On the sixth day of the sixth month of June, at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, the king of Joseon, Yi Hao, together with the leading ministers of the council, Yoo Sung-ryong, and other ministers put on a posture with Xing Jue, resolutely refusing to recognize the "Treaty of Zengpyeong". Xing Yu lied that the peace treaty was only to paralyze Japan, and that after 20 years the Japanese army retreated, the Ming army would return the territory as appropriate.

When Liu Chenglong asked about the specific meaning of "depending on the situation", Xing Jue explained: "At that time, if it is determined that the Japanese will not attack again, the heavenly soldiers will gradually withdraw to the Central Plains." ”

"How long is 'step-by-step'? Wouldn't it be another twenty years? Liu Chenglong did not relent.

"It's really impossible to say, if the Korean government is harmonious and the Japanese flag dies down, then you don't need to say it, the heavenly soldiers will also withdraw; But if North Korea is still as full of party lords as it is now, the people are not happy, and Japan is not very peaceful, and it is still eyeing North Korea, then the old man will persuade the emperor to think about it, and it may not be possible in ten or eight years, in fact, you don't have to worry, isn't it all for your good to withdraw early and late. Xing Jue's Tai Chi boxing is quite level, and he puts all the blame on the Koreans themselves and Japan, and Daming is still a decent gentleman.

"Tianchao has good intentions, and the small feudal is very grateful, but yesterday the Incheon envoy came to report that it was the Japanese who drove into Inchon at night, occupied the government and the barracks, and drove out the Korean defenders. Liu Chenglong held back his anger and said.

"Lord Liu doesn't need to worry, this is also part of the peace treaty, from now on, Incheon will be the territory of Japan, but please rest assured, the Heavenly Soldiers will protect Wang Jing's safety." Xing Jue said nonchalantly.

"Shall others sleep soundly on the side of the couch? Incheon is the key to the west gate of Seoul, how can such a dangerous place be handed over to the Japanese Kou, is the elder confused? ! Liu Chenglong finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and got up angrily and asked Xing Jue.

"In exchange for a city to withdraw from the Japanese army, you have made a lot of money, but don't know what to do." Hearing only the sound of "bang", Xing Jue put the tea cup heavily on the table and stared coldly at Li Hao sitting on the throne.

Seeing Xing Jue like this, Li Hao's scalp suddenly became numb, and while reprimanding Liu Chenglong for his lawless eyes, he smiled at Xing Jue and said: "The small feudal clan of our country does not understand etiquette, and I hope that the elder of the pavilion will forgive me, but what he said is not unreasonable, the location of Incheon is too dangerous, if it is handed over to the Japanese Kou, I am afraid that Wang Jing will never have peace." ”

Xing Jue retracted his gaze and said slowly: "Please rest assured, my emperor has issued an order and decided to move the Korean royal family to Pyongyang to avoid the enemy's edge, as for Gyeonggi and the Yellow Sea, because they are on the front line of the anti-Japanese war, they are temporarily stationed by the heavenly soldiers, and the appointment and dismissal of officials in the territory, the collection of taxes and taxes are all the same, and the recruitment of new soldiers and the maintenance of law and order are the responsibility of the heavenly soldiers. ”

"Move the capital?!" Li Hao Huoran got up, trembled his lips but stopped talking, and after a long sigh, he finally sat down, and replied in despair: "The grace of heaven is great, the widow on behalf of the Korean people thanks the emperor for his compassion, according to what the elder said, when it is cleaned up, the widow will take the Korean royal family to Pyongyang, and Seoul will have you in the future." ”

"Your Highness can understand that my emperor's hard work is really good, please rest assured, I will definitely guard to the death, and never let the Japanese invaders step into Seoul. There is still official business to deal with, so I will retire first, by the way, the 3,000 men and horses outside Gyeongbokgung Palace are specially transferred to protect the royal family to the north, and please ask Your Highness to hurry up and clean up, don't let the soldiers wait for a long time. With that, Xing Jue stood up and walked out of Gyeongbokgung Palace.

On 12 June, more than 860 members of the Joseon royal family and ministers began their journey north to Pyongyang under the escort of the Ming army, and on 20 June, at the same time as Li Hao arrived in Pyongyang, Xing Jue ordered that the two provinces of Huanghae and Gyeonggi be merged into the "Jinban Bibian Division" to govern Seoul.

Three years later, on the grounds that local officials were extorting and exceeding, the Ming Dynasty abolished the right and jurisdiction of the Joseon royal court to collect taxes on the two provinces, and changed the "Zhenban Bibian Division" to the "Zhenban Capital Division", completely controlling the region.

In the following ten years, the Ming court successively deprived the Joseon royal court of its control over Pyongan Province with changes such as the "Xian Rebellion", "Shizi Rebellion" and "Gengxu Rebellion", and set up the "Lelang Metropolitan Division" in the 38th year of Wanli (1610 AD), and moved the Korean capital from Pyongyang to Hamhung.

Six years later, ** Hachi was called Khan in Hetuala, and the country was named "Dajin", and the Ming court was worried that it would collude with North Korea to attack from both sides, so it seized Hamgyong Province by force in the autumn of that year, changed it to "Xuansu Dusi", and imprisoned the Korean royal family in Uiju.

Three years later, Yang Hao's army was defeated by Salhu, and the territory of Liaodong was lost, in order to contain the Houjin, the Ming court adopted Sun Chengzong's opinion, and merged the four capital divisions of Lelang, Xuansu, Zhenfan and Lintun to form the "Korean Capital Division" and govern Pyongyang.

In the next year, Guangzong died of illness, Xizong Zhu ascended the throne, and the Jin plundered the land day by day, so he changed the "Korean Capital Division" to the "Korean Political Envoy Division", with Sun Chengzong as the first governor, and Yuan Yingtai concurrently served as the general soldier, which was the beginning of Korea's annexation to China. In September of that year, Chengzong moved the Korean royal family to Dengzhou, encountered wind and waves when passing through Weihai, more than 300 people under the Yongchang monarch were killed (after the death of Li Hao, the Ming court did not canonize the king of Joseon, and the prince of the king was still called the king), and Xizong established the sixth son of the monarch Li Zheng as the king, and moved to Xinyang, Henan Province.

Five years later, Li Zheng died of illness at the age of eleven, and was succeeded by his brother Li Ze to the throne; Eight years later, Henan Imperial History Counselor Li Fan "arrogant and forgetful, Ren Jiading for the chaos of the township", Emperor Chongzhen was furious, demoted it to Hou, in April of the following year, he was demoted to Bo, transferred to Zunyi, Guizhou, Li Fan was unbearable, committed suicide by throwing himself into the river when he went to Yichang, his wife and ministers were martyred, and only one son Li Sui went to Zunyi with his retainers.

In September of the following year, Ri died of miasma, and the Joseon royal family was cut off because he had no children under his knees, only 34 years after the capital was moved to Pyongyang.

Of course, these are all things to come, just before and after Li Hao left, Hideho handed over the "Zengping Peace Treaty" to the envoy and brought it back to Fushimi, ready to hand it over to Hideyoshi, but at this time Hideyoshi was already terminally ill and delirious.

"Your Highness, the Right Mansion is really a bit excessive, and without your consent, he reached a peace agreement with the Ming Kingdom without authorization, and returned all the occupied land, what does he think? The minister also heard that he wanted to return to China to visit his newborn son-in-law, which was too much of a child's play. Mitsunari took the peace treaty and muttered in Hideyoshi's ear, it was the first day of the seventh month, and Hideyoshi handed over most of the government affairs to the three commissioners and the five elders, but this matter, Sancheng and the five elders couldn't make a decision, so they went to Fushimi to ask him for instructions.

"Sakichi," Hideyoshi half-leaned on the bed, panting as he said to Sansei, "I believe in Youfu, he didn't do anything wrong in this matter, let him come back if you want to come back, I think it's time too." ”