After the Goryeo envoys entered Juye Castle, they immediately revealed the leak.
It turned out that in addition to the no more than 35 "officials" who came to discuss state affairs in this makeshift mission, the remaining more than 300 retinues, horse supervisors, handymen and other accompanying personnel were all purchased by Goryeo businessmen.
The Chinese Federation that came in was rich, and everyone wanted to take advantage of this mission to travel to the heavenly kingdom and make a fortune.
As soon as this "caravan" dressed as an envoy entered Juye City, they began to carry out commercial activities. As a result, several Korean businessmen vowed to negotiate a ginseng deal with local businessmen, and when it came time to deliver the goods,
Suddenly regretted it, it turned out that it was
These Korean businessmen did not have ginseng in stock at all. They originally wanted to get the order first and then go back to sell the goods. Unexpectedly, after returning, they found that the Korean ginseng brought by the mission was in great demand and had been sold out.
It is difficult for a businessman and a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
There was no other way, so these businessmen had no choice but to beg the local businessmen in a low voice, saying that they were willing to provide silver trading at a preferential price as compensation for the ginseng trading. As a result, those local businessmen only came for Korean ginseng, and now they could not get the goods. Naturally,
I became furious, started to argue over this, and finally took these dishonest foreign profiteers to court for commercial fraud.
After such a good show, the Korean envoys were disgraced. It was a major diplomatic matter, and Juye Prefect did not dare to neglect it, so after detailed explanations and six questions, another unpopular revelation came out - these few
The "profiteers" turned out not to be Goryeo merchants, but Japanese merchants from Haidong.
The two Japanese businessmen in charge both have Chinese names, one is Zheng Qing and the other is Sun Junming. They are from Tsushima Island in the Korean Strait. From the map, Tsushima Island is like a "bridge" connecting Japan.
With the mainland in the north, the people of Tsushima Island have such a geographical advantage. Their ancestors have relied on trade with Goryeo for generations. Sun Junming and Zheng Qing were both from a large clan on Tsushima Island.
Sun Junming and Zheng Qing were selling silver in Goryeo. Suddenly, an acquaintance came to tell them that the Goryeo mission to China was recruiting people and asked if they were interested. Sun Junming and Zheng Qing said nothing.
He immediately paid a large sum of money to buy the qualification to join the group - if he could sell a batch of raw silk and silk fabrics to China, it would be a very profitable business.
But things were so rushed that Sun Junming and Zheng Qing had no time to buy some Goryeo specialties, so they had to take their own silver on board the ship. However, after entering Juye City, they found that no one cared about their silver, and they were all thrown away.
It’s in – no wonder, copper coins were the currency at that time
Mainstream, including some paper currency, silver is only used as diplomatic currency or as a reward. In private transactions, perhaps more silver is used in the Northern Silk Road trade, but in the Central Plains region, silver is basically ignored by the market.
It's normal that you can't buy anything with money.
The silver in their hands could not be sold, and they could not buy back the raw silk, silk fabrics and other good things they coveted. Sun Junming and Zheng Qing, who were furious, came up with a bad idea. They wanted to borrow Korean chickens to lay eggs.
——In the end, the wolf was trapped, but they couldn't restrain themselves, and ended up making a big fuss.
After figuring out the situation, the Koryo mission clamored that for the sake of the friendship between the people of China and Korea, they must resolutely crack down on the Japanese slave traders who were infiltrating the Koryo mission and destroying the diplomatic relations between the two countries, so as to satisfy people's hearts.
Be a warning to others.
Juye Fuyin also has a headache. It used to be just Goryeo, but now a Japanese country has emerged, and the two countries are at each other's throats. If one of them can't handle this well, some disputes will arise. Although the Chinese Federation is not afraid, it will ruin Rouge.
Fuyuan people always have a bad reputation.
Therefore, the governor of Juye made several solutions and submitted them to the parliament for review and decision. At that time, Ximen Qing was on the northern border to welcome the return of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. The parliament was leaderless and did not make the decision, so they used the excuse that there was no trivial matter in diplomacy.
Report this matter to Ximen Qing immediately.
When Ximen Qing, who was worrying about the reform of the currency system, heard about this, his heart moved-Japanese country? Silver? Is this a good opportunity from heaven to enter the Silver Age?
Thinking of what he was attracted to, Ximen Qing hurriedly rushed back to Juye City.
During the few days that Ximen Qing was on the road, the Korean envoys had an eye-opening experience in Juye Castle. Although Juye Castle was the capital of Jeju Prefecture on Jingdong Road, the city was smaller after all, but since it became the capital of the Chinese Federation, it has become
True to the saying that mountains are not high, immortals are famous; water is not deep, dragons are spiritual. Under Ximen Qing's vigorous rectification, modern business models were widely applied. As a result, all industries prospered and the city was full of vitality.
At the same time, the majestic giant ships docked in Liangshan also made the Korean envoys speechless - only such military might can defend such a prosperous city.
The prosperous shopping mall and the majestic army dazzled the Korean envoys. Therefore, these people reached a tacit agreement - as long as they can please the Chinese nation, Korea will surely be able to follow the rising tide. Therefore,
, we must embrace the golden thigh of the Federation of China at all costs!
Soon, Ximen Qing returned to Juye City, and the opportunity to hold the golden opportunity came. At the first time, Ximen Qing cordially received these Korean people, first extended warm greetings to their King, and then talked with them.
These former Korean students who were stationed in the Northern Song Dynasty jointly recalled the long-lasting friendship between China and Korea, and then the two sides discussed serious diplomatic matters in a joyful and friendly atmosphere.
The Korean envoys kept a very low profile from the beginning, saying that although the Liao Kingdom had hijacked Korea, the barbarians from the north could only conquer the people of Korea, but not the hearts of Korea. The hearts of all Koreans were always tightly
Sticking together with the Kingdom of China, being in the Liao camp and having a heart in the Han Dynasty. So when the Central Plains changed dynasties and the Liao Kingdom was declining, Goryeo finally rose up to rebel and returned to the warm embrace of the Kingdom of China.
When it comes to the emotional part, all the Korean students shed tears.
Ximen Qing strongly affirmed the Korean people's longing for the simplicity of the suzerain country, and then expressed his ardent concern for the future direction of Korea.
Koryo students studying abroad expressed that the head of state should rest assured that in the future Koryo will be closely united around the Great Kingdom of China. In order to express their sincerity, Ximen Qing'en asked the Goryeo Dynasty to send envoys to China every year to pay tribute and worship.
In order to fulfill their obligations as distant people as vassals of the Chinese Federation.
The specific plans have been drawn up by the Korean side - according to the old practice of the previous dynasty, the Korean side will send envoys to the Chinese Federation five times a year, namely Wanshou Festival (Ximen's birthday), Zhonggong Qianqiu (Wu Yueniang's birthday), Crown Prince Qianqiu (unfortunately)
This position is vacant), Winter Solstice, New Year's Day - in these five missions, Goryeo paid tribute to the Chinese Federation court and received the calendar given by the Chinese Federation.
Ximen Qing looked at it and burst into laughter. Are these Goryeo sticks really touting themselves as emperors? So Ximen Qing made additions and deletions with a stroke of his pen and agreed that the Goryeo and Li dynasties would only add New Year's tribute envoys on the Winter Solstice and New Year's Day, and merge them.
As a festival envoy, its full name should be "Jinhe Winter Solstice, Zhengchao, Double Festival and New Year Coin Envoy", who comes to pay tribute to the Federation of China.
The Korean students also asked Ximen Qing to send "special envoys" from time to time. These people plausibly said that the so-called special envoys were China. When major events happened between Korea and Korea, they would express their gratitude, congratulations, and petitions.
Chen Wei offered incense and paid greetings to express Goryeo's filial piety to the Chinese Federation.
Ximen Qing peeled away the appearance and looked at the essence. The filial heart of these Korean stick men may not be very pious, but the desire to get rich is obvious.
As long as they go on missions a few more times a year and carry goods back and forth, they will be able to have enough food and clothing for several years.
Out of the mentality of playing monkey, Ximen Qing deliberately made things difficult and set strict limits on the number of people in the envoys, the size and weight of the items they carried with them - and sure enough! The Korean students couldn't sit still anymore and started jumping up and down.
, made an impassioned appeal to Ximen Qing, and found various reasons to ask Ximen Qing to lift these bans that "hurt the feelings of the Korean people."
In the end, Ximen Qing "reluctantly" relaxed the harsh conditions. The final agreement stipulated that the number of "regular officials" in each Goryeo mission should not exceed thirty-five as of today, and the total number of the entire mission must be
The number of persons is limited to 300, and each official of the tribute mission is allowed to carry a maximum of about 150 to 226 jins of ginseng.
The Korean envoys all breathed a sigh of relief and thought about how much benefit they would get if they handed over their ginseng carrying privileges to traders. Thinking of the good things, they all smiled and thanked Ximen again and again.
Finally, Goryeo complained to Ximen Qing about the threat of the Jin Kingdom. Ximen Qing immediately made a decision - Goryeo is an important ally of the Chinese Federation, so he hopes to exchange Baozhou with Goryeo and make Salmon Island a concession to witness the profound friendship between the two sides.
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Baozhou is a place that the Jin Kingdom is eyeing, and Salmon Island is basically a natural island prison that was used to distribute prisoners in the Song Dynasty in the past. It would be a big loss for Korea to exchange a state for a prison. But the students studying abroad in Korea know very well that Baozhou is a prison.
The state is facing the Jin Kingdom's military front. If the Jurchens come and attack hard, Goryeo's
The army simply could not withstand it. It was defeated thousands of miles away and never ran away. It would be better to hand over this hot potato to the Chinese Federation in exchange for commercial support from the Chinese Federation. As for Salman Island, if a lighthouse is erected, it can also be used as Korea.
At the transfer point to Haikou, Dengzhou, the Federation of China, shelter from the wind and rain is enough.
As a result, the Chinese Federation and Goryeo signed the "Bingshen Treaty" of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Next, Ximen Qing prepared to fight against the Japanese and achieve his great cause of currency reform. This is exactly:
He used his smiles to comfort Korea and made long-term plans to deal with the Japanese state. But he didn’t know what happened next. Let’s hear the explanation in the next chapter.