"Xianggong, the king of Joseon has set up four counties and six towns in the north, and his heart is not small." Lei Ting saw a thoughtful look on Li Yuntian's face, so she took the information in his hand and looked at it, and said with a smile.

Obviously, the establishment of the four counties and six towns was conducive to the Joseon king's control of the Hamgyong and Pyongan provinces, making it impossible for the Jurchens who had been driven out to return.

It's a pity that this abacus of the king of Joseon is likely to fail, and the four counties and six towns have already aroused Li Yuntian's vigilance, presumably Li Yuntian will not turn a blind eye.

"Once the king of Joseon is allowed to rule with my Ming Dynasty, my Ming Dynasty's control over the Korean State will undoubtedly be weakened a lot." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, a smile appeared on his face, "Most of Hamgyong Province is the territory of Jianzhou Zuowei, and most of Ping'an Province is the territory of Tielingwei, the capital of Liaodong, and it is undoubtedly a tiger's mouth if the king of Korea wants to take it!" ”

"Xianggong, the king of Joseon has been operating in four counties and six towns for many years, and I'm afraid he won't spit out this piece of fat that he ate in his mouth." Lei Ting put down the information in his hand and smiled at Li Yuntian, I am afraid that this is the real reason why Li Yuntian came to the Korean country, and he wants to start from the inside of the Korean country.

"If you don't vomit, you have to vomit, otherwise I won't even be able to control the territory, where is the majesty?" Li Yuntian easily hugged Lei Ting in his arms, and said with a smile that he went to Korea this time not only for the war in Liaodong, but more importantly, to lay out and solve the territory of Tielingwei and Jianzhou Zuowei, which were occupied by the Korean State.

Together with Li Yuntian, he went to the Korean State to announce the decree to the King of Korea, and asked the King of Korea to assist the Ming Army of Liaodong to conquer the Wuliang Ha Sanwei, and the envoy was Zhao De from the Like of the Seven Grades, Zhao De was born in the two lists of three top jinshi, and he was calm, so he was selected by Li Yuntian as the envoy to the Korean State this time.

It is worth mentioning that the envoys sent to Korea by the Ming Dynasty were either eunuchs or pedestrians of six or seven grades, and small and medium-sized officials of the six branches and subordinates, and rarely sent ministers above the third grade.

Moreover, for the mistakes of the lineage of Lee Sung-gye, the founding ancestor of the Joseon state, recorded in the "Ming Huidian", the Joseon State requested to correct it from the Yongle period, but it was not corrected until the Ming Dynasty officials rebuilt the "Ming Huidian" in the Wanli period, which lasted more than 200 years, which shows that the status of the Joseon State was low in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty officials at that time.

In the Hongwu and Yongle periods, the Ming Dynasty asked for virgins and fire seekers (eunuchs) from the Korean state, and later repeatedly asked for tribute, but the North Korea did not tire of it.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they repeatedly showed favor to the Korean state, and the annual tribute was reduced again and again, except for Dolgon, who had asked the North Korea to pay tribute to the concubines, there was little search, and the envoys sent to Korea were all Manchurian officials of the third rank or above, and they were strictly controlled.

However, the Korean state has always been suspicious of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and has always regarded it as "Yi" and "captivity", and the fireworks have been endless for more than 200 years in the big newspaper altar dedicated to Ming Taizu, Shenzong and Chongzhen Emperor.

The reason for this is that the Korean state adheres to the Chinese orthodoxy with the Spring and Autumn Period as the core, which determines its different cultural attitudes towards the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is the theoretical basis and ideological basis for the Joseon Dynasty to respect Zhou Siming.

In the face of the Ming Dynasty, which was the orthodoxy of China, the Joseon Dynasty had a strong sense of identity, and often regarded itself as "Little China", talking about Muhua and acting respectfully.

The Manchu Dynasty replaced the Ming Dynasty with the border "Hu people" and entered the Central Plains, which was a perverted Huayi for the Joseon Dynasty that upheld Cheng Zhu's concept of righteousness, putting the cart before the horse, and intolerable to heaven and earth. Zun Zhou is Zun Ming, Zun Ming is Zun Hua.

Throughout the nearly 300 years of the Joseon Dynasty's interaction with the Manchus, this idea of respecting Zhou Siming has always existed and has a far-reaching influence.

Li Yuntian is not only the right deputy capital of the Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty, but also the dignified Marquis of Zhenwu, so it is naturally inconvenient to break the rules of the Ming Dynasty and go to the Korean Kingdom to proclaim the decree.

Moreover, Li Yuntian's trip was secretive and inappropriate to reveal his whereabouts to the outside world, so the envoy who visited the Korean Kingdom this time was naturally Zhao De, who was of just the right rank, and he went with the team as a deputy envoy, which made it much easier to act in the Korean Kingdom.

When Li Yuntian and his entourage arrived at Tianjin Port, the Mingyang three-masted sailing ship had been quietly parked in the port, and its strange shape attracted many people to come and watch, even the local fishermen had never seen this type of sea boat.

Although it is possible to reach Seoul Province in Korea by sea, the danger is much higher than that by land, and not only will you encounter inexplicable storms, but also the Japanese will run rampant on the sea.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, the envoys of the Ming Dynasty to the Korean Kingdom usually took the land route, from the capital to the north, after leaving the Shanhai Pass, to the Liaodong Prefecture, and then from the Liaodong Prefecture to the Yalu River, after crossing the river, they entered the border of the Korean Kingdom.

Although this route consumes a lot of time on the way, it is safe enough to be escorted by military escorts along the way, and it is clear that the envoys are more desperate for their lives, so they usually take the road route.

Moreover, if you go by land, it is convenient for the envoys to carry some private goods back and forth to sell, not only can they bring the goods of the Ming Dynasty when they go to the Korean Kingdom, but they can also bring back a lot of benefits when they come back, why not?

The Ming Yang three-masted galleon is not only the strongest sea ship in the Ming Dynasty, but also a mobile battery at sea, and the two-layer gun deck on the hull has been loaded with 60 guns at this time, which can be said to be the first transport warship of the Ming Dynasty to be equipped with all guns.

The envoy accompanying Li Yuntian this time had a total of 67 personnel, including more than a dozen Chinese officials, and the rest were all entourages served by Li Yuntian's bodyguards.

Li Yuntian's identity is the deputy envoy of the Korean mission, a thousand households from the former military governor's office, and his pseudonym is Liu Fang.

The civilian officials of the mission looked around curiously when they got aboard, it was the first time they had seen such a strange ship, and the crew on board were all wearing the same white military uniforms as the military attaché of the Shobudo, which looked very novel and unusual.

However, Zhao De then warned the civil officials to stay in their respective cabins, and even if they went to the latrine, they must be led by the crew, and they must not leave the room without permission, otherwise they will be severely punished.

Following Zhao De's order, the civilian officials of the mission obediently stayed in the room, secretly speculating about the secrets of this ship.

In fact, the biggest secret of this ship is the two-story gun deck, and the two-storey cabin is neatly placed with 60 newly developed guns of the Jiangwutang Academy of Sciences.

Due to the great improvement of the forging technology of the Jiangwutang Division, the cannon body of the new artillery looks much smaller and more delicate than the artillery of the Shenji Battalion, but the power is several times that of the previous artillery, and the ruler used to adjust the firing distance has been increased, so that the accuracy has been rapidly improved.

This is the first time that the three-masted battleship Mingyang has gone to sea to carry out a mission, and since the installation of the 60 new guns in the port of Tianjin, the Mingyang has been training on the desert island in the Liaodong Sea to enhance the coordination and proficiency of the crews of various departments, especially the training of shooting at sea is the top priority.

The Mingyang once carried out an artillery salvo test, and after a salvo of 30 guns on the side of the gun deck, the main warship of the Ming army, which was used as a target ship at sea, was bombarded, and the crew on the Mingyang deck looked at the warship slowly sinking on the sea in amazement, and then broke out into earth-shattering cheers.

If it is left in a naval battle, as long as one or two shells are hit by the opposing warship, it will cause panic, and it is more deterrent than the actual destructive power of artillery.

In addition, when cruising back and forth along the coastline, the Ming Yang can launch artillery attacks on targets on the shore, easily destroy the enemy's defenses on the shore, and clear the obstacles for the landing force.

Li Yuntian stood on the deck blowing the sea breeze, today is a good day, the wind is mild, and some waterfowl are chirping and hovering on the blue sea.

"Xianggong, I'm afraid no one would have thought that you would give gifts to the ministers of the Korean state." Lei Ting came out of the cabin, holding a plate of pastries in her hand, and came to Li Yuntian's side with a smile.

Unlike previous missions to Korea, this mission did not carry any smuggled goods because it was in a hurry, but this did not mean that the mission came empty-handed, and it was accompanied by three large chests of gold, silver, and jewelry, which were urgently extracted from the treasury of the household department, and were worth 500,000 taels of silver.

These three big boxes were naturally escorted by Li Yuntian's guards, except for Zhao De, those civilian officials did not know what was in the boxes, who would have thought that Li Yuntian would use money to buy the officials of the Korean Kingdom, usually those officials were filial piety to the envoys of the Ming Dynasty.

"If you want to take it first, you must first go with it, money and property are things outside the body, as long as you can take back Tielingwei and Jianzhou Zuowei, this little money is nothing." Li Yuntian reached out and pinched a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, and said with a smile while chewing.

"I heard that the king of Joseon is not a person who is easy to deal with, and he has the style of Emperor Yongle." Lei Ting smiled when she heard this, if the king of Joseon learned that Li Yuntian actually used money to entrap his ministers, I don't know how he would feel.

"It's a pity that he is always only the king of Korea canonized by the Ming Dynasty, and the Yongle Emperor is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" Li Yuntian smiled disapprerovingly, took the little butterfly with the pastry from Lei Ting's hand and ate it with relish, Daming is too powerful, and the surrounding kings who accept Daming's canonization may have great ambitions, but they can only surrender to Daming's Tianwei in the end.

Li Yuntian's sea journey was very smooth, and he did not encounter any major storms, although he encountered a few suspected Japanese ships on the way, but after noticing the huge hull of the Ming Yang and the hanging military flag of the Jiangwutang, those sea ships all left in disgrace.

A few days later, the Myeongyang arrived at the port of Incheon, where the ships dodged to make way for him, and the people gathered at the pier to point to the strange ship and talk about it.

Due to the arrival of the Ming Yang, the local officials of the Incheon County Government on the dock were undoubtedly alarmed, and the officials on duty hurriedly rushed over to check, and when they learned that the people on the ship were the envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty, they hurriedly and respectfully invited them to the welcome hall.