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Chapter two hundred and eighty welcome

Xu Hao's guess was not completely accurate. One of the reasons why Zhu Di was silent was that he knew Li Fangyuan. A few years ago, Li Fang went to the capital to offer tribute horses and met Zhu Di when he passed by Beijing.

Because of their similar personalities, age, identity and experience, Zhu Di and Li Fangyuan were very verbal in agreement, so Zhu Di supported Li Fangyuan to inherit the position of North Korea.

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao generally focused on powerful enemies in the north, and rarely paid attention to the situation in North Korea. For Zhu Di, North Korea was a submissive vassal state. What he valued more was the sincere recognition and respect of the supreme emperor of the Celestial Empire by the kings and subjects of the Korean kings and subjects, and they were eager to get the title and praise of the emperor. What they wanted was the satisfaction of worshiping. To put it bluntly, they only wanted fame but not real profit.

Xu Hao's suggestion made Zhu Di feel refreshed. For a long time, China's national policies adopted by small countries around the country are mostly not interfering in its internal affairs. It is a mentality of looking down on goodwill and contempt and ignoring both. It is also considered to be the basis of benevolence advocated by Confucianism.

Xu Hao's views on life are just the opposite. The interactions between countries do not be kind to neighbors, but only cold reality and interests. Even if the interests are at their own hands, they cause floods in other countries.

One of the major drawbacks of the tribute system is that while satisfying the vanity of the emperor, it will be of no benefit to the country to enrich the government and businessmen.

Xu Hao did not expect that Zhu Di, who was moved at first, refused to interfere in the internal affairs of North Korea in a blink of an eye. Because the King of Yan did not want to leave a stigma, Xu Hao suddenly realized that Zhu Di, who was standing in front of him, was the Yongle Emperor who was very fond of achievements in history.

In history, Li Fangyuan launched a coup to kill his crown prince Li Fangshuo, and then defeated his fourth brother Li Fanggan, forcing his second brother Li Fangguo to abdicate the king, and sent an envoy to request Zhu Yunwen to enthronement and approval.

Zhu Yunwen knew that Li Fangyuan was in trouble at that time, but his war with Zhu Di was at a disadvantage. He ordered the Ministry of Rites to "the country of Korea's original rituals and literature resignation, and the matter of resignation and inheritance... If it is not absent from the laws of nature and contrary to human ethics, let other countries decide their own rights." He recognized Li Fangyuan's title and granted the title of prince. It should be known that Zhu Yuanzhang always refused to recognize Li Chenggui's identity as the lord of the state, and his title was the state affairs of Korea.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he generously refused to pursue the past. Li Chengfang became the King of Korea recognized by the Ming Dynasty, and was given gold seals, imperial edicts, crowns, nine chapters, jade jade, jade, concubine pearls and jade, seven zodiac crowns, shi capes, gold pendants, classics and colorful coins, etc.

Xu Hao vaguely remembers that North Korea continued from Li Chengfang to the late Qing Dynasty. Various innovations such as Korean writing began with Li Chengfang. What about the Zhu family dynasty at that time? Millions of royal families had long disappeared into the long river of history.

Seeing that Zhu Di's stubbornness was exactly the same as Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Hao was a little disappointed. His original plan was to continuously trigger struggles among all races and deepen hatred among all races, and wait for the right time. This would allow North Korea to send troops to completely wipe out the Jianzhou Jurchens, the main body of the Qing Dynasty, and then the Ming Dynasty sent troops to occupy the entire Liaodong and increase immigration and set up counties.

Regardless of whether the plan is feasible or not, at least you have to try it. The problem is that it is troublesome without Zhu Di's support now. It can be foreseeable that in the next few years, all the attention of the Yan Prince's Mansion will be to fight south.

When he returned home in the evening, Xu Hao immediately wrote a letter to North Korea in person to firmly advocate the adoption of major affairs against the Ming Dynasty. His official position was equivalent to that of the prime minister. In the name of the Jinyiwei, he reminded the other party Li Fangyuan might be rebelling, and the court had obtained definite evidence.

After handing the secret letter to Mu Yi, Xu Hao smiled and said, "This time I will give you and Mu Xi a great contribution to the great achievements. I will go to Korea to kill the rebel ministers. After that, the Korean monarch and ministers will definitely write a letter to praise you. The rewards will not be less, and will help cover up the trouble of sending troops without authorization. The action must be fast, and it may be too late."

Mu Yi said: "The third brother is in Tianjin Wei, take care of his salary."

After Mu Yi left, Zhou Peng asked: "Why did the young master choose Zheng Daochuan instead of Li Fangyuan?"

Xu Hao explained: "Li Fangyuan is smart, capable and courageous. He will never obey my Ming Dynasty when he becomes the king. So why should he choose him? Zheng Daochuan is old, conservative and easy to control. He is a wise prince master, haha! Do you know that prince is actually only eight years old?"

Even though Zhou Peng has been a disciple for so long, he still feels that he cannot understand Xu Hao's thinking and why he is so passionate about the surrounding small countries. Fortunately, putting aside Xu Hao's bad intentions, at least this time it is obviously right to support the crown prince Li Fangshuo, who has the orthodox status.

Xu Hao suddenly asked: "Have you ever thought about being the ambassador to North Korea? This is a good job."

Zhou Peng said in surprise: "I have never had such an official position, what does the young master mean?"

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Everything is from nothing to something. Foreign countries set up embassies to each other. A gentleman can not speak for profit, but the country must speak for profit. Forget it, it's a pity that the so-called ambassadors will sooner or later become another evidence of the North Koreans' criticism of China."

Suddenly, Xu Hao felt a deep sense of powerlessness, a kind of helplessness that was useless to do anything. The chronic diseases of the feudal dynasty can only be completely eradicated after great destruction and establishment, otherwise it would be a vicious cycle. The biggest obstacle to reform comes from emperors and officials and even scholars all over the world. The biggest beneficiary of the reform results is them. The so-called scolding the chef when he eats a full meal.

The next day, the court sent a messenger to order the King of Yan to discuss the crimes of King Zhou. Zhu Di wrote a letter to ask for forgiveness of his fifth brother and sent memorials back to the capital. All the kings in the world wrote to the court to ask for forgiveness. Zhu Yunwen hesitated a little.

Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng advised the emperor not to ask for the kindness of women. This was the time to reduce the rights of the vassal kings, and the opportunity should not be missed. Zhu Yunwen then made up his mind to depose Zhu Xu as a commoner and moved to Menghua, Yunnan.

On August 15th, the Xu family put on a lantern and made wedding invitations. According to customs on that day, Princess Yan sent someone to make the bed with wedding beds and other items.

The next morning, the wind was sunny, and officials and gentry came to congratulate the gifts in an endless stream. Everyone was proud of receiving invitations, which somewhat diluted the increasingly tense atmosphere in Peking recently.

Wu Gao and Yang Wen, the Marquis of Huaiyin who had already been restored, had to come to congratulate him in person due to the Yan Palace. Ping'an relied on his identity as a royal relative and remembered his hatred before.

Xu Hao, who received the report, greeted him with a smile and said, "Thank you, sir, for your appreciation, please come in."

Yang Wen reluctantly bowed his hands and smiled, then put his face on his face and didn't bother to say a word. Wu Gao said with a smile: "Young Master Xu, you are polite. Governor Wu and I will not go in. We have the military orders and will soon rush to Liaodong to serve."

Xu Hao asked, "Congratulations to you, sir, Gao Sheng, may you ask if you go to Liaodong to take any position?"

Wu Gao smiled and said, "Thank you to your Majesty to be the General of Liaodong and Lord Yang as the General of Liaodong. By the way, I heard that General Geng's second son was about to go to Shanhaiguan to train troops and was promoted to become the governor."

"Geng Yan?" Xu Hao pretended not to hear the faint demonstration in Wu Gao's words, "Where is General Ping'an?"

Yang Wen said coldly: "General Ping advances to the Assistant General of the Right Army, and Miyun Commander."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the officials and generals who stopped around him changed slightly. Wu Gaoping'an and others were sent by the court and appointed them as the highest military generals from Miyun to Shanhaiguan and even Liaodong. It was obvious that the court began to guard against the King of Yan.

Xu Hao bowed farewell to Wu Gao as if nothing had happened. He looked at the officials around him and noticed that the Chief Ge Cheng had a calm expression. He smiled at him and turned around and entered the door.

Inside, Xu Qingtang was smiling and entertaining guests, saying, "It's getting late, hurry up and change into auspicious clothes and set off."

Soon Xu Hao rode out on a tall, big white horse wearing big red flowers, followed by twelve red-dressed boys, twenty-four drummers, thirty-six musicians, sixteen strong men carrying red-colored carvings and hanging red-decorated sedan chairs. Behind him, a long list of Xu's servants carrying boxes and cages, surrounded the inner city in a huge circle.

The road was crowded with people watching the fun. Xu Hao kept bowing to the four sides. After more than half an hour, he finally entered the Yan Prince's Mansion.

As soon as he entered the door, he was blocked by the women's army led by five princesses. The one who was hit was very beaten, especially the princess of Yong'an, Zhu Yuying, who was quick to move. She waved a rolling pin in her hand and was full of vigor. The female generals beside her were so fierce that they beat the men howled and ran away with their heads in their arms.

Xu Hao, who was holding his head, smiled bitterly at it. If he had known that he would not have regretted it today, he would not have encouraged Zhu Yuying to train a female general.

Princess Yong'an, Zhu Yuying, blocked the groom with a sassy look, and raised her head and said proudly: "Give the happy money."

Xu Hao regretted that he shouldn't have organized the wedding so early. If Zhu Gaoxu and his brothers were by their side, why should he be afraid of Zhu Yuying? He glanced at the weapon wrapped in a layer of red cloth and said angrily: "Cousin, please be proud of yourself, someone will pay the wedding."

After finally sending away these domineering and greedy aunts, a woman blocked the door and asked Xu Hao to write a poem to urge makeup. Princess Yan and other women stood upstairs with a smile and watched the excitement.

Xu Hao shook his head helplessly and said he could not give his fans a song. Last night, he read the makeup urged poem since the Tang and Song dynasties, asked Zhou Peng to change it, and immediately said it.

As a result, everyone was quite satisfied. Xu Hao laughed in his heart. If he was in Jinling, he would not be able to hide it. The Princess Yan, like the old Queen Ma, did not like women to read more poetry and books.

It is logical that my parents' family must hold a big banquet first, and even the royal family cannot avoid the common people, but the emperor has to avoid it just after he died.

Instead of three cups of vegetarian wine, the time for drinking was changed to entertainment programs for women who took turns to tease the groom's official groom, and all the messy customs of various ethnic groups such as jumping into the brazier and jumping on the saddle were brought up.

Xu Hao protested: "This is what the bride wants to do, and I will not do it as a man."

The women naturally remained unanimous, and the time for the quarrels passed quickly. Princess Yan smiled and said, "The auspicious festival has arrived, so don't make things difficult for the new couple."

Xu Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief and stared at the bride who was slowly walking out, afraid of being played with again, so he stepped forward a few steps to reveal a corner to verify the reality.
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