After meeting with Chen Ming and Hu Cao's judgment Shu An Chun, Li Yuntian summoned Li Ji, the leftist of the Korean state, and Huang Xilai, the right-hand councilor, to discuss the Ming army's march into Liaodong through the Korean state's Xijing Pyongyang Prefecture.

As for why he wanted to use Pyongyang, Li Yuntian's reasons were very sufficient, and the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Tatar, Warat, and Wuliangha, took advantage of Emperor Xuande to lead a large army to invade the capital of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Hara and Lincheng, and gathered heavy troops outside Shanhaiguan to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army.

Emperor Xuande ordered the mobilization of a large army to encircle and suppress the land of Liaodong, and in order to cut off the retreat of the enemy of the Northeast Yuan in Liaodong, he prepared to transport tens of thousands of troops by sea to Liaodong to participate in the war, and entered from Korea for the sake of safety and secrecy.

Obviously, Li Yuntian concealed the plight of the Ming army in Liaodong, and cleverly said that the reinforcement of Liaodong was the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty encircling and suppressing Liaodong.

Huang Xi naturally has no opinion on Li Yuntian's statement, the Korean State is naturally a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, so it is logical that the Ming Dynasty can fight on the land of the Korean State.

Li Ji was a little hesitant, after all, most of the area of Ping'an Province, where Xijing is located, and the adjacent Hamgyong Province were taken by the Korean State from the Daming Liaodong Metropolitan Division Tielingwei and the Jianzhou Zuowei of the Nuer Gandu Division.

In the unlikely event that the Ming army stayed in Xijing, then the Korean state would have nothing to do about it, and the men of Tielingwei and Jianzhou Zuowei would most likely make a comeback and recapture the territory occupied by the Korean state.

However, Li Ji obviously had no reason or excuse to refuse, and Li Yuntian summoned him and Huang Xilai this time not to discuss with the two whether the Ming army could borrow the way, but to let them prepare for the Ming army.

Li Yuntian saw Li Ji's hesitation, and the corners of his mouth suddenly showed a hint of imperceptible smile, even if Li Ji was unwilling, he was helpless, once the Korean State refused to "borrow the way", then it would be against the holy will of Emperor Xuande, and he would undoubtedly declare war with the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Yongle Emperor has been dead for nearly ten years, his prestige still gave the Korean army and people a great deterrent, and his feat of five conquests of Mongolia, subduing Annam and Xuanwei to the West is still vividly remembered, and the grand scene of all countries coming to the dynasty has the style of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the Korean state will never start a war with the Ming because of the matter of "borrowing the way", and even if the king of Joseon wants to fight, most of the ministers of the two classes of North Korea will not agree to this crazy act of hitting a stone with an egg.

Gyeongbokgung Palace, Ideological and Political Palace.

Gyeongbokgung Palace is one of the five major palaces of Seoul of the Joseon Dynasty and the main palace of the Joseon Dynasty, consisting of 330 buildings with a total of 5,792 rooms, and in ancient times, a space formed by four pillars was used as a room.

In the 28th year of Hongwu, the Joseon Taizu Li Chenggui moved the original capital of Goryeo from Xijing to Seoul when he built the palace, named after the ancient Chinese "Book of Songs" has the verse "Gentleman Wannian, Jieer Jingfu", because it is located in the north of Seoul, it is also called "Beique".

The east side of Gyeongbokgung Palace is Jianchun Gate, the west side is Yingqiu Gate, the north side is Shenwu Gate, the Gwanghwa Gate of South is the main gate, and there are palaces and pavilions such as Qinzheng Palace, Ideological and Political Palace, Kangning Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Ciqing Palace, Qinghui Building, Xiangyuan Pavilion and so on in the palace.

The main hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace is the largest wooden building since the Joseon Kingdom, and it is a place where official ceremonies are held and the court meeting of the hundred officials is held.

Located behind the Qinzheng Palace, the Sizheng Hall is the daily office of the Joseon king, and "Sizheng Palace" means to think deeply about state affairs and be careful and reasonable.

"Borrow?" At this time, on the throne of the Ideological and Political Palace, a middle-aged man wearing the prince's python dragon robe frowned and looked at Li Ji who was standing in front of him, and the expression on his face became a little ugly.

This middle-aged man was the Joseon King Yi Yan, who later became famous Sejong of the Joseon Kingdom, who was nearly forty years old at this time, and it was the prime of life.

It is worth mentioning that Joseon Taizong had four sons-in-law, namely the eldest son, the son Li Fu, the second son, the prince of Hyoning, Li Bu, the third son, the prince of Chungning, that is, the king of Sejong, and the fourth son, the prince of Chengning.

It stands to reason that Sejong Li Chu is not the first heir to inherit the throne, but should be the son of Li Chu at that time, and the son Li Chu also went to the Ming Dynasty to meet Emperor Yongle.

According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", "In the sixth year of Yongle, the prince came to the dynasty and gave Jin Wenqi. and returned, and the emperor made poems to give it. ”

However, in the sixteenth year of Yongle, Taizong abolished the prince and renamed Li Yan as the son.

According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty and the Biography of Joseon", "the sixteenth year of the son, the third son, the filial piety, the countrymen, please be the heir......"

As for what is meant by "unscrupulous", the Joseon Dynasty's "Sejong Record" explains that "the eldest son is the son of the family, and he is the crown of his youth, he is not good at learning, and he is immersed in ...... voice"

Therefore, at the invitation of the Korean ministers, Li Yan succeeded in becoming the son of the world in the name of his talent and intelligence and tireless studiousness.

Although the literary history has revealed the past in a few words about Li Qi becoming the prince, but thinking of the two "princes' rebellions" that fought for the throne during the time of Taejong of Korea, Li Yan's becoming the prince obviously went through a fierce power struggle, and finally succeeded in squeezing out the prince Li Zhen.

After succeeding to the throne, Li Qi showed great talent, not only establishing the Jixian Hall to promote institutional traditions and political and economic research, but also strengthening the centralized "Liucao Zhiqi System" and the "Parliamentary Government Agency System", and having the prince assist in handling general affairs.

As a result, the imperfection of the political system in the early Joseon Dynasty was improved during the reign of Sejong.

Li Qi also formulated five rites: auspicious rites, jia rites, guest rites, military rites, and fierce rites, and the four rites of Shishu: crown ceremony, wedding, funeral, and sacrifice ceremony.

Not only that, he also paid great attention to the Korean agricultural table at that time, after all, agriculture was the foundation of the country in ancient times, in order to reduce the burden of tribute taxes on peasants, he set up a detailed tribute law, which formulated the sixth-class law of field division, the ninth-class law of annual division, and the settlement law, which levied different levels of taxes according to the level of the field and the year of barrenness, and provided relief in the event of floods and droughts.

It was during the reign of Li Qi that strong measures were taken against the Jurchen tribes in the northeast of the Joseon Kingdom at that time, and a large area of land in the northern frontier region was conquered, and four counties in the northwest and six towns in the northeast were established, so that the territory of the Joseon Kingdom expanded north to the south bank of the Yalu River.

Therefore, during his reign, Li Yan was regarded as a martial artist, so he was admired by the descendants of the Joseon Dynasty, not only in the huge statue, but also on the coin.

As a monarch with both civil and military skills and great ambitions, Li Qi was naturally wary of the Ming Dynasty, but he was forced by the huge pressure of the Ming Dynasty and seemed helpless, so he could only be a villain to the Ming Dynasty, and naturally he would not welcome the messengers from the Ming Dynasty.

"The king, the minister thinks that this move of the Ming Court harbors evil intentions, and we must guard against it." Seeing that Li Ji frowned and fell into deep thought, Li Ji bowed slightly and reminded worriedly.

The so-called invitation to God is easy and difficult to send God, in case the Ming army does not leave in Xijing, then it will undoubtedly be a huge military pressure on the Korean state.

Since the Kingdom of Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the King of Joseon was a vassal to the Emperor of the Great Tomorrow, and he was appointed as the King of Korea by the Emperor of the Great Emperor according to the rules.

Therefore, the king of Joseon can only call himself a lonely or widow, but not me, and the ministers of the Joseon state can only call him the king or His Royal Highness, not the emperor or majesty, otherwise it will be a trespass, and once it is passed to the Ming Jingshi, he will be severely punished.

"Ming Ting has always been indifferent to Liaodong before, will it just be a borrowing this time?" Li Ji groaned for a moment when he heard this, looked at Li Ji and said, "The battle situation of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong is unfavorable, and they have lost battles one after another, so they want to reinforce the capital of Liaodong through Xijing." ”

Although Li Yuntian concealed the defeat of the Ming army in Liaodong, the Korean State and the Liaodong Capital Division were only separated by a river, and the news of the defeat of the Ming army naturally reached his ears.

"The king, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, and now the Ming court has not recognized that our country has the sovereignty of Ping'an Province and Hamgyong Province, and the people of the Ming court have always been cunning, so I am afraid that they will take advantage of this opportunity to make trouble!" Li Ji thought about it for a while, and said to Li Ji cautiously.

In fact, although Li Ji was vigilant, he didn't think that the Ming Dynasty would definitely rely on Xijing, after all, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty couldn't look down on the remote, cold and frozen Ping'an Road and Hamgyong Road, otherwise they would not have ignored Jin Zongrui's capture of the territory of the Jianzhou Zuowei Jurchens.

It's just that this time a large number of Ming troops are going to step into the Korean mainland, which makes Li Ji, who was already wary of the Ming Dynasty, have to be extremely vigilant, considering the worst-case scenario.

"How about the messenger who came this time?" Li Ji frowned and pondered for a while, and for a while he couldn't figure out the intention of Da Ming's move, and then Yu Feng turned to Li Ji.

"Keep to yourself!" Li Ji thought about it and gave a four-word evaluation.

Compared with Wei Yi, the envoy of the previous mission, Zhao De, who came to Korea this time, acted in a decent manner, although he laughed at the benefits prepared by the Korean officials, he did not ask for money or goods, nor did he show off his might to make things difficult for the local officials.

"After all, it is a Jinshi from the two lists, which is naturally different from the eunuchs." The corners of Li Yan's mouth couldn't help but reveal a sneer, and a look of contempt appeared on his face, as if he was very contemptuous of Wei Yi.

"The king, the official Cao Jushu came to report earlier, Wei Yi summoned him last night and scolded him, and asked him to arrange official positions for his relatives, how should the king deal with it?" After Li Ji's reminder, Li Ji remembered something and couldn't help but ask.

Although Wei Yi was the Zuo Shaojian of the Inner Court Imperial Prison and the Fourth Grade, he was not a Ming man, but like Huang Yan, the great eunuch who once sent an envoy to the Korean State to Emperor Yongle, he was originally a common man of the Korean State, and was later brought to the Ming Dynasty by Huang Yan as a fireman.

The so-called fire refers to the eunuch servants, and it is the "don't tribute" given by the Korean state to the Ming Dynasty.

In the early years of Hongwu, after the establishment of suzerain-vassal relations between the Ming Dynasty and the Korean State, the two countries maintained frequent exchanges, and the Korean State kept the great rites of the matter, and every Ming Dynasty festival day, they all sent envoys to congratulate the court and contribute to the party.

The tributes paid by the Joseon State to the Ming Dynasty were divided into Changgong and Begong, and "Changgong" refers to the four tributes of the New Year's Day, the Wanshou Festival, the Qianqiu Festival, and the Winter Solstice every year.

The tribute is temporary, and the time of tribute and the items to be paid are not fixed, and it completely depends on the needs of the Ming royal family or the emperor's own preferences.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the tributes such as "virgins", "fire people", and "sea green eagles" levied from the Korean kingdom belonged to the nature of Begong, and generally speaking, Begong was completed by the eunuchs of the inner court, and basically they were all Korean eunuchs.