"Well, everyone, what are we going to do now?"

King Li Qi sat on a lacquered gold chair, his hands flat on the two ends of the armrests, looking down at the ministers of civil and military affairs.

In his cold eyes, he flickered.

Including him, these people didn't know that Zhu Youxiao had sent a large army to "absorb" Goguryeo this time.

Therefore, no matter how they calculate here, they can't change that Goguryeo is about to become part of Liaodong and become a state capital of the Ming Empire.

Rising up, Goguryeo was willing to be a vassal state of the Ming Empire before, which was based on the fact that the Ming Empire could protect its own security.

And in these spare hearts, now that the Ming Empire can't even protect itself, what else can we talk about protecting others?

Because the Liaodong Peninsula has been tightly sealed for the past three months.

So until now, after the reversal of the situation between the Ming Empire and the Later Jin, this overturning news has not reached the Goguryeo Kingdom.

In the entire eastern Liaoning region, military control has been strictly imposed recently.

Any outsider, once he enters the current Liaodong region, don't think about coming out easily.

Therefore, King Yi Ju and all the Goguryeo people were still kept in the dark.

In the past, North Korea still had great hopes for the Ming Empire, feeling that the Ming Empire was only suffering a temporary setback.

It is normal for the two big forces to compete with each other and win and lose each other.

But in recent years, as the advantages of the Tatars have grown, the Goguryeo people have had to be disappointed.

Those Ming troops in Liaodong were defeated repeatedly, and they did not dare to resist at all, so they could only hide in the fortified castle and watch the Tartars wreak havoc everywhere in Liaodong.

The Ming Empire couldn't even keep its own Liaodong land, where did it have the strength to protect Goguryeo?

Therefore, after Huang Taiji invaded Goguryeo and threatened the national capital the year before last, Goguryeo quickly surrendered to Houjin under the advice of Cui Mingji and Shen Jiyuan, the representatives of the military's surrender faction.

To be precise, Shen Qiyuan is the core backbone of the Goguryeo surrender faction, and Cui Mingji is more like his representative in the court.

The two of them were in cahoots, and they did put no pressure on King Li Liang.

Shen Qiyuan had more than 100,000 Goguryeo troops under his command, stationed in the northwest area of Seoul.

Basically, the northern part of Goguryeo was controlled by him and another capitulation general, Chung Tae-jee.

Due to the defeat of Goguryeo in the last time the Tatars entered the army, with the support of Huang Taiji behind him, King Li Liang had to agree that the two would form their own army in the northern part of Goguryeo.

The identities of Shen Qiyuan and Zheng Taijie are more like the envoys of the Tang Dynasty in China, and they are both military and political.

It is precisely because of this that the Tatars were able to mobilize a large amount of money and grain from Goguryeo with the help of the two of them, and successfully survived last year's great grain shortage.

It's hard to hear, now that the climate of Shen Qiyuan and Zheng Taijie has been formed, it is very appropriate to call them the governors of real power.

They all have a large number of troops under their command, and they have the Tartars as their backing, and with the power of King Li Liang, it is difficult to eradicate the two of them.

The two backed the Tartars, used force as a threat, and used glory and wealth as bait to win over various nobles in the country, and they really won many people to attach.

Under pressure, King Li Liang decided to turn his back on the Ming Empire and chose to surrender as a vassal state of the Later Jin.

Today's hall of Ayayang Palace is full of royal relatives in purple robes, and cronies of senior officials in red and blue robes.

The official grades of the Ming Empire and the Goguryeo Kingdom are basically the same, the highest is the first rank, and the lowest is the ninth rank.

According to the official regulations of Goguryeo, the official uniforms of the royal family are purple, which is the most noble and transcendent existence.

However, they were not allowed to enter the court as officials—this was a special rule in Goguryeo, and it was similar to the rules of the imperial family in the Ming Empire.

The first to the third product is called the Tang Shangguan, and the official uniform is red.

From the third rank to the sixth grade, it is called the official of the hall, and the official uniform is blue.

From the seventh rank to the ninth grade, it is the lowest official, and the official uniform is green.

"Your Majesty, why don't we rejoin the Ming Empire?"

Feng Pingjun Li Jue, who was wearing a gorgeous purple robe, suggested.

Li Jue is a very capable young man, about twenty-one or twelve years old, his eyes are very sharp, his eyes are very deep, but his complexion is very fair.

In fact, in Goguryeo, the most active main battle faction is Fengpingjun Li Jue.

In terms of military command ability, this person is definitely the best in Goguryeo.

However, the previous Ming army was defeated repeatedly, which made Li Jue very disappointed, without the help of the Ming army, relying on the Goguryeo army alone, it was impossible to defeat the Tartars.

In fact, in order to avoid excessive stimulation of the post-Golden Tartar, now his military power has been relieved.

If his military power hadn't been lifted, it wouldn't have been Shen Qiyuan and Zheng Taijie's turn to be so arrogant.

"Your Majesty, if you think about it, the Ming Empire has always been "convincing people with virtue", and now these new navies of the Ming Dynasty outside the city should not be an exception. ”

Wu Daji, a Jiashan doctor on the side, is also in line with the Tao.

Cui Mingji, who was standing next to him, had a cloudy and uncertain face, he had a close relationship with Hou Jin, and he was able to have his current status because of Hou Jin's support.

It's just that I don't know how, but for three months, I haven't received any news from Houjin.

He sent several teams of soldiers to contact Huang Taiji, but there was no news, as if those soldiers were missing and never came back.

He's always worried now, and there's always something going on in his heart that can't calm down.

If Goguryeo falls back to the Ming Empire, he will definitely not be reused, which is not a good thing for Cui Mingjilai.

After all, over the years, although he has controlled the government of Goguryeo, he has offended many people.

He is now equal to the first and auxiliary ministers of the cabinet of the Ming Empire in the past few years, once he loses power, will those enemies not take the opportunity to fall into the ground?

"No! Can't take refuge in the Ming Empire! We are now a vassal state of the Later Jin, how can we immediately betray because of the current persecution of the Ming court? In that case, what integrity do we have? ”

Cui Mingji gritted his teeth and said loudly.

This guy actually forgot that Goguryeo betrayed the Ming Empire not long ago, and he has no integrity at all.

"Yes, the Lord of the Consulate is right, the saint has taught us that we must not be treacherous."

"Besides, what is the navy of the Ming Empire doing in our country this time? We don't know yet, maybe they're just passing by and knocking us to warn us! ”

Jin Zidian, who was closest to King Li Liang, suddenly stood up from the big wooden chair and echoed.

He didn't know that this time in the Ming Empire, not only the navy was dispatched, but also two army corps, six divisions with a total of 180,000 people, and they were about to fight to the king of Seoul.

It is precisely these people who don't know that they can sit here with peace of mind now, otherwise, it is estimated that it will be a mess.

Jin Zidian is the doctor of Chonglu of the Great Kuang Auxiliary State, the highest-ranking civil official in Goguryeo, equivalent to the position of Yan Yingyuan of the Ming Empire today, and one of Li Zong's henchmen.

Because of his tactful handling and ruthless methods, neither the main battle faction nor the surrender faction dared not buy his account.

It is precisely because of his buffer that the political situation in the country can barely be maintained, and there is no civil strife.

A quarrel broke out above the meeting, and the officials who were originally suppressed by Cui Mingji and Shen Qiyuan, because the soldiers of the Ming Empire army were approaching the city, as if they had found a backer at once, began to fight on the basis of reason.

King Li Ju seemed to be a bystander, sitting on the throne, helplessly watching the two ministers who were arguing.

How he hoped that he could be true to his word and be able to make a final decision on national affairs, but this was just his delusion after all.

He is now, a bit like Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of Qi who was completely overthrown by the ministers of the Ming Empire a few years ago, and he looks a little precarious.

The arguments between the two sides did not yield any results, and the time for the emergency meeting was also postponed again and again.

It dragged on until three o'clock, and everyone still didn't discuss any results, and then dispersed and left, deciding to continue arguing tomorrow morning.

However, does Ming really still have time to ramp up with them?