Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 286 Special Envoy to North Korea Mo Huali
Although North Korea is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, it can be regarded as the most loyal vassal state to the Central Plains in history, so what?

After all, they are not the land and people under Zhu Cixiang's rule. Zhu Cixiang will not be merciful to them. Since he has the opportunity to take it from them, of course he should not miss this opportunity.

North Korea specializes in pearls, ginseng, leathers, gems, and silks. By asking for a large amount of things from them, and recruiting a part of the servant army, Zhu Cixiang will have the materials to attack Liaodong and completely destroy Mite Island.

"Master Mo Huali has been hiding in his mansion since Li Chuang entered Beijing and Mi Qing entered Beijing. He didn't even leave the door. He is very loyal to me, Ming." At the time of Zhu Cihong, Liu Bao mentioned a person's name by the way.

"You are collecting money again, and you are not short of money, why do you need to collect money? Don't you know that this will become a weapon for civil servants to attack you?" Zhu Cihong said without even raising his head.

Liu Bao mentions this person's name at this juncture, and even a fool can guess that he is taking money.

"Slaves live in the deep palace for a long time, and there is nothing to pursue except gold and silver treasures." Liu Bao chuckled, as if he was worried at all when Zhu Cihong found out that he was taking money with embezzlement.

This is also, since he has collected the money, it means that he is ready to be discovered by Zhu Cihong.

After all, the palace is no better than the outside world, there are many people, and there are eunuchs and maids everywhere, which one does not want to climb up, eunuchs want to be officials, want to be in charge of ceremonies, and imperial horses, and palace ladies also want to show their faces in front of the emperor, even if they don’t If you have the opportunity to be a concubine, you can at least be a high-ranking female official. If you do well, you will be no worse than a minister in the outer court.

Most eunuchs can take bribes, and nine out of ten of them have the connivance of the emperor or other masters. Otherwise, not to mention being attacked by Qingliu civil servants in the future, just by lining up in the palace to inform, those who want to replace him will kill him.

"This Mo Huali's backbone is not bad, as long as his ability is similar, it's okay to let him be the envoy or deputy envoy." Zhu Cihong said noncommittally.

In fact, after Li Chuang and Mi Qing entered the capital, there were many literati and ministers who refused to commit themselves to being thieves.

As the saying goes, a cow can't be kept low if it doesn't drink water. In addition, these emerging regimes want to win back people's hearts and replace the Ming Dynasty as the master of China, so they dare not go on a killing spree.

Therefore, many literati and former ministers who were unwilling to accept the official positions of the new dynasty and did not want to leave the capital settled down inside and outside the capital.

There are not a few people like Mo Huali, at least there are hundreds of them, which is quite a lot compared to the thousands of court civil and military officials.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, if this is the case, this servant is worthy of his money." Liu Bao said to Zhu Cilang with joy.

He never expected that power could be so easy to use. He just said a word and mentioned a person's name, and within a few breaths he received a gift of thousands of taels of silver.

No wonder the former Wei Zhongxian, Feng Bao, and many more great eunuchs who died on this road were so keen on it.

Although Liu Bao had been the eunuch of the chief inspector of ceremonies and the eunuch of Bingbi for several months, in fact, until recently, a large number of people came to visit him, give him gifts, and beg for an official position.

Because Zhu Cihong hadn't entered the capital before and regained the lost land, no one knew how long the Ming Dynasty could survive. After all, the peasant army defeated the Ming army forcefully, and the Qing army defeated the peasant army forcefully.

It can be said that everyone in the world has lost hope in Da Ming. Although Da Ming still represents orthodoxy and there are countless people who are willing to help him, the fighting power of the Ming army is too poor. Army, everything you do is in vain.

After getting the name Mo Huali, he appeared in front of Zhu Cihong less than an hour later.

Because his family lived in the outer city of the capital, not far from the Forbidden City, and the eunuchs in the palace rode to his home to bring him in person, so Mo Huali soon appeared in front of Zhu Cihong.

"Old man Mo Huali greets His Majesty." An old man about forty or fifty years old with a bookish air knelt down in front of Zhu Cihong. He was Mo Huali in Liu Bao's mouth.

Because Mo Huali was not an important official in the court, nor was he a well-known gentry, Zhu Cixiang stopped chatting with him to establish a relationship, and went straight to the topic as soon as he got up.

"I want to send an embassy to sail across the sea to the east, and ask the king of Korea for crimes. Are you willing to serve as an envoy?" Zhu Cihong's voice was full of the majesty of a superior.

Hearing Zhu Cihong's words, Mo Huali was shocked. He hadn't heard of North Korea doing anything outrageous recently, let alone that North Korea had missions or caravans coming to China. Why did His Majesty go to accuse North Korea?

Although he led a mission to other countries to question the king alone, Mo Huali did not have the slightest fear in his heart. North Korea is a small country with few people, and its national strength is not as good as a province in the upper kingdom of heaven.

Besides, China has accused North Korea countless times over the past hundreds of years. Mo Huali doesn't think this is dangerous, even though North Korea has nominally regarded Mite Island as its suzerain country.

But how could the majesty and weight that the Celestial Kingdom had produced in the hearts of the neighboring small countries for hundreds of years dissipate so easily.

Without waiting for Zhu Cihong to elaborate on the situation, Mo Huali nodded like a chicken pecking rice and said, "Cao Min is willing to serve, Cao Min is willing to serve."

After studying for decades, studying the Four Books and Five Classics with great concentration, and being familiar with the articles of the sages, isn't it for today's goods and the emperor's family?

What's more, as an envoy of the mission, if he can make a little credit, he will officially embark on the road of being an official from now on, no worse than those Jinshi who passed the imperial examination.

We must know that two or three hundred Jinshi can be tested every three years, and most of them will be fifty or sixty when they are officials, or even die.

How can there be so many vacancies for Jinshi? Most Jinshi are either doing the same job as petty officials, or in front of low-ranking petty officials. There will always be a small number of people who can be officials of the Six Departments, or even Grand Scholars.

Even if the Jinshi are already one in a million talents, there is nothing to do, there are not many things in China, but there are many people.

As an official envoy of the mission, representing the Celestial Kingdom to prosecute North Korea, Mo Huali's status could suddenly reach the level of a mid-level bureaucrat in the imperial court, which others may not be able to achieve after more than ten years of hard work.

Thinking of this, Mo Huali thought it would be a wise move for him to bribe Liu Bao and ask him to put in a good word for him when there is a vacancy in the position.

A thousand taels of silver for a black gauze hat is simply not worth it anymore.

Besides, a trip to North Korea, even if he only accepts some courtesy gifts, is enough to make him pay back.

(End of this chapter)