Five hundred and twentieth chapters go with the flow
After the Minister of Rites went down, the only people left in the palace were the envoys from Korea. Zhu Biao looked at their humble and flattering faces and said, "Have you received the message from home?"
Several people were a little puzzled when they heard this. They looked at each other and replied: "Your Highness, the letters from home that foreign ministers and others have received recently are just the elders of the clan asking me to serve your Highness wholeheartedly. However, if you need anything, you can send letters home."
, the clan will definitely cooperate fully.”
"I am so stupid that I don't know whether the answer is what Your Highness asked. If not, I would like to ask Your Highness to show me the way. I will bow my head in obeisance!"
Zhu Biao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Although you are foreign ministers of the vassal, the princess will soon enter the East Palace. You are also regarded as my subordinates, so I will not see you outside. I received the secret letter yesterday. Xin Min raised his head
I think you have the intention to assassinate the king and kill him. Now that we have time to calculate, I am afraid that we will have a result."
Those few people trembled. They also learned the orthodox Confucian culture. No matter what the circumstances, assassinating the king and killing the king are not allowed by legal ethics. All struggles should be within the rules.
Jin Che was the first to come back to his senses and said: "I haven't received the news yet. I think we are still on the way. Otherwise, we must report it to His Highness as soon as possible."
The minister surnamed An on the side bowed and said: "Xin Min has great power in Goryeo and now he is sure to rebel against me. However, although his thieves are powerful, all the ministries of the court are in the hands of the clan and our family. Regardless of success or failure,
If you succeed in assassinating the king, Xin Min will definitely be killed afterwards, unless..."
Several people on the side also swallowed their saliva. Although Xin Min has achieved great success in recent years, and all the families are bowing to him, they are not afraid of him, but the royal family.
Now that Xin Min has broken with Wang, he has lost his biggest supporter, and his power is not worth mentioning. The party members he has attracted in recent years are all literati with imperial examination background. They will not be able to face the butcher's knife of aristocratic families.
Chickens and ducks are strong.
Unless Xin Min gets the support of the Ming Dynasty, because of centuries of marriage, the current royal family has the blood of the Golden Family. It is not impossible for the Ming Dynasty to use this as an excuse to reestablish the royal family.
But this is very unfriendly to the aristocratic families. Xin Min's policy is to dig into their foundation. If he really takes the throne, it will really shake things up.
Zhu Biao looked at their faces for a while, admiring their tangled expressions of panic and fear of asking directly before he said: "Rebellion and rebellion are unforgivable. Goryeo is a subordinate country of our Ming Dynasty, and its kings should be abolished and established.
I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, have decided that if something unexpected happens to the King of Korea, the Ming Dynasty will send troops to exterminate the rebels and restore peace to Korea."
The rest of the people breathed a sigh of relief, but Jin Che suddenly realized something and gritted his teeth and said: "The situation in our country is unclear, and our king is in danger. As the envoy of Goryeo, the foreign minister should ask the heaven to send troops to station to quell the chaos!"
The people behind Jin Che couldn't help but tugged on his sleeves. If the Ming Dynasty sent troops to station, then was Goryeo a vassal state or a state capital of the Ming Dynasty? How could their family stand in the future? Jin Che wanted to trap them.
Everyone is disloyal and unfilial!
An Yirong knelt on the ground and said hurriedly: "Xin Min is just a clown, he is not worth mentioning, why bother the heaven to mobilize the army and mobilize the people!"
The others also declined politely. Zhu Biao ignored them and leaned over slightly to look at Jin Che. Seeing the determination in his eyes, he said with satisfaction: "What the An Qing family said is reasonable, but what the Jin Qing family said is a bit impatient."
It’s already winter. The weather is cold and the road is difficult to travel. The two countries are far apart. How can the army be so light as to waste people and money? We might as well wait for the news."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise!"
After another set of words, everyone in Goryeo said goodbye and left. Zhu Biao looked at their retreating figures. Unlike when they came, surrounded by Jin Che and led by him, when they left, he had been isolated. Jin Che was left alone at the end.
noodle……
Zhu Biao drank the tea calmly. After a while, an ordinary-looking man in his thirties walked in and prostrated himself on the ground: "The last general, Jiang Wei, meets His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Contact Jin Che secretly. If the order is for the Korean people, just follow it and there is no need to ask for instructions again."
"promise"
If you want to achieve great things, you have to win over some groups, attack some, and divide others. The people of Goryeo have been autonomous for many years, and the people have been strong. Ming rashly sent a large army to enter the country. Even if it can control the situation for a while, it will inevitably become a venting point for Goryeo's internal conflicts, and the gains outweigh the losses.
If it were so easy to occupy a country, the Mongol Empire would not have perished so quickly. If you want to take over a complete and relatively stable Koryo, you need the cooperation of the Koryo family, so that they can truly represent the people.
After everyone had gone down, Zhu Biao stood up, yawned and stretched, his muscles and bones crackling, and strode out of Wuying Hall. He was planning to go to Jinshen Hall, but it turned out that he had just passed the Wu Building and was quite far away.
I saw the hurried backs of Hu Weiyong and others, probably summoned by Lao Zhu to discuss government affairs.
There was no point in going at this time. He could not return to his East Palace. Zhu Biao could only scratch his head and turn around to find his three stinky brothers. Even though it was almost winter, the three brothers were still cultivating fields in the palace to prepare for spring.
Farming.
It has even been ordered that this land will have to pay land tax to the court next year, and this will be the case in the following years. When the princes grow up, they will have to plow the land in the spring and harvest in the autumn to experience the hardships of people's livelihood.
Just as he was about to go over, he heard a voice coming from behind: "The prince stays here, the Holy One has a message!"
Zhu Biao stopped and turned around to look at the eunuch serving at Jinshen Palace rushing over. When he arrived, Zhu Biao bowed towards Jinshen Palace and saluted: "Blessings, holy bow!"
The eunuch stood sideways and said, "Holy greetings, Guiyi Hou Mingsheng has presented me with a memorial, please let the prince go and take a look at it for us first."
After saying this, the eunuch's straight waist instantly bent down: "To the Crown Prince, the gift for Marquis Guiyi should be a high-quality water horse. The Holy Lord has ordered someone to take Marquis Guiyi to the Royal Horse Supervisor."
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "I know this, will the Holy One be there soon?"
"This servant dare not speculate on God's will. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
Zhu Biao was not surprised when he heard this. Lao Zhu did not trust the eunuchs and was very strict in controlling them. As a result, the eunuchs in the palace were all cautious, even receiving a few taels of silver with trepidation.
After saying that, Zhu Biao walked towards the Royal Horse Prison, which was not far from the Wuying Palace. In addition to the mounts of the emperor and several princes, the horses placed there were basically the royal horses of the vassal countries that paid tribute to the emperor. They were all for nobles.
The top quality that the generals drooled over could only be obtained with money.
It has been some time since Ming Sheng entered the capital. He has always been cautious and has basically never left the Guiyi Marquis Mansion. This sudden gift was not just an idea.
In fact, both Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao had a good impression of Ming Sheng. Before the Xia Kingdom was destroyed, his letters of credence to Ming Dynasty were very respectful, and he also gave Ming Dynasty a lot of precious wood.
Apart from seeing him at the surrender ceremony, Zhu Biao only saw him a few times at the court meeting. Wenwen's weak temper did not have the courage of a king. It can only be said that he was brought up by his mother Peng.
Yes, but in this current situation, it is actually a good thing.
Empress Ma also specially met the Empress Dowager Peng. The two had similar experiences. Both of them followed their husbands who were born in the Red Scarf Army and fought in the north and south. One was the regent of the Ming Xia and the other is now the empress of the Ming Dynasty.
It is estimated that this gift was also Peng's principle. After all, the mother and son were living under someone else's roof, and they were afraid that the meaning of their existence would be lost that day, and they would be forced to die of a sudden illness.
As they walked all the way to the Imperial Horse Prison, the current Marquis of Guiyi came up to him and paid homage in a formal manner. Zhu Biao happily supported him with his own hands and said, "You and I are of the same age, so we don't have to be so formal."
Ming Sheng wore a python dragon robe given by the emperor, and he was full of poetry and calligraphy. In addition, he had been the emperor of Daxia for several years, and his grace and demeanor were better than those of Zhu Biao's younger brothers with well-developed limbs.
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"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is generous, and His Majesty is even more graceful. However, the dignity and dignity are still there, and humble ministers dare not overstep them."
"To tell you the truth, I hit it off with you right away. It's just that I haven't had time to visit your house due to my busy schedule. Now I seem a bit unfamiliar."
There were several members of the Ming family accompanying him, and they were all overjoyed when they heard this. They used to be princes and nobles, but now even the emperor is just a marquis, let alone them. They were afraid that they would be buried with Ming Sheng inexplicably.
Zhu Biao's words were always sincere, and now that he had all the initiative, Ming Sheng, a young man who was born in a deep palace and grew up in the hands of a woman, was naturally moved to the point where his eyes turned red and he was about to cry.
He had heard that before they arrived in the capital, someone in the court suggested that they would hold a surrender ceremony according to the precedent of Meng Chang's surrender to the Song Dynasty, but it was His Highness the Crown Prince who made the suggestion to save him the humiliation.
Ming Sheng choked up and said: "I am a humble minister, how can I be so virtuous and capable, but I have been treated so kindly by His Majesty the Crown Prince? I wish I could die to repay God's kindness. I will definitely abide by my duty and never think of him in the slightest!"
As soon as Ming Sheng cried, the surrounding Ming clan members also started to cry and kowtow. When they cried, the officials of the Ministry of Rites laughed. This is something worthy of being recorded in the history books. This is the magnanimity of my Ming Dynasty!
Zhu Biao was relieved for a while, and Mingsheng seemed to have cried out all the pressure. After wiping away his tears, his whole person became much clearer: "Let His Highness laugh."
Zhu Biao shook his head and said: "There is great terror between life and death. It is normal for Brother Ming to experience turmoil and pressure in recent years. Just remember that living is the most important thing. You can't keep yesterday. Let the past go by."
Ming Sheng nodded as if he had some insights. Zhu Biao didn't know what he had realized. Only naive people would believe such empty talk. However, naivety is good sometimes. Being content with the situation is at least better than those who don't know their own abilities.
People are strong.
For example, Chen Li, the Marquis of Guide, who was five years older than Ming Sheng and had also proclaimed himself emperor, abandoned himself all day long and cried out for his sorrow. He didn't even think that Zhu Yuanzhang had really planned to kill him, so he would have died of a sudden illness, and Chen Youliang would have died.
After so many years, it has made people look tired of it.
