Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 230 The desperate angel
  Jia Hui stopped in front of Nijo Yukira, dragged his chin with the wat board in his hand, pulled his head up, and looked at him.

"So, Lieutenant General Nijo, why do you think that I would give up on the Ashikaga clan, who were the first to join our empire and have been extremely respectful for hundreds of years, and instead support some Oda clan who jumped out of nowhere?"

The wat board twitched, and Nijo Yukira staggered and almost fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty, we, the Celestial Empire, support the Ashikaga clan in wiping out the four islands and restoring peace. This is our supreme kindness to the people of the vassal state and our benevolence towards the Japanese nation! Therefore, what is wrong with sending equipment to the Ashikaga clan so that they can annihilate Buchen?" Yes?" Jia Hui suddenly turned around and bowed to the emperor.

"Good!" The emperor behind the curtain nodded and spoke concisely.

Jia Hui stood up and no longer paid attention to Nijo Yukira, who seemed to have fainted from the heat.
  The two Han generals who had just sent Liu Yushi away once again lifted the unconscious Japanese envoy and carried him towards the side hall.

There was no sound in the main hall.

Today's meeting was really interesting. It took only an hour and a half to carry out two of them!
  The scene was so brutal that even North Korea, which prides itself on being the most filial son of China, flinched. After all, they were here to complain.
  Seeing that the North Korean envoy seemed to be frightened, the entire envoy's meeting was about to freeze!
  The critical moment was still Xia Shouzhong. He waved his whisk and put it on his other arm. He took a step forward and let out a very solemn shout in his slightly sharp voice.
  "Next!"

Please enter the next unlucky person!

Jia Hui suddenly remembered such a sentence in his mind, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly, almost trying not to laugh out loud.

Chao Angel, who had been paying attention to several cabinet ministers and the two chief governors, as if walking to the execution ground, saw the Taiwei who was suppressing a smile for the first time, and couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart.
  Damn it, Captain Jia is murderous!

The former Yushi Liu was defeated by the Taiwei's words, and the Japanese envoy just now was so stimulated by the Taiwei's words that he fainted.
  The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. When Chao Angel walked to the center of the hall, his body was already shaking uncontrollably, causing the courtiers who were closer to him to laugh at him.
  thump!
  "I, the Angel Cui Zhiguo of Korea, pays homage to His Majesty, the Great Emperor. I wish His Majesty the Great Emperor a long and happy life!" The angel pushed the golden mountain and fell the jade pillar, and his iron knees, which had already reached the state of enlightenment, hit the ground with a bang, and the old man's buttocks were sticking out. Gao, here comes a huge gift.

"Hey, Cui Qing, no courtesy." The knee that fell towards the angel just fell wrong. Just hearing the sound of hitting the ground made me feel sore. Ever since I was a child, even in the past two years, I was always punished by the emperor to kneel down. The emperor couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.

These knees sound like they have been trained!

Chao Angel, who had hard knees, was much better than the rude Japanese envoy before. He persisted and trembled and barely completed the envoy's meeting ceremony. When the emperor asked him to raise his head, Chao Angel began to cry like a cuckoo weeping blood, and then walked to Dan on his knees. Your Majesty crawled over.

"His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, our country has realized its mistake. Please spare North Korea. Spare North Korea!"

As expected of his hard knees, Chao Angel used his hands and knees together at a very fast speed, and quickly climbed to the imperial steps. If Xia Shouzhong hadn't reacted in time, he asked several young eunuchs to get down from the imperial steps and push Chao Angel to the ground. Chao Angel climbed up the imperial steps and hugged the emperor's legs and cried bitterly.
  Although this person may not actually climb up, after all, climbing the royal rank unless the emperor gives permission, otherwise it is trespassing, and you will be assassinated and beheaded!

Seeing that he was caught in time before climbing the imperial steps, Chao Angel breathed a sigh of relief, but without any pause, he started to cry loudly and seamlessly. The deputy envoy who climbed over with him also cried to Chao Angel. got up.

here we go again.
  Jia Hui rolled his eyes. Almost every time he saw the North Korean envoys, he would be shaken by the sound of their chief and deputy envoys crying at the top of their lungs, as if otherwise the first loyal vassal's love for the father of the suzerain country could not be reflected. Just like love.
  I said more than that, just follow the interview procedures, but these vassal states didn't listen and insisted on doing something different, as if doing this and not being punished by the father of the suzerain country would appear to be different from other suzerain countries. They are different and appear to be superior to other countries.
  It's not easy for Da Qi to say anything about this matter. After all, this is their way of expressing respect for Da Qi. What if stopping this behavior hurts their loyalty?
  Just let it go.

As for North Korea’s extra performance of crawling straight to the imperial steps and then hugging each other and crying, Jia Hui heard his grandfather Jia Daishan say that he was Shui Rong’s grandfather. After King Shui Jingzhuang beat the Yalu Water, North Korea’s behavior when paying tribute for the first time. .
  Crying is called regret, and crying is called desolation!

However, in order to stabilize the border, Taizu really didn't want the peninsula to be such a sluggish person, so Taizu finally forgave their mistakes and fined them a large sum of money.

There was no way. Due to errors in the intelligence at that time, the old Ningguo Gong Jiayan was defeated and the entire Beihai army was annihilated. The losses were too great. Even the pensions were a huge expense. Taizu gritted his teeth with tears in his eyes. It gave North Korea a thumbs up.
  Installment compensation is allowed.

It is said that it was not until ten years ago that the compensation North Korea owed Da Qi could barely be repaid.

Gee.
  "Your Majesty, the Great Emperor, please, please let Jiang Shenjiang and Jia Tanhua go. Oh, it's been two months. They have been dominating our country for two months." Chao Angel said and cried more and more. more and more sad
  "Xi Jinyu, what Jiang Shenjiang is talking about should be Jiang Sheng's crazy son, and Jia Tanhua should be talking about Jia Zhu, the second roommate of your family, right? What on earth did they do in North Korea?" Yun Yu on the side suddenly became interested. , asked Jia Hui beside him.

On weekdays, if an angel from Da Qi comes to North Korea, they stay for several months at a time. It's not that the pickled cabbage is delicious, or that the living conditions are so good that they don't want to go back, but that the monarchs and ministers of North Korea refuse to let the angel leave, and they try their best to do everything possible. to retain them
  As for whether it is sincere, both parties know in their hearts.

The North Korean side just wants to give you good food and drinks for a few months and let you go back to help North Korea say more good things in front of the emperor. As for staying? Impossible. No matter how big the cake in North Korea's officialdom is, it's just that big. If you don't have enough to share, why should you give it to an outsider like you?
  As for the angels, they also took advantage of this opportunity to accept bribes openly and legally and make a lot of money. By the way, they gave lectures to various aristocratic families in North Korea to enhance their reputation. Moreover, it is impossible to stay. The political struggle in North Korea is too cruel, which vividly demonstrates what it means to be "a small demon in the temple and a strong wind, but a lot of bastards in Chi Qian."

With such a large area and such a small number of people, two major parties were openly formed. They were divided into the "Eastern People's Party" and the "Western People's Party" based on the address of the party leaders in Seoul. After the Western People's Party collapsed, the Eastern People's Party even Because of differences over the handling of the leader of the Western People's Party, the party was split into the radical "Northerners" and the conservative "Southerners".
  In addition, there are many contradictions such as the south looking down on the north, Seoul looking down on the countryside, civil and military confrontations, family feuds, etc. Da Qi officials cannot beat them in political debates.
  After all, the current conflict in Da Qi's court is mainly the civil-military confrontation. The North-South confrontation has been alleviated a lot with the collapse of the Jiangnan Clan, one of the pillars of the Southern Clan officials.

This was the only place where Daqi lost to North Korea, but no one felt it was a pity or contempt. "Master, this matter was mainly handled by Jiang Huan." Jia Hui thought about the official documents Jia Zhu sent from North Korea during this period.

"As you know, the death of the King of Joseon has absolutely nothing to do with the Crown Prince of Joseon. However, the self-announcement mission set out from Seoul to Luoyang, then went to the temple to form a mission and then rushed to Seoul. The Crown Prince of Joseon had absolutely ample time. Time will destroy all evidence."

"Well, it is true that I also know the late king of Joseon. Although he is not very smart, he is definitely not stupid. He can still ensure his own safety. Since the crown prince of Joseon was able to use tricks to kill the late king of Joseon, then this guy must also have a good brain. "Yun Yu nodded.

"That's right, so investigating the case is not important. As long as the Joseon prince is forced to reveal his flaws or do something outrageous, we can capture him in one fell swoop and let the Joseon prince who studied abroad in the Imperial College go back to become the king." Jia Hui whispered. He Yunyu explained the temple's plan.

As one of the five Grand Governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, Yun Yu is fully qualified to know about this matter.

From the beginning, Jia Hui had no intention of killing the crown prince of Joseon by investigating the cause of death of the late Joseon king. He was a smart man, at least not a fool, so...
  At this time when he is most satisfied, constantly stimulate him to expose his flaws or get rid of him when he has some bad thoughts.

It is precisely for this reason that Jia Hui chose to let Jiang Huan take thousands of elites to North Korea.
  Jiang Huan can't be said to be kind-hearted, at the very least he is extremely conscientious. Killing people in the street and raping women is just his regular operation in Seoul. It is not a new thing to break into the husband or parents of a prince's house. He leads a group of Goulan girls to hold an unobstructed meeting in his yard to welcome all kinds of people. The participation of Howling Tribulation is the event that makes the world famous.
  But the most daring thing Jiang Huan did was to sneak into Gyeongbokgung Palace late at night and kidnap the North Korean princess.
  And North Korea has not found anyone yet!

"What a fucking heartless beast!" Yun Yu was dumbfounded as she listened to Jia Hui's account of Jiang Huan's glorious deeds.
  "Who says it's not? But the effect is very good. You see, the prince of Joseon can no longer bear to send the angel to complain!" Jia Hui pointed at the angel who looked desperate after the emperor refused to recall the mission, "I believe Jiang If Huan keeps causing trouble for a while, Li Xiang will almost be able to endure it to the limit."

By that time, with Jiang Huan's three thousand Datong Town elites and North Korea's large army assembled by Beijing Fan and Liaodong Town on the Yalu River, they would not be able to make trouble.

Chao Angel returned to the envoy class in despair, exuding a sense of dejection.

Xiba, how should I explain to the king after I return?

The ensuing envoys' interviews were uneventful. In fact, there was nothing that required the suzerain's intervention. Most of them just came to ask for an imperial decree such as a marriage decree or an imperial decree for the canonization of the crown prince. Or they have some policies to implement, but the court's prestige is not enough to seek endorsement from the suzerain.

Generally speaking, as long as the marriage partners and candidates of the king and crown prince of the vassal state comply with the "Da Qi Law", they will generally not embarrass the envoys. As for using the prestige of the suzerain country to implement policies, for political matters and people's livelihood, go to the cabinet. If the cabinet files and approves it, an imperial edict will be issued. For military matters, go to the Taiwei.
  For example, Jia Hui has approved Siam's military expansion plan. After all, Annan has recently had some thoughts about Siam. Indochina must not be dominated by one dominant force. Only through checks and balances can all forces in the peninsula be balanced. Southwest Policy.

All the envoys from the old vassal country had finished their interviews, and the civil and military classes who had been whispering before also became quiet.

Everyone knows that the most important thing is coming today
  Mediate the war between the Ottoman Turks and the Safavid Persians in the Western Region!
  Although this is not the first time that Da Qi has come to mediate conflicts and wars in neighboring countries, this time it is different. This time it is two strangers who are not outside the tribute system of their own country and are taking the initiative in a foreign country where Da Qi is the first to receive the fourth-class treatment. You came to Daqi to ask for mediation!

What's this? This is the emperor's major achievement in restoring Da Qi's international reputation!

Although all the civil and military nobles were sitting upright, the slightly raised corners of their mouths revealed the fact that they were in a happy mood!
  The courtiers were excited, but Jia Hui found it difficult to mediate the matter.
  As we all know, Islam is roughly divided into two factions, Shia and Sunni.

Safavid Persia regarded Shia as its state religion, while the Ottomans believed in Sunni.

The two factions divide their territory roughly based on the territories of their respective countries, but not all of them are. There are Sunni believers in Safavid Persia, and similarly, there are Shiite believers in the Ottoman territory, and there are even more.

The war between the two countries was also caused by Persia taking the lead in launching uprisings in Ottoman territory.

Although the Ottomans were originally wary of Safavid Persia, they did not expect that this day would come so soon. The rebellion of the rebels greatly destroyed the stability of the Ottoman territory. It took a lot of effort to bring this situation to an end. The rebellion was suppressed.

And another thing we all know is that heretics are more abominable than pagans.

The same is true for the two factions who converted to Islam. Since it was the Shia who initiated the matter first, the Ottomans let go of the shackles in their hearts and used very cruel and cruel methods until the rebellion ended. During this period, nearly [-] people Ascending within.

After putting down the rebellion, Osman decided to settle old and new grudges together, so he launched a holy war against Safavid Persia.

Holy war!
  Jia Hui really has a headache for this kind of religious war. Although it is no longer the period when he was the most fanatical about religion, it is still quite troublesome. This is not something that can be solved with a little money. Once the former reaches the human war Thoughts, adding a little feud.
  Although China in the previous life allowed the two factions to reach a reconciliation, it was only through years of hard work and less fanaticism about religion that they succeeded. As for Daqi?
  Jia Hui felt that it would be more reliable to fight all the way from Anxi to Istanbul.

(End of this chapter)