Chapter 308: The Unfamiliar Colonial Army
Chapter 308: The Unfamiliar Colonial Army
Where there are people, there will be politics, and where there is politics, there will be struggles, this saying is almost a truth.
Although North Korea is a small country, the struggle in the small court is also wonderful, or to be honest, the same swords and swords.
There were two political factions within the Joseon Kingdom, the Honors faction, which occupied large tracts of land and controlled power, and the Shirim faction, which represented the interests of small and medium-sized landlords. In the center, the struggle between the two factions was extremely acute, and the Shilin faction constantly exposed the despicable deeds of the ministers of the old faction, and the ministers of the old faction also retaliated against the Shilin faction from time to time.
Speaking of the reign of Emperor Jeongdeok, it was really bloody in the political arena of North Korea, and the old faction of Xun, with the support of the royal family, carried out a killing of the Shilin faction, and a large number of officials were beheaded and their homes were raided. Of course, both the Hoon-old school and the Shilim faction are the ruling class in North Korea.
This massacre did not completely wipe out one side, but only completely drove the later Shilin faction out of the center of the imperial court, and there is a saying that Shilin is only five grades in Korea. Li Rengong, the great Kuang Fuguo Chonglu doctor who is currently in charge of the government, is the leader of the old faction, and he spares no effort in the court to crack down on the Shilin faction, which is a new bureaucrat who has come up through the imperial examination.
Tongde Lang Jin Zhengwu, who came to communicate with Yang Shishi, is an official of the Shilin faction, he is Chinese New Year's Eve two years old today, when his life has just started, but his Shilin background determines that he has achieved the current five-grade official, which is the apex, and the imperial examination has worked hard for many years, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or North Korea, it is all for the sake of being an official.
But now that it has come to an end, how can Kim Jong-go be willing, Yang Shishi, who is not clear about his origin, and the army he brought with him are immediately considered by him to be a force worth using, Kim Jong-o knows what the situation of North Korea's armed forces is, and the 4,000 troops stationed in Seoul are not at all something they can deal with.
Yang Shishi heard this Kim Jong-wu say this sentence with sincerity:
"Kill the treacherous!"
The hand still couldn't help but tremble, but then he raised the wine bowl in disguise, the look on his face was quite calm, and he couldn't see any changes, and Kim Jong-go over there still made a sincere and generous statement:
"General, my Korean country has always been based on the way of the sage, pure and educated, according to reason, it should be the blessing of the people of my North Korea, but with the help of the general's hand and the sword, this is clearly a heavenly punishment, if it is not for the traitor Li Rengong to control the government and do wrong, how can it be so!?"
This is quite awkward, but Yang Shishi understood a lot, and almost didn't laugh, this official clearly said that the Jiang family army is a righteous division of the people who are guilty of hanging the people, not that we are willing to burn and loot, but to implement justice, of course, everyone knows that the above high-sounding words are just a prelude, and there must be something real to impress these unknown troops.
Kim Jong-go covered his face with 'anger' and put his hands down, and immediately said with a smile:
"General, seven-tenths of the land around Seoul is in the hands of Li Rengong and his relatives, and their family has accumulated countless wealth from generations of officials and merchants, and he himself has nearly 1,500 family members and 20,000 or 30,000 tenants, if he is in trouble, I am afraid that he will ......."
This is finally to the point, the wealth accumulated for generations, the population of tens of thousands. Yang Shishi's head heated up, and he couldn't help nodding heavily there and said:
"Think about it!"
The North Korean officials over there got such an answer, saw Yang Shishi's expression, and knew that his persuasion was already useful, Kim Jong-wu immediately kept silent about this matter, and after following Yang Shishi to drink a few glasses of wine, he immediately left the supplies sent this time and got up to leave.
As soon as Kim Jong-wu and the others left the military tent, they found that there were already more soldiers outside, and some of them were still above the original soldiers in the barracks.
At the screen behind Yang Shishi, as soon as several envoys from North Korea went out, Jiang Feng turned out from behind, and Yang Shishi over there was startled, for fear that what he said just now would be suspected by Jiang Feng.
However, looking at Jiang Feng's expression, he didn't think so much, he looked at the direction of the departure of several North Korean officials with interest, and said to himself:
"That's a lot of money, a lot of people!"
While speaking, he stretched out his hand and dragged Yang Shishi, who was kneeling on the ground quite frightened, and said with a smile:
"Don't be so careful, the other party is sending us money."
Having said this, Jiang Feng's tone also became serious, and he said:
"In about ten days, there will be 2,000 soldiers and our Jiang family's craftsmen and family members coming over in Dengzhou, you have to prepare the houses and warehouses and corresponding measures for me near Incheon as soon as possible!"
This is completely the tone of the military order, thinking that he would receive punishment for communicating with the North Korean officials in private just now, Yang Shishi was a spirit, and immediately put his right fist across his left chest, bowed and retreated, this is the Jiang family's private military salute, so as not to kowtow and other troubles when the matter is urgent.
When he was in Dengzhou, these generals under Jiang Feng were also in awe of Jiang Feng, but some of this sentiment regarded Jiang Feng as a brother and boss, rather than a leader, after all, Dengzhou was still in the land of the Ming Dynasty, and for these people, they still had the official position of the Ming Dynasty.
But when they came to North Korea, now they all know that their actions are equivalent to rebellion, North Korea belongs to the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the meaning of this kind of thing for no reason is like the army of Dengzhou suddenly attacking Henan, which is already tantamount to rebellion, and now these people's feelings about Jiang Feng are to regard Jiang Feng as the leader, because now they rely on Jiang Feng, and only under the leadership of Jiang Feng can they get greater glory and wealth.
When Yang Shi turned out of Jiang Feng from behind the screen, the feeling at that time was that if Lord Jiang didn't trust me from now on, what should I do, and my hard-earned status would soon be wiped out?
The thoughts of several other officers are probably in this state, everything Jiang Feng did did not make them feel guilty, but felt that they must follow Jiang Feng, if they are thrown down, it will be a catastrophe, if they follow, it will be powerful and rich, Cotai Avenue.
"Jason, you go and gather my guards and a thousand soldiers, let's enter the palace once, that Li Rengong seems to be a very good fat sheep!"
Jason Hogan, who was standing on the side, was now doing the job of approaching the adjutant, he had been in Dengzhou for so long, and he was different from his compatriots on weekdays, he was mixed with the soldiers and officers of the Ming Dynasty, and he was quite proficient in Chinese, and he also understood what Jiang Feng said about the fat sheep and what he said behind it.
Hearing Jiang Feng's words, Jason Hogan hesitated a little but asked:
"My lord, do you want to occupy this country?"
Jiang Feng shook his head and said with a smile:
"We have a maximum of 10,000 people in our hands, and it is not a big problem to conquer this nesty country, but then we will have to face the Liaodong army of the imperial court, and we can't deal with it!"
Jason Hogan turned to Jiang Feng's face, but heard Jiang Feng whisper, 'At least we can't deal with it now', Jason didn't care, but said next:
"My lord, do you want to occupy a port and establish an open colonial port?"
This was a more accurate expression of what Jiang Feng wanted to do, and nodding there, Jason Hogan immediately followed and said:
"My lord, when the Spaniards conquer a place, if the other party violently resists, he will completely destroy the other party's rule, and then establish a whole set of his own institutions, if the other side is weak and the internal fighting continues, the Spaniards will raise up their own ruling government, and then carry out their own remote control."
Although Jiang Feng is a rough man, but Jason's words have reached this point, he naturally understands it, and he can't help laughing and patting the shoulder of the foreigner in front of him, and said with a smile:
"Pull a faction, fight a faction, understood, I understood!"
The trembling Joseon royal palace finally welcomed the guests who had besieged the city for more than ten days, and although they also sent Tongdeokrang Kim Jong-go to 'comfort the labor army', there was very little useful information, but they knew that they were the warriors of the Ming Kingdom, because they could hear what they said.
At that time, the Korean monarchs and ministers who heard the news felt that the sky had fallen, although they did a lot of things that were sorry for the Ming Dynasty behind their backs, but they were still extremely respectful on the surface, how could they suddenly provoke the conquest of the Celestial Empire!
There are also people who speculate whether it is the pirates of the Ming Dynasty, this judgment after seeing the equipment and quality of these soldiers, immediately has nothing to say, if the pirates are this kind of equipment, what is the level of the regular army, but there are also ministers who proposed to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to ask for reinforcements and ask what is the matter.
However, how much time does it take for Seoul to go to the Ming Dynasty, it takes at least two months to go back and forth, and now all kinds of roads are blocked by the army outside, and the envoys can mix out of the city, but the time to go back and forth will be greatly lengthened, but during this time, it is still necessary to deal with the army here.
"General Jiang is here~~~!"
The guards of the Joseon royal palace stretched out the tail and reported there, and the voice did not change much compared to usual, but the tremor inside could be clearly felt.
Li Rengong, the great doctor of Chonglu of the Great Kuang Fuguo, sat next to the king, but his heart was constantly calculating, although he was already seventy-five years old this year, but his mind was still spinning rapidly, and the group of Kim Jong-wu of the Shilin faction and the army of the 'great general' in the city were very close, something was wrong.......