Kim Sang-heon lowered his eyes, and the mud bodhisattva was silent.

Song Shiyeol looked at Kim Sang-hun and then at Kim Doopyo, and couldn't help asking, "What about the king?" ”

Jin Shangxian raised his eyes and said slowly, "The king has been intimidated by the barbaric Qing captives, just like Cui Mingji and other traitorous villains. They have forgotten the grace of the Celestial Empire to recreate us, which is treacherous. Back then, Jin Zidian and others supported the king to overthrow Gwanghaejun, but it was not very accepted by the Celestial Empire afterwards. Moreover, the king recited righteousness. If we want to do it, then we just don't do it and change the king. ”

"The Qing people have taken the king's three sons-in-law hostage to Shenyang, and if we warn him, the king is indeed fit to continue to reign. However, who will succeed him? ”

"Xuanzu's eighth son, Yichangjun Li Juan, can succeed to the throne."

"Yichang-kun?" Kim Doo-pyo thought about it, Yi Changjun is the eighth son of Seonjo, the younger brother of the previous king Gwanghae-kun, and the uncle of the current king Lee Jun. Li Jian is 51 years old this year, and his wife is Mrs. Xu of Yangchuan County. The person is not bad, and he has a good name.

"Jin Shuju, once this matter starts, there is no turning back, and it can only succeed and not fail. I hope that you can contact the Duke of Chu again, and if necessary, you can get his support. ”

At this time, under the persuasion of the ministers Choi Myeong-gil, Kim Zidian and other Shaoxi factions, the king of Joseon, Yi Liangzheng, was ready to stand firmly on the side of the Qing Dynasty. In the words of Choi Mingji and others, the Ming Dynasty was too busy to take care of itself, and Korea was under the direct threat of the Qing army, so it must not anger the Qing army, and it could not anger the Qing army.

Three years ago, tens of thousands of people died and hundreds of thousands of people were taken captive.

On the contrary, the Ming Dynasty was separated by a vast sea. 108,000 miles from them.

Li Liang was very grateful to the Ming Dynasty for his grace in rebuilding, and thanked the Ming Dynasty for defeating Japan for them and helping them restore the country. But now his three sons-in-law are all hostages in Shenyang, and when the Qing army invaded twice, the Ming Dynasty did not send a single soldier to help. He even remembered that after he overthrew Guanghaijun, who had negotiated peace with the Qing army, the Ming army was on the matter of his enthronement. I tossed for a long time and was unwilling to agree.

In the end, Li Liang decided to side with the Qing army.

Facing the Ming army coming from the sea, Li Liang got the information that there were 100 warships. There are more than 100 boats, and Li Ju is not too worried. Marshal Jin Zidian and others told him that the Ming army came from the sea, and there was not much food and grass, and there were not enough soldiers and horses, so there was no need to worry too much. He also said that the dragon bone was already coming with an elite Qing army.

Li Liang handed over the important task of intercepting the Ming army to help him seize the throne. And later, he helped him defeat the rebellious Li Shizhong and regain the throne of the capital marshal Jin Zidian. On the one hand, he asked Jin Zidian to be responsible for mobilizing all the troops and horses and making every effort to intercept the Ming army. On the other hand, he specially explained, "As long as you stop the Ming army and force them to leave, don't kill too much, after all, the Ming Dynasty has the grace to rebuild in our country." ”

After only one night, Li Liang got a series of bad news.

First of all, news came back from the north that the Ming army had captured Zhenjiang, Yizhou and Tieshan, which were controlled by the Qing army on the Yalu River. and re-stationed troops on Phi Island. The keel Great British Ordai led 4,000 cavalry and was defeated at Zhenjiang Jiulian Fort. Returned to Phoenix.

Immediately afterward, many local officials and ordinary people in Korea began to talk about the arrival of the Heavenly Soldiers. Then, worse news came, Zhang Wan, the capital marshal who had led the army to defeat the rebellion and captured the capital, and Kim Sang-hun, who had jointly repelled the peace faction, issued a message. The official dispatch of troops played the banner of the Qing monarch's side to welcome the sky.

North Korea's famous generals Liu Lin, Li Yiyuan, Shin Kyung-myeong, and Zhao Tinghu have all publicly declared their support for Jang Wan Kim Sang-hun.

Kaesong.

It was once the capital of the Goryeo Dynasty, formerly known as Songdo, and was also used as the capital after the establishment of the Joseon Dynasty. It is now part of the Hwanghae-do Left Province, one of the eight provinces of Korea.

Propylene messy. That is, in the invasion of the Qing army in the tenth year of Chongzhen, Kaesong was also attacked by the Qing army, and a large number of people were taken captive, and after more than two years, it still has not recovered.

At this time, the city was home to another large army.

Liu Jun's fleet stayed on the beach near Kaesong, and Liu Jun led a group of soldiers and horses into Kaesong and took over the city defense. The Korean soldiers did not resist, and after the Ming army entered the city, although they took over the city defense, they did not harass the people in the city in the slightest. Even the grain and vegetables consumed in the army are all fair trade, and they are purchased in cash.

Liu Jun not only did not rob, but used the purchased grain to give porridge in Kaesong to help the poor people in the city.

The people of Kaesong still remember the invasion of the Qing army two years ago, when the Qing army plundered everywhere, robbed money, raped and plundered, did all kinds of evil, and even took away a large number of people when they left.

And now that the Ming army has arrived, it has nothing to do with Minqiu, and is even responsible for maintaining order in the city, giving porridge and grain, and buying and selling fairly. The soldiers of the Ming army were generous, never scheming about buying things, and never forced to buy and sell, which made the Korean people in Kaesong marvel that the heavenly soldiers were benevolent and righteous soldiers.

"Dashuai, the Koreans are ungrateful, we have the grace of rebuilding them, and we have the suzerain, we came, not only did they not come to greet them, but they actually dared to mobilize troops and horses to fight us, it is really unreasonable, Dashuai, let's kill them, directly defeat Seoul, and arrest their king."

The army was stationed in Kaesong for many days, Liu Jun stopped advancing, and the generals went out to exercise every day, and then they stayed in Kaesong, and they couldn't sit still. When they heard that North Korea was going to send troops to fight, they were even more angry, and they all shouted that they would teach the North Koreans a lesson.

But Liu Jun just smiled.

"Don't worry, in less than three days, the North Koreans will come to welcome us to Seoul." Although Liu Jun sent troops to Korea, he didn't want to fight with the Koreans, and he didn't want to directly abolish the king of Korea. That's too strong. In fact, to deal with North Korea, you don't need to do it yourself at all.

Even if the attitude of the Koreans in Kaesong knows, in fact, the Korean people are still very loyal to the Ming Dynasty, even with many officials, they are grateful to the Ming army, they have always regarded the Ming Dynasty as a suzerain, and they are even more grateful to the Ming Dynasty for sending troops to defeat Japan. Moreover, the Qing army invaded twice, burning, killing and looting, which also made the Koreans resentful of the Qing army.

Liu Jun didn't need to do it himself, when he first entered Kaesong, he just gave some hints to Kim Doopyo, the minister of North Korea, and Kim Doopo immediately did what he was supposed to do.

As long as he is willing to show his support, there are people who are willing to overthrow the current king. The countless partisan strife in North Korea has made their situation very chaotic, and they will not be willing to miss the slightest opportunity. This is the same as when the Westerners Party directly mutinied and overthrew Gwanghaejun and overthrew all the Great Northern factions in order to seize power in the court.

Three days later, Kim Doo-pyo and Kim Sang-hun walked into Kaesong.

The two North Korean ministers had excitement on their faces, "Angel of the Kingdom." They greeted him, "Ayayo-kun has abdicated, and Yoshichang-kun has temporarily taken over the state government, and he has sent us to meet the angels of the kingdom." ”

"Has the situation in Seoul stabilized?" Liu Jun asked with a smile.

"It's been controlled." Kim Sang-hun said. Zhang Wan is worthy of being a famous marshal of North Korea, although he is old, he can have a very high prestige in the army, and in fact, the officers and soldiers of North Korea are disgusted with being a vassal to the Qing army, when they know that the Ming Dynasty has the upper hand on the Qing army, and after a large army comes, under the contact and leadership of Jin Shangxian and other old Western factions, they will soon unite to kill Seoul.

Although a group of marshals and generals such as Jin Zidian had many soldiers and horses, not many people were of the same mind as them. When Zhang Wan led the army to Seoul, along the way, soldiers and horses from all over the country turned against him, but followed him to the capital.

In the end, when Zhang Wan arrived outside Seoul, he had gathered 50,000 soldiers and horses, and Jin Zidian and others took 30,000 soldiers and horses to defend Seoul. As a result, the two armies did not fight, Jin Doopyo had already persuaded several city gate guards to surrender, and Seoul was defeated without attack, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses basically did not resist.

Zhang Wan, Kim Sang-heon, Kim Doo-pyo and others directly took Seoul and controlled the palace, and King Li Liang became a prisoner.

In the end, Li Liang, who seized the throne by mutiny, was forced to announce his abdication, which was the second time he was ousted from power. He relied on the general Li Shi to lead his troops to capture the capital to overthrow Guanghaijun and seize the throne, and soon the hero Li Shi was excluded in the party struggle and rebelled, and along the way he laid down the Beijing division and set up a new monarch. However, this time he quickly regained the throne again, but this time, he knew that he had no hope.

"Our country is willing to hand over Ayayangjun to the Ming Dynasty for disposal, and ask the Great Tomorrow Dynasty to canonize Yichangjun as the king of Joseon."

"No!" Liu Jun shook his head and replied, "Ayayang-jun is the monarch of North Korea, no matter what, it's better for you to deal with it yourself." As for the canonization of the new king, since you have chosen the right person, there is no problem with that. I will report this to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty immediately, and when your credentials are presented to Beijing, Your Majesty will send an angel to canonize the new king. ”

However, the change of a new king in North Korea does not mean that the matter is over, and the matter has just begun.

"What are you going to do with Cui Mingjijin's self-ordered Qing Reduction Faction?"

"I wonder what the angels say?"

Liu Jun smiled coldly, "For these ungrateful people, we must not be spared, we must be clear and exemplary, and we must follow suit." ”

"That's as it should be." Jin Shangxian hurriedly said.

Liu Jun nodded with satisfaction, "The two of you have pulled out the chaos and put things right, and you have worked hard, and when I enter Seoul to meet Yichangjun, I will suggest to him that Lord Kim Sang-heon be appointed as the leader of the council, and Lord Kim Dooppyo will be the left-hand councilor!" ”

The parliamentary government of North Korea is equivalent to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, and the leading parliamentary government is equivalent to the first assistant, and the left and right councils below are equivalent to the second assistant, which is the core of power. Liu Jun's words can be regarded as a reward for them.

"I will personally go to Seoul to congratulate Yichangjun on his succession to the throne of king. Next, I also have some things to discuss with the Korean monarchs and ministers to discuss the strategy of resisting the captivity. ”

"On behalf of the Kingdom of Korea and Yichangjun, we sincerely welcome the Duke of Chu to Seoul." (To be continued......)

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