Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 279 Whitebeard and Blackbeard

Seeing the contempt on the faces of the members of the mission, Jin Tao told them with embarrassment that Kaijing was originally very majestic, with wide and straight streets and row upon row of beautiful buildings in the city, which is not inferior to Tieling's big city.

But fifteen or sixteen years ago, it was ruined by the invading Red Scarf Army.In Jin Tao's words:
"When Kaijing is recovered two years later, the palace will be completely intact, the lanes will be ruins, and the bones will form hills..."

"The Red Scarf Army has ever fought against Korea?" It was the first time for the brothers to hear about it.

"This used to be the province of conquering the east in the Yuan Dynasty. The Red Turban Army fought against the Yuan Dynasty. Why couldn't they attack Korea?" Cai Qianhu took it for granted.

"That's true." What else can Jin Tao say, he can only smile and say: "Fortunately, it's all in the past. Now Da Ming and Gao Li are as close as father and son, and a new chapter has started."

"The city wall of Kaijing was rebuilt by the king in recent years. However, Goryeo is narrow and poor, and has been invaded by Japanese pirates all year round. It is really impossible to rebuild the former situation. We can only build important buildings such as the palace and government offices first, and we will talk about the rest later. ’ Then he introduced:
"Fortunately, the guest house is newly built, and the conditions are still acceptable."

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Goryeo Guest House has white walls and black tiles, and double eaves on the top of the mountain.Like their official uniforms, they are basically in the style of the Song Dynasty.

A group of Korean dignitaries in purple and red robes had been waiting at the entrance of the guest house for a long time.

After the two parties greeted each other, Jin Tao introduced the mission to the delegation. The two leaders were Li Renren, who was a servant of the left servant, similar to the prime minister of Ming Dynasty.

The other, Cui Ying, served as the right servant under the door.He is also the so-called No.1 general of Korea, and the mission had heard his name in Tamna.

Jin Tao also told the mission that these two are also the people who talk about state affairs.

On the way here, Jin Tao introduced him.Goryeo's political system was also largely inherited from the Song Dynasty, but the so-called "dutang" was a unique institution of Goryeo.

Dodang was initially a place for several "Zaishu" institutions in Goryeo, the chiefs of Menxia Province, Zhongshuyuan, and the three divisions. In order to concentrate on handling important military and state affairs, they "sit together" to discuss matters. It is the core of Goryeo's political operations.

The so-called "common affairs of a hundred bureaucrats, cut off from the capital hall".

The leader of the Dutang is the servant of the left and right doors.However, Koryo has a tradition of military ministers intervening in politics, and in addition to the frequent wars in recent years, the left and right servants are all served by military ministers.

Li Renren has a white goatee, while Cui Ying has a bushy black beard.So the brothers are referred to as white beard and black beard...

The two Goryeo magnates invited the envoys to rest in the main courtyard of the Guest House, and after they washed up, they held a banquet in the front hall to welcome the envoys.

In Koryo, meals are divided. The host and guest sit on the wooden floor, with a table in front of each person.

In fact, Ming people are not used to sitting cross-legged on the ground to eat, but they are even less used to the food of Korean people.There are quite a lot of bowls, big and small, of all kinds, but there are too few things in the bowls, that is, the amount of one or two chopsticks, and kelp, pickles, and bean sprouts account for most of them.

The third child hardly ate anything on the boat, and now he was so hungry that he picked up a few dishes with chopsticks and ate the CD before he was full.

Not to mention the two, four, six and those three idiots...

On a diplomatic occasion, the brothers were too embarrassed to ask for another copy, so they could only sit there and stare at each other, listening to the envoys and deputy envoys talk to the black and white beards.

At this time, the useless pleasantries were over, Lin Mi asked: "When can we meet your king and read the edict?"

The black and white beards looked at each other, and the white beard apologized:

"Oh, I'm really sorry. Our king has been ill recently and is already bedridden. The two envoys may have to wait for a while. Sorry."

"Or... the two of you will read the edict to us first? If the emperor has any orders, we will follow them first." Cui Ying also said.Most of the high-level officials in Goryeo had the experience of studying abroad or working as guards in the Yuan Dynasty, so they all speak Chinese well.

"Nonsense, this is the emperor's order to the King of Korea!" Cai Bin immediately lowered his face, and scolded: "Your king must accept the order. Does anyone else have the qualifications to understand?"

"Alright then." Cui Ying's bushy black beard trembled, and she said indignantly, "You two envoys, please rest assured and wait for the king to recover."

"Your king didn't get well last year, so we have to wait a year?" Cai Bin reprimanded with staring eyes.

"The envoy is cursing our king?!" Cui Ying also puffed her beard and stared.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, Jin Tao hurriedly opened his mouth to smooth things over, saying that Cui Yuanjun is Lianpo of Goryeo, and he is still strong and strong in his sixties.

In short, on the premise of not hurting Cui Ying's face, I apologized to Cai Bin on his behalf.

Whitebeard clapped his hands again, the music started, and the singing and dancing performances started.

Not to mention, although Goryeo's music is terrible, the Goryeo women are really pretty.Especially when circling around, the corners of the skirt are flying, and the white thighs are dazzling, which makes it easy for people to forget the unhappiness.

When the atmosphere calmed down, Lin Mi asked according to the meaning of the sixth child: "How are the two Marquis Guide and Guiyi?"

"The two marquises are very nice." Li Renren nodded and smiled: "After the two of them came to Korea, the king was very concerned about the lives of the two. The taxes of the two counties are used to support the two, so there is no need to worry about traveling."

"Where is Eunuch Huang who came with them? Our crown prince thinks he is old, so he is kind enough to invite him back to the country to retire." Lin Mi said again: "Please ask him to come and meet us."

Li Renren's expression darkened, and he said awkwardly, "Oh, the servant Huang has passed away."

"What?" Lao Liu straightened up all of a sudden, he was the most trustworthy person in Korea according to the elder brother. "How did he die?"

Li Renren frowned slightly, thinking that this little servant is very unruly.But it is up to the owner to beat the dog, and naturally it is not his turn to reprimand the envoy's followers.

Then he sighed and said, "The waiter Huang fell seriously ill and hanged himself to death."

"What? He hanged himself?" Now not only Zhu Zhen, but the brothers all exclaimed.

Cai Bin and Lin Mi's complexion also became extremely ugly.

Cai Qianhu slapped his palm on the low table, and with a bang, the cup was knocked over and the wine spilled all over the floor.

"That's unreasonable! Eunuch Huang is our court's envoy, and now he died in your capital, and it was an abnormal death, why didn't you report to our court?!"

Both black and white beards looked constipated, Jin Tao hurriedly said:
"The envoy appeases his anger. As soon as Eunuch Huang passed away, we sent an envoy to report the funeral. Hasn't the Celestial Dynasty received the report so far?"

"No." Lin Mi shook his head decisively.

"It may be that the ship capsized at sea." Jin Tao sighed: "The sea is dangerous, this is a common occurrence."

"Yes, in the fifth year of Hongwu, Hong Shifan and Zheng Mengzhou, the envoys of my country, were sent to the Celestial Dynasty. On the return journey, they encountered a hurricane and killed Hong Shifan. The deputy envoy Zheng Mengzhou drifted for several days with driftwood, was rescued by the Daming Navy, and sent back. Nanjing, once again received the condolences from the emperor." Li Renren also said:

"The envoy should know about this, right? So it's really close to death at sea, and anything can happen."

(End of this chapter)