Chapter 256: As soon as the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold
Yang Ho's guest was a North Korean envoy, because there were many North Korean guards outside the post station. Their unique costumes made Wei Liangchen quite interesting to watch.
Jiang Fangyin went in and passed the word, and then came out to tell Wei Liangchen that Lord Qincha was receiving Zheng Renhong, the envoy sent by Gwanghaejun of Korea, and asked Wei Deputy Envoy for a while.
Gwanghae-jun is now the king of Joseon, Yi Hui.
After the outbreak of the Renchen Rebellion in the twentieth year of Wanli, Li Hui was lightningly named the prince of the king, and was ordered to divide the dynasty to raise the army, making great contributions to Korea's repulsion of the Japanese invasion. However, his position has been unstable, and his status as a prince has never been recognized by the suzerain, the Ming Dynasty. It was not until the death of King Yi of Korea last year that Li Hui was able to ascend the throne.
Because Li Hui only ascended the throne last year, the civil and military forces here in the Ming Dynasty, especially in Liaodong, are still used to calling him Guanghaijun, which is his title in his early years.
Speaking of which, Guang Haijun and Yang Hao had a good personal relationship, and he was the main person who dealt with the Ming Army back then, so he had a lot of contact with Yang Hao, which was deeply appreciated by Yang Hao. Before the Battle of Ulsan, Yang Ho had intended to write to the imperial court to ask the king of Joseon to abdicate and be succeeded by Gwanghaejun.
Yang Ho's move was obviously to hope that the Korean side would unify its affairs and powers, and that the hard-line Gwanghaejun would preside over the state and military affairs, which would be conducive to fighting the Japanese together with the Ming Dynasty coalition forces. Later, Yang Ho was dismissed because of the Battle of Ulsan, and the discussion was put to rest.
On the Korean side, because of Gwanghaejun's merits, the country sent envoys five times to request that Gwanghaejun be canonized as the prince of the king, on the grounds that he was virtuous and meritorious to Sheji, while the eldest son Linhaejun was sick and had been a prisoner, but they were all rejected by the Ming Dynasty on the grounds of violating the morality of the elders and the young.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty was also engaged in a national capital dispute, the Wanli Emperor favored the second son Zhu Changxun, and the ministers demanded that the eldest son Zhu Changluo be established as the crown prince as soon as possible.
After Guanghaijun ascended the throne, because the Ming Dynasty failed to agree to his accession to the throne and did not recognize his status as a prince, he always had a mustard in his heart. For more than a year, there were many conflicts with the Liaodong side of the Ming Dynasty, especially Li Chengliang, the commander of the envoy, for which Guanghaijun ordered the closure of the mutual market, and the relationship between the two sides can be described as very tense.
Therefore, the envoy to Yan in Beijing heard that the Ming Emperor had re-activated the old Jinglu Yang Hao to go to Liaodong as a messenger, and immediately reported to China.
This news made Guang Haijun very happy, and he hoped that Yang Hao, who had always supported him back then, could solve the contradiction with the civil and military forces of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty for him, so he specially ordered the minister Zheng Renhong to visit Yang Hao in Liaodong.
Chung In-hong is a member of the Daebuk faction in North Korea, and the Ministry of Rites is a judge. This party has been actively supporting Gwanghae-kun, thus occupying the center of power in North Korea after Gwanghae-kun ascended the throne.
Wei Liangchen didn't know much about the situation of Korea, only knew that ten years later, in the Battle of Salhu, North Korea had sent Marshal Jiang Hongli to lead troops to help in the war, but this Jiang Hongli actually led two-thirds of the Korean soldiers to surrender at the critical time of the battle, and only Jin Yinghe, the general of the left battalion, led more than 1,000 people to fight to the death with the Ming army, and died in the final battle.
Jiang Hongli and the Korean soldiers who surrendered to Jiannu later served Jiannu and were the main force of firearms in the early days of Jiannu. Until the puppet Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Qing army had always had Korean firearms to help in the war.
Other things, the good minister is not very clear. If someone has something, just wait, he doesn't care, and it's not good to ask Jiang Fangyin what the North Koreans are looking for Yang Ho to do.
After waiting for a while, he found that Zheng Duo's expression on the side was becoming more and more ugly, extremely gloomy, and there was even a fierce light in his eyes. This startled Liangchen, who hurriedly dragged Zheng Duo aside and asked him why he was like this.
"My lord, that Zheng Renhong insulted my mother back then." Zheng Duo gritted his teeth, looking at him, he really wanted to rush into the post station and stab Zheng Renhong to death right now.
"Is there such a thing?" Wei Liangchen didn't react for a while, and he was very surprised in his heart, the Koreans also dared to insult the women of the Ming Dynasty?
"My lord, my mother is a North Korean lowly." Zheng Duo did not hide it and told him frankly.
"So, you're North Korean?" Wei Liangchen understood, and after making trouble for a long time, Zheng Duo was not a Han person.
"It used to be, but it wasn't." Zheng Duo's tone was very firm.
"Do you know the North Korean envoy?" Liangchen felt that there was something hidden in this.
Zheng Duo hesitated and told Wei Liangchen that Zheng Renhong was actually his uncle. But neither his father nor this uncle regarded him and his mother as human beings.
Once Zheng Renhong took advantage of his brother's absence and forcibly raped him. Stained Zheng Duo's mother. Later, after Zheng Duo's father found out about this, he did not settle accounts with his younger brother, but took his anger out on Zheng Duo's mother. Finally, he strangled Zheng Duo's mother to death after drinking, causing the tragedy of the son killing his father.
After listening to what Zheng Duo said, Liangchen didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only sigh lightly. was thinking that since Zheng Duo and the North Korean envoy knew each other, he still wanted Zheng Duo to avoid it first, so as not to be bumped into and it would be difficult to clean up, but he heard Zheng Duo say hatefully: "My lord, I am going to kill Zheng Renhong!" ”
Zheng Duo's request really shocked Wei Liangchen, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is bold. Even he, Wei Liangchen, did not dare to have the idea of slaughtering the envoys of the vassal states. As for the Jianzhou side, it is not a vassal, but a vassal. Whether it is legal theory or reality, the left and right guards of Jianzhou are the command system of the Ming Dynasty.
In nature, Jianzhou belonged to the rebels, or the soldiers and horses who were about to rebel, so Wei Liangchen had no psychological pressure to deal with them. But the Korean state is different, this envoy cannot be slaughtered casually.
Diplomacy is no trivial matter, and the nation is greater than the sky.
Liangchen was about to reprimand Zheng Duo for fooling around, when the words came to his lips, the ghost made the god change again, and he asked curiously: "How are you going to kill this messenger?" ”
Zheng Duo didn't even think about it, so he said killing.
"Have you ever thought about the impact of the death of the Korean envoy in my Ming Dynasty on the diplomatic relations between the two countries?" Liangchen said this in his mouth, but he felt a little agitated in his heart.
"I don't know."
Zheng Duo thought for a long time and gave Wei Liangchen such an answer. He really didn't know, and he didn't want to know, he just wanted to kill Zheng Renhong now, even if the other party was his own uncle.
"Then have you ever thought that if this matter is discovered, I can't save eighty percent of my head."
It has a great relationship, and the good minister still has to take into account. You can't let yourself out because of your appreciation for Zheng Duo, or because you want to win over this person to work for you. In any case, North Korea has no conflict of interest with the Ming Dynasty or Wei Liangchen at the moment. Therefore, it is completely unnecessary and worthless to kill Zheng Renhong, and it can even be said to be a faint move, and you can only do it when you are full.
"Don't worry, my lord, I won't cause you trouble." Zheng Duo was silent for a moment and lowered his head.
"If you want revenge, don't rush for a while, and when you have the opportunity in the future, we will discuss this matter."
Wei Liangchen comforted Zheng Duo a few words, and in his sight, several North Korean officials walked out of the post station, led by a person who was about fifty years old, with a chubby body, a red face, and a smile on his face and talking to the people around him.
Wei Liangchen thought that the person was afraid that it was Zheng Renhong, and he was worried that Zheng Duo would not be able to control his emotions and rush over, but fortunately, although Zheng Duo kept clenching his fists and his breathing was very short, he was always silent and stood silently.
After the Korean mission came out, they got on their horses and left the station, and they did not pay attention to Wei Liangchen and them.
"Sheren, my family is invited!"
Jiang Fangyin smiled and came over to invite Wei Liangchen in, Wei Liangchen nodded, and asked him to lead the way first. After entering the post station, Liangchen thought that Yang Hao was a civil official, and he was a big guy who had been a coach of economic strategy, presumably like those big officials in later TV dramas, he paid great attention to etiquette, so he must be respectful when he stays in the club, and he can't give this big guy a sense of frivolity.
I never thought that as soon as I entered the house, a short and fat man in my sight was holding his sleeves and scolding the strong man who looked like two generals on the side: "Mom, pull it, when the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold, this battle will not be fought in vain!" ”