The capital ushered in a gentle spring rain, and the faces of the people who sheltered from the rain were filled with a smile.

The rain that falls on them will certainly require them to change their clothes, but the rain will also fall on the crops in the fields, which is the guarantee of their harvest in the first half of the year.

A young man in an eight-grade official uniform walked through the Yongfang in a dejected manner, knocking on the doors of many officials, these official residences that did not need to be passed away, but now they turned him away.

Yang Tinghe was originally a true pride of the heavens, but now he was suddenly demoted by the emperor to a remote place to serve as the envoy of the Zhengjiupin Mansion, which was a result that he couldn't accept no matter what.

Not to mention that his career has already been paved, and now he has been demoted from a Hanlin official admired by everyone to a ninth-rate warehouse official, which is already the difference between heaven and quagmire.

He couldn't figure it out!

But an insignificant official prostitute!

I don't even bother to kill such lowly people!

As a result, he was so degraded, this heavenly way is really unfair.

It's just that the mansions that used to serve him well now regard him as a plague god, but none of the mansions are willing to receive him.

"Get him down!"

It was at this time that Wang Xiang came over with a group of brocade guards, and when he saw Yang Tinghe, his eyes flashed with a fierce order.

When Yang Tinghe saw Wang Xiang chasing after him, he originally wanted to escape, but his feet did not obey the call, and the whole person immediately fell to the ground.

"Execution!"

Although Wang Xiang knew that Yang Tinghe was behind the three important ministers of the court, behind him was the son of today, and he was the law of upholding justice, so he ordered it.

In the face of this person who wanted to escape the punishment of the rod, he was naturally not polite, and according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, this villain who despised imperial power and disregarded human life was punished with a rod and a slap.

The rain was still falling, but the punishment did not stop.

The whipping made Yang Tinghe's mouth swollen, punishing this person for the revenant.

On the second day of Yang Tinghe's punishment, he left the capital with his servants because the holy decree forbade him to stay, and no one knew whether Yang Jian, who always walked in the house of important ministers with grace, realized the mistakes he had made.

Yang Tinghe is gone, and history has changed.

Although one Yang Tinghe is gone, the civil official group will cultivate another Yang Tinghe to continue the power of their official gentry class, but the person on the dragon chair finally saw through the little tricks of the civil official group.

Whether it is the civilian official group or the Wuxun group, they are no longer the dragon-slaying teenagers when they founded the country, but have evolved into evil dragons.

Zhu Youzhi knew that he couldn't control it, but he would not sit back and ignore it, and always believed that Huaxia would eventually see the light of day.

This spring rain actually fell for three days in a row, but after all, it was sunny, and a few days later the whole capital became peaceful and bright again.

Today ushered in a grand event, the envoys of North Korea and other five countries went to the Mukden Temple to pay tribute.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the kingdom of the Korean Peninsula was called Goryeo, and later the Goryeo general Li Chenggui successfully seized the throne, and the new king asked Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, to be canonized and sealed.

Because the Li family of North Korea is a military general who conquers the world, and now it is also imitating the Ming Dynasty's emphasis on literature and light on military force, plus the backbone was broken in the Yuan Dynasty, and now it is firmly holding the thigh of the Ming Dynasty.

The rulers of the Joseon dynasties did not dare to call themselves emperors, and he followed the routine to the Ming Dynasty to be named "King of Joseon", so he could only call himself "Yu" or "Widow", while Korean courtiers could only be called "Great King" or "His Royal Highness".

Korea was not only completely subordinate to the Ming Dynasty, but also the most closely associated vassal state with the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, Taejo stipulated that North Korea would pay tribute every three years, but North Korea would come whenever he could find an excuse, and it was often a tribute every year.

In addition to their yearning for the political culture of the capital, it is also related to the tributes of the Ming Dynasty, and they can also take advantage of the opportunity to do business.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has retaken the road of strengthening the army, it can be said that it is easy to destroy a North Korea that has long been rotten.

In addition to the Korean envoys, the envoys of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Luzon, Houli, and Champa have already arrived at the Huitong Pavilion and will be consecrated together today.

When the bells and drums of the Wumen City Tower rang in unison, Liu Jian, the new left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, entered with five envoys, and the group passed through the Wumen Gate, which was to see the Jinshui Bridge and Fengtianmen in front.

Li Yu had already been here last time, but it was the first time that the Ryukyu Kingdom, Luzon, Houli, and Champa had come here, and they had already been shocked by the Jingshi, and now they couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the Forbidden City.

Relatively speaking, North Korea is relatively better, Ryukyu and Luzon are both island countries, and the essence is actually the chieftain of several tribes, how have you seen this situation?

"It's ...... Daming Palace? ”

"Oh my God, there is such a majestic palace in this world!"

"How is it possible, is this something that can be done by manpower?"

……

When the five of them passed through the Fengtian Gate and saw the Fengtian Hall on the platform, even if Li Yu was greatly impacted, the other four envoys who had seen it for the first time were already stunned.

At this moment, they felt that there was an insurmountable gap between themselves and the empire, and that the national strength was not on the same level at all. If they go against this dynasty, then they are absolutely killing themselves.

Today is the Wangchao, and the civil and military officials have already stood in the hall and outside the hall.

With the announcement in the hall, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites led the five envoys to the splendid Fengtian Palace.

Li Yu is very proficient in Chinese, although the other four countries know a little more or less, but they don't need the officials of the Siyi Pavilion to help translate, and when they see Li Yu in front of him, they follow.

Zhu Youji, who was wearing a dragon robe, did not limit his vision to the country, but had already collected information about the surrounding feudal states, and was looking at the five envoys who entered the palace lightly.

If the arrival of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Luzon, Joseon, and Champa was expected, the envoys of the Li Dynasty were unexpected.

The Li Dynasty was the name of the country they founded, but it still called itself Annam to the outside world. Due to the Ming Dynasty's strategic abandonment of Annam, Li Li took the opportunity to rise up and became emperor in 1428, known as the Later Li Dynasty in history, and established a three-year tribute with the Ming Dynasty.

Now the fifth emperor of the Later Li Dynasty is called Li Sicheng, the grandson of Li Li, who was proclaimed emperor at the age of eighteen, and has been reigning for eighteen years.

It's just that during Li Sicheng's reign, there was diplomatic friction with the Ming Dynasty, and he once sent troops to occupy Pingxiang County, Guangdong and other places, and even drove brigs to cross the border to grab Tokyo Bay and loot and steal the Pearl Pond.

There has been a rift in the relationship between the two countries, but for some reason, Li Sicheng still sent officials to pay tribute under the banner of Annan's envoys.

"The foreign ministers came to congratulate the new emperor on his accession to the throne, and paid tribute to twenty large pearls, ten pairs of ivory, ten pieces of silverware, ten pieces of white cloth, and ten pieces of porcelain, wishing His Majesty a long life."

Liu Jin stepped forward to inspect the tributes, and after the tributes were registered, they would be put into the inner treasury.

Guo Yong already knew the tribute given by the other party, and he unfolded the holy decree and said: "Li Xin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Rites of Annan, listens to the decree!" ”

The Annan Li Dynasty followed the Ming system such as the Six Ministries and the Six Branches, but only set up the left and right Xiangguo, which was regarded as retaining the Xiang system, and the whole was more like borrowing from the official system of the Song Dynasty.

"The foreign minister welcomes the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Li Xin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Rites, did not dare to make the slightest offense, even if he knelt down to welcome the holy decree.

This kind of tribute has already had a fixed process: the envoys of various countries bring a batch of tribute, and the Ming Emperor gives titles, silver seals or gifts, and some valuable rewards.

According to the principle of "thin and thick exchanges" of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how much valuable tribute the other party takes, the Ming side will not let the other party suffer.

Zhu Youzhu did not make major changes, but in the face of Annan, who was becoming more and more presumptuous, he reprimanded at the same time as giving gifts: "I heard that Annan was training troops, and sometimes he drove a ship to the east, wanting to dye the Ming Realm, and I should not believe such rumors." However, once there are too many words, and there are more people who cross the border, I am young and irritable, so I must not follow the story of the great sect, so I hope that the king will control his subjects and avoid war! ”

Although he didn't think that a few threatening words would make Li Sicheng, the king of Annam, who also enjoyed the worship of 10,000 people, relent, but now that he had warned him, he would be able to become famous if there was friction next.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Li Xin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, felt the bloody nature of the Ming Emperor, and knelt down to thank him nervously.

The other four envoys paid tribute one by one and completed the process of paying tribute.

In addition to the tribute, there was also the next banquet, which was responsible for receiving the envoys of the five countries.

Zhu Youzhu asked Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to entertain him as usual, and he summoned the Korean envoy Li Yu alone in the imperial study of the Yangxin Palace.

Li Yu had a meritorious service on his last mission, and after he just returned to Korea, he had been promoted from the second-rank soldier Cao to the second-rank soldier Cao judge, so the whole person seemed more energetic.

"Li Qing, I have heard that you are a good book, how about I allow you to pick two books here?" Zhu Youzhu was reading a book in the attic and said to Li Yu, who was ordered in.

Li Yu came in with his entourage, wondering why the dragon chair in front of the desk was empty, and only then did he look up in surprise after hearing the voice.

When he saw Zhu Youzhu in the attic, he hurriedly said: "This is the place where Your Majesty collects books, and the ministers dare not take love!" ”

"There is an old saying in China: the sword is given to the hero, and the pink is given to the beauty. You are neither a beauty nor a hero, and if you are given two books, you should not refuse! Zhu Youzhi had a good impression of Li Yu, so he put down the book in his hand and said.

Li Wei knew that this might be His Majesty's intention, and it also proved that the matter of buying back a lot of books and returning to China last time was in the hands of this emperor, so he said gratefully: "Foreign Minister Li Wei thanks Your Majesty Longen!" ”

"Li Qing, in addition to the consent of your king, I don't know what the attitude of the princes and ministers in your country is on the matter of mutual trading between the two countries?" Zhu Youzhu walked down the stairs and asked seriously.

Since it has been determined to build Daming into the world's textile center, it is not only necessary to overcome the technical difficulties of looms, but also to open up the markets of various countries.

Although North Korea seems to be very backward, even if the African market in the future is deeply explored, it can still contain huge economic value.

It is precisely for this reason that the first stop of the overseas market is on neighboring North Korea, intending to deepen economic ties with North Korea and embrace this country that yearns for China more closely.

Li Wei has always been grateful to the Ming Emperor's generous service, so he said very honestly: "Your Majesty, our king and princes and ministers are all unwanted, but they are all worried about whether there will be any inconvenience to travel to and from the sea?" ”

"Don't you often go back and forth to Tamna?" Zhu Youzhu noticed that one of the entourages brought by Li Yu looked like a woman, but he was puzzled.

Although he planned to promote mutual trading between the two countries, he did not intend to follow the example of the later dynasty to open a market in Uiju by land, but chose Tamna Island, which later became Jeju Island.

Tamna Island originally had a country, and the "New Tang Dynasty Book Dongyi Biography" recorded that in Lin Dezhong, the chieftain came to the dynasty, from the emperor to Mount Tai.

In 1105, the Goryeo Kingdom destroyed Tamna, and Tamna County was established in its area, and soon Tamna was renamed Jeju.

In 1273, the Yuan Dynasty included Tamna Island in its national territory, and set up a governor's office here, with 1,700 border troops in Tunzhen.

In 1374, the Yuan Dynasty had been defeated, and King Gongchou of Goryeo sent Choi Ying to crusade against Jeju, pacify Muhu, and Jeju was reclassified as Goryeo.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty did not completely abandon here, and at the beginning of the country, the old system of the Yuan Dynasty was followed, and Tamna was used as a place of exile for prisoners, and Ming Taizu exiled the family members of opponents who failed to compete for the world with him, such as Chen Li, the son of Chen Youliang, and Ming Sheng, the son of Ming Yuzhen, to Tamna Island.

In 1388, Ming Taizu exiled the last group of Mongolian princes and nobles here, which can be regarded as a complete release of Tamna Island.

In 1392, Goryeo was finally able to show its strength, sending an army to defeat the Mongol forces on the island and take control of Jeju Island, and then set up two counties of Daejeong and Jeongui in Jeju Munai.

Zhu Youzhu chose to place the location of the mutual market here, not only to occupy a large territory on Jeju Island, but also to create a springboard for his future expedition to Japan.

Li Wei found that his statement was not clear enough, so he hurriedly corrected and said: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister has not expressed it clearly enough just now, and our king and ministers are worried about the Ming Dynasty and the inconvenience of your country's merchants by boat!" ”

The reason why the Korean tributes are so active, in addition to the rich gifts of the Ming Dynasty, is related to the fact that they can take the opportunity to go to the capital to conduct "mutual markets".

Although they were a land regime, their production technology was relatively backward, and many commodities could not be produced at all, so they could always make a lot of money by bringing goods back from the capital.

It is precisely in this way that when they learned that the Ming Emperor wanted to build a two-country mutual city on Tamna Island, they were very excited from top to bottom, but they were soon worried that they would be empty and happy.

They really paid too much attention to the Ming Dynasty, and naturally knew that the Ming Dynasty was not allowed to go to the sea, and how could the Ming merchants dare to take a boat to Tamna Island?

"Your king is thinking about me, but there is no need to worry about this, I will definitely solve it properly! Next, you North Korea only need to cooperate with the Ministry of Industry to prepare for the construction of the mutual urban area, and I will not treat you badly! Zhu Youzhi learned that they were worried about their hexagrams, so he even said something.

In fact, the DPRK's worries are not unreasonable, if he wants to promote the opening of the sea now, this matter will definitely encounter a certain amount of resistance, after all, some so-called good ministers even say that the treasure map will be burned.

After all, he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, even if the domestic resistance is greater, but since he has mastered the Beijing camp and the Nanjing Shenji camp. If the previous game is not enough, then you can only kill another batch.

North Korea's market, he is going to set!

(End of chapter)