Chapter Eighty-Nine: North Korea's Bad News
After resting for two days, Chongzhen went to the court refreshed after two days of warmth with Ye Xiaoluan, but today he found that the face of the teacher Sun Chengzong seemed to be a little wrong, and sure enough, when Cao Huachun shouted that something was going on and quit the court, Sun Chengzong came out and said: "Your Majesty!" The old minister has a play! Last night, I received an urgent military information of 500 miles in Liaodong, and North Korea has almost fallen! Now the king of Joseon can only command the remaining Korean army in Jeolla Province to put up the last stubborn resistance, and this is a letter of help from them! ”
Cao Huachun took it and handed it to Chongzhen, Chongzhen opened it and browsed it, and said secretly: "This Zierharang and Dolgon have dispatched two hundred flags and two blue flags, which is simply killing North Korea in seconds!" ”
"What's going on?" Chongzhen asked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"The eldest son of the king of Joseon, Li Jun, has arrived in Beijing, Your Majesty should listen to him!" Sun Chengzong said.
Chongzhen nodded.
"Xuan's royal son Li Wei has come to see you!" Cao Huachun preached.
Soon, a young man came up, knelt down respectfully, and choked up: "Li Wei, the prince of the Joseon Kingdom, knocks to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" Banzai! Banzai! Hooray! ”
"Let's get flat!" Chongzhen Road.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Wei got up, and seeing that he got up, Chongzhen said: "You tell me the specific situation, what's going on?" ”
"Your Majesty!" So Li Wei began to choke up, while depicting it vividly, from the sudden attack of Zilharang and Dolgon to their current retreat to the Quanzhou Mansion, the whole process was full of tears, which made people all moved, and in the end, the whole person directly fell to the ground and said: "I implore Your Majesty the **** Emperor to send troops to save us North Korea, North Korea is grateful!" ”
Chongzhen really couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "I know! I will arrange it, and you will retreat and rest! Rest assured! ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty! The minister retires! Li Wei respectfully retreated.
Seeing him retreat, Chongzhen asked, "Everyone, Aiqing! Now that you know the details, tell me what you think! ”
Soon a minister came out and said, "Your Majesty! North Korea is a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, as the suzerain, we can't see death without help, and I implore Your Majesty to send troops! ”
Another minister said, "Your Majesty! Now our army has returned victorious, and it is right to destroy the enemy with this momentum! Save North Korea from fire and water!
Many ministers began to echo one after another, Chongzhen looked at their unity, nodded, and then said, "What about the opinion of the cabinet?" ”
Everyone immediately looked at Sun Chengzong, after all, he was the first assistant or the secretary of the military department, Sun Chengzong nodded and said, "Our cabinet should discuss that we should send troops to support North Korea!" But not now! There are two reasons for sending troops: first, we are the suzerainty of North Korea, and we should fulfill the responsibilities of the suzerain; Second, if North Korea takes refuge in the Tartars, the Tartars have no worries, and the pressure on Liaodong of our Ming Dynasty will increase greatly, and third, if the North Korean sailors fall into the hands of the Tartars, then the momentum of Denglai is also worrying, after all, the strength of the North Korean sailors is still good! Besides, it is not a reason to send troops now, Lao Chen thinks that it is better to let Jiutai say it, he may understand better! ”
Chongzhen nodded, and then Lu Xiangsheng stepped out of the column and said, "Your Majesty!" If the army is sent to North Korea, then the army that can be sent is the Beijing camp, but now the Beijing camp has just experienced a big war, the casualties are heavy, and the new people who have just been replenished cannot form an effective combat effectiveness, and now going to the battlefield is tantamount to sending them to death, which is one of them; Second, the Ming Dynasty has just ended the war, and it is difficult to mobilize a large number of military supplies, and when we finish raising and going on the expedition, the minister estimates that the whole territory of Korea has fallen! ”
The others nodded when they heard this, their concept was that North Korea was a small country, and defeat was a matter of time, and they all echoed it, and Guo Yunhou also came out and said: "Your Majesty! Nowadays, all places need to use silver taels, especially in Shaanxi, Hebei, Jingshi and other places of land reform, it is even more very large in silver, the imperial court has just paid the soldiers a bounty, and now it is the use of the reserves allocated by His Majesty's internal funds, if there is a war, the treasury may be difficult to support! ”
Chongzhen nodded and said, "I understand!" Then teacher, tell me, what should I do? When will the troops be dispatched? ”
After hearing this, Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty! First of all, we should send a naval army to Jeju Island, let the king of Korea lead the royal family and the remaining Korean elite to retreat to Jeju Island, and then we will send an army to respond, we can now send an order to Governor Yuan, let him send General Mao to respond, be sure to keep the remaining people in Korea and the sailors of Korea, and not let them fall into the hands of the Tartars, and make another preparation, and send an order to Mao Wenlong to lead the sailors to respond, just in case; Secondly, sending people into Korea to destroy military supplies and other places, it is really not possible to work hard to encourage the Korean people to rise up against the Tartars, increase their pressure, and another point, it is a suggestion sent by Governor Yuan, let us send people to Shenyang, Huang Taiji has recently failed to use troops one after another, and his prestige has been greatly damaged, we can take the opportunity to spread some rumors, and even rebel against some people or help some people, so that they can riot internally, so that there will be chaos within them; In the end, the Korean royal family was escorted to Beijing, while the Korean soldiers stayed on Jeju Island and cooperated with the naval army to carry out a sneak attack on the Tartar army and disrupt the other side; What we have to do is not to let the Tartars gain peace in Korea, in addition, we need to step up military training, and the Liaodong side must strengthen its defense, just in case! ”
The ministers seconded the proposal, and there was a response, Chongzhen nodded and said, "Quasi-play!" The Cabinet is in charge of the arrangement! ”
"The old minister obeys!" The four members of the cabinet said at the same time.
"Your Majesty is wise!" Others.
Cheng Jiming suddenly said at this time: "Your Majesty! Now the messenger of this tartar is in my Mingming, right? The minister suggested that Li Shangshu should be given a few more days to let them not be able to concentrate, and in addition, we could also put some pressure on them, and add such a treaty as the withdrawal of troops to Korea in the conditions for the exchange of prisoners of war! ”
Chongzhen nodded and smiled at Cheng Jiming: "Quasi-play!" ”
Liu Hongxun was silent for a moment and said, "Your Majesty! The minister has a suggestion, I don't know if to say it! ”
"Say! Say whatever you want! Chongzhen said with a smile.
"Your Majesty! The minister suggested adding to the treaty that the redemption of prisoners of war must be made with the newly issued coins of our Ming Dynasty! Liu Hongxun said.
The three members of the cabinet looked at Liu Hongxun for a while, obviously they had not discussed it in advance, it was Liu Hongxun who suddenly thought of it, Chongzhen was also stunned, and then nodded and said: "Quasi-play!" ”
The rest of the cabinet thought for a while, and immediately understood, and nodded, while the other ministers were confused, coins? What is it?
Chongzhen looked at the confused appearance of a large number of Zhang's second monks below, and suddenly said, "Song Shilang, are there any samples?" ”
Song Yingxing nodded and said, "The minister just brought some on his body today, and he was going to try it on the street today" and then took it out! Cao Huachun was just about to pick it up, but Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "No need!" Song Shilang, just tell you about this coin! If you have any suggestions, please put them forward! ”