After returning from watching several tunbao near Pyongyang City, Li Xin's perception of Liu Xingzuo was almost the same as Jiang Yueguang's perception of Mao Wenlong back then, and he quickly thought that Liu Xingzuo was a hero in the world!

Li Xin's perception changed, followed by the fact that when he treated Liu Xingzuo, of course, his attitude between words also changed greatly, and this change was quickly perceived by Liu Xingzuo. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seriously speaking, these two people are heroes in troubled times, and under the deliberate friendship with each other, they soon had a sense of sympathy for each other, "On the heroes of the world, only the king and the ear".

If you think that each other is worth befriending, many things will be easier to do.

When Yin Xuan accompanied Zhang Wan, the marshal of the Korean soldiers and horses, and brought a large group of men and horses to the other side of the Datong River to meet the Ming envoys, Liu Xingzuo sent his younger brother Liu Xingxian, the deputy chief soldier on the right side of Dongjiang Town, to personally lead a thousand elites on the right side of Dongjiang Town to cross the river to see them off.

Before the departure from Beijing, Qiao Qitai, the deputy Qianhu, brought one hundred and fifty Jinyi Guard Captain Lishi to accompany the three envoys, and after boarding the ship in Tianjin, Liang Tingdong sent more than 500 Tianjin sailors to escort Huanglong throughout the whole process.

When it was time to leave Phi Dao, Mao Wenlong also wanted to shoot Geng Zhongming and bring people to escort him, but Jiang Yueguang refused, after all, he was going to pass the decree to change the contract, not to sign the alliance under the city, so there was no need to mobilize the people so much.

However, this time, seeing that the North Korean side sent out the marshal of the soldiers and horses, Zhang Wan, and also led 3,000 well-dressed North Korean soldiers under his command, Jiang Yueguang, as the chief envoy of the Ming Dynasty, accepted the proposal of Pyongyang Bo Liu Xingzuo under the persuasion of Li Xin, and agreed to send 1,000 soldiers to the General Military Office on the right side of Dongjiang Town, led by Liu Xingxian, to escort him to Seoul by land.

Pyongyang is about 600 miles away from Seoul, Jiang Yueguang and his entourage left Pyongyang on February 12, Chongzhen 2nd year, crossed the river and traveled eastward, passing through Chunghe, Huangzhou, and Pyongsan along the way, and arrived at Kaesong on February 20, and after resting in Kaesong for two days, they finally arrived in Seoul, the capital of Korea, on February 24.

Along the way, I met many North Koreans who fled from the north with their families, and after these people saw the "monk soldiers" on the right side of Dongjiang Town led by Liu Xingxian, they all looked like they gritted their teeth and hated but dared not speak out.

The hatred of the North Koreans for the Ming envoys and the officers and soldiers he saw along the way cast a shadow on Jiang Yueguang's heart, and he suddenly felt that the trip might not be as smooth as he imagined.

The actions of Donggang Town, especially the actions of the Donggang Right Route Army in Pyongyang and on both sides of the Taedong River to Wonsan, have changed the hearts of the Korean people.

If the people's hearts have changed, it is difficult to say whether the morale of the people and the royal family will also change.

Around midnight on 24 February, Jiang Yueguang and his entourage, under the guidance of Zhang Wan, Marshal of the Korean Soldiers and Horses, Kim Sangrong, the Right Minister, Li Tinggui, and Yin Xuan, arrived outside Seoul outside the West Gate of Ying'en Gate, which was facing the direction of Daming.

Accompanied by the younger brother of the Korean lord Li Kun, the Yamaja of Ayahara, and the Korean leader Yin Fang, the left and right counselors of the parliamentary government, Li Gui and Wu Yuanqian, and a number of officials of the small Korean court, all gathered outside the Ying'en Gate to welcome the arrival of the Ming envoys.

The current lord of North Korea is named Li Liang, and before he ascended the throne, he was titled Ayayang-kun, and he has two younger brothers of one mother, namely Ayahara-kun Li Li, Ayachangjun Li Yan, and a half-brother is Ayafengjun Li Jue.

After Li Liang ascended the throne through a coup d'état, he posthumously crowned his father Dingyuanjun as Dingyuan Dayuanjun, and his two half-brothers Ayawara Jun Li Li as Ayahara Dajun and Ayachang Jun Li Yan as Ayachang Dajun.

And the half-brother Ayafengjun Li Jue, not only was not promoted to the rank of monarch, but also was sent to Shenyang, the capital of the Later Jin Kingdom, by Li Liang as a hostage after Korea was conquered by the Later Jin.

At that time, Jianyu asked Li Liang to send his own son, Li Wei, the son of the Joseon State at this time, to Shenyang as a hostage, but Li Liang asked to send a younger brother over as a hostage on the grounds that his son Li Wei was young, and as a result, he sent his half-brother Ayafengjun Li Jue over.

The Houjin State is not so familiar with the various struggles within the Korean clan, how do you know that there are so many relatives among the younger brothers of the Korean king, and they are invisibly regarded as being in the North Korea.

At present, in addition to the Korean lord Li Liang, the highest status in the clan is the Ayahara Grand Monarch Li Li who came to greet the Ming envoy, and the highest-ranking foreign minister is Yin Xuan's elder brother Yin Fang.

These Korean clans and ministers gathered outside the West Gate of Seoul, that is, Ying'en Gate, first picked up the leading team of Zhang Wan, Yin Xuan and others, and then saw the arrival of the Ming envoy's carriage and horse, only to hear Yin Fang shouting "music", and the drums and music immediately rang out outside the Ying'en Gate.

In the sound of drums, Jiang Yueguang, Li Xin, Zhang Pu and others got down from the carriage led by the North Korean ceremonial officials, and the three of them sorted out their clothes and crowns, and then temporarily left the huge entourage that had stopped behind them, walked forward in small steps, and walked towards the team that came to greet them.

Ten steps away, only to hear Yin Fang, the leader of the council, shout another sentence of "a hundred officials salute", and the North Korean officials who were originally standing solemnly outside the Ying'en Gate suddenly knelt on the ground with their robes and kowtowed.

At this time, the sound of drumming stopped, and the Ayahara Maharaja, who was kneeling at the front, Li Li, who was in his early thirties, said loudly: "Korean ministers, welcome the angels of the kingdom!" ”

After Ayahara said this, he led the Korean officials behind him to kowtow again.

This is the basic etiquette for officials of this type of Ming subject state in Korea to greet the envoys of the Ming court.

Normally, the lord of North Korea would not personally go out to greet him, because he did not want to bow down to the Ming envoys in front of his own people, but he would send his relatives and nobles to greet him.

This time it was the same, and the head of the clan, Ayahara Maharaja, and the head of the hundred officials, the head of the Joseon Dynasty, Yin Fang, were dispatched.

Jiang Yueguang has been an envoy to North Korea, naturally knows this set of etiquette, the current few people also have a vague impression, combined with Yin Xuan's explanation along the way, know that the front one is the younger brother of the Korean lord Ayawara Maharaja, so he heard Ayawara Mahara's voice fell, immediately stepped forward quickly, and when he finished kowtowing, he just walked to him, supported his arms with both hands, and while holding it up, he said: "The ceremony is over, colleagues, please get up!" ”

At the moment, the Araja Ayahara was picked up, and he paid a slight greeting, and then went to pick up Yin Fang, the leader of the council.

Jiang Yueguang greeted with a smile while holding up Yin Fang, the leader of the DPRK Parliament: "I saw it last time, don't be here for a few years, Yin Lao is okay?" ”

Jiang Yueguang has been to North Korea, of course Yin Fang and others have seen and dealt with them, but this time is different from the past, that time he came to canonize Li Liang as the king of North Korea, but this time he came to divide the territory of North Korea, although Yin Fang has basically accepted such a fact of humiliation at this time, but his heart is still full of complicated feelings.

At this time, Yin Fang saw Jiang Yueguang's greetings, and just said lightly: "Don't come to the ministers of the small country, it's just that the Ming Dynasty at this time is no longer the Ming Dynasty at that time, and the North Korea at this time is no longer the North Korea that the angels visited last time!" ”

Jiang Yueguang listened to it and smiled: "Old Yin's words are serious!" In my opinion, the Ming Dynasty is still the Ming Dynasty, and North Korea is still North Korea. Although there are twists and turns in the friendship between the Ming Dynasty and Korea, as long as the Korean lord continues to respectfully serve my great son, North Korea will always be the North of the past. ”

Yin Fang looked at Jiang Yueguang with a complicated expression, and did not continue on this topic.

Jiang Yueguang didn't want to continue to talk about such a problem on this occasion, so he took the opportunity to introduce Li Xin and Zhang Pu, who followed him to Li Li, the prince of Ayahara, and Yin Fang, the leader of the council.

After a few people greeted each other, the drum music sounded again.

At this time, Yin Fang and Ayahara Maharaja were in front, taking Jiang Yueguang, Li Xin, and Zhang Pu to introduce and greet the senior North Korean officials who came to greet the Ming envoys one by one.