CHAPTER XXIV

There was silence in the hall.

Everyone was stunned, looked up at Yan Bowei who was announcing the decree, and then lowered their eyes at the same time, looking at the back of Li Fangyuan's head who was kneeling in front, but Li Fangyuan did not react.

"Li Fangyuan, still don't accept the order?"

Suddenly, there was a burst of wild laughter like a night owl in the main hall: "Ahahahaha," Li Fangyuan actually stood up, pointed at Yan Bowei and said: "The Ming court has insulted me too much, my North Korea has ceded Lelang Mansion and abandoned Xijing Pyongyang, we are so deferential, what are you not satisfied with?" What else do you want us to do? Why do you have to destroy our North Korea? Why? Why? ”

"You already have the most fertile land in the world, why do you covet our homeland?"

"Why?"

Seeing Li Fangyuan standing up, his henchmen such as Bian Zhongliang and others also stood up and glared at Yan Bowei.

Seeing Li Fangyuan, who looked crazy, Yan Bowei was unmoved, but said coldly: "Could it be that the imperial court has wronged you?" You didn't collude with Yan Rebellion? ”

“...... No, this king didn't seduce Yan Yi, do you have any evidence? ”

"Evidence? When you get to Dali Temple, the court will naturally show you. Rebellion is a crime of great rebellion, according to the law of the imperial court, to exterminate the nine clans, so that North Korea will have to change the governor, but the emperor is merciful, only you are held accountable, and still let the Li family take power, this is already the grace of heaven and earth, Li Fangyuan, don't make a mistake! ”

"Self-error?" Li Fangyuan also calmed down: "The fourth brother of this king is dead, it is a well-known thing of the North Koreans, you can find a substitute at will, you want to steal my Li family's foundation and destroy my Korean family, this king will never agree!" ”

"Yes, never!"

"King, it's a big deal!"

"What's so great about the Ming Dynasty is nothing more than a slave of the Mongols."

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Seeing the excited Korean ministers, and seeing the ministers who got up one after another and no longer knelt down to listen to the holy decree, Yan Bowei, who was alone, sighed in his heart: It seems that today next year should be his anniversary, alas, fortunately he didn't bring his entourage, otherwise it would just be a vain death.

"Bold! Li Fangyuan, are you desperate to rebel? ”

"Rebellion? Hehe," Li Fangyuan sneered and waved his hand: "Come on, arrest Yan Bowei!" ”

The guards next to him immediately came over, snatched the holy decree, removed the official hat, and fell to the ground, Yan Bowei scolded: "Bold! You thieves! Come to a sticky end! ”

The guard raised his palm and was about to slap his mouth, Li Fangyuan waved his hand to stop them, slowly walked in front of Yan Bowei, squatted down and said: "Lord Yan, you are a smart person, you and I know this trick of the imperial court, and you should also understand that you are here to send you to death." Lord Yan, you are full of talent, and the court treats you like this, are you willing? The king has always admired you, are you willing to submit to this king? This king is willing to confer on him in the position of councilor. ”

"Phew!" Yan Bowei spit out a mouthful of phlegm to Li Fangyuan, Li Fangyuan subconsciously blocked it with his hand, most of the phlegm was blocked in his hand, and a small part of it was spit on Li Fangyuan's face.

Li Fangyuan was furious: "Come on, drag Yan Bowei out and behead the public!" ”

"Yes!"

"Hahaha! This official and dignified envoy of the Heavenly Empire, how can he bring you down to barbarianism? This official died as he deserved, and there are no regrets! Li Fangyuan, and you, this official will be waiting for you in hell, and when the imperial army arrives, you will all be wiped out! ”

"Drag it out! Drag it out! Li Fangyuan roared like thunder.

Seeing that Yan Bowei was about to be dragged out of the door, Shi Ling, the leader of the council, hesitated for a moment, and said: "King, kill the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, but you have to break with the Ming Dynasty!" I am a small country in North Korea, and I hope that the king will think twice! ”

"Cheng Shixuan, the Ming Dynasty has the heart to destroy my North Korea, of course my North Korea is going to break with the Ming Dynasty, do you stretch out your neck and wait for the Ming people to cut it?"

"But, can I defeat the Ming Dynasty? Even if you win for a while, don't you still have to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the end? ”

"It's a matter of being a minister, but," Li Fangyuan pointed to Yan Bowei who dragged him out of the door and said, "This king still wants to kill him, so as to make my will clear." From today on," Li Fangyuan looked back at the ministers: "This king wants to revise the national policy and change the Ming to Lianmeng to resist the Ming, and he can continue to be a minister to the Ming, but the Ming court must not interfere in our country's internal affairs!" ”

"Moreover, this king wants to ascend the throne as the emperor, establish the country with the name 'Han', abolish the Jianwen era name, and use the era name 'Xingguo'" Li Fangyuan thought for a while and said categorically.

The ministers were stunned, but Bian Zhongliang, Cheng Shixuan and others were overjoyed, knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Weichen see the emperor!" ”

Although some of the ministers did not agree, when they saw Li Fangyuan with red eyes, Bian Zhongliang and others who knelt down and bowed their heads, as well as the guards surrounded by swords and guns, they had no choice but to kneel down and kowtow, saying long live.

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On June 13 of the first year of Jianwen, Li Fangyuan, the governor of Korea, executed Yan Bowei, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne and proclaimed the emperor, and the founding name was "Dahan", officially broke with the Ming court, and gathered heavy troops on the border, intending to recover Lelang.

After Li Fangyuan ascended the throne, he immediately named Li Chenggui as the emperor, Queen Shenyi as the Empress Dowager Shenyi, Queen Yuan Jing as the Empress Dowager Yuan Jing, and the rest of the clan relatives were promoted from the monarch to the prince.

At the same time, the ministers were feudal, and the leaders were changed to "first auxiliary", and ordinary political council was "second auxiliary"; Liucao was renamed Liubu, and the chief was renamed "Shangshu"; The clan house was renamed the clan house; Sungkyunkwan was renamed Guozijian; The rest and so on, mostly following the Ming system.

In the end, in order to control the military power, thirteen people, including Bian Zhongliang and Jin Fuchuan, were appointed as marquis, and the army of 200,000 was divided into the country.

In order to win over the Jurchens, they restored the reputation of Li Zhongzhong and Meng's brother Timur, and enshrined Li Zhongzhong as the king of Qinghai and Meng's brother Timur as the king of the West Sea, and ordered the two to lead the Jurchens south to harass the Ming army and cooperate with the Mongol army to fight.

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When Sheng Yong of Pyongyang heard the news, he was shocked and immediately sent someone to inform Zhu Yunwen and ordered the sailors to attack, break the Hanjiang sailors, and threaten Hanjing; At the same time, Qu Neng and Zhang Fu were ordered to lead troops to the border to deploy defenses to prevent North Korea from advancing westward; ordered Zhang Lun to lead his troops to suppress the naturalized Jurchens in the territory to prevent changes.

Zhang Fu advocated taking advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold, advancing by waterway, and using artillery to conquer Kaijing and Hanjing, which could be victorious. However, Sheng Yong did not allow it, but ordered him to escort Li Fanggan, the Marquis of Lelang, to the border, and ordered him to recruit North Korean fugitives at the border in the name of the governor of North Korea, so as to disintegrate North Korea from the outside.

Facts have proved that Li Fangyuan's adventure as emperor was right, after the military generals of Wenchen received the edict, they immediately felt as if they had changed as if they had changed a person, and gradually lost sight of the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia, and the Wa Kingdom; At the same time, Li Fangyuan played the card of independence and self-determination, and also attracted a lot of people's hearts. Li Fanggan at the border was very embarrassed, Li Fangyuan publicly claimed that Li Fanggan was dead, and Li Fanggan at the border was an impostor, sent by the Ming Dynasty to harm Korea.

Under the heavy reward, Li Fanggan suffered two assassinations in succession and almost died, and since then he has not dared to stay with the North Koreans, and his role is almost zero.

After Zhu Yunwen received the military report, he was also surprised, he didn't expect Li Fangyuan to be so backbone and become the emperor. On the good side, the Great Master is famous, and on the bad side, the moral high ground has been lost, and it has become a war between the two countries, and the variables are a lot bigger, and Sheng Yong's caution should be right.

At the same time, he also received a letter from Zhang Fu, which described his thoughts on attacking and destroying Korea, Zhu Yunwen was a little surprised and puzzled after reading it, and after discussing it with Wang Du and Liu Jing, he suddenly realized.

Six days later, Zhu Yunwen, who had already arrived in Beijing, issued an order: Feng Licheng Hou Shengyong was the general of the expedition to the east, and the commanders Qu Neng, Zhang Lun, Zhang Fu, as well as the Liaodong Navy Division and the Shandong Navy Division conquered the Japanese to destroy Korea, there must be no mistake!