Both sides of the road outside Hanyang City were full of people watching the excitement, looking at the team led by Li Hui to welcome the envoys of the Ming Dynasty with great interest, talking to each other and whispering.

"Brother Li, the king of Joseon never expected that we had come to Seoul anyway." In the crowd, Zhao Xin glanced at the North Korean officials who were talking about the Ming envoys in the marching greeting queue, and said to Li Hongyu beside him with a smile.

"Judging from the matter of Salhu's dispatch of troops, the king of Korea does not want to be an enemy of Jiannu, and now that Jiannu has the upper hand in Liaodong, it is better for us to be careful."

Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, his expression was a little solemn, and he was a little worried that if he opened another front in North Korea, Li Hui would make some radical moves.

Before coming to North Korea, Li Hongyu collected a lot of information related to Li Hui, and now this person attaches great importance to the interests of North Korea, and acts very assertively, which is indeed very similar to Emperor Wanli.

It's a pity that Emperor Wanli is the emperor of the Ming Empire, and Li Hui is only the king of the Korean Kingdom and a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, so people like him who don't want to follow the rules are very dangerous for the Ming Dynasty, which makes Li Hongyu have to be on guard.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin were wearing the uniforms of the Ming Army's new-style forbidden army at this time, and they were two lieutenant officers, surrounded by some soldiers wearing Ming army uniforms.

The two of them are now the liaison officers sent to Seoul by the Ming envoys, responsible for the liaison between the Ming envoys and the Korean kings and officials, and if the other party has anything to convey, they will be conveyed through the two of them.

Obviously, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's noble status is not something that Li Hui and the officials of North Korea can see if they want to see each other, and they must transmit information through liaison officers, which is a custom of the imperial court and not deliberate by Li Hongyu.

Li Hongyu is naturally not the kind of person who stays in his residence honestly, so he and Zhao Xin hid their identities and became liaison officers, so that they could contact all the forces in the Korean officialdom to understand the domestic political situation in the Korean Kingdom.

Because they were going to Incheon Port to meet the Ming envoys, Li Hui and the North Korean officials did not pay much attention to Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, the two liaison officers who ran errands.

After Li Hui and the others left, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin entered the city to the guest house specially used to receive the envoys of the Ming Dynasty in the Korean Kingdom, took over the affairs of the guest house, and asked people to clean and tidy up for the Ming envoys to live.

"Your Excellency, there is a man named Jin Yuan who has sent a prayer note and a gift, hoping to meet the two adults." Soon after Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin arrived at the State Guest House, when they were directing the soldiers to inspect and clean the residence, a soldier came to pay a prayer note with a greeting post in his hand.

"Jin Yuan?" Li Hongyu had never heard of this name, and took the post with great interest, although it is not clear the identity of the other party, but it is obviously not Li Hui's person, otherwise the other party will definitely report the official name.

"This Jin Yuan is quite generous." After reading the post, Li Hongyu smiled and handed it to Zhao Xin on the side, the other party came this time to prepare a generous gift, although it is nothing in Li Hongyu's eyes, but it is very rare and valuable in North Korea.

"Since the other party has sent a generous gift, there must be something to ask for."

Zhao Xin looked at it and smiled at Li Hongyu, she didn't think that this Jin Yuan wanted to make friends with her and Li Hongyu, the two of them didn't know if they would have a chance to come back in the future after coming to North Korea this time, and Jin Yuan was unlikely to go to Daming Zhan.

The so-called Three Treasures Hall for nothing, this Jin Yuan gave him a generous gift, and there must be something that wants her and Li Hongyu to help, or to win over the two to achieve some kind of goal.

"Our Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and we don't come to be rude, in this case, let's meet this golden source and see what he came to do this time." Li Hongyu frowned slightly when he heard this, and then ordered someone to take Jin Yuan to the living room to see what this person's intention was to come this time.

"The villain Jin Yuan has seen two adults." Soon after, a middle-aged man of medium stature and luxuriously dressed was led into the living room by his subordinates and bowed to Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin.

"We don't know anything in our lives, why did you send us such a valuable gift?" Li Hongyu glanced at Jin Yuan, and from his clothes, it could be seen that he was the son of two classes of nobles in North Korea, and then asked in a deep voice.

"Back to my lord, these gifts are not given by the villain, the villain is just an errand runner." Jin Yuan sat in the living room seat in Li Hongyu, knowing that he was the biggest official person on the scene, so he replied with a smile on his face.

"Oh?" Li Hongyu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Jin Yuan quietly, "Who sent it?" ”

"It's our North Korea's Ayayang-kun, and we want to get to know two adults." Hearing this, Jin Yuan smiled and bowed to Li Hongyu and replied, pointing out the true identity of the gift giver.

"Ayayo-kun?"

Li Hongyu's eyes lit up when he heard this, he naturally knew about Ayayang-jun, but it seemed quite inappropriate for Ayayang-jun to come close to the liaison officer of the Ming envoy at this time, after all, the king of Korea had not yet contacted him and Zhao Xin.

Ayayangjun Li Liang is the son of the fifth brother of the Joseon king, Dingyuanjun and Lianzhu County's wife Gu fled to Haeju, Hwanghae Province during the Imjin War, and then Li Liang was born and was named Ayayangjun.

According to the information obtained by Li Hongyu, Li Hui trusted Li Ju, a nephew, so he stayed by his side to do things, but now Li Ju sent someone to see him and Zhao Xin behind Li Hui's back, and the meaning of this is quite intriguing.

"Ayayo-kun has admired the great power for a long time, so he hopes to make friends with the envoy of the great power." Jin Yuan saw that Li Hongyu was surprised, so he hurriedly explained, "However, this matter seems to be a little inappropriate to the outside world, and I hope that the two adults can keep it secret." ”

"It's natural, and I'm not going to embarrass my friends." Li Hongyu laughed when he heard this, and replied disappreciatively, indicating that he had no intention of interfering in the internal affairs of the DPRK.

Jin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and after greeting Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin for a while, he said goodbye and left, so as not to disturb the affairs of the two of them busy with the guest house, he came this time just to explore the way.

"What does Li Qi mean by this?" After Jin Yuan left, Zhao Xin looked at Li Hongyu curiously, "Isn't he willing to become a courtier?" ”

"It seems that this is the case, otherwise I wouldn't have let Jin Yuan get close."

Li Hongyu nodded, and said to Zhao Xin with a smile, "It seems that the political situation in North Korea is much more complicated than we thought before, but this is also a good thing, if Li Hui is obsessed, we will have one more choice." ”

"Who is behind this Li Liang?" Zhao Xin's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, Li Liang's move was a crime, and she didn't have a good impression of this kind of person.

"I heard that Li Liang is very close to the Westerners' Party in the court's political arena, and it seems that he has the support of the Westerners' Party."

Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, he knew that Zhao Xin didn't like the kind of people who sold out for glory, but this is politics, and you can't act based on personal preferences.

Zhao Xin naturally knows that the relationship in the officialdom is complicated, and it is common for her to cheat, and she doesn't mind dealing with those who betray others and climb up, but she doesn't want to hide her true emotions in front of Li Hongyu.

"Westerners!"

Hearing Li Hongyu mention the Westerners' Party, Zhao Xin couldn't help but nodded, she also knew something about the officialdom of North Korea, and knew that the current North Korean officialdom was in power by the Gubei Party in the Great Northern faction, and the Westerners Party was in a suppressed position, and the power in her hands could not be compared with the Gubei Party.

Therefore, if Li Liang wants to go further, he must rely on external forces, no wonder he wants to be close to her and Li Hongyu.

"Although the Westerners are now limited in power, they have a trump card in their hands, if they can make a surprise attack and arrest Li Hui, then Li Hui will lose control of the government."

However, Li Hongyu didn't feel that the Westerners had much disadvantage, and said to Zhao Xin with a smile.

After all, he knew that Li Hui later lost his royal power due to Li Ju's palace coup d'état, and became one of the two deposed kings in the history of the Korean Kingdom, and the other was the famous tyrant Yanshanjun.

If the gap in strength between the Westerners and the Gubei Party is too large, it will not be able to make the palace coup successful, which means that the Westerners have been planning to overthrow Li Hui's regime for a long time and already have a relatively good foundation in Seoul.

"Queen Renmu?" After Li Hongyu's reminder, Zhao Xin thought of someone, so his eyes lit up, and then he sighed, "It seems that the muddy waters of North Korean officialdom are really muddy enough!" ”

Queen Renmu is the main wife of Li Hui's father, that is, the concubine of the Joseon Kingdom, and now she is the "Wang Princess", and her status in the Joseon Kingdom is equivalent to that of the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty.

After Li Hui ascended the throne, he put Queen Renmu under house arrest, and killed Queen Renmu's father, Yanxing Mansion Yuanjun, and the Yongchang Monarch born to her, and hated Li Hui to the core.

Obviously, once Li Liang carries out a palace coup d'état with the support of the Westerners' Party, then a personnel person needs to preside over the overall situation, otherwise Li Liang's behavior is to seek the dynasty and usurp the throne without any legal basis, and if Queen Renmu supports Li Liang, then Li Liang is equivalent to having an orthodox status.

Queen Renmu hated Li Hui to the core, so she would definitely help Li Ju and help him calm down the dissent of Korean officialdom, who could speak more effectively than the princess, even if China's feudal dynasty had an example of the empress dowager changing the emperor, which was usually regarded as a royal family affair at this time.

Three days later, the Ming envoys were welcomed back to Seoul by Li Hui, and stayed in the guest house that had been prepared for a long time, accompanied by 3,000 elite Ming troops, with ten artillery pieces, and was placed in a barracks in Seoul.

In the evening, Li Hui held a banquet at Gyeongbokgung Palace to wash the dust for the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, and all the officials of the North Korean officialdom attended the banquet, and Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin also participated in the banquet as liaison officers.

Although Li Hui is the king of Joseon, he can only sit in the lower position in front of the Ming envoys, and he toasts the two "Ming envoys" with a smiling face, and shows a submissive appearance in front of the two "Ming envoys" with cold and arrogant expressions.

"You say, how did he curse us in his heart?" Li Hongyu glanced at Li Hui, who was smiling all over his face, and whispered to Zhao Xin who was sitting next to him with a smile.

"This person is scheming, his mood is invisible, and he is indeed a character." Zhao Xin smiled slightly when she heard this, and then gave Li Hui an evaluation, she didn't think that Li Hui would surrender to Daming so much, otherwise she would not have refused to send troops during the Battle of Sarhu.

"That's more fun!" Li Hongyu smiled and took the wine glass in front of him and drank it all, he wanted to see if Li Hui knew whether he knew how to practice, otherwise he wouldn't mind a beating.

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