Mei Xiaofei was a little stunned, but the order was clearly written. Even if he didn't want to believe it, it was obviously an unchangeable fact.
But thinking about it carefully, it seems that such a decision is quite normal.
First of all, it is said that the plague is spreading now, and the entire Overseas Control Department has adopted a blockade policy to prevent all movement and exchange of personnel. Under this situation, the only ones who are most suitable to be sent to the Royal City of Korea to act on behalf of the Overseas Control Department are
He was the commander of the middle route army.
In North Korea, he has the highest official position among the officials in the Overseas Prosecution Department.
Secondly, his middle army has been stationed in North Korea for a long time. No one is more familiar with North Korea's affairs than him, not to mention the current unstable political situation in North Korea. Although they are willing to bow to Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty wants to
When showing off his might, it is obviously more convenient to mobilize his mid-range army.
It's just that Mei Xiaofei is a little confused in her heart.
If the above meaning is followed, in the future, the soothing governor of the Korean Soothing Envoy will be him. This also means that it is very likely that he will have to leave the Central Army Corps and hand over the military power in his hands to the next successor.
In the future, even if his Soothing Envoy needs to mobilize the middle legion for support, he will have to handle official business in a formal manner, instead of like now, where he gives an order and the soldiers and horses under his command move on the wind.
"General, you have been promoted!"
Tang Ruowang knew that this was a good thing, and sincerely sent his blessings: "I will miss working with the general very much!"
"Mr. Tang, don't you want to spread the glory of your Lord throughout the entire country of Korea?"
Mei Xiaofei rolled his eyes, and the words in his mouth were full of deception. What Tang Ruowang wanted was clear to him after being in contact with him for so long. However, because of the constraints of his own commander, Tang Ruowang's church
The population is only prosperous in Tieshan City, but its influence cannot spread beyond Tieshan City at all.
And his own commander would never allow him to preach in the army.
Sure enough, when he heard this, Tang Ruowang hesitated a little. He went from Haojing'ao to Tieshan City to study artillery and improve technology for the Overseas Zhenfu Division. He did not contribute to the Ming Dynasty's army. He just wanted to prove
With his own value, he will be reused by Jiang Wan, and with Jiang Wan's support, he will be able to spread the glory of his Lord to the Ming Dynasty in the future.
But right now, it seems that this will take some time.
If we can preach in North Korea during this period of time, or even establish a local church, it seems to be a matter of sharpening our skills and chopping firewood.
After confirming that even the North Korean consolation envoy who helped Mei Xiaofei go to the King's City of North Korea to prepare for the establishment of an overseas support department would not affect his future missionary work in the Ming Dynasty, he coyly agreed to Mei Xiaofei to take him with him.
The requirements of the Joseon Royal City.
Theoretically, he is just a highly paid craftsman hired by the Overseas Government Department, and of course he has the freedom to come and go.
What's more, going to the Royal City does not mean leaving the Overseas Zhenfu Division.
A few days later, Mei Xiaofei took his guards and Tang Ruowang to the North Korean Royal City. Outside the city gate, the leaders of the coalition forces who had reached an agreement, Li Shi and others, as well as two great Confucian scholars, all
They were already waiting to greet him respectfully outside the city gate.
Among them, there is also the new king of North Korea who is frightened and bewildered. He is one of Li Zhu's sons. He looks like a teenager. Although he is just a decoration, he can appear in the team welcoming Mei Xiaofei.
, which has completely proved the attitude of the North Koreans.
After exchanging a few fake greetings, Mei Xiaofei swaggered into the city, rejecting the North Koreans' suggestion to receive him, and stayed directly at the original post house of the Ming Dynasty Mission. Here, a group of people from the civil affairs yamen
The officials have received the news and are looking at their future immediate boss with eager eyes!
If everything goes well, this group of officials in the mission should be the first batch of officials in the North Korean Comfort Mission. They have the most contact with North Koreans and know the best about North Korean affairs. This is
No other officials can replace him.
On the first day, Mei Xiaofei refused any request from the North Koreans. He would naturally go to see any North Koreans. He stayed in the post house and listened carefully to what the officials who stayed behind told him.
The recent situation, the attitude of the North Koreans, and the current progress of preparations for the consolation mission, etc.
At the same time, the North Koreans were not idle, especially those at the top. They gathered together and were studying Mei Xiaofei and what attitude they would use to communicate with Mei Xiaofei next.
To achieve mutually satisfactory results.
"This person is one of the four generals of the Overseas Zhenfu Division. Moreover, this person has been stationed in Tieshan City for a long time. Everyone knows that Tieshan City has become the firearms production place of the Overseas Zhenfu Division. In such an important place, Lord Jiang Wan sent
This person is in charge, which shows how important Mr. Jiang Wan is to this person!"
"Although I haven't heard about General Mei's achievements, Master Shen and Master Li have worked with him before. They should know something about his past and how to make friends with this person. The two adults must not hide their secrets. This is about our country, North Korea.
The welfare of millions of people in this country cannot be careless!"
The two Confucian scholars, Jin Changsheng and Pu Zhijie, paid special attention to this matter, and they were probably the only ones who cared about the stability of the overall situation the most.
Li Shi, who was next to Shen Juncen and Li Qingxuan, remained sullen and silent. Now that some of the coalition forces have taken control of the royal city, he is no longer the one who has the final say. Among the people, those who are worried about the Ming Dynasty settling accounts and drawing lists for the autumn harvest,
He is the only one.
"You can see how Ping An Dao and Xianjing Dao have been doing over the past few years!"
Shen Juncen coughed and said slowly: "During the Jin people's occupation, the people of the two Dao were in dire straits. Now the business of the two Dao is prosperous, the people's livelihood is prosperous, and there are improved sweet potato seeds passed down by the Ming Dynasty, so that the people of the two Dao can live in peace.
This year we no longer have to worry about starvation, and the various cotton cloths that Ming Dynasty continuously brought in made it possible for our two people to rarely freeze to death last winter!"
Shen Juncen said slowly: "Even in the royal city, except for people like you, if ordinary people can live like this, I don't think everyone is like this!"
He glanced at Pu Zhijie: "The south has always been rich, but how does it compare with the bitter and cold places of Ping'an Road and Hamjing Road where I am now?"
"Master Shen, what do you mean?" The two Confucian scholars frowned.
"What I mean is that if you are still resisting the Ming Dynasty people in your hearts, then we don't need to discuss it. If the Ming Dynasty people feel that we people are not available and can't be used, they will naturally replace them with others!"
"If the Korean consolation mission cannot be done in the royal city, I very much welcome the Ming Dynasty people to do it in our Xian'an city. Mr. Park, it is also possible to do it in your Pyongyang city!"
"Of course I can't ask for such a good thing!"
Pu Renyong muttered, among the people here, he is the most junior and the weakest, so naturally he speaks the quietest.
"The people of Ming Dynasty have no intention of occupying our country of Korea!" Shen Juncen said: "They have no intention of plundering our country of Korea. Even if they need any supplies, they will double the compensation to us. This has been the case before.
It is like this now and it will be like this in the future!”
Shen Juncen said firmly: "In this case, what is the point of studying how to deal with this General Mei Xiaofei? He is General Mei Xiaofei, but he is also a representative of the people of the Ming Dynasty. He represents the people of the Ming Dynasty. He represents the people of the Ming Dynasty.
It’s Mr. Jiang Wan behind him, it’s enough for us to know Mr. Jiang Wan’s true attitude!”
"In this case, what is the attitude of Mr. Jiang Wan? Mr. Shen, you must have some understanding if you have more contact with him!"
"To put it bluntly, we are not in his eyes at all!" Shen Juncen smiled bitterly: "That is to say, we take ourselves too seriously. If our king hadn't ordered General Li Shi to start the war,
, the people of the Ming Dynasty will not pay attention to us at all. This North Korean consolation envoy has been talking about this year since last year, but there has been no result. Are the people of the Ming Dynasty pursuing it?"
Everyone's faces were as ugly as Li Shi's. These words really didn't sound good. However, everyone knew in their hearts at this moment that it was really the truth. Even Li Shi, who had always had confidence in his army, at this moment
He didn't dare to slap his chest in front of everyone and shout: "The people of Ming Dynasty are just like this. If you don't accept it, come and fight!"
Don't bring someone who is seeking death like this!
"So, let's talk about something more practical!" Shen Juncen sat down slowly.
Two days later, this group of Koreans who had already made plans in their minds finally met Mr. Mei Xiaofei in the post house. Mei Xiaofei, who also had already made up his mind, made a series of questions to the Koreans.
Require.
"The Korean Comfort Division of the Overseas Comfort Mission Department is located in the Royal City of Joseon. In view of the situation in North Korea, the Comfort Mission Division must maintain a military strength of at least a thousand people to ensure the safety of our Comfort Mission Officers!"
"If our Ming Dynasty has a request to pay tribute to the North Korean state, my Consolation Envoy will convey the information and the Korean royal court must do its best to meet the requirements of our Ming Dynasty. At the same time, my Consolation Envoy will also support the merchants of the two countries in trade.
, to better benefit North Korean citizens!”
"Tieshan City and its surrounding areas, including but not limited to the Xiaoshancheng port area, will be leased to our Korean Consolation Department on a lease basis. The lease term is tentatively set at ninety-nine years. Every year, our Compassion Department will pay rent.
Five hundred taels of silver in cash to the royal court of Korea!"
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After a series of demands, the North Koreans' expressions remained unchanged. These demands may sound a bit harsh, but if you think about it carefully, they don't seem to be unacceptable.
Under such a request, the North Koreans did not seem to suffer much loss, and moreover, they seemed to have made some faint gains.
Take the requirement to support trade, for example. This was a good thing that North Korea could not ask for in the past. Now that there is this requirement, doesn’t it mean that in the future, all kinds of good things from the Ming Dynasty, such as porcelain, tea, silk, books, etc.
There will be a steady stream of goods shipped to North Korea from sea and land. Such a thing is nothing but profit.
Of course, there is a more important point. The people of Ming Dynasty promised in front of them that they would not interfere with the operation of the North Korean royal court.
Everyone is very happy about this. What makes the Shen family and the Li family happy is that the Ming people have always done this, but now they have such a status. Could it be that the Ming people did not interfere?
The two Confucian scholars were also very happy. The non-interference of the Ming Dynasty meant that the Korean royal court had always been independent, and the Korean kingdom was still an independent royal city, not a vassal of a certain country.
Li Shi was also very happy. Ming's non-interference showed that he would never be held accountable for his past actions. Now that he has a large army in hand, if the Ming people don't fight him, who in the entire Korean country can punish him?
Woolen cloth?
Of course, what will happen to the Ming Dynasty's attitude in the future depends on what the Ming Dynasty will do. However, even this kind of attitude is very good. It far exceeds the expectations of these people. This is
It's like a bottom line. The bottom line is drawn here. No matter what happens in the future, it won't go too far beyond this bottom line.
"I would like to ask General Mei if we can ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops to expel the large group of pirates entrenched in the south of our country!"
Seeing that everything was almost settled, Park Zhijie finally found the opportunity to say what he had always wanted to say.
"Expel the pirates from the south on my behalf!" Mei Xiaofei was slightly happy when he heard this. Scholars speak well. This was clearly asking him, since they had reached an agreement, if they could ask those pirates to leave.
Anyway, everyone knows what is going on with these pirates!
"It is impossible to send troops!" Mei Xiaofei said righteously: "I have just said that the rules of our overseas consolation department are that the consolation envoys stationed in foreign countries are not allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of that country...
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"Ah..." Pu Zhijie was slightly startled. This answer surprised him. He felt that the Ming Dynasty people would not refuse.
"But..." Mei Xiaofei paused: "Pirates are also human beings, and they should be reasonable. If you can't drive them away by force, have you tried to reason with them? If you can reason with them, I'll understand.
Instead, we can send out a few eloquent people who understand justice and persuade these pirates to return from their lost ways!"
"Of course, we also tried to reason with these pirates, but most of these pirates are Westerners. They are like savages and cannot communicate at all!" Park Zhijie's face seemed to have a stomachache after eating something he shouldn't have eaten:
"They won't reason with us!"
"Oh, this is easy!"
Mei Xiaofei nodded confidently: "Westerners are also foreigners, so they will be better off. It just so happens that I have a guest minister in the Overseas Administrative Department who is also a Westerner. He should not be able to communicate with Westerners.
The difficulty, and more importantly, is that this man is favored by the god he believes in. He is a priest. Wherever he goes, people who believe in the same god as him respect him and do not dare to do any harm to him.
heart of!"
He smiled slightly: "How about I ask him to persuade those pirates to return from their lost ways?"