But Gu Baichuan knew that the Marquise didn't know about this at all, so how could she possibly give Zhong Jinwei advice?
He looked at Zhong Jinwei doubtfully, wondering secretly in his heart.
Zhong Jinwei ignored their doubtful expressions and ordered them to tidy up, and together with Prince Zhaoxian received the order.
This decree was mainly for Li Bo, the prince of Zhaoxian, who is now the king of Korea. In the decree, just as Gu Baichuan said, Zhongxinghou was appointed as the plenipotentiary minister for handling Korean affairs.
After receiving the imperial edict, Marquis Zhongxing sat in the middle of the hall, Governor Denglai and the King of Korea sat on both sides, and the others stood behind each other. An informal Sino-North Korean negotiation began.
King Li Bo of North Korea first turned sideways to Zhong Jinwei and said anxiously: "Marquis Zhongxing, I wonder when you will send troops to save our Korean people from the fire and water?"
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he was a little surprised and said: "What, saving the Korean people from fire and water? Isn't this your responsibility as the king of Korea?"
After hearing this, Li Shu suddenly blushed. He was in a hurry and said the wrong thing.
The faces of the three courtiers behind him also turned red. King Li Bo of North Korea had only three of his younger brothers. How could they defeat Jianlu? Therefore, the Ming Dynasty must send troops. But although it is true that he asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops, it cannot be said.
In this way, it was because my king was young that he said the wrong thing.
"Marquis Zhongxing, I want to save my subjects from danger, but I don't have any soldiers at the moment. I hope Marquis Zhongxing can help me. I am very grateful." Li Bo has the courage to escape from Jianlu's control, so naturally he will not be a brainless person.
People, in the blink of an eye, they changed their way of talking.
Zhong Jinwei secretly praised him for his right words, and said with a smile on his face: "Of course, do you think this plan will work?"
"Please tell me." Li Bo said expectantly. They had previously wanted the Ming Dynasty to directly send troops to North Korea to fight the Jianlu captives until the Jianlu captives were driven away, and then Li Bo would come forward to clean up the old mountains and rivers.
Lu Xiangsheng was very curious about how Zhong Jinwei wanted to trick the King of Korea, so he watched Zhong Jinwei talking eloquently.
"You are the hope of the Korean people, and the burden of saving the people belongs to you. Therefore, I am going to select those who are good at fighting from the Korean people who have fled to my Ming Dynasty, and form a tiger and wolf army directly under your command. This
Is it possible?"
When Li Bo heard this, he looked surprised and nodded quickly: "Okay, okay, of course."
In troubled times, only by holding on to military power can one have the weight to speak and be strong-willed. This truth must be known to Li Bo, who was born in the royal family.
He heard that Zhong Jinwei's first step plan was entirely for him, so there would be reason not to agree.
"At the same time, you must raise the title of King of Korea and send envoys to announce to all of Korea that you have been canonized as King of Korea, and call on all Korean soldiers and civilians to rise up and attack the Jianlu, so that the Jianlu will be trapped in the vast ocean of the Korean people." Zhong Jinwei
Just like a big bad wolf, tempting the ignorant Little Red Riding Hood.
"Okay, okay, okay, what Zhongxing Hou said is absolutely true." Li Fu did not turn around to consult the opinions of his three close ministers.
Although some words in Zhong Jinwei's words were heard by Li Bo for the first time, it did not prevent him from understanding that this move would help establish his prestige and benefit his future rule.
When Zhong Jinwei saw that Li Shu nodded in agreement, he continued: "In the end, I, the Ming Dynasty, will send out elite troops to annihilate the Jianlu in North Korea."
"Okay, okay, okay, thank you Marquis Zhongxing, thank you Emperor Ming Dynasty, Korea is willing to be a vassal state of Ming Dynasty from generation to generation and will never change again." Li Bo stood up and solemnly saluted Zhong Jinwei while expressing his stance.
Seeing this, his three ministers also followed suit and saluted.
Zhong Jinwei just nodded and accepted his gratitude naturally.
After the ceremony, Hong Yihan, the commander of the Si Xian Mansion standing behind Li Bo, was a little confused. He said to Zhong Jinwei: "Please forgive me for my presumption. Marquis Zhongxing, why do you want to annihilate the Jianlu in our territory of Korea?"
When others heard this, they thought, yes, why do we need to annihilate the Jianlu in North Korea? It’s okay to drive them away!
Zhong Jinwei heard this and did not blame him for interrupting. He smiled and explained: "If the Jianlu escaped to Liaodong, would it be easier to annihilate them than in North Korea? If they are not annihilated, will they come back to harm North Korea next time?"
"But can we annihilate them?" Although Hong Yihan heard that the Denglai Ming army was powerful, after all, they only had a banner of rebels.
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he stopped smiling and said coldly: "Do you have no confidence in the Ming army?"
"No, no..." Hong Yihan was startled and quickly denied it.
Li Bo quickly wiped his minister's butt and said: "Don't blame the Marquis of Zhongxing, he is just a little worried. You can just follow your plan. Can you start it first? You are dissatisfied with the Marquis of Zhongxing and think of the Jianlu in our territory of Korea.
If you do a lot of evil, you will be very anxious!"
Thinking that there was nothing else to do, he reminded Zhong Jinwei whether to start planning immediately, and by the way, he diverted Zhong Jinwei's possible dissatisfaction with his ministers.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Jinwei shook his head and sighed: "That's the plan, but there are still difficulties in actually executing it!"
Li Bo's heart felt cold and he quickly asked: "I wonder what difficulties Marquis Zhongxing has?"
Zhong Jinwei was waiting for his words, so he began to complain: "We are actually our own people, so we won't hide it from you. Because of the years of war and various natural disasters, the imperial treasury is becoming increasingly empty, and many people in various places have
The military pay for the border troops has been delayed. You see, before you came, Jiutai had just arrived from Dongjiang Town to ask for military pay from me!"
Lu Xiangsheng was speechless, but since Zhong Jinwei said this, he could only cooperate.
Lu Xiangsheng said with a look of bitterness and hatred: "The military salary of the Denglai Ming Army last month was paid by the subordinate who misappropriated funds from other places. If the Marquis does not allocate the military salary, the subordinate will have to jump."
It’s sea.”
North Korea is adjacent to the Ming Dynasty, and everyone has heard of these scandals in the Ming Dynasty, so Li Bo and others did not suspect that Zhong Jinwei was telling lies.
Just listen to Zhong Jinwei continue to say to Lu Xiangsheng: "I know that most of your Denglai army are Han people from Liaodong. To attack the Liaodong rebels is to liberate their hometown. Let them endure it for a while, and they will naturally be released next month.
Salary."
Lu Xiangsheng didn't know how to answer. Suddenly he found Zhong Jinwei's hand hanging down, using the table to block the Korean's sight, and nodding to him with his thumb.
Lu Xiangsheng understood, and reluctantly sighed: "That's all."
Zhong Jinwei secretly praised him in his heart, then turned to Li Bo and said, "Look, it's not easy for me even in the Ming Dynasty. If I send troops to North Korea at this time, I'm afraid those big soldiers won't be willing to do it. Otherwise, I'll have to wait two more months for military pay."
How about sending out troops after all is issued?"
"This..." Li Ming was speechless. After another two months, the day lily would be cold. But what Zhongxing Hou said was not unreasonable. For a moment, he didn't know what to do!
No one said anything, and the hall suddenly became quiet.
After a while, Zhong Jinwei saw that the four Koreans looked anxious and a little at a loss, thinking that the heat was coming.
He slapped the table, making a "pop" sound that startled them, and then pretended to be happy and said: "Yes."