Uki burned the tomb of the first king in anger, and the king of Joseon wanted to save Linhaijun

The news that Ukita Xiu's family came to Pyongyang was also known to Liu Chenglong at this time, and Liu Chenglong reported to Guanghaijun overnight, and Guanghaijun summoned Zheng Zhuo to discuss together, and Liu Chenglong strongly asked: "Now that it has been investigated, the Japanese army's general Ukita Xiujia is in Pyongyang, and he has very few guards to attack." Zheng Zhuo also persuaded: "It is precisely because of the truce that the guard is so lax, if you can capture the enemy's general general, you will definitely be able to turn the tide of the war in one fell swoop!" ”

But Guanghaijun was still deeply worried that the king would be angry because of this, and Liu Chenglong advised: "This matter will play an important role in the entire war, if His Royal Highness asks for the guilt, the minister is willing to accompany the death, Your Majesty, please be firm in your faith." Zheng Zhuo also thinks that after thinking about it for a long time, Kwanghae-kun finally decides to order a secret interception and arrest of Ukita Hideya.

Gwanghaejun ordered Li Yi to lead a detachment to ambush in the place where Pyongyang must pass through Hanyang, Li Yi waited until late at night and finally saw more than 100 people led by the Ukita Xiujia escort who was crossing the shallow water, and then fired signal arrows, Ukita Xiu's family was suddenly shot by rockets, injuring nearly ten people, and the rest held shields to resist, Li Yi ordered all the melee with the Japanese army, Ukita Xiujia also held a knife to resist the enemy, killed several Korean soldiers, the Korean army captured the enemy general in this behavior, but compared to the Japanese Korean army's combat strength is still a little worse, Li Yi was blocked by the Japanese army, Ukita Hideya fought his way out of the encirclement under the desperate cover of his subordinates, and led the two to flee back to Pyongyang on horseback. The remaining surviving pirates were all captured by Li Yi.

Guang Haijun is waiting for Li Yi's news, and he can't help but be anxious when he can't help but feel anxious, at this time, Zheng Zhuo has to report that Li Yi's big victory is waiting for the return of the enemy's head, Guang Haijun and Liu Chenglong are extremely pleased, Guanghai Jun therefore personally welcomes Li Yi's return, Liu Chenglong asks how the results are? Li Yi replied to behead twenty and eighty prisoners, Liu Chenglong smiled and said: "It's hard, it's really very hard, so is the general of the Japanese army captured alive or beheaded on the spot?" Seeing that Li Yi was slightly puzzled, Zheng Zhuo reminded this person that his name was Ukita Xiujia, and Li Yi was hesitant, and only said after a while: "The enemy chief is very cunning, and it seems that he fell to the ground with an arrow in his body, but after the war, he was nowhere to be found." ”

Hearing that the Uki Taxiu family had fled, Liu Chenglong exclaimed: "What is the use of only catching some small soldiers if you fail to capture and kill the enemy's general general!" Don't you know the purpose of this war? Zheng Zhuo also expressed concern about this: "This time the Ukita Hideya escaped, we will be in a disadvantageous situation." Li Yi's face was ashamed, please order him to chase after him again, but Liu Chenglong stopped him.

Afterwards, Guanghaijun summoned Liu Chenglong and Zheng Zhuo to discuss the matter, and Guanghaijun was worried: "It was my fault for sending Li Yi to go, and now that we have violated the agreement without authorization and failed to arrest the enemy's general, His Royal Highness will definitely be angry, what should I do?" Zheng Zhuo comforted: "The situation is urgent, and only Li Yi can be dispatched by the nearby generals, this is not the fault of His Majesty, please don't blame yourself." ”

Liu Chenglong also persuaded: "How to reply to His Royal Highness, the minister has already explained to Li Yi, you don't have to worry." If His Highness asks for sin, it will be the ministers who plan everything. Gwanghae-kun refused and insisted on taking full responsibility. Liu Chenglong persuaded again: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that the national court is now dividing the dynasty?" The ministers are not only responsible for the next person, if the palace is deposed, the official army and the rebel army will collapse. Zheng Zhuo also deeply agreed, and Guang Haijun had no choice but to agree.

When the news reached Uiju, the Joseon king Yi Hao heard that Yi Yi had crossed Pyongyang and attacked the Ukita Hidejia Guard and won a great victory, and he agreed to ask for a big reward. Li Hao said angrily: "It's really bold! It is now the time of the truce, and the widows have already given a strict order for a truce! Why did Li Yi dare to disobey the edict of the widow king so much, it must be the sea of light behind his back! Now that the DPRK has violated the agreement, how can the Japanese give up? Soon after, they will leave Pyongyang and invade Uiju in one fell swoop, and what should happen then! Li Hao scolded Guanghaijun for being young and ignorant, worsening the situation, and Shen Weijing and Ming Jun were not around, Li Hao was frightened and urgently ordered to summon Yi Doushou and Zheng Che to discuss the matter.

Idoushou admonished: "If this matter is done by His Majesty of the Prince's Mansion, and he won a complete victory and captured the enemy chieftain, how can he be punished for such a great achievement?" Zheng Che also said: "The DPRK was not present at the negotiations, and even if it does not admit it, it is understandable." It is also against the will of the people that the soldiers and civilians are not allowed to fight the enemy, and they should fight to the end to expel the enemy into the sea. If Li Yi's actions were ordered by the son of the world, it is precisely on behalf of the people's will. ”

Li Hao argued: "It's not that you are not allowed to fight, have you forgotten that the truce agreement is to buy time for the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty?!" "Idou Shou still insists that reinforcements are only reinforcements, and North Korea itself must continue to fight to the end. Li Hao was disdainful, and sneered again and again: "It's really depressing, it is precisely because I can't defend the country that I asked the Ming Dynasty for rescue, and now when the Ming Dynasty is gathering a large army, it begins to want to rely on itself, which is really incomprehensible." ”

Idou Shou asked Li Hao if he was extremely afraid of the Japanese Invaders, and Li Hao was speechless, saying only that he must obey the will of the Ming envoys. Zheng Che questioned: "The minister has long suspected that Shen Weijing is a guerrilla general, how can he get the full authority of His Majesty the Emperor, there must be something strange about this matter, and he must be questioned when he returns from Beijing." ”

Li Hao was speechless: "Do you think that no matter what decision the widow makes, he will mislead the country and the people, and only Guanghai's actions are the actions of the master?" Yi Doushou tearfully persuaded: "Your Highness can't be like this, the ministers are all ministers of His Highness, and they only need to clarify right and wrong only to assist His Highness in solving national difficulties, and there is nothing else." Therefore, Li Hao decided to summon the prince Guanghai Jun to Yizhou to be questioned.

And Li Yi was escorting the captives into Uiju and constantly preaching the favor of the king of Joseon, and the people of the whole city rejoiced, and they gathered in Uiju to shout Chitose on the mountain in front of the gate and sing the praises of sainthood. Li Yi shouted: "The Japanese are raging, the people are suffering, His Royal Highness the Lord has long been unbearable, this time I respected the king's order to seize the fighter plane to counterattack the Japanese Bandits, but unfortunately failed to capture the leader of the enemy Bandits, but the captured Japanese thieves will all be beheaded, His Royal Highness the Lord will continue to pursue after the order, and at all costs will exterminate all the Japanese Invaders, and avenge the people!" Your Highness will never forsake you! Li Hao led the crowd out to inspect, only to see that the cheers doubled, and the people said that because the king did not allow a truce, the relatives of the victims would be avenged, and they would always follow the words.

Seeing this, Li Hao immediately said: "How could the widows negotiate with the widows who trampled on the mountains and rivers and slaughtered the people, and declared the truce was just a ploy to delay the arrival of reinforcements. Even so, the widow could not let the Japanese recuperate in such peace, so the attack on the Japanese army was the widow to avenge the people, and the widow vowed to fight together with the people until all the Japanese were destroyed! The voice of the people wishing Chitose rose again, and Li Hao stepped forward to comfort Li Yi and gave him 50 taels of silver.

After Ukita Hideya was intercepted, Konishi Yukicho ordered the Korean civilians to be dragged out of the city and beheaded, and communicated to Uiju that the Japanese prisoners would be returned immediately, otherwise one Korean civilian would be beheaded every day in Pyongyang. Later, Governor Konishi returned to Pyongyang to visit the Ukita Hideya, who angrily ordered an immediate attack on Uiju, and Governor Konishi advised: "At this moment, I also want to attack immediately, but you also know that our army is in a bad situation at present, so please bear with me for the time being." ”

The Ukita family vowed to return to Hanyang to excavate the tombs of the Joseon kings. Governor Konishi did not dare to oppose this, and the Ukita Hideya was resentful, refused to dissuade him, and before his injuries healed, he set off for Hanyang on the same day and immediately deployed to excavate the royal tomb and burn it to his heart's content.

Later, the Korean king Li Hao learned from Li Yuanyi, the observer of Pyongan Province, that the Japanese army not only killed the Korean people in Pyongyang every day in exchange for prisoners, but also excavated and destroyed the tombs of the previous Korean kings in Wangjing, Xuanling and Jingling, and burned the coffins of Seongjong, Zhongzong and Queen Jeonghyun of Seongjong, and Li Hao was so angry that he fainted to the ground. After treatment, the queen and the Jin nobles came to consol him, and Li Hao said: "The widow has no shame to face the ancestor Long Yan until he dies, and he blames the prince for attacking without authorization, causing the Japanese to make such a move of anger between heaven and man." Then he drank away from the crowd and wept alone.

In Hamgyong Province, Kato Kiyomasa questioned Linhaijun again: "Since you are the great prince of North Korea, why haven't you seen North Korea respond for a long time!" What exactly is the reason! Even if you don't surrender, you should take gold and silver and beg me to release you, don't you? You're not a prince, are you? ”

Linhaijun replied; "Me too. . . I wish I wasn't a prince, and if I weren't a prince, I wouldn't have been caught here. Kato Kiyomasa sarcastically said: "I heard that you are notorious, and even the people have voluntarily arrested you in exchange for peace, perhaps the Korean royal family has also abandoned you." ”

When Lin Haijun heard this, he was extremely afraid that he would be killed because he lost his value, and denied it again and again: "It will never be like this, if I was abandoned, I would have been abolished as a concubine long ago, not to mention that the son of the world and I are compatriots of the same mother, and the relationship is deep, I am willing to write another letter to the son, asking him to lead the people to surrender immediately." Kato Kiyomasa said, "That's fine, if there is no response this time, I will have to cut off your hands and feet and hand them over to the people who want to kill you." Lin Haijun panicked and hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Gwanghae-jun was silent for a long time when he got the letter again, and Zheng Zhuo suggested that it would be better to secretly inquire into the location of Linhai-kun, but Gwanghae-jun said: "Don't bother so much, I have already said that Linhai-kun died heroically in the battle with the Japanese Invaders, and he is worthy of his ancestors. ”

Zheng Zhuo was worried about how the king should tell him, and when he saw that Guanghai Jun was unwilling, he persuaded: "Don't do this, if you know about this in the future, you will be furious, and it will put you in a dangerous situation, so you must report it." Gwanghae-kun agreed. At the same time, Jin Gongliang also learned about Linhaijun from the maid, and immediately reported it to Jin Guiren.

Li Hao heard that Linhaijun and Shunhejun were captured by the Japanese army, and hurriedly asked for details. Hearing that the prince had already known about this, he angrily scolded why he did not report it, so he immediately ordered the prince to be summoned. Jin Guiren continued: "Your Highness, Linhaijun must be rescued, it is the bloodline of His Highness no matter what, the prince is captured is a shame for His Highness, and Linhaijun will also have an effect on supervising the prince if he is alive." Although Linhae-kun's ability was not enough to suppress Gwanghae, as the eldest son, the Ming Dynasty would also have doubts about the fact that the eldest son of the Joseon royal family was not a son, and it was difficult for Gwanghae-kun to be officially canonized for the Ming Dynasty, which adhered to the law of etiquette. But if it is

If Haijun dies, Guanghai will become the eldest son, and the position of the prince will also be justified and officially canonized by the Ming Dynasty. Li Hao felt that it was reasonable and decided to rescue Lin Haijun.

Guang Haijun received the summons and was ready to leave with a sad face, and Liu Chenglong instructed that he only needed to insist on being questioned all the time, and he must deal with it calmly and not fight against the king. Guanghaijun agreed, Zheng Zhuoben also wanted to go to Yizhou together, Guanghaijun persuaded: "You don't have to go with me, if we all leave for Yizhou, who will preside over the affairs of the sub-dynasty, please sit in the sub-dynasty, I will be careful when I go, don't worry about me." "The ministers of the branch court have paid homage to Guanghaijun.

The king of Joseon, Yi Hao, summoned his ministers and asked Gwanghae what he meant by the constant visitation. Guanghaijun replied: "Since Erchen received the letter from his brother Linhaijun, he has been uneasy, although his brother's handwriting is correct, but it is difficult to ensure that it is not a trick to lure the Japanese Kou, so he has been constantly exploring the truth and truth, and will report to His Highness until the facts are ascertained." ”

Li Hao asked rhetorically: "It's very strange for a widow, can you gain something from exploring for so long?" It's not that I'm worried that I will be robbed of the throne of the world and watch from the sidelines. Guanghaijun was surprised: "Your Highness, how can you say that, not only does the minister not have this qualification, but he has not even thought about the position of the prince once. If His Highness intends for me to give up the position of prince to my brother, the minister will not hesitate to give up his position. ”

Zuo Yizheng Yi Doushou said: "The prince's mansion and Linhaijun are the same mother and compatriots, and the brotherhood is very good, and the subjects are all so evaluated, compared to others, I heard that my brother was imprisoned and humiliated by the Japanese invaders, and the prince must be the saddest person, and he will definitely do his best to find out the safety of Linhaijun." Please retract your doubts. Zheng Che also said: "Yes, Your Highness, the behavior of His Majesty's Mansion to investigate first can be regarded as a prudent matter. If you act recklessly and oppose China, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Li Hao asked again if it had been confirmed that Linhaijun had been arrested? Gwanghae-kun replied, "Yes, I have received clear information before leaving, and my brother has indeed been captured by the Japanese Invaders. Li Hao lamented that the capture of the prince was the same as the capture of the king, which was really a royal shame. An army should be sent immediately to rescue Linhai-kun.

Li Hengfu, the judge of the soldier, said: "Your Highness thinks twice, now we have no army to send to Hamgyong Province to rescue the prince, the official army and the rebel army are mainly concentrated in the south to deal with the Japanese invaders, and the guards and Ming army guards stationed in Uiju are only a few thousand, which is not enough to defeat the enemy in Hamgyong Province. If the army of Uiju is sent, it will be difficult to ensure the safety of His Highness. Li Hao was helpless for a while, and then thought that he could exchange the silver taels with the gift of the Ming Dynasty.

Yi Doushou admonished: "Your Highness, there are five thousand silver taels left in the Ming Dynasty, which is a preparation for the military and civilians to survive the cold winter, and it will affect the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and it cannot be easily misappropriated." Li Hao was furious and asked how to save Linhaijun! Zheng Che might as well give up rescuing Linhai, Li Hao was puzzled: "In your opinion, you want the widow to see death and not save it, the widow knows that you hate Linhai on weekdays, but after all, the eldest son of the widow, how can he abandon it at will!" ”

Zheng Che explained: "Your Highness, don't misunderstand, it's not to put Linhaijun to death, but to make this arrangement so that Linhaijun can live. More than 100 years ago, the Ming Emperor was also captured by Yi Di, Yi Di also intended to use the emperor to coerce the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty did not obey Yi Di but set up a new emperor to ascend the throne. Just like now, if the imperial court insists on taking a stand, the Linhai Monarch will also be released as useless after a long time. Ito Shou agreed.

Li Hao asked rhetorically: "How do you know that the Japanese will be released because they are useless in the sea?" The Ming Emperor was released because the Ming Dynasty was strong, and Yi Di was difficult to match, and he was worried about the revenge of the Ming Dynasty and the continuous negotiation before releasing the emperor. Where is the situation today? According to your plan, Linhai will surely die! Or should the gift of silver be exchanged for the sea. ”

Ito Shou still objected: "How can Your Highness make tens of thousands of soldiers freeze to death in the cold winter for the incompetent prince alone!" Zheng Che also advised the people's hearts to be great, and Li Hengfu, the judge of Bing Cao, also advised: "North Korea already has a prince, and it should be given priority to protect the safety of His Highness and the prince, and there is no need to spend this silver tael for Linhai Jun." ”

Li Hao said with a smile: "I see, the prince can be saved, Linhai Jun can't be saved, all the ministers are biased towards the prince, and you should also be extremely pleased with the people's aspirations." After hearing this, Guanghaijun also smiled and replied: "Your Highness loves Linhai deeply, if the silver two and the sergeant can't save the brother, the son has a way, and the son can order the son to go to the enemy position to exchange the brother." The retainers can't bear to sit back and watch His Highness lose the pain of his eldest son, please rescue his brother and canonize the son. When the ministers heard this, they panicked and blocked one after another.

Yi Doushou persuaded: "How can His Majesty say such non-self-respecting and self-loving words, how can he easily get involved in danger as a prince, and the country will also be overturned." Zheng Chejin said: "If the prince is captured, the division of the dynasty is not guaranteed, the people are panicked, and the official army and the righteous army will be defeated because of this" Li Hengfu, the military judge, also advised: "If the prince goes down to be a hostage, it is better to let the minister be a hostage, and you must not make such rash moves." "The ministers even asked the king of Joseon not to agree to the exchange of princes. Seeing that the ministers were so protective of the prince, Li Hao had mixed feelings in his heart and had no choice but to give up.

Until late at night, the king of Joseon, Li Hao, was sullen and said to the great internal officials: "The widow is very curious, if the widow said that he was willing to exchange for Linhai as a hostage, would the ministers try their best to stop it?" Surely not. The great internal official comforted: "How can Your Highness say such outrageous words, Your Highness is the king of a country, and the king is a hostage, how can the courtiers not stop it?" ”

Li Hao smiled bitterly: "Wang? Who is the king? Is the widow still a king? The ministers are centrifuged, and they can't even save their own children, they are really incompetent kings. The Great Internal Officer proposed: "Your Highness, how about entrusting the rescue of Linhai Jun to Shen Weijing, who is about to return?" From his negotiation with the enemy, it can be seen that this person has extraordinary ability, and as an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, his status is noble, and he can rescue Linhai Jun with only the advantage of his tongue. ”

Li Hao was overjoyed: "That's right, what you said is very true, how can the widow forget that there is still Shen Weijing, this person is proficient in strategy, courageous, and has the support of Daming behind him, he will definitely be able to rescue Linhai." The safety of the seaside can rest assured. Joyful and indignant: "The widow can't forgive Guanghai, he can't bear it, Yi Doushou and Zheng Che lead the ministers to be biased towards Guanghai in everything, if they continue to be so presumptuous, sooner or later they will force the widow to take the throne." Seeing Li Hao like this, the official of the Great Internal Department cried bitterly for Li Hao's grievances, but Li Hao had fallen into deep thought and thought about how to deal with it.