In fact, Cui Yu was not panicked at all, and the person who did not keep his promise was not him, but His Majesty the Supreme Emperor, if the emperor really made up his mind to repay the debts and borrow a few of them, they would not dare to really go to the door to ask for it.

But fortunately, Emperor Ning Yu has not been shameless to that point, at least some things are still confessed to Cui Yu, so Cui Yu also knows what to say now.

"You are all representatives of the industrial and commercial circles, and you have also done your best in the Northern Expedition, at least the Northern Expedition Fund Treasury bonds, you have all made great contributions, and the imperial court naturally has no intention of treating them harshly."

Cui Yu said with a smile on his face, but it made Li Dongyang and the others a little displeased, they didn't come to listen to these official words, after all, they had heard enough of these words from the waiter of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and they were tired of hearing them.

Li Dongyang took a sip of the wine glass, and then said slowly: "President Cui should understand that whether it is a contribution or a contribution, after all, it is for the overall situation of the Northern Expedition, and we will naturally not have a second word." But the reason why President Cui was invited here today is just to say a sincere word to Chairman Cui, what is the meaning of the imperial court? ”

Cui Yu said with a smile: "Brother Li, don't worry, in fact, Your Majesty's meaning is very clear, the overall situation of the unification of the north and the south is not only a military unification, but also a political, economic and even cultural unification, so Your Majesty must not only strictly prohibit excessive damage to the northern land militarily, but also prevent excessive invasion of the northern land by other parties." ”

Hearing this, everyone's expressions were slightly in a trance, if the emperor really thought so, it was certainly a holy monarch's move, but it was inevitably too merciful, after all, the bridging of the north and the south is of course the overall situation, but for these businessmen who contributed money and efforts, it was a big loss, and they were not here to do good deeds and make a good name.

Besides, behind the merchants, there are also lords and some of the gentry who have been guided, and they are now making a profit, but they don't care about the so-called overall situation of the emperor, and if they don't give benefits, they are faint tyrants.

Of course, with Ning Yu's current means and force, it can be forcibly suppressed, but what about the future, the credibility that he finally stood up will be completely gone, and who else will contribute to the emperor at that time?

"The north and the south are unified, we naturally understand, but there are some things that need to be handed over by President Cui, and I will have to pay the difference when I go back."

Cui Yu smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "The unification of the north and the south is the overall situation, but after the unification, other places will not be considered the overall situation, and the upcoming Guanwai, Mongolia, and Qinghai-Tibet lands will be the first soup for you by Your Majesty, and in the future, Korea, Japan, Annam, and even Myanmar will be the second major dish for you." ”

"These places seem to be poor, but they are also very rich in resources and population, such as Japan's gold and silver minerals, Korea's population and labor, and Annam's fertile land, etc., which can also allow us to obtain ten times or even a hundred times the benefits at that time!"

As Cui Yu said this, everyone only felt a little dry-mouthed, they could fully imagine the huge benefits obtained from it, but now there is still a question, can Cui Yu really represent the emperor's meaning?

If you make wedding clothes for others again, I am afraid that no one will trust the court anymore.

Li Dongyang decided to try it again, he took a sip of wine in a pretentious gesture, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Cui, don't joke, the interests of other countries are just flowers in the mirror after all, but now they are too far away." ”

"Do you suspect that my Great Chu army can't do it....... Or do you doubt that Your Majesty is not so determined? Cui Yu said with a smile.

"Huh...... My Great Chu army is naturally able to do it, but it is ...... for other countries I'm afraid that Shilin and the ministers in the court will disagree. When he said this, everyone nodded silently, and he was afraid that such a tiger and wolf behavior would not be recognized by the Confucian masters.

Cui Yu smiled slightly, "In today's situation, you should have a number in your heart, the overall situation that Your Majesty pays attention to is the whole of China, not including those foreign feudal lands, as for what people in the court say, is it important?" You know, Your Majesty is our biggest supporter! ”

This is said very hard, but in the eyes of Li Dongyang and others, it seems very natural.

At the beginning of March, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Ningchu held a conference in Nanjing to promote the north and south of the industrial and commercial industry, Ningyu as the emperor personally sat in charge, and the southern chamber of commerce, plus a group of representatives of the north, also participated in this meeting of profound significance, because through this meeting, the north and the south took the lead in the economic field to achieve integration, rather than one party to devour the other, so that the northern businessmen took the lead in returning.

After the Northern Expedition, Ningyu needed to digest and integrate the north by rectifying the old bureaucratic system and implementing new reforms.

So in this case, Ning Yu now has a very good card in his hand, which is to unite the industrial and commercial fields in the north, so as to strengthen the guidance of the wealth of the northern land, and then transform the gentry who can transfer from the land to the industrial and commercial fields, and realize the control of the northern land and the people.

Therefore, after the end of this meeting, Ning Yu specially pulled the officials of the three divisions who were about to be sent to the northern provinces to hold a small meeting, and dozens of people gathered together, including the general soldiers of the local provinces, and the purpose was one, that is, to work hard to implement the new policy, and there could be no prevarication.

At the meeting, Ning Yu emphasized one point, but if there are any major clans in the north who oppose the new policy, if there is relevant physical evidence or human evidence, they can be temporarily imprisoned, and wait until the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the local Dali Temple are stationed, and then verify, as for the original fields, slaves and maids, etc., all of them will be carried out with the new policy, if there are still people who dare to resist or start a rebellion, the local general army can contact the divisions of the Northern Expedition to decide.

"The Northern Expedition against the Qing court has been won, but the real Northern Expedition has just begun, and you must show the courage and determination of wartime to determine the unity of the world."

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On the eighth day of the first month of March, when Ning Chu was sharpening his sword, the Qing army on the side of Shengjing also took advantage of the fact that the Fu Han army did not gain a firm foothold and marched in the direction of Korea, with more than 50,000 Qing court troops, almost overwhelmingly all the way south, and fell into Ping'an Road on the fifth day, and by the end of March, the Qing army had set foot in Huanghae Road, and it was obvious that the target was directly aimed at the direction of Hancheng.

At this time, the tens of thousands of Fu Han troops in the direction of Liaodong did not see it at all, and let the Qing army go south, while they carried out daily training in the camp, but they did not look at the direction of Shengjing, it was obvious that the two sides of Chu and Qing had reached a wordless tacit understanding, at least with a tacit attitude towards the Qing court's southward movement.

The beacon fire continued all the way, and soon reached Seoul, and at this time, in front of Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul, a large number of people also fell to their knees, but they were divided into two groups, and they hated each other.

"Your Majesty, please kill the traitors and stop the soldiers and make peace!"

"Your Majesty, the Qing army has come to Seoul, please make peace quickly!"

"Your Majesty, the Celestial Empire has swept away the Qing Tartars, and Shengjing will be captured in the near future!"

"Your Majesty, as long as you hold on for a while, the land of Korea will be returned to me!"

The ministers wore high official hats on their heads, crimson official uniforms, embroidered with various complements, and everyone fell on the ground and shouted, but it made the eunuchs standing on the side feel a heartbeat.

A big battle like this was only available two years ago!

However, when the ministers asked for their lives outside the palace, the Korean king Li Yun was lying on the sickbed, his face was a little sallow, and there was a young and beautiful woman sitting next to the bed, who was the princess Yu.

Li Yun listened to the cries coming from outside the hall, but he was silent, his temperament was originally very benevolent, even when the old critics forced the palace two years ago, he only deposed the first minister among them, and did not kill as many kings as before, so he didn't make a big deal about it now.

"Concubine Yu, the government and the opposition are turbulent, and it is difficult to feel at ease, but now it is suffering for you." Li Yun held Yu's hand, and his face showed a little reluctance.

Yu is only twenty years old, which is the most beautiful age, but for Li Yun, who is already lying on the sickbed, she always has a little love, she said in a low voice: "As long as the king can take care of his body, these problems will disappear." ”

Li Yun pressed his eyes tightly and said in a low voice: "If it was before, as long as Wang Shizi was born, the problem would naturally disappear, but now that the Qing Tartars are going south, the battle of Bingzi will be repeated, and the people will be displaced...... However, they were looking forward to Yu's early death so that Wang Shidi could inherit the throne of the king. ”

When the Yu family heard this, they didn't dare to say more, what happened to the harem politics, Zhang Xi Concubine was already the best example, she didn't want to be the next Zhang Xi Concubine.

Li Yun said some more words to the Yu clan, so he let her go down first, and then sent the little eunuch to invite the two opposing ministers outside the door into the palace.

After the ministers of the two factions knelt down and finished saluting, Cui Kuirui, the minister of the leading government, said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, now that the Qing Tartars have invaded the Huanghai Road, I am afraid that I will soon arrive in Hanchen, and I also ask the king to make plans as soon as possible and try to avoid the old things." ”

The so-called Bingzi old thing, refers to the time when Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners to conquer Korea, the Qing army at that time was like this, crossed the Yalu River all the way, gave up the city without attacking, and drove south, pointing to the direction of Seoul, but it was the then Joseon King Inzu Li Liang who was scared to hide in the South Han Mountain City, and was besieged by the Qing army, and surrendered out of the city after more than 40 days, and finally became a vassal state of the Qing court.

Hearing the Minister of Parliament Cui Kuirui mention the old things, not only Li Yun's face showed a little displeasure, but even the other ministers also had a little haze on their faces, for them, Bingzi was a naked scar.

Li Yun was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "What do you think you should do?" ”

Shen Wandang, the minister of the old sect, even moved his body forward, and said in a loud voice: "The Qing army is coming, our dynasty is invincible after all, it is better to send an envoy to negotiate peace with it, as for the diplomatic matter with the Chu Dynasty that was said before, it is absolutely impossible, maybe the king should be asked to behead his people to thank the world." ”

The meaning of this is very simple, whoever said that he would send Ningchu for help would behead him, and then take the head to the Qing army camp to negotiate peace, and properly surrender.

Then Shen Wan sneered unhurriedly and stared at Jin Yijing, "Do you think that the Qing people will not know about sending envoys to Ning Chu?" Now that they are going south, it is your fault. ”

At that moment, someone was furious, Cheng Zhi Jin Yijing snorted coldly, looked at Shen Wan angrily, and said loudly: "Please also ask the king to kill such a spy and defeat before the battle, how can it be so reasonable?" Moreover, the Chu army has arrived in Liaodong, and it will soon conquer Shengjing, and when the Qing army is lost, how can it dare to speak of war? ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers of the old discussion faction, Jin Guizhu, Jin Shanglu, Hong Qixi, Yin Ji and others immediately glared at Jin Yijing, while the ministers of the young discussion faction, such as Zhao Xianming, Li Guangzuo, Park Wenxiu, Li Zongcheng, Zhao Zaihao and others, were also like fighting cocks, glaring at each other, and the two sides were gearing up, eager to fight in front of Li Yun.

Li Yun waved his hand and said weakly: "Okay, Qing Tartar hasn't hit Hanchen yet, what are you doing now?" ”

The ministers heard the unkindness in Li Yun's words, and hurriedly knelt down, although the two sides no longer looked at each other, but this tense atmosphere was not eliminated, maybe for them, whether it was Qing Tartar or Ning Chu, after all, they were the ones who came in behind, and what they really wanted to kill the most was each other.

Cui Kuirui said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is no point in worrying about the previous things, since the Qing people have entered the court, we might as well send envoys to investigate one or two, so as to gain time, as for the Chu people, we can also let Jin Shijun continue to contact, it is best to let the Chu people send reinforcements, it is not a good thing in North Korea." ”

Li Yun nodded deeply, Cui Kuirui was brought up by him, so he still trusted him more or less in his heart.

In fact, the current king of North Korea is a very difficult errand, of course, this is also due to his father Li Chun, his father has been in power for more than 40 years, and he is naturally a good hand at playing political battles, but this also makes the courtiers at that time have a lot of tricks with the masters, and they have become very cunning.

After Li Yun succeeded to the throne, he found that he was facing a very painful situation, whether it was the Shao Lun faction or the old Lun faction, in fact, they didn't take him seriously as a king, and his fertility problem became the focus of the struggle between the two sides, and Li Yun at that time considered his own interests and stood on the side of the Shao Lun faction, but he was also worried that the Shao Lun faction was too powerful, so he let Cui Kuirui come to power and became the Minister of Parliament to achieve checks and balances.

Of course, Cui Kuirui doesn't have too much power at the moment, and many times he can only play the role of making mud, but today's peace with mud has obviously been effective.

"Cui Qing's words are very appropriate, you can send envoys to the Qing court, it is better to go by Shen Qing."

After Li Yun agreed to Cui Kuirui's suggestion, he handed over the job to Shen Wan, then turned his head to look at Jin Yijing, and said softly: "Although the envoys are sent, they can't do nothing, Jin Yijing's family can command the army, stick to Seoul first, and wait for Wang Shi to come to help." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cui Queirui, Shen Wan and Jin Yijing were deeply prostrate, but the moment Shen Wan and Jin Yijing lowered their heads, they glanced at each other, and saw that the eyes of both parties were full of naked murderous aura.