Chapter 551: Red Tape

After an unpleasant dinner for both the guests and the hosts, it was time for Goxinga to meet with the Joseon king, Yi Hee, but the meeting was delayed for several days. The king of the DPRK had nothing to prepare, and Guo Xing'a could start talking at any time, but in the etiquette of the meeting, Chen Weinian and the DPRK officials quarreled again, and the two sides could not reach an agreement for a long time.

The Koreans were not crazy, and they didn't dare to treat Guoxing Ah as an ordinary Qing Dynasty official, but they didn't raise it much, and the king of Joseon just gave Goxing Ah a half courtesy. As soon as this idea was proposed, Chen Weinian went berserk, and Guo Xing'a saluted the king of Joseon first, how could this be? In front of the Korean minister, Chen Weinian began to scold the king of Joseon for looking for death, and even directly threatened to overthrow the 500-year-old society of Joseon. In Chen Weinian's conception, there is nothing to accept a one-and-a-half salute, it should be that the king of Joseon kneels to greet Guoxing, and then bows three times and nine bows to Guoxing. The two sides quarreled for three or five days over this, but they didn't come out with a result, and they had just repelled the Korean ministers of the United States and France, but they were not at all afraid of Chen Weinian's military threat.

Through this ceremonial dispute, Li Yu, the king of the Xingxuan Courtyard, should judge that Guo Xing'a's trip is definitely ill-intentioned, and he may even do something that endangers the North Korean community. So on the one hand, he sent people to ask for help from the Qing court, and on the other hand, he secretly arranged for the defenders of various provinces to be on strict alert, and transferred several elite troops to lurk near Seoul to prevent a sudden mutiny. Li Yu should be a big party, but the big thing he is doing is the Qing Dynasty, not the hairy boy Guo Xing'a. Although Goxinga has been in the limelight quite strongly in recent years, North Korea still firmly respects Zhengshuo and does not want to have too much contact with a traitor like Goxinga.

The reason why Guo Xing'a didn't care about Chen Weinian was also to see the level of the Korean monarchs and ministers through this meaningless matter. The result made him very satisfied, the Korean monarchs and ministers did not understand the changes in the world very well, and their thinking and opinions stayed at the level of the Qianlong period. They are completely ill-versed in practice, and they don't know how powerful North Manchu they are facing, and they are still bent on maintaining the Confucian etiquette system, and so on. However, there is also a surprise to Goxinga, that is, the North Koreans seem to have a lot of confidence in their army, and they are not very afraid of Chen Weinian's threat. These guys really seem to think that they can barely withstand the combat power of a hundred French sailors and can fight against hundreds of thousands of Manchurian soldiers.

After watching it for a few days, there was no more to be gained, so Guo Xing'a stopped this boring dispute, he never cared about any etiquette or anything like that. The king of Joseon is the county king canonized by the Qing court, and Guoxinga also has the title of county king, and the two meet each other with a peaceful courtesy. Goxinga's idea was very much agreed by the Korean ministers, at least it did not violate the rules of etiquette.

The main purpose of Goxinga's visit to North Korea was to get the port of Busan into his own hands, but there were also some other purposes, such as turning Korea into a colony of North Manchuria. According to Pi Runmin's meaning, there was no need for Guo Xing'a to come forward, just send an envoy over and let the Koreans sign the draft treaty. If the Koreans dare to have the slightest dissent, the garrison near Yanbian will send one or two brigades to teach them a lesson, and all problems will be solved. Guo Xing'a felt that there was no need to make such a stiff fuss, North Korea has always been more submissive, and he only did some aggression in the judicial and economic aspects, and also maintained their royal line, as long as he gave them more face, he would definitely be able to fool them. Therefore, in the delegation led by Guo Xing'a this time, Guo Xing'a came to give face to the king of Joseon, and Chen Weinian came to talk about things seriously.

The main reason why Chen Weinian repeatedly squeezed the Koreans in etiquette was to force the Koreans to recognize that Guoxinga had the same status as the Qing Emperor. As long as the Koreans recognize the suzerainty of Goxinga, it will be very easy for him to negotiate later, after all, the Qing Dynasty now has many privileges in Korea. As long as he can inherit the privileges that the Qing Dynasty never used in Korea, Chen Weinian's mission this time will be half completed, and the remaining half will no longer be a problem.

As a result, Guo Xing'a, who thought that he had settled the etiquette dispute, was still in the meeting, which made the Korean monarchs and ministers feel unhappy with the boss, and some fanatics had already started to clean up the door for the Qing court. In fact, Guo Xing'a didn't do anything excessive, he just brought some guards into Gyeongbokgung Palace according to his own style, and then sat on the folding chair he brought in the main hall very chicly. Guo Xinga felt that he was sitting opposite Li Xi, especially letting Li Xi sit on his throne, which was already very face-saving for the Koreans, but he forgot that the customs of North Korea were not the same as Manchuria, and even different from the Qing Dynasty. He did two things that were very taboo for Koreans, one was to bring troops into the palace, and the other was to go to the palace with a sword.

The Korean monarchs and ministers got the news that Guo Xing'a was going to bring some guards into the palace, which they could bear, but Guo Xing'a brought in more than 200 people, and they couldn't bear it. Dozens of guards with loaded guns and ammunition suddenly entered the Qinzheng Palace, almost scaring the Korean monarchs and ministers to death. Although these soldiers were only standing solemnly on both sides, they also put a lot of pressure on the Korean monarchs and ministers, and the middle and high-level officials near the rank stone in the small square outside were even more shocked and behaved a little unprepared. When the Korean monarchs and ministers were frightened and inexplicable, Guo Xing'a strode straight into the Qinzheng Palace, and then less than three meters away from the throne, he suddenly shook his cloak and sat opposite Li Xi with his sword. This is not to meet with Li Xi, it is definitely to demonstrate, to scare Li Xi.

In addition, the architectural style of North Korea is the same as that of Japan, which is an imitation of the Chinese Han and Tang Dynasty styles, and there are no chairs, so everyone sits on the ground, so you must take off your shoes when entering the city. The Manchurian group, whether it was the soldiers underneath or the two bigwigs Guo Xing'a and Chen Weinian, all came in directly in leather boots, which was a bit of a slap in the face. It is a very, very impolite act to go to the temple with a sword, and it is even more excessive for Guo Xing'a to bring his own chair.

"Hello!" Guoxing Adu sat for a while, and no one came out to say anything, so he could only greet the little Korean king Li Xi in a very Western way.

"General Guo, be well!" Li Xi was confused by Guo Xing'a's set, and agreed very awkwardly.

Guo Xing'a looked at Li Yuying, whose beard had been trembling, and was a little unsure of how to continue. Guo Xing'a is not good at communicating in official occasions, and Li Xi is a puppet-like child, no one talks to him, and Guo Xing'a doesn't know what to say next. He looked at Li Yuying, and also hoped that this Wang Dad would come out and take the words. It's a pity that Li Yuying thought crookedly, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that Guo Xing'a was deliberately provoking himself.

"Remember! Come on! "No one has been accosted, Guo Xing'a can only let Chen Weinian come out and get down to business. Unexpectedly, Chen Weinian's words completely annoyed Li Yuying.