After Ahn Ji-sung returned to North Korea, he was immediately attacked by the government and the opposition. It's not because the Han army extorted too much, although the amount of two million stone grain is huge, it is not unaffordable. The Li dynasty has been in power for hundreds of years, and this little savings is still there, and the reason why he was criticized by the United Dynasty was only because of the humiliating nature of this clause.

This generation of Joseon King Li Chun is not a male lord, if you evaluate in terms of character, he is very similar to the last king of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military are aware of this, many ministers have privately made a conclusion about his character: rigid, selfish and timid. This time, Ma Ying, the general of the Han army, led a large-scale attack, and the fierce cavalry troops instantly crushed most of the North Korean defense forces like lightning, and the iron hooves trampled almost the whole of North Korea, and even Pyongyang was in danger for a time. When the Han army withdrew from the Korean Peninsula, the king seemed to have regained all his dignity and anger overnight, and if it were not for the bitter advice of several old ministers, he would have even ordered an all-out war with the Han army.

Following the king's wishes, many officials immediately went to the table to attack the Westerners who were making peace with all their might, and under the guidance of several fiercely worded recitals, the Korean government and the opposition were impassioned for a while, and when the news spread, the war hardliners quickly received the support of the students, and then the situation expanded, and the anger and paranoia in the nature of the sticks were immediately stimulated, and the scholars of the whole country were excited, and they wrote to demand that the "traitors and traitors" be punished internally and the "Han thieves" outside.

When An Zhixing returned to Korea, he was faced with such a dilemma, as an important official in charge of foreign affairs, in response to criticism and impeachment from all sides, his attitude of advocacy and peace was quite resolute, this time when he went to the Han State, he had carefully paid attention to the armament situation of the Han army, from Nuergan to Liaodong, and then from Liaodong to Beijing, the Han army troops stationed in various places gave him a deep impression, in fact, when he was "scouting" these situations, the officials of the Han army in various places also showed great cooperation, as if showing off their force for him to exploreThe well-equipped cavalry units, large-caliber artillery, and the large number of auxiliary militias along the way really frightened him, and what made him even more worried was that this huge army had been in a state of active preparation for war, and it was extremely aggressive.

In terms of historical origins, the founding history of the Li Dynasty is very similar to the Song Dynasty of China, the founding ancestor Li Chenggui and Zhao Kuangyin in the past years, are the same as the general treason to build the dynasty, so the ruling style of the two is also very similar, since the founding of the country, the Korean Kingdom has only experienced two large-scale wars, one is the Ming Dynasty Wanli period of the Japanese invasion, and the other is the Korean War launched by Huang Taiji, in these two wars, the army of the Korean Kingdom has been very unsatisfactory, compared with the Li Dynasty's huge and perfect civilian systemHer rigid military system, timid generals, weak soldiers and rudimentary equipment made her army almost "unsuitable for any war", and in view of the way Taizu Li Chenggui was founded, the Li Dynasty could hardly trust any general who commanded the army, and she focused all her energy on the construction of the pyramid of the regime, and extremely neglected the construction of national defense.

After hundreds of years of hard work, under the rule of a well-functioning civilian government, the economy and culture of the Joseon Kingdom have made great progress, rice harvests have been harvested every year, literati and writers have emerged in an endless stream, and the rule of the Yi dynasty is as stable as a rock, the only pity is that she did not resist a single foreign invasion.

Just when the Korean Manchu Dynasty was arguing and debating, Ma Ying, the general of the Han Dynasty, instigated an invasion again, compared with the last invasion of the army, this time the scale was much smaller, and it was not the official troops of the Han army who crossed the Yalu River to fight, but some ethnic minorities living in the Liaodong region - since Ma Ying cleared the Liaodong Peninsula last year, the vast majority of ethnic minorities in the Nurkan region have been prostrate under the force of the Han army, according to historical tradition, This time, in the name of the Nurgan Metropolitan Governorate, Ma Ying sent soldiers of various ethnic groups into the court to plunder and force the Korean kingdom to make a decision. The combat style of this group of ethnic minority fighters is extremely barbaric and cruel, since the last time the Han army defeated the Korean border guards, the Korean defense stronghold on the side of the Yalu River is useless, under the cover of the Han army's large forces, these soldiers carry war horses, bows and arrows, and sneak into the territory of Korea as a tribe to loot, compared with the regular troops of the Han army, this group of people is even more crazy, the Han soldiers generally only loot valuable materials such as gold and silver, grain and cloth, and they want everything, Even the pots and pans and farm tools used by the North Korean people for cooking are not spared, and what is even more infuriating is that these ethnic minority soldiers are extremely bloodthirsty and have a strong desire to destroy, in addition to the crazy slaughter of the hard-working and kind North Korean people, if they cannot rob things, such as houses and crops, they will be burned to the ground.

This kind of murderous act caused heavy losses to the Korean kingdom, and a large number of peasants who had lost their homes fled to the interior of the border for a while, and on the contrary, the Korean kingdom was helpless against it, Ma Ying's army moved frequently on the side of the Yalu River, and a large number of cavalry troops kept galloping back and forth at several ferries, as soon as the Korean army gathered slightly, they immediately made a gesture of crossing the river, so that the Korean border generals did not dare to act rashly.

This news gave the Joseon Dynasty a greater stimulus, and for the provocation from the Han State, the kingdom was divided into two distinct factions, the Beiren faction resolutely fought the main battle, advocating "raising the strength of the whole country" to fight to the death with the Han army, and they were supported by the Taixue students and the vast number of Qingliu; The Westerners, on the other hand, were all the backbone bureaucrats who controlled the functioning of the government, and were undoubtedly much more mature than the fanatical and angry youths, and in response to the attacks of the Qinglius, they gave a statement of the current state of armaments and government expenditures of the Kingdom of Korea, and explained to Li Chunli the consequences of the war. The two factions fought fiercely in the imperial court, and Li Chun was undecided for a while, but with the intensification of the Han army's invasion, more and more displaced people flowed into the interior, and the pressure on the government increased.

Lin Feng didn't know anything about the turmoil that happened in North Korea, in fact, the giants of the Han army were a little dissatisfied with his extortion of the subject country, as far as Confucianism was concerned, this kind of naked bandit behavior was obviously very immoral, and it was not in line with China's diplomatic tradition of neighboring countries for thousands of years, but if you don't think so, you don't think so, and the benefits of this behavior are of course well known to the ministers.

Since the arrival of millions of displaced people last winter, the Han military government has been burdened with a huge financial burden. According to the previous plan, this group of displaced people will be relocated to the northeast Liaohe River area for reclamation, and at present, this group of displaced people has been divided into two groups by the Han military government, a group of about 200,000 young people were sent by Cao Zheng of the Ministry of Industry of the Han Dynasty to repair the official roads and cities in Liaodong, and the others were organized by the local yamen of the Ningjin Prefecture and the Nuergan Prefecture to dig ditches, organize water conservancy facilities and open up wasteland.

Although during the spring ploughing this year, they signed a futures contract with the Jinhui Consortium and were able to barely complete the spring ploughing, but before the summer harvest, the rations of more than one million people were provided by the Han military government. Such a heavy burden simply exhausted all the savings in the Han army's grain depot, and there was even a danger of affecting the war readiness of the army's rations.

Although the Han army's territory obtained a bumper harvest last year, although a large number of sweet potatoes and artichokes were obtained additionally because of the promotion of new varieties, they could not withstand such a violent consumption, and what is more dangerous is that because this group of people entered the northeast, the grain market in Liaodong and Zhili has rebounded violently, and a large number of landlords and rich peasants have used large urns to hide grain in cellars out of fear of the displaced people, and refuse to put it on the market, resulting in the price of grain in the Han army's territory rising steadily.

In fact, if the DPRK refuses to give in and refuses to "lose money" and open the grain market, then even if the Han army launches a war, it is not impossible.

When the first shipment of North Korean grain arrived in Tongzhou, Lin Feng was condolences to Tang Bin's family. Since the Han army conquered Liaodong, Tang Bin has been promoted again, from the position of Ningjin Buzheng to the governor of Ningjin, in charge of the resettlement of displaced people on the Liaohe Plain, which is a very cumbersome matter, and Tang Bin is a very responsible official, so since taking this position, Tang Bin has not returned home and buried himself in government affairs. In the early end of the time, because there were millions of displaced people who needed to be placed in spring ploughing, he had to run to the yamen of various government offices, urging the local officials to go to the countryside to persuade farmers, but at this time his old father suddenly suffered a stroke and died, according to the practice of the official career, at this time Tang Bin should be worried about filial piety, but at this juncture this requirement obviously can not be satisfied, Lin Feng listened to Li Guangdi's special report, and immediately issued an edict of "revenge", ordering Tang Bin to be "loyal" and then "filial piety", focusing on royal affairs, of course, In order to repay this loyal and capable official, Lin Feng personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to come to the door today to offer condolences.

It was obviously a very glorious thing for the monarch to hold a memorial service for the father of the courtier, so when Lin Feng arrived at the Tang family, the Tang family knelt outside the alley to greet him. Because of the relationship between presiding over this kind of activity for the first time, Lin Feng seems very unnatural, you must know that the Chinese tradition is to govern the country with filial piety, this kind of thing is a big thing for a family, in fact, he doesn't know what to do at all, and there seems to be no precedent in history, under normal circumstances, the favored courtiers are hanging, and the monarchs will issue an edict at most to commend and commemorate, or draw up a good name to finish the matter, and it is very rare to go into battle in person like this.

"Mr. Tang...... This profound knowledge and teaching children are now ancient...... It's a pity! Lin Feng stammered to Tang Chengdao, at this time he really didn't know how to express his grief, although Tang Bin is currently in a prominent position in the Han court, but his father is just an old talent, the biggest achievement is that he was a teacher in a household head of the former Qing Kangxi Dynasty, not to mention that he is already over eighty years old this year, and he died quite simply, there is no pain, as an outsider, Lin Feng really doesn't feel any reason to grieve.

Tang Cheng is Tang Bin's eldest son, because of his father, he is currently a petty official in the small court of the Han Army, "The lord Qu Wanjin's body, come to mourn in person, the Tang family is full of glory, if the ancestors of the family know underground, they will be smiling Jiuquan!" Tang Cheng knelt on the filial piety mat, bowed deeply, and choked up.

"Oh, Aiqing is too polite, it's not a big deal...... As soon as the words came out, Lin Feng felt that something was wrong, and immediately waved his hand and disguised, "Ahem...... Cough...... The widow means that Mr. Tang is highly respected, and it is natural for the king to come to mourn and mourn! ”

"Your Highness is so honored, the Tang family will definitely swear to serve in the future......" Although Tang Cheng is young, he is still very skilled in this officialdom cliché, nagging and instigating all the way, and the questions and answers of the monarchs and ministers are very decent.

Lin Feng was about to say a few polite words, but when he looked up, he suddenly saw a chaos outside the gate, and Li Ergou, who was guarding outside the mourning hall, suddenly walked in and whispered in Lin Feng's ear, "Lord Wang, Lord Pei Gong is here......

Lin Feng was a little strange in his heart, Zhou Peigong was the chief of staff of the Han Army, and Tang Bin was not in the same system, and he usually had no friendship, so it was perfunctory at most, and when he entered the door just now, he saw the couplet he sent, if he wanted to come, he should come with himself to be polite, and it was indeed a bit unbelievable that he would suddenly insert a bar.

"He's also here to mourn?!"

"It doesn't look like it," Li Ergou also had an inexplicable expression, "Lord Zhou stood outside the door and didn't come in, let the lowly come in and report...... He also said......" Li Ergou paused, "He said there is an emergency military situation!" ”

Lin Feng was shocked, and hurriedly got up and went out, Zhou Peigong was full of Confucian dogma, and he took this kind of thing very seriously, thinking that if it wasn't a very important thing, he would never interrupt this traditional etiquette.

"Enlighten the Lord!! ......" Zhou Peigong's face was anxious at the moment, his face was covered with beads of sweat, and a layer of white mist floated on his forehead, obviously he came straight from the official office...... Something is wrong! ”

Lin Feng was startled and said in amazement, "What's the big deal?!" ”

"The General Staff of Shicai received an urgent report from the Pegasus of Eight Hundred Miles-" Zhou Peigong swallowed hard, pulled open his hot collar, and said hurriedly, "The puppet Prince of Qing Jian, Rabu, raised 80,000 troops from Jiangsu, and joined the Jiangxi Qing army with 60,000 to attack Anhui ......"

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled heartily, "This matter is expected, the enclave in Anhui, there are not enough soldiers and salaries, and it is strange that the Qing army does not fight-" He patted Zhou Peigong's shoulder, suddenly saved a matter, and frowned, "Since Yue Le was killed by the Mongolian soldiers, isn't the Qing army in Jiangxi chaotic?" Why are you still coming over to fight Anhui together?! ”

"According to the detailed report of the front-line army, since Yue Le's death, the Qing army in Jiangxi has cut off the salary, and this time Rabu is using the grain as bait to lure the Jiangxi Qing army to send troops, and it is agreed that if he captures Anhui, he will supply the food and salary of the Jiangxi army......"

"I see!" Lin Feng suddenly said, "In this way, Liu Lusi and Zhou Qiu are a little troublesome!" ”

"Lord ......" Zhou Peigong bowed slightly, and said with a bitter face, "In addition, tens of thousands of iron cavalry in Junggar marched south, forcing Jinzhong, and now, not only the puppet Qing Taiyuan is in an emergency with Jackie Chan, but our Datong garrison has also fought with them!" ”

Lin Feng Huo Ran changed color.