Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 256: Going to Korea as an envoy, do you call this justice?
Two months later, several fleets sailed from the open sea. On one of the leading ships, a bald monk in black robes stood on the deck, looking at everything familiar and unfamiliar around him with a sad expression.

"Time really is like running water." Dao Yan sighed.

Nowadays, he is gradually getting older. The wrinkles on his forehead and the nasolabial folds on his cheeks are getting deeper and deeper. His triangular eyes are narrowed and he has begun to look kind.

When he followed Zhu Di from Peiping to Yingtian, everything changed.

Before going to Yingtian, although Dao Yan could not be omniscient and omnipotent about all big and small matters, he could roughly know the direction of some things.

However, after arriving in Yingtian and getting to know Cao Wei, they seemed to be involved in a huge whirlpool, and they could not help but change with the changes around them.

Zhu Di's dream of being an emperor was shattered, but he established a country overseas. His dream of being a famous person for thousands of years also disappeared.

It could be said that all of this happened because of Cao Wei, but Cao Wei didn't seem to have done much. He was like that butterfly, gently flapping its wings, causing the surrounding wind to rise suddenly.

"Variables." Dao Yan concluded.

"Wow..." The waves kept hitting the hull of the boat, and the cold breath hit our faces.

In China, there are railways, trains, generators, light bulbs, and even airplanes that can fly people freely.

Nowadays, if the Ming Dynasty is said to be second in the world, no one dares to say that it is first.

From the beginning to the present, Dao Yan has made many contributions, large and small. If he wanted to, he could stay in the Ming Dynasty, build a Zen monastery, establish a sect, and live a comfortable life respected by everyone.

As he approached the shore, he saw clearly that Cao Wei had arrived and a group of people came to greet him.

After Zhu Di left Dongyi Province, it was Daoyan who handled matters in the Japanese country all these years and stabilized the outer islands for the Ming Dynasty. This contribution is not small.

To say that he can do this, Dao Yan disagrees.

The annual salary of tens of millions is really scary!
Zhu Xiongying was able to take back the royal power and restructure so smoothly because of chance. If Cao Wei hadn't developed the airplane, all the idle vassal princes would have come to see it.

Although it was not as he wanted, Dao Yan felt that Daming's changes were quite good.

Cao Wei's success in developing an airplane is a milestone in the entire history of mankind!

"Master doesn't know something..." Cao Wei roughly recounted what happened in Yingtian Mansion two months ago, once again surprising Monk Dao Yan.

Zhu Xiongying handed over the mission to Goryeo as an envoy to Daoyan, and the latter agreed without hesitation, but put forward a condition.

The two said goodbye to Zhu Xiongying and exited the Nuan Pavilion. As they walked outside, they met the King of Qin Zhu Xiang.

After a few words of greeting, Cao Wei said with a smile: "Let's go quickly. The wind is strong at the seaside. Master Daoyan, please don't catch the cold. Your Majesty is still waiting for you in the palace."

"Why did King Qin put on the court uniform of the Ministry of Rites?" Dao Yan asked after walking away.

"What a masterpiece!"

"Amitabha," Dao Yan sang a Buddhist chant, followed Cao Wei into the carriage prepared in advance, and drove all the way to the palace.

But he chose to go to the developing European Sun and Moon Kingdom, which could be regarded as a disguised contribution to the Ming Dynasty.

"Hahahaha, let's go." Cao Wei laughed and waved.

The fleet followed the winding river and sailed into the port of Qixia Mountain. From a distance, Dao Yan saw a group of people gathered around the port.

"I'm so ashamed that I let Grand Master Cao come to greet me. I'm really flattered." Dao Yan made a Buddha salute and then bowed to Cao Wei respectfully.

"The results are always good."

This scene once again deeply shocked Dao Yan. It was one thing to know, but it was another thing to see it with his own eyes.

"Master Dao Yan, thank you for your hard work along the way," Cao Wei stepped forward and said with cupped hands.

Since ancient times, people have longed to fly to the sky. No one can do it, so they can only place their beautiful reverie and hope on it.

"The poor monk also thought that the Supreme Emperor's enfeoffment decree was inappropriate, but he didn't think about it carefully, but he didn't expect that there would be such a big drawback."

He pacified the Northern Yuan Dynasty and exterminated the Japanese pirates. After opening the sea, he sent troops to conquer the Japanese islands and brought them under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. He also exerted great power in distant Europe. He stood firm and allowed Zhu Di to establish the country. He then conquered the Ottomans and increased the national strength of the Ming Dynasty. and the economy to a higher level.

Dao Yan turned around and said: "The poor monk was in Dongyi Province some time ago and heard that the Grand Master had developed an airplane. Today, when he returned to Ming Dynasty, he was finally able to go and take a look at it."

Dao Yan begged Zhu Xiongying to allow him to go to Europe and continue to serve Zhu Di after solving the Goryeo incident.

"I didn't expect that most of the vassal kings would choose to return to their own fiefdoms, but the unruly King Qin was willing to stay in Yingtian."

Dao Yan looked at the plane flying smoothly in the sky and murmured to himself.

An airplane can take people freely through the sky. This is something that Dao Yan never dared to think of. Cao Wei made it happen.

In just a few years, all this has changed too fast, but look at the Ming Dynasty today, it is so prosperous and powerful.

It would be extremely difficult to take back the royal power and restructure it, and it might even trigger civil strife with the feudal king.

The ships docked in sequence, then lowered the ladder, and Dao Yan walked off.

The three of them just looked at each other and didn't say much.

Zhu Xiongying wanted all the feudal kings in the border areas to leave their base camp and come to Yingtian, which would definitely be difficult.

But when I turned around and thought about what Cao Wei had done, it seemed that even the credit seemed insignificant, which made Daoyan feel a little depressed.

The two came to the scientific research institute, started the plane, and took off along the runway...

After helping Zhu Di capture the Japanese island in the first battle, he is no longer obsessed with building industries. In other words, successfully capturing the Japanese island is a natural achievement, something that many capable men and wise men in the past dynasties have not been able to achieve. And he did it.

Dao Yan is a talented person, but compared with Cao Wei, he is still much inferior. Zhu Xiongying agreed to his request generously.

Cao Wei couldn't help but look at Dao Yan with admiration.

"If the ancient sages could have seen this scene, I don't know what they would have said or what they would have thought."

Cao Wei smiled, "What's more important is how far our country's descendants can reach."

Cao Wei's words made Dao Yan start to have thoughts.

"That must be something we can't even imagine."

Cao Wei smiled and said nothing. He was aware of the development of modern science and technology in previous generations, but based on the Ming Dynasty, it was unknown what future generations would do.

Maybe... Mars immigration is really feasible?
...

After Daoyan returned to the Ming Dynasty, he rested for a month. In a blink of an eye, it came to the day when Daoyan was about to go to Korea as an envoy.

Goryeo is also a small country, located at the corner of the east of the Ming Dynasty, much closer than Dongyi Province.

This mission did not carry troops, it was also just a fleet of several warships.

Cao Wei came to see him off again, and with him was Zhu Chu.

"Tailwind, Master."

Dao Yan's spirit was obviously much better than before, and he said with a smile: "Thank you for your blessing." After saying that, Dao Yan bowed his hands to the two of them, and then boarded the ship.

As the ship set sail, Doyan waved goodbye to the two.

After a month and a half of journey, Daoyan led the fleet to Pyongyang City, the country of Goryeo.

King Zhongsu of Goryeo personally brought all the ministers to the port and held a grand welcome ceremony to greet the Ming envoy.

"I'm coming!"

When King Zhongsu saw the fleet, he quickly asked his servants to cheer up and prepare to welcome them.

When the ship docked and Daoyan led people ashore, King Zhongsu immediately came over eagerly and said to Daoyan very politely:

"The Ming Dynasty's envoy has come from afar, and I welcome him."

After he finished speaking, the envoys behind him began to sing and dance. It was a celebration, like celebrating the New Year.

Daoyan has a lot of academic knowledge, and he can understand King Zhongsu's words without the need for an interpreter. He squinted his triangular eyes, looked at the fun in front of him, and said with a smile:

"King Zhongsu is too polite. I, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, heard that your country is in danger of Japanese bandits, so I specially sent a poor monk to come and discuss with the king how to eliminate the bandits."

Poor monk?

King Zhongsu was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Then he looked at Dao Yan's bald head and had a guess in his mind.

"I wonder what you call Master?"

"The poor monk's dharma name is Daoyan."

King Zhongsu suddenly opened his eyes wide, with a look of shock and disbelief on his face.

"That's Daoyan?"

When Zhu Di and Daoyan conquered the Japanese country, and then almost wiped out the Japanese people, this prestigious reputation has spread to the very distant Goryeo over time.

Now the name Daoyan is like a sign. Although it is not as frightening as Zhu Di, he is still a ruthless man who brought all the disasters to the Japanese country.

King Zhongsu quickly realized his gaffe and hurriedly made amends. He said with great joy.

"It turns out to be Master Daoyan. He is so famous that it is better to meet him. I am disrespectful and disrespectful. Master came to our country, Goryeo, and it really brought glory to our country!"

"Master, please come quickly. I have already prepared a banquet to wash away the dust of the master."

King Zhongsu knew that the Ming Dynasty was going to send someone to negotiate terms, but he didn't expect that he would send Daoyan who destroyed the Japanese country.

With such a powerful character, coupled with his previous experience in dealing with the Japanese, it was not a problem at all to eradicate the Japanese pirates in his country.

Thinking of this, King Zhongsu was very happy, as if he had seen the scenes of the Japanese pirates who had occupied his city being beaten to pieces.

The group of people returned to the royal capital very grandly. There was indeed a banquet, but it was impossible to say how grand it was.

Like Japan, Goryeo is also a small country with a narrow border, which is destined to be in short supply of domestic resources. Even food is the same, there are only a few kinds, and there is nothing good to say about it.

The grand state banquet described by King Zhongsu was not even as luxurious as the expenses of some wealthy businessmen in the Ming Dynasty.

If Cao Wei were here, he would probably shake his head and say, "How pitiful a small barbarian country is."

However, Master Daoyan has never had any requirements for appetite, so he can also eat the banquet of King Zhongsu.

After finishing his meal, Daoyan put down his chopsticks.

King Zhongsu stopped talking when he saw this, ordered his servants to remove the things, and then asked with an earnest look.

"Master Daoyan, when the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent you here this time, did he tell you how to conquer the Japanese bandits? Why didn't the Ming Dynasty navy arrive?"

After finishing his meal, Daoyan began to fiddle with the rosary beads in his hand and glanced at him with his triangular eyes.

"King Zhongsu, don't be so impatient. Your country asked me to send troops from the Ming Dynasty, but the conditions were not negotiated. Is it inappropriate? Isn't this a waste of money?"

"This..." King Zhongsu's tone paused.

"My country, Goryeo, is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and pays tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year. Now that our country, Goryeo, is in danger, the Ming Dynasty cannot just sit idly by and do nothing! If this spreads out, it will not be good for the Ming Dynasty's reputation."

Dao Yan smiled, completely unmoved, and said:

"Goryeo is indeed a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but now more and more countries have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. They are all vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. When they encounter difficulties, is it possible that they must be handled by the Ming Dynasty? I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, have no idea. So much time.”

"Everything will change, and the same applies to national conditions. Other countries have given Ming Dynasty countless benefits and respected Ming Dynasty as a superior country in exchange for Ming Dynasty's protection."

"Koryo is one of the first vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. For this reason, I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, chose to help."

"But everything in the world is not about scarcity but inequality. If Ming Dynasty treats your country so obviously, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction from other countries. Ming Dynasty will definitely not dare to provoke them. No matter how big the dissatisfaction is, they will have to swallow it. , when the time comes... they might turn their heads and target you, Korea."

"Therefore, for the benefit of both parties, the conditions for sending troops still need to be negotiated."

King Zhongsu listened and was gradually drawn in. His heart tightened and he nodded slowly.

"Well, Master, I, Korea, will pay two million taels and beg the Ming Dynasty to help this time."

Dao Yan shook his head.

King Zhongsu's face fell, "Then three million taels, this is the limit that I can give."

Goryeo's national strength was not strong, and its economy was naturally not very good. Three million taels was not a small amount of money for King Chungsu.

It was not because the Japanese bandits had forced him to do anything else, otherwise he would not have chosen the three million taels.

Unexpectedly, Daoyan still shook his head, then took out a treaty from his sleeve and slapped it on King Zhongsu's face.

"This treaty was brought to you by the Emperor Ming. If you can accept it, Ming will be able to send troops today."

King Zhongsu took the treaty and looked at it. The font on it was thoughtfully written in Korean script. However, after reading it, he only felt frightened!
As written above, the condition for the Ming Dynasty to send troops is to select a garrison area in Goryeo. The Ming Dynasty will use it to garrison troops. The Goryeo court has no jurisdiction. Although the Ming Dynasty said that it will only deploy 20,000 troops, the Ming Dynasty army with advanced weapons, Even twenty thousand can turn Goryeo upside down.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty will account for 70% of the metal ore veins in Goryeo. The customs tax and commercial tax of Goryeo are not allowed to be collected from Ming merchants, etc.

After such a series of operations, the military power and finance of Goryeo were captured by the Ming Dynasty, and they almost became an empty puppet, always at the mercy of the Ming Dynasty.

"This..." King Zhongsu's voice began to tremble.

"The Ming Dynasty's conditions are so harsh that they simply don't plan to send troops."

"That's wrong. If I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, don't plan to send troops, then I won't send the poor monks here. These conditions are very fair."

The veins in King Zhongsu's temple jumped sharply, and he looked at the treaty again.

Do you call this fair?

(End of this chapter)