Chapter 14: A Difficult Journey
Just when His Majesty the Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty watched the marriage procession gradually move away from the palace of Beizhili, this group of hundreds of people set off from Beizhili, the starting point of Gonglu at that time.
After passing through the famous and beautiful Shanhai Pass and passing through Quang Ninh at that time, the ministers who opposed the peace came to stop the progress of the procession.
As a result, the send-off procession was prevented from moving forward, and for a time it could only make a short stay in Quang Ninh.
And what is completely different from the people who are sending off them is that those ministers who oppose peace fall to their knees and beg Her Royal Highness Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) to return to the north of the capital.
And at this moment, the princess also firmly rebuked those ministers, saying how these ministers dared to slander Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting)'s righteousness.
Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) also deeply understands the good intentions of her father, His Majesty Emperor Wanli, and also knows that marrying North Korea is conducive to the exchanges and development of the two countries.
But no matter how Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) ordered, those loyal but very pedantic ministers couldn't afford to live or die.
And at this moment, an edict issued by His Majesty the Wanli Emperor came, because His Majesty the Wanli Emperor is also very accessible.
It had long been expected that on the way to North Korea with a special mission of several hundred people, some ministers would go to stop the way.
Therefore, he made a decree in advance to understand the loyalty of the ministers, but still asked those ministers not to hinder the development of history and the country by using their arms as a car.
So when this decree arrived in Quang Ninh, the ministers who had opposed it at first had no choice but to give up.
Not daring to continue to block the procession of the special mission to see them off, the special mission embarked on the journey back to North Korea again.
Continue to set off towards Liaoyang, which is not far ahead, and after reaching Liaoyang, the special mission made a short stop in Liaoyang.
The special envoy who was temporarily resting also began to recuperate, and at this moment, Wang Ziliang, the chief of the royal guard who escorted Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting), raised his overall vigilance.
Because Wang Ziliang's first task is to protect the safety of Princess Daming Yuting (Zhu Tingting) day and night, once Princess Daming Yuting (Zhu Tingting) has any mistakes, then Wang Ziliang, the chief of the royal guard, will also suffer a very harsh punishment.
So at this moment, Wang Ziliang, the chief of the royal guard, also raised his vigilance and sent troops to guard the place where Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) of Daming Yuting lived.
And at this moment, on the road to the east marriage of Princess Daming, there are also hidden crises everywhere, because the Jurchen tribes in the Wanli period at that time developed and rose rapidly with the weakening of the Ming army.
Among them, the most famous is the Jianzhou Jurchen, and the later Nurhachi is an obvious representative of the Jurchen people, and the rise of Nurhachi also has certain historical reasons and basis.
And when these rising Jurchen tribes accepted the canonization from the Ming Dynasty on the surface, they also dragged the military force behind the scenes to carry out all kinds of plundering in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
This made these Jurchen tribes who participated in the plundering from friends of the Ming Dynasty to real threats and real enemies of the Ming Dynasty.
His Majesty the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty also has absolutely zero tolerance for this kind of treachery, so the Wanli Emperor has sent a large number of military forces to the northeast under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty to encircle and suppress.
However, the effect of encirclement and suppression was not obvious, so the Ming could only adopt the strategy of division and division to weaken the leaders of these Jurchen tribes.
But some Jurchen tribes are really unappreciative, especially after learning that Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) of the Great Ming Dynasty is going to be sent to North Korea.
There are individual Jurchen leaders who want to kidnap Princess Daming Yuting (Zhu Tingting) who is going east, and then let Princess Daming Yuting (Zhu Tingting) marry the leader of the Jurchen tribe.
So under the planning of the Jurchen tribe, part of the military force was arranged and placed in the border area of the Yalu River, so that the Ming Dynasty felt that this time the Daming Yuting Princess (Zhu Tingting) was kidnapped.
It was entirely the military force sent by the Westerners of Korea to sow discord between the Ming Dynasty and Korea.
So he was the special envoy who escorted Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) of the Ming Dynasty and set off from Liaoyang to the Yalu River in the border area of the Ming Dynasty.
A fierce battle is waiting for the escort team of Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) of Daming, and at this time, Wang Ziliang, the chief of the royal guard, will also face a huge test in his life.
Just when the team escorting Princess Yuting was about to walk out of the border area and cross the border area, and came to the Yalu River at the border, Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) of the Daming Dynasty saw the Yalu River in the border area for the first time.
At this moment, the group looked at the bottomless Yalu River, looked at the North Korean region on the other side, and looked at the somewhat desolate Princess Ming Yuting (Zhu Tingting) on the other side of the river, and realized that North Korea was not how prosperous it was.
And at this moment, there was an extremely dangerous situation, the leader of the Jurchen tribe who did not know whether he was alive or dead led his tribe to take away Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) of the Great Ming Dynasty.
So the chief of the royal guard, Wang Ziliang, and the leader of the Jurchen tribe had to start a life-and-death struggle to continue their mission.
At that time, it was too late, and the leader of the Jurchen tribe led his subordinates and lined up neatly on the Yalu River, and the purpose of these Jurchens was to rob Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) of the Great Ming Dynasty.
Later, the gifts and various items of the escort team were looted, and at this moment, how could Wang Ziliang, the chief of the royal guard of the escort team, let these Jurchens succeed.
So under the persuasion of the Jurchen tribe, an offensive was launched, and at this moment, Wang Ziliang ordered hundreds of soldiers to escort the team to actively defend.
So these hundreds of soldiers confronted almost thousands of enemy Jurchen tribal soldiers, and with the order of the Jurchen leader, a group of soldiers on horses rushed over, followed by groups of infantry in armor.
Later, the leader of the Jurchen tribe also rushed forward with the moving team, and at this time, Wang Ziliang realized the contrast in strength and decided to let the soldiers defend on the perimeter first.
After that, they fired bows and arrows at the charging cavalry and infantry, and in the end, they had to defend on the spot by charging infantry.
After all, the best defense is to carry out sharp attacks, so it is accompanied by the Jurchens pressing step by step.
After Wang Ziliang finally gave the order to release the arrows, the rows of Jurchens chasing after him became sharp arrow targets.
As the fallen men and horses turned on their backs, the Jurchen infantry continued to attack, so that after all the cavalry was eliminated, only those terrible infantry remained.
So in the hand-to-hand encounter of the infantry on both sides, the officers and soldiers of these escort teams fought with the Jurchens under the leadership of Wang Ziliang.
But it didn't take long for a team to come from the rear of this cruel battlefield, and from a distance, this team was the official army of the Ming Dynasty.
And after the escort team suffered huge losses under very unfavorable circumstances, the arrival of the Ming officers and soldiers also saved the group who were struggling with life and death.
With the cooperation of the Ming official army, the soldiers of the Jurchen tribe were finally repelled, so at this moment, after experiencing a false alarm, Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) of the Ming Dynasty embarked on a journey to North Korea again.
And after those Ming officers and soldiers saved the special Korean mission, they went to continue to pursue these rebellious Jurchen tribe soldiers.
And after directly crossing the Yalu River, he slowly looked at the Ming territory that was about to leave from the Yalu River, and gradually entered the future Korean territory.
Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting), who never forgot Emperor Wanli's instructions, realized that she was really going to leave the Ming Dynasty and go to North Korea.
And after actually crossing the Yalu River, they came to the border of North Korea, and they were on the territory of North Korea. After successfully crossing the Yalu River, they went to Uiju in North Korea.
In the area from the junction of the Ming Dynasty to the capital Hanyang, I saw the scene of Korean people from all over the country spontaneously coming to welcome them during the journey of North Korea.
Princess Daming Yuting (Zhu Tingting) also saw the enthusiasm of the Korean people, and finally arrived at Hanyang, the capital of North Korea, with the efforts of the special mission.
His Royal Highness Seonjo, the lord of the DPRK, personally led hundreds of officials to greet Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) and her party, and the scene of lights in the capital of North Korea at this moment seemed to be a scene of the New Year.
In order to better welcome Princess Daming Yuting (Zhu Tingting) to North Korea, Joseon Seonjo even built a palace for Princess Daming Yuting (Zhu Tingting) in the capital, regardless of the opposition of the ministers.
Of course, this is a matter of course in the eyes of the Easterners, because the arrival of Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) was personally proposed by Li Shanhai (Bi Chao), the leader of the Easterners.
However, it was strongly opposed by Chung Cheol, the leader of the Westerners, because the Korean treasury was not rich at the moment.
In addition, various tributes have to be paid to the Ming Dynasty every year, and the treasury of North Korea is obviously insufficient.
In addition, it has to maintain various expenditures in the military, cultural, and economic fields, and the DPRK's treasury is already stretched.
But in this case, North Korea still built a palace to welcome the arrival of Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) of the Ming Dynasty, which of course caused strong dissatisfaction among Westerners.
Because all the affairs supported by the Easterners must be resolutely opposed by the Westerners as always.
In the midst of this dispute between the East and the West, King Seonjo of North Korea was also very helplessly mixed in the middle, and the arrival of Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) of Daming Yuting (Zhu Tingting) at this moment can just reduce the pressure on Seonjo of North Korea.
After Princess Yuting (Zhu Tingting) of Daming married to neighboring North Korea, Daming gradually entered the moment of resuming Zhongxing.
At this moment, Korea has also entered a period of rapid development, and under the rule of His Royal Highness King Seonjo of Korea, Korea is moving towards a civilized country.
And what kind of story will happen to Korea in the prosperous era depends on the choice of His Royal Highness Seonjo and the ministers of Joseon.