Yingtian Prefecture, the second day of the first lunar month.

The Minister of the Honglu Temple has been a little bit of a headache these two days. It’s not that it is so difficult to receive these Gentile envoys who came to attend the dynasty meeting.

But because these Gentile envoys were all looking for the Princess of the Ming Dynasty, and the envoys of the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan were all here. What a good guy, the level of excitement really doubled.

The Honglu Temple Minister was really afraid that they would fight.

Because of this reason, even the New Year was unable to have a good time. Early this morning, the Minister of the Honglu Temple came to the official office of the Honglu Temple to take a shift.

But nothing happened to those envoys, but His Highness of the King of Liao came here early in the morning.

Following the Liao King’s Palace, His Highness the King of Yan was also here.

Good guy, two princes came at once. The Minister of the Honglu Temple was flattered and respectfully welcomed him at the government office. He made tea when he should make tea and snacks when he should make snacks. Anyway, there were many of these things in the Honglu Temple.

Zhu Qi came here so early, of course he was not a tea drinker. He pulled the Minister of Honglu Temple to take a walk at Honglu Temple Li, while walking and explaining: I don’t ask anything else this time, I just need to understand the situation of these envoys.

The Minister of the Honglu Temple quickly started talking about it one by one, thinking in his heart how could His Highness the King of Liao inquire about these things?

Zhu Qi smiled and said:

"Oh, isn't this the envoys of all countries want to marry Princess Lin'an? Princess Lin'an is the sister of this king and King Yan, so I came here to know the situation specifically."

The Minister of the Honglu Temple was a little confused and thought it was very strange. How could the prince ask the prince to understand the situation when marrying a princess? Aren’t the court officials discussing this?

Besides, what is the situation that is easy to understand? If you really want to marry a princess, it must be a weighing the pros and cons of the situation between the countries, and it actually has nothing to do with the performance of these envoys.

Zhu Di frowned and said when he heard that there were many problems with the Minister of the Honglu Temple:

"Of course there is a purpose, why do you ask so much?"

Have a will?

Whose decree? The emperor's, the prince's, and the empress's?

But no matter who it is, the Minister of the Honglu Temple dared not ask a second question.

Zhu Qi also waved his hand and told Zhu Di not to say much. Then the three of them continued to chat around the Honglu Temple.

Just as the three of them were chatting while walking, two minor officials wearing the clothes of the Honglu Temple officials began to say what they had just heard in front of a house, saying that the emperor gave His Highness the Emperor the Lord of Liao to come down to select Princess Lin'an's husband.

Balabara said it all, but it seemed that she had forgotten that the house beside her was where the Goryeo envoys lived!

The envoys of Goryeo really didn't want to eavesdrop. They were eating in the room at this time. As they listened to the two outside, they all held their breath. When they finished speaking, they walked away, the envoys of Goryeo had no intention of having a meal!

Everyone started to move quickly to find out the authenticity of this matter. If this is true, then as long as you work hard on His Highness the King of Liao, wouldn’t it be appropriate?

What the Goryeo envoys didn't know was that after they heard these two people's words, the two people soon ran to the Japanese envoys and began to say the same thing...

When Zhu Qi came out of the Honglu Temple, Zhu Di beside him asked in a low voice:

"San brother, is this really useful? Will those envoys really come to us?"

Zhu Qi smiled and said:

"Don't worry, this person is the same. It's so difficult to marry a princess. They won't let it go if there is a little way."

What Zhu Qi said is indeed reasonable. Why are these envoys not active until now? That is, there is no way!

Ministers during the Hongwu period were all made by humans, especially those in Beijing officials. Who dared to do whatever they wanted and give themselves a feast?

In history, most of the officials and heroes of Yingtian Prefecture who were later killed by Zhu Yuanzhang were charged with intention to rebel, but if you say corruption and bribery, that is really rare.

Besides, are the prime ministers in power like Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang? It is even more impossible to contact these foreign envoys. Isn’t that a self-destruction?

Zhu Qi actually didn't want to contact them, but there was nothing he could do for the happiness of his own girl.

As for Zhu Qi being too selfish and disregarding the overall situation of the country for his sister, he should be defeated quickly.

What is the overall national situation for marriage? Take the Han and Tang dynasties as an example. They have married princesses a lot, but what is the result?

The Huns have fewer attacks on the border? Are the married princesses who retreated to the enemy? Are the big Han soldiers fighting bloody battles on the frontier!

The princess who married in the Tang Dynasty was used by the Dangxiang people to go out for the expedition and sacrifice flags.

History has long proved that it is useless to marry a woman as a bargaining chip to an enemy country.

As for what you said about Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wenchen, please note that before Princess Wenchen married to the plateau, Songtsen Gampo had just captured Songzhou, Sichuan with 200,000 Tubo troops and asked the Tang Dynasty to give him a princess.

In fact, this is simply the reason why Songtsen Gampo wanted to expand territory and expand territory.

He also killed the Tang general who came to help Songzhou. Li Shimin was furious and sent 50,000 troops to attack. In the battle of Songzhou, the 200,000 troops of Songtsen Gampo were beaten up by the Tang army.

Then there was a case of begging for surrender and begging for marriage, which was the reason why the Plateau was honest for a period of time later.

Peace is not obtained by women's marriage, but by the bloody battle between 50,000 soldiers in Songzhou!

Whether it is Han or Tang, other countries are polite to us, not because we were polite, gentle and outstanding in culture at that time.

Other countries are afraid of the sharp swords in the hands of the Han and Tang dynasties!

If you have any flaws, has the foreign race ever given you a good look?

The same is true in modern times, and it is quite famous in one sentence: a weak country has no diplomacy.

Because of this, Zhu Qi never looked down on the matter of marriage for alliance peace. As long as you are strong enough, allies are everywhere.

But if you are weak, even if you have hundreds of daughters to get married, you will definitely not have any friends, and anyone will come to bite you.

In fact, as Zhu Qi said, the envoys quickly began to inquire about His Highness the King of Liao through multiple channels.

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Imperial City Palace Gate.

Goryeo envoy Li Chengxu stood outside the palace gate with his sleeves in his arms, waiting for the palace gate to open.

It is said that His Highness of the King of Liao will leave the palace at this time today.

Of course, it is said that he also heard this from the Honglu Temple.

Whether it is true or false, Li Chengxu always wants to try it. He actually went directly to ask the Minister of the Honglu Temple, is His Highness the King of Liao really responsible for Princess Lin'an's marriage?

But the Minister of the Honglu Temple said from beginning to end: Haha, are there enough food, clothing and care?

Nowadays, he was the Minister of the Honglu Temple, so he just kept eating, drinking and conveying messages. Don’t talk nonsense about other things, so that he could live long.

Li Chengxu soon saw an outside official guard walking out of the imperial city. One of them was sitting in the carriage. Isn’t it His Highness the King of Liao?

After Li Chengxu waited for His Highness of the Liao King's team to leave the sight of the guards in the imperial city, he hurried over with his sleeves.

When a guard saw someone who seemed to be blocking the way, he frowned. Li Chengxu smiled and quickly showed his identity. The guards looked a little better, but they still asked vigilantly:

"The envoy is not staying at the Honglu Temple, why do you come here to find His Highness the King of Liao?"

Li Chengxu didn't dare to play the puzzle, and hurriedly said:

"The foreign minister heard about His Highness the King of Liao and admired him very much. The king also repeatedly instructed him to ask his nobleman to visit His Highness the King of Liao if he had the opportunity..."

Li Chengxu said a lot, and said that he had waited from morning to night outside the imperial city, and waited from night to morning, which could be regarded as waiting for His Highness the King of Liao.

Zhu Qi wanted to laugh after hearing this, but frowned:

"I remember, in the Battle of Bohai that day, your Goryeo Navy and Beiyuan were coalition forces, right?"

Li Chengxu had known that he would ask this for a long time, so he quickly got up again with a bitter face.

The battle in Bohai was purely the order of the previous kings. As soon as our current king succeeded to the throne, he immediately sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to seek the title of grace and the princess.

Good guy, Zhu Qi almost wanted to laugh after hearing this. The Korean underwear was found out clearly. When the Battle of Bohai occurred, the current Goryeo King Wang, the palace master, had succeeded to the throne, although the government was still under the control of the powerful ministers.

But he must have taken the blame.

However, Zhu Qi did not expose it and said with a smile: "So that's it. The envoy saw it and there was something to do, so he said goodbye first."

Zhu Qi was about to leave, and the envoy rushed to meet him. Gao Jin frowned and stretched out his hand to stop him.

Li Chengxu hurriedly said loudly:

"Foreign, the foreign minister brought some gifts from his hometown!"

When Zhu Qi heard the "gift from his hometown", he browned and waved his hand to let Gao Jin retreat. Then he saw Li Chengxu coming forward and put it in his sleeve. Then he approached Zhu Qi, but there was a delicate small box.

Li Chengxu opened the box and saw small golden bars inside...

“Gory’s specialties are really unique.”

Zhu Qi nodded and took the box without a trace.

Li Chengxu was relieved when he saw this, and then he began to talk about the serious matter, which was nothing more than how much King Goryeo admired the Ming Dynasty and hoped to marry the Ming Dynasty Princess, etc.

Zhu Qi frowned when he heard this:

"For this matter, it's a bit difficult to deal with."

Li Chengxu was stunned:

"Your Highness, where is the difficulty?"

Zhu Qi shook his head and said:

"My father, I am quite dissatisfied with your Goryeo's previous actions of following the Beiyuan..."

Li Chengxu was sweating on his forehead, and he hurriedly took out a small box from his sleeve and handed it over:
To be continued...