Seeing the scornful expressions on the faces of the envoys, Jin Tao told them with embarrassment that the original Kaijing was very majestic, with wide and straight streets and row upon row of beautiful buildings. It was indeed no less than a big city like Tieling.
But fifteen or sixteen years ago, the Red Turban Army was invaded and turned into ruins. In Jin Tao’s words:
"When Kaijing was recaptured two years later, all the palaces in the capital were in ruins, the alleys and alleys were in ruins, and the bones were in mounds..."
"The Red Scarf Army also attacked Goryeo?" This is the first time my brothers have heard about it.
"This was once the Yuan Dynasty's eastern province, and the Red Turban Army resisted the Yuan Dynasty. Why couldn't they attack Goryeo?" Cai Qianhu said matter-of-factly.
"That's true." What else could Jin Tao say, he could only smile and say: "Fortunately, it's all in the past. Now the Ming Dynasty and Goryeo are as close as father and son, and they have started a new chapter."
"The city wall of Kaijing was rebuilt by the king in recent years. However, Goryeo is a small country and the people are poor, and it has been invaded by Japanese pirates all the year round. It is really impossible to rebuild the past situation. We can only build important buildings such as the royal palace and government offices first, and we will talk about other things later.
” Then he introduced:
"Fortunately, the guest house is newly built and the conditions are still acceptable."
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The Goryeo Guesthouse has white walls and black tiles, and double eaves on the top of the mountain. Like their official uniforms, it is basically the style of the Song Dynasty.
A group of Goryeo dignitaries wearing purple and red robes had been waiting at the entrance of the guesthouse for a long time.
After the two parties met, Jin Tao introduced the envoy. One of the two leaders was named Li Renren, who was the left servant of the official sect, similar to the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Another person named Cui Ying was appointed as the right servant of the sect. He was also the so-called most famous general in Goryeo, and the envoys had heard of his name in Tamluo.
Jin Tao also told the mission that these two people were also the ones who spoke about the affairs of the capital.
Jin Tao introduced it on the way here. The political system of Goryeo was generally inherited from the Song Dynasty, but the so-called "dutang" was an institution unique to Goryeo.
The capital hall was originally the chief of several "chief ministers" of Goryeo, including the governors of the province, Zhongshuyuan, and the three divisions. In order to focus on handling important military and state affairs, the place where they "sit together" for discussion was the core of Goryeo's political operations.
As the saying goes, "the affairs of hundreds of officials and generals are cut off from the capital hall".
The leader of the capital hall is the minister of the left and right sects. And Goryeo has a tradition of military ministers taking part in politics. In addition, there have been frequent wars in recent years, so the ministers of the left and right sects are all served by military ministers.
Li Renren has a white goatee, and Cui Ying has a thick black beard. So the brothers are called white beard and black beard...
The two Goryeo bosses invited the envoys to rest in the main courtyard of the Guest House. After they had a quick wash, they held a banquet in the front hall to welcome the envoys from the Celestial Empire.
In Goryeo, the meal is shared. The guests and hosts sit on the wooden floor, with a low table in front of each person.
In fact, people in the Ming Dynasty are no longer used to sitting cross-legged on the ground to eat, but what they are even more unaccustomed to is the way Korean people eat. There are many bowls of all kinds, large and small, but there are too few things in the bowl, only one or two.
There are enough chopsticks, and kelp, pickles and bean sprouts account for most of it.
The third child barely ate anything on the boat. Now he was so hungry that he picked up a few dishes with chopsticks and finished the dishes before he was full.
Not to mention those three losers on 246...
In a diplomatic situation, the brothers were too embarrassed to ask for another portion, so they could only sit there and stare, listening to the chief and deputy envoys talking to Black Beard.
At this time, the useless pleasantries had ended, and Lin Mi asked: "When can we meet your king and read out the edict?"
Blackbeard and Blackbeard looked at each other, Whitebeard twisted his beard and said apologetically:
"Oh, I'm really sorry. Our king has been ill recently and is bedridden. I'm afraid the two envoys will have to wait for a while. I'm sorry."
"Or...you two read the edict to us first? Whatever the emperor orders, we will do it first." Cui Ying also said. Most of the high-level officials in Goryeo had experience studying abroad or working as guards in the Yuan Dynasty, so they all spoke Chinese well.
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"Nonsense, this is the emperor's order to the King of Korea!" Cai Bin immediately lowered his face and scolded: "You, the king, must accept the order. Do you understand that others are not qualified?"
"Okay then." Cui Ying's thick black beard trembled and she said angrily: "You two envoys can just wait for the king to recover."
"If your king doesn't recover within a year, do we have to wait for another year?" Cai Bin glared and scolded.
"The envoy is cursing our king?!" Cui Ying also blew her beard and stared.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, Jin Tao hurriedly opened his mouth to smooth things over, saying that Cui Yuanjun was the Lianpo of Goryeo. He was still going strong in his sixties and had been leading troops on the front line. He had just returned to the capital to pay homage to the Prime Minister.
In short, without damaging Cui Ying's dignity, I apologized to Cai Bin on his behalf.
Whitebeard clapped his hands again, the music started, and the song and dance performances were arranged.
Not to mention, although the music of Goryeo is terrible, the women of Goryeo are really beautiful. Especially when they spin in circles, the corners of their skirts fly up and their white thighs are dazzling, making it easy for people to forget the unpleasantness.
After the atmosphere calmed down, Lin Mi asked again according to Lao Liu's wishes: "How are the two princes, Marquis Guide and Marquis Guiyi?"
"The two marquises are very kind." Li Renren nodded and said with a smile: "After the two families came to Goryeo, the king was very concerned about the lives of the two families. Not only did he provide them with a residence, he also issued an order to Yan'an and Baichuan.
The taxes from the two counties are used to support the two of them, so there is no need to worry about the difference."
"Where is Eunuch Huang who came with them? Our prince considers him to be old, so he specially invites him to return to his country for retirement." Lin Mi added, "I'm sorry to trouble you to invite him to meet us."
Li Renren's expression darkened, and he said sarcastically: "Alas, Chamberlain Huang has passed away."
"What?" Lao Liu straightened up immediately. He was the most trustworthy person in Korea according to the elder brother. "How did he die?"
Li Renren frowned slightly, thinking that this little boy was really unruly. But it was up to the owner to beat the dog, so naturally it was not his turn to reprimand the envoy's entourage.
Then he sighed and said: "Huang Huang was seriously ill and hanged himself."
"What? Hanged to death?" Now not only Zhu Zhen, but also the brothers exclaimed.
Cai Bin and Lin Mi's complexion also became extremely ugly.
Cai Qianhu slapped his palm on the low table. With a bang, the cup was knocked over and the wine spilled on the floor.
"How unreasonable! Eunuch Huang is the envoy of our court. Now he dies in your capital, and it is an abnormal death. Why don't you report it to our court?!"
Both black and white beards looked like they were constipated. Jin Tao hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. As soon as Eunuch Huang passed away, we sent an envoy to report his death. Hasn't Heaven received the report yet?"
"No." Lin Mi shook his head flatly.
"That may be because the ship capsized at sea." Jin Tao sighed: "It's common for the sea to be rough and rough."
"Yes, in the fifth year of Hongwu, the envoys of my country, Hong Shifan and Zheng Mengzhou, were on a mission to China. On their way back, they encountered a hurricane. Hong Shifan was killed. The deputy envoy Zheng Mengzhou drifted with driftwood in his arms for several days. He was rescued by the Ming Navy and sent back to China.
Nanjing, once again received the emperor's condolences." Li Renren also said:
"The envoy should know about this, right? So it's really a narrow escape at sea, and anything can happen."
