The route of the temple and the queen Zigong is to go west after the Daming Gate, pass through the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, take the West Chang'an Street, go north along the Xuanwumen Street, go out from the Desheng Gate, and then go to the Imperial Mausoleum. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Today, martial law inside and outside the Beijing Division, Zigong is escorted by Sun Ruyou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Huang Kezan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, etc., because the coffin is too heavy and too large, even if there are 8,000 military men to transport, it is close to noon when it comes out of the Daming Gate.

Ye Xiang sent Zigong to the outside of the noon gate according to his uniform, and when he returned to the Zunyi Gate, Zou Yi of the East Factory had been waiting for a long time, and he came to present the information composed of numbers sent by the Gong Wei Division.

Nowadays, there are Yin scripts and character checks that have been handed down to convey information with fixed contents, such as asking for food, increasing troops, etc. Qi Jiguang's anti-cut code conveys a wider range of content through two poems, but due to the polyphony of Chinese characters, there is a defect that the content is not clear enough.

Ye Xiang invented a line of ciphers to solve the above two problems based on the experience of later generations, using a four-digit binary 01, which represents 0-9 respectively. In conjunction with the codebook, every four digits represent a Chinese character. This served as double encryption when binary was not universally recognized.

Returning to the Yangxin Palace, he took down the agreed code book "Han Feizi" from the bookshelf behind him and compared them one by one, and finally determined that its content was: [Jiannu released the Korean general Wenxisheng Li Minhuan Li Yiyuan to stay Jiang Hongli]

Ye Xiang looked at the information and didn't know its significance, so he sent Wang Chengen to pass on the cabinet to Congzhe and Sun Chengzong to enter the Yang Heart Palace for consultation. It was only after the two of them corroborated each other that he finally realized the importance of this piece of information.

This has to start with the founding of the DPRK.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the Korean Peninsula was the Goryeo Kingdom, after the Taizu overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, the King of Goryeo wanted to occupy Liaodong when the Ming Dynasty was first established and the foothold was not stable.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Chenggui knew that his ability was weak, so he asked the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute to the wings and protection, and sent an envoy to ask Taizu to rule the country name. Zhu Yuanzhang chose the former among 'North Korea' and 'Hening', which is not only an ancient name, but also has the meaning of "bright sunrise", and the origin is elegant.

Taejo appointed Yi Chenggui as the "right to know the state affairs of Joseon", and later appointed his fifth son Li Fangyuan as the king of Joseon, with the name of Daebien. At this point, the relationship between China and North Korea is like that of father and son, and every king must be canonized by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to be justified.

In the War of Aid to Korea, one of the three major expeditions of Wanli (1592-1598), the Ming court sent Li Rubai as the commander-in-chief of the Korean Peninsula to resist the invasion of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in response to the request for help from the Korean king Li Hao. In the two wars, the Ming Dynasty invested a total of 140,000 troops, of which about 50,000 soldiers died (including the death of disease and water).

The current king of Joseon, Li Hui, is neither the son of Li Hao's sister-in-law nor the eldest son, when he sent an envoy to Beijing to ask for a seal after his accession to the throne, the courtiers who were in the dispute over the national capital thought that his legitimacy was insufficient, and he refused to issue an edict to canonize him, and later Li Hui paid a bribe of tens of thousands of silver before he was recognized one year after his reign.

Li Hui's resentment against the Ming court was transformed into a national policy, and he disobeyed the Ming court, and during the battle of Salhu, he repeatedly found reasons to refuse Yang Hao's note of sending troops. In the end, seeing that the Ming court was resolute and also believed that the expansion of Jiannu would become a problem for the elbows and armpits of Korea, he slowly sent Jiang Hong to form the Eastern Route Army with 13,000 soldiers and 10,000 southern soldiers led by Liu Wei.

Liu Wei participated in both aid to Korea, and served as the chief military officer of the Imperial Waikou in the Second War of Aid to Korea. He knew the combat power of the North Korean soldiers well, so he didn't have much hope. In order to quickly complete the encirclement and make up for the stupid tactic of dividing the troops, he worshiped the Zhenjiang Dusi, and the 40-year-old Qiao Yiqi was a guerrilla general and the supervisor of the Korean army, leading 500 people as the vanguard, and the southern soldiers were one step ahead.

(If there are book friends who think that Liu Ling is greedy and reckless, it is recommended to ask Du Niang, otherwise they will not be able to realize his magnificent life.) ）

After Liu Ling's troops were ambushed in Abu Darigang (ten miles south of Yushu Township, Xinbin County, Liaoning Province), almost all of them were martyred, and the Korean army was still 20 kilometers away near Fucha (south of Huajianzi Town, Fusha River, Huanren Manchu Autonomous County).

Qiao Yiqi was ordered to return to the division during the battle to supervise the Korean army's participation in the war, and the Korean army led by Jiang Hongli was in an uproar when he heard that the former division had been destroyed. In the end, under Qiao Yiqi's repeated urging, he moved to Fucha and set up left, center, and right battalions to hold on.

After finishing the battle at Abu Darigan, Jiannu quickly advanced and surrounded the Korean army. Because the Korean army was a new bird soldier, it had not experienced a real war, and the left and right battalions were slaughtered by Jiannu after only one round of guns. Jiang Hongli saw that the killing was very miserable, and took the remaining 5,000 people of the Chinese army out of the camp and surrendered as prisoners.

Before that, Jiang Hongli also wanted to send the prison army Qiao Yiqi to Jiannu, Qiao Yiqi suffered from the enemy on his back, and led the Ming soldiers to retreat to Dishui Cliff. After the body was in the middle of the arrow, seeing that the general trend had gone, after kneeling down to the Beijing Shiyao, he threw himself into the cliff and martyred the country.

The remaining 42 soldiers under Qiao Yiqi's command refused to be humiliated, and all of them died.

After the Battle of Salhu, Jiannu returned to Hetuara and coerced Jiang Hongli to write a letter to Li Hui, hoping to make peace with Korea in order to jointly deal with the Ming Dynasty. Finally, just two months ago, he wavered, wrote a letter, and brought back Nurhachi's 'letter of state' to his former subordinates.

Moon Hee-sung, Lee Min-hwan, Lee Il-won, Oh Shin-nam, and Park Lan-young were locked in a fence because they were together, and Jiannu wrote the names of the five people on the wooden plaque, and after the soldiers sacrificed, they pulled out the three people mentioned in the information and asked them to pass on the message.

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In the throne of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Ye Xiang, who had been listening attentively, finally understood the meaning of this piece of information, but he didn't know the details of whether or not to send the message.

The stick and the wolf are the same urine: if they are not of my race, their hearts will be different.

Jiannu is at least showing favor to North Korea, in order to prevent trouble, Ye Xiang asked Fang Congzhe, "In your opinion, is it feasible to destroy the dynasty and set up the county?" ”

"Your Majesty, by all means." Fang Congzhe hurriedly objected, "Not to mention the rules of the ancestors and the unknown teacher, I am using troops in Liaodong now, and Taicang is not enough, not to mention the matter of starting a war again?" ”

"The expedition of the labor division is not conducive to our dynasty, and this is a lesson from the three expeditions of Emperor Yang of Sui to Goryeo." Sun Chengzong believed that it was unrealistic to seek to expand the territory when there were internal and external troubles, and he also advised, "Your Majesty, soldiers, the major affairs of the country must not be ignored." ”

Ye Xiang heard that both of them were opposed, so he got up and paced in the hall, weighing the gains and losses.

Now that the treasury is empty and the war in Liaodong has not been settled, it is indeed impossible to open the battlefield again. However, if Jiannu is allowed to join forces with him, although he is not afraid of his defection, even if Li Hui remains neutral and does not help each other, it will also be extremely unfavorable to Daming.

Now that Liaodong is strong, if Liaodong acts according to the plan and can hold the cities, Jiannu will have no food and slaves next year, and North Korea will inevitably become its low-hanging fruit, so ......

Thinking about it, Ye Xiang turned back to the throne, stood behind the black cloth-covered imperial case, and asked the two people who had been staring at him, "Is there a person named Mao Wenlong among the generals of Liaodong?" ”

Ye Xiang was in line with the idea of 'lying on the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to snore', and he must not let Li Hui stand by and watch, and he had to lead the disaster of Jiannu over, and he remembered Mao Wenlong, who had mixed reviews in later generations.

In addition to artillery, there are also sailors, and Mao Wenlong created a supply base on Phi Dao if he let it be implemented in advance, he choked the throat of the Liaodong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula. In the unlikely event that Liaodong is not guaranteed, it can also be used as a springboard to regain lost territory after internal affairs are straightened out; Secondly, it can also be used as a base for naval divisions to control the Korean Peninsula.

As for whether Mao Wenlong really wants to sacrifice 2 million gold to Jiannu to seek self-reliance in the future, because it has not yet happened, it can be doubted first.

Fang Congzhe remembered that when Dai Jun was at Li Rubai's house, he met a person who came to mourn, so he stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Xiong Tingbi has a famous capital under his command named Mao Wenlong, who is in Beijing, I don't know if Your Majesty refers to this person?" ”

It turned out that Mao Wenlong was recommended by his maternal uncle to serve as a personal soldier under Li Chengliang, and he had a relationship with Li Rubai. Previously, Ye Xiang asked Li Rubai's family to bury the man-made tomb, so that Mao Wenlong, who had a keen sense of political smell, saw that the new monarch was not to blame, so he boldly entered Beijing to fulfill the friendship of master and slave.

When Ye Xiang heard the great joy, he felt that it would not be wrong, so he instructed Wang Chengen beside him, "Hurry up, I want to see him." ”

After Wang Chengen asked Fang Congzhe to inquire about Mao Wenlong's location and sent someone there, Ye Xiang continued to ask, "Does North Korea have an envoy in Beijing?" ”

"Yes, his name is Li Yangui, and he also visited with hundreds of officials during His Majesty's Imperial Ceremony." Fang Congzhe has been in power for many years and knows everything inside and outside.

Ye Xiang glanced at Fang Congzhe, and thought to himself that when he ascended the throne, all the officials were outside the Qianqing Palace, how could he see it, and even if he did, he didn't know who was who.

Fang Congzhe saw Ye Xiang's eyes and smiled, "Speaking of this Li Yangui, there is another interesting thing. When the temple of light ascended to the pole and did not salute on the day, the sky was overcast and rainy, and hundreds of officials entered the eaves of Wenhua on both sides to avoid it. The internal officials had never seen the foreign envoys, and they scrambled to ask for their names, but they were very thirsty, but Yin Chen Dadao of Shuntianfu gave a cup of tea. Later, he saw the false throne of Wenhuamen, and recklessly stepped forward to enjoy the game, but because of the language barrier, he was stopped by the internal officials, and finally it was Yang Shaoqing of Shangbaosi who broke the siege to be able to see ......"

Ye Xiang didn't think it was interesting, now that the Ming Dynasty is the upper country, how can the luxury of the throne be seen by the people outside the North Korea, looking at Fang Congzhe, "Your Excellency Fang, let Li Yangui bring an edict to Li Hui, ask him if he is unable to do it, and let him severely punish the generals. ”

"Obey."

Although Fang Congzhe received the order, he knew that North Korea was written in Chinese characters, and his previous submissions were all written by people who were fine with words, and this time he must add more polish to the edict, otherwise he would be laughed at and generous.

After about two teas, Mao Wenlong arrived in a hurry, and after seeing the ceremony, Ye Xiang hesitated when he saw his scholarly appearance.

Mao Wenlong is 44 years old this year, with a long face, tall, wearing a black Haoran scarf on his head, a jade dark coat with a collar, and a jade belt tied into a bow around his waist.

This is too far from the brave image that Ye Xiang imagined, walked up to Mao Wenlong, turned around a lot of times before asking suspiciously, "You are Mao Wenlong, what position do you have?" ”

Mao Wenlong didn't move, bowed to the throne and replied, "The last general is exactly, he was previously the garrison of Sanyang, and now he is the commander of the Iron Cavalry Battalion under Xiong Jingluo. ”

The military ranks of the Ming Dynasty were divided into general soldiers, deputy general soldiers, staff generals, guerrillas, capital divisions, garrisons, thousand generals, general generals, and foreign commissions, but their promotions were not in order, depending on whether they were trusted by the emperor, and the number of soldiers they led was also different.

Ye Xiang stood two steps away in front of Mao Wenlong, told him the content of the information, and asked him for his opinion.

Mao Wenlong saw that Shoufu was also there, and he thought that this was a test, "The last general thinks that Jiannu has released goodwill to North Korea, such as Sima Zhao's heart, and wants to make friends from afar and attack closely, and Nurhachi is wishful thinking." Li Hui's father once said, 'If you speak in a foreign language, so will your Chinese parents.' China and Japan are both foreign countries, such as children, in order to say that their parents are sons to sons, then our country is filial sons, and Japanese thieves are also. How can North Korea rebel against the monarch with his son? ”

Ye Xiang silently said 'cut', and thought to himself, Li Hao is dead, can his son still admit it?

"What if Jiannu marches south and arrives in Seoul?" Ye Xiang turned around and sat on the throne, "Aiqing thinks that the soldiers of North Korea can resist the enemy, and Li Hui can still be a filial son?" ”

Mao Wenlong didn't think so before, Jiannu has been trying his best to deal with the Ming Dynasty, so he can take care of going south, after being reminded by the Son of Heaven, combined with the situation in Liaodong, he suddenly realized, his eyes were like copper bells, and asked, "Your Majesty wants to increase troops in North Korea?" ”

Ye Xiang saw that Mao Wenlong hadn't seen through the stick's face, so he shook his head and said his plan directly, "Don't go back to Liaodong, I will now promote you to a guerrilla general, and go to the Fifth Army Camp to order a thousand officers and soldiers." To the Yalu estuary of the Phi Island garrison, good business, if Jiannu to the south, in time to Chen military department. ”