Fortunately, there were no outsiders in the house, except for a few masters, only Mrs. An He and Chen Lin were there.

Mrs. An He's loyalty to Empress Dowager Wu is stronger than Chen Lin's loyalty to Zhu Qiyu.

After meeting Katrin and Sophia, Zhu Qiyu placed them in the Dingguo Mansion. Anyway, Mu Cong, the Duke of Xiaoqianguo, is also raised in the Dingguo Mansion, and it doesn't make much difference if you raise a few more people and a few fewer people.

In the days that followed, it settled down again.

The days passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it came to the tenth day of the ninth month.

Early this morning, as soon as Zhu Qiyu got up, Qianxue reported: "Husband, Li Chengyu, Dong Shan, Li Manzhu and their families and children from the North Korean side have been escorted to the capital. What are you going to do with them? ”

"What do you say?"

Asa Xue asked in surprise, "You ask me, how do I know?" ”

"Me?"

Qianxue smiled: "The slave maid is shallow, and I also ask the Wise Shenwu Jingtai Emperor to make it clear." ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head embarrassedly: "Guan Jinyi guards the prison, and instruct Lu Gao to entertain them well." This Li Chengyu dares to call himself Emperor Dajin, can I let him die a happy death. ”

Among these three people, in fact, Zhu Qiyu is most concerned about Dong Shan. If Dong Shan is killed, Dong Shan's son is killed, there should be no Nurhachi and no Huang Taiji in the future.

Among the two people, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, Zhu Qiyu is relatively more taboo about Huang Taiji, this guy is too difficult to handle.

Asa Xue continued to report: "Another bad thing is that we originally reached an agreement with the Ryukyu Zhongshan Province to establish a maritime trade port in the Zhongshan Kingdom and send troops.

In return, we provide sufficient grain, salt tea, ironware, and porcelain to Zhongshan every year.

As a result, this year's ship carrying grain to Zhongshan was hijacked by the Japanese on the way.

They themselves said that they were Japanese pirates, but the escort warships of the Dengzhou Navy Division were all severely damaged, and ordinary Japanese soldiers could not have such a big ship. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "That's right, Japan is about to officially start a war with us." Japan did not miss those boatloads of grain, and they either wanted to rob or deliberately provoke trouble, tying the whole of Japan to the chariot and saving them from internal disagreements.

Send six hundred miles to expedite and remind Jiang Yuan and Fang Ying. The letter clearly told them that the combat strength of the Japanese army was completely different from that of Korea, and that they should not be underestimated.

Also, where did the reinforcements from Nanjing go, and where did the Miao people who moved to Liaodong go?

We have to send troops quickly, and now the 30,000 Ming troops in North Korea can't withstand it. ”

"Most of the Nanjing Shangzhiwei have already arrived in Liaodong, and the Miao people will go to Liaodong, and they will have to start spring next year.

Let the Miao people go now, and they have no food, no houses, and no land, and the winter in Liaodong is still very cold, isn't that pure practice. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded again and again: "Yes, I feel cold in Beijing, Liaodong, in winter, sprinkling water into ice, who can suffer from the average second-class person."

It is better not to mobilize cavalry in winter, and North Korea is mountainous, so it is better to use infantry against infantry.

There are also the two commanders on the front line, one Jiang Yuan and the other Fang Ying, who are really sad.

Jiang Yuan lacked military experience and did not have a clear goal and decisive execution.

As for Fang Ying, she is more than brave and has a very good ability to lead troops, but her strategic vision is slightly insufficient.

I really regret letting them pair up, but now it doesn't seem like a good fit. ”

Su Xi flipped out a copy of the recital on the side: "Husband, look at this, the tyrant of North Korea, Li Yao, sent a letter of state, asking us to redeem the 30,000 captured Liaodong troops." ”

"No money, no redemption. Although the imperial court is still financially abundant, it cannot waste all its money on it.

I ransomed them back, and I had to spend money to support them, and they wouldn't be able to fight well after that.

Think of the beauty, let Li Yao raise the Liaodong Army for the winter, if you freeze people to death, I will ask Li Jin for the crime of abusing prisoners of war. ”

There are some things that Zhu Qiyu is embarrassed to say directly, Chongzhen's biggest mistake is to take astronomical military expenses to raise the invincible and invincible Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

If those military expenses were handed over to the Sichuan army or the Guangxi wolf soldiers or the Qi family army, the war would have ended long ago.

Anyway, the Liaodong Army doesn't want to send it in vain, it's easy to ask God to send it to God, Li Yao wants to return the Liaodong Army, but there is no door.

It's cold, and I'm lazy up and down.

Only in the south, Wang Lai is still in full swing to gather the Miao people and send them to Burma and other places in a steady stream.

Nian Fu and Xuan Hui were busy rectifying the coastal defense of Fujian and Zhejiang, and at the same time building ships with all their might. Xue Xilian, the governor of Fujian, remained in Annam to build more advanced warships.

Xu Youzhen and Yang Xinmin attacked the city wholeheartedly.

On the southern island of Hainan, the former Annam royal family and the Burmese royal family enjoyed peace in Qiongzhou.

By the end of October, the weather was colder.

The war in North Korea has come to a complete standstill. Jiang Yuan didn't want to fight, Fang Ying didn't want to fight, and Li Yao didn't want to fight either.

Jiang Yuan couldn't have imagined that the winters in Liaodong and North Korea were so cold.

The newly arrived reinforcements, 30,000 people from Nanjing Shangzhiwei were stationed in Dingliao Youwei, not far from the Korean border, but did not enter Korea.

Fang Ying's 30,000 old Beijing battalions were stationed in Pyongyang, and they didn't bother to besiege Seoul.

Since it was boring to be idle, Jiang Yuan actually started negotiations with Li Jin.

Of course, Jiang Yuan definitely couldn't face to face with Li Yao, and the person who passed the word in the middle was Zhang Ning, a new science detective sent by the emperor.

Zhang Ning never expressed his claims, just passed back and forth.

However, every negotiation was stuck on the 30,000 prisoners of war of the Liaodong Army.

In the palace of the Joseon King in Seoul, Li Yao was completely helpless in the face of Zhang Ning: "What does this king say, your envoy can understand, we sincerely want to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty."

As long as the Great Tomorrow officially canonizes me as the king of Joseon, we will pay tribute and never betray.

As a sign of sincerity, I can first release the 30,000 prisoners of war of the Liaodong Army unconditionally without charging any ransom. What do you think? ”

Zhang Ning said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have to go back and get instructions from the governor of North Korea before I can give you an answer." ”

Since the Ming Dynasty did not recognize Li Yao as the king of Joseon, Zhang Ning still called Li Jin the king. Li Yao's Shouyang Maharaja was recognized by the Ming Dynasty.

When Li Yao heard this, he was speechless for a long time, but he was extremely angry in his heart. Zhang Ning's title to Jiang Yuan has become the governor of North Korea, isn't this deliberately angry, my country has its own monarch here, why let the Ming Dynasty minister governor North Korea.

wanted to release the prisoners of war in a hurry, and even had to beg the grandfather to beg the other party like a grandmother, what is the matter, Li Yao had to change the topic:

"We are a country confirmed by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty as not to be conquered, and the winter is unbearable, so it is better for the Ming army to withdraw from Korea. When the spring flowers bloom next year, I will personally send a special envoy to Beijing to face the saint. ”

Zhang Ning was still not angry: "The monarch usurped the throne, and I, as the suzerain, naturally have the right to set things right." In the past, Taizu was too indulgent to the vassal state, but today's Great Tomorrow is completely different.

If you have to talk about the country that will not be conquered, you will also ask the king of Joseon, Yi Hongwei, to come and interview the lower officials in person. ”

Li Yao saw that he couldn't say anything about Zhang Ning, so he smiled and said: "Okay, I need to discuss your envoy's request with the important ministers, your envoy will stay for one night, and we will give you an answer tomorrow."

It's cold, I sent a few maids to serve the envoy, a little heart, and please don't shirk the envoy. ”

Zhang Ning smiled and nodded: "Then the lower official is better than obeying his fate." ”

(End of chapter)