The highest grade restaurant in Jinling City, is the sixteenth floor of the Hongwu Emperor's decree, these sixteen restaurants, all are high base heavy eaves, golden splendor, most of the shops have the plaques and poems inscribed by the famous calligraphers or famous scholars of the world.
On the 16th floor, the Guest House and the Retranslation Building are the favorite places for foreign envoys living in the Huitong Pavilion.
At this moment, three people entered the guest building slowly.
They are the three Korean envoys stationed in Jinling, the crown clothes are completely imitated by the Ming Dynasty, except for the lack of complements, the rest are exactly the same, plus the appearance is also average, and they speak fluent Chinese, if it is not for the second child of this restaurant to recognize them, they may not be able to recognize them as foreigners.
They are frequent visitors here, as soon as they arrive here, Xiao Er naturally welcomed them into the customary private room, where there are the best singers, dancing girls, and wine maids, but the three of them did not call a woman to accompany them, as long as a few light dishes, a jar of wine, sent Xiao Er out, while listening to the silk music singing from the next room, while chatting.
Li Weiqing said: "Some time ago, I heard that the emperor was on an expedition to Annam, and the people of Annam were killed, and there was no opponent, why did the British Duke just return to the dynasty, and then rebelled again."
Now that the Emperor is bound to raise troops again, what do you think this battle will be?"
Deputy envoy Han Yi said: "Annan is just another defeat, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty's armed forces, to destroy this small country, An Neng will not win" Deputy envoy Li Yongliang twisted his beard and said: "There is no objection to the defeat of Annan.
However, in the wild land of Annam, the barbarians occupy the time, place, and people, and the emperor can defeat them, but he cannot subdue them.
In my opinion, the people of Annam are defeated today, surrendered tomorrow, and then rebelled, and the cycle continues, the emperor is deeply mired in mud, and the Ming army will be exhausted.
In the past, it was said that the Great Sui was rich and strong, but it was not weaker than it is now, and the three wars of Goryeo made the heavens angry and the people resented, and the people were not happy.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did not aim to invade, but he still ended up with such a result, not to mention that he wanted to accept Annan as an inner county now."
When Li Weiqing and Han Yi heard this, they both gloated and laughed.
North Korea is the most respectful to the Ming Dynasty among all the countries, this is because they are the closest to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty's national strength is too strong to be tamed, not that they are willing to be slaves in their bones.
On the one hand, they admired the Central Plains civilization, imitated it everywhere, and were proud of learning Chinese characters and wearing Hanfu, but the inferiority complex in their bones, coupled with the fact that the Central Plains Dynasty had always been like slaves and maids to them, made them deeply hostile to the Ming Dynasty.
For example, Zhu Di followed the rules of the Yuan Dynasty and asked for virgins and eunuchs from North Korea to act as palace maids and chamberlains.
Although the decree only said that there were only a few people, but the people below naturally did not dare to do it only according to the literal meaning, and when the envoy arrived in Korea, he ordered the king of Joseon to ban marriage throughout the country, and mobilized the people, and dispatched the inspection divisions of various provinces and the officials and village officials who kept orders in two shifts.
Finally, it was sent to the capital and then chosen by the envoy, and the parents of the chosen ones cried like a funeral.
For example, two years ago, Zhu Di ordered North Korea to pay tribute to the young eunuchs, and the will did not say how much, the king of North Korea asked the envoy, and the envoy opened his mouth to "three or four hundred" The king of North Korea said helplessly: "This thing has no seeds, how can there be many" Although the scratch was made, he still had to go to the task hard.
At the same time, some of these envoys who went to Korea to proclaim the decree were of noble character and very self-disciplined, but there were also many who took advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune and demanded all kinds of benefits, and even went a little unsatisfactory, whipped the Korean officials, and really treated them as slaves, and this naturally aroused the extreme dissatisfaction of many people in Korea.
This Li Yongliang is an old diplomat, when he was Taizu, he was an envoy to the Ming Dynasty.
When he went to the court for the first time, Li Yongliang trembled, and when he saw the crouching tiger-like Zhu Yuanzhang, he was so shocked that his lips were white and his face was blue, and he trembled.
Lao Zhu was furious, thinking that his kneeling posture was not correct and his buttocks were crooked, so he asked someone to drag him down and beat him up and flower, and he raised him on his stomach in the pavilion for more than two months, almost dying.
Therefore, at this time, I saw that Daming was entangled in the small country of Annan in a remote corner, and he was extraordinarily gloating.
Of course, if there is a Ming person in front of them at this time, they will never dare to show such remarks and demeanor, and they will definitely be filled with righteous indignation and show more loyalty and patriotism than the Ming people.
The three of them laughed for a while, and Li Weiqing frowned and said: "However, when Taizu was there, he listed Annan as a country that was not conquered, and warned the grandson of Jianwen at that time not to rely on wealth and strength, to make war achievements, or to govern Yidi, and the current emperor is so happy with his achievements, he does the opposite, and the small country of Siyi is slightly rebellious, that is, marching troops, which is really worrying."
Today, I will sit back and watch Annan's jokes, and come to say that if our country is a little rude, the Son of Heaven will ask the teacher to ask for the guilt, what can I do?"
Han Yi and Li Yongliang both had relatives on their faces when they heard this, and they felt a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.
After pondering for a long time, Han Yi said: "I thought that this matter should also be given to the king."
To His Majesty the Emperor, our country should be sincere, respectful, not disobedient, bow your head and bow your eyebrows, in order to preserve.
However, it is also necessary to strengthen the fortress, store food and wages, and train soldiers and horses to prevent accidents."
Li Yongliang said repeatedly: "Yes, yes" Li Weiqing pondered for a moment, nodded heavily, and said: "Well, what the two adults said is reasonable, and when I go back today, I will repair a book and repay the king."
When the three Korean envoys were nervous about the Ming Dynasty's power over Annan, singing and dancing were going on in the next room.
In the large private room next door, there are several adults at the moment, enjoying singing and dancing, talking and laughing.
These are Xie Jin, the first assistant of the cabinet, Hu Guang, a scholar of the cabinet of his sons and daughters, Huang Zhen, the imperial envoy of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhang Xitong, a member of the Ministry of Rites, and a Xue Lu Xue Dudu who is said to have to hold an umbrella when it rains, otherwise the rain will go to the head a little.
These people were all invited by Xia Xun.
Huang Zhen was a Beijing official, who stayed in Liaodong for a long time, and went one step further after returning to the capital, replacing Wu Youdao, who was due to illness, and became the imperial envoy of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and really became the second-in-command of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Ming Dynasty.
And Zhang Xitong can be regarded as a successful speculation, thinking that when Xia Xun pretended to be an envoy of Shanhou State and settled in the Honglu Temple Huitong Pavilion, this Lord Zhang was still an official of the Honglu Temple Guest Office, an official of the ninth grade, such as a fake sesame mung bean official, now squatting in Liaodong for three years, as soon as he returned to Beijing, he was a member of the Ministry of Rites, from Wupin, and a local prefect can also be on an equal footing.
They have just returned to Beijing not long ago, Liaodong can be said to be Xia Xun's beginning, by their advocacy perfect, now they are back, Xia Xun set up this reception banquet, one is to celebrate their promotion, and the other is also a kind of encouragement to the old subordinates, as for Xie Jin and others, that is to accompany the guests, they are all friends, drink together, get together.
Of course, Xia Xun wants to use this as a cover, is to discuss a way to prevent the King of Han from taking command, and the war depends on the martial arts, this kind of intrigue is still handy for the officials, this time they came back from Liaodong at the right time, but this is inconvenient to say.
Although Xia Xun was a guest, his status was high, and it was not appropriate to wait for the guests first, so these guests arrived first, and before the wine and food were delivered, the restaurant first presented eight cold dishes and eight fruit fruits, and sent them good tea to drink first.
Before Xia Xun arrived, among the people present, Xie Jin had the highest status, and a few officials next to him stammered, and Xie Jin's crazy surname came up.
Seeing that Xia Xun had not arrived, he became the master in a big way, and first asked people to sing and dance to wait, and he was delighted of his boredom.
The first to come up was a thirteen-year-old little girl, born with a three-point smile without opening her mouth, Rong Ruo Xiaohe just came out of the water, that body was petite and exquisite, and the incense fan pendant was generally pink and cute.
A face with bright eyes and bright teeth, beautiful and beautiful.
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The little girl wore a well-fitting emerald shirt and held an ivory board in her hand, and sang a little song to the adults first, which won a full house.
Xie Jin, who has always been an alcoholic, opened his mouth, first poured himself slightly drunk, and after listening to the little girl's singing, he said with a smile: "The singing voice is soft, and the witty words are clear, which is indeed wonderful."
Little lady, what do you do?"
The little girl smiled at him and said coquettishly: "If you go back to the old man, the little girl is called Pearl." ” "Oh, Pearl" Xie Jin picked up an ivory chopstick, looked at it on the wine cup, and groaned: "A pearl is round and round, you are the first to treasure it."
If you encounter a diamond diamond in the future, it is not worth a penny to drill through. ” This sentence is ridiculous and cheap, originally, when he is the first assistant of the court, how can he put this entertaining trickster in his eyes, a few people next to him burst into laughter, Hu Guang smiled: "We are a scholar of the university, and we are not thankful yet."
The little girl is young, and most of the guests who come here are Sven, even if there are such frivolous ones, but they only take advantage of their bodies, touch and hug and rub some oil, and have never humiliated them like this, so they are very angry.
She bit her lip gently, tears swirled in her eyes, but she didn't dare to attack, and after listening to Hu Guang's words, she had to give a bow and whispered: "Thank you, master" Pearl retreated in shame and humiliation, and returned to the singing and dancing class with tears in her eyes, a tall girl, wearing a peacock dress, dressed up in a charming and charming manner, was about to play a song and dance, seeing her appearance, she couldn't help but smile and asked: "Yo, who made us Pearl unhappy?"
Pearl's tears suddenly fell like pearls, she sobbed and told the girl about the matter, the girl listened to the willow eyebrows, and said angrily: "I can't imagine that the dignified scholar is so rude, if I get the opportunity, I will humiliate him" After that, he hugged the little girl again, and said softly: "Pearl, don't cry, like me and so on, what kind of embarrassing scene is inevitable, people bully us, don't bully ourselves."
Pearl wiped her tears and nodded obediently.
At this moment, Xia Xun and Xu Jingchang arrived side by side and were climbing the stairs.
To be continued: