On the second day of Shen Wen's death, the Liaodong caravan suspected of fornicating with the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty set off with the goods prepared from the Seoul market and left Seoul to return to Liaodong.

After Li Yuntian learned the news, he weighed it left and right, and then summoned a guard to whisper a few words, and the guard immediately left in a hurry.

Since there may be envoys sent by the Northern Yuan in this Liaodong caravan, then Li Yuntian can't let them leave the Korean State no matter what, as long as this caravan stays, then the Northern Yuan will think that the Korean king has shown hostility, and he will draw out his troops and energy to guard against the threat from the Korean Kingdom.

In addition, Li Yuntian also wanted to find some clues from the people in the caravan to find out who was the leader in planning the attack on Daming among the remnants of the Northern Yuan.

A few days later, the king of Joseon officially appointed Yi Ji as the head of the council, and Hwang Hee was promoted to the left council, and the right council was succeeded by Yoo Sang-min, the left of the council.

At the same time, Cui Li's official position has also come down, since it was Li Yuntian who recommended him to Huang Xi, then Huang Xi naturally had to pay attention to it, so taking advantage of the adjustment of the official position of the Council after Shen Wen's death, Cui Li became the inspector of the five products of the Council and the Government Hall.

The council hall is the core institution of the Joseon Kingdom, and Choi Li's ability to enter it this time is not only Li Yuntian's face, but also his luck, just in time for the personnel adjustment within the council after Shen Wen's death, so he is fortunate to be able to obtain a detailed position as a member of the two teams.

Since Cui Li was recommended by Huang Xi to enter the council hall, he was naturally an official of Huang Xi's faction, so he specially visited Huang Xi and gave Huang Xi a generous gift, which made Huang Xi smile happily and his attitude towards him was much closer.

Cui Li was so poor that he naturally had no money to bribe Huang Xi, but Li Yuntian had money and provided him with a large amount of property, and there was only one requirement, that is, to make friends with high-ranking officials and magnates in Seoul to climb up as quickly as possible, and only when Cui Li was in a high position could he play a greater role.

Cui Li was surprised that Li Yuntian gave Cui Li a lot of money, he never expected that Li Yuntian would support him so strongly, and he was surprised and happy in his heart.

In the past, when Cui Li was down, he was not less looked down upon by those two teams in Seoul, but now that he has the opportunity to get ahead, he naturally cherishes it and is ready to do a big job with great ambition.

"Xianggong, there is indeed an envoy sent to the Korean state by the Tatar Taishi Arutai in that caravan, and Arutai promised the king of Joseon that as long as his army is driven into the pass, then he is willing to give most of the land of Liaodong to the kingdom of Korea, and invite the king of Joseon to send troops to attack our army in Liaodong."

On this morning, when Li Yuntian was reading the information collected by Jin Mandao that the local officials of the Korean State had forcibly seized the grain of the people and forced the merchants to sell the grain at a low price under the banner of Emperor Xuande in the purchase of military grain by the Ming army, Lei Ting came over with a smile.

"Arutai is really a thief, Emperor Taizong conscripted against him four times, beat him so that he lost his armor, fled in the wilderness, and hid in Mobei to take refuge, and now he dares to provoke trouble in Liaodong, it is really a matter of not remembering to eat." Li Yuntian had already guessed this, and after putting down the information in his hand, he said with a smile to Lei Ting.

"Xianggong, your previous speculation is correct, this time not only the Tatars, but also the Warats also went south under the leadership of his Taishi Tuhuan, and after joining forces with the Tatars, they divided their troops to the east to assist the Uliang Habu in capturing Liaodong."

Lei Ting smiled when she heard this, and said to Li Yuntian in a deep voice, "According to the envoy, the Tatars and Warats gathered many tribes in the Mongolian steppe during their southern invasion, among which they divided their troops to reinforce the Wuliang Ha Sanwei in Liaodong. ”

"Arutai and Tuhuan, the two old enemies, have actually formed an alliance?" Li Yuntian couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and his brows furrowed slightly, so it can be said that the Tatar Ministry and the Warat Department have come out of the nest this time.

"Oh no, the emperor may be in trouble." Then, Li Yuntian's eyes flashed coldly, and his expression became solemn.

If the Tatars and the Warats were really allied, then their previous acts of weakness were undoubtedly a huge conspiracy, and their target was Emperor Xuande, who was in danger of conquering him, and what could be more exciting than defeating or even capturing Emperor Xuande?

"Xianggong, the emperor has 190,000 troops by his side, and there are British ministers and other nobles who can fight well, which should be enough to protect himself." Lei Ting knew Li Yuntian's worries, so she opened her mouth to comfort her.

"The steppe is the world of the Mongols, it is difficult for our army to compete with it if there is no superior force, Emperor Taizong led hundreds of thousands of troops in the five northern expeditions, and the object of his conquest is either the Tatar Department or the Warat Department, and now the Tatar Department and the Warat Department will undoubtedly be more difficult to deal with together."

Li Yuntian shook his head when he heard this, got up and paced back and forth in the room, it was a pity that the envoy only knew so much information, so he didn't know the deployment of the Tatars and Warats.

"Immediately send someone to send a letter to the emperor, informing the emperor of the news of the alliance between the Tatar tribe and the Warat tribe, and telling the emperor that the prime minister suspected that Arutai and Tuhuan were deliberately defeated, and that it was not appropriate for the holy driver to leave Ilyin City and go north before the situation was clear."

After pacing back and forth in the house a few times, Li Yuntian stopped and instructed Lei Ting with a stern expression, "Let the person who reported the news leave now and take the Mingyang to Tianjin Port." ”

"The concubine will be arranged." Seeing this, Lei Ting knew that the situation was serious, nodded to Li Yuntian and left quickly.

"By the way, Xianggong, according to the envoy of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, there are several strange Han people with mysterious identities around Arutai, he has only met them once in the camp, and when he came out of Arutai's big tent, Arutai personally sent them outside the tent, and he doesn't know the origin of those Han people." When she walked to the door, Lei Ting suddenly remembered something, so she stopped and turned to Li Yuntian and said.

"Stranger?" Li Yuntian, who was pondering the motive for the alliance between Arutai and Tuhuan, suddenly showed a look of surprise when he heard this, there were some Han people living in the Tatar tribe, some of them were retreating to the steppe with the Northern Yuan, and some were plundered by the Tatar tribe.

Therefore, it is not surprising that there are Han Chinese in the camp in Arutai, but to Li Yuntian's surprise, Arutai actually sent those Han people out of the camp tent, and there are not many Han people who can get this courtesy, because the Han people in the Tatar region are usually regarded as slaves, and the Han people who are treated as guests by Arutai are really rare.

Although those Han people aroused Li Yuntian's doubts, but now he has obtained too little information, so he doesn't know who the other party is at all, plus he wants to attack Li Ji, the matter of those mysterious Han people will naturally have to be put aside first.

One night at the end of September, Hwang Hee hosted a banquet for Lee Yun-cheon at the largest brothel in Seoul, the Seoul Jiaofang, where the banquets of the two classes of nobles of the Joseon Kingdom were often held, and watching geisha performances while drinking alcohol was regarded as a fashion and enjoyment for the upper class.

It is worth mentioning that Huang Xi's banquet was prepared for Li Yuntian alone, and Zhao De had left Seoul and went to Pyongyang Mansion in Xijing of the Korean Kingdom a few days ago, accompanied by several high-ranking officials of the Korean State, to deal with the affairs of the Ming army's "borrowing" of Liaodong, after all, an important task of Zhao De's mission to the Korean State this time was to arrange for the affairs of the Ming army to go north after landing from Pyongyang Province.

Unlike in the Ming Dynasty, brothels in Korea did not have the tall tables and chairs, but sat on the floor, with a table similar to a coffee table in front of them, and sat on both sides of the room to watch the geisha perform in the center.

To Li Yuntian's surprise, among the people who sat with him were not only two classes of powerful people, but also the second son of the king of Joseon, Li Yao, the prince of Shouyang.

Although Li Jin is only seventeen years old and still a little young, Li Yuntian does not dare to despise Li Jin, he remembers very well that twenty years later, there was also a "Battle of Jingjing" in the Korean Kingdom, and its protagonist was Li Jin.

Twenty years later, he colluded with the ministers Zheng Lintoe and Han Minghun to unexpectedly kill his own nephew, the young Korean state Duanzong's Huangfuren, Kim Zongrui, Nam Zhi and other ministers who took care of their lives.

After that, Li Yao took control of the government and gradually cut off the courtiers who opposed him, and his third brother Li Ying, the king of Anping, and his son Li Youzhi, the king of Yichun, and Li Yu, the sixth brother of Jincheng, were also deposed as concubines, and Qiao Tong, who was exiled to Jianghua Island, was soon given to death.

I have to say that Li Yao's actions are very similar to the style of Emperor Yongle, both of them obtained the throne through Guò Jing, and they also made some achievements after succeeding to the throne.

In fact, it is reasonable for Li Yao to appear at the banquet, as the son-in-law of the king of Joseon, of course he also wants to become the prince, and finally ascend to the top of the power of the Korean kingdom and sit on the throne of the king of Joseon.

Because the envoy of the Ming Dynasty has a great say in the abolition of the prince of the Korean kingdom and the internal affairs of the royal family, if he thinks that the behavior of the prince is serious and unruly, and it is not suitable to inherit the throne, he will put pressure on the king of Joseon to abolish it, and the king of Joseon will usually submit, either try to appease the envoy or set up a new prince, and then go to the Ming Jingshi to ask for the imperial permission of the Ming Emperor.

Otherwise, once the envoy returns to Beijing and reveals the conflict between the Joseon king, the Joseon king will be severely punished, and it is very likely that he will lose the throne.

Therefore, although the king of Joseon hated the Ming envoy very much in his heart, on the surface, he had to make a play on the spot, make false and wrongful snakes, and try his best to make friends and curry favor so as not to cause trouble.

Huang Xi and Li Ji are very close, the reason is very simple, Li Ji is the king of Joseon, and he naturally has a close relationship with the prince Li Jue, so Li Ji can only get the support of Huang Xi and others if he wants to stand out.

And not only Li Jin, but also the other three concubines of the king of Joseon, Li Ying, the prince of Anping, Li Xuan, the prince of Linying, and Li Yu, the king of Jincheng, although they are still young, they have gathered some officials of the two classes around them, and they have fought openly and secretly around the prince.

Obviously, once the two classes of officials became the princes and inherited the throne of the Joseon king, then they were the heroes of the dragon, and from then on they flourished and enjoyed countless glory and wealth.

After the success of Li Yao's Jingnan, all the heroes of his Jingnan were added to the rank of knight, controlled the government of the Korean state, and became the upstart of the Korean state.

At this time, the relationship between the four princes and the prince in Korea was like the "Nine Dragons to seize the heir" of the Qianlong princes of the Manchu Dynasty, and according to the laws of the Korean state, in addition to the prince, the other four princes were also eligible to inherit the throne.

The most obvious example is that the current king of Joseon, Li Tao, is the third son of the previous king Taejong, and the crown prince of Joseon should appoint him after deposing the prince at that time, and the fierce power struggle can be seen.

For Li Yuntian, he is naturally happy to see the sons of the Joseon king seize the heir, which means that the court dispute in the Joseon State will not only be more intense, but also Li Yao and the other four princes will definitely get close to the Ming Dynasty in order to compete for the throne, because even if the Joseon king changes them to the prince, they must go through the imperial approval of Emperor Xuande, otherwise they will have no legal effect and cannot inherit the throne.