This time, the Korean envoys came quickly, and when they arrived in the capital, the army led by Huang Taiji had not yet completely surrounded Seoul, the royal capital of Korea.

The arrival of the North Korean envoy in the capital caused a shock in the DPRK and shifted attention to the past.

North Korea is the face of the Ming Dynasty's vassals, and is known as Little China. The main reason for the three major campaigns of Wanli is the face project, because of the backwardness of information, the specific situation of the Japanese side will not be known until a few years later. Therefore, at that time, Japan wanted to use Korea as a springboard to peep at the Ming Dynasty's intentions, but the Ming Dynasty did not know about it at first.

There is no record in history that Korea asked for help from the Ming Dynasty, and the current situation is that Liaodong is in the hands of the Manchus, and if the imperial army can be pulled to Korea, it must first defeat the Manchus and do not have to defend the Guanning defense line.

Mainly after Wang Yue's great victory in Beijing was transmitted to Korea, the Korean king Li Wei was greatly excited, and this time the Qing army invaded Korea, he immediately sent an envoy with a glimmer of hope.

After all, this is the face that his grandfather Wanli earned back then, in order to show his attention, he didn't let go of the vacation, Chongzhen immediately convened the ministers to discuss the matter.

The Korean envoy fell to the ground and cried bitterly after seeing Chongzhen: "My North Korea has always been a vassal country of China, and its feelings and righteousness are not enough to speak. This month, the 'dog and sheep Yidi' invaded our dynasty, forced my king to go to the Ming Emperor's year, paid the edict seal given by the Ming Dynasty, served the Qing Dynasty Zhengshuo, and regularly contributed, sent the prince into the capital as a hostage, and wanted to force my main war ministers Hong Yihan, Yin Ji, and Wu Daji to be killed in Yidu. However, the Weitian Empire cannot restore the country, so far the monarchs and ministers are up and down, and those who protect each other and are not fishes, who is the power of them? Although misfortune and great calamity are coming, there should still be a fall. Otherwise, how can there be resignation in the world and future generations? I am a small country and a widow, and I am powerless to resist the Yidi Iron Cavalry, and I only hope that my parents and states will come to the rescue, and my North Korea will do its best to cooperate to return the world to a prosperous future. ”

Seeing the Korean envoys kneeling on the ground and crying for a long time, the Ming court debated endlessly over the two plans of "sending troops to aid Korea" or "defending the frontier by themselves".

It should be said that judging from the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible and cannot rush to aid North Korea, it is too late to protect itself, how can it be possible to rush to aid North Korea, and besides, the conquest needs silver, and North Korea cannot take out these silver.

The Hou Hou of the Ministry of Household Affairs believed that there were great difficulties in reinforcing Korea, and they raised difficulties from practical problems, including logistics and transportation, army supplies, etc., and the actual meaning was hidden behind these difficulties, that is, the Ming army could not win the Golden Tartars, and if it was reinforced at this time, it would cause greater losses.

However, a group of people led by Xue Guoguan, the second assistant, advocated the rescue of North Korea.

He believes that the three major expeditions of Wanli are still the achievements of the imperial court, although these three battles, so that the Ming Dynasty suffered huge losses, can be described as a broken bone, but the three large-scale battles, for the Ming Dynasty to establish a high prestige. Since the rise of the Tartar army, the prestige of the imperial court has been repeatedly hit, and last year's great victory in Beijing shows that the Tartars are not so terrible. As an important vassal of our DPRK, the DPRK must be rescued.

Xue Guoguan still proposed to rescue North Korea when he knew the current situation in the imperial court, and his proposal was also approved by Feng Ying, the secretary of the criminal department, Yuan You, the servant of the ministry, and many imperial historians, which was a bit funny.

The Cabinet Minister's Minister, Wen Tiren, did not directly express his position, which led to the Cabinet's opinions not being completely unified.

Yang Sichang, the new secretary of the military department, was particularly opposed to reinforcements to Korea, believing that it was unrealistic.

As soon as he arrived, he had a detailed discussion with Chongzhen all night, which made Chongzhen feel like he hated to see each other late. So he was ordered to preside over the suppression of the Liukou, Yang Sichang lived up to expectations and formulated a grand "four positive, six corners and ten nets" encirclement and suppression plan (Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Jiangbei are the four positives, and the four governors are divided and suppressed; With Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan as the six corners, the six governors divided the defense and assisted in suppression; It is called a web of ten sides).

What is the reason why Xue Guoguan and others supported the rescue of North Korea, Yang Sichang knew it well. I have just taken office, so there is no need to offend these Donglin Party members.

The Korean envoys wept and cried every day, begging the Ming Emperor to send reinforcements. After the Ming army had defeated the Houjin Tartars, he knew that after the battle was transmitted to Korea, the king also specially congratulated the civil and military officials, believing that North Korea's choice was correct and that it was necessary to rely on the Ming Dynasty closely.

Besides, the Korean royal family agrees with the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, and does not look down on the Houjin Tartars at all, thinking that they are Hulu, when Huang Taiji said that the emperor ascended the throne, the envoys of North Korea did not kneel at all, even if they offended Huang Taiji and Houjin Tartars, they didn't care.

Chongzhen's attitude is to never express his position, and let the courtiers argue. He also knew that it was unrealistic to rescue North Korea, but he still held several Korean meetings for the sake of the face of the Celestial Empire, reflecting the importance he attached to this matter. It's not that I don't want to rescue, it's just that the ministers don't agree.

The Korean envoy had no other way but to cry and cry to impress the Ming Emperor and the Ming Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

During this period, the envoys of the Joseon Dynasty who came to "cry the Qin Court" were not idle, and they frequently walked around all the available ways: cabinet ministers, ministers of the six ministries and even eunuchs, trying their best to ask the Celestial Empire to send troops.

It was in the midst of such controversy that news from the Korean side kept coming, and the army led by Huang Taiji took the royal capital of North Korea, Seoul, with lightning speed, and surrounded the Korean Injo Li Liang in the mountain city of Hannam.

The countdown to the fall of North Korea has begun, and Hou Yi and others are even more opposed to the rescue. At this time, Xue Guoguan and others proposed to let the Korean envoys go to Wang Yue, maybe he had a way.

This was echoed by Chongzhen, who also hoped that the Tiance Army would be able to fight.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, in the name of visiting her grandfather, Princess Zhu Yujiao of Kunxing was finally able to leave the palace.

Halfway through the drive, she ordered her entourage to divert to the starting point. She had long heard that there were many strange things in the starting point city, such as perfume and flower water, and the gorgeous fireworks on Chinese New Year's Eve aroused her curiosity.

Seeing that the princess's car suddenly changed lanes, he drove the guards straight, and Li Zhong, the Jinyi Wei Qianhu who was in charge of the princess's travel and security work, asked the eunuch who was accompanying him about the situation and stopped: "The princess is a nobleman and a daughter, and she can't go out of Beijing without permission, so you make it very difficult for the minister!" ”

Princess Kunxing frowned and said, "There is no Beijing division in the starting point city, so Uncle Li will leave it alone." ”

Li Zhong is an old man in the Xinwang Mansion, and he was on an errand in the Xinwang Mansion when Chongzhen had not yet ascended the throne, and he was relatively close to the royal family.

Li Zhong bowed and said: "The minister doesn't dare to be called the princess like this, and he will be tormented by the villain." Then he insisted: "The princess went out of the city without permission, and if the Lord Long Live knew about it, I am afraid that she will be guilty of me, and it will be difficult for the ministers to obey their fate." ”