"Your Highness, North Korea's flying pigeons urgently." Lu Suyao took the small bamboo tube and sent it to Zhu Cixuan.

Zhu Cilang was playing some games with his son to promote his mind development. When he saw that there was political affairs, he stopped and asked the princess who was smirking and continued to play with his son. He took Lu Suyao to the study of the side palace of Zhongcui Palace.

Because of its instability, Feige is easily attacked by natural enemies on the road. If it is caught by an eagle, it is fine. If it is beaten down and an important secret is obtained by accident, it is a bit uneasy. Therefore, Feige's delivery of a letter is very limited and will not be used to convey important messages.

However, North Korea likes to use flying pigeons. One reason is that the North Korean affairs have little to do with the Central Plains, and the other reason is that the journey is long, so using flying pigeons can be faster. However, on important issues, people should be the main focus.

This information is obviously not very important, but the sooner you know, the better.

It is said that King Lee Nei of Korea died on the eighth day of May 22, the 22nd year of Chongzhen.

Li Jue was criticized when he ascended the throne because he obtained the throne through a coup. It was precisely because of this improper method that the Ming people were very unhappy about it. Yuan Keli, who was the governor of Denglai at the time, expressed great indignation about this. If the situation was not for the tense situation, he would have to bring troops to North Korea to trace the origin!

However, from the perspective of state relations, Li Ju's usurpation of the throne was actually beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

Lee's predecessor was Li Hui, the second son of Kwanghae-jun, Lee Wong, of North Korea's Xuanzu Lee Kyung. This person was from the wrong way to get the throne.

First, Li Hui also has his brother Lin Haijun. Secondly, before Li Bing died, he had a legitimate son, who was the Yongchang Grand Lord. Whether it was the legitimate wife or the elders, it was difficult for Guanghaijun to inherit the title of King Joseon.

However, Linhai Jun has a very bad reputation. He was impeached by the court officials many times for seizing official slaves and private land, and Li Hui has an excellent reputation.

Later, the Japanese Revolution in the Renchen period occurred. Li Bing divided the imperial court into two, fled to Liaodong with some officials, and appointed Guanghai Jun Li Hui as the crown prince, and stayed in Korea to resist the Japanese invaders. This undoubtedly made Li Hui famous among the military and civilians, laying the substantial foundation for the future succession of the king's title.

On the other hand, the Ming Dynasty had the idea of ​​abolishing the eldest and establishing the young people because of the temple. That is, the famous dispute over the foundation of the country. At that time, civil officials were very sensitive to the eldest and the young people. They refused Li Hui's request to inherit the title several times, and were determined to make Linhai Jun the King of Korea. For this reason, the Korean envoy even lied that Linhai Jun was mentally ill and voluntarily gave way to Guanghai Jun. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites sent two envoys to find out the truth, which made Li Hui deeply insulted.

Under this background, Guanghai Jun Li Hui naturally had deep resentment towards the Ming court and had a secret relationship with the newly-resurrect Jianzhou Jurchens. However, Li Yu, the rebellious Jun, stood firmly on the side of the Ming Dynasty. Even after Bingzi was in chaos, he was forced to sign a contract with Huang Taiji and became a vassal state of the Qing court, but he was still interested in the Ming Dynasty.

From the perspective of the inheritance of the throne of Korea alone, we will find that the literati and officials of the Ming Dynasty actually had ideology the most important thing regardless of the national interests.

Zhu Cilang is a pragmatist, however.

He agreed with Li Ju's firmness towards the Ming Dynasty, and was grateful that in the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was shaky and his country was famined, and he also sent ginseng, minks and other items worth 100,000 taels. Without Li Ju's personal and intellectual affairs policy, the mission sent by the Ming Dynasty to North Korea would not have been able to achieve the current speed of progress.

Especially before his death, Li Hui was considering the addition of oral Chinese assessment when North Korea selected officials, which shows his sincerity.

"Give Li Hui a nice posthumous title." Zhu Cixuan said.

As the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, the Korean king had the posthumous title of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, the civil servants of Korea also gave temple names and posthumous titles, which were like independent kingdoms. This political structure really had a feudal meaning.

Lu Suyao replied: "I will report to Honglu Temple to know."

Zhu Cilang nodded.

The old ministers in the court, led by Jiang Yuguang, opposed the establishment of the General Administration of Transportation, and still wanted to use Honglu Temple as the bureau responsible for foreign exchanges. In order to remove the etiquette functions of Honglu Temple, they moved out the Taichang Temple.

Taichang Temple is the department responsible for ceremonial music. Although there is no distinction between rituals and music, there are basically Taoist priests in Taichang Temple now, and there are almost no Confucian scholars. However, in the eyes of the old ministers, both Taoist priests and Confucian scholars can be assigned, and the "name" of the official office is of great significance. It must be inherited and must be correct.

Because they were following the Chongzhen path, and Chongzhen had almost no resistance to the Confucianism, he easily turned against them and stood on their side. Zhu Cixuan was unwilling to disperse the power of the court because of these false reputations. It would be bad if he made a passive strike at that time, so he simply took the initiative to withdraw the General Administration of Transportation, with the Honglu Temple responsible for foreign exchanges and the Taichang Temple responsible for etiquette.

Jiang Yueguang worked hard for three years and finally achieved the right result. As expected, he inspired a high-pitched will to work. He is now working hard to compile the "Biography of Foreign Countries" at Honglu Temple, preparing to imitate his interactions with Portugal, send envoys to the countries in Nanyang to expand their trade routes and protect the people of the Ming Dynasty.

This also shows that Nanyang Company's silver bullet offensive has indeed worked.

Now that the king died in North Korea, it is within the scope of the authority of the Honglu Temple. Just wait for the North Korean envoy to report the funeral to arrive in Beijing, you can discuss the posthumous title and consider the enthronement.

After the news came to Honglu Temple, Honglu Temple wanted to submit the ministry's proposal to the cabinet.

As Zhu Cixuan knew, Wu Qi was not concerned about etiquette and diplomacy, and preferred to turn the Ministry of Rites into a simple education department. If it were in the Zhou Dynasty, it would be extremely stupid, but since the Song Dynasty, "rituals" had become a means of governing the country, rather than a sacred and inviolable ideology, so it would be a pity to abandon it.

However, there were some open or secret differences between Wu Yan and Jiang Yueguang, which made Wu Yan release him first and then arrest him, and then put Honglu Temple and Taichang Temple in the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites again. These two temples must go through the Ministry of Rites before submitting documents.

Jiang Yueguang could not refuse such legitimate rights and could only endure it, but it did not prevent him from secretly contacting old friends and seeking the position of Minister of Rites.

Therefore, on May 16, the 22nd year of Chongzhen, the cabinet's vote was intended to reply to the Ministry of Rites, not the question book of the Honglu Temple.

"I think that before the new king of Korea was enthroned, he should send envoys to question the sudden death of Prince Zhaoxian and investigate his three exiled sons." Wu Yan sat in Wenhua Hall on behalf of the cabinet and made suggestions on the North Korean issue.

Zhu Cilang took a brief look at the ticket draft, and the content was consistent with what Wu Qing said, and he basically understood the meaning of Wu Qing and other cabinet ministers.

It is widely rumored that Prince Zhaoxian was poisoned by his father Li Nei.

This legend is not seen in official history, and it is also a secret that the Korean royal family is not told by foreigners. At that time, Prince Zhaoxian and his younger brothers, Maharaja Fenglin and Maharaja Linping were hostages in Shenyang. During the Jiashen Kingdom, he also entered the pass with Shunzhi and went to Beijing. Later, less than two months after he was released to North Korea, there was a news of his sudden death, so there were rumors of being poisoned.

The news collected from the North Korean side is enough to prove that the possibility of this rumor is extremely high. Because when he was hostage, Prince Zhaoxian hated the Dongliu on the one hand, but on the other hand, he felt that it was necessary to learn from the Dongliu to make North Korea a country independent of the Ming and Qing dynasties. This seemed to be a great rebellion in Li Nai, who was determined to serve Dazhong Ming. What's more, when he was released to North Korea, he forced Li Nai to leave the city to welcome his son.

Even if Zhu Cilang had the contribution of restoring Shenjing Tianda, he would not dare to let Chongzhen go out of the city to welcome him.

This is an indestructible etiquette and law.

With all these connections, it seems that Li Nuo killed his son for granted.

More importantly, the identity of Prince Zhaoxian was enthroned by the Ming Dynasty. Wouldn’t it be a slap in the Ming Dynasty?

The case of Wu Xuan's complaint against Prince Zhaoxian was against the "Memorial on the Memorial on the Request for North Korea to Cut Jianghua Island" sent by Chen De in April.

Since its founding, China has occupied land very easily, and it almost crushed the land around it. So it is not distressed when sending other people's land, but it seems a little reserved and shy when asking others for land. Especially when facing North Korea, asking them for Jianghua Island is like an official asking his entourage how many copper coins he borrowed to buy sesame cakes.

Let's not talk about Zhu Cilang for now, no one of the officials in the cabinet can stand up.

It is best to let the Koreans propose to cut off Jianghua Island and garrison the Celestial Empire.

Li Jue's death is a good opportunity, and the case of Prince Zhaoxian is a good reason.

If the new king wants to successfully obtain the title of the Ming Dynasty, it is best to be able to act consciously according to the Ming Dynasty's intentions.

What's more, this is for the sake of North Korea's good.

Zhu Cixuan was very happy to get Chen De's question book before, and almost immediately asked the cabinet to draft it, asking North Korea to ced Jianghua Island. As a result, no one in the cabinet's six cabinet ministers agreed and had to put it aside.

Zhu Cixuan felt that the literati and officials of the Ming Dynasty really lacked the spirit of pioneering, and they asked people to collect North Korea's economic information and prepare to issue silver bullets to open up the cabinet. Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Yu died, the cabinet's face was exposed. How could he refuse to explore before? It was obvious that he wanted to save face!

"Yes." Zhu Cixuan agreed with the cabinet's opinions, and sent it back to the cabinet for execution.

Wu Qi also had a good impression of Li Nai. He was not happy to hear the news of his death, but there was no private relationship between the countries. Even if he and Li Nai were friends of life and death, he had to seize the opportunity at the level of business and bully the orphan and widowed mother while Li Nai's body was not cold.

No matter how flexible you act, the cloak of morality must not be taken off.

In June of the 22nd year of Chongzhen, Fengzhou, who was carrying the Honglu Temple of the Ming Dynasty, set sail from Tianjin Port, and carried a ugly Korean envoy to Hanyang on a water route. This not only means that the Ming Dynasty's attention to sea routes gradually exceeded that of land routes, but also provided the latest hydrological and meteorological information for the Ming Navy to enter Jianghua Island.

The Fengzhou ship is fifteen meters long, two and six feet wide, one and three feet deep, and twenty-three cabins, five large masts standing in front and back, seven and two feet long, and six and five inches in circumference. As long as the cannon is installed and the sailor is equipped with a main warship running around the sea. (To be continued...)
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