After all, Li Liang had just become the king of North Korea, although he canonized dozens of heroes of this coup d'état and appointed his uncle, Gu Hong, who was also the great hero of this coup, to serve as the leader of North Korea.

However, its ability to control the court is limited.

Kim Jin, who was also an important figure in the coup and the leader of the "Westerners' Party", was quite dissatisfied with Gu Hong's appointment as the leader of the DPRK.

It is believed that the king is suspected of cronyism.

But Li Liang had just canonized him, and he could not openly oppose it.

However, this time, Li Xianzhong, the governor of the Ming Dynasty stationed in Korea, proposed that the DPRK should bear the food and salary of the Ming army stationed in the DPRK and the loss of armaments, behead it, and recover the city and reward the silver, which really made the Korean ministers dumbfounded.

Da Ming, his "state of parents", actually took the opportunity to blackmail North Korea like a robber.

After all, these people are used to eating white food on weekdays, and they feel that Daming's assistance to them should be free.

It is okay for North Korea to provide grain, grass and ordnance to the Ming Dynasty within its capabilities, but the salary and bounty are too much.

In particular, Li Xianzhong also set up a salt factory in Huanghae Province on the grounds that the Ming army had recovered Haeju, Fengshan and other places in Hwanghaedo Province for Korea, openly dried salt, and also demanded that North Korea provide 20,000 laborers for it.

Although North Korea is a small country, the salt industry is also government-run, and the Ming Dynasty is not allowed to engage in illegal salt, and North Korea is also not allowed to do so.

The most serious thing was that the Ming army stationed in North Korea asked North Korea to contribute to the construction of an Incheon fortress near Incheon Gang, and also built a large port and water village on the grounds that there was no station.

This port was ostensibly the garrison of the Ming army's naval divisions, but in fact it was to facilitate the direct entry and exit of Ming goods from here.

Obviously, in this way, the trade of Korea was also in the hands of the Ming army.

At the secret instigation of Kim Jin, North Korean officials, mainly the "Westerners' Party", opposed allowing the Ming army to open salt factories to dry salt and build ports.

Of course, Jin Jin is a drunkard, not in drinking, his real purpose is to bring down the leader of the government.

It's a pity that these indignant North Korean officials didn't control their emotions and went to the post house where Li Xianzhong was going to petition and make trouble!

Right Counselor Song Yingwang actually knelt down to accuse the Ming Dynasty of exploiting North Korea, attracting hundreds of onlookers?

Originally, the guards wanted to disperse this group of troublemakers, but Li Xianzhong stopped them.

In response to these people's complaints, Li Xianzhong asked rhetorically: "North Korea can't afford the cost of 5,000 Ming troops, so North Korea can afford the annual tribute to Jianzhou?" ”

"The cost of 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Ming army for a month is considered astronomical by North Korea. However, the Ming Dynasty sent more than 50,000 troops to resist the Japanese and aid the Dynasty, and fought for seven years, what was the price paid by the Ming Dynasty? ”

"North Korea keeps saying that Daming is the state of parents in North Korea, and this is how North Korea honors its parents?"

"Whether it's the salt works or the laborers, it's all because North Korea can't afford the military and the incentives to take emergency measures. If North Korea can come up with silver, these can be canceled! ”

"In the seven years that the Ming Dynasty helped Korea fight the Japanese invaders, Nurhachi took the opportunity to unify Jianzhou, so that it caused today's Liaodong trouble. The people of the Ming Dynasty had to pay the 'Liao salary' every year to deal with the threat of the establishment of the state, and there were countless soldiers buried in Liaodong. ”

"Even if there are still thousands of Ming troops surrounded by tens of thousands of Jianzhou troops in Kuandian Fort, but in the face of the crisis in North Korea, my Ming still sent troops without hesitation."

"Compared to what the Ming Dynasty did for North Korea, what is what North Korea is doing now?"

"But you still shamelessly come over to accuse the Ming Dynasty, if you think that my Ming Dynasty is taking the opportunity to blackmail North Korea, then the governor can raise troops to return to the Ming Dynasty today, Liaodong needs these main forces to crusade against the Tartars!"

Li Xianzhong's words were heart-wrenching, so that these North Korean ministers could not refute, and in the end they had to disappear at the door of the post house.

However, after these people left, Kim Zidian, the Korean counselor of Rejo, came to see Li Xianzhong.

I still have some impressions of this person, Li Xianzhong, because more than ten years later, he will be the leader of the DPRK and become a man of the year in the DPRK political arena.

This is also the first time that the famous gate lord "Andong Kim" in North Korea has risen in history.

However, the reason why Kim Zidian is famous is because he is a well-known "Qing faction" in North Korea.

This kind of minister who can put his personal family interests above the interests of the state is exactly what Li Xianzhong needs.

However, the current Jin Zidian is still just a small person, and the Anton Kim family behind him has no career.

He was originally just a Confucian student, and joined the coup through political speculation.

was listed as a first-class meritorious hero by Li Liang, and successfully became a judge from the second rank of the rite Cao (equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Rites).

I have to say that some people have a very keen sense of politics, and Jin Zidian is one of them.

He told Li Xianzhong about Jin Jin's conspiracy to use this matter to bring down the leader of the government, and expressed his willingness to serve.

This person has a history of betraying the country, and such a "traitor" is still very useful to Li Xianzhong.

However, Li Xianzhong also said that although he can exert influence on Li Liang, with Jin Zidian's current qualifications, even if Jin Jin and Gu Hong are both defeated, he will not be able to be the leader of the council.

If Jin Zidian wants to become the leader of the council, I am afraid that he will have to solve the canonization problem of the Korean king Li Liang.

However, the Ming Dynasty was very dissatisfied with this direct coup d'état to overthrow the king of Joseon.

It stands to reason that even if Guanghaijun is guilty, his abolition should be decided by Daming.

Li Liang's coup d'état Daming must not approve of it, and he did not issue an order to reprimand it, which is already the result of his own efforts.

If you want to get the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, you naturally have to satisfy Emperor Wanli, and as for how to be satisfied, you don't need Li Xianzhong to talk about it.

After all, Jin Zidian is a smart person, and this kind of thing is up to the point, let him figure it out for himself.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Jin Jin to make a big fuss about using North Korea to pay the Ming army's salary, but he didn't dare to point the finger at the Joseon king Li Liang, but aimed at his uncle, the current leader of the council, Gu Hong.

The ministers who had slipped away from the post house came to Gu Hong's mansion again and accused him of betraying the country.

Even Gu Hong's son was beaten by this group of ministers and almost burned down Gu Hong's mansion.

Frightened, Gu Hongda fell ill, and soon after, he submitted his resignation on the grounds of recuperation.

Li Qi was furious, and Jin Jin's gang was clearly coming at him.

If he is soft on Jin Jin and the others at this time, it will be tantamount to giving up power, and he will inevitably become their puppet in the future.

It just so happened that at this time, Li Xianzhong put pressure on Li Liang and impeached the right counselor, Song Yingwang, and others for deliberately sabotaging the relationship between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty.

Li Liang just took the opportunity to make a difficulty, and directly took Song Yingwang down and put him in prison, preparing for the canonical punishment.

In order to protect himself, Song Yingwang confessed to Jin Jin, the mastermind behind the scenes.

Jin Zidian seized the opportunity to speak, believing that the behavior of Jin Jin and others would affect the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, and even affect the Ming Emperor's canonization of Li Kun, and should be severely punished.

and took the lead in supporting Li Liang to provide military salaries to the Ming army, thinking that the king was grateful to the Celestial Empire, so that he would definitely get the understanding of the Celestial Empire, and finally get the canonization of the Ming Dynasty.

He also believes that the two most important things in North Korea at present are to recover the lost territory as soon as possible and let the king get the canonization of the Ming Dynasty.

Jin Zidian's words undoubtedly said that Li Liang's heart was in trouble, and in the end, he asked Jin Jin Zhishi to use the little-known Jin Zidian as the leader of North Korea.

In this way, Anton Kim officially became active in the political arena of North Korea.

Originally, after Dai Shan and others signed the peace agreement in Korea, they were ready to leave 7,000 Han troops in Korea, while he and Mang Gurtai led the main force of 8,000 Eight Banners back to Kuandian.

Unexpectedly, there was a coup d'état in Korea, and then the Ming army attacked again and regained Hwanghaedo in one fell swoop.

The Han army was simply unable to recapture Haizhou and Huangzhou, which had been recovered by the Ming army.

On the contrary, the Ming army advanced to the territory of Pyongan Province, and even appeared under the city of Pyongyang for a time, and almost all the areas south of the Taedong River were recovered by the Ming army.

At this time, the Korean people in Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province continued to riot and responded to the Ming army.

In desperation, Daishan had to send 3,000 Eight Banners to garrison Pyongyang, which stabilized the situation.

Li Xianzhong also transferred the main force of the naval division to Phi Dao, and from time to time entered Anju, Dingju and other places in the rear of Pyongyang to plunder.

It even threatened Uiju for a time, but Uiju was the gateway to the Yalu River and the retreat of the North Korean army in Jianju, and if it was lost, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Daishan had no choice but to send 1,08 banners to garrison Uiju again, and another 1,800 banners to garrison Hamhung, the capital of Hamgyong Province.

In this way, Dai Shan's plan to transfer back the main force of the Eight Banners of Jianzhou failed, and in the end, only 3,000 people withdrew across the Yalu River.

The 5,000 Ming troops stationed in Korea were also divided into three divisions, of which half of the 2,000 naval divisions were stationed on Phi Island and half were stationed at Inchon to ensure maritime trade routes; The 3,000 Army Division was based on Hwanghae Road and fought with the Jianju Army.

Although he was the governor of the Ming Dynasty in Korea, Li Xianzhong could not stay in Korea for a long time.

He promoted Yu Wanli to the rank of North Korean counselor and was responsible for the confrontation with Pyongyang's Jianyu.

Kong Youde was appointed as the envoy of Jinyiwei Town, responsible for the trade routes of North Korea, as well as the development of the Intelligence Department in North Korea, and contacted Kim Zidian and others.

At present, the salt works in Hwanghae-do Province have begun to produce salt.

Usually salt farms use the salt drying method.

When drying salt, seawater is first introduced into the evaporation pond, and the water is evaporated to a certain extent after a few days of drying.

Then pour it into the crystallization pool and continue to dry in the sun, the seawater will become a saturated solution of table salt, and then the salt will gradually precipitate, and the crystals obtained are the coarse salt we see every day.

Salt drying generally has to go through seven sets of processes: beach building, beach rectification, tide acceptance, brine making, brine measurement, crystallization and salt harvesting.

However, it was obvious that the North Koreans did not have the same mastery of drying salt as the Ming Dynasty, so Li Xianzhong had to recruit some experienced salt workers from the salt works of the Ming Dynasty to come to North Korea for technical guidance.

Coupled with the credit of cement, the construction of the Yellow Sea Salt Works was soon on the right track.

Then the North Koreans did not come home for the refining technology of refined salt, so Li Xianzhong, a keyboard warrior of later generations, could only act as a technical guide again.

At present, the salt sold to Mongolia is basically coarse salt.

Therefore, the demand for refined salt is not large, so some of the refined salt produced here can be directly put into the North Korean market.

It was impossible for the Ming army to sell salt by themselves, so Kong Youde teamed up with Anton Jin to sell refined salt.

Naturally, it was impossible for the Ming merchants who came to North Korea to do business to implement the "Open China Law" and let them transport grain to North Korea.

Since Daming is still in the forbidden sea, it is impossible to realize the direct route from other commercial ports of Daming to Incheon.

All merchants going to Korea could only take the fixed route from Yingkou to Incheon.

Therefore, Incheon Tongyingkou adopts the direct collection of tax in kind, and three out of ten goods are drawn.

This tax rate is not high compared to the windfall profits of North Korea's trade, but it is not easy to obtain North Korean trade qualifications.

It is necessary to pay 10,000 taels of silver and 10,000 stone of grain to the Joseon Governor's Office every year.

And the North Korean Governor-General's Office only offers 20 places.

After that, if other businessmen want to obtain the qualification to do business in North Korea, they can only participate in the auction situation.

10,000 taels of silver, 10,000 stone of grain is just the starting price.

And thereafter, only one place will be auctioned per month.

Soon, these business quotas were won by major businessmen, of course, basically businessmen from the capital and Liaodong.

The 200,000 stone grain was naturally pocketed by Li Xianzhong, and he sent someone to give the 200,000 taels of silver directly to Wanli.

After all, he promised him at least 150,000 taels of silver every year, and he couldn't keep his word.

Paper can't keep the fire, and he estimates that even if Li Liang doesn't send an envoy to Daming to complain, what he did in North Korea will be known to those courtiers sooner or later.

Therefore, he must first plug Wanli's mouth with silver, and he didn't believe that Wanli was willing to give up this year's income of 200,000 taels of silver.

At present, Li Xianzhong has hoarded a lot of grain.

After a few months of "opening up the Chinese method", coupled with a bumper harvest of 50,000 mu of grain and wheat in Pingyubao.

He has already saved 300,000 stone of grain in Kaiyuan, plus this 200,000 stone, even if there is a drought next year.

To cope with next year's drought, he has asked Pham Van Cheng to build several large reservoirs.

In addition, people from the Intelligence Department have also found sweet potatoes in Fujian, but it is already November, and the weather in Liaodong is no longer suitable for growing sweet potatoes.

Therefore, the intelligence department has set up a small estate in Fujian to grow sweet potatoes and corn, leaving enough seeds for the promotion of sweet potatoes next year.

In this way, even if the drought is severe next year, he can rely on the reservoir and these sweet potatoes to keep his path from failing.

Originally, when Li Xianzhong was not in Kaiyuan, Li Sanshun often replaced him in presiding over the military affairs of Kaiyuan.

Now that he has been officially promoted to the deputy general of Kaiyuan by the imperial court, he can be regarded as having confirmed his identity as a "deputy marshal".

Li Xianzhong's 3,000 Ming troops who entered the dynasty this time were all drawn from the Kaiyuan army, especially Yu Wanli took away 1,000 Pingwei guards, which still had a great impact on Kaiyuan's military strength.

However, fortunately, the Ministry of War sent all the 500 pieces of armor and 500 Lu Mi guns that were owed to the Kaiyuan Army to the Kaiyuan Army.

Coupled with the 500 Lumi guns produced by Pingyu Fort, the Kaiyuan Army is now not short of equipment, and soon re-recruited 3,000 new troops.

Since Yu Wanli had been promoted to the rank of Korean general, Pyongyuwei needed to reappoint the commander.

Recently, Li Xianzhong transferred several generals from other towns to Kaiyuan through the relationship of the military department.

Man Gui is one of them, he was originally a Xuanfu guard, and he was stronger than archery since he was a child.

Da Ming's previous bounty for the Mongol head was as high as 50 tael-level, and he had received the bounty several times but had never been promoted.

He was nearly thirty years old before he became the general flag. It took another ten years to become the head of a hundred households, and later after several promotions, he became a Chaohe garrison.

originally thought that this life would be like this, but I didn't expect that when he was in his forties, he also had shit luck, and suddenly received an order from the Ministry of War to transfer him to Kaiyuan, and he was directly promoted to a guerrilla in Hongtoushan without doing his best.

It is said that he was appreciated by Ning Yuanbo and Li Xianzhong.

Although he has not yet seen this youngest chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty.

However, his recent record is known to everyone in the Ming Army!

Especially the exaggerated number of beheadings, presumably following this Ning Yuanbo must be indispensable for rewarding silver.

But what shocked him the most was the equipment of the Ping Yuwei, all of which were heavy cloth armor, as well as the range and power of the 120 paces of the Nalu Mi Gun.

He never thought that an army of 1,500 people would be equipped with so many artillery guns and guns, which was simply the firearms configuration of the Shenji Battalion.

The configuration of other generals' elite families is only the equipment of ordinary soldiers here.

Therefore, he also cherished the opportunity to command this army, thinking that he must make meritorious service to repay Ning Yuanbo's kindness.

At this time, the main forces of Kaiyuan Sanguan had all gathered in the north of the boundary domain of Jianyu.

In addition to Mangui's Pingyuwei, Mao Wenlong's Guangshun Army, Gao Mingtai's Xin'an Army, Li Guanfeng's Zhenbei Army and Li Ketai's Tieling Guard, almost all the elite troops in Kaiyuan Tieling Town gathered here.

The gunners of the Pingyuwei were nervously adjusting their gun positions through the crosshairs and illuminators on the guns, and then they finished loading the shells and gunpowder.

With Man Gui's order, the gunner lit the fuse of the cannon.

Then the ten Hongyi cannons bought back from Macao let out a roar!

Zilharang was looking at the Ming army in the distance at the head of the Boundary Domain.

At present, the main forces of Jianzhou are in the south near Kuandian and the Korean region, and this is the front line to resist the southward threat of the Ming army to Hetuala, and he is well aware of the importance of the boundary domain.

At this time, there were only 3,000 people in the blue flag in the city, but the Ming army under the city was 5,000 or 6,000 people, half of each horse, which was not good news.

Fortunately, the artillery of the Ming army looked quite bluffing, but the shells fell about fifty steps away from the city wall, and did not cause the slightest damage to the Boundary Domain City.

The blue flags on the city laughed loudly, and they were already in battle, waiting for the Ming army to come and send them to death.

The first round of shelling was less than ideal, the gunners increased the amount of gunpowder loaded, and with the first round of fire as a reference, the next round of gunpowder was much more certain.

Soon a cannonball landed on the tower, and the loud sound was as if there was an earthquake, and the flying bricks fell all over the city, directly knocking down several soldiers.

Several shells were also fired on the city wall, and large pieces of wall bricks fell, leaving large pitted holes, and the rammed earth inside had been exposed.

Zilharang was taken aback, the artillery of the Ming army was so powerful?

If this continues, I am afraid that the city wall will be at risk of being blown down.

However, he soon stopped worrying about the artillery, because by this time the Ming army's musketeers had advanced to a distance of a hundred paces away from the Boundary Domain.

"Bang, bang, bang"

As a white smoke rose from the city, dozens of Eight Banners soldiers on the city were hit by the Ming army's firecrackers.

Although they were wearing heavy cloth armor, they were still pierced by the Ming army's firearms, and the city was filled with the painful wails of the Eight Banners!

The blue-flaged archers on the city immediately released arrows to the city, but unfortunately the Ming army was more than a hundred paces away from the city wall, and their bows and arrows could not reach it at all.

The Ming army's style of play, which does not emphasize martial virtues, directly made Jierharang angry.

At this time, he really had the urge to open the city gate and kill the Ming army.

Unfortunately, the deep trenches dug by the Ming army, the shield soldiers and spearmen around the musketeers, and the cavalry waiting behind him made him quickly abandon this idea.

He called the herald and said, "Hurry up and tell the Great Khan that the main force of the Ming army is storming the city of the Boundary Domain, and this place is about to be undefended, let him return to the division quickly; In addition, inform Gule Zhai and Hetuala to strictly prevent the Ming army from attacking the city! ”

At the same time, Kuandian Fort, which had been besieged by Jianjian for two months, had also entered its final moment.

Although Huang Taiji did not carry out a large-scale siege during this period, there were still small-scale sieges and harassments by the Han army, and the sharpshooters of the "savage tribe" were constantly waiting for opportunities to shoot the Ming army.

After two months, there were less than 1,000 white pole soldiers left at this time.

Huang Taiji said: "Qi Yu Great Khan, the autumn harvest has long ended, and the Korean Baoyi has also replaced the original Han Baoyi in large quantities, and the new 10,000 Han troops have arrived at the front line from Hetuala, and we can attack the city." ”

Although Daishan's main force was still trapped in Korea, they were still reinforced by the Han army.

After plundering North Korea, Jianju is now also rich in grain and grass.

They can't be dragged here for a long time, and they must take Kuandian today.

Soon, a large number of Han troops poured into the city walls like a tide.

Although the marksmen of the White Flag were excellent in archery, it was difficult for them to find an opportunity to shoot the Ming army.

After two months, those reckless Ming troops have been sent away by them, and the rest of them have basically mastered the trick of avoiding arrows.

Immediately next to the city wall, he doesn't show his head at all, and even in the fight, he takes care to protect himself.

In desperation, they had no choice but to give up sniping, and instead used the method of projectile to shoot a round of arrows to the city.

The morale of the Han army was also greatly boosted after receiving reinforcements, and today they want the heads of these Ming troops as their own steps.

But the idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Although they can climb to the top of the city, they are no match for the white pole soldiers.

The white pole guns in the hands of the Ming army were more like soul hook guns, constantly devouring the lives of the Han army, and after a while, the city was covered with the corpses of the Han army.

Ma Xianglin, who is already blind in one eye, is like a one-eyed god of war, and the Han army he killed is terrified!

Barely the Han army survived two rounds under his snatch, and by this time his silver armor had been dyed red.

Even the battle-hardened Nurhachi had to sigh: "The courage of this person is no less than that of Changshan Zhao Zilong back then!" ”

Just as he was about to put in the final urging of the Eight Banners of Jianzhou, suddenly a fast horse galloped over.

The messenger shouted: "Qi Great Khan, the artillery of the Ming army has almost collapsed the wall of the Boundary Domain, please return to the division quickly!" ”

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