The place where the envoys of the Ming Dynasty stayed in Seoul was called Taiheungguan, and after Li Yuntian and Zhao De came out of the palace, they went to rest in Taipingguan surrounded by Korean ministers.

According to the regulations, the son of the king of Joseon had to come to the Taiping Pavilion to meet the envoys of the Ming Dynasty first, so the Shouyang Monarch Li Jin, the Anping Monarch Li Ying, the Linying Monarch Li Xuan, the Jincheng Monarch Li Yu, the Guiyang Monarch Li Xuan, the Yichang Monarch Li Xuan, the Micheng Monarch Li Chen, the Shouchun Monarch and the Yixian Monarch Li Xuan came to visit first, and then the hundred officials of the east and west classes came to visit.

Due to the cumbersome etiquette, Li Yuntian was a little tired of coping with it, and he was not interested, but he did not have the spirit to meet those high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Korean state.

In the evening, the Shouyang Maharaja on behalf of Li Yao on behalf of the Joseon King set up a banquet, banquet for the mission personnel, the banquet hall has the main envoy and the deputy envoy of the two seats, facing the south, and the seat of the Shouyang Maharaja is east, and the rest of the people who sit with them sit on the north side.

It is worth mentioning that the princes of the Joseon Kingdom are called "Daejun" and "Jun" in addition to the prince, "Dajun" is the heir born to the queen, that is, the concubine, and "Jun" is the heir born to the concubine, that is, the concubine.

At the banquet, Li Yuntian met the upper echelons of the two classes of nobles of the Joseon State, such as Li Ji of the Left Council, Huang Hee of the Right Council, Counselor Choi Yundeok, Counselor Xu Chou, Hu Cao Judgment Shu An Chun, Li Cao Judgment Shen Shang, Criminal Cao Judge Zheng Jin, Officials Cao Judge Cheng Hui, Hu Cao Judge Cui Shikang, Bing Cao Judge Li Xuan, Criminal Cao Judge Zheng Zhao, Gong Cao Judge Zhao Cheng, etc., all of them were all there, and none of them were left behind.

Like the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, the Joseon Dynasty also had a Yamen government that assisted the Joseon king, and its chief official was the "Lingyi Zheng", commonly known as the "Lingxiang", which was equivalent to the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty and the cabinet chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

Under the leadership of the government for the left and right politics, commonly known as the "left phase" and "right phase", and the same as the leading government, and then the next from the first product or so in favor, the second product or so counselor, and then under the four products of the people, the five products of the inspection of details, is the eight products of the record.

There are six Caos under the government, modeled after the six departments of the Ming Dynasty, namely the official Cao, the household Cao, the rite Cao, the soldier Cao, the criminal Cao and the Gong Cao, and its chief said that the judgment (Zheng Erpin) is equivalent to Shangshu, and the deputy title is the judge (from the second product) is equivalent to Shilang.

There are also six Cao Senate (Zheng San Pintang), six Cao Sanzhi (Zheng San Pintang), six Cao Masaro (Zheng Wu Pin), and six Cao Zuo Lang (Zheng Liupin).

In addition to the Rokucho, the supervisory and advisory bodies of the Kingdom of Joseon were the Sixian Office and the Si Jiwon, collectively known as the two divisions, and the chief was Daesixian (from the second pin) and the chief priest (from the third pin).

Under the Sixian Yuan, there are the Sixian Mansion Zhiyi (from the third product), the Sixian Mansion in charge of the order (the fourth product), the Sixian Mansion Ping (the fifth product), and the Sixian Office Supervision (the sixth product).

Under the Division, there are Divisions (from the three products), Divisions and Counselors (five products), and Divisions and Counselors (six products).

In addition, there is also the Seongseongwon, which consists of the Metropolitan Seongji, the Left and Right Seongji, the Left and Right Deputy Seongji, and the Tong Deputy Seongju (all of which are on the Shosanpindo), which drafted the will for the Joseon king.

Zongqin and Zhongxun Yamen have Zongqin Mansion, Zhongxun Mansion, Yibin Mansion, and Dunning Mansion (equivalent to a horse), while Guoxue is Sungkyunkwan (equivalent to the Guozijian of the Ming Dynasty).

As for the local area, the following areas of the Korean Kingdom Highway are the Daetofu, Mu, Muku, Metropolis, and county.

The Hanseong Prefecture sentenced Yin to be the second grade, and there were left and right Yin (from the second grade), and the governors of the four capitals (Kaesong, Ganghwa, Suwon, and Guangzhou) were said to stay behind, Suwon and Guangzhou were left as the second grade, and Kaesong and Ganghwa were left as the second grade.

The Seoul Prefecture sentenced Yin, Zuo Yin, Right Yin, and Sidu to remain in the official positions of Dongpangyon.

The official positions outside the eastern class are from the second grade of the Zhudao Observation Envoy, from the Second Rank Mansion Yin, from the Third Rank Hall under the Dadu Protector Envoy, from the Third Rank Hall under the Pastoral Envoy, from the Third Rank Protector Envoy, from the Fourth Rank County Guard, from the Fifth Rank Metropolitan Affairs, from the Fifth Rank Judge, from the Fifth Rank County Order, from the Sixth Rank Inspection, from the Sixth Rank County Supervisor, from the Sixth Rank Professor, from the Ninth Rank Instructor, from the Ninth Rank Examination, from the Ninth Rank Inspection, from the Nine Grades of the Post Cheng, from the Nine Grades of Ducheng, and from the Ninth Rank Ducheng.

Due to the different official positions of the Joseon Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty, and the large number of high-ranking officials in the two classes who attended the banquet, Li Yuntian only remembered Li Ji and Shen Shang and other important ministers of the Joseon Kingdom, secretly paid attention to them, and quietly observed everyone.

Among them, Huang Xi, the right politician, soon entered Li Yuntian's sight, Huang Xi was very close to Zhao De and him, and unlike Li Ji and Shen Shang and others, his eyes revealed cordiality and awe.

Judging from the Korean intelligence provided by Yang Yungui, Huang Xi and Li Ji are not only a pair of sworn enemies in the court, but also have always been close to the Ming Dynasty, and once opposed sending Jin Zongrui to Hamgyong Province to attack the territory of Jianzhou Zuowei, and has a lot of influence in the court.

In Li Yuntian's view, if Huang Xi can be wooed, then he will be able to know what is going on in North Korea in the future, and having Huang Xi to contain Li Ji will make the government affairs of North Korea not go smoothly.

Just like the Ming Dynasty, it was inevitable that there would be party disputes in the court of the Joseon Kingdom, and the struggle between the two classes of nobles had been extremely fierce since the Goryeo Dynasty.

And with the Ming party and government indisputable, although the Ming factions fought fiercely, but usually do not kill the killer, the opponent is wiped out, so the losing side is often degraded, at most is dismissed, and few people lose their lives.

However, the party struggle in the Korean state is more cruel, and the losing side will not only be killed, but also his wife, children, and family members will be reduced to slaves and sent to remote places.

Because it is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the court of the Korean State is naturally divided into the pro-Ming faction and the Shu Ming faction, of which Li Ji is the leader of the Shu Ming faction, and Huang Xi is the leader of the pro-Ming faction.

The so-called "pro" and "sparse" seem to be different attitudes towards the Ming Dynasty, but in fact it is a power struggle between the two factions of officials, Li Ji and his faction want to rely on the king of Joseon to fight Huang Xi's faction, and Huang Xi's faction uses Daming as the backing to dump Li Ji's faction.

Because the Korean state is an important vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to the Korean state, in addition to sending missions every one or two years for exchanges, and the important ministers of the Korean state can also take advantage of the arrival of the envoy to the Ming court to report the government affairs of the Korean state.

Therefore, although the king of Joseon did not like the Huang Xi faction, he was helpless, and the Huang Xi faction was inextricably linked with the Ming Dynasty, so he could only appease and not forcibly suppress it.

Throughout the history of the Joseon Kingdom, most of the time the Joseon kings were suppressed by the courtiers, especially those who were close to the Ming Dynasty, who often influenced the political situation in Joseon, and even led to a change of dynasty, so that many Joseon kings were either deposed or forced to commit suicide.

For Li Yuntian, Huang Xi was naturally the first important minister of the Korean state that he co-opted, and in the past, Huang Xi tried to try to tie up with the Ming Dynasty's envoys, and this time he wanted to give Huang Xi the benefits of the emperor's grace, so that Huang Xi could do his best to serve the Ming Dynasty.

It is worth mentioning that there was another envoy of the Ming Dynasty who attended the banquet, Chen Ming, the director of the Shandong Qing Officials of the Ministry of Households.

Chen Ming's mission arrived in Seoul at the end of June, and he was the deputy envoy of the mission, and the main envoy was Wei Yi, the fourth young eunuch from the imperial court of the inner court

Wei Yi and Chen Ming came to Korea this time with two tasks, one was to collect tribute from Korea, and the other was to come to Korea to buy military rations and raise military funds for the Ming army in Liaodong.

After these years of deliberate support from Emperor Xuande, the inner court has gradually risen, and has begun to compete with the inner court and the six ministries for power, although there has not yet broken out a serious conflict, but the relationship between the two sides has been tense, and the eunuchs and local officials in various places are even more filthy.

Therefore, Wei Yi, as a minister, naturally would not come to join in the fun and let Zhao De and Li Yuntian come to pick up the wind and wash the dust.

Because Chen Ming's official position in the household department is small and Li Yuntian works outside the country all the year round, Chen Ming has never seen Li Yuntian, and he is very close to Zhao De at the banquet, and his attitude towards Li Yuntian is very cold.

Li Yuntian naturally didn't care about this, his current identity was a thousand households in the former military capital governor's mansion, and he belonged to the military attaché, so Chen Ming naturally wouldn't be very enthusiastic about him.

However, although Chen Ming had a cold attitude towards Li Yuntian, he had to be subject to Li Yuntian, because Li Yuntian's mission this time was an official sent by the military cabinet to supervise the logistics affairs of Liaodong, specifically responsible for matters related to the war in Liaodong in Korea, and Chen Ming's important task in Korea was to purchase military funds.

Therefore, on the morning of the second day after arriving in Seoul, Li Yuntian summoned Chen Ming and Joseon State Household Cao Jushu An Chun at the Taiping Pavilion to inquire about the purchase of military rations.

Chen Ming brought 350,000 taels of silver to Korea this time, which was specially used to purchase the military funds needed by the Ming army in Liaodong in Korea, and the 350,000 taels of silver had been exhausted according to the account book provided by Chen Ming, so Li Yuntian wanted to find the Korean state household Cao Jushu An Chun to check the accounts.

The content of the account book provided by An Chun was consistent with Chen Ming's account book, without the slightest flaw, and the three hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver were indeed spent.

Although the account books of the two were very beautiful, Li Yuntian quickly discovered the flaws in them, and when he was at the port of Incheon, he had already learned about the grain prices and prices in Korea, and it was obvious that the prices of the goods traded in the account books were basically two or three times the market price, and some were even five or six times the market price.

This means that at least two-thirds of the 350,000 taels of silver brought by Chen Ming this time went into his personal pocket, and the rest was used to buy food and other materials.

"Chief Chen, as far as this official knows, the price of grain in North Korea doesn't seem to be so high, right?" After flipping through the account books, Li Yuntian looked at Chen Ming quietly, he could have turned a blind eye to this matter, but this did not conform to the rules of officialdom, how could he ignore the so-called shareholders?

"Liu Qianhu, the price of grain varies from place to place in North Korea, and the official bought the best grain this time, so the price of grain is naturally higher."

Chen Ming had already prepared and replied in an orderly manner, in his opinion, Li Yuntian's move was undoubtedly just to get a piece of the pie, wouldn't it be a fool if he didn't take advantage of it? The military attachés' chances of making a fortune were already low, and Li Yuntian would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to make a big profit.

Chen Ming has already prepared benefits for Zhao De and Li Yuntian, the so-called rain and dew are evenly wet, since Li Yuntian and Zhao De are also involved in this grain procurement matter, then of course they can't let the two go home empty-handed, and the tacit understanding in this can be said to be tacit.

"I see." Sure enough, as Chen Ming expected, Li Yuntian had no intention of pursuing it, closed the account book in his hand and looked at him and said, "The war situation in Liaodong is related to the safety of my northern Ming Dynasty, Lord Chen, can these materials arrive in Dingliaodong before the end of the year?" ”

"Liu Qianhu rest assured, now all the materials are already on the way to the Liaodong Dusi." Chen Ming smiled slightly when he heard this, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seemed that Li Yuntian had already acquiesced to those price differences.

Seeing this, a subtle sneer flashed at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, now that the war is imminent, it is not appropriate for him to thoroughly investigate the greasy in this military procurement, but Chen Ming and the others dare to swallow even the military spending, and they are not afraid of delaying the war situation in Liaodong because of this, and they will be severely punished afterwards to set an example.