readx; Mao Wenlong planned to be succeeded by Shi Chunhu, the envoy of the Qing mission, and swaggered from the pear blossoms to the foot of Tieshan City that day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This Tieshan Fortress was originally a stronghold established by the Ming army on the Korean mainland, but since Huanglong took the initiative to withdraw, it has been occupied by Korea. The military general who led the troops in the city was a sixth-grade soldier and horse Wanhu, named "Wanhu", in fact, there were only 500 soldiers under his command, and he was not very prepared, but similar to ordinary peasants who served in conscription, and his combat effectiveness could be imagined.

The Koreans were greatly frightened when they found that the "Manchu cavalry" suddenly approached the city, and immediately closed the four gates, and the Wanhu asked in a slightly trembling Chinese voice at the head of the city: "The general of the Great Qing Kingdom under the city listens to the truth: our country has concluded an alliance with your country, pays tribute on time, and there is no breach of contract. ”

Shi Chunhu had already discussed with Mao Wenlong on the road, and immediately put on an invincible posture, raising his head and shouting: "I am an envoy personally sent by Banzai to present his credentials to the king of your country. If you don't immediately open the city to greet us, what kind of hospitality is this? ”

The ten thousand households were skeptical when they heard it, but they would never dare to open the city directly. The last time Amin led the army to invade the DPRK, Li Liang had already submitted a request to surrender, but out of personal ambition, Amin still drove straight into Seoul. Li Liang did not dare to resist, and fled from Seoul in panic and hid on Ganghwa Island in the Yellow Sea, and Amin's soldiers occupied Seoul without blood, looted in the city, and took away countless people's wealth. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne of Khan, although he accepted the invitation of North Korea to surrender and the two sides made an alliance, North Korea did not dare to believe that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would not invade again.

Seeing this, Shi Chunhu sneered: "The national letter is on this envoy. If you do not believe me, you may go into the city alone for you to examine, but after the inspection, you must immediately inform the king of your country, send important ministers to welcome him into Seoul, and present his credentials to the king of your country. As for the envoy's entourage, it is okay not to enter the city, but you must receive them with the highest standard, otherwise you will bear the consequences! ”

When the 10,000 households heard that the "Manchu army" could not enter the city, they were greatly relieved. He hurriedly opened a small narrow slit in the city gate, and while sending someone to bring wine and meat, he invited Shi Chunhu into the city. Shi Chunhu naturally knew that once he entered the city, he didn't know what kind of danger he would face later; However, since he had been ordered to follow Mao Wenlong on the expedition, he had already put life and death aside, and immediately led only two Jinyi guards into Tieshan City, leaving the other two Jinyi guards, which could be regarded as testimony to Mao Wenlong.

The ten thousand households worshiped the "Qing Dynasty envoys" as gods, and he only glanced at the cover of the national letter, and of course he did not dare to read the contents. How dare he, a small household, delay such a major event, and immediately send people out of the city to deliver a message to Hancheng, and at the same time leave Shi Chunhu in the city. Shi Chunhu was at ease and settled down unceremoniously. Mao Wenlong and others outside the city were also hospitalized, except that they couldn't enter the city, they ate and drank every day. The soldiers had been sleeping in the open for months, and when they came here, they suddenly stepped into the sky, and they were all crazy with joy.

Tieshan was only 600 miles from Seoul, and when the government in various parts of Korea received the news of the entry of the Manchu envoys, they hurriedly sent the message from place to place on fast horses, and soon reported it to King Li Liang. Five days later, Li Liang sent the Emperor of the Chengfu Yuan, the scholar of the University, and the Grand Sixian of the Sixian Mansion Cui Mingji to Tieshan to greet the envoys. Cui Mingji is one of the key people who helped Li Liang launch a mutiny and overthrow Li Hui, the king of Guanghaijun. And Shi Chunhu's fake Manchu envoy Wang Chenggong was only a deputy commander of the Han military banner, and the identities of the two sides were very different. This also shows the extent to which the Korean authorities were already afraid of the Manchus.

After Cui Mingji met Shi Chunhu, he first asked for the letter of state to be handed over to him, and he forwarded it to Li Liang, on the grounds that the road was far away and he was afraid that the envoy would be hard; In fact, Li Liang was afraid and hated the Manchus and did not want to meet the envoys. However, Shi Chunhu's goal was the North Korean sailors, and of course he had to go to Seoul in person, so he insisted that he must hand in his credentials.

Cui Mingji couldn't afford to provoke the "envoy of Shangguo", so he had to agree to Shi Chunhu to go to Seoul. However, he also put forward conditions: not hundreds of people can go, and the entourage can only be up to 20 people.

Shi Chunhu thought that the Koreans had scared the Tartars into frightened birds, and even hundreds of people were afraid of this, and he couldn't help but feel very contemptuous in his heart. However, the result of his prior discussion with Mao Wenlong was originally to keep most of the troops in Tieshan, so he readily agreed, and on the same day, he led two Jinyi guards and 18 of the most fierce and capable soldiers to Seoul with Cui Mingji.

Two days later, they arrived in Seoul. The gates of Seoul were wide open, and Li Liang sent dozens of officials to greet the envoys ceremoniously, and Shi Chunhu was not polite and rode into the city proudly. However, when I entered the city, I was disappointed, Seoul was originally far from China's big city in terms of scale, and it was looted and destroyed by Amin's soldiers a few years ago, and it has not yet been restored, and it looks worse than an ordinary small county town in Daming.

There were also many Korean people watching along the way, but these people hated the Manchus very much, and they kept cursing loudly, if it wasn't for the soldiers to maintain order, I am afraid that Shi Chunhu would have been beaten. Shi Chunhu sighed with emotion at this time, secretly thinking that the people of North Korea still have backbone, at least they know who the enemy is. It's a pity that they have a king like Li Liang, who has 3,000 miles of rivers and mountains, millions of subjects, and still considers themselves "Little China", but now they grovel to the Manchus!

After a short time, he came to Gyeongbokgung Palace, the royal palace of Joseon. This palace was built during the period of the first king of the Joseon Dynasty, Yi Sung-gye, because it was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, the regulations of the palace were also strictly in accordance with the standards of the vassal king's residence, compared to the Forbidden City, since it was a heaven and an underground. The palace was also heavily guarded, but the weapons of the Korean soldiers were all traditional cold weapons, and there was not even a bird gun. Compared with Zhu Youzhen's vigorous development of firearms, Shi Chunhu feels even more lucky: if the Ming Dynasty is also like North Korea, sooner or later it will fall into this situation!

Immediately after the briefing, Li Qi met with Shi Chunhu to show respect for the Manchus. According to the etiquette of the envoys to meet the monarch, Shi Chunhu took off his boots and slowly entered the Qinzheng Hall where the court meeting was held. I saw that the civil and military officials in the hall were all sitting on the ground, some saluted him, some bowed their heads and said nothing, and some looked at him angrily, showing the complicated mentality of the Korean ministers towards the Manchus.

Behind a small coffee table in the middle of the front, there was a man dressed in the uniform of the Ming Dynasty, presumably the king of Joseon. Shi Chunhu previously knew that Li Qi was thirty-two years old this Chinese New Year's Eve, and he was still the top expert of the Haizhou faction, but he didn't want to be gray, his appearance was vicissitudes, and his spirit was compromised. One can imagine what a blow he was hit by being forced to sign an alliance under the city!

Seeing that the ceremony was over, Shi Chunhu respectfully handed over the "national letter", and Li Liang opened it on the spot. Shi Chunhu peeked at Li Kun's expression, only to see that his eyebrows were locked at first and his expression was heavy, but the more he looked back, the more excited he became, and in the end he was overjoyed!

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