Wang Chengen was a little sweaty about Chongzhen's order, and he had to remind in a whisper: "Your Majesty, there are not so many glutinous rice noodles, bean paste, and sugar in the palace, is it only for those soldiers in the Beijing camp who have not retired." ”

The military attaches of the Beijing camp standing around Chongzhen looked at the emperor silently, wanting to know whether the emperor was on a whim, or if he sincerely wanted to treat them preferentially.

"The world suffers from a small number of things but not from inequality." This thought quickly flashed through Zhu Youzhen's mind, and he immediately said: "Pull as much as there is in the palace, and if it is not enough, use flour to make up." The sergeant of the Beijing camp has served the country all his life, is it because he retired that he can't even eat a Lantern Festival?

If there is no Lantern Festival, I will make up for it with noodles first, and I believe that the sergeants will understand. During the festival, the state could not even provide a bowl of Lantern Festival to the soldiers, which was a shame for the country.

But I believe this is not the norm. One day, I will let everyone in the Ming Dynasty eat a bowl of Lantern Festival on the Lantern Festival..."

The price of Zhu Youzhen's inspection of the Beijing camp during the Lantern Festival in the first year of Chongzhen was that he did not eat sweets in the palace for a whole year. However, some of the soldiers in the Beijing camp who were originally full of resentment because of their forced retirement slowly disappeared after eating noodles mixed with Lantern Festival that night.

After the Shangwon Festival, the Pyeongfuwonjun Joseon Commander and the Governor of the DPRK Lee Won-yi, the right counselor Kim Sang-heon, who had served as the Holy Day and the envoy of Thanksgiving Chan to Beijing last year, and Choi Myung-gil, the monarch of the Wanseong-gun, boarded the Ganghwado ferry.

Among the three, Lee Won-yi is the leader of the South People's Party, while Kim Sang-hun and Choi Myung-gil are the leaders of the West People's Party. However, Kim Sang-hun and Choi Myung-gil are respectively the leaders of the Qingxi faction and the Xunxi faction in the Westerners.

Although North Korea is only a small country, the partisan politics in the country is much more chaotic than that of the Ming Dynasty.

Ri Won-yi is one of the few politicians in North Korea who has political foresight and political skill. He has experienced countless political storms, and as soon as he stepped onto the ferry, he felt that something was wrong.

The Korean soldiers who were supposed to be guarding the ferry were now all replaced by soldiers of the Ming Kingdom. In the past, the ministers of the Ming Kingdom comforted Joseon, and they might bring many merchants and slaves, but they would never bring so many soldiers.

Moreover, the Korean state has always been deferential to the Ming Dynasty, even if the minister of the Ming State came alone, the North Korean people did not dare to slack off in the slightest, so there was no need for the angel to bring soldiers to North Korea.

But on the way from the ferry to Zhenhailou, which is facing the ferry, the defense here was all taken over by the Ming army, which is obviously an abnormal situation. When the old Li Yuanyi walked on the road, he thought so in his heart.

"Lady Leader, this situation seems to be wrong. This time, the angel did not seem to have come to preach comfort, but rather to ask for sin. Cui Mingji, the monarch of the Wancheng Mansion, walked a few steps quickly, and said with some uneasiness in Li Yuanyi's ear.

Compared with the 81-year-old Li Yuanyi, Cui Mingji, who is in his early 40s, is in the prime of life. When the Houjin invaded last year, after realizing that the weak North Korea could not withstand the strong forces of the Houjin, he openly advocated peace. He persuaded Li Liang: "... The DPRK is small and weak, and the situation is very strong, so it is better to slow it down."

The king of Joseon, Yi Liang, was also aware of this, and with Choi Myung-gil taking the lead in peace, he also agreed to the idea of peace.

But Cui Mingji also became infamous because of this, and had to be under the pressure of the powerful rebuke faction in the DPRK and China, and begged to go.

Although Li Liang ostensibly agreed with the idea of the repulsion faction, in fact he agreed with Cui Mingji's proposal for peace, so he trusted Cui Mingji more.

Therefore, when he received the news that the Ming Kingdom had sent a minister to come to comfort him, he took this opportunity to recall Cui Mingji and asked him to greet the angel and return to the imperial court.

Of course, there is another reason why Li Lian can't say clearly, that is, let him monitor the communication between the leader Li Yuanyi and the angels.

In the past, angels always went straight to Hanyang to comfort Korea, and sent personnel to report early to facilitate the preparation of tribute and bribe angel gifts by Korean subjects.

However, the angel quietly arrived at Ganghwa Island by sea, and then stayed on the island and blocked the news for two days before allowing Ganghwa Mansion to stay and report to the Hanyang Imperial Court.

This strange situation made the Joseon king Yi Liang a little worried, and he was worried that the brotherly alliance signed with Joseon and Houjin would leak out, and the Ming Kingdom would hold him accountable.

Although Li Ju overthrew the rule of his uncle Gwanghae-kun with the support of the Western-style Party, it was mainly because of the reforms and foreign policies promoted by Gwanghae-kun that offended the pro-Ming forces in the country and most of the two classes of nobles, not because of how strong the Western-Party was that supported him.

After Li Liang ascended the throne, he had to hand over the position of prime minister to Li Yuanyi, and most of the important positions were handed over to members of the Southern People's Party, so we know that Li Kun's position is not so solid.

The Nanren Party led by Li Yuanyi only acquiesced in the emergence of the coup, but it reaped the biggest fruits of the coup, which can be seen in the political skills of this old minister of the Three Dynasties.

Although Li Liang has always respected Li Yuanyi, he is afraid that this old minister will collude with the Ming Dynasty and abandon himself to set up a new king. It was he who sent Choi Myung-gil and Kim Sang-heon, the leaders of the Westerners' Party, to follow Li Yuanyi to greet the angels.

Choi Myung-gil was his confidant, while Kim Sang-hun was a staunch and somewhat stubborn physicist, and Kim Sang-heon served as a thanksgiving envoy in Beijing last year, which was well received by the Ming minister. Li Liang thought that with the two of them here, any news would definitely come back in time.

"Daming is the country of parents in North Korea, and parents punish their children, where the crime of asking is so serious. I treat the Ming Dynasty in North Korea, as long as I uphold the heart of a child, why am I afraid to ask for guilt? Li Yuanyi said to Cui Mingji with some shortness of breath.

Li Yuanyi rarely walked such a long way, but in order to show respect for the angel, he insisted on walking from the ferry to the Zhenhai Tower where the angel was located.

On the second floor of Zhenhai Tower, Mao Yongxi curiously played with a brass telescope in his hand, in which a group of North Koreans were walking towards them from the ferry, and everyone's face was clearly visible in the camera.

He had heard about the telescope from merchants in the south for a long time, but the price of one was worth 24 taels, which was really amazing.

Wang Huazhen came to Phi Island this time and brought 10 binoculars, 5 of which were given to Mao Wenlong and the generals of Dongjiang. Originally, with his qualifications, he didn't have the opportunity to get a telescope, but his outstanding performance in the process of rescuing Gwanghaejun made Wang Huazhen very satisfied, and he gave him one.

Mao Yongxi put away the binoculars and returned to the building. He saluted and reported to Wang Huazhen, who was sitting upright reading a book, "Lord Fuwon, the Korean minister sent by Hanyang to pick you up has almost arrived downstairs. ”

Wang Huazhen put down the book in her hand and said to Mao Yongxi: "When they go downstairs, you ask Li Yuanyi, the leader of the council, to come upstairs alone, and the others let them go to Jiangdu and wait." Tell them that in the afternoon, the official will meet them formally in the Gangdu Goryeo Palace..."

"It can't be. We are the envoys who greet the angels on behalf of the king of Korea, and the angels are the envoys who comfort the DPRK on behalf of the Ming Emperor. Moreover, the lower officials have never heard that the angels have the same collar and the old ones, which is completely inconsistent with etiquette. After listening to Mao Yongxi's relay, Jin Shangxian immediately accused him with righteous words.

Li Yuanyi just squinted and watched, stopping at the staircase with Mao Yongxi with an indifferent expression on his face, and did not make a sound.

Seeing that Jin Shangxian's words did not cause any reaction from upstairs, Cui Mingji thought about it, and suddenly stepped forward and said loudly: "Jiangdu Goryeo Palace is the other palace of my Joseon king, and the Joseon king is also the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty.

Aren't the angels afraid of being impeached when they receive me in the Goryeo Palace without permission? Although I am small in North Korea, I also know what etiquette and humility are. As an envoy of the kingdom, how could an angel be so rude? ”

Hearing Cui Mingji's accusation, Mao Yongxi suddenly lowered his face, he listened to the movement upstairs, and was about to blast out the three North Korean ministers after hearing the instructions.

The few people downstairs were quiet for a while, and a servant hurriedly came down from the upstairs, whispered a few words in Mao Yongxi's ear, and then returned upstairs.

Mao Yongxi suddenly said coldly to the three Korean ministers: "Lord Fuyuan is sick, and it is inconvenient to see each other for the time being. Since the Lord of the Consulate does not want to meet in private, let's go to the Goryeo Palace and wait. As for whether my family has violated etiquette, it will be clear at that time. ”

Li Yuanyi, who had been watching the situation coldly, saw that Mingren unceremoniously gave the order to expel the guest, and suddenly understood that this angel seemed to have some hole cards in his hand, so he could be so tough on them.

As the ruler of North Korea, Li Yuanyi knew very well that North Korea, which was small and weak in the country, was able to survive under the threat of the Japanese and the Later Jin, mainly because of the support of the Ming State.

Once the protection of the Ming Kingdom is lost, whether it is the Houjin or the Wako, it can make the Korean country extinct and extinct the species. For a country that calls itself Little China, it is completely unacceptable to be wiped out by Hulu.

In fact, in the minds of most Korean scholars, if Korea must perish, it is better to let the Ming Kingdom perish. At least the Taoist system of Korean dress and etiquette will not perish, but the Ming Kingdom has never had such an idea.

When Wang Huazhen, the angel representing the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, put on a tough posture like wanting to break with Korea, Li Yuanyi had to stand up and speak, he could not allow the suzerain-vassal relationship between the Ming Kingdom and Korea to break down in his hands, which would leave him with an unwashable stain.

"Since the angel is sick, the old man, as the envoy of North Korea, naturally has to ask about the disease first. The so-called legal principle is nothing more than human affection, and the old man asks to meet the angel of God. ”

"Leader?" Kim Sang-hun and Choi Myung-gil shouted out in unison.

"You go to Jiangdu first, talk to Shen Yue after staying, and ask him if there are any famous doctors in Jianghua Mansion, so that he can see the angels." Li Yuanyi turned back to the two colleagues and said lightly.

Regarding Li Yuanyi's order, Cui Mingji resisted and said: "Prime minister, this is not in accordance with the rules, right?" If Your Highness had known..."

"It's almost time for me to go home to retire, and after this errand, the old man will ask His Highness for his resignation. Don't worry. Although Li Yuanyi's voice was soft, his tone was firm.

Kim Sang-hun and Choi Myung-gil suddenly couldn't persuade him, Li Yuanyi had outstanding prestige among scholars, and even Gwanghae-jun had to let him go home when he caught him.

Since he had decided to meet the angels of the Ming Kingdom alone, how could the two of them stop him. What made Cui Mingji feel a little relieved was that no matter what conditions Li Yuanyi promised to the angel during the meeting, when he resigned, these conditions would not need to be implemented.