Li Zongcheng was the son of Li Yangong, the Marquis of Huaiyin, and the ninth generation grandson of Li Wenzhong, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty. He was recommended by Shi Xing, Minister of War, to become the deputy governor and serve as the chief envoy of this mission. How could a dignified second-rank official escape at night? This started with one of his deputy, guerrilla wars and Shen Weijing.

At that time, Chen Weijing was a sensational figure who was in China, Japan and Korea. Even today, four hundred years later, when he mentioned his name, he could still attract unanimous despises from the people of the Three Kingdoms, his influence could probably be described as unprecedented.

The reason why Chen Weijing was used as an envoy to discuss peace was not because he had strong diplomatic skills or strong political capital, but because he had resisted Japanese pirates under Hu Zongxian's early years, and later traded between China and Japan. He understood Japanese a little and knew a little about Japan's customs and culture. Under the domestic background at that time, he became the best candidate for missions to Japan.

As for the domestic background at that time, we naturally have to talk about the famous "Three Great Wars of Wanli". The so-called three Great Wars were the Ningxia Battle, which was postponed from February 18th in the 20th year of Wanli (1592 AD), the Korean Battle from the 20th year of Wanli to the 26th year of Wanli (1598 AD), and the Bozhou Battle from the 27th year of Wanli to the 28th year of Wanli. As we all know, although these three battles were victorious, they also caused huge losses to the manpower and material resources of the Ming Dynasty, which became an important reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

When Hideyoshi was expeditioning to Korea in the west, it was the battle of Ningxia and had no time to look east. In order to delay time, the Ming court appointed Chen Weijing as an envoy to go to Korea to negotiate peace. This was his first time as a peace talks. As the war continued, the two sides fought and fought in peace. Naito Ruyan from Japan and Accompanied to the West. Chen Weijing from the Ming Dynasty was busy between Beijing and Busan and Nagoya. Due to the merchant's background, Chen Weijing's official position was stopped from being a fifth-rank guerrilla. However, at this time, he was still able to fully control the peace talks between the two countries as the "Agent of the Ming Dynasty" and gained a lot of money.

However, all this turned into a bubble because of Li Zongcheng's arrival. Lord Shen, who was domineering in front of the Japanese invaders, now had to bow to a young man. This gap was unbearable for him. Especially when he saw that Zong Yizhi and Governor Xiaoxi were trying their best to please Li Zongcheng and neglect him, he made up his mind to snatch back the glory that was taken away by this second-generation official.

On the evening of the day when Li Zongcheng escaped, Chen Weijing received a notice from President Xiaoxi. Knowing that Xiubao was about to go to Jiuzhou to welcome the mission, his eyes suddenly turned and he had a plan. After dinner, he came to Li Zongcheng's room and informed him of the news.

Hearing that the envoy was finally coming, Li Zongcheng was a little excited and said in a long time: "A place of Hakata is so big, I have been tired of it. Now I can finally go to Kinki to see the prosperity of Kyoto. There seems to be a Zhaoti Temple there, which was built by a monk from the Tang Dynasty to the east. It is said that it is very effective. I must go and worship this time."

Looking at this playboy, Chen Weijing asked with a smile: "Do you really want to go to Kyoto?"

"Why don't you go? As the peacekeeper for this peace talk, don't you go?" Li Zongcheng didn't hear anything in Chen Weijing's words, and his thoughts were really simple.

"Since that's the case, the officials might as well say it." Chen Weijing said sadly, "In fact, this peace talks are simply a scam, and if you go there, you will be a life-and-death death."

"A scam? A life-and-death death? What are you talking about!" Li Zongcheng looked at Chen Weijing in surprise.

"I mean that Guan Bai of Japan simply disagrees with peace talks." Chen Wei explained respectfully, "The conditions proposed by the two countries are very different, and neither of them is willing to give in. The reason why the Japanese were willing to negotiate peace with the Celestial Empire was to delay time and take the opportunity to imprison the delegation and threaten the emperor to withdraw his troops with us."

Although Chen Wei Jing said it was so convincing, Li Zongcheng was still skeptical and asked: "If it is true as you said, why would you like to spend the day with me?"

Chen Weijing shook his head helplessly and looked at Li Zongcheng with a sad expression: "Do you think the lower officials want to come with me? But the lower officials have participated in peace talks between the two sides since the beginning of the war. Most of the Japanese are familiar with each other. If you are timid this time and you are left alone to lead a delegation to Japan, the Japanese will definitely be suspicious. By then, they may have encountered an unexpected situation before they arrive in Kyoto. As a last resort, the lower officials can only sacrifice themselves to accompany them."

Although Chen Weijing kept lies, Li Zongcheng believed it and thought the peace talks had been negotiated. This time he went to Kyoto (actually Fushimi) just to go to the form of a formality. He could not only enjoy the exotic style, but also to be promoted after returning to China. Why not do it? Therefore, he asked someone to ask Shi Xing for this beauty. But now the lies are exposed. Not only will they lose their wealth, but they can't even protect their lives. Who dares to continue doing such a job?

Thinking of this, Li Zongcheng cried bitterly while holding Chen Weijing's hand and said "heart-to-heart": "It's wrong to make things difficult for Brother Chen a few days ago. You have a lot of them, so you must show me a clear way."

Seeing the second-rank official of the court and his brother, Chen Weijing was in a good mood, but he still had to pretend. Since the younger brother and he were "heartfelt", the older brothers naturally had to treat each other sincerely. He signaled Li Zongcheng to touch his ear and said in a low voice: "To be honest, there is a ferry at Kachuan less than five miles west of this place. There is a merchant ship docked there. It was bought by the local merchants for accidents. The translator, water man, bow and daily necessities on the ship were all available. When the night came, the adults set off lightly. As long as they could board the boat, they could travel along the river to Hakata Bay, and soon they could reach the Zuoshui Camp of Jeolla. They could rest assured when they arrived at the territory of the Koreans."

"But I'm leaving. Isn't Brother Chen going to be criticized by the Japanese?" Li Zongcheng looked at Chen Weijing excitedly, his eyes flashing with emotion and guilt. He has to say that this is a cute fool.

"Your Madam is to take care of yourself, don't take care of me." Chen Weijing was so kind that he looked away from the distance with a firm look and said calmly: "Secretary has put life and death aside since the day he became an official. Loyalty to serve the country is the long-cherished wish of the emperor and the court. Even if he is cut off from a foreign country, he cannot let the emperor and the court be shamed. You are still young and should not die here. You should go back to your country and exercise more in order to pacify the Japanese pirates as soon as possible and repay the kindness of heaven."

Chen Weijing said so heartbrokenly, Li Zongcheng was already full of tears. He didn't say anything and left at night! So the envoy of the Ming Dynasty mission, the second-rank chief official, was coaxed by a merchant on the boat home. But can things really go as smoothly as Chen Weijing thought? Let's hear the next breakdown.

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