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In 1592, a war involving China, Japan and South Korea started on the Korean Peninsula! Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent troops to North Korea, and the King of North Korea fled overnight. The envoys rushed to China for help. Should the Ming Dynasty at that time save it or not? ! In East Asia in the 16th century, Korea, as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, sent Chao Angels (later known as "Yan Xingxing") as envoys to China every year. This "Battle of Imjin" that shocked the world kicked off the book, bringing out the story of this rarely-known group of "North Korean envoys". From the Yuan Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, from Seoul to Yanjing, from admiration to contempt, countless Yan Dynasties traveled through the tribute roads, crossing mountains and deep rivers, delivering the latest intelligence and observations on China. China was indeed at the center of the Korean people's world view, but the fall of the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty was a very serious blow. They regarded themselves as "Little China", while chewing the sorrow of the Ming Dynasty's demise, they were thinking about where to go...