Compared with the Western Yi who let a bunch of idlers watch the excitement of Xu Guangqi and other visitors from the East, the countries in the East that have been baptized by Chinese civilization are different - on the eighth day of September in the twelfth year of Wanli, outside the Guanghua Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, there was a big guard of honor to welcome them
There were no idle people waiting at the scene of the envoys from the Great Kingdom, but only a solemn, grand and solemn scene.
Gyeongbokgung Palace is named after the word "Gyeongbokgung" in "The Gentleman for Ten Thousand Years, Is Gyeongbokgung" in the Book of Songs. As a vassal royal palace, its area and regulations strictly follow the vassal relationship with the suzerain country, the Ming Dynasty, and are regulated by the prince.
The Prince's Palace was built according to the royal palace system of the Ming Dynasty. All buildings are painted in blue to distinguish them from the yellow of the Chinese imperial palace.
Jia Sanjin, the imperial envoy who often visited the Forbidden City and was given the title of Youdu Censor, looked up at the walls of Gyeongbokgung Palace under the Guanghua Gate and felt that they were not much higher than the walls of his own house. When he saw outside the palace gate,
Li Chao, who was bowing and standing in solemnity, was full of civil and military officials, and a sense of secret joy arose spontaneously. Because he got a face that the imperial envoys had never received before - the one who bowed beside him was the "Prime Minister" of Li Chao.
Liu Chenglong was in charge of political affairs.
North Korea also has an yamen similar to the Ministry of Rites, but the vassal cannot be called a department, but can only be called Cao. The Li Cao judge is the second grade. At this time, he is not qualified to accompany Jia Sanjin, because Jia Sanjin’s visit this time is not important to King Li Huan and
For North Korea as a whole, it is of great significance.
In order to solve the "crisis" that occurred in the Ming Dynasty, which was not an economic crisis, Zhu Yijun issued a decree requesting North Korea to exempt all tariffs on goods imported from the Ming Dynasty - to be honest, this was a bit bullying of honest people.
Not to mention that Li Chao had already raised Daming as his biological father, and not to mention the bunch of beauties who had no status and were sent to Zhu Yijun. Just looking at Li Hao's attitude towards Zhu Yijun, he had no choice.
Starting from the first year of Wanli, whenever the Ming Dynasty had major or minor affairs, Li Huo would send at least ten, and sometimes more than thirty, envoys to the Ming Dynasty to participate in various activities - just take care of a meal, and bring the rest with you.
He also presented various souvenirs and various forms of worship, congratulations and other ideological reports one after another, which led to the Imperial Court's Ministry of Etiquette setting up a special department to deal with North Korean affairs.
This attitude of the Li Dynasty was of course favored by the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. In Zhu Yijun's plan to dominate the world, the Li family's North Korea was not conquered. Even if North Korea cried out for annexation, Zhu Yijun would not want it -
At most, we need some islands to facilitate the navy to dock.
Why? Zhu Yijun must show an example to all the countries in the world. As long as you are respectful from the bottom of your heart, I will not hit you with any help. Although the Li Dynasty is closest to the Ming Dynasty, I just don’t want it, even if it is given to me for free.
There is another benefit - no matter how far China develops in future generations of this time and space, the independent existence of North Korea will prove irrefutably that China has been a peace-loving country since ancient times, and there is no aggression in the civilizational genes of the Chinese nation.
and colonial existence.
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As for why Jia Sanjin, the imperial envoy, received such courtesy, it was because after Zhu Yijun bullied North Korea, he felt embarrassed and finally gave North Korea something that it had not received for more than two hundred years-an indication of the results of the lineage debate.
"Daming Huidian".
Liu Chenglong, the leader of the political council, knew the weight of this thing very well. After Li Youzhi, the North Korean envoy in the capital at that time, passed the news back, all the people in North Korea, inside and outside the palace - let's put it this way, all those who had received Confucian education were punished.
Cried.
King Li Huo said at that time that the exemption of import tariffs was simply not enough. Besides, our vassal should not have collected Ming Dynasty tariffs in the first place! No, we must also express - Oh, it is a pity that I did not give birth to a princess.
Ah, Lord Councilor, how about your granddaughter send a few of them.
Liu Chenglong also communicated with tears of excitement, thinking that his granddaughter is a bit old, or we should hold a talent show in North Korea. China has everything, and the only thing we can express our sincere gratitude for is this souvenir.
Why are North Koreans so excited? What is "lineage argument and false accusation"? It's a long story. This cauldron was left by Taizu: when Taizu proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, the country on the Korean Peninsula was still Goryeo.
Under the great changes caused by the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the rise of the Ming Dynasty, the Goryeo Dynasty faced a major decision to abandon the Yuan Dynasty and serve the Ming Dynasty. After Taizu came to the throne, he sent an envoy to give a seal, and Goryeo accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and honored it as Zhengshuo. However, not long after, Goryeo's pro-Yuan faction
The representative figure Li Renren killed Wang Zhuan and made Xin You the king. Later, he asked the Ming Dynasty to grant Wang Zhuan a posthumous title, which aroused the dissatisfaction of Taizu: "Zhuan has been killed for a long time. Now I am asking for a posthumous title. I will fake the order of my court and suppress him."
It is not allowed to appease the people and cover up the traces of rebellion."
However, there was another careerist in the Goryeo court at this time - Li Chenggui. After Xin You came to the throne, Li Renren and other pro-Yuan forces expanded, suspended the Hongwu reign title, restored the Yuan Dynasty crown, and ordered Cui Ying and Li Chenggui to lead the army to attack Liaodong.
, but Li Chenggui understood the situation clearly: "If you violate the territory of the superior country and offend the emperor, disaster will be imminent. It is urgent to eliminate the evil on the emperor's side to ensure peace of mind."
Under the response of the generals, Li Chenggui returned to attack the royal city, imprisoned Cui Ying, deposed Xin Yu, and successively established Xinchang and Wang Yao as king. Li Chenggui took control of the power of Goryeo. In the 25th year of Hongwu, Li Chenggui deposed Wang Yao.
, turned to kill him, changed his surname to revolution, and established the Korean Dynasty. From then on, he followed the policy of admiring Hua and doing great things, changed his name to Li Dan, and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
It stands to reason that Li Chenggui killed the pro-Yuan faction and his family worshiped Ming Taizu as his eldest brother. Taizu should be happy. But Taizu was a man of great talent and strategy, and he had a strong grasp of the essence of the country's diplomatic issues.
Therefore, in April of the 27th year of Hongwu (1394), Taizu sent Huang Yongqi and others as envoys to North Korea, and intimidated Li Chenggui in the "Comment on Sacrifice to the Gods of Haiyue, Mountains and Rivers": "He is the heir of Li Renren, the former Goryeo minister."
So-and-so, this person is called so-and-so...Looking at Li's actions, it seems that he was not someone who was ordered by the emperor to rehabilitate the people...If he continues to insult him, he will definitely be punished when he is questioned."
This edict directly stated that Li Chenggui was the son of Li Renren, who killed Wang Zhuan of Goryeo. Li Chenggui was stunned after hearing this.
He quickly went to the police station and said, I killed Li Renren! He is not my father. You are a little far away in Nanjing. How can you say this? Li Renren is really not my father.
Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was always paying attention to the situation in the north. How could he not know that Li Chenggui and Li Renren were not related by blood. But the emperor of the great power was domineering, and he said it was you - in this way, the North Korea established by Li Chenggui had problems with its legitimacy.
, the first emperor was a bastard who killed his father and his king.
Then Li Chenggui applied for a set of king's robes and a gold seal as the king's seal. Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang did not give it to him, and he left this paragraph in Huang Ming's ancestral motto:
"In Korea, that is, Goryeo, Li Renren and his son Chenggui, who is now named Dan, from the sixth year of Hongwu to the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, all four kings of the Wang family were killed, first and last. I will wait for them."
It means that Li Renren and Li Chenggui are not real people. They have killed four kings of Goryeo. They should let him wait for the gold seal to be awarded to them - wait for it.
What is even more frightening is that there is this passage in Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty: "All my descendants, who have inherited my orders, are not clever and mess with my established methods. One word cannot be changed."
In this way, Ming Taizu determined the origin of Li Chenggui and the issue of killing the four kings of Goryeo through the "Huangming Ancestors". Li Chenggui's lineage and founding of the country were the source of orthodoxy of the Joseon Dynasty and were related to the
The power to explain the legality of the royal genealogy in later generations was all in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Chenggui has focused on compiling history to establish his own legitimacy, which was also imitated by subsequent kings of the Li Dynasty. However, as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, Li Chenggui's "clan" issue of origin and the "infamous" record of killing the four kings
As for the "Ancestor Instructions of the Emperor Ming Dynasty", a document with a constitutional status, North Korea has been unable to fix it. This triggered the North Korea's diligent request for more than two hundred years to request the emperors of the Ming Dynasty to provide the "Ancestor Instructions of the Emperor Ming Dynasty".
Patched "lineage defamation" operation.
Chengzu obtained the throne through the "Battle of Jingnan". When the people in the country were not stable, "he was newly ascended to the throne, and the princes in the world had no dynasty. Only North Korea sent the prime minister to congratulate him, and the emperor commended him for his loyalty, so he was generous."
The decree was issued: "The King of Joseon's report is not from Li Renren's time, but it is worse than the previous one. He is allowed to correct it." Well, let me change it first. You, Li Chenggui, are not Li Renren's son.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang had already warned future generations that "not a single word of the content of "Huang Ming Zu Xun" should be changed. This destined that Zhu Di would not be able to truly comply with North Korea's request to correct the relevant records of "Huang Ming Zu Xun". Therefore,
Ming Dynasty could only change this matter in other books.
During the Yingzong period, the imperial court compiled the "Unification of the Ming Dynasty". At the request of North Korea, further changes were made to Li Chenggui's lineage and the founding of the country: "In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu (Hongwu), his master Yao fell into a coma, and the public pushed Li Chenggui, the servant, to
Cheng Gui was in charge of state affairs, and the imperial edict followed him. Cheng Gui changed his name to Dan and moved to Seoul. He sent envoys to ask for a change in the country's name, and the imperial edict changed its name to Korea." The matter of Li Chenggui's regicide was also corrected.
However, including Chengzu, the emperors of all dynasties were tied together and did not dare to touch a hair of the "Huang Ming Zu Xun", and the "Huang Ming Zu Xun" had the highest status, so a few years later, during the Zhengde period, the "Da Ming Zu Xun" was revised
"Hui Dian", this matter was brought out again, and North Korea vomited blood again.
Until Zhu Yijun sent Jia Sanjin, for more than seventy years, North Korea spent a lot of energy and financial resources on the "clan debate" surrounding the "Da Ming Huidian", which went through the four dynasties of North Korea: Zhongzong, Renzong, Mingzong, and Seonjo!
In the thirteenth year of Zhengde's reign, the North Korean envoy Li Jimeng reported after returning from the capital that the "Da Ming Huidian" still continued the "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions" related records about Li Chenggui's lineage and the killing of the four kings. After hearing this news, North Korea's Zhongzong immediately
All the ministers were summoned to discuss the matter, and all the ministers agreed that "the record in the Huidian is so wrong that it only hurts the holy heart? It has been shared by hundreds of generations of ministers and common people... It was not true and it was infamously spread all over the world.
"I am deeply saddened by this" and all expressed the need to send envoys to defend the false accusation.
Immediately, North Korea sent a memorial mission with Nan Gun as the chief envoy and Li Zui as the deputy envoy to Beijing to defend the false accusation, and submitted to the Ministry of Rites a memorial written by Nan Gun to defend the false accusation. The memorial said:
“I have now heard that what was recorded in the Ming Dynasty Huidian not only failed to correct the lineage, but also gained a reputation that was unprecedented among our ancestors. The subjects of the country were frightened and confused... looking down at the Holy Mercy, and obeying the order of the late emperor, I promised
It is true that the legend is false. My family is the ancestor of my ancestor, and my ancestor is also avenging his injustice. It is very unfortunate."
In this regard, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to the King of Joseon after seeing the Korean memorial and the advice of the Ministry of Rites: "After our ancestor Li Chenggui was not in charge of Li Renren, I, Emperor Taizongwen, have issued a decree and authorized the correction, and now you have issued a memorial."
Love, sincerity and filial piety can be remembered. I have specially requested you to send an edict with my wishes, and you will accept it." Well, Wu Zong agreed to the correction.
During the Zhengde period, the Korean envoys tended to make corrections as soon as possible to avoid the erroneous transmission. Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites at that time, and others comforted him by saying that what was recorded in the "Huidian" was based on the ancestral teachings and could not be retroactively modified. However, the "Huidian" could be added at any time.
If it is damaged, it will be rebuilt soon, and it will definitely be corrected in accordance with this imperial edict.
In the eighth year of Jiajing's reign, North Korea learned from its envoy Li Peng that the Ming Dynasty was going to revise the "Da Ming Hui Dian". It believed that this was a good opportunity to correct the errors in the "Hui Dian", so it sent Liu Pu and the congratulatory envoy Li Han.
He went to Beijing again to negotiate on the clan debate and false accusation in the "Da Ming Huidian".
King Sejong sent an edict to the Ministry of Rites: "This is a matter about the clan lineage of the country submitted by the ministers of the Joseon Dynasty. Since it is in compliance with the ancestor's decree, your ministry will investigate it, prepare the details, publish them, and send them to the historical museum for implementation."
In fact, although Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty paid great attention to North Korea's request and formally ordered the historical records to be revised, like Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, they were only empty promises, because the Jiajing Dynasty's reconstruction of the "Da Ming Huidian" was also laborious and intermittently, and did not
Publication. However, North Korea regarded this as a long-term event and persisted in sending special defense envoys in the 16th, 18th, 36th, and 42nd years of Jiajing to inquire about the Ming Dynasty's revision of the "Da Ming Huidian"
Progress.
Until Zhu Yijun came to this time and space, the North Korean King Li Huo took advantage of the opportunity that the emperor had just ascended the throne to refresh the government and sent envoys to Beijing to defend the "clan" and "notoriety" of the "Da Ming Huidian".
However, the "Da Ming Huidian" has not yet been completed, and Zhang Juzheng can only promise to make corrections in the book as always. However, this time there is some progress with the past. Zhang Juzheng promised to include the North Korean defamation speeches before and after in the newly revised record.
, for later adoption when compiling the "Da Ming Huidian".
From then on, Li Huo seized every opportunity to pay tribute, and sent special defense envoys in the second, third, fifth, ninth, and twelfth years of Wanli to remind and urge him to issue the tribute as soon as possible.
The authentic "Da Ming Hui Dian" - Zhu Yijun finally sent the imperial envoy Jia Sanjin this time to award the North Korean publication of the "Da Ming Hui Dian" lineage, a notoriously corrected volume.
Just this booklet made North Korea grateful to the bone. King Li Huo said:
"Such as today, snow has been painful for hundreds of years, leaving ancestors without a father but with a father, without a king but with a king... Before they became human beings, Yi Lun Youxu, and East Korea was recreated, what do the ancestors' spirits in the sky think?
I can have my say." Consider the awarding of this booklet as "rebuilding East Korea." [Note 1]
Liu Chenglong said: "From the top to the saints, to the bottom to the common people, we have been grieving for two hundred years. Now that the treasure canon is newly issued and re-created in Eastern Korea, it is nothing more than the filial piety from the top and the greatest sincerity." Hmm.
, if we hadn't "served our ancestors with filial piety and acted with utmost sincerity" as we have done for more than two hundred years, how could the "Da Ming Huidian" be published in North Korea?
Zhu Yijun was embarrassed by these words. He asked Zhang Juzheng: "Old sir, does this mean we have lost a means to control North Korea?"
Zhang Juzheng smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, we will not compile anything else except "Da Ming Hui Dian"? As long as he compiles the official history, he will have to beg us - I think the title of the book "Huang Ming Da Zheng Ji" is not bad!"