Chapter 214: Li Chenggui Returns to the Division
"Goryeo trades with my Yanwang Mansion, how can they trade? Although you are not businessmen, you have all been to Zhangjiawan Wharf in Beiping Mansion, as well as the major shops under Yanwang Mansion to be stewards......"
"Ladies and gentlemen, the essence of trade is the exchange of interests...... And now, trade is dominated by my Yan Wangfu, so the interests of my Yan Wangfu need to be at least twice as much......"
"As for the magnates of Goryeo? There's no need to bother with it...... If they can't accept it, they don't have to trade......
However, if His Royal Highness King Yan wants to turn Goryeo Kingdom into Yan Kingdom, you also need to work hard. When the Goryeo Kingdom became the Yan Kingdom, all of you were the Wenchen of the Yan Kingdom with His Royal Highness, so your status in the Yan Kingdom ......
We won't give you a picture of the future, your main task at present is still trade matters......"
"You don't have to think too much about the people and magnates of Goryeo, you can know that the money in the families of these magnates is definitely much richer than that of the king of Goryeo Wang Yu in the past few days, as well as some gifts from Chen Commander and even the officials......."
“…… This official should set up a department in Wangjing, which is the department of commerce and trade, which is responsible for coordinating the trade between the Goryeo magnates and the palace of our Yan Wangfu, and of course, the most important thing is to coordinate those magnates in Goryeo......
In addition, in Jianghua Port, there is also a city shipping department......"
“…… It is only more than 30 miles from Goryeo Wangjing to Ganghwa Port, so you should also think more about it and see if there are any Goryeo magnates who want to hire Goryeo people to pave all this road with concrete roads......"
"Cement can be transported from my Yanwang Mansion, and it can also be produced in Goryeo......"
"Let's divide some people and go to find those Goryeo magnates and ask them what the Goryeo people like the most about our Ming Dynasty......
Just look for the Goryeo magnates and riches, and the Goryeo people don't need to pay attention, they don't have the money to buy ......
In addition, you will also look for it again, what good things can be sold to me in Goryeo, especially good things like Korean ginseng, don't worry about the price, those gentry families in my Ming Dynasty are richer than those powerful people in Goryeo......"
"Also, you all need to learn Korean...... You also need to explore more, Goryeo also has a lot of iron ore, copper ore, silver ore, gold ore, coal, these are all good things, if they can mine it, there is no need to sell it to the Ming Dynasty, our Yan Wangfu will collect ......"
"There are only 30 people, and hopefully at least half of them will participate. As for the remaining half, it is necessary to govern the royal capital of Goryeo...... Remember, a few more people will teach those Goryeo people to grow food......
Although those ordinary Goryeo people have no money, they are numerous, and they are also a force to be reckoned with, if His Royal Highness King Yan can control those Goryeo people, those Goryeo magnates will be dispensable......
The most important thing is that you must keep your heart, and you must not be greedy for money and lustful, and delay the important affairs of His Highness.
At the end of the year, I will ask His Royal Highness King Yan to take out 10% of the money earned by the trade, and give a one-time reward to you at the end of the year......"
While drinking tea, Guo An told all his thoughts to these scholars without reservation.
From the day he set out to conquer Goryeo, these thirty scholars were the first batch of Yan Wang's team in the future.
Listening to Guo An's words, these scholars also nodded with bright eyes.
These things have been operated by them in Beiping Mansion before.
Even when it comes to paving concrete roads, some of them have even plastered them themselves!
There is no difficulty......
As for who will be the official of Wang Jing, who will go to the Department of Commerce and Trade, and who will go to the Department of Cities...... There is no need for Guo An to assign them one by one, they understand each other.
Moreover, each of these official positions is very important, and their number is small, so there is no competition at all, and whoever likes one or the other can go to which yamen.
Soon, after directly assigning to each other, and then reporting to Guo Anyu, these scholars began to work happily.
As for these scribes under King Yan who suddenly came to visit, those Goryeo magnates were stunned for a while, and after listening to the trade, they were all full of excitement.
According to their previous experience, when a powerful dynasty conquers Goryeo, it will definitely occupy it for decades, even hundreds of years!
Of course, the Red Turban Thieves, a group of peasant bandits, don't count.
Moreover, after their observation these days, although this Great Ming Yan King is powerful, he is not tyrannical.
Although in the past few days, some people have been killed one after another.
But those are some people who want to rebel against King Yan, or some people who seek death!
Even, they, the powerful people of Goryeo, are ready to be squeezed by King Yan of the Ming Dynasty.
And now, this King of Ming Yan has brought a big surprise to them, the Goryeo magnates.
They can actually trade with the Ming Dynasty!
Although it was only a trade with the Great Ming Yan King, it was also a trade, and they knew that the Great Ming Yan King had more than fifty big ships moored in Jianghua Port.
Enough to transport a lot of goods at one time.
If the more than 50 big ships were not enough, they could have let the big ships of the Goryeo sailors also go to deliver the goods.
You must know that since Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict prohibiting the Ming Dynasty from trading with these vassal states, it was these Goryeo nobles who were the most uncomfortable.
You can't sell some luxury things such as Korean ginseng, thick white paper, and sesame oil to the Ming Dynasty to make money from the Ming people.
I can't eat the food of the Ming Dynasty, use the ceramics of the Ming Dynasty, drink the fine wine and tea of the Ming Dynasty, and wear the silk clothes of the Ming people......
With just the little things they brought back to the Ming Dynasty every year, they had to leave some for the royal family, and the rest of the things were not enough for them to share!
After holding back for so many years, King Yan of the Ming Dynasty initiated trade, and all the Goryeo magnates were very excited.
I can't wait to start trading right away......
However, these Goryeo magnates were excitedly talking to the officials of the newly established Department of Commerce and Trade.
The gate of Goryeo Wangjing was closed urgently, and the entire Goryeo Wangjing was directly under martial law!
Cui Ying, Li Chenggui and other ministers of the Eastern Expedition led an army of 100,000 to return!
For Li Chenggui, the Goryeo 'god of war', Zhu Di still attaches great importance to it. He personally put on armor and took Wang Yu, the king of Goryeo, and a group of Goryeo magnates to the city wall to meet Li Sunggui outside the city.
"Commanders Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu, where is Cui Qing?"
Seeing Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu below, Wang Yu asked in a deep voice.
"This king wrote an edict to let you surrender, why did you come to the city with a large army? Do you want to raise an army to rebel? ”
On the side, a group of Goryeo magnates also hurriedly opened their mouths to persuade.
"Brother Zhongjie, our Goryeo Kingdom was originally a Ming vassal state, and His Royal Highness King Yan of the Great Ming Dynasty is just here to punish the king, and you are all loyal ministers, but it shouldn't be like this!"
"Yes, all the envoys, why bother? The king has surrendered for the sake of the people of Goryeo, and the people of Goryeo can no longer suffer from war! ”
"Li Zhongjie, Cao Minxiu, let the soldiers put down their weapons and go home!"
"Father's ......"
"Son......"
“……”
Below, Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu were full of anger.
However, the king of Goryeo has already been persuaded to surrender above, and there are even their former allies, in-laws, and even a group of their family members standing around.
It seems that they went out with the army to lie down, and not only was their home stolen.
Even, they directly became the enemies of the whole of Goryeo.
However, fortunately, when they returned to the school, they took down the Cui Ying thief.
Thinking about it, Li Chenggui sighed helplessly and looked at Cao Minxiu on the side.
"Brother Cao, for today's plan, I can only wait!"
Cao Minxiu didn't have much ambition, and nodded slightly, "Listen to Brother Li!" ”
"Come on, go and escort that Cui Ying thief up!"
"No!"
A moment later, two soldiers, escorting an unkempt man, walked up.
Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu dismounted and shouted loudly towards the city.
"Minister Li Chenggui, Cao Min is willing to surrender, and now he has taken down the anti-thief Cui Ying, and he is here to present it to His Royal Highness King Yan of Daming!"
Zhu Di said lightly: "In this case, you will station the army outside the city and enter the city with your personal guards!" ”
Soon, there were heralds who passed Zhu Di's words to the ears of Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu.
Hearing this, the two just hesitated for a moment and immediately did so.
……
Goryeo Palace, inside the main hall.
Zhu Di met with Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu, with a gentle face.
"The two of you are loyal to my Ming Dynasty, and this king is deeply grateful."
Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu said respectfully under the gaze of Zhu Di, as well as Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others around them: "Daming is my Goryeo sect master, and the two of us should be loyal and dare not have the slightest second heart!" ”
"Very good!"
Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Cui Ying, who was kneeling on the side, his eyes were full of calm.
"You thief, as a minister of Goryeo, does not want to be loyal to the monarch, govern the country, and let the people of Goryeo live and work in peace and contentment, but you want to provoke the king of Goryeo to rebel against my Ming Dynasty and destroy the harmony between the two countries, you should be killed!
Someone is coming, take Cui Ying, the thief, down, give this king a thousand knives, and destroy his three clans! ”
"Obey!"
Two soldiers came in from outside the hall, ignored Cui Ying's pleading, and dragged them out directly.
On the side, Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu, as well as a group of Goryeo magnates, all changed their faces slightly.
Zhu Di said to Li Chenggui and Cao Min with a gentle face: "The two of you have worked hard all the way, let's go back and rest first."
The 100,000 troops outside the city, this king asked Bian Qing to pacify them and send them home! ”
Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu hurriedly saluted.
"Weichen respectfully obeys the decree of King Yan!"
Immediately, the two retreated one after another.
It's just that when the two of them left the palace gate, they saw that not far from the palace gate, there were a group of Ming soldiers, holding a sharp dagger, cutting flesh on Cui Ying's body.
And Cui Ying was a strong wail.
Around, there were still Cui Ying's clansmen lying neatly.
Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu, their eyeholes shrank, and they remembered the gentle face in the hall just now, and subconsciously shuddered!
……
Inside the main hall.
After all the Goryeo magnates also left, Zhu Di said thoughtfully: "Then Li Chenggui is a smart person, like a Cao thief ......."
Guo An nodded subconsciously!
"Huh?"
Seeing this, Zhu Di was stunned.
"Guo Qing also thinks that Li Chenggui didn't really surrender?"
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An replied.
Then Li Chenggui is a Cao thief who destroyed Wang's Goryeo and established Lee's Joseon, how could he really surrender.
On the side, Chen Shou said angrily, "Your Highness, Guo Changshi, that Li Chenggui is a powerful nobleman in Goryeo who is in charge of the army, and I also ask His Highness to give an order, and before he can react, his family will be destroyed today!" ”
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(End of chapter)