Ming Dynasty: Pick up attributes from the battlefield to create the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 274 Imperial Edict Arrives in Goryeo, Truly Demonstrating the Power of the Celestial Empire!

after all!

In the face of his schemes, Zhu Xiong Ying was simply a non-existent person.

How could someone who died more than a decade ago affect his plans?
But the situation we are facing now is not like that.

"What to do now?"

"Things have reached a point where they can no longer be stopped."

"If Father or Elder Brother finds out, they will definitely investigate thoroughly." Zhu Di stared at Yao Guangxiao, hoping he could come up with a solution, but also harboring a slight murderous intent.

After all, all that's needed is to kill Yao Guangxiao.

Many of the things he did remain unknown to the public.

"This matter."

"This humble monk is powerless to stop it."

“If the Embroidered Uniform Guard has already begun investigating without anyone noticing, or if they have already obtained what they want in Beiping.” Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together, his expression one of utter defeat and dejection.

The eldest grandson of the emperor has returned to the throne.

Blessed with natural advantages.

He was also an extremely skilled warrior, a champion marquis with high prestige throughout the Ming Dynasty, and a hero of the Han Chinese people. Once he ascended to the throne and restored his status, no one could stop him.

With such prestige, coupled with his original status, he was a divinely bestowed imperial grandson.

Upon hearing Yao Guangxiao's reply...

Zhu Di's previously composed expression instantly turned cold.

"The heavens are ever-changing."

"Even though I am skilled in divination, I could never have predicted today."

"I never expected that the eldest grandson of the emperor would still be alive."

"This humble monk has lost."

Yao Guangxiao seemed to have resigned himself to his fate, clasping his hands together as if he were at Zhu Di's mercy.

See this!

Zhu Di's eyes were filled with complex emotions. He wanted to kill Yao Guangxiao with a single sword strike, but he also seemed to be struggling with something.

After all, Yao Guangxiao had taught him a lot and was both his teacher and friend.

"From today on."

"You are not allowed to leave the secret chamber of the Prince's Palace even a step." After struggling for a long time, Zhu Di finally made his decision.

Let's hold off on killing Yao Guangxiao for now.

"Your Highness, please don't kill me."

"Aren't you afraid that the Embroidered Uniform Guards will enter the Prince's residence and take this humble monk away?" Yao Guangxiao asked with a smile.

"If that day truly comes, I will kill you myself," Zhu Di said in a deep voice.

"The current situation."

"The promise I made to Your Highness may have come to nothing."

"I never imagined that no matter how much I calculated, I would ultimately fail to predict the will of Heaven," Yao Guangxiao sighed.

This time.

After realizing that Zhu Xiong Ying's identity was about to be restored, Yao Guangxiao was truly frustrated, and his original spirit seemed to have vanished.

"Yes!"

"After all the calculations, it's all for nothing."

"only."

"If Zhu Xiong Ying can be brought back to life, does that mean everything in the future will really remain unchanged?"

"I will wait," Zhu Di said in a deep voice, his eyes still seeming to hold a certain thought.

After a moment of contemplation.

"Call Ma Helai."

Zhu Di shouted towards the outside of the palace.

Not a moment.

The eunuch who had just left returned.

"Your Highness, please give your orders," Ma He said respectfully, kneeling on the ground.

"Prepare a generous gift, and I will also write a letter and have someone deliver it to the residence of the Marquis of Yingtian," Zhu Di said in a deep voice.

"This servant obeys." Ma He respectfully accepted the order and withdrew.

After the horse left.

"Is Your Highness preparing to show weakness to the Marquis of Champion?" Yao Guangxiao saw through Zhu Di's intentions.

"Given the current situation, we should show weakness when necessary."

"After all, I am his uncle. Father hates fratricide the most. Could he really kill me because of some unsubstantiated accusations?"

"For now, let's just take it one step at a time."

"The future is uncertain," Zhu Di said slowly, as if he were planning something.

……

Goryeo Kingdom!
During the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, from the Battle of Liaodong to the successful completion of the expedition.

Goryeo has now completed a change of dynasty.

Yi Seong-gye, the former general of Goryeo, has now become the new king. However, he has not yet truly taken the throne and is still waiting for an imperial decree from the Ming Dynasty before he can officially assume the throne.

Only when he is officially recognized by the Ming Dynasty can his throne be considered a divinely ordained title, a recognition from a superior nation.

Or.

This also meant finding a new suzerain state for his country, instead of the previous Yuan dynasty.

Kaijingcheng was the capital of Goryeo.

Compared to the Celestial Empire, the Ming Dynasty, this capital city, though seemingly prosperous, is only equivalent to the size of a county town in the Ming Dynasty. It is only close, not completely equivalent.

After all, Goryeo was just a small foreign country with a population of less than five million. Compared to the size of the Ming Dynasty, it was really too small, even smaller than a prefecture of the Ming Dynasty.

And today.

Goryeo Royal Palace.

All the officials of Goryeo were dressed in their official robes and waited solemnly in the square in front of the outer palace hall. A red carpet was laid out in the square leading directly into the hall.

Yi Seong-gye, still the Grand General of Goryeo, stood at the end of the red carpet, with the Goryeo King in a red royal robe beside him. However, he was currently just a puppet supported by Yi Seong-gye. Once the imperial edict of investiture from the Celestial Ming Dynasty arrived, the Goryeo King's position would come to an end, and his life might be in danger.

Although Yi Seong-gye had successfully seized power in the entire Goryeo Kingdom, he still needed a better title to make him king. The imperial investiture from the Celestial Empire was the key to subduing all levels of Goryeo society.

in this era.

The Ming Dynasty defeated the Yuan Dynasty and thus replaced the Yuan Dynasty's prestige.

same.

This Northern Expedition wiped out the last Yuan dynasty, and the Yuan emperor was imprisoned by the Ming dynasty. The Ming dynasty was now the undisputed Celestial Empire.

On either side of the red carpet stood Goryeo civil and military governors.

Thousands of palace guards and many palace servants waited with unspoken tension.

at last!

With a loud shout from in front of the palace gate.

"An envoy from the Celestial Empire, the Ming Dynasty, has arrived."

A Goryeo etiquette minister standing guard in front of the palace gate shouted loudly.

Suddenly!

In the once quiet palace, everyone's eyes were now fixed on the palace gate.

Dressed in his official robes, Yi Seong-gye was filled with excitement, his heart pounding. He had been waiting for this day for a long time. Once the imperial edict of investiture from the Ming Dynasty arrived and he received the recognition of the Celestial Empire, he could become king, and all the obstacles from Goryeo would be nothing.

With the Celestial Empire bestowing this title, and given the current prestige and national strength of the Ming Dynasty, no one dared to object.

And behind Yi Seong-gye.

The Goryeo king, now a puppet, wore a look of fear on his face.

One side is joy, the other is sorrow.

Now that Yi Seong-gye has become king, his fate as the former king of Goryeo will either be death or eternal imprisonment.

There was no other good outcome.

same.

Some of the civil and military officials standing in the square were excited, clearly Yi Seong-gye's men, while others looked ashen-faced.

When dynasties truly change, it signifies bloodshed and slaughter.

That's just how it is in this era.

Under everyone's gaze.

There stood the palace gate. A middle-aged man dressed in a bright red official robe of the Ming Dynasty slowly rode up on horseback. Even though he was a civil official, he stood tall and proud, exuding an air of arrogance befitting a superior nation.

And behind him.

Accompanying him was a valiant general dressed in Ming-style armor, Zhang Wu, a general under Zhu Ying.

Behind him were thousands of elite Da Ning border cavalry, each clad in full armor and wielding a sword. Even though the war had ended months ago, every soldier exuded an aura of endless killing intent. As soon as they entered the Goryeo royal palace square, a terrifying and chilling aura swept over them.

Every soldier exuded the aura of a superior empire.

However, when Zhang Wu and Zheng Yi, the Vice Minister of Rites who was on a mission here, stepped into this palace, they were also met with the intimidation of five thousand Ming Dynasty border troops.

For a while.

The entire Goryeo royal palace was silent. Everyone seemed to feel an unspoken power and dared not utter a word.

Apart from the sound of the Ming cavalry gradually entering the square, the only sounds were the breathing of the Goryeo officials and their attendants.

"What a terrifying army."

Being stared at by them is like being stared at by a wild beast.

"Are they the army of the Ming Dynasty? That's terrifying."

“I once encountered the army of the Great Yuan, and this army is even more powerful than the army of the Great Yuan.”

"Such a heavy killing intent, so terrifying."

"Their armor is extremely fine, almost completely covering their entire bodies. If we were to fight against such an army, our Goryeo army would undoubtedly be defeated."

"The Celestial Empire of the Ming Dynasty is terrifying."

"..."

As thousands of Ming soldiers entered the palace and dispersed in an orderly fashion, forming a protective formation, the Goryeo ministers and palace guards all wore expressions of terror, as if each of them had experienced what fear truly meant.

"This army exudes such a heavy killing intent!"

"Moreover, it seems familiar."

Even Yi Seong-gye, who had now usurped the throne, felt his pupils constrict and was filled with fear when he looked at this Ming army.

As a former military general, how could he not sense the strength of this army?

You can tell just by looking at their aura.

but.

Looking at the armor of this army, Lee Seong-gye felt as if he had seen it before.

This reminded him of the day he was sent by the King of Goryeo to Liaodong to aid Nahachu, when he encountered the Ming army at the border, and that Ming army was just like the one before him.

but.

now.

An envoy from the Celestial Empire has arrived.

Yi Seong-gye dared not hesitate at all and immediately shouted, "Welcome to the envoy of the Celestial Ming Dynasty to Goryeo!"

"Paying homage to the envoy of the Celestial Empire, the Great Ming Dynasty."

Yi Seong-gye shouted, and as soon as he finished speaking...

He knelt down on the ground first.

He watched as Yi Seong-gye knelt down to greet him.

The entire square was filled with tens of thousands of Goryeo palace servants, royal guards, and ministers. None of them dared to be negligent, and they all knelt down facing the approaching Ming envoys.

They also shouted in unison, "Welcome the envoy from the Celestial Ming Dynasty!"

"Paying homage to the envoy of the Celestial Empire, the Great Ming Dynasty."

These shouts echoed throughout the entire Goryeo royal palace, deafeningly loud.

Can be imagined.

Faced with an empire as massive as the Ming Dynasty, the envoy represented the face of the Ming emperor. How could a small country like Goryeo dare to show any disrespect?
If Zhu Ying were here, and if he could still connect to the world of his past life.

Zhu Yingzhen really wanted to show the Koreans of later generations how humble their ancestors were when facing the Celestial Empire of China.

This is the real truth!
As a small country, if they hadn't been humble, they would have been destroyed by the great empires of China throughout history.

It's fair to say that the Koreans of later generations were utterly ridiculous.

Amidst these shouts...

Zheng Yi, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Wu, Assistant Commander of the Da Ning Border Army of the Ming Dynasty.

He remained calm and composed, slowly urging his horse onto the red carpet and gradually moving forward.

When they got close.

They were less than ten steps away from Yi Seong-gye.

Zheng Yi glanced around before slowly saying, "No need for formalities!"

The words fell.

It was like a general amnesty.

All the Koreans kneeling on the ground around them stood up with trepidation.

After Li Chenggui stood up, he strode forward to greet Zheng Yi and respectfully walked to Zheng Yi's horse, personally leading the horse for him.

"Li Chenggui respectfully welcomes the envoy of the Celestial Empire, the Great Ming Dynasty."

"May I ask the name of the envoy from the Celestial Empire?" Yi Seong-gye asked respectfully, not daring to show the slightest disrespect.

"By order of the Hongwu Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty, I, Zheng Yi, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, have come to Goryeo as an envoy." Zheng Yi raised his head, glanced at Yi Seong-gye, and said with an air of authority.

"Welcome, Lord Zheng Yi."

Yi Seong-gye bowed again.

The surrounding Goryeo ministers also shouted, "Welcome, Lord Jeong Yi!"

See this.

Zheng Yi nodded, quite satisfied with the courtesy shown by Li Chenggui and the other Goryeo people.

He then turned to dismount, and a Goryeo servant immediately stepped forward and offered his body to Zheng Yi, showing utmost humility.

Zhang Wu also slowly dismounted, and another Goryeo servant landed on his body.

When Zheng Yi came down, he glanced around and his gaze fell directly on the King of Goryeo, who was sitting on the throne.

"You, how dare you not kneel before the envoy of our Celestial Dynasty?" Zheng Yi stared at the King of Goryeo and said coldly.

"me……"

Faced with Zheng Yi's questioning, the King of Goryeo's voice trembled, and he didn't know how to answer.

"Minister Zheng".

“The King of Goryeo is a subject of the Yuan Dynasty and an enemy of our Great Ming, so he will not kneel.”

Zhang Wu, who was standing to the side, spoke slowly, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

But no one around dared to refute it, because the King of Goryeo was now a puppet, and Goryeo was no longer the Goryeo of the past.

"Right."

Zheng Yi nodded, then looked at Li Chenggui.

then.

Several accompanying officials from the Ministry of Rites brought three boxes directly to Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi stepped forward and opened one of the boxes, inside which was a bright yellow imperial edict.

I saw this imperial edict.

Lee Seong-gye's eyes became burning with desire.

This is the imperial edict of investiture.

Today is also the day he ascends the throne.

"General Lee."

"When do you want to announce the decree?" Zheng Yi smiled and asked Li Chenggui.

“Naturally…naturally it is determined by the angels,” Yi Seong-gye replied respectfully, though he was anxious, he dared not overstep his bounds.

Hear this!

Zheng Yi smiled, then slowly walked to the end of the red carpet and ascended the steps. Zhang Wu immediately followed, standing behind Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi's expression turned solemn as he opened the imperial edict in his hand.

"Imperial edict of the Hongwu Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty".

Zheng Yi opened the imperial edict and solemnly proclaimed.

"I respectfully listen to the imperial edict of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty."

Yi Seong-gye immediately knelt down facing Jeong I, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

The Koreans who had been standing in the square also knelt down, filled with fear.

……

(End of this chapter)