"The king of North Korea, Li Liang, died of illness just a month ago, and was succeeded by his son Li Hao, this time they also sent envoys, came to pay tribute to my Daming, and has been registered in the port of Dengzhou, I believe that it will be possible to come to Nanjing in about ten days!"

"This time you went to North Korea for three months, tell me about the situation over there, and how is this Li Haoqi?" Cao Bianjiao also asked, the submission of the Joseon Dynasty is to contain the Manchu Qing, and the other is to expand the power of the Ming Dynasty, for North Korea, you can trade and increase the taxes of the Ming Dynasty, which is a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone, Cao Bianjiao is naturally willing.

After the rebellion of the Korean Dynasty, Li Hao and his elder brother Li Jun, and his younger brother Li Jun, the prince of Linping, were taken captive to Shenyang by the Qing army, and were hostages for a long time. In addition to the official congratulatory table for the Qing Dynasty, all internal official documents, including the royal tombs, the Zong Temple, and the Confucian Temple, still use my big name over the years, and the heart of Xiang Ming can be said to be true! After Li Hao succeeded to the throne, he took the restoration of Korea as his own responsibility, and also proposed the Northern Expedition, he said to the minister: The ministers all want to give the army not to govern, and to those who do not listen, the time is the time, I don't know when the good opportunity comes. Therefore, if you want to raise 100,000 elite soldiers, you love and compassion like a son, all of them are soldiers who dare to die, and then wait for them to provoke, surprise them, and go straight to the outside of the customs...... However, the DPRK is financially difficult and its armaments are weak, and we cannot expect much from him......"

"I didn't have any hope for them, it's just a trend of interests, what do North Korea think about the matter of my Ming garrison in Yizhou?"

"This matter has been agreed with them, as early as Li Liang's time, it has been agreed, the Ming Navy Division of 5,000 men and horses stationed in the port of Tieshan in Yizhou to assist Korea in resisting the Manchus, and they are also willing to provide 5,000 stone grain and grass to our army every year. As for the trade matter, this is a good thing for both sides, and they are naturally willing to agree to it, but at present, there are still Westerners entrenched in Korea, and some things still need to be coordinated by us. ”

"That's fine, it's not difficult to coordinate, since my Ming Dynasty recovered Taiwan, Westerners have been afraid of my Ming Dynasty like a tiger, and the goods traded by the two sides are not in conflict, and the demands are not the same, there is not much conflict, but what should be said is still to say, so let's let Xu Ermo serve as an envoy, and when the time comes, as the diplomatic envoy of my Ming Dynasty in Korea, as a diplomatic envoy between the two sides, the two sides will be in contact with each other, and when the time comes, I will send people to the Ming and North Korea, they can only trade and trade, and cannot occupy the island city, Otherwise, I, the Great Ming Sailor, will definitely go to war with them and cut off their trade routes. ”

"I think it's very appropriate!"

The reason why I stood up and expressed my attitude is to support North Korea, they are my Ming territory, you must know that North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and naturally no foreign forces are allowed to interfere in it, and even the eldest brother naturally has to take care of the younger brother, so that North Korea will follow the Ming Dynasty with all its heart, and can also strive for more benefits for the Ming Dynasty.

Eight days later, the North Korean envoy Kim Sang-hun was famous for his rebuke of peace and "hand splitting and writing" in the chaos of Bingzi, and he had the reputation of Wen Tianxiang of North Korea, and the old man was almost eighty years old, and he was already interested in the Ming Dynasty, so he took the initiative to invite Ying to come, and the deputy envoy was also the Korean Confucian Song Shilie, who was a prestigious figure in the North Korean state.

"Two please sit down, two people across the sea to pay tribute, my Celestial Dynasty is also very happy, since Ding Mao chaos, it has been almost twenty-three years, we have broken off contact, these years I Ming because of internal and external troubles, is really powerless, gave the Tartars a chance, chaos in the world, now I am ordered by the emperor to take charge of the government, move the capital to Nanjing, the national strength is thriving, the previous time is also a heavy blow to the Manchu Qing, they were beaten back to the Guannei, the domestic situation is also stabilized, restored contact with the Korean State, I heard that the lord of Li Qi unfortunately died, I am also deeply sorry for the Ming Dynasty, fortunately the Lord of Fenglin inherited the position of the lord of the country and stabilized the situation in North Korea, and I hope that you can work hard, learn from the pain, and prosper North Korea! ”

Before coming here, they also knew that it was Cao Bianjiao who was now in power in the court, and the military and political power were concentrated in one, which could be described as the second emperor, so when they heard Cao Bianjiao say this, they were also relieved, and they were really afraid that Cao Bianjiao was an unruly military rough man, and they were really worried about the situation of the Ming Dynasty, but now looking at Cao Bianjiao's speech and demeanor, he has the style of a Confucian scholar, and he is down-to-earth.

Jin Shangxian also hurriedly replied: "When the Japanese invaded, the Ming Dynasty led the army to rescue, my Korean kingdom is only afraid that it has been destroyed by a Jiazi, my North Korea has respected the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, this sincere heart, never change, this time our lord ordered us to come to pay tribute, one is to ask the Ming Dynasty is to canonize the position of our lord, to say ashamed, when the propylloids are chaotic, my North Korea has a catastrophe, in order to preserve the strength, in order to restore the country, we have to hand over the gold seal and gold book of the Ming Dynasty earlier to the Manchus, This is also to ask for these vouchers again, my Korean people are tired, it is really difficult to compare with the Ming Dynasty, special Jin to offer 1,000 taels of gold, 100 fluorite, 100 Korean ginseng, 2,000 red satin, and ask the general to receive it on his behalf! ”

"Good! Thank you very much! Now that Korea belongs to my Ming Dynasty, I will help you and prosper the Korean Kingdom, and then I will send people to inform the Korean Western caravans, they can trade in Korea, but they cannot privately occupy a city, a pond and an island, otherwise they will invade North Korea, invade our Ming Dynasty, and my Ming Dynasty will help North Korea resist a foreign humiliation, and my 5,000 navy will be stationed at the port of Cheol Mountain in Uiju to help you at any time, and then I will also station troops in Kashima and other places to respond to the Korean military operation......"

"Thank you, General!" Jin Shangxian and Song Shilie also hurriedly thanked them at the moment, without the protection of the Ming Dynasty, they couldn't even resist the Japanese invaders, let alone deal with the Manchus, it would be better that there would be no Ding Mao and Bingzi chaos, how many soldiers and horses there were in the imperial court, all of them added up to only 50,000 people, and the combat effectiveness was still weak.

"I, Daming, have opened the Daming Army Military Academy and the Daming Jiangnan Naval Academy in Nanjing, and then will also open a similar school in the north that specializes in cultivating military education to cultivate military talents.

Jin Shangxian and Song Shilie glanced at each other, they both saw the excitement in each other's eyes, North Korea's military is weak, this is an indisputable fact, they don't want to admit it, but they have to admit that the strength of the Ming Dynasty is now there, this way, they have also seen it, the naval division warship is tall and strong, if the young people of North Korea can enter the Ming Military Division Academy, it will be better, self-reliance is better than relying on others!

"The two of you have been tired of traveling all the way, and go back to the museum to rest first, and you can meet my emperor tomorrow, and then discuss specific matters!"

"Obey the general's orders!"

At the moment, Cao Bianjiao also ordered someone to send them to Honglu Temple to rest temporarily, and he also had to arrange for the meeting tomorrow.