After Li Xuan, the prince of Linping, North Korea, treated his wound slightly, he was still not honest, found a flower boat and began to spend money, called several girls in a row, played for four or five days, and only returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing when he was exhausted.

It is worth mentioning that Li Xuan, the prince of Linping, of North Korea, did not buy a penny of silver dollars, but all silver dollars from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nanjing.

Not only Li Xuan, but also other North Korean officials who accompanied Li Xuan on the mission to the Ming Dynasty saw that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing was so generous, and while saying that the Ming Dynasty was good, they also went crazy to consume in Nanjing.

In other words, the silver dollars handed over by the Ming taxpayers were spent on the Korean mission through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing.

The point is that these silver dollars are spent on their sleeping women eating delicious food.

In other words, the Ming Dynasty gave women to these North Korean envoys to sleep for free, and even let them eat delicious food for free.

Li Xuan, the prince of Linping, North Korea, was very satisfied, and even wrote poems to praise the Ming Dynasty with satisfaction.

But on this day, the real cabinet order of the Ming Empire's cabinet on the reception of the Korean mission arrived.

"Xiang Guotai, the right attendant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing, is responsible for receiving the North Korean mission and sending it to Beijing, the North Korean state is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and enters Beijing with the gift of a courtier, and the Korean envoy Li Xuan, the prince of Linping, has the title of Shangshu, and the post station along the way is treated with the example of the second grade, and is only allowed to live in the post station and only eat at the post station, and if you go out, you will be severely punished for the crime of disturbing the people and plotting misdeeds!"

After the official in charge of conveying the Jun order finished speaking, Li Xuan, the army of Linping of North Korea, was dumbfounded: "What's the matter, why is it not a cabinet scholar, even if it is not a cabinet scholar, how can you still be a scholar, why is there only one Nanjing squire, or even the right squire!" Did the Celestial Empire treat the vassals like this, if they were not replaced by cabinet ministers, the monarch would not leave Nanjing City! ”

The Joseon envoy Grandja Linpyeong, feeling that he had been despised and continued to consume in the city of Nanjing, refused to go to Beijing for the Hajj.

Ma Shiying found Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen:

"Your Majesty, the North Korean envoy refused to come to Beijing, and he was quite dissatisfied that we only let a waiter from Nanjing send him to Beijing."

"What is he dissatisfied with, I asked the squire to send him, I am promoting him, and I am not satisfied! What does this mean, do you intend to challenge my Ming Guowei, believe it or not, I directly beheaded him! ”

Zhu Youzhen stomped his foot heavily in front of Ma Shiying, pointed to an internal official, and ordered:

"Li Yan, who sent a message to the Generalissimo's Mansion, I mean, from now on, foreign envoys are not allowed to stay in Daming for more than one month without the special approval of the cabinet, and once it exceeds one month, the local envoy has the right to expel him! Otherwise, the commander of the capital will be guilty of dereliction of duty! And if they refuse to leave the country for more than a month, it will be regarded as aggression and all of them will be killed! ”

"Your Majesty, isn't this too much, after all, we are a country of etiquette, and he is also friendly to North Korea," Ma Shiying asked.

"Etiquette is a etiquette for the people of our country, and etiquette for the country that respects my Ming Dynasty, and his North Korean envoys refuse to obey the cabinet order to go to Beijing, which is to provoke the dignity of my Ming Dynasty. In addition, the silver dollars spent by the Korean mission will be shown to me when the time comes! ”

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, Ma Shiying retreated.

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Nearly a month later, Li Xuan, the Grand Prince of Inpyeong, of North Korea, also learned of this decree issued by the Generalissimo's Office, and couldn't help but be quite annoyed: "In other words, if this monarch does not enter Beijing now, he will be expelled in two days?" ”

"According to their meaning, Maharaja, we can't go on any longer, although we spent a lot of money in Nanjing, but compared to the gifts we want to get through tribute, it is still very little, we can't just leave in vain, otherwise we can't offer the tribute we brought, we won't get several times the generous gifts, we won't be able to earn more silver dollars, we will return empty-handed, let the people in the country laugh at us."

A North Korean official said this to North Korean Maharaja Ri Xuan.

Li Xuan, the prince of Linping, had no choice but to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing to meet Xiang Guotai, the right attendant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing.

"Our lord has been unwell recently, I'm afraid I can't send the maharaja to Beijing, please wait for five days."

Xiang Guotai, the right-hand attendant, was also very clever, and knew that the North Korean mission was now in a hurry to enter Beijing, so he used his illness to delay time, intending to extort a sum of silver dollars from the North Korean envoy.

Li Xuan, the prince of Linping, was not a fool, after buying two ginseng worth thousands of silver dollars and giving them to Xiang Guotai, Xiang Guotai's illness was cured, so he set off with Li Xuan and other North Korean delegations to the capital one day before the arrival of the month.

Nowadays, between Nanjing and Beijing, the main traffic is still by water, especially after the water transport has been dredged again, although the sea route has matured, but for the lower class merchants and ordinary people who are not willing to pay the high cost of shipping, they still choose to take the water transport.

Coupled with the abolition of the road introduction system, the increase in population and the development of commercial trade, the transportation was busier than before.

But this North Korean Linping Maharaja Li Xuan just passed through Yangzhou and suddenly said that his maharaja seal was lost, and he was busy asking Xiang Guotai, the right attendant of the Nanjing Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to find the Ming government to help find it, saying that his seal was still in Nanjing, and even directly deduced that it was stolen, because one day when the post station rested, there was a great Ming scholar who collided with him.

Since then, Xiang Guotai, the right attendant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing, has found Xie Shu, the prefect of Yangzhou, and Yin Fu Mingyuan, the prefect of Yingtianfu.

He even found Xue Suyun, the secretary of the Nanjing Police Headquarters and the governor of Caoyun.

As soon as Xue Suoyun heard that the Korean envoy Linping Dajun had lost his seal, he directly closed the waterway from Nanjing to Yangzhou and ordered people to strictly check the passing merchant ships and people!

"Ministry, I'm afraid it's not good to do this, how many goods will not be transported out of this Nanjing-Yangzhou section, and the loss will not be less than 100,000 silver dollars a day, and it is just to find the seal of a Korean envoy, which is too untouchable", Wu Si, the left attendant of the Nanjing Military Department, couldn't help but persuade.

"You don't understand, it just so happens that this official can take advantage of the fact that the Korean envoy lost his seal, and the Cao transport from Nanjing to Yangzhou will be closed for a period of time, and civilian ships will not be allowed to cross the border, and these civilian ships will be forced to come and send silver, and then we will have a lot of gains;

And even if the above blames it, we have reason to prevaricate, saying that it is to help the North Korean mission detect the stolen seal, and in order to solve the case, we have to do this, and then spend some money to do it, won't it be fine? Besides, if we can successfully help the Korean envoy find the seal, we may even be rewarded by the imperial court. ”

As soon as Xue Suoyun said this, Wu Si had no choice but to shake his head helplessly.

However, it is also true that because of this, many civilian merchant ships in the entire Nanjing to Yangzhou section are congested in the Nanjing to Yangzhou section.

For a time, the people complained that they would lose countless silver dollars if they delayed for a day, especially the traders who transported fruits and cooked meats with short shelf life and sold products over long distances.

"This official, please, you see that my whole body has been searched by you, you can let me out of the customs, otherwise all my fresh fish will die!"

At this time, a Ming merchant who was anxious to go north to sell fish had to beg the official at a checkpoint.

"What is the matter with Guan Laozi when the fish dies, if the seal of the Korean envoy is not found for a day, this pass will not be opened for a day, and if you are afraid that the fish will die, you will fall into the canal!" The official said.

"What qualifications does this North Korean envoy have to let the entire Caoyun be imprisoned, we paid taxes and silver and didn't let us pass, is there any reason for this!" A vendor couldn't help but say.

At this time, a Dongchang official took off the hat and walked into Yangzhou City: "Quickly report to the commander, Caoyun was closed, and the people were very resentful!" ”

For the book friend Mozi to play the rudder, the main reward is added

(End of chapter)