Chapter 626 Have you ever seen a mission of 40,000 people?
Goryeo, Kaijing.
The Queen of Shunde, Wang Mara, returned to her glory and died on her bed that night. Queen Li of Shunde protected the prince and did not leave the palace. She had a guard loyal to the royal family in her hands, guarding the palace to the death.
Prime Minister Cui Hongsi and others strongly advocated supporting the crown prince Wang Kai's succession to the throne, but generals Yin Guan, Wu Yanchong and others marched into Kaijing to oppose Wang Kai's ascension to the throne.
These generals bluntly stated that the late emperor was so angry with Yang Ziqian that there was no way he could allow his grandson to ascend the throne.
The prime minister and others also disliked Yang Ziqian, but they insisted that the position of crown prince had nothing to do with his grandfather, and went to the palace several times to try to get the crown prince to order Yang Ziqian's execution and dispel the generals' doubts.
Queen Shunde naturally refused to kill her father, not to mention that when Yang Ziqian did not change his surname, he was the head of the Incheon Lee family.
The Incheon Lee family has long held the power of the Goryeo Dynasty, which is deeply rooted and unshakable. Moreover, they are close to Kaejing and can easily command their troops under the city.
Yang Ziqian was arrested, and they sent out private soldiers to press against Kaijing. For a while, all parties in Kaijing did not dare to take action easily.
Goryeo was in chaos. At this time, envoys from the Song Dynasty arrived. Several hundred people set off from Tianjin Port and landed in Pyongyang.
These people brought news that Yang Lin, the Inspector General of the Yue King of the Song Dynasty, was about to personally send an envoy to Goryeo.
At this time, the country of Goryeo is like a mess. The prince of the Song Dynasty, the holder of actual power, wants to go to Goryeo as an envoy.
You must know that although most of these vassal states claim to be emperors, their titles are county princes, and Yang Lin is now a prince.
Who is Yang Lin? He is Yang Ziqian's great supporter. For a time, all the forces in Goryeo became nervous.
Only the Li family in Incheon was the happiest and was already looking forward to Yang Lin's arrival.
In front of Tianjin Port, Yang Lin felt very happy as he looked at the Chengcheng navy who was gradually becoming a hero.
Ruan Xiaoqi stood aside and said with a smile: "Young Master, you can transport all the more than 10,000 people you brought to Korea with only three ships. Master Xu Zhuang's troop transport ships are getting bigger and bigger."
"Don't blindly pursue bigness, solidity is the most important thing. If something goes wrong with the troop transport, it will cost you thousands of troops." Yang Lin warned.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Xiaoqi said with a smile: "Don't worry, Young Master, the troop transport ship is the strongest, and there are lifeboats and life rafts on board. As long as there are ships of your own around, there will be no casualties."
Only then did Yang Lin feel relieved. He looked at the other warships of the Chenghai Navy with a smile and asked, "Xiao Qi, the Chenghai Navy reported 40,000 soldiers, 137 warships, and three
There are more than a hundred other ships. Are so many ships on the sea on weekdays, or are they anchored in the port? "
"There is a fixed number of ships patrolling every day, and generally it will not exceed twenty. Otherwise, the cost of ship repair will be too high. Sometimes, when it is necessary to transport troops or some luggage, warships will be sent to escort. That will
There are cases where ships have been adrift on the sea for dozens of days.”
After all, the Chengdu Navy is the first maritime navy. Its background is not comparable to that of the Nanhai Navy. However, the Nanhai Navy has many tasks and many enemies. The Chengdu Navy only needs to guard against the Jurchen ships.
The Jurchens' maritime power was all inherited from the Bohai people. There has been little progress over the years, and the gap has been pulled down by the Mizhou Shipyard.
After the sound of the trumpet, 10,000 new troops from the Beijing camp began to gradually board the ship in Tianjin Port.
Yang Lin, accompanied by Ruan Xiaoqi, boarded the boat with his guards, quickly raised the sail, and set off for Goryeo.
Yang Lin stood on the deck, holding up a telescope and looking at the sea. The sea was densely packed with warships.
The waves passed by in calm circles, and the corners of Yang Lin's mouth slightly raised, feeling an indescribable satisfaction in his heart.
After less than four days of sailing at sea, we arrived in Pyongyang at dawn.
When they landed, they were in the territory of Goryeo. When the Goryeo border troops saw that he was an imperial envoy from China, they did not dare to neglect them. They sent a large army to escort him and quickly reported the news to Beijing.
Although it was said to be a mission, Yang Lin brought 10,000 new troops and horses, as well as 30,000 Chenghai navy. Under the escort of his personal guards, he meandered forward, opened the curtain, and Lu Qian, who was guarding him, urged his horse forward.
, looked at Yang Lin inquiringly and nodded to indicate that nothing was wrong. Yang Lin also nodded, put down the car curtain, and tightened the light fur on his body.
The old Incheon Lee family and today's Incheon Yang family had already sent people to greet them early, but the leaderless Goryeo court did not respond.
They were all waiting to see what happened, not knowing how to deal with this uninvited guest.
Yang Lin sent people to Kaijing and frankly said that he and the Song Dynasty were very concerned about the civil strife in Goryeo. Goryeo and the Song Dynasty were vassals and brothers. They had always been close neighbors and friendly. Now that Goryeo is in trouble, they are really close friends.
The enemy is quick to hate, so the Song Dynasty sent Yang Lin, the young prime minister, to mediate.
In the palace, all the officials of Goryeo looked at each other in shock. No matter they were the generals who advocated deposing the crown prince or the prime ministers who advocated killing Yang Ziqian, they did not dare to talk about killing Yang Ziqian.
Bi Tie Pavilion is less than thirty miles north of Kaijing. In the past, envoys from other countries who were envoys to Korea would temporarily stop here until the welcome etiquette of Korea was completed before heading to Kajing.
Although the old rules are followed now, Yang Lin brought too many people. Not only did they occupy the place, but they also set up camp outside.
Never before had so many troops entered Goryeo, and even though it was the suzerain state, they had never had this opportunity. No matter which dynasty it was, only the entry of troops from the Han Dynasty would not arouse the fear of the Goryeo people.
Be it the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty or even the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a large number of troops were stationed here, and they fought bloody battles with foreign enemies on this land.
Although this is a small country, it is actually the gateway to the Han Dynasty. It has been since ancient times and no one else is allowed to get involved.
Otherwise, the threat from here to Youyan will be too great.
The navy of the Song Dynasty was so powerful that the ships on the periphery were enough to make Goryeo tremble.
Yang Lin was sitting on a wicker chair on the roof of the small building here, holding a telescope, curiously observing the customs and customs of Goryeo. After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, Goryeo introduced the Song Dynasty public clothes and straight-legged futou. Goryeo called it "Jifu Zhengjiao".
"The monarch's uniform is also similar to that of the Song Dynasty, so the Song envoy said that his clothes "comply with the system of our Song Dynasty."
Regardless of whether they are high or low, women's hairstyles should be in a bun on the right side, with the rest of their hair hanging down, and their clothing should be "a robe of white plait, slightly like a man's".
The Goryeo women on the road, except for the noble girls from official families, all like to wear dresses that reveal their breasts. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty all shook their heads when they saw this.
When Goryeo was founded, the Central Plains was in its prime, which happened to be the time when the folk customs were the most open. As a vassal state, Goryeo learned everything from the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, in terms of women's clothing, they not only learned from it, but also went a step further and put it into practice.
Clothes that exposed half of the breasts developed into this type of clothing that exposed half of the breasts.
It wasn't until the Japanese occupied Korea that they felt it was too immoral, so they gradually changed it.
In the past few days, Yang Lin also learned that Goryeo was not affected by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and the status of women was very high.
Marriage was popular in Goryeo society, and an engaged man was raised in his wife's family from an early age and was called a "pre-sin-in-law." Within the family, daughters had the same rights to inherit property as sons, and women could even become the head of the household.
What's even more amazing is that the divorce rate here is also very high. "A man and a woman can marry easily and divorce easily." Women can remarry. The gender ratio in Goryeo is more boys and girls, but in society, a relatively strict monogamy system is adopted, and concubines are kept.
This phenomenon is rare.
An official once suggested encouraging concubines to have concubines, but they were unanimously reviled by Korean women, and the court did not dare to allow it. Among the people, many men and women often bathed in the river together without any hesitation.
This magical land has subverted Yang Lin's previous understanding of it. Now Yang Xue is highly respected here.
In many colleges, there are books written by Yang Lin's disciples.
Just when Yang Lin was bored, Lu Qian finally came to report: "Young Prime Minister, Cui Hongsi, Prime Minister of Goryeo, and Jin Xuan, the imperial censor, came to greet the delegation."