The White Terror pervaded Seoul.

The legitimacy of the Li royal family for more than 100 years, Queen Wending's stable harem for more than 20 years, and Yin Yuanheng's authority for several years have all exerted the final effect.

Killed so many of his own people, but Seoul is still not in chaos.

This faintly made some people feel in their hearts: The Shilin faction has been bullied many times for many years, and it turns out that these scholars really don't have many eggs.

There are a lot of vacant positions, and Yin Yuanheng just used them to reward others: Lao Xun, Yin's family, and relatives and friends of heavy generals...... After being scolded by his sister, Yin Yuanheng also knew that he was impulsive before.

But the wood is already in the boat, and now he can only say: "If the internal worries are eliminated, there will only be external troubles!" Now that everyone is in a prominent position, they are united in one mind, why worry that the foreign enemy will not retreat, and the wealth will not exist in the future? ”

The left and right councils, the left and right councilors, the left and right counselors, the six Cao judgments, the new Dasi Xian, the Da Si Ji, and the Seoul Prefecture Judge, and the newly sealed Wuwei Prefecture Governor, Du Promotion, Promotion, Imperial Camp General, Praetorian Guard General, Hu Wei General, and Thief Arrest General after retreating to Seoul......

As far as the eye can see, they are basically from the second grade or above, "the pillars are full of halls, and the talents gather".

"The Hamgyong Road thieves have stopped now, and there is news for the real picture!" Yin Yuanheng took out a silk silk, "You pass it and see it!" ”

He said excitedly: "The prefectures of Gangwon Province are rushing to collect new grain. After more than a month, it snows heavily, and it is time for a counterattack! Tyranny sent the Liao King of the Zhu family to Ping'an Road, and the wolf's ambition was clear at a glance! Li wagged his tail and begged for mercy, in a vain attempt to betray the country and seize the throne, the eight ways have long been known to everyone! ”

On the silk silk, it is the latest news written by the Hamgyong Provincial Metropolitan Protector and Daomu and other civil and military officials.

A large number of Ming officials went to Ping'an Road and Huanghai Road, and together with Li, they cleared their fields and land, decided cases and raided their homes, and they actually reported to the Liao King who went to the dynasty together and Gong Yongqing, who was the envoy of North Korea.

Hamgyong Province was originally a thief who was no longer appointed by Yin Yuanheng, and at the beginning, he attacked Pyongan Province and Gangwon Province in the name of helping Wang Shizi. But after the Ming army entered the court, they shrank back again.

Yin Yuanheng felt that the vitality was getting closer and closer, and his eyes were bright and said: "As long as it is winter, the army of Hamgyong Province intercepts the back road of the Ming army, it will be different!" The Ming army has besieged Seoul for so long, why didn't they attack it? I can't! If the attack is frustrated, the dead and wounded will not be replenished, and they will not be able to retreat! Now I hope that we have messed up the morale of the army, which is really underestimating us! ”

After a pause, his voice was suppressed a little, and he said again: "Those Shilin faction wall grass, think that they can do what they can do by wagging their tails and begging for mercy to the tyrant, let's see!" There are so many official gentry and wealthy families in Huanghai Road, Ping'an Road, what is the end? Spread what happened there to the east and south, and the great clans everywhere knew that there was only one way for King Qin to defend against the enemy! ”

At this time, today's "salute" rang out again.

The shouts didn't get here, and then they were noisy.

"Lord Leader...... Today I changed my rhetoric again......"

Soon after, of course, someone brought in for the record.

Yin Yuanheng looked at it, his face was a little gloomy, and he looked up at the defender generals.

"I know that the situation is difficult, and not everyone can be loyal!" Yin Yuanheng sneered, "Tyranny miscalculated, causing some soft-boned dogs to jump off the wall in a hurry, but it was to create a good opportunity for the original appearance to clean up the stubborn disease." And the defenders are loyal and brave, although they read less books, they can see the truth more clearly! ”

He passed the paper on as well, and they would eventually find out what was shouted outside the city anyway.

Today's target is precisely the soldiers.

Yin Yuanheng still made his words clear: "The heart of the Tyranny to damage our society, cut off our country's Zuo, and enslave our people is undoubtedly revealed, if the Tyrant really succeeds, some scholars may still be able to wag their tails and beg to be a scribe, but the righteous are endless, and the Tyranny will be ruthlessly suppressed, how can the North Korean military generals and soldiers be reused?" Only now there are more than 100,000 troops, and everyone must be undressed as slaves, as young and strong coolies! ”

Whether these words are right or not, it's hard to say.

But at least now facing these high-ranking generals of the defending army against him, everyone knows that they cannot have a future in front of the Ming army.

What Da Ming can give them can't be as much as what Yin Yuanheng is giving now.

Yin Yuanheng's words can also be used by them to remind the people below.

The reason does make sense: once the Ming Dynasty takes the King of Liao as the king of Korea, it is to focus on the Ming Dynasty and the civil and military, and the Korean locals, how can they still climb to the position of high-ranking officials and Houlu? And how dare the Koreans, who govern foreign races, have many suspicions, and the most important military force used to prevent riots?

On the side of the big tent of the commander of the Ming army in the north of the city, Song Liangchen paid attention to it for a day.

“…… There's not much movement today. ”

"How can there be movement every day? Don't be in a hurry ......," Zhang Jing said.

"It's getting colder and colder, do you really want to wait for them to make a big mess and win without a fight?"

"It's okay, will you still lose?" Zhang Jing shook his head, "It's still the same as usual." The defenders could not withstand a defeat, and they did not dare to go out of the city gates. For the sake of long-term planning, Hou Ye and Yangwu Hou asked their subordinates to build the future Liaonan camp and military port on the Incheon side. ”

Song Liangchen could only be speechless, but he did not express any objections.

The Korean defenders could not afford a defeat, so they never went out of the city to loot or anything. As long as the Ming army does not take the initiative to attack, it seems that there is no danger.

But God knows if they will suddenly go all out in desperation for a decisive battle?

It's not like that, it's just psychological pressure on the other party, right?

Their eastern side is unimpeded, and although the scouts have not seen many troops coming, if there is no shortage of supplies, they can continue to be consumed like this.

When the heavy snow fell, the Ming army camped outside the city naturally had a little difficulty.

Because of this special offensive and defensive situation, the area around Incheon on the coast west of Seoul, which was not detected by the Korean defenders, was really lively at the moment.

Incheon used to be called Inju, but now it is called Incheon-gun.

The warships of the Beiyang Maritime Division are now anchored here, and Xue Han uses his ships and marines to control the passage to Seoul in the south of Gyeonggi Province, and also firmly control Incheon.

Today, the small port by the Incheon Sea is in full swing.

On the docks, a shopkeeper of the shipping bureau was watching the new batch of people who had been brought here.

He looked at the panicked group of people and looked at the interpreter: "You say to them: You work here, and the wages are paid every day, and you take care of one meal." The port has been repaired, and there is still a lot of work to be done in the future. If you have fellow villagers, you can also call them when you go back, don't be afraid. The Ming Dynasty sent troops to North Korea in order to save the Korean people from military disasters. In the future, there will be more cargo ships, and there will be more work here! ”

The long-term strategy of the Ming Dynasty has long been assigned to the shipping bureau: the commercial port and military port here will also be the throughput hub of the shipping bureau in the direction of North Korea in the future.

Although the battle is not over yet, Daming has begun to operate this place as his own land.

On the side of Ping'an Road, Gong Yongqing has been so busy that his feet don't touch the ground during this time.

Li has always seen what he has done, and his mood has become more and more complicated.

"Starting today, I will rush to all the provinces to supervise the grain! It's important to keep in mind that this is crucial for the first time. Do one thing well, then all the people will return to their hearts. There is no need to levy more, switch to a new pole scale and a lifting bucket, reduce the levy by half after the war, and don't embarrass them on the pound. Tell them that after the completion of Qingzhang, the system will be restructured next year, and it will not be heavier than this year! The new grain will not be harvested this year, let them keep it as seeds. There are officials who oppress the township, and they see one by one! Don't be afraid that no one will help you do things, hire them with money! ”

Li watched him admonish the young officials who had entered the court, and thought to himself that there was indeed no shortage of silver now.

During this period of time, Gong Yongqing has broken too many cases here and raided many officials and gentry who have done evil.

As long as the DPRK has struggled for power, formed parties for personal gain, and cronyism, there have been as many years of wanton expropriation and extortion and unspeakable misery as there have been in the local government.

Now that they are using their dirty money to do things and buy the hearts of the North Korean people, all the Ming needs to do is to let these people who are sent to be officials not take the opportunity to accumulate excessive wealth.

He heard that these young officials had been "studying" in front of the Ming Emperor for several months before they set off.

That must feel that Jane is in the emperor's heart, with a heavy responsibility, and a great future, right?

Even if Gong Yongqing, who is a positive third product, has worked tirelessly in these months since he encountered this opportunity, he has been the embodiment of justice everywhere he goes, making decisions for the people.

Can't get the hearts of the local Korean clans?

It's different, I heard that over there in Jiulian City, there is still a steady stream of Ming people coming.

Businessmen, down-and-out scholars, craftsmen, ordinary people who want to gamble their fate......

Even on the side of Ping'an Road and Huanghae Road, in just a few months, there are some young North Korean scholars who have known some words and read some books in the past, or they are from a wealthy background, or they are down-and-out, but they are all impressed by Gong Yongqing's talent and personality, as if the Ming Dynasty has brought the opportunity to truly benevolent government and use talents.

North Korea's seemingly stable hierarchy and local governance structure in the past are vulnerable in the face of the Ming Dynasty's ample preparations.

The king of Liao only had to stay in Pyongyang, and he suddenly wanted to become the lord of the real land, but he still did not adapt.

But his mother, Concubine Mao, had the experience of actually managing a Liao domain in the past.

"Now is to be gracious to the people! There are still a few roads that have not been pacified, all you have to do is to go out and walk more and pacify the people. "Mao's clear," Lord Gong is extremely capable, and it is good to ask him to be the master of government affairs first. In addition to appearing more, the most important thing to do is to persuade students to study. You also studied in front of His Majesty, and went to Sungkyunkwan to give lectures. Right now, North Korea is a scholar who will definitely be useful in the future, and he hates his old relatives for so many years of chaos and collects their hearts! ”

"What the mother said is, then I'll go ......"

This generation of Liao kings did have an unusual fate.

The seventh generation of the Liao King died a strange death, and he was also involved in the rebellion at that time. Although not directly related, Zhu Zhige and his brother's plan still made Zhu Houxi angry.

He was adopted under the name of Zhu Zhige, raised by the Mao family, and lived in the shadow of Zhang Juzheng, the prince's companion who lived in his mansion for a while.

But he is not like the eighth generation of the Liao King who originally led to the expulsion of the Liao Domain, but he is indeed more calm and obedient.

Now the Mao family feels that the opportunity is rare, and before coming to North Korea, she did a great job, and the Liao domain industry was almost sold by her.

When he arrived here, it was inevitable to show grace everywhere, and he had already begun to choose local Korean concubines for the Liao king.

It's all about a more stable future.

Compared to the situation in Pyongan Province and Hwanghae Province, Gangwon Province in the east of Gyeonggi Province and Gyeongsang Province in the southeast of Gyeonggi Province in North Korea do not know the situation in the northwest.

And the news that spread from Seoul was like a bolt from the blue for the officials and gentry of these two provinces.

How can there be a posture of exterminating the local clans! That's it, Daming still wants to take the descendants of Huang Ming as the lord of Korea?

I have to say that Yin Yuanheng's analysis is also reasonable.

But at this juncture, in fact, he has already entered Zhang Jing's conspiracy.

When's the time? It's time for this year's grain harvest to begin.

Outside Seoul, how much pressure is Yin Yuanheng?

Now, no matter what, it is Yoon Wonheng who is at the forefront, and the promise he made to the local civil and military clans includes maintaining the existing Korean order and safeguarding their interests.

In exchange, could it be that these two provinces, which have not been affected by the war for the time being, cannot support Seoul in terms of food, grass and materials, and jointly defend against foreign enemies?

What's more, on the southeast sea, I heard that there is also a one-eyed marshal with a few warships to intrude on the place from time to time.

Naturally, they will be more tyrannical and put the burden on them.

"The Han people have taken away the people of Ping'an Road and Huanghai Road to be coolies! Now that Yin Xiang is still struggling to support, are you going to let Wang Shi be defeated, and those Ming troops will come and snatch your family's children? ”

But they don't have to say it alone.

After all, the Shilin disaster that night in Seoul still came out, and it is difficult to say what will happen to scholars after they become officials, but before they study, especially when they are young, they will still have some passionate ambitions and ideals.

Now, Shilin's top echelons in the Korean court have been almost wiped out, but this situation is the darkest moment for them.

The news that Yin Yuanheng arranged to spread to the east and southeast was also interpreted by them as a situation.

I can't say it thoroughly, but at least in the countryside, some poor scholars will also point out a few words: Ping'an Road and Huanghai Road are just beating the big gentry and distributing land to the people.

In their limited knowledge and knowledge, the new law of the Ming Dynasty, which has been vigorously implemented for many years, has also spread here to some extent.

"The kingdom of God is the same to us, and it will be to Hermes-Epitek?"

"Then I don't dare to say it...... It's just that everyone knows that the reign of the kingdom is now the Emperor of the Ages......"

Yin Yuanheng set up the enemy of the Ming Dynasty very brutally, although he was more brutal to the Shilin faction, but the common enemy still made the Korean gentry choose to fully support him.

But there are two sides to everything, and the poor scholars in North Korea feel that they can't get worse in the future...... They are not officials now, and they are not big households.

In the rebellion and subsequent rout of Ping'an Province and Huanghai Province, there were also some civilians and deserters who wandered to the rest of the provinces.

Naturally, they brought out some facts, including the relief received by tens of thousands of refugees on the north bank of the Yalu River last winter, including the fact that a new crop called potatoes is now planted there......

"When will this be done?" Song Liangchen became more and more anxious.

"Song Hou!" Zhang Jing couldn't help but nod him, "Have you forgotten Your Majesty's teachings?" War, just means! It's not here to win a battle and show off your might, take a long-term view. When the battle is over, people's hearts have also changed, and this is even more important! ”

"They're all starting to get new grain coming in from the east! You should always do it to rob the grain road, right? ”

"What are you doing with the food?" Zhang Jing continued to shake his head, "The more luck, the better!" Didn't Song Hou think that the grain transported could be eaten by the people in the city? Even if you want to buy it, what is the price? The more you transport, the easier it will be to get relief when you enter the city. The more it is transported, it means that the rest of the Dao is on a rampage! ”

"Only for the defenders, then the army's heart will be more stable, and it will be more difficult to fight! For so many days, there has not been a general uprising! ”

"Do you have to rely on the defenders to revolt and win? I didn't expect that. ”

Song Liangchen looked at him helplessly: That day, when you said that you would call the Shilin faction and then call the soldiers, your expression was not like this.

In Song Liangchen's view, it is almost winter. If Ping'an Road and Huanghai Road are not guaranteed, the Ming army's grain and grass will only rely on sea transportation. Now the situation is getting worse and worse.

Zhang Jing insisted on implementing such a strategy, and he was not afraid of any counteroffensive chaos in various parts of North Korea after the onset of winter.

"Wait!" Zhang Jing's eyes stared at the north gate of Hancheng in the distance, "Wang Shi is not here for conquest, but for rescue." It will take longer for people to turn their backs. For several months, only the city wall was bombarded, and the people in the city had built fortifications for so long and done hard work for so long, and when it was cold and cold, they still couldn't eat enough and couldn't wear warm clothes, couldn't they figure out the benevolence and righteousness of the king who could have been fighting with all his might but patiently persuaded him to surrender? ”

“…… The army is in the hands of Yin Yuanheng, useless. ”

"Who says it's useless?" Zhang Jing was unswerving, "The situation seems to be more and more favorable to him, and the longer the situation outside the city is stable, the more he will relax!" When the new grain arrives, let those people shout to the city and sell the grain at a reasonable price! ”

Song Liangchen was stunned again: What kind of operation is this?

(End of chapter)