Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 143 North Korea Affairs

Jia Zhu and other tributes followed the ceremony officer into Ziwei City.

The civil and military personnel standing outside Yingtian Gate arranged their shifts and prepared to enter the palace.

Although today is the day of the palace examination, it is not in the same hall as the tributes.

Today is the Xiaochao, which is held in the Kaihuang Hall behind the Ming Hall.The palace examination is located in the north of Kaihuang Hall, Huiyou Hall, one of the three main halls of Ziwei City, together with Mingtang and Kaihuang Hall.

They take their test, and we take our test.

However, today's palace examination has some impact. For example, the people who came today are at least third-grade officials, and the number of people is small. Later, they will accompany the emperor to the Huiyou Hall in the back to observe the examination of the tributes.

The emperor missed the meeting at Huiyou Hall, and then came to the Kaihuang Hall in front.

There are fewer participants, and there are a lot less trivial things.The discussions were all about major matters.

"My minister Jia Hui has reported that Dongxu's unwillingness to be a minister is known to the world! I ask the Holy One to send out six divisions to attack the enemy!"

As a Taiwei and the head of the military attachés of Da Qi, Jia Hui always wanted to find opportunities for promotion and wealth for his subordinates.

Nowadays, the place where war is likely to break out is Taungoo in the southwest.

Although Jia Hui knew in his heart that the emperor would definitely not agree, but there was no difference between jujube and jujube. What if the emperor agreed?

"Your Majesty, although Toungoo has mobilized troops to move towards the border of our country, King Toungyu has told our court that the rebels have been cleared, and our army has not started the war without any righteousness!"

Li Shi, the chief minister's eldest uncle, immediately sent out troops to refute Jia Hui's request for troops.

Today's Holy Emperor's external strategy is to restore the prestige and credibility destroyed by the Emperor. He will never take the initiative to attack if he can turn the battle into a self-defense counterattack.

During the reign of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, many countries came to visit Daqi. Under the same tactics as the emperor's old gangster, Daqi's international prestige and credibility plummeted, except for a few countries that bordered Daqi or faced each other across the sea and could not escape. , almost all countries stopped paying tribute one after another during the emperor's reign.

"There is no bad blood between Taungoo and our court, so don't mention the conquest again. It's just that the weapons of the southwestern armies are outdated, and we need the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works, and the Fifth Army Governor's Office to complete the replacement of their equipment as soon as possible."

"I will obey your orders!"

The Ministers of Bing and Gong also went out together, ranking behind Li Yan and Jia Hui, and bowed down to salute the emperor who was sitting under His Majesty Dan.

Jia Hui said nothing more and quietly returned to his queue, ranking first in the martial arts class.

This set of procedures has been going on for a month, and it is nothing more than playing a good role with the emperor and playing a bad role with the emperor.

The effect was not big, but it was still there. For example, some Nanyang countries that were relatively close to Daqi sent envoys to Daqi to express their intention to resume paying tribute after hearing about Daqi's treatment of Toungoo.

"Your Majesty, the envoys from North Korea came to report that the King of North Korea passed away on March [-]th. The King of North Korea passed away and asked me to grant him a posthumous title and also requested a canonization edict for the crown prince Li Xiang."

"What? Li Wei is dead?"

The emperor was shocked by the sudden news and murmured in disbelief.

The King of Joseon, Li Wei, was of the same age as the emperor. When Li Wei, the crown prince, was studying at the Imperial Academy in Peking, he had a good rapport with the emperor, who was the third son of the emperor at the time. The emperor often took Li Wei around to have fun, and he was proud of the city of Peiping.
"This man has passed away." The emperor sighed deeply.
"I remember, he is only in his forties, right? Where is the North Korean envoy?"

"The envoy is waiting outside the palace."

The minister of Honglu Temple bowed and replied.

"Xuan!"

"Announce the visit of the North Korean envoy!"

"Xuan Korea Envoy"

The Han generals standing on both sides of the imperial court called out one after another. Soon, a eunuch led the Korean envoys in plain clothes into the Kaihuang Palace.

With a "pop", he fell to the ground and paid homage to Danbi!
Trembling and reluctantly completing the envoy's audience ceremony, the North Korean envoy began to cry like a cuckoo weeping blood, and crawled towards Danbi on his knees.

"His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, I...my king passed away on the 27th of last month!"

After saying that, the North Korean envoy began to cry loudly, and the deputy envoy who came in also started to cry.

The civil and military officials of Da Qi looked on expressionlessly and watched the performance of the envoys with cold eyes.

The reputation of the Korean king on the peninsula is unpopular.

"Stop crying! Tell me, why did your King of Korea die?"

The emperor interrupted the performance of the two envoys below the imperial court and glared at them.

"The king was attacked by a tiger while he was hunting."

Ah.
Jia Hui sneered in his heart.

Nonsense, the king doesn't drive away the large carnivores in the hunting ground before hunting. Does he think that his king can tear tigers and leopards apart with his own hands or can he support others?
Even if you don't drive them away and want to hunt them specifically, what about the personal troops accompanying the king?Without close protection, let the tiger get close to the king?

Is it because the thing around my neck is too heavy and I want to loosen it quickly?

"Hu Miu!" The emperor yelled at the envoy. Apparently he understood this.

"Your Majesty! Everything I said is true! Your Majesty!"

The two envoys cried louder.

"Your Majesty, I believe that envoys should be sent to investigate the cause of the death of the King of Joseon!"

The Minister of Honglu Temple immediately went out to report.

It doesn't matter whether it can be found out or not, the attitude must be shown.

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

People from the civil and military classes came out one after another to respond.

"My lord, I second the proposal!" Finally, Jia Hui also left work to join in the fun.

"allow!"

The emperor stared at the two Korean envoys with murderous intent in his heart.

Either it's not because of the rule of not killing envoys, or it's not because of his own goal of restoring the prestige and credibility of Da Qi.
Even if Li Wei is no longer a human being in North Korea, he is still the confidant who followed him behind Mr. Chen back then!

"This, this. I, I will obey your Majesty's imperial edict."

The envoy Na Na couldn't speak. He could only suppress his uneasiness and knelt on the ground to receive the order and thank him.

"Your Majesty, the country cannot be without a king for a day. Our king, the Crown Prince Xiang, is of the utmost filial nature, kind and gentle. I sincerely request His Majesty the Great Emperor to issue a canonization edict!"

After saying that, the North Korean envoy fell to the ground again.

"Li Xiang?" The emperor thought for a while. Although he was not Li Wei's legitimate son, he was still the oldest prince among the princes who lived to adulthood.

"Can"

"I will tell you, Your Majesty."

Jia Hui suddenly left his duties and stood in front of the two envoys.

"Mrs. Lieutenant?" The two envoys looked at Jia Hui who came out halfway and were a little confused.

"Precise play."

The emperor was a little surprised. Except for the daily memorials to invite the attack on Taungu or the military-related reports, Jia Hui sat there without saying a word.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the prince Li Xiang's reputation among the people in the outer vassal is quite unreasonable, and he seems to have some criticisms of North Korea as a foreign vassal of the Qi Dynasty. On the contrary, the ninth son of the king, Li Zhen, the prince of Linping, has a good reputation among the people. , is currently studying "The Doctrine of the Mean" at the Imperial College in Luoyang."

After saying that, Jia Hui returned to the martial arts class.To avenge the late king of the vassal state who died in an obviously unnatural death, and for the sake of the people of the vassal state, he chose to establish a kind and loving king.
Daqi is really the first-class outstanding suzerain country in the world!

"Your Majesty, this is not the case!"

The envoy suddenly panicked and wanted to explain to the emperor.

But the civil and military officials who followed Jia Hui out of work and shouted in favor covered up their somewhat pale arguments.
"Yes, after we, Da Qi, send a mission to investigate the cause of death of our late king, the court will decide who will be the King of Korea."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is it."

"Retreat!"

"I hope my emperor will live happily ever after!"

The civil and military officials quickly stood up and bowed to the emperor. After the emperor walked out of the palace, they straightened up.

The North Korean envoy jumped up and tried to stop Jia Hui, wanting to argue with him.

"Lieutenant, the foreign minister has something to say."

"Step aside."

He narrowed his eyes and glanced at the envoy blocking the road.

The envoy felt as if he was being targeted by a man-eating tiger. He was so frightened that his scalp exploded and he froze on the spot with cold sweat breaking out all over his body.

Jia Hui pushed him away and came to Li Yan's side, laughing and walking out of the Kaihuang Palace.

"Haha, eldest uncle, now my younger brother is going to become a Jinshi. Shouldn't he be prepared?"

"Oh? Hahaha, what are you saying, Lieutenant? The Li family has been preparing for the wedding since early in the morning. They will wait for Brother Zhu to pass on the grand ceremony and prepare for the wedding on an auspicious day!"

"Ha, that's a good feeling!"

After a few more polite words with Li Yan, the two separated.

To be honest, the two of them didn't know each other very well. If it weren't for the fact that Jia Zhu was about to marry Li Yan's niece, they wouldn't have come together and exchanged a few words.

There is a difference between civil and military affairs.

"Oh my, the Lieutenant has made a big splash today."

A burst of strange words came from behind, and Jia Hui turned around to look.

"Hey, isn't this a big Sinong?"

The person who came was none other than Xia Tong, the Minister of Household Affairs.

Ever since Xia Tong welcomed Jia Hui into the city at the city gate a few months ago, the two had become acquainted with each other, and gradually ran towards their friendship.

"There must be something wrong with the death of the King of Joseon, but why did you interfere with the throne of Joseon? Isn't it good to let Li Xiang, who you said is inhumane, take the throne? When Li Xiang makes people angry, I will send Wang Shi to attack Wouldn’t it be great to kill the tyrant and completely annex North Korea?”

Xia Tong was a little puzzled.

In his opinion, whether it is the two classes of nobles in North Korea or the common people, they all admire China. Even the Li family's royal family has wanted to annex Da Qi several times.

Isn't it good to take advantage of the situation?
"I don't think it's good. It's of no use to annex those poor places. The output is pitifully small, and only the poor are left. Instead, the court needs to spend money and provide relief. Instead of annexing North Korea, I would rather Qianxiang We can get our hands on the Kyushu Island of Japan or Japan."

"Money and food don't matter, the imperial court has money. And don't they admire China and want to annex it many times?"

"It's just words, don't look at them as if they will drown in the Yalu water if they are not allowed to join. It is estimated that once they are allowed to join, each of them will become the most determined independent faction. Maybe there are still people clamoring to go north to conquer Qi.
After all, if you can be a local emperor in one-third of an acre of your own land, and be the first class to dominate, who would want to have a group of big dads above them to take care of them? "

"Then why did you choose that great king to be the King of Korea?"

"Because he is close to me and has a soft ear. It was me who promoted him to the position. He is neither a direct descendant nor a eldest son, and he does not have the main force of his mother's clan. He must be determined to follow my footsteps and act like a dog. Okay. control."

"I see, you are worthy of being a lieutenant. It is your heart."

"Haha, we are each other, and Da Sinong is not bad either."

"Then again, since the Taiwei feels that North Korea has little output, why should he support a puppet to take over? What are you trying to do?"

"I don't know, but it's not a bad thing at all. I might come in handy at some point. The most important thing is that I think it's very interesting."

"If you meet a Taiwei in North Korea, you will really have bad luck for eight lifetimes."

"Haha, no prizes, no prizes"

Talking and laughing, the civil and military personnel present went around to the back of the Emperor's Palace and found the emperor who had changed into ordinary clothes.

"All ministers and ministers, come with me to the Huiyou Palace to see what talented people I have in the new department of Daqi!"

The emperor quickly adjusted his mood that was affected by the death of his old brother.

After boarding the chariot, and assigning a few servants to carry the sedans for the old and infirm ministers, the emperor led the civil and military officials towards the Huiyou Hall.

. . . . . .

Huiyou Hall.

A group of tributes are trying their best to write strategies.

Jia Zhu is also writing his own strategy seriously.

"By the way, what are the four questions this year?"

Outside the palace, Jia Hui asked the Minister of Rites next to him.

"Returning to Taiwei is a policy related to diplomacy, internal affairs, foreign wars, and the Yellow River incident." The minister replied.

"Yellow River?"

"Yes, the Taiwei should also remember that the Bianliang embankment burst a few years ago, right? The climate has become more and more abnormal in recent years. Just in case, the Emperor and the Holy One plan to try to cure it while they have money and can afford it. Yellow River."

"Shouldn't this kind of matter be brought to the Ministry of Industry? Or recruiting water conservancy talents from the public and letting this group of new academicians who are not familiar with general affairs write policy papers, this is a little bit." Jia Hui hesitated to speak.

"Actually, this question was asked by the Holy One specifically for one person." The minister thought for a while and felt that it was no problem for Jia Hui's position to know this.

"Look, the tribute man in green robes sitting under the second pillar on the right is named Wan Chengxun. His ancestor was Wan Shen, the master of water control in the previous dynasty. The Holy One wanted to test his skills. In addition, if it really happens, What kind of self-taught flood control genius have you encountered?"

Ah, got it.

While whispering with the minister, the emperor walked into the palace first.

The chamberlains had long been ordered to be careful, and they all remained silent, allowing the emperor and the civil and military officials to look around at the tributes' plans.

The sharp-eyed Jia Hui discovered Jia Zhu's location at a glance, but he did not intend to go there immediately.

Out of curiosity about what the minister said about Wan Chengxun, Chance planned to go over first to see his flood control strategy.

The messy footsteps had already attracted the attention of the tributes, but they did not dare to look up.

After all, looking directly at Tianyan will result in beheading.

At least until they enter the court and become big shots.

Wan Chengxun also noticed that someone was walking towards him, but he was just at the time when his thoughts were flowing. Not to mention the emperor, even the ancestors of Qi Dynasty did not want him to raise his head to take a look!
The surrounding area turned dark, and several people surrounded him and his desk.

The emperor was standing here with the ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Industry, looking at his strategies, stroking his beard and nodding from time to time.

Jia Hui also came over and bowed slightly to the emperor. After the emperor nodded, he looked at Wan Chengxun's policy statement.

Oops, there’s something!

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(End of this chapter)