Chapter 1267: Unexpected
"What is the truth of the matter, this king will find out." Looking at Park Sanze, who looked excited, Li Yuntian asked quietly, "This king asks you, is Jin Shan deliberately sent to the Goryeo Art Museum, and what is your intention?" ”
"Lord Wang Mingjian, the envoy of the lower country just sent Jin Shan to the art museum to learn art, how dare he have a bad heart!" Park Sanze didn't expect Li Yuntian to suddenly mention Jin Shan, he was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly bowed down and explained that Jin Shan was sent to the Korea Art Museum by him, and it was obvious that Li Yuntian couldn't hide it.
"In that case, why did Jin Shan stop this king last night?" Li Yuntian was obviously dissatisfied with Park Sanze's explanation, and glared at him coldly and said.
"The prince didn't know, Jin Shan's family died in the war and was killed by the soldiers under the command of the Shouyang Lord, she stopped the prince because she wanted to avenge her family, and no one knew in advance that she would do this." Hearing this, Park Sanze raised his head and looked at Li Yuntian solemnly.
In fact, Park Sanze just asked Kim Sun to inquire about the news from Yoo Jin, and did not let her provoke Li Yuntian, and Park Sanze was also surprised when he learned that Kim Sun actually stopped Li Yuntian.
"You two have written down what the king said, and the king has asked people to check the murder of the king of Joseon, but the situation that night was too chaotic, full of warring soldiers and bandits who took advantage of the chaos to rob, so far the king has not been able to have conclusive evidence to prove who killed the king of Joseon."
Li Yuntian didn't seem to want to worry about Jin Shan's affairs with Park Sanze, and after listening to Park Sanze's defense, he didn't ask any further, but said after a deep sigh, "This king has heard that the famine in Korea is now extremely severe, since you two have come from Korea, then tell this king what the famine is." ”
"Lord Wang, due to the war in the past few years that has spread to the eight provinces of North Korea, the grain harvest is less than 30% of previous years, and the people who are hungry can be seen everywhere under the officials, and people who starve to death abound."
Cui Li's eyes couldn't help but flash a gloomy look when he heard this, and he opened his mouth to Li Yuntian and said, this kind of situation is not what he wants to see, but the long pain is better than the short pain, and a certain sacrifice must be made for the future of the Korean country.
"Lord Wang, the famine in Korea is serious, and it has reached the point of urgency, please ask the prince to show His Majesty the Emperor and transport the grain over as soon as possible." In the matter of the famine, Park Sanze and Choi Li have common interests, and then said with a sincere face that if the Ming Dynasty does not give aid to the North Korean state, then I am afraid that most of the people will starve to death this year.
"You don't need to worry about food, the emperor has already mobilized materials, and he will go to North Korea to distribute them in a few days." Seeing that Cui Li and Park Sanze were very concerned about the rescue, Li Yuntian waved his hand to the two and gave them a reassuring pill, in fact, the grain had already been transported to Tianjin Port and had been loaded onto the transport ship parked there, and it would be shipped to North Korea just waiting for Li Yuntian's order.
Hearing this, Cui Li and Park Sanze couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, although the two of them are their own opponents, they are very concerned about the people of North Korea, after all, the people are the foundation of the country, and if they starve to death too much, it will be a huge blow to the country.
"This king recently received news from the Korean country, last year, the batch of materials aided by the Ming Dynasty was not distributed to the people, a lot of food and clothing were swallowed by people, but the materials that were originally free of charge were charged, I don't know if this is true?"
Just when a big stone that had been hanging in Pu Sanze's heart for a long time fell to the ground, Li Yuntian quietly glanced at Cui Li and him, and asked lightly.
Park Sanze was slightly stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but glance at Cui Li, and the faces of both of them showed a look of embarrassment, and it was difficult to answer Li Yuntian's question.
The food, clothing and other materials aided by the Ming Dynasty to the Korean state were supposed to be distributed to the Korean state for free, but once those things were handed over to the Korean state, the Korean officials, large and small, tried every means to get some oil and water from them, and openly resold those materials to the people.
Of course, Li Ji and Li Jue knew about this matter, but there was nothing they could do about it, because the economy of Korea had been severely damaged during the war, and the government was no longer able to distribute money to the officials, so they turned a blind eye to this matter.
Now, Li Yuntian suddenly mentioned this matter, which made it difficult for Cui Li and Park Sanze to answer, since Li Yuntian opened his mouth to ask what evidence he must have in this matter, but if he admitted, then Li Jin and Li Jue would have no face.
"This king doesn't care whether this matter is true or not, since this aid is given by the emperor to the people who have been affected by the disaster, then it should be distributed to the people."
Seeing that Cui Li and Park Sanze were silent, Li Yuntian pondered for a while and said expressionlessly, "Therefore, in order to ensure that those materials can reach the hands of the people, this king decided to send someone to the Korean inspector to distribute them. ”
"What the prince said is very true." Cui Li and Park Sanze bowed down to Li Yuntian when they heard this, Li Yuntian's words were undoubtedly for Li Yu and Li Jue, let the two of them restrain their respective subordinates, otherwise don't blame Li Yuntian for being polite.
The two believed that Li Yuntian was not joking, if there was really any blind guy who wanted to get his hands on this batch of relief materials, then I was afraid that the Ming army officials who were in the Korean State Inspector would go on a killing spree.
Li Yuntian, as a dignified prince of the daimyo, naturally did not have much time left for Cui Li and Park Sanze, since he had achieved the goal of warning Li Ji and Li Jue, there was no need to waste time on Cui Li and Park Sanze, and then waved his hand to signal that the two could leave, picked up an official document on the table and looked through it.
Cui Li and Park Sanze were relieved at this time, and hurriedly bowed to Li Yuntian and left, both of them felt huge psychological pressure in front of Li Yuntian.
"Master Park, it's really a good method, but now that the contest has just begun, this official wants to see how long you can laugh?" When he walked out of the gate of the lecture hall, Cui Li glanced at Park Sanze coldly, and then strode into the carriage parked outside the door and walked away.
"Hmph, when we find out the truth about the rebellion that night, both Shouyang Dajun and you will inevitably die!" Park Sanze didn't bother with Cui Li, but looked at the back of Cui Li's carriage and sneered and whispered, in his opinion, now Li Jue has the upper hand at this time, as long as Li Yuntian is willing to work hard to investigate, then he will definitely find clues that the king of Joseon was killed.
Two days later, when it was the Great Dynasty, the civil and military officials of the Hou Dynasty in the Qianbu Corridor unexpectedly found that Li Yuntian had come, so they rushed forward to greet and greet each other, secretly speculating about what major events had happened in the imperial court recently.
You must know that according to the usual practice, Li Yuntian, who is busy with official business, does not easily participate in the court's court meetings, and only comes when the court encounters major affairs.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Korean war has been in turmoil for several years, the people are struggling to make a living, and now the murder of the king of Joseon is still an unsolved case, in order to find out this case and save the people of the Korean country from fire and water, I decided to send King Chung to North Korea to thoroughly investigate and supervise the rescue matters."
After the yamen of the various ministries and courtyards in the capital finished reporting their respective matters, they orthodoxically glanced around at the black-pressed civil and military generals in the Taihe Palace, and said quietly in a loud voice, "Come on, pass the decree!" ”
Hearing this, all the officials at the scene showed shocked expressions, and looked at Li Yuntian in surprise, no one thought that Li Yuntian would go to such a cold and barren place in North Korea, which was extremely inconsistent with Li Yuntian's identity.
Originally, some officials wanted to come out to oppose it, believing that Li Yuntian was an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the ******** of the imperial court should not be condescending to Korea and should send other officials to Korea according to the etiquette system.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: The Korean national soldiers have been in turmoil for a long time...... "It's a pity that the orthodox emperor didn't give those people a chance at all, with his imperial order, Song Dashan, who was standing on the side in front of him, had already opened the holy decree in his hand and read it out in a tone and frustration.
"Thanksgiving!" After Song Dashan finished reading the holy decree, Li Yuntian walked to the front of the hall, knelt down and said loudly.
Song Dashan immediately stepped forward and handed over the holy decree to Li Yuntian, with which Li Yuntian could mobilize materials and troops of the Liaodong Military Region and ships of the naval division to deal with emergencies in Korea.
Li Yuntian left too suddenly this time, so that the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the Taihe Hall did not react for a while, and looked at each other there, except for a few people such as Hu Ying and Yang Pu, Li Yuntian did not tell anyone the news.
No one could have imagined that Li Yuntian would go to North Korea, according to the Ming Dynasty's custom, it is enough for the envoy to go to North Korea to be a seven-rank official, and it is simply unprecedented for a dignified prince to go out in person.
Besides, Li Yuntian has a lot of official affairs at hand and should stay in the capital to handle official business, so why should he go to North Korea, no matter from which point of view, Li Yuntian should not go out.
But since the incident had already happened, the officials in the officialdom in the capital had to accept this somewhat unbelievable fact, they really didn't understand why Li Yuntian would go to Korea, and they could just send an official to it.
State Guest House.
"My lord, just now the people from the guest house came to spread the word, saying that the Ming Emperor has issued an order to let the loyal prince go to Seoul to investigate the murder of His Royal Highness, and supervise the distribution of materials." One of the attendants ran into a side room in a panic and prayed to Park Sanze, who was drinking tea there.
"What? You repeat! ”
Park Sanze was stunned with a teacup in his hand, looking at an entourage who came to report the news with a shocked face, his face was full of disbelief, Li Yuntian is a dignified prince, how could he go to Korea, this is not in line with the etiquette system, Daming has never sent a civilian official above the seventh grade to Korea, especially a powerful person with a prominent status like Li Yuntian.
"How is this possible, Lord Zhong actually wants to go to investigate the case in person!" The attendant hurriedly repeated the previous words, and Park Sanze understood it now, his mind was blank at this time, and he couldn't help muttering to himself.