Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 187 The danger of destroying the country
Xu Guangqi raised his hand to him, "You should get up first and tell me what's going on!"

Jin Shangxian got up from the ground and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Since Xu Guangqi was willing to listen to him, there was still hope for the matter.

"A month ago, the eldest prince of the Jin Kingdom... uh, no, it was Erbeil Amin, the slave builder. He sent someone to deliver a secret letter to the king, asking me, North Korea, to cede Pyongyang and the land to the north. He also wants me to send an envoy to North Korea to deliver his credentials and persuade him to take the title of king, so that he can be regarded as the North King of North Korea and rule North Korea together with my king..."

Having said this, Kim Sang-hyun was still so sad and angry that he clenched his fists and cried bitterly. "The second Jiannu, Beile Amin, was so ambitious. When Ding Mao was in chaos, he had insisted on marching to Seoul, and repeatedly expressed his intention to become king of Korea in his letters. Now that the slave leader Huang Taiji is dead, he is even more... No scruples, I’m afraid no one can stop him this time!”

Xu Guangqi suddenly frowned. It turned out that Amin secretly sent an envoy to threaten North Korea. No wonder there was no news from Liaodong that Jiannu was going to attack North Korea!

Although the Ming Dynasty has severed the vassal relationship with North Korea, and the affairs of North Korea have nothing to do with it, if Amin is allowed to capture North Korea and expand his power, it will threaten the security of Liaodong in the future and make it more difficult for the Ming Dynasty to regain Liaodong. .

Therefore, Xu Guangqi believed that this matter should be treated with caution and should be reported to the emperor, who would then make the decision himself!

Xu Guangqi immediately said: "You should go back and wait first. I will consider this matter carefully!"

When Jin Sangxian heard this, he was not willing to leave because he knew the officials of the Ming Dynasty too well. Once he left, there would be no further consequences to the matter!
Kim Sang-hyun immediately knelt down and begged: "Sir Xu, I beg you to have mercy on the millions of people living in Korea. Please show mercy and save your country. The cruelty of slaves is not a trivial matter. Once they invade Korea, they will definitely be killed." Life is in ruins!"

Xu Guangqi smiled helplessly, "I said Jin Shangxian, you are also an official, don't you know the difficulties of being an official? You asked me to save you North Korea. This official is just a minister of the Ministry of Rites. I just want to help You are also helpless!

Therefore, this matter must be discussed in the long term. Only after I report the matter to the Emperor, and then the Emperor convenes the cabinet for discussion, will the result be known. Only then will I be able to give you an answer! "

As an important minister of North Korea, it is naturally impossible for Kim Sang-heon not to know these procedures, because although North Korea is small, it has all the internal organs, and the court system is almost completely imitated by the Ming Dynasty, and the procedures are sometimes more cumbersome than the Ming Dynasty.

But precisely because he knew this, he felt that he couldn't afford to wait. Now a month has passed since the day when Amin sent the secret letter. If he continues to wait here for the Ming court to negotiate a result, Maybe by then North Korea would no longer have the surname Li!
Jin Shangxian immediately kowtowed and said: "Foreign ministers are brave enough to ask Mr. Xu to report to the Ming Emperor and allow foreign ministers to pay homage to him!"

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he immediately shook his head and scolded: "Don't be rude! Don't say that now you, North Korea, are no longer a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty. Even before, the emperor could not worship you if you wanted to." of!"

Jin Sangxian immediately lowered his head even lower. He knew that his request was not polite, but did he have any other choice now?
Xu Guangqi pondered for a moment, and he actually felt compassion in his heart, so he slowly said: "I have understood your desire to serve the country with fists and fists. Don't worry, I will take care of this matter with you." I will report my request to the emperor truthfully, but how the emperor will decide in the end is something that I cannot decide!"

When Jin Sangxian heard this, he was overjoyed. Xu Guangqi could help him tell the matter to heaven, which was already the best result.

The reason why he was so excited before and made the rude request to pay homage to the Ming Emperor was entirely because he was worried that Xu Guangqi was perfunctory with him, or even if Xu Guangqi reported the matter, it would definitely not be taken seriously by the Ming court. After all, North Korea I can’t wait there!
Kim Sang-hyun immediately burst into tears of gratitude and kowtowed deeply: "Foreign minister, on behalf of all the people of Korea, I would like to thank you for your life-saving grace!"

After settling down Jin Sangxian for the time being, Xu Guangqi went to the palace to meet the emperor. He did not go there specifically for North Korea, but also happened to report to the emperor about the imperial examination.

Seeing Zhu Tianqi, Xu Guangqi had no choice but to hand over the memorial regarding the imperial examination. Then he hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I have one more thing I want to report."

Zhu Tianqi also felt a little strange when he saw Xu Guangqi's hesitant performance. After all, in his place, ministers always have to speak directly, especially to his trusted ministers, they should not be so hesitant. That's right, unless it's really hard to say.

Zhu Tianqi nodded and said to Xu Guangqi: "If Xu Aiqing has something to do, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter whether it's official or private!"

Xu Guangqi nodded and saluted, and then said: "What I will say next may offend Tianwei, so please forgive me!"

Zhu Tianqi became even more confused after hearing this, but he still nodded and signaled Xu Guangqi to continue.

Xu Guangqi then continued: "Recently, a North Korean foreign minister, Kim Sang-hyun, suddenly came to visit me at my house. This man was an important minister of North Korea. In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, he once came to North Korea as a thank you envoy. I paid pilgrimage to Ming Dynasty.

According to what Jin Sangxian said, the reason why he smuggled to our country this time was to seek help from our country in order to relieve the danger of annihilation in North Korea! "

After Zhu Tianqi heard Xu Guangqi's words, he was really surprised, but he was also a little confused: "North Korea is in danger of annihilation? Why are they destroying the country again? Hasn't Jiannu been defeated by the Ming Dynasty? The Japanese pirates have disappeared a lot in recent years. How can they destroy the country? Could it be that their own people are fighting again?"

Xu Guangqi knew that the emperor would have the same reaction as him, so he immediately explained: "It's Amin, the second beile who built the slaves. According to Jin Sangxian, they received a secret letter from Amin a month ago. Amin was in The letter threatens them to cede the territory north of Pyongyang, and also persuades Amin to become king and rule North Korea together with the King of Joseon!"

When Zhu Tianqi heard this, he understood everything instantly, because in order to deal with Jiannu, he had made a lot of efforts to check the information about the various Baylors of Jiannu. This Amin had a criminal record in North Korea. During the Battle of Dingmao before, he was ordered by Huang Taiji to attack North Korea. At that time, he wanted to establish himself as king in North Korea. Now it seems that his evil intentions are not dead!
Zhu Tianqi was not happy now. He put Amin back because he wanted him to "play the Three Kingdoms" with Dorgon and Mang Gurtai. However, Amin actually ignored his job and started fighting in Korea. How can this be possible?
If Amin is really allowed to occupy North Korea and expand his power, wouldn't it be equivalent to the emergence of another "Huang Taiji"?Not only was it unable to weaken the power of Jiannu, but it actually created a problem for the tiger!
Even if Zhu Tianqi had already decided, since Amin failed to play the role he expected, he must be eliminated now, and he must not be allowed to expand his power.

As for North Korea, Zhu Tianqi recalled some things about the Battle of Dingmao, and then he looked at Xu Guangqi and asked: "If I remember correctly, North Korea had already betrayed me, Daming, and Jiannu in the seventh year of Tianqi. Form an alliance, since he is no longer a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, why do they still have the face to come to my Ming Dynasty for help?" Xu Guangqi nodded slowly, and said: "The emperor remembers correctly, this Jiannu is indeed no longer a vassal of my Ming Dynasty country, and has also formed a "brotherly alliance" with Jiannu.

It’s just that I think this matter has nothing to do with our Ming Dynasty. After all, if Na Amin is allowed to capture North Korea and expand his power, it will also be detrimental to our Ming Dynasty’s recovery of Liaodong. Therefore, I think this matter must not be ignored by our Ming Dynasty! "

Zhu Tianqi nodded slowly. Sure enough, Xu Guangqi also thought of the same problem, but according to Zhu Tianqi's idea, he wanted to get rid of Amin. As for the survival of North Korea, it was no longer within his scope of consideration. Zhu Tianqi even I wonder if North Korea has also been dealt with.

Anyway, this land of North Korea is a waste in their hands. It is a good place, but it is so unsatisfactory that anyone can bully them. They are on the verge of death of "the country is going to be destroyed" and "the country is being destroyed" all day long. Struggling back and forth!
Seeing that Zhu Tianqi was deep in thought and silent, Xu Guangqi slowly breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that mentioning this matter to the emperor would make the emperor angry. After all, North Korea's betrayal of the Ming Dynasty was quite sensitive and could easily cause the emperor's displeasure.

But in fact, for Zhu Tianqi, a time traveler, he often looks at problems from a "God's perspective". On the contrary, he can "understand" North Korea's helplessness to a certain extent, so after hearing about this incident, he just felt Surprised, not angry.

Xu Guangqi then added: "This Jin Sangxian also said that he hopes the emperor can allow him to visit and worship, because this is too rude, and I have refuted it!"

After hearing this, Zhu Tianqi said: "If he wants to go to worship, he is naturally not qualified. Now North Korea is no longer a vassal of our Ming Dynasty, and he came here smuggled in. Let alone come to worship, our Ming Dynasty will not let him go." Deportation would be to give him a wide berth.

However, I think Kim Sang-heon is also very eager to serve the country and is loyal to the Joseon Dynasty. The reason why he asked to go to the Suppress and worship me is probably not because he does not understand etiquette, but because he is worried that you will not fully help him and speak for North Korea. This means he is lucky and has found the right person. If it were the Donglin Party, I am afraid he would have been driven away by now! "

Zhu Tianqi thought for a moment and then said to Xu Guangqi: "Actually, it's okay to meet him in private. I would like to learn from him about the current situation of slavery and North Korea."

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was startled: "This..., Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. If this matter is known to outsiders, it may damage the majesty of our Ming dynasty, and if all the officials in the court know about it." , and I’m afraid they will make a big fuss out of it.”

Zhu Tianqi shook his head with a smile and said: "It doesn't matter, didn't you say that Jin Shangxian came here illegally? I think no one in the capital knows his identity except you. So, so, I’m going to visit Long Live Mountain this afternoon, so you can take him to Long Live Mountain to see me!”

After hearing the emperor's arrangement, Xu Guangqi felt relieved and saluted, "I obey!"

In the afternoon of that day, Zhu Tianqi put on a red suit, dressed lightly, and with the support of the eunuchs and royal guards, he left the palace and headed for Long Live Mountain.

After Xu Guangqi returned, he immediately sent someone to tell him the news that the emperor was willing to meet Jin Sangxian. Jin Sangxian was overjoyed when he heard the news. He immediately changed into formal clothes and followed Xu Guangqi to the foot of Long live Mountain to wait.

After Zhu Tianqi arrived at the foot of the Longevity Mountain, Xu Guangqi brought Jin Shangxian over to greet him. Zhu Tianqi sized up Jin Shangxian, then let him lie flat, pointed to a small pavilion at the foot of the mountain, and said, "I'm a little thirsty, go drink some first." Tea, it’s not too late to go hiking later!”

Xu Guangqi and Jin Sangxian hurriedly followed.

In order to prevent his interview with Jin Shangxian from leaking out and causing trouble, Zhu Tianqi only left Wang Yuanbao to wait on him, while the other entourages stood far away.

Zhu Tianqi took a sip of tea while Wang Yuanbao waited on him, then looked at Jin Sangxian and asked: "Kim Sangxian, right?"

Jin Sangxian hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The foreign minister is here!"

"I have heard Xu Shangshu explain your matter in detail, but I feel that it is a bit inappropriate for you to come to Ming Dynasty to ask for help. After all, you North Korea and Na Jiannu are brothers now. The conflict between you brothers is not the same as that of Ming Dynasty." What does my Ming Dynasty have to do with it? Why should I, the Ming Dynasty, bother me with the affairs between your brothers?"

In this regard, Jin Sangxian knew that he was wrong. After all, North Korea betrayed the Ming Dynasty and formed an alliance with the slaves. Now he shamelessly comes to the Ming Dynasty to ask for help. He will be accused by the Ming Dynasty. There is no way around it. The bumps in the past!
However, after he was speechless when Xu Guangqi asked him about this matter last time, he has been thinking about it carefully in the past few days. After all, if he cannot give Ming a reasonable explanation for this matter, he may not be able to ask for help. rise.

Therefore, now that the Ming Emperor was once again questioning the matter, Kim Sang-hyun immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "North Korea's alliance with Jiannu was a forced and helpless move. North Korea has no intention of betraying the Ming Dynasty, and it still regards the Ming Dynasty as its leader. The sovereign state!

Moreover, even if North Korea and Jiannu made an alliance and became brothers, we in North Korea and that Jiannu were just 'brothers', but we were 'father and son' with Ming Dynasty!

Is it possible that a father, because his child has made some mistakes, refuses to forgive his child and refuses to save his child? "

Zhu Tianqi was shocked. He really never expected that Jin Sangxian could say such a thing. Such a confident act of "recognizing his father" made Zhu Tianqi speechless!
Zhu Tianqi just wants to say now: "My Ming Dynasty does not have such unworthy sons as you!"

But as Kim Sang-hyun said, no matter how unsatisfactory his "son" is, the father can't ignore him. So since Kim Sang-hyun has made such a point, Zhu Tianqi shouldn't be too merciless!

(End of this chapter)