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"In August of the first year, the emperor sacrificed to the gods of the Heaven and Earth Sect Temple Sheji and the Jianghuai Banner, and wrote to the kings to cut the Yan's nationality, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to serve the Huang Guan grass edict. The edict said: I follow the edict of the previous emperor, inherit the unification, eat and drink, think about good governance, and appease the people. I don't want the country to be miserable. Flesh-and-blood relatives have repeatedly plotted disobedience. Last year, Zhou Shu was a man of the people, and he was a misstepper, and the three kings of Yan, Qi, and Hunan were all accomplices. For the sake of kissing, I can't bear to exalt his evil, stop curing his crimes, and ignore the rest. This year, Qi Wang Yan conspired against the crime, questioned the criminal, and said that he conspired with Yan Wang Di and Xiang Wang Bai, Bai knew that the crime could not escape, and he burned himself to death, and he was abolished as a concubine. I took Yan Wang Di as the closest to his relatives, and I couldn't bear to deal with it. Today's Di is to forget the ancestors against the sky, called the rebellion of the soldiers, and intends to commit a crime and endanger the sect. Rebellion is not shocking? When the emperor was in the past, Di harbored evil intentions for a long time. Printing counterfeit money, deceitful exchange of gold and silver, yin people's hearts, extremely poor, hiding sinners, the first emperor was angry, and then became ill. As for the ascension, when the sea heard about it, it was all painful. Now he does not repent, and he creates heinous evil, although he wants to forgive it, but he is sinned by the sect and the world. He has sued Taimiao for being abolished, and sent Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen and others to lead 300,000 troops to ask for their crimes. The soldiers of the Chinese and foreign subjects should be loyal and righteous, serve Pingyan, be of one heart with the country, and be in peace and order. Announce it to the world, and let it know about it.'" (Note 1)

In the Joseon Palace, Li Fangren was reading the "Edict on the Nationality of the Yan Family" copied from the Ming spies lurking in the Ming Dynasty and gave it to Li Fangguo, who was the king of Joseon at the time. It is said that in the first year of Jianwen, Li Chenggui, the founding king of the Li Dynasty, who was the Taizu after his death, saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was determined to pass on the throne to the grandson, and his mind twisted, so he transferred the throne to the eldest man's Fangguo, and Li Fangren, who was in the fifth line, passed by the big throne like this.

Li Fangguo closed his eyes and pondered, then asked, "All the monarchs have their opinions!"

Li Fangren was the first to speak, "I heard that Geng Bingwen was only urged by the new Emperor Jianwen to gather an army of 130,000, and the army of 300,000 was just a dangling. Not only was the grain and grass not complete, but the military salary was paid in Daming treasure banknotes, and a group of sergeants were miserable. The counterfeit banknotes mentioned in the edict refer to the name Hongwu Bao banknotes printed by the King of Yan himself, the thirty-two years of Hongwu in the book, the first year of the year of the construction of Wen, and the book with the consistent banknotes in Beiping to exchange gold two coins and five cents, this banknote is very well received, the world's businessmen are not eager to rush to it, abandon the Ming treasure banknotes do not use. King Yan has been fighting for many years, and it is not surprising that he defeated Geng Bingwen's 130,000 army in the Battle of Zhending."

The Spring and Autumn Pavilion scholar Quan has recently been an envoy to Nanjing in the 30th year of Hongwu, this person is quite knowledgeable, valued by Zhu Yuanzhang, and has issued an order for him to write 24 poems, and he is respected in North Korea, you must know that there are no less than ten Korean envoys of the Hongwu generation who went to Nanjing and were exiled to Yunnan, and the envoys of small countries met the moody emperors of large countries, which is actually a very high-risk errand. When he saw that the people did not speak, he said: "In the final analysis, it is not appropriate for our Korean country to express its position too clearly, not to seek merit but to seek no fault, and all kinds of envoys sent to Nanjing should not be missing. King Yan saw that his power was great, and he couldn't be offended.

Li Fangren was very aware of his role in this balance of power, and answered, "The courtiers of King Yan have already transported the Buddha statues in the name of the folk standard, and sent the horses to Beiping peacefully. In the future, if Emperor Jianwen blames, he will not be able to blame the king openly." Quan Jin disagreed: "If the big country is to blame at that time, how can it be prevaricated by the actions of private people?" Li Fangren was speechless, and after half a sound, he continued: "Then it will be up to the courtiers to go to Nanjing alone to confess."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was indifferent, and a copy should be like this. Li Fangren wanted to wait for another talk, but Quan Jin's eyes approached, and he put on a posture of eagerness. Li Fangguo sighed, "Shut up. Only now do I know why my Li Clan Taizu often sighed and said that Xiaobang was bullied!" (Note 2) The crowd did not dare to speak again, and the court meeting dispersed early.

Leaving the Joseon palace on the way, I saw that the officials deliberately took a few steps away from Li Fangren, as if avoiding the plague infected people. Li Fangren was indignant in his heart, but Quan Jin leaned over and said something in his ear and left quickly, this Quan Jin actually had the face to borrow the Hongwu treasure money issued by King Yan to take a look, Li Fangren was stunned for a moment, scolded the villain, and also sped up his pace and left the palace.

Note 1: This edict is generally from the original historical text, and the author may have added four words, such as gold and silver.

Note 2: In the Korean Chinese literature, the Taizu Kangxian King Shilu has a similar complaint, "The above is left and right: The emperor has many soldiers and armor... Ernai has repeatedly scolded my small state, and he is insatiable in begging... What a strange intimidation of children!"

[South Korea's neighbors have often used sandwich sandbags for a long time!] 】