Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

While speaking, he had already entered Xu Yingwei's Xingyuan.

I saw that a banquet had been prepared in Xingyuan.

The banquet was not sumptuous, but it was by no means simple. The wine was Mingjiu. In addition to the fish and shrimps caught by oneself, there were also venison, wild boar and bear meat, and the rarest thing was a pair of bear paws.

If Chongzhen was here, he would definitely feel emotional.

It is really hard to say no to being greeted and sent away, eating and drinking.

Zhu Cijiong has been with Chongzhen for a long time, and has developed a hard and simple style, so he frowned when he saw this.

"Xu Guijian, I'm afraid this banquet will cost a lot of money?" Zhu Cijiong pointed to the food and wine on the table and asked, "Your monthly salary is not enough for this meal, right?"

"Prince Ding, you are wrong in saying that."

Xu Yingwei waved his hand and said, "This feast didn't cost the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Didn't spend a penny?" Zhu Cijiong said angrily, "Xu Gui, I don't read much, but don't try to deceive Gu, just this pair of bear paws costs more than ten yuan."

Xu Yingwei laughed, and said, "If this pair of bear paws were sold in Nanjing, they would cost at least a dozen yuan, but in our Gaizhouwei, they cost nothing, because I made them myself."

"You hit it?" Zhu Cijiong suddenly regained his spirits when he heard the words, "Is there a blind man around here?"

Xu Yingwei said: "Prince Ding, there are not only bears near Gaizhou, but also big worms. We met one last time, but unfortunately it ran away and lost a tiger skin."

"Great." Zhu Cijiong was overjoyed upon hearing that.

"Xu Guijian, let's go hunting after dinner."

Xu Yingwei said: "Prince Ding, let's wait until the business is done."

"That's right, business matters." Zhu Cijiong said helplessly.

"The business is important, but the most important thing now is to eat."

Xu Yingwei opened a can of Mingjiu for Zhu Cijiong as he spoke, and picked up a bear paw that had been stewed until it was boneless with chopsticks and put it on Zhu Cijiong's dish.

Zhu Cijiong did not continue to decline.

After taking a sip of wine, Zhu Cijiong asked again: "Xu Gejian, what should we do next?"

Before leaving, Chongzhen specifically told Zhu Cijiong to follow Xu Yingwei's arrangement after arriving in Liaodong.

As for the reason, it is not only because Chongzhen believes in Xu Yingwei's ability, but also because Xu Yingwei has been stationed in Gaizhou Guard for nearly a year and is familiar with the situation in Liaodong.

Zhu Cijiong is a newcomer, the most taboo is to take the lead.

Regarding this point, Xu Yingwei had also learned in advance from Chongzhen's letters.

At that moment Xu Yingwei said: "Let's see what Park Dong-hee said first. If he is willing to cooperate, it will be great. If he is not willing to cooperate, then he can only find someone else. After all, the Korean clan is not the only one."

Zhu Cijiong said: "I'm just afraid that this guy will be cowardly and dare not have the ambition to be the king of Joseon."

"No." Xu Yingwei waved his hand, "This fellow is quite ambitious."

……

On the other side, Lee had already called Park Dong-hee and Kim Jae-woo to him.

"Majesty, is what you said true? Daming really wants to send troops to help us get rid of the slavery in North Korea?" Listening to Li's simple explanation of the situation, both Park Dongxi and Kim Jaeyu were inexplicably surprised.

Jin Zaiyu then said: "Majesty, this is a good thing, please come down quickly."

"A good thing?" Li Que frowned and said quietly, "There is a cloud in Huainanzi, blessings come with misfortunes. Daming is willing to send troops to help North Korea get rid of slavery. This is of course a great thing, but have you two thought about it? , what if this matter fails, and Jian slaves are invited to retaliate?"

"This..." Park Dongxi and Jin Zaiyu were at a loss for words.

Li went on to say: "Dingmao's rebellion and Bingzi's rebellion have already seriously damaged the vitality of North Korea. It is really impossible to stand the third rebellion. If there is another rebellion, we Koreans may really be destroyed."

After a long while, Pu Dongxi continued: "Majesty Linping, doing anything is like doing business, there are two possibilities of making money or losing money, borrowing troops from Daming may fail anyway, but it is also possible to succeed, and I don't know Majesty, have you considered who should inherit the vacant throne?"

Li Wenyan's face suddenly changed, and Park Dongxi's words hit his heart.

In a word, from the standpoint of North Korea, whether to borrow troops from the Ming Dynasty to set things right, the risks and benefits are [-] to [-], but from his standpoint, if he does not borrow troops from the Ming Dynasty, he will lose nothing.

Because he is currently a captive of Da Ming, if he refuses to cooperate, Da Ming will definitely abandon him and find another son of the clan to seek cooperation. After all, there are many children of the clan in North Korea, only the ones under Xuanzu's knees There are nearly a hundred descendants, all of whom are eligible to inherit the Korean throne.

Therefore, he has only one option to cooperate with the Ming army.

If he refuses to cooperate, he will lose the possibility of succession forever, and may be executed by the Ming army.

Jin Zaiyu then said: "My lord, North Korea can live with it, but you alone are not qualified to live with it, and our Jin family and Pu family are not qualified to live with it either."

"Jaeyu is right." Park Dongxi echoed.

"This is the last chance for the majesty and our Pu Jin family to stand up."

The Park family and the Kim family are the backbone of the Western People's Party, and the Western People's Party was the top dignitaries when Gwanghae-kun was in power.

After the downfall of Mr. Gwanghae, the top dignitaries of the Western People's Party suffered an unprecedented wave of tragic purges. The Park family and the Kim family were also going to be purged. It was Li Zhen who survived out of checks and balances.

Although the Pu Jin family saved their lives, their power was greatly weakened.

So the heads of the two families bet on Li, betting that one day when Li comes to power, the Park and Jin families can restore their former power.

In a word, the factionalism in North Korea is even worse than that in Ming Dynasty.

This is the so-called Temple Xiaoyao Feng Da, Chi Qian Wang Ba Duo, huh.

Jin Zaiyu continued: "And you must return to North Korea as soon as possible, Your Majesty."

"Oh yes, we have to go back as soon as possible." Park Dong-hee woke up like a dream, "After Jiannu learned that the Maharaja was captured by the Ming army, it was very likely that he would release Maharaja Fenglin back in advance, and once Maharaja Fenglin returned to Pyongyang, Da Jun, you will have no chance to win the heir apparent, and if that happens, we will lose."

Jin Zaiyu finally persuaded: "My lord, make a decision early!"

Hearing this, Li finally made up his mind: "Okay, let's borrow troops and go back to Pyongyang!"

Seeing that Li finally made a decision, Park Dong Hee and Kim Jae Woo immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Li immediately stood up again: "I'm going to find King Ding of Daming to borrow troops now."

……

Xu Yingwei accompanied Zhu Cijiong and Xia Wanchun, just halfway through the banquet, Xu Wuniu came in and reported: "My lord, Pu Dongxi is asking to see you."

Xu Yingwei chuckled and said to Zhu Cijiong: "Prince Ding, it seems that Li has already made a decision."

"Did you make a decision so quickly? I really underestimated him before." Zhu Cijiong said.

Xu Yingwei immediately said to Xu Wuniu, "Wuniu, bring Pu Dongxi in."

"Yes." Xu Wuniu bowed, turned and walked out of Xingyuan.

Soon, Li was taken to the prison.

Li bowed to Zhu Cijiong and Xu Yingwei respectively.

Zhu Cijiong flattened his back, but Xu Yingwei asked with a smile, "Li, have you finally figured it out?"

"Ah?" Li lost his voice, "Master Xu Gejian knew that I was Li? How did you know?"

"Isn't this obvious?" Xu Yingwei said, "King Li Ji of North Korea has five sons in total, four and five of whom are still underage. The eldest son, Prince Sohyun, was sent back to Pyongyang by Jiannu at the beginning of the year, and died of illness a month ago. , the second son Fenglin Maharaja Lin Hao is in Beijing, and the third son Linping Maharaja Li is a hostage in Shengjing."

Zhu Cijiong continued: "So you can only be Lin Yao."

Li did not hide it anymore this time, but formally paid homage to the two of them: "Li, the Great Lord Linping of the Korean Kingdom, pays homage to His Royal Highness King Ding of the Ming Dynasty, and sees Lord Xu Jijian."

"Stay flat." Zhu Cijiong held his hands down.

Xu Yingwei returned a long bow.

Li Youdao: "Da Ming is willing to help North Korea to get rid of the chaos and get rid of the slavery of slavery. The king, ministers and people of North Korea are very grateful, but there is still a difficulty here."

Zhu Cijiong said: "Are you worried that some people in North Korea will oppose it?"

"Yes, after Bingzi's rebellion, Jiannu cultivated a large number of party members in our North Korea, and these party members have already stolen a large number of important positions." Li Suran said, "If the party members cultivated by Jiannu cannot be eliminated, even if North Korea is in Anyway, with the help of the Ming soldiers, but after the Ming army leaves, the situation will collapse again."

Xu Yingwei asked with a smile: "So what's your opinion, Majesty Linping?"

Li didn't hide it this time, and said with a serious face: "The officials of the North Korean country must be thoroughly cleaned up to ensure that the party members cultivated by slavery withdraw from the power center of the Korean country."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help smiling and looked at Xu Yingwei, you guessed it right.

This Li really has a lot of ambitions. Not only does he want to be the heir, but he also wants to take advantage of the Ming army's force to overthrow Li Ying and grasp the real power in North Korea!
Seeing Zhu Cijiong and Xu Yingwei just laughing, Li felt a little uneasy.

After a pause, Li asked again in a low voice: "What do His Royal Highness King Ding and Mr. Xu Gejian think?"

"Yes." Zhu Cijiong said without hesitation, "This is not a problem, as long as you want, Daming can even directly force your father Wang Li to abdicate."

"No, that's not what I meant."

Li Yi's heart was beating non-stop, this proposal is indeed very tempting.

But Li also knew that directly succeeding to the throne was a bit too hasty, and there would be sequelae.

"Anyway, it's all up to you." Xu Yingwei said, "It's just that before returning to North Korea, there is one more thing. I'm afraid I have to work hard on you, Lord Linping. Of course, it's just a trivial matter."

Li Dao: "I have listened to Master Xu Gejian's orders."

Xu Yingwei said with a smile: "Please help us surprise Shengjing City."

"Ah?" Li Buran's expression changed, "Surprise raid on Shengjing City?"

The surprise attack on Shengjing was beyond Li Wanwan's expectation.