Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1774 Aiding Korea and Anti-Japanese (Forty) Position 【Happy New Year】

After reading Guo Zaiyou's reply, King Li Zan of Joseon immediately flew into a rage, slapped the handrail, and angrily reprimanded, "It's unreasonable."Du Chengzhi Jin Yingnan hurriedly asked the king to calm down, but Li Yan was still furious, and asked loudly: "How can I calm down? Are these people Korean people? How did the prince convey the king's order? Why are everyone violating the widow's order?

What the widow wants to ask now is whether the prince has colluded with the rebel army, otherwise how could the Korean people despise the widow so much?Oh, the widows know, presumably in their view, the king's order of the fugitive king is no longer the king's order, but the order issued by the son is the king's order, right? "

Jin Yingnan hastily comforted: "Your Highness, please calm down. Your Highness is serious. The rebels are just officers and soldiers who cannot trust Gyeongsang-do, and they are by no means contemptuous of His Highness. In the final analysis, the rebels always fight against the enemy spontaneously for the sake of the ancestral temple, the country, and the king. Please Your Highness appreciates the sincerity of the Rebel Army."

"For the widow? Haha, what a good one for the widow!"

Apparently, Li Yan is not yet convinced that such a false statement can no longer be false. He believes that the rebels are just rebels who take advantage of the war to expand their power. Guo Zaiyou and his rebel army.

Jin Yingnan didn't dare to object on the spot, but immediately discussed with Yi Doushou and Zheng Che.Yi Doushou sighed deeply, and said dejectedly: "Today, destroying the rebel army is like choking your own throat. Without the enemy's action, we can destroy ourselves... two, how can this order be issued?"

Zheng Che pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "In my opinion, the king's anger this time is nothing more than an outrageous slip of the tongue. After all, in the long run, the existence of the rebel army is of great significance to overcoming the national crisis and deterring the enemy's rear. It's huge, the king only needs to think about it carefully, and he will be able to understand it in his heart.

The root of the king's anger is nothing more than the loss of authority, not what the rebel army has done.To tell you the truth, right now I am only worried that this matter will bring disaster to the Prince's residence..."

Yi Doushou sighed, and said helplessly: "I also hope that the king can change his mind after resting for a few days, but as the saying goes, if the king can't save his face, how can he change his mind? For this reason, I have notified Liu Chenglong Return to Yizhou quickly to persuade the Lord, I hope it will be helpful."

Liu Chenglong was taken aback when he received Yi Doushou's letter, and hurried to Yizhou to see Li Yan, and said, "Your Highness really wants to arrest the rebels as thieves or rebels? If His Highness is determined to do so, please issue a king's order to your servants." , I would like to go to Qingshang Road and take down the head of the traitor."

Li Yan was very surprised, and asked in surprise: "Ai Qing also thinks that the rebels are thieves and rebels?"

However, Liu Chenglong shook his head and said: "Your Highness, whether the rebels will become thieves or rebels does not depend on how the rebels themselves choose, but on how Your Highness treats them. As for ministers, ministers are ministers of the court, ministers of the king, what does the king think of it?" It's how I see it, and my own opinion is irrelevant."

Unlike other people's admonitions, Liu Chenglong's statement is very clever. It is a typical admonition based on political correctness, and the effect is naturally extraordinary.

Sure enough, Li Yan's expression turned pale, and his tone was no longer as cold as when he said to other courtiers before, but his tone was still stern: "According to your opinion, it is the widow who is forcing the rebels to rebel?"

Liu Chenglong replied: "Your Majesty probably doesn't have that intention, but if you really want to act like this, I'm afraid it will probably end like this."

He paused, then continued: "Now that the rebels are loyal to the country, but they are treated as bandits and rebels, how should they express their grievances? If the morale of the rebels can be boosted, and His Highness rewards them for their merits in the future, then let them follow His Highness's orders." , the rebel army will be omnipotent, and naturally there will be no so-called rebellion.

Your Highness, now the Japanese pirates are extremely distressed by the rebel army. Our official army is in the open, while the rebel army is in the dark.For the Japanese pirates, both light and darkness are enemies, which is really miserable; for the imperial court, our official army is the regular army, while the rebel army is the odd army.

However, if the rebels are wiped out by the officers and soldiers, our army will be completely damaged, and I am afraid there will be no chance of winning.Therefore, for the sake of the world, for the community, and for the king, please make a clear decision, give the volunteer army an official position, and win the hearts of the people at the same time. "

In fact, as expected by the ministers of North Korea, Li Yan has already regretted after the previous order, but he has always been a good-faced person, and it is inconvenient to take back what he has said—it is not like the previous resignation. That's when the Japanese army hit the front. If you don't fight, you may die. Even if you don't die, you can't be a king. How can these two things be compared?

However, since Liu Chenglong came here to persuade him, this is a step for Li Yan.As one of the leading figures in the North Korean Second Class, since Liu Chenglong rushed to the king to speak out in person to persuade him, it is okay to give him face, after all, this is called accepting advice with an open mind, and it is what Mingjun did.Therefore, Li Yan pretended to think about it, and then generously agreed.

But Li Yan thought about it again, and felt that this matter should not be too easy, so he asked Liu Chenglong whether it was the son's intention, or Liu Chenglong's own intention.

Liu Chenglong saw that the king of Joseon was going to test him out, and he knew that Li Yan's doubts should be temporarily dispelled by the answer of maintaining the royal power, so he replied solemnly: "Whether it is the intention of the prince or the subject, as long as His Highness accepts it, it is His Highness's intention. After all Only His Highness is the king of a country, so what if the rest are sons, and the ministers are even more insignificant."

Li Yan was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "In the end, it's Liu Aiqing who is mature, prudent, and deeply understands righteousness. I am very comforted to hear this, very comforting."

What a turmoil, it was finally suppressed here, and the conflict between the official army and the rebel army was temporarily covered up. At least on the surface, it seemed that they were no longer facing each other as before, and the two sides could occasionally join hands to fight against the Japanese army.

At the same time, because Kato Kiyomasa basically stood firm on the Hamgyong Road, the North Korean branch moved to Seongcheon soon in order to adapt to the changing situation.

Let’s talk about Hamgyongdo, after it was basically pacified by the Japanese Second Army, Kato Kiyomasa found Lord Linhai and said to him with a smile: "Please forgive me for offending the prince. I have something to ask, and I ask the prince to give it to you." assist."

Mr. Linhai seems not only a dandy, but also not very smart. Seeing that Kato Kiyoshi has a good attitude and has a long face, he said proudly: "No matter what you want to ask me, you should release us immediately first! You should know, I am Lord Linhai, the eldest son of the Great King of Korea, and I will be enthroned as king after the war, if you release me now, I will be very grateful in the future."

Kato Kiyomasa originally looked down on this dandy, but now hearing his words, he completely sees through that this Linhai Lord is nothing more than a piece of shit.

Kato Kiyoshi just chuckled, so he didn't bother to beat around the bush, lest this idiot didn't understand, but simply said, please Lin Haijun write to the King of Joseon, asking the King of Joseon not to resist, but to surrender immediately.

No matter how stupid Lin Haijun is, he knows that things are thousands of times different from what he thought, and he feels humiliated immediately, and scolds Kato Kiyomasa endlessly.

Kato Kiyomasa, as a veteran from the Warring States period of Japan, has never seen any storms, and he was not angry after hearing these words, but ordered Naoshima Naomi to teach Rinkai-kun a lesson with no expression on his face.

A dude like Mr. Linhai doesn't have much ambition, and he was bruised and bruised soon after the merciless beating. He was afraid that if he continued to be stubborn, he would really lose his life, so he wrote a tearful letter persuading him to surrender and handed it to Kiyomasa Kato.

However, when Kato Kiyomasa learned that the letter of surrender written by Mr. Rinkai was not intended to be sent to his father, but to his younger brother, Mr. Kokai, he couldn't help being puzzled, and asked Naoshima Naoshige what was it? why.

Naomi Naoshima immediately explained: "The prince of Joseon said that now North Korea has been divided into two courts, and the one that actually represents North Korea is the divided court led by the second prince of Joseon. As for the previous king of Joseon, he was in a hurry Fleeing, he appointed the second prince as the crown prince to take charge of state affairs instead of him. However, after all, this crown prince is not the lord of North Korea, so although the king of Joseon ordered the crown prince to lead the country, he often issued royal orders."

Kato Kiyomasa frowned, not knowing which of the two imperial courts could decide.Right now, the son is in power but not the king, so if the son descends but the King of Joseon does not recognize him, or if the King of Joseon descends but the son does not recognize him, what can he do?But after hearing what the people of the world wanted, Kato Kiyomasa thought about it, and still sent Mr. Linhai's letter of surrender to Mr. Guanghai.

In the Japanese pirates' prisoner-of-war camp, Lord Linhai and Lord Shunhe wear thin clothes, haven't eaten for a long time, and are bruised.Mr. Shunhe asked Mr. Linhai whether his father and brother could save their lives.

Lord Linhai sighed: "Father only cares about fleeing and protecting himself. If he wants to save us, he must be afraid of the Japanese pirates. I'm afraid it will be difficult to make up his mind to rescue us. After all, Guanghai is a compatriot from the same mother, and he is connected with my brother by blood. He is kind by nature, and will definitely rescue you and me... Now we can only count on Gwanghae."

Soon after, Lord Linhai’s letter of surrender was sent to Chengchuan by the Korean army, and Lord Gwanghae’s courtiers were divided into two factions: one part thought that Lord Linhai was captured by Japanese pirates because he was usually tyrannical and lost the hearts of the people, and he should not save anyone And make the whole country surrender.

Another part of the subordinates think that although they cannot surrender, they should still rescue the prince, for example, they can exchange food and gold and silver. As for sending troops to rescue, it may be difficult to win, so they will not consider it for the time being.

However, an accident happened. Mr. Guanghai believed that food and gold and silver should be used to fight Japanese pirates, but not to exchange prisoners of war.As soon as this remark came out, it was almost equivalent to the death sentence of his brother and brother.

In the middle of the night, Mr. Guanghai sat alone and couldn't sleep, weeping alone.The internal officer came to ask him to go to bed, and Mr. Guanghai couldn't help asking, whether he made such a decision during the day as a desperate person, and whether the person who made such a decision was a cold-blooded person who abandoned his brother.

How dare the internal officials intervene easily on such a sensitive royal topic?I can only try to clear it up as much as possible, and comfort Mr. Guanghai with "unavoidable".

Mr. Guanghai seemed to ask him, and seemed to be talking to himself, saying: "If I have the determination to save my brother, I should at least try to negotiate with the enemy, but I have no such intention at all. Instead, I think that if a prince is killed If the enemy seizes...and sacrifices, it will definitely play a positive role in the heroic resistance of the people.

I never imagined that I could be so cold-blooded when facing a brother who was born with the same mother.You said, did I do this because I was greedy for the position of the son, or was it a personal revenge against my relatives?Do you know why I became like this?Hehe, the person who made me become such a person is my father!
What I hate the most will always be the king. I have not been loved by him since I was a child. Even after being established as the heir, I am walking on eggshells, because I am always in danger of being deposed or even killed by the king!I want to overcome the national crisis but I am always hindered by him, and no one in the royal family can be trusted. I hate him because he is the one who made me like this! "

Mr. Guanghai laughed miserably and cried at the same time, the grief and indignation in his heart could not be added, and when the internal officials heard such terrible things, if it wasn't because he was Mr. Guanghai's confidant, he might have to find a way to inform the king immediately.Even if he was a confidant of Mr. Guanghai, he didn't dare to speak comforting words. He could only listen to it with trepidation, wishing that time could turn back and he didn't come to invite Mr. Guanghai to bed just now.

The next day, Mr. Guanghai was meditating alone in the courtyard, when Zheng Zhuo suddenly came to see him, and again suggested that Mr. Guanghai submit the letter of request from Mr. Linhai to the king.

Zheng Zhuojin said: "My son's mansion, I'd better inform His Highness Wang Shang of Lord Linhai and Lord Shunhe, please rescue him! There is a lot of money and food in the king's place, and there is also Da Ming Shang Kingdom to help. For the sake of pulse, I think the king will do his best to save them."

However, at this moment, Lord Guanghai has made up his mind, shaking his head and said: "Even if it is submitted to the king, I am afraid that the king will have a hard time making a decision. My brother and my mother have never been loved by the king, so I should not bother the king to worry about it." up.

I have made up my mind on the matter of brother and Shunhe. I insist on fighting Japanese pirates in the divided dynasty with the thought of dying. I have left a suicide note. After I die, I will use the suicide note to apologize to my mother for failing to protect my elder brother and younger brother. I will always remember it Lord Linhai and Lord Shunhe died in battle while leading the people to resist the Japanese pirates—the mother and queen should not have cowardly sons. "

Seeing that Mr. Guanghai had made up his mind, Zheng Zhuo was startled at first, but soon became respectful. He just bowed deeply and didn't say anything more.

But none of them knew that this news was delivered to the Nanning Marquis Mansion of the Great Ming Capital within a few days. Gao Wushi tapped the secret report on the table with his right index finger and middle finger, and did not speak for a long while.

Liu Xin who was next to him waited for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "This man is considered to be able to be cultivated. Are you thinking of replacing the Joseon King Li Yan with him?"

Gao Wushi glanced at her in surprise, and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Liu Xin wondered: "Isn't that obvious? This Lord Guanghai is much more reliable than his elder brother and his father Li Yan. He is exactly the king that North Korea needs now and in the future."

"Oh, you think so." Gao Wushi nodded, but immediately frowned, and asked: "But the question is, what kind of king does North Korea need? I have nothing to do with it? I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and I should think about it." Isn’t it what kind of King of Joseon that Da Ming needs?”
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