The prince of Joseon said miserably, as if the Ming Dynasty did not reward some gold and silver, they would not be able to live in North Korea.

Zhu Ciji naturally didn't believe it, even if it was true, he didn't care, after all, the life and death of North Korea was related to him, the Ming Emperor, and asked the Ming Dynasty to sacrifice his own interests to fulfill North Korea and want to get the United States.

Zhu Ci pretended to sigh, and said with a bitter face: "The prince doesn't know, the Ming Dynasty has just dominated the world, the north has been ravaged by the rogues for 20 years, and then under the rule of the Manchus for several years, the Ming Dynasty wants to restore the people's livelihood in the north, and the days are definitely much more bitter than the Korean people, although I want to help the Korean people, but I am powerless, I hope the prince will forgive me!" ”

In the final analysis, it is impossible for Zhu Ciji to give more rewards to North Korea than tribute according to the past practice, in fact, he doesn't even want to reward North Korea with a single hair, and he is already gracious to be able to reward the four treasures of the study worth a few hundred taels of silver.

The prince of North Korea is not stupid, and as soon as he heard Zhu Cijiao's words, he knew that Zhu Cijiao might not want to give more rewards to North Korea.

How can this be, how can they exchange their tribute worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in North Korea for equivalent gold and silver cloth, otherwise the spittle of the Korean people can drown him in this world.

"Your Majesty laughed, as far as this son knows, Daming earned more than 80 million taels of silver last year, which is dozens of times that of my North Korea, how can I say that I am powerless, as long as Daming can allocate a dime, my Korean people will not have to starve, and I hope that His Majesty the Emperor will be fulfilled!" Joseon Shizi said.

Zhu Ci's eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly, it seems that the prince of Joseon came prepared, and even inquired about this clearly.

Zhu Ci sneered in his heart, Daming did earn more than 80 million taels of silver last year, which is the most since the founding of the country, but so what, this is Daming's money, Daming still has many people who lack food and clothing, and they are too busy to be busy, why should Daming fund North Korea.

What's more, for North Korea, Zhu Ciji had other plans, and he didn't need to rely on heavy rewards to win them over at all.

"The prince is really clear enough, yes, the Ming Dynasty did earn more than 80 million taels of silver last year, but the Ming Dynasty has been in war for a long time, and there is no surplus grain left in the treasury, so it is really impossible to fund North Korea." Zhu Ci said in a somewhat indifferent tone.

By now, Zhu Ciji has gradually lost his patience, if the prince of Joseon is interested, he should not be entangled in this matter, but unfortunately, this matter is related to the future status of the prince of Joseon in North Korea, and of course the prince of Joseon cannot be willing.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the tribute of the DPRK this time is no less than 100,000 taels of silver, and the son of this world does not ask for much, but only asks His Majesty the Emperor to reward the equivalent grain and cloth to our Korean people." The prince of Joseon retreated to the next best thing, not asking the Ming Dynasty to reward more valuable goods according to the previous practice, but at least the equivalent of tribute was still necessary.

At the same time, the princes of Joseon also have their own selfishness, although their tribute in North Korea is worth more than 100,000 taels of silver, in fact, they only spend less than 80,000 taels of silver to buy, and the grain of the Ming Dynasty is much cheaper than that of the DPRK, if the Ming Dynasty can really give them grain at the price of a tribute of more than 100,000 taels of silver and bring it back to North Korea, then they can still make a lot of money in North Korea.

The prince of Joseon thought very well, but unfortunately Zhu Ci didn't move at all.

After saying so much, Zhu Ci has gradually lost his patience.

I saw Zhu Cihong sneering and sneering: "Hmph, did the prince say that he planned to sell the tribute he brought to Daming?" Then I want to know, is the thing brought by the prince a tribute or a cargo? ”

In the face of Zhu Cijiao's question, the prince of the Joseon Dynasty was speechless, and the Ming Emperor actually said such a thing, and there had never been such a thing in North Korea and Ming Fangong for more than two hundred years.

The Joseon prince was not stupid, he had gradually realized that the Ming Emperor might have deliberately wanted to swallow their Korean tribute without giving enough rewards.

Joseon Shizi was a little annoyed, and his anger couldn't be controlled and rushed to his head.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, can't I exchange so much tribute from North Korea for some equivalent gold, silver and grain? Is Daming still the suzerainty of my North Korea? The prince of Joseon couldn't help but roar out such a sentence with red eyes, threatening Zhu Cicheng with the vassal relationship between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea.

This is true, and the implicit meaning is that if the Ming Dynasty does not give enough rewards, it is not worthy of being the suzerainty of Korea.

Not to mention Zhu Ci's reaction, the civil and military officials present were all shocked by the unscrupulous words of the Joseon prince, and looked at the Joseon prince in astonishment.

There was a faint sorrow in Qian Qianyi's eyes, North Korea was planning to turn his face with Daming, and the current emperor was afraid that he didn't care at all, he had a feeling that the vassal relationship between Daming and North Korea was likely to end today.

Qian Qianyi didn't want that scene to happen anyway, he always insisted that the Ming Dynasty was a state of etiquette, and after re-dominating the world, he should govern the country with benevolence and righteousness, so as to last for a long time.

Zhu Ci's face turned cold.

"Shizi is trying to say that if Daming doesn't reward you with enough things for North Korea, Daming is no longer worthy of being the suzerainty of your North Korea?" Zhu Ci's tone was cold, which made the back of the Korean prince cold.

"Yes, if the Ming Dynasty doesn't care about the life or death of North Korea, why should the Ming Dynasty be the suzerainty of North Korea again." Since then, the prince of Joseon said stubbornly.

Zhu Ci sneered: "The prince really dares to say it, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty has the grace of giving the country name to North Korea, and North Korea took the initiative to recognize the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, promising to pay tribute every year, during the Wanli period, the Japanese invaded North Korea, if it weren't for the Ming Dynasty repeatedly sent troops, North Korea would have let the Japanese invade the country and extinct the species, this is comparable to the grace of reconstruction, the Ming Dynasty did not ask North Korea for a trace of military spending, and even gave North Korea a lot of aid, the prince dared to say today that the Ming Dynasty is not worthy of being the suzerainty of North Korea? It's really okay, I don't know how the son of the world said it? ”

"I will ask the prince of the world, is North Korea willing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Ci staggered and stared at the prince of Joseon and said.

Joseon opened his mouth, irrefutable.

The face is constantly changing, and the prince of Joseon can see that the tribute they sent from North Korea this time is like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger, and the Ming Emperor does not want to give more rewards than tribute, I am afraid that he does not even want to give a reward of the same value as the tribute.

The Korean warriors were very angry and frightened, he didn't know what to do, he volunteered to come to pay tribute in front of his father that day, but he didn't expect this kind of thing, you can imagine that if he couldn't bring enough rewards to Korea, he would be scolded by the Korean people, his father would be disappointed in him, and his position as a son would definitely be cut off.

The Korean scholars are absolutely unwilling, he knows very well that under the Qing situation, North Korea cannot confront the Ming Dynasty at all, and the wisest choice is to consider himself unlucky, however, he is unwilling, strongly unwilling.

"Your Majesty, you can't do this, the Korean people will be disappointed in the Ming Dynasty, which is extremely detrimental to the vassal relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the DPRK!" Joseon Shizi said.

"Joke, when Lord Wanli helped North Korea expel the Japanese invaders, he didn't even ask for a penny, and now the prince actually said that the Ming Dynasty is not qualified to be the suzerainty of North Korea?" After Zhu Ci sneered, his face was solemn, and he said resolutely: "In this case, North Korea, a vassal country, I don't want it!" ”

Zhu Ciji didn't have much patience with North Korea, just now he was able to say so much to the prince of North Korea, it was already the limit, now he didn't plan to waste time, anyway, he had some premeditated plans for North Korea, and he had dissolved the vassal relationship with North Korea earlier, so that he could be more justified when he moved troops in the future.

Thinking of his future plans, Zhu Ci didn't plan to give the prince of Joseon a chance to continue to explain.

"Spread my will, the prince of North Korea is disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty, insults the prestige of the DPRK, and the crime is unforgivable, from today on, the Ming Dynasty has contact with the vassal relationship with the DPRK, and the matter of this North Korea has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty."

"Someone, expel the prince of Joseon from the Jinluan Palace, and send him back to North Korea within a day!" Zhu Ci shouted.

Immediately, several guards rushed in and instantly restrained the Korean prince.

This scene not only shocked the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, but also frightened the prince of Joseon.

Daming unexpectedly directly dissolved the vassal relationship between North Korea and Daming!

Once he was expelled and sent back to North Korea, he brought a large amount of tribute to the Ming Dynasty, not only failed to exchange more gold and silver and other things, but also offended the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Emperor was angry and dissolved the vassal relationship between Korea and the Ming Dynasty. The prince of Joseon did not dare to imagine what kind of crime he would suffer once he returned to North Korea like this, and whether the position of the prince could still be his, I am afraid that not only will he not be able to keep the position of the prince, but he will also be questioned.

Just when the prince of Joseon was stunned, the guards had already begun to press outside the palace of the prince of Joseon.

The eyes of the Korean warriors widened, and they came back to their senses in an instant.

The stakes are very high, the prince of Joseon can no longer care about the tribute, the first priority at present is to keep the vassal relationship between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty, otherwise once the Japanese invade again, if the DPRK can not resist, how to ask the Ming to send troops to rescue.

Don't look at Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the leader of the Japanese Invaders, who has been dead for thirty years, but the Waiko have never given up spying on their Korean intelligence, and once their Korea is gone, the Waiko will definitely make a comeback.

"No, Your Majesty the Emperor, I didn't mean that, North Korea doesn't have any intention of dissolving the vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty!" The son of Joseon hissed and shouted.

It's a pity that without Zhu Ciji's order, the guards would never have been able to stop, and they kept pressing the Joseon Shizi Wang's hall to walk.

Zhu Ci stumbled on the dragon chair, and kept indifferently watching the Korean prince being pressed out in the hissing shouting, whether it was Tielingwei or Zhu Ci's plan for the future Ming territory, the Ming Dynasty and North Korea must have a war, at that time, if the Ming Dynasty still has a vassal relationship with North Korea, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty is extremely bad, so since Zhu Ci moved to dissolve the vassal relationship with North Korea first, the Korean prince sent all the excuses to him, how could he not use it, and how could he still listen to the neighing and shouting of the Korean prince.

The "emperor" as the prince of the Joseon Dynasty has been pressed outside the Jinluan Palace, Qian Qianyi and other civil and military officials also reacted, and Qian Qianyi stood up first.

"What's the matter with Aiqing?" Zhu Ci stared at Qian Qianyi, he had only tested Qian Qianyi with words a few days ago, and he didn't know if it had any effect.

Facing Zhu Ci's searching gaze, Qian Qianyi's face was slightly pale, and at the same time a little firm.

"The emperor, the minister, the minister thinks that this should not be done to North Korea, after all, North Korea is my Ming Dynasty's vassal country, the Ming Dynasty has re-unified the world, the world should be governed by benevolence and righteousness, the Ming Dynasty is a civilized state, the emperor will forgive the Korean prince for his mistakes." Qian Qianyi knew that he might not be able to persuade the emperor, but he couldn't change the belief in his heart, he couldn't watch the emperor bring the Ming into the warlike road, he felt that the Ming should still govern the world with benevolence and righteousness, and treat the friends of the country with benevolence and righteousness.

He couldn't help but want to make a last stand, if the emperor could forgive North Korea under his persuasion, it would mean that the emperor could still change, if not, it would mean that the emperor was resolute, then he had nothing to say.

He knew very well that the emperor was worried about recovering Tielingwei in Korea, and this time he took the opportunity to dissolve the vassal relationship with North Korea, I was afraid that he was paving the way for the future mobilization of troops with North Korea, and he didn't want to watch that scene happen.

There are one and two, the emperor is now worried about Korea and Annam, and will inevitably worry about more neighbors in the future, and the Ming Dynasty will have to spend a period of time in the war.

Although the Ming Dynasty has a huge annual income, which is unprecedented in all dynasties, and it is still increasing every year, the Ming Dynasty will be rich in the future, but the warlike saying must be wary.

In short, he still supports benevolence and righteousness in governing the world, and benevolence and righteousness in dealing with subjects and friends.

Zhu Ci didn't express his position immediately, and stared at Qian Qianyi silently for a while, staring at Qian Qianyi's forehead and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, but Qian Qianyi still gritted his teeth and insisted.

"Qian Qianyi, you disappointed me very much, you know?" Zhu Ci said faintly.

Qian Qianyi's heart jumped, he gritted his teeth, and still didn't want to give up.

"The Emperor"

As soon as Qian Qianyi spoke, Zhu Ci staggered to his feet, flicked his cuffs, and interrupted Qian Qianyi's next words, obviously not wanting to listen to Qian Qianyi say that kind of useless nonsense again.

"Qian Qianyi, I have already revealed some things to you a few days ago, and your attitude has disappointed me, since your philosophy is different from mine, then I will not force you, so be it! Retreat! After Zhu Ci finished speaking, he left the Jinluan Hall first.

Watching Zhu Ci leave without looking back, Qian Qianyi looked defeated, as if he had suddenly aged a few years old, full of powerlessness.

Qian Qianyi sighed, and also turned around and walked towards the outside of the Jinluan Palace.

The civil and military officials looked at this scene, and they were really stunned, they really couldn't understand what dumb riddles the emperor and Qian Qianyi were playing, one by one, you look at me, I look at yours, but I can't figure out why.

When Qian Qianyi's back also disappeared, Li Yan took his gaze back, and fell into deep thought, he faintly guessed a little from the conversation between the emperor and Qian Qianyi.