Chapter 36: Li Xiaquan

"Count them as acquaintances!"

Looking at the white flag on the tower of the city gate, Wang Wenli snorted and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As the saying goes, it's easy to fight the country, but it's hard to sit on the country. If the Ming army wants to firmly grasp the Korean Peninsula as soon as possible, it can only rule the DPRK with the DPRK, which requires a large number of traitors who are willing to surrender.

The city gate was soon opened, and the Chinese army, waving white flags and carrying nearly 1,000 Goryeo soldiers, went out of the city to disarm and surrender.

The conquest of the ROK army cooperated with the marines, rounded up the defeated soldiers, collected weapons, and received the warehouses and official ......offices, and the work of entering the city was carried out in an orderly manner under the control of the backbone of the civil affairs who had undergone short-term training.

It was almost noon, a group of officials, slaves and maids were lined up in two compartments, and Jiang Changyi took the auxiliary officials of the capital affairs and the Chinese army, as well as the officials of the six rooms to greet them respectfully from the city.

Jiang Changyi and the others all wore Korean official uniforms with very similar Ming clothes, but the gauze lining was narrow, and the hats and wings were short, and they set up incense cases and knelt on the ground according to the ritual notes of the vassal to welcome the angels of the kingdom.

Yun Dongming was dressed in a red Ming Dynasty official uniform, standing in front of the city gate on horseback, and Wang Wenli and Shimazu Tadashi were also dressed and standing behind Yun Dongming on horseback.

Yun Dongming is a special envoy sent by the Executive Committee, and his official position is the envoy of the East China Sea Propaganda Department.

Because the outbreak of the two crows was imminent, and it was necessary to stabilize the situation in the East China Sea as soon as possible, the Executive Committee decided to accelerate the military invasion of Korea, set up the East China Sea Propaganda Department, and let Yun Dongming rush to the Wuzhou Islands by airship to take charge of all military and political affairs in the conquest of Korea.

The Executive Committee adjusted Shimadzu Tadakyo to the Propaganda Department Tongzhi to assist in the management of civil affairs, and at the same time served as the governor of Goto; Wang Wenli was appointed as the commander of the Eastern Expedition and commanded the naval and land armies of the Korean Expedition.

The propaganda officials once again loudly proclaimed the "Letter of the Great Ming to the People of Goryeo".

“…… Ersan Han people, the first Qin for the seal of the Jizi, and the Han Dynasty has Wei Korea, after the Han Dynasty has the Kim Silla, Wang's Goryeo, Li Korea, more than 2,000 years has always been the Chinese barrier, and the Chinese civilization has the same root, the same lineage......

Now my Ming court has sent 100,000 elite soldiers and 1,000 ships to hunt in the East China Sea, just to drive out the Tartars, restore China, and return the descendants of Yan and Huang to Lang Lang Lang!

The military discipline of the Ming Dynasty is like iron, the order is forbidden, the autumn is not committed, if the people of Sanhan can keep themselves in peace and abide by the law, they can live and work in peace and contentment as usual! All civil and military officials, if they can be loyal to Huaxia and the Ming Dynasty, can stay in office as usual! ”

The official language of the Yi dynasty was Chinese, and Korean proverbs were mainly spoken by women and the lower classes. Many of them were able to read and write Chinese even if they could not speak Chinese.

"Greetings to the Heavenly Envoy!"

After listening to the announcement, the nervous mood of the DPRK officials was much calmer.

Wang Wenli and Shimazu Tadashi turned over and dismounted, stepped forward with a spring breeze on their faces, and helped Jiang Changyi and others up, "You and others are well aware of the righteousness, and they can be reined in from the precipice and save the people of Jeju City from fire and water, which can be described as a great achievement." ”

With a circumference of 3,900 steps, Jeju Fortress is larger than most of the country's prosperous state capitals. The city wall enclosed a large area of fields and woods, and there were small houses made of volcanic stone scattered in the middle, like a field surrounded by a city wall.

The population of the city was less than 10,000, of whom 60 or 70 percent were officials, slaves and maids.

When Yun Dongming, Wang Wenli, and Shimazu Zhongjiao entered the capital of Jeju, the people of the city helped the old and the young, knelt on both sides of the road, and the black pressure on both sides of the road was full of Korean officials and slaves wearing hats and white clothes.

"Childe! When the Japanese invaded the city, Jiang Changyi dared to make such a big move. A strong man fell to the ground and muttered, "This is a grand thief, he doesn't want to mix in Goryeo officialdom anymore!" ”

The young man beside the strong man turned slightly blue, and said in a low voice, "How many times have I told you, I am now a rogue person, an official slave and a maid, and I am no longer a son!" ”

"Childe, no matter what you are doing now, the royal identity is indisputable!" Zheng Yanghao felt extremely uncomfortable when he heard this, "You must have confidence, think that at the beginning, the current king also used to ......"

"Shut up!" Li Xiaquan almost roared.

He was exiled to Jeju Island after losing the battle for the throne of the Lee dynasty.

In 1849, Heonjong of Joseon became critically ill and had no children. Li Xiaquan was very intelligent in the Li royal family, and was favored by people and considered to be the heir to the throne after the death of Xianzong.

After Kenjong's death, a struggle over the succession to the throne began at the court. After a dragon fight, Enyanjun Li ?? 's grandson, Lee Won-beom, was finally chosen to be the heir of Hyunjong.

As a loser, Li Xiaquan was regarded as a dangerous element and exiled to Jeju Island, where he became an official slave under the jurisdiction of the prison camp.

Every morning, as soon as it was dawn, I had to get up in bed. After drinking a bowl of thin barley porridge in a hurry, he had to go out to chop wood until it was dark before he could return to the camp.

It has been six years since he was exiled to Jeju Island. Li Xiaquan has also changed from a talented and personable prince to a dusty and hard-working woodcutter.

Similar to the glory of the past, Li Xiaquan sighed deeply, when will this kind of suffering be the end!

Zheng Yanghao is the son of Li Xiaquan's family, and he has always been Li Xiaquan's companion. Li Xiaquan was convicted and exiled, and he also accompanied him all the way and never gave up.

The sound of drums sounded, and Yun Dongming, Wang Wenli, and Shimazu Zhongjiao, accompanied by Jiang Changyi and others, walked in front of Li Xiaquan on horseback with dozens of escorts.

Li Xiaquan, who was lying on the ground, glanced sideways, he couldn't help but be surprised, this is the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty!

Zheng Yanghao quietly raised his head and looked at the distant figures of Wang Wenli and Shimazu Zhongjiao, "Childe, how is the dress of the Japanese Kou very similar to the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty on the picture!" ”

Li Xiaquan straightened up, smiled slightly and did not answer.

Just now, the "Da Ming Letter to the People of Goryeo" has been broadcasting outside the city, and Li Xiaquan just listened to it, and didn't take it seriously. At this moment, he chewed the words he had just heard, "The Great Ming King Master two hundred years ago may really come back!" ”

Yun Dongming, Wang Wenli, and Shimazu Tadashi rode through the archway and stopped in front of the Jeju Pastoral Officer's Yamen.

The Jeju Pastoral Office is the political and administrative center of Jeju Island, and its architectural form is somewhat similar to that of the Daemyung Governor's Office, and it is also the most magnificent house in Jeju Island.

In the official Dongxuan, Yun Dongming met Park Tinghuan, who was tied up with five flowers.

"I am the ambassador of the East China Sea Propaganda Department of the Ming Dynasty, and Jeju Island is where the Propaganda Department is located." Yun Dongming said leisurely, "If Lord Park is willing to serve, Jeju Zhiju is yours; If you don't want to surrender, I can let you go back to Jeolla Province in Goryeo right now. ”

Park Tinghuan calmed down for a moment, "The adults keep claiming to be officials of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also serving the orders of the Ming Dynasty. But I don't know how the Ming Dynasty has been friends with my Goryeo for generations, and today they want to occupy my Jeju Island for no reason. ”

"Friendship from generation to generation, that was two hundred years ago. Now the Li Dynasty and the Manchurian Tartars are fighting very hotly, this spring He Zhengshuo, the Ryukyus, Japan all sent envoys to Taiwan, only your Goryeo envoys went to Beijing City, bowing to Jianyi. ”

Yun Dongming is not impatient or impatient, "If you make a mistake, you must be punished, Li Chao lived up to the trust of the Ming Dynasty and forgot that he also belonged to Huaxia, so he must be punished." ”

Go back, go back and shed your skin if you don't die, exile will definitely not be able to escape!

Park Tinghuan sighed, "The lower officials are willing to serve, willing to serve the Ming Dynasty!" ”

After the entrance ceremony was over, as soon as Li Xiaquan and Zheng Yanghao returned to the big long house, they were driven to chop wood by the officials of the prison camp.

Li Xiaquan was exiled to Jeju Island and has been living in a large longhouse where officials and slaves live in a collective accommodation. Perhaps for the convenience of surveillance, the prison camp has refused to allow Li Xiaquan to build his own house and go out to live alone.

Halfway up the thorny mountainside, Zheng Yanghao tied his coat around his waist, rolled up his sleeves, and struggled to cut down a dry tree in front of him. Li Xiaquan was next to him, helping to cut down the dead trees that fell to the ground and cut them into sections.

An hour passed, and Li Xiaquan made four tall bundles of firewood, and sat on top of the dead leaves with sweating profusely.

Zheng Yanghao was beside the fire, and he had already cooked a hare, "Childe, give!" ”

Li Xiaquan leaned against a big tree and ate barbecue in a big gulp.

The official slaves and maids eat barley porridge and buckwheat porridge all year round, and Li Xiaquan relies on the wild food obtained from hunting in the mountains to tenaciously support the energy needed by the body.

At three o'clock every day, he got up and went up the mountain to cut wood, and went back to sleep at night, although Li Xiaquan did not practice a body of steel and iron bones, his body has grown well, his originally slender body has become strong, and his weak body can also see clear muscles.

The sun had set in the west, and the two returned to Jeju City with a heavy burden. At the city gate, four Ming soldiers with loaded guns were standing guard, and there was a notice of the Ming army's security on the city wall.

Li Xiaquan glanced at the soldiers, lowered his head and carried his burden into the city.

How strange these soldiers are!

They were all dressed in strange cardigan coats, and the hats on their heads were worn tightly, as if they had their hair grown. Listening to them, the Chinese is very stiff, and it is obvious that they are Japanese.

However, looking at the Anmin notice, I feel that there is a little trace of the Chinese Celestial Empire.

What the hell is this? Is it the Great Ming King? Or a pirate with a Ming skin?

Li Xiaquan was thinking about it, and he saw Jin Chunyong, the capital officer, walking over with a few officials, slaves, and maids.

"Oops! You damn minions, how can you make Xia Quan's son work so hard! Jin Chunyong looked anxious, and there was a badge with a photo on his chest.

Several officials, slaves and maids hurriedly came up and took the two loads of firewood on the shoulders of Li Xiaquan and Zheng Yanghao.

The Jeju Pastoral Office has become the head of the Donghae Propaganda Department, and a red flag of the sun and moon has been erected in front of the door, and the sentinels on the perimeter are loaded with live ammunition and bayonets flashing.

The sentry carefully checked Jin Chunyong's badge and allowed him to bring Li Xiaquan and Zheng Yanghao into the official office.

In the back office of the official office, Li Xiaquan was served by a group of officials and maids, after some grooming and dressing, changed into clean underwear, and put on a Taoist robe.

The Taoist robe was the regular clothing of Korean scholars and Confucian scholars at this time.

After a sumptuous dinner, Li Xiaquan and Zheng Yanghao were arranged in a clean room.

The room was very tidy, with a kerosene lamp on the kang table, as well as books such as "The Iron Curtain Falls" and "The Baath Party Manifesto".

Li Xiaquan borrowed the kerosene lamp and kept flipping through the books placed on the kang table.

"Childe, the rows of corridors in front and back are all full in the afternoon, and all the people who live in them are officials, scholars and doctors and their families." Zheng Yanghao had nothing to do, and quietly went out to investigate, "Childe! What do they mean by that? It can't be an ulterior motive, right? ”

Zheng Yanghao sat on the kang with his buttocks, looking a little uneasy.

Li Xiaquan put down the book, looked up with a smile and said, "If you come, you will be safe, of course they arrange it like this, of course, they think I still have a little use." ”

The next morning, Yun Dongming stood on top of the Jeju city wall, and Park Jeong-hwan stood aside.

In and around the city, Jeju is covered with greenery, and North Korean peasants, wearing hats and white traditional costumes, are busy with their fields while singing happily.

The song was long and trembling. One person plays a song, and the four should harmonize.

"Not bad!" Yun Dongming nodded approvingly, "Lord Park, you have to assist the Ming army to stabilize the situation on Jeju Island as soon as possible, so that the brilliance of the Ming Dynasty will shine on the entire Jeju Island." ”

Back at the official office, the camp officials brought Li Xiaquan to Yun Dongming.

Li Xiaquan read a book for one night, and his eyes were a little bloodshot. He was neither humble nor arrogant, and gave a deep salute, "The student meets the angel!" ”

"Li Yuanfan was not in the right position, recognized the thief as his father, and surrendered to the Manchu Tartars with all his heart!" Yun Dongming said bluntly, "The Goryeo Kingdom is a very important part of the future of China, and the Ming Dynasty needs a new Goryeo King who is familiar with the general trend of historical development and is willing to devote himself to the coexistence and co-prosperity of China, and works closely with the Ming Dynasty." ”

Li Xiaquan immediately knelt on the ground, "Xia Quan is willing to serve the Ming Dynasty and go to the soup for the rejuvenation of China, and his liver and brain will be smeared!" ”

Yun Dongming nodded with satisfaction, according to historical data, Li Xiaquan is very intelligent, and it seems that what he said is true.