In fact, the king of Joseon, Li Hui, has always been reluctant to intervene in the war between the Ming Dynasty and Jianzhou.

Before Salhu, in the face of the Ming Dynasty's request to send troops, he repeatedly delayed, delusionally fooled the past, and reluctantly sent troops under Wanli's severe urging.

He even took the initiative to send someone to contact Nurhachi, saying that he was forced to send troops, just for show, and not really to start a war with Jianzhou.

Previously, the suzerainty of North Korea, the Ming Dynasty, sent troops to fight a bloody war with the Japanese for 7 years to protect North Korea, which can be said to be a grace to North Korea.

Whether it is in the court or the people of North Korea, they are grateful to Dade.

Therefore, Li Hui's behavior at both ends of the rat has also been greatly questioned in North Korea.

The direct invasion of North Korea by Jianzhou this time has made his foreign policy even more questionable, and the opposition to him has been rising wave after wave.

After Jianzhou invaded Korea, Li Hui immediately sent an envoy to Daming for help.

After the fall of Xijing and Pyongyang, he sent a second wave, and has sent four waves of envoys in succession.

However, the DPRK also knows something about the situation of the Ming Dynasty and Jianzhou, and the two sides have been in a constant war since March this year, and large-scale conflicts have broken out three times.

Although the Ming claimed to have defeated Jianzhou, the Kwandian region bordering the Ming Dynasty in Korea was now under Jianzhou's control.

They knew very well that it was unlikely that the Ming would directly send troops to break through the Yalu River.

For the time being, it can only rely on North Korea itself to resist Jianzhou.

At present, there are still 10,000 defenders in Hanyang Fortress, the king of Joseon, including 5,000 forbidden troops from the royal city and some "King Qin's army" from the nearby Chungcheong Province and Gangwon Province.

As the royal capital of North Korea, the city wall of Hanyang is naturally the highest in North Korea, with a height of more than 5 meters.

Although it may not be as good as some acropolises in Liaodong, the defensive power of the more than 4-meter-high city walls of Pyongyang and Kaijing in Xijing is still stronger.

But now the Korean monarchs and ministers have long been frightened by the iron cavalry of Jianzhou, and even if they give them the Great Wall, they may not dare to defend it.

Otherwise, Li Hui would not have let Ayayangjun Li Liang go to Kaijing to lead the troops to block Jianyu.

Park Seungjong, the leader of the council, is Li Hui's in-law and his biggest supporter in the court.

Park Seung-jong said: "The unusually strong mountain city of Beihan was broken by Jianju in less than half an hour, and Wang Jing may not be able to resist it for long, so I asked the king to quickly negotiate peace with Jianzhou." ”

After that, all the civil and military forces echoed the voice.

Li Hui had long wanted to negotiate peace with Jianzhou, but it was not easy for him to say this, and now that Park Chengzong gave him the steps, he naturally couldn't ask for it.

However, it is naturally impossible for him to come forward as the king of North Korea, and his status is too low, and he does not attach importance to Yihe.

In the end, this "glorious" and arduous task can only fall on the head of Park Seungjong, the leader of the council, although this kind of thing will inevitably bear infamy, but at this moment he can only bite the bullet.

Soon Park Seung-jong led the Korean peace mission to the Jianju military camp outside the city.

The conditions set by Jianzhou can be summed up in six words: "cutting land, calling ministers, and paying tribute".

First, Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province in northern Korea were ceded to Daikin.

Secondly, North Korea severed the vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty and became a vassal of Dajin, paying 200,000 taels of silver, 300,000 stones of grain, 3,000 pieces of coarse cloth, 1,000 war horses, 500 good bows, and 30,000 catties of coarse salt to Dajin every year.

Park Seung-jong almost didn't lose his breath when he saw this condition.

Originally, Li Hui's bottom line for him was not to be a minister, not to cede land, and to pay tribute.

Park Seung-jong knew that it would definitely not be possible to negotiate without ceding land, so he persuaded Li Hui to agree to cede the original "Ten Jurchen" lands on the south bank of the Yalu River and the Tumen River to Jianzhou.

However, at present, the biggest difference between the two sides is to claim the vassal, and it is absolutely impossible for the DPRK to sever the vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty and declare it to Dajin, even if Park Chengzong and Li Hui want to do this, it is impossible for the Manchu civil and military to agree.

Fan Wenhuan didn't expect North Korea to be a vassal in the first place, this kind of false name didn't matter at all, he did it purely as a means of negotiation.

In the end, he made a concession, and Korea could continue to maintain its vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty, but it had to ensure that it would not intervene in the war between Daikin and the Ming Dynasty and remain neutral.

Since then, the two sides have been called brothers.

Every year, North Korea pays Daikin 100,000 taels of silver, 200,000 stone of grain, 1,000 pieces of coarse cloth, 500 war horses, 200 good bows, and 20,000 catties of coarse salt.

Daikin gives back 50 Korean pearls, 100 deer skins, and 5 bear skins every year.

In terms of territory, Pham Van Ho will not give an inch, and must cede Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province in its entirety.

In the end, Park Seung-jong said almost pleadingly: "I hope that at least Xijing Pyongyang can be returned to North Korea, and North Korea is willing to pay another ransom for this." ”

Fan Wenhuan sternly refused: "North Korea has invaded the Jurchen homeland and bullied the Jurchen people for more than 200 years, this is the price you should pay!" ”

In desperation, Park Seungjong could only return to Hanyang City with this condition!

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of North Korea in Changdeok Palace cried bitterly after hearing about this condition! The ministers beat their chests and scolded in the hall, while the generals on the side lowered their heads and remained silent!

But no matter how they insulted, at this moment, no one stood up and expressed their willingness to lead troops to fight to the death against these prisoners outside the city!

Although Park Chengzong had already been greeted by his eighteenth generation ancestors countless times at this time, he still had to remind: "King Qiyu, there are only two hours left for Jianyu to give us a final reply. If we don't reply, they will regard North Korea as giving up this opportunity to negotiate peace and immediately attack Hanyang City! ”

"Mang Gurtai even warned that if they attack Hanyang City, they will not seal the sword for ten days, and they will definitely not leave the chickens and dogs in the city!"

When they heard the words "chickens and dogs don't stay", the ministers who were still clamoring just now "resolutely cannot agree to this condition" were silent at the moment!

Once he agrees to this condition, he will become the first king in the history of North Korea to cut land, and he will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

If he didn't agree, it would be too late for him to run away at the moment.

The result must be a North Korean version of "Jingkang's shame"!

In the end, he still agreed to this humiliating peace, and in order to send away these plague gods, Li Hui had to loot money and food in Hanyang City.

Soon, the Korean leader and governor Park Seungjong brought the peace document stamped with the king's seal, as well as the relevant land and mu account books of Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province, as well as 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 stones of grain to the Jianju military camp outside the city.

Dai Shan saw that Mr. Fan was really powerful, and he really forced the king of Joseon to sign an alliance under the city.

It seems that the Korean monarchs and ministers should still be ignorant of the war in Kaijing, otherwise they would never agree to such harsh conditions.

Now that the goal has been achieved, they have nothing to drag on.

After all, Hetuara is still very empty now, and it is impossible for the main force of the Eight Banners to stay in North Korea for a long time.

Now I am most afraid that these Tartars will still not leave after receiving the books and money and food, and see that they have finally pulled out the camp and a hanging heart has finally landed.

But his troubles are far from over.

Soon there was news that Ayayang-kun Li Liang defeated the Tartars in Kaijing.

Originally, he thought that Li Liang had falsely reported his military exploits in order to cover up his defeat.

But the people sent to investigate said that Li Liang had killed thousands of enemy soldiers, and there were many heads as evidence.

Only then did Li Hui realize that he had been fooled, Jianzhou did not conquer Kaijing at all, they just besieged Kaijing, and then bypassed Kaijing and approached Hanyang.

What's worse is that Ayayangjun Li Liang achieved the "Great Victory in Opening Beijing", and the matter actually went far and wide.

Now both the market and the court are spreading the praise of Ayayangjun Li Liang Zhiyong and praise him!

This made Li Hui murderous in an instant.

So he announced that he would summon Li Liang back to the court, and he would publicly reward him for his exploits in resisting the Tartars this time!

When the news reached Kaijing, Ayayang Jun Li Liang knew that the king was going to do something to himself, and once he returned to Wangjing, he would inevitably be poisoned.

Li Liang's uncle Gu Hong said: "It is really disappointing that the king signed such a humiliating peace, and now there are more and more people in the court who oppose the king. ”

"It's better to take advantage of this opportunity to return to Wangjing to launch a mutiny directly!"

Although it is said that the soldiers and horses of Kaecheng are all under their control, it is impossible to take the royal city with this point.

Gu Hong said: "Don't forget, Ayayang-kun, there is still a mercenary army in Kaesong!"

After being reminded by his uncle, Li Liang immediately felt that there was a drama in this matter, and with this mercenary army, it was easy to deal with Wang Dujing's Praetorian Guard.

Once Wang Jing is controlled, with Li Hui's recent performance, he will definitely lose people's hearts, and it should not be difficult to replace him by himself.

Soon Gu Hong found Kong Youde and asked them to help control Wang Jing's Praetorian Guard.

Kong Youde really admired Li Xianzhong at this time, and his own young general had already calculated that Li Xian would rebel and seize the throne.

The conditions for the mercenaries were naturally also what Li Xianzhong had thought of for him a long time ago.

Kong Youde immediately said that he could accept the price of 20,000 taels of silver, but their brothers wandered around the sea all day long, trying to find a place to stay.

Phi Dao at the mouth of the Yalu River is a good place, and I hope that Li Ju can give them Phi Dao as a place to live after he ascends to the throne.

Li Hui ceded the entire Ping'an Dao to Jianyu, and this group of pirates just wanted one of the islands as their hiding place, which was not too much.

After receiving the edict issued by Li Liang in advance, Kong Youde and Yu Wanli took this group of mercenaries and marched towards Wang Jing.

Shen Jingzhen and Li Shu, martial artists who were born in the "Westerners' Party" in North Korea, have long been dissatisfied with the current king Li Hui, and these people who hold military power have long been secretly plotting to overthrow Li Hui and set up a new king.

They also needed the prestigious Wenchen to join, so they found the former acquaintance Jin Jin (whose father Jin Ruyu and Shen Jingzhen's father Shen Ji died in Zhongju together during the Renjin War), and the two met late, and soon reached an agreement, ready to recruit more people who were dissatisfied with Li Hui to join.

Shen Jingzhen visited the former envoy Li Gui in the name of condolences to Mrs. Li Gui and clarified the intention of the matter, and Li Gui agreed.

As a result, Li Gui's son Li Shibai, Confucian Jin Zidian and Shen Qiyuan, and former soldiers Cao Zuolang and Cui Mingji all joined the coup group one after another.

And what has happened recently has made them keenly aware that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Soon Shin Kyung-jin found Ayayang-kun's uncle Gu Hong and expressed their willingness to support Ayayang-kun Lee Ju as the new king of Joseon.

Now that they not only have soldiers and horses in their hands, but also have a number of internal agents in Wang Jing, the chances of winning this coup d'état have naturally increased greatly.

On the third night of the tenth month of the 47th year of Wanli, Li Liang, the king of Ayayang, led 2,000 elite soldiers in Kaesong and 800 mercenaries under Kong Youde to secretly march to Hongjiyuan in the western suburbs of Hanyang.

At this time, a total of 800 rebel troops led by Jin Jin, Li Gui, Shen Qiyuan, Cui Mingji, Jin Zidian, Song Yingwang, Shen Jingyu and 700 Hanyang troops under Li Shu were already waiting here.

After the meeting, Li Qi led the more than 4,000 people to march to Changyi Gate in the northwest of Hanyang.

Because the capital supervisors under Li Xingli did not move, they not only successfully attacked Changyi Gate, but also killed Changdeok Palace unimpeded.

The sentry officer Li Xin opened the Dunhua Gate, and the coup army entered Changdeok Palace, set fire to the dormitory, and searched for the Joseon king Li Hui and his son, Li Hui and his son slipped away from the back garden after learning the news.

tried to contact Wang Jingzhong's Praetorian Guards, but at this time, Kong Youde and Yu Wanli had already entered the Praetorian Guard camp and controlled them.

These so-called North Korean elites obediently surrendered without much resistance in front of Ping Yuwei, and Li Hui's father and son, who threw themselves into the net, happened to be caught by them.

At dawn, Ayayang-kun sat on the Hu bed on the steps of the Inseong Hall of Changdeokgung Palace, directing the next move.

He summoned hundreds of officials and first executed Park Jeong-gil, Kim Jie-, and Park Hong-do.

Then he sent Jin Zidian and Li Shifang to Qingyun Palace to inform Concubine Renmu, who had been imprisoned by Li Hui, because only she could give Ayayang the right to inherit the throne.

Then he sent Li Gui to welcome Concubine Renmu, but the concubine did not come out.

At this time, Li Hui's father and son had been captured, and Ayayang Jun carried Li Hui in a sedan chair, rode a horse to Qingyun Palace in person, wept bitterly outside the palace gate, and prostrated himself to wait for the crime.

In the end, he succeeded in impressing the concubine Renmu, who ordered Ayayang-kun to enter and granted him the imperial treasure, and then Ayayang-kun was located in the annex hall of Gyeongun Palace, and succeeded him as king of Joseon.

After Li Ju ascended the throne, he naturally did not admit the contract signed by Li Hui and Jianzhou.

He demoted Lee Hun to Gwanghae-kun and exiled his father and son to Jeju Island.

However, at this time, the country was still unstable, and it was naturally impossible for him to provoke the Tartars.

At present, the most important thing he needs to do is two things, one is to strengthen the defense of Huanghaidao and Kaijing, and ensure that Wang Jing will not be harassed by the Tartar soldiers.

Second, after all, he obtained the throne through a coup d'état, and he still needs the canonization of the suzerain.

In this coup, Kong Youde's mercenaries controlled Wang Jing's guards and captured Guanghaijun Li Hui, which can be described as a great contribution.

Li Liang also fulfilled his promise to give them Phi Dao and allocated them some food and other daily necessities.

Originally, he hoped that Kong Youde and others could defend Kaijing against the Tartars for him.

However, Kong Youde said that their brothers were used to freedom, and they were not suitable to be officials and soldiers, and besides, their asking price was probably not enough for the North Korean state to bear the long-term costs.

Of course, if North Korea is in trouble, they will still help.

Therefore, Li Liang can only put his hope on his suzerain, Daming.

Recently, Wanli can be said to be in a hurry, Yuan Yingtai is dead, but the mess in Liaodong still has to be filled with silver by him.

was borrowed 300,000 taels by the household department, which made his heart bleed.

In the past few days, even the appetite for food has been much worse.

The matter in Liaodong has not yet been resolved, and news of North Korea asking for help has come again.

Jianyu was like a bamboo, not only took Pyongyang, but even had troops under Hanyang, and the king of Joseon sent several waves of envoys to ask for help.

These North Korean envoys are now crying in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites every day, and they are about to turn the Ministry of Rites into a mourning hall.

Sending troops to North Korea?

What are you kidding, the last time I sent troops to North Korea to fight for 7 years, I almost emptied the treasury of the Ming Dynasty.

It was during these years that Nurhachi took advantage of these years to unify the state.

If you go to North Korea to fight again, where will you get the money?

As for the excerpts from the cabinet's instructions, Wanli is still the old way to stay in the middle and not send it.

Anyway, the North Korean envoy was making trouble in the Ministry of Rites, and he couldn't hear it.

At this time, Chang Yun hurried over and said, "Emperor Qiqi, Uncle Ning Yuan asks to see you!" ”

The war in Liaodong was so tense that Li Xianzhong was not on the front line, but actually went to Beijing to see him.

Although this kid is not usually in shape, he is not the kind of person who doesn't know the seriousness, so something big must have happened.

Wanli asked, "Did he say why he asked to see him?" ”

Chang Yun said: "Uncle Ning said that he came to repay His Majesty!"

Wanli doesn't seem to remember what tasks he has been given recently, but I haven't seen him for a few days, so I really miss this kid.

Wan Li said: "For the sake of the sand table he offered to me before, I will make an exception to see him once!" ”

The last time Wanli summoned the same person outside the palace three times in a year, I don't know when it happened.

Soon, Li Xianzhong came to the Qianqing Palace under the leadership of Chang Yun.

Wanli saw that Li Xianzhong brought a big box, so he asked curiously, "What is in this box?" ”

Li Xianzhong said with a smile: "This is a North Korean specialty!" ”

Li Xianzhong often sent him "special products" from all over the country, Wanli said: "I liked the grassland specialty you sent to me last time, is the specialty of North Korea Korean ginseng?" ”

Li Xianzhong quickly ordered someone to open the box and said, "Your Majesty, this Korean specialty is actually similar to the grassland specialty. ”

Sure enough, when the box was opened, a burst of golden light came out of it.

After seeing the gold, Wanli smiled directly on his face and said, "You said that you came to restore your life, I don't seem to have given you any tasks recently?" ”

Li Xianzhong said: "A while ago, Your Majesty didn't ask Father-in-law Thomas to let the last general think about how to make money. ”

When he heard the words "the way to make money", Wanli's eyes lit up.

said: "Could it be that Aiqing's way of making money is in North Korea? ”

Li Xianzhong said: "Your Majesty is wise, and the way to make money for the last general is in North Korea. ”

"Here is 2,000 taels of gold, but the last general sent a thousand people to kill the Tartars in Kaijing for a few days to earn back for Your Majesty?"

A thousand people can earn 2,000 taels of gold in a few days?

Wanli didn't mention how excited he was, but he was the emperor after all, and he still said seriously on the surface: "Okay, you Li Xianzhong, the military department asked you to go out of the customs to relieve the siege of Kuandian, and you shirked it in every possible way." There are extra troops sent to North Korea, are you guilty? ”

Li Xianzhong hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "The last general sent troops to North Korea without permission, and he is indeed guilty; But the situation was critical at that time, even if the last general sent troops one day later, I was afraid that the opening of the capital of Korea and the king of Beijing would fall into the hands of the Tartars. ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, these people all participated in the war as pirates, and did not reveal the identities of the Ming Dynasty officials. also earned back a Phi Island for me in the Yalu River estuary. ”

So Li Xianzhong told the experience of Kong Youde and others in Kaijing.

When Wanli heard that the Tatars had received 500,000 stone of grain and 400,000 taels of silver from the next Xijing Pyongyang, as well as a large number of people and animals, he was thoughtful.

finally sighed and said: "I am a Ming Dynasty who consumes silver when I fight, but I am getting richer the more I fight!" If this goes on for a long time, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Li Xianzhong said: "Your Majesty Shengming, this is the way that the last general came up with for Your Majesty to make money!" ”

"I sent troops for North Korea, and the soldiers, salaries, ordnance, grain and grass, and pensions consumed were very huge, and these expenses should naturally be paid by North Korea."

Although Wanli likes silver very much, the Ming Dynasty is the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire after all, and it is reasonable to send troops for the vassal state to supply some grain and grass to the other party. If even the salary, pensions, and ordnance have to be paid by the other party, wouldn't it make people laugh off their big teeth?

This Li Xianzhong simply fell into the eyes of money, and he was even more obsessed with money than himself.

He said: "This matter must not be done, if other vassal states know about it, they will think that my Ming Dynasty is so poor that they have no money to send troops." ”

Li Xianzhong thought to himself: Isn't it, do I still have the money to send troops now? It's really a shame to die.

So he said: "Your Majesty has misunderstood the meaning of the minister, how can I, as the superior state of the Celestial Empire, ask for military salaries from the vassal state." But if he takes the initiative to ask me to garrison the army for a long time, and repeatedly asks to bear the cost of the garrison, I will never be able to refuse people thousands of miles away. ”

Wanli thought that this Li Xianzhong was really whimsical, and said: "How can any country ask other countries to station troops in their own countries for a long time to protect themselves, and also take the initiative to bear the related expenses, he is not afraid that other countries will take the opportunity to destroy him?" ”

Li Xianzhong said: "As long as Your Majesty appoints the minister as the governor of Korea, the minister guarantees that all the expenses of this Ming army stationed in Korea will be paid by Korea." My Ming Dynasty is equivalent to spending North Korea's money to raise troops to build a state, and North Korea spending this money to buy peace is far more effective than using it on their own army. ”

"Daming and North Korea are a win-win situation!"

Wanli thought about it and made sense, not only did North Korea cede land to Jianzhou, but if the annual annual coins were used on the Ming troops stationed in Korea, it would be a lot of money to recover the land for them.

Anyway, it is to fight the Jianzhou Tartars, to send troops from Liaodong is to fight, and to send troops from North Korea is also to fight.

Sending troops from North Korea can also save a lot of money.

Li Xianzhong said: "Your Majesty rest assured, the Ming army stationed in Korea can still win rewards from the king of Joseon, and the minister guarantees to pay at least 150,000 taels of silver to His Majesty's internal money every year." ”

Wanli was really moved, so he said, "I don't know how many soldiers and horses you need?" ”

Li Xian said: "The soldiers are expensive, not too expensive, and the first batch of generals will prepare to garrison 3,000 horse infantry." However, now that the land route is cut off, the general will need a sailor. ”

In the end, Wanli issued an order: ordered Li Xianzhong, the chief soldier of Kaiyuan, the right governor of the Chinese army, and Ningyuanbo, to serve as the governor of the Ming Dynasty in Korea, and transferred 3,000 horse infantry from Liaodong Town to form the Ming army stationed in Korea, and transferred 50 warships of the Tianjin Navy Division, and 2,000 officers and soldiers were assigned to Li Xianzhong's command. Li Sanshun, the former Tieling staff general, was promoted to Kaiyuan deputy general, and the two towns of Kaiyuan and Tieling were still controlled by Li Xianzhong.

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