Just when the situation in North Korea was gradually changing, the Korean king Li Yun, who was on Jeju Island, finally couldn't hold on and died in the palace on Jeju Island. You must know that his body bones were not good in the first place, and he has been sick in bed for a long time, but now he has been tossed for so long, so he is naturally dying.

When Li Yun died, the other ministers of Jeju Island were dumbfounded, because in their opinion, as long as Li Yun was alive at the moment, there was still hope for the situation in North Korea, but when Li Yun died, wouldn't that mean that Li Yun of Seoul had become a veritable king of Joseon?

But for this point, whether it is Cui Kuirui, the minister of the Parliamentary Council, or Jin Yijing, the minister of the Shao Lun faction, and others, they are a little unacceptable, the former pays attention to the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and knows that Li Yu is just a puppet of the Qing court, and this is easy to say, but the latter is really life and death, because at the moment Li Yu is under the ministers of the old faction, even if they want to surrender, there is no way.

In desperation, Cui Kuirui had to send someone to find Zhao Xiantai, the envoy of Ning Chu, thinking about discussing this matter together.

When Zhao Xiantai walked into the Jeju Island Palace, he saw the sad and sad faces of Cui Queirui and others, and his heart suddenly had a bottom, and it was estimated that the king of North Korea ignored it, so he could only bow his head silently and not speak.

Cui Kuirui saw Zhao Xiantai coming, and hurriedly said: "Lord Zhao, if the army of the dynasty has conquered Shengjing today, this is a great victory, but it is a pity that the king of our dynasty was too happy after hearing the news, so that he and the palace collapsed." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Xiantai hurriedly stood up and said regretfully: "The king collapsed with joy, but he was a little regretful, and the envoy was also a little emotional, but it was a pity that the king could not see North Korea for a day." ”

Cui Kuirui continued: "Your Majesty has now sent an envoy to Jeju Island, I believe that he also knows about the changes of Li Yu in Seoul, but it is a pity that the Korean tens of millions of Li Shu have now completely become the servants of the slaves, if Your Majesty can send troops to North Korea as soon as possible to drive out the Tartars, North Korea is willing to attach the Great Chu ......"

Zhao Xiantai smiled in his heart, he naturally knew the plans of the North Koreans, the so-called internal statement was just to test Ning Chu's thoughts, and he was definitely unwilling to attach it in his heart.

The reason is very simple, no matter what, these ministers are in charge of a country, but once it is attached, at best, it will be divided into several provinces, and there are several positions of three divisions, how can they compare with today's ministers of parliament and ministers?

Of course, Cui Kuirui and the ministers of the Shaolun faction are indeed in a very embarrassing situation at this time, after all, for various reasons, they can't recognize Li Yun's orthodox position, but Li Yun has no heirs, and the external troubles don't know what year and month they can eradicate, so they will use this statement to test the thoughts of Ning Chu Junchen.

Once Zhao Xiantai agreed, they would definitely use the excuse of saving the people from fire and water to urge Ning Chu to send troops quickly, and when the Tartars were really expelled, then Cui Queirui and the ministers of the Shaolun faction would naturally have a hundred excuses to deny the attached proposal....... This routine is basically a deception.

Therefore, Zhao Xiantai didn't care about this stubble at all, and said with a smile: "It's exempt from being attached, after all, my majesty has already entrusted the envoy to do everything possible to protect the country of Korea, if it becomes a province of the Great Chu Domain, but I can't help but think that my Great Chu has such a mind from the beginning....... Cui Lingxiang's meaning, the envoy understands, but there is a better solution to this matter. ”

"Oh? Dare to ask the messenger, what is the solution? ”

Cui Kuirui and Jin Yijing glanced at each other, and breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, as long as it is not really annexed to North Korea, as for other conditions, those who can agree to it can agree to it, after all, North Korea is also a country, so it is necessary to give some benefits.

Zhao Xiantai smiled and said softly: "Although it is not feasible to attach it, but it costs me a lot of money to send troops to the DPRK, and naturally I also need some compensation, and the ordinary treasure of gold and jade is naturally impossible. ”

"It's ........ Is this appropriate? ”

Not only Cui Queirui was dumbfounded, but even the other ministers were dumbfounded, they looked at the serious Zhao Xiantai, but they didn't know what words to use to describe it.

Zhao Xiantai smiled, this point was actually instructed by the emperor, and said: "Now that the situation in North Korea is erosive, Li Yu is behind the Qing court, if you don't want to surrender to the Qing court, then you can only set up another king, but now that Li Yun is dead, but there is no heir to inherit, it is better to implement the system of co-monarchy with my Great Chu." ”

Cui Kuirui still knows some about the co-monarchy system, mainly because there is often this system in Western countries, which is two or more countries that choose one person to be the emperor or the king.

However, Choi Kuirui resisted this suggestion from the heart, and he racked his brains to retort: "North Korea has its own national conditions, Your Majesty is the emperor of the Celestial Empire, how can you deign to be the king of the bad country, it is really unseemly, and although the first king has no heirs, but the royal family also has some concubines, it is not that a noble king cannot be elected." ”

Zhao Xiantai smiled coldly, "A noble king? In the eyes of this envoy, it is better to say that it is a puppet, if you have this idea, it is not impossible, but it has been said before, if the king is really established, then whether it is you or the two classes, you will return to the king, have you ever been willing? ”

"The king? This is naturally as it should be......" Cui Kuirui didn't quite understand what Zhao Xiantai meant, but a trace of surprise flashed in Jin Yijing's eyes.

Zhao Xiantai said: "Since he is the king of returning to power, he naturally has to ensure that the king's system is located, and the privileges of the traditional two-class households must be abolished, otherwise how can there be any surplus wealth to support the king?" ”

As soon as these words came out, it made Cui Queirui and Jin Yijing and others flustered, for them, the privileges of the two classes are not an ordinary thing, if they really want to completely cancel the privileges of the two classes, they are afraid that a catastrophe is coming.

The so-called two classes refer to the fact that in the last dynasty, the king sat in the north and south, with the king as the center, the civil officials were arranged in the east, and the military attaches were arranged in the west, which was called the 'civil and military two classes'.

In North Korea, the two-class system should start from the Goryeo era, and since that time there has been the title of two classes, and later after the founding of Korea, the two-class system also inherited the old system of the Goryeo era, forming a new literary class and military class, and more importantly, the two-class system at this time began to implement the hereditary system, so it became the ruling class in the real sense of North Korea. 90 Literature Network

It can be said that since the establishment of the two-class system, the strata of North Korea have stopped moving, and all the officials and nobles are from the two-class, and the ordinary people have no chance to get ahead at all.

It has to be said that in the treatment of the gentry, North Korea and the Ming Dynasty are basically the same goods, that is, the gentry almost do not pay taxes, so when the two shifts skillfully seize the land, it also makes a large number of peasants become tenant farmers, resulting in the increasing overstretched tax resources in North Korea, disordered discipline, and imbalance of social order.

Due to the hereditary status of the two classes, with the passage of time, the population of the two classes of households is also increasing, so in order to control the rapid growth of the population of the two classes, the later Joseon King issued the "Shu Iniquity Imprisonment Law", that is, the concubines in the two classes of households are demoted to Chinese people, and from then on, they can no longer enjoy the treatment of two classes, and can only be low-level grassroots officials such as medical officers and arresting schools.

But even so, when the problem of the two classes develops to the peak, it will still bring many problems, so it will make the two classes begin to fight each other, and then rise to the gate valve and the party dispute, which is also the fundamental reason for the repeated political disputes in North Korea, which will develop the Confucian way of 'internal cruelty and external cruelty' to the peak.

Because of this, by the time of the Imjin Rebellion and the Battle of Bingzi, the Joseon court was able to recruit very few good citizens, and the army's combat strength was rapidly corrupted, and it was simply unable to carry out effective resistance, which was similar to the pattern of the late Song and Ming dynasties.

It has to be said that all East Asian countries that adopt Confucianism will eventually embark on this path, and this is true of the Ming Dynasty and the same is true of North Korea.

Now Zhao Xiantai's words have become very clear, if you want to find the concubine of the Li Dynasty to be the king, then first cancel all the privileges of your two classes, and everyone will have to pay taxes in the future.

How dare Cui Queirui agree to this condition? He hurriedly shook his head and said, "Lord Zhao, you misunderstood, Cui Mou never meant that....... In the system of the common monarchy, Cui was just worried that there would be too much opposition from the court, but when the time came, it would give Seoul an opportunity. ”

Zhao Xiantai smiled, "This envoy came by edict, naturally there are all preparations, if you can be appointed by Your Majesty as the king of North Korea, and Your Majesty will live in two capitals for a long time, then many general affairs in North Korea will be taken care of." You, Cui Kuirui, continue to be the Minister of Parliament, Jin Yijing is the Minister of Parliament on the left, and Zhao Xianming is the Minister of Parliament on the right. ”

The North Korean ministers present were in their hearts, knowing that this was Ning Chu's condition, everyone glanced at each other, and almost could see the fiery meaning in each other's eyes, obviously everyone wanted to agree.

You know, a king who doesn't live in Seoul at all like this is a really good king!

Because this represents one thing, in the future, there will be no more royal shackles in North Korea, and the big guys can be happy to be big officials, and they can think about how to exploit the people every day! What's more, with the guarantee of the Ningchu Imperial Court, it means that even if there is a rebellion against the people, there is also a Celestial Dynasty father to send troops to quell the rebellion, and there is nothing better in the world!

At this point, the big guys seem to have forgotten the so-called Lee family, and besides, Li Chenggui back then was not a so-called 'Kwon Zhi Goryeo State Affairs', who would have thought that this guy would become the king of North Korea with power!

Since Li Chenggui can be the king, let alone Emperor Ningchu, who was originally the Son of Heaven?

If you get a so-called concubine of the Li family to be the king, everyone will have to be on guard at any time when this kid grows up and seizes power, after all, something like this has really happened.

It's like when Yan Shanjun was angry and resentful, he forced the big guy to launch a coup d'état, deposed Yan Shanjun, and set up Li Yi, the king of Jincheng, as the king, as a result, these heroes relied on the great merit of supporting the new monarch Zhongzong, and greatly expanded their power in the court and the opposition, and even because the father of the Shen clan of the then Duanjing Queen Shen was killed by the heroes, he forced Zhongzong to abolish the Duanjing Queen Shen in eight days after succeeding to the throne.

For these situations, Zhongzong must be unhappy, so in the later period, Zhongzong finally completely eliminated the power of the heroes through various means.

At present, the situation of the big guy is similar to this, if you really welcome the concubine to succeed to the throne, I am afraid that the big guy will be the turn of such a day in the future, thinking of this, everyone has no resistance.

For Jin Yijing, he was even more happy in his heart, the Shao Lun faction was already in a precarious situation, if he really let others take the position in the future, who knows what will happen? Those predecessors who failed in the political struggle wrote this tragic situation with their lives and blood.

Therefore, Jin Yijing is more willing to let an outsider come in and be the king, like Emperor Ning Chu, who is not in Seoul at all, that is the best choice, and when the old man Cui Kuirui retires, North Korea will be his Jin Yijing's world.

Other people also have similar thoughts to Jin Yijing, but Cui Kuirui's face is a little hesitant, he has always remembered Li Yun's kindness, so when Li Yun's bones were not cold, he began to discuss severing the heirs of the Li family, and he naturally hesitated in his heart.

"Then how does the Li family arrange it?" Cui Queri asked one last question.

Zhao Xiantai said: "The Li family is also a Korean royal family, and its heir is selected by the side of the concubine, and my Emperor Dachu will be named the king of the county and moved to Nanjing. ”

Cui Queirui nodded and opened his mouth: "It's okay like this, it's okay like this." ”

After the big guy finished discussing, Cui Kuirui and other ministers wrote two excerpts, one is the edict of Li Yun, the king of Joseon, inviting His Majesty Emperor Ningchu to be the king of Joseon, and the country of North Korea will become a brotherly country with Ningchu; Another excerpt is that Choi Kui-rui, in the name of himself and the ministers of the Shaonon faction, asked the emperor to be the king of Joseon, and begged Ning Chu to send troops to Korea to expel the Tatars.

After using the big seal, Zhao Xiantai's heart was also settled, he knew that as long as there were these two folds, this matter would basically be considered appropriate, and then the two folds, together with the folds he sent to the emperor, were sealed with wax, and then sent a messenger to Tianjin by sea boat.