Volume 4 Empire Dongsheng Chapter 8 Interview
After living in the Lifan Courtyard for five days, Wang Fu was waiting for Wang Fu during this period. Although they were anxious and wanted to see the Ming Emperor immediately, they would express their requests after presenting the gift. However, before the Ming Emperor issued a summon order, they could only wait patiently. Before they paid a visit to the emperor, the performance of the Koreans could be regarded as a model, that is, they did not pay homage to the important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, nor went on the street to play, and stayed in the Lifan Courtyard, almost without leaving their homes.
Even Wang Fu received a report from officials of the Lifanyuan to the whereabouts of the North Korean mission and developed a slight affection for these Koreans. At this time, the Koreans did indeed respect the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts. Of course, this is because the Ming Dynasty had no desire for North Korea. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang listed fifteen countries that did not seek expropriation, including North Korea first and Japan second.
If the attack on Japan is blocked by Shanghai and the lessons of the two failures of the Mongols and Yuan Yuan, it is easy to understand that Zhu Yuanzhang listed Japan as a country that does not conquer, and that North Korea is listed as a country that does not conquer, not only because of North Korea's respect, but also because of North Korea's respect, Zhu Yuanzhang looked down on North Korea at all.
After listing fifteen countries that did not seek expropriation, Zhu Yuanzhang also said: "If a country with barbarians overseas is suffering from China, you must not refuse to seek refuge; if you do not seek Chinese patients, you must not raise troops at will.
The ancients said that the vast land is not a long-term plan, and the hard work of the people is the source of chaos. For example, Emperor Yang of Sui vainly launched a brigade, conquered Ryukyu, killed barbarians, burned palaces, and captured thousands of men and women. The land was not enough to provide, and the people were not enough to be ordered. He only admired his reputation and mistook the middle land, and recorded it in history as a ridiculed by later generations. I used the barbarian and barbarian countries to block mountains and seas, and were remote in a corner to be a patient of China. I will never attack him. However, the Hu Rong in the northwest is not aware of China's troubles in the world."
This place is undoubtedly the same as a barbarian country overseas, blocking mountains and seas in one corner, and it is a Chinese patient. The battle will lead to the civil labor becoming a source of chaos, so it is not expropriated. However, I don’t know if Zhu Yuanzhang knew that after hundreds of years, North Korea was divided into two halves, and half tried to seize China’s various cultural heritage and had a snooping Chinese territory and tried to modify history. Although half was supported by China, they turned against each other and turned against the sacrifices made by the Chinese to protect their territory. I wonder if Zhu Yuanzhang would still believe that North Korea is not afflicted by China.
The Ming Dynasty not only had no desire for North Korea, but also did not, but also gain great benefits in its interactions with the Ming Dynasty. During the Wanli period, it sent troops to relieve North Korea's destruction of its country, which made North Korea cry for gratitude for the Ming Dynasty. The news of Chongzhen's death came that although North Korea had become a vassal state of Manchus, the whole country still expressed its condolences.
"I'm young, I'm here to pay homage to the emperor, long live my emperor! Long live my emperor! Long live my life!" In the Golden Palace, two Korean envoys worshiped Wang Fu as soon as they entered the hall. Since Li Chenggui's founding, the Korean king has never been emperor. Only in the last few years of the decline of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of Korea began to proclaim himself emperor and posthumously named all the kings above. At this time, the envoys called him the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, which was undoubtedly a means for the Koreans to bring closer relations with the Ming Dynasty.
Although Wang Fu was extremely bad for the Koreans in later generations, the other party was polite and thoughtful, Wang Fu had no intention of deliberately making trouble and said calmly: "Don't give me a gift."
"Thank you, my emperor, long live my emperor! Long live my emperor! Long live my life!" The two of them had another great gift and then stood up. Li Shixu said: "Emperor, this is a letter of nationality and a gift for the emperor to return in triumphantly. The small country has limited national strength. I hope the emperor will not mind a small gift." After saying that, he raised the wooden box he carried with him.
Wang Fu nodded: "Come on."
"Yes, I obey the order." Tian Cheng responded, went down the steps, took the wooden box, checked it before presenting it to the emperor.
Wang Fu took the wooden box and took the letter of North Korea and read it. The letter of North Korea was extremely humble. He explained the reason why he could not pay tribute to the land for more than ten years. He expressed his loyalty to the land of the Ming Dynasty. At the end, he mentioned borrowing troops from the Ming Dynasty. He hoped that the Ming Dynasty could help North Korea get rid of the Manchu rule.
After reading the book of the country, he pushed the box aside. He glanced at the gift list without even glance. This disappointed Li and Li Shixu, who secretly observed the emperor's face. This time they gave the things far better than the tribute land in the past. As a result, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty did not look at it. There was no such thing as offering treasures. The other party regarded it as if he had not seen it. This made the two extremely depressed.
"You want to borrow troops to deal with the Hu Guan?"
When I heard the emperor ask, the ministers on both sides showed no surprise on their faces. After all, there were old local cases in the Wanli period. It was not difficult to guess that North Korea wanted to borrow troops from the Ming Dynasty. Civil officials silently thought about the pros and cons of this move. Many military generals were ready to ask the emperor to go to war.
Li Shixu hurriedly replied: "Report to the emperor, the barbarians forced my country to be subordinates by force, and they needed to be exhausted.
In dire straits, the prince and the two great kings were forced to serve for ten years.
Wang Fu frowned slightly when he heard this. Li was observing the emperor's expression. Seeing that there was an unpleasant look on the emperor's face, he couldn't help but feel up and down.
"I wonder how many soldiers your country needs to borrow?"
Li Shixu kept talking with his head down, but did not see the emperor's face. When he heard the emperor's question, he thought that the Ming Emperor had the intention to agree, so he hurriedly said: "Go back to the emperor, there are only 500 people in the Manchu state in Korea now. If the emperor can send thousands of people to you."
Wang Fu shook his head: "There are too few thousands of people. There are still tens of thousands of cavalry in the crowd. The Jurchens are less than ten thousand, and they are invincible. I believe that I have heard of this sentence. If thousands of troops are sent, it is difficult to guarantee victory."
Li Shixu and Li were both stunned. What does the Emperor of Ming Dynasty mean? He wanted to dispatch more troops, which was of course more in line with their wishes. Li Shixu hurriedly said: "The emperor is wise and the young envoy is not considerate. I wonder how many troops the emperor wants to send?"
"It's not how many troops I have to send, but how many troops I have to use for the people who pay the whole person. I think it's necessary for 20,000 people."
Li Shixu and Li were overjoyed when they heard this: "I thank the emperor for his kindness. Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"
"Slowly, thank you for your help, two nobles." Wang Fu raised his hand and stopped them from kowtowing: "I did not agree to send troops."
"That emperor's intention..." The two of them started to paint. Just now, the emperor took the initiative to increase from thousands of soldiers to 20,000, but he said he did not agree, and his mood also fell from the ecstasy just now.
"I said that I would drive out the Manchus for your country, and that's about to take 20,000 troops. However, the Ming Dynasty has just experienced a great war, which cost tens of millions, and the treasury has long been empty. If you want to send troops, you will have the final say. Let's do this. Your country will endure it for several years, at most three years. After the Ming Dynasty has finished recuperation, it will not be too late to send troops again.
The soldiers must be sent. Without the request of North Korea, the king might take the initiative to make a request to North Korea. After all, if troops were sent from North Korea, it would save time and effort to wipe out Manchuria and chase the remaining Manchus. However, the Koreans are still under the rule of the Manchus. Since North Korea sent envoys to request, Wang Fu made up his mind not to do his work in vain. During the Wanli period, in order to resist the Japanese invasion of North Korea, hundreds of thousands of troops were sent into North Korea. Afterwards, the army withdrew. Although he received a lot of thanks from North Korea, he only exhausted the national treasury, but had no substantial benefits. It was really not worth the loss. In the war in later generations, the Chinese people contributed their efforts, and hundreds of thousands of people were killed or injured. As soon as the troops were withdrawn, the other side would remove pro-Chinese personnel and turn them to the Soviet Union. The lessons of the past must be taken.
If they had not come to the Ming Dynasty to see the customs, the two would have believed the emperor's words, but the income of one customs alone exceeded tens of millions of taels of silver. Although the Ming Dynasty had just experienced a great war, if even 20,000 troops could not be dispatched, they would definitely not believe it. But the emperor said this, but they could not refute it.
It is absolutely not possible to rest for a few years and send troops again. Under the rule of the Manchus for one more year, North Korea will be subject to another one more year of exploitation. Besides, the incident of their coming to the Ming Dynasty will reach Manchus one day. Once Manchus knows about this, he doesn't know how Manchus will react. The two looked at each other, and Li gritted his teeth and said quickly: "Report to the emperor, since we are sending troops for our country, our country is naturally willing to bear all the costs of the 20,000 army."
"This..." Wang Fu seemed to be late before saying: "Although this is the case, the 20,000 army costs a lot every day. I am worried that North Korea will not be able to afford it. If this is the case, it will be unfair. It is better to wait for a few years."
The two were afraid that the emperor would regret it, and Li hurriedly said, "Don't worry, my country is small, but it can provide 20,000 troops. It is still possible to accept it without force. But the envoy has another thing to ask the emperor for requesting it, please be sure to agree."
When Wang Fu heard the two agreed to bear the cost of the 20,000 army, he felt very happy and said, "Please speak with the envoy."
The 20,000 troops all sent Yulin Guards to the city. The monthly salary alone was more than 100,000 taels, plus the food, clothing and expenses, and various military equipment losses. The monthly cost was no less than 250,000 taels, and three million taels a year. I really don’t know how many months North Korea can afford, so it will naturally force North Korea to make greater concessions.
Chapter completed!