this plan, we have no choice but to surrender!"
Cao Minxiu didn't have much ambition, so he nodded slightly, "Listen to Brother Li!"
"Someone, go and bring that traitor Cui Ying up!"
"promise!"
After a while, two soldiers, escorting an unkempt man, came up.
Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu dismounted and shouted towards the city.
"Your Majesty Li Chenggui, Cao Minxiu is willing to surrender, and has captured the traitor Cui Ying. I am here to present it to His Highness King Yan of the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Di said quietly: "In that case, you will station the army outside the city and enter the city with your personal guards!"
Soon, there were messengers who conveyed Zhu Di's words to the ears of Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu.
After hearing this, the two just hesitated for a moment and immediately followed the instructions.
…
Goryeo Palace, inside the main hall.
Zhu Di met Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu with gentle faces.
"The two of you are loyal to me, the Ming Dynasty, and I am deeply gratified."
Under the gaze of Zhu Di, Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others, Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu said respectfully: "The Ming Dynasty is our sovereign state of Korea. We must be loyal and dare not have any second thoughts!"
"Very good!"
Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Cui Ying who was kneeling beside him, his eyes filled with awe.
"You are a thief. As a minister of Goryeo, you don't want to be loyal to the monarch, govern the country, and let the people of Goryeo live and work in peace and contentment. You actually want to instigate the King of Goryeo to rebel against our Ming Dynasty and destroy the harmony between the two countries. You should be killed!
Come, take Cui Ying, the thief, and cut her into pieces with a thousand knives, destroying her three clans! "
"Follow the order!"
Two soldiers came in from outside the palace and dragged Cui Ying out directly, ignoring Cui Ying's pleas.
On the side, Li Chenggui, Cao Minxiu, and a group of Goryeo dignitaries all had slightly changed expressions.
Zhu Di said to Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu with a gentle face: "You two have worked hard all the way, please go back and rest first.
The king asked the border officials to appease the 100,000 troops outside the city and send them back home! "
Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu quickly saluted and responded.
"I will obey the order of King Yan!"
Immediately, the two of them retreated.
However, when the two of them walked out of the palace gate, they saw a group of Ming soldiers not far from the palace gate, holding a sharp dagger and cutting Cui Ying's flesh.
Cui Ying, on the other hand, kept wailing.
Around him, Cui Ying's clan members were lying neatly.
Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu shrank their eyes, thinking of the gentle faces in the palace just now, they shuddered subconsciously!
…
In the main hall.
After all the Goryeo dignitaries also left, Zhu Di said thoughtfully: "Then Li Chenggui is a smart man, like Cao Cao..."
Guo An nodded subconsciously!
"Um?"
Seeing this, Zhu Di was stunned.
"Guo Qing also thinks that Li Chenggui didn't really surrender?"
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An replied.
Then Li Chenggui was the Cao thief who destroyed Wang's Korea and established Li's Korea. How could he sincerely surrender?
On the side, Chen Shou said angrily, "Your Highness, Guo Changshi, that Li Chenggui is a powerful Goryeo noble who is in charge of the army. Please give your Highness an order to destroy his family today before he can react!"
…
(End of chapter)
