jdhmnovel Chapter 431 The black sesame dumplings finally gave themselves away!
Chapter 431 The black sesame dumplings finally gave themselves away!
Before Yang Shaofeng could return to his study to assign tasks to that old Zhu Chongba, Jin'er said with a smile, "Husband, haven't you finished reading His Highness the Crown Prince's letter yet?"
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback and asked, "How did you know?"
Jin'er smiled and handed the letter back to Yang Shaofeng.
"Because His Highness the Crown Prince has also arranged things for my husband to do."
"It's on the last page, sir, you might as well take a look first."
Yang Shaofeng felt even more annoyed.
No, I haven't even had a chance to assign you a job yet, and you've already assigned me one?
Yang Shaofeng took the letter with a bewildered look and immediately turned to the next page to read it.
After reading it, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but laugh.
Zhu Biao, Zhu Biao, you've finally been exposed as a black sesame dumpling!
Seeing the smile on Yang Shaofeng's face, Jin'er couldn't help but ask, "Husband, don't you find it difficult?"
Yang Shaofeng glanced at the contents of the letter, then suddenly chuckled and said, "What's so difficult about this?"
The black sesame dumpling wrote on the last page of the letter that Chen Li and Ming Sheng were about to be exiled to Goryeo, and would stay in Dengzhou Prefecture for a while before that, asking him, their brother-in-law, to arrange their hospitality.
Jin'er asked with a puzzled look, "Isn't it difficult?"
Yang Shaofeng smiled and asked in return, "Then, my wife, tell me first, what's the difficulty in this matter?"
Jin'er carefully considered her words and said, "Chen Li and Ming Sheng are both young children. If they are arrogant and domineering when they are sent to Goryeo, they will inevitably displease the Goryeo king and his ministers. If they lower their stance, they will inevitably lose their decorum. Is this not too difficult?"
Yang Shaofeng smiled again and said, "My wife has misunderstood."
Chen Li was Chen Youliang's youngest son, and Ming Sheng was Ming Yuzhen's son.
The former needs no further explanation; anyone who has read The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber will know it.
While the latter may not be very well-known, he is no pushover either.
At the very least, the Han dynasty established by Chen Youliang quickly collapsed, while the Ming Xia dynasty established by Ming Yuzhen did not collapse until the fourth year of the Hongwu reign.
The reason why Emperor Zhu sent Chen Li and Ming Sheng to Goryeo was that Chen Li, who was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Guide, and Ming Sheng, who was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Guiyi, often got together to chat, and they would easily start complaining.
Then the problem is coming.
If Chen Li is complaining in Chen Youliang's Great Han, and Ming Sheng is complaining in Ming Yuzhen's Mingxia, then it doesn't matter what they do.
The problem was that after they were captured and taken to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, they complained on Zhu Chongba's territory.
This gave Emperor Zhu a real headache.
Let's just kill them.
These are just two little brats even younger than Zhu Biao.
Should we just kill them?
If some scoundrel were to say a few more words of nonsense to these two brats, it could easily cause trouble later.
After all, the gentry of Jiangnan all disliked Zhu Chongba.
Therefore, Zhu Chongba planned to send the two children and their families directly to Goryeo.
According to Zhu Chongba, "These children are just minor offenders and their words are not worth questioning. However, I fear they may be misled by petty people and cannot remain steadfast. It is advisable to keep them far away so that conflicts will not arise and they can remain safe from beginning to end."
They were sent far away to Korea for resettlement, so even if someone wanted to use Chen Li and Ming Sheng's banner, they wouldn't be able to.
This way, the safety of Chen Li and Ming Sheng's entire family can be guaranteed.
The only thing that surprised Yang Shaofeng was the timing.
This was just June of the fourth year of the Hongwu reign.
Did the Ming Xia regime just surrender directly?
But it seems there's no problem.
After all, it's in Sichuan.
Let the members of the Gelaohui go fight in foreign wars, and none of them will back down or shirk their responsibilities.
But when it came to fighting against the Central Plains Gang, those henpecked brothers would run away faster than anyone else.
fight?
What kind of war is this?
Is the cured meat no longer fragrant?
Is it that fatty intestines just not tasty anymore?
Therefore, it's quite normal for the Ming Xia court to surrender directly.
As for Zhu Chongba's plan to send Chen Li and Ming Sheng to settle in Goryeo, it was naturally no big deal for Yang Shaofeng.
What were they doing in Goryeo with their families?
Yang Shaofeng shook the last page of the letter and smiled, "Didn't my wife just read it? His Highness the Crown Prince made it very clear in the letter."
"Neither soldier nor civilian."
"As for what they went to Korea for?"
That depends on the reading comprehension skills of the Goryeo king and his ministers.
If you have strong reading comprehension skills, then you'll know that these two went to Goryeo to live a life of leisure.
If one has poor reading comprehension skills, then it can be interpreted as these two being kept in captivity in Goryeo.
Yang Shaofeng said with a smile, "So, there are actually only two things I need to do."
"The first thing to do is to have someone summon the Korean envoy and instruct them to treat Chen Li and Ming Sheng well."
"The second thing is to tell Chen Li and Ming Sheng that the things their fathers did with His Majesty were matters of the previous generation, and His Majesty sent them to Goryeo for their own good."
"As for the future... the possibility of wanting to return to the Ming Dynasty is definitely not high."
"But in Korea, they are the idle ancestors of the Koreans."
"As long as they don't raise the flag of rebellion, they can do whatever they want."
"If the Goryeo king and his ministers disrespect them..."
Yang Shaofeng chuckled and said, "Isn't that even better?"
"Let Chen Li and Ming Sheng put up with their anger for now."
"Once Hu Yuan is completely finished, we can use their names to establish the four prefectures of Liaodong for the eternal Ming Dynasty."
"Where can you find such a good deal?"
……
Just as Yang Shaofeng and Jin'er were discussing how to entertain and settle Chen Li and Ming Sheng, the two of them, escorted by eunuchs and Yan Dama Shili, were heading to Dengzhou Prefecture.
Chen Li had a dark expression the whole way.
Mingxia's expression was also not very good.
"If I go to Goryeo, I may never return to the Central Plains in this lifetime."
Chen Li spat angrily and said, "In this way, my Chen family will have no choice but to intermarry with the Koreans."
“After several generations, won’t the Chen family also become barbarians of Goryeo?”
"That Emperor Zhu pretends to be generous on the surface, but in reality he has turned you and me into barbarians. He is truly hateful!"
Faced with Chen Li's complaints, Ming Sheng was momentarily at a loss for words.
To be honest, Ming Sheng felt that even being an ordinary farmer and scholar under Zhu Chongba's rule would be better than living in Goryeo.
The problem is that my identity and Chen Li's identity are too sensitive.
Just as Zhu Biao had told the two of them before they set off, "Going to Goryeo is a matter of preserving our lives."
"If you want to return to the Central Plains to settle down, it will take at least three generations."
However, while it was one thing to understand Zhu Chongba and Zhu Biao's good intentions, Ming Sheng felt uneasy about marrying a Korean as Chen Li suggested.
I am the son of Ming Yuzhen and the ruler of Mingxia. There's nothing to say about being defeated by Zhu Chongba. It's simply a matter of the victor being king and the loser being villain.
But what's the point of going to Korea?
If I were to marry a barbarian, how would I face my ancestors after I die?
The more Mingsheng thought about it, the more annoyed he became.
After lifting the carriage curtain and glancing at the Ming soldiers outside, Ming Sheng could only sigh helplessly.
"Let's talk about it once we get to Dengzhou."
"Didn't Zhu Biao say that his brother-in-law has extraordinary abilities, so it's not impossible for him to let us return to the Central Plains?"