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Chapter 1078 Your Excellency has also heard of the reputation of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, hasn

Seeing that Park Deok-hwan still looked completely bewildered, Park Sung-sung couldn't help but glare at him with a hint of exasperation. He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "It's normal for good news to come back. It would be really abnormal if news of defeat came back."

"You need to think carefully about who is currently in charge of leading the troops."

"Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, was almost invincible in battle."

"Chang Yuchun, the Duke of E, who boasted that he could conquer the world with 100,000 soldiers."

"Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao, was known as the dream lover of young girls in the capital."

"In addition, there was Krupp Li Mingchen, who dared to lead an expedition to the northern desert with only 800 soldiers."

"His Highness the Crown Prince has hundreds of sworn brothers."

"Among the three hundred noble sons who spent a year at Ningyang Farm, there was the incredibly strong young master Chang Mao."

"Even the famous general Kökö Temür of the Yuan Dynasty, who was praised by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty as a man of extraordinary talent, would only be able to flee at the mere sight of such a lineup. Do you think any gentry could defeat them?"

At this point, Park Sung-sung spat out a tea stalk with a "pfft," adding, "The most important thing for an envoy is to have good judgment. You have to be able to read between the lines and know what you should and shouldn't do."

"Especially as envoys sent by vassal states to the Ming Dynasty."

"Otherwise, they will only bring disaster and trouble to their own country."

Park Sung-sung's face showed even more sarcasm: "Forget it, let's not talk about Manlahafis anymore."

"Instead of wasting time on that, we should think about our accounts at the border market."

Goryeo needed to sell warhorses and oxen at high prices.

Countries like Siam and Annam need to sell grain, mineral resources, and water buffalo at high prices.

Even in Japan, swords need to be sold at high prices.

Along the way, they also needed to buy some glass teaware, exquisite porcelain, tea, Suzhou embroidery, Sichuan embroidery, salt, wine, novels, and other miscellaneous items from the Ming Dynasty at low prices.

As envoys to various vassal states, they were extremely concerned about the merchants of those states, so it was perfectly normal for them to have a savings account at the border market.

Similarly, it was quite normal for these envoys to deliberately integrate into the Ming Dynasty in order to better serve the merchants of various vassal states.

Moreover, these envoys were all exceptionally "benevolent and righteous" individuals who liked to do good deeds anonymously.

Apart from Empress Ma, Emperor Zhu, Heizhitangyuan, and Li Shanchang at the very top, as well as Yang Shaofeng and Xia Yu, the head of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, who were in charge of handling the matter, and the clerks at the Dengzhou border market responsible for these matters, no one really knew what they had done.

Park Deok-hwan nodded emphatically, “When it gets dark and no one is paying attention, I will go to the Prince Consort’s residence. As for the rest, I will leave it to Vice Envoy Park.”

Park Sung-sung hummed in agreement. "I would also like to know who gave Manlahafis such audacity."

……

When Manlahafis arrived at the courtyard where the Goryeo envoys were, Park Sung-sung had already prepared tea, wine, and food.

The two sat down separately, and Park Sung-sung smiled and picked up his teacup, greeting Manlahafis: "Your presence is a great honor to our humble abode."

Manlahafis said, "You're too kind, sir," and then, imitating Park Sung-sung, took a sip of the tea in his cup.

Listening to Manlahafis's incredibly stiff Ming Dynasty official language, Park Sung-sung felt contempt and quietly curled his lip.

Barbarians are barbarians. Although they can speak a little, they have no sense of refinement whatsoever. Even if they try to appreciate tea, they can't grasp the essence of it. To say that they are like a cow chewing on a peony is to let the cow bear the blame for nothing.

After Manlahafis put down his teacup, Park Sung-sung asked with a smile, "May I ask, Your Excellency, you have come to the Korean embassy before being summoned by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty? What important matter do you have to discuss?"

After a moment's consideration, Manlahafis said, "I have lived in the Western Regions for a long time and am not familiar with the affairs of the Ming Dynasty. I am making this visit out of consideration for the kinship between the Khanate and Goryeo. I would like to ask you for some advice in order to avoid offending anyone."

Park Sung-sung was slightly taken aback.

I had just said that this was uncivilized and vulgar, and he immediately started spouting literary nonsense to me?

And you even said you wanted to learn something from me?

Damn it, who would bring up kinship ties before asking for advice?

That's your mother!

While cursing inwardly, Park Sung-sung said with a smile, "Since your esteemed envoy has asked, then I will not hide anything from you."

"Speaking of taboos in the capital, there are actually three."

"First, there is Yang, the consort of Princess Funing and Princess Fuyang, who is also the Duke of Ying, the consort of the Imperial Guard, the commander of the Imperial Guard, the inspector of eight provinces, the prefect of Dengzhou, the magistrate of Ningyang, and the vice minister of the Court of State Ceremonies."

"Your Excellency must have heard of the Prince Consort's reputation along the way, so I will not go into details."

"Secondly, he is one of the two young masters of the Duke of E's mansion, the eldest son of the Duke of E, and is known in the capital as Master Mao."

"This is because Master Mao is born with superhuman strength. Even the Duke of E, who is known as the Ten Thousand, cannot subdue him. He is also the brother-in-law of the current Crown Prince and is a notorious playboy in the capital."

At this point, Park Sung-sung's expression turned somewhat strange again, and he said, "The third one is the two big yellow dogs kept in the Prince Consort's mansion."

Manlahafis was slightly taken aback, and asked blankly, "Big yellow dog?"

Park Sung-sung hummed in agreement and said, "These two big yellow dogs were painstakingly collected by His Highness the Crown Prince and personally fed by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty for a long time. They can travel freely from the Prince Consort's residence to the capital without any hindrance, and no one dares to stop them."

"More importantly, behind these two big yellow dogs, there are always two large, white-browed tigers with piercing eyes."

"These two big insects are gentle and won't get hurt."

"But if you provoke the big yellow dog, those two tigers might pounce on you."

"If an ordinary person were attacked by a large tiger, they would likely be either killed or seriously injured."

Manlahafis's expression grew increasingly strange, but Park Sung-sung picked up his teacup again and took a sip: "Of course, these three are not to be trifled with; we need to be extra careful with them."

"On ordinary days, you also need to be careful not to violate the Great Ming Code, and don't even think about oppressing the people in the city."

"It's not that the people in the city have any deep connections, but rather that the Ming Dynasty Code is biased towards the people in every way."

"If the people of Ming are oppressed, even if Yingtian Prefecture refuses to stand up for them, the Embroidered Uniform Guard will not let them off easily."

Park Sung-sung glanced at Manlahafis discreetly and said with a smile, "Your Excellency must have heard of the reputation of the Embroidered Uniform Guard along the way, right?"

Manlahafis nodded.

The reputation of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was truly infamous; it was known for its brutal torture, forced confessions, lawlessness, ruthless killing, and framing.

Park Sung-sung continued, "In addition, Your Excellency must remember to instruct your servants that whenever the people of Ming are fighting, they should simply stay far away and never get involved."

Manlahafis was even more bewildered and asked, "Why? Is it wrong to uphold justice for the Ming people?"

Park Sung-sung chuckled and countered, "For whom are you upholding justice?"

"Does Your Excellency have a household registration as a Han Chinese in the Ming Dynasty?"

"I might as well tell your esteemed envoy that the Han Chinese of the Ming Dynasty are free to fight and die among themselves, but if foreign vassals get involved, regardless of whether they are right or wrong, then it is the fault of the foreign vassals."

"Although the Ming government often oppresses the people, when it comes to people from foreign vassal states, those officials don't mind using the heads of foreign vassal states to gain a good reputation for themselves."

Manlahafis's eyes lit up immediately.

Judging from the implied meaning of the Goryeo envoy's words, although he was wary of the Ming Dynasty, he also had many complaints.

Manlahafis smiled, first saying "Thank you for your guidance, Your Excellency," then took a sip of tea and tentatively said, "To be honest, Your Excellency, I heard some rumors on my way here..."