Qiming 1158

Chapter 615 Li Renxiao didn't even have the chance to send someone for help
As the middle of October approached, the envoys from the three kingdoms of Xixia, Gaoli and Southern Song arrived in Zhongdu one after another and officially sent their blessings to Su Yonglin.

The three parties each brought their own gifts.

For example, Western Xia brought cattle, sheep and horses, Southern Song Dynasty brought tea and silk, and Goryeo brought ginseng and deer antler and other precious medicinal materials.

The number is so large that it is not comparable to the initial contact and negotiation.

Su Yonglin personally received Wang Qi, the messenger of Goryeo, Ren Degong, the messenger of Western Xia, and Tang Situi, the messenger of the Southern Song Dynasty, had a cordial conversation with them, and learned about their respective demands.

Finally, the three countries signed an agreement suitable for each other, and set the political map of East Asia for a period of time in the future.

However, before that, Su Yonglin and the messengers of the Three Kingdoms had some unorthodox secret talks.

The first to arrive in Zhongdu was the Korean envoy.

Goryeo is making Wang Qi, in his opinion, is still a stinky hairy child——

Although Su Yonglin is not too big for him.

In Su Yonglin's opinion, the conversation with Wang Qi was mostly scripted content, nothing practical, just some stylized content, whatever you are happy I am happy and so on.

Su Yonglin even felt that he was the one sent by Wang Xun, and he made a familiar face in front of him, and told himself—this is the next king of Goryeo Kingdom, and asked His Majesty the Emperor to cover him a lot, he is very good.

These are all insignificant details, and the focus of Su Yonglin's conversation is not Wang Qi.

Yin Linzhan, the deputy envoy of the Goryeo mission, was his acquaintance. He also knew that Yin Linzhan was estimated to be the real messenger, so he talked more with Yin Linzhan.

"I am very satisfied with the respectful attitude of the Kingdom of Korea towards me, the Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, so there is something I hope to discuss with the Kingdom of Korea and reach an agreement."

Yin Linzhan heard the words and said, "Your Majesty, please speak."

Su Yonglin nodded and said, "Although I have purged Liaodong, there are still many tribal barbarians in Liaodong. They don't obey education and often behave disrespectfully to me, so I decided to crusade those barbarians.

However, Liaodong is a newly occupied territory by the Ming Dynasty. It lacks governance and lacks people to cultivate the land. The grain output is insufficient, and it cannot supply enough grain for military supplies. Therefore, I hope that the border can be opened to mutual markets, so that our army can buy your grain, you What do you think? "

Su Yonglin's words are not just random words, but also his real needs.

After the Liaodong Corps defeated the Liaodong Jin Army, the large-scale resistance of the Jin army was gone. However, there were also living Jurchen tribes on the ground in Liaodong that even the original Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom called savages, scattered in the white mountains and black waters. There are quite a few.

In order to clean up Liaodong and lay the foundation for future development of Liaodong, Su Yonglin ordered Su Jue and Wei Kexian to lead the soldiers of the Liaodong Corps to start a plough-sweeping battle, trying to sweep away the Jurchen tribes on the land of Liaodong and open up more. living space.

But this job is really hard.

The number of these birth girls is large, and the distribution is uneven and dense. It is often necessary to break down a tribe and then interrogate the prisoners of this tribe in order to obtain the specific locations of other tribes.

Of course, the daughters of these tribes really have no fighting power.

They may be very brave alone, and a tribe can be considered to have combat effectiveness, but there is no unified command and cooperation.

Large-scale battlefield battles are based on command and cooperation. In this regard, Jurchen is not the opponent of the Liaodong Corps at all.

It's not a simple thing to go deep into the primitive jungle to fight in the jungle, and it requires a lot of resource investment.

Su Yonglin is rich, money is a small thing, but food is a big thing.

Liaodong has just been pacified, and it is still difficult to produce food self-sufficiency, let alone supply the army to fight. Basically, the food needed by the army is directly shipped by Su Yonglin from Shandong to Liaodong.

Although sea transportation can reduce a lot of manpower and material resources and increase the transportation volume, it is still quite difficult compared to the consumption of the army.

Su Yonglin hit Gaoli's idea.

Anyway, Goryeo is right in front of you, and if you ask them for some food, or buy some food, it can be regarded as getting food on the spot. It is simple and convenient, and it can give the Liaodong Corps an additional source of food.

Yin Linzhan also knew that there were many tribes living in the Liaodong land. Originally, the Jurchen of the Jin Kingdom was the co-owner of this land. Now that the forces of the Ming Empire have entered, of course, wars are needed to establish their status.

But open the market to buy food...

Does this do more harm than good or does it do more harm than good?
Of course, Korea can be self-sufficient in domestic food, but it is not too rich. If the mutual market is opened, will there be other uncontrollable factors?

Yin Linzhan didn't dare to think too much, worried that Su Yonglin would be unhappy, so he quickly said: "It's not a big deal, and it's not a small matter. If your majesty allows it, the foreign ministers should discuss this matter with the king immediately after returning to the country. Please give your Majesty an answer as soon as possible.”

"Well, I know that your small country and the people are tired. It is really embarrassing for you to supply the army with food, so I don't want you to supply it in vain. I will pay according to the price, and I will not treat you badly."

Su Yonglin nodded, neither embarrassing Yin Linzhan nor appearing domineering or unreasonable.

Yin Linzhan expressed his trust in this, and he trusted the Ming Dynasty's national credibility as the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire.

Afterwards, Su Yonglin officially announced to the outside world that he recognized Goryeo as a vassal state of the Daming Empire, and as the emperor of the Daming Empire, he officially named Wang Yan as the King of Goryeo, and officially named Wang Qi as the Crown Prince of Goryeo, and gave relevant costumes and seals.

Wang Qi and Yin Linzhan expressed their gratitude on the next day, and personally entered the palace to kneel in front of Su Yonglin, performing the rites of monarch and minister, expressing their surrender to the Ming Empire.

The Western Xia messenger was the second to arrive.

The envoy is called Ren Degong, who holds the position of Xingqing Governor in Xixia. He is Ren Dejing's younger brother, and is obviously a member of the Ren's Quanchen family, and his status is still very high.

The system of the Xia Kingdom should be similar to that of the Jin Kingdom. There is no separation of military and government like the Ming Empire. He, the Xingqing governor, must also control a considerable part of the soldiers and horses.

Apparently, Ren Dejing sent him not only to recognize the affairs of the vassal state, but there must also be Ren Dejing's personal demands.

And this time, the deputy envoy who had followed him last time, Yu Dao Chong, disappeared, and the deputy envoy was replaced by another submissive person, which is not a ruthless role.

It is estimated that this Li Renxiao did not even have the opportunity to send someone to ask for help.

Ren Degong obviously had "important things" to discuss with Su Yonglin. After arriving in the Central Capital, he asked to see Su Yonglin, not formally, but privately, hoping to have a private meeting with Su Yonglin.

The intent is obvious beyond words.

Su Yonglin did not refuse. Before officially announcing the reception of the Xixia envoys, he privately arranged a meeting with Ren Degong.

This time, Ren Degong brought a gift that was twice as rich as the last time, and it was still a lot of cattle, sheep, copper and iron, etc., which directly hit Su Yonglin's strike zone, so Su Yonglin gave him a lot of smiles.

Ren Degong felt that this should be a good start, so he pretended to congratulate Su Yonglin on the matter of becoming emperor, and then quickly changed the topic and entered the topic, talking about Li Renxiao and the Xixia regime and the current situation of Ren Dejing.

He tested Su Yonglin's attitude towards the Xixia regime, and found that Su Yonglin was not dissatisfied with the Xixia regime, nor did he want to participate in the affairs of Xixia, and suddenly felt that it was a bit difficult to achieve his goal.

But he didn't give up.

Seeing that the routine testing was ineffective, Ren Degong simply opened the skylight and spoke eloquently.

"Your Majesty, although King Xia calls himself the surname of Li and the King of Xia, but internally he is completely an emperor, using the surname of a party member, using the country's year name, not His Majesty's Hongwu year, calling himself I, not a minister, like this His behavior makes us courtiers feel very inappropriate."

Su Yonglin feigned displeasure and frowned.

"Is this true?"

"It's true!"

Ren Degong felt happy when he saw that Su Yonglin was unhappy, so he said: "Xia Guo is a small country, but the current lord has no self-consciousness to be the lord of the country. He regards himself as an emperor and always shows off his power. If Your Majesty wishes, foreign ministers and others can help His Majesty set things right!"

(End of this chapter)