Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 738 The Garrison Is To Protect Your Safety
"Ha ha ha ha!
Your envoy really has a heart, I thank you again for your kindness!

However, what I want to tell your envoy is that the current Daming is no longer the Daming that your envoy saw before!

Taking the salary mentioned by the noble envoy alone as an example, the salary for a mere sixth-rank position of this official is more than five hundred taels per year. The cost is not a small amount.

Therefore, if your envoy is ordered to come here on a mission this time, you can talk about things as much as you want, and you don't have to do a lot of extra work. My emperor and the elders and important ministers will consider everything properly! "

Hearing Jin Chengxun's seemingly very candid remarks, Fang Yongzhi couldn't help laughing out loud. After laughing, he told the whole story about it. Jin Chengxun couldn't help being dumbfounded after listening.

A sixth-rank official has a salary of more than 500 taels of silver a year. My salary from the second rank is only 400 taels of grain per month. If it is converted into silver at the market price of Ming Dynasty, it is only about [-] taels of silver a year. North Korea is already quite high income.

But I don't know, I can't even compare to a mid-level official in Daming. Fortunately, I come from an official family and don't expect salary to live on. Daily enjoyment is considered a luxury in China. balanced.

However, the facts have proved that the former Suzerain of Ming Dynasty is already out of reach, and the self-confidence of the Celestial Kingdom is evident from all aspects, which can be seen from Fang Yongzhi's attitude.

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of others, the members of the mission, including him, are a group of bumpkins who have never seen the world. It is no wonder that behind the smiling face of the sixth-rank official opposite him, there is a kind of attitude that is always looking down on him. a feeling of.

After entering the east gate, the convoy traveled for about half an hour, and finally arrived at the newly built luxury official post at Honglu Temple for foreign guests.

As the chief envoy of the mission, Kim Sung-hoon and the deputy envoy Hu Cao Zhenglang Park Byung-seo were arranged in two adjacent courtyards, and the others lived in other courtyards with two or three people. After arranging for Jin Chengxun and others, he drove back to Honglu Temple not far away.

"Participating in the trial, I don't know if that Fang Shucheng has confessed? When can I have an audience with His Majesty the Emperor of Ming?

The current situation in the country is critical. If you can't get support from the state as soon as possible, you are afraid that the domestic turmoil will intensify! "

Not long after Fang Yongzhi left, deputy envoy Park Byung-seo came to Kim Sung-hoon's residence, and discussed with Kim Sung-hoon on how to complete the dispatch as soon as possible.

"Pu Zhenglang don't need to be anxious. According to this officer, this request for help is very likely to be realized. What we should consider now is how to get more material assistance so that our country can benefit in the long run!
Pu Zhenglang, have you noticed?
Since you and I stepped into the realm of the Celestial Dynasty, everything we see is a scene of peace and prosperity, and there is a new atmosphere of prosperity everywhere. From this we can see that the situation of the Celestial Dynasty has undergone tremendous changes, and the national strength will definitely increase greatly in a few years undoubtedly!

Under such a good situation, if our country asks for something, it will be unreasonable to rely on the generosity of the heavenly kingdom? "

Seeing Park Byung-seo's worried look, Kim Sung-hoon comforted him with a relaxed smile on his face.

"The meaning of participating in the judgment is that this time our dispatch will be satisfactory?

This is great!
This is my first visit to the Celestial Dynasty. Before that, I knew very little about the national conditions of the Celestial Dynasty. I have visited the Celestial Dynasty several times. The conclusion I got must have its basis. As for how to get more benefits from the Celestial Dynasty, it all depends on how the Senju works. up! "

Seeing Jin Chengxun's appearance of holding the wisdom beads, Park Byung-seo finally let go of most of his heart.

This judge is a well-known pro-Ming faction in North Korea, and his knowledge and understanding of Ming is far beyond comparison. Behind Jin Chengxun is a group of aristocratic families who admire the culture of Ming. This force should not be underestimated in North Korea. underestimated.Therefore, after deciding to ask Daming for help, Jin Chengxun, who was close to Daming, became the envoy logically.

The purpose of this group of pro-Ming factions is that if they gain a lot from this mission, they will use the results achieved this time to launch a large-scale attack on the appeasement faction who supported the lord Li Ying's surrender to the Manchu Dynasty and abolished the status of the Ming suzerain. liquidation, so as to completely control the political situation in North Korea and regain the lost power.

Park Byung-seo's official rank is the fifth grade, and he has worked in the Ministry of Households for nearly 20 years. He is a technical bureaucrat who is proficient in business but has a weak background. More smooth docking with the Daming Household Department on related matters.

"Let's rest for a while today. Tomorrow, you will go with me to visit the relevant important ministers of the Chinese cabinet, so as to arrange for me to have an early audience with His Majesty the Chinese emperor, so as to relieve our country's urgent needs!"

In the next few days, Kim Sung-hoon, with Park Byung-seo and a group of entourages, boarded the vehicle provided by Honglu Temple, and after inquiring about the addresses of the senior ministers of Haoge, visited them with gifts, but in the end no one was seen. , the gifts were also returned. This series of similar encounters frustrated Kim Sung-hoon and members of the mission.

Is my judgment wrong?
Has the Celestial Dynasty held vengeance for the last five thousand gunslingers and the severance of ties between the two countries?
Just when Kim Sung-hoon and Park Byung-seo discussed again and again and still couldn't find any solution, Fang Yongzhi, who hadn't shown up for a few days, suddenly came to the official post and brought good news to Kim Sung-hoon: the minister of the cabinet, Boyingjeon University Chen Qiyu, a scholar, will meet with the principal and deputy envoys of the mission tomorrow morning, and listen to the explanations of the North Korean mission on related issues.

In the middle of the morning of the next day, Jin Chengxun and Park Bingshu each changed into brand-new official uniforms. After everything was packed, they rushed to Honglu Temple accompanied by Fang Yongzhi, waiting for Chen Qiyu's interview.

Li Jinfan, Minister of Honglu Temple, only showed up once at the welcome banquet on the night of the embassy's arrival, and the waiter never appeared again, but since it was a guest who came to his office this time, he was embarrassed to say nothing and never appeared again up.

So, half an hour after Kim Sung-hoon and Park Byung-seo arrived at Honghe Temple, Li Jinfan came to the reception hall. Fang Yongzhi accompanied each other face to face, and the two sides chatted openly, waiting for the arrival of the boss.

After the tea was changed twice, a loud notification sounded outside, and the four people present hurriedly got up and went to the steps in front of the hall to welcome Chen Qiyu's arrival.

Entrusted by Zhu Youjian, the talks between the two countries will be chaired by Chen Qiyu.

Zhu Youjian's purpose is very clear. Daming and North Korea have a traditional friendly relationship. As long as North Korea gives a detailed explanation on the issues that the Ming court cares about, and punishes those responsible, and still respects Daming as the celestial state, then Daming will also respect it. Appropriate ways to provide assistance to North Korea.

In order to prevent North Korea from being invaded by foreign enemies again, Daming will permanently station troops at the two ports of Busan and Incheon to protect North Korea from military disasters.

(End of this chapter)