Elder Jin Han said to Li Fangyuan: "My lord, I have repeatedly talked with the envoys of the Ming Kingdom, but he only said that there is no other reward except for the customary reward. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Li Fangyuan said: "Since this is the case, then forget it, we can't seem to be too greedy in North Korea." And he had already promised to officially accept the surname. It is fortunate to have other rewards, and there is no need to ask for them. ”

"Have you inquired, did the Ming Kingdom give me the surname Zhu, or my entire Li family?"

Jin Han Lao said: "Yang Ben said that he gave the surname to the king. ”

Li Fangyuan frowned. He probably thought about something, but he didn't say it, but said: "Then you go to the post house where the envoys of the Ming Kingdom are housed again in the afternoon, and tell them that I have accepted the matter of giving the surname, and let him declare the will of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom tomorrow." ”

"After you inform the envoys of the Ming State of this, you will go to the Yamen of the Licao Judgment to inform them of the preparations for receiving the decree."

Jin Han Lao promised, "Yes, king." ”

Li Fangyuan then left Jin Hanlao for lunch, and then let Jin Hanlao leave.

Li Fangyuan stayed alone for a while, and then returned to the harem of Gyeongbokgung Palace. Tomorrow he will be given the surname and officially canonized as the king of Joseon, and his wife, the lord of Jingning, will also be present, and he will tell her to prepare for tomorrow and give her some things.

Li Fangyuan also planned to take a look at his son. Li Fangyuan's first three sons all died shortly after birth, which left a terrible impression on Li Fangyuan, so he also cared very much about his son. Even if he is so anxious these days, he will go to see his sons every day.

But Li Fangyuan didn't find the Min family immediately after returning to the harem today, and the palace maid said: "King, just now the prince of Min Wujian came to see the lord of Weng, and the lord of Weng is meeting with him. ”

Min Wuji is the younger brother of the Min family, and it is normal for them to meet, Li Fangyuan didn't care, but just asked the palace maid to tell her about it after the Min family returned, and then go to the former dynasty to deal with political affairs. He's not in the mood to take care of these things these days, and it's not a big deal.

In the evening, Li Fangyuan saw the Min family, and after asking the matter, he had dinner with her. Min hugged his eldest son, Li Zhen, and fed Li Zhen with a smile.

Li Fangyuan originally had something on his mind and had been absent-minded, but the Min family had always been very happy, which made Li Fangyuan very strange: the Min family was very happy from the time he asked her about it just now. Min is also a person who has experienced a lot of things, if a little thing is over with a smile, how can he always be so happy?

He couldn't help but ask, "What do you have to be happy about?" You've been so happy since I saw you tonight. ”

Min couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Highness, today's envoy of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Guan, the head of the Ministry of Rites who came once before, brought a letter to my second brother Wuji, which is a letter from the Min family in Shandong. ”

"Min Linjun, the contemporary head of the Shandong Min clan, wrote in a letter that he recognized that our Lixing Min clan is a branch of the Shandong Min clan!"

"It's really good. It is great that so many of our families in North Korea claim to be the descendants of those prominent figures of the Ming Dynasty, and only our Lixing Min family has been recognized by our own family. ”

It turned out that at this time, Koreans, like later generations, always wanted to have a relationship with celebrities in China; However, at this time, they did not dare to claim that Confucius was Korean.

So they use another method to get in touch with Chinese celebrities, and that is to claim that they are the descendants of a Chinese celebrity. Of course, maybe they're not talking nonsense.

The Lixing Min family has always claimed to be a descendant of Min Yuan. Min Loss, Ziqian, one of the seventy-two sages under Confucius, is famous for his filial piety, and his deeds have entered the twenty-four filial piety.

Now the direct descendants of Min Loss admit that the Lixing Min family is also a descendant of Min Loss, which makes Concubine Min, who is the Lixing Min family, very happy. As she said, only the Lixing Min clan has been recognized by the Huaxia family, which is equivalent to raising the rank of the Lixing Min clan, how can she not be happy!

This is of course the method that Yunxi came up with. Yun Xi didn't want to spend too much money on wooing the Korean wealthy families, but he wanted to woo them, so he thought of a way to admit that they were the descendants of the Chinese celebrities he claimed.

This kind of thing is not costly, which not only makes them grateful, but also makes these North Korean giants have a relationship with Daming.

And it is also very simple for Yun Xi, he only needs to send someone to Shandong to find the contemporary master of the Min family, and then say that he can let Min lose the Confucian Temple, and give the Min family a hereditary official position of the Hanlin Academy, just like the Yan family.

Min Linjun, the current head of the Min family, immediately agreed, and then wrote this letter for the people sent by Yunxi to bring back.

Yunxi then asked Yang Ben to come to Korea with the letter, and asked Zhu Guan to hand it over to the people of the Lixing Min clan. Next is what Li Fangyuan saw.

Although Li Fangyuan is still a lot worse than Li Chenggui, Li Chenggui just reminded him yesterday to guard against the wealthy families of the Ming State to win over North Korea, so he immediately suspected that this was the Ming State's strategy to win over him.

But after Li Fangyuan thought about how to avoid this kind of co-optation, he found that he had no way.

People are willing to recognize their ancestors, can he stop it? In the future, in order to show that they are indeed the descendants of a certain celebrity, and then go to the Ming Kingdom to worship their ancestors, can he stop it?

So Li Fangyuan was very irritable, he didn't eat half of the meal, threw down the dishes and chopsticks and strode out, which surprised Min.

Li Fangyuan didn't want to ask his father for help when he encountered anything, so he thought alone about how to prevent the Ming Kingdom from attracting the North Korean wealthy. Although I still haven't found a way to Yun Xi's trick, there is always some gain.

The next day, Li Fangyuan woke up very early. He looked at the time, and it wasn't long before it was time to get up and prepare, so he got up and practiced martial arts first. He is also a person who has practiced martial arts since childhood.

When the time came, he changed into his clothes and performed the ritual before receiving the order.

When it was almost noon, Yang Ben came to the gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace with the holy decree in his hand.

Yang Ben stood in the prescribed position, and then said: "Quan Zhi North Korean Minister of State Li Fangyuan received the order. ”

Li Fangyuan clenched his fists, then knelt down and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Li Fangyuan was very reluctant to kneel. He also knelt once before, when Zhu Yuanzhang chose North Korea as the name of the new country. Since then, he has thought that he must no longer kneel to the holy decree of the Ming Kingdom. But today he still had to kneel, which made him very angry, but there was no solution.

Behind Li Fangyuan, all the North Korean ministers present also knelt down.

Yang Ben opened the holy decree and said: "The edict of the Emperor Fengtian said that the king of Joseon Wang Chang (the last king of Goryeo) was mediocre and immoral, and now he will abolish his throne, and he will be given the right to know that the Minister of State of Korea Li Fangyuan is surnamed Zhu, and he will be crowned the king of Joseon. ”

Li Fangyuan's face was expressionless, and he said, "Minister Zhu Fangyuan took the order. Then he stood up.

Who knew that Yang Ben seemed to be playing a trick, and took out a holy decree from his bosom and said: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says, I know that the wife of Li Fangyuan, the minister of state of Korea, is the seventy-two sages of the Confucian sage. After being virtuous, he must be gentle and courteous. Today, the wife of Li Fangyuan, the minister of state of North Korea, is the queen of Joseon. ”

Li Fangyuan, no, it's time to call Zhu Fangyuan now. He froze where he was.

Min Shi was stunned for a moment and immediately said happily: "The concubine accepts the order." ”

Zhu Fangyuan has also eased up now. He looked at the minister in front of him, and a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, but he immediately turned into a helpless expression. Because the Ming Dynasty has not been established for a long time, and North Korea is newly established, there has been no regulation.

And the emperor of the Ming Dynasty directly canonized the queen, which was actually an honor for North Korea and for him, so the ministers behind him did not have much reaction.

It stands to reason that he shouldn't have anything to be unhappy about, unless Zhu Fangyuan wants to abolish the queen; But Zhu Fangyuan has no intention of abolishing it now.

But Zhu Fangyuan sensed that this was a move by the Ming Dynasty to further control North Korea, although he had little evidence.

He wanted to refuse the decree, but he didn't. First, if this decree is not accepted, then the previous decree may not be accepted, and then he is finished; Second, if he refuses to accept this holy decree, he will definitely make the Lixing Min clan unhappy. Now the Lixing Min clan is Zhu Fangyuan's most important supporter, and Zhu Fangyuan does not dare to offend them.

Zhu Fangyuan stood up and took the holy decree from Yang Ben's hand, and Min took the holy decree from Yang Ben's hand.

Yang Ben bent down and saluted and said, "I have seen the King and His Royal Highness the Queen of Joseon. ”

Zhu Fangyuan immediately helped him up, and said with a smile: "Why should Yang Langzhong be polite. But there was no smile in his heart.

However, the Min family on the side was too happy, including Min Wujian and Min Wuxian, who were kneeling far away, were also very happy: the holy decree said, 'After being virtuous, he must be gentle and courteous', so who would dare to look down on the Lixing Min family in the future? I'm afraid that the girls of the Lixing Min family will be rushed to marry home.

Zhu Fangyuan said a few more words to Yang Ben, and then invited him to the palace dinner.

It is also customary to invite the envoys of the Ming Dynasty to the dinner, and Yang Ben agreed with a smile. Zhu Fangyuan arranged a few more things, and then said that he was unwell and returned to Gyeongbokgung Palace.

But he did not return to his dormitory, but came to the palace where Li Chenggui was imprisoned.

Coincidentally, Li Chenggui did not rest at this time, he looked at Zhu Fangyuan, who could not suppress his anger, and said, "What happened today? You're so angry. What are the requirements of Daming? ”

Zhu Fangyuan said: "Father, Mingguo, they have done other things. Then Zhu Fangyuan told all about yesterday's recognition of Lixing Min as the descendant of Min in Shandong, and the addition of the Min family as the queen today.

Li Chenggui pondered for a while and said: "It seems that Daming really wants to meddle in the affairs of North Korea this time, just like Emperor Yang of Sui, Tang Taizong, and Tang Gaozong did. ”

"And this time they took a completely different approach, not using the army to do all this."

"It's hard to say whether this is good or bad for our Li family, no, it's our Zhu family. I think you're going to turn the whole clan into Zhu, right? ”

Zhu Fangyuan nodded. He can still think of this. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the monarch of the Jin State changed the Xun clan to Zhongxing, Zhi, and Cheng, and he still knew the history of dividing the powerful Xun clan. They Li family must guarantee a surname.

Li Chenggui continued: "I don't have much to say right now. You just have to remember not to let the big guys get swept away. I don't think of anything else. ”

"Go and test it as soon as you said yesterday. I don't know too much now, so I can't guess what the Ming Emperor wants to do. ”

Zhu Fangyuan saw that Li Chenggui didn't know how to deal with it now, and he also felt that he knew too little now. He said goodbye to Li Chenggui, and then returned to his study to write down the request that Li Chenggui had written yesterday to dedicate his sister as the imperial concubine.

Then he called a close confidant named Park Chung-hee, who was very good at gathering information, and said to him: "When the envoys of the Ming Kingdom return to the capital of the Ming Kingdom, you will go to the capital of the Ming Kingdom as an envoy who is grateful to the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom on behalf of Gu. ”

Park Chung-hee said happily, "Yes, Your Highness." "That's a beautiful difference.

Zhu Fangyuan stared at him again and said, "You remember, everything that has happened in the Ming Kingdom since the death of the first emperor must be recorded in detail, and it is best to bring back a copy of all the palace newspapers." ”

Park Chung-hee knew that Zhu Fangyuan had a task given to him this time, not because he rewarded him for his hard work during this time. I was a little disappointed.

However, he immediately cheered up and said: "It's Your Highness, and the minister will not dishonor." ”

Zhu Fangyuan smiled and said, "Okay, you go." Park Chung-hee stepped back.

In the evening, of course, Zhu Fangyuan personally attended the dinner to entertain the envoys of the Ming Kingdom. Zhu Fangyuan tried his best to make the atmosphere warmer, Yang Ben and others also responded, and the Korean ministers in Seoul knew that the crisis had passed, and they all relaxed, so the scene was very lively.

In the next few days, Zhu Fangyuan summoned the envoys of the Ming Kingdom several times and rewarded them with many things, which made all the envoys happy, including Yang Ben, although he was also vigilant.

After that, it was time for the envoys of the Ming Kingdom to return to China, and they had to go back to Yunxi to report their lives, and it couldn't be too late.

On the day they returned, Zhu Fangyuan personally sent the Ming envoys to the gate of Seoul, and asked his uncle, who had changed his name to Zhu He, to send them to the port of Incheon. The envoys of the Ming Kingdom were all flattered.

However, after Zhu Fangyuan sent them out of Seoul, he scolded and said, "What a bunch of bastards!" Jin Hanlao and the others were all around, and they all heard it, but they all pretended not to hear.

Zhu Fangyuan immediately left them behind, and said to Jin Hanlao and the others: "Send envoys to all the counties immediately." After all this time, they should already know about Lone's appointment as king, and it is time to recruit them. ”

And quietly prepared to hoard grain and grass in Yongxing County. At the beginning of next year, I want to go to Tumen River! ”