Li Fangyuan asked, "What about North Korea?" Lee Sung-gye's praise of Yoon-hee upset him, and he was eager to know what Yoon-hee wanted to do with North Korea. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Chenggui said: "Haha, Korea is not a barbarian, so the emperor of the Ming State adopted another method. The surname Zhu is to make our family the same as the royal family of the Ming Kingdom, but it is not good to say. You go to the table and ask that my little daughter, your little sister, be given to the emperor of the Ming Kingdom as a concubine. ”

"Zhu Yuanzhang, who has died, once had a North Korean concubine, so it is not abrupt for you to be on this table."

"If the emperor of the Ming Kingdom agrees, then he probably wants to control Korea through marriage and dismantle Goryeo like the Mongols; If he doesn't agree, then see how he responds later, and you will know what he wants to do. ”

"Also, you pay attention to whether the Ming Kingdom will win over the wealthy families of North Korea. North Korea is different from the Ming Kingdom, the powerful families in North Korea are too powerful, and if the emperor of the Ming Kingdom notices North Korea, it is impossible not to notice the fact that the wealthy families in North Korea are powerful. ”

"You must remember that no matter what the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is trying to win over the wealthy, it is not a good thing for our family, whether it is called the Li family or the Zhu family. Once the wealthy families are enveloped by the Ming Kingdom, then the Ming Kingdom can depose our throne at any time. ”

"The wealthy families of North Korea must not be allowed to marry the Ming people, and no matter what the Ming State wants, the independence of North Korea must be guaranteed. As long as the independence of North Korea can be guaranteed, there will be a future for the Lee family. ”

When Li Chenggui said this, he suddenly stopped and coughed a few times. Li Fangyuan immediately went up to beat him on the back, took out the medicine prepared for Li Chenggui and paid for him, and loudly ordered the palace maid to call the imperial doctor.

It took a long time for Li Chenggui to recover. He continued: "Your son must marry a wealthy family. But don't choose the biggest ones, they can't win them over, choose the secondary. ”

"Also, after completing the reorganization of the whole country, we will immediately send troops to attack the northeast and turn it into the Hamgyong Province of North Korea. No matter what time it is, expanding the territory is a good way to unite people's hearts. ”

"Now that the boundary of the Yalu River has been determined, it is difficult to encroach on the past again; Then there is Changbai Mountain, if you cross Changbai Mountain, it is estimated that one of ten people can reach Nuer alive, and it is not bad, you can't take this road. ”

"So only the Tumen River can be expanded."

"Originally, I wasn't worried or in a hurry, after all, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom was too busy to stare at the northeast all day; But now that the British king is sealed, if we don't hurry up, once it is occupied by the British, then we will completely lose the opportunity to expand. ”

"Li Zhilan and most of his subordinates are Jurchens, let them go to Yongxing County and try to recruit the local Jurchens, they must be faster than the British king's actions."

"Since we enjoy the gift of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty and have the surname Zhu, it is the same as the British vassal state, and the territory we occupied in advance cannot be occupied by the British vassal state again."

Speaking of this, Li Chenggui seems to be unable to support it anymore, his health is not good, otherwise he would not have been easily succeeded by Li Fangyuan's coup.

Li Chenggui finally said: "I don't have anything to ask you now. Just be careful, don't trust anyone too much, everyone has the potential to lie to you. You have to learn to distinguish between what kind of people can give unbiased advice on what kind of issues. ”

After saying this, Li Chenggui stopped talking. Li Fangyuan immediately called in the imperial physician who was waiting outside the door, asked him to treat Li Chenggui, and then walked out of the palace by himself, instructed Shang Gong to take care of Li Chenggui carefully, and then left.

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Just when Li Fangyuan hurriedly asked the guards to call Jin Hanlao, and Jin Hanlao was still asleep, Yang Ben said to Zhu Guan: "You came to Seoul four years ago, didn't you?" ”

Zhu Guan said, "Yes, my lord." ”

Yang Ben said: "Then are you still familiar with the streets of Seoul?" ”

Zhu Guan said: "It's quite familiar. When I came four years ago, I visited a lot of North Korean ministers. ”

Yang Ben said: "Then can you find Li Fangyuan's Yuejia Lixing Min clan's mansion in Seoul?" ”

Zhu Guan immediately said: "Yes, of course you can!" The Liheung Min clan was a Korean nobleman and was close to the Yi dynasty, and I went to their mansion in Seoul. ”

Yang Ben was immediately very happy when he heard that he recognized the mansion of the Lixing Min family. But instead of revealing his joy, he said, "Well, now I have something to give you." ”

As he spoke, he took out an envelope, and then said to Zhu Guan: "You go to visit the Lixing Min family's mansion early tomorrow morning, and then hand them the envelope." Remember, it must be one of the Lixing Min clan's own people, not any outsider, nor a servant. ”

Zhu Guan felt that this matter was a little inexplicable, and he didn't know what was going on at all. So he asked: "Yang Langzhong, what is the matter at the bottom, so mysterious?" ”

Yang Ben said: "It's nothing, it's just that someone wrote a letter to the Lixing Min family, and then asked them to pass it on." It's not a big deal. ”

Zhu Guan still felt that something was wrong, but seeing that Yang Ben had nothing else to say, he promised: "It's my lord, I will definitely transfer it." "Then stand back.

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Early the next morning, Zhu Guan set off. Not long after Yang Ben sent him away, someone reported: "My lord, the old Kim Han of the Korean State is here." ”

Yang Ben asked Jin Hanlao to come in, and then stood at the door of the house to greet him.

The two exchanged pleasantries in the room for a while, and then sat down separately.

Yang Benxian said: "Lord Jin came over early in the morning, is it because Lord Li, the state minister of your country, has accepted the matter of giving a surname?" ”

Although Jin Hanlao was a little depressed when he heard Yang Ben's name for Li Fangyuan, he still said: "My country's right to know the state affairs of North Korea, Lord Li wants to ask Lord Yang, is it to give me the surname to know the state affairs of North Korea, or is it the Li family?" ”

Yang Ben said: "It's all the people of the Li clan. ”

When Elder Jin Han learned about this, he silently wrote it down, and said: "Your country must give my country the surname to Master Li, who has the right to know the state affairs of Korea, is there only a request, and there is no other reward?" ”

Yang Ben said: "Of course there will be rewards. Then he said something that he was going to give to North Korea.

When Jin Han heard it, isn't this the usual reward of the Ming Kingdom to North Korea, and there is nothing special about it.

Jin Han Lao said: "Lord Yang, I mean that Da Ming has any other rewards for this matter?" ”

Yang Ben said: "Giving me the surname of the Ming Dynasty to give the right to know the state affairs of the DPRK Lord Li is a reward, and officially canonizing the state affairs of the DPRK to the king of the DPRK Lord Li is also a reward, do you need other rewards?" ”

Jin Han Lao immediately spoke: "......"

Yang Ben said unhurriedly: "......"

The two talked a lot next, but Yang Ben didn't say that there were other rewards, and repeatedly quibbled. Jin Hanlao felt that he was not facing an official of the Ming Ministry of Rites at all, but like an old oilman in the army, or a shrewd businessman.

Until noon, Jin Hanlao did not achieve his goal, and in the end he could only return to Gyeongbokgung Palace in despair.