jdhmnovel Chapter 1077 He's stupid? You're the stupid one!
Chapter 1077 He's stupid? You're the stupid one!
“We are not only the king’s subjects, but also the subjects of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty, and the lackeys of the Prince Consort.”
No one likes a dog that is disloyal to its owner.
"To accept a visit from Mahabhas while keeping the prince consort's back is to betray one's master."
"Moreover, Goryeo is a small country with a small population, and its way of survival lies in the two words 'serving the great'."
"When Hu Yuan was at his peak, Goryeo was his henchman."
"Now that the Yuan dynasty is declining and the Ming dynasty is at its peak, Goryeo should serve the Ming dynasty well."
At this point, Park Sung-sung suddenly sat up straight and said, "I've figured it out."
Park Deok-hwan paused for a moment, then asked, "What have you figured out?"
Park Sung-sung sneered and said, "Now I understand why Manlahafis came to visit me."
Park Deok-hwan asked, completely bewildered, "Why?"
Park Sung-sung scoffed and said, "On his first trip to pay tribute, he dared to secretly meet with envoys from other countries. Either Manlahafis hates his Khan so much that he wants to kill him, or he is extremely confident that the Ming Dynasty will not do anything to him, and may even want to create some trouble for the Ming Dynasty."
"It is obvious that since Manlahafis was sent by their Khan to the Ming Dynasty, and it was his first mission of great significance, it means that Manlahafis is a confidant of their Khan, and naturally he could not possibly hate their Khan."
Park Deok-hwan quietly rolled her eyes.
Is this not my first time serving as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty?
This isn't your first time serving as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, Park Sung-sung.
The results of it?
You, Vice Envoy Park, keep claiming to be a subject of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty and a lackey of the Prince Consort. Do you still have any respect for the King of Goryeo?
Park Deok-hwan was internally ranting, while Park Sung-sung continued, "Since he doesn't hate their Khan to the core, it means he's extremely confident that the Ming Dynasty won't do anything to him."
"And what's been spreading the most in the capital lately is that many local gentry have raised the banner of rebellion and shouted the slogan of 'removing the emperor's inner circle of corrupt officials.'"
"Malakhafis probably thought that the Ming Dynasty was unstable and that the country might even be in turmoil, so he had other ideas."
"As for why he visited me first..."
Park Sung-sung stroked his beard and sneered, saying, "After all, Goryeo was originally a vassal state of Hu Yuan, and the ruler of Goryeo can be considered the son-in-law of the Hu Yuan emperor."
"Malakhafis probably thought that their Khanate was equivalent to the Yuan Dynasty, which was equivalent to the former ruler of Goryeo."
"They came to visit me first to put on a disgusting act of being courteous and humble, hoping to persuade Goryeo so that when the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, they can cooperate with their Khanate to attack the Ming Dynasty."
The more Park Sung-sung analyzed the situation, the closer he felt to the truth.
Park Deok-hwan stared wide-eyed for a long while before asking dumbly, "He's an envoy from a country, how could that Manlahafis be so stupid?"
Park Sung-sung glanced at Park Deuk-hwan with a mocking look.
"Is he stupid?"
"You're stupid!"
"Think about it carefully. Under normal circumstances, when rumors of impending chaos begin to circulate in the capital of a country, what would the area outside the capital look like?"
"This is Manlahafis's first mission to the Ming Dynasty and his first time in the Ming Dynasty. All the information he could find out was only a small part of what he heard from people on the road. Most of it was found out in the capital."
"Rebellions are breaking out everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. What will Manlahafis think?"
"He would only think that the Ming Dynasty was about to be in turmoil, which would be a great opportunity for them to restore the glory of the Hu Yuan Dynasty."
At this point, Park Sung-sung's sarcasm deepened.
"Of course, under normal circumstances, visiting a foreign envoy before being summoned by His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming is somewhat against the rules and a bit taboo, but it's not a big deal. As long as His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming doesn't pursue it, the officials of the Great Ming won't bother with it."
"It's a pity that the prince consort still holds the official position of Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies."
"The Court of State Ceremonies under the rule of the Prince Consort and the Court of State Ceremonies that Manlahafis thought it was were two completely different government offices."
"Similarly, all the information he gathered, the Ming Dynasty in his eyes, was completely different from the Ming Dynasty in reality."
"The preparations for His Majesty the Emperor's birthday celebration should proceed as before."
"The Embroidered Uniform Guards are still out on all fronts."
"The garrisons guarding various places were also not disturbed."
"The cabinet, the censorate, and the Grand General's Office are still doing what they were supposed to do."
"You should have seen the Ming Dynasty newspaper these past two days. His Highness the Crown Prince is still making fun of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the Prince Consort is even walking the dogs in the city with the two princesses."
"Oh, and there are two big worms, two white-browed tigers that are said to be so tough they can choke on meat."
“The construction of the railway outside the city was not affected in any way.”
Park Sung-sung chuckled, tears welling in his eyes: "Look at you, who cares about the so-called turmoil in the world?"
"From His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty to His Highness the Crown Prince, and then to the Imperial Son-in-Law and the Grand Secretary and Grand Commander of the Great Ming Dynasty, who cares?"
"Nobody cares at all."
"I even suspect that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Crown Prince, and the Prince Consort deliberately forced those gentry to rebel."
"I suspect they want to wait until all the disloyal gentry have raised the banner of rebellion before wiping them out in one fell swoop."
"Many of the envoys from the various vassal states of the Ming Dynasty could see through this situation."
“Even those rebellious gentry can see through it.”
"such a pity."
Park Sung-sung sighed and said sarcastically, "Malahafis didn't see through it. The information he gathered and what he saw along the way were not enough for him to see through these things."
"Or rather, Manlahafis had guessed some of it, but he still wanted to take a gamble."
"What if it works?"
"Just like the local gentry of the Ming Dynasty, they could see through the current situation, but they had no choice but to bite the bullet and rebel, to gamble on that one in ten thousand hope."
"Tsk, tsk."
"This is the real big picture."
“Apart from the player, almost everyone is struggling to survive on the chessboard.”
Park Deok-hwan glanced at Park Sung-sung and asked, "What about us? Aren't we also caught up in this?"
Park Sung-sung scoffed and retorted, "Us?"
"Malahafis doesn't know that we have Ming Dynasty household registration, or how much money we have deposited at the border market. Have you forgotten that too?"
"Among the dozens of vassal states' envoys in the entire capital, who doesn't have a savings account at the border market?"
"Malakhafis, you're really delusional!"
"Do you believe that good news will reach the capital in the next few days?"