When Li Dexin heard Lin Yanchao's plan to divide the country, she was so scared that her face was bloodless.

After Li Dexin finished speaking, Lin Yanchao wanted to take the horse away, and Zhang Youcheng, the assistant envoy of Xuanshapu, also stepped forward to pull the reins: "Please wait a moment, please wait, we are already preparing tea by the pavilion, please ask for a cup of tea before going."

Lin Yanchao said: "The military situation is like fire, so there is no need to drink tea."

Li Dexin said: "The envoy said that he had just arrived at the state of Guizhou. He was not familiar with the situation, but now he suddenly asked me to divide the country. I don't know what to say about this?"

Lin Yanchao glanced at this person and thought to himself that he was really capable: "Dividing the country is not the only one who is Lin. The court has long had this idea. Lin came here just because he was willing to do it."

Li Dexin said: "Since Yongle, our North Korea has always been observing the etiquette of vassal ministers and serving it with sincerity. Why does your country believe in other words and let our country divide the country?"

Lin Yanchao said: "Our dynasty also regards North Korea as if it is internally submissive, otherwise it would not have sent troops to help your country resist the invasion."

"I don't know which etiquette law is used to divide our North Korea? I'm afraid there is no such article in ancient and modern classics!" Li Dexin questioned seriously.

Lin Yanchao chuckled when he heard this. He used to be the Minister of Rites. Do you also discuss etiquette with me?

"Since you are asking, let me tell you one thing: a small country dare not compete with a big country, this is the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period!"

As soon as these words were spoken, neither of them dared to speak.

Li Dexin and Zhang Youcheng looked at each other.

Li Dexin said to Zhang Youcheng: "When the Prince of Wang went to the Ming Dynasty, he once said that among the officials of the court, Lin Sanyuan was the most difficult to speak. It seems that this is true."

Zhang Youcheng said: "Since Emperor Xuanzong, the Ming Dynasty has been sending Qianhe Cichen to my country to envoys. It is unexpected that Lin Sanyuan was so aggressive."

The two couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Local officials from North Korea mobilized civil servants to transport military rations for the Ming army. Lin Yanchao ordered his soldiers to station on the shore first, and he took more than ten cavalry to the Cheyan Pavilion in Tieshan County first.

At this moment, Song Yingchang was in Yizhou, the North Korean king was in Jiashan, and Li Rusong's army was in Tieshan.

This is a very strange layout. Lin Yanchao really doesn't understand what this is actually famous.

Lin Yanchao rode his horse all the way, but he saw the mist and clouds in the distance, and the mountains were full of pine forests. On this June and July day, he still felt a smoky feeling of shadyness on his body. Before he knew it, he was already in a foreign land.

When Lin Yanchao arrived at the Cheyan Pavilion, local North Korean officials were waiting here. In order to protect Lin Yanchao's safety, they also sent troops.

North Korean soldiers wearing hats and red jackets in front of the hall, and hunters with soap eagles on their arms, and North Korean officials also wore hats to greet each other.

Lin Yanchao arrived directly to the inn, but saw the officials in the costumes in the inn quickly serving wine and food. Because the inn was in the mountains, it was very wet and cold, the ground collapsed and fire broke out.

Lin Yanchao was having a meal when he heard that North Korea's left-ranking Minister Liu Chenglong came to visit.

After Lin Yanchao heard this, he asked Liu Chenglong to wait first, and then met Liu Chenglong in the embassy after he finished his meal.

Under the eaves of the embassy, ​​Liu Chenglong, who was already at the age of knowing destiny, was sitting under the eaves. After hearing Lin Yanchao's meal, he was angry, but Liu Chenglong said, "The envoys are full of dust, even if they see each other again after meals. We come to ask Ming to send troops on this trip, and we must be sincere and respectful again and again." If the Ming Dynasty can send more soldiers, one soldiers and one food, then it will be a great contribution to our dynasty, so you must endure the humiliation and bear the burden!"

Listening to Liu Chenglong's words, all North Korean officials said it was.

Then Liu Chenglong took off the official hat above his head and sat under the eaves and waited quietly.

Li Dexin and other North Korean officials were all impressed when they saw this. They did not dare to sit with Liu Chenglong, and they all stood by silently.

At this moment, Liu Chenglong was also thinking about how to persuade Lin Yanchao. From what Li Dexin just reported, Lin Yanchao actually planned to divide North Korea into two. This plan was something that Liu Chenglong could never accept.

But they were begging for Mingguo at this moment, and naturally they were also begging for Lin Yanchao. How to use words to dispel Lin Yanchao's idea when meeting beside each other is a great test for Liu Chenglong.

Liu Chenglong glanced at the embassy and silently warned himself to endure humiliation and to fulfill his mission for the future of North Korea and for the grace of the King of Korea.

Fortunately, Lin Yanchao didn't have enough rice to eat, but the officials came to inform him that Lin Yanchao had finished the rice and agreed to meet Liu Chenglong.

Liu Chenglong immediately stood up and the officials on both sides opened the door for him.

Liu Chenglong dragged his shoes and walked into the house. He saw a young Ming Dynasty official in his thirties and ordinary appearance sitting on a chair. The man had a smile on his face and looked approachable.

Of course, Liu Chenglong knew the reason why people should not behave like appearance, otherwise Li Dexin and Guanghaijun would not repeatedly warn him.

Most of the North Korean houses were sitting on the ground, and Lin Yanchao sat on the collapse and met with this famous North Korean minister.

Lin Yanchao had long known about Liu Chenglong. He is not only a major official in North Korea, but also a backbone among officials.

When talking about Liu Chenglong, we have to talk about the party struggles between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty. The development of the country has stagnated, and the domestic situation is in a zero-sum game of internal friction between one increase and the other decrease.

The difference between the party struggles in Korea and the Ming Dynasty is that the party struggles in the Ming Dynasty were a struggle between the emperor and officials.

The civil servant represented by the former chief minister Zhang Juzheng extremely restrained the imperial power and was finally liquidated. Later, the chief minister Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were all royalists, and were then attacked by Shilin.

But when it comes to North Korea, it is different. The king of North Korea allows the existence of the Shilin Constitution, so party disputes have become a dispute over the line of officials.

As we all know, North Korea has differentiated between Eastern and Western parties.

At first, there was a school-related dispute between the two sides. The Eastern People's Party studied under the great Korean scholar Li Huan, and his proposal was the "theory of mutual regulating qi".

On the other hand, the Western Party was a great scholar Li Er, and his proposal was the "theory of both regulating and regulating qi".

The school dispute then extended a series of problems, and then went to the various disputes on national affairs, and fell into infinite internal frictions of party struggles.

For example, in the prince, the Eastern People's Party supported Guanghai as the prince, while the Western People's Party supported another prince, Xincheng, as the prince.

Last year, when the Japanese pirates invaded, Guanghaijun got the apology of the Ming Dynasty. With the successful sidelines, the Eastern People's Party began to gain power. However, as soon as the Eastern People's Party gained power, it began to split into the Northern People's Party and the Southern People's Party, and Liu Chenglong was the leader of the Eastern People's Party Central and Southern People's Party.

As the Japanese turmoil continued, Liu Chenglong, who had mastered military and political power, undermined the leader of the Northern People's Party to discuss politics, and began to gradually gain power.

The Eastern Party and the Western Party also had different political views on the Ming Dynasty. The Western Party was more inclined to support the Ming Dynasty and unswervingly took the major route.

The Eastern People's Party is more ambiguous, and they believe that North Korea should make some claims.

At the beginning of the incident of the Japanese invasion, the Eastern People's Party had a quarrel. Yin Doushou, the leader of the Western People's Party, believed that everything should be informed of the Ming Dynasty, but the Eastern People's Party believed that it would not be necessary. North Korea had the ability to resist the invasion of Japanese pirates, and the two sides had a quarrel.

Later, in a certain film filmed in North Korea, in a certain TV series, Yin Dooshou was often criticized by Cheng Xiang, while Liu Chenglong appeared in a glorious and upright image. It was no surprise.

However, after the Japanese pirates invaded, North Korea was defeated and Liu Chenglong resigned. However, although Liu Chenglong resigned, he had a keen eye to recommend Li Shunchen and Quan Li. Needless to say, Quan Li also repelled the invasion of 30,000 Japanese troops with 4,000 troops in the Battle of Xingzhou. This is the famous Xingzhou victory in the history of Wanli aiding Korea.

Li Dexin also used crying and complaining to invite reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty, so she made great contributions to the Eastern People's Party.

With Li Shunchen and Quan Li made contributions one after another, Liu Chenglong returned to politics and took up the position of right-leader politics.

The Dongren Party once lost power, and because of Liu Chenglong's return and Guang Haijun's becoming the prince, the Dongren Party now controls the Korean War.

In the Korean officialdom, the leadership of the government is equivalent to the prime minister and the chief of bureaucracy, and is called the leadership prime minister, while the left and right political affairs are equivalent to the deputy prime minister, and is called the left prime minister and the right prime minister.

Therefore, Liu Chenglong is equivalent to the Grand Secretary of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, and has a status of Sanfu. For example, Li Dexin, who had contacted Lin Yanchao before, had a status of not being simple. The other party was Li Shanhai's son-in-law, who was the leader of the Central and Northern People's Party of the Eastern People's Party, but his son-in-law was very close to Liu Chenglong.

However, no matter what Lin Yanchao is, or what he is on the left and right, it is the same for him.

Now the contact envoy Li Dexin, Xuanshapu Assistant Zhang Youcheng, and more than 20 officials from all sizes of the North Korean government all knelt on bamboo mats and lowered their heads to listen.

The only ones in the room were Lin Yanchao and Liu Chenglong, who sat straight, but Lin Yanchao sat north and south in the supreme position, while Liu Chenglong was in the lower position.

The room was silent for a while, but when Liu Chenglong cleared his throat, he immediately said: "The left-wing political affairs of North Korea, Liu Chenglong, had met the envoy!"

Lin Yanchao said: "Liu's discussion on politics does not require much politeness!"

Lin Yanchao thought that Liu Chenglong was coming and begged him to send troops to retreat to the Japanese, but he didn't know that Liu Chenglong bowed to Lin Yanchao on the table, and then said, "I have heard of Mr. Xuegong's name for a long time! When Liu came to Beijing to meet, he wanted to meet him, but unfortunately he had no chance to meet him. Today, Liu came again and sincerely asked Mr. Xuegong for advice on Confucianism!"

Lin Yanchao stretched out his hand to touch his forehead. Liu Chenglong's teacher was a disciple of Li Huan, a great scholar in North Korea. The Eastern Party was mostly a believer of Li Huan. When he was the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Chenglong had come to Beijing to visit him to ask for Confucianism, but he was worried that Lin Yanchao would "go to North Korea" and now the other party came to his house again.

Lin Yanchao saw Liu Chenglong's meaning, but there were very few ingredients to ask for advice, but the meaning of analyzing was real.

It seems that I am too famous now and I have caused me the trouble.

Lin Yanchao said: "I heard that the right-wing political affairs were followed by Li Tuixi's disciples?"

Liu Chenglong nodded after hearing this and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Liu also knew that Mr. Liu was taught by Teacher Yu."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "As the Minister of Rites, I should have some understanding of the affairs of other countries! Of course, I also have a very good understanding of the status of respecting my teacher in North Korea."

Liu Chenglong said: "The teacher's Confucianism is inherited from Zhu Zi. Zhu Zi's knowledge is vast and vast. Therefore, although the fundamental reason for Neo-Confucianism lies in going to court, since it was introduced to our North Korea, every household has respected it, and it is even better than going to court!"

Lin Yanchao thought about it and found that since Yangming Studies came out, there were many Confucian scholars who criticized Neo-Confucianism, and Lin Yanchao's studies on his merits were also full of arguments. But it has to be said that in a country like North Korea that admires Chinese culture, Zhu Zi has a very high status and is not allowed to question or criticism.

Lin Yanchao smiled and said with a smile: "The sage's learning is capable without learning, and knows without thinking. People's hearts have the same meaning without saying anything. This is a ritual! Zhu Zi's learning has taken root in Korea, so I am not surprised by the towering trees today!"

What Lin Yanchao said shocked Liu Chenglong.

Zhu Xi's learning was introduced to Korea at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty, and China never wanted to use Zhu Xi's learning to educate Korea. However, North Korea took root and developed to this day, which proves that Confucianism is a first-class universal principle that does not distinguish between family and country.

Liu Chenglong heard this and said, "Zhu Zi once said that the word "Jing" is the beginning and end of the sage learning! Mr. Tuixi's learning started from this, and the word "Jing" was the first achievement of Confucianism. Therefore, Mr. Xuegong said the word "Li" and I think that the word "Jing" is the foundation of Confucianism. I don't know what Mr. Xuegong thinks?"

This starts to argue.

What Liu Chenglong said is the fundamental reason for Confucianism is the word "ritual" or "respect".

Lin Yanchao smiled slightly when he heard this, "We are the first to learn saints. The way to deal with teachers and teachers is to teach them etiquette, but students often feel no sense of starting from etiquette, so they first teach them to be respectful in their hearts. With this thought, the saints will take root in their hearts! The so-called 'rituals are respectful to others' is nothing more than this!"

Lin Yanchao's words made Liu Chenglong very impressed. Before he came, he heard about Guanghaijun and Li Dexin said that Lin Yanchao was aggressive, but when talking about Confucianism, he felt that it was inclusive and inclusive, so why did there be such a contrast?

Not only Liu Chenglong, the officials present were all from the Eastern People's Party and the Southern People's Party, and they also felt promising to Lin Yanchao's words.

But seeing Lin Yanchao continue, "The teaching of saints starts with etiquette, which will inevitably make people fall into a sense of red tape. Therefore, Mr. Tuixi stripped away all this and started directly from the word "respect". It is actually the theory of starting a sect and establishing a sect, and it is even more closely related to Zhu Zi's learning, from the inner sage to the king's way!"

"But the word "respect" is not just about respecting others, but also about respecting others and heaven. Respecting others is not just about respecting others, but about respecting others and oneself, that is, respecting each other. Just as a benevolent loves others, loving others is also about loving others and loving yourself."

"My knowledge has gone from respecting others to respecting others. Needless to say, respecting yourself means knowing that people have seven emotions and six desires, and they have something to be unable to do. Is this the meaning of restraining by etiquette? The sage said, "It is not possible to be harmonious for harmony, and not to be polite with etiquette." Then, from respecting others to respecting heaven, then respecting the principles of heaven, and the way of heaven is also the principle of heaven that is always there, not Yao and not to perish for Jie."

Liu Chenglong felt that he really sang songs when he went to the mountains. His statement was obviously different from the Tuixi School, but he didn't know where to refute it.

Liu Chenglong immediately asked: "Chinese Confucianism is really profound and profound. I dare to ask the master of learning, how do you view the distinction between qi and qi?"

Lin Yanchao thought to himself, the playful meat has finally arrived.

The debate on regulating qi can be extended to the debate on righteousness and profit, the debate on kings and domineering, and the debate on Taoist instruments.
To be continued...