The Lord of Shouyang has already figured out that the reason why the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had an ambiguous attitude towards his coup d'état was that he wanted to take the opportunity to take North Korea.

Think about it from another angle, with a population of more than one million people in Guangxi Province in the Ming Dynasty, North Korea can top three Guangxi.

North Korea's specialties cannot be said to be abundant, but they are still far stronger than Guangxi's.

In such a comparison, for Emperor Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty, who was eager to expand his territory, North Korea was still extremely tempting.

Others may not see the situation very clearly, but Shouyang Dajun knows in his heart that he is finished.

The most important thing about a coup d'état is to take control of the army, and then use prestige and killing to deter opponents.

Today's Great Tomorrow is a positive example: first control the Yingzhou Guard, have a basic plate composed of 30,000 or 40,000 troops, and then win over the elite Shaanxi border army.

Then the battle was defended by the Beijing Division, and the great defeat was also the first to establish authority, and finally the capital mutiny, completely purging the opponents.

At this point, the overall situation has been decided, and then slowly kill the former queen mother and abolish the previous emperor.

It took five years.

According to historical experience, this is also a normal time for the aftermath of a coup d'état.

Shouyang Dajun is a little crazy, the problem is here, the great tomorrow does not give himself time to deal with the aftermath of the coup.

The 30,000 heavy infantry on the Seonju front were transferred back and sent to Gyeongsang-do and Jeolla-do to suppress the Daejo of Geumseong and Anpyeong.

Now it's good, Pyongan Province, Hamgyong Province, Gyeongsang Province, and Jeolla Province, each with 10,000 heavy infantry.

There are four directions in total, and there is no way to concentrate superior forces in each direction.

North Korea does not have a large-scale cavalry, so it is easy to secretly form 50,000 heavy infantry, and now all of them are exposed, just wait for them to be completely harvested by the despicable and shameless emperor.

Shouyang Dajun was easily scolded, and after some dissipation, Quan Wei and others rushed to ask for a meeting.

Quan Wei was also anxious, because he himself was not the confidant of the Shouyang Maharaja, but was pulled onto the thief ship by the Shouyang Maharaja before the coup.

At that time, the assistant ministers of Tuogu, Jin Zongrui and Huang Furen, were in power, and it was because they were dissatisfied with this that they supported the prince of Shouyang to launch a coup d'état, and the two were equivalent allies.

Now Quan also senses that a catastrophe is coming, and they are going to fly separately.

Everyone gathered together and quarreled for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a reason.

These 'heroes of appeasement' are really anxious, once Seoul is breached, what awaits everyone is the annihilation of the three clans.

Finally, Quan also complained loudly: "Maharaja, it was you who instigated us to start an incident, saying that we will definitely be able to set things right and sweep away the traitors."

Recently, you ordered so many people to be killed, and we can't turn back. But all four realms are enemies, and it is difficult to destroy either side in a short period of time.

Tell me, how can we make a living? ”

The Lord of Shouyang waited for this sentence, and immediately replied: "Bring foreign aid into the court, and quickly kill the Lord of Jincheng and the Lord of Anping."

Then he sent out the troops of the country and went north with reinforcements to fight the Ming army. ”

"Bringing foreign aid into the DPRK?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, where did the foreign aid come from?

"At the beginning of this year, the Emperor announced the cancellation of Japan's status as a non-conscripted country and the severance of trade with Japan.

Now Japan has been besieged for half a year, and ironware, tea, silk, and cotton silk from the Ming Dynasty have all been cut off.

It's only been half a year, and Japan can't bear it anymore. If it lasts for two or three years, Japan will collapse directly.

Therefore, please ask Japan to be foreign aid, first eliminate the Jincheng Maharaja and Anping Maharaja, and then we will join forces to attack the Ming army in the north and attack Liaodong all the way.

Thus he forced the first emperor to recognize Japan as a country not to be conquered, resume trade, and recognize me as the king of Korea, and restore peace.

Wouldn't it be nice to have the best of both worlds? ”

Quan immediately grasped the key to it: "This is to lure wolves into the house and seek skin with tigers." Once Japan sends a large army into Korea, even if the Ming army is defeated in the end, will Japan be willing to withdraw easily? ”

Lord Shouyang shook his head: "This is not called luring wolves into the house, this is called driving tigers and devouring wolves, or you can simply say that it is okay to drink water to quench your thirst."

If we introduce Japan into the DPRK, we can still support it, and in the end, it is a big deal to pay tribute to Japan.

Anyway, we always have to pay tribute, and if we don't give Japan a minister, we have to call the Ming Dynasty.

But if we don't attract foreign aid, we won't be able to survive this year, so you just wait for the three tribes.

Well, just wait, we don't even have to prepare a coffin, because we'll all end up being thrown into the mountains to feed wild dogs. ”

When it comes to feeding wild dogs, everyone feels a little chill down their spines, and they can feed wild dogs themselves, but there are still beautiful wives and concubines at home.

was coaxed and frightened by Shouyang Dajun, and everyone finally had to choose to compromise, that is, to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

The next step was to select an envoy to serve as a lobbyist in Japan, which was a difficult task.

After another quarrel, Han Minghun was finally selected as the most hardcore henchman of Shouyang Dajun to envoy to Japan.

Han Minghun was also reckless, and immediately made a suggestion: "Dajun, I'll go now, my name is not right, and my words are not good."

In the opinion of the ministers, it is better for the Maharaja to establish himself as the king, and only by serving as a plenipotentiary envoy appointed by the king of Korea can the ministers attract the attention of Japan. ”

The Lord of Shouyang pretended to prevaricate, and everyone saw that the matter had come to this point, and it would not work if they didn't go all the way to the dark, so they all pleaded again and again.

In the end, the king of Shouyang reluctantly made it difficult and succeeded the monarch.

Everyone said they would do it, and early the next morning, Quan led more than 100 guards to the palace to meet the king.

Poor Korean King Li Hongwei, who has no soldiers and no power, is difficult to resist. He only wants to save his life, and does not think about it.

So Li Hongwei personally led a hundred officials to the residence of the Lord of Shouyang, and insisted on giving way and kneeling to ask the Lord of Shouyang to take over as the king of Joseon.

After some tugging, the Lord of Shouyang accepted Chan Rang and officially became king.

Li Hongwei was revered as the king of Gongyi Wenwen.

Immediately afterwards, the prince of Shouyang, Li Yao, exercised the rights of the new king and appointed Han Minghun as a plenipotentiary envoy to Japan for help.

At the same time, Zhu Qiyu hosted a banquet on Kunming Lake and among the boats, Cao Tai, Xu Guan, and Xie Sheng, who ranked among the top three in the second class.

is completely different from yesterday's Yin Zhi, Geng Yu, and Zhang Ning, Cao Tai, Xu Guan, and Xie Xing, the landscape trio, was very happy after entering the Qi Palace.

A palace actually has a big lake of more than 3,000 acres, full of lotus flowers, and then there are three mountains that are surrounded by the whole palace, it is really a lake and mountains, complementing each other, beautiful.

Not only are there countless exotic flowers and plants, but even the trees such as willows, peaches and plums are all in patches, which is a large landscape garden.

All three of them are from Jiangnan, and although the gardens in Jiangnan are exquisite, the scale is too small compared to the Qi Palace.

Zhu Qiyu was in the upper seat, and after three rounds of drinking, he smiled at Cao Tai and said, "According to Aiqing, how is the widow's palace?" ”

Cao Tai smiled: "It's picturesque, and the true immortal residence is also." ”

"Well, I know that Aiqing is indifferent to fame and fortune and likes landscapes, don't keep thinking about going home, stay and be the editor of the Hanlin Academy and the scholar of the Chinese Academy.

There were originally many old monks in Xishan, but they were all driven away by me. I will allow you to choose a temple and turn it into a villa.

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to serve the country and love the landscape, the best of both worlds. ”

The emperor has been retained to this point, and Cao Tai has nothing to say. If you insist on returning to your hometown to live in seclusion, you are looking for death.

Zhu Qiyu was just about to be happy, but Xu Guan got up and played: "Qiqi Shengshang, Weichen wants to ask for leave to return to his hometown to get married, and I hope that the Shengshang will approve it." ”

(End of chapter)