Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 612 Kneel down for me, Emperor Ming
"My lord is wrong, my lord is wrong, my lord shouldn't be rude, I beg my lord, please forgive me, I am also the king of North Korea!"

The North Korean envoy Li Xuan begged bitterly.

Yi Lianqi walked up to him, and patted Li Xuan's face: "Do you really know what's wrong?"

North Korean envoy Li Xuan nodded: "I know I was wrong, woo woo!"

"Well, tell me where you went wrong," Yi Lianqi asked with a smile.

"The fault lies in not insulting the Celestial Dynasty," North Korean envoy Li Xuan replied.

"It's good if you have that meaning, tell me what Daming belongs to you, and answer me!" Yi Lianqi shouted and asked.

North Korean envoy Li Xuan couldn't help but trembled: "The country of the suzerain, the country that cannot be slandered!"

"Very well, what is the man from Daming to you?" Yi Lianqi asked again.

"Your Excellency," North Korean envoy Li Xuan replied.

"Keep fighting!"

Yi Lianqi gave a loud shout.

Snapped!
The wooden stick continued to hit Li Xuan's buttocks, causing the North Korean envoy Li Xuan to scream again.

"It's brother!"

Li Xuan, the North Korean envoy, cried.

"Keep fighting!"

Yi Lianqi still ordered.

"It's my lord!"

Yi Lianqi saw that the [-]-stick blow was almost done, and he didn't think about killing the North Korean envoy Li Xuan. Seeing that he admitted that the Ming Dynasty was his master, he also waved his hands contentedly: "Very good, stop!" Come down."

"Woooo!"

Li Xuan, the North Korean envoy, continued to cry, feeling pain and resentment in his heart. He resented that he, as the majesty of North Korea, was so humiliated by the officials of the Ming court. I had to endure it.

Li Xuan, the North Korean envoy, rested for a period of time, and did not officially begin to meet Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian until he was almost recovered from his injuries.

This day was the day when Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian received the North Korean mission.

After being locked up and beaten some time ago, Li Xuan, the North Korean envoy, also restrained himself a little. When he saw Zhu Youjian, he did not dare to pretend to be the king of North Korea. He bowed his head respectfully to Zhu Youjian: "I have seen His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven!"

"Bold! You are just a minister of the vassal. In my Ming Dynasty, you can only be a second-class citizen. Who told you to stand up and talk, kneel down!"

Now after Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian made a clear statement, the attitude of the imperial officials is undoubtedly much tougher. Ma Shiying, the chief assistant of the cabinet, scolded the North Korean envoy Li Xuan on the spot.

But Ma Shiying, the chief minister of the cabinet, was right. Even if a stick like Li Xuan moved to Daming, he could only be a second-class citizen. When he saw the emperor, he would naturally kneel down and speak.

North Korean envoy Li Xuan glanced at Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty, we are here to pay tribute, you won't really make us kneel down, will you?"

"Why, don't want to kneel, when did North Korea dare to disrespect me so much? Believe it or not, I can take your head right now!"

As soon as Zhu Youjian finished speaking, two guards in brocade clothes stood by the door, and they drew out the embroidered spring knife that was shining with cold light.

Seeing this, Li Xuan, the North Korean envoy, naturally had no choice but to kneel down with a plop.

Zhu Youjian smiled slightly. Now the Ming Empire is the most powerful empire in the world. As the emperor of the Ming Empire, he naturally didn't need to be polite to a North Korean envoy. Seeing Li Xuan kneel down, he nodded and said : "Very good, let's talk about it, why did your king send you as envoys to Daming, you have credentials."

"Yes!" Li Xuan presented the letter of credence, and said again: "This time we are going to Daming, our Highness is mainly to express congratulations to the Celestial Dynasty for the unification of the country, and we are here to pay tribute, and the present tribute list is here again, please Please read it together, Your Majesty."

Zhu Youjian took the letter of credence and the gift list from the internal official, but Zhu Youjian did not read the letter of credence first, but opened the gift list first, and saw that the number of tributes inside was quite a lot, and each piece was of high value. Then he laughed: "Forget it, you are sincere, I decided not to attack your North Korean country for the time being, and continue to recognize your vassal status, get up."

Only then did Zhu Youjian make North Korean envoy Li Xuandeng stand up.

"Ji Gongnier, I will go and collect the tributes sent by the North Korean envoys into the inner court and store them for registration. Don't let them down." After Zhu Youjian asked an internal official to be responsible for receiving the tributes from the North Korean court, he didn't say any more about giving money. thing.

At this time, Zhu Youjian began to look at the credentials of North Korea. Apart from flattering himself and hoping that the relationship between Daming and North Korea would be harmonious forever, the whole article was congratulations on the success of the Northern Expedition of Ming Dynasty. What sacrifices and contributions did Ming Dynasty make during the Northern Expedition?

Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing after reading it: "It's rare that your king has a heart. I will accept this letter of credence. I will hold a banquet in another day. You stay for another five days and enjoy the scenery of my Daming capital before returning home." .”

The Korean envoy Li Xuan didn't expect that the Ming emperor didn't mention the gifts or even greeted his king, but only planned to keep them for five days, so he couldn't help but get anxious and shouted:
"Your Majesty, our king sent me as an envoy to the Celestial Dynasty, not only to pay tribute, but in addition to paying tribute, our king hopes that you can return to our North Korea the Tieling Guard and Kangzhou Guard that belonged to Hamgyong-do, which originally belonged to us. North Korea's territory, now our North Korea has contributed a lot to the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, I hope the Celestial Dynasty can remember the meritorious service of our North Korea, and return these two places to our North Korea!"

Zhu Youjian did not expect that Li Xuan, the North Korean envoy, came to ask him for land from Daming, so he couldn't help laughing, not to mention that these two places already belonged to Ming's territory just from their names, even if they weren't land from Daming And being occupied by Daming, Zhu Youjian would not spit it out.

"Li Yan, you are the Deputy Privy Envoy of the Grand Marshal's Mansion, tell me whether the Tieling Guard and Kangzhou Guard belong to the North Korean State."

"Your Majesty, Xianjingdao is the Xianxing Mansion established by the Kingdom of Jin in the Song Dynasty. Xianxing Mansion has been the land of Qingzhou in China since Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It belonged to Liaodong County in Han Dynasty and Yanzhou in Tang Dynasty. Yan Agu changed it to Xianjing Dao after Li Jin, so it stands to reason that not only Tieling Wei Kangzhou Weiben is the inherent territory of Huangming, but even Xianjing Dao belongs to my Huangming's land!"

"During the Han Dynasty, the northern part of North Korea, including today's Pyongyang, belonged to Lelang County. It stands to reason that the entire northern part of North Korea was our land in China, and North Korea was our vassal state. In terms of politics, the whole of North Korea belonged to us. Your Majesty has the final say on how much territory the Ming Dynasty can have, and how much the King of Korea’s fiefdoms can have. If there is no Daming in Korea, you can only say that it is a gift. Beak!"

After Li Yan finished speaking, Zhu Youjian couldn't help clapping his hands and titled: "What Aiqing said is very true, Lord Linping, do you understand, your North Korea was originally bestowed on you by my king, and I didn't take back the fief that I gave you Not to mention, now I’m still taking the initiative to ask for more land. It’s really a bear’s heart and a leopard’s guts. Pyongyang will not take it back for the time being. It’s considered the land of kingship temporarily given to you, but Hamgyongdo must hand it over, and I want to be there. The garrison is also to protect your safety in the north, so don’t let the Wa country attack and be beaten to ruin your country, lest I have to send troops from the pass to travel long distances to save you!”

(End of this chapter)