At this time, the hall is still relatively chaotic, divided into two parts, the west hall is mainly used by the military department, and there are 800 miles of post horses and post envoys all year round, responsible for transmitting military information, the east hall is used to receive foreign guests, including trade with foreign guests are in the east hall.

When Song Li arrived at the East Pavilion, he found that there were many Ming merchants around the door.

The Goryeo envoys were accompanied by Goryeo merchants, and the merchants of the two countries may have been in contact with each other for trade.

But in the past, there were not so many merchants, and even if there were, they were sneaky, but now that the new emperor ascended the throne and opened up the sea trade, the merchants of Beijing, and even the merchants of Suzhou and Hangzhou, would come to the Nanjing Huitong Pavilion to try to contact foreign merchants and conduct trade.

There was a commotion at the door, and no one cared, so Song Li followed, and finally squeezed in.

After a while, the Goryeo envoy Min Wuxian received the news and came to greet him.

Min Wuxian was the grandson of Min Chen, a military minister in the Goryeo Dynasty era and the Duke of Wendu of the Great Kuang Fuguo, and the son of Min Ji, the monarch of the Lixing Mansion, and the wife of the Song family.

His eldest sister is Queen Wonkyung, the princess of the current King of Goryeo, Yi Fangyuan.

In 1403, Min Wuxian served as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty. After that, he was named Lihara-kun and served as the governor of Dunning Province.

This was his second visit to the Ming Dynasty.

Min Wuxian can speak fluent Chinese, and his expression was very anxious when he saw Song Li: "Song Shangshu, the subordinates are looking for you." ”

“？” Song Li was inexplicable.

Then I learned that Goryeo came to make two people inside.

Min Wuxian's mission was very large, and there were more than two hundred contributing beauties, musicians, soldiers, merchants, servants, and a mess of people, who came in ten large ships, and brought with them all kinds of specialties.

Because according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty in the past, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was able to give back the reward of the whole ship in order to show his generosity.

For example, when Li Fangyuan and Ashiyi Liman first determined the suzerainty with Chengzu Zhu Di, Zhu Di's rewards were 100,000 taels of silver, plus hundreds of ingots of gold, and a number of other wealth, which were loaded into several ships.

It was precisely because of the large number of people on the ship that two people somehow mixed in with the Goryeo mission, and after arriving at the Daming Jingshi, they suddenly ran away recently.

Min Wuxian also counted the number of people just yesterday, only to find that there were two people missing.

Min Wuxian was angry and anxious at the time, and he must have someone in the mission to help cover up, otherwise the two of them would not have been able to get on the boat.

But he has no evidence now, and he doesn't know who will betray him, and only by catching these two people can he find out the mastermind.

"Who is the one who fled? How old is it? Song Li also asked urgently, this matter can be big or small, if it is not done well, it will easily affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

"The subordinates don't know." Min Wuxian smiled bitterly, there were so many people in the mission, how could he know all of them.

"But it seems that they are mixed in with the servants and maids, a man and a woman, they should not be very old, and ask Song Shangshu to help arrest the two as soon as possible, and the ministers are worried that they will be detrimental to the Ming Dynasty."

Song Li frowned: "Your people look quite similar to us, this is really hard to find." ”

The appearance of the Korean people is similar to that of the Ming people, and Song Li has a headache when he hears it.

However, he couldn't refuse, so he said, "I'll wait until I return to Your Majesty." ”

"There is Lao Song Shangshu."

Song Li thought for a while, and suddenly said, "How many little ladies have come to your country?" ”

Min Wuxian immediately said: "There are eight of them, one of them is the Lord of Zhenhui Weng, Lord Zhenhui Weng is smart and dignified, and he is already a natural and beautiful country at a young age, I hope His Majesty the Ming Emperor will -——"

"I'm a little younger." Song Li interrupted him.

“。。” Min Wuxian stared, and after holding back for a few seconds, he stammered: "In my Goryeo, at the age of the royal family, they are all married. ”

"Are there any older princesses?" Song Li said: "Your Majesty means, it is better to be a princess." ”

Min Wuxian was stunned again, and then shook his head: "The three princesses are all married." ”

"The fourth princess, Princess Zhenshan, is only -—— four years old."

Li Fangyuan is now named a princess with four daughters, the youngest is only four years old, and the third princess Anqing is fifteen years old, but she is already the mother of two children.

In Goryeo, only the princess can be crowned by the concubine, and the concubine is the lord of the king.

Therefore, it is impossible for Lord Zhenhui to be crowned a princess.

This Min Wuxian is also a ruthless person, and immediately said: "Why don't you wait for the ministers to go back, and then send Princess Zhenshan here, and then marry Your Majesty after a few years?" ”

"Don't." Song Li was suddenly sweating profusely, what kind of joke, send a four-year-old girl over, who will raise it?

Min Wuxian said again: "If Your Majesty doesn't mind, wait for the ministers to go back and take Princess Anqing's husband?" After that, he made a posture of wiping his neck with his hands, and his eyes were extremely fierce.

“。。” Song Li's brain is full of sweat, what kind of brain circuits are these Koreans?

"Governor Min is not in a hurry, not in a hurry, this matter can be discussed in the long run, Your Majesty is the monarch of Shengming, you don't care about this, you are ready, I will take you to see Your Majesty tomorrow."

"Thank you Song Shangshu."

Song Li made an appointment with him to see His Majesty the Emperor tomorrow afternoon.

However, as soon as he returned to his house, he found a brocade guard waiting for him at home.

"Song Bushang, Your Majesty is invited." Jin Yiwei said politely.

"Oh." Song Lishui didn't come to take a sip, and hurriedly followed Jinyiwei out again.

There are also horses prepared outside, it seems that things are more urgent, Song Li is not very good at riding, but he also has to learn.

Now the emperor convenes officials of all sizes to discuss matters, and they all let the brocade guards take them to the door, and everyone can't do it if they don't learn.

It's easy to get on a horse, but there aren't many civil servants who can run.

After Song Li got on the horse, the speed was not fast, and he trotted slowly and returned to the imperial city.

The emperor will be in the Wuying Palace, in addition to a huge conference room here, it is also a place for the emperor to practice kung fu.

There are arrow targets in the main hall, and they are equipped with other weapons for martial arts.

Before the emperor went to bed at night, he would light many candles to practice martial arts here.

Song Li walked into the main hall and happened to see Zhu Gaoxu bending his bow and arrows.

Horn, an arrow hit the bull's-eye thirty steps away, almost exactly the horizontal distance in the Wuying Palace.

"Your Majesty's Divine Arrow is unparalleled." Song Li hurriedly patted a sycophant first.

Zhu Gaoxu handed the bow to the eunuch Zhong Xian behind him, turned around and went to the side.

Song Li hurriedly followed, a little panicked in his heart, because he couldn't feel His Majesty's mood of joy and anger, and when he left the imperial city an hour ago, the emperor seemed to be very happy.

After the two of them sat down, Zhu Gaoxu said: "Just now, the commander of Jinyiwei sent Mao Xin here." ”

"He said that two Koreans ran to the Jinyi Guard Yamen and asked to see me, what happened?"

Song Li's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said, "The minister originally wanted to talk about this when he brought Min Wuxian to see His Majesty tomorrow." ”

Then he said that Min Wuxian mentioned the matter, and asked the Ming Dynasty to help him arrest him.

After listening to this, Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while: "This Li Fangyuan is also the emperor who rebelled and seized the throne, I am afraid that unwilling people in China want to borrow the power of my Ming Dynasty." ”

After saying that, he felt that something was wrong, but he was thick-skinned, and he didn't react.

Song Li couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly said: "Although Li Fangyuan killed his brother and monitored his father, he was exactly the same as Tang Taizong, but under his system, Goryeo was determined to reform and had outstanding political achievements, and he could also be called a generation of masters. ”

slapped Zhu Gaoxu's ass again without a trace.

I didn't think that you were also such a minister, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Song Li with satisfaction.

"Li Fangyuan is ranked fifth, it is not easy to seize the throne, I can empathize with him and understand him better." Zhu Gaoxu said slowly at this time: "But--"

Suddenly, his tone changed: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, I still hope that the countries around me will be as chaotic as possible." ”

“。。” Song Li.

"Sit down and wait." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand: "Come on, serve tea to Song Butang." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Song Li drank tea and waited.

After a while, Mao Xin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, came outside.

Mao Xin came in to meet the emperor and Song Li, and his attitude was much better than the previous Ji Gang.

Then he said: "Back to Your Majesty, the person who escaped is the tenth son of Li Fangguo of Goryeo Dingzong, Li Fusheng, Shibaojun, and Li Jirong, the eighth daughter of Xian'an. ”

In 1400, Emperor Jeongjong Li Fangguo was the elder brother of Li Fangyuan, who was proclaimed the title of King of Shang (i.e., King Taishang), and then placed under house arrest in the Indeok Palace of Kaegyo (now Kaesong) until his death.

His sons are also under house arrest in Rende Palace.

Kaijing was the ancient capital of Goryeo, and Li Fangyuan moved the capital to Seoul in the second year of Yongle after being located.

Korean ginseng is abundant near Kaijing, and every time a Korean envoy enters Beijing, he will bring a large amount of Korean ginseng, part of which is used to pay tribute, and part of it is used to trade with Ming merchants.

When Min Wuxian's fleet was taking ginseng at the opening of Beijing, Shi Baojun escaped from Rende Palace and blended into the team, and at the same time, Li Fangguo's youngest daughter, Li Jirong, was followed on the ship.

The two wanted to meet the Ming Emperor, accuse and demolish the cruelty of the fifth uncle Li Fangyuan, and put his father and ancestor under house arrest.

To put it simply, if you want to control and dismantle Li Fangyuan's improper position, please ask the Ming Sect to help.

"Are you sure you have two of them?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

"Zhou Yuan of the Ministry of Rites sent an envoy to Goryeo, and the minister asked him to know people and recognize Shi Baojun, but Li Jirong was unknown to anyone."

Zhu Gaoxu pondered, the Korean people who would not dare to deceive the Central Plains Daming, it would be different in the future.

Seeing that the emperor hesitated, Mao Xin glanced at Song Li, and then whispered, "Does Your Majesty want to meet them?" And the minister brought them with him, and they were outside. ”

Song Li thought to himself, what do you see me doing, if the emperor doesn't want to see them, how can you bring them?

"Let them in." Zhu Gaoxu really said.

When Li Jirong walked in, the men in the hall, even the eunuch Zhong Xian, were slightly stunned.

She is about seventeen or eighteen years old, slender, graceful, and about 1.7 meters tall.

This will be considered winter, she is wearing a plain cotton clothes, but the thick clothes and fir do not hide the delicate curves on her body, it is hard to imagine that she can still see such a good figure in the winter of Daming.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the exaggerated arc, thinking that there would be no plastic surgery or filling, this must be true, it must be true.

"Li Jirong of the lower country."

"Li Fusheng."

"Meet Your Majesty."

Li Fusheng is about 20 years old, he can hardly speak Chinese, and his pronunciation is very inaccurate.

The two knelt in front of Zhu Gaoxu at the same time.

"Flat." Zhu Gaoxu sat down solemnly.

Song Li is also a smart person, and he quickly got up at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister knows what to do, and the minister retires." ”

"Well, you bring Min Wuxian over tomorrow afternoon."

When Li Jirong and the two siblings heard Min Wuxian's words, their faces changed slightly, and they looked at Zhu Gaoxu nervously.

Song Li responded, nodded to Mao Xin again, and turned away, thinking to himself, it turns out that His Majesty really likes the old.

"Song Butang, I'll send you." Mao Xin also hurried out.

At this time, Li Fusheng whispered something in Li Jirong's ear, and then Li Jirong's face was slightly red and said: "Your Majesty, my brother is -—— rude--I want to relieve my hands--"

“。。” Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhong Xian glanced at Zhu Gaoxu first, and then waved his hand: "Come with the slave." ”

After saying that, he waved his hand backwards quietly, and the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting in the main hall withdrew like a tide.

Li Fusheng also hurried away.

Soon only Li Jirong and Zhu Gaoxu were in the entire hall.

Zhu Gaoxu looked left and right blankly, what happened? What are you doing? Am I such a person?

(End of chapter)