In mid-August, the Seoul Division of the Lecture Hall.

"Lord Wang, with the assistance of the sailor, our people have transported the grain to every county in the eight provinces of North Korea." When Li Yuntian was leaning over the desk to read the official documents in his hand, Yun Na walked in and brought him a cup of hot tea with a smile.

There are many mountains in North Korea and the roads are rugged, so it is not easy to transport those grains to the eight provinces of North Korea, and it takes a lot of time and energy to complete.

"Is there any latest news from the Wa Kingdom?" Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, raised his head and asked Yun Na.

Now that the eastern and western armies of the Japanese kingdom were fighting fiercely, and armed conflicts broke out in many local daimyo belonging to the two camps, Li Yuntian was secretly waiting for the outbreak of a full-scale war between the two sides.

"Not yet." Yun Na shook her head when she heard this, because the Wa Kingdom was too far away from Daming, and it was inconvenient to travel by sea ship, so the news of the Wa Kingdom could not be transmitted immediately.

"Do you think they can fight this year?" Li Yuntian knew that he was a little anxious, so he groaned for a while and asked Yun Na with a smile.

Now that the affairs of the Korean State are under Li Yuntian's control, Li Yuntian has already set his sights on the Japanese State, and the sooner a full-scale war breaks out between the Eastern and Western armies of the Japanese State, the sooner Li Yuntian can attack the Japanese State.

In Li Yuntian's view, although the Korean State and the Japanese State cannot pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty now, they are the henchmen of the Ming Dynasty and will bring huge trouble to the Ming Dynasty in the future, so he must avoid this situation and nip the danger in the bud.

As long as the annexation of the Wa State and the Korean State is annexed, then the eastern part of the Ming Dynasty will no longer threaten, so that it can concentrate on the West, and the relationship with the Western countries is the top priority of the future national policy of the Ming Dynasty.

"Judging from the current intelligence, the contradictions between the eastern and western armies of the Wa Kingdom have reached the point of irreconcilability, and with the battles between the local daimyos, the eastern and western armies are likely to tear their faces and fight this year." Yun Na knew that Li Yuntian was testing her, so she replied after thinking about it.

"Just as this king thinks, there will be a battle between the eastern and western armies within this year." Li Yuntian couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and nodded approvingly.

He also believed that a war would break out in the Wa Kingdom this year, and he could take the opportunity to make a war windfall to provide supplies to the warring parties, and the economic strength of the Wa State would definitely not be able to support such a large-scale war, so he would certainly not miss this good opportunity to make money.

"Lord Wang, the progress of the trial in the Yi Forbidden Mansion seems to be relatively slow, do you want to go down and urge it." After getting Li Yuntian's approval and recognition, Yun Na's face couldn't help but show a happy smile, and then she remembered something and couldn't help but speak.

It has been more than half a month since Li Yuntian handed over the case of Li Jue and Li Ying to Liu Shangmin and others, but so far Liu Shangmin and others are still rubbing time on those irrelevant people involved in the case, and God knows when they will be able to try Li Jue and Li Ying.

"Let them go, we have time to spend with them now."

Li Yuntian smiled and waved his hand when he heard this, the "incriminating evidence" of Li Jue and Li Ying's collusion with each other is extremely conclusive, that is, Liu Shangmin and others have no chance to exonerate Li Jue, so he is not worried about the outcome of the case, as for the progress, let them go, anyway, his current energy is also on helping the people of North Korea.

Moreover, there is a person who is more anxious about the progress of the case than Li Yuntian, this person is Li Yao, Li Yao wishes to convict Li Jue as soon as possible, so that Li Jue will not be able to compete with him for the throne of the king of Joseon, so Li Yao will definitely not sit idly by and watch Liu Shangmin and others delay time.

In fact, speaking of Li Jue's case, it is actually a contest between the two factions of the Korean state, and the people on Li Jue's side must have tried every possible way to exonerate Li Jue, while the people on Li Jue's side racked their brains to convict Li Jue.

Therefore, Li Yuntian became an outsider in this battle in the officialdom of Seoul, as long as he stayed quietly and sat on the side and watched the tiger fight.

"Lord, Kim Jong-rui, the commander of the six towns in the northeast of the Korean Kingdom, has arrived in Seoul and is now going to the Ui government." At this time, a guard walked into the door quickly and said to Li Yuntian in a deep voice.

"He's finally here." Li Yuntian heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, if this power struggle in Seoul was missing, a general like Jin Zongrui would definitely lose a lot of color, and with the support of the army, Li Jue's side would definitely be more confident.

"Lord Wang, Jin Zongrui didn't come to visit the prince first but went to the government, and he didn't take the prince in his eyes at all." Yun Na's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and she said in a cold voice, she was quite dissatisfied with Jin Zongrui's behavior of going to discuss the government, you must know that according to the etiquette system, he should come to see Li Yuntian first.

"There are not many generals with personality like him." Li Yuntian smiled disappreciatively, and didn't take this matter to heart, with Jin Zongrui's personality, if he came to see him first, it would make Li Yuntian feel strange.

Although Jin Zongrui is hostile to Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian attaches great importance to stubborn generals like Jin Zongrui.

"Since he is so snub to the prince, then the grain will be withheld for the time being, and when he bows to the prince, he will send it to the six towns in the northeast." Yun Na was young after all, and seeing that Li Yuntian was not as careless as Jin Zongrui, she groaned for a while and said in a coquettish voice, wanting to force Jin Zongrui to give in.

"This is not necessary, what this king needs is that he is convinced." Li Yuntian knew what Yun Na meant, and shook his head with a smile, food is now Jin Zongrui's biggest weakness, as long as he uses food, he can definitely make Jin Zongrui succumb, but this kind of duplicity Li Yuntian disdains to do.

"You go and arrange to send the grain to the six towns in the northeast." As he spoke, there was a faint smile on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, "This king wants Jin Zongrui to know that this king disdains to use grain to press him, and he is not qualified to be this king's opponent at all." ”

"My subordinates understand." Yun Na couldn't help but smile when she heard this, it seemed that her worries just now were superfluous, Li Yuntian had already thought about how to deal with Jin Zongrui.

At the same time, the parliamentary government.

"Prime minister, what is going on, on the way to Seoul, I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince had an accident?"

A gray-haired man who had seen half a hundred men entered the public room where Li Ji, the leader of the council, was in the dust, and asked anxiously, he was Kim Zongrui, the commander of the six towns in the northeast of North Korea, and his official position was the envoy of the Xianjing Dao Soldiers and Horses.

"Master Kim, you're finally here." Li Jizheng absentmindedly flipped through the official document at hand, and when he saw Jin Zongrui coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his hand, and said with emotion, "It's hard to explain the affairs of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

As he spoke, Li Ji stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, asked Jin Zongrui to sit down on the chair next to him, and explained the ins and outs of the matter.

"How is this possible? Even if His Royal Highness wants to use this bitter trick, he shouldn't look for the Prince of Anping, the King of Anping has a close relationship with the Lord of Shouyang, so wouldn't it be asking for trouble? ”

After learning the cause and effect of the incident, Jin Zongrui's face was full of shock, and he shook his head at Li Ji again and again, he didn't believe that Li Jue, who had always been cautious, would take a risk to do such a desperate thing, no matter how Li Jue had not reached the point of exhaustion.

Besides, Li Jue is facing the dignified King Zhong, how can this little skill of carving insects hide from the eyes of Lord Zhong?

"I don't believe that His Royal Highness the Prince will do this, but from the evidence we have so far, all the spearheads are pointed at His Royal Highness, and it is not easy for His Royal Highness the Prince to get out of it!" Li Ji's face showed a gloomy look, and he looked at Jin Zongrui with a wry smile, he had already flipped through all the files, and all the evidence was unfavorable to Li Jue.

"It must be the prince framed by the Lord of Shouyang!" Jin Zongrui immediately sneered when he heard this, the person who benefited the most from Li Jue's accident was Li Jue, so he suspected that Li Jue had done it, and its purpose was to get rid of Li Jue.

"That's what I think, but now there's no evidence." Li Ji's brows furrowed, and after a deep groan, he stared at Jin Zongrui and asked, "But if this matter is instructed by the Shouyang Monarch, once His Royal Highness the Prince is poisoned and dies, then he will lose the qualification to inherit the throne, will he take such a big risk?" ”

Jin Zongrui suddenly fell silent when he heard this, he couldn't answer Li Ji's question for a while, Li Ji obviously has the upper hand in the battle with Li Jue now, there is no need to kill Li Jue at all, so he can't escape the suspicion of being the mastermind behind the scenes.

Because Li Yuntian will never let Li Yao, who is suspected of assassination, inherit the throne of the king of Joseon, it is obvious that Li Jue's death is a provocation to Li Yuntian, and at the same time, this matter is also related to the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, so for the sake of safety, he will definitely choose other maharajas to be the king of Joseon.

"Prime minister, the lower official wants to meet His Royal Highness the prince, and I hope that the prime minister will arrange it." After a while, Jin Zongrui looked up at Li Ji, wanting to see Li Jue and learn more information from Li Jue.

"Except for the people who tried the case, outsiders could not see His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Anping, and those involved in the case." Li Ji shook his head with a wry smile when he heard this, because Li Jue's case is very important, it is forbidden for outsiders to contact, and Li Jue and others are guarded not only by soldiers from the Korean State but also by soldiers of the Ming Army, so although he is the prime minister, he cannot arrange for Jin Zongrui to meet with Li Jue.

"Is there no way?" Jin Zongrui's eyes couldn't help but show a look of disappointment when he heard this, but he didn't expect that even Li Ji had no choice.

"Since you're back, it's better to try this case together." Li Ji groaned for a while, got up and said to Jin Zongrui, "Let's go to the right minister, he is the chief judge of this case, as long as you become the jury of this case, then you can meet His Royal Highness the prince." ”

"Will King Chung let his subordinates be jurors?" Jin Zongrui didn't feel happy when he heard this, but looked at Li Ji without worry, he had offended Li Yuntian to death before, in his opinion, without Li Yuntian's nod, Liu Shangmin would not dare to let him participate in Li Jue's case.

"Don't worry, Prince Zhong has handed over the case to the right minister, and as long as he has the result of the trial, he will not intervene in the trial of the right minister." Li Ji knew that Jin Zongrui had offended Li Yuntian, so he comforted with a smile that since Li Yuntian handed over the case to Liu Shangmin, he had never asked about the progress of the case, as long as Liu Shangmin finally gave him a trial result.

Therefore, as long as Liu Shangmin nods, Jin Zongrui can become a jury in Li Jue's case, and then go to see Li Jue in a grand manner.

Jin Zongrui couldn't help but show a suspicious look on his face when he heard this, he didn't think that Li Yuntian, who had come to Korea thousands of miles away, handed over Li Jue's case to Liu Shangmin so easily, there must be some conspiracy in this.

"By the way, have you met Lord Zhong?" At this time, Li Ji suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but ask Jin Zongrui.

The state affairs of the Korean state were in charge by Li Yuntian before the king of Joseon was decided, and Jin Zongrui came to Seoul as a feudal official from other places, and the first thing to do according to etiquette should be to meet Li Yuntian, and the military rations of the six towns in the northeast were still in Li Yuntian's hands.

"The lower officials are in a hurry for a while, and they haven't seen the loyal prince yet." Jin Zongrui's face couldn't help but show a hint of embarrassment, to be honest, he didn't want to see the arrogant Li Yuntian.

"You, you." Li Ji couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, isn't Jin Zongrui doing this an excuse for Li Yuntian to take the opportunity to make trouble, you must know that Li Yuntian can take Jin Zongrui's official position at any time.

"Let's go and see Lord Zhong first, and I'll talk about other things when I come back." Subsequently, Li Ji made up his mind for Jin Zongrui, and said with a serious expression, although Jin Zongrui didn't want to see Li Yuntian, but judging from the current situation, he had to see Li Yuntian.

"The subordinate obeys." Jin Zongrui bowed to Li Ji helplessly, nodded and agreed, it seems that he has to go through this pass no matter what.

"Come on, go and prepare some gifts, and give them to Lord Jin later." Li Ji groaned for a while, called the subordinates outside the door, and ordered in a deep voice, he didn't think that Jin Zongrui would bring gifts to Li Yuntian, but this is human nature, especially since Jin Zongrui had offended Li Yuntian before.

The corners of Jin Zongrui's mouth squirmed when he heard this, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, and acquiesced in Li Ji's approach, and now is not the time to make the relationship with Li Yuntian too stiff.

Seoul Division.

"This military master, Xianjing Dao Soldiers and Horses Festival made Lord Jin Zongrui return to the city to report on his work and come to meet the prince." In front of the gate, Jin Zongrui's subordinates held a prayer note in their hands, nodded and said to the Ming soldiers who were affected by the disaster at the door.

Jin Zongrui followed behind the subordinate with an expressionless face, and some of the entourages who were carrying or carrying gifts behind him were all welcome gifts specially prepared by Li Ji for Jin Zongrui.

"The prince has important matters to deal with, I haven't seen any guests these days, please go back." The soldiers of the Ming army did not accept Jin Zongrui's greetings, and said quietly.

Jin Zongrui couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, and looked at the Ming soldier with some surprise, he never thought that Li Yuntian would not see him, could it be that Li Yuntian would let go of such an opportunity to humiliate him?