When Zhu Cijiong returned to Changyi Gate with the scout cavalry, Xia Wanchun had already preliminarily cleaned up the battlefield, all the war horses abandoned by Jiannu had been gathered, and the wounded soldiers had also been treated.

The fallen soldiers were neatly placed together.

In the first battle of Seoul, the Ming army was truly majestic.

But the price paid is also extremely heavy, and it is really a corpse.

"The King." Xia Wanchun stepped forward and reported with a heavy expression, "There were more than 1,900 casualties in this battle, of which more than 900 were killed, and more than 100 were seriously injured and dying, and it is estimated that they will not survive tonight." ”

Zhu Cijiong sighed when he heard this, this casualty is really a bit miserable.

In fact, the casualties of Jiannu were similar, and less than 1,000 people were actually killed.

The remaining more than 2,000 people were only wounded, and some of the Jiannu's injuries were not serious, which was equivalent to being captured alive.

However, because in the end it was the Ming army that won, and the Ming army also suffered heavy casualties, the result of waiting for these Jiannu wounded soldiers can be imagined: they were all gathered and beheaded.

More than 2,000 slaves were beheaded, and rat tails were cut off and collected.

Because Seoul is too far away from Nanjing, it will rot long ago if the head is brought back, so Zhu Cijiong decided to cut off the rat tail of Jiannu as the head, at most it is to explain a few words, and it is expected that the Internal Affairs Office will not disagree.

"The fallen soldiers will be cremated separately and their ashes will be brought back."

"Seriously injured soldiers should be rescued as much as possible, no matter what the cost."

"Yes." Xia Wanchun solemnly promised, "The minister will definitely do his best." ”

While he was talking, Li came over to report and said, "King Ding, my father has come with hundreds of officials from the court to ask you for your guilt." ”

Zhu Cijiong looked back, and sure enough, he saw that the originally closed Changyi Gate had been opened, and then the honor guard of the King of Joseon came out of the Changyi Gate, and under the Red Luo umbrella was a shoulder guard.

Sitting on his shoulder must be the king of Joseon, Yi Liang.

Behind them was a large group of officials, nearly a hundred of them.

Zhu Cijiong motioned for Xia Wanchun to move a saddle, and then sat upright.

Zhu Cijiong is also very disgusted with red tape due to the influence of Chongzhen, but at this moment it is a different matter.

Because at this moment, he Zhu Cijiong does not represent himself, but represents the Ming Dynasty, and the national character of the Ming Dynasty does not allow him to be arbitrary, but must show the majesty of a great power, after all, North Korea has made a mistake.

Seeing this, Xia Wanchun also led the uninjured soldiers to stand behind Zhu Cijiong.

Li Liang's shoulder gradually approached, and when he was nearly fifty paces, Li Liang saw Zhu Cijiong sitting in the saddle, and immediately signaled the waiter to put down his shoulder.

Li Qi struggled to get up from his shoulder.

However, he took a step forward before he almost fell to the ground.

It can be seen here that Li Liang's physical condition is really poor.

In the end, Li Liang could only be supported by two attendants to Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong sat on the saddle and didn't move, just staring at Li Liang with an expressionless face.

Li Liang fell to the ground tremblingly, gasping and pleading: "The guilty minister, Li Liang, the king of Joseon, brought the ministers of the country to meet His Royal Highness the King of the Ming Dynasty, and respectfully asked His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to be Jin'an. ”

The civil and military officials behind Li Liang also knelt down.

Among the civil and military officials in North Korea, there are many ministers who are still interested in the Ming Dynasty, but there are more ministers who are afraid of the Jiannu soldiers, but just now they saw the battle between the Ming army and the Qing army at the head of Changyi Gate, and these ministers changed their positions one after another, and instead supported breaking away from the control of Jiannu and returning to the list of Ming vassal states.

In the eyes of these civil and military generals, it is obviously better to be a subject of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, they have been a subject of the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years, and the Ming Dynasty has never treated the Korean monarchs and ministers harshly, every time they send envoys to pay tribute, the Ming Emperor gives more rewards than their tribute, and when the Renchen is in turmoil, he also sends troops to help North Korea, so when the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty is really profitable.

On the contrary, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was somewhat excessive.

Not only does the DPRK have to pay money and grain every year, but it even has to transfer troops.

Therefore, it is obviously better to be a Ming vassal than a Manchu vassal.

It's just that this time, the Korean monarch and minister made a wrong idea, and it was a big mistake.

Zhu Cijiong replied in the direction of Nanjing: "Holy bow." ”

Li Ju bowed three times and bowed nine times to Zhu Cijiong, and then sat up on his knees.

Only then did Zhu Cijiong shout in a deep voice with a dark face: "There is an edict, King Li Liang of Joseon, are you guilty?" ”

Li Liang and the civil and military officials behind him hurriedly knelt on the ground again, and responded in a panic: "Li Liang is guilty, the criminal minister should not succumb to the coercion of Jiannu, and make stupid acts that insult the dignity of the Ming Dynasty and lose the national character of the DPRK, but I hope that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will see that my Korean country has been serving the Ming Dynasty as the suzerainty for more than 270 years, and has never dared to exceed the slightest deviance. ”

Zhu Cijiong said coldly: "Where is the letter of alliance signed with Jiannu? ”

Li Liang beckoned, and an attendant presented the letter of alliance.

Zhu Cijiong took it and took a look, and sure enough, it was a letter of alliance signed between Jiannu and North Korea, written in Han, Manchu and Korean respectively, and stamped with Huang Taiji's treasure seal and Li Liang's seal.

After Zhu Cijiong read the book of the alliance, he returned it to Li Liang.

Li Liang immediately ordered the leader of the council to light a fire and burn the alliance book.

After burning the book of the alliance, Li Liang ordered the chamberlain to fetch a mink fur.

"This Qiu was given by Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of Jiannu, and it will be burned today."

After Li Liang finished speaking, he ordered the chamberlain to light a fire and burn the mink fur.

Next, it is to re-sign the letter of alliance, but Zhu Cijiong did not bring Chongzhen's imperial seal, so this letter of alliance had to be brought back to Nanjing to cover Chongzhen's treasure seal, and then specially sent back to North Korea.

At this point, Korea also broke away from Jiannu and re-became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

Next, it is to determine the candidate for the son, which is actually no longer in suspense, and Li has now become Li Liang's only living adult son.

Zhu Cijiong said: "King of Joseon, I have to say sorry to you for something. ”

Hearing this, the North Korean ministers such as Li Liang and Kim Jin immediately turned pale, and said that Zhu Cijiong wanted to make some excessive demands, such as asking the DPRK to sacrifice thousands or even several virgins.

Jiannu puppet emperor Huang Taiji once did this.

If North Korea doesn't give it, they will directly grab it.

Who made the women of North Korea famous?

"That's the case, Fenglin Monarch Li Hao has already died in the chaotic battle."

Zhu Cijiong's eyes turned to Li, and said in his heart that Gu will not wipe your ass for nothing, and you will have to get it back a hundred times in the future, I just hope that when you pay the price in the future, you will not complain.

When Li Liang heard this, his face turned into white paper in an instant.

It's also pitiful, it's already overindulgent, it's run out of oil, and as a result, it loses its eldest son and second son one after another, and few old people can withstand such a mental blow.

……

That night, after returning to Gyeongbokgung Palace, Li Liang became ill.

Because he was seriously ill, Li Liang did not even attend the celebration dinner that night, but only asked Li to toast Zhu Cijiong with a glass of wine on his behalf and expressed his gratitude to Zhu Cijiong and Daming.

North Korean officials such as Kim Jin, the leader of the council, and the other officials of the left council, Gu In-yong, attended the dinner.

The upper class of North Korea all advocate Confucian culture, often regard themselves as Little China, and they all use the study of Chinese characters and the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty as status symbols, so they can communicate with Zhu Cijiong without barriers.

Zhu Cijiong walked to Jin Jin's banquet with a wine bottle and greeted with a smile: "Lord Jin." ”

"Don't dare to be." Jin Jin hurriedly knelt down and sat up, and said humbly, "King Ding can call his ministers by name." ”

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "When I entered the city in the evening, I saw that the streets of Seoul were quite depressed, and the people in the city seemed to be quite poor, what was going on? Hasn't North Korea always been rich? ”

Jin Jin sighed and said, "King Ding, that is the old yellow calendar before." ”

Zuo Yizheng Gu Renyuan also came over and sighed: "In recent decades, our North Korea has been repeatedly affected by the Renchen Rebellion, the Ding Mao Rebellion and the Bingzi Rebellion, and then there are Li Shi and other rebels who have made rebellion, and the people in the country have been displaced, and Wang Ji is no exception. ”

Zhu Cijiong asked again: "I heard that North Korea's annual income is only more than 100,000 stones?" ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Jin Jin and Gu Renyuan poured bitter water on Zhu Cijiong in unison.

"More than 100,000 stone has to be a good year, if there is a disaster year, there is no 100,000 stone, and the officials in Beijing can often only receive 30% or even 20% of the lu, and there are even people who starve to death on the streets."

"So miserable, isn't it?" Zhu Cijiong finally showed his hole cards for this trip.

"There is a way to help you Korean monarchs and ministers get through the difficulties."

"That's right, at present, my Ming industry is prosperous, and the demand for craftsmen is huge."

"If you can recruit Korean blacksmiths to work in Nanjing, the Ming Dynasty can give each person ten yuan per year, that is, ten taels of silver, and if you don't want silver, you can also fold rice."

Hearing this, Jin Jin and Gu Renyuan's eyes suddenly lit up.

A blacksmith is ten taels a year, and ten thousand blacksmiths are not a hundred thousand taels?

I remember that the price of rice in Nanjing is one tael per stone, and 100,000 taels is 100,000 stones.

This is a huge amount of revenue for North Korea's treasury today.

With this revenue from the state treasury, at least the officials' salaries will no longer be in arrears.

At that moment, Jin Jin and Gu Renyuan glanced at each other, and asked Zhu Cijiong again: "King Ding, I don't know how many blacksmiths Daming needs?" ”

"The more the merrier." Zhu Cijiong said with a smile, "Lone has just said, I have a prosperous Ming Dynasty, and the demand for all kinds of craftsmen is very large, a thousand is not too little, and a hundred thousand Gu is not too much." ”

Jin Jin was overjoyed and said: "I have 20,000 blacksmiths in the Eight Realms of North Korea, not to mention it!" ”

Gu Renyuan also said: "King Ding, in addition to the blacksmith, do other craftsmen need it?" ”

"Yes, as long as it is a craftsman, it is needed." Zhu Cijiong said, "Blacksmiths, carpenters, stonemasons, masons and even pig slaughterers, as long as they are craftsmen, we will need them in the Ming Dynasty, and the same is true for the food and silver given." ”

Speaking of this, he added: "Of course, it has to be a skilled craftsman." ”

(End of chapter)