Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1808 Hiiragi ([-]) is also uneasy
At the same time that the internal party disputes in the Ming court triggered the transfer of the army to aid the DPRK, the North Korean side was also not idle.Because of his political and war performance in the previous period, Liu Chenglong was promoted to the leader of the council due to his meritorious service, while Yi Doushou was demoted to the central government affairs.

In the state system of North Korea, the leader is equivalent to the prime minister. From the perspective of the system, its status in the country is more authoritative than that of the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

After Yoo Sung-ryong became the prime minister of North Korea, the first thing he started was to prevent the Japanese army from invading again and began to study the defense plan.Liu Chenglong led the newly appointed soldiers Cao Sanshu Li Dexin and official Cao Sanshu Li Hengfu to meet with the Joseon King Li Zan.At this time, Li Yan was drinking tea with Jin Guiren, and when he saw the three people coming, he asked how the plan was prepared.

Li Dexin replied: "Your Highness, after discussing with the Prime Minister, we have decided on two plans. One is to support the people, which is to support the army, so we should fully resume the production of grain and salt."

The King of Joseon also believed that this should be the case, but after the war in North Korea, the land was barren, and it was difficult for the King of Joseon to understand how to complete the needs as soon as possible. For transportation in southern Xinjiang, Jinghua has a salt field in southern Liaoning—a joint venture between Gao Shishi and the emperor.

Li Hengfu also knew that Jinghua has now become the main source of various necessities in North Korea, so he said that he would submit a memorial later, saying that the specific methods are all in it, please read it for Li Yan.

Then he talked about the second plan: "As for the replacement of sergeants, in the past, the imperial court used the training of the capital to train talents, and the local government recruited them through military service, so only poor people were used to form the army. From the perspective of the servants, if one wants to strengthen the army, no matter whether the two squads or the villagers, there should be no distinction between the good and the poor. It needs to be formed into a team, so that all who can kill the enemy can participate, and they should be treated equally."

This idea had a great impact on North Korea's military system. Li Yan was very surprised when he heard it, and asked Liu Chenglong: "Leader, must this be the case? Before the second class, it was hard to tolerate the law of exempting cheap people and the law of making rice, so they reluctantly gave in. , If you follow what you just said, what is the difference between scholar-bureaucrats and villagers? I find this very embarrassing."

Liu Chenglong persuaded: "Your Highness, since the founding of the country, military service in the defense of the country has been done regardless of status, and it is an obligation that everyone will feel honored. Military service gradually became a routine, and finally became a matter of course during the reign of King Zhongzong.

The two classes are only for their own selfishness, coveting wealth and happiness, not daring to sacrifice for the country, but they still act recklessly in a high position. How can the people who have been harmed for a long time work for the country?The minister thought that this was one of the reasons why the soldiers were scattered at the beginning of the war.Shu Wujun did not disturb the identity order of the Liangban and the villagers, but restored the Taizu's law, nothing more. "

Li Dexin also persuaded: "Since His Highness approved the implementation of the law of exempting cheap people and the law of making rice, the people's hearts have been greatly boosted. The Shu army can rectify the country's military discipline and overcome the country's chaos. I hope Your Highness will see clearly."

Li Hengfu also said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, not all the two classes are opposed to Shuwu. Some aspiring people in the two classes are very supportive of Shuwu. Many scholar-bureaucrats also mobilized volunteer soldiers during the national crisis. Therefore, I think this is not the case. It must not be accepted by Class Two."

Having said that, Li Yan worried that the two classes would rebel after the war ended, so he was quite hesitant and hesitant.Liu Chenglong persuaded Li Yan not to worry about the second class now, but to prevent the Japanese army from invading again, Li Yan felt quite in a dilemma.

In the evening of the day, Prince Guanghai came to see Li Yan, and Li Yan asked: "The leaders of the rebels from all over the country have been coming to support Shu Wu, but you are behind the scenes? I guess, there is no one who can mobilize them so easily except you. someone else."

Mr. Guanghai said frankly: "Your Highness expected it. It was the minister who informed the meaning of the rebel leaders from all over the country. The minister was also worried about the rebellion of the two classes, but the minister believed that this move was set up to overcome the war. It can also be adjusted later, or even repealed - the enactment of the law changes from time to time."

He was so frank that Li Yan was quite surprised, and said with a half-smile that Mr. Guanghai had changed a lot.Mr. Guanghai remained expressionless, and replied softly: "People's hearts are changing every day, and my son is no exception."

Li Yan remained silent for a while, saying that he would consider Guanghai Jun's suggestion, and Guanghai Jun thanked him and resigned.

On the other hand, Li Dexin also expressed his worries about this matter to Liu Chenglong: "The king is in a dilemma, and the two classes are eyeing each other. If this is the case, the conflict may be imminent. It is a miracle that the king has accepted so many reform proposals recently. Can it be postponed?"

However, Liu Chenglong has made up his mind and insisted on carrying out the reform to the end.He was about to ask for another decree, when Li Hengfu hurriedly reported that the Shu Wu Law had been approved, and the Chengzheng Yuan had already started promulgating it to the whole country.After careful questioning, Liu Chenglong found out that the prince and the leaders of the rebel army also helped him.

Here I need to interject a sentence. Regarding whether Mr. Guanghai can be officially canonized as the son of the Ming Dynasty before, Liu Chenglong deeply touched Mr. Guanghai's increasingly sensitive heart because of his negative views. Jackie Chan also misunderstood from time to time, gradually alienated and became slightly hostile.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Chenglong was surprised by what happened today, and after long-term setbacks and tempering, Mr. Guanghai also subtly changed from wise and generous to full of scheming, and his thoughts and practices gradually became involved in party struggles.

So the North Korean side began to fully implement the military system that required all strong men to serve in the military, regardless of their status, after the law of exempting from inferiority and the law of making rice.Although the two groups of scholar-bureaucrats complained a lot, they were powerless to resist, and Liu Chenglong's reform was further advanced.However, the scars caused by the war in many places have not yet healed, and the greed and cruelty of some local officials have also made the people miserable.

Soon, Li Menghe, the official army, distributed food widely, called the people to rebel, and pretended to be the leader of a rebel army, inciting the rebellion of the rebel army in Chungcheong-do. Therefore, the North Korean Bibian Division held a meeting to discuss countermeasures urgently.

At the Bibian Division meeting, Li Dexin reported that Li Menghe had occupied Hongshan and moved to Hongzhou via Qingshan and Qingyang.Hongzhou is guarded by Lin Deyi and Pu Mingxian.The leader of the rebel army, Jin Deling, was ordered by Marshal Quan Li to help Hongzhou, and Li Yi, the patrol envoy, also asked for the order to help.

Li Yi said: "The headquarters and the rebel army led by Li Menghe have been tempered in battle, and they can be called elite. At the beginning, the rebellious army had no more than a thousand people, but now it has exceeded ten thousand. Even if Jin Deling provided assistance, I think it is difficult to deal with it. I, Li Yi, can't solve this matter, please allow me to help."

Liu Chenglong flatly refused, saying: "There are many generals that can be dispatched. I am not worried about the lack of generals, but I am worried about the hearts of the people. If the hearts of the people disperse at this time, it will be useless even to suppress the rebellious army. Most of the rebellious troops are led by Li Menghe The people who are bewitched, directly suppressing them by force will make our reform efforts in vain, so we should focus on appeasement.”

However, unexpectedly, at this time, the king of Joseon, Li Yan, suddenly came to Bibiansi and accused Liu Chenglong of favoring the rebellious army. Liu Chenglong was very puzzled.

Li Yan looked annoyed, and said: "They want to kill the widow, they are traitors who want to overthrow the country! Li Yi, the patrol envoy, obeyed the order and immediately led the army to Hongzhou to destroy Li Menghe. Anyone who followed Li Menghe's rebellion will be beheaded." ! And bring back the head of Li Menghe, the widow will give him an official position regardless of his status."

Liu Chenglong was taken aback, and quickly persuaded: "Your Highness, please think twice, the reform has not been implemented for a long time, and some places have not yet received favors, so this accident will happen. As long as it takes a while, the people will know the court's intentions for them. I will also be grateful to Your Highness and repent of this sin."

Li Yan was very impatient, and waved his hand and said: "What the leader said is very true. In order to appease the people, I ignored the opposition of the two classes of scholar-bureaucrats and resolutely implemented reforms. What I got was such a rebellion. I am very pleased! The border envoy , What are you still standing there for? Didn't you hear the widow's order just now?"

Li Yi hurriedly took the order to attack, and Li Yan didn't wait for Liu Chenglong to continue to persuade, and walked away angrily.

Li Menghe led his army to arrive outside Hongzhou City, and shouted to his troops: "We will be stationed outside the city tonight, and we will definitely capture Hongzhou tomorrow. As long as this city is captured, General Guo Zaiyou in Red and General Jin Deling, the loyal general, will be with us." Let's join together and build prosperity together!" The crowd was so excited, but Liu Chenglong had already arranged to sneak into Li Menghe's army to persuade the people.

Seizuo took the opportunity to fight with each other to attract attention, and said to the people: "Everyone, come and look at this lunatic, who said that General Jin Deling, who came to help us, came to arrest us instead? What a lie, just say that you are afraid of the officers and soldiers! "

Another spy shouted: "It's true, big brother. It was General Jin Deling's subordinate Jiaji who told me that they didn't come to help us, but to suppress the rebellion! Ah, big brother, come with me, stay I'm really going to die here!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of discussion immediately. Some farmers asked again and again, and said that they had been volunteer soldiers under Jin Deling, and they shouted loudly: "That's really great, then tell us quickly, we are As for the rebels, is that general someone who can fight us through life and death?"

The farmer couldn't believe it, so he continued to fight, which attracted Li Menghe to order someone to arrest him.After Xi Zuo escaped, the villagers were all panicked and began to flee one after another.Some of the villagers thought that if they ran away directly, they would be hunted down by the government as a traitor in their whole life, so they decided to take Li Menghe's head to make atonement according to the king's order.The people who fled also fled to Jin Deling's place and confessed their crimes.

Jin Deling was about to arrest him, and the leader shouted: "General, it's me, Dacheng who served as a volunteer soldier under you for a year." After careful observation, Jin Deling wondered: "Since you are a volunteer soldier, why did you join the rebel army? "

Dacheng replied: "When the villain returned to his hometown, he saw that the two elders, his wife and children had died in the epidemic, and there were not many people left in his hometown, so he was wandering all the time. Later, he heard that the general was going to meet Li Menghe. I only joined on purpose, but the results are all lies. Among them are people like me who were tricked into coming here, and those who were forced to participate because of difficult livelihoods, I should also cut off Li Menghe's head."

Jin Deling was shocked, and quickly asked if Li Menghe was dead, Dacheng replied: "Yes, there was internal strife last night, someone killed Li Menghe, and offered his head to the government in exchange for official positions and land."

Jin Deling gasped, and ordered them all to be released. His subordinates advised them not to disobey orders, but to arrest them all.Jin Deling shook his head and said: "Li Menghe is dead, who else should be arrested? Do you want me to kill my brothers who were fellow rebels with my own hands? Let's all go, don't be discovered again, hide and live and wait for the opportunity." The villagers thanked one after another.

The death of Li Menghe soon reached the ears of Marshal Quan Li of the capital. Quan Li sighed, and heard his subordinates report that Li Yi, the patrol envoy, had arrested Jin Deling and taken him to Hanyang, Wangjing. All the remnants of the rebels who lived there were released, so they were convicted.As a result, there were rumors that the two had conspired together.

Quan Li sighed, shook his head and said, "Jin Deling is an idiot, insisting on showing such kindness at such a time will cause misunderstandings, and things will become even more troublesome on the contrary."

Li Yan, king of Joseon Dynasty, sneered when he heard about it: "I knew this would be the case. It is estimated that there was a letter exchange between Jin Deling and Li Menghe. Now that Li Menghe is dead, Jin Deling will try to kill the widow." My heart is full of emotions and anger.

Li Menghe's rebellion was essentially a rebellion to break the imperial court's plunder and suppression of the people and the conflicts between the Korean classes. Those who were suspected were all tortured and interrogated. Jin Deling, who was implicated by Li Menghe, was tortured even more, and Guo Zaiyou was also interrogated under house arrest.

After hearing about this incident, Prince Gwanghae-kun was going to meet the King of Joseon to rescue Kim Deok-ling, but he was dissuaded by his attendants and the court judge Liu Zuyi. Liu Zuyu was an important member of the Beiren Party, and he was extremely repulsive to other parties, and he cared more about his son for future plans safety.

At this time Liu Zuxi rushed over and brought a person to invite the prince to meet him. Liu Zuxi said: "I said before that there was a counselor who wanted to recommend to the mansion, but it was Li Erzhan who had previously served as a member of Guangming. Although he is still idle now , but after all, he is an outstanding talent selected by the imperial examination, full of knowledge and wisdom, and he risked his life to protect the portrait of King Sejong when the country was in crisis.

Prince Guanghai Jun observed Li Erzhan, and found that he had a handsome face, calm eyes, expressionless face but a sense of confidence, so he asked Li Erzhan, "Let me ask you, loyal ministers are in trouble now. Should we just ignore it?"

Li Erzhan replied: "I can't protect him but still show my selfless loyalty. It looks like courage, but it's actually just asking for my own death. May I ask if your majesty has the ability to protect yourself? Does your majesty really think that Jin Deling is a traitor?"
Just like guarding the mansion, His Highness is actually warning the volunteer generals, His Highness wants the volunteers to obey absolutely.Jin Deling was destined to be punished by His Highness this time, and he used Jin Deling as a bait to lure all those who disobeyed His Highness, so Di Xia must not fall into His Highness's trap. "Guang Haijun felt that it was reasonable, so he no longer cared about Jin Deling's affairs.

The king of Joseon, Li Zan, looked at the review report submitted by Liu Chenglong, and said coldly: "Kim Deok-ryung, Guo Zaiyou, Cui Tanjing, Gao Eunpei and others are all innocent? The rebellious party all confessed that they had contacts with Li Menghe. Could it be a lie? Is it?"

Liu Chenglong replied: "It's not a lie. In order to quickly summon the rebels, Li Menghe deceived the people that he was negotiating with the leaders of the rebels from all over the country, and used their names to make the people believe in him. This is just a trick."

Li Yan asked rhetorically: "That is to say, just by mentioning the name of the rebel general, the rebel army of more than [-] people can quickly gather together, and they are ready to execute any order-even if they want to kill the widow, they will not do it at all." No hesitation. Hehe, do you think there is anything wrong with the widow's interpretation?"

Li Dexin argued: "Your Highness, please calm down. I think this matter is only in the Chungcheongdo area where the people's hearts are still weak and the rebellion happened. Because the war is less than other areas, it is taking over the owed taxes on behalf of other areas. As a result, the people's hearts are scattered. It was only used by Li Menghe."

Li Yan said coldly: "In any case, they are all gathered to kill the widow. It's ridiculous. The widow has worked so hard to stabilize the world, but in the end they conspired to rebel. Do you want the widow to listen to the leader's words again! Order to re-examine this matter All crimes must be punished!"

After Li Yan finished speaking, he ordered to retreat, but seeing that Liu Chenglong had nothing to say, he gave the order again.Liu Chenglong suppressed his anger and asked: "Is your highness so afraid of the rebels? If you have to kill them all, your highness's fear will disappear? The war is not over yet, why do you regard people who sacrificed their lives for the country as enemies?"

Li Yan asked Liu Chenglong whether he considered him a narrow-minded person who feared the rebels, and Liu Chenglong blatantly said yes.Li Yan didn't speak any more, and only forced the two to retreat.

Afterwards, Li Dexin complained that Liu Chenglong contradicted the king, but Liu Chenglong said: "Do you really not know? If you don't ask clearly now, all volunteers or villagers who have dedicated their lives to the country will lose their lives at any time, let alone rewards. If this matter is allowed to develop, it is bound to turn the world upside down."

After Liu Chenglong left, Li Yan angrily said to the eunuch: "How can I be afraid of volunteers? It's not because I'm afraid that the rebels will hold knives against me, but because I have to kill them because of their connection with the rebels. Is it because I have to kill them? What did you do wrong!"

Angrily, Li Yan kicked the overturning table, and the senior officials comforted him repeatedly.In fact, in Li Yan's heart, what he was thinking about was how to hide from Liu Chenglong's eyes and kill Jin Deling without causing trouble to his upper body.

So later, the resignation of the rebel army not only included the leaders of the righteous army, but also involved the military judge Li Dexin and the leader Liu Chenglong, so the criminal Cao judge Liu Zuxi and Li Erzhan went to Yi Doushou to discuss.

Yi Doushou wondered why he wanted to discuss with him, Li Erzhan took out the Bingshen to report, hoping that Yi Doushou could help him, and said: "We have the same enemy's position, so this time we are comrades." Advise Yi Doushou to avenge Liu Chenglong and make him take the responsibility for the crime.

Yi Doushou received the confession, understood it, got up and wanted to see the two of them off, and said: "Well, it should be like this, you two came very timely, I already know what is left, and I will take care of the rest. Please keep it a secret." After the two agreed, they left happily, and Yi Doushou burned the Bingshen confession made by the rebels after the two left.

For Yi Doshou, although he and Yoo Sung-ryong had conflicts many times, Yi Doshou knew very well that Yoo Sung-ryong was a very talented person, and they just had different political views sometimes.

Yi Doushou, who saw through the tricks of Liu Zuxi and Li Erzhan, did not allow another large prison to be raised. After burning the resignation, he immediately went to the palace late at night to ask Li Yan to intercede for Jin Deling.

Li Yan heard that Yi Doushou came late at night, so he invited him in to ask what was the matter, and Yi Doushou asked if Jin Deling must be killed?Li Yan was extremely impatient: "Why are you like this, I just want to punish the guilty, why not?"

Yi Doushou said: "Your Highness, how can I not understand the uneasiness of the Sacred Heart? If it is necessary to kill Jin Deling, I have no objection, but please let others go and stop the meaningless killing. As for the people who are implicated, please don't Don't worry about them anymore.

Your Highness knows that the subject is His Highness's person no matter whether he lives or dies. Please Your Highness must not expand the influence of Li Menghe's chaos, and let the country fall into a violent storm again before the war is over. " Li Yan also fell into deep thought after hearing this.

Li Hengfu also rushed to tell Liu Chenglong that Liu Chenglong and Li Dexin were involved in the confession, which surprised both of them. Li Dexin sighed: "It's not that I didn't expect my name to be used to gossip, but even the chief minister was implicated by them." , It’s really insane and unreasonable. If someone who hates the Prime Minister listens to it, I’m afraid you will become the next Jin Deling.”

But Liu Chenglong was not flustered, he was willing to be executed by the king together with all volunteer generals.While talking, Yi Doushou just came to stop him, and he said: "Does the Prime Minister want to lead the tragedy himself? The Prime Minister doesn't need to see His Royal Highness anymore. The King has decided to stop and won't implicate anyone anymore. ...cannot keep Jin Deling."

Liu Chenglong scolded loudly: "If Jin Deling is not protected, how can we call it a stop? What is the difference between killing Jin Deling and killing other rebel soldiers? Once Jin Deling dies, the hearts of the world will also collapse, even if other people are not involved. usefulness."

Liu Chenglong was about to ask to see the king again, but was pulled back by Yi Doushou, and said: "The minister means that if you can't save everyone related to the rebellion, these people must die? You can't save Jin Deling or anyone else." People, the Prime Minister, the Bing Juan, and other volunteer generals all have to go to die together?

Prime Minister, what you are doing is empty words of loyalty, but you are actually abandoning the country and family!I really can't bear to see the country turbulent and divided due to the tragedy! "

This statement shocked Liu Chenglong, Yi Doushou took the opportunity to ask Liu Chenglong to take care of the overall situation, saying that it is a good fortune to sacrifice Jin Deling alone to save the courtiers and volunteers.

Li Hengfu and Li Dexin also advised Liu Chenglong to follow Yi Doushou's suggestion, Liu Chenglong sighed, but knew that this was the only way to go.
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