"Damn!" Hearing that Wei Yi was asking for an official from the family, Li Yan couldn't help but slam the armrest of the seat with his fist, and spit out two words coldly in his mouth, his face full of anger.

These Korean eunuchs who went to Korea were extremely hateful, and the envoys who were civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty at least knew the etiquette and face, while those eunuchs did not care about it, and not only reaped the benefits of the Korean state, but also sought official positions for the clansmen in the family.

Originally, according to the system of the Korean state, if you wanted to become an official, you had to pass the guò imperial examination to become an official, and its Chinese imperial examination and martial imperial examination could only be participated in by the children of two classes of nobles, and the common people could only take the miscellaneous imperial examination with low official positions.

Since Wei Yi went to the Ming Dynasty to become a eunuch, his family must be poor, so his relatives can only pass the guò miscellaneous imperial examination to become officials.

But obviously, Wei Yi's relatives may not even know a single big character, and it is undoubtedly a fantasy to take the miscellaneous imperial examination, so Wei Yi wants to ask them for officials, as the so-called one person can ascend to heaven.

Wei Yi was the envoy of the mission sent by the Ming Dynasty, and the official of the Korean State, Cao Zhi, naturally did not dare to offend, so he could only report to Li Ji, the governor of Zuo, and let Li Ji tell Li Ji.

According to the official selection system of the Joseon State, as the king of Joseon, Li Yan could give favors to Wei Yi's family, so that Wei Yi's family could become officials.

"Great King, Wei Yi is an envoy of the Ming Dynasty can't be offended, so it's better to give official positions to his relatives according to his requirements to calm down the incident." Seeing that Li Ji was angry, Li Ji opened his mouth to persuade him, anyway, the phenomenon of eunuch envoys sending envoys to the Korean State to ask for officials in the family has existed since the time of the Taizu of the Korean State, so it is better to calm things down.

"It's okay, sue the official Cao for the judgment, and the lonely edict will approve this matter." Li Ji gradually calmed down when he heard the romance, and ordered Li Ji in a deep voice.

"The king, the minister will go and do this." Li Ji bowed to Li Ji, and then asked, "Now that the Ming Dynasty is here, how to deal with the envoys of the Northern Yuan?" ”

"Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!" The corners of Li Ji's mouth couldn't help but reveal a sneer, and after a deep groan, he said to Li Ji, "Tell the Northern Yuan envoys the transportation route and time of those grains and grasses, and whether they can seize the opportunity depends on their luck." ”

"As soon as the grain and grass are burned, the Ming army will be trapped in Liaodong, and then the Northern Yuan will be able to break them one by one." Li Ji nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile, "King, in this way, the Ming Court needs us even more, and we can take the opportunity to let the Ming Court recognize the sovereignty of Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province." ”

"The envoy of the Northern Yuan Dynasty said it well, he wants to divide Liaodong equally with us, hmph, it is clear that he wants us to use them as spearmen, and there are millions of people in armor in the Ming Court, although they will suffer a setback in Liaodong for a while, but in the long run, it will be the Northern Yuan that will fail." Li Yan's eyes showed a hint of disdain, and he said in a cold voice.

Liaodong is different from Annan, although the people of the Ming Dynasty are regarded as remote places in both places, but Annan is far away in the far southwest, thousands of miles away from the Ming Jingshi, but Liaodong is at the gate of the Daming Jingshi, and there is only a mountain customs pass between the two sides.

As the saying goes, how can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch? Once the Northern Yuan Dynasty captured Liaodong, then as long as the Shanhai Pass was broken, the Mongolian iron cavalry would reach the capital in an instant, and the capital of the Ming Dynasty would be in danger.

It is precisely because of this that the Ming Dynasty set up the Daning Division, the Liaodong Division and the Nuer Gandu Division outside the Shanhaiguan Pass to defend the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty can only take advantage of a temporary advantage, and the Ming Dynasty is bound to mobilize troops for a counteroffensive, and the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty will undoubtedly be defeated at that time.

Of course, if the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty can take advantage of Emperor Xuande's northern expedition to break through Shanhaiguan and take the Ming Jingshi, the situation of the battle between the two sides may change.

But the possibility of this happening is very small, not to mention that Shanhaiguan is known as the first pass in the world, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Beijing City is even more high and thick, not waiting for the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty to capture the Qinwang in all parts of Beijing City, will continue to rush to drive the remnants of the Northern Yuan out of the Great Wall.

"Yes, the Northern Yuan Dynasty is no longer the huge empire it used to be, and it has lost its former glory." Li Yan nodded approvingly when he heard this, and said regretfully that he was very willing to see the Northern Yuan and the Ming Dynasty fight to the death, and then the Korean State would be able to do something in Liaodong.

In fact, Li Qi's eyes are not only on the land south of the Yalu River, but also on the fertile land of Liaodong, after all, it was an agricultural society in ancient times, and having fertile land means that the country is more stable and rich.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty has a very strict view of Liaodong, which not only has fertile land, but also a barrier to defend the Ming Dynasty.

In the face of the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yan can only ask for the area south of the Yalu River now, as for Liaodong waiting for future generations to find an opportunity to seize it, he believes that the Ming Dynasty will not prosper forever like the Tang Dynasty, and will collapse one day, and then the future kings of the Korean State will have a chance.

At noon two days later, Li Yuntian went to a famous tavern in Seoul to drink, and the tavern owner saw the distinguished guests and hurriedly beckoned his men to serve him wholeheartedly.

Li Yuntian was actually not used to eating North Korean dishes, he came to the tavern this time for another purpose, and after three rounds of drinking, he summoned the tavern owner into the room.

"What more do you two want?" The tavern owner entered the door with a smile on his face, nodded and asked Li Yuntian and Lei Ting who were sitting at the table, his attitude was very respectful, he spoke Liaodong dialect fluently.

Lei Ting took out a small wooden sign from her waist and shook it at the hotel owner, and the tavern owner's face showed a suspicious look, and his expression was full of surprise.

"Jin Mandao, these are your rewards, and the news of Seoul can only be transmitted back to Daming thanks to you." Lei Ting waved at one of the guards on the side, and then said to the tavern owner without moving, and the guard handed a small wooden box to the tavern owner when he heard this.

Jin Mandao was stunned, and then subconsciously opened the lid of the somewhat heavy box, followed by a light in front of him, and ten golden gold bars were neatly placed in the box, and its shining light almost blinded his eyes, he had never seen so much gold.

Intuitively, Jin Mandao can deduce that a gold bar is at least five taels, so ten gold bars are fifty taels, which can be exchanged for more than 300 taels of silver, which is enough to buy a magnificent mansion in Seoul.

"These are what you get personally." Seeing this, the corners of Lei Ting's mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile, and then asked another guard to hand another box to Jin Mandao, and said lightly, "These are the additional expenses you use to buy the officials in the city, and your annual expenses will be doubled." ”

Jin Mandao's face was suddenly full of surprise when he heard this, and he hurriedly opened another box, which also contained ten small gold bars.

"Don't worry, the two adults, the villain will definitely do the errand." After the initial shock, Jin Mandao came back to his senses, closed the box and bowed to Li Yuntian and Lei Ting, but he didn't expect the two to be so generous this time.

Jin Mandao was a secret agent laid down by Yang Yungui Xuande in Seoul in the first year, when Jin Mandao failed in business and owed a lot of foreign debts, Yang Yungui sent a spy to Seoul to cover his identity as a businessman to target him, and while paying off his foreign debts, he also made him Yang Yungui's eyeliner.

In recent years, Kim Man-do has secretly collected a lot of domestic intelligence in North Korea based on a tavern, and the information that Li Yuntian saw before coming to Korea was from Kim Man-do.

"This official is here to ask you something." Li Yuntian would not come to Jin Mandao for no reason, he looked at Jin Mandao quietly and asked, "Have any strangers with strange behavior come to Seoul in the past two or three months?" ”

"Lord Yu, as far as the villain knows, a caravan from Liaodong came last month, and there were several suspicious people in it." Jin Mandao thought about it when he heard this, and replied in a deep voice, "Although they came with the caravan, they didn't mean to do business, but came into contact with the people of the government. ”

"Where are they now?" Li Yuntian's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he opened his mouth to ask.

"Lives in a merchant house in the east of the city." Jin Mandao immediately sensed that Li Yuntian was interested in those people, so he asked, "Do you want someone to find out their details?" ”

"No, just keep an eye on what they're doing." Li Yuntian shook his head and instructed sternly, "Remember, don't startle the snake!" ”

"The little one understands." Seeing this, Jin Mandao knew that the situation was serious, and hurriedly bowed to Li Yuntian.

"I heard that your kimchi here is good, send some to the guild hall where the official lives, and the official can taste it in the next few days." Afterwards, Li Yuntian smiled at Jin Mandao, how could he be without kimchi in the Korean Kingdom?

Although the descendants of the Joseon Kingdom gave kimchi a high evaluation and status, Li Yuntian always believed that this was because the Joseon Kingdom was too poor and backward, and the land was barren, and there were usually no other dishes, so kimchi, a simple and durable food, was quite popular.

Lei Ting couldn't help but glance at Li Yuntian with some surprise when she heard this, she had never heard Li Yuntian mention the kimchi of the Korean country before, and now Li Yuntian actually asked for kimchi by name, which is really unexpected, is it just that Li Yuntian used it to cover up and come to Jinmandao to get information?

Of course, Lei Ting naturally wouldn't have thought that this was just Li Yuntian's temporary idea, and at the same time, it could be regarded as a cover for Jin Mandao.

"Xianggong, do you suspect that those suspicious people in that caravan were sent by the Northern Yuan?" After leaving the tavern in Jin Mandao, on the way back to the Taiping Pavilion, Lei Ting asked Li Yuntian softly as she walked.

It stands to reason that Li Yuntian and Lei Ting should take a carriage back, but the carriage in Seoul is also a flatbed car with a carriage, which is not only shabby but also has a small space, and Li Yuntian is unwilling to sit in the kind of North Korean sedan chair that four people carry like a small house, so he can only walk.

"The Northern Yuan knows the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Korean State, so they will not risk winning over the Korean king before starting a war with the Ming Dynasty, and now our army has suffered two defeats in a row on the Liaodong battlefield, which is a good opportunity for them to lure the Korean king to help."

Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and replied in an orderly low voice, "If Xianggong is not mistaken, the Northern Yuan will definitely use Liaodong as bait, but the king of Joseon is not short-sighted, and he will not be the enemy of my Ming Dynasty, and there is a chance that he will disappoint them." ”

"Xianggong, are you trying to figure out the people behind the scenes?" Lei Ting bowed her head thoughtfully, and then her eyes lit up, and she asked excitedly.

"Even if you can't find the person behind the scenes who is behind the triumph of Tatar, Warat, and Uliangha, you can still get clues from it." Li Yuntian smiled and nodded, he couldn't wait to know who the other party was, and he could turn the northern Ming Dynasty upside down.