Chapter 15 Li Shi's Method

Among the embassy arranged by the North Koreans. It's warm as spring.

Li Shimei took a hot bath, and only felt that he was alive again.

Walking around Liaodong in the cold winter was a torture for him, a Sichuan man, especially when he underestimated the cold, and ate spicy seeds along the way to keep out the cold, and ended up eating halfway.

The rest of the journey was worse than death, so the first thing he did when he came to Seoul was to ask him to inquire if there were any spicy sellers.

Then I thought about this errand.

Li Shi secretly said in his heart: "This thing is not easy to do." ”

The so-called opening the bow has no turning back, Li Shi is very clear about Li Yao's situation, it is like this, everything that should be done has been done. Is it because of a holy decree in Beijing that everything was reversed?

It's simply not possible.

But Li Shi himself did not want the Ming Dynasty to meet with the North Korean soldiers.

After all, the relationship between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty has been quite good since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and even the name of North Korea is still given by Taizu. It's just a matter of how to properly solve this problem so that it is acceptable to both the country and North Korea. There is no need for soldiers, but it is necessary to test Li Shi's diplomatic skills.

Li Shi thought a lot in his heart, until the maid added hot water two or three times, then Shi Shiran got up, sorted out his clothes, and put on a cotton jacket and fur coat, the whole person gained a lot of weight, even so, after he walked out of the bathroom, he still felt a chill drill into his body from all the cracks.

He couldn't help but shudder.

The accommodation arranged by North Korea is in the style of the Tang Dynasty, with heavy snow outside, layers of curtains on the corridor, which seem to block a layer of cold wind, and the smooth mirror-like floor makes people take off their shoes and socks.

There are also plum trees in the yard, and a few plum blossoms seem to have emerged.

Although the weather is cold, spring has quietly arrived when everyone is not paying attention.

Li Shi returned to his room, knelt on the ground, and pinched a cup of hot tea kissed, but suddenly it was a Jinyi Wei Baihu Yunlei, Li Shi's escort, who was also Li Shi's intelligence military attaché, responsible for contacting the local Jinyi Wei secret pile in North Korea.

"Your Excellency." Yun Baihu immediately saluted and said, "Xia Guan thought he had inquired. ”

Li Shi said: "Tell me." ”

In the Orthodox Dynasty, Jinyiwei seemed to have disappeared, and it was rare to see Jinyiwei handle any cases, so the civil officials' fear of Jinyiwei had also weakened a lot.

Li Shi also learned from the day he became an envoy to North Korea that Jinyiwei actually had a secret stake in North Korea. Li Shi didn't know that Jinyiwei not only had hidden piles in Korea, but also from Manjapahit in the south, to Washorn in the north, to Japan in the east, and to the Chagatai Khanate in the west.

Not to mention domestically.

Zhu Qizhen committed himself in the year he ascended the throne

Yu transformed Jinyiwei and Dongchang into professional intelligence agencies. A lot of effort has been made to this end, and the annual expenses of Jinyiwei and Dongchang are as much as hundreds of thousands of taels, which is enough for Zhu Qizhen to raise tens of thousands of troops.

But Zhu Qizhen still continues to invest.

For Zhu Qizhen, who is accustomed to modern consulting, he is still not very accustomed to it, but for contemporary people, it is already an unimaginable intelligence agency.

Even to some extent, before the Industrial Revolution, there should have been no intelligence organization that surpassed the scale of modern Jinyiwei.

Although Jinyiwei did not attach much importance to North Korea, he still arranged a lot of manpower in the six towns of Pyongyang, Seoul, Busan, Uiju, and Yanbian.

There are even more on the Seoul side.

Because of Zhu Qizhen's policy of opening up the sea, North Korea also followed, so there were many merchants from China to North Korea, so naturally some people stayed to do business.

Therefore, the faces of the Han people are not dazzling in Seoul.

Yun Lei immediately said the situation of understanding the Dao, and said: "It is said that at that time, the prince of Shouyang, invited Jin Yizheng, and as a result, he made trouble at the banquet and wanted to kill Jin Yizheng, Jin Yizheng's son pounced on Jin Yizheng's body, was stabbed to death with a sword, and also stabbed Jin Yizheng, when Jin Yizheng fainted, after waking up, his body was full of his son's blood, and there was a serious injury in his waist, he went to the city gate to ask for help, and he shed blood all over the way, and in the end no one dared to save him, and there was only one concubine in the Jin family, who was missing, and the rest died. ”

Li Shi couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and said: "Loyal ministers and filial sons, how is the movement of the hundred officials?" ”

Yun Lei said: "Our intelligence network has not been able to detect the movements of hundreds of officials, but the people of Seoul mourn the king of Joseon." ”

Li Shi nodded and said: "After all, King Zhuang Xian of North Korea has been sitting on the throne for so many years, and he can be said to be the most capable of the kings of North Korea, and he is still very popular with the people, and now the court is also the former minister of King Zhuang Xian, how can the little king of North Korea have no supporters?" ”

Yun Lei said, "My lord, I just discovered this. ”

Li Shi glanced at it, but it was a letter that was not signed and was addressed to him.

Li Shi closed his eyes slightly for a moment and said: "It's burned, and now the situation is better than being still, this is North Korea after all, not the Ming Dynasty." "Li Shi did not come to be a loyal minister of North Korea, although he hated Li Jin, but politicians and bureaucrats are extremely realistic people. Now the only person who can really influence the situation in North Korea is Li Jin.

He didn't make any extraneous things before he met Li Yao.

And Li Shi suspects that his every move now is in Li Jin's eyes.

His guess wasn't wrong, three days later.

North Korea's Taifu Temple Shaoyin Han Huiming paid a visit.

Yun Lei immediately said to Li Shi: "This person is Li Yao's mastermind, and the killing of Jin Zongrui was planned by his own hand, and Li Jin often refers to him as Zhang Liang." ”

Li Shi smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, I'll see this court."

Xian Zhang Liang. ”

The layers of portals were opened left and right, and after the two sides saluted, they knelt on each other, and the paper doors behind them were closed, Yun Lei was wearing a flying fish suit and standing outside, while he was facing a Korean samurai, dressed in a Korean military general's uniform, with a hat on his head. The two looked at each other, and both felt that the other was a master at the same time.

Looking in from his angle, he could see a faint sound behind the stacked paper doors, muffled by the sound of falling snow outside.

Li Shi and Han Huiming talked nonsense, a little impatient, he stretched out his hand to pluck the brazier, and said: "Use more briquette stoves in Beijing, don't you use them in Seoul?" ”

Han Huiming said with a smile: "The lack of coal in the country makes the angels laugh." ”

Li Shi said: "It doesn't matter, it is normal for the products to be different in various places, but as a human being, loyalty and filial piety are indispensable." Does Han Jun think so? ”

Han Huiming was silent for a while, how could he not know that Li Shi meant something, and said, "There is a last resort. ”

Li Shi said: "Why not? ”

Han Huiming said: "Emperor Taizong of the Heavenly Dynasty has no choice but to do so. ”

Li Shi sneered and said: "There is a story, I don't know if Han Jun has heard of it, you know why Taizong must attack Annan, that is, the pseudo-Hu clan of Annan, saying that there are great rebels today, and they are not in Annan." If you really want to say this, I will go back to Beijing now and see how we deal with it now. ”

"Li Jun was surprised, and the foreign minister lost his words." Han Huiming said: "But in this situation, it is difficult for my family master to ride a tiger, and I ask Li Jun to show a clear way." ”

Whether Han Huiming is Zhang Liang of North Korea has not yet been verified, but he is indeed very shrewd in his words, and he keenly feels that as far as Li Shi himself is concerned, he does not want to engage troops with North Korea.

And Han Huiming knows what he is most worried about in his lord? It is to fight with the Ming Dynasty.

If this one thing can be avoided, Han Huiming will dare to do anything, such as bribing envoys.

Li Shi said: "It stands to reason that this is a matter of your country, but now it has been in an uproar, and the Celestial Empire, as the parents of North Korea, cannot but ask." ”

"If the name of the monarch and the minister is determined, it cannot be shaken, but if the king of Joseon really can't govern, it is not impossible for his uncle to be regent, but there are some bottom lines that cannot be broken."

"This time, I must meet the king of Joseon, as long as the king of Joseon says, everything is fine, and the court will not act in vain, Han Jun, do you understand?"

How could Han Huiming not understand what Li Shi meant, his meaning is very simple, he doesn't care about the division of power between the monarchs and ministers within your Korea, but the system of Korean monarchs and ministers must not change, the king of Joseon is a puppet, and he must also be a living puppet king, no matter how powerful Li Yao, the king of Shouyang, is, a courtier.

This is the best way for Li Shi to compromise with North Korea and return to the DPRK.