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Chapter 989 Continue to meet Fan Guo

Seeing Zhu Fangyuan sitting down, Yunxi was about to talk to him, but he coughed again, took out a handkerchief and covered his mouth. After a while, he stopped and said to Yunxi with a forced smile: "I'm not in good health, please."

Your Majesty, please forgive me."

"I shouldn't have come to see Your Majesty because I'm not in good health. Wouldn't it be a sin to damage Your Majesty's body of thousands of gold. But the arrangements for me to see Your Majesty have been arranged. Besides, I also admire Tianyan very much, so I thought about it after thinking about it.

, did not take leave but came to see His Majesty."

"It's just that I can't attend tonight's banquet. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"You are not in good health, so why do you need to apologize to me? I promise you don't have to attend the dinner." Yunxi then asked with concern: "Is the illness serious? Do you need to be diagnosed and treated by the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital?"

"No need. I also brought a doctor from North Korea. He has already diagnosed and treated me. This is not a serious illness, so there is no need to bother the imperial physician of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Fangyuan said immediately.

"How can this be done?" Yunxi said: "You are sick in the Ming Dynasty. I don't worry if I don't send an imperial doctor to diagnose and treat you." Then he raised his voice: "Come, go to the imperial hospital to see the imperial doctor Zhang."

After a while, Dr. Zhang came over and took Zhu Fangyuan's pulse. After a while, he let go of his hand and said, "Your Highness just caught a cold at night and occasionally caught wind and cold. It's not a serious illness and it's nothing serious. I'll prescribe medicine for Your Highness."

That's good." With that said, he took out the paper he carried with him and wrote down the prescription, saluted Yunxi and went out to get the medicine.

"Is he really sick?" Yunxi was a little surprised. He thought Zhu Fangyuan was pretending to be sick, but it turned out to be a real illness. He chose it immediately when he asked Dr. Zhang to come over. It was impossible to bribe him before; as for everyone in the Tai Hospital bribed

If we cast a wide net, North Korea's finances will inevitably go bankrupt.

Yunxi hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Since we are not feeling well, we don't have to talk so seriously. Come and bring an Arhat bed for His Royal Highness King Zhu."

Zhu Fangyuan's eyelids jumped after hearing this, and he stood up and refused, but Yunxi ignored it and asked seven or eight eunuchs to bring a square Arhat bed for him to lean on. Zhu Fangyuan had no choice but to accept it.

Yunxi chatted with him for a few words, discussing the pros and cons of the figures in the past dynasties. Yunxi brought the topic to the expansion in the northwest in the early Tang Dynasty, and then said: "Speaking of the establishment of a governor in the northwest by Hei Te Changzhi and others.

Brother Fangyuan, during the past few days in the capital, you must have heard that the Samarkand Kingdom intends to send troops to the east next year."

Before Yun Xi finished speaking, Zhu Fangyuan lamented in his heart: "I still can't escape!"

He knew that Yunxi had specially announced that he had entered the capital of the Ming Dynasty because he had something to give him, and it was not a small matter. Naturally, he did not want to come; but he did not dare not to come, so he deliberately blew the wind last night to catch the cold and prevent Yunxi from coming.

He gave the order in person. Of course he knew that conscription and missions could not be avoided, but as long as the order was not given in person, there was always room for evasion.

But who knows that Yunxi didn't give up. Even when he was sure that he had caught the wind and cold, he still talked to him. He seemed not to be afraid of being infected at all. He also said to him: "You are now infected with the wind and cold. It is even worse to blow outside. I

Mingtai Hospital will boil medicine for you, take the medicine and use it in the palace. After dinner, I will order someone to send you back in the most cold-proof carriage."

Zhu Fangyuan had no choice. What else could he say? That he couldn't stand such preferential treatment? Yunxi continued to insist that there was nothing he could do. Even if he said that his illness was not that serious, he could only continue chatting with Yunxi.

"Your Majesty, I should not be called 'brother', and please do not address me like this. I have also heard about this. This country of Samarkand does not accept the king's status, and your Majesty must teach them a lesson." Zhu Fangyuan said.

"Since you also know, I won't go around in circles. For this expedition, I want North Korea to send 10,000 troops to accompany the army."

"The country of Samarkand deceives the emperor, refuses to obey the king's rule, and offends the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty wants to send troops to conquer Korea. It is appropriate to send troops to Korea. However, Korea is a small country with poor people and a small number of soldiers. If 10,000 soldiers are recruited to go to war,

I'm afraid the soldiers left in our country are not enough to defend against foreign enemies." Zhu Fang said far away.

"What foreign enemies does North Korea need to guard against?" Yunxi immediately asked: "North Korea is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with Liaodong to the northwest and Yongfan to the northeast. What other foreign enemies are there?"

"Your Majesty, in Liaodong, between the fiefdom of His Royal Highness the King of England and the fiefdom of His Royal Highness King Yong, there is the Changbai Mountain that stretches thousands of miles. The terrain in the Changbai Mountain area is complex, and there are countless Jurchen barbarians hiding in it. They often come down the mountain to harass our Korean people. We have to keep troops on guard. And

To the east of the sea, there are still Japanese pirates who often intrude. Our country, North Korea, is weak and its navy is weak. To guard against Japanese pirates, we need to defend our thousands of miles of coastline."

"The current population of North Korea is only more than three million. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, the national strength is as weak as clouds and mud. It is simply unable to maintain a large army. The soldiers are already stretched thin. If it is really insufficient to reduce the number of soldiers by 10,000, please don't do it, Your Majesty.

Recruiting so many soldiers from North Korea." Zhu Fangyuan said in a pleading voice, coupled with the sound of coughing from time to time. If it were a soft-hearted person, he would probably agree to his request.

But Yunxi would not. After being in the position of emperor for a long time, even the soft-hearted person would harden, not to mention he knew that what Zhu Fangyuan said was true and false.

North Korea is indeed weak in national power. Especially in the second year of Jianye, the navy he sent to the north to search for gold mines was almost wiped out in a storm. It has not yet completed its reconstruction, so fishermen or merchants from Fuso often come to the coast of North Korea.

A temporary guest appearance as a pirate.

But the harm caused by the Jurchens is not as great as he said. The Jurchens have strong individual combat capabilities and have lived in the mountains and forests for a long time. North Korean farmers are indeed harassed by them from time to time.

But they are not the soldiers under the rule of the Jin Dynasty back then, but fishermen or hunters who are similar to barbarians. They have no organizational discipline at all. People of the same tribe can still cooperate with each other. People from different tribes get together to create Zhu Fangyuan + Zhu Fangyuan.

<Zhu Fangyuan’s effect.

What's more, at this time, the Korean soldiers were not the later-looking army that was even awarded the title of War Five Scum. They were still quite capable of fighting. Zeng Dongcong expedition to Tsushima Island eliminated the pirates entrenched on the island and forced the Tsushima domain.

Profess tribulation to North Korea. Therefore, it does not take much effort for North Korea to guard against the Jurchens.

"If the North Korean Navy is not strong enough, I can order the Ming Navy to patrol the coast of North Korea. As long as Brother Fangyuan opens a few North Korean ports to allow the Ming Navy to stay. In this way, North Korea can save many soldiers once and for all." Yunxi.

explain.

Of course Zhu Fangyuan was unwilling. He had always insisted on the independence of Korea. He would not let Ming's troops land on Korean soil as long as they could. Even the navy was not willing.

But the current situation did not allow him to shirk. Zhu Fangyuan understood very well that Yunxi had already been very polite to him by discussing the matter in person, and he could only comply with the direct and stern order.

So Zhu Fangyuan asked a few more words, but when Yunxi refused, he could only agree: "I obey the order. I just ask your majesty that the navy officers and soldiers staying in the Korean port need vegetables, food, etc., and the navy pays to buy them, not

Our country will serve."

"What about this?" That's all for the other expenses of the soldiers. Yunxi really wanted him to pay for the food. "Brother Fangyuan, the Navy patrols the coast of North Korea to protect the people of North Korea."

"The reason why Ming Dynasty's navy is needed to protect our Korean coast is because you recruited Korean troops and the Korean soldiers were insufficient?" Zhu Fangyuan complained in his heart. But of course he couldn't say this. Zhu Fangyuan still pretended to be pitiful and tried to ignore it.

This money.

Yunxi was concerned about the emperor's dignity and did not say much; but there was Zheng Yi at the scene. Although Zheng Yi was unwilling, he could only step forward and argue with Zhu Fangyuan about it. In the end, it was agreed that North Korea would provide a certain amount of food free of charge, and the remaining

The navy paid for it.

After discussing the matter, the atmosphere at the scene was much more relaxed. Yunxi looked at the inscriptions and asked someone to ask the Taiyuan Hospital. He said to Zhu Fangyuan: "The doctor from the Taiyuan Hospital said that it will take half an hour for your medicine to be cooked.

It just so happens that I’m tired after talking for half a day, so let’s sit down and have a cup of tea.”

"Your Majesty, I am very grateful that Your Majesty treats me so kindly, but I will never dare to delay the Emperor's efforts. There are also several envoys from other countries waiting to be received by Your Majesty," Zhu Fangyuan said.

"That's what you said. Come, please send Brother Fangyuan to the side hall to rest for a while. I will not speak to Brother Fangyuan until I have received the envoys from other countries." Yunxi ordered Wang Xi.

"Your Majesty, although I have contracted the cold, it is not a serious illness, unlike Your Majesty." Zhu Fangyuan was actually a little touched that Yun Xun could always think about his illness. He himself could not do this with his ministers, but he still said

.

"The medicine has been cooked, wouldn't it be a waste for you to go back now? Besides, you will only have servants to accompany you when you return to Prince Qin's Mansion, but you have an appointment? If you have an appointment, I won't keep you," Yunxi said.

"I am only acquainted with His Highness King Yong in the capital, and I don't know a few of the others. And His Highness Yong King had a drink together at noon yesterday, how can we have an appointment?" After hearing Yunxi's words, Zhu Fangyuan was inconvenient to say anything else.

Can you agree to stay?

And in his heart, he actually had no objection to staying in the palace. As Yunxi said, when he returned to Prince Qin's palace, he only had his servants to accompany him. Several ministers were also assigned tasks by him, and they only came here late every day; besides,

When it comes to serving people, the servants of North Korea are not as good as the servants of the Ming Dynasty Palace. So he thought: "I also enjoy the service of the servants of the Ming Dynasty Palace." He followed Wang Xi to the side hall.

After that, Yunxi met with the envoys of several other Fan countries as quickly as possible. There are not many Fan countries in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and they are mainly concentrated in the south. This time, the Fan countries in the south will not be needed to attack Samarkand, so they just accept them.

Liao Li said a few words and asked them to leave.

There was still a plan for Fuso Yunxi, but since neither Minamoto Yoshimitsu nor Minamoto Yoshiji came, the envoy who came obviously couldn't make the decision, so he decided to hand over his plan to Zhu Mengjiong and the Minamoto family who were the commander-in-chief in Yokohama.

After discussing, I will not talk nonsense to the messenger.

Finally, there was the envoy sent by Yili Li to ask for help. Now Mahama, the younger brother of Shami Chagan, the great Khan of Yili Khanate, immediately knelt down when he saw Yunxi and cried out: "Your Majesty, please save me."

I also try my best to control it."

After confirming the Eastern Expedition of Samarkand, Shamecha was in a panic and immediately told Zhu Shangbing about the matter. He also sent his younger brother Mahama to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to ask for help. He was not sure what Timur's Eastern Expedition was actually about.

He still fought against the Qin vassal, but even if the ultimate goal was the Ming Dynasty, he would be killed first, so he couldn't care about anything at the moment. Even if Shang Bing wanted to build a city in his place, he made concessions and only asked the Ming court to send troops.

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Mahama also knew that the matter was urgent, so he rushed to the capital quickly. He spent more than ten days to enter the city on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and then reported to the Ministry of Rites to see Yunxi.

Yunxi originally wanted to take Qiao and ask Yili to make greater concessions to the country, but he also thought that Mahama was not stupid, and he also knew Chinese. There were many officials in various yamen who knew that he would definitely send troops.

He would definitely be able to find out the real situation. So he waited a while just to maintain his dignity, and then said to him: "Since Yili is a country of the Ming Dynasty, it is not against etiquette to be respectful to the Ming Dynasty in recent years.

How can I allow the Kingdom of Samarkand to attack the Ming Dynasty?"

He first put on a high hat, and then continued: "Besides, Samarkand is rebellious, does not abide by the rules of the vassal king, disrespects the Ming Dynasty and disrespects me, I will destroy him sooner or later!" As he spoke, Yunxi gritted his teeth.

Mahama was confused when he heard this, but Zheng Yi and the eunuchs who were serving him were both convinced: this was a witchcraft case.

The witchcraft case was the closest Yunxi came to death. Although Yunxi suppressed the matter at the time, he hated the country of Samarkand and hated the Tianfang Sect even more. If it is said that he had suppressed the Tianfang Sect before,

He was thinking about the future, but later he became more interested in personal vendetta. He was able to make up his mind to use the most cruel method to get rid of all the soldiers with lust and eyes in Annan, which was "indispensable" for the witchcraft case.

After Yunxi said a lot of words, he calmed down and felt a little lost. He looked down at Mahama and saw that he was confused. He was relieved and said to him: "Don't worry, I will definitely send troops to the northwest next year."

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"It's just that Shaanxi and other places in the Ming Dynasty were always barren and could not support the hundreds of thousands of troops, so they had to work hard to get food out of them."

"Your Majesty, although I don't have much food, I have a lot of cattle and sheep. I am willing to supply millions of cattle and sheep to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!" Before leaving, Shami Chagan had already told him: As long as the Ming Dynasty is willing to send troops, we can supply as many cattle and sheep as possible.

Yes. Besides, he did see that the land was barren along the way.

"One million cattle and sheep!" Yunxi was shocked by this number. He thought that he really occupied the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. Even if he didn't grow food and raise livestock, he would still be so wealthy. There were only so many cattle and sheep he was willing to supply. In fact, the number of cattle he raised was

I don’t know how many sheep there are.

Yunxi praised him a few words and let him go down. Later, the envoys of Wala also treated him in the same way.

I have seen the envoys from Wala, and all the envoys from outside. Yunxi stretched and said to Zheng Yi: "You and Chen Di will bring all the envoys back to Fanguan, and allow them to visit the Ming Dynasty in the next few days."

You are going to visit the capital, but you should keep an eye on it to avoid anything happening. I asked Ying Tianfu and Jin Yiwei to pay more attention to it as well."

"Yes." Zheng Yi agreed and then asked: "Your Majesty, how will the king of Korea arrange it?"

"I will arrange for him, so you don't have to worry about it. And remember from now on, whether it is a normal address or the decree of the court, you will always call him His Highness the King of Korea, or simply His Highness the King of Korea. You can no longer be called the King of Korea."

Yun He said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zheng Yi agreed again, bowed and stepped back.


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