Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Updated: 2012-11-13

Despite the objections of South Korean ministers, the reaction of the reigning king Li Yu was different.Speaking of which, the king of this branch line who has succeeded to the throne is only 35-20. If he takes good care of himself, he can still be the lord of North Korea for another [-] years. How can he be willing to be a prisoner or want to be a prisoner but can't.Therefore, under the dominance of the idea of ​​"even if the flood is torrential after I die", Li Xi's inclination is self-evident.

It's a pity that although Li Ye is a noble king, firstly, he succeeded to the throne not long ago, and his authority has not yet emerged; In fact, it is not easy for him to come forward to support Cui Yingzhi, and it may not be able to suppress all officials to accept Zheng Fan's conditions.

But what Li Ye can't do, someone can do.The war was extremely chaotic, and the military power was the most important, because Cui Xian, who was promoted from the third-rank Qingzhou soldier Ma Yuhou to the second-rank Imperial Barracks Office, quickly led [-] imperial troops to take over the Qingzhou city defense, and sent troops to various places. The Yaqian of the temporary Yamen.Although the soldiers holding knives, pillars and guns were nothing more than fish belly in the face of the attacking Qing army, in the eyes of the unarmed South Korean officials, they were like sharp knives around their necks.

Maybe Cui Xian didn't dare to really do it, but the situation in the court changed drastically because of this, forced by the military's power to discuss politics, agree, counselors, judges, judges, ministers, counselors, and Chengzhi had no choice but to curse "Warrior chaos." country", while sighing that "the country is about to perish", he finally agreed to the Chaozheng Treaty, which will be called the "Yihai Secret Treaty" in the future.

Since the treaty was signed, a large number of materials that had already arrived in Jeju began to land from Jinhae and Mokpo one after another.Although the steady stream of food and cloth did not immediately reach the fleeing North Korean people, they miraculously calmed the uneasiness of the refugees under false rumors.On this basis, Cui Xian, who was supported by Zheng Fan, quickly summoned an army of ten thousand people among the refugees, and armed it with the ordnance provided by Zheng Fan.

In view of Cui Xian's growing power, many worried middle-level and lower-level officials in North Korea criticized him for "lawlessness", "dictatorship" and "conspiracy".But the [-] soldiers who marched into Gyeongju at the beginning have made all the sages in the court speechless, not to mention that now the opponent has tens of thousands of people in their hands, and Cui Yingzhi is still in the court.

Since the powerful and traitors who may cause harm cannot be brought down head-on, conspiracies and tricks have quietly surfaced.It must be known that the current status of the Cui brothers is based on their support, so someone spoke to Li Yu through the inner court, narrating that Cui Xian's strength has threatened the existence of the Wang family.After several times of fiddling with the pillow wind, Li Yu finally agreed to divide Cui's power.

Immediately, the South Korean Bing Cao announced the reform of the military system in the name of imitating Zheng Fan, and established a system of cooperative battalion sentry teams. One cooperative governs four battalions, one battalion governs four sentries, and one sentry governs four teams. Each team has 15 people slightly larger than Zheng Jun's squad. The team is set up with a ninth-rank team officer, the sentry is set with a seventh-rank team officer, the battalion is set with a fifth-rank battalion officer, and the co-ordination is set up with a third-rank leader.

According to the military system reform plan, the 1 recruited by Cui Xian were divided into ten associations. Although Cui Xian himself served as the left-wing general and took charge of the five associations, his original dominance was broken. Secondly, General Yi does not have a non-permanent position, and will be dismissed after the war is over.

Cui Xian and Cui Yingzhi are not incomprehensible to the plots of the courtiers, but their highest reliance is Zheng Fan behind them, and Zheng Fan has already obtained the guarantee of the future North Korean throne, so he will definitely not support them in shaking the Li family , and once there is another mutiny, Zheng Jun, who has already been stationed in Jeju, will soon be involved in countering the rebellion.Cui Yingzhi, who had no chance of winning against Zheng Jun, persuaded Cui Xian to accept Bingcao's reform plan. Of course, as a compensation, the distribution of armaments was tilted to the left as it should be.

Maybe it was to retaliate against the injustice of the courtiers, maybe it was to further flatter Zheng Fan, or maybe it was just to deal with the current financial difficulties in South Korea. On the third day after Cui Xian was appointed as the left-wing general, Cui Yingzhi suddenly proposed A reform plan.According to the plan, North Korea will abolish the original administrative divisions of eight provinces and change them to 23 prefectures. At the same time, Daduhu, Mu, Duhufu, counties, and counties under the rule of Dao will all be abolished and replaced by Sanzhou, Counties, in order to reduce administrative levels, to achieve the purpose of streamlining personnel and financial expenditure.

It cannot be said that there is something wrong with Cui Yingzhi's plan. After all, North Korea's redundant political system is not efficient. Once his proposal was handed in, it attracted great criticism. Not only the local officials in Jeolla and Shangqing both criticized in unison, but also some places that originally supported the royal court of South Korea began to switch to the Northern Dynasty.

Under such circumstances, the Gyeongju Ui government had no choice but to dismiss Cui Yingzhi from the post of Li Cao Judge on the grounds of "discussing the ancestral system".

Cui Yingzhi was hit in the head by this, and immediately burned with anger. Fortunately, Li Xuan did not forget the merit of supporting him, and the Yi government was also worried that the Cui brothers would be cornered.Therefore, only two days later, Cui Yingzhi was re-appointed as Jeolla-do Observer.However, the first Cao Judgment is an official position in the second-rank East Banjing, and the other is an official position outside the second-rank East Banjing. Their status is completely incomparable, and the smell of relegation is still strong.

"Master Cui has been wronged." Just as Cui Yingzhi was reluctant, He Zhizhou, who was sent to North Korea as a messenger of the Ming Dynasty and presided over the transfer of loans and credit sales, came to visit him. "Your lords are indeed unfair in this matter." Cui Yingzhi knew that He Zhichao's visit to him was definitely not to say a few words of concern, so he listened calmly. Sure enough, the three greetings came together Said, He Zhizhou turned to the topic. "Nampo, Haeju and other places are still under the control of the Qing Dynasty, and there is no rush to open ports, but the opening of Mokpo, Jinhae, and Yeosu, which was allowed last time, has not been done until today. Is it a bit delayed. The North Korean treasury In the midst of deficiencies, sea trade can make up for the deficiencies, I don’t know why your country is so slow.”

"Your emissary asked Yu Blind." Cui Yingzhi's heart moved, but his mouth was evasive. "It's no longer a matter of etiquette to be dismissed from office now, Mr. He still needs to discuss these matters with his successor."

"Everyone cleans the snow in front of the door and don't care about others' scum. Since Mr. Cui has left his post, it is reasonable not to reach out to ask." Contrary to Cui Yingzhi's expectation, He Zhizhou seemed to be very talkative, after hearing Cui Yingzhi's reason , nodded and just slipped past, which made Cui Yingzhi feel like he had punched nothing, but what made him feel at ease was that He Zhizhou still had more to say. "Then let's not talk about it for now. I am going to find the person in charge, but Mr. Cui, I heard that Mr. Cui Xian is Mr. Cui's cousin?"

Cui Yingzhi was taken aback, not knowing what He Zhizhou said about this, so he nodded blankly and said, "Exactly."

"Master Cui Xian, Cui is now in charge of the training of the court army?" There is no need to hide this, so Cui Yingzhi replied yes again, and He Zhizhou continued. "The army of the court has always been weak. Even if we use our own armaments to prepare and train, if we don't know how to do it, I'm afraid it's just imitating cats and tigers, which may not be helpful. If we go to the battlefield and can't fight, we will waste food and pay in vain, and we will also be afraid of abandoning soldiers. Weapons are helping the enemy." The more Cui Yingzhi listened, the more frightened she became. Could it be that Zheng Fan is going to intervene in the imperial army? Sure enough, he heard what He Zhizhou said. "The members of this domain sent some coaches to assist Master Cui in training soldiers. I wonder if Master Cui can submit to the Yi government."

"This?" Cui Yingzhi's brain turned sharply. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and understood Zheng Kezang's intentions. Yes, once the Qing captives are expelled, Zheng Fan must be worried that North Korea will treacherously, and the loan of money and rice will definitely not be delayed. , but the throne is uncertain, so it is necessary to prepare a backup, so the North Korean army that is deeply influenced by Zheng Jun or simply accepts Zheng Jun's dispatch is the best help. "This matter can only be conveyed to General Cui Xian." Thinking of this, Cui Yingzhi immediately made the best reply. "Whether it's up or not, Cui Xianda will have his own opinion."

He Zhizhou looked into Cui Yingzhi's eyes and chuckled lightly: "Since that's the case, please ask Cui Dali to persuade him."

He Zhizhou left, but Cui Yingzhi fell into deep thought. With Zheng Fan's promise, not only Cui Xian's position will be as stable as Mount Tai, but his own recovery is just around the corner, but after Zheng Fan succeeds, will he let go of the grind and kill the donkey?We must think clearly about this issue.

So, Cui Yingzhi took hot water and poured it into the inkstone, and then slowly ground it

On the eighth day of November in the fourth year of Wuding, under the threat of Zheng Fan's envoy, Li Cao of South Korea asked to open three ports and repay Zheng Fan's loan with tariffs. Zheng merchants set up business houses in Mokpo, Yeosu, and Jinhae, hired servants, lived there for a long time, and sold and purchased all kinds of materials.

The next day, Cui Xian, the general of the left wing, went up to play and hired Zheng Jun's military attache to teach array and firearms so that he could cooperate with Zheng Jun in combat.

Of course, the memorial caused an uproar, and the two classes of the court were soberly aware of Zheng Fan's purpose of controlling North Korea from both economic and military aspects, so there were constant voices of refutation.However, on this day, the news that Zheng Jun withdrew from the Jinjiang defense line greatly shocked the Gyeongju court.As a last resort, since no one is willing to serve as a traitor and He Zhizhou's military advisory group, the Yi government has no choice but to recall Cui Yingzhi and appoint him as the second rank Zuo counselor to approach Zheng Fang.

Cui Yingzhi and He Zhizhou reached an agreement in Gyeongju on the three supplementary clauses of the "Secret Treaty of Yihai". Also under the command of Zheng Jun's fleet and agreed to the Zheng Jun's ships stationed in Jeolla-do's Yousuying Navy.

He Zhizhou then signed the "Measures for the Aftermath of Borrowing" to supervise tariffs and salt taxes with Hu Cao in South Korea, stipulating that Zheng Fan could send officials from his own customs office to control the shipping department of Korea. direct trade.

In this way, Zheng Fan firmly tied North Korea to his chariot, and his control over North Korea reached an unprecedented level in the history of the Central Plains dynasties