The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 226 Weakness is the original sin

Huitong Pavilion.

When Marquis Zhongshan appeared again, the ambassador was almost crying.

He has not forgotten that last time it was this ferocious Marquis of Zhongshan who led troops to surround the entire Huitong Hall, and then dragged out the Japanese envoys like dogs and took them away by force!
Therefore, when the ambassador saw Tang Hao again, he almost knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Master Zhongshan, what do you want to do?"

"There is only one North Korean mission inside now. You don't want to..."

"Stay there!" Tang Hao scolded with an angry smile, "Arrange a room and let the North Korean envoy come to see me!"

After hearing this, the ambassador immediately ran to make arrangements.

As long as the Marquis of Zhongshan doesn't go crazy and beat and arrest people, then everything else is easy to say.

A moment later, Cheng Xiyan hurried into the room. When he saw Tang Hao for the first time, his face gradually turned pale.

He was tall and tall, with his hair and beard shaved off, and he was still a Marquis. There was no one else in the entire Ming Dynasty except the ferocious Marquis of Zhongshan.

Is that so?
Has Emperor Ming really made up his mind?
He insisted on dragging himself away and had to wait for the Marquis of Zhongshan to return to the capital!

Cheng Xiyan sighed, and then saluted Tang Hao.

"Cheng Xiyan, the foreign minister of North Korea, met the Marquis of Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty!"

Tang Hao waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Now that you have met me, you should understand that you have no other choice in this matter!"

"Either use the Jeju Racecourse in exchange for Li Yi's canonization, or wait for the foundation of your rule in North Korea to be shaken!"

Cheng Xiyan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his face filled with anger.

He had led an envoy to the Ming Dynasty long ago, but he had been unable to enter the palace to meet the emperor. His repeated requests to see the Ming Emperor were directly rejected by the Ming Emperor.

In addition, they were forcibly imprisoned in this hall and were not allowed to come or go at will!
Such an arrangement clearly means that North Korea is not treated as a human being and will defeat them!

"Hou Zhongshan!"

"You are so deceptive!"

Cheng Xiyan angrily rebuked: "The great Heavenly Kingdom has always prided itself on being a country of etiquette, how could it commit such banditry?"

"North Korea has always been respectful to its suzerain country and paid tribute continuously. Is this what happened?"

Tang Hao waved his hand impatiently and said coldly: "North Korea has always been respectful. This is what you should do, not what you have done well!"

"Of course, you can also be disrespectful and try to see if I can personally lead my soldiers to massacre you!"

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Xiyan's expression changed drastically.

Isn't this Zhongshan Hou a lunatic?
Is it okay to suddenly start a national war?
"You are respectful to me because North Korea is weak!"

"Weakness is the original sin. There is nothing for you to be proud of!"

Tang Hao's eyes were deep and his tone was cold and stern.

"I don't want to say it a second time!"

"Either you have some sense and submit a letter to dedicate the Jeju Racecourse to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will give you the imperial edict to confer Li Yi, or I don't mind sending troops to Korea for a visit. At that time, whether you are respectful or not will have no meaning. "

Cheng Xiyan looked at Tang Hao in disbelief, with a look of astonishment on her face.

"North Korea is a country designated by your Ming Dynasty Emperor Taizu as a country without conquests!"

"Do you still dare to violate the ancestral precepts of Ming Taizu..."

With a loud bang, Tang Hao punched the desk and smashed it into pieces. Cheng Xiyan was so frightened that he backed away crazily with a look of horror on his face.

"Don't talk nonsense to me!"

"Don't challenge my patience!"

"Now, I told you to write, do you understand?"

Tang Hao stared sharply at Cheng Xiyan, who turned pale and blue for a while, but in the end he surrendered to reality in humiliation.

There is no way, this ferocious Marquis of Zhongshan is right, weakness is the original sin!
Precisely because North Korea is weak, there is no chance to resist!
At first, Cheng Xiyan had a good plan. He thought he had come to the Ming Dynasty, publicized the Ming Dynasty's seizure of the Jeju Racecourse, and encouraged the Ming Dynasty literati to fight with the Ming Emperor. Then there might be another turning point in the matter.

However, what Cheng Xiyan didn't expect was that he wouldn't even be able to see the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, nor the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty!

Ever since they set foot on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Jin Yiwei "escorted" them all the way until they were brought to the Ming Dynasty Capital Hall, and then they were detained in a related manner!

After all, Cheng Xiyan was also the envoy of North Korea, the leader of North Korea's political affairs, and one of the three ministers of North Korea, but he received such humiliating treatment in the Ming Dynasty!

However, so what?
Weakness is the original sin!

Does North Korea still dare to take the initiative to go to war with the Ming Dynasty and lead its army to attack the Ming Dynasty soldiers entrenched in the Jeju Racecourse?

He Cheng Xiyan didn’t dare, neither did Pu Yuanzong, and even more so did King Li Yi!
Therefore, in front of Cheng Xiyan, there is actually only one way!

Obey the orders of the Marquis Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty, obey the wishes of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and offer the Jeju Racecourse in exchange for Li Yi’s canonization order!

For a moment, the North Korean leader seemed to have been drained of energy and energy, and he looked much older.

He took the pen and paper handed over by the ambassador, then knelt down on one knee and started writing on the chair.

After a while, Tang Hao took a look at the paper and nodded with satisfaction.

"That's pretty much it."

"Write this into your credentials. When His Majesty summons you tomorrow, you will propose it to the court. Do you understand?"

Cheng Xiyan nodded in a daze, not daring to have any further opinions.

Upon seeing this, Tang Hao patted him on the shoulder and chuckled: "No need to do this, I will double your compensation in the future and prepare your special Korean goods. Soon I, Ming, will start ocean trade, and the location will be Jeju Island. "

"With this profit from sea trade, the difficult situation of your people in the country can be greatly improved. This is a great thing for mutual benefit. The price paid by North Korea is just some war horses, and you have not lost anything!"

After saying these words, Tang Hao stood up and left directly.

Cheng Xiyan stared at his back blankly, her eyes suddenly bursting with light.

Ocean trade?

Is the Ming Dynasty going to start ocean trade?
This is not a tribute paid once every few years, but a real maritime trade!

If this is true, then it seems that the current situation is not unacceptable!
All fools know that doing business with the Ming Dynasty means astonishing profits.

Unfortunately, because there are too many tribute vassal states, there are strict restrictions on this. Generally, each vassal state takes turns to pay tribute. It is Korea's turn almost once every three years. Only then can you bring some goods with you when paying tribute and make a lot of money. One stroke!
Once every three years, you can do it every year, or even every day!
Then dedicating a Jeju racecourse seems really...acceptable!
For a moment, Cheng Xiyan regained some fighting spirit, and various thoughts flashed through her mind.

Now that he is the only person in North Korea who knows about maritime trade, can he use this only advantage to gain enough benefits for the forces behind him?
Cheng Xiyan immediately fell into deep thought. With enough interests in front of him, he didn't care about the Jeju Racecourse at all.

The next morning.

Morning discussion!

Thanks to the serious illness of the three senior ministers, the promotion of official positions, and the silence of silence, now Zhu Houzhao is no longer satisfied with sitting on the platform, but wants to truly be in charge of the government!
Therefore, he often convened civil and military dynasties in the name of various major events and took a firm step forward.

When he turns eighteen next year, when the ministers have become accustomed to this, Zhu Houzhao will take charge of the court personally.

Today's morning meeting, regardless of anything else, is solely for the North Korean mission.

North Korea envoy Cheng Xiyan went to the palace. He first knelt down and saluted respectfully to His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and then presented North Korea's credentials.

There are two contents in the letter of credence. The first is to once again request the Ming suzerainty to canonize Li Yi as the king of North Korea, so as to give Li Yi the legitimacy of his rule and avoid the hidden danger of the Li dynasty's ruling foundation being shaken.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were not surprised when they heard this.

In fact, they have known about the evil things happening in North Korea for a long time.

Do you really think that the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty are vegetarians, that they would monitor all the officials in the capital every day and do nothing serious?

In fact, the important responsibilities of the Jinyiwei also include monitoring and investigating foreign barbarians, especially the Mongolian Tatars.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was reluctant to canonize Li Yi because it was not in line with the patriarchal etiquette, and the problem was stuck in this place.

No matter how stupid and ignorant and licentious a bastard the Yanshan Lord Li is, he is still the eldest son of the North Korean Emperor Chengzong Li Suo, and he is also the King of North Korea canonized by Guo Zheng'er, the overlord of the Ming Dynasty!
You North Korean powerful officials launched a coup to depose Li Yi just because they disagreed with each other, and you also welcomed Li Yi without authorization. What kind of behavior is this?
To put it nicely, this is "bringing order to order"; to put it harshly, these are "rebellious officials and traitors"!
The behavior of Li Yi, Pu Yuanzong, Cheng Xiyan, Liu Shunting and others fell into the eyes of the Ming emperors, generals and ministers, and in the eyes of the Ming literati, it was an out-and-out capital crime of treason!
Hey, it’s so new. The emperor is deposed and the power is transferred to the opposition. Do you want to be like "Huo Guang Yiyin"? In the Ming Dynasty, if any ministers did this, their families would definitely be confiscated and exterminated!

So, if a group of rebellious ministers and traitors still want to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty, isn't that a slap in the face of the Ming Dynasty's scholar-bureaucrats?

The crux of the problem lies here. Ming Dynasty has been stuck in not canonizing Li Yi.

Xie Qian, a cabinet scholar, suddenly came out and asked sternly: "Cheng Xiyan, even if Li is seriously ill and unable to take care of his duties, his eldest son should inherit the throne of Korea, not his younger brother Li Yi. This It’s not in line with the patriarchal etiquette, don’t you, North Korea, understand?”

A group of rebellious officials and traitors who disregarded etiquette and law. If this had been the case in the Ming Dynasty, Xie Qian would have killed them with his sword.

Faced with the sharp gazes of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Xiyan did not dare to tell the joke about "Li Wuzi". Instead, she chose the suggestion of Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan, and made up a lie on the spot.

"Lord Xie, you don't know. Before King Li of our country became seriously ill, he left his last words to order Li Yi to ascend the throne in order to stabilize the political situation in North Korea, considering that his heirs were all children and unable to take care of matters!"

Cheng Xiyan's face did not turn red, and her heart did not beat as she made up nonsense, which made the officials of the Ming Dynasty burst into laughter.

What about Lao Shizi's "last words"? These North Korean monarchs and ministers are really shameless and can make up any lies.

Zhu Houzhao watched Xie Qian, Zhang Sheng and others besiege Cheng Xiyan, as if the scholar-bureaucrats who upheld the patriarchal law had discovered a young man who disrespected the patriarchal law, so they were beating him up and wanted to beat him to death.

"okay!"

“Since it’s Li Yi’s life, then so be it!”

When His Majesty the Emperor spoke, the ministers immediately fell silent.

However, they were still a little unwilling. Why did His Majesty the Emperor suddenly relent?
However, when I think about it carefully, it seems that there is really no need to continue to be serious.

This North Korea has always been respectful to the Ming Dynasty and paid tribute all year round. It is the most obedient little brother in the vassal country.

Moreover, North Korea's Yanshan Lord Li was also an out-and-out cowardly tyrant. He was deposed only after he was forced to do nothing, which is really understandable.

There is indeed no need to continue to hold people back like this, which will in vain damage the friendly relations between the two countries.

However, Zhu Houzhao's next words instantly stunned the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

"Cheng Xiyan!"

"The foreign minister is here, Your Majesty, please speak."

"This letter of credence mentions that North Korea is willing to donate the Jeju Racecourse to the Ming Dynasty for free. Is this true?"

what?
Jeju Racecourse?

That Jeju racecourse that is rich in fine war horses?

And you still give it to me, Daming, for free?

How can this be? !
When the officials of the Ming Dynasty heard this, they were all stunned on the spot!
They are not fools, they are so easy to fool!
Who doesn’t know the things that North Korea has done in the past? In order to reduce the tribute of war horses to the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that it went to all lengths. How could it suddenly dedicate the Jeju Racecourse directly to the Ming Dynasty?

conspiracy!

There must be a conspiracy here!
The General Secretary of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhang Fuhua, suddenly turned his head and looked at Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao.

The latter grinned, revealing a row of shining white teeth.

Seeing this smile, Zhang Fuhua reacted immediately and couldn't help but secretly praise it.

What a big deal!
In the name of going to sea to suppress Japanese pirates, he seized the Jeju Racecourse and used Li Yi's canonization to force North Korea to donate the Jeju Racecourse...

This is clearly an act of banditry!

However, Jeju Racecourse is very fragrant!

Yang Yiqing also looked at Tang Hao with a complicated expression. This pair of ambitious monarchs and ministers had really done it, and justifiably occupied his Jeju racecourse in a majestic name!

Immediately afterwards, Xie Qian, the great scholar of Jinshen Palace, Yang Tinghe, the great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, Wang Hao, the left minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Han Wen, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, Zhang Sheng, the minister of the Ministry of rites, and other important officials in the court gradually came to their senses and all brushed their hands. He looked at Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao.

From beginning to end, is this co-authorship a conspiracy against Jeju Racecourse?

We, the important ministers of the court, are also part of the play between you, the king and his ministers?
Without waiting for the officials to think more, Cheng Xiyan spoke directly and released a king bomb!
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

"I, the King of Korea, feel that the horse administration of the Ming Dynasty has been corrupted, and I am deeply grateful for the kindness of the Ming Dynasty, so I am willing to donate the Jeju Racecourse to help the Ming Dynasty restore the horse administration!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.

Xie Qian was shocked and angry and yelled: "You bastard!"

"How dare you, a foreign minister of North Korea, speak nonsense here?"

"When has the Ming Dynasty's Ma Zheng been corrupted? Do you need North Korea to point your fingers here?"

This is no longer a problem of Jeju Racecourse, this is obviously a great humiliation!

The Ming Dynasty always regarded itself as the supreme kingdom of heaven, and regarded the surrounding vassal countries as barbarian lands.

As a result, an envoy from a foreign vassal country came to the Ming Dynasty's emperor, general and minister Xiao Jiuqing and ridiculed the Ming Dynasty's poor horse administration. We couldn't stand it anymore, so we gave you a horse farm free of charge for you to watch. Let’s see what a real war horse is...

No need to think too much, this matter will spread all over the world in an instant, and all the emperors and ministers present will become a laughing stock!
Unless... bring out ironclad evidence, bring out the many war horses raised by the Ming Dynasty, fight back fiercely, and beat this Cheng Xiyan to death!
As expected, His Majesty the Emperor was "livid". He first scolded Cheng Xiyan, a foreign envoy, for being arrogant, and then praised the Ming Dynasty's Mazong policy for its brilliant strategy. Finally, he focused on these two people. One is Yang Yiqing, the Minister of War, and the other is Wu Tinghuan, the minister of Taipu Temple.

Yang Yiqing felt His Majesty the Emperor's sharp gaze, and then subconsciously turned to look at Tang Hao.

Marquis of Zhongshan, you are really a thief!
How could he have imagined that this thief just reminded him yesterday and buried such a big hole with his back foot!

Tang Hao looked at Yang Yiqing with a smile, pursed his lips in a playful manner, and signaled him to start performing.

If you, Yang Yiqing, want to secure your position as Minister of War, it depends on whether you have the ability.

The Ming Dynasty was terrible. This is not an empty talk, but all the excellent systems established by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, such as Jingying, Salt Administration, Ma Zheng, Border Bei, etc., were all due to corruption and bribery. This kind of writing is so rotten to the core that you can see pus from the outside!

Therefore, instead of saying that this is Tang Hao cheating Yang Yiqing, it is better to say that this is Tang Hao forcing Yang Yiqing, a talented official, to do what he should do, to severely punish the rotten and pus-filled Ma Zheng of the Ming Dynasty. Clean it up!

Yang Yiqing took a deep breath and decided to go out.

If he didn't speak, then Taipu Temple Minister Wu Tinghuan and all the officials in Taipus Temple would be beheaded by the furious Emperor Ming!
"Your Majesty, after investigation, our Shaanxi horse administration, the core of the Ming Dynasty, originally had tens of thousands of horses and 1,220 horse herding soldiers in the early Ming Dynasty. However, by the end of Hongzhi, there were only 2,300 horses left. The number of horse herders has also been reduced to 745... The situation in other ranches is also very serious! "

Yang Yiqing's words completely made the officials extremely angry.

At this time, should you, Yang Yiqing, say such words in front of the foreign ministers who provoked you first?
Even if something really went wrong with Ma Zheng, you shouldn't have said it in front of a foreign minister!
Can't you lie?
Don’t you know how to decorate yourself?
You, Yang Yiqing, deserve to die!

Well now, the face of the Ming Dynasty has been completely lost because of this!

Cheng Xiyan also froze on the spot, what was going on?
Is Ming Dynasty Ma Zheng really so corrupt?

No wonder the Marquis of Zhongshan would...

not good!

Finished!

I was used as a gun by him!

Cheng Xiyan suddenly reacted, and then looked at Tang Hao with a horrified face.

This damned thief, from the beginning, he wanted to use his own words to expose the corruption of the Ming Dynasty!
And he, Cheng Xiyan, a foreign minister, would also suffer hatred and even revenge from the Ming Dynasty's monarchs and ministers!

After understanding this, Cheng Xiyan's face instantly turned as pale as paper, without any trace of blood!
From the top of the stairs, an angry voice came!
"Oh, it's really good!"

"It's embarrassing and has been thrown into the vassal country!"

There was a loud bang, and His Majesty the Emperor suddenly slapped the case and stood up.

"You are shameless, but I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, still have shame!"

"Who can tell me where those war horses went?"

All civil and military officials in the court fell to their knees, not even daring to express their anger.

Yang Yiqing looked at Tang Hao with a resentful expression, finally understanding the methods of this thief.

The Marquis of Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty is really not a human being!

(End of this chapter)