Jingming

Chapter 408 All Nations Come to DPRK
After the new emperor's order came to Malacca, Weng Wanda was glad that he found an explanation and allowed Alfonso and Zhao Jun to start preparations in advance.

And his trip to visit Nanyang by boat was coming to an end. The Ministry of Etiquette and Literary Affairs issued an order: There will be a big celebration in Beijing on the Longevity Festival this year, and envoys from Nanyang countries should arrive in Beijing in time.

Everyone in Weng Wanda felt numb: It’s almost August now, and His Majesty’s Longevity Festival is September [-]th. How can we make it in time?

"From Malacca to Guangzhou, Wang's army has been invincible for more than a year, and the pirates have escaped far away. The wind is blowing from the south to the north. If we hurry, we can reach Guangzhou in twenty days."

Zhao Jun said this, and Weng Wanda was very distressed: "Even if the return journey goes smoothly and we arrive in Guangzhou on the [-]th, how can we get back to the capital in less than a month?"

"Lord Weng, when do you think Malacca delivered the memorial to Beijing?"

After hearing Wang Zhi's words, Weng Wanda understood a little: "It's the end of April..."

Wang Zhi nodded repeatedly: "It's only the end of July now, and the trip to the capital is more than ten thousand miles away? Even if His Majesty and the princes of the court make a decision quickly, it will only take three months for an urgent delivery. Since the court ordered the Lord to live forever If you arrive in Beijing in time before the festival, you will naturally not forget to calculate the time. After the boat-sealing fleet arrives in Guangzhou, the court should make its own arrangements."

Weng Wanda sighed: "No matter what the arrangement is, it is more serious to set off as early as possible. Uncle Jinghai, Uncle Nan'ao, Admiral Shi, Manager Wang, I will leave you to worry about everything here in Malacca. Yang Duhu has already set off, I hope When he arrives, great things will be decided here in Malacca.”

"Nature, nature..."

Although the newly established Nanyang Protectorate was a military frontier institution, Malacca was very important to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to military generals and companies, there are naturally many civil affairs, municipal affairs, and education positions headed by civil servants.

The first Protector of the Nanyang Protectorate was actually young Yang Bo.

When Yang Yiqing passed away, he and the emperor's eldest son carried him to the funeral together, and had the experience of becoming a county magistrate in Kunming in Yunnan.Last year, he accompanied me on my imperial expedition to the north.

Now, the rank of the Protector of Nanyang is not high, only the fourth rank.

This is not only because the Nanyang Protectorate now only controls the city of Malacca, but also because it is not appropriate to send important officials here, lest the small countries in Nanyang fear that the Ming Dynasty has the ambition to swallow up all the countries.

The Ming Dynasty's power has returned to Nanyang, and it needs to be planned slowly.

At this stage, the top priority is to earn benefits from maritime trade through Malacca and unite all ethnic groups to resist the inevitable European colonists.

It is located in a remote area, and there are people in the DPRK who have the courage to come here, who are young enough to learn new things, and who are talented.

However, the emperor did not hide his admiration for Yang Bo who put down his writing and joined the army to help Yu Dayou during the First World War at Huangyashan.

In the eighth year of Jiajing's reign, he was awarded the title of Jinshi and was promoted to the fourth rank in just five years. Yang Bo came to be the Protector of Nanyang, which happened to be able to raise his rank first and stay here long enough.And once he returns to the DPRK, he will have unparalleled experience and experience in the Ming Dynasty's maritime industry, and he will almost certainly be a potential minister of state.

Regardless of whether the general staying behind here is a Hou or a Bo, no one can ignore him just because he is of low rank.

At the port of Malacca, workers began to carry various goods and gifts to the sealing fleet.

After several months, the envoys and entourage sent by various small countries had already gathered in Malacca, looking forward to this trip to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

They are happy.

Many new small countries besides the Manchurian royal family were recognized.

The same is true for the Malaka royal family. Although the situation is different from the past, the Westerners who have been chasing them have finally been driven away, and their newly established Johor Sultanate can settle down.

Restore the territory of the old Manlajia Sultanate?
Even if they think so, they must appear happy now.

Over in Jiaozhi, Yan Shifan on Catba Island was also happy.

I can finally go back.

He had received the order earlier and had already set off. Guangzhou City was already in front.

On his boat, ten beautiful women stood in a row.He sat on the wide couch, hugging him from left to right.

"Go through the steps again and see how well you have learned!"

These ten girls are all graceful.

After negotiating the affairs of the northern and southern divisions of Cochin and signing the peace treaty, with Yan Shifan behind the scenes and Wang Xueyi in the front, they began to guide the next stage of the situation in Cochin.

While Li and Nguyen Gan were busy taking over the land south of Thanh Hoa, Mok Dung Yong really abdicated on the surface and pushed his son to the front desk.

Faced with Mo Dengyong's initiative to select a talented person from a good family and ask Yan Shifan to act as a palace maid, Yan Shifan did not refuse.

He once looked at Mo Dengyong with his one eye, and it didn't matter whether Mo Dengyong understood what he meant: If this incident was used to make people in Jiaozhi think that it was the needs of the Ming Emperor that led to this disaster for the people, then it was Mo Dengyong who On the surface, he takes the initiative to ask for closer relationships, but secretly harbors evil intentions.

It doesn't matter whether the people of Jiaozhi hate the Ming Dynasty because of this, as long as the Ming Dynasty has more reasons.

Yan Shifan hinted Ruan Gan to find out the real news about this matter.

Ruan Gan sincerely found some girls from the Li, Ruan, and Zheng families to send over.

Compared with Mo's family, Nanjiao Zhi now needs Ming's support more.

No matter what, both Wang Xueyi and Yan Shifan had concubines from Jiaozhi.

Yan Shifan felt no burden to send some more to the dignitaries in the capital - anyway, His Majesty said that the great cause of Jiaozhi was to slowly absorb some of the local wealthy families for his own use.In this way, we can gradually become one in the future.

Of course, the best should be reserved for His Majesty, even if it is just to be sent to the palace to be a maid.

In addition, there were some young eunuchs who went to serve in the palace - this was also the norm in the history of the Ming Dynasty towards vassal states and clans.

For example, there are also a group of such eunuchs and maids in the North Korean mission that has arrived in Liaodong.

Since the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty came to the throne, he has never had this kind of coming to court from all nations.

Even though envoys from foreign countries and foreign nations had arrived before, the emperor saw only a few of them in person.

This is the first time.

The decisive victory of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition was completed last year, and the news had already spread to the surrounding areas.

Therefore, this time the Ming Emperor’s Longevity Festival is of extraordinary significance.

According to the "Da Ming Huidian", the North Korean mission's journey to the sky took a land route.

Cross the Yalu River, pass through Liaodong, and then enter Beijing from Shanhaiguan.It is called Chaotian, because at this time Zun is the Celestial Dynasty.Later, when the Central Plains dynasty was weak, it was called "Yanxing", an ordinary trip to Yanjing.

The power of the majesty can be seen.

At this moment, the Joseon Dynasty, the last dynasty on the peninsula after the Goryeo Dynasty, has entered its second 100 years. The reigning emperor is Li Yi, whose posthumous temple name is Jungjong.

In the first year of Zhengde, he was promoted to power through a coup by powerful ministers, and the process of gaining recognition from the Ming Dynasty was very tortuous.

Nowadays, the North Korean mission is large in scale. The envoy is Jin Qi, the eldest son of Jin Anlao, the powerful official in North Korea at the moment. The clan sent Haian Junli, the second son of the North Korean leader Li Yi.

"His Majesty often said that His Highness Shen Jin was not convinced. Why didn't he sit in a carriage when he arrived in Ming Dynasty?"

Li, who was 23 years old, smiled when he heard Jin Qi's words: "I love hippogriffs and often travel on horseback. Everyone knows it inside and outside Seoul. Does Jin Xiuzhan think this is inappropriate for me?" Jin An was always the top scholar in North Korea, and his eldest son Now he also works as editor and editor at Chosun Hongbunkan.

"How dare you, sir?" Jin Qi still said, "However, the Ming Dynasty's army is in great power, and His Majesty sent His Highness to face the sky. It is precisely because His Highness is Shen Jin. This time, it is better to be respectful and seek the goodwill of the Ming Dynasty. If you can ask the Ming Dynasty to revise the ceremony, It is a great achievement to get rid of the lineage fallacy."

Li fell silent, and finally nodded: "Jin Xiuzan's words are reasonable, then I will go back to the car and sit down."

A smile appeared on Jin Qi's lips, and then he rode back to his carriage. He got off the horse and got into the carriage with the help of his servants.

"Brother Li Zhen, what are you doing in the Daming Palace now?"

"Reply to my lord, I wrote last year. My eldest brother is old and can no longer be reused. He reminded me in a subtle way that now he can't speak and his situation is very dangerous."

Jin Qi frowned: "Can't you tell me what errands you are doing?"

"He didn't dare to say it." Li Zhen's younger brother was frightened.

So Jin Qi became even more sad.

The Li Zhen he mentioned was a eunuch who was presented to the Daming Palace by North Korea during the Hongzhi period.

Li Yi's succession was accomplished through a coup.

After the coup, he first sent an envoy to pretend to be his brother Yanshan Jun to request his resignation.Since Lord Yanshan was the legal monarch conferred by the Ming Dynasty, doing so was extremely unethical.

It was still the first year of Zhengde, and the DPRK and China had different opinions.In the end, it was Li Yi who sent an envoy to bring more than a thousand people from North Korea, including relatives and ministers, to jointly sign the document, and asked Li Zhen to communicate with Liu Jin and others. It took three years before Li Yi was officially crowned King of North Korea.

Afterwards, Li Yi gave Li Zhen a large number of local products.

This time, Jin Qi's mission was to help North Korea solve a more important issue.

Although his father was extremely powerful in the country, Li Yi was afraid of his power after all.The remnants of the scholarly party are also looking forward to the downfall of powerful ministers and their rise to rule again.

In the tenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, after three of the powerful ministers when Li Yi succeeded to the throne passed away one after another, taking the opportunity of appointing Zhao Guangzu, the Korean Shilin faction came into full force.They used the three admonishment offices of Si Jian Yuan, Si Xian Mansion, and Hong Wen Guan as their bases to promote the ideal "Taoist politics". Their program was to "advocate Taoism, rectify people's hearts, educate sages, and promote governance."

The final result was that the power of the Shilin faction increased significantly, which caused Li Yi's uneasiness about power.After Li Yi re-elected to stand with the powerful officials of the old Xun faction, he launched the "Ji Mao Disaster".

In the year when Zhu Houcong ascended the throne, the North Korean Shilin faction was purged, and powerful officials came to the forefront again.

Another reincarnation, and now, Jin Qi's father is secretly called the leader of the three evils by the remaining Shilin sect.

In order to avoid a miserable end, Jin An took this opportunity to send his eldest son to the Ming Dynasty, hoping to solve a problem that Li Yi had been worrying about for many years and consolidate Li Yi's trust in him.

This problem is lineage discrimination and false accusation.

In the 13th year of Zhengde's reign, the envoy of Joseon bought back from the Ming Dynasty the "Da Ming Huidian" newly compiled by the Zhengde Dynasty. After returning, he found that it still copied the "Huang Ming Ancestors" written by Ming Taizu about Li Chenggui, the founding monarch of the Joseon Dynasty, who was Li Renren. False statement.

Li Inren was the last important minister of the Goryeo Dynasty.At that time, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was rebelling against the Yuan Dynasty, and the Red Scarf Army captured Kaijing during another eastern expedition. Li Renren was a figure who regained Kaijing, made outstanding achievements, and opposed the Ming Dynasty who was born in the Red Scarf Army.

Li Chenggui's great ancestor actually came from a thousand families in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. However, Li Chenggui later rose to power in Goryeo, but he made contributions in the war against the Yuan Dynasty.

One was surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and opposed the Ming Dynasty, and the other was born in the Mongol Yuan Dynasty but understood the righteousness and opposed the Ming Dynasty. This issue of the legitimacy of the identity of the founding monarch of the Joseon Dynasty was very important to the Korean royal family.

In other words, it is very important to Li Yi.

His succession was, after all, disgraceful.If the origin of Emperor Taejo of the Joseon Dynasty can be rectified in the authoritative classics of the "Dad Dynasty", it will be a huge achievement in the annals of Korean history.

This is something that the Joseon Dynasty has not been able to accomplish for more than a hundred years since its founding.

It is not a day or two since the "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions" appeared. The mistakes have always been there, but the Ming Dynasty has been unable to change the Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions.

Since the ancestral precepts cannot be changed, then the Hui Dian can always be corrected, right?

"...The late Emperor Ruizhong of the Ming Dynasty made changes in the 15th year when he agreed to re-revise the "Da Ming Huidian". Now that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has implemented the new law, many official positions and laws of the Ming Dynasty have been changed. I heard that some ministers also reported Please redo the ceremony, I don’t know if it can be done this time..."

Jin Qi was worried about this. Li was sitting in the car. His expression now was not as curious and energetic as before, but worried.

He could not forget the tragedy of the spring.

The dispute over the succession to the throne has been going on for as long as he can remember.

Li is the second son of a concubine, and he has the eldest son Li Mei, while Prince Wang is the legitimate son.

Six years ago, on the occasion of the Prince's birthday, a dead rat with its limbs cut off and burned was found outside the East Palace.This incident eventually turned into the concubine's eldest son's mother Jingpin being suspected of cursing the prince. In the end, she and Li Mei were deposed as common people, and Jin An was also implicated and exiled.

But it's not over yet. Li still can't fully understand the battle at that time.In short, later the so-called three traitors of Xin Mao were overthrown, and Jin Anlao returned to the court.

This spring, wooden plaques cursing the Crown Prince, Li Yi and Queen Wen Ding were discovered.

This time, the son-in-law of the daughter born to Li Yi and Jing Concubine was killed with a stick, and the two daughters were deposed as common people. Jing Concubine and the concubine's eldest son Li Mei, who were already common people, were sentenced to death. Zheng Guangbi, the leader of the Shilin faction, also discussed politics. was expelled from the court.

All this left a heavy shadow of death in Li's mind.

The eldest son Li Mei has been sentenced to death, and now Li is the eldest among the princes.

But he is not the prince, and what exactly does Mr. Jin An want to do?
Li slowly closed his eyes, the corners of his eyes were moist.

Although his mother was just a Shuyi, she was the "most favored" woman like Jing's concubine. The "favored harem" concubine and her son are dead, what's next?

His "prudence and caution" were just his mother's teachings over the years, which originally only made him less eye-catching because of his love for hippogriffs.

However, on the Great Tomorrow's Longevity Festival, when all the vassal states came to court, neither the King nor the Crown Prince could go on missions, so he got this opportunity.

Jin Qi's "advice" to him made Li shiver all over. A test made Li feel Jin An's evil intentions.

He has made a great contribution and will become a new potential "contender" for the throne after he returns. Will the Shilin sect automatically surround him?

If something goes wrong with him, will he be held accountable after he returns?

At this moment, Li just wanted to escape, but his mother was still in Seoul.

At this moment, Liu Long, the Minister of Etiquette and Communications, who was preparing for the Longevity Festival, sent a thick stack of memorials to the Imperial Study Room.

"...Your Majesty, I have sorted out all the secret reports submitted by the embassies in various places over the years."

Zhu Houcong nodded: "Leave it alone, I will take a look at it slowly."

Zhu Houchun naturally did not want to enjoy the vanity of being worshipped by summoning envoys from surrounding vassal states to come to court.

With the status and ambition of the Emperor of Heaven, he just wanted to sort out the diplomatic relations of the surrounding vassals after the matter with the Northern Lu came to an end.

If it's appropriate, maybe a few words can stir up something and lay some foreshadowing...

(End of this chapter)