Li Zongcheng is the son of Li Yangong, Marquis of Huaiyin, and the ninth grandson of Li Wenzhong, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. How could a dignified second-class member abscond at night? This has to start with one of his deputies, guerrilla Shen Weijing.

This Shen Weijing can be said to be a man of the year who galloped between China, Japan and Korea at that time, even today, four hundred years later, the mention of his name can still provoke the unanimous spurning of the people of the three countries, and this kind of influence may be described as unprecedented.

The reason why Shen Weijing was used as the envoy of peace was not because he had strong diplomatic skills or strong political capital, but because he had resisted the Japanese under Hu Zongxian in his early years, and later traded between China and Japan.

As for the domestic background at that time, it is natural to talk about the famous "Three Great Expeditions of Wanli", the so-called three major expeditions, namely the Battle of Ningxia from February 18 to September 18 in the 20th year of Wanli (1592 AD), the Battle of Korea from the 20th year of Wanli to the 26th year of Wanli (1598 AD), and the Battle of Banzhou from the 27th year of Wanli to the 28th year of Wanli. As we all know, although these three battles were victorious, they also caused huge losses in the manpower and material resources of the Ming Dynasty, which became an important reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

When Hideyoshi went west to Korea, it was the battle of Ningxia, there was no time to look east, in order to delay time, the Ming court appointed Shen Weijing as an envoy to Korea to negotiate peace, this was his first time as a peace envoy, as the war continued, the two sides fought and made peace, the Japanese side of Naito Ruan, Xi Xiao acceptance, the Ming Dynasty side of Shen Weijing in Beijing and Busan, Nagoya back and forth, busy and happy, because of the merchant background, Shen Weijing's official position stayed in the Wupin guerrilla can not go up, but at this time, he can still take " The identity of the "agent of the Ming Dynasty" fully controlled the peace negotiations between the two countries and made a lot of oil and water.

However, all this turned into a bubble because of Li Zongcheng's arrival. Lord Shen, who was commanding in front of the Japanese invaders, now wants to grovel to a hairy boy, this kind of gap is unbearable for him, especially when he sees Zong Yizhi and Konishi Yukinaga seeing the wind and rudder, trying their best to curry favor with Li Zongcheng and snub themselves, he is even more determined to snatch back the glory that was taken away by this second generation of officials.

On the evening of the day when Li Zongcheng absconded, Shen Weijing received a report from President Konishi and knew that Xiubao was about to go to Kyushu to meet the mission. After dinner, he came to Li Zongcheng's room and informed him of the news.

Hearing that the envoy was finally coming, Li Zongcheng was a little excited, and said: "Hakata is such a big place, the official has long been tired, and now I can finally go to to see the prosperity of Kyoto, there seems to be a Zhaoti Temple over there, which was built by a monk Dongdu in the Tang Dynasty, and it is said that it is particularly effective, and this time I must go to worship well." ”

Looking at this gentleman, Shen Weijing asked with a smile, "Are you really going to Kyoto?" ”

"Why don't you go, as the main envoy of this peace conference, if I don't go, will you go?" Li Zongcheng didn't hear anything in Shen Weijing's words, his thoughts were really simple.

"In that case, the lower officials might as well say it directly." Shen Weijing said sadly, "In fact, this peace negotiation is a scam at all, and if you go, you will die for life." ”

"Scam? A narrow escape? What the hell are you talking about? Li Zongcheng looked at Shen Weijing in surprise.

"I mean, Guan Bai of the Wa Kingdom did not agree to negotiate peace at all." Shen Weijing respectfully explained, "The conditions proposed by the two countries are very different, and no one is willing to back down, and the reason why the Japanese people are willing to negotiate peace with **** is to delay time, take the opportunity to imprison the mission, and use us to blackmail the Son of Heaven to withdraw from the army." ”

Although Shen Weijing's words were conclusive, Li Zongcheng was still skeptical, and asked: "If it is really as you say, then why are you willing to spend the day with this official?" ”

Shen Weijing shook his head helplessly, and looked at Li Zongcheng with a sad expression: "Do you think that the lower official wants to come with me, but the lower official has participated in the peace negotiations between the two parties since the beginning of the war, and most of the Japanese people are familiar with each other. As a last resort, the lower officials could only sacrifice their lives to accompany him. ”

Although Shen Weijing lied a lot, Li Zongcheng believed it, he thought that the peace agreement had been negotiated, and this time he went to Kyoto (actually Fushimi) just to go through the motions, not only to enjoy the exotic customs, but also to add officials to the knighthood after returning to China, why not, so he asked someone to ask Shi Xing for this beautiful difference. But now that the lie has been exposed, not only is there no glory and wealth, but even his life is difficult to protect, who would dare to do such an errand.

Thinking of this, Li Zongcheng cried bitterly, held Shen Weijing's hand, and said: "It's not right to make things difficult for Brother Shen a few days ago, you have a lot of adults, you must show a clear path for your junior brother." ”

Looking at the second-class members of the imperial court and calling themselves brothers, Shen Weijing was in a good mood, but he still had to pretend to be a brother, since the younger brother and himself were "heart-to-heart", it was natural for him to be an elder brother to "treat each other sincerely". He motioned for Li Zongcheng to put his ear over and whispered: "Don't hide it, less than five miles west of here is the ferry port of the Naka River, where there is a merchant ship docked, which was purchased by the lower officials from local merchants as a precautionary measure, and the translators, sailors, bow and daily necessities on board are all available, and when it is nightfall, the adults will set off lightly, as long as they can board the boat, they can sail down the river out of Hakata Bay, and they will soon arrive at Jeolla Zuosuying, and they can rest easy when they reach the border of the Koreans." ”

"But I'm leaving, isn't Brother Shen going to be reprimanded by the widows?" Li Zongcheng looked at Shen Weijing excitedly, his eyes flashed with emotion and guilt, I have to say that this is a cute fool.

"Take care of yourself, don't take care of me." Shen Weijing got rid of a decent image, I saw him looking into the distance with resolute eyes, and said calmly: "Xia Guan has put life and death aside since the day he came out, and it is the lifelong wish of Xia Guan to serve the country with loyalty, even if he is in a foreign country, he cannot let the emperor and the court be ashamed." Adults are still young, they really shouldn't die here, and they should return to China and exercise more, in order to pacify the Japanese as soon as possible and repay the grace of heaven. ”

Shen Weijing said so loudly, Li Zongcheng was already in tears, he didn't say anything, he left at night! So the envoy of the Ming Dynasty mission, the official of the second grade, was coaxed on the ship home by a businessman. But can things really go as smoothly as Shen Weijing thought? Let's listen to the next breakdown.

(I finished a chapter in a hurry, and I didn't finish the translation until noon, so I'm sorry for everyone, and I will continue in the evening, so please understand.) If you can, vote and bookmark. ）