Super Smuggling System

As if he didn't see the change in the field, Li Ji of the North Korean Kingdom finished speaking there on his own, and saluted Li Mu: "I'm going down to the country, Li Ji, to thank the overlord Daming for his mercy."

Not only did he readily agree, but he also took advantage of the situation to express his gratitude to Daming, thanking the suzerain for being so considerate of North Korea and only allowing him to pay tribute to some common things.

For Joseon King Li Ji, no matter how he changed, he had no choice but to nod and agree. There was no second possibility for him to consider and choose.

He understood that Li Mu's discussion was nothing but a high-sounding cover-up, and the real meaning was nothing more than a disguised decision.

Finally, I would like to inform you that the Ming Dynasty decided to change the annual payment of the age of the Joseon Dynasty, so that he, the king of Joseon, would pay tribute according to the requirements of the suzerain state.

As for disagreement?

Looking at the 12 Jurchen cavalry who were killed by the town, the answer is already clear. Just imagine, the North Korean country can't even defeat the [-] Jurchen cavalry, and let them drive straight into the capital Seoul.

In the end, they had to rely on a false alliance of brothers to escape the aggression of the Jurchen iron cavalry.

Now, facing the Ming army that easily suppressed and killed 12 Jurchen cavalry, as the king of Joseon, Li Ji, how dare he deny the suzerain's decision?

"Haha." Li Mu laughed loudly, returned to his seat, sat down, hugged Zhezhe and Dayuer who were sitting next to him, and said with a smile: "Let's just talk about it, North Korea is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. They have always been brothers and sisters with Daming, they are the most solid clan country, and they are also the most sincere friendly neighbors, so how can you disagree."

Man Gui, who was holding the handle of the knife in his left hand, also laughed and relaxed the strength of holding the handle of the knife with his left hand.

"The angel is right. North Korea will always regard Daming as its suzerain, and North Korea's subjects will never change their admiration for their superior country."

After finishing speaking, the king of Joseon, Li Zhen, asked curiously, "Angel of the Shang Kingdom, I don't know how much gold and silver the Joseon Kingdom needs to pay the Ming Dynasty every year to be suitable, and how many stones do they need to prepare for food?"

This question made Li Mu think for a while. The issue of paying tribute to the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty is a very strange thing in the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that in ancient China, as a suzerain country, no matter which dynasty it was, it was very strange in dealing with the tribute of the subordinate countries.

For the vassal states of other suzerain states, it is a very troublesome thing to pay tribute to the suzerain state every year, and it is also a matter that may empty out the wealth of the country.

Because every time they pay tribute and pay pilgrimage to the suzerain, the subordinate country has to empty its own wealth to please the suzerain, in exchange for the protection of the suzerain and the promise that it will not invade the subordinate country.

However, as a vassal state of ancient China, there is no such worry. These vassal states are happy to pay tribute to the suzerain country China and pay their age.

The reason for this contrast is that this is not a loss-making business, but a profitable one.

Especially during the Ming Dynasty, as long as the vassal state brought something to pay tribute, regardless of whether the thing was good or bad, even if the thing you took was worthless, the Emperor of Ming would be very happy, and when he left, he would let the tribute country take it away A lot of gold, silver and jewelry to show the generosity of the suzerain.

This also gave birth to a trade called tribute.

Among them, the Persian merchants on the Silk Road were the most rampant. A dozen or so of them pretended to form a mission and brought goods from thousands of miles to Daming in the Central Plains, but they did not come to trade with merchants in Daming.

Instead, under the guise of the national mission, the goods were used as gifts. When worshiping the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, these Persian merchants would dedicate their goods to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Although it was said that it was offered to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty in vain, there are no fools in the businessmen. They know that as long as they donate the goods to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty in the name of the country, they will definitely be rewarded generously by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty when they leave.

The rewards obtained in this way are more profitable than trading goods with Ming merchants.

Of course, the Ming court was not stupid. As time went by, the Ming court also discovered that this false appearance of all nations coming to court was actually a means for Persian merchants to gain profits through trade.

After all, a country will pop up from time to time, and anyone will find something strange in it, and finally stop it.

The Ming Dynasty put an end to the means of businessmen pretending to be state tributes to make profits, but it could not change the fact that these dependent countries around the Ming Dynasty used tributes to make money.

This is why the king of Joseon, Lee Jae, asked this question.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Mu was also not sure how much it was appropriate to let North Korea pay tribute to Ming Dynasty every year. Too much was afraid that North Korea would be squeezed dry at once, and the matter would be exhausted, and too little would not be able to solve the problem.

It is true that after Li Mu implements the plan to support Daming from all over the world, it is impossible for Daming to have the phenomenon that the subordinate country pays tribute and the suzerain country loses money.

From now on, at least in the past ten years of Chongzhen, as the suzerain state, Ming Dynasty will not give any substantive rewards to the tributary countries, the only thing that can be given is honorary rewards.

For example, Li Mu threatened that the throne of Joseon King Li Ji was not recognized by Daming, which is a threat to honor. Honor is not important to most people in this plane, but in ancient times, honor was regarded as life for everyone. .

As a vassal state of Korea, each king of Joseon needs the approval of the suzerain, Ming Dynasty, and a symbolic edict of the next order.

The throne of the Joseon King Li Ji was obtained by overthrowing the former Joseon King Gwanghae Jun Li Hun, and it was not inherited according to the normal procedure, so it has not yet been recognized by Ming Dynasty.

In the end, Li Mu, who didn't know how much tribute was required from the Joseon State, pretended to be generous, and threw the question back to the Joseon King Li Ji.

"Mr. Lingyang is not in a position to decide on behalf of the Ming Dynasty court how much gold, silver and food is appropriate for North Korea to pay tribute every year. However, this seat believes that the amount of tribute from North Korea depends entirely on North Korea's loyalty to Daming, the suzerain."

The implication is to tell the king of Joseon, Li Ji, that if you are loyal to the suzerain Daming, you can give a lot of years to show your loyalty. If you don’t care about the suzerain Daming, then you can do whatever you want.

Hearing this metaphorical sentence, the King of Joseon, Li Zhen, understood it, so he said respectfully: "The Joseon State has always been loyal to the Suzerain Daming, and this loyalty to the Suzerain cannot be expressed even with all the wealth of the country."

"The loyalty of the Joseon Kingdom to Daming can be learned from heaven and earth, and I think the court of Daming and His Majesty the Emperor also feel the same way." Li Mu followed the words of the Joseon King Li Zhen, and then said: "Mr. Lingyang, there is no need to pay tribute to the country. If you are rich, do what you can, after all, Daming does not want to bully the vassals, but just needs you vassal states to show their loyalty."

"Thank you Daming, the suzerain, for your understanding, and thank you Angel for clearing up the doubts of the next country, Li Zhen." The king of Joseon, Li Zhen, thanked him.

After settling the matter of North Korea's tribute to Daming, and the plan to support Daming around the world can also be said to be on the right track, Li Mu relaxed his whole body and mind, touched the soft buttocks of the two beauties around him, and said to North Korean King Li Yu with a smile.

"Then I will take my sons and daughters under my command to rest in North Korea for a while, and when the exhaustion on my body is almost recuperated, I will take my sons and daughters back to Daming."

"Mr. Lingyang will welcome you."

At the end, Li Mu asked the Joseon King Li Zhen again.

Seeing that the Ming army was recuperating in Seoul, the king of Joseon, Li Zhen, immediately bowed and said, "It is indeed a great honor for the kingdom of Korea, Li Zhen, to welcome the heavenly army of the suzerain to rest in Seoul with the subjects of the kingdom of Korea."

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After a period of recuperation in North Korea.

The time in the Ming plane has entered November. Of course, this month is the month of the lunar calendar, not the Gregorian calendar of the real plane, which is the Western calendar month.

As a unique lunar calendar method in China, November is collectively called Dongyue, which means that this month will enter the coldest month in the Central Plains.

The Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer.

Li Mu felt that it was time to leave North Korea, and if he stayed any longer, he would be a bit reluctant to leave, and besides, there was another thing to do.

Besides, he and his wolf cavalry guards, [-] Guanning iron cavalry, were almost recuperating in Seoul, and the hostility generated by killing people on their bodies also neutralized a lot of the tenderness of Korean women.

Of course, the main thing to neutralize is the anger on the [-] Guanning iron cavalry, while the wolf cavalry has no hostility, and women are not needed to neutralize it. After all, biochemical humans are not real human beings and will not be affected by the spirit Influence is more rational than humans.

Unlike people, after a period of high-pressure work, those who have poor control ability are likely to lose control of their emotions, lose their self-cognition, and become a mentally abnormal person.

In ancient times, it was called insanity, and in the original plane it was mental illness.

That's why Li Mu didn't go back directly to Daming, but transferred to the North Korean country, in order to vent the hostility accumulated by the [-] Guanning iron cavalry in Shenyang City, and come to the North Korean country to vent. Don't wait until you return to Daming. Local venting, as time goes by, slowly triggered out.

During this period of time, thanks to the Korean women's unique dress 'Qing Chi Gu Li', and the fact that the Joseon King Li Zhen really did as he said, he would warmly entertain the Ming army.

The [-] Guanning iron cavalry seemed to regard Seoul as a brothel, and used the women of North Korea to vent their hostility. It must be said that ancient China, as the only suzerain country in Asia, had a profound influence on the surrounding dependent countries.