Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 639 A Gift to the Old Eunuch
King Li Hao of North Korea was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground and almost fainted. He didn't expect that even the Ming army appeared in the south.

"How did this happen? When did these Ming troops suddenly appear? What should we do now?"

The North Korean king Li Hao began to panic. He also knew that once Zhongzhou was lost, Seoul would be safe to defend, and it was meaningless to run to Seoul by himself.

"For the current plan, we can only ask Daming to surrender, send envoys to Daming, choose three hundred beauties, and send a generous gift, beg for mercy from the Emperor of Ming, and at the same time let the chief deliberative Cui Guoxiao commit suicide, let him be the scapegoat, and say it's all him Your Highness who instigated you to commit evil against Daming, and all the crimes were caused by Cui Guoxiao, when the time comes to offer Cui Guoxiao’s head, and then send some money to the high-ranking officials of Daming, Daming should forgive you, this is what he did before.”

The king of North Korea, Li Hao, was worried that he would offend the big chaebol Cui's family, and he didn't want to humiliate the court of Ming Dynasty, so he asked, "Is there no other way, what if he escapes from the sea, to another place? "

"Could it be that His Highness is really willing to part with this great country? Besides, now that the exit to the sea has been sealed by Daming, once Busan is lost, we won't be able to escape."

When the North Korean official said this, the North Korean King Li Hao could only say weakly: "Arrest Cui Guoxiao, the leader of the government, and three hundred beauties. You will go to Daming personally and tell the Emperor Ming that I wish to be the son of the Emperor Daming. Please." My lord, please forgive my son and minister!"

Therefore, the king of North Korea reluctantly resorted to throwing the blame and pleading guilty to seek forgiveness from Daming.

As for Daming's advance in North Korea, the North Korean king Li Hao didn't bother about it any more, and even let it go, blindly staying in the harem and messing with his concubines, leaving state affairs aside.

As a result, the Fourth Army of the Ming Dynasty successfully marched under the walls of Pyongyang and Seoul.

When Daming appeared in Pyongyang City, the North Korean king Li Hao also lost a lot of weight. He climbed tremblingly to the city wall and looked at the dark Ming army and knelt down directly: "Open the city wall and tell the Ming army outside. Do whatever you want, just don't kill the orphan."

The officers and soldiers of North Korea also knew that they were no match for Daming now, and now that the king had issued an order to open the city gates, they had no choice but to open the city gates obediently.

Therefore, Yan Yingyuan, governor of the Northeast, and Gao Jie, the chief military officer, entered Pyongyang City with the main generals of Ming Dynasty's conquest of North Korea.

"The root cause of the several evils committed by North Korean soldiers in our Ming Dynasty is that the North Korean ruling group Lee Clique and other bureaucrats coveted more interests of our Ming Dynasty. They are the real culprits. Now Most of the Korean nobles are concentrated in the city of Pyongyang, and they must be slaughtered! Only in this way can I rule this place after the Ming Dynasty, establish a province and build a government!"

Northeast Governor Yan Yingyuan ordered the infantry battalion to enter the city and began to implement the "three days" policy of not sealing the sword against the city of Pyongyang, so as to avenge the Ming people who died at the hands of Korean soldiers, and also to eradicate North Korea's chance of regaining independence in the future .

As for King Li Hao of North Korea, Yan Yingyuan ordered someone to drag him down, preparing to escort him to Beijing for handling by the Ministry of Criminal Justice of the Ming Dynasty.

Not long after, the Ming Marine Corps also occupied Seoul and joined forces with the Ming Army in Pyongyang.

So far, all of North Korea belonged to Ming Dynasty.

……

In Daming's country.

The envoys of North Korea did not know that their North Korea had been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, and they had just arrived in Beijing at this time.

Today's North Korean envoys have a lot of rules, and they don't dare to pretend to be tributary missions anymore. They demand special treatment from Ming Dynasty, and they obediently live in the Huitong Hall by themselves. Youjian can meet them.

Zhu Youjian did not choose to meet these North Korean envoys, and even asked Dongchang to directly and secretly execute these North Korean envoys, and the three hundred North Korean beauties brought by North Korea were rewarded by Zhu Youjian to the aging old eunuch Wang Chengen .

"You have been with me for so long, and I have nothing to reward you. I can't bear to kill these three hundred Korean beauties, but I also don't want to accept them. Let my Ming royal family be infected with Korean blood, so I reward you. "

Zhu Youjian said.

"But Your Majesty, I can't eat it!" Li Mingrui pointed to Song Yingxing who was reporting the research results of electromagnetics: "Why don't you give it to Mr. Song Ge."

"Song Yingxing can't do it, I can't let him be drained, I have to let him give me a few more years of holy education career for Daming, you accept them all, even if you can't do some male and female things, warming your feet is okay." When Zhu Youjian said this, Wang Chengen had no choice but to thank him, and Song Yingxing's eyes showed regret, and Zhang Dai, Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shook his head:
"It's a pity, I saw that the three hundred Korean beauties are all stunning, but they can only be used to warm feet."

Zhu Youjian has no interest in North Korea's compromise and begging for mercy at this time. Now that North Korea is unified by Ming Dynasty, it is a foregone conclusion. A little more tolerance for North Korea now is to give North Korea a little more possibility of independence in the future.

In order for the future North Korean people to believe that they are from Ming Dynasty, and that they have always been only a part of China, it is necessary to be more cruel now and eradicate all these Korean gentry classes.

However, the king of North Korea, Li Hao, was still fantasizing that he could be forgiven by Daming. He believed that the emperor of Daming would forgive him. So scared.

Zhu Youjian still chose to meet Li Hao, the king of North Korea who was escorted to Beijing.

When the Korean king Li Hao saw Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian, he knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, my minister Li Hao, the king of Korea, knew that he was wrong, and he did not dare to raise troops to provoke the Celestial Dynasty without authorization, so that he suffered a tragic death." The pain of subjugation, I implore the wise emperor of China to forgive my sins, I am willing to give up the territory of North Hamgyong Province in North Korea to the emperor of China to graze horses! Woohoo!"

King Li Hao of North Korea knew that he would have to pay some price to get the forgiveness of Emperor Daming, and he also knew that Daming had always wanted North Hamgyong Province, the land that used to be the Han Dynasty, and now he simply donated it directly.

"What do you mean by giving up? You all of Korea belong to me. I have given you the grace of the Li family to let you inform the land south of the Tumen River and the Yalu River for hundreds of years. Now that you are ungrateful, I have decided to take it all back. In addition, You will be punished too!"

As Zhu Youjian spoke, he asked Gao Zhuo, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment: "Are the Dutch guards, the governor of the Dutch East India Company and the governor of the West India Company still undisposed of?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, yes, it is still closed."

"Then execute them together with the King of Korea, the way I will execute them this time!"

(End of this chapter)