After Yin Xuan finished speaking, Li Tinggui, the judge of the Korean courtesy, also said: "North Korea has always served the Ming Dynasty respectfully, and this heart can be shown to the sun and the moon. If the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is dissatisfied with the contempt of the country to the Jianlu, the monarchs and ministers of the contempt country can discuss severing the relationship with the Jianguo and serving the Ming Dynasty exclusively, please Lord Jiang must transfer the twists and turns to His Majesty the Ming Emperor! ”

Hearing this, Jiang Yueguang was not happy in his heart, and the old feelings for Li Tinggui instantly dissipated, and he said lightly: "The monarchs and ministers of the Erguo Kingdom actually regard the system of the Great Ming Sect as child's play. Pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Jianyu soldiers are in the city, then they are ministers to Jianyu, and my Ming soldiers are in the city, and they are ministers to my Ming Dynasty. The monarchs and ministers of the Er Kingdom acted like this, what reason do you have to ask me to treat North Korea consistently?! ”

Seeing that Jin Shangrong, Li Tinggui and the others wanted to speak again, Jiang Yueguang waved his hand at them, stopped them, and then continued: "More than two hundred years ago, Emperor Gao, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, sent a large army to the north to attack Mengyuan, and the country of Nian Erguo was respectful, not slaughtered, and personally gave the name of Korea. Now two hundred years have passed, the vicissitudes of life, the time has changed, for my Ming Dynasty, the decline of the Mongolian Tartar and the rise of Jianju, the land of Korea in my Ming Dynasty has been critical, rather than let the monarchs and ministers of the country take it to worship the Jianju, it is better for me to take the Ming to calm the people. I don't know what the official said, you may understand? ”

Jiang Yueguang saw that a few people were silent, and continued: "Let's say that during the Wanli period, the Japanese invaded North Korea on a large scale, if it weren't for the rescue of my Ming army, there would be North Korea in this world now?!" And I, Daming, have the grace to survive and perpetuate the country, and the country can be rewarded with an inch of land?! Why keep coming to make noise? Today, if His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty does not remember the feelings of the clan, it is really easy to destroy the country? The monarchs and ministers of the country are facing the disaster of destroying the country without knowing it, and they are still chattering endlessly, which sounds really ridiculous to this official! ”

Jiang Yueguang has always been the right Zhongyun of Zhan Shifu before, and he actually has not had much contact with the emperor, because Zhan Shifu is an official of the East Palace, and now the emperor himself has not been a prince, and there is no prince born at this time, so the officials in Zhan Shifu are all idle officials who listen to the high-ranking and have nothing to do.

Although Jiang Yueguang has not had close contact with the emperor a few times, it does not mean that he has not studied the current emperor, His Majesty.

After all, figuring out the emperor's mind is the basic skill of these Beijing officials.

Just from the fact that the current emperor advocates immigrating to the outside of the Saiwai Settlement, and at the same time immigrating to remote islands such as Yingzhou and Dongfan, we know how strong the current emperor is obsessed with expanding the territory and expanding the territory!

North Korea is close at hand, and the land is fertile, the climate is suitable, and it is in the rear of Jianlu, even if it is not changed to the festival of Jianlu, now the emperor may not let go, not to mention that the emperor also needs to use the land of North Korea to clean up the military heart of Donggang Town.

Jiang Yueguang's family is also a big landlord, of course he knows the obsession of the people of the Ming Dynasty with land, so for the emperor's approach, in addition to feeling a little ugly, he is not disgusted, anyway, it is not the land of the Ming gentry and the people, in the final analysis, what does it have to do with the Ming scholars?

And now the times have indeed changed, the Shengdou small people are unprofitable and can't afford to be early, talking about money everywhere, leaving North Korea as a vassal country that lasts every three years or every two years, it sounds good, but what are the practical benefits?

Not only is there no benefit, but every time the court pays tribute, the court always has to reward it generously, which is detrimental to the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

That is, it is subject to the title of the ceremonial state, otherwise, even the scholar and doctor class with the most hypocrites in the Ming Dynasty also know that such a tributary system of the clan and vassal system is really more harmful than beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

And this time, after being appointed to participate in the matter of contacting the Korean envoy, Wu Weiying once mentioned to him the two sentences that the emperor had said to the Imperial Court, one is the supremacy of interests, and the other is the law of the jungle.

The four words of interest first have been made very clear, that is, the interests of the Ming Dynasty are above, and everything that is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty must be done even if it is too late to ask for instructions.

As for the law of the jungle, although it doesn't sound very clear, but if you think about it carefully, you will soon figure it out, but it is just the principle of the big eating the small, the strong eating the weak, the weak eating the strong, and the survival of the fittest.

After figuring out the joints, Jiang Yueguang also understood the emperor's attitude, that is, he clearly told the Korean envoy that the current era is an era of the jungle, and don't bargain with the Ming Dynasty anymore.

Jiang Yueguang was thinking about this truth here, and Jin Shangrong and others were still bitterly explaining North Korea's loyalty and worship to the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years.

Among them, Li Tinggui also said: "The monarchs and ministers of the country heard that there was another fleet in Dongjiang Town, which carried a large army to occupy Jeju County, killed the county guard, and captured the county seat. Please also report this matter to His Majesty the Ming Emperor and uphold justice for my North Korea! ”

Hearing this, Jiang Yueguang somewhat understood the feelings of Hou Wu Weiying, feeling that these people don't care what you say to them, they just ask you to help them pass the word to the emperor, without thinking about what you say, which is what the emperor means.

As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Yueguang simply said: "Three messengers, and listen to the official's words." Today, this official is not here to listen to your complaints, but on behalf of my Ming court, I have come to inform you that the land west of the Datong River, including Pyongyang City, has been under the jurisdiction of my Ming Dongjiang Town, which is already my Ming territory.

"Including the Jeju County you mentioned in Shicai, it is now Yingzhou Island of my Ming Dynasty, and Yingzhou Town Guard Mansion has been set up on the island. This matter has been confirmed by the holy decree of Emperor Ming of China, and if the monarchs and ministers of the country do not obey the will of Emperor Ming, they can return to the country now.

"As for the land and cities west of the Datong River, as well as Yingzhou Island, if the country can send troops to take it, it can send troops to take it, and I will also accompany it to the end.

"If the country obeys the will of the Ming Emperor, then the country is still my Ming Dynasty, regardless of whether it is a prisoner or a wolf, if it is attacked again, I will protect it as before."

It was only at this time that Jin Shangrong, Li Tinggui, and Yin Xuan understood what the imperial court would mean when they met several times before.

Emperor Daming actually issued a holy decree to take Hamgyong Province, Pyongan Province, and even Jeju Island, which lives far away on the sea, as his own?!

This is something that the Ming Emperor has never done in hundreds of years!

For the officials of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor issued a holy decree to include these lands in the territory, so there was no need to negotiate at all.

And for the officials of North Korea, the holy decree of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as a vassal state in the vassal system, must be obeyed, otherwise, wouldn't the obedience and respect that he swore before be nonsense?

It was only at this time that the North Korean envoys realized the seriousness of the problem.

Jin Shangrong was shocked and quickly asked: "Dare to ask Lord Jiang, His Majesty the Ming Emperor has the intention of destroying my Korea?" ”

Jin Shangrong asked like this, which made Jiang Yueguang difficult to answer, so he had to say truthfully: "My Emperor Ming has no intention of destroying Korea, Korea has been obedient for many years, and the feelings of the clan are still there, even if I am above the Ming Dynasty, there is no such mention at the moment." ”

Seeing that Jin Shangrong seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, Jiang Yueguang continued: "However, my Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty once said that the survival and abolition of the Korean vassal state depends on the actions of the Korean monarchs and ministers. ”

To put it bluntly, it is to look at the performance.

Jin Shangrong understood this, and he also listened to it.

Seeing that these North Korean envoys were all pale and depressed, Jiang Yueguang knew that they finally understood what they meant.

The purpose of his coming today was to tell them the proposition of the Ming Dynasty in words that they could understand, and now this purpose has been completed.

Jiang Yue Guang saw that all of these North Korean envoys were like ashes, and none of them spoke, knowing that they might not be able to accept such a result for a while.

After all, the impression that the Ming Dynasty gave to the vassal kingdom in the past was that my Ming Dynasty had a vast territory and a vast land, and I didn't need your land and property at all, nor did I need your population and jade silk, as long as you were obedient and obedient, then everyone could always be safe.

Now that there is such a change, even the officials of the Ming court, such as Jiang Yueguang, who have been to Korea and have some understanding of the affairs of the vassal state, will inevitably be flashed, not to mention the Korean monarchs and ministers who have always held the illusion of the past to the Ming Dynasty?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yueguang said: "Although the three envoys think about it, I have time to do it!" When you figure it out, when we'll talk about it! ”

After saying this, Jiang Yueguang resigned and left, and the North Korean envoys in the mansion of the Li Fan Yuan were relatively silent to each other, and even Jiang Yueguang did not get up to see him off.