Zhang Zhiji hurriedly jumped off his horse and ran quickly to a person in front of him, trying to help him up.

"Uncle! What are you doing here!? ”

The old North Korean man looked to be in his 60s and had gray hair, and Zhang Zhiji helped him twice, but he didn't help him up.

"General! The Tartar soldiers came to our city to smash and loot and burn, we looked forward to it day and night, and finally ushered in the king division, thinking that the balance of time was coming. I didn't expect you to leave. You can't go! How can we live when you're gone! Woo~"

The old man said it sincerely, and he actually cried.

As soon as he cried, the people behind him also cried. Kneeling on the ground and crying to prevent Zhang Zhiji from leaving!

"Uncle, General Ben can't help but go. Your Majesty has issued an order for me to return to Beijing immediately. After all, this is your North Korea, not our Ming Dynasty! ”

When the old man heard this, he burst into tears.

Yes, this is North Korea, not the Ming Dynasty. If it's not a family, who will help you all the time?

Next to the old man was an eight or nine-year-old girl, who should be the granddaughter of the old man. Seeing his grandfather crying, he wiped his tears in distress. Raised his head and looked at Zhang Zhiji with big innocent eyes.

"Wouldn't it be nice to let North Korea become a part of the Ming Dynasty?"

As soon as these words came out, the people behind were stunned for a moment, and then immediately echoed loudly!

Zhang Zhiji was also stunned for a moment, where did the little drama come from?

"That's right! Let North Korea become part of the Ming Dynasty! There is no king anyway. Submit to the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Submit to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Submit to the Ming Dynasty!"

The old man could speak Chinese, but the little girl and the people behind her spoke Korean. Zhang Zhiji didn't understand, but he knew the script. Then it was time for the officials of the court to come out.

I saw a large group of officials in official uniforms running out of the city gate.

Cui Mingji, who was the leader, stepped forward and knelt down in front of Zhang Zhiji, shouting loudly:

"General! Shicai Xia Guan has already heard it in the city, and the people spontaneously blocked here, but they are reluctant to let you go. Although most of them have never read a book, they still know who is good to them. Since my Korean royal family no longer exists, it is better to submit to the Ming Dynasty as the people say! In the future, His Majesty of the Ming Dynasty will be our Majesty, and North Korea will be a province of the Ming Dynasty! Only the Ming Dynasty can let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and no longer be bullied. This is the cry of a hundred officials! This is the cry of all the peoples! ”

"That's right! Since the Ming Dynasty, Korea has been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, just like father and son. Now that the son is dead, the grandson is living with his grandfather, which is a matter of course! Whoever disagrees is a sinner in North Korea! It is to put the lives of all nations at risk. ”

"Return to the Ming Dynasty! Live with your grandfather! ”

"Submit to the Ming Dynasty!"

Inside and outside the city gates, the emotions of tens of thousands of people were aroused, waving their fists excitedly and shouting loudly. The shouts soared into the sky.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Zhiji also knew that he would definitely not be able to leave, so he sighed and said:

"Then I will stay for a while and ask Your Majesty for advice. Let the imperial court formulate a practical plan to let the people of North Korea live a good life! ”

"Good!"

Oh~~~

For a time, there was a thunderous roar of joy.

Zhang Zhiji returned to the city surrounded by officials and ordinary people and lived again.

Zhu Youzhen, who was far away in the capital, soon learned everything that happened in Seoul.

A few cabinet ministers were summoned and briefly explained what had happened.

"You really didn't find the clan?" Bi Ziyan looked surprised.

"Alas, no. Speaking of which, Amin was really ruthless, and killed the Li clan in one go. ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed and sighed.

The corners of Fan Jingwen's mouth twitched without leaving a trace.

"Let's talk about it, at the moment, North Korean officials and people are clamoring to submit to the Ming Dynasty and become a province of my Ming Dynasty. What's next? ”

"Your Majesty, North Korea is willing to submit, this is a great joy. Your Majesty's kindness spreads far and wide in North Korea, and the ministers congratulate Your Majesty! Fan Jingwen came to a string of sycophants on the spot, paused and continued.

"It is gratifying that North Korea has become the territory of my Ming Dynasty, but how to govern it will be a relatively big problem, but fortunately, North Korea has always been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the right people are sent, they must soon be able to return to their hearts."

"Can Fan Qing have the right person to recommend?"

Fan Jingwen thought for a moment and said without hesitation.

"Yuan Liqing, Yuan Shaobao!"

"Yuan Keli?"

"Exactly!"

Zhu Youzhen nodded, after he succeeded to the throne, he asked Yuan Keli to return to Beijing to take up his post, but he shirked it because of old age.

Yuan Keli went through the three dynasties of Wanli, Taichang and Tianqi, and was upright and upright for the officials, and dared to ask for his life for the people. Later, because he was dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian's control of the government, he resigned three times, and he was unwilling to re-enter the court as an official.

This is a person who deserves to be written about, but the Qing court revived the "literary prison" and destroyed his writings and biographies. Even "History of the Ming Dynasty" does not have a single word from him.

I don't know if it's because he rebelled against Nurhachi's son-in-law Liu Aita and stabbed the fragile and inferior souls of some people. is desperately trying to erase his traces in history.

Naturally, there is no problem for such a person to be sent to govern North Korea. The question is is whether he is willing to go out of the mountains?

"Yuan Taibao should be in Henan at the moment, right? The year before last, I had also sent someone to ask him to go out of the mountain, but he refused. ”

"The minister is willing to go to Suizhou in person to invite Yuan Gong out of the mountain!" Fan Jingwen asked for his life solemnly.

"Fan Qing is the first assistant of the court, he is busy with official business, and the court and the central government can't do without you. In this way, you repair a book, and I send a brocade guard to send it. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Day 2

The two Jinyi guards were ordered to ride out of Beijing on fast horses, aiming at Suizhou, Henan Province, and asked Yuan Keli to go out of the mountain with Zhu Youzhen's holy decree and Fan Jingwen's letter.

On the Korean side, Zhu Youzhen ordered Zhang Zhiji to lead 40,000 soldiers back to Beijing first, leaving Xu Yingyuan to lead 10,000 soldiers to continue to defend Seoul. Waiting for the arrival of a new governor.

Zhu Youzhen gave great preferential treatment to the soldiers who stayed behind.

Soldiers who are willing to stay will be paid three times the salary. Most of those who stayed were Shaanxi soldiers who had not yet started a family, and planned to save more money to return to Beijing to ask for a mother-in-law in the future.

The two brocade guards hurried non-stop, and finally arrived in Juzhou on October 14 and met Yuan Keli.

Since his resignation in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Yuan Keli has been paying attention to all kinds of things that happened in the court.

From His Majesty's rectification of the eunuchs, to the personal conquest of Shanxi, and then to the establishment of slaves in his own year.

One by one, one by one, it made his mood better and better. I feel that Your Majesty not only knows people well, but also is proficient in all kinds of cultural and martial arts.

Just yesterday, I received news that the soldiers of the Gyeongyeong, who had been attacking Korea for thousands of miles, had won a complete victory, and Amin had fled to the Wa Kingdom. He was happy to have a few more drinks at dinner, and when he woke up in the morning, he still felt a little headache.

After a simple breakfast, Yuan Keli made a cup of tea and sat quietly in the courtyard.

There is a persimmon tree in the middle of the yard, the leaves of which have long been swept away by the autumn equinox, leaving only bare branches, which looks a little depressed. Looking at this persimmon tree, which was not much smaller than himself, Yuan Keli was momentarily distracted.

The persimmon tree bears fruit every year and contributes its own strength to the world.

What about yourself?

Is it just like this?

"Sir! Master! Menzi excitedly ran in from outside.

"There were two self-proclaimed Jinyi guards at the door, saying that they were carrying the will of His Majesty the Emperor. Ask to see the master! ”

"Come in!" Yuan Keli hurriedly stood up with the support of Menzi and came to the lobby. I saw two brocade guards standing solemnly in the center of the lobby.

Yuan Keli was about to kneel down to receive the order, but one of the brocade guards hurriedly supported him.

"Your Majesty has specially explained before coming, and Yuan Taibao does not need to salute. Here are the handwritten letters of His Majesty and Fan Shoufu of the current dynasty, Yuan Taibao take a look. ”

Yuan Keli took the letter written by Zhu Youzhen, and after reading it, he burst into tears.

"I didn't expect Your Majesty to keep thinking about the old man!"

After a long time, he collected his emotions and saluted the two who came to deliver the decree and said:

"There are two hard workers, all the way to the dust. It's better for the two of them to move to the guest room and take a break, so that the old man can do his best to be a landlord. ”

"No need, the two of us will go back to Beijing to resume their lives. I thanked Yuan Taibao first. ”

Yuan Ke immediately saw that the two of them were resolute, so he was no longer reluctant. All the way to the door.

"Master, are we going to Beijing?" After sending Jin Yiwei back to the back hall, his wife Song asked.

"Yes! At this time, Your Majesty is employing people, and it is my duty to do so. Pack up and leave for Beijing early tomorrow morning! ”

November 10

Yuan Keli stepped on the cold wind of winter and arrived in the capital.

Zhu Youzhen immediately met with him.

Yuan Keli was thin, but his eyes were blazing, and his gestures exuded a capable momentum.

"Presumably, Yuan Gong has also heard about the return of North Korea. I plan to make you the governor of Korea, this journey is far away, I wonder if Yuan Gong is willing to go? After the greetings, Zhu Youzhen said straight to the point.

"Since you don't dislike the minister's old age, the minister will definitely go to the soup for His Majesty."

"With Yuan Gong's words, I am very relieved. I wonder what Yuan Gong's views are on the governance of North Korea? ”

On the way to Beijing, the minister has also been thinking about this matter. In the past two years, North Korea has been repeatedly invaded by Jiannu, and many people have been destroyed and displaced. The resentment of the Li court is huge, and the current collapse of the Li family has given us a legitimate reason to intervene. I think the most important thing is to reassure the people. Let the displaced people have a house to live in, and let the hungry people have land to plant. Then we will eradicate some bullies who oppress the people. In this way, the situation in the DPRK will certainly be stabilized. But this is not something that can be done overnight. There is still a long way to go. ”

"Good! What Yuan Gong said is exactly what I mean, but I still have one more thing. It needs to be entrusted to Yuan Gong to do it. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!"