Next to the guardrail on the second floor, Ye Zhao smoked silently, looking at the sea and sky in the distance.

The north wind is blowing, the cold air is slightly piercing, Ye Zhao's physique doesn't matter, but after looking at Grandma Jin'er, who is wearing a fiery red fur beside him, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "You come into the house, what's the good thing about accompanying me to blow the wind?" ”

Jin Er's grandmother looked at the phoenix, and said with a smile: "The slave is willing to accompany the master for the rest of her life." ”

Ye Zhao smiled, snuffed out the cigarette butt, and said, "Okay, let's go back together." ”

Grandma Jiner's little red leather shoes stepped on the cat's steps and walked a few steps, opened the iron door of the cabin, and made a gesture of please, Ye Zhao shook his head, and immediately entered the ship's room, and said to the two female guards next to the guardrail: "You guys come in too." "The sea breeze is bitterly cold, and it would be a sinful errand to stay outside to guard it.

The two guards hurriedly bowed down, and when Grandma Jin Er entered the house, they followed in.

The two female guards, one named Xiaohong and the other Xiaolu, are both dressed as maids, pretending to be the personal maids of the prince and Fujin respectively, but they are actually kung fu masters who hide pistols.

Ye Zhao held the delicate little hands of Grandma Jin Er and sighed, and said: "On this cold day, it is very difficult to touch the iron lumps, fortunately, our doorknob is sheathed, otherwise, it will stick to the ice and snow, and it will fall off the skin when you pull it." Looking at Grandma Jiner's delicate snow-white Kodan little hand, with a sigh, Ye Zhao kissed it gently, and Grandma Jiner giggled and retracted her hand.

Xiaohong Xiaolu stood on the side of the door, not squinting, but looking carefully, her delicate little face was slightly red.

The room was still warm, and Grandma Jin Er immediately took off her fur fur, Ye Zhao was stunned, but saw that she was wearing a red leather coat and leather pants, tightly wrapped around her delicate body, the slender and soft waist, the small and tempting buttocks, the weak and beautiful legs, the curves were extremely tempting, with a pair of red high heels, the surname was beautiful, and she was a good modern little stunner.

"Is this done?" Ye Zhao came back to his senses for a while, and a while ago he talked to Jin Feng about the style of leather clothes he liked, but after a few months, he didn't want her to sneak it out, and he didn't want to just find a tailor who made leather clothes, but he had to think about leather processing, coloring and waxing.

When Grandma Jin Er saw Xianggong's expression, she knew that he liked it, and her heart was beautiful, and she had worked hard in vain.

"Dangdangdang", the iron door was suddenly knocked from outside, and a man's voice could be heard: "Mr. Ye, two are missing one, are you coming?" Listening to the voice, Ye Zhao knew that it was Mr. Cai, a reporter from Guangdong Daily, who lived next door to his east, and Huang Wenxiu lived next door to his west.

Today's reporters are different from later generations, and those who can be reporters in several newspapers are all literati with heads and faces, and their remuneration is also excellent, and they are considered to be the people with higher incomes in Guangzhou. As for what he said, two are missing one, but it is the poker game that Ye Zhao and Huang Wenxiu and him played, but in fact, it is the landlord of the later generations, needless to say, it was Ye Zhao who taught the two of them.

"I'm not going!" Ye Zhao replied, seeing that there were already Korean waters ahead, and the landing site was naturally the area of Incheon and Ganghwa Island, which was only a few dozen miles away from Seoul, and it was an excellent port to clamp North Korea.

In this expedition, according to the prior plan, someone first sent a note to the Ganghwa local government in Gyeonggi Province to send a letter to Seoul, and to see how the Dawang clan of the Lee dynasty reacted.

"Lord Wang, it's almost North Korea, right? The slave maid went abroad for the first time, and I really didn't know what North Korea was like. "Grandma Jin's second grandmother is full of interest.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "I'll know when I get there." ”

…… When several steel behemoths with whistles suddenly appeared in Ganghwa Bay, the residents of the island were immediately panicked, and the envoys of Ganghwa Prefecture hurriedly reported to Beijing in the starry night after receiving the envoys who had gone to the island in small boats and the Korean merchants accompanying them.

Standing on the deck of the Taihe, using a clairvoyant mirror to watch the islanders from the initial panic to slowly gathering near the beach to look at a few ironclad steamships, looking at the tattered forts and the so-called coastal defense guns, Ye Zhao sighed softly in his heart, looking at them, as if he had seen the Great Qing Kingdom twenty years ago.

The Chinese warships suddenly appeared at the mouth of the Ganghwa Bay and the Han River, and the news reached Jingshi a few hours later, and in a note from the Minister of Oriental Trade and Commerce, he demanded that Korea expel the puppet imperial envoys of the Northern Dynasty, and from then on pay tribute to the Southern Dynasty, and the Southern Dynasty would set up an embassy in Seoul.

Seoul shook immediately, the king Li Yu convened the ministers overnight to discuss the matter, the ministers were angry to start a war with the southern dynasty of China, some people said that the southern dynasty was strong and could eventually unify China, and persuaded the king to call the southern dynasty a vassal, there were no assertive gossips to say some unnutritious opinions, and after discussing for several hours, there was no final, and after Li Yu went down to the court, the entire Seoul immediately undercurrents surged, and the various clan groups invariably convened the backbone members to discuss secretly, intending to win a bright future for the future of the family in this possible great change. In all the holes of Seoul, small political groups are dotted around, each with its own plan.

When Li Yu dragged his tired body back to the Jingdegong dormitory to make up for a good night's sleep, he found that the most favored concubine Jin was already waiting for him, Li Yu couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart, although he was not yet thirty years old, but in the past two years, he has been hollowed out by wine, and he has no heirs until now, and he really feels sorry for his concubine in the main palace. Don't want to hear from her.

It can be said that the interference of the princess and her relatives in politics has gradually become a commonplace thing in the Li dynasty, but Li Yu has no choice.

Seeing the king yawning into the palace, Concubine Jin was a little helpless, the king likes to wander and frolic, lustful celebrities and ministers know everything, it is really difficult to say what prestige there is in the courtier clan, but in the face of the great changes that may destroy the country and the family, the king is still half sorrowful, relieved, and it is really sad that people don't know whether they are happy or sad. But then again, the king has no wit, and he is happy and has a good life, although it is a little absurd, but it is also a joy to love, and it is much more amiable than the wise lord.

"Aifei, haven't slept yet?" Li Yu sighed and said, "The state affairs are difficult, the state affairs are difficult, I have to sleep well and think about it again." ”

Concubine Jin was even more helpless, but she could only chuckle and say, "Your Majesty, you are tired for a long time, you should rest early." Cultivate enough spirit to fight chaos and stabilize the country. ”

Li Sheng laughed: "You say the same thing, right?" This king is very tired, love concubine, accompany this king to sleep. ”

Concubine Jin nodded meekly, but asked again: "Your Majesty, I don't know what strategy the court has agreed on to deal with the southern kingdom today?" ”

Li Yu smiled and said: "This is not a big deal, Zhao Bingkui is right, this is the Qing Dynasty's own business, this matter has been notified to the envoy of the Northern Kingdom of the Great Qing Dynasty, and asked him to think about it, whether they fight or make peace, it is their own charter, what are we doing?" ”

Concubine Jin frowned slightly: "Although Li Cao's words are reasonable, but Hancheng to Yanjing is thousands of miles apart, can we just wait for the Northern Kingdom of the Qing Dynasty to come out with the charter, we can wait, but the gunboats in the Southern Kingdom are afraid that they can't wait." ”

Li Yu said: "Drag it, drag it for a day." ”

Concubine Jin asked, "Then how are the kings and ministers going to delay?" ”

Li Yu blinked his small eyes and said, "I said that I am sick and cannot meet with the envoy of the southern country for the time being." ”

Concubine Jin was speechless and wanted to wait for another talk, but she saw Li Yu stretching her waist and said, "I'm tired and tired, concubine, I'll rest first." Without waiting for Concubine Jin to speak again, she staggered to the inner room, Concubine Jin looked at his back, full of helplessness.

Anguk-dong Ancient Ink Hall.

Sitting are still those backbones of the Fengyang Zhao family.

The white-bearded old man was twisting his beard and smiling: "The envoy of the Great Qing Kingdom said that the Qing Emperor will definitely send military horses to quell the rebellion, and then we will not only drive away the southern people, but also use the hands of the Great Qing Emperor to cut off the Anton Jin family in one fell swoop." Yuanjun, you are one step high! ”

Zhao Bingkui smiled and said: "Second uncle, I don't think so, didn't the second uncle listen to the message of the detective horse, there are hundreds of guns on the southern iron ship, and its guns have been tested at the reef, the firebombs bloom, and there is earth-shattering power, the second uncle still thinks it's just a rumor?" ”

The white-bearded old man snorted, "It's just a strong outsider and a middle cadre, just to scare people, what kind of world have those pawns seen?" I was scared and peed my pants. ”

Zhao Bingkui said: "Second uncle, even if he is scaring people, you don't want to think about it, how many hours and a month will it take to wait for the six kings of the Qing Kingdom to send military horses?" Two months? Will this southern warship be waiting and waiting at sea all the time? ”

The white-bearded old man said suspiciously: "Isn't this your admonition to the king dragging the southern kingdom?" ”

Zhao Bingkui smiled: "That's Wang Shang and Anton Jin's family's drag, but we can't drag it, I'll go to Jianghua now, but I can't be preempted by the Jin family." ”

Everyone in the Zhao family was stunned, and then they suddenly realized, and immediately praised each other, and another old man smiled: "Yuanjun, the two old fools of the Jin family have fallen into a big fool this time." ”

Zhao Bingkui smiled silently.

…… In the lounge of the Zhenhai Ship, Ye Zhao was discussing the search for seafarers with the American consul McChason, and on the side of the table, Ding Qimei, a beautiful female officer, was silently drinking coffee without saying a word.

Ye Zhao stirred the coffee with a spoon and said, "Dear John, with all due respect, the time is too long, and the possibility of the survival of the two crew members in your country is very small, so I can only express my deep regret and try my best to obtain reasonable compensation for the two crew members." ”

McChason shrugged his shoulders and said with some sadness: "I also know this, but no matter what, I want to bring the bones back to the country, and the leaves will fall back to the roots." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, took a sip of coffee slowly, and then the door of the lounge was knocked gently, and then Zhang Youcun, the Minister of Oriental International Trade, walked in, Ye Zhao smiled when he saw it: "Zhao Bingkui is gone?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Youcun asked the prince to say goodbye, and then stood up respectfully and replied.

Ye Zhao got up and walked to the glass window, but saw a group of North Korean officials boarding the boat, and on the deck, two rows of infantry wearing grass-green military uniforms and steel helmets were saluting each other.

"Salute!" When this unusually loud and long voice sounded, it really startled Zhao Bingkui, and when he looked back, he saw that the bayonets were like a forest, and the snow-white gloves of the majestic soldiers were thrown out of a neat arc, and the momentum was like a rainbow, although there were only ten or twenty people, it seemed to be thousands of people, and they were indomitable.

Zhao Bingkui's heart trembled, this is a Chinese officer and soldier? It makes a cool breeze blow to the neck.

In the lounge of the amidships, Ye Zhao turned his head and asked Zhang Youcun with a smile: "What did he say?" "This Zhao Bingkui is the patriarch of one of the two most powerful clans in Seoul, the patriarch of the Fengyang Zhao clan, and the current Korean king and concubine are from the Fengyang Zhao family, and this person is not light.

Zhang Youcun said with a smile: "He said that he would cooperate with the Chinese emperor and no longer recognize the legitimate surname of the puppet king, and this time he will persuade them to be the king of Joseon and claim to the south, but Anton Jin has always been secretly communicating with the puppet king of Yanjing, and his resistance is very great, and he also hopes to get our support."

Zhao Bingkui arrived almost with Li Yu's illness document, which is naturally thought-provoking.

"Lord Wang, I promised to support him according to your instructions." Zhang Youcun said, and said with some hesitation: "It's just that, as far as I know, Zhao Bingkui's father-in-law and uncle were forced to death by the Jin family a few years ago. The Zhao clan in Fengyang has always been conservative, and the massacre of missionaries was the work of the Zhao family, and they do not believe that they will reach a consensus with us on trade and other matters. ”

Ye Zhao smiled slightly and waved his hand: "A generation has a generation's thoughts, won't the Zhao family become an enlightened faction?" Is it in our interest to be enlightened? However, these are not the problem, promise to support him, but the limit of this support is not in our hands? ”

Zhang Youcun bowed and said, "What the prince said is true." "I said that I was worried about nothing, and when it came to foreign affairs, who could help the prince?

Ye Zhao slowly picked up the coffee cup, pondering this little thing in North Korea, the current king Li Yu, as if carved out of the same mold as Tongzhi in history, are all lustful and wasted silver, all died young, now think about it, it seems that Li Yu will have a life span of two or three years, and there will be no heirs, otherwise there will be no Princess Mingcheng in the TV series A few years later, Princess Mingcheng will enter the palace.

I don't know if I came early to open the country, will it make Li Yu melancholy and die early, think about Emperor Xianfeng or Emperor Tongzhi, all because he flapped his butterfly wings and died early, and the Tongzhi Emperor in Guangzhou today is not the Tongzhi in history for a long time.

But I heard that Li Yu is very relieved, and will he be angry because of the arrival of the Chinese gunboat?

Thinking about all kinds of possibilities, Ye Zhao gradually fell into deep thought.

…… Three days later, the Chinese fleet was still anchored in the bay, and no North Korean officials came to meet or expel them.

Standing on the deck looking at Jianghua Island, Ye Zhao asked lightly: "Have you ever told Zhao Bingkui about the deadline?" ”

Zhang Youcun hurriedly bowed down and said: "The lower officials have repeatedly made it clear, cautious and cautious, and what Zhao Bingkui said clearly and clearly. ”

Pei Tianqing, the deputy general of the Pingyuan Naval Division and the leader of the Zhenhai Pipe, also stood beside Ye Zhao, and said hatefully at this time: "The Koreans are arrogant, so they should be taught a lesson." ”

Zhang Youcun said: "I'm afraid that Zhao Bingkui is making trouble and deliberately concealing this matter." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, turned his head to Pei Tianqing and said, "Send a signal to make the Jingbo close to Jianghua Island to replenish fresh water." ”

Pei Tianqing immediately raised his eyebrows, chirped excitedly, and took the order.

Ye Zhao stretched out his hand, and Xiao Lu on his side sent the telescope.

Ye Zhao didn't want to land in North Korea as an aggressor, but in the same way, looking at it now, because of the habitual surname thinking, the North Koreans are afraid that they still identify with the North Korea more, whether it is Zhao Bingkui or not, it is necessary to put some pressure on the North Koreans.

In the clairvoyant mirror, the Jingbo gradually approached the Caozhi Battery, and after a while, the fire flickered, and the North Korean battery first fired, and then, a ball of fire exploded around the battery, almost effortlessly, before the Jingbo entered the range of the North Korean battery, its battery had been blown to pieces.

Then, several small boats were lowered from the Jingbo, and more than 100 marines rushed to Ganghwa Island, and the sound of gunfire gradually subsided in less than a quarter of an hour.

At present, the southern infantry against the Korean shore defense troops is almost no different from modern weapons against primitive people, and at the end of the battle of ten minutes, not a single officer of the naval division infantry was slightly wounded, three Korean soldiers were killed, more than a dozen were wounded, and more than 70 people were captured.

Clairloom looked at the captured Korean soldiers kneeling in a row on the beach, Ye Zhao turned his head sideways and ordered, "Let's go around." ”

Ye Zhao said lightly, and then the three gunboats set off, and in half a day, several forts guarding Gyeonggi Province on Ganghwa Island were all destroyed, dozens of shore guards were killed, hundreds were captured, and several earthen artillery pieces were captured.

In fact, although Jianghua Mansion is called a mansion, it is only a small village, and I am afraid that the mansions built by the Chinese gentry against the bandits are more defensive than it, and the Pingyuan Army has formed its own army, and has not fought such an easy battle.

Zhang Youcun met with Li Da, only saying that he wanted him to send a letter to the king of Korea, the two countries were originally suzerain, and did not want to meet with him, and now the lord of North Korea ignored the envoy of Shangbang in the sea area, which is to insult the Chinese regent, the Chinese emperor and the empress dowager of the two palaces. Later, the Korean soldiers provoked, and the heavenly army of Shangbang imposed a slight punishment, asking the Korean lord to quickly send envoys to meet the angels of Shangbang, otherwise, after the ten-day period, Seoul will be turned into powder.

Li Daqian thanked him and left, but the conflict on Ganghwa Island, which was not worth mentioning for the Pingyuan army, quickly turned Seoul into a pot of porridge. The clan courtiers had different reactions, some swore to fight to the death with the Pingyuan army, some were panicked, and there were even more people who secretly sent people to meet the envoys of the southern country.

…… Jiaotai Hall Warm Pavilion, Concubine Jin is drinking tea with her father Jin Wengen.

Jin Wengen's face was angry, and there were bruises on his forehead, and it was rare to see him so angry.

Concubine Jin felt like a big stone in her heart, just learned from the king, the princess announced that he discussed the government, said that Zhao Bingkui was originally familiar with a businessman in the southern mission, and now he has asked the businessman to mediate, the south is strong, the ship is strong, and the artillery is sharp, and it is gradually orthodox for China.

When Li Yuzheng had no owner of the six gods, he was immediately overjoyed when he heard the words, and ordered Zhao Bingkui to be the leader of the left council and go to Jianghua to beg for peace.

Jianghua Island, which shocked the courtier clan, also brought a huge shock to Concubine Jin, these days, she listened in detail to the situation of the Southern Dynasty in China, only to know that the regent of the Southern Dynasty was eloquent, and the Rakshasa and the British and French countries clashed, it was very much the Taixi countries suffered, now entrenched in the southeast, faintly have the potential to win the Central Plains, the Pingyuan army under its command is known as the winning army, bandits, Qing army, almost frightened.

And now it is clear that the regent has set his sights on Korea, and the most terrible thing is that the Pungyang Cho clan has its support. Anton Jin, I'm afraid that the disaster of extermination is just around the corner.

Jin Wengen slammed down the teacup and said hatefully: "Zhao Bingkui, a despicable villain, betrays the lord to seek glory, only the king is deceived by it, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, who doesn't know his wolf heart?" ”

Concubine Jin sighed softly: "The matter has come to this, and my father always needs to think about the aftermath." ”

Jin Wengen pondered, and his eyes gradually became fierce, "I have my own plan, when the Chinese envoy enters the city, I will kill him, and then ask the Chinese emperor for help to prevent the southern country from retaliating." ”

Concubine Jin was stunned for a moment and said, "Father, I'm just afraid that the Chinese soldiers are not easy to deal with." ”

Jin Wengen said coldly: "Not a nostril and a mouth? In Ganghwa Island, the Chinese were just sneak attacks, and with the help of iron ships and artillery, this was a big victory, besides, the defenders of Ganghwa Island are mostly civilian hooligans, how can they be more elite than Gyeonggi? I don't believe it, when they go ashore, the Gyeonggi Janissaries guard 3,000 iron armor, close combat suddenly attacked, and can't kill hundreds of Chinese? ”

Concubine Jin also felt that her father was reasonable, and now that a catastrophe is coming in the clan, if she wants to save herself, she is afraid that this is the last chance, but this is not necessarily the only way.

After frowning and pondering for a while, Concubine Jin said, "Father, it's better to wait until after meeting with the Chinese, don't be impulsive." ”

Jin Wengen nodded: "I have my own opinions. ”

Anguk-dong Ancient Ink Hall.

At this time, there were only Zhao Bingkui and a young official, Zhao Bingkui's eyes flickered, and he was whispering something to the young official, if he didn't get close to the two, it would be difficult to hear his words clearly, let alone outside the study.

The young official's face became more and more strange, and it turned out that Zhao Bingkui actually asked him to contact the children of the army, wait for the Chinese to enter the city, find an opportunity to make trouble in the city, and kill several Chinese.

"Yuanjun, haven't you already won the support of Chinese this ......?" The young officials were puzzled.

Zhao Bingkuo's face sank like water, and said: "Chinese may not support us to deal with the Anton Jin clan, the enemy of killing my father is not in the sky, there is this good opportunity, if I don't uproot the Anton Jin clan, I Zhao Bingkuo will be in vain!" ”

As he spoke, Zhao Bingkui leaned into the young official's ear and whispered, and the young official's face immediately changed greatly, and he said, "This, the king and the golden concubine ......."

"If Concubine Jin doesn't die, the Jin family will ......, and the rebels are together, who can take care of the ......, and can help Xingxuanjun's son......" intermittently, Zhao Bingkui's voice became lower and lower, and it was inaudible.

The young official was sweating beads on his forehead, and his face was shocked, but the family's survival plan could only nod his head again and again, but he never thought that the court monarch would be so bold, perhaps because he had never had such a God-given opportunity before.

(To be continued)