Chapter Ninety-Eight: Negotiation

"The traitor's gold is self-pointed, and the first level is verified; The traitor Shen Zaixu, the first level is verified; The traitor Li Gui is the first to verify the ......".

In the Ming Zheng Palace, an internal guard officer was reading out the roster in his hand. The rebellion in Hanyang was quickly suppressed, and as soon as Kim died, his henchmen scattered in an instant. The next thing was the hunt for the whole city, and the mansions of the important ministers of the Luo Party were raided, and a large number of belongings and documents were sent to the palace. The thick smell of blood lingered in the air, but the ministers of the original party and the southern party were all overjoyed.

All the leading officials of the Luo Party have been killed, and there is news in the palace that Zhao Guiren was also committed suicide by Li Liang. Next is the time for the reshuffle of the court, and a large number of officials from the original party and the southerners will inevitably come in to occupy the court.

The ministers gathered outside the Ming Zheng Hall and discussed. Not far away, a large number of internal guards are cleaning up the blood traces on the ground of the royal city, and the corpses have all been removed, but the blood stains on the ground have become a problem, and the soldiers can only bring buckets of clean water, tirelessly washing the ground, but there is still a piece of red between the cracks in the stone slabs.

In the Ming Zheng Palace, in addition to Li Liang, who lives on the throne, there are important ministers such as Yin Shandao, Shen Qiyuan, and Yuan Doubi. There was also a young scribe in a black shirt, Xiao Yuanteng, who was on Zhu Ping'an's order to go to Hanyang this time, and behind him was a confidant interpreter.

Hearing these names, the scenes of heads immediately appeared in front of Li Liang's eyes, and he couldn't help but be angry. His face also turned red. "Didn't the widow say, don't kill innocents indiscriminately? How can you still kill so many people! ”

Shen Qiyuan and the others looked at each other, "Return to the king." Jin Zidian and his henchmen secretly colluded with Manchuria in an attempt to support Chongshan Jun to usurp the throne, and the conspiracy was exposed. The ministers didn't want to kill, but these people were all outlaws, and they all fought to the death, so they ......! ”

Yin Shandao hurriedly added: "The ministers have already searched for relevant contact letters from the post house and the homes of Jin Zidian and others, and their unsubdued intentions are clearly revealed. ”

Li Qi snorted coldly. "Jin Zidian colluded with the Zhao family and Manchuria. Blind the Holy Hearing, I'm afraid you already know these things, right? Why didn't you say it at the beginning, but now everyone is dead, but one by one they come to the front of the widow and say that Jin Zidian is not. Don't forget. When the widow ascended the throne. You are the same as Kim Ziqi. They are all heroes of the Yasushi Society who were canonized by the widow himself! ”

One sentence made Shen Qiyuan, Yuan Doubi and others frightened, and they all knelt deeply on the ground.

Xiao Yuanteng listened to the whispered translation of the interpreter, but his heart fluctuated. This time Hanyang executed an unexpected shun lì. But at the same time, Xiao Yuanteng was even more impressed by Zhu Ping'an's strategy.

Thousands of miles away, he had such an understanding of the affairs of Korea, and sent himself deep into the city of Hanyang, where he got in touch with the depressed leaders of the Yuan and Namren parties, and persuaded King Yi Liang with a letter to make him decide to eliminate his trusted ministers and favorite concubines in one fell swoop. Xiao Yuanteng didn't know what was written in the letter, but he was impressed by Zhu Ping'an's methods.

And Li Liang, who was in the center of the storm, did not feel a trace of relief because of the conspiracy to smash Jin Zidian. He saw the tricks of the courtiers very clearly, and it was nothing more than trying to figure out the incident of Guò to eradicate the Luo party in one fell swoop and clear the way for his own ascension. And he, the king, is, at best, a tool for them, a tool for mastering the name of righteousness.

Li Liang was in awe of Zhu Ping'an, who was far away in Dengzhou. In the early years, when Yuan Keli was in charge of Denglai, the shadow and shock left on him were too great, just a sentence from Yuan Keli, Li Liang's position as the lord of North Korea was almost lost, and now, Denglai has a new owner, but it is still as strong as ever. I don't know if this is a blessing or a curse for North Korea.

But this time, Li Liang had to do it again, especially Zhu Ping'an also vaguely mentioned Chongshanjun's life experience in the letter. This made Li Liang very ashamed and angry, and his confidants were strictly interrogated, only to learn that the matter between Zhao Guiren and Jin Zidian in this market had been rumored in the streets. In the huge North Korea, these things are hidden from only oneself. Moreover, Jin Zidian actually wanted to contact the Manchu Qing Dynasty, trying to succeed him to the throne by Chongshan Jun after a hundred years, where would he put the prince he had personally canonized, and where would he put himself, how could Li Liang endure such a big rebellion.

Moreover, it is Zhao Guiren's dominance in the palace, she actually aimed at the prince and the prince of Fenglin, and has begun to plan to frame the prince and his wife and the two grandsons, which is simply mad. Truth and lies are only separated by a thin veil. After receiving Zhu Ping'an's warning, Li Liang easily found out the conspiracy behind the whole thing. As a result, he had to arrange this killing game with his own hands, and sent his trusted ministers and favorite concubines to hell.

"Dare to ask the king, what should Chongshanjun, Leshanjun and Xiaoming Weng do with it?" Yuan asked.

Li Kun's face suddenly showed a look of pain. Jin Zidian and Zhao Guiren did not reveal the mystery of Chongshanjun's life experience after all, and Li Liang also didn't want to be entangled in this matter anymore, now that this matter has disgraced the royal family, it is better to solve it quickly. After a long time, he said slowly: "All of them will be abolished as concubines and handed over to the custody of the clan family's mansion!" ”

Yuan Doubi wanted to give a few more words of advice, but Shen Qiyuan next to him pulled his sleeve and signaled him to accept it when he saw it.

Li Ju barely cheered up, "Now there is still a difficult matter, the envoy of the Qing Dynasty, Cha Buhai, provoked all his entourage to be killed in this rebellion, how should we explain to the Qing Dynasty, the secretaries should try their best to come up with a way!" ”

Hearing this, Shen Qiyuan suddenly shuddered, raised his head and peeked at Xiao Yuanteng. The killing of Chabuhai was the request of this envoy, but he acted under his instigation, and now Li Qi asked, how to answer this?

Sure enough, Xiao Yuanteng didn't intend to push Shen Qi out of the top cylinder, and after listening to the explanation, he smiled, "Why should the king worry, just push all the things about Chabuhai on Jin Zidian." The rebellion was rampant, and the traitors went crazy and killed the Manchu envoys, so they replied to Ying Erdai on this ground. ”

Li Liang suddenly smiled bitterly. Although this Xiao Yuanteng is only Zhu Ping'an's secret envoy, Li Liang can't afford to offend. Denglai and North Korea face each other across the sea, and now Denglai Navy is powerful in the East China Sea, and if you are not careful, it may lead to the disaster of swords. The Korean country is sick and weak, and no one in the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty can afford to offend anyone. This Xiao Yuanteng said lightly, it is strange that Ying Erdai would believe such a reason!

"The king has learned that my Denglai Naval Division has now reoccupied Phi Dao, and if the Manchu Qing Dynasty wants to use troops against Korea, our side will not sit idly by!"

Xiao Yuanteng's words made Li Liang feel at ease, compared with the Qing Dynasty, North Korea still believes in Daming more.

"However, our army is stationed on Phi Island, and now there is a trade concession in Dingzhou, this qiē can only be carried out in the name of the merchant group, if there is a war with the Qing Dynasty, our army will also declare war in the name of the Franco, after all, now my Ming Dynasty is also in internal and external difficulties, and my marshal is afraid that it will cause unnecessary trouble!"

"That's nature, that's nature!" Having solved the biggest problem in his heart, Li Liang finally smiled.

Dingzhou in Ping'an West Road has assigned 30 hectares of land to the joint merchant group of Daming and Fulangji, and this piece of land is called a "concession" because it is leased. Because of its proximity to the sea and the fact that it is a wasteland, North Korea does not care. And Phi Island has now become a desert island, and Li Dingguo did not waste much effort to take this desert island. After landing on the island, Li Dingguo had already organized people to start building the new city of Phi Dao with bricks and cement, which was said to be the place where the Francophone people were stationed. The Manchu Qingshui Division's combat strength is weak, and now the front-line battle clouds in Jinzhou are thick, so I don't think it will fight on two fronts at this time. Therefore, Li Dingguo was given time to calmly dispatch.

"One more thing!" Xiao Yuanteng arched his hand at Li Liangyi, "My family commander wants me to negotiate with the king." ”

"Envoy, please!"

"I, the Denglai merchant group, came to Korea this time, on the one hand, to unite your country against the Manchu Qing, and on the other hand, it was really for trade and trade. North Korea is rich in products, and it is also urgently needed by my Ming Dynasty, so my marshal is also interested in trading with your country in grain, salt and iron. The most important thing is that the students have been ordered to come this time, and they have also brought some Western prospectors, and I wonder if the king will allow us to explore for minerals in your country. Of course, as long as the mineral is found, it will be developed by our business group, and then the income will be divided equally between you and me, I don't know what the king wants? ”

"This ......!" Li Liang didn't expect Xiao Yuanteng to make such a request, so he hesitated for a while, and set his eyes on Shen Qiyuan and several other important ministers.

Shen Qiyuan and the others hurriedly discussed for a while, and then walked to Xiao Yuanteng's side from Yuan Doubi, "Your envoy's mention is acceptable, but all the costs of exploration and development in the early stage must be borne by you, and once you find mineral deposits, your country will account for six points, is it okay?" ”

Li Wei nodded approvingly, and Xiao Yuanteng agreed, but his heart was really happy. "A group of ignorant mud legs have found minerals, and I will discuss it with you, master? Of course, I will talk about it first. The amount of all minerals is not up to us, we will distribute it to you, it will be as much as we want, and you will be in charge of it! ”

Once the big things are negotiated, the next negotiations will be much simpler. Li also wished that the Ming army would be stationed in Korea in order to defend against the Manchu invasion. Even if he agreed that Ping'an Dao would be responsible for the supply of grain and grass for the garrison on Phi Island, this also made Xiao Yuanteng very satisfied. (To be continued......) R1292