The next night, Li Yuntian and Zhao De went to the house of Huang Xi, the right minister of the Korean state, to attend a banquet, accompanied by several officials of the mission, and Cui Li followed him into Huang Xi's mansion in a serious manner.

Huang Xi's mansion is already a top mansion in Seoul, but it is only divided into front and back yards, and the buildings inside look quite magnificent, but the size is one size smaller than that of the Ming official eunuchs.

Knowing that Zhao De and Li Yuntian were coming, Huang Xi personally led a group of two classes of high-ranking officials to go out to greet him, and the formation was very grand, which showed that he attached great importance to Zhao De and Li Yuntian.

In order to entertain the two, Huang Xi invited all the famous prostitutes in Seoul to perform, and the atmosphere of the wine banquet was relaxed and warm.

"Right discussion, why haven't you seen the discussion these days?" After half drinking, Zhao De glanced at Li Yuntian and asked Huang Xi with a smile.

Lingyizheng is also known as Lingyi, the highest administrative organ of the Joseon Dynasty, the highest leader of the government, is a grade, equivalent to the prime minister or prime minister of the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty.

Usually, the position of leading the council is called "leading minister", and the left and right councils are also called "left ministers" and "right ministers", and they are high and powerful, and they are the first of the hundred officials of the Joseon Dynasty.

As the chief bureaucrat of the Joseon king, in addition to assisting the king in handling government affairs, he also commanded hundreds of officials, and if necessary, he could submit a motion of no confidence to the king to depose him.

Since the Joseon Dynasty, the two classes of scholars have had a great influence on the government, greatly restricting the power of the Joseon king, and if the ministers unanimously oppose the Joseon king's proposal, the Joseon king usually compromises, so it is said that the leader is not only the chief bureaucrat, but also the status of the "regent".

Zhao De's mouth refers to Shen Wen, the monarch of Qingchuan Mansion, Li Yuntian vaguely remembers that in history, Shen Wen was killed by Taizong of the Joseon Dynasty because of the battle between the two classes of the court when Li Yan ascended the throne of Joseon, but Shen Wen is now the leader of the Joseon State, and he knows what happened during this period, which made Taizong of the Joseon Dynasty change his mind to execute Shen Wen.

Due to his advanced age, Shen Wen is in poor health and has been bedridden recently, so he is unable to attend such a heavy occasion to welcome the Ming mission.

It is worth mentioning that Fuyuanjun is a kind of title granted by the king of Joseon to his relatives and meritorious heroes, and the object of the title is usually the father of the first-class meritorious hero and the princess.

The name of Wonjun appeared in the late Goryeo Dynasty, when it was a title for meritorious servants, and it was a Jeongyipin, but in the Joseon Dynasty, the title of Wonjun changed.

In the third year of Jianwen, that is, in 1401 AD, Emperor Taizong of Joseon ordered the abolition of the titles of Gong, Hou and Bo, and changed the title of Li He, the Duke of Nghe An, to the prince of the palace, and the heroes such as Lixingbo Min Ji were renamed the kings of the palace, which was the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty to make the heroes the kings of the palace.

At the same time, at the same time, the father of the princess was also named the king of the palace, and Shen Wen, the father of Queen Zhaoxian of Joseon Sejong Li Yan, was named the "king of the Qingchuan palace".

Generally speaking, the title of the king of the palace is taken from the name of the person who is entitled, and then another word is added, and later, there are fewer and fewer heroes who are named the king of the palace, and the only person who is generally the king of the palace is the father of the princess.

Therefore, Fuyuanjun is also called "national uncle", and the meaning of "national uncle" in the Joseon Dynasty is different from that of the Ming Dynasty, specifically referring to the king's father-in-law, so it has become synonymous with the princess's father.

The spouse of the prince of the palace has different identities, the spouse of the meritorious man Jin Fengfu is called "Mrs. Zhenjing", and the spouse of the princess's father is called "Mrs. Fu".

"Lord Zhao, the leader is sick in bed and can't go out to greet the adult, please forgive me." Huang Xi saw that Zhao De had mentioned Shen Wen, and bowed slightly behind him to explain.

"The right council has both ability and political integrity, and according to this official, he is the best candidate to lead the council in the future." Zhao De nodded when he heard this, with a sudden look, and then raised the wine glass in his hand to Huang Xi with a smile, "Come, this official respects the right council, and wishes the right council to be promoted to the leader of the council as soon as possible." ”

"Lord Zhao has won the prize." Huang Xi hurriedly picked up the wine glass and said to Zhao De with a smile, "Lord Zhao doesn't know, according to the practice of my country, the leader of the council is promoted from the left council. ”

"I see!" Zhao De had a look of sudden realization when he heard this, and then said with a smile, "Then the official wishes that the right councillor will be promoted to the left councillor as soon as possible." ”

As he spoke, Zhao De drank all the wine in the wine glass, and then lit up the empty bottom of the glass to Huang Xi.

"Cheng Daren's auspicious words." Huang Xi smiled and bowed to Zhao De, drank the wine in both hands with the wine glass, and also showed Zhao De the bottom of the glass.

"The right to discuss politics, this official met a confidant in Seoul, although he didn't dare to say that he was full of poetry and books, but it was absolutely not a problem to govern government affairs, and I didn't know that the right council could recommend him to a half-official position, so that he could show his ambitions." Waiting for Huang Xi to put down the wine glass, Li Yuntian smiled slightly and asked quietly.

"Who is Lord Liu's confidant?" Huang Xi was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked with a smile.

"Brother Cui, don't meet the right council yet." Li Yuntian turned to Cui Li, who was sitting with the officials of the mission, and said in a deep voice.

"Student Cui Li, I've seen Lord Youxiang." Cui Li thought that Li Yuntian was going to take him back to Daming, but he didn't expect to ask Huang Xi for an official position for him, so he hurriedly put down the wine glass in his hand and stood up, bowing down to Huang Xi.

"You're North Korean?" Huang Xi saw that Cui Li was wearing a costume of a scholar of the Korean Kingdom, so he asked tentatively.

"Yu Zuoxiang, the student is a native of Seoul, and his ancestor served as the governor of Gangwon Province." Cui Li bowed down and reported his family history.

"Lord Liu, this matter is a trivial matter, and it is on this official." Huang Xi couldn't help but nod when he heard this, and smiled and gave Li Yuntian a package ticket, the governor of the Joseon Kingdom is the official position of the second grade, so Cui Li is also a disciple of the two teams, and he is recommended by Li Yuntian, so it is not difficult to recommend a position to Cui Li.

"That official thanked the right to discuss politics." Li Yuntian laughed, Void and Huang Xi touched the wine glass, and the two of them drank it all.

Cui Li's mood at this time seemed to be mixed, originally he was just a street prodigal son who cheated on eating and drinking, just Li Yuntian's words made him step into the official career, and his fate changed in an instant, now thinking about it is like a dream.

After the banquet, the two classes of important ministers hugged the prostitutes they liked back to their residences, Zhao De pretended to be overwhelmed by Li Yuntian and stayed in the Huangxi Mansion, and the officials of the mission who came to the banquet also stayed, letting those beautiful prostitutes serve.

Li Yuntian was not in the mood to linger with those prostitutes, and he didn't like to spend the night outside, so he led Lei Ting and Cui Li back to the Taiping Pavilion, with Lei Ting by his side, he had a lot less trouble, Huang Xi and the others naturally saw that Lei Ting was a woman, so they naturally understood why he didn't touch those prostitutes, otherwise he would definitely think that there was something wrong with his physiology.

"The official didn't have time to ask you, do you want to be an official in Seoul, or do you want to go with the official to see the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty?" At this time, the night was dark, the street was deserted, and there was silence, Li Yuntian, who was walking, suddenly turned his head to look at Cui Li, who was following behind him, and then asked quietly as he walked.

"Where you want to be, you can go there." Hearing this, Cui Li hurriedly walked two steps to Li Yuntian's approach, bowed and replied.

"You are a two-team brother, and Seoul is the stage for you to display your talents." A smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, and Cui Li's answer was very tactful, which was exactly what he wanted, he needed a sleek person to stay in Seoul as his eyeliner in the Korean Kingdom.

"Thank you for your support, and you will never forget your kindness." Hearing this, Cui Li hurriedly bowed down and said solemnly, he knew that Li Yuntian had led him into the officialdom of the Korean State, and it was up to him how to go the rest of the way.

The next day, Li Yuntian got a piece of news that Shen Wen, the leader of the Korean National Assembly Office, died of illness last night, and the king and queen of the Joseon Dynasty had gone to the Shen Mansion to check, and Li Ji, the left parliamentary office, presided over the affairs of the Council and the government, and if there was no accident, he would replace Shen Wen as the new leader of the Korean State.

For this reason, two classes of officials in Seoul came to congratulate Li Ji, and Li Ji became a powerful minister above 10,000 people under one person in the Korean state.

This is naturally not a scene that Li Yuntian wants to see, Li Ji can be described as the confidant of the king of Joseon, if he controls the council hall, then the authority of the king of Joseon will undoubtedly be strengthened, which is not conducive to the control of the Joseon kingdom by the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Yuntian must pull Li Ji down from the position of leading the government, so that Huang Xi can ascend to the throne and then contain the king of Joseon.

However, since Lingyizheng was the official position of the Joseon Kingdom after the King of Joseon, Li Yuntian could not use too rude means, otherwise it would cause dissatisfaction among the Joseon King and the two classes of nobles, and it would also bring trouble to Huang Hee, who took over the throne.

Therefore, Li Yuntian needs a suitable opportunity to take Li Ji down, so he has already thought of a countermeasure, and is ready to use the batch of military rations purchased by Chen Ming to start the knife, as long as Li Ji is involved, Li Ji's leading government will definitely not be able to do it, and he will be sent to the Ming Jingshi for punishment at that time.

At the same time, Li Yuntian was also able to help Huang Xi eliminate some political enemies in the court through the case of military rations, so as to strengthen the strength of Huang Xi's family.

Li Yuntian knew very well that under the layers of deduction and exploitation, the 350,000 taels of silver used to buy military rations could be accomplished, and he had already inquired clearly at this time that the military rations prepared by the Korean State for the Ming army were collected by local officials in the name of providing military supplies to the Ming army, and they did not spend much money at all.

In this way, those officials who handled it made a lot of money one by one, but in the end they left a bad reputation to Daming, how could Li Yuntian make them satisfied?

In Li Yuntian's opinion, if Chen Ming and others can be used to set off a big prison in North Korea, then it is definitely a very worthwhile thing, and Huang Xi will naturally cut off those political enemies in the court without him doing it.

Due to the tense war situation in Liaodong, it was impossible for Li Yuntian to stay in Seoul for too long, so he immediately arranged it and began to prepare for related matters in full swing, intending to take down Li Ji before leaving Seoul and put Huang Xi on the throne of leading the government of the Korean State Council.

In fact, Li Yuntian did not wronged him by taking Li Ji down, like the Ming Army's money for buying grain, Li Ji, who was the left council of the Parliamentary Department, definitely took no less benefits.

Not only Li Ji, but even Huang Xi must have made a profit from it, after all, thirty-five taels of silver is a huge amount of money for the Korean State, more than their annual taxes, how can those officials, large and small, not be tempted?

No one knew that the reason why Li Yuntian wanted to spend such a large sum of silver to buy military rations from the Korean State with Emperor Xuande Jian Yì was precisely because he knew that the officials of the Korean State would definitely get oil and water from the top and bottom of the Korean State at that time, and then gave him the handle to make trouble in the future.

It's just that Li Yuntian didn't expect that Shen Wen, the leader of the Korean State, would suddenly die of illness, so he had to start playing this move in advance to clear the obstacles for Huang Xi, who was pro-Ming to reach the top of the Korean State.