Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

No matter how the dissatisfied members of the Joseon royal family plan secretly, the river of time is still rushing forward without stopping.

On March 17th, the [-]th year of Huaxia Wucheng, the king of the dynasty, Li Yu, officially conferred Zheng Antang as the grandson of the Joseon Dynasty and gave him the name Li Tang. He then entrusted the state affairs to Zheng Antang on the grounds of old age, thus opening the Lee family to the Zheng family. North Korea's transition.

After the canonization ceremony, Li Ye, who was forced to give up his power, took refuge in Changdeok Palace, while Zheng Antang entered Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Three days later, Zheng Antang, who became the grandson of the supervisor of the Joseon Dynasty, summoned civil and military officials in the Qinzheng Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace. On the side of the throne, Zheng Antang bowed his head to worship Shanhu Qiansui, thus affirming Zheng Antang's righteous name in ruling Korea.

"Masters." The pilgrimage was over, and Zheng Antang left the officials of the third rank and above in North Korea to discuss the affairs of state. "I came to North Korea for the first time alone, and I am not yet familiar with political affairs, and I still need the support of the ministers." Zheng Kezang said a few polite words, and then put forward his first proposal after taking power. "I think that although the world is peaceful now, North Korea is still far behind China. I think that if North Korea wants to cheer up, it may follow the example of sending Tang envoys in the past, and send Xia students at the expense of the imperial court."

The so-called three fires for a new official to take office. The second class of the Korean Central Committee is thinking about how Zheng Antang will make a move. Now that he sees this plan to send overseas students to summer, he is as excited as a cat smelling fishy --- in the Zheng family's control of North Korea. When the incident is irreversible, all North Korean courtiers have to consider their choice of camp, whether to be close to Zheng Antang or to stay away from this foreigner. Now there is a ready-made opportunity for you to choose.

It's just that while the North Korean ministers are making choices, Zheng Antang must also be making choices.It can be said that Zheng Anyu came to the court alone. If he wanted to sit firmly in the dragon chair, he must not only rely on the support of Huaxia, but also find help in the civil and military affairs of North Korea.So who will be Zheng Antang's most reliable arm?Presumably they are the foreign students who have been educated in China.But this is only a long-term plan, and at present, whoever supports this plan will be the one that Zheng Antang can win over for the time being.

Besides, Zheng Antang only proposed a plan, and the real implementation still needs the Koreans to implement it. If he can arrange for his children to go to China to coat a layer of gold, no matter whether they are successful in their studies, they will be seniors when they come back. .And compared to China's colorful world, North Korea is just a rural place, so what's wrong with sending children to think about a few years of blessing at public expense, at least they can gain insight.As for the huge cost of sending overseas students to summer, it is also true that the cost is all paid by the state and you don't have to pay for it yourself.

Having figured out this section, the Korean civil and military personnel present all expressed their support for sending summer students abroad. Li Cao's counselor Pu Yunxi even said bluntly: "Jianguo's words are very kind. In the past, Tang envoys were sent to Silla to import Chinese culture, and it has continued until now. North Korea, dispatching Xia envoys today should also lay the foundation for the prosperity of North Korea hundreds of years later."

"I think that this matter should be handled sooner rather than later." Jin Dezhen, left counselor of the Yi government, suggested. "Besides, this matter is so important that I thought it would be better for the Yi government to take charge."

"Master Jin's words are wrong. Since he is an overseas student, it is better to send young scholars." Li Cao's judge Ma Zhengpin's words were to figure out Zheng Anyu's intentions and to consider the interests of the department. After all, who Mastering the dominance of sending summer overseas students means a large amount of cash and various favors. "In addition, we have to mediate with the court of Shangguo, it is better for Li Cao to come forward."

"Is it necessary for foreign students to be scholars? Not necessarily." Official Cao Shenping Min Wenlong also came forward to fight. "The white-bodied people go to Shangguo because they are afraid of playing and leisurely, and there are few people who concentrate on learning. It is better for Li Cao to arrange young officials to go to Shangguo Taixue to study."

"In addition, after the overseas students return to China, they will be assigned by Li Cao." Li Cao, the judge of Jinhua, also joined the competition. "It's better to let the official Cao be in charge, so as to avoid the constraints of all parties and miss the important event of North Korea's revitalization."

Jin Dezhen retorted: "Since it involves coordination and worries about constraints, it is better for the Ui government to come forward."

"You don't need to fight any more." Seeing that there was going to be another fight, Zheng Anyu hastily stopped him. "At this time, one person from each of the Yi government, Li Cao, Li Cao, Sixian Yuan, and Chengzhengyuan will be sent to discuss." Zheng Antang brought the Sixianyuan in to supervise the tricky process of sending overseas students, and sent Chengzhengyuan in. It is to monitor the progress of the whole process. "In addition, the matter of international students has to be coordinated with Huaxia, so how about troublesome Mr. Zhang participating?"

Zhang Wanchao, the Chinese envoy to the DPRK, blinked, quite surprised, but Zheng Anyu's other identity was Zheng Kezang's eighth son, the majestic Duke of Huaxia, who was in Cong Yipin, and he was far from being able to compete with a small national envoy. Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, he still leaned over and replied: "The foreign ministers should try their best to coordinate with the country."

The first shot was fired, and Zheng Anyu couldn't help being complacent, but he didn't know that his plan was not in the interests of Huaxia.You must know that in Zheng Kezang's plan, North Korea is China's resource provider, commodity dumping place, and labor supply place. It is a satellite country that can be used for China's bone-sucking vassal. Therefore, North Korea must remain ignorant. Sleepy under the domination, any possible improvement must be obliterated.

It's just that Zheng Kezang had Zheng Kezang's ideas, and Zheng Antang, who felt the charm of imperial power during the period when China supervised the country, had Zheng Antang's ideas.Now that it has been decided that his descendants will inherit the throne of Joseon, Zheng Antang naturally does not want North Korea to remain weak and weak forever.The conflict between the two has nothing to do with the relationship between father and son, nor right or wrong, it is completely determined by the position of the buttocks.

Zheng Antang then released the second fire, which was the plan Zheng Kezang designed for him to win over the high-level North Korean officials: "Masters, it was an agreement with China many years ago that the king canonized Gu as the grandson of North Korea. You Beijue owed a few uncles and cousins ​​who are lonely, and I would like to ask you to discuss how to make up for it."

Zheng Antang's words seem kind, but in essence they are to further confirm the difference between himself and the descendants of Li's descendants. Although the Korean ministers present felt that Zheng Antang was a little bit concerned, the ownership of the royal power was tragic, and no one dared to easily get involved. This made the future North Korean master dissatisfied.

It's just that other people can escape, but Li Cao and everyone can't escape, so Pu Yunxi, the judge who made up his mind to hug Zheng Anyu's thigh, quickly responded: "Please forgive the crime of the supervisor, the ministers and others have neglected it, and please seal it according to the ancestral system." The sons of the king are kings."

Pu Yunxi felt that the rescue was timely, but Zheng Anzhen shook his head: "Conferring the king? How can we show his great contribution to the country."

Everyone in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay. It is not enough to confer the title of king, so is it possible to confer the title of king?Immediately someone was ready to speak out.

However, Zheng Antang took the lead and said: "North Korea's jubilee law is too simple, and it is not enough to comfort relatives and cousins. I only think that it may follow the fifth-class feudal system of China, so that the family of relatives with the country can survive for a long time."

"No!" Before everyone in the hall lost their composure, Zuo Zan agreed and Ding Fu came out to object. "There is no such thing as feudalism in the ancestral system of Joseon."

Zuo Yizheng Liu Enquan also dissuaded him: "After feudalism, we are afraid that nobles will threaten the royal power and interfere with the government."

Zheng Antang asked the de facto prime minister: "North Korea has always been governed by two classes, and there are many noble families that have lasted for more than a hundred years. When did you see them threatening the royal power and interfering in the government?"

Zheng Antang confuses black and white and confuses the facts, leaving Liu Enquan speechless.Yes, if he insists on saying that the aristocratic family will not lose their tail, then he will definitely offend all the two classes of aristocrats in North Korea. It is not impossible for him to be dismissed from office, and it is not impossible for his family to die without a place to bury him. .

Liu Enquan was speechless, and Hu Cao Shenjuan Quanzhi objected gently and politely: "Your Highness is willing to canonize the fifth-class nobles who are related to the country. It is a blessing for the Korean subjects to give them the way to enter the Jin Dynasty. system, nobles at all levels will be given Juetian, and North Korea is not as vast as China, and I am afraid that it will threaten the court's finances in the long run."

Zheng Anyu smiled: "Master Quan is very worried, but how many people were able to become kings in the past? Besides, the imperial court does not have to completely copy the Chinese system, and the juetian does not have to be so large. As long as you think carefully, it may not necessarily lead to empty treasury. I'm short."

A group of North Korean ministers felt Zheng Antang's determination to implement the new knighthood law, and each of them secretly calculated, is it possible for him to get the knighthood?Are those families hiding behind the ministers willing to obtain titles?For a while, the atmosphere in Qinzheng Hall also became weird.

At this time, Zheng Antang came up with his own plan for conferring titles: "I think that the titles of North Korea can be divided into two categories: Marquis and Jun. Marquis are divided into Junhou, Xianghou and Yihou, and Jun is divided into Township and Yi. Jun, these two classes will be inherited forever to determine the family status, and there can be no hereditary sons and men under them. Of course, this is my own opinion, and the final outcome is up to you to discuss."

Park Yunxi heard this eye roll, and immediately came out again and said: "Jianguo is wise, in this way, we can change from buying officials to buying nobles, even if middlemen are not mixed into the second class, they can also make progress. It is a great policy.”

When Pu Yunxi said this, other ministers who were also expecting to win titles agreed one after another, so Zheng Anyu said: "Since there are few opponents and many supporters, this matter may be settled, and Li Cao will draw up a list of knighthoods. , alone to ask the king for approval."

Zheng Anyu reciprocated, which immediately increased Li Cao's power, and Pu Yunxi and Ma Zhengpin also looked complacent, as if they had really become the current upstarts

A month later, two groups of elites from all over the country gathered in Hanyang, and the news of the fight for the title of knighthood spread to Changdeok Palace. Li Yan could only sigh, and several princes who had premeditated plans also split. declared dead