In the blink of an eye, the time has come to the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, and just after the Spring Festival, Li Dingguo sent back the news from North Korea. As early as the end of last year, the Ming army had successfully occupied Phi Dao, but in the name of the Franc Man.

After the coup d'état in Hanyang, with the support and coercion of Li Dingguo and Xiao Yuanteng, the two factions of the Yuan Party and the Nanren Party gradually took control of the center of North Korea, which was equivalent to the reoccupation of the court by the pro-Ming forces. Shen Qiyuan, Yuan Doubi and other coup backbones also entered the parliamentary government to hold important positions. The situation in the DPRK has calmed down for the time being.

The only problem was how to explain to the Manchus how Chabuhai and the other 600 envoys were wiped out. Li Liang had no choice but to put all the blame on Jin Zidian, who was already dead. Therefore, in order to appease the anger of the Manchus, the Luo Party and the Nanren Party lost no time in killing the remnants of the original Luo Party, and exchanged hundreds of heads for the understanding of the Manchus. Then it was a large-scale collection of grain and grass to transport to Liaodong, under the intervention of Xiao Yuanteng, all the grain transported to Liaodong was replaced with old grain, the Manchu Qing asked, North Korea can only return the grievances, the year is not good, the grain is not harvested, and the old grain can only be filled, which makes the Manchus helpless.

The Manchus soon got the news of the change of ownership of Phi Dao. This also surprised the decision-makers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, only to find out later that the occupation of Phi Dao was only a group of yellow-haired, green-eyed Western barbarians and a small group of pirates, so they settled down. After all, as long as it is not the Ming Dynasty, it is vainly trying to repeat Mao Wenlong's strategy back then. The Manchus had nothing to fear. Now Phi Island is just a desert island, and the barbarians will occupy it, and there is nothing to worry about.

On the other hand. The establishment of the concession allowed Zhu Ping'an to penetrate all levels of North Korea. Prospectors have discovered several large iron and coal mines, and North Korea produces coal of high quality, which is extremely valuable for smelting refined iron. Li Dingguo has asked Zhu Ping'an to set up a large-scale ordnance workshop in Ping'an Province, close to iron and coal mines, to make all kinds of weapons and firearms.

At present, the DPRK is still a self-sufficient agrarian society, and the level of commerce is extremely backward. The entry of the Daming and Franc machine merchant groups also led to the development of the entire commercial economy. But the blow and impact on the local businessmen was devastating. All kinds of goods from the sea soon occupied most of the North Korean market, and the entire Korean economy was gradually controlled by Zhu Ping'an. As a result, North Korea must rely on Zhu Ping'an in order to achieve normal development. But the Korean scholars and royal family may not be able to recognize this. In their opinion, attaching to Da Ming is like eating and sleeping every day, which is a matter of course.

In mid-March, Li Dingguo sent Xiao Yuanteng back to Penglai to restore his life. At this time, it is also the time when the whole Shandong is lively. After Fang Yuegong made a private visit to the land of Qilu in Weifu, he began to prepare to apply Denglai's experience to the whole territory of Shandong. In fact, there is no resistance at all at this time. The sensational effect brought about by the large-scale development of commerce has made some gentry begin to set their sights on maritime trade and commerce, and if they want to get a piece of the pie, they are bound to share a large amount of land to realize their own investment, which is also a great bait thrown by Zhu Ping'an. Just after Fang Yuegong and Zhu Ping'an joined forces to publish Shandong's annual development plan, countless landlords and gentry of all sizes rushed to Yamen, vying to sell their land in exchange for doing business in the expanding free trade zone. Eligibility to join the maritime trade.

Xiao Yuanteng rushed to the Penglai Dusi Yamen at noon, even so, it was time to hold the lamp. Zhu Ping'an had some free time to see him.

As soon as he arrived at the official hall, Xiao Yuanteng was shocked to find that Zhao Guangluan, Yang Tinglin, Yin Shigang, Yang Dekai, Tong Wenhuan and other important civil and military officials in Shandong and Denglai were all sitting in the lobby.

Xiao Yuanteng greeted everyone with a smile, and he didn't sit at the end of the seat. was reprimanded by Zhu Ping'an. "At the beginning of February, Hanyang went on a killing spree. The arrest and killing of Luo Party officials in the whole city came from your handiwork, right? Who gave you the courage to instigate Li Ju to kill so many people? ”

Xiao Yuanteng seemed to have expected Zhu Ping'an to ask this question, so he was not in a hurry, and his face was still full of smug smiles. "The marshal forgives the sins, it is really a good opportunity to find, and if you order someone to return to Penglai to deliver the letter, I am afraid that you will miss it, so the student has the courage to do a master. However, before acting, the student also specially greeted Li Dudu, and the responsibility for the crime was all borne by the student. ”

Zhu Ping'an snorted from his nose, "Is Li Dingguo a timid and afraid person, I'm afraid you have already calculated that he will fully support it, so you will say so, right?" ”

Xiao Yuanteng smiled and didn't explain much.

Yin Shigang stood up with a smile, "The good sect marshal learned that Xiao Yuanteng's move was also for my sake." Only when the original party and the southerners get more blood will they be used by me. We can also better control the situation in North Korea! ”

Zhu Ping'an sighed, "Although this is the case, this official really doesn't want to make too many killings!" ”

Xiao Yuanteng hurriedly stood up and knelt in the hall, "The student has already made it clear that this incident was all done by the student alone, and it has nothing to do with Dashuai and Li Dudu. ”

Yang Tinglin snorted, "Pretending to be a gesture, could it be that you Zhu Ping'an's early murder will be less." The man is alive, but he wants to be worthy of his heart, so why care about those details, not to mention, North Korea has gradually drifted away from my Ming Dynasty over the years, and this is a good opportunity to teach them a good lesson. I think Xiao Yuanteng did the right thing! ”

After working together for so many years, Yin Shigang knew Yang Tinglin's hobby of loving and Zhu Ping'an to lift the bar, so he laughed out loud and patted the back of Yang Tinglin's hand, "Lord Yang, what you said is biased. Was Dashuai such a character before? Isn't it that now that he is about to become a father, he always has more thoughts in his heart, wanting to reduce some unnecessary killings? ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Guangluan, Yang Tinglin and others were all surprised, "What, is Madam happy?" ”

Zhu Ping'an could only point to Yin Shigang, "I can't hide any movement from you!" Saying that, he turned to Zhao Guangluan and Yang Tinglin, "It's just that it's only been two months, and it will finally take a few more days to be more stable before it can be publicized!" ”

Zhao Guang didn't speak, smiling and caressing his beard. Yang Dekai, Tong Wenhuan and other generals on the side were overjoyed, and they had already come to the hall and knelt on the ground, "Subordinates and others congratulate the handsome man on his happy son!" ”

Zhu Ping'an suddenly cried and laughed, hurriedly came down to the hall, and helped him up one by one, "You too, what do you want to do, I just had good news, I don't know if it's a man or a woman, and the day is going to give birth in autumn, at this time, what a joy!" ”

Tong Wenhuan joined the Denglai system since he joined the Denglai system, and he was originally worried about uneasiness in his heart, although he was all under the command of Daming, but after all, he took refuge from Liu Zeqing. For fear that Zhu Ping'an would catch something wrong and clean himself up, so he walked on thin ice every day.

But after a while, I found that the system of Denglai was quite different from the official system of the Ming Dynasty, although there were also factions, such as Yue Jinfeng, Qiu Ze, Hong Fatzi, Zhang Dingbian, these veteran factions who had followed Zhu Ping'an since they fought Fengyang; There are also scholars such as Zhang Tao and Sun Heding who later joined, as well as He Changshui and Mafu Wang, who were born in Weimo, as well as foreign Western officers such as Goethe and Meinher. The rest are the generals who have taken refuge in themselves.

But Zhu Ping'an only looks at doing things. To this end, a set of annual evaluation methods for officials has also been prepared, in which the regulations are detailed and rigorous, as long as they are solid, they can be reused on the surface. Because of this, Tong Wenhuan gradually put his mind at ease, but the gap between him and other military attaches is still very large, for this reason, he did not hesitate to go to the lecture hall to observe for a period of time, and then gradually adapted to the various things in the Denglai system.

Tong Wenhuan hurriedly said: "Dashuai has an heir, so those of us who follow Dashuai can feel at ease." Denglai and even the gentry and people of Shandong can feel at ease! ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Tinglin's face suddenly drooped, and he snorted heavily, while Zhao Guanglan showed a smile and waved his hand gently at Yang Tinglin.

Zhu Ping'an also realized that Tong Wenhuan's words were inappropriate, and hurriedly snorted and asked everyone to sit down again.

"I'm afraid you don't know yet", as the atmosphere gradually became solemn, Zhu Ping'an spoke, but as soon as he opened his mouth, everyone was startled.

"Just the day before yesterday, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops out of Sichuan, galloped 300 miles in one night, conquered Xiangyang, and King Xiang has been martyred for the country!"

With a "snap", the teacup in Yang Tinglin's hand fell to the ground and shattered. But no one noticed it, and everyone was shocked by the news that Zhu Ping'an said for a while, except for Yin Shigang, who still had an indifferent expression.

Since the beginning of last year, Li Zicheng entered Henan from Shanxi, and millions of displaced people in Henan rushed to join him, Li Zicheng opened official warehouses to release grain, relief to the victims, and put forward the slogan of "free land from taxation", changing the style of burning, killing and looting in the past, this move immediately received immediate results, and even the officials and troops in Shanxi and Henan have many people who have fallen to the wind. In less than half a year, Li Zicheng's power has regained to tens of thousands of people, and the momentum is far greater than before.

In the first month of this year, Li Zicheng led a large army to besiege Luoyang, and after breaking through the city, he mixed the Fu King Zhu Changxun with venison and cooked it. The gold, silver and grain in King Fu's mansion took five days for thousands of carts to be cleared. Li Zicheng received so many supplies, and the size of the army nearly doubled.

Now, the matter on Li Zicheng's side has not been resolved. Here, Zhang Xianzhong, who was surrounded by Yang Sichang at the junction of Huguang and Sichuan, suddenly jumped out of the encirclement, and attacked Xiangyang, the supply place of Yang Sichang's army, and killed Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang.

Could it be that this Ming world is really unstable? (To be continued) R655