People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 257 If you don’t go, the country will be destroyed! The entire country of Lee's North Korea was frightened!

Soon, under the arrangements of King Liao and King Ning, 200,000 troops were stationed on the banks of the Yalu River.

The Lee family in North Korea also received the news soon.

At the same time, the letters from Liu Chengzhi were quickly delivered to Li Chenggui, the king of the Li family of Korea, half a month later.

……

The capital of Lee's Joseon was opened in Beijing.

When Li Chenggui received the letter from Liu Chengzhi in the palace, his face turned pale.

"Axi! Ah! Bastard!"

Li Chenggui smashed the letter into pieces.

All the ministers below were furious.

The letter just now has been read over.

Of course, the ministers of Li's Joseon were furious.

Although they claim to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty externally, they do not think so internally.

They have even always planned to go north to expand their territory.

Especially now that Lee's Korea has replaced Wang's Korea, they want to build a big empire even more.

Now being attached to the Ming Dynasty is nothing more than a temporary measure.

But what they didn't expect was that the daimyo now seemed to treat them as subordinates, which made the radical Lee Korean minister very unhappy.

Especially the content of this letter was even more unbearable for them.

"Your Majesty, the Ming Kingdom has really gone too far in bullying others, and we absolutely cannot agree to their requests."

"Yes! Although we are kings, our kings are equal to their emperors. Although King Yan and King Liao are princes, they can never be compared with our kings. If we agree to such a request, where will our dignity be? ?”

"We absolutely cannot agree to this! The worst we can do is a fight!"

"I will defend the dignity of the king to the death!"

"Fight! Fight! Fight!!"

Radical ministers expressed their views one after another.

However, some ministers stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although we claim to have a million-strong army, the actual number is only two to three hundred thousand. This also includes some veterans.

The Ming Dynasty had hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Liaodong alone. This time, it deployed a victorious army of 200,000 soldiers on the banks of the Yalu River at once.

They are coming in force with the momentum of defeating the Jurchens. We may not be able to fight them hastily. "

Another minister said: "Besides, the envoys who went to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty this time came back and said that the Ming Dynasty is not what it used to be. Under the reforms of Qian Guogong Chen Han, the Ming Dynasty has reformed many outdated rules.

Nowadays, not only are the soldiers and horses strong, but the national power has reached an unprecedented peak.

It has a vague atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years ago.

If we go head-to-head with them, I'm afraid we won't be able to gain any advantage, and we'll easily suffer retaliation from them.

Moreover, we did make a mistake this time. The Jurchens’ actions completely angered the Ming Dynasty, leading to the genocide of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Wei Chen is worried that if we anger them, we will also end up with Jianzhou Jurchen. "

hiss……

As soon as these words came out, Leiden caused a huge storm in the court.

After a while of silence, a general stood up and said, "What, do you mean to ask our king to go to the banks of the Yalu River to negotiate with them?

Although their King of Yan, Zhu Di, was the son of the emperor, he was still a minister until death.

Our king is truly the head of a country.

If we have done this, how can we raise our heads in front of the Ming Dynasty in the future? "

"Yes! Even if the country is about to be destroyed, we will never give in. If we obey them this time, what will we do if they make more excessive demands in the future?"

"You are right. If the country is destroyed, the country will be destroyed. We will never bow our heads."

These words made Li Chenggui, who was sitting on the throne, a little embarrassed.

Is he really like a country subjugated?

How could it be a joke?

He had finally wrested the country from Wang Gaoli's hands, but he hadn't enjoyed it enough yet.

When I received the letter just now, I was just too angry.

Now after being talked about by several calm ministers below, he also reacted, yes, if it is really a head-on confrontation,

Not to mention fighting with the Ming Dynasty, the troops in Liaoyang alone were more than enough to destroy Li's North Korea.

But now if I directly say not to quarrel, and I agree to go north for peace talks, then I will lose everything.

What can I do to gain a foothold in front of all the courtiers in the future?

Just when he hesitated, there was already a commotion below.

"You generals only think about fighting, don't you think about whether we can win?"

"We have just founded our country, and our foundation is not stable. There are still many remnants of the Wang clan and Goryeo circulating in the world. The remaining poison has not been cleared away, but we have to go head-to-head with the suzerain country. This is an unwise move."

"This is very true. We are a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. We should abide by the orders of the Ming Dynasty. The previous decision failed and we committed treason. The Ming Dynasty ignored the past and started talks with us. We should be grateful and grateful. , rather than being so pushy.”

"What does it mean to push beyond the limit? It was the Ming Dynasty that attacked us. Such cheap cotton came into our country and had a huge impact on our country, North Korea. It is no different from the destruction of the country. If this continues, we will destroy the country without having to fight."

"Yes! It was the Ming Dynasty that was unjust first, how can you blame us?"

Li Chenggui became even more angry after hearing this from above.

Yup!

It is clear that Mingguo first did harm to his country, but now he has to kowtow and admit his mistake. Isn't this bullying?

Is it possible for you to stand strong like this?

However, another minister below said: "But the method used by the Ming Dynasty has never directly funded the enemy to directly harm their people. Could it be that we can't defeat others in business, so we can use such despicable methods to harm their people?"

Now the Ming Dynasty has not directly punished us, but only asked us to negotiate, which probably means how to compensate, but we don't dare?

We don’t even have the heart to admit our mistakes?

If you do something wrong, admit it! "

This……

Now the opponents were speechless.

Because the method being used now is indeed a bit shameless.

At least the Ming Dynasty did not use force first. Instead, it kept Korea alive in terms of business. This is their ability.

If you really want to live up to your expectations, you should use the same method to deal with others, instead of doing such small tricks behind your back. This is not only disrespectful, but also extremely mean.

Although those ministers did not say this out loud, everyone was smart and had already felt that this was what the minister wanted to say just now.

For a while, the atmosphere in the entire court was a bit awkward.

Because when I first did this, many people felt bad about it. It would be very embarrassing if someone caught me doing this.

But at that time, Li Chenggui really didn't care about anything for profit.

So now it's like this, and it's really all the fault of yourselves.

Li Chenggui felt so awkward sitting on the throne. Originally, everyone had planned this matter well and said it would definitely succeed.

After all, the Ming Dynasty really cooperated with them very well before, and they helped to deal with this Jurchen several times.

But I didn't expect that this time they wouldn't give them face at all, skipped them without telling them, and even caught their people, which was embarrassing.

"Okay, now is not the time to talk about this. Let's quickly find a way to deal with the current problem. Should we go or not negotiate?" The court became quiet at this time, and those who just said not to go now did not dare to speak.

"Why don't any of them say anything? No matter who brought it up first, they must find a way to solve it if it happens."

Li Chenggui was very angry.

Not only was he angry that no one took responsibility for the failure, but the responsibility seemed to lie with him, which made him very unconvinced.

Other kings have many ministers who take the blame for them, but he does not. When something happens, so many people come to trouble him. This king really takes it as a coward.

"I still think it's better to go. Now it's better for Mingguo to ask us to negotiate than to call directly!"

Li Chenggui asked again: "What if the Ming Dynasty puts forward excessive conditions? How to reply?"

The ministers dare not speak now, because this is a trap. If you answer, the king may ask you to take the blame when he comes back.

These ministers were quite shrewd and all remained silent.

Even the minister who just said he would agree to negotiate did not say anything.

"Okay, okay! That's great! Are you going to do this with me? OK, I will make the decision. If I don't go, it will just end the country anyway. Who is afraid of whom?"

The minister did not expect that Li Chenggui was such a rogue and would play like this.

This will definitely force someone to take the blame.

However, while they were discussing, suddenly soldiers from outside hurried in: "Report!"

Li Chenggui was very impatient: "What's wrong?"

The soldiers outside reported: "Your Majesty, there is news from Hepu Port that the warships of the Ming Dynasty are less than ten miles away from our port."

what! ! !

Now all the courtiers were surprised.

"What's going on?" Li Chenggui almost fell off the throne.

How come all of a sudden, Ming Dynasty's warships sailed into the port? Isn't this obviously looking for trouble?

However, some smart ministers have already stood up: "Your Majesty, isn't it obvious enough? This is a threat.

The Ming Dynasty established troops on the banks of the Yalu River on the one hand, and on the other hand at Hepu Port. In fact, they wanted to tell us that if we did not act in accordance with their requirements, they would attack us from the north and the south. "

After these words came out, the expressions of all the courtiers suddenly changed.

At first they didn't pay attention to the situation on the Japanese slaves' side.

But as the war became more and more intense, it would be strange if they had no news at all.

They also know that the Ming Dynasty has the most powerful army fighting against the Japanese slaves, and as time goes by, it has achieved brilliant results.

And now this army suddenly drove the warship to Hepu Port, and the purpose was obvious.

This is to coordinate the actions on the Yalu River.

After hearing this, Li Chenggui yelled: "Shameless! How shameless!"

But getting angry is useless, they have already made it clear that they want to force them.

"Your Majesty, it's better to make a decision early!"

"Yes! Your Majesty, although dignity is very important, if the Ming Dynasty really attacks from the north and the south, we will not be able to resist it at all."

It was the civil servant who said this.

But the strange thing is that even though the generals were very angry when they heard such words, they all lowered their heads and said nothing.

They are angry, but they also know that if they fight hard, how can they be others' opponents? If they go forward... they will only die.

Li Chenggui fell on the throne, his face was pale and helpless.

Then he laughed bitterly: "I just feel that if we follow their wishes this time, and if they make comments on our national affairs in the future, then we will have to accept it with humility."

This is very heartbreaking.

It was so heartbreaking that no one in the whole court came forward to answer the question.

But at this point they had nothing to say anymore.

It was Li Chenggui who said very helplessly: "I didn't expect that even though I became this king, I was once very high-spirited, and even followed the Yuan Dynasty to encircle and suppress the Red Scarf Army in the Central Plains, but in the end I still had to give up to this Red Scarf Army. Kowtow to the bandits who were born!”

After the ridicule, he didn't know what to say.

In the end, he could only say: "Let's make arrangements, I'm going to negotiate!"

But soon he shouted angrily: "Before we go to negotiate, kill Liu Chengzhi's whole family!"

Many people firmly support this order.

And Liu Chengzhi really understands his king.

He really killed his whole family.

It can only be said that when you encounter such a king, you have to admit that you are unlucky.

……

Twenty days later.

Alongside the Yalu River.

Liaoyang Zhongwei's camp.

Chen Han, King of Yan Zhu Di, King of Liao Zhu Zhi, and King of Ning Zhu Quan were waiting at the gate of the camp.

Prince Ning Zhu Quan was relatively young. At this time, he even said with a bit of disdain: "If you ask me, we shouldn't greet him with such a grand ceremony. How can a defeated general use such a dirty method to defeat him? How can we be so embarrassed? Everyone came to greet him.”

Zhu Neng stood behind and had the same attitude as Prince Ning.

He also felt that it was really not time to give Lee Korea face.

If these guys hadn't been supporting the Jurchens from behind, I might not have had to fight so hard.

Now we have to welcome it in the cold weather.

Chen Han smiled and said: "That's the truth, but after all, it is a negotiation that will make us not considerate in etiquette, but it will make us look stingy."

King Yan Zhu Di also said: "What you said is true. We won the battle on the battlefield. If we are caught by these people at the negotiation table and lose a little benefit, how can we be worthy of those soldiers who fought bloody battles."

As soon as he said this, his height suddenly rose.

After hearing this, Chen Han gave a thumbs up. What he said was so good.

It didn't take long before I saw the car of King Lee's Joseon king slowly approaching in the distance, escorted by the army.

Li Chenggui, who was in the carriage at this time, looked very ugly.

There was no other reason than that, starting from the Yalu River, he saw the Ming army arrayed neatly.

I don't even know if the Ming army did it on purpose, but they actually practiced on the bank of the Yalu River. The banging sound of the firecrackers frightened the accompanying soldiers of Li's North Korea.

This is obviously a threat...

(End of this chapter)