King Qi was very unhappy.

Qingzhou's overnight greed caused the loss of Qingzhou, followed by the White Lotus Sect rebellion that lasted for more than three months, and he had nowhere to stay, so he could only return to the capital in disgrace. As soon as he arrived in the capital, King Qi was called to the palace by the emperor and scolded him fiercely, which made King Qi, who claimed to be an elder, very embarrassed, but he didn't dare to refute a word.

Now that Shandong is in turmoil, the emperor did not allow him to go to Qingzhou, but left his family in the palace in the capital, and he was sent to North Korea, a place where birds do not, and it is said that there are also rebellions everywhere to supervise the transportation of grain and grass.

But on the surface, King Qi was grateful to the emperor for his grace and swore to serve his life. It's just that he has never been on a boat in his life, so according to his original intention, he wanted to take Liaodong and arrive in Korea by land, but the emperor preferred him to come by boat, which made His Royal Highness King Qi tremble all the way, and he was seasick, so he vomited and diarrhea, and was miserable.

After the First Fleet of the Ming Royal Navy participated in the counterinsurgency, it was docked on the edge of the Yangtze River and repaired until March, before setting sail for Korea, while King Qi took the flagship of the First Fleet and rushed all the way to Korea.

It was already spring, and the southeast wind was blowing, so it took only about fifteen days for the fleet to reach Korea, and at this moment General Spooi was still floating on the sea, and it was only two days later that he arrived in Kyushu.

Zhu Rong did not land at the mouth of the Han River, but changed to a Haicang ship on Ganghwa Island and went south along the Han River to the bottom of Seoul.

In order to ensure Zhu Rong's safety, Qu Neng set up strict sentry posts along the coast of Seoul and forbade all civilian ships from launching into the water, and at the same time imposed martial law in Seoul to prevent all troublemakers and saboteurs from making trouble.

Despite this, the DPRK side still went to great lengths to put on a grand welcoming ceremony, with singing, dancing, and firecrackers. That night, in order to catch the wind for Zhu Rong, Li Fanggan held a banquet in the Rende Hall to wash the dust for Zhu Rong, the king of Qi.

At the banquet, Li Fanggan also recommended beauties for Zhu Rong, although North Korean women can sing and dance well and are tall, but Zhu Rong, who has suffered a loss, is very careful and declined Li Fanggan's kindness.

At night, Zhu Rong stayed in Li Fangyuan's mansion before ascending the throne, after Li Fangyuan fled, this mansion has been empty, no one dares to live, this time Zhu Rong came, Zhang Zhen and Qu Neng thought about it and decided to arrange for him to live in Li Fangyuan's mansion, one reason is more luxurious, suitable for Zhu Rong's status as the king of Qi, and the other reason is that it is closer to the mansion of the governor of Quan, and it is more convenient to discuss things.

At night, Zhu Rong summoned Zhang Zhen, Huang Fu, Qu Neng and others in the mansion, announced the emperor's secret decree to them, and then everyone sat down to report the situation.

First of all, Qu Neng spoke, he first reported on the military situation in North Korea: "At present, the situation north of Cibei Ridge is relatively stable, there is originally the jurisdiction of Mengyuan Liaoyang Province, the power of North Korea is very small, most of them are Jurchen tribes, after the governance of Mei Yin, the commander of the horses, plus the sweep of the Jurchens and Mongols in the northeast by General Ping'an last year, the Jurchens in Lelang Mansion have been relatively obedient, and there should not be much problem for the time being." ”

"As for the north of the Mercy Ridge, the situation is more complicated, although our army has 100,000 troops, it can only control various key points, such as 10,000 defenders of Kaesong, and the commander is Yan Yuan; Hanjing garrisoned 20,000 troops, led by the last general; The commander-in-chief, General Sheng, is blockading Gyeongju, and the number of people under his command is relatively large, and the standing army should have 30,000 people, and the rest of the 30,000 Tuntian troops will soon be ploughing, so General Sheng may only be able to use 30,000 people. ”

"And the rest of the area was handed over to the Guiyi Army and the Mongol Army and the Jurchen Army that were captured and reorganized from the Northeast, and our army had only a thousand men in most cities."

"Is there anything wrong with that?"

"There is no problem for the time being, as long as Li Fangyuan can be exterminated on schedule, there should be no problem, now that the spring is blooming, General Sheng should act soon."

"Well," Zhu Yu frowned when he heard this: "Then what if you can't exterminate Li Fangyuan on time?" ”

"This, if it is delayed for a long time, there may be new changes, and it is likely to delay the matter of attacking the Japanese."

"However," Zhu Yu looked up at the roof: "However, after the First Fleet of the Royal Navy sent this king to Ganghwa Island, it had already rushed to the vicinity of Tsushima Island and Iki Island to conduct preliminary reconnaissance. ”

Hearing this, Qu Neng wanted to say something, but sighed again.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhen arched his hand and said: "Lord Wang, the subordinates think that General Qu's worries are not unreasonable, although our army now controls most of North Korea, but the Korean people are far from being obedient, and the experience of the ministers in Yunnan, it will take at least two to three years for this kind of place to stabilize." In fact, the subordinates thought that it was best to use all their strength to defeat Li Fangyuan this year, and as for attacking the Japanese, it would be best if it could start this year, and if the time was not ripe, it would be better to wait until next year. Is Your Majesty too anxious about attacking the Japanese? ”

"Well, this king knows, what about Huang Fu?"

"The idea of the subordinate is similar to that of Lord Zhang, the meal should be eaten one bite at a time, digest the DPRK first, and then attack the Japanese state, it is safer."

"Your thoughts will be told to Your Majesty, but until Your Majesty changes his mind, the relevant preparations cannot be stopped. After all, you are only thinking about North Korea, and you don't understand the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty, so Your Majesty may have a more comprehensive consideration. ”

"The ministers understand, thank you for the reminder!"

Zhu Rong paused for a moment, pointed to the east, and said, "Everyone, what do you think of Li Fanggan?" Is he willing to be a puppet? Did he have anything else in mind? ”

"This," Qu Neng thought for a moment, "The last general thinks that he is a waste, indulging in wine all day long, and there should be no other thoughts." ”

"Where's Lord Zhang?"

"Li Fanggan seems to be decadent, but Weichen has always felt that he has other intentions."

What Lord Zhang said is very true, and Huang also thinks so, because Huang specially sent someone to understand what Li Fanggan looked like before, and found that he was like two people at that time and now, at that time he was still trying to win over the ministers, and Li Fang was far away like fire and water, although he was slightly inferior, but it was all because he was not ruthless enough. It's a bit unbelievable to indulge in wine like it is now. ”

"How can it be unbelievable?" Qu Neng shook his head and disagreed with Huang Fu's statement: "He only has a few guards and eunuchs around him now, and the guards of the mansion and the security of Hanjing are in the hands of the last general, even if he doesn't want to be a puppet, what can he do?" What else could he do if he didn't indulge in alcohol? ”

"This," seeing the two arguing, Zhu Yu smiled slightly: "This king thinks it's better to be careful." ”

"By the way, what about the people from the Intelligence Division? The king summoned them by holy commandment, and they dared not come? ”

"They shouldn't dare, maybe something is delaying." Qu Neng was more familiar with the people from the Intelligence Department, and hurriedly explained.

"Well, then the king will wait."

......

"Lord Wang, the last general of the North Korean Intelligence Department stationed in the defense of Qianhu Taojia is late, and I hope the prince will forgive me."

"Hehe, it's okay, I'm talking about you, come on, come on, sit down."

Tao Jia was about forty years old, not tall, with a smile on his face, dressed as a businessman, he first bowed his hand to Zhu Rong's luggage, and then to Qu Neng and the others present, and then sat down and said: "I don't know what happened when the prince summoned Tao?" ”

Hearing Tao Jia's look of rejecting people thousands of miles away, Zhu Yu smiled and said, "This time this king came to understand the situation by holy order, and I hope that Tao Qianhu will know everything." ”

"Yes, the subordinate obeys the order!"

"This king asks you, for Li Fanggan, did your intelligence department find anything wrong?"

"Something is wrong?" Tao Jia thought for a while and said: "There is indeed something wrong with Li Fanggan, after returning to Hanjing, he indulges in wine, and likes to watch folk juggling, singing and dancing, so that his mansion is often full of people, and it is very convenient to pass on news, but so far, the general has not caught the handle of these people, but the intuition of the lower officials, Li Fanggan must have a problem." ”

"In today's North Korea, meticulous work in all aspects is very rampant, including the Japanese state, Li Fangyuan, and even the Mongolian ......."

"And Mongolian?" Zhu Yu immediately sat up straight, a little stunned, and the expressions of the other people were similar.

"Yes, now that the imperial court is exploring the northeast, the Mongols are extremely unwilling, so they will definitely do things, and North Korea is the most ideal place for them to do things, and the Japanese country is probably the same reason."

"Just now, Xia Guan also led people to destroy a den of Japanese people, but unfortunately there was no way to live."

"No living mouths?"

"Yes, all the soldiers sent by the Wa Kingdom are dead soldiers."

"Well, what do they want to do?"

"According to the estimation of the lower officials, they are likely to want to assassinate the prince!"

"Why?"

"Now the Korean people are still suspicious, there is no return, once the prince has an accident, His Majesty will be angry, and the North Korean officials and people are likely to be frightened, and then take risks, once the rebellion is spreading, the current calm situation in North Korea will be broken, the consequences are difficult to predict, as long as North Korea is in chaos, then Mongolia, the Japanese state, and even Li Fangyuan will benefit!"

"Seemingly, it makes sense!"

......

When King Qi was discussing the situation in North Korea with several ministers, King Qi suddenly felt that the room seemed to be brighter, he looked up at the window lattice, and found that it was white outside, and couldn't help but stand up: "It's water!" ”

Qu Neng and the others stood up.

"Oh no, lord, my lords, the palace, the palace is on fire!"

"What?"