Chapter 36
"Lord Yan, offending the lord of a vassal state for a small citizen, resulting in war between the two countries, causing war and disaster, and causing the people to suffer is not a blessing for Great Ming!”
Li Guofang's words resonated with most of the officials present.
"Lord Li is right. The vassal state of North Korea has always had a close relationship with our Great Ming Empire. However, Lord Yan's actions will easily hurt the heart of the vassal state of North Korea. If they really send troops over, who will be responsible for this?”
"It's fine if a small citizen dies. What's there to be pitiful about?”
"Yes, she's just a lowly commoner. How dare she offend the lord of a vassal state? Unforgivable. This mother and daughter should be thrown into prison to appease the anger of North Korea!”
"Second!"
These officials spoke one after another, and their emotions were stirred up as if they were North Koreans.
Yan Song was so angry that he laughed.
He had always felt that he was a treacherous official. No matter what, he could be considered to have harmed Great Ming. But now, looking at the faces of these officials, Yan Song realized that he was really too righteous.
When these officials faced the barbarians, they had to be benevolent, gentle, and reasonable. Even if the other party was unreasonable, they had to be reasonable. The country had to be tolerant and not be afraid of suffering losses. It was a blessing to suffer losses...
They didn't care that Lee Seung Ki beat up the people of Ming Dynasty. Instead, they jumped out to complain for Lee Seung Ki when he beat him up. They even said that they were afraid that the North Korean vassal state would be angry. If the soldiers retaliated, the border would be empty, and the court would have no military pay. How would they deal with it?
Therefore, it would be better to detain the mother and daughter, and Yan Song would apologize to save face for the King of North Korea. It would appease North Korea's anger, and there would be no trouble.
Looking at these self-righteous faces, their faces were as black as the bottom of a pot. The veins on their temples bulged, and they were indignant.
These were the loyal officials of the Ming Dynasty. What loyalty for the country, what awe-inspiring righteousness, what pleading for the people, it was really too wonderful.
Their words sounded beautiful, but in a nutshell, weren't they just suppressing their own people and pleasing their enemies?
Since ancient times, who could rely on giving face to destroy the enemy? He still wanted to use a knife and see her on the battlefield!
This time, taking North Korea's face into consideration, could it be exchanged for peace? What are you thinking? North Korea would also think, Wow, China, how funny, they are actually trying to please us. At this time, would it soon show the weakness of the Ming Dynasty? North Korea would probably become like the other vassal states. They would come to Great Ming to threaten them, fight for the autumn grain, and earn money. Anyway, Great Ming was always so humble. What was there to be afraid of?
Yan Song really couldn't imagine that it would be such a group of fools who stole the imperial court.
"No wonder Great Ming had a good hand of cards over the years, but every time, he was beaten to a pulp…This group of people are the ones who eat nothing, constantly ruining Great Ming's foundation!”
Yan Song suddenly felt nauseous looking at the faces of justice, loyalty, and the people.
Jiajing was high and mighty, his expression complicated.
At this moment, he was a little hesitant. He was afraid of trouble. If there was really a war between the two countries, then money would be like flowing water. If there was another defeat, where would the dignity of the Celestial Dynasty be?
Originally, he had supported Yan Song, but after hearing what the ministers said, it made sense.
Yan Song had been using mind reading to follow Jiajing's psychological activities. Now that Jiajing had actually changed his mind, Yan Song felt a burst of sadness.
Yan Song's eyes turned cold as he took out his trump card.
"Your Majesty, I still have something I don't know if I should say. The reason I mentioned before is actually just because of a small reason. It's not the main reason why I beat up that Lee Seong-ji.”
Jiajing hesitated for a moment before nodding.”
Yan Song said loudly,"Actually, the North Korea vassal state has never shown any respect to the Ming Dynasty. At Dajue Zen Temple, Lee Seung Ki even said something. He felt that he had been wronged. He said that he would tell his brother and ask him to send troops to destroy the Ming Dynasty ~~~"
As soon as he said this, everyone fell silent.
Extinguished…
Big Ming!
One hit kill!
The ministers who had just spoken up for North Korea's vassal state paled, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads as they knelt on the ground.
Jiajing originally wanted to ask Yan Song to apologize to North Korea, but now, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot. The veins on his temples were bulging, his fists were clenched, and his nostrils were wide open.
He was extremely furious!
After holding it in for a long time…
"Presumptuous! How dare you!"
This was what Jiajing shouted out, extremely angry!
An arrogant emperor like Jiajing had always thought that he was the true Son of Heaven, that he was the one who carried the heavens, that he could subdue the four seas, that he could suppress the eight directions, and that the four barbarians would bow down to him. He had always been immersed in this dream. The emissary from North Korea came to pay his respects. This was proof. You see, my Ming Dynasty is powerful, and other countries have come to pay their respects.
But now, Yan Song's words had directly woken him up. If a small North Korea dared to say things like 'destroy Great Ming', then wouldn't the other countries turn the tables?
This was simply a great humiliation for a conceited person like Emperor Jiajing!
"This subject is guilty!"
"This subject is guilty!"
The ministers lowered their heads, their legs trembling in fear.
At this moment, Chancellor Zhang Wenhao was already kowtowing until he was bleeding. He was extremely terrified and secretly hated Yan Song for hiding this. Wasn't he scamming him?
At this moment, the North Korean envoy was also stunned and scared witless."Your Majesty, you've been wronged. How would we dare to say such words? Thief Yan must have deliberately framed North Korea.”
"When Lee Seung Gi said that, there were hundreds and thousands of people present. The Jinyiwei were also present. You can call them over and ask them."”
The Jinyiwei were also here?
All the officials and North Korea envoys who had been hoping for luck were immediately shattered, and they became even more terrified.
"Your Majesty, Emperor Yongle of my dynasty personally went on a second expedition to sweep the desert and returned to the court.'Our dynasty's power is more noble than before. It controls the northern barbarians, the western barbarians, the southern islands, and the western barbarians. There is no marriage alliance like the Han Dynasty, no alliance like the Tang Dynasty, no annual thin coins like the Song Dynasty, and no brotherly etiquette like the enemy country.'……But now, a small country like North Korea actually made these people bow and scrape, willing to sacrifice themselves to help North Korea. I think they don't deserve to wear this official uniform!”
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