Chapter 274: The Minor Minister of the Eastern Kingdom

Although there were many famous ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, now this Chongzhen Emperor still feels that there are only a handful of people who can be used with confidence, especially among the ministers, it is especially rare to have a sober head like Nan Juyi. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Speaking of which, in fact, an official like Nan Juyi, who had served as the governor of Fujian and fought naval battles with Dutch, was more suitable for the position of the governor of Liangguang or the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, but he had not thought about it before, and had already arranged for Wang Zhichen and Wen Tiren, so he had to let it go.

Besides, Wang Zhichen's Liangguang Governor did a decent job, which is not bad, although he did not make a clear statement or proposed to open the sea ban and encourage sea trade, but he was able to moderately liberalize the control within the scope of the current imperial court policy, and allowed the situation in northern Guangdong to go to sea and go to the South Seas to make a living, which is already a sober-minded follower.

As for Wen Tiren, although he was a traitor in history, he was born in Zhejiang and was able not to be in the same stream as the Donglin Party, so it was safe to put him in the southeast.

Especially after appeasing Zheng Zhilong, he voted to the emperor's favor, and in less than half a year, almost all of the victims in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang were as many as 6.7 million people to Dongfan Island to pioneer and cultivate, and he can be regarded as a capable minister.

As for the fact that in the process of immigrating to the east of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, all kinds of disasters have been constantly occurring, such as the flight of disaster victims, the gathering of crowds to make rebellion, and even the destruction of ships and the death of people in the process of immigration, and the epidemic of disease and labor, etc., are inevitable, and they cannot be all blamed, and they are not necessarily blamed.

Therefore, since Wen Tiren took office, although officials such as the Nanjing Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have written letters of impeachment, the emperor's appointment of Wen Tiren has not changed at all.

It is believed that after the will of the imperial court to open the sea is transmitted to Fujian and Zhejiang, Wen Tiren will not have any objections.

As long as the governors of Fujian and Zhejiang and the governors of Liangguang do not act against the yang and the yin, then the will of the imperial court to open the sea can basically be implemented.

After all, during the Ming Dynasty, the ports that were convenient for maritime trade were basically all concentrated in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang and Guangdong.

As long as the most important provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong can be implemented, the opening of the sea will be basically successful.

After calculating all the problems that might arise from the opening of the sea, Emperor Chongzhen finally relented and turned to asking his Korean envoys questions.

In the past few days, Kim Sang-young, the head of the DPRK mission, has been very aggrieved and very anxious. Jin Shangrong had come to the Ming Dynasty, and had also met the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty with the national mission before the Joseon State.

Emperor Wanli has the grace of reinvention of the Korean state, and can be said to be the reborn parents of the Korean state, although the two stick countries of later generations have forgotten this, but the Koreans of this era are deeply influenced by Chinese culture, and they also have a little courtesy, righteousness, honesty and gratitude, so they are still more respectful to the Wanli Emperor and even the next few Ming emperors.

When Jin Shangrong met Emperor Wanli that year, Emperor Wanli and the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty were all kind and pleasant to them, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who came to receive them were also scholars, talking about poetry and learning with each other, singing and harmonizing with each other, and they were also very harmonious, and they could talk together.

However, now come to the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty, although the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty is still prosperous, and it is more clean and tidy than in the past, but Jin Shangrong always feels awkward, and feels that the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty seems to have undergone some indescribable changes, not only the beggars and homeless people begging along the streets and kneeling to sell their bodies are gone, but the idle ruffians on the streets are gone, everyone has something to do, everyone is very busy, and it is not so easy to find an idler to understand some situations casually.

Of course, what made him feel the most awkward was that the big man sent by the Ming court to contact him this time was not the official of the Ministry of Rites that he was used to, but the envoy of the newly established Ming Dynasty.

Although this person's character is very high, he is considered a super marquis, but this person is unlearned, and he can't talk about going together at all, you talk to him about the way of benevolence and forgiveness, he talks to you about the will of the court, you and he will be friendly with the DPRK and China, and he still talks to you about the will of the court.

No matter what you say, he always said that this is the will of the imperial court, and this kind of statement Jin Shangrong has heard it countless times in Pyongyang City and in the Andong Marquis Mansion in Donggang Town, and his ears are about to grind calluses.

In this way, two days later, Jin Shangrong and the others lived in the center of the luxurious pavilion arranged by the Li Fan Yuan, because one more day of delay among the Ming Dynasty's capital divisions would cause the army of Liu Xingzuo, the newly sealed Pyongyang Bo Liu Xingzuo of the Ming Dynasty, to occupy an extra piece of Korean land.

Originally, it was said that it was bounded by the Datong River, but now the Right Route Army of Dongjiang Town, which is staking its land, has already crossed the Datong River and is about to reach the Nanjiang line of the Datong River.

And once the right army of Dongjiang Town crossed the Nanjiang River, then there were only hundreds of miles left from Hanjing, the capital of the Korean State.

What made him even more anxious was the indifference of the officials of the Ming Dynasty to their tribute this time, and the attitude of ignoring them made Jin Shangrong, Li Tinggui and others, who were full of expectations, feel very lost and uncomfortable.

And not seeing an official who can say a word for them makes them even more like ants on a hot pot.

On the third day after coming to Jingshi, Jin Sangrong, Li Tinggui and Yin Xuan finally welcomed the envoy sent by the Li Fan Yuan again.

And the arrival of this messenger soon overjoyed them.

This envoy was none other than Jiang Yueguang, who had been an envoy to North Korea and had left a great name in North Korea.

Jiang Yueguang was also one of the more famous ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, but he was different from other so-called famous ministers in that he was a true gentleman, not a common hypocrite among scholars in the late Ming Dynasty.

This person is also Li Banghua's Jiangxi hometown, and this time he was recruited by the emperor to assist the Li Fan Yuan in handling the affairs of the Korean envoy, which was due to Li Banghua's suggestion.

After Li Banghua mentioned Jiang Yueguang, who was currently the right Zhongyun of Zhan Shifu, Emperor Chongzhen quickly searched for information about him from the depths of his memory, knowing that he had made an envoy to North Korea in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and he did not take anything from China when he went and did not take a single money from North Korea when he returned, leaving a good reputation in North Korea.

Therefore, as soon as Li Banghua proposed to let Jiang Yueguang, who was relatively familiar with the situation in Korea, join the Li Fan Yuan, Emperor Chongzhen immediately agreed.

What others see may be that the emperor is obedient to Li Banghua, but in fact, Emperor Chongzhen values Jiang Yueguang's integrity after the death of the Ming Dynasty.

After the death of the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Yueguang went to Nanjing to continue to serve the Southern Ming, and after the fall of Nanjing, he ran around to organize resistance, and finally the Qing army was captured and killed, plus he had sent an envoy to Korea two years before the Apocalypse, so the emperor used him without hesitation.

Jiang Yueguang is a jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, and he was born in the Hanlin Academy, which shows that he belongs to the top few in the forty-seventh year of Wanli.

Jin Shangrong and Li Tinggui finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the new envoy of the Li Fan Yuan was Jiang Yueguang, a Jinshi civil official who had dealt with him, and hurriedly asked Jiang Yueguang to sit down and speak.

Jiang Yueguang looked at the furnishings in the Lifan Yuan Rite Hotel, which was rebuilt from the side courtyard of Wei Zhongxian's mansion, and sat down on the main seat in the room generously, looked at Jin Shangrong and Li Tinggui who were standing in front of him with a flattering smile on their faces, and then said: "Lord Jin, Lord Li, I haven't seen you for two years, and the two of you still have the same demeanor, which is really gratifying!" ā€

In this era, the upper-class official eunuchs of North Korea were proud to speak the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, not only all official documents were based on Chinese characters, but also the official language of the Ming Dynasty was also spoken, so the communication between the two sides was not barrier-free.

At that moment, Jin Shangrong listened to what Jiang Yueguang said, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The little minister of the Eastern Kingdom asked the envoy of tomorrow, and he is very grateful!" The ministers and their entourage, came to the Ming Dynasty to see His Majesty the Emperor, the road was full of ups and downs, there are countless people, and it is really a blessing to be able to see the old man today! Please also ask the angel to call the shots for the ministers and his party! ā€

As he said these words, he bent down and lowered his head to his feet.

Li Tinggui, the ruling letter of the North Korean courtesy, was the main person who received Jiang Yueguang at that time, and he was relatively more familiar with Jiang Yueguang. Please also ask Mr. Jiang to solve our doubts! ā€