Hanyang, the capital of the Korean Kingdom, was shrouded in the reflection of a setting sun, and the green tiles on the palace shimmered with a quaint luster.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, with the support of Li Gui, Li Shi, Jin Zidian, and the newly rising Nanren Party, Li Ju staged a coup d'état in the name of Queen Inmu, deposing Gwanghaejun from the throne, demoting him to a concubine, and burning his eyes and exiled to Ganghwa Island. Since then, Yi Jun, who is the ruler of Ayayang, has succeeded to the throne and has ruled Joseon to this day.

At this time, North Korea, like the Ming Dynasty, had been mired in endless party struggles. The two major groups of scholars, the East People's Party and the West People's Party. You will take the stage and take turns to take charge of the government. The powerful East People's Party split into the North People's Party and the South People's Party. After the successful coup d'état launched by Li Liang, the Beiren Party, which supported Gwanghae-kun, was greatly damaged and gradually faded out of the center. The South People's Party and the West People's Party began a new round of political disputes.

At this time, in order to eliminate worries, the Manchu Qing invaded Korea twice, severely damaged the Korean army, and a group of ministers who resolutely resisted the Qing Dynasty were killed, and Korea had to become a subject state of the Manchu Dynasty. At the same time, the DPRK also asked for an annual tribute of 100 taels of gold, 1,000 taels of silver, 200 pieces of white ramie, 2,000 horses of various colors, 400 pieces of fine linen, 10,000 horses of various colors, 10,000 bags of rice, and so on. The heavy burden made the people in Korea boil over and suffer, and the Shidafu group was full of hatred for the Manchus and never forgot to return to the Ming Dynasty.

It was in this situation that Li Liang sat alone on the throne, as if he was sitting in a crater about to erupt.

In the Myeongjeongjeongjeon Hall of Changgyeong Palace, the Korean cabinet ministers such as Kim Zidian, Li Gui, and Kim Sang-heon, the right minister, knelt down at the bottom of the steps, and looked up at Li Liang, who was on the throne.

But after a long time, Li Liang on the throne never said a word, and Jin Zidian was indeed a little uncontrollable. After the "Li Shi Rebellion" at the beginning of Li Liang's accession to the throne, the Westerners gradually suppressed the Southerners Party and took control of the government. However, the Westerners Party was divided into two factions because of its attitude towards the Ming and Qing dynasties, one was the pro-Qing faction led by Kim Zidian, Choi Myung-gil and Li Gui, and the other was the pro-Ming Yuan Party, represented by Won Doop-pyo and Kim Sang-heon. In recent years, the situation in Liaodong outside the customs has become more and more confusing, the Ming Dynasty, which was originally extremely powerful in the eyes of North Korea, has been defeated in successive battles, and the country is a natural disaster and civil unrest at the same time, and there is no shortage of Korean scholars and doctors who have some vision, and now the situation of the Ming Dynasty is a harbinger of some imminent collapse.

As the leader of the Luo Party, a staunch pro-Qing faction in the Westerners' Party, in the face of several urgings from the Manchus in January, Jin felt that he had to convince Li Liang to confirm his support for the Manchus. The battle of Jinzhou can be said to be related to the national situation and luck between the Ming and Qing dynasties, since he has been on the ship of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he can help the Qing Dynasty defeat the Ming Dynasty no matter what, and then Liaodong is the Qing Dynasty and Korea share the world.

Jin Zidian exchanged glances with Li Gui, Cui Mingji and others, and then rashly interrupted the silence and said: "Your Majesty, now Ying Erdai has led more than 10,000 elite soldiers to garrison Yizhou, and sent Cha Buhai to Hanyang as a 'survey envoy' to question, these days he has raided the mansions of more than ten ministers without authorization, and beheaded dozens without asking. If we don't take a stand, I don't know what kind of chaos will be caused! Please also ask the king to make a decision as soon as possible to avoid the disaster of innocence! ”

Li Liang slowly raised his head, the long-veil king hat could no longer cover the black and white hair, and his eyes were covered with fine bloodshots. After listening to Jin Zidian's words, he couldn't help but sneer: "100,000 loads of military rations, as well as countless things of salt and iron, can we get them?" ”

"Listen to Cha Buhai's meaning, doesn't the Qing Emperor have to ask us to come up with such materials, the money and food are not enough, we can send troops to help! The Qing Dynasty and Hong Chengchou are on the front line of Jinzhou, we can send more than 10,000 elite soldiers to help in the war, and the Qing Emperor is always difficult to say anything! ”

"Nonsense!" Jin Shangxian on the side couldn't bear it anymore, straightened up, and bowed to Li Liangshen, "My North Korea has belonged to the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and the Heavenly Empire has treated me with kindness in North Korea, if it weren't for the Ming Dynasty, my North Korea had forgotten the country as early as the Wanli period, and now the Ming Dynasty is in deep trouble, how can we be treacherous and do ungrateful things!" ”

Li Gui smiled coldly, "Lord Right Minister, don't forget your identity. Now we are too busy to take care of ourselves, if we still respect the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that we will immediately fall into the danger of destroying the country! ”

"North Korea has always governed the country with Confucianism and Taoism, and when Prime Minister Zuo said this, could it be that he wants to change his course?" Kneeling behind Jin Shangxian, the guard general, Shen Qiyuan, the judge of Bing Cao, retorted.

As soon as the ministers spoke, the court suddenly fell into a quarrel. Only in the corner of the hall, Shen Zhen, Xu Mu, Yin Shandao and others of the Southern People's Party coldly watched the struggle between the Luo Party and the Yuan Party, the two major factions of the Western People's Party, without saying a word.

Li Liang helplessly watched his important ministers start a new round of struggle in front of him, and now it is not easy to come up with a decision, what the Luo Party insists, the original party opposes, and what the original party approves, the Luo Party will definitely refute. In this way, the government and government could not find a solution at all.

However, at this moment, Yin Shandao unexpectedly looked at the mouth and then remained silent, allowing Shen Qiyuan, who was attacked by his henchmen, the two exchanged a meaningful look, and then, Yin Shandao spoke, and the voice was so loud that the important ministers who were doing the tongue array were startled, and fell into silence in an instant.

"King Qiqi, Jin Minzhong, the observer of Ping'an Road, and Liu Dongxun, the envoy of Jiedu, sent a report, and last month, the Daming Lu King Business Group and the Franc Machine Business Group jointly came to Dingzhou Port, Ping'an West Road. Demand trade with our country. This was supposed to be true, but this time their trade volume was really amazing, and they also put forward new requirements. ”

Jin Zidian and other members of the Luo Party suddenly became angry, it was the moment of-for-tat, but they didn't expect the Nanren Party to suddenly intervene and say some irrelevant trivial things.

"What are the requirements?" Jin Zidian forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked before Li Liang opened his mouth, which added to the plan of the original party and the Southern People's Party.

Yin Shandao didn't care, and bowed slightly at Jin Zidian, "Returning to the Prime Minister, they proposed that they want to open up a separate area in Dingzhou and sign a lease agreement with our country, and in the future, this land will be convenient to be stored as a trade place for business groups, but the management power must be in their hands!" ”

"Ridiculous!" Jin Zidian was suddenly furious, "The whole world is not the king's land, how can the land of North Korea be handed over to them!" Jin Zidian looked at Jin Shangxian, "Right Minister, is this the style of Daming?" In the past, you waited for Tongguò Dingzhou to trade with the King of Daming Lu, and sent grain, salt and iron to Daming, but you didn't expect it to lure wolves into the house, and now they covet our territory! ”

Jin Shangxian sneered and did not answer, while Shen Qiyuan on the side took over the conversation, "Isn't the Prime Minister a good man?" Our North Korea and Daming are in trade, and we can import more than 200,000 taels of silver from Daming every year. If it weren't for this silver, what would we do to fill the greed of the Manchurians now! My lord advocated aiding the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but I don't know what kind of benefits the Qing Dynasty can have with our North Korea. ”

One sentence made Jin Zidian choke and rolled his eyes, but he couldn't say anything to refute. In the end, he had to flick the sleeves of his robe, "Da Ming and Francois want to open up land in North Korea, that is absolutely impossible, there is no need to discuss this matter again!" ”

Yin Shandao snorted coldly, nodded imperceptibly at Shen Qiyuan, and the two of them were silent.

Li Qi coughed, and finally found a chance to speak. "You Aiqing don't need to say it anymore, after all, the Ming Dynasty was our sect master, and it is absolutely impossible for North Korea to send troops to help fight against the Ming army. The Prime Minister is responsible for liaising with Yingordai and pressing the quantity of materials again, right? I have little land and poor people, and I can't come up with so many things! ”

Jin Zidian was just about to open his mouth to explain, but Li Liang continued: "Dingzhou and Daming trade, this has existed since ancient times, and it must not be changed in the future. As for the Franco, send them away, don't have a dispute! ”

Li Ju set the tone, and the ministers naturally didn't want to say anything, so they had to retire stupidly, and the court discussion that lasted for a day finally ended.

The ministers gradually dispersed in groups, but Shen Qiyuan and Yin Shandao deliberately stayed at the end, Jin Zidian also noticed this detail, but he didn't care, just instructed his henchmen to contact the nobles in the palace, Zhao, and firmly keep an eye on Li Qi and a few of them, and report back as soon as there is a disturbance.

The Ming Zheng Hall finally regained its calm. The inner closed door came in quietly, lit the lamp, and with the swaying of the firelight, the doors and windows of the Ming Zheng Hall were tightly closed.

Under the candlelight, Li Liangman's face gradually became distorted. He took out a letter from his bosom, looked at it and read it, and finally put it on the candle flame and lit it, and watched him turn to ashes.

Yin Shandao and Shen Qiyuan didn't dare to take a breath, and knelt down respectfully in front of Li Qi. Although they were full of curiosity about the letter sent by Zhu Ping'an, they also knew that the matter involved the harem, and it was better to know less about such things.

"Dengzhou General Soldier Zhu Ping'an's letter, the widow has already read it, what he said is ......", Li Liang nodded painfully, Yin Shandao and Shen Qiyuan suddenly felt that their blood was boiling. Li Liang suddenly raised his head at this moment, "The widow has already decided, you can do it!" ”

Yin Shandao and Shen Qiyuan kowtowed again and again, "The king is wise!" ”

Li Qi sighed, "The heroes of the Jingshe in the past are not much left now, you must remember the words of the widow, only investigate the first evil, and the rest will be exiled, and you must not kill innocents indiscriminately!" This is also told to sù Kim Sang-heon to know! ”

Yin Shandao and Shen Qiyuan glanced at each other, and replied at the same time: "The king can rest assured, this time Jin Zidian and his party members will definitely be uprooted!" ”R1152