My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 424 Two Kings

Seeing that Li Yi was so aware of current affairs, Xie Qian also laughed loudly.

"When I report back to the emperor in the future, the imperial court will definitely appreciate the king's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, and will be more confident in leaving Korean affairs to the king."

Although it sounds weird.

But the smile on Li Yi's face was sincere.

Although the Ming Dynasty borrowed the influence of Confucianism to control Shilin, they then controlled the national affairs of Korea.

But he had little interest in overthrowing the Li regime.

In fact, Akito's strategy is clear.

North Korea is an important link in maritime trade. Before the shipbuilding industry in the South had fully recovered, it was responsible for the construction of nearly one-third of the large ships.

They cannot lose North Korea, because Ming people's cavalry in Liaodong are ready to intervene with force at any time for any disloyalty.

The people of the Ming Dynasty did not want to see a chaotic North Korea, so it was perfectly normal to spend some Ming Dynasty treasure money to bribe the local gangsters and political power.

The royal family of Lee, the nominal supreme rulers of North Korea, were undoubtedly the ones that the Ming people needed to focus on bribery and control.

Li Yi thought about since Mingren's fleet arrived.

The royal family receives annual dividends from ports across North Korea.

At the beginning of this year, officials from the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty said that if the North Korean treasury could provide supplies for the local Ming court garrison, the dividends could be increased further, and they couldn't help but squeeze out a smile on their faces.

With Xie Qian's words, it seemed that the matter was almost going to fall on him.

"Without further delay, let Lord Yiyang open the treasury for all the envoys to see what the White Lotus Sect covets. Lou Xin, you can go too."

Li Yi said that apart from Ming Ting's promise, there was only one thing on his mind.

That is to make money for yourself while you are in power.

North Korea adopted the same system as the Ming Dynasty.

The state's treasury and the emperor's personal funds were separate.

How much the emperor can make depends on his ability.

It has no necessary relationship with the country's income.

Since the arrival of Ming Dynasty, in just one year, the royal family has collected more than the total income of the royal family in the past twenty years.

The royal family can earn so much, not to mention the many coastal gentry below.

It's a pity that although North Korea abides by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, it has not absorbed the advanced experience of the Ming Dynasty in dealing with corruption and imposing penalties.

Although corruption is also a serious crime in North Korea, people will lose their official positions and have their homes confiscated.

But in the Ming Dynasty, corrupt officials had to be skinned and made into grass and lit with sky lanterns.

Otherwise, the royal family can make more money.

Naturally, Xie Qian didn't know what the North Korean king was thinking.

Even if he knew, he would probably just smile indifferently.

If the Ming Law of the early years of Hongwu were fully implemented in Korea.

I'm afraid the first person who can't stand it is the King of North Korea himself.

There are only a few brave and wise monarchs in the world who can be as violent as Emperor Taizu, who killed people and exterminated people as if they were eating river water... I mean, there are only a few brave and wise monarchs in the world.

Waiting for Xie Qian and others to arrive at the inner treasury of the Korean royal family.

Prepare to pack up and take away all items that may be related to the White Lotus Sect.

When parting, the person next to Xie Qantong always bumped into him intentionally or unintentionally. Xie Qian's interest was piqued by the unintentional words from the Beilu demon girl who was obviously plotting something against him.

"This shark bone is a treasure that was obtained from Shuangcheng Mansion by Yi Zhi, one of the attendants, when King Taizong of Korea was still in the Kingdom of Goryeo. I heard that the imperial court was looking for treasures related to sharks in Liaodong - if your lord If you like it, you can take it away.”

Xie Qian took a look at the witch in front of him.

It seems that the local forces in North Korea are extremely concerned about Guo Xun and his company's actions in the north.

Speaking of which, the relationship between King Taizong of North Korea and the Ming Dynasty was quite extraordinary.

Li Bangyuan, whose posthumous title was King Gongding Shengde Shenggong Wenwu Guangxiao of Joseon, was given the posthumous title Gongding by the Ming Dynasty. He was the first emperor of Korea to be officially canonized by the Ming Dynasty.

In the 21st year of Hongwu, he personally went to the Ming Dynasty as an envoy from Korea.

It is said that he was also received by Ming Taizu.

Because of his unabashed intimacy with Ming Ting.

Many people speculate that during the two princely rebellions in Korea, Li Bangyuan almost killed all his brothers through a coup, forced his father Li Chenggui to abdicate, and imprisoned the King Taejo who was about to establish his career in the forbidden palace... all kinds of things Bloody means.

Behind the scenes, there was more or less the secret approval and support of Ming Ting.

However, although King Taizong's fortune was somewhat unlucky after he seized the throne.

Although he immediately sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to request the canonization of the Ming Emperor as soon as he ascended the throne, the Ming Emperor also readily accepted it.

Without hesitation, he bestowed gold, silver, court uniforms, and sent Wenyuan Pavilion ministers Zhang Jin, Duanmu Li and others to North Korea in person to crown Li Fangyuan in Wuyi Hall and formally establish the tributary relationship between the two parties. His attitude was quite friendly.

The only little problem is.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty at that time who seemed very easy to talk to and didn't mind the little stains of Li Fangyuan killing his brother and imprisoning his father, was named Zhu Yunwen.

At that time, a small rebellion was breaking out in the Ming Dynasty, which was later called the Jingnan Campaign.

This dog emperor wants to bring North Korea together to give his dear fourth uncle a big one behind his back in Liaodong.

And later everyone knew what happened.

The speed of Zhu Di's victory exceeded many people's expectations.

Before North Korea could take action, Zhu Yunwen had already ascended into the palace through fire.

Li Fangyuan, who had just gathered his Jurchen military household of "Jiabiechi", had just gathered here.

Hearing the news that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had been replaced over there, I couldn't help but feel dark.

In the first year of Yongle, he used the news that his dear old father was seriously ill to send an envoy to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty again, requesting the purchase of borneol, agarwood, suhe, sesame oil and other products, and trading with the Ming Dynasty to test the attitude of the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The open-minded Emperor Yongle readily agreed to Li Fangyuan's temptation, and he didn't seem to mind at all the little tricks this guy made behind his back when Jing Nan was in trouble.

Emperor Yongle, who was not petty at all, was very happy to see North Korea and congratulated himself on his enthronement. So he was so happy that he ordered the Ministry of Rites to send another wave of envoys to North Korea in accordance with the etiquette of Zhu Yunwen's period, and also gave a batch of envoys to North Korea's Li Fangyuan. New items such as "gold seal, imperial edict, mianfu, nine chapters, jade, and jade".

To show the elegance of the new dynasty.

"I don't know where your country got these beautiful sharks. Why has my Ming sea stretched for thousands of miles, but I have never found this thing?"

Xie Qian touched the beautiful shark's bone in front of him, which was placed on a shelf made of two pieces of Xiu jade.

He asked with a confused tone.

Qiu Luan next to him turned around at this moment. A Ming court military attache wearing light armor and two escorting Liaodong warriors hurried to Qiu Luan's side. Fu Er whispered something unknown.

Qiu Luan raised his head and made a gesture to Xie Qian to leave. He left two warriors as Xie Qian's guards and hurriedly walked out of the palace gate.

(End of this chapter)