An Zhixing is not a stranger to Beijing, counting this time, he has come to Beijing for the sixth time, in his career, the mission to China is the most important part of it, as an important official of Li Chaoli Cao, he can also be regarded as a "professional messenger" - it is indeed very helpless, the helplessness of a small country, the helplessness of a weak country. According to the traditional relationship between the two countries, in normal times, he has to come to Beijing three times a year: once for the Chinese New Year, once for the birthday of the Chinese emperor, and once for the crown prince's birthday.

This time to China is slightly different from the last time, in fact, for China's drastic political changes in the Korean government and the opposition is absolutely not ignorant, to be honest, when the Han army group under the command of Lin Feng exterminated the Tamanchurians, has always been the "small Central Plains" self-proclaimed Joseon Dynasty is also applauded, in conscience, although the original Joseon was forced by the military pressure of Huang Taiji, the Li family was forced to submit to the Qing court, but in their bones they still quite look down on this "barbarian dynasty, and for this extremely reactionary slave regime to take a series of perverse actions, North Korean Confucian students really felt the pain of heartache, so when An Zhixing led the delegation to Beijing, he was indeed quite relieved to see the elegant clothes all over the city.

The only regrettable thing is that the two countries are still at war.

This time, Ma Ying, the general of the Han Dynasty, commanded more than 10,000 troops into the Kou, plundered several counties in Ping'an Province and Gangneung Province, and the Korean soldiers and civilians suffered heavy casualties, the news came, the government and the opposition were shocked, for this incident, the ministers in the temple were divided into two factions to quarrel day and night, the Westerners sent the meaning of the main peace, and the northerners sent the meaning of sending troops first, that is, "resisting the enemy outside the country", and then sending envoys to negotiate peace. Because of his youthful and vigorous relationship, at first the Joseon king Yi Chun was inclined to settle the matter militarily, but when he heard that his tens of thousands of border troops had been defeated in a battle, he calmed down and adopted the advice of the Westerners.

Because it is the first "foreigner" to meet at the court, Li Guangdi attaches great importance to the arrival of An Zhixing and others, although it is said that the two countries are fighting at this moment, but this does not prevent the Han military government from receiving the North Korean mission with the highest standard, of course, this shelf can not be unplaced, originally according to Lin Feng's meaning is to cut through the mess quickly, on the same day to meet An Zhixing to discuss the dispute between the two countries, but Cao Zhangying of the Han Ministry of Rites resolutely opposed, so the Korean envoy had to anxiously wander in Beijing for half a month before being received by the King of Han.

"North Korean envoy An Zhixing, meet His Royal Highness the King of Han - His Royal Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!" An Zhixing is dressed in a costume, speaks fluent Chinese, and is skilled in kneeling and knocking.

"Oh, please, please!" Lin Feng looked at An Zhixing carefully, it was the first time he had seen a North Korean since he came to this world, so he couldn't help but be a little curious, you must know that in his time, the sticks were arrogant, and they were very arrogant on the ground of East Asia, so now it is indeed a little pleasure to see An Zhixing like this, "An Daren came from afar, I don't know why?!" ”

An Zhixing couldn't cry or laugh a little, and said in his heart, what else can I do? On his face, he was still respectful, and he bowed down respectfully, "Your Royal Highness, my king heard that the king broke the slave and restored the clothes of the religion. ”

"Hehe...... Lin Feng smiled and waved his hand, "Little things, small things, it's hard for Xiao Lizi to be so concerned - by the way, Xiao Lizi's body is okay?" ”

An Zhixing's eyelids jumped, and he didn't know what to say for a while, you must know that Lin Feng has not yet ascended the throne as the emperor, and North Korea has not officially issued a letter of vassal, so according to this etiquette ranking, Lin Feng and Li Chun can be regarded as cadres at the same level, and even if it is calculated by age, Lin Feng is not necessarily older than Li Chun, this "little plum" really doesn't know where to start? !

After looking at Lin Feng for a long time, An Zhixing decided to avoid this question, "King Qi Han, since the king Dingding Beijing, my king is very pleased, and he has already sent an envoy to congratulate him to restore the brotherly alliance between the two countries......" He raised his head, and suddenly changed his words, "The small country has always been deferential to the Chinese state, inheriting the education of poetry and books, and believing in the teachings of the sages, for hundreds of years it has been the east of China, and the former Ming Dynasty said: 'The country that does not conquer', and although the Qing court is a foreign state, it is also about 'brother' - I don't know what crime my dynasty is, and I am angry with the king?!" Send the general to slaughter my city and plunder my people?! ”

Lin Feng was taken aback, turned his head to look at Zhou Peigong, who was standing aside, and said in disbelief, "Peigong, why are we fighting North Korea?" - How did I not know?! He frowned and said unhappily, "How can you be like this, North Korea and we are separated by a strip of water, it is a friendly neighbor, how can we meet each other in arms?" - Reckless, too reckless!! ”

Zhou Peigong was startled, looked at Lin Feng in a daze, and only came back to his senses after a while, and coughed dryly, his expression was extremely unnatural, "Cough...... Cough...... Lord Qi, this, this...... What's going on on the border...... This is hard to measure," he swallowed and said with difficulty, "Weichen thinks that this matter may be ...... Maybe it's just a momentary misunderstanding......"

"Nonsense!!" Lin Feng's face turned pale, he slammed the table, pointed at An Zhixing and said angrily, "What is a misunderstanding?!" Everyone has come to me to complain, so can it be called a 'misunderstanding'?! He curled his middle finger, kept tapping on the case, and said angrily, "This matter must be thoroughly investigated to the end, and the widow wants to see who is so bold and dares to use swords with friendly neighbors!" ”

Zhou Peigong was so embarrassed that he bowed down and said yes.

An Zhixing looked at Lin Feng Junchen dumbfounded, the long slip of rhetoric prepared below was completely abolished, and now seeing that they pushed two five or six cleanly, he was really a little dazed for a while.

"Oops......" Lin Feng was full of guilt, got up and walked down, and grabbed An Zhixing's hand, "Lord An, there is no way to discipline alone, and this group of sergeants under his command is not inferior, and they have made friendly countries suffer!" ”

An Zhixing pulled out his hand in embarrassment, he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen before, in fact, in his impression, the monarch of China has always been extremely majestic, and he definitely didn't expect Lin Feng to be so shameless, he bowed and said with a wry smile, "His Royal Highness the King of Qihan, this time, ...... That 'misunderstanding', our DPRK suffered thousands of casualties among the sergeants and tens of thousands of civilians...... This one...... I wonder what His Highness will do with this?! ”

"Oh, Lord An, please rest assured, of course the widow will be dealt with strictly!!"

What does it mean to be "strictly disposed of"?! An Zhixing was annoyed in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask more, as far as diplomatic tradition is concerned, King Han has already given North Korea a lot of face when he talks about it, and what to do after that is definitely not something he can ask, in fact, let alone a little envoy of him, even if the King of North Korea comes by himself, then he has nothing to do. Judging from the original practice of the Ming Dynasty, the general emperor spoke like this, and the provocative border general had to fill the army if he didn't kill his head, but this time An Zhixing was a little frightened, judging from the thickness of His Royal Highness the King of Han's face, he really didn't think that the general would have any trouble.

After thinking about it, he really couldn't think of any good way to deal with this Han King who didn't play cards according to the rules, so he had to say helplessly, "His Royal Highness the King of Han presides over justice, and the small country is very grateful!" ”

"Lord Ann is so polite!" Lin Feng smiled, "I just heard you say that the Ming Dynasty is a 'country that does not conquer', what is going on?!" ”

An Zhixing was stunned for a moment, he didn't believe that Lin Fenghui really didn't know about it, but since the King of Han asked, of course he couldn't help but answer, "Back to His Royal Highness, when His Majesty Emperor Taizu of the former Ming Dynasty was Longxing Jiankang, my dynasty Taizu also established a country in Kaecheng, when the Tartars were not extinguished, and the rites and religions were not restored, so the two countries agreed to be an alliance, His Majesty the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty gave me the title of Taizu Li Chenggui Wang Yong as the lord of Korea, and the descendants succeeded, and then the small country was a dynasty and a king, and the rise and fall of succession were all forgiven by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the tribute was paid by the Central Plains!" ”

"I see, I see!" Lin Feng suddenly realized, "So you should be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, why did you fall in love with the Tartars later?!" ”

An Zhixing's face turned red and said ashamedly, "...... This one...... Returning to His Highness, due to the situation, it is not what you want! ”

"Forget it, forget it, in fact, it's not that the widow doesn't know your difficulties!" Lin Feng waved his hand generously to show that he was not guilty of the past, "But now that our Han has destroyed the Tartars, what are you going to do in North Korea?!" ”

An Zhixing had expected Lin Feng to say this, but in fact, he came this time for this matter. This time, the Han army sent troops to plunder Ping'an Province and other counties, although it seemed that the scale was not small, but there was no specific occupation of the city and appointed officials to collect the people, but they just grabbed it and went back, and the government and the opposition understood the meaning of the Han army, and this time the troops were only a deterrent attack, and the purpose was to make the DPRK show its political attitude.

"Small countries have always worshiped the Central Plains, of course, they are mainly worshiped by the Han Dynasty!" An Zhixing hurriedly took two steps back, took out the national letter from his sleeve, and presented it with both hands, "Inheriting the example of the Ming Dynasty, the small country came to congratulate and pay tribute every year!" ”

This time it was Lin Feng's turn to be surprised, he thought that he would have to make a big stick to be obedient, but he didn't expect the North Koreans to be so simple, it was just child's play. He subconsciously took the credentials and said in disbelief, "Lord An, this ...... This is done?! ”

An Zhixing peeked at Lin Feng, looked at each other, hurriedly lowered his head, and said respectfully, "The great Han Heavenly Soldiers are invincible, although the Tartars are strong and powerful, they can't be defeated, and the small country can go against the sky!" ”

It seems that Ma Ying must have left a very deep impression on them, Lin Feng seems to understand a little, in fact, Ma Ying's victory document at the beginning just simply said something 'Break the enemy army, drive hundreds of miles, trap several cities, Beheading thousands' and so on, because of the concise way of expression in Chinese classical Chinese, he really didn't pay attention to this aspect, in fact, in this battle, most of the border guards placed by the North Korean border guards on the Yalu River were defeated by Ma Ying's cavalry troops, and the Korean kingdom really had little confidence to compete with such a large army that could sweep through Liaodong.

There are really no heroes in the world, Lin Feng sighed in his heart, in fact, Goryeo was still a brave nation at the beginning, there are not a few famous generals who suffered losses in history Chinese over there, and even Emperor Taizong of Tang has touched a nose on the Korean Peninsula, but now he doesn't even have the courage to fight a battle, if the brave ancestors of the sticks know, I'm afraid they will roll in the grave.

Lin Feng held the letter of state, handed it to Li Guangdi casually, turned around and slowly returned to the throne, "Lord An, North Korea is willing to serve my Han as a positive trace, that is of course a good thing - but now that my Central Plains land is appeased, should you North Korea have to express it?!" ”

An Zhixing was shocked, and couldn't help complaining in his heart, "King Qiyu, a small country in North Korea is a widow, and he really can't afford to send troops to help Wang Shi go south!" ”

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" Lin Feng shook his head, "I don't want you to send troops, hehe, our Han army's army is enough, so I can't ask you to borrow troops!" He suddenly felt very funny in his heart, this An Zhixing also feels too good about himself, can I look at your garbage troops?!

An Zhixing looked at Lin Feng suspiciously, and suddenly came to his senses, his face was embarrassed, "Could it be that the king plans to ......?"

"Hehe, Lord An, you haven't seen it all the way, the war is raging everywhere, our Han will be very difficult, this king means that this time I am going to borrow some silver and grain from you, I don't know what your country wants?!" Lin Feng smiled, "Our two countries are separated by a strip of water, and they have been friendly neighbors for hundreds of years, that is the friendship of iron and iron, I think your country will not give the widow this face, right?!" ”

"I don't know...... I don't know how much gold, silver, grain and rice the king plans to get?! ”

"Oh, don't worry, Lord An, I'm a very righteous person, so I won't care about the difficulties of my good friends, so ......" Lin Feng touched his chin and said generously, "Don't have more, it's enough for you to lend me one or two million taels of silver and two or three million stone grains, hehe...... This time, North Korean friends helped us get through the difficulties, and our big man will definitely accept your love! ”

An Zhixing's face was like dirt, and he said tremblingly, "...... One or two million taels of silver...... Two or three million stone grains and rice ......"

"Right? I said that I'm a very interesting person, I heard that your North Korea is a blessed land on earth, known as the 'Morning Dawn Quiet Country', and there have been no disasters for more than 100 years, so it should be a piece of cake to come to this little money, right?! ”

"Temple...... Your Highness ......" An Zhixing wiped the sweat on his forehead, barely calming down, "A small country is weak and the people are poor, so you really can't take out so much money!" ……”

"Lord An is too modest, the industriousness and kindness of the North Korean people are unparalleled in the world, for the sake of friendly neighbors, this little thing should not be taken to heart!"

"Your Highness Mingjian......" An Zhixing suddenly knelt on the ground and complained bitterly, "The land of North Korea is barren, the products are not abundant, and the small people are still hungry, can An bear such a huge rope?!" He kowtowed a few times, "The talented minister has already submitted his credentials to His Royal Highness, and in the future, North Korea will be dominated by His Highness, so the people of North Korea are also the people of His Highness, and I hope that the king will have mercy!" ”

"Alas...... Ann-sama!! I was really disappointed! Lin Feng sank his face, and Sen Ran repeated, "Lone is really very disappointed!" ”

An Zhixing was frightened, he secretly glanced at Lin Feng, who had a gloomy face, and said tremblingly, "Your Highness...... This number ...... That's a lot of money......"

"Huge numbers?!" Lin Feng was expressionless and sneered, "How many are the numbers that aren't huge?!" ”

"Ten...... 200,000 taels of silver, 500,000 stone grain and rice, maybe a small country still ......"

"Forget it! ......" Lin Feng slapped the table, stood up and pointed at An Zhixing's head, and said angrily, "Since you can't borrow it, then the king will personally lead the troops to get it, and I don't dare to give it to you!" ”

"Your Highness is angry, Your Highness is angry......" An Zhixing said with a bitter face, "That...... I don't know how many talents...... In order to satisfy His Highness?! ”

"Okay!" Lin Feng was angry for a while, slowly sat down, and said in a deep voice, "Five hundred thousand taels of silver, two million stone grains—this amount is already the limit of this king!" ”

An Zhixing was sweating profusely, and said in a trembling voice, "Silver ...... Silver may be fine, it's just ...... It's just this grain and rice...... Two million stones, how can a small country get it?! ”

"Then according to you, how much can you come up with?!"

"A small country sweeps the warehouse...... 1 million stone grain and rice...... Maybe, maybe it can be squeezed out! ”

"A million stones won't do!" Lin Feng flatly refused, he waved his hand, and groaned slightly, "Seeing that you are so embarrassed, it is inconvenient for this king to be demanding, lest people say that I am bullying the subject country, so I don't want silver, and two million stones of grain is not too little - but one million of them I will exchange silver and cloth with you at the market price, what do you say?!" ”

An Zhixing crawled on the ground, and only felt paralyzed for a while, although he was a senior diplomatic official of the Li Dynasty, he had no right to agree to this condition, and even if he had this power, without the king's nod, he didn't dare to agree, seeing that Lin Feng was getting tighter and tighter, he said weakly, "Back to Your Highness, this matter is ...... The stakes are high, can small countries be allowed to discuss?! ”

"Tsk, two million stone grains are in a hurry like this, it's really worth it!" Lin Feng shook his head and said disdainfully, "You go back and make it clear to Xiao Lizi, he can give this food, and if he doesn't give it, he has to give it, if there is something discordant—either he comes to me, or I bring troops to him!! ”