Domineering Daming

Jin Zhongshan looked at Zhu Xu and blinked his eyes. After a while, he said, "Go back to Your Highness. I will pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor today. I will pay my respects to the Emperor's Mausoleum tomorrow. I will go back the day after tomorrow."

Zhu Xu nodded, the vassal king was full of posture, always looking down at him mentally, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then tomorrow I will take you to see the world!"

"See the world?" Jin Zhongshan speaks Chinese very well, but he also has some accents. He pondered and said, "His Royal Highness, His Majesty the King sent me to the capital for help. I don't know if the imperial court can send [-] troops to defend our country against barbarians. .”

The Yi Di in the mouth of the Koreans refers to the Jin people.

Zhu Xu nodded without hesitation, and said: "One hundred thousand is not much, but the military needs of one hundred thousand are huge, and their families need to be resettled. A rough calculation, at least three million taels of silver is needed every year, food 300 million shi. The imperial court can solve part of it for North Korea, and North Korea needs to bear the rest on the spot.”

Jin Zhongshan frowned after hearing this, and thought about it: "Then, our country is willing to bear half of the needs of the [-] army. What do you think, Your Highness?"

Zhu Xu knew that if Jin Zhongshan told Zhu Youxiao such a thing, Zhu Youxiao would definitely reject it, and even if he hesitated, the ministers in the court would definitely refuse it decisively.However, Xiong Tingbi couldn't take nothing with him when he went to Liaodong. There should be no problem in attracting a group of refugees.

As for the cost, North Korea has to pay.

He pretended to think for a while, and said: "[-] yuan should not be a problem, but North Korea needs to allocate enough space, as well as the advance food and payment. The tax payment of the court has not yet been fully collected."

Jin Zhongshan's expression changed suddenly, and he stared at Zhu Xu with burning eyes.

He had never asked for help before, but they were all rejected by the central court, but the Ming army in his memory was still at the time of the three major expeditions, so he was very eager for the Ming court to send troops to support North Korea again.

Jin Zhongshan was very nervous, and his voice trembled: "Your Highness, are you serious?"

Zhu Xu smiled innocently, and said, "Of course, but Lord Jin has to follow what I said to His Majesty the Emperor."

Jin Zhongshan stood up immediately, kneeled on one knee and said loudly: "Everything is under the orders of His Royal Highness Hui Wang!"

A group of people were startled, especially the three people in Honglu Temple who were sweating coldly. They turned their heads and saw that His Royal Highness King Hui had already stretched out his hand to help Lord Jin Zhongshan up.

Zhu Xu completely ignored the ceremony arranged by Honglu Temple, and took Jin Zhongshan back to the palace.

Along the way, Zhu Xu had a happy chat with Jin Zhongshan, and accompanied him into the Jingyang Palace.

Zhu Youxiao welcomed the arrival of Jin Zhongshan, and kindly asked about the current situation of North Korea and greeted the King of North Korea.

Jin Zhongshan conveyed the respect of the King of Korea to His Majesty the Emperor Daming, sent a gift list, and expressed his best wishes to Daming and the Emperor.

The atmosphere of the conversation was very harmonious. Jin Zhongshan implicitly expressed his hope that the Ming court would give North Korea more support and help, and the Emperor of Ming changed the topic calmly.

The monarchs and ministers talked for about an hour, and His Royal Highness Hui Wang accompanied them until the end of the exchange.

After it was over, Zhu Xu sent Jin Zhongshan out, and within a short distance, Jin Zhongshan was no longer determined. He looked at Zhu Xu with hesitation and said, "His Royal Highness Hui, will the Ming court really send troops to protect North Korea again?"

Zhu Xu counted the time, most likely Sun Chengzong's reply would arrive today, so he said with certainty: "Lord Jin, don't worry, before you go back to North Korea, this king will give you a clear answer."

When Jin Zhongshan heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, King Hui. No matter what, North Korea will remember His Highness's help to North Korea!"

Zhu Xu nodded with a smile, and said: "I will send my lord to rest at the post house first. The emperor will host a banquet tonight. Don't talk too much when the time comes. I sent troops to protect North Korea three times before going to court, sacrificed countless soldiers, and many high-ranking officials I don't think North Korea has shown enough respect."

Jin Zhongshan bowed again and said: "Your Highness said that after returning to the country, I will urge the king to set up a martyr's shrine for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, seriously enshrine the sacrifices, and engrave and engrave a book, so as not to forget the protection of the Ming court. and sacrifice!"

Zhu Xu made a "hmm" sound, and asked casually, "Lord Jin, how much do you know about Japan?"

Jin Zhongshan glanced at Zhu Xu, seemed to understand what Zhu Xu meant, and said, "His Royal Highness, as far as I know, Japan is very weak now, and has no intention or ability to send troops to North Korea again."

Zhu Xu smiled without saying a word, and politely sent the Korean aristocrat from Japan to the post house.

After Zhu Xu returned to the palace, he went to see Zhu Youxiao in the Imperial Study Room, which was considered a business trip.

Zhu Youxiao sat on the imperial table with a serious expression. He didn't say hello to Zhu Xu when he came in, and just looked down at a booklet.

"Brother Huang." Zhu Xu went straight to Zhu Youxiao's side behind the imperial table, as usual.

He glanced at it, and it was the Ministry of War who impeached Mao Wenlong, the general officer of Liaodong.He couldn't help thinking to himself, "Xiong Tingbi's movements are really fast, is he also afraid that Yuan Keli will obstruct him again?"

Yuan Keli is also a pillar of the Donglin Party and has great influence.If he insisted, Mao Wenlong might not have stayed in Liaodong until he was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, as he did in history.

Zhu Youxiao read one, closed it and picked it up again, and said, "Have you sent it to the post?"

"Delivered." Zhu Xu stretched out his head to look at Zhezi, sure enough, Mao Wenlong was impeached.

Zhu Youxiao took a few glances, sighed, and said: "The most difficult thing in the world is probably my emperor. These ones, every day, give me difficult problems, and I never get tired of it."

Zhu Xu didn't answer, but saw the final draft of the booklet, two big "promises".He didn't know the name of the academician, but he could vaguely guess that the opinions of the outer court were mostly unanimous, and Mao Wenlong had not been in Liaodong for a long time.

Seeing that Zhu Xu didn't answer, Zhu Youxiao looked at him in surprise and said, "Is there anything else?"

Zhu Xu came here to lay an ambush in advance, and said respectfully: "Brother Huang, I plan to take Lord Jin out of the city tomorrow, and let him see my Daming's firearms, so as to increase North Korea's determination to fight against the Tartars."

The Tartars in Zhu Xu's mouth also refer to the Jin people.

Zhu Youxiao nodded noncommittally, put a bunch of papers aside and said: "Well, I know, let's go."

Chapter 139 The Greenhouse

Zhu Xu returned to Jinghuan Palace, lying on the couch, tapping the edge of the chair with his fingers.

It is not easy to send 3 people to North Korea. Even if Yinxiang, food and salaries are all borne by North Korea, it is also a huge project.

"Your Highness."

Cao Wenzhao walked up to Zhu Xu quietly, and looked at Zhu Xu curiously.

Zhu Xu raised his head and said, "Are you ready for the things outside the city?"

Cao Wenzhao was full of confidence, and said: "Everything is ready, and the drill has been carried out several times, and the artillery has also fired fake bullets. It should be an eye-opener for that Lord Jin."

Zhu Xu wasn't worried about this. The North Korean military was weak and couldn't even do basic defense, let alone "advanced" firearms such as artillery and matchlock guns.

"Keep an eye on me. As soon as there is a letter from Liaodong, let me know." Zhu Xu said, the most important thing now is Sun Chengzong's attitude. As long as he has his support, Xiong Tingbi's going to North Korea is basically settled.

"It's Your Highness." Cao Wenzhao agreed, and then said: "Your Highness, the three adults from Honglu Temple have all entered the palace, and it seems that they are going to sue His Highness."

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, I've already told you, Brother Huang, don't pay attention to them."

Zhu Xu's simple and rude snatching of Honglu Temple's reception power naturally made Honglu Temple very dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do, because they wanted to protect the face of the Great Ming Dynasty and not offend His Royal Highness Hui Wang too much.

Therefore, the only thing they can do is to sue the emperor and ask for power.

Things went as Zhu Xu expected, the adults of Honglu Temple didn't get what they wanted, and left in despair.

Zhu Xu rested for a while, and after eating, he went to Kunning Palace again.Queen Zhang's due date is just around the corner, he is very worried about Queen Zhang, and he has to visit her several times a day to be relieved.

Empress Zhang naturally knew that he did not receive the North Korean mission according to the ceremonial schedule set by Honglu Temple, so she inevitably blamed her.

With Zhu Xu's embarrassment in front of Queen Zhang, he naturally agreed to Yi, with Er in his heart.

The weather was getting colder and colder, Zhu Xu came out of Kunning Palace wrapped in a thin cloak.