The Korean monarchs and ministers did not care about the lives of the soldiers, and the soldiers did not care about the lives of the people.

Before the Chinese New Year, the soldiers made a fuss about food, but they only ate a few days of full food. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the army began to reduce meals again, and the soldiers were too lazy to make food, so they stepped on the snow and went to the surrounding villages to grab it.

It doesn't matter if you are a landlord or a tenant, when you see the house, you rush in.

At first, it was just a robbery of food, but gradually it developed into a robbery of goods, and then even women were not spared.

Of course, the king's personal guard was still in the city. The officers are all the children of the nobility, and even the ordinary soldiers are the sons of the nobles, and they will definitely not be as hungry as the low-level soldiers.

Lin Qingye killed a few people who led troops to loot, and before being beheaded, a general asked: "General Lin, we all respect you and love you, and we are willing to fight with you." But can you keep us fed? If you can't give us food, and you don't let us go to grab it, do you want all of us to starve to death as soldiers? ”

These words made Lin Qingye silent for a while, thinking back to what happened in the first half of his life, the veteran in his sixties burst into tears.

Lin Qingye found Song Shilie: "I am now disgusted with dogs, the king and civil officials hate me for blocking them from cutting the land, and the soldiers resent me for not being able to get military rations." I'm redundant now. Only when I am gone, can the ministers calmly betray the country, and the generals can plunder. Although you have set off a party dispute before, at least there is still some bottom line, and I hope you can turn the tide. ”

"Alas!" Song Shilie sighed.

Bidding farewell to Song Shilie, Lin Qingye hung up his seal and left.

The dozens of cavalry he had brought with him from the south also spontaneously followed left and right, and headed for Chuncheon with only a few days of dry rations.

As soon as Lin Qingye left like this, the Korean monarchs and ministers were all happy, and they were busy sending people to negotiate.

In charge of the negotiations was Xu Mu, who was in charge of the Sanpin Order, the highest official of the Southern People's Party in the center.

What does it mean?

The traitorous capital was still engaged in party strife, and the Westerners were unwilling to betray the country in person, so they forcibly sent the leaders of the Southerners Party. After the matter is over, it is just right to impeach Xu Mu and completely wipe out the power of the Nanren Party!

"The king, the ministers dare not obey their orders!"

Xu Mu knelt in front of Li Di, took off his black gauze hat and said: "Cut the land and beg for mercy, this eternal sinner is also, please tell the old man to return to his hometown!" ”

Li Di said: "It is not too late for Xu Qing to resign after his envoy. ”

Xu Mu trembled with anger, stood up suddenly, and slammed his head towards the pillar next to him.

There was a muffled sound, blood flowed for a long time, and Li Di was frightened stupid.

"Hurry up!" Song Shilie shouted.

Xu Mu was carried out by the king's guards, and Li Di finally came to his senses, he pointed to Zheng Taihe and said, "You go...... Don't seek death, or your house will be raided! ”

Zheng Taihe cried with a sad face: "The king, the minister is the leader of the council (the first assistant), and the minister goes to negotiate to damage the prestige of the country." ”

"If you are told to go, you will go," Li Di was already extremely angry, and pointed at Song Shilie and Song Junji, "You two go together!" If you don't go, then I'll forget it. North Korea has been attached to the Celestial Empire since then, and I will go to Nanjing to ask for an idle prince to do! ”

This is tantamount to letting the head of the cabinet and the head of the cabinet take the secretary of the ministry and the secretary of the military department to cut the land and sell the country together.

But when the king said this, how could he not go?

The three of them complained bitterly, they were both Westerners, but they belonged to three different factions, and now they had to take the blame together. One can imagine how bad their reputation will be in the future, and how the Nanrendang Party, which is a local official, will impeach them!

They originally made a plan to let Xu Mu of the Nanren Party take the blame, but Xu Mu committed suicide by hitting the pillar in front of the king, disrupting all the plans of the Westerner Party.

Calculated and calculated, and now calculated on one's own head.

Hanyang, the three of them met Dang Chongjun.

After greeting each other, Song Shilie and Song Junji did not speak.

Zheng Taihe could only bite the bullet, go around the bend for a long time, and said: "Angel Rong Bing, "Datong Collection" is esoteric and unfathomable, and I am still reading it for the Confucian scholars of the lower country. When we have appreciated the mystery of "Datong Ji", it is not too late to spread it to the Korean scholars. ”

Dang Chongjun said: "It's better to be like this, the three of you, go to Nanjing with me, and Your Majesty will personally explain the "Datong Collection" to you?" ”

"Don't dare to disturb the Holy Son of Heaven!" The three hurriedly refused.

Zheng Taihe couldn't figure it out, so he simply broke the jar and broke it: "Lord Angel, Beidao originally belonged to the land of Liaojinyuan, and my country has been in charge of the Celestial Empire for more than 200 years, and today I am willing to return it to the Celestial Empire." Nagiju ...... That is, Baozhou, the Datong army resisted the Tartar invasion in Baozhou, and kept the people of the whole country safe, and it should also be dedicated to the Celestial Empire. ”

The dignified North Korean Shousuke even shouted out the "adult".

This title was popular in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Datong New Dynasty forbade officials to call them "adults". Officialdom no longer calls it that, but the common people have not changed it, and this North Korean official has learned it thoroughly.

Dang Chongjun said angrily: "What about you sending Huazi?" Bukdo is the poorest place in North Korea, full of mountains, and there is not much land to grow. What does the Celestial Empire use it for? ”

Mrs. Zheng was completely single, and arched his hand: "Please show the angel!" ”

Dang Chongjun Lion opened his mouth: "Ping'an Road, Hwanghae Road, Hamgyong Road." ”

"Impossible!" Song Shilie couldn't hold it back, so he stood up anxiously on the spot, for fear that Zheng Taihe would agree.

Dang Chongjun said: "Too little? Do you want to add another Gangwon-do? ”

"It's more, it's more," Song Junji also became very anxious, "There are only eight paths in my country, and the angels are going to cut off three of them at once, and I can't go back to explain to the lord of the country!" ”

Dang Chongjun said: "Then what do you say? ”

Zheng Taihe gritted his teeth and said, "How about the entire Hamgyong Province and half of the Peace Road dedicated to the Celestial Empire?" ”

Dang Chongjun shook his head.

Song Junji said: "Hamgyong Province and Pyongan Province can be ceded, but Hwanghae Road is definitely not good!" Moreover, the plains of Pyongan Province and Pyongyang cannot be cut. ”

Dang Chongjun sneered: "Isn't that still the entire Hamgyong Province and half of Ping'an Road?" ”

"It's half of the peace road!" Song Junji corrected.

Dang Chongjun slowly stood up, brushed his sleeves and said, "Send off!" ”

Quan Tee ceded the poor mountainous areas, and of course Dang Chongjun was not happy.

The three of them returned to Cheorwon in a gray manner, when the snow gradually melted. The peasant army of the western route once again confronted the Korean officers and soldiers across the river, and the peasant army of the eastern route also marched towards Cheorwon. However, there is not much food left for the DPRK officers and soldiers, and they can't go to the countryside to grab it.

In a real desperate situation, you can't run.

If you want to escape, you can only pass through the blockade line of the Datong Army, which means that you will officially start a war with the Datong Army.

The Korean monarchs and ministers discussed repeatedly, and finally came up with a charter, and Li Di said to the three of them: "Huanghae Road can't be cut, otherwise it might as well be attached." Let's talk about it again. ”

Three unlucky guys came to Hanyang again.

Song Shilie still wanted to fight for it, and said: "Pingyuan County can be dedicated to the Celestial Empire, but Pyongyang must not." ”

Dang Chongjun not only wanted Pyongyang, but even looked further south, and he drew on the map: "All the way to the south of Huangzhou, both sides of the Taedong River are Chinese land." ”

Zheng Taihe begged: "Lord Angel, please give me a way to live." ”

Dang Chongjun thought about it carefully: "If you don't want Huangzhou, you can use Tsushima Island instead." ”

"Huh?"

Zheng Taihe, Song Shilie, and Song Junji were all stunned.

Tsushima Island, located in the sea between North Korea and Japan.

North Korea once sent troops to conscript, and it was difficult to resist Ma Fan, so he chose to accept the official position of North Korea. At the same time, Tsushima belonged to the Japanese lords. The official trade and trading offices of Korea and Japan were located on Tsushima Island, and each acquiesced in the simultaneous submission of Tsushima to both sides.

Historically, Tsushima was divided into both Japan and Korea, and it lasted until after the Meiji Restoration, when it was Russian warships that broke the deadlock......

"That's it!" Zheng Taihe hurriedly agreed, for fear that Dang Chongjun would regret it.

Using the Tsushima Island in the nature of fetters to return to Huangzhou on the Datong River, this is simply a deal without capital, and they thought that Dang Chongjun had made a mistake.

The three of them went back to their lives, and Li Di convened the ministers to discuss, and finally recognized the result.

Pyongan Province, Hamgyong Province, and Tsushima Island, these three territories were ceded to China. The Daedong Army was responsible for quelling the peasant uprising, and after quelling the rebellion, it had to leave Korea immediately.

China, on the other hand, will no longer force North Korea to lift the ban on "Datong Ji", but North Korea must lift the ban on silver and allow Chinese merchants to trade in silver dollars. In addition, when Li Di returned to Hanyang, the Chinese envoys would officially canonize him as king, and the Korean ministers were not allowed to appoint new monarchs.

Whoever dares to launch a coup d'état and oust Li Di from power, the Datong army will inevitably go and return.

Probably from the mouth of the Datong River, a line is crossed. North of the 38.65th parallel is owned by China, and south of the line is still North Korean territory.

The Songshang, who jumped up and down from beginning to end, and also provoked the peasant uprising in Huanghae-do, was sold by the Chinese envoy Dang Chongjun, and the peasant army of Huanghae-do was also sold. They will remain under the rule of North Korea for the future...... Of course, it can be flexible.

Dang Chongjun personally met with Li En'ai, the leader of the Huanghae Province rebel army, and said to him: "You must take your people and migrate to Ping'an Road en masse. Your subordinates, after going north, will be disbanded on the spot, and the government will allocate land to them. You can recommend four people to go to Nanjing to study at a military academy together. It's okay not to go to Nanjing, stay in Pyongan Province as a policeman, and you can be in charge of the security of Pyongyang City. ”

Li En'ai originally belonged to the small landlords of Huanghae Province, and the people in the north were not welcomed, and the small landlords also had a hard time.

Being the head of the police in Pyongyang is already good for him.

After all, if the Daedong Army left it alone, his rebel army would definitely be wiped out by the North Korean officers and soldiers.

The other two leaders of the peasant army also received the promise of the feudal officer, and then ...... Start acting.

The Datong army pulled out a cannon and bombarded it, and then charged with bayonets. Tens of thousands of peasant troops fled in disarray, entrapping the people along the way, and fled all the way to Ping'an Road.

North Korea did keep the Yellow Sea Road, but only a third of its population remained, and it was taken north to China. It has been ravaged repeatedly by the Tartars, and the population has not recovered much, and now it is just in time to replenish the population. And the rebels killed the landlord again, and the division of the land also took its course.

Han Qiyuan's troops on the East Road did the same, they were chased away by the Datong army, and dragged the people all the way to Hamgyong Province.

A group of pine merchants, looking at the departing peasant army and the departing Datong army, collectively stood in the wind and had messy thoughts. What are they tossing for half a year?

Of course, these merchants also made money, and most of the goods looted by the peasant army were handed over to them to sell the stolen goods, and they all made a lot of money.

Yi Di returned to Hanyang and officially accepted the canonization as king.

Immediately, the party struggle kicked off again.

The Nanren Party, which was a petty official in the imperial court, gathered the Nanren Party, which served as a magistrate, and impeached the Westerner Party for ceding land and betraying the country for glory. Shoufu Zheng Taihe was pushed to the end, Song Shilie and Song Junji were demoted to county guards, and Li Li took the opportunity to pull a bunch of Nanren Party into the court.

At the same time, a Chinese warship sailed for Tsushima.

Zong Yizhen received the holy decree of the Chinese emperor and did not come back to his senses for a while.

He was the lord of the 100,000-stone feudal domain canonized by the Japanese shogunate, the lord of Tsushima Island canonized by the king of Joseon, and now the Tsushima Prefecture canonized by the emperor of China?