Smuggling Daming

In the gentry alliance that controls the Gyeongsang Army, there are mainly four great gentry, namely Zheng, Cui, Jin, and Zhao. These four gentry have the greatest influence in the gentry alliance, with the largest number of people and branches. There is a considerable number of supporters, each other's strength is comparable, and even to a certain extent, the gentry alliance is the alliance of their four major gentry.

As early as Zhou Zhong hadn't selected the Ping'an Army as a support target, he had already sent someone to investigate the entire gentry alliance, and he was also very familiar with the four gentry families of Zheng, Cui, Jin, and Zhao. So when he rushed to Seoul in North Korea, he was not surprised to see four representatives sent by the Gentlemen Alliance at once.

In the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, Zhou Zhong met the negotiating representatives sent by the gentry alliance in the front hall. When Li Long committed suicide before, some palaces in Gyeongbokgung Palace were set ablaze. However, the front hall is still well preserved and has become a The place where Liu Tao, Li Anliang and others worked was also where Zhou Zhong negotiated with representatives of the Gentlemen Alliance.

"Xiaomin, please pay your respects to the governor!" The four envoys of the gentry alliance entered the hall and immediately bowed to Zhou Zhong. Although they were powerful, they did not have any official status after all, and Daming was from North Korea. The suzerain country, North Korea is now under Zhou Zhong's control, so they naturally dare not make big claims, and they all behave very humbly.

"Hehe, there is no need to be too polite, everyone please sit down!" Zhou Zhong, who was sitting on the main seat, said with a smile. Originally, he should not have appeared. Knowing is knowing.But no one has evidence, but now that Zhou Zhong appears in Seoul, it is simply self-inflicted.

However, Zhou Zhong obviously didn't have any sense of embarrassment. After entering Seoul and seeing the envoy of the Gentlemen Alliance, he always regarded himself as the owner of this place, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was behind the support of the Ping'an Army.His actions caught the attention of the four envoys. At first, they were a little puzzled, but when they calmed down and thought about it seriously, they suddenly thought of a terrible thing.It was also thinking of these that when they saw Zhou Zhong, they all seemed very cautious.

Zhou Zhong enthusiastically greeted the four envoys to sit down, then ordered them to serve tea, and then began to ask about the current situation in North Korea, although he knew the situation in North Korea better than anyone else.But now I want to hear the views of these North Korean scholars. After all, in the whole of North Korea, only these scholars have the concept of country and nation.

The four envoys did not dare to be disrespectful to Zhou Zhong's knowingly asking. They all honestly stated their views on the country, and they also specifically emphasized that North Korea had gone through the turmoil.The people in the country are already in dire straits, so they urgently need to recuperate.I really can't afford any war.

After chatting about the current situation in North Korea, one of the representatives of the Zheng family dared to ask Zhou Zhong: "Master Governor, we have expressed our willingness to surrender to the Pingan Army before, but when we surrender, we hope The Ping An Army can satisfy some of our small conditions, and now the other conditions are easy to talk about, except for the one that guarantees the rights of our gentry. And the request to recruit gentry as officials has not yet been answered, I wonder what the governor thinks about this matter?"

Hear the other party's question.Zhou Zhong raised his head and glanced at the other party, smiled meaningfully and said: "Actually, these requests from you are nothing to the Governor, and I can even agree to you now. The reason why I personally Coming to North Korea and summoning you is for another matter."

When the four envoys heard Zhou Zhong's words, they all looked at each other thoughtfully. They had already sensed something from Zhou Zhong's arrangement before, and now they heard that Zhou Zhong summoned them for another matter. The next step confirmed their guess, but for them, this was not a good thing.

"I don't know why the governor summoned us?" Although they knew that what Zhou Zhong said was not a good thing, the four envoys could only bite the bullet and ask, because they knew that since Zhou Zhong had already mentioned it himself, Then they will definitely not give up easily, so they might as well listen to the other party's specific plans.

What Zhou Zhong was waiting for was the other party's words. He took a sip of tea in a leisurely manner, and suddenly smiled and said, "I should not be the one to say this, but Li Anliang, the leader of the Ping'an Army, should say it. Come, please come in Li Anliang!"

As soon as Zhou Zhong's words fell, Li Anliang, who was already prepared, immediately walked in from the palace gate. He first saluted Zhou Zhong, then straightened up and looked at the four envoys, and said: "Everyone, for you Qingshang Army, the Governor-General and our Pingan Army have decided to accept your surrender, but now that the turmoil of Li Long in North Korea, coupled with the previous rebels, the people in North Korea have long been in dire straits, even Only relying on our own strength in North Korea is completely unable to keep the people alive, so our Ping An Army has decided to make an enclosing request to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty!"

When Li Anliang uttered the word "neifu", the four gentry envoys were all shocked. They had already felt something from Zhou Zhong's actions before, but now they heard Li Anliang directly say It is still unacceptable for them to let North Korea attach Ming Dynasty.

The reason why Zhou Zhong personally came to meet the envoys of the gentry alliance was to force them to agree to the North Korea's internal affairs. After all, in the whole of North Korea, there are only two kinds of people who have national and national consciousness and can benefit from North Korea's rule. The first type is the royal family and noble relatives of Li Longna, and the second type is scholars, and the gentry alliance is the core force, and only these two types of people will oppose the attachment of North Korea to Ming Dynasty, after all, it is related to them. Vital interests, as for those ordinary North Korean people, they don’t even have food to eat now, so they don’t have time to care about such things, even as long as Da Ming gives them a bite of food, they will cheer and join Da Ming.

After the fall of Seoul, Li Long and those noble relatives of the royal family were massacred by the rebellious army, and the Ping An army that replaced them was in the hands of Daming. Therefore, the new noble relatives have not yet formed. It can be said that this class has disappeared. Only scholars are the only ones who have formed their own national and national consciousness, and they are the beneficiaries of ruling North Korea, so they are the biggest obstacle to Zhou Chong's merger with North Korea.

Don't underestimate these scholars. They have great prestige among the poor people in North Korea, and they also control most of the actual government affairs in North Korea. Before that, Li Long was dissatisfied with the restriction of his power by these gentry. Killing, but even so, he did not dare to send troops to wipe out the foundation of the gentry. After all, he also knew that without these gentry, the entire North Korea would be in chaos immediately.

It was also because he was worried that these Korean gentry would oppose his annexation of North Korea, so Zhou Zhong rushed to North Korea from Weihaiwei and personally met these envoys, in order to let these Korean gentry understand that he had made up his mind to annex North Korea .

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong stared aggressively at the four envoys in front of him. As long as they disagreed, he would not force him, but he would order the Ping'an Army to send troops to destroy the Qingshang Army, and then kill all the envoys. Gentlemen, as for the possible chaos in North Korea because of this, don't blame Zhou Zhong for being ruthless. You can only use forceful means to suppress it until no one opposes it.

Facing Zhou Zhong's murderous eyes, the four gentry envoys also felt an unprecedented pressure. Now they are all sweating profusely. In addition, they also understand that if they say something that they disagree with, then Zhou Zhong is likely to raise his troops in a fit of anger. Not only will they die, but the whole North Korea will probably become chaotic again, and countless people will even die because of it.

"President... Your Excellency Governor, this matter is too important. It is really not up to the four of us to decide. I wonder if Your Excellency Governor can give us a little time, let us go back and gather all the gentry, and then discuss a result?" Among them, Cui The envoy surnamed wiped the cold sweat off his brow, and said in a trembling voice.

"Hey, don't think that I don't know the details of the four of you. The Zheng, Cui, Jin, and Zhao families are the most powerful families among the gentry, and the four of you are the patriarchs of these four families. You have enough decision-making power, so you don't have to discuss with anyone at all!"

When Zhou Zhong said this, his face suddenly changed, and he said in a stern voice: "Now I will give you a day, and everyone will stay in this hall to consider whether you agree with the North Korea's internal affairs. If you don't agree, safe The army has now gathered along the two routes of Gyeongsang and Jeolla, and they can enter the territory of the gentry alliance at any time, and my order to them is that as long as there is a war, all the gentry will be killed!"

"Boom~" As soon as Zhou Zhong's words fell, the four envoys present all stood up. They didn't expect Zhou Zhong to use such a strong method to force them to agree to North Korea's internal Ming Dynasty's request.

"Governor, you can't do this. His Majesty the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty had listed us as a country not to be conquered, but now you want to kill all of our Korean nobles. This is against the ancestral teachings of the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty!" Pointing at Zhou Zhongdao with an angry face, he had been sent to Daming before, and he knew very well about Ming's policies, so he used Ming Taizu's ancestral precepts to suppress people.

But Zhou Zhong bared his teeth when he heard this and asked back: "The Ping'an Army is obviously your own army of the Koreans. Now there is a civil strife in North Korea, and as a result, your Qingsang Army and the Ping'an Army fought, and you ended up dead." What does the result of the destruction have to do with our Ming Dynasty?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)