Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 438 Wishing to See China
East China Sea.

When the North Korean grain transport fleet saw the Daming Navy flying the Sun and Moon flag, they were all stunned.

Koreans have deep feelings for Daming, just like the relationship between generations of tenants and the landlords of the same village, generation after generation.

In the past, when the brothers in the family fought among themselves, they always went to Daming's parents to uphold justice.

Even later, the little Japanese thief from the neighbor in the south came to the door and forcibly occupied the door, and it was all thanks to Daming to beat the little Japanese thief away.

"Huang Ming!"

On the deck of a grain ship, a North Korean official saw the bright flag, his excited eyes were full of tears, he waved his arms vigorously, and shouted happily.

Others on the same boat were flustered.

"Master Yizheng, is that really the Ming army?"

"Yes, it must be."

The people on the boat panicked even more, "My lord, we are transporting grain to the Qing Dynasty now, what should we do, they will definitely attack us."

But Jin Shangxian laughed loudly, his spirits glowing, "Hurry up and lower the sails, this is Huangming's army, it's our own!"

The crew members were very flustered, Huang Ming used to be one of his own, but now they recognized him as the suzerain.

However, this Jin Shangxian had a very high prestige. Under his persistent order, the crew still started to lower the sails and stopped voluntarily.

Ruan Mei, who was leading the forward of the navy, was stunned. What happened to these North Korean ships, they lowered their sails and stopped when they encountered them?

And looking at the excited waving and shouting on the boat, this is meeting your long-lost relative, right?
"Could it be a scam?"

Ruan Mei is Ruan Jin's nephew and a strong sailor. Although they are only sailing fast but small vanguard yachts, he still doesn't pay attention to the North Korean ships on the opposite side. The Guangdong rice boats even have the shadow of sand boats. These boats are not suitable for deep sea navigation at all.

These North Koreans are also very courageous. Such a ship dares to transport grain directly from Pyongyang to Dengzhou, and it is not afraid that it will be completely overturned by a gust of wind.

When Ruan Mei boarded the deck of Jin Shangxian's ship by stepping on the rope ladder, the old man looked at the Ming military uniform on Ruan Mei, his face was full of tears, and he wanted to hug him as soon as he grabbed him.

Ruan Mei broke free quickly.

"what happened?"

"Are you General Huang Ming?"

"That's right, Ruan Mei, the forward chief officer of the Royal Navy of the imperial camp of the Imperial Army of the Son of Heaven,"

Jin Shangxian did not expect that this young man was actually a general officer. Although he had never heard of the reported military number, he was still very excited, "Huang Ming, I never expected to see Huang Ming's soldiers again... ···”

Ruan Mei was even more confused by the old man with white beard, "Can you talk well?"

Jin Shangxian's Chinese language is much better than Ruan from Fujian. He is a famous poet in North Korea, a veteran of the Western Party, and has the reputation of Wen Tianxiang in North Korea.

He and his elder brother Kim Sang-yong were both well-known figures in North Korea. His elder brother was an official to the right to discuss politics (zhengyipin), and died when the Qing army attacked Ganghwa Island.

He was also a Jinshi. When the Qing army invaded, he was the official to Li Cao Pingshu (Minister of Rites).

Of course, he also served as a North Korean envoy to Beijing to court the emperor.

When the Qing army attacked North Korea, he was a resolute main fighter. He even made a name for himself in North Korea by breaking his hands. He returned to seclusion, but the Qing court found out about his denunciation, found him and took him back to Shenyang for detention.

He went on a hunger strike and hanged himself in Shenyang, but he survived. He was detained for three years before he was released.

After returning to China, he still lived in seclusion, but was personally invited by the king to go out of the mountain to serve as the left councilor, and he refused 32 times.

Not long ago, the king found him again and told him some amazing news. The Ming Dynasty was still alive. The Emperor Shaotian came out of the Ming Dynasty. He not only continued to fight against the banner of the Qing Emperor and Ming Dynasty, but also severely damaged the Qing Dynasty several times. Now Jiangnan has been stabilized. .

Even going to continue the northern expedition to the Central Plains at any time, the Tartars are now retreating to the Huanghuai, worrying day and night, because of the lack of food, they ordered North Korea to quickly transfer food to Denglai for supplies to help the Qing army resist the Ming army.

Li Jing hoped that Jin Shangxian would go to the Central Plains in person, follow the grain ship to Dengzhou, and go there to find out for himself whether it was as the rumors said.

The king, who had been forced to kneel down by the Jian captives, always hated the Tartars in his heart.

Hearing the good news from the Central Plains, I can't wait to know it.

Originally, Kim Sang-heon did not intend to go out of the mountains anymore. When he was trapped in Namhan Mountain City, he firmly opposed surrender, persuaded the king to fight to the end, and even begged him to die before the battle.

Although the Korean Wen Tianxiang was imprisoned in Shenyang for three years, the Qing court did not let him change.

This time, he is here.

Before he came, the king wrote him a letter: I wish to see China,
He has been keeping it close to him.

He has been to Daming more than once, and even after the Qing army entered the customs, he was forced to go to Beijing with his son to attend the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Shunzhi in Beijing, but standing in the palace in Beijing, he cried.

For this reason, he was reprimanded by the Qing people and almost killed.

North Korea has always called itself a small China, and also called itself a state of etiquette. They are the vassal states that have learned from China and accepted the Sinicization of Confucianism most thoroughly.

The Tartars entered the customs and occupied Beijing, just like those loyal courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, his heart ached.

He is getting old, especially during the three years of detention in Shenyang, which made him too weak, but this time he came here bravely, and even chose a direct flight to Dengzhou in order to get to Daming sooner. route.

Unexpectedly, before arriving in Dengzhou, I met the Ming army navy first at sea.

Ruan Mei took Jin Shangxian to the rear naval fleet by speedboat. She looked at the huge naval fleet, the sun and moon flag, the golden dragon flag, and the bright characters.

See the cannons on the battleship, the dazzling knives and guns.

When Jin Shangxian boarded the emperor's flagship Shandong, the first thing he did was to kneel directly on the deck, bowing his head and kissing the deck where the emperor was sitting.

"Chen Huang Ming Fan belongs to the Joseon Kingdom Zuo Yizheng Jin Shangxian, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

Kim Sang-heon shouted excitedly.

Zhu Yihai was stunned.

Ruan Mei said from the side, "Your Majesty, I wonder if this person is a lunatic. After seeing the minister just now, he is very abnormal, just like suddenly falling insane..."

Zhu Yihai patted Ruan Mei, "Mr. Ruan has worked hard."

He walked towards Jin Shangxian and looked at the thin old man.

Although I don't know him, I can feel his emotions just by looking at his expression and voice.

Zhu Yihai was touched.

"Jin Aiqing please get up quickly," Zhu Yihai helped him up himself.

Jin Shangxian was very polite and didn't look up at the emperor.

"Jin Qing has worked hard."

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After a long time, Jin Shangxian was still in a state of extreme agitation, sometimes he laughed happily, and sometimes shed tears and cried loudly.

Zhu Yihai accompanied him patiently.

"Your Majesty laughed at the rudeness of the foreign officials."

"I can understand Jin Qing's mood, and I am even more grateful for Jin Qing's loyalty."

Jin Shangxian was grateful for the youth, heroism, and approachability of the holy emperor, while Zhu Yihai lamented that Daming still had such loyal fans overseas.

Jin Shangxian, who had recovered his Qingming, directly confessed everything like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, and he took the grain transport to Dengzhou for the army this trip.

Then he talked about how the king of North Korea cherished the great Ming, but how he had been insulted and oppressed by the Tartars in recent years.

Said that the king knew that Daming was still there, and sent him to the Central Plains to check.

"Your Majesty, you have a heart."

Jin Shangxian looked at the big fleet, especially the large Western sail gunboat under his feet, and was very shocked.

"Your Majesty wants to conquer the Central Plains and recover Shandong?"

"Ah."

Jin Shangxian said happily, "The foreign officials have nothing to help His Majesty, and are willing to use these grain ships and food to help the army."

"If Your Majesty is willing to trust me, I still have a plan to help Your Majesty take Shandong."

Kim Sang-heon offered to let the soldiers of the Daming navy board his grain ship and go to Dengzhou Port under the banner of North Korea sending grain, and then he could seize the opportunity to seize Dengzhou Port.

"This is a good strategy, but when the Tartars want to blame North Korea, what will you do?"

Jin Shangxian said directly, "If the Tartars ask the crime, we will say that the fleet encountered the Ming Navy at sea, was attacked and captured, the ship's food was lost, and the soldiers were lost. The Tartars have nothing to do."

"Hahaha, Jin Qing is really clever."

This plan is indeed quite feasible.

After all, North Korea has been very submissive to the Tartars in recent years. No matter how much Li Zhen said he hated the Tartars, they did not dare to refuse when the Tartars wanted to transfer North Korean soldiers. They also followed Jinzhou and entered Shanhaiguan.

Food for food, money for money.

So the North Korean grain ships appeared outside the port of Dengzhou, and Kong Youde never thought that these ships would be sailors of the Ming army.

After the Ming army on the grain ship snatched the port by surprise, the Daming navy fleet in the outer sea rushed to it immediately. At that time, Kong Youde couldn't hold it back.

Dengzhou Port was an important port in the north at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Under normal circumstances, it would take a tough battle to seize it.

When Zhu Yihai went north this time, he didn't take Haizhou first, but went straight to Dengzhou. He just didn't want to startle the enemy, and planned to raid Dengzhou, but he didn't expect to meet a helper here.

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Dengzhou.

When Kong Youde returned to his hometown, he was also very moved.

At that time, he joined Dongjiang Town in Liaodong and became Mao Wenlong's adopted grandson. He was often destroyed by the Tartars in the rear of Houjin.It's a pity that the thief Yuan Chonghuan beheaded Mao Wenlong. He voted for the governor Sun Yuanhua and followed him to Denglai.

Here, he followed Sun Yuanhua to create a new army of Western-style firearms.

It's a pity that when he finally led his troops to Liaodong for reinforcements, the supplies were insufficient. The soldiers ate the gentry's food and caused a mutiny. He had no choice but to turn against the Ming under Li Jiuzheng's persuasion.

It's a pity that the Denglai Rebellion only persisted for less than half a year, and in the end he had to go across the sea and go to Houjin.

After 13 years, Kong Youde was stationed in Dengzhou again.

Here is no longer the bustling and bustling city of Dagang, a major northern city in the past, but only a ruined and bleak place.

The fields on the outskirts of the city are barren, there are no merchant ships in the port, and the city's business is even more depressed.

The people looked hungry, and there were refugees and beggars everywhere.

This stupid Daming should have died a long time ago.

"My lord, when will the North Korean grain ship arrive? There is not much food in the camp." An officer came over and interrupted Kong Youde's thoughts.

"It should be here soon, let the brothers save some food."

"No matter how much you save, you can't save much. You can't let the brothers go hungry."

Kong Youde was dissatisfied, "If the imperial court doesn't pay the food, I have nothing to do."

"My lord, it really doesn't work, let the battalions go to the countryside to raise food."

Kong Youde knew the meaning of going to the countryside to raise food, that is, Xu soldiers looted food, and once the soldiers went out, they didn't know what would happen.

Last year he went south, but in Xuzhou, a group of villagers burned gunpowder and blew up the camp, losing thousands of troops for nothing. In the end, he was reprimanded a lot, and in Yanzhou he had to accompany Tan Tai to suffer from cold and hunger for several months.

Now that they have moved to Dengzhou, they don't have to be angry with the Manchurian soldiers, but they are still short of food.

"hold on,"

"If the North Korean grain ship hasn't arrived after three days, send some brothers to the countryside to ask the landlords to borrow grain!"

(End of this chapter)