Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 214 Li Chenggui Returns to Teacher

"Korea and my Yanwang Mansion do business, how do we do business? Although you are not merchants, you have often been to the Zhangjiawan Wharf in Beiping Mansion, and the various shops under the Yanwang Mansion to work as stewards..."

"Everyone, the essence of commerce is the exchange of benefits... And now, the commerce is dominated by my Yan Palace, so the benefits of my Yan Palace need to be at least twice..."

"As for the dignitaries of Korea? There's no need to pay too much attention to it... If they can't accept it, they don't need to do business...

However, His Royal Highness King Yan wants to turn Goryeo into Yan, and you all need to work hard.When Goryeo State becomes Yan State, all of you are civil servants following His Royal Highness to defeat Yan State, so your status in Yan State...

Let's not describe the future for you, your main task at present is still trade matters..."

"Everyone, you don't have to think too much about the people and dignitaries of the Goryeo Kingdom. You can know through these few days, those Goryeo dignitaries gave His Royal Highness King Yan, Chen commanded them, and even some gifts from me. The wealth of these powerful families is definitely much richer than that of the King of Korea, Wang Xuan..."

"...I want to set up a department in Wangjing, which is the Department of Commerce and Trade. It will be responsible for coordinating the business affairs between the nobles of Korea and our Yan Palace. Of course, the most important thing is to coordinate the nobles in Korea...

In addition, in Ganghwa Port, there will also be a city shipping department..."

"...It's only 30 miles from Koryo Wangjing to Ganghwa Port. You should think about it and see if there are any Goryeo dignitaries who want to hire Goryeo people to pave this road with concrete roads..."

"Cement can be shipped from my Prince Yan's Mansion, or it can be produced in Korea..."

"Let's separate out some people to find those Goryeo dignitaries, and ask them what the Goryeo people like most about our Daming...

Just look for the nobles and rich people in Goryeo, the people of Goryeo don't need to pay attention, they don't have the money to buy...

In addition, you have to search again, if there are any good things in Korea that you can sell to Da Ming, especially good things like Korean ginseng, don't worry about the high price, those gentry families in my Da Ming are richer than those nobles in Korea ..."

"Also, you all need to learn Goryeo well... You also need to inquire more. Goryeo also has a lot of iron mines, copper mines, silver mines, gold mines, and coal. These are all good things. If they can If it is mined, it doesn't need to be sold to Daming, our Yan Palace will take it..."

"You only have 30 people, I hope that at least half of them will participate. As for the remaining half, they need to manage the Koryo capital... Remember, a few more people will be sent out to teach the Korean people to grow food...

Although those ordinary Goryeo people have no money, they are a force to be reckoned with because of their large number of people. If His Royal Highness King Yan can control those Goryeo people, those Goryeo dignitaries will be dispensable...

The most important thing is that you must keep your heart, and you must not be greedy for money and lust, and delay His Highness's important affairs.

At the end of the year, I will ask His Royal Highness Yan Wang to take out [-]% of the money earned from trading, and give you a one-time reward at the end of the year..."

While drinking tea, Guo An told the scholars all his thoughts without reservation.

From the day when they set out to conquer Goryeo, these thirty scholars were considered the first batch of Yan Wang's future team.

Listening to Guo An's words, these scholars also nodded with bright eyes.

They have personally handled these things in Beiping Mansion before.

Even if it is to pave concrete roads, some of them have personally plastered them!

There is no difficulty at all...

As for who will be Wang Jing's official, who will go to the Commerce and Trade Department, who will go to the Shibo Department... There is no need for Guo An to assign them one by one, they will understand each other.

Moreover, each of these official positions is very important, and there are few of them, so there is no need for competition at all. Whoever likes which aspect can go to whichever yamen.

Soon, after directly assigning each other, and then reporting to Guo An, these scholars all started to work happily.

As for the scribes under King Yan who came to visit suddenly, the Goryeo dignitaries were stunned for a while, but after hearing about the trade, they were all full of excitement.

According to their past experience, when a powerful dynasty captures Goryeo, it will definitely occupy it for decades, even hundreds of years!
Of course, the red scarf thieves, which are composed of a group of peasant bandits, don't count.

Moreover, after their observations these days, although this Daming King Yan is powerful, he is not tyrannical.

Although in the past few days, some people have been beheaded one after another.

But those are people who want to rebel against King Yan, or those who want to die!
Even, these Goryeo dignitaries are ready to be squeezed by Daming King Yan.

And now, the Great Ming King Yan actually brought them another big surprise for the Goryeo dignitaries.

They were able to do business with Daming!

Although it was only trading with Daming King Yan, it was also trading. They knew that Daming King Yan had more than 50 large ships moored in Jianghua Port.

It is enough to transport a lot of goods at one time.

If the more than 50 large ships are not enough, they can completely let the large ships of the Korean Navy also deliver the goods.

You know, ever since Emperor Zhu of Daming ordered that Daming be prohibited from doing business with these vassal states, it was the Korean nobles who suffered the most.

You can't sell some luxury goods such as Korean ginseng, thick white paper, and sesame oil to Daming to earn money from Daming people.

What’s more, you can’t eat Ming’s food, use Ming’s pottery, drink Ming’s fine wine and tea, wear Ming’s silk clothes…

Just based on the little things they bring back to the Ming Dynasty every year, some have to be left for the royal family, and the rest is not enough for them to share!
After holding back for so many years, King Yan of the Ming Dynasty launched a trade agreement, and all the dignitaries in Korea were extremely excited.

Can't wait to start business immediately...

However, these Goryeo dignitaries were discussing with the officials of the newly established Department of Commerce and Trade with great excitement.

The gates of the Koryo capital were closed urgently, and the entire Koryo capital was directly under martial law!

Cui Ying, Li Chenggui and other ministers from the Eastern Expedition led an army of [-] troops and came back!

Zhu Di still attaches great importance to Li Chenggui, the Korean "God of War".Putting on the armor in person, he took the King of Korea, Wang Xuan, and a group of nobles from Korea to the city wall to meet Li Chenggui outside the city.

"Commander Li Chenggui, Cao Minxiu, where is Cui Qing?"

Seeing the glances of Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu below, Wang Xuan asked in a deep voice.

"This king wrote the decree to ask you to surrender. Why did you come to the city with a large army? Could it be that you want to rebel?"

On the side, all the dignitaries in Korea also hurriedly spoke to persuade them.

"Brother Zhongjie, our Goryeo Kingdom was originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and His Royal Highness King Yan of the Ming Dynasty is only here to punish the king. You are all loyal ministers, but it shouldn't be like this!"

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, why is this so? Your Majesty has surrendered for the sake of the people of Koryo, and the people of Koryo can no longer suffer from war!"

"Li Zhongjie, Cao Minxiu, let the soldiers put down their weapons and go home!"

"Father……"

"Son..."

"..."

Below, Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu were full of anger.

However, the king of Korea, Wang Xuan, had already persuaded them to surrender, and even their former allies, in-laws, and even a group of their family members stood around.

It seems that when they took the army out to lie down, not only the house was stolen.

Even, they directly became enemies of the entire Goryeo.

However, fortunately, when they returned to the teacher, they captured the thief Cui Ying.

Thinking about it, Li Chenggui sighed helplessly, and looked at Cao Minxiu who was beside him.

"Brother Cao, for the present plan, we can only surrender!"

Cao Minxiu didn't have much ambition, nodded slightly, "Listen to Brother Li!"

"Come on, go and bring that traitor Cui Ying up!"

"promise!"

After a while, two soldiers, escorting a disheveled man, came up.

Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu got off their horses and shouted towards the top of the city.

"My minister Li Chenggui, Cao Minxiu is willing to surrender, and now we have captured the traitor Cui Ying, and I am here to offer it to His Royal Highness King Yan of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Di said lightly: "In that case, you should station the army outside the city and enter the city with your personal guards!"

Soon, there was a messenger 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 followed suit.

……

Goryeo Palace, inside the main hall.

Zhu Di received Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu with a gentle face.

"The two are loyal to me, Da Ming, and this king is very pleased."

Under the watchful eyes of Zhu Di, Chen Shou, Zhang Xing and others around, Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu said respectfully, "Daming is my suzerain of Korea, we two should be loyal and dare not have the slightest ambiguity!"

"Very good!"

Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Cui Ying who was kneeling beside him, his eyes full of sternness.

"You thief, as a minister of Goryeo, you don't 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 persuade the king of Goryeo to rebel against my Ming Dynasty and destroy the harmony between the two countries, you should be killed!

Come, detain this thief, Cui Ying, and cut him into pieces, and destroy his three clans! "

"Follow the order!"

Two soldiers came in from outside the hall, ignored Cui Ying's pleas, and dragged them out.

On the side, Li Chenggui, Cao Minxiu, and the nobles of Korea all changed their expressions slightly.

Zhu Di said to Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu with a gentle face again: "You two have worked hard all the way, let's go back and rest first.

The [-] troops outside the city, the king asked Bian Qing to appease them and send them back home! "

Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu quickly saluted and responded.

"I would like to obey King Yan's order!"

Immediately, the two backed out again and again.

However, when the two of them left the palace gate, they saw a group of Ming soldiers not far from the palace gate, holding a sharp dagger, cutting flesh on Cui Ying's body.

Cui Ying, on the other hand, kept wailing.

Surrounding them, Cui Ying's clansmen were lying neatly.

Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu shrank their eyes, thinking of the gentle faces in the hall just now, they shuddered subconsciously!
……

Inside the hall.

After all the dignitaries in Korea left, Zhu Di said thoughtfully, "Then Li Chenggui is a smart man, like Cao thief..."

Guo An nodded subconsciously!

"Ok?"

Seeing this, Zhu Di was taken aback.

"Guo Qing also thinks that Li Chenggui didn't really surrender?"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An replied.

Then Li Chenggui was the Cao thief who destroyed Wang's Koryo and established Lee's Joseon, how could he sincerely surrender.

On the side, Chen Shou said angrily, "Your Highness, Guo Changshi, that Li Chenggui is a powerful nobleman in Korea who is in charge of the army. Please give your Highness an order to destroy his family today before he reacts!"

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(End of this chapter)