After many days, Jiang Yanran finally met the legendary "Master Jin".
However, it was not at the Shen family, but at the inn of the Ming Dynasty Mission. After she sobered up and made herself look brand new, she went to find her drinking and bragging buddy Li Zicheng, when she met Lord Jin.
However, she couldn't get angry at all.
The other party did not come to see him immediately, but has been surrounding the Ming Mission from the beginning until now. There seems to be nothing wrong. The other party respects the Ming Mission, but that means respecting her. If she is angry about it, wouldn't it be her own fault?
Angry with yourself?
Therefore, in the face of Jin Changsheng's apology, Jiang Yanran waved her hands grandly: "Master Jin's letter has made it very clear. I won't care about it. You continue, I'm just here to mess with my brother Li."
Drinking wine!”
Jin Changsheng and Li Zicheng are two types of people. Li Zicheng is tall and burly. Even if he is not wearing armor and wearing daily official uniform, he is a head taller than Jin Changsheng. Although Jin Changsheng is a Confucian scholar, he is not what Jiang Yanran imagined.
The kind of scholar from the Ming Dynasty, the kind who wears Confucian clothes.
On the contrary, probably because of this meeting, he was dressed very solemnly, wearing a Korean official uniform and a tall square hat. This outfit was vaguely similar to the official uniform worn by Li Zicheng.
Jiang Yanran said goodbye to the two of them and exited the lobby where the two were discussing. When she came back, she was already wearing official uniform. Moreover, she looked exactly like Li Zicheng's, just a size smaller.
"Are you only a fourth-grade military attaché?"
Li Zicheng glanced at her, who was sitting next to him pretending to be dignified, and murmured in a low voice: "I heard you say it yesterday, and I thought you were bragging!"
"We are talking about business. General Li, don't talk about things that have nothing to do with business!"
Jiang Yanran coughed slightly, her face serious: "Where did you talk?"
Jin Changsheng looked at the two people in front of him with a smile: "Just chatting, just chatting. I just want to introduce to General Li the scenery of the Three Thousand Liang River and Mountains in North Korea, and the admiration of the North Korean royal family and people for the Ming Dynasty!"
Jiang Yanran glanced at Li Zicheng, who looked at her helplessly: "How about you talk to this Mr. Jin, and I'll go out and get some fresh air!"
Jiang Yanran smiled at Jin Changsheng and said, "Is that okay?"
"Of course, General Li, please help yourself. I have long wanted to discuss something with Miss Jiang. It is better to choose a different day. Today is a good day!"
Li Zicheng stood up, winked at Jiang Yanran, and strode outside.
What is he doing in Zhenjiang Fort? What does the whole Overseas Zhenfu Division mean? Yesterday during the drinking and bragging, he told Jiang Yanran without reservation. He would not keep this kind of thing a secret from anyone, and he would not keep it secret from Jiang Yanran.
Keeping it a secret, Jiang Yanran could sit here instead of him at this moment, and he felt relaxed.
He must not dislike socializing with these Koreans. With Jiang Yanran here, he only needs to be a villain when necessary.
This kind of thing is the simplest. Li Zicheng likes simple things.
"Is Mr. Jin still interested in the opening of a semicolon in your royal city by Sihai Trading Company?" Jiang Yanran asked with a smile.
"Why are you not interested?" Jin Changsheng looked at Jiang Yanran: "Is it because of General Li and his mission? Does Miss Jiang think I will change my mind?"
"That's good. Actually, are you interested? This semicolon has been decided to be opened!"
Jiang Yanran nodded: "You must have figured out the purpose of General Li's visit. The mission of our Overseas Pressure and Soothing Department came this time mainly to discuss with you the establishment of our Overseas Pressure and Soothing Department for North Korea in North Korea.
, with this comfort department, you and I, the Ming Dynasty, can communicate without any hindrance. If I still had concerns before I opened a semicolon with you all over the world, then, with my Ming Dynasty, North Korea
Si Yao, I'm not worried at all that you will trick me!"
"General Li just mentioned this matter!" Jin Changsheng pondered for a moment: "However, this is no longer something I can decide. What I can decide is that if Miss Jiang's Sihai Branch opens in Wangcheng,
I always welcome it, after all, we also need a variety of rich shop utensils from the Ming Dynasty!"
"You just talked about it, so what did you talk about afterwards!" Jiang Yanran was very curious: "Since you can't make the decision, then go back and report it to your King. This matter is nothing to us.
It’s a big deal, but to you, it’s a huge deal!”
"Is the person talking to me in front of me now, the shopkeeper Jiang from Sihai Trading Company, or Mr. Jiang from Ming Dynasty Overseas Zhenfu Division?"
Jin Changsheng glanced at Jiang Yanran's official uniform and asked a little solemnly.
"Is there any difference?" Jiang Yanran tilted her head and looked at the Confucian scholar in front of her. She found it strange that the other person paid attention to details.
"Of course there is a difference. If it's Shopkeeper Jiang from Sihai Trading Company, then this is a friendly reminder and urging. If it's Mr. Jiang from Overseas Zhenfu Division, does this sound like a threat?"
His eyes became sharp: "If our king only allows your Sihai Trading Company to set up a semicolon in the royal city, but does not agree with the Ming Dynasty to set up this comfort department in my royal city, what will be the consequences?"
"It's boring to say that!" Jiang Yanran sighed, with an old-fashioned look: "Master Jin, a Confucian scholar like you must be first-class in knowledge. Naturally, you should also keep in mind the official position of Ming Dynasty.
It’s so clear that you don’t even know what kind of yamen my Ming Dynasty’s Comfort Department is!”
"Of course I know the Xuanfu system of the Ming Dynasty!" Jin Changsheng said softly: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Three Propaganda and Six Comforts have been so prestigious. It is precisely because of this Xuanfu system that we and other vassal states have
Rely on the surroundings of the Ming Dynasty, protect yourself from foreign invasion, and mediate disputes between each other!"
He looked at Jiang Yanran with a look of uncertainty in his eyes: "May I ask Miss Jiang, how many places are still able to obey the Ming Dynasty's three announcements and six consolations, and how many soldiers and horses the Ming Dynasty has sent to help them?
Resist foreign invasion?"
"You really know!" Jiang Yanran's face darkened: "What are the three propaganda and six comforts of the Ming Dynasty? How many people still listen to the words of the Ming Dynasty? Let me count them for you, Nandian Xuanfu Division, Ganya Xuanfu Division, Longchuan Xuanfu Division
Fusi, Liuwei refers to the Chexuanwei Department, Myanmar Xuanwei Department, Mubang Xuanwei Department, Babaidadian Xuanwei Department, Mengyang Xuanwei Department, and Laos Xuanwei Department. These are the three Xuanwei Departments of the Ming Dynasty.
"Excuse me, but how many years ago did this happen? After so many years, how many changes have taken place in the courts in these places, don't you know?"
"Yes, many of these Xuanwei and Xuanfu departments exist in name only, and many are even in name only. However, that is their business. If these people doubt the Ming Dynasty and resent the Ming Dynasty, they can say that you are the only one in Korea.
Can’t say!”
"During the Wanli period, you were beaten to the point of near-annihilation by the Koreans. I, the Ming Dynasty, fought with blood and blood to drive out the Japanese pirates who invaded you. How many good men of the Ming Dynasty died on your land?
Yes, you call it the Imjin Japanese Rebellion. How many years have passed, you won’t forget it!”
"When the Ming Dynasty was at its peak, the small neighboring countries were all proud of paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty. However, the Ming Dynasty was a great country, and all the envoys from the countries who came to pay tribute were generously rewarded, even far more than the value of the items they paid tribute to.
Small countries think they have found a way to make money, so they come to pick my Ming Dynasty wool without any regard for face, almost every year!"
Jiang Yanran snorted heavily and scolded Jin Changsheng in front of her mercilessly: "My Ming Dynasty has established a tribute system. There are people who pay tribute every ten years and people who pay tribute every twenty years. You are the only one."
Although the Korean state has stipulated that tribute should be paid every three years, your envoys come to pay tribute every year, so why have I, the Ming Dynasty, ever treated you poorly?"
"I know what you are referring to. It's just that the Tartars invaded you. You asked me for help, but I, the Ming Dynasty, did not come to my aid. As a result, you were defeated and even had to sign a contract with the Tartars!"
"The Ming Dynasty is the one who should be resentful about this matter!" She slapped the table hard: "If a country or a court always pins its own safety and survival on others, once others cannot do what it wants,
Then he felt resentment in his heart. Such a country and court would cause people to be destroyed, but it would be a worthy death!"
"As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, your country of Korea even made peace with the enemy without the permission of the suzerain country. This has already betrayed the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention that after making peace with the Tartars, although you did not directly use troops against the Ming Dynasty,
But you took this opportunity to take back Tieshan City, which had been garrisoned by my Ming Dynasty troops in Dongjiang Town, and did not even allow my Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses to enter your land again. I am surprised. When you need us to fight to the death for you, you are looking forward to us.
Come on, now I don’t think it’s needed anymore, so I treat us as enemy bandits, we are just like this. Our Overseas Pressure Division just set up a comfort division here with you. That’s already extremely generous. That’s all, you still have to do it.
Ask me, what will be the consequences?"
After a heartfelt scolding, Jiang Yanran sat down and took a sip of tea angrily.
Originally she was not so excited, but as she was talking, she remembered that these people would still be in this land in the future, and their attitude towards these passionate people from China would be almost the same now as it would be hundreds of years later.
She couldn't help but got angry. No one took them seriously at first, but they felt good about themselves. Not only did they take them seriously, they also felt that they were a piece of cake, and everyone liked them.
It's like trying to take advantage of them.
To put it harshly, as long as the environment was better, the land was more fertile, and the transportation was more convenient, even if Qin Shihuang did not include it into our Chinese territory, many heroes from the Jin, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties would have attacked them long ago.
They have all become part of my Chinese territory, so naturally there won’t be as many things as today.
Jin Changsheng did not expect Jiang Yanran to speak so eloquently. He wanted to refute the other party's words, but found that he could not refute them. Although the other party's words were unpleasant, none of them were lies, which made him very upset.
Awkward and uncomfortable.
"Also, I am saying this to you in Korea as the Governor of the Ryukyu Solace Department!" Jiang Yanran breathed a sigh of relief: "Who said that the Ming Dynasty's Soothing System was in name only, with my Overseas Soothing Department here?
, In the future, not only will these three declarations and six consolations be restored, but also all the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty will have a Xuanfu Department. You, Korea, are not the first, nor the last!"
"You can report my words to your king word for word!" Jiang Yanran said: "I have a good temper, you can tell me these things, but General Li's temper is not very good. You will never think that I am overseas.
The most brave general under the command of Fusi, as the leader of the mission, came to your country, North Korea, to chat, drink tea and reason with you, right?"
Jin Changsheng was stunned for a long time, then silently bowed his hands to Jiang Yanran, and left in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
As soon as he left, Li Zicheng, who was supposed to be relaxing outside, magically appeared. As soon as he came in, he gave Jiang Yanran a thumbs up: "That house is so boring, I don't know how to spend it.
As for him, you scolded him away, which makes me feel happy!"
"This bad old man is very bad!" Jiang Yanran said bitterly: "Is he similar to those civil servants in our court, full of bad ideas?"
"Then find an excuse to kill him directly?" Li Zicheng's eyes lit up: "The commander has tacitly allowed me to be arrogant here. Killing all the civil servants is not a big deal, right?"
"This guy is not a big official and has a lot of power, so he can't move it!" Jiang Yanran shook her head: "He is just bad, not stupid. After weighing the pros and cons, he will make the right choice and advise their king to make the right choice.
Chosen!"
"That's a pity!" Li Zicheng lamented: "How can I establish my authority if I can't find anyone to kill? If the North Koreans are not afraid of us, I don't know how long this matter will be delayed. I don't have that much time to waste it.
Here, if the Tartars attack, I have to go back and lead the army!"
"It's not easy to kill people to establish authority!" Jiang Yanran laughed: "The Shen family and the Li family are ours. They are officials here. I don't believe there are not many enemies. Go find them.
, ask them who they want to kill the most, and just find an excuse to kill the other person’s whole family!”
Before Li Zicheng could answer, she shook her head: "No, if you do this, the work will be too rough, and it will make us look easy to kill. Otherwise, let's ask the Shen family and the Li family the same way later.
However, if we don’t take action ourselves and let their king take action, forcing their king to kill his own ministers, I think this should make a deeper impression on him!"
"Why didn't I think you were so insidious?" Li Zicheng glared at Jiang Yanran: "What have you experienced outside in the past two years?"
"I'm just like this, okay!" Jiang Yanran rolled her eyes at the other party: "Don't forget, I have been a virgin in a cult for more than a year. I don't know what tricks you can use to play with people's hearts. Huh, I don't even bother to talk to you.
These North Koreans really think that I am worse than them at playing tricks!"