"Benjun is wrong, Benjun is wrong, Benjun shouldn't be inferior, please this adult, spare me, I'm also the king of North Korea!"

The Korean envoy Li Xuan pleaded bitterly.

Yi Lianqi walked up to him and patted Li Xuan's face: "Do you really know it's wrong?" ”

The North Korean envoy Li Xuan nodded: "I know it's wrong, woo!" ”

"Okay, tell me what you did wrong", Yi Lianqi asked with a smile.

"The mistake is not to insult the Celestial Empire," replied the North Korean envoy Ri Xuan.

"It's good to have this meaning, tell me what Daming is yours, answer me!" Yi Lianqi asked.

The Korean envoy Li Xuan couldn't help but shudder: "The country of the suzerain, the country that cannot be slandered!" ”

"Very good, what is that Da Ming's person?" Yi Lianqi asked again.

"Nobleman," replied the North Korean envoy Li Xuan.

"Keep fighting!"

Yi Lianqi shouted.

Syllable!

The wooden stick continued to hit Li Xuan's buttocks, causing the North Korean envoy Li Xuan to scream again.

"It's a brother!"

The North Korean envoy Li Xuan cried.

"Keep fighting!"

Yi Lianqi still drank the order.

"It's sir!"

Yi Lianqi saw that the twenty sticks were almost beaten, and he didn't think about beating the North Korean envoy Li Xuan to death, and when he saw that the person he admitted to the Ming Dynasty was his master, he also waved his hand with satisfaction: "Very good, stop." ”

"Woo!"

The Korean envoy Li Xuan continued to cry, his heart was painful and resentful, resentful that he was so humiliated by the Ming court officials as a dignified Korean monarch, and he didn't dare to be disrespectful to the Ming and the Ming people now, so he had to endure it.

The Korean envoy Li Xuan recuperated for a while, and it was not until his injuries were almost healed that he officially began to meet with Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen.

On this day, it was the day when Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen received the Korean mission.

After the locks and flogging some time ago, the Korean envoy Li Xuan also restrained a little, and when he saw Zhu Youzhen, he didn't dare to call himself the monarch of North Korea anymore, and bowed his head to Zhu Youzhen respectfully: "I've seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Heavenly Empire!" ”

"Bold! You are just a vassal minister, and you can only be a second-class citizen in my Ming Dynasty, who let you stand and speak, kneel! ”

Now, after the clear statement of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, the attitude of the imperial officials is undoubtedly much tougher, and Ma Shiying, the first assistant of the cabinet, reprimanded the Korean envoy Li Xuan on the spot.

But Ma Shiying, the first assistant of the cabinet, was right, even if Li Xuan moved to the Ming Dynasty, he could only be a second-class citizen, and he naturally had to kneel down and speak when he saw the emperor.

The North Korean envoy Li Xuan glanced at Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, we are here to pay tribute, you won't really let us kneel." ”

"Why, I don't want to kneel, when did North Korea dare to be so disrespectful? Believe it or not, I can have your head right now! ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words fell, two brocade guards stood out by the door, and pulled out the embroidered spring knife that flickered in the cold light.

Seeing this, the North Korean envoy Li Xuan naturally had to plop down and kneel.

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, now the Ming Empire is the most powerful empire in the world, as the emperor of the Ming Empire, there is naturally no need to be polite to a Korean envoy, seeing this Li Xuan knelt down, he nodded and said: "Very good, let's talk about it, why did your king send you to my Ming Dynasty, but there is a national letter." ”

"Yes!" Li Xuan handed over the letter of state, and said: "This time to send the Ming Dynasty, our Royal Highness is mainly to express congratulations to the Celestial Empire on the unification of the country, and we have come to pay tribute. ”

Zhu Youzhen took the letter of state and the gift list from the hands of the internal officials, but Zhu Youzhen did not read the letter of state first, but opened the gift list first, and saw that there were a lot of tributes in it, and the value of each piece was very high, so he laughed: "Well, even if you are sincere, I have decided not to attack your Korean state for the time being, continue to recognize your vassal status, and get up." ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen make the North Korean envoy Li Xuandeng stand up.

"Ji Gongni, I will go and collect the tributes sent by the Korean envoys into the inner court for registration later, don't let down the hearts of others", Zhu Youzhen asked an internal official to be responsible for receiving the tribute from the Korean tribute, and then did not say anything about giving silver.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen began to look at the national letter of the Korean state, in addition to flattering himself and hoping that the relationship between the Ming and North Korea will always be harmonious, it is to congratulate the success of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time spare no effort to say what sacrifices and contributions his Korean State has made to the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help laughing after reading it: "It's rare that your king has a heart, I will accept this national letter, I will hold a banquet another day, you will stay for another five days, and then return to China after enjoying the scenery of my Ming capital." ”

The Korean envoy Li Xuan didn't expect that the Ming Emperor didn't mention the gift, and didn't even greet his king, and only planned to keep them for five days, so he couldn't help but get anxious and shouted:

"Your Majesty, our king sent me to envoy to the Celestial Empire, not only to pay tribute, in addition to tribute, our king hopes that you can return to our North Korea Tielingwei and Kangzhou Wei that belong to our Korean country, this is the territory of our Korean country, and now our North Korea has made great contributions to the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, I hope that the Celestial Empire can remember the merits of our Korean country, and return these two places to my Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Youzhen didn't expect that the North Korean envoy Li Xuan came to his Ming Dynasty to ask for land, he couldn't help laughing, not to mention that these two places have long been the territory of the Ming Dynasty just from the name, even if it is not the land of the Ming Dynasty and is occupied by the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen will not spit it out.

"Li Yan, you are the privy deputy envoy of the Generalissimo's Mansion, tell me whether the two places of Tielingwei and Kangzhouwei belong to the Korean state."

"Your Majesty, Hamgyong Province is the Xianxing Mansion established by the Jin State during the Two Song Dynasty, and the Xianxing Mansion has been the land of Qingzhou in China since the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods, Liaodong County in the Han Dynasty, and Yanzhou in the Tang Dynasty.

"In the Han Dynasty, the northern part of North Korea, including the land of Pyongyang today, belongs to Lelang County, it stands to reason that the entire northern part of North Korea is the land of my China, and North Korea is the country of my Ming vassal state, politically speaking, the whole of Korea is the territory of my Ming Dynasty, how many fiefs of the king of North Korea can have, but Your Majesty has the final say, the Ming Dynasty has not returned to North Korea, only a gift, if Your Majesty is willing, take back its existing fiefdom, and no one can put a beak!"

After Li Yan finished speaking, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but clap his hands: "What Aiqing said is very true, Lord Linping, do you understand, your Korea was originally given to your king by my grace, not to mention that I confiscated the fiefdom I gave back to you, but now I still take the initiative to ask for more land, and I really ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, Pyongyang I will not take it back for the time being, it is considered to be a place for your royal industry temporarily, but Hamgyong Province must be handed over, I want to garrison troops there, and it is also to protect the security of your north, Don't be beaten by the Wa Kingdom when the time comes, lest I have to send troops from the Guannai and travel a long way to save you! ”

(End of chapter)