allonlinenovel Chapter 995 I gave you a chance, but you were still useless!
Chapter 995 I gave you a chance, but you were still useless!
Upon entering Nanjing, Chen Li and Ming Sheng gave Wang Zhuan a forced smile and bowed, saying, "We will return to our residences on our own. Please make yourselves at home, Your Majesty."
Wang Zhuan stared at the two departing figures with a gloomy expression, then suddenly let out a cold laugh.
According to the rules of the martial arts world, although the marriage of the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty was a very important ceremony, Goryeo, as a vassal state, only needed to prepare gifts and did not need King Jeon of Goryeo to come to the Ming Dynasty to celebrate in person.
The reason Wang Zhuan came to the Ming Dynasty in person was because he could no longer tolerate those two bastards, Chen Li and Ming Sheng.
They forcibly abducted Goryeo women, took them home but didn't sleep with them, and released them after a few days, claiming they wanted to see real Silla maids.
They beat up officials, and after they finished, they forced the beaten officials to say thank you, claiming it was to teach the Goryeo officials proper etiquette.
They forced Goryeo to build the Ying'en Gate, arguing that the Ming emperor's decree was an unparalleled grace to Goryeo, and that the Goryeo king and his officials must kneel outside the gate to show their reverence for the Ming.
Compared to these, things like getting drunk and trespassing into the Goryeo royal palace, assaulting guards, harassing palace maids, and not bowing to King Wang Jeon of Goryeo are just trivial matters.
Especially that bastard Chen Li.
One night, while drunk, he broke into the Goryeo royal palace and not only harassed the palace maids but also King Jeon's concubine.
Faced with Wang Zhuan, who had reached his limit, Chen Li actually lifted his hair, exposing his neck, and kept shouting: "Come on, chop off your lord's neck, so that I can see the courage of you Koreans."
At that moment, some of the Goryeo royal guards, unable to contain themselves, grabbed Chen Li and drew their swords, waiting for Wang Zhuan's order to behead him.
Wang Zhuan could even picture himself looking like that—his face ashen, his hands clenched and unclenched repeatedly in his sleeves, until finally he could only sigh helplessly and hoarsely order the guards to release Chen Li.
He resembled a ruler who was incompetent before his subjects.
but!
That bastard Chen Li burst into wild laughter, then snatched the long sword from the guard's hand and chopped off the guard's head with one stroke. "I gave you a chance, but you were useless!"
Wang Zhuan remembered clearly that when Chen Li pointed the bleeding knife at him, he unconsciously took a step back.
Moreover, Wang Zhuan was well aware that unless he became useful one day and dared to kill Chen Li with a single blow, this extremely shameful and humiliating scene would probably keep replaying in his mind for the rest of his life.
Then the problem is coming.
Do I really dare to kill those two bastards, Chen Li and Ming Sheng, with a single blow?
The answer is no!
If it were the first year of Hongwu's reign, or even the second or third year, I would have dared to kill those two bastards, Chen Li and Ming Sheng, with a single blow.
Because Goryeo was quite powerful, possessing over 100,000 excellent warhorses, Emperor Zhu would absolutely not dare to push Goryeo towards the Yuan Dynasty.
However, after the emergence of the border market, Goryeo's excellent warhorses became increasingly scarce.
From 100,000 to 80,000.
It went from 80,000 to 50,000.
Then reduce it from 50,000 to 30,000.
The end result was that the stables were empty, and the warhorses were in the Ming Dynasty.
Goryeo has lost the confidence to stand tall and say "no" to the Ming Dynasty.
No matter how arrogant and domineering Chen Li and Ming Sheng were in Goryeo, and how much they humiliated him, the king of Goryeo, he could only endure it.
Because Park Sung-sung had specifically written a letter explaining that Chen Li and Ming Sheng, those two bastards, were sent to live in Goryeo by the Ming emperor. Furthermore, under the influence of the Ming emperor's son-in-law, who was known for his madness, a Ming garrison was stationed in the Goryeo capital, specifically to protect the Ming envoys to Goryeo and those two bastards, Chen Li and Ming Sheng.
If he were to kill Chen Li and Ming Sheng in a fit of rage, the commander of the thousand households would not hesitate to rush towards the Goryeo capital.
Therefore, no matter how unbearable it is, one can only endure it again and again.
At most, I would only dream about it, or when I was bored and daydreaming, imagining the scene of those two bastards, Chen Li and Ming Sheng, being taken to the Goryeo Jongmyo Temple and beheaded.
Thinking of this, Wang Zhuan, whose face had been ashen, suddenly burst into laughter for no apparent reason.
Haha~ Haha!
Wang Zhuan wiped his eyes and laughed loudly twice more.
Finally, those two bastards have been sent back to the Ming Dynasty!
After the wedding of the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, I can look for an opportunity to complain to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and ask him to send those two bastards, Chen Li and Ming Sheng, to settle in other vassal states.
Seeing Wang Zhuan's slightly deranged appearance, Park Sung-sung's heart immediately skipped a beat.
What's wrong with Your Majesty?
Did he also go insane?
This is absolutely unacceptable!
Yang the Madman could have his fits of madness whenever he wanted because he was the son-in-law of the Ming Emperor.
Who do you think you are, Wang Zhuan, to dare to act crazy in the capital of the Ming Dynasty?
If word gets out, what will become of Goryeo's reputation?
How do you expect the Ming emperor and crown prince to view Goryeo?
How do you expect the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty to view Goryeo?
Furthermore, how would the various vassal states of the Ming Dynasty view Goryeo?
The Goryeo of today is not the Goryeo of seven years ago with its 100,000 archers. Just one sentence, "He does not look like a human ruler," and your reign as the King of Goryeo is over!
Park Sung-sung felt uneasy, but Wang Zhuan suddenly stopped laughing, turned to Park Sung-sung, and asked, "Where are we staying? Why haven't we seen any Ming officials coming to receive us?"
Reception?
Park Sung-sung really wanted to ask Wang Zhuan, "Do you even know what your own surname is?"
If your surname is Zhu, and you are a prince of the Ming Dynasty, an inner prince, then the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Clan Court will send people to receive you.
But you, Wang Zhuan, are surnamed Wang, and are merely a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty!
In the past, the Court of State Ceremonial would have sent someone to receive you and arrange for you to stay at the Huitong Hall. Even your entourage would have been accommodated at the Wuman Post Station. The Court of Imperial Sacrifices would have arranged for you and your entourage to have three meals a day, and the Ministry of Rites would have arranged a banquet.
The problem is that ever since Yang Dianfeng became the Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, the rules for receiving foreign vassals have been changed—any foreign vassal entering the capital must first report to the Court of State Ceremonial.
Any idea what this means?
In other words, you, Wang Zhuan, must first go to the Court of State Ceremonial to explain your purpose for entering the capital, the expected length of your stay, and how many attendants you are bringing. Only then will the Court of State Ceremonial arrange for you to stay at the Huitong Hall and other matters.
Park Sung-sung bowed to Wang Jeon and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I have made all the arrangements. Please move to the reception hall, where Ming officials will be there to greet Your Majesty."
Wang Zhuan's heart, which had been full of expectations, slowly sank to the bottom.
Despite the grand wedding of the Ming Dynasty's Crown Prince, the Ming Dynasty continues to treat us, its vassal states, in the same way.
What exactly was Goryeo in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty?