Cutting 1719

Chapter 501
In fact, Cui Yu wasn't panicking at all. It wasn't him who didn't keep his promise, but His Majesty the emperor. If the emperor really made up his mind to renege on the debt, they wouldn't dare to come to ask for it if they had the guts.

Fortunately, the emperor Ning Yu was not so shameless, at least he had confessed some things to Cui Yu, so Cui Yu now knew what to say.

"You are all representatives of the business community, and you did your best during the Northern Expedition. At least you all made great contributions to the Northern Expedition Fund National Debt. Naturally, the imperial court did not intend to treat them harshly."

Cui Yu said with a smile on his face, but it made Li Dongyang and others a little displeased. They didn't come to listen to these official phrases. After all, they had heard enough of these words from the Minister of Industry and Commerce, and they were tired of hearing them.

Li Dongyang took a sip from his wine glass before slowly saying: "President Cui should understand that no matter whether it is contribution or effort, it is ultimately for the overall situation of the Northern Expedition. President Cui came here just to tell the truth to President Cui, how did the court arrange it?"

Cui Yu said with a smile: "Brother Li, don't worry. In fact, His Majesty's meaning is very clear. The overall situation of the unification of the North and the South is not just a military unification, but also a political, economic and even cultural unification. In order to cause excessive damage to the Northland, it is also necessary to prevent excessive invasion of the Northland by other parties."

Hearing this, everyone looked in a daze. If the emperor really thought so, it was certainly an act of a sage, but it was too kind. After all, the bridge between the north and the south is the overall situation, but for these merchants who contribute money and effort It's a big loss, and they didn't come to do good deeds to get a good name.

Besides, behind the merchants are the honorable ministers and some of the gentry who have been guided here. Now that they have made a breakthrough, they don't care about the so-called overall situation of the emperor.

Of course, with Ning Yu's current means and force, it is possible to suppress it forcibly, but in the future, the reputation that was finally established will be completely lost. Who else will give the emperor the power?

"North and South are unified, we all understand, but there are some things that need to be handed over by President Cui, and I have to do it when I go back."

Cui Yu smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "The unification of the north and the south is the overall situation, but after the unification, other places will not be considered the overall situation, and the places outside the customs, Mongolia, and Qinghai-Tibet that are about to be taken will be the first soup that your Majesty will give you. In the future, North Korea, Japan, Annan and even Burma will be the second big dish for you."

"These places seem to be poor, but they are also very rich in resources and population, such as gold and silver mines in Japan, labor force in North Korea, and fertile land in Annan, etc., and we will be able to gain ten times or even a hundred times the benefits by then. !"

Following Cui Yu's words, everyone felt a little parched. They could fully imagine the huge benefits they would get from it, but now there is still a question, can Cui Yu really represent the meaning of the emperor?

If I make wedding clothes for others again, I'm afraid no one will trust the court anymore.

Li Dongyang decided to try again. He took a sip of wine pretending to be a gesture, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Cui, stop joking. Far."

"Are you doubting that our Great Chu army can't do it... or that His Majesty doesn't have such determination?" Cui Yu asked with a half-smile.

"Hehe. Of course, our Great Chu army can do it, but for other countries. I'm afraid that Shilin and the ministers in the court will disagree." This is said, but everyone nodded silently, like this I am afraid that the behavior of tigers and wolves will not be recognized by the Confucian masters.

Cui Yu smiled slightly, "You should be aware of the current situation. The overall situation that His Majesty cares about is the whole of China, not including those foreign lands. Is it important what someone in the court says? You know, His Majesty is Our biggest supporter!"

These words were said with full force, but in the eyes of Li Dongyang and others, they seemed quite natural.

At the beginning of March, the Ningchu Ministry of Industry and Commerce held a North-South Promotion Conference for the industry and commerce in Nanjing. Ning Yu, as the emperor, personally sat in the town, and the Southern Chamber of Commerce, together with representatives of merchants from the North, also participated in this meaningful meeting. , because through this meeting, the north and the south took the lead in achieving integration in the economic field, instead of one side swallowing the other, so that the northern merchants took the lead in returning to their hearts.

After the Northern Expedition, Ning and Yu needed to digest and integrate the north by rectifying the old bureaucracy system and implementing new policy reforms. Against the target, there is no room for cooperation.

So in this case, Ning Yu now has a good card to play, which is to unite with the northern industrial and commercial fields, so as to strengthen the guidance of the wealth of the northern land, and then transform the gentry who can transfer from the land to the industrial and commercial fields , to achieve control over the northern land and people.

Therefore, after the meeting ended, Ning Yu held a small meeting with the officials of the third division who were about to be dispatched to the northern provinces. Dozens of people gathered together, including the general soldiers of the local provinces. The purpose was one, That is to work hard to implement the New Deal, and there should be no excuses.

At the meeting, Ning Yu emphasized one point, as long as there are any big families in the North who oppose the New Deal, if they have relevant physical or personal evidence, they can be temporarily imprisoned, and they will be verified after the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the local Dali Temple are stationed. As for the original Fields, slaves, etc. are all carried out with the New Deal. If there are still people who dare to resist or rise up to make trouble, the local general army can contact the divisions of the Northern Expedition to decide.

"The Northern Expedition against the Qing court was won, but the real Northern Expedition has just begun. You must show the courage and determination of the wartime to bring about chaos in the world."

On the eighth day of March, when Ningchu was sharpening his sword, the Qing army in Shengjing also took advantage of the fact that the Fuhan army had not gained a firm foothold, and marched in the direction of North Korea. The Qing army exceeded [-], and it was almost like breaking a bamboo all the way south. On the [-]th, it was trapped in Ping'an Road. By the end of March, the forwards of the Qing army had set foot on the Yellow Sea Road, and it was obvious that the target was directly in the direction of Seoul.

At this time, the tens of thousands of Fuhan troops in the direction of Liaodong, as if they hadn't seen it at all, let the Qing army go south, but they were carrying out daily training in the camp, but they didn't even look at the direction of Shengjing. The two sides of the Qing Dynasty have reached a tacit understanding without words, at least with a tacit attitude towards the Qing court's southward move.

The flames of war continued all the way, and soon spread to Seoul. At this time, in front of Changdeok Palace in Seoul, a large group of people knelt down in darkness, but they were divided into two groups, and they hated each other.

"Your Majesty, please kill the rebels and stop fighting to make peace!"

"Your Majesty, the Qing army has come to Seoul, please make peace quickly!"

"Your Majesty, the Celestial Dynasty has swept away the Qing Dynasty, and will soon capture Shengjing!"

"Your Majesty, as long as you stick to it for a while, all the land of Korea will be returned to me!"

The ministers wore tall official hats on their heads and crimson official uniforms embroidered with various patches. Everyone fell on the ground and shouted, but the eunuchs standing beside them felt a burst of excitement. Heartbroken.

Such a big battle only happened in the first two years!

However, when the ministers were asking for orders outside the palace, the king of North Korea Li Yun was lying on the sickbed, his face was a little sallow, and a young and beautiful woman was sitting beside the bed, who was Princess Yushi.

Li Yun listened to the shouts from outside the palace, but remained silent. His temperament was originally very kind. Even when the old Lun faction forced the palace two years ago, he only deposed the chief minister among them. Like the previous kings, he slaughtered wantonly, so he didn't go to war for it now.

"Concubine Yu, the government and the public are in turmoil, and I feel uneasy, but now you are suffering." Li Yun held Yu's hand, with a slight expression of reluctance on his face.

Yushi is only twenty years old, which is the most youthful age, but she always has a little love for Li Yun who is already lying on the sick bed. She whispered: "As long as the king can take care of himself, these Problems will go away."

Li Yun squeezed his eyes tightly, and said in a low voice: "In the past, as long as a prince was born, the problem would naturally disappear, but now the Qing Dynasty is going south, and the battle of Bingzi is repeated, and the people are displaced. But they are looking forward to Yu. Die early so that Wang Shidi can inherit the throne."

When Mrs. Yu heard this, she didn't dare to say any more. Zhang Xibin was already the best example of what happened to the harem meddling in politics, and she didn't want to be the next Zhang Xibin.

Li Yun talked to Yu Shi some more, then let her go on first, and then sent a little eunuch to invite the ministers of the two opposing factions outside the door into the hall.

After the ministers of the two factions knelt down and finished their salutes, Cui Kuirui, the minister who led the discussion, said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, now that the Qing Tartars have invaded the Yellow Sea Road, I am afraid that they will soon arrive at the Hanchen. Please, Your Majesty, make early plans. Try to avoid Bingzi's old affairs."

The so-called old events of Bingzi refer to the time when Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners to conquer North Korea. The Qing army at that time was like this. They crossed the Yalu River all the way, gave up the strong city and did not attack, and drove southward, pointing directly at the direction of Seoul. It was to scare the then North Korean King Injo Lee Jae to hide in the mountain city of Nanhan, but was besieged by the Qing army. After more than [-] days, he left the city and surrendered, and finally became a vassal state of the Qing court.

Hearing the minister Cui Kuirui mention the past, not only did Li Yun show a bit of displeasure on his face, even the faces of other ministers also had a little haze. For them, Bingzi Huan is a naked scar .

Li Yun was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice: "What do you think should be done?"

Shen Wandang, the minister of the old theory sect, even moved forward, and said loudly: "The Qing army's vanguard is coming, our dynasty is invincible after all, it is better to send envoys to discuss peace with them, as for the diplomatic matters of the Chu dynasty that we said earlier, It is absolutely impossible, maybe the king should behead him to thank the world."

The meaning of these words is very simple. Whoever said that he would send to Ningchu for help at the beginning was beheaded, and then he took the head to the Qing army camp to negotiate a peace, which meant to surrender properly.

Then Shen Wan sneered calmly, and looked at Jin Yijing, "Do you think the Qing people would not know about sending envoys to Ningchu? Now it's your fault that they are going south."

At that moment, someone was furious, Chengzhi Jin Yijing snorted coldly, glared at Shen Wan, and said loudly: "I also ask the king to kill these spies. How can it be so reasonable to say that you are defeated before the battle? Besides, the Chu army We have already arrived in Liaodong, and we will soon conquer Shengjing, and when the Qing army loses its rear, how can we dare to fight?"

As soon as these words came out, the ministers of the old school of thought Jin Guizhu, Kim Sang-ro, Hong Qixi, Yin Ji and others immediately glared at Jin Yijing, while the ministers of the young school of thought such as Zhao Xianming, Li Guangzuo, Park Wenxiu, Li Zongcheng, Zhao Zaihao and others, Then, like a fighting cock, glaring at each other, the two sides are eager to fight, wishing to fight in front of Li Yun.

Li Yun waved his hand, and said weakly: "Okay, Qing Da hasn't hit Han Chen yet, so what are you doing now, is it for someone to see?"

All the ministers heard the unkindness in Li Yun's words, and quickly knelt down. Although the two sides no longer looked at each other, the tense atmosphere did not disappear. Perhaps for them, no matter whether it was Qing Da or Ning Chu, they would all be indifferent after all. It was the last one, and what they really wanted to kill the most was each other.

Cui Kuirui said in a calm manner: "Your Majesty, I think it's pointless to worry about the previous events. Since the Qing people invaded, we might as well send envoys to investigate and buy time. As for Chu On the human side, we can also let Jin Shijun continue to contact, it is best to let the Chu people send reinforcements, it may be a good thing for North Korea."

Li Yun nodded deeply. Cui Kuirui was single-handedly promoted by him, so he still trusts him more or less in his heart.

In fact, the current king of North Korea is a very difficult job. Of course, this is also thanks to his father Li Chun. His father has been in power for more than 40 years and he is naturally good at playing political disputes. The courtiers have become very cunning after fighting with the masters a lot.

After Li Yun succeeded to the throne, he realized that he was faced with a very tragic situation. No matter whether the young or old scholars did not take him seriously, his fertility problem became a point of contention between the two sides. At that time, Li Yun was on the side of the Shaolun faction for his own benefit, but he was also worried that the Shaolun faction had too much power, so he let Cui Kuirui come to power and became the leading minister to achieve a check and balance strategy.

Of course, Cui Kuirui doesn't have too much influence right now, and most of the time he can only play the role of making peace, but today's making peace has obviously achieved results.

"Cui Qing's words are very appropriate. You can send envoys to the Qing court, but it is better to let Shen Qing go."

After Li Yun agreed to Cui Kuirui's suggestion, he handed over the job to Shen Wan, then turned his head to look at Jin Yijing, and said softly: "Although we send envoys, we can't just do nothing. Yijingqing's family can command the army, first stick to Seoul, and wait for Wang Shi to come to help."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cui Kuirui, Shen Wan, and Jin Yijing crouched deeply, but the moment Shen Wan and Jin Yijing lowered their heads, they looked at each other, and they saw a naked murderous look in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)