"First, many years ago, a powerful official emerged in the country. He was the grandfather of the current King of Goryeo. His name was Li Ziqian. He was very powerful. After three dynasties, he gradually showed the intention of Wang Mang..."
Having said this, the man obviously paused. Beside the rich man in white, on another stone bench in the pavilion, another middle-aged man in plain clothes with a handsome face and a graceful figure like jade also looked embarrassed instinctively, because the person sitting next to him was a typical relative of the emperor, the so-called head of the Pearl Wu family.
That's right, this man in plain clothes who is about forty years old is naturally the father-in-law of the Wu family, Wu Jin, whom Emperor Zhao has always claimed to be looking for money. This time, Emperor Zhao asked him to find the Korean merchant, the white-clothed scholar Wang Lun.
"From what you said, it must have failed." Emperor Zhao naturally knew what was going on, but he didn't care and just urged casually.
"Of course not." Wang Lun answered quickly. "How could such a thing be possible? The current ruler of Goryeo is a man of means. He used the so-called Duke Zheng to defeat Duan Yuyan and played hard to get. In the first year of the Jingkang reign, he won over his grandfather's trusted generals, and then suddenly eliminated his grandfather and his entire party, and then exiled his grandfather's trusted generals."
Zhao Jiu nodded slowly... This is also an old routine in East Asia. All we can say is that Goryeo has a virtuous and upright ethnic group, and is worthy of being one of the long-standing core civilizations in East Asia.
"Later." Seeing the emperor nod, Wang Lun gradually got rid of the nervousness of meeting the emperor for the first time, and gradually became smooth. "Although the Li family fell, the military and financial power was temporarily uncontrolled, which instead caused internal fighting between the two groups of nobles in Kaijing and Xijing in Goryeo..."
Zhao Jiu found this boring. This kind of thing is really too reasonable, okay?
Wang Lun, a well-educated wealthy businessman, how could he not read the officials' expressions? He knew that the officials were impatient to hear these things, so he quickly skipped these nonsense and got to the point:
"Good instructor, you know that the internal fighting between the two groups of nobles based on regional factions gave the King of Goryeo an opportunity to appoint his own confidants. In order to take power personally, he did not hesitate to appoint the monk Myo-Ching, and some newly promoted confidants, such as Zheng Zhichang, to govern the country. These people all strongly advocated attacking the Jin Dynasty, and during the Jingkang period, they planned to attack the Jin Dynasty. It just so happened that the envoy Kim Bu-sik returned from Tokyo that day and warned of the Jingkang Rebellion and explained the strength of the Jin people, so the attack was stopped."
Zhao Jiu's heart moved slightly and he finally became interested.
"Your Majesty." After the introduction, Wang Lun finally expressed his opinion carefully. "Your Majesty asked me about the internal situation of Goryeo, and I had to answer boldly... According to my opinion, the people of Goryeo still generally look down on the barbaric attitude of the Jin people, and people in the court and the public are also quite angry about being called a vassal of the Jin people. But the group of people headed by Jin Bushi who came this time are dedicated to big things. They don't care whether they are barbarians or Chinese. They are dedicated to serving whoever they see, and they never hesitate to change their allegiance or care about their face. It was Jin Bushi who submitted a letter to the Jin people before, and now seeing that your majesty's power is so great in the Central Plains, it is still Jin Bushi who took the initiative to come as an envoy."
Zhao Jiu thought for a moment, then nodded slowly and said that he had worked hard.
Wang Lun was so frightened that he immediately stood up and saluted.
"That's good." Zhao Jiu thought for a moment and responded casually. "If you still want to do business, then go ahead and do business. Just treat this trip as a wasted trip. But if you are interested, I will send a note to ask Mr. Lu, now that the country is in need of people, can I ask you to temporarily enter the Honglu Temple and serve as Jin Fushi's envoy... Then if you do well this time, I will grant you a birthright and let you do this job properly?"
Wang Lun was a sea merchant who failed the imperial examination in the past. He had some expectations for this audience, so how could he not be willing? However, he also knew that he still had to pass Lu Haowen's test, so he did not dare to show too much emotion, but just bowed his head to thank the emperor.
After expressing their gratitude, Wang and Wu knew that the matter was over, so they did not dare to stay any longer and simply bowed and took their leave.
Emperor Zhao didn't care and actually walked Wu Jin for a few dozen steps before returning to the pavilion to think.
Let's not talk about what Zhao Jiu thought of and how he planned to deal with the Goryeo envoy. Let's just say that Wang Lun and Wu Jin went out together, walked many steps, and saw that the surrounding area was overgrown with weeds and there was not even a single person. He felt more and more emotional in his heart, but he didn't dare to say much.
But when he turned the door, he was greeted by a ceremonial procession. Although it was called a ceremonial procession, there were neither livestock nor carriages. There were only four or five palace maids and eunuchs surrounding a beautiful lady in palace dress. The beautiful lady in palace dress was holding a plate of ice cream in her own hand and was walking gracefully in the direction of the official's house.
Even Wang Lun was confused, but Wu Jin was overwhelmed. He bowed from a distance, but the beauty didn't even look at him, didn't say hello, and just walked past him.
After everyone left, Wang Lun suddenly realized: "It's Madam Pan? Where is your wife?"
Wu Jin looked at the sun and was also depressed, but he just shook his head: "I should be studying or practicing martial arts at this time... Anyway, I'm in school."
The scholar in white was stunned.
PS: Thanks to the sixty-seventh cute person in this book, Mr. Qingteng!
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