Chapter 474: Eight Hundred Pavilion Students

Zheng Renhong is a confidant of Gwanghaejun, and he has made great efforts in deposing Concubine Renmu and executing Linhaejun and Yongchang Maharaja, Zheng Renhong has no way out, only to follow Gwanghaejun, Gwanghaejun also trusts Zheng Renhong, this time Gwanghaejun received the envoy Nalan Baksh sent by Nurhachi, Zheng Renhong had a plan, and the former ri had a long talk with Nalan Bakesh in the Biho Pavilion and the right praise of Shan Pugui is Zheng Renhong's son-in-law -

There were only two people in the warm pavilion of the Qinzheng Palace, Gwanghae-jun and Jung In-hong, and Gwanghae-jun asked, "Zhang Yuan shouldn't know that the envoy of Jianzhou, Erdeni, is in Seoul, right?"

Zheng Renhong said: "Erdeni and his entourage pretended to be merchants in Yizhou, their whereabouts were secret, except for Weichen and General Liu's brothers, no one in the court knew Erdeni's true identity, and Zhang Yuan certainly wouldn't know, otherwise his words and deeds would be more intense."

Guanghaijun frowned and nodded, and said: "Nurhachi sent an envoy to see the king at this time, this is harboring evil intentions, and afterwards he will deliberately spread the news to let the Ming know that our country has a close relationship with Jianzhou, which is the same as framing Liu Dongming in Běijing City, and doing everything possible to separate our country from the Ming Dynasty, which is really annoying."

Zheng Renhong said in his heart: "This is also caused by the two ends of the king's own head, who not only wants to get out of the control of the Ming Dynasty, but also fears the Ming Dynasty, and wants to use Jianzhou to contain the Ming Dynasty." Mouth said: "Fortunately, there is a běijing frame-up case first, if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty issues an edict to accuse our country, the king can deduce that it is all rumors from Jianzhou, and the Ming Dynasty will not be able to thoroughly investigate this matter, and——"

Zheng Renhong's tone turned low and asked, "I don't know what Erdeni reported to the king, Nurhachi really dares to use troops against the Ming Dynasty?"

In front of Gwanghae-kun, he had a secret meeting with Nalambaksh in the Hanjiang Tower, and Zheng Renhong had already left Beijing to meet the Ming mission, and he didn't know about the secret talks-

Guanghaijun sneered and said: "Erdeni presented Nurhachi's letter in front of him, and Nurhachi said loudly, 'I have a grudge against the Southern Dynasty, and I am not a fun soldier, but because of all kinds of bullying by the Southern Dynasty, I have to bear it. As for the DPRK, it has no grudges and is willing to be a good neighbor. Nurhachi is about to invade the Ming Dynasty, afraid that our country will send troops to help the Ming, so he sent Erdeni to lobby to show goodwill, Nurhachi also knows that if we want our country to join forces with him to deal with the Ming Dynasty is absolutely impossible, after all, the Ming Dynasty has kindness to our country, Nurhachi wants our country to remain neutral, do not respond to the Ming Dynasty's call to send troops to help the Ming Dynasty, listen to the Erdeni tone, if Jianzhou against the Ming Dynasty seems to have a good chance of winning, the king is not convinced, and wait and see the changes, and then decide. ”

Zheng Renhong said: "Wang Yingming, if Jianzhou and the Ming Dynasty go to war, our country sticks to the border to see the two strong compete is the best policy, according to our country and Jianzhou businessmen report, Jianzhou Jurchen foot can not be less than 60,000, strong soldiers and horses, brave and fierce, combat power is obviously stronger than the Liaodong Ming army, if the war, the Liaodong Ming army will be defeated, but after all, the Ming Dynasty is a big country, far from the Jurchen comparable, to the minister's expectations, the battle between the Ming and Jianzhou will be protracted, either side is unable to sweep away the opponent in one fell swoop, and our country can benefit from it, at least no longer have to be controlled by the Ming DynastyThose envoys of the Ming Dynasty, such as Zhang Yuan, believed that they were the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, domineering, despised us, etc., and hated the heavens."

Guanghaijun agreed with Zheng Renhong's analysis and said: "At this time, for the sake of our country, of course, it is necessary to have a minister and a minister, and not to offend Jianzhou, so as not to set himself on fire.

Zheng Inhong is a well-known Confucian in North Korea, and he immediately presented it to Gwanghaejun Yulan, only to see the back script:

"Hong Wei Jianzhou is connected with our country's territory, a total of emperors, colleagues of the Celestial Empire more than 200 zi, there is no slightest resentment, the Celestial Empire is also generous, why is there a little suspicion, actually Yu betrayed the Celestial Empire? The Celestial Empire is strong, and if Jianzhou and the Celestial Empire provoke each other, the soldiers will be in trouble, and the people will be ruined by many suburbs. I hope that there will be no plans against the sky, with the sincerity of doing everything, from now on, the road of Kaizhi, then the grace of the Heavenly Empire will not be born, and our country and Jianzhou will guard the frontier and keep each other's old good, is it not the blessing of the two countries......"

Guang Haijun read the reply drafted by Zheng Renhong, and praised: "Not humble or arrogant, tactful and subtle, neither offending Jianzhou, but also maintaining the dignity of our country, Aiqing won the heart of this king, Aiqing Ming Ri went to see Erdeni on behalf of this king, handed over the letter of return, gave gifts, and then sent them to leave Seoul to avoid trouble."

Zheng Renhong was most concerned about cracking down on the officials of the Xiaobei faction and the Qi Zixian family in the Great Northern faction, and said: "The king, Li Yuanyi and Shen Shimin knew that the envoys of the Ming Dynasty were about to enter the royal capital, but at this time, they were sparse and admonished, and their intentions can be known, and the ministers thought that the old palace maid of Gyeongbokgung Palace, Gu Xishan, the assassin outside the Yellow Sea City, and the internal agitator who reported to Zhang Yuan, must be Li Yuanyi and Shen Shimin's comrades, and their sharp edge is directed at the king, and they want to overturn the case for the abolished concubine and shake the throne of the king, if they are not severely punished, the arrogance of the evil party is bound to become more and more rampant."

Guanghaijun looked cold, and said, "After the canonization ceremony is held, we will settle the accounts one by one."

Zheng Renhong was more anxious than Guanghaijun, he was ruthless when he cracked down on dissidents in the Xiaobei faction and the Great Northern faction, so he was extremely afraid that the Xiaobei faction and Qi Zixian would make a comeback, and said: "The king, Li Yuanyi, Shen Shimin, and Qi Shishi have sinister intentions, and Yu obstructs the canonization of the prince, and then subverts the rule of the king, if he is not punished immediately, I am afraid that there will be a big trouble, that Zhang Yuan has been bewitched by the evil party, if the evil party is allowed to continue to do mischief, I don't know what kind of actions Zhang Yuan will make that is not conducive to our country and the king."

Guang Haijun pondered for a moment and said: "Li Yuanyi and Shen Shimin, who are arrogant and vain, will be sent to the Sixian Mansion to interrogate the crime, and the Sixian Mansion, the Si Xian Yuan, and the criminal Cao will be tried together."

Zheng Renhong said: "The king, Du Cheng Qi Shishi is very suspicious."

Guang Haijun didn't want to arrest officials on a large scale at this time, causing Wang Jingren to panic, and said: "Don't implicate too much for the time being, interrogate Li Yuanyi and Wang Shimin first, and gradually track them down."

Zheng Renhong bowed and said, "Yes."

The two monarchs and ministers conspired for a long time, and it was late at night, and Zheng Renhong was about to resign, when he suddenly remembered something and asked, "King, where does the envoy of Jianzhou live now?"

Guanghaijun said: "In order to avoid people's eyes, this king arranged for them to live in the royal secret garden at the foot of Saga Mountain."

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At three o'clock on the fifteenth day of May, Zhang Yuan and Ruan Dacheng went to the Xuanwu Temple in the northwest suburbs of Seoul accompanied by Li Liang, Liu Dongming, Xu Yun, Yu Yan, Jin Zhongqing and Yin of Seoul Prefecture. The people of Seoul knew that the envoys of the Celestial Empire were coming, and they went out of the city to greet them, but they were blocked by Li Gui's soldiers and were not allowed to approach the angels.

Xuanwu Temple was built in the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, it has been nearly 20 years, the plaque in front of the door "rebuilding the feudal state" four big characters is written by the Korean Xuanzu himself, when Xuanzu was alive, every year Chunqiu twice a year solemnly worship Xuanwu Temple, but Wanli 36 years Guanghai Jun signed the Korean state affairs, the sacrificial level of the Xuanwu Temple has been downgraded year by year, in recent years, Guanghai Jun has no longer come to the Xuanwu Temple in person to worship, only send the royal family to worship on his behalf, the Xuanwu Temple has not been repaired in recent years, the ancestral hall has been a little dilapidated, the door is closed during the memorial period, The ancestral hall was overgrown with grass and infested with foxtails, and Yin of Seoul Prefecture learned that the angel was going to visit the Xuanwu Temple today, so he ordered the craftsmen and people to repair and clean it overnight, so it was clean and tidy.

In the middle of the Xuanwu Ancestral Hall is the Yingling Hall, the Ming Dynasty and the soldiers of North Korea who sacrificed their lives in the ancestral hall have no specific names and deaths, just worship in a cage, and on the right side of the ancestral hall is Yang Hao's ancestral hall, because of the defeat of the Ulsan army, Yang Hao was severely impeached by Ding Yingtai, the director of the military department, saying that Yang Ho was "greedy and cunning to lose his teacher, causing chaos and deception", Yang Ho was dismissed, but Korean historians do not think that the battle of Ulsan is a big defeat, just a failure of the attack, Yang Ho is a victim of the Ming party struggle, and the Korean military and people are full of gratitude and sympathy for Yang Ho, In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, North Korea thanked Liu Yinji and Cui Lian to běijing, specifically seeking a portrait of Yang Hao, when Yang Hao was dismissed from his post and lived in Shangqiu, Henan, Liu Yinji did everything possible to find a Shangqiu to raise people to his hometown, copied the portrait of Yang Hao, and after returning to Seoul, he asked a skilled craftsman to paint the statue and put it in the Xuanwu Temple to enjoy the worship, which shows how lofty Yang Hao's status in the Korean government and the opposition is -

Xuanwu Temple is not far from Xuansheng Temple and Chengjun Hall, Zhang Yuan, Ruan Dacheng worship Xuanwu Temple, and then go to Xuansheng Temple to worship Confucius, Xuansheng Temple Hall is called "Great Sage Temple", the temple system Lingxing Gate, Yimen, the main hall, the two houses, the seventy-two sage statues, are generally the same as the Ming Dynasty's Confucian Temple regulations, Zhang Yuan presides the sacrifice, incense and salute, both sides play Yale -

After the sacrifice, the two officials of Sungkyunkwan near the Xuansheng Temple, Da Si Cheng and Shao Si Cheng, invited the two angels to Sungkyunkwan for lunch, and implored the angels of the Kingdom to give lectures to the students of the small state, Sungkyunkwan is the highest official institution of learning in North Korea, equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's Guozijian, Da Sicheng is equivalent to sacrificial wine, Shao Sicheng is equivalent to Si Ye, the hall is the Guozi Jian Sheng, Confucian scarves and shirts, all of which are no different from China, Sungkyunkwan has 800 students, which are all North Korean official reserves.

Going to Sungkyunkwan to give a lecture was actually Zhang Yuan's arrangement to instruct Ayayangjun Li Liang, Zhang Yuan needed to create public opinion, of course, he would not incite opposition to Gwanghaejun in front of the 800 Korean Pavilion students in Sungkyunkwan, that would be extremely stupid, even if it was for the national interests of the Ming Dynasty, he would be punished after returning to China, because the Confucian etiquette was sometimes above all interests, so Zhang Yuan had to hold high the banner of Confucian orthodoxy, so that he could act cheaply-

In the face of 800 Korean students, Zhang Yuan started to talk about the righteousness of Chunqiu, "Chunqiu" is the book of Zhang Yuan's imperial examination, and he worked very hard, Zhang Yuan talked about Chunqiu's righteousness, the way of sages, the righteousness of monarchs and ministers, and the popularity of scholars......

Zhang Yuan said that "Chun Qiu" is very familiar, simple to understand, impassioned, very infectious, so that the students who read Confucian classics since childhood have a great sense of identity with the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is Great China, North Korea is Little China, which makes the students feel a high honor, sacrifice their lives for righteousness, and go down in history, this righteousness is the recognition of the Ming Dynasty and the sense of belonging to Chinese civilization.

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