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Chapter 43 Filial Piety

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Fangyin's face was about to collapse and his father-in-law was very displeased. What a big deal, it was like a dead wife, what about it?

This is the generation gap.

A generation gap caused by hundreds of years of knowledge.

Avoiding being unpredictable and thinking twice before acting is a basic quality that people who do big things must possess. Does your father-in-law look like the kind of person who cannot do big things?

This matter was his decision after careful consideration.

In the eyes of outsiders, my father-in-law has only fished for the past three days and is doing nothing and is careless, but that is just an appearance!

If you open this surface, you will find that your father-in-law's heart is... so boring and uncomfortable.

The boring is because there are no Jurchen pursuers who let their father-in-law use their skills for the last time before leaving, killing one or two heads to comfort their life.

The discomfort is because the Koreans across the river are really rude. They know that there are soldiers from the Ming Dynasty stationed opposite the river, but the officials from the Korean lower vassal did not bring cows, sheep, wine, money, etc. across the river to reward them.

This is a bit too much. It is obvious that we do not take the Ming maritime admiral and eunuch Wei, the greatest admiral in the Ming Emperor's personal army seriously, seriously!

You look down on us, you just look down on the emperor!

If Eunuch Wei doesn’t give this to the emperor, would he be considered a human?

Forget it, if you don’t come, I will go by myself.

My father-in-law is open-minded and does not care about the people of a small country. As an angel, he is also necessary to inspect his vassal states in terms of public or private and morality.

There is no problem with this in terms of legal principles. Which of the two capitals and thirteen provinces is not "acting on behalf of the heavens".

At the same time as the inspection, it is also necessary to have open and honest conversations with the North Korean side on the military expenditure of the "Ionchen War" and the compensation for casualties of Ming officers and soldiers.

Although the Ming Dynasty was a celestial dynasty, the landlords did not have any surplus food. In order to protect your vassal, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was empty, and the emperor invested all the private money. In the end, the country's cash flow was interrupted and national defense construction was interrupted, which indirectly or directly caused unrest and civil unrest, and eventually went bankrupt.

The causes and consequences are understood.

So, does North Korea want to give some compensation to the Ming Dynasty?

The Ming Dynasty can sacrifice and give, but sacrifice and giving must be valuable, and sacrifice and giving must also be rewarded!

It is meaningless to just say something to thank your ancestors for the eighteen generations, and never forget each other for generations.

The best attitude is practical action.

It doesn’t matter how much money it costs, what matters is that you should express it to North Korea.

This incident is a major event that concerns the survival of the country, and my father-in-law cannot shake it unless Jiang Fangyin has enough reason to convince him.

Unfortunately, Chiang Kai-shek's measures were still the same as the old saying. The general idea was that the Ming Dynasty was the country of the suzerain of the Korean clan. How could the suzerain state in the world ask for money from the vassals? Doing this would mean that it would be a breach of trust in the world, which violated the teachings of the saints and would damage the image of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, even if the Ming Dynasty wants to ask for compensation from North Korea, it should issue a letter of nationality from the "government", that is, the foreign dynasty, to the North Korea side. How can the internal ministers come forward privately?

According to Lao Chiang, if Eunuch Wei dares to cross the river privately and "black out" the Koreans, he will definitely be cursed by the people of the world. By then, even the emperor will not be able to protect him.

"Brother-in-law think twice!"

Jiang Fangyin was almost crying and bloody advice.

Eunuch Wei first answered the previous question. He said that we should have new thinking on the outside world and no longer look at the issue of vassals from the old eyes of the past.

"It is impossible to do something like being face-saving and suffering. Not only did our country protect North Korea from the Japanese, North Korea pays my country's protection costs and gives my country's pensions and money and food expenses. This is beyond doubt. Daqing may think that what we said is wrong, but Daqing, you think about Zigong's redeem and Zilu's cow. What did the saint say?"

These two things are the story of the Spring and Autumn Period.

At that time, there was a law in Lu that the people of Van Lu became slaves abroad. If someone could redeem them, they could go to the treasury to reimburse the ransom after returning to the country.

Once, Confucius' disciple Zigong redeemed a Lu native abroad, but after returning to China, he did not accept state compensation and thought he was righteous.

His teacher Confucius was very angry and thought Zigong had done something wrong. Because after he set this precedent, other people from Lu were no longer willing to redeem their compatriots outside.

Another time, another disciple of Confucius, Zilu, rescued a man who fell into the water. In order to thank him, the man gave him a cow, and Zilu accepted it.

Confucius was very happy when he heard about it, saying that the people of Lu would definitely be brave enough to save those who fell into the water.

Later facts proved Confucius' statement that the people of Lu gradually stopped redeeming their compatriots, but more and more people were brave enough to do justice.

Eunuch Wei brought out the story of Spring and Autumn, so that Jiang Fangyin could understand a truth--all things in the world should follow the word "profit".

Only when it is beneficial can it come, and only when it is beneficial can it be sustainable.

There is no such thing as a stubborn man in any country. It is a matter of friendship from generation to generation. The fundamental thing that connects the relationship between the two countries is profit.

If there is no word for profit and one-sided efforts without seeking rewards, the relationship between the two countries will never last long.

"In the Renchen War, our dynasty sent nearly 100,000 troops, spending millions of money and grain to save North Korea. Let's ask Daqing, if North Korea is in trouble now, can our dynasty still do this?"

Jiang Fangyin said "huh" and he was an aide to Yang Hao, the governor of the North Korean aid, and how could he not know the efforts made by the Ming Dynasty to save North Korea?

To be honest, if the Japanese invade Korea again with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would have no plans to carry out the second battle to fight against the Japanese.

Maybe there is no sense that this national strength has subsided within the pass, but it is very obvious outside the pass. Typically, the Liaodong garrison has been reduced by half, and the elite soldiers and generals have lost a lot in North Korea. This has led to the Liaodong garrison’s increasingly complex love for the enemy outside the pass, and the slave love is becoming increasingly unsatisfied.

The first reason why Li Chengliang withdrew Kuan and buried Liubao was that the military strength was difficult to support and the money and food could not be sustained, so he could only shrink.

"What if North Korea gives me compensation to Ming Dynasty? Let's not talk about anything else, but if North Korea has something to do, our country will ignore it? The word "profit" we are talking about can be said to be profit or cost. How can the country act without cost! How can we only seek fame and not seek rewards!"

Speaking of this, Eunuch Wei thought of an old thing and couldn't help but sigh: "Daqing didn't know anything. As far as we know, there was a country in Europe thousands of miles away. Its country has a great power and many vassals. However, the commander of the country said that if the country wants to protect it, he must bear the expenses of the country's money, grain and military personnel. In this way, if the vassals are in trouble, the country will be saved. However, the vassals actively donate money to seek protection of the country, and the officials and people of the country also applauded the commander's behavior. What does this mean? It means that profit is the right way to do things in this world."

After saying that, Eunuch Wei posed lightly on his sleeve: "Since North Korea is a vassal of our country, our country has its own obligation to protect. However, North Korea must bear the losses of our country's Iron Chen War, and it is not allowed to be negotiated."

He turned around and looked at Jiang Fangyin and said eagerly: "I hope Brother Daqing can write a letter to the officials of the dynasty to know."

Jiang Fangyin was silent for a moment, and soon the notice was released.

It is said: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty personally sent a good minister from Wei to the Korean Kingdom: My emperor has made achievements in this country that he will never forget forever. On the day of the storm of the Renchen period, the Japanese pirates entered the eastern country and the eight paths were corrupt. If our emperor did not move the soldiers of the world, how could this country be re-created and today?
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