"Your Majesty, we can't let the Xia people take away our Jiangshan Sheji!"

Seoul, North Korea, inside Gyeongbokgung Palace.

A group of Korean ministers knelt down in front of the prince Li Zhuo under the leadership of the Li royal family, crying in unison, as if they had suffered a huge grievance, and the young prince Li Zhuo looked at the ministers who were kneeling down in front of him a little nervously, and suddenly didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, his mother, Princess Kim, was an assertive person, and she replied calmly, "Ministers, my Joseon is a vassal state of Emperor Xia, and His Highness has a rebellion, and it is natural that he should be punished by the Supreme Kingdom.

"The princess is wrong to say this." Kim's uncle, Kim Seok-kyo, took the lead in opposing his niece's words, and he spoke fiercely: "Since the founding of Korea, what precedent has there been in all dynasties for the Supreme Kingdom to send officials to directly act as auxiliary governors? Besides, Great Xia is ambitious, has expanded several times, and has mobilized troops in both the east, west, south, and north, and today's events are just an excuse to use this as an opportunity to annex our Korea!"

"What Senator Kim said is extremely true, we are waiting for the food monarch to fight for the defense of the Korean Gangsan Society, how can we let the inheritance passed down by King Taejo Kangxian be destroyed in the hands of our generation?"

"I'd rather die in battle and lose my society than give up the country!"

For a while, the ministers were excited, and their noise almost overturned the roof of the hall, and the princess Jin saw this, so she could only appease the ministers again and again, telling them that the matter would be discussed again and again - although the Jin family had an opinion, but she was just a woman in the end, seeing that the ministers were excited, she also knew that if she had been opposing, it was very likely that she would be ousted from power by those Li royal families.

Subsequently, Jin asked his uncle and several family members to go to another hall with him to discuss, at this time, the mother's family is what she can rely on, and she also needs to know the thoughts of her mother's family in advance, otherwise it will be bad if there is a political disagreement at that time.

Jin Xixuan and the others naturally knew what the Jin family was thinking, and after a few of them followed the Jin family into the palace, the Jin family asked directly to the point, "Uncle, father, what do you think? Do you really want to tear your face with the Xia people?"

"There's no way around it." His father, Jin Youming, the monarch of Qingfeng Mansion, sighed and said helplessly: "The Xia people clearly want to annex North Korea, if we sit back and wait and don't resist, North Korea will be directly annexed in many years, and then not only will you lose the position of princess, but my Qingfeng Jin clan is also very likely to be suppressed."

"Indeed." Jin Xixuan echoed, "If Joseon really becomes a political envoy of the Xia Dynasty, do you think the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty can still allow us two classes of nobles to exist? I'm afraid that the day Korea becomes a province will be the time when my Qingfeng Kim clan will be destroyed."

The Kim family listened to the words of his father and uncle, and his heart was also shocked, the big clans in Korea are actually the same as the famous families in the Sui and Tang dynasties, each family member has been tightly tied to the prosperity of the family since birth, no matter what they do, they must give priority to the impact on the family, if the family is destroyed, there will be no eggs under the nest? ….

Since her father had made this extremely serious matter, the Kim family no longer had the idea of opposing war, she took a deep breath and said, "Father, how many families in the country are ready to join us in the matter? If you want to oppose the great Xia that is in full swing, relying only on our Qingfeng Jin clan is undoubtedly hitting a stone with an egg."

"I naturally know that the Jeonju Lee clan, the Cheongju Han clan, the Andong Kim clan, the Pungyang Cho clan, and so on are also willing to take action, and they have begun to secretly accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity to act."

Hearing that there were so many big clans ready to join, the Jin clan was so surprised that his mouth couldn't help but open slightly, so many big clans started together, if it succeeded, it would be fine, but if it failed, then the entire Korean kingdom would basically be swept away.

With his mind settled, Kim asked, "Is there anything I need to do?"

"I want you to contact the envoys of the soldiers and horses and the defense envoys of the soldiers and horses to find out how many of these people are on the side of the royal family." Kim Youming said solemnly: "Also, it is impossible for the training capital to be lax, the Imperial Camp Hall and the Imperial Guard Hall must be strictly grasped, the Korean military equipment is relaxed, and Seonjo stays

The two halls are the last elite of North Korea."

Jin nodded and wrote down, and Jin Youming continued to instruct, and Jin kept it in mind, and after sending off his relatives, he ordered to do it all.

Although it is not clear how Li Yi's conspiracy was discovered by the Xia people, the North Korean people are vaguely aware that the Xia Dynasty is very likely to deploy Jinyiwei in Seoul, and the ministers can't help but break out in a cold sweat when they think of Jinyiwei's terrifying intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities.

There is no impermeable wall in this world, and the Jinyi guards lurking in Seoul still sensed the conspiracy inside North Korea, and they hurriedly flew pigeons to send this information to Pyongyang Province and Busan, reminding the first town of the Xia Army temporarily stationed in Pyongyang to prepare in advance.

At this time, in the territory of the Korean Kingdom, the first town had crossed the Yalu River into the Korean border, and was stationed in various provinces of Korea to maintain law and order, and at the same time there was a sense of monitoring and deterring the Koreans, and the existence of the first town gave the Korean bureaucrats a heavy sense of urgency, they were worried that one day they would be discovered in advance by the Xia army, so they had to give up all preparations and focus on efficiency.

For a time, the situation in North Korea gradually began to become tense, and the people were always the most sensitive group of smells, they sensed the haze of the war floating in the sky in advance, and in order to escape the war, the civilians living in the villages outside the city moved into the city protected by strong walls with their families.

On the twenty-third day of June in the fifteenth year of Wu'an, the secret report of Jinyi Wei was sent to Dongfang Yang, the acting general of the first town, and the middle-aged general, who also had the identity of the commander of the first brigade, frowned after reading the secret report, and suddenly realized that the situation in North Korea was developing in a direction unfavorable to the Xia army.

The disadvantage here is not so much military, but it seems that the bureaucracy of the entire Korean kingdom is ready to unite against the imperial court, and although the resistance of the Korean bureaucracy can be easily suppressed by the Xia army, it is very likely that after the Xia army controls the whole of Korea, it is very likely that it will not be able to rule the Korean people with the help of the local Korean scholars.

In the case of the general dislike of the Xia army among the scholars, the Xia Dynasty could only transfer officials from the country, and the problem of language communication was a big problem, but although this problem was a little tricky, it was not impossible to solve, after all, Anxi, Burma, Jiaozhi and other places came over like this. ….

After receiving the secret report from Jinyiwei, he immediately sent several messengers to the Xia army camps stationed in various provinces of Korea to inform the Xia army to prepare for battle, and at the same time report to the country, regardless of whether the will of the imperial court can be delivered in time, it is always right to report first.

"Drive! Drive!"

In the middle of the night, a fast horse rushed out of Pyongyang Province and galloped away into the distance, and when the fast horse appeared, several pairs of eyes hiding in the shadows stared at him, followed by a burst of muttering Korean.

The fast horse galloped on the official road, even in the dark of night, he still showed no signs of slowing down the horse, but at this moment, a rope suddenly rose from the ground in front of him, and before the knight could react, the fast horse under his crotch let out a rapid neigh, the man turned on his back, and the knight's whole person was thrown out, and he fell heavily on the hard ground, and there was a crisp click under his body.

He lay on the ground and struggled to get up from the ground, but heard several people coming up from both sides of the official road, and they surrounded him, muttering words that the knight did not understand.

Although the knight couldn't understand it, he was familiar with it in North Korea these days, and after listening to a few words, he knew that these people were speaking Korean.

"You...... Ahem...... You ......" The knight tried his best to blurt out the words of warning and let the men leave, but one of them noticed that he was opening his mouth, and muttered a few words in surprise, and was slapped by the other man, who immediately leaned down and groped for the knight.

The knight wanted to raise his hand to resist, but he was desperate to find that no matter how he moved, his limbs seemed to be out of control, and there was no response, which made the knight's heart suddenly surrounded by despair, he wanted to shout, but the words stuck in his throat still couldn't come out.

If the knight were to be sent to a modern hospital for examination, there would be a high probability that he would have broken while he had landed

The spine caused the whole body to be paralyzed, but now where do people understand this, the man who groped on the knight's body quickly found the letter that was hidden in the inner layer, he did not open the letter, directly put it in his arms, went up and down again, and only stood up after making sure that there was no omission.

"Boss, what is he going to do?" The man who had been slapped pointed to the knight lying on the ground and asked in Korean.

"Kill and leave no mouth alive."

As the words fell, the sword flashed and blood spurted out, and the North Koreans looked around again, and after making sure that there were no witnesses, they left quickly.

……

"Middle Temple Niangniang, this is a secret letter from the Xia people intercepted by his subordinates outside Pyongyang Mansion, please take a look."

A few days later, Seoul, Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Jin listened to the words of the official behind him, his head shifted slightly, glanced at the unopened envelope in his hand, a look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, and then raised his hand, and the female official serving beside him hurriedly stepped forward to take the envelope and handed it to Jin.

After the envelope was in her hands, Kim crushed the sealed vermilion lacquer, opened the envelope, and took out the secret letter inside, how could she also be a family girl carefully cultivated by the Qingfeng Kim family, and there was no pressure to read the Chinese characters that circulated in the North Korean high-level. ….

After she swept around, her face became unsightly, her hands trembled, and she couldn't grasp the letter paper for a while, letting the letter fall lightly from her hand.

"The lady of the middle temple?"

The official who came to hand in the letter in person saw her lose her temper, and suddenly felt that it was not good, and he could not care about etiquette, so he stepped forward to pick up the letter that had fallen on the ground and looked at it at a glance.

After he finished reading it, his face was as ugly as Jin's, and he lost his voice and said, "How is this possible, how did the Xia people learn about our plan so quickly?"

Jin ignored his question, she staggered to the outside of the hall, only took a few steps, and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, the female official helped her in time, Jin did not push away the female official's support, she shouted bloodlessly: "Go, go, summon the Qingfeng Mansion and Senator Jin into the palace!"

The maid outside the hall hurriedly agreed and left in a hurry.

In less than half an hour, Jin Youming, the monarch of Qingfeng Mansion, and Jin Xixuan, the senator, hurriedly entered the hall, Jin Youming didn't know what was happening, but after he saw the extremely ugly faces of the Jin family and the official, his heart tightened in vain.

"What happened?" After saluting the Kim family, Jin Youming couldn't wait to ask.

Jin immediately ordered someone to hand over the letter to Jin Youming, who checked it with Jin Xixuan, and after dozens of seconds, Jin Youming's face also became very ugly, and he said, "Middle Temple Niangniang, the top priority now is not to investigate how Xia Ren knew this news, but to be prepared to act in advance!"

"But the Xia people already know our plan, wouldn't it be self-defeating to do anything more?" Another official present questioned.

"Idiot! Do you think that if we delay the time, we will not be killing ourselves?" Jin Youming scolded.

The official was scolded in public for being a fool, and an old face suddenly swelled like a pig's liver, and he wanted to scold back, but because the old thing in front of him was the father of the middle temple mother, he still forcibly endured it.

Jin Youming didn't pay any more attention to him, and continued: "Middle Temple Niangniang, for today's plan, the only way to do this is to act in advance before the Xia people are ready, and catch the Xia people by surprise, otherwise if the Xia people are fully prepared, the move will definitely fail!"

He really wanted to say that at that time, he was afraid that only ten Koreans would not be enough for one first town to fight, but at this time, saying such things was a suspicion of destroying his prestige because of the morale of others, so he did not say it.

The combat effectiveness of the Korean official army is obvious to all, and the Korean official army has almost completely lost its combat effectiveness after nearly three hundred years of peace, otherwise how could it have lost most of the country's territory in three months in the Imjin War, and the king was ready to flee to the Ming Dynasty.

Even after experiencing the turmoil of the Imjin War, the training prison that was pushed out by Seonjo barely recovered a little combat effectiveness, but that combat power was still beaten by the Qing army in the next two chaos, and the king had to bow three times and bow nine times, and serve the Qing Dynasty as the suzerainty - this also made the last fig leaf for the Korean official army

Tear it off.

Jin was a little moved by her father's words, but at this time, the woman's indecision was exposed, and she didn't dare to personally order the matter to be raised in advance.

Tears.