In the lobby of the Ministry of Etiquette.
Zhan Yang sat at the top, while Li Jidian sat at the bottom. There was a small wooden box, a North Korean specialty, on the table next to Zhan Yang.
There are seven or eight gems in the wooden box.
Zhan Yang saw that Xu Youzhen handed over all the income he earned in North Korea to the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue sold off the money and exchanged the money, and got 60,000 taels of silver.
Isn't this a good deed that benefits the country and the people?
With this silver treasure, it would be great to do something for the people.
In addition, it was indeed used on the people, which also changed Zhan Yang.
In the past, he thought that he was a gentleman and a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty. How could he accept gifts from foreign countries? But now he has changed. What is a gentleman? Those who serve the country and the people are gentlemen. Those who cherish reputation are hypocrites. They must serve the country and the people. The censor of Xudu followed suit and became a true gentleman who served the country and the people without any reputation.
So when Li Jidian took out the gem, he had a smile on his face, and after saying a word of evasion, he accepted it with peace of mind.
Zhan Yang looked at the gem, and then asked: "You said you came here on behalf of the King of Pyongyang, but the Ming Dynasty only decreed one king in North Korea. Now in Seoul, where did the King of Pyongyang come from?"
Li Jidian's face was calm. He looked at Zhan Yang and said slowly: "Your Excellency, please listen to me. The Ming Dynasty envoy was warmly received by Lord Shouyang in Seoul. Your Excellency, the Minister also knows who he is. But When the Ming Dynasty envoy left Seoul and was escorted by Lord Shouyang, the treacherous officials in the court Li Yu, together with Cheng Sanwen, Zheng Zong and others, launched a mutiny and killed Zheng Linzhi, Han Minghui, Quan Zhu, Hong Dasun, Hong Yuncheng, Yang Ding and other civil servants and generals were killed one after another, and after Lord Shouyang returned to Seoul, he also encountered unexpected events. "
Zhan Yang stood up fiercely, startling Li Jidian who was talking.
"What, Lord Shouyang was killed."
Li Jidian sighed, then nodded.
"Why, how could it be like this?" Zhan Yang said quickly, with sadness on his face, "Who killed Lord Shouyang."
Seeing Zhan Yang's behavior, Li Jidian felt nauseated. With this poor acting and exaggerated expression, did Ming Dynasty treat me as a fool? He couldn't help but think in his heart: "Isn't it because of that piece of shit Xu Youzhen from Ming Dynasty? Yes, I heard that it was you Han Jinyiwei who killed me, why are you pretending to be innocent in front of me now?"
Although he was thinking this, Li Jidian did not dare to show any dissatisfaction.
"The lower official has already said that he was killed in an ambush outside the city wall by Li Yu, Cheng Sanwen and others."
Zhan Yang sighed and sat down slowly.
"I didn't expect that after separation, we would be separated forever. Alas."
Li Jidian said: "Shilang Zhan misses me so much, Lord Shouyang, and I am very relieved. But that is already in the past, and we don't want to think about it or mention it again."
Li Jidian's implication is, don't worry, we are smart and will not make a fuss about Shouyang Jun's murder.
After listening, Zhan Yang nodded calmly, which was considered an informal response to Li Jidian.
"After many ministers and generals were killed, the fatuous master of Seoul still massacred the heroes. He summoned many generals and civil servants from the south into the capital. They killed them all and locked them up. There was widespread resentment among the Korean people, and the country was already in danger of subjugation. We We can only comply with public opinion and elect Li Zhang, the son of Lord Shouyang, as the new leader of the country."
"And the Seoul army launched an army of 100,000 to attack Pyongyang, but was defeated by our loyal army and the whole army was annihilated. Then the stupid rebel king of Seoul mobilized all the soldiers from all over the country and sent more than 300,000 troops to Pyongyang. Although the fight was hard, , but our army in Pyongyang still has the upper hand."
Listening to the numbers of soldiers mentioned by Li Jidian, Zhan Yang frowned and put on a mask of pain.
You idiot, you come here and brag to me.
The whole army of 100,000 people was wiped out once, and 300,000 people at the same time. I think you really dare to argue. How many people do you have and how big the place is...
"I came here this time, firstly, to obtain the imperial conferment from His Majesty the Great Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and secondly, to obtain assistance from Ming Dynasty."
"Edict? Assistance?" Just when Zhan Yang was about to continue his reprimand, he thought of what His Majesty said to him, asking him to know more about North Korea, not to make a decision, not to refuse, not to agree, and to continue talking ambiguously.
Seeing Zhan Yang hesitate to speak, Li Jidian waited for a moment.
"How to help?"
"We can provide food and weapons for our military and civilians from the sea or land."
"But if Ming Dynasty doesn't support orthodoxy, why should it support you?" Zhan Yang asked what Zhu Jianshen wanted to know most.
“North Korea’s national strength is fully endowed.”
"How to bestow it?"
"There is now a large amount of silver and gold in Pyongyang that Lord Shouyang moved, and all of it can be delivered to the Ming Dynasty."
"How many."
"Eight hundred thousand taels of silver and six thousand taels of gold."
After hearing this, Zhan Yang took a breath of air, then nodded slightly and said, "Seriously."
"This is just the beginning. As long as the Ming Dynasty can help me, the wise master of Korea, sit in Seoul, the whole country can support the Ming Dynasty."
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In the Palace of Qianqing.
Zhu Jianshen had been waiting eagerly for the first-hand information brought by Zhan Yang.
Similarly, Zhu Jianshen was also shocked by North Korea's generosity, 800,000 taels of silver and 6,000 taels of gold, and then the whole country devoted its efforts to support the Ming Dynasty. It sounded like what a woman said: "Measure the material resources of China and the happiness of the country." "
Even though he kept silent about supporting Ming Dynasty later, the silver and gold he received in the early stage were real.
This is a complete windfall.
These silver and gold went into the national treasury, which was a good medicine for the embarrassing financial system of Ming Dynasty.
But after a while, Zhu Jianshen also understood that this was not easy to do.
He looked down at Zhan Yang and asked, "Shilang Zhan, what do you think?"
"I thought that although North Korea gave him a lot, Ming Dynasty could not enfeoff it." Zhan Yang said quickly.
Zhu Jian sighed deeply. He also knew that it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to do such a thing. Xu Youzhen had just helped North Korea to kill the traitorous traitor Lord Shouyang, and then started to support Lord Shouyang's son as the new king of North Korea. This was not taking off his own Are you fanning your face with shoes?
Although they gave a lot, Ming Dynasty couldn’t do it...
After Zhu Jianshen heard this, he thought about whether he could make a deal secretly. He didn't have the imperial seal, but he could have the support behind the scenes.
If North Korea is divided into two, plus the area occupied by the Ming Dynasty, it will be a North Korea divided into three parts. Its strength will be further weakened, and its dependence on the Ming Dynasty will be stronger. ŴŴŴ.BIQUGE.biz
Zhu Jianshen thought about this and shook his head helplessly. This was also a bit difficult to handle.
Mountbatten's boy's ancestors were still farming on the peninsula.
Ming Dynasty also had no experience in dismembering other countries.
Just as Zhu Jian was deep in thought, Zhan Yang then said: "Your Majesty, although I, the Ming Dynasty, cannot go to Pyongyang, but Marquis Wuyang is very close to Pyongyang. It is better for me, the Ming Dynasty, to help North Korea's Seoul Orthodoxy, take the lead in conquering Pyongyang, and then conquer Pyongyang. The city of Pyongyang was plundered, and in this way, all the silver and gold were obtained, and my Ming Dynasty gained a good reputation."
Hearing Zhan Yang speak like this, Zhu Jianshen was very surprised. It seemed that Xu Youzhen did have some influence on him.
Zhu Jianshen sighed softly, waved his hands and said, "No."
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with this? The saints have said that a gentleman loves money and gets it in the right way."
Zhu Jianshen was in a daze. He had never thought that the words of sages could be explained in this way.
A gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way. Can this way be understood as robbing?
"I still have to discuss it with Yu Taibao, Li Fuchen and others." The implication is that I still need two people who are strong enough to shoulder this responsibility.
"Your Majesty, this opportunity must not be missed and will not come again. Yu Taibao, Li Fuchen and others are all familiar with the books of sages. They are all gentlemen. When they know that our army is going to rob silver, gold and other items, they will definitely stop it. How about stopping it? Your Majesty summoned the Censor of Xu Capital to come to the capital immediately, inform him of the matter, and ask him to mediate more in the court."
Zhu Jianshen smiled after hearing this: "No matter how big the matter is, it is not as important as what Xu Youzhen is doing now. Let him handle it with peace of mind. Above the court, we still need to listen to the opinions of the two auxiliary ministers Yu Taibao and Li Fuchen."
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