In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Youzhen was awakened by the rapid sound of war drums, and he didn't even bother to wash his face, so he hurried to the drum tower.

"Your Highness, the enemy army has begun to attack the city." Yuan Chonghuan understated the authenticity.

Zhu Youjian looked at it and almost didn't give his nose a crooked breath. It turned out that Yuan Chonghuan was not busy commanding the defense of the city, but was dressed in civilian clothes and set up a chessboard at the head of the Drum Tower.

Seeing Zhu Youzhen coming up, Yuan Chonghuan pointed to the person opposite and said with a smile: "Your Highness, this is Han Ming, the envoy of the Korean State, who originally wanted to go to Beijing to meet the saint, and did not want to be stopped here. ”

When Han Ying saw Zhu Youzhen, his eyes flashed, and then he retracted his gaze, stood up respectfully, and bowed to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen thought that a string of bird words such as "the front wheel does not turn and the back wheel turns Smecta" immediately came out of his mouth, but Han Ying said aloud in Chinese: "Foreign Minister Han Ying knocked on His Royal Highness King Xin, His Royal Highness is a thousand years old and a thousand years old!" His tone is correct and round, which is more standard than Zu Dashou's Chinese dialect full of Northeast flavor.

But at this moment, Zhu Youzhen was not in the mood to talk to Han Yuan. He only said a few polite words to Han Ming, and then asked Yuan Chonghuan anxiously: "Lord Yuan, the enemy army has begun to attack the city, and the fire is burning to the buttocks, why are you still in the mood to play chess?!" ”

Yuan Chonghuan smiled and let Zhu Youzhen sit down on the chessboard, and then said slowly: "Your Highness, don't worry, and sit here to watch chess." The lower officials have already set up the city defense, and there is no return to discipline and build prisoners. ”

Zhu Youzhen was willing to believe it, looked in the direction of the shouting and killing, and saw that a few miles away from the north of the city, the Houjin army was slowly walking out of the early morning mist and pressing towards Ning Yuan.

However, these armies were not Jurchen cavalry, but the Eight Banners of the Han Army, which was composed entirely of surrendered Han Chinese, and there were quite a few of them, and the first wave was two or three thousand people.

At this moment, all of these Han people shaved the hair on their foreheads, temples and the back of their heads, leaving only the hair about the size of copper coins on the top of their heads, which was finely braided into a braid, hanging down the back of their heads, like the tail of a mouse, which looked extremely funny. Only then did Zhu Youzhen know that those Qing palace braid dramas in his previous life really seriously beautified the "Fourth Master".

Yuan Chonghuan also saw it from a distance, and sneered: "Wherever Jianyu passed, the Han people were forced to shave their hair and make it easy to obey, and those who did not shave their hair were slaughtered, calling it 'keeping their hair without keeping their heads'." However, I have been in China for thousands of years, and the Tang Guan's Hanfu is magnificent, but whoever has a shameful heart, who is willing to change the costume of the tartar? Parents who have received their bodies and skins should not be destroyed in the slightest! Now that these Han people have shaved their hair, they are no longer Han people, but are no different from pigs and dogs! Lord Han, I heard that Nurhachi, the chief of the Jianyu thieves, has sent many letters to the king of Joseon, asking the Joseon to surrender and submit. I don't know what the Korean monarch and ministers want, but they would like to keep such a hairstyle? ”

Hearing Yuan Chonghuan's unkind tone and deliberate reprimand, Han Ying's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "Lord Yuan, my Korean country has been a member of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, how can I do that betrayal of the master." Today, the foreign ministers have been ordered to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and they are here for this matter. Since His Royal Highness is on behalf of the Son of Heaven, the foreign minister may wish to report to His Highness: The former king, Li Hui, the king of Guanghai, wanted to abolish the vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty because of his fornication with the Jurchens of Jianzhou, and surrendered to Nurhachi, which aroused the anger of the people and gods. The day before yesterday, Li Hui was punished by heaven and could not afford to be seriously ill. Li Liang, the king of Ayayang, was highly regarded and was now the king, so he sent his ministers to the Ming Emperor to ask for canonization. ”

Zhu Youzhen was confused and didn't know what to do. Yuan Chonghuan was shocked, and said sharply: "What! How dare you do the abolition of the legislature privately! Why didn't you say it earlier! ”

Han Ying panicked in his heart, and hurriedly smiled: "My lord Mingjian, how dare North Korea abolish it privately." Gwanghae-jun was not deposed, but he was seriously ill and could not see, so he could not continue to serve as king. Ayayo-kun was helpless to become the king. Please Your Highness and Lord Yuan to be aware of everything, and make sure to say a few good words for the DPRK in front of His Majesty the Emperor! ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't know the depths, thinking that North Korea would change its king, and if it was changed, it would be my business? My old man himself is still difficult to protect, don't you care about this kind of nosy, isn't it a dog with a mouse and a full meal?

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Lord Yuan, since Lord Han is going to Jingshi to present the credentials, long live the tribunal, so we don't need to worry." At the moment, our top priority is to repel the Jurchens and lift the siege of Ningyuan, otherwise Lord Han will not be able to leave! ”

Yuan Chonghuan saw Zhu Youzhen speak, so he couldn't reprimand Han Ying again, but his attitude was obviously cold, and he arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, the minister is going to the north gate to supervise the battle, you and Lord Han are drinking and playing chess here, and wait for the good news!" ”

Saying that, he didn't wait for Zhu Youzhen to speak, he brushed his sleeves and left, and hung Zhu Youzhen and Han Ying on the drum tower.

Seeing Yuan Chonghuan go away, Han Ying wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and began to be courteous to Zhu Youzhen again.

In fact, he didn't tell the truth at all, that Guanghaijun was really deposed.

It turned out that Korea was originally a vassal state of the Yuan Dynasty and had a close blood relationship with the Mongols. Since Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, swept the north and expelled the Mongols from the Central Plains, the Koreans saw the wind and steered, and returned to the Ming Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, which has been more than 200 years.

During the Wanli period, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the hero of the Japanese Kingdom, brazenly launched a war of aggression against Korea. The Korean state has small soldiers and political **, and it will collapse without a fight, and even the two princes were captured by the Japanese. The king of Korea at that time, Seonjo, had no choice but to ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops for assistance.

Wanli weighed again and again, and sent the general Li Rusong to lead 40,000 troops to aid Korea, which was the Korean battle in the "Wanli Three Great Expeditions". Li Rusong used his soldiers like a god, fought successively, and finally drove more than 100,000 Japanese troops into the sea. On the way to the retreat of the Japanese army, the Chinese and North Korean naval divisions defeated the Japanese army at Lulianghai, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Japanese people, and they did not dare to look west for decades.

Soon after, Seonjo died, and Gwanghaejun Li Hun ascended the throne. But because he was not the prince, the Ming court did not recognize him for a long time, and since then North Korea and Daming have been secretly disliked.

After that, the Jurchens in Jianzhou suddenly rose up, and the Ming court had no time to look east to Korea, so it had to recognize the kingship of Gwanghaejun. And Guanghaijun is between the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin, and the left and right sides are the source.

However, Gwanghae-kun was violent, imprisoned his mother, and slaughtered his younger brother who threatened him, and the Korean nobles had long been extremely dissatisfied with him.

Ayayang-kun Li Liang was a very ambitious man, and he had coveted the throne for a long time, so he skillfully co-opted the nobles who opposed Gwanghae-kun and plotted a rebellion. Finally, not long ago, he gathered an army, entered the palace, deposed Gwanghae-kun, and established himself as king. He also cruelly burned Guanghaejun's eyes with lime and imprisoned him on Ganghwa Island. This was the largest palace coup in the history of North Korea, and later Korean historians called it "Injo anyway" because of the name Injo by Ri Kuo.

After Li Liang usurped the throne, of course, he knew that he was not in the right position, and he was deeply afraid that the Ming Dynasty would be responsible, so he sent Han Ying to Beijing to defend himself, in an attempt to get the official canonization of the Ming court. Unexpectedly, as soon as Han Ying walked to Ningyuan, he was trapped in the city by the Houjin army, and only then did he meet Zhu Youzhen.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen didn't know the inside story. But the so-called stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, seeing that Han Ying was so polite to him, although Zhu Youzhen was worried about the war, it was not easy to leave Han Ying here, so he had to sit down in front of the chessboard and chat with Han Ying with or without a match.

After chatting a few words, Zhu Youzhen looked down and saw that the game of chess had not yet been played, so he asked with a smile: "Is Lord Han black or white?" ”

Han Ying hurriedly smiled and said: "The foreign minister is a vassal minister, and his chess skills are low, so he naturally plays white chess. ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that the ancient Go did not have a close eye, and it was white first and black second, and whoever played white chess first must be a little cheap. Yuan Chonghuan held his own identity and let Han Ying take the lead in white, which was reasonable.

But when he took a closer look at the chess game, he saw that the white chess was like an ocean, while Yuan Chonghuan's black chess was suffering from gains and losses, shrinking into the four corners of the chessboard. Although none of the pieces were killed, they were already gone. Zhu Youzhen couldn't help frowning, thinking that this Yuan Chonghuan was obviously not good at chess, and he had to let the family go first, just to slap a swollen face and become fat.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen was serious, Han Ying smiled and said, "Your Highness is also good at this?" ”

Zhu Youzhen was idle anyway, so he said: "I can't talk about being proficient, I just know how to go down." Why don't we make a whole dish? ”

Han Ying was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly put away the chess pieces, and the two played against each other on the drum tower.

As the saying goes, if an expert stretches out his hand, he will know if there is one. After only playing dozens of moves, Zhu Youzhen felt that Han Yuan's chess strength was far superior to his own.

And the character of the North Koreans who must compete with each other is also particularly evident on the chessboard. Han Ying originally wanted to slap Zhu Youzhen, but as soon as he got started, he couldn't help but be ruthless, and he killed Zhu Youzhen left and right in a few clicks, sweating profusely.

Zhu Youzhen saw Han Ying's face was pale, and he was very unhappy in his heart, thinking that you are an envoy, and my brother is a prince, if I lose to you, it will be a loss of face for the Ming Dynasty!

As soon as he rolled his eyes and thought about it, he happily pushed the table to admit defeat, but said with a smile: "Although Master Han's chess skills are good, he doesn't know how to be flexible. I am a Ming person who plays chess, and I don't need a seat anymore. ”

Han Ying said in surprise: "Black and white seats, it has been the same since ancient times, why not use it?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "If you don't dare to go down, admit defeat as soon as possible." ”

Han Ying thought that with his own chess skills, he could defeat Zhu Youzhen without a seat, so he smiled and said: "Then the minister will accompany His Highness to play a game of chess without a seat." ”

The two then started again. Han Ying fell first in the star position, and was thinking about which star Zhu Youzhen wanted to occupy, but unexpectedly, Zhu Youzhen fell all the way below the star position!

"This..."Han Ying said in shock, "Your Highness, why don't you take an astrological position?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said proudly: "I said that there is no seat, you can go down wherever you want, can you control it?" ”

Han Ying had never seen such a strange trick, and he fell into a long test when he landed, and it took half a day to occupy another star position.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but laugh secretly, thinking that although the ancients were strong in chess, they must not understand the small meme style at all. When even according to their own ideas, out of a small and wrong start.

Han Ying really got hit, and after taking a few steps, he took the wrong formula, and was eaten by Zhu Youzhen, and the situation was irreparable, so he had to admit defeat very reluctantly.

Zhu Youzhen looked up to the sky and smiled: "Lord Han, this king is also going to supervise the battle, please take care of yourself!" As he spoke, he fled from the drum tower, thinking that he was purely taking advantage of the other party's lack of understanding of the formula. If you play a few more plates, you will be completely exposed!

Seeing Zhu Youzhen go away, Han Ying suddenly got up and bowed in Korean to a North Korean entourage who had been standing beside him: "Princess, what do you think of King Xin?" ”

The young attendant blinked his eyes that sparkled like jewels, and said thoughtfully: "This man seems to behave frivolously and speak rudely, but he does not follow common sense and acts unexpectedly. I think he will become a great thing sooner or later, and we must do our best to make friends with him! ”