"Spread the word Li Kun? Let him come to Uiju? Suppilon asked.

"Isn't that nonsense? If you don't let him come to Uiju, do you still let this king go to Hanyang to see him? "Hauge is of course," Ben Wang was tired of driving for half a month, and he didn't want to leave a single step. ”

"I'm afraid Li Liang won't want to, or won't dare to come!"

Hauge glared: "If he doesn't come, this king will depose him and set up another king!" ”

……

Three days later.

Hanyang.

Li Qi looked at the royal decree of the regent of the Great Qing Dynasty, and his heart was furious.

Since he and the Westerners staged a palace coup d'état, overthrew his uncle Gwanghae-jun, and succeeded to the throne, there have been internal and external troubles in Korea.

Various internal rebellions or conspiracies emerged one after another, and externally, the "Dingmao Rebellion" and the "Bingzi Rebellion" were experienced, forcing Korea to submit to the Qing Dynasty, and the number of pro-Ming ministers in the country was sharply reduced.

Even, all the princes of Li Kun, the descendants of the nobles and major ministers of the court, were taken prisoner to Shengjing as hostages.

Li Liang spent the whole day in fear, and there was not a day of peace.

A month ago, Suppilon and Turg suddenly entered Yiju with a large army, which frightened him so much that he thought that the Qing Kingdom was going to change the king.

Fortunately, the Qing army only said that Yizhou was temporarily sheltered from the wind and snow, and asked for food, grass and cotton clothing.

Li Liang put his mind at ease, almost emptied the treasury, took out tens of thousands of stones, grain and grass and 10,000 cotton clothes, and carefully transported them to Yizhou.

It had only been a short time since the regent of the Qing Dynasty came to Yiju in person and ordered him to go to meet him, which was a bit insulting.

"He is not the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, why let the lonely king go to the court! Is it possible that I still want to bow to a regent three times and bow nine times in front of the civil and military? ”

Jin Zidian arched his hand: "Your Majesty, don't be rash, you want to come to the regent just because you don't want to travel far." ”

Jin Zidian joined the government because of his participation in Li Liang's seizure of power, and was named Luo Xingjun. He was the marshal of the capital during the Bingzi rebellion, delayed the military plane, and was defeated in Rabbit Mountain, and was exiled to Zhendao after the war.

Four years ago, he returned to the court under the protection of Li Liang, and in recent years, he has sent three envoys to the Qing Dynasty, and is a complete pro-Qing faction. Disdain for the North Koreans.

Li Qi said unhappily: "You mean, the lonely king stoops to go?" ”

"It's better to go......

"Okay, you go down."

Jin Zidian bowed and retreated, and said in his heart, "Back then, you didn't want to bow to Huang Taiji three times and nine times, claiming to be a great shame for hundreds of years, and vowed to commit suicide." In the end, I also bowed down in public...... Now I have to save face again, so why bother? ”

Seeing Jin Zidian walking away, Li Qi took out the secret letter from Daming from his sleeve and looked at it repeatedly.

It turned out that after Chongzhen successfully besieged Shenyang, he immediately sent Jinyiwei to secretly enter North Korea and contact Jin Jin, who was idle at home.

At this time, Kim Jin was a complete pro-Ming faction, and he served as the leader of the DPRK twice, and was quite influential in the DPRK court.

As soon as he got the secret letter from Emperor Chongzhen, Jin Jin didn't dare to slack off, and in the name of Mao Sui's self-recommendation and hope for a comeback, he entered the palace to meet Li Liang.

At that time, although Li Liang heard the results of the Battle of Shanhaiguan, he also knew that the Ming Dynasty had recovered Jinzhou, Guangning and other places, and even heard that the Ming army had landed in southern Liaoning and captured Fushun. But he still didn't believe that Chongzhen could counterattack Shengjing so quickly.

The two monarchs and ministers thought about it and used a trick to hide from the world.

On the surface, Li Liang did not accept Jin Jin's advanced age on the grounds of his old age, and at the same time took out a thousand taels of silver to appease this old minister.

In fact, Jin Jin took this silver and sent people to Liaodong to inquire about the situation by sea or land.

Li Qi looked at the secret music that had come back in recent days, and looked at the news that the Ming army had conquered Jinzhou, destroyed Fuzhou, besieged Shengjing, and defeated the army of King Qin of the Qing Dynasty, and couldn't help but sigh again and again.

"Da Ming! Sure enough, it's still that powerful Da Ming! ”

Even if the people are not able to live because of the drought and lack of rain in the past ten years, even if the armed forces are weakened because of the chaos of the government and the slackening of armaments, even if they have been suppressed by the Qing Dynasty for more than 20 years.

Once this behemoth wakes up, it can easily press the Jurchens to the ground and rub them.

"Someone! Summoning Jin Jin, Li Shibai, and Gu Renyuan into the palace! ”

After helping Li Liang seize power, Gu Renyuan was awarded the title of second-class meritorious hero of the Jingshe. During the Ding Mao Rebellion, he used a boat to build a bridge to help Li Liang and the evacuees cross the sea safely, and when Bingzi was in chaos, he led 3,000 soldiers to always follow Li Liang's left and right. In March this year, he denounced Shen Qiyuan for rebellion and was registered as a "meritorious hero of Ningguo". He is one of Li Kun's most trusted ministers.

Li Shibai is also a second-class meritorious hero of the Jingshe. When Ding Mao was in chaos, he led his troops to Tongjakjin quickly to assist Injo in crossing the sea. During the rebellion, he was in charge of defending the western fortress of Namhansanseong. After the surrender of Korea, Li Shibai was reluctant to send his son-in-law to Shengjing as a hostage, but replaced him with a concubine, who was discovered by the Qing people and exiled to Tongshan in Chungcheong Province. He was released and returned to the DPRK two years ago, and in March this year, he was once involved in Shen Qiyuan's rebellion, but because of Li Liang's trust, he was fine and still served in the DPRK.

Jin Jin, Li Shibai, and Gu Renyuan are one of the few pro-Ming factions in the court, and they were summoned into the palace by Li Liang at this time, and their intentions are very obvious.

After the three entered the palace, Li Liang circulated Chongzhen's secret letter and the news of the past month, together with Haoge's royal decree, to them.

Jin Jin is okay, he already knows everything, and his face does not change, but Li Shibai and Gu Renyuan are very surprised.

"Your Majesty, since the Ming Dynasty has risen and invaded the hinterland of the Qing Kingdom, it is a good time for us to plough the court and sweep the holes, abandon the darkness and turn to the light!" Gu Ren was overjoyed.

Li Shibai was also ecstatic, "I didn't expect that the Ming counterattack was so sharp, the king not only couldn't go to Yizhou, but also sent troops to attack Haoge and help the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Li Liang listened to such impassioned words, and his blood was boiling, if he could defeat Haoge and dedicate it to Chongzhen, he would definitely be able to be ashamed.

It will also be written in the history books that he endured humiliation and hardship, and finally fought back, captured the regent of the Qing State alive, and returned to the Ming Dynasty tributary system.

"No!"

A loud roar interrupted Li Liang's beautiful fantasy.

It was Jin Jin who spoke.

"How?"

Jin Jin said loudly: "Your Majesty, a month ago, Curb Pilon and Turg brought 10,000 horses, and a few days ago, Haug brought another 1,000 men. No one knows whether there are follow-up troops in the Qing State to enter the DPRK. ”

"Are you afraid that our army will be invincible?" Li Qi asked.

"The minister is not afraid, but he is sure that our army is invincible to the Jurchen soldiers!" Jin Jin did not hesitate to depreciate himself, "Our army is weak, it has been defeated by the Qing State twice, and now, it is still impossible for them to be their opponent." ”

Although Li Liang was displeased, he knew that what Jin Jin said was the truth, "Then what do you say?" ”

"Call sick!"

Jin Jin said in a deep voice.

"No matter how Haoge urges, the king only said that he can't go because he is sick, and he can delay it for a day, until the Ming army conquers Shengjing, and until the Ming army moves eastward!"