Liu Jin returned to Beijing.

When I went to the partial pass, I was in high spirits, and when I came back, it was like the sunset, and the spirit of the people was obviously broken.

The trip to the northwest made him deeply understand that there is still an essential difference between talking about troops on paper and really sending troops to fight, and he blew the sky in front of Zhu Houzhao, and only after the actual operation did he know that the greatest pain in governing the army came from the torment of not having the opportunity to perform.

How many of the soldiers are willing to go to war? They all want to live in peace.

"It's okay to come back, come and help the palace take a closer look, Zhang Bingkuan is going to send troops to North Korea, this is the topographic map of North Korea found by the palace, how do you think the troops should be sent to complete it at the minimum cost?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't have much expectations for Liu Jin, so naturally he was not disappointed.

In other words, expectations have been worn out by time.

Counting on Liu Jin to be his stand-in and help him go to war?

Please, in the eyes of my Master Zhu, you Liu Jin are similar to scumbags, just because you, a guy who talks nonsense, also want to replace me?

"This ...... The slave doesn't know ......" Liu Jin suffocated her face.

The eunuchs next to him all looked mocking.

Let you Liu Jin smack up to Zhang Zhou with a shy face, and you don't want to think about why people want to give you benefits?

Go out now, and when you come back, will the prince still treat you as a confidant?

The power structure in the East Palace is different from before.

Liu Jin asked: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the slave maid has not heard about the dispatch of troops to North Korea, does it mean that Master Zhang has already led troops into North Korea?" ”

Zhu Houzhao yawned and said: "It shouldn't have been in the army, this palace overheard my father mention it, this is top secret news in the court, if any of you dare to leak the news, believe it or not, this palace will ...... him."

Several people looked at Liu Jin with narrow eyes.

Obviously, the news was not leaked before, and now that Liu Jin has come back to know the news, the outsiders know about it, so it can be inferred that he Liu Jin did it?

Liu Jin suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

Zhu Houzhao said boredly: "This palace also hopes to personally lead the troops in the future, conquer the south and the north, and subdue these small countries on the topographic map one by one and include them in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Liu Jin heard the change in the prince's address to Zhang Zhou.

This bear child, like a little adult, actually learned to call Zhang Zhou's words directly by his father?

See what you can endure.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, it is said that there is still a piece of ...... here. Look at ......" Liu Jin pointed to another area of the map, "The slave maid heard Zhang Shi say that the world is very big, and the Ming Dynasty only occupies a corner of it, if you can send troops to take this side and that side in the future, the territory of the Ming Dynasty will be even more vast, and it is said that this side is called America, and you can only go by boat." ”

"Hmph, you know quite a lot?" Zhu Houzhao's face was displeased.

Bengong hasn't spoken yet, what kind of drama are you adding to an old boy?

Liu Jin hurriedly lowered his head.

"These must be handed over to the palace to be consulted in person, and when the palace becomes the emperor in the future, it will not be ...... to see the palace" Zhu Houzhao said this, and looked around, this will seem to have learned what it means to be cautious in words and deeds, "When the prince is the same as the south and the north, it may not be good to be the emperor." I heard that my father is about to give birth to a younger brother and sister to the palace, or a woman outside the palace, it is better to be a younger brother, so that the palace will have peace of mind when he goes on the expedition. ”

Liu Jin looked at Gao Feng and the others.

I thought to myself, I've only been out for less than a year, and the situation in Jingshi has changed so much, even His Majesty is going to have a concubine?

The bear child is also planning to go overseas?

Even if I didn't get along with the prince day and night this year, but my experience in the army for a year, that is also the capital, and when the prince goes out, he won't need me? How do you still mess with me when you see it!

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Tang Yin and his entourage of 5,000 soldiers and horses, after entering Ping'an Road, the Korean monarchs and ministers knew that Tang Yin had come to ask why the 15,000 soldiers had not been released.

When this line entered Hwanghae-do and was about to enter Gyeonggi-do, Lee was also anxious.

This day in the palace of diligent government.

The Korean monarchs and ministers have been arguing about how to stop Tang Yin and Park Yuanzong and their entourage.

"Shut up!" Li had a very bad temper, and asked at the moment, "You group of people, usually fight when you are admonished, but now that the traitor is about to arrive in Hanyang Mansion, what is the point of arguing now?" ”

Li Kedun, the brother of Li Kejun, who caused the "Wuwu Shi Disaster" and was detained by the Ming Dynasty, came out and said: "As the suzerain, the Ming Dynasty deceived people too much, and my North Korea has obviously sent 5,000 troops to help complete the conquest of the Jurchens. Soldiers and horses from Hwanghae-do and Gyeonggi-do should be used to destroy the soldiers and horses led by the traitor Park Won-jong in order to set the record straight. ”

The Li Kejun brothers have always been hard-lined.

This was true for the scholars at home, as well as for the Jurchens and their political enemies.

Li had to rely on them to take down the Shizi forces before, and to put it bluntly, he used these old lords to fight the Wenchen faction...... This is actually very similar to the contradiction between Wenchen and Wuxun within the Ming Dynasty, but Li is more extreme.

It's like Zhu Youzhu used Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu and others to take Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others in one pot, and exiled this group of people.

It's no wonder that he is not scolded by those scholars.

The legitimacy of the later period of Lee's reign was eroded little by little, and finally collapsed, and on a dark and windy night, in what he thought was a "peaceful and prosperous era", he became a prisoner overnight and lost the throne.

Li Dao: "It's okay to be serious, but should you worry about Park Yuanzong, or should you worry about Lai Guogong outside the border?" Do you know exactly where the crisis is? ”

A group of ministers present were talking again.

In his opinion, Tang Yin and Park Yuanzong were not afraid, and the real threat to North Korea was Zhang Zhou, who was still in Liaodong and had no reasonable reason to enter Korea.

Li Kedun said: "My lord, we should use the people of Huanghae Province to hinder Park Yuanzong and his party from continuing to go south, arrest Park Yuanzong, and escort him to Hanyang for trial." ”

The person at the table next to him reminded: "Although Pu Yuanzong is at fault, he is the hero of the expedition to build slaves, should he hurriedly recruit 15,000 soldiers and horses at this time, and then send to assist the Ming Dynasty in the conquest of the Jurchens?" In case Da Ming borrows the topic again? ”

North Korea did not prepare for the 15,000 people at this meeting.

It's not that they don't want to, it's just too much trouble...... After the 5,000 men and horses went out to fight, the Korean monarchs and ministers all thought that they were used by the Ming Dynasty, and we were suffering from a disaster, and the 5,000 soldiers and horses went out for two or three months without moving, so we should have lost a little manpower, change the peace, and let us send another 15,000 people? Am I stupid?

As a result, Park Yuanzong and Tang Yin came back with the 5,000 people, and the DPRK did not say that they would organize any more people, anyway, they felt that the threat of the Jurchens had been lifted, and the Ming Dynasty would not give us land, cities and population, so why waste energy and materials?

Senator Cheng Xiyan said: "At this time, we should send someone to bribe Lai Guogong and give a generous gift in exchange for the Ming Dynasty's forgiveness for the previous matter, otherwise the Ming Dynasty may have a reason to send troops to North Korea." ”

Li Kedun said angrily: "Is that to bow down to Daming?" ”

Cheng Xiyan said: "The Ming Dynasty is the suzerain, since Lai Guogong did not personally lead the troops and horses into North Korea, it means that there is still room for negotiation in the matter, do you think that we have the ability to hinder Lai Guogong's people?" Are you going to make a bad deal with the Ming Dynasty? ”

A group of ministers stood in two factions.

One side advocates peace talks, and the other side advocates toughness.

From the perspective of the Shilin faction, they were more willing to approach the Ming Dynasty and exchange peace for both sides after peace talks.

And the lords' side is on the tough side, not that they really feel that they have the strength to fight a tough battle with the Ming Dynasty, but they feel that the Ming Dynasty cannot have the energy to invade and govern Korea, but also because they understand Li's mind better and want to say things in line with Li's thoughts.

It's called pandering.

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The court discussion was inconclusive.

After that, Li Zai took matters into his own hands and called Li Kendun and Cheng Jun to the inner hall alone.

"You are all lonely and trustworthy people, and now that Pu Yuanzong has committed a rebellion, this person should not be worried, but there is Tang Yin, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, by his side, you should have seen him before. Now what I mean is that on the one hand, I want to send someone to give gifts to Zhang Zhou, who is guarding Liaodong, so that he will not send troops against North Korea and ask him to recall Tang Yin back to the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, I will send someone to take down the traitor Pu Yuanzong. ”

Lee is a two-pronged approach.

Cheng Jun said: "But Park Yuanzong's 5,000 soldiers and horses are meritorious soldiers who have experienced the battle of Duobi City, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to take people." ”

Li's temper seemed cloudy, and he said angrily: "Are you going to disobey?" ”

"Don't dare." Cheng Jun hurriedly looked back at Li Kedun.

Li Kedun said: "The envoy of Huanghae Province has 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, plus the temporarily recruited men and horses, and he can set up an ambush to defeat him before he enters Gyeonggi Province. ”

Li Dao: "Defeat is not a problem, now is it more effective to prevent the loss of soldiers and horses on the Ming side, or to directly arrest the traitors." Send an envoy to arrest this person, and as for the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, let them come to Hanyang City, isn't it just questioning? After asking, send away, just don't see it! ”

Even if Li Zai is stubborn and self-serving, he understands that he can't compete with Daming.

The central idea of his proposal was to bribe Zhang Zhou and Tang Yin to soften their attitude towards North Korea, and at the same time send people to arrest Park Yuanzong to prevent a head-on confrontation with Park Yuanzong's soldiers.

It's not that Li is afraid of failure, but that Li is afraid that Li will lead the 300 people led by Tang Yin...... Don't look at the three hundred men and horses, but if there is a loss and a dispute with Da Ming, Zhang Zhou's army is likely to be killed.

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Li Kedun took the lead and sent people to Liaodong to bribe Zhang Zhou, also so that Zhang Zhou could return Li Kejun to North Korea earlier.

As for Sung Joon, he was responsible for arresting Park Wonjong.

At this time, it was in the Hwanghae Province.

Tang Yin and Park Yuanzong took 5,000 soldiers and horses...... There were 300 men on the Ming side, while the North Koreans still had about 4,700 men...... The journey was already very difficult.

The local generals and officials of Hwanghae Province caused a lot of trouble for the southward movement of the people and horses, and the two sides did not misfire, but in fact, it was almost like the state of wartime.

It was also at this time that Sung Jun personally arrived at the barracks of the coalition forces.

He came to see not Park Yuanzong, but Tang Yin, and named him to make amends to the Ming envoys according to the request of the Korean lord Li.

Tang Yin met with Cheng Jun.

Cheng Jun said: "Tang envoy, the previous relationship was still pleasant, this time North Korea also sent troops to the Jurchen, even if the number of soldiers and horses is insufficient, but the intentions are sincere, why do you want to exchange for the support of the Ming Dynasty for rebellion?" Now, on the orders of my lord, I have come to take down the traitor Park Wonjong and go with you to the city of Hanyang, where my lord will receive you as a guest. Our lord also promised not to embarrass the traitor Park Yuanzong afterwards, and handed it over to the Ming Dynasty, and his family members could also move out or stay in Korea, and never cause harm. ”

Li probably knew that now Park Yuanzong was already a "loyal minister" of the Ming Dynasty.

If Park Yuanzong is killed, it will definitely annoy the Ming side, so nominally he is here to arrest the traitors, but in fact, he is just to show the people in North Korea, and after the fact, he will still take it lightly and release Park Yuanzong to the Ming Dynasty, and even Park Yuanzong's family will not be embarrassed.

Tang Yin shook his head and said, "I have no right to decide on this matter. ”

"My lord has sent someone to ask the Duke of Shilai, you might as well wait for the Tang envoys to garrison the troops first, if the soldiers and horses enter Gyeonggi Province, it is equivalent to the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty, and my North Korea will send 100,000 soldiers and horses to block it, and then it will be doomed."

Cheng Jun Enwei and Shi both.

Tang Yin frowned when he heard this.

An army of 100,000? What about you scare ghosts? Let you go to the Jurchens, you haven't even gathered 5,000 men.

Fight the rebels in the country, and you can temporarily raise 100,000 soldiers and horses? That Zhang Bingkuan asked me to interrogate you, and even to change your lord, which is a reasonable thing.

Tang Yin said: "This can't be done. But I can march slowly first, walk thirty miles a day, and wait for the meaning of Lai Guogong to be conveyed, and then I will decide on the next move. ”

"Okay." Cheng Jun can be regarded as relieved.

Finally, Da Ming's attitude doesn't seem to be so tough.

But he thought about it, Da Ming would never expect this less than 5,000 soldiers and horses to slaughter Li, change the lord of the country, or subvert the Korean kingship, right?

Since it can't, then everything is still negotiable.

Now it's just pulling and talking about conditions.

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With Sung Jun in the army, he marched 30 miles a day in strict accordance with the law, and the back to Gyeonggi Province went much smoother.

Four days later, Zhang Zhou's message arrived.

After reading Zhang Zhou's letter, Tang Yin immediately called Park Yuanzong to his camp.

"Shangcha, are you going to give up your previous plan? I heard the verdict and let me and my family go......"

Park Yuanzong is also a little unconfident about being a traitor.

Tang Yin said: "This is Lai Guogong's letter, you have read it." ”

After reading it, Park Yuanzong was shocked.

"Lai Guogong's meaning, I can escort you to Hanyang City, but you need to use 1,000 soldiers and horses, plus 300 men and horses of the Ming Dynasty to escort you, so that after you arrive in Hanyang City, you can directly launch a mutiny." Tang Yin summarized the contents of this letter.

"This ......"

Park Wonjong simply felt that his cognition had been subverted.

He thinks it's impossible to make a big deal out of 5,000 centaurs, and now he's only giving him 1,000 centaurs? Even if you add the three hundred centaurs of the Ming Dynasty, what can you do?

Tang Yin sighed: "Speaking of which, it is still these 5,000 soldiers and horses that make the whole of Korea feel threatened, if you only bring 1,000 people, they will rest assured that you will enter the city." Don't worry, I will tell your envoy that we will complete the escort, and when we get to Hanyang City, you will contact the people on the list, and I will assist you. ”

"Will it work?" Park Won-jong asked.

Tang Yin said: "After all, I will protect you, after the deed is completed, you are the hero of your new lord, one person under ten thousand people, don't you have the courage?" ”

Park Yuanzong gritted his teeth and said: "It all depends on the support of the superiors." Under the two, it is better to be below the two and above the ten thousand. ”

Tang Yin shook his head: "Don't go into detail under a few people, you have to obey the order." ”

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Tang Yin met with Cheng Jun again and roughly conveyed Tang Yin's meaning.

"If the traitors are escorted to Hanyang City with a thousand men, I think my lord will agree." Cheng Jun was also relieved when he heard it.

In Hanyang City, there are about 30,000 or 40,000 Korean defenders, and 5,000 Korean soldiers and horses are indeed a certain threat.

But if only 1,300 people were sent, then even Cheng Jun felt that the Ming Dynasty had no intention of changing the dynasty in Korea, and it would not be possible to achieve a big deal by relying on Park Yuanzong alone.

"But ......"

Cheng Jun hesitated again.

Tang Yin said: "Are you worried about our Ming firearms, right?" Lai Guogong's meaning is to leave most of the firearms in Huanghaidao, and we will also leave a hundred soldiers to guard them, and you are not allowed to touch them. It must not be imitated. ”

"It's nature." As soon as Cheng Jun heard this, Da Ming's side also took the initiative to reduce the number of people, that is, there were only 1,200 people left.

In this way, even if the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can be a hundred, they will not be able to become a big thing.

"I'll send a letter to Hanyang City in the next place, and we won't delay the trip." Cheng Jun felt that he had done a good job and solved Li's biggest concern, that is, the legitimacy of the government, and he could be a hero again when he went back.

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"Is this man sick?"

Xu Jing looked at Cheng Jun's back and said to Tang Yin, "Didn't Master Zhang say that if there is another disaster, this person will be the first to be eradicated, why is he defenseless against this?" ”

What Zhang Zhou mentioned was that in the future Jiazi Shi disaster, Cheng Jun also became a ghost.

Tang Yin sighed: "The lord of the Joseon country is ruthless, and before his butcher's knife falls on these people's heads, everyone feels that this knife is not long enough to fall on them. ”

Then he turned his gaze to Park Wonjong on the side.

Park Wonjong looked nervous.

Tang Yin said: "Don't worry, if you enter Hanyang City, it will be your territory, with the support of the Ming Dynasty." It's not too difficult for you to overthrow a dumb lord, is it? ”

"Huh?"

Park Yuanzong and Xu Jing were both stunned.

In your Tang Yin's eyes, it is so easy to kill a monarch?

Or is it deliberately simple to comfort us and make us feel confident that we will win?

Of course, Tang Yin was encouraging the morale of the army.

But Tang Yin felt that it was easier to save his own life by bringing 1,200 people into Hanyang City than by bringing 5,000 people to Hanyang City.

Even if Pu Yuanzong committed a rebellion, he could say that Da Ming had no intention of changing anything, otherwise why not bring the other 4,000 soldiers and horses with him?

Tang Yin is also a person who can make small calculations.

(End of chapter)