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Chapter 922 I can't beat the Ming Dynasty, but I can't beat you, you shorty?

Koreans are a very peculiar thing.

According to Yang Shaofeng, "The sky cleared up, the rain stopped, and the Koreans thought they were invincible again."

Don't be fooled by how well-behaved and obedient the Koreans are in Dengzhou. Once they leave Dengzhou, they often think they're invincible and want to challenge everyone.

Especially after Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Biao went to Japan, the Koreans suddenly felt that they could do it too.

I can't beat the Ming Dynasty, but I can beat you, you shorty?

So, the Koreans, who already disliked the short and ugly ones because of the competition for the "Xu Jin Huan" and "Chun Feng San" quotas, actually sent people in small boats to Japan to teach those "ignorant" short and ugly ones a lesson.

Pay attention.

During the Ming Dynasty, the height of short people was always quite remarkable; 1.4 meters was considered quite tall even among them.

While the height of Koreans is only slightly better than that of shorty, they are still a bit taller, generally around 1.6 meters.

Adhering to the principle that strength is never a disadvantage, the Koreans rowed their small boats and headed to Japan.

But to everyone's surprise, the Korean is the type of person who is soft all over except for his stubbornness and his ability to talk big.

The short and stocky ones, on the other hand, are demonic types of players who possess enormous beastly nature hidden within their small bodies.

Then, the Koreans, howling and charging towards Japan, were killed by the short, ugly guys.

Then, the Koreans started to use their ancestral skill—asking their fathers for help.

Korean envoys in the capital went to the Honglu Temple to file a complaint against Japan, alleging that Japan had murdered Korean envoys.

Japan, in turn, accused South Korea of ​​sending troops to invade Japan and also demanded that the Ming Dynasty take charge.

Logically speaking, in a conflict involving dozens or hundreds of people, such as between the Koreans and the shorty, the Court of State Ceremonial would usually choose to mediate. If the situation escalated too much, they would generally side with the Koreans.

After all, Korea was right next to the Ming Dynasty and was one of the Ming Dynasty's external bulwarks.

To put it bluntly, the Koreans can be beaten, but they cannot be destroyed, unless the Ming Dynasty personally eliminates them.

This is one of the reasons why Koreans dare to provoke short and ugly people.

Unfortunately, Yang Shaofeng also held the official position of Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial.

The Court of State Ceremonial originally didn't want to get involved in the petty squabbles between the Koreans and the shorty. Coincidentally, the two families had initially gotten into a dispute over the quota for the border market, so the Court of State Ceremonial sent both families to the Dengzhou border market and asked Minister Yang of the Court of State Ceremonial to "handle the matter as appropriate."

Then, Yang Shaofeng, who never considered Koreans and shorty-looking people as human beings, gave important instructions regarding the dispute between the two families: "The situation must not escalate. It must not affect the cattle and horse trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Koreans, nor the silver mines of the Ming Dynasty in Japan, nor the labor trade between the Ming Dynasty and the two families. As for the rest, the two families are allowed to handle it themselves."

To put it simply: You two can fight to the death in private, but you must not affect the interests of the Ming Dynasty, or you will both die.

To ensure that both sides could understand human speech, Yang Shaofeng even had the Dengzhou fleet perform a salvo of artillery fire.

After witnessing what it meant for "ten thousand cannons to fire simultaneously," for "the world to lose its color," and for "the sun and moon to lose their light," the envoys from the Korean and the short, ugly man tacitly stopped asking the Ming Dynasty to uphold justice for them.

According to the Korean envoy Park Sung-sung, "The Ming Dynasty is our parents, and we and Japan are our children. Only we, Goryeo, are the filial children, and Japan is the rebellious children. It is proper to punish the rebellious with filial piety. Therefore, when the two children fight, they will not dare to disturb their parents, for fear of harming their filial piety."

To put it simply: We Koreans and those short, ugly people are both sons of the Great Ming Dynasty, but we Koreans are filial, while those short, ugly people are rebellious. It is right for us to beat them, as this is in accordance with propriety. However, no matter how much we beat them, we dare not disturb the Great Ming Dynasty to take action personally, otherwise it would be against our filial piety.

The envoys from other vassal states originally wanted to make a few sarcastic remarks about Park Sung-sung, but when they thought of the target ship that had been reduced to pieces on the sea, and the small hill on the island that had been completely bombed flat, many of the envoys said that Vice Envoy Park was right. Parents already had a hard time, and it was best not to disturb their parents when the children were playing around.

Then, the Dengzhou border market happily bought prisoners of war from both sides, and the feud between the Koreans and the shorty deepened.

The deeper the enmity, the more they need their father, the Ming Dynasty, to stand behind them.

I don't need Dad to uphold justice, I just ask that Dad not be too biased.

Du Shunqin glanced at Park Sung-heon and Kikuchi Ryota, then, with a forced smile, imparted his experience to the envoys from the vassal states of Ma La Jia and Sanfoqi.

"The way for envoys and merchants from vassal states to survive in the border markets is to learn to read people's expressions."

"You must learn to read Yang... Yang the Imperial Son-in-Law's expression."

Du Shunqin narrowed his eyes. "He is different from other Ming officials."

"Other officials, even if they have something on their minds, will not show it on their faces."

Even if they look down on you, they won't let you notice; they might even make you feel that they are friendly.

"But the Prince Consort is different."

"He looked down on everyone who wasn't a citizen of the Ming Dynasty."

"Whether you are an envoy of a vassal state, a merchant of a vassal state, or even the ruler of a vassal state, in his eyes you are no better than a beggar of the Ming Dynasty."

"Our lives and deaths are less important to him than even the prisoners of the Ming Dynasty!"

Du Shunqin grew increasingly angry as he spoke, but the thought of the Dengzhou fleet immediately calmed his anger.

"Go and prepare according to Magistrate Xu's requirements as soon as possible."

“With Prince Consort Yang not in Dengzhou, he is the one who calls the shots in Dengzhou.”

"He told us to prepare laborers and provisions, so we had to obediently prepare them."

The Srivijaya envoy tentatively asked, "What if... I mean, what if Prince Consort Yang doesn't return to the border town?"

Du Shunqin glanced sideways at the Srivijaya envoy.

Not returning to the border market?

Is it possible that they won't be able to return to the border town?

Or to put it more bluntly, they're hoping that Yang the Madman will die in Liaodong, right?

Du Shunqin sneered, "It's just a snow disaster."

"Almost half of the Ming Dynasty's ships are gathering in Dengzhou. The amount of supplies and manpower that can be transported to Liaodong every day is unimaginable to you and me."

"It is said that even the Ming army near Liaodong has begun to assemble."

"Snow cannot seal off Liaodong, much less stop Prince Consort Yang and His Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty."

"Most importantly, do you know what this kind of gathering means?"

“When the Ming emperor doesn’t want to fight you, they can go and help with the snow disaster in Liaodong.”

“If the Ming emperor wanted to attack you, these supplies and manpower alone could cover your entire country.”

It could also be used to cover the entire Annam region.

Du Shunqin sighed again, "Go and prepare, prepare the laborers and provisions."

The envoys from Srivijaya and Malagha nodded, then frowned and looked at Du Shunqin, asking, "Can our people adapt to the heavy snow in Liaodong?"

Du Shunqin glanced at the group of envoys from Southeast Asia once again.

A bunch of idiots.

Dealing with this kind of idiot is fucking exhausting!