People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 258 Compensation of million yuan! The monarchs and ministers of Li's North Korea were furious!

However, Li Chenggui had to admit that such threats were very useful.

Li Chenggui always felt that he had not underestimated the Ming army, but only when he faced it could he know that he had underestimated him.

The current Ming army is not only powerful, it can be said that it has the ability to destroy everything and can sweep away all obstacles.

At least now, there is no strength to resist in their Li family in North Korea.

Fortunately, I didn't lead the army to attack impulsively.

Otherwise, my own Li family in North Korea would probably be like the Jianzhou Jurchens, and they would hate the northwest.

Chen Han and the others saw Li Chenggui's carriage from a distance.

King Yan Zhu Di said enthusiastically: "Unexpectedly, this Li Chenggui is a character. It is said that when he encircled and suppressed the Red Turban Army, he made a lot of contributions and was very brave.

But no one expected that a military general would actually have thoughts of rebellion, and he would be promoted from a military general to the founding monarch of Lee's Joseon Dynasty, and he could be regarded as a hero. "

Zhu Di did not underestimate Li Chenggui, but Ning Wang Zhu Quan said: "No matter how powerful he is, he still became the defeated general under the calculation of our Mr. Chen.

To be honest, it would be great if he could go to the battlefield to fight in person, but it's a pity that he can still swallow this breath in the face of such humiliating conditions. "

Chen Han smiled and said: "It is precisely because of this that we have to look up to him. Not every monarch who is a military general can swallow such an insult."

Zhang Yu said from the side: "What Mr. Sir said is true. We asked him to negotiate this time, saying it was a reciprocal negotiation. In fact, according to the etiquette system, he is the king of a country, and we are the ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

As far as he is concerned, we are not worthy of negotiating with him. Our ability to endure this situation is no less than that of Han Xin who endured the humiliation of his crotch. "

Ning Wang Zhu Quan said: "Does this mean that this old boy may have a lot of intentions?"

"It's possible, so we still can't underestimate him. We can't destroy them now. The best way is that our Ming Dynasty will always be strong and suppress him.

Even if he is a fierce tiger, as the best hunters, if the weapons in our hands are sharp enough, he will be afraid of him, and he can even be used by us. "Chen Han said.

"What you said is true," said Yan King Zhu Di.

While everyone was chatting, Li Chenggui's carriage came over.

"King Lee of Korea has arrived!" someone shouted at the camp gate.

Although Chen Han can also see that this Li Chenggui is a powerful person, he may cause some trouble in the future.

But now we still need to show the momentum of the Ming Dynasty and win back this momentum for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty at the negotiation table.

Although the big problem of Jianzhou Jurchen was perfectly solved this time, if it weren't for the fact that Li's Korea provided them with food, grass and weapons behind the scenes,

Daming would not have fought so hard.

Ordinary people would not suffer so many casualties.

This blood feud must be repaid.

Therefore, at this time, Chen Han and the others were not only acting as a victorious nation, but also faced the Lee Korea from the standpoint of launching an army to hold the country accountable.

To put on a show, even if you are a king and condescend to come to us to negotiate, it will be a shame for you.

Chen Han has already explained everything, and everyone thinks that Chen Han's statement is correct.

After shouting, strong men began to blow huge horns in the Ming army camp.

woo woo woo...

As the trumpet blew that shook the earth.

Li Chenggui of the Li family got off the luxurious carriage.

It's really pitiful to say that Li Chenggui was the same generation as the old man Zhu Yuanzhang, and he is now fifty-eight, nearly sixty years old.

But because of the efforts of younger generations like Chen Han, he had to go from such a distant Hanyang Mansion to the ice and snow of the Yalu River.

But who let this old boy do his own evil?

He couldn't defeat Ming Dynasty economically, so he just wanted to use his brain. Of course, Chen Han wouldn't let him go.

After Li Chenggui came down, he saw Chen Han and the others staring at him, so he could only slowly come to Chen Han and the others with the help of the eunuch.

From the outside, this old boy seems to be in good health, at least he doesn't seem to be stumbling now.

After arriving in front of Chen Han and the others, he bowed and saluted, but he spoke in Korean.

At this time, the writing used internally in Lee's Joseon was Chinese characters, but the accent was already proverbs similar to modern languages.

After Li Chenggui finished speaking, the translator came over.

"My lord! King Li Chenggui of the Li family of Korea has met His Highness King Yan, His Highness King Liao, and His Highness King Ning, and has met His Excellency Duke Qian!"

Seeing the piety on Li Chenggui's face, Chen Han couldn't help but frown: It seems that this old boy is indeed a person, and the city is very deep.

It is estimated that he never expected that the Ming Dynasty would be so serious this time, and that they would have such a luxurious lineup from the beginning, beating the Jurchens to pieces.

If this were not the case, today's scene would not be like this.

They must have worked with the Ming Dynasty to get rid of the Jurchens, and then the Ming Dynasty rewarded them based on their merits. The Li family in Korea pretended that they didn't need anything, and they just wanted to increase the price of food in terms of trade.

When the time comes, the Ming Dynasty will have the nerve to refuse such a small request because the Li family has helped so much?

I have to say, this abacus is really cracking.

If he hadn't met a serious person like Chen Han who insisted on killing the Jurchens this time, he would have been easily taken into the ditch by them.

This time, the Ming Dynasty was dominated by Zhu Di, so the King of Yan, Zhu Di, naturally stepped forward and said, "My lord, you're welcome. Come into the tent. It's cold outside."

After the group held a simple welcome ceremony, they started negotiating without any nonsense.

Before the negotiation, Chen Han sent Liu Chengzhi, who was imprisoned in the cell, over.

When Liu Chengzhi appeared in the tent, it was obvious that the other courtiers of the Lee Dynasty, including Li Chenggui, were very angry.

Because in their eyes, if Liu Chengzhi could commit suicide instead of being caught,

Lee's North Korean side can insist on insisting that they don't know anything.

In this way, Ming Dynasty will not be able to do anything to their own family.

It's a pity that Liu Chengzhi is a weakling. Not only did he not do this, but he betrayed Lee's North Korea.

What is the difference between this and being a traitor?

So they killed all of Liu Chengzhi's family before they came to negotiate. No one felt that Liu Chengzhi's family was unjust in this matter.

Even though Liu Chengzhi’s daughter is Li Chenggui’s concubine.

Even because of this incident, Liu Chengzhi's daughter was directly abolished.

Liu Chengzhi's legs were broken at this time, and he was extremely miserable. Facing the king's eyes, he showed great fear. After the two sides sat down, Chen Han spoke first: "Your Majesty, the relationship between our two countries is a vassal relationship, and we support each other morally.

In the past few years, there have been several happy cooperations between our two countries in order to combat the Jurchen invasion.

But this time, it seems that you not only failed to fulfill your responsibilities as a vassal country, but also stabbed us in the back. Please explain the reason for this. "

When Chen Han asked, the person on the other side immediately replied: "Your Excellency, we don't know what you mean by stabbing someone in the back.

We only know that there is a traitor in our country, and this person is Liu Chengzhi.

He betrayed our Li family and the Ming Dynasty. He collaborated with domestic unscrupulous businessmen and secretly sold food and weapons to the Jurchens. We severely punished him for this.

Not only did they kill all the family members of the traitor Liu Chengzhi, but they also worked hard to investigate the unscrupulous businessmen. "

When Liu Chengzhi heard that his family had indeed been killed, he screamed: "Li Chenggui! I am your father-in-law and you did this to me?"

He yelled: "I was obviously sent here by the imperial court, and the plan is to use the Jurchens to cause trouble in Liaodong, so that we can have the opportunity to make contributions.

Only in this way can you be qualified to negotiate with Ming Dynasty on grain prices. Now you are actually putting all the blame on me. Is this how you treat loyal ministers?

Li Chenggui, if my daughter marries you, we can still be regarded as sons and daughters.

Originally, I thought you would at least spare my family for the sake of my daughter, but I didn't expect you to be so vicious and you would die badly. "

As he spoke, he yelled at Chen Han and the others: "I am willing to explain more details. I am willing to explain clearly the process of our planning at that time. All of this was the unanimous decision of the courtiers of the Li family in Korea.

Mr. Guo, I believe you are so wise that you will be able to see clearly that all these are groundless accusations.

It is impossible for me to have such great ability to obtain so many military weapons and equipment. You have to believe me! "

How could Chen Han believe that Li Chenggui and the others would put this big pot on Liu Chengzhi's head.

So when the other party said this, he burst into laughter: "Do you really think we are three-year-old children? We are still passing the blame on each other here. If you were really unjust, you wouldn't be here."

We have killed and injured so many soldiers and civilians, and this account must be settled on your heads.

Lord Li, you have been the king for so many years, you should understand our emperor's methods.

If we can't give an explanation this time, we will get it back in person after we cross the Yalu River. "

King Yan Zhu Di also snorted coldly at their poor performance: "If you still have this attitude, then let's fight again!

We can exterminate the Jurchens, and we can use the same method for Li's Korea. "

This sentence is a direct threat.

Sure enough, after hearing these words, the expressions on the faces of the emperors and ministers of Li's North Korea were very ugly.

Since crossing the Yalu River, they have seen a lot of drills. This is to warn them not to think that the Ming Dynasty is joking now.

If you really offend Daming, you will die without knowing how.

Li Chenggui's expression changed, and after being silent for a long time, he finally said, "What do you want?"

Unexpectedly, Li Chenggui readily admitted that it was them who did it.

This is what negotiation should be like.

Taking the initiative to admit mistakes is the only way to gain a proactive attitude.

Chen Han sat down and said, "Compensation is certain. This time we suffered a total of 20,000 casualties and soldiers, each of whom received a pension of 3,000 guan; casualties of 500,000 civilians, each received a pension of 1,000 guan; and the houses were destroyed for 3,000 guan. One hundred thousand buildings, each priced at one hundred guan, totaling 590 million guan.

Since you are just accomplices, I will only let you pay 10% of the compensation, which is 59 million yuan. "

What! ! ! !

When Chen Han said such a large number, the emperors and ministers of Li's North Korea were all frightened.

More than 50 million strings.

According to the current prices in the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver can be exchanged for 550 copper coins.

How much silver is that?

It's 32,450,000 taels of silver.

There are so many, even if the entire Lee family Korea is sold, they can't come up with it.

Because even today's Ming Dynasty may not have that much total income in a year.

Lee's North Korea was only a small country, but their products were very scarce.

If we really compensate for this, wouldn’t it take hundreds of years to pay it off?

Thinking of this, Li Chenggui couldn't stand at first. He frowned and became angry, but he still had to hold back his anger: "Duke Guo, is he being too bullying?"

Even Zhu Di and others felt that it was a big deviation when they heard such an algorithm.

This battle was truly an unprecedented victory.

The casualties of the soldiers were less than one-tenth of what Chen Han said.

Specifically, the number of casualties was 215, and the number of casualties was less than 500.

The civilian casualties were not even one-tenth.

But that’s not true at the negotiating table.

However, this compensation figure is really an astronomical figure.

Even if the Ming Dynasty were to pay compensation, it would be a crippling amount of compensation, let alone the Li family's North Korea.

Others in Lee's Korea were extremely angry: "Although we have done something wrong, we will not be treated like this. We, Lee's Korea, are your vassal state, and the relationship between the two countries is very good.

This time it was just a mistake on our part, but as the sovereign nation, should we be in such a difficult situation? "

Chen Han also did his part: "You know now that we are the suzerain country? When you helped the Jurchens deal with us, didn't you think of it, a bunch of ungrateful people, how dare you bark here?

If it weren't for the fact that you are a vassal country and are in a remote area, do you think this small amount of compensation is enough?

Every one of our Ming Dynasty soldiers and people is priceless, you know? "

There is really no so-called elegance at the negotiation table. Everyone is arguing with each other and spitting is flying.

At first, they were still sitting down, but then they started to stand up and yell at each other.

Lee's North Korea also refused to give in: "Then let's talk about trade. You set the price of cotton cloth so low and flowed into our country in large quantities, causing many textile households in our country to go bankrupt. How do you calculate this? "

"Hahaha... You are incompetent, who is to blame? If you still have eyes, you should go and see how fast our coastal workshops weave. We save time, effort and labor, and of course we can price it cheaply.

how? You are not happy that your people are wearing cheap cotton clothes, are you?

Does that mean we have to set the price so high that you people can’t afford it?

I think our Ming Dynasty cares more about the people of Li's Korea. On the contrary, you, the parents and officials, only want to squeeze the people to enrich your own pockets.

You are such shameless people, but you still have the nerve to stand up and speak.

I really feel sorry for the people of your country, bah! ! "

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(End of this chapter)