Cui Yunde's words made Jin Zongrui fall silent, he knew that Cui Yunde was persuading him not to be too attached to the kindness of the previous king, after all, now Li Yuntian has an absolute advantage, if he insists on going against Li Yuntian, there will definitely be no good end.

But Jin Zongrui's heart is that he can't cross this threshold, and he can't sit back and watch Li Xuan be forced to make an "alliance under the city", and the reason why he thinks that Li Xuan annexed North Korea to the Ming Dynasty is because of the sudden reversal of the Zhonggong Witch Gu incident, which is completely confusing, making him and Li Ji and others confused.

Originally, according to the trial results of the witch Gu case in the middle palace, Li Xuan and the princess should be convicted, but who would have thought that a harem concubine suddenly popped up and carried all the charges, which really surprised Li Ji and Jin Zongrui, who knew the matter, but they couldn't ask.

Therefore, Jin Zongrui felt that the reason why Li Xuan wanted to annex North Korea to the Ming Dynasty must have been coerced by Li Yuntian, and he really couldn't sit back and watch Li Xuan, who was the king of Korea, being so humiliated, so he wanted to ask Li Yuntian for an explanation.

As for why Jin Zongrui dared to do this, in fact, it can be seen from his previous refusal of Li Yuntian's summons to return to Seoul from the six towns in the northeast, he is a person who admits death, and sometimes likes to drill the horns of the bull.

It is precisely because of this that Li Yuncai moved the idea of Aicai and wanted to take Jin Zongrui for use, and he was very relieved to have such a "stubborn" person as Jin Zongrui sitting in North Korea, so he did not hesitate to spend his efforts to polish him.

"Brother Jin, have you ever thought that if the annexation of North Korea to the Ming Dynasty was proposed by His Royal Highness the Lord this time, how would His Highness the Lord have the face if you make such a fuss?" After being silent for a while, Cui Yande raised his head and looked at Jin Zongrui with a solemn expression.

He naturally was also puzzled by the reversal of the Wu Gu incident in the Middle Palace and Li Xuan's sudden intention to annex North Korea to the Ming Dynasty, but this kind of thing was not something that his subordinates like them could speculate about, and no one except the person concerned knew what the truth was, so it was better to turn a blind eye and get by.

Jin Zongrui was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Cui Yunde with a stunned face, to be honest, he really didn't think about it, he had always thought that Li Xuan was a weak person, so he suspected that Li Yuntian forced Li Xuan to owe the alliance under the city.

But Cui Yande's words reminded him that it was not impossible for him to have this possibility, and the annexation of Korea by the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to an additional burden, and if it was him, he would definitely support a puppet king, which would avoid a lot of trouble, rather than annexing Korea.

"Brother Jin, there is no way to figure out this matter, and there is no need to figure it out, now that His Royal Highness is safe, we can also get the assistance of the Ming Dynasty, which can be regarded as an unsatisfactory ending!"

Seeing that Jin Zongrui was stunned, Cui Yande shook his head and said with a wry smile, in fact, sometimes it is better to be confused than to be sober, so that there will not be so many worries.

The corners of Kim Zongrui's mouth squirmed a few times to say something but he couldn't say it, and at this time he realized that his behavior in the annexation of North Korea to the Ming Dynasty seemed to be a bit reckless, and he preconceived to attribute Li Yuntian to the perpetrator's side, making Li Xuan a victim.

But if the truth of the matter is as Cui Yande said, if this matter is brought up by Li Xuan on his own initiative, in exchange for a way out, then his persistence in this matter will put Li Xuan in an extremely embarrassing situation, the reputation of the royal family will be lost because of him, and what face will he have in the future to see the first king.

At this moment, Jin Zongrui was a little glad that he didn't see Li Yuntian, otherwise no one knew which way the situation would develop, and if he made an irreparable mistake, he would not be able to forgive himself for the rest of his life.

"Where is Jin Zongrui?" Jin Zongrui breathed a sigh of relief, and a cold voice suddenly came from outside the door, shouting by name.

Hearing this, Jin Zongrui couldn't help but glance at Cui Yunde in surprise, no one in the Yamen of the Korean Metropolitan Department dared to call Jin Zongrui's real name so rudely, either "Deputy Commander" or "Lord Kim".

Subsequently, Jin Zongrui and Cui Yande hurriedly got up and went out to check, for some reason, Jin Zongrui had an ominous premonition in his heart.

When he saw the people standing outside the door, Jin Zongrui's face suddenly changed, several big men wearing Xiaowu military uniforms stood in the courtyard expressionlessly, and the military attache in the lead was the one who blasted him out of the Hancheng Office of the Martial Arts Hall, holding an official document in his hand.

"Jin Zongrui, the deputy commander of the Yamen of the Command Division, made a big fuss about the Wutang Hancheng Division, intending to forcibly break into the residence of the loyal prince, and made a lot of nonsense in front of the Hancheng Divisional Office of the Wutang, insulting the innocence of the Korean king and the loyal prince, so the loyal prince issued a decree to remove Jin Zongrui from the post of deputy commander of the capital, and made him go home and think about it!"

The military attache saw Jin Zongrui coming out of the door, so he opened the official document in his hand and showed him, "This is the dismissal document issued by the prince, from now on you are no longer from the Korean capital!" ”

"Lord Du Commander, before the prince has elected a new deputy commander of the capital, I hope that the affairs of the Dusi Yamen will be more troubled." With that, the military attache walked up to Cui Yunde and handed him the official document of Jin Zongrui's dismissal in his hand, so that he could file it for future reference.

"This lord, Lord Jin has a lot of affairs that have not yet been completed in the Dusi Yamen, can you ask the prince to open up the net, let him make meritorious contributions, and stay in the Dusi Yamen to assist the official in doing things after being dismissed."

Cui Yande took the official document and saw that the signature on it was stamped with Li Yuntian's seal, so he smiled bitterly in his heart, he didn't expect Jin Zongrui's punishment to come so quickly, and after a deep groan, he said tentatively to the military attaché.

"The prince said, heart disease still needs heart medicine, wait for when Lord Jin cures heart disease, and then consider the matter of entering the office." Hearing this, the military attache glanced at Jin Zongrui, bowed slightly to Cui Yunde, and left quickly.

"Heart disease?" Cui Yunde shook his head a little helplessly, it seemed that Li Yuntian was beating Jin Zongrui and making Jin Zongrui pay the price for his reckless behavior today.

Jin Zongrui's face was extremely ugly, he originally thought that today's matter was just a trivial matter, but he didn't expect that Li Yuntian would give such a severe punishment, and directly drove him out of the Dusi Yamen and deprived him of his official position.

After the establishment of the Three Divisions and One Yuan, people like Kim Jong-seo and Choe Yun-deok who held military positions in the local area had lost their local average value with the reorganization of the Korean army, which made the deputy commander of the Yamen of the Metropolitan Division the only position of Kim Jong-rui, and the loss of this position meant that he had no official position and became a person with a title but no position.

"Alas!" Cui Yunde wanted to comfort Jin Zongrui a few words, but seeing that Jin Zongrui's face was gloomy and terrifying, he didn't say anything in the end, but just sighed helplessly, now that Li Yuntian was dismissed from office, it was too late to say anything, and I hope that Li Yuntian just wanted to teach Jin Zongrui a lesson instead of completely driving him out of the officialdom.

As a result, Kim Jong-seo was fortunate enough to be the highest-ranking official in the North Korean officialdom without a position, and usually this situation only happens to those officials who are vacant, and no one thought that Kim Jong-seo would one day end up like this.

With the issuance of Li Yuntian's dismissal document, the Jin Mansion, which was once a city of people, has become crowded, and everyone knows that Jin Zongrui has offended Li Yuntian, so who dares to have anything to do with him.

Therefore, Jin Zongrui once again tasted the warmth of human affection and the coldness of the world, and those officials who slapped him on the back in the past bypassed him one after another, which can be said to be avoided.

At the same time, many people have set their sights on the position of deputy commander of the Metropolitan Yamen, you must know that this is the most important official position in the Metropolitan Yamen in addition to the commander of the Metropolitan Division, which not only has real power but also can participate in the decision-making of major affairs of the Metropolitan Yamen, and has the power to check and balance the commander of the Metropolitan Division.

It is a major feature of the three departments and one court that the deputy has the power to check and balance the principal office, and although the power of the principal post is very large, it cannot be implemented if the deputy does not have the approval of the deputy on major affairs.

Li Yuntian hopes that in this way, he can try to avoid the formation of a situation in which one family dominates within the three divisions and one hospital, which is obviously not conducive to the operation of the three divisions and one hospital.

Therefore, after Jin Zongrui was dismissed, those who were eligible for this official position immediately began to think of a way, and they all wanted to grasp this official position, and Liu Zhen undoubtedly became a breakthrough for those people, and for a while Liu Zhen was overwhelmed by the people who came to visit.

Facing the cold court, Jin Zongrui, who had been driven home to think about it, was extremely annoyed and disappointed, he never expected that he would cause such trouble by just taking a small wrong step, and he really regretted it at the beginning.

However, what annoyed Kim Jong-seo the most was that he never thought that it was Li Xuan's idea to annex Korea to the Ming Dynasty, and he only noticed this possibility after being reminded by Cui Yunde, and if the truth was this, he would have to regret it, and the reputation of the royal family would be ruined because of him.

In fact, the reason why Li Yuntian let Cui Yunde serve as the chief official of the Yamen of the Korean Metropolitan Division, and Jin Zongrui became Cui Yunde's deputy was carefully considered, although Cui Yunde's qualifications and abilities were not as good as Jin Zongrui, but he was more sophisticated than Jin Zongrui, and he was more able to handle interpersonal relationships, so he became the best candidate for the commander of the Yamen of the Metropolitan Division.

Jin Zongrui's personality is more upright and even sometimes stubborn, so he can only serve as a deputy, otherwise the affairs of the Yamen will definitely be stirred up by him, which is not conducive to the operation of the Yamen.

Therefore, letting Cui Yande serve as the leader of the Dusi Yamen and Jin Zongrui as his deputy can play the role of the two, and the two complement each other and complement each other, so that the affairs of the Dusi Yamen can continue to operate normally.

Since taking up the post of deputy commander of the Korean Metropolitan Division, Kim Jong-seo has been busy with heavy official duties and has never rested well, so his family knows that he is in a bad mood and advises him to take advantage of this time to take a good rest.

Although Jin Zongrui felt unhappy, in order to avoid the worries of his family, he forced a smile and began to fiddle with flowers and birds, as well as fishing, putting on a leisurely posture.

However, on the fifth day of Jin Zongrui's dismissal, Li Yuntian appointed a new deputy commander, to be precise, the acting deputy commander, this person is Jin Zongrui's old subordinate, and he is also an important general of Kim Zongrui's line, Hamgyong Province's military and horse defense envoy He Jing, and He Jing's ability will be officially appointed after He Jing's ability is recognized.

At this moment, Jin Zongrui's mood suddenly became bad, which meant that his back road was cut off by Li Yuntian, and it was impossible to return to the Dusi Yamen.

Therefore, Jin Zongrui, who was in an irritable mood, went to a brothel and got drunk, during which he had a conflict with the drinkers and had a fight, beating several young men on the other side to the point of urine, falling to the ground and moaning, if they knew that this old guy was so capable of fighting, those young people would not provoke him.

As a result, Jin Zongrui, who was in a drunken state, was taken back to the camp by the patrolling Ming soldiers to sober up, and arranged a private room for him to live in, and if it weren't for the fact that he was a court official, he would definitely be thrown into prison.

The next day, Jin Zongrui, who was a little confused, was bailed out of the Ming army camp by Cui Yande, and several young family members who were injured by him also knew Jin Zongrui's identity and expressed their willingness to go private, so the two sides quickly settled the matter amicably.

Cui Yande knew that Jin Zongrui was unhappy because He Jing was appointed by Li Yuntian as the deputy commander of the capital, and he knew that He Jing was Jin Zongrui's old subordinate, and he suddenly cut off Jin Zongrui's way back to the capital yamen.

Just when Cui Runde sent Jin Zongrui home, the newly appointed deputy commander He Jing specially came to visit him, in fact, he came last night, but the people of the Jin family didn't know where Jin Zongrui went to drink, so he came again today.

He Jing came here to explain to Jin Zongrui on purpose, he didn't mean to get involved in the deputy commander of the Yamen of the Dusi Division, he didn't take this matter to heart at all, and he didn't go to anyone's door.

In his opinion, Jin Zongrui is the most suitable candidate, but for some reason, Li Yuntian chose him to take over this position, which made He Jing surprised and embarrassed at the same time, in the eyes of outsiders, he stepped on Jin Zongrui's position.

Therefore, it is necessary for He Jing to explain to Jin Zongrui, he took over as the deputy commander of the capital out of helplessness, and hoped that Jin Zongrui would not misunderstand.

He Jing's arrival made Jin Zongrui's mood very complicated, he knew that He Jing did not deceive himself, and with He Jing's qualifications, it was indeed a little difficult to convince the public to serve as the deputy commander, plus this position was originally Jin Zongrui's, so with He Jing's calm personality, he would not join in the excitement anyway.

In Jin Zongrui's view, the reason why He Jing was able to stand out from the competitors should be related to He Jing being his subordinate general, so as to appease the emotions of his generals and avoid the balance between the factions of the Dusi Yamen being broken, but because He Jing's qualifications are somewhat low, he can only act as the deputy commander of the capital.

Moreover, Jin Zongrui knows that He Jing is now walking on thin ice, not to mention whether he can pass Cui Yunde and other officials of the Dusi Yamen, because he is stepping on Jin Zongrui's throne, if he can't get Jin Zongrui's support, then he will be regarded as a traitor by the people in Jin Zongrui's camp, which will definitely cause a split in the generals of Jin Zongrui's camp.

Therefore, in this situation, Jin Zongrui showed his generosity, left He Jing at home for lunch, and reminded him of the matters that he needed to pay attention to in the Dusi Yamen, and He Jing listened to it obediently, as if Jin Zongrui was still the deputy commander of the capital.

After lunch, He Jing said goodbye and left, and Jin Zongrui stood in front of the window and looked at a big tree in the yard in a daze.

After seeing He Jing, he really realized that he could no longer return to the Dusi Yamen, and there was an indescribable sense of loss and gloom in his heart, and maybe he would have to spend his life like this in the future.

"Master, it's better for you to admit your mistake to Prince Zhong, and when Lord Zhong's anger disappears, he will naturally not embarrass the prince again." At this time, Mrs. Jin walked up to Jin Zongrui's side and whispered, as a husband and wife for many years, she naturally knows the bitterness in Jin Zongrui's heart, Jin Zongrui is a man with a strong sense of dedication, how can he live in vain at home?

"Lord Zhong has always refused to see me, and now I have gone just to bring humiliation on myself." Jin Zongrui's eyes lit up for a moment, and then his eyes became dim, and he shook his head and said, Now it is too late for him to go to Li Yuntian again, the deputy commander of the Dusi Yamen already has it, and it is meaningless for him to look for Li Yuntian again.

"Master, you still have to admit your mistake to Lord Zhong, so that you can also get a position, so that you won't be idle at home." Mrs. Jin shook her head when she heard this, she heard the disappointment in Jin Zongrui's words, so she opened her mouth to persuade.

"You don't have to persuade me, Lord Zhong is making it clear this time to take the old man to make an example." Jin Zongrui smiled bitterly and walked to the bedroom, he drank a lot of wine last night, and he drank some with He Jing just now, so now his brain is a little swollen, and it seems that he has to sleep first.

Mrs. Jin looked at Jin Zongrui's lonely back and squirmed the corners of her mouth, and finally gave up if she wanted to say something to motivate, the so-called mourning is nothing more than thoughts, and He Jing's position gave Jin Zongrui a heavy blow.

Seoul Division.

"This Jin Zongrui seems to be really dead, and he actually fights with young people in a brothel!"

When he learned that Jin Zongrui was brought back to the camp by the Ming army patrolling the brothel last night because he was drunk and injured people, Li Yuntian couldn't help but put down the official document in his hand and laughed, "It is said that the fist is afraid of the young and strong, but I can't imagine that he actually repaired those boys before the old man." ”

"Lord Wang, Lord Jin is now disheartened, I'm afraid he will be decadent." Yun Na, who was standing on the side, smiled slightly, and said in a coquettish voice, "After this toss, the affection he owes to the Korean royal family can be regarded as repaid." ”

"Keep an eye on him, now he's the focus of Seoul." Li Yuntian nodded with a smile, and then ordered Yun Na in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, your subordinates have already arranged it, and Lord Jin will be firmly watched by people both day and night." Yun Na bowed to Li Yuntian when she heard this, and replied in a coquettish voice.

"Lord Wang, when are you going to see Lord Jin?" Afterwards, Yun Na looked at Li Yuntian with a smile, poor Jin Zongrui didn't know that he had already met Li Yuntian and drank twice.

"Dry him for a few days." Li Yuntian smiled and looked down at the official document in his hand, now he has time to spend with Jin Zongrui.