Zhang Yuan invited Jin Zhongqing, the Korean scrivener, and asked Jin Zhongqing to introduce to Zhang Chengyin the general situation of the Jurchen forces in Jianzhou that the Koreans had learned, but Zhang Chengyin listened but did not think so, he said that the total population of the Jianzhou Jurchens was only 200,000, how could there be 30,000 long-armored cavalry and 50,000 foot soldiers under the command of Nurhachi, this is absolutely impossible!

Zhang Chengyin said it categorically, Zhang Yuan, the first time he came to Liaodong, the official of the forest forest, really couldn't argue with him, shook his head, and said: "Nurhachi has established the country and called Khan last year, and his heart of disobedience to me is obvious, Zhang Zongbing has to be careful, and send more sentries and spies to Jianzhou to inquire about the truth of the other party, which is the long-term plan to know each other and confide." ”

Zhang Chengyin nodded and said: "Zhang Xiuzhu said very much, last year the old slave claimed to be Khan, and Governor Li had already reprimanded him sternly, and at the same time sent people to reconnoitre, and learned that the floods in the Jianzhou area were serious, the Jurchens were hungry and cold, and the old and weak died countless times——"

Speaking of this, the Liaodong general soldier smiled loudly, looked at Jin Zhongqing, and said loudly: "The old slave is too busy to take care of himself, how can he use troops against me!" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Jianzhou should be even more vigilant in case of natural disasters, those Jurchens who are not well fed and clothed will want to rob my Daming, which has become a Jurchen custom, called 'robbing the west'." ”

Zhang Chengyin said with a smile: "That was in the early years, since General Li leveled Gule City, the Jurchen tribes are honest, and Nurhachi sent people to Beijing three years ago to pay tribute, just want to get some rewards, how dare you offend." The "old general Li" in Zhang Chengyin's mouth is Li Chengliang, Li Chengliang has guarded Liaodong for more than 30 years, and he has meritorious deeds, and Nurhachi can expand into today's power, which is inseparable from Li Chengliang's tiger raising.

There is nothing more to say about this Zhang Chengyin. Sometimes the price of blood must be paid, otherwise no one will believe Zhang Yuan's words, but there will be people who accuse and impeach him of fearing the enemy like a tiger and spreading sorrowful theories. "Liaodong Governor Li Weihan may be able to talk about it.

Zhang Chengyin said: "When Zhang Hanlin comes back from North Korea, he should be able to see Governor Li." ”

Zhang Yuan met with Lu Huai, the eunuch guarding the town of Guangning, and before he could say a few words, the eunuch Lu asked Zhang Yuan to help him bring a batch of silk, colored satin, porcelain, and wood to North Korea to sell, and immediately ordered a merchant to visit Zhang Yuan. This businessman's name is Zhang Rushen, in his forties, and he is an imperial merchant under Eunuch Lu. Eunuch Lu said: "The miscellaneous family is also doing things for the Long Live Lord." ”

The trade between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea was close, and the envoys of both sides often brought a number of goods from their respective countries when they went out, and the commodity economy of the late Ming Dynasty was really ubiquitous and pervasive.

Zhang Yuan groaned slightly. He also wanted to know some about the border trade through this merchant, so he agreed.

Eunuch Lu was very pleased, and immediately ordered to reward the sixty brocade guards, Fan Tongshi and Zhang Yuan's seven entourages who accompanied Zhang Yuan, each with a round-necked silk shirt, a white summer cloth, a big felt hat, a pair of deerskin boots, and three taels of silver, and the deputy envoy Ruan Dacheng and the accompanying deputy Qianhu Zhen Zidan In addition to the above clothes, the silver was increased to twenty taels per person, and the eunuch Lu said very grandiosely, saying that it was a reward on behalf of the Lord Long Sui, and there were also some gifts for the Korean envoys-

As for Zhang Yuan, Eunuch Lu smiled and said, "The gifts given to Mr. Zhang by the miscellaneous family are temporarily stored here first. When Mr. Zhang returns, he will bring him back to Beijing. "For the East Palace Day Speaker, the eunuch will generally call him a gentleman, and listening to Eunuch Lu's tone, the gift to Zhang Yuan must be rich.

The eunuch guarding the town was supposed to manage the border military and politics, but this eunuch Lu was keen on trading. Emperor Wanli sent the eunuch Lu here is also to collect money, since the Liaodong mining tax eunuch was abolished, the Wanli Emperor felt that the loss of income in the inner treasury was not small, so he asked the eunuch to pick up the burden of doing business, and there were several merchants under the Lu eunuch who did business with the Jurchens in Fushun Ma City——...,

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On April 15, Zhang Yuan and his entourage returned to the road. The merchant Zhang Rushen under Eunuch Lu led thirty attendants to escort thirty double-wheel carts to accompany him, Liu Dongming was very anxious, now there are only twenty-three days before the eighth birthday of Prince Li Zhen in May, and there are still more than 2,400 miles from Guangning to Seoul, if it rains, it will have to be delayed, so Liu Dongming and Zhang Yuan discussed, can you get up early and stay overnight, and hurry up?

Zhang Yuan didn't want to waste more time on the road, and said to Ruan Dacheng, Zhen Zidan and Zhang Rushen, the mission stepped up the road, when the weather was fine, it would pass through two post stations a day, and the distance between the post station outside the customs and the post station was farther than that in the pass, and there was a post station every forty or fifty miles on the inland road of the Guanhaiguan, and out of Shanhaiguan, there was a castle-like post station almost fifty or sixty miles away-

After a few days, more than 100 miles a day, on April 20, cross the Taizi River to reach Lianshan Pass, guard the pass thousands of households will welcome Zhang Yuan and his party into the pass to rest, the next morning when everyone is ready to set off, the heavy rain poured down, can not hurry, Liu Dongming is anxious and helpless, can not help God, fortunately here is close to the Yalu River, calculate the itinerary, should be able to arrive at Wang Jing before the eighth day of the next month.

In the past few days, the weather has gradually become hotter, and it has rained heavily, and it has cooled a lot, Zhang Yuan has gossiped tea with Ruan Dacheng in the post house, Ruan Dacheng is a person who is used to enjoying it, and complained: "The journey is boring, I don't know where to have a pastime?" ”

Zhang Yuan called Fan Tongshi to inquire, Fan Tongshi went back and forth to North Korea many times, and he was very familiar with it along the way, thinking that the two young envoys were lonely and wanted to find flowers and willows, so he said: "Why don't you call a few courtesans to sing and play?" ”

Ruan Dacheng's vision is quite high, and he said: "What eye-catching courtesans can be in the Guanjun Fortress here, vulgar powder, obscene words, and minor tunes, which are disgusting. ”

Zhang Yuan asked: "What are the scenic spots around here?" ”

Fan Tongshi said: "The scenery of Qingling in the north of the city is quite good, but it is not suitable for climbing in rainy days, and there is a Puci Temple, famous for lotus flowers. ”

Zhang Yuan said to Ruan Dacheng: "Brother Ji, how about going to Puci Temple to steal half a day's leisure?" ”

Ruan Dacheng said with a smile: "It's okay, it's fun to keep the monks busy for half a day." ”

Zhang Yuan, Ruan Dacheng, Fan Tongshi, Mu Jingyan, and Wang Zongyue went out of the post house with umbrellas, and Ma Kuoqi and Sheba followed Zhang Yuan with sharp hats, and Zhang Yuan was now accustomed to these two tails.

Puci Temple is a small temple, this rainy day is more no pilgrims, even the monks did not see, Zhang Yuan several people in front of the Buddha statue to worship a few times, is waiting to turn to the temple to see the lotus, listen to the mantle liao someone is talking, the rain is dripping, can not hear clearly, get closer, distinguish out that the people in the mantle liao speak Korean, Zhang Yuan's newly learned Korean language, it is the time of high interest, but listen to the liao people in the Korean dialect: "The little monk is a Korean, my grandfather fled to here, now it has been three generations, because this is close to our country, so many people in our country have come and go to live here for a long time, Speaking of which, this is the former capital of Goguryeo, and the north bank of the Yalu River to Liaoyang and Shenyang are all the territory of Goguryeo, which has been taken away by China for thousands of years, and I don't know when it will be able to return to our country? ”

Zhang Yuan was annoyed when he heard it, he didn't expect to hear this kind of argument four hundred years ago, Confucius, Li Bai, Li Shizhen, and Changbai Mountain are all you North Koreans or South Koreans, right, Goguryeo is not Goryeo, what does Goguryeo have to do with North Korea!

"Ahem, ahem." Someone in the mantle room coughed lightly and said, "Master of Martial Arts, don't mention this, don't mention this, it's too long ago." ”

A Korean monk named Jiemian said: "When a little monk meets a person from his homeland, why not say a few words, the little monk has lived here for forty years, and seeing that the Chinese, whether they are ordinary people or soldiers, are the most cowardly and courageless, they dare not fight when they encounter thieves, they dare not speak directly to their faces when they encounter problems, and they will retaliate against people behind their backs, so even the thousands of households in the Shanguan Guard Station are recruiting our country's good shooters as pioneers, and our country alone can reach 100 Chinese people——"...,

Zhang Yuan couldn't bear it anymore, and encouraged this bald donkey to live in the Daming land realm for three generations, not ploughing or weaving, and being supported by the Daming people, but slandering the Chinese like this, the bald donkey is really rude, and it has already encountered no severe punishment, let alone when!

Zhang Yuan strode to the front of the mantle liao, a forty-year-old ochre-robed monk in the liao and Jin Zhongqing, the Korean scrivener in the liao, each sat on a futon, and was leaning over to speak, seeing Zhang Yuan and a few people, Jin Zhongqing hurriedly stood up and arched his hand: "Zhang Xiushu, Ruan Xingren, also come to Puci Temple to see the lotus?" ”

Zhang Yuan arched his hand to Jin Zhongqing, stared at the ochre-robed monk, and asked Jin Zhongqing: "Jin joins the army, this monk is from your Korean country?" ”

Before Jin Zhongqing could answer, the ochre-robed monk got up and said: "The little monk is the presiding officer of this temple, and the Dharma name is exhortation, and he is a monk who has entered the Liaoyang Monk Gang Division and received the degree. At this time, it was the official language of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Yuan shouted: "Take down this bald donkey." ”

Ma Kuoqi stepped forward in response, grabbed the hands of the precept and twisted them back, and the bald donkey shouted: "What is the crime of the little monk, what is the crime of the little monk!" ”

Jin Zhongqing was also shocked, and arched his hand: "Zhang Xiu, why is this so?" ”

Zhang Yuan said coldly: "Fan Tongshi, you can come." ”

Fan Tongshi repeated the words of the monk in the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, Ruan Dacheng was wondering why Zhang Yuan suddenly got angry and arrested this monk, and then he understood, he couldn't help but be annoyed, and said in a loud voice: "Beat this monk, beat him, how dare you make a big statement." ”

Jin Zhongqing sweated on his forehead, thinking that he was fortunate not to echo it, otherwise it would have been even worse.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

Liu Dongming took two companions to return from the back of the temple to see the lotus, with a look of surprise on his face, and saluted Zhang Yuan and Ruan Dacheng.

Zhang Yuan said: "This monk is extremely rude, first let people be escorted to the yamen of thousands of households to punish crimes, and then the monks are removed and punished as hard labor. ”

For some reason, Yoo Dong-min hurriedly asked Kim Zhongqing in a low voice in Korean what happened?

Fan Tongshi is here, Jin Zhongqing is inconvenient to use Korean dialect to whisper to Liu Dongming, and immediately told Liu Dongming a little about Fang Cai in the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Dongming said "oh", I think Zhang Yuan is making a big fuss, and the even words in the temple also have to be punished?

And Liu Dongming felt that the monk was reasonable, this land was originally the territory of Goguryeo thousands of years ago-

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