Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 198 The Fearful Goryeo Envoy

Xu Shi has always been conceited that their country is small and barren, and it would be a waste of national power for Da Ming to attack them.

Therefore, the Goryeo Kingdom has always flattered Daming superficially, but secretly they have been plucking Daming's wool.

Carry out the rogue small country model to the end.

However, this time, they found that they seemed to have caught a poison.

21 taels of silver, only the annual interest is 1 taels of silver.

Even if they lived frugally for the King of Korea and spent half a year together, and even wanted to increase the taxes of the people, they only managed to make up 1 taels.

However, this can only repay the interest, and they are not reconciled.

The first two times, they came to Daming to pay tribute, but no one submitted this matter.

Therefore, everyone in the Koryo Kingdom believed that His Royal Highness King Yan would not ask them for mere tens of thousands of taels of silver because of the great country's face.

So, when I came this time, I didn't bring any money.

Cui Chun never expected that the first time he went to Daming, he was scolded by the Emperor of Ming.

Even the entire Ming Dynasty glared at him and the Koryo missions, which was completely different from what the thief Li Shihou said!
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty and all the courtiers treated him like that, and when they saw that King Yan of Ming Dynasty, how would they scold him!
Thinking about it, Cui Chun had a sad expression on his face.

"Master, we have arrived at King Yan's city."

As the mission ship docked at a port, an official walked into the cabin and reported to the chief envoy Cui Chun.

"Isn't there still an hour's journey away, why did we arrive so soon?"

Hearing this, Cui Chun's eyes flashed with surprise, but he also had some doubts. Instead, he straightened his clothes and walked out of the cabin.

As soon as he walked to the bow, Cui Chun couldn't help but widen his eyes, his face full of shock.

"The city of King Yan is so prosperous? With so many cargo ships, I am afraid that there are so many ships in the wharf of the Ming capital?"

On the side, all the Korean missions were also shocked.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Cui Chun found something again, and couldn't help but look weird.

"The city ahead is King Yan's city? Why is it so small?"

At this time, an official from Honglu Temple came over, and when he heard Cui Chun's words, his face was full of arrogance.

"This is just a wharf in Tongzhou City, not the Beiping Mansion where His Royal Highness King Yan lives!"

"Tongzhou City?"

Cui Chun was full of doubts.

The officials of Honglu Temple were not prepared to explain too much, if not for what the soldiers below said, he would not have known that this place was just a pier outside Beiping Mansion.

"Master Cui, don't delay. Please get off the boat quickly. There is still fifty miles away from Beiping Fucheng. I need to get in a carriage and go to the post station!"

"Fifty miles?"

Cui Chun was surprised again.

"Dare to ask Cheng Sicheng, how can it be so far away from the city of His Royal Highness King Yan in such a prosperous place?"

Zheng Sicheng smiled faintly, "His Royal Highness King Yan has his own intentions for this matter. If Chief Envoy Cui is curious, he can ask questions by himself when he meets His Royal Highness Yan!"

After finishing speaking, he got off the boat with a straight face.

According to the appearance of these Korean missions, they have to come from Honglu Temple to pay for the travel expenses. Why didn't they realize in the past that the country of Korea is so brazen?
Behind him, Cui Chun and the other Korean missions froze, but they didn't dare to complain.

There was no need to wait for Zheng Sicheng to send someone to look for the carriage, as long as so many of them came down, several coachmen had already walked over.

Hearing that Zheng Sicheng and others wanted to use a carriage, more than a dozen carriages came over immediately.

Afterwards, Zheng Sicheng took the Koryo mission into the carriage, and headed directly to Beiping City.

at the same time.

A small boat was also driven from the pier and headed for Beiping Mansion by water.

Before the Korean envoys entered Wanping County, Zhu Di had already received the news.

"Humph!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly and ignored it.

As for the Korean Mission, ever since they left the Zhangjiawan Wharf in a carriage, the group of people were like countrymen entering the city, amazed again and again.

"Such a wide and flat avenue is actually paved with cement?"

"How clean is this avenue?"

"There are so many carriages, wagons..."

"The city of King Yan is so prosperous?"

"The city of King Yan is so clean?"

"The king of Yan recruited so many people to build concrete houses..."

"Why does King Yan act like this, and why are there so many smiles on the faces of the people in the city?"

"Come on, hurry up and check!"

"..."

However, when the Honglu Temple officials and the Korean mission entered the post station and received the reports from their subordinates, they couldn't help but look at each other.

King Yan spends so much money, and the system is so strict, even if he throws a fruit peel at any time, after being discovered by the street yamen, he has to put two big boards on it? ...

No one in the entire Beiping Mansion dared to disobey, even the thousands of Mongols living in the north of the city, after being hung up and beaten with dozens of lashes, they all became honest!
so tyrannical?

"Do you want to report this matter to Shaoqing?"

Thinking about it, a certain You Si Cheng shrank his neck. Beiping Mansion has the chief envoy, the inspector, the inspector censor, and the Jin Yiwei. No matter what, he, the small temple prime minister of Honglu Temple, can't worry about it. .

However, it is still possible to use this as a talking point.

As for the Korean mission, after being shocked for a while, all of them were full of panic.

King Yan is so tyrannical, they will definitely not please them this time!

However, he, Cui Chun, is innocent, and he must not take the blame for Li Shihou for nothing.

Thinking about it, Cui Chun's face became ruthless, Cui Chun already had a plan in mind!

Early the next morning.

Cui Chun then asked Honglu Temple to help them deliver invitations to King Yan's Mansion.

In the afternoon, Zheng Sicheng led Cui Chun and other Korean missions into Yan Wang's mansion tremblingly.

In the carrier hall.

Zhu Di sat on the throne.

Below, Zhu Fu, Guo An and other civil servants of Prince Yan's Mansion sat on the left, while Tang Yun, Commander of the Yanshan Guard, Zhang Xing, Chen Tao and other commanders and thousands of households sat on the right.

As the Korean mission approached, the complexions of Zhu Fu, Guo An, Tang Yun and others suddenly darkened, and they all stared at Cui Chun expressionlessly.

As a result, before walking in front of Zhu Di, Cui Chun and other Korean envoys couldn't hold on, their legs softened, and they knelt down to Zhu Di with fear on their faces.

"Foreign minister Cui Chun, bring the mission to meet His Royal Highness King Yan!"

"Honglu Temple Yousi Cheng Zheng Mi is meeting His Royal Highness King Yan!"

"Get up!"

Zhu Di waved his hand lightly, and when Cui Chun and the others got up, he asked directly: "You wait for the Korean mission to come here, but to fulfill the contract, come to pay back the money to the king?"

"This……"

Cui Chun's face suddenly changed slightly, why is King Yan of Ming Dynasty so straightforward?
"Ok?"

Zhu Di looked cold, and said in a cold voice: "Why are you so hesitant, did you not bring money for this king?"

"I also ask His Royal Highness King Yan to calm down!"

With a plop, Cui Chun knelt on the ground again, with a miserable face.

"Returning to His Royal Highness King Yan, the villain Goryeo is miserable!... Your Highness's city is so close to my Goryeo, I must have heard that my Goryeo is narrow and sparsely populated, and it is extremely barren. Covered in snow half the time...

The most distressing thing for foreign ministers is that my Koryo country has been in turmoil due to the invasion of Beiyuan these years...

Moreover, the Japanese pirates on the opposite side of the sea in the south often dispatch tens of thousands of people to plunder our Koryo country, causing our Korean people to live in poverty...

Once they come, all the kings and ministers of the Koryo Kingdom have to save food and clothing, and even don’t have enough to eat..."

"What does the poverty of the Goryeo country have to do with this king?"

Zhu Di said calmly, "All we know is that the King of Koryo was very forthright when he borrowed money from me and signed the contract.

As the king of a country, he can be so forthright, which is enough to show that you and the Koryo country are capable of paying back their money! "

Cui Chun's face changed again and again.

Zhu Di continued: "You are a majestic country with millions of people. If you tell me that your Koryo country can't afford a mere 21 taels of silver, you must be playing tricks on me!"

"Although His Majesty the Ming Emperor doesn't like aggression, he is willing to accept the tribute from your Koryo country.

However, if your country of Koryo dares to play tricks on this king, even if you want to be punished by your father, this king will take a group of soldiers from Beiping Mansion to flatten the Koryo royal city and get back my 21 taels of silver in person! "

"Your Highness, there is still interest!"

Below, Guo An cupped his hands and reminded: "When the contract was signed, the interest was [-]% per year until the day the money was paid off."

Zhu Di couldn't help but look at Cui Chun coldly again.

Cui Chun hurriedly said: "I also ask His Royal Highness King Yan to forgive me, the King of Koryo. This matter is all caused by Li Shihou. He deceived His Highness Yan King, and he also deceived my King Koryo!"

"What does this have to do with this king?"

Zhu Di sneered, then flew into a rage, "The one who signed the contract with this king is your King of Goryeo, and the one who owes me money is also the King of Goryeo!"

"Your mother, in the entire Ming Dynasty, no one dared to owe money to the king, and you, a small country like Koryo, dared to play a rogue against us!"

Cui Chun's face turned red, and he wanted to raise his head to argue with Zhu Di, but when he saw Zhu Di's murderous eyes, he quickly lowered his head again.

"His Royal Highness King Yan, the entire Koryo Kingdom would never dare to be a rascal to His Highness..."

"Why didn't King Naer Koli return the money from the Yan Palace?"

Down below, Guo An couldn't bear these Korean envoys to continue to be threatened and insulted by Zhu Di, so he asked.

Cui Chun glanced at Guo An gratefully, and quickly replied: "This Shangguan, and His Royal Highness King Yan, the foreign ministers are not lying. Is it true that the Koryo Kingdom can't raise so much money?"

Guo An asked again: "The transparent glass technology for you, and the technology for growing vegetables in winter, are you available?"

Cui Chun replied: "Return to this Shangguan, after bringing these two technologies back to Koryo, I, the king of Koryo, immediately used them."

"Humph!"

Guo An snorted softly, "Since that's the case, with the transparent glass and the vegetables grown in winter, the King of Korea must be able to earn more than [-] taels of silver. Why is there no money?"

"More than one hundred thousand taels of silver?"

Cui Chun shook his head again and again, "This Shangguan misunderstood, at most tens of thousands of taels of silver, definitely not tens of thousands of taels of silver!"

Now, without waiting for Guo An to speak.

Tang Yun, Chen Shou and other generals on the opposite side were furious.

"Fuck your mother, you Korean thief official earned tens of thousands of taels of silver, yet you are still crying poorly for His Royal Highness King Yan. You are clearly playing a scoundrel and not paying His Highness back the money!"

"Your Highness, for a country as thieves as Goryeo, the general is willing to lead troops into the palace of Goryeo and capture the bird king, to see if he dares not return His Highness's money!"

"Your Highness, if the last general wishes to call for battle, I will sacrifice the head of this thief to the flag!"

"Your Highness, the last general..."

Immediately, all the generals with big arms and round waists and fierce faces stared directly into their red eyes with a menacing aura.

Cui Chun's legs went limp from fright.

……

(End of this chapter)