As mid-October approaches, envoys of the Western Xia, Goryeo and Southern Song Dynasty arrived in Zhongdu one after another and officially sent blessings to Su Yonglin.

Each of them brought their own gifts that they could take.

For example, Western Xia sent cattle, sheep and horses, Southern Song sent tea and silk, and Goryeo sent precious medicinal materials such as ginseng, deer and antlers.

The number is so large that it is not comparable to when we first came into contact with negotiations.

Su Yonglin personally received the Goryeo envoy Wang Qi, the Western Xia envoy Ren Degong, and the Southern Song envoy Tang Situi, and had cordial conversations with them and learned about their respective demands.

Finally, he signed an agreement with the three countries that suited each other and set a political map of East Asia for some time to come.

However, before this, Su Yonglin and the envoys of the Three Kingdoms had some less orthodox secret talks.

The first to arrive in Zhongdu was the Goryeo Envoy.

Goryeo is making Wang Qi look like a stinky child in his opinion—

Although Su Yonglin is not as good as him, it is just that.

In Su Yonglin's opinion, the conversation with Wang Qi was mostly about the content of the script, and there was nothing practical. They all said some programmatic content, such as if you are happy and I am happy.

Su Yonglin even felt that he was sent by Wang Xu and was familiar with him, and told himself that this was the next king of Goryeo. He also asked His Majesty the Emperor to protect him more. He was very obedient.

These are all irrelevant details, and the focus of Su Yonglin's conversation was not Wang Qi.

Yin Linzhan, the deputy envoy of the Goryeo Mission, was his acquaintance. He also knew that Yin Linzhan was probably the real messenger, so he said something more to Yin Linzhan.

"I am very satisfied with the fact that Goryeo has such a respectful attitude towards my Ming Dynasty, so I hope to discuss with Goryeo to reach an agreement."

When Yin Linzhan heard this, he spoke, "Your Majesty, please tell me."

Su Yonglin nodded and said, "Although I have eliminated Liaodong, there are still many tribal barbarians in Liaodong. They are not obedient to education and often act disrespectfully towards me, so I decided to attack those barbarians.

However, Liaodong is a newly occupied land by the Ming Dynasty. It lacks governance and land. It lacks people to cultivate. The grain output is insufficient and it cannot supply enough military supplies and food. So I hope to open the trade on the border so that our army can buy your food. What do you think?"

Su Yonglin's words were not casually said, but were also his real needs.

After the Liaodong Corps defeated the Liaodong Jin Army, large-scale Jin army resistance was gone, but there were also Jurchen tribes that were originally called savages by the Jurchen tribes of the former Jin Kingdom Jurchens. They were scattered in the white mountains and black waters, and there were really a lot of them.

In order to clear Liaodong and lay the foundation for future development of Liaodong, Su Yonglin ordered Su Jue and Wei Kexian to lead the soldiers of the Liaodong Corps to launch a plowing and cave-like battle, trying to wipe out the Jurchen tribes on the land of Liaodong and open up more living space.

But this job is really difficult.

These Jurchens have a large number, and are not evenly distributed and dense. They often need to break through one tribe and interrogate the captives of the tribe in order to obtain the specific locations of some other tribes.

Of course, the Jurchens in these tribes have no combat power.

They may be brave alone, and a tribe is considered to be combat-ready, but they do not have unified command and cooperation.

Large-scale battlefield competition is about command and cooperation. The single-soldier Jurchen is not the opponent of the Liaodong Corps in this regard.

It is not easy to go deep into the primitive jungle land to carry out jungle combat, and it requires a lot of resource investment.

When Su Yonglin has money, money is a small matter, but food is a big matter.

Liaodong had just been pacified, and it was still difficult to produce self-sufficiency, let alone supplying large troops to fight. The grain needed by the large army was basically transported directly from Shandong to Liaodong by Su Yonglin.

Although shipping can reduce a large amount of manpower and material resources and increase transportation volume, it is still quite difficult compared to the military's consumption.

Su Yonglin had the idea of ​​Goryeo.

Anyway, Goryeo is right in front of you. If you are close to the water, you can ask them for some food or buy some food, which can be regarded as using food and fodder on the spot. It is simple and convenient, and can give the Liaodong Corps an additional source of food.

Yin Linzhan knew that there were many tribes living in the Liaodong territory. Originally, the Jin Jurchens were considered to be the common ruler in this area. Now that the power of the Ming Empire has entered, of course, war is needed to establish their own status.

But open to markets to buy food...

Is this more beneficial than disadvantages or more harmful than advantages?

Of course, Goryeo can be self-sufficient in food, but it is not too rich. If the exchange of markets is open, will there be any other uncontrollable factors?

Yin Linzhan did not dare to think too much, worried that Su Yonglin would be unhappy, so he quickly said: "Is this matter big or small? If Your Majesty allows you, the foreign minister should discuss this matter with the king immediately after returning to the country and give Your Majesty an answer as soon as possible."

"Well, I know that your country's common people are tired. It is really a embarrassment for you to provide food to the army, so I don't want you to provide it for nothing. I will pay according to the price and will not treat you badly."

Su Yonglin nodded, without making any embarrassment in Yin Linzhan, nor did he seem domineering and unreasonable.

Yin Linzhan expressed his trust in this, and he trusted the Ming Empire's national credibility as the country's supreme country.

Afterwards, Su Yonglin officially announced to the public that the Goryeo Kingdom was a vassal state of the Ming Empire, and officially named Wang Shi as the emperor of the Ming Empire, and officially named Wang Qi as the crown prince of the Goryeo Kingdom, and gave relevant clothing and seals.

Wang Qi and Yin Linzhan expressed their gratitude the next day, and personally entered the palace to kneel in front of Su Yonglin, performing the rituals of the monarch and subjects, expressing their submission to the Ming Empire.

The second messenger of Xixia arrived.

The official envoy named Ren Degong, who served as the prefect of Xingqing in Xixia. He was Ren Dejing's younger brother. He was obviously a member of the Ren family's powerful ministers and had a very high status.

The system of Xia State should be similar to that of Jin State. Without military and political separation like the Ming Empire, he, the prefect of Xingqing, must have controlled a considerable number of troops.

Ren Dejing sent him here, obviously not just to recognize the affairs of the vassal state, but also to Ren Dejing's personal demands.

And this time, the deputy envoy who followed him last time disappeared. The deputy envoy was replaced by another timid person, and he didn't think he was a cruel person.

I guess Li Renxiao didn't even have the chance to send someone to ask for help in this fight.

Ren Degong obviously had "important things" to discuss with Su Yonglin. After arriving in Zhongdu, he asked to see Su Yonglin. He did not seek formal meetings, but privately, hoping to have a meeting with Su Yonglin alone.

The intention is obviously beyond words.

Su Yonglin did not refuse, and before officially announcing his reception with the Xixia envoy, he arranged a private meeting with Ren Degong.

Ren Degong brought a gift that was twice as rich as the last time, and there were a large number of cattle, sheep, copper and iron, etc., which hit Su Yonglin's good football area, so Su Yonglin gave him a lot of smiles.

Ren Degong felt that this should be a good start, so he pretended to congratulate Su Yonglin on becoming emperor. Then he quickly changed the subject and got to the point, talking about the current situation of Li Renxiao, the Xixia regime and Ren Dejing.

He tested Su Yonglin's attitude towards the Xixia regime and found that Su Yonglin was not dissatisfied with the Xixia regime and did not want to participate in the Xixia affairs. He immediately felt that it was a bit difficult to achieve his goal.

But he did not give up.

Seeing that the routine test was ineffective, Ren Degong simply opened the skylight and said something bright.

"Your Majesty, although Lord Xia claims to be the surname Li and the Lord Xia, he is completely an emperor-like person at home. He uses the Wei name of the Dangxiang people and the reign of his country, and does not use the reign of His Majesty Hongwu, and calls himself me and will not submit to his subordinates. This kind of behavior makes us ministers feel very inappropriate."

Su Yonglin pretended to be unhappy and frowned.

"This is serious?"

"This matter is serious!"
Chapter completed!