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"What big changes can there be? All beheads will be killed!"

"..."

How to deal with the chaotic party, the two classes of nobles themselves quarreled.

With the prosperity of trade between China and North Korea, many concubine families are business agents of nobles.Most of these concubine families are normal, and not all of them participated in it, only a few rebellious sons planned to make trouble quietly.

Kill them all, who will do business to make money?

Moreover, several major factions accused each other, saying that the concubine family of the other party was the mastermind.Trying to take this opportunity to weaken the opponent's affiliated forces, they quarreled all day long, locked up a lot of rebels in the prison, and don't know which one to kill for the time being.

This is a farce.

A chaotic party is tantamount to a farce, and dealing with a chaotic party is also a farce.

But one thing is certain, the new ideas have spread, and in the countryside far away from Hanyang, countless gentry, scholars, and country officials have been ignited in their hearts.Their strength is too weak, and they are in a state of disunity, so they dare not make trouble at all, but they can continue to spread this kind of thought.

Thoughts are unstoppable, unstoppable!

The two groups of nobles quarreled endlessly, but they also produced some results.For example, Liu Shunqing, who took the lead in making troubles, had to ransack his family and exterminate his family.Of course, the extermination of the clan only destroys the common clan, and cannot implicate any noble relatives.

Le Diandian's Liu Shunqing, who was studying at university in Nanjing, didn't know that all the men in her family had been killed, and all the women in her family were sent as slaves.

Many other rebels fled north in panic, and ran to Baozhou to seek protection from the Datong Army.

An Jingyuan, who commanded 100 soldiers outside Hanyang City, escaped so fast that his wife and children couldn't care less, and hid in Baozhou City shivering.Just like this kind of stuff, and the group of concubines who have no power to restrain chickens, let them rebel for [-] years and they will never succeed.

Dang Chongjun, the envoy of China, came to Hanyang to see the chaos, and secretly sent his men to inquire about the situation, while he ate and drank with North Korean officials.

When the matter was clarified, the king of North Korea, Li Wei, had already bathed and changed his clothes, and was waiting to receive the edict of the canonization of the king.

North Korea held a grand canonization ceremony, and the king and two groups of nobles were all present, lined up and waiting for the envoy of the Celestial Dynasty to appear.

"Meet the angel!" Li Wei stepped forward to greet him personally.

When Dang Chongjun saw Li Wei, he stood still and looked at him gloomyly.

Li Wei felt apprehensive and angry, he was the king of a country after all, how could he have been treated like this?

Li Wei squeezed out a smiling face: "Angels, please come in."

"In my opinion, there is no need for this," Dang Chongjun said. "There is a righteous citizen in North Korea, Liu Shunqing, who went to Nanjing to report you and others for raising troops and causing chaos. The Holy Son of Heaven does not believe in one-sidedness, so he sent me to inquire about the details. If there is no such thing, It will still be canonized as usual. If there is such a thing, let me go back the same way, and change to the Datong Army to question the crime!"

The North Korean rulers and ministers were shocked, and Li Wei quickly said: "There is absolutely no such thing!"

Dang Chongjun raised his voice and scolded: "Since there was no such thing, why did Liu Shunqing's family and home be wiped out? What are you guys trying to hide!"

Li Wei was speechless and didn't know how to explain for a moment.

Zheng Taihe, the political leader, came out and said: "So that the angels will know that a group of rebellious parties have emerged in our country, intending to kill the king and seek rebellion. Then Liu Shunqing is the leader of the bandits. He fled to Nanjing in fear of crime. He is by no means a righteous man."

Dang Chongjun scolded angrily: "You say that a rebellious party is a rebellious party? If a commoner sues the government and reports a bully who fishes the common people. Before the government investigates, the bully will kill the whole family of the common people and accuse the common people of being a gangster. You say Will the government believe such nonsense?"

Li Jingxi, the leader of Dunning, came out and said: "Angel Rong Bing, there is more than one of these rebellious parties. They have already confessed, and Liu Shunqing is indeed the leader of the rebellious party. If the angel does not believe it, you can go to the files. The confessions of the rebellious parties are consistent with each other." superior."

"How do you know that you are not tortured into tricks? How do you know that you have not arrested a group of righteous people?" Dang Chongjun asked.

The North Korean monarchs and ministers were speechless for a moment.

They have confessions, they have evidence, but what if the Chinese envoys don't believe it?

Dang Chongjun threw the scepter in his hand on the ground, and asked sharply, "Liu Shunqing, the righteous man, report you and expand the army by three thousand. Is there such a thing?"

Li Wei opened his mouth, swallowed his saliva, and said, "There is indeed an expansion of the army, but it is not against the Celestial Dynasty, but because of the unrest in North Korea, more soldiers are needed to maintain the urban and rural areas."

Dang Chongjun raised his halberd finger, pointed at Li Wei's nose and asked, "Are you clamoring for the Northern Expedition?"

"There is absolutely no such thing!" Li Wei's voice was crying, he was really scared.

Dang Chongjun said: "The last North Korean ruler was dishonest. He wantonly expanded his army and built firearms. The emperor of the heavenly dynasty was kind and ignored your petty actions. But you don't know how to repent. You, the ruler, have just succeeded to the throne and have not yet Being conferred by the Celestial Dynasty, you dare to expand the army by three thousand again. There is no civil unrest in North Korea, who are you going to deal with when you expand the army? Tell me!"

Song Shilie came out and said: "Angel Rong Bing, there is indeed civil unrest in our country, hidden in the countryside."

"Nonsense, wait to explain to the artillery!" Dang Chongjun turned and left after finishing speaking.

The North Korean monarchs wanted to keep them, but they were stopped by the soldiers of the mission. No one dared to use force against the guards of the mission, so they could only watch them leave Hanyang City.

Li Wei was almost paralyzed by fright, looked around and said: "What can I do? What can I do?"

Song Shilie shouted: "Punish the original party, they are the ones who made a noise about the Northern Expedition!"

"Yes, kill the original party and send his head to Nanjing to apologize!"

"The original party should be punished to thank the people of the country!"

"..."

It's started again, it's started again, and it's still playing party.

Of course, the former party officials would not sit still, they also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is easy to kill us. But if we are killed and our heads are sent to Nanjing, won't it be confirmed that our country intends to start the Northern Expedition? This is a serious crime of treason!" "

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, and the other ministers couldn't refute, because what he said was so reasonable.

Song Shilie also said: "The original party may not be killed, but it must be punished for the crime of bewitching the emperor. Please, Your Majesty, expel these original parties from the court, and they will never be used in this life!"

"Please expel the original party!"

One minister after another knelt down.

Li Wei originally planned to use the original party to suppress the faction in power in the court.

But this kind of scene, Li Wei couldn't hold back at all, and said with hatred: "Zhu, Zhu, I will expel all the original party according to your wishes! But what should we do when the army of the Celestial Dynasty comes?"

No one answered, no one could answer.

Chapter 944 [Monarch and subject run away]

The cabinet ministers have always opposed military expansion, and Zhao Han has always agreed to it for financial reasons.But as the territory continues to grow, the number of troops will inevitably continue to increase.

There are 18 infantry divisions, each with 12000 troops.Among them, there are 10000 soldiers, and the remaining 2000 belong to civilians, engineers, and logistics personnel.The civilian husbands recruited temporarily are only responsible for transporting food and grass, while the regular engineers and logistics soldiers have corresponding professional qualities.For example, gunpowder, artillery shells, ten thousand enemies, etc., will not be handed over to civilian husbands for escort.Even if the moat is to be filled, the engineers and soldiers lead the civilian workers to do things, and the efficiency is much higher than that of the pure civilian workers.

There are 5 cavalry divisions, each with 15000 men.Among them, there are 12000 soldiers, and the remaining 3000 are all civilians and logistics, cooks, doctors, veterinarians, art troupes, horseshoes, and saddle repairers.And the 12000 soldiers, after several adjustments, are not all cavalry, but also chariot soldiers and artillery units. The chariot soldiers can lead the army and civilians to form a chariot formation.

There are cavalry in the infantry division, and infantry in the cavalry division, and all of them have artillery, all of which belong to multi-arms coordinated forces.As for what to call it, it depends on whether the infantry is the main force or the cavalry is the main force. All the major cavalry divisions are piled up on the northern border.

This is no longer a division, but a corps.

At this time in Europe, a mixed force of three or 4000 people can be named a certain legion.

The original coast guard was all incorporated into the patrol system.The existence of this kind of armed police force has reached 27 people nationwide.

In addition, there are 5000 imperial city guards.

Luzon has 3000 garrisons in Datong, 1000 garrisons in Baozhou, and 500 garrisons in Yecheng, Palembang, Malacca, Pattani, Yangon, Nihai (Bangkok), and Chittagong (the 500 garrisons in Bintong Longna have been abolished).

Therefore, counting the inspectors and armed police forces, the total strength of the army at home and abroad is more than 57.

If you count the urban police force, it will be even more terrifying, not to mention the peasant and soldier reserves in the countryside.

The envoy Dang Chongjun returned from North Korea, and the court immediately ordered preparations for war.

The troops stationed in Shanghai plan to dispatch 6000 soldiers, all the artillery will be brought, and the cavalry will stay at home until the summer storm period is over.

The military rations were not prepared much, and civilian husbands were not recruited. Only the regular logistics soldiers and the navy were responsible.From Shanghai to Hanyang by boat, they all took the sea route back and forth, and mainly used intimidation. They really didn't plan to go deep into the mountains of North Korea to fight.

Summer storms are frequent, and the Navy has been waiting for the weather.

As for the North Korean monarchs and ministers, they were worried that the Datong army would kill them, and at the same time, they continued to be busy with the cause of party struggle.

A young man named Park Se-chae in the Western People's Party publicly declared: "Although a chaotic party is hateful, the new ideas of the Celestial Dynasty should also be used for reference. Although it is not in line with Zhu Zi's righteousness for the Chinese emperor to rule the "Da Tong Ji" to rule the world, it is It also has its essence. I, the Korean Confucian scholars, should discard the chaff and keep the essence of the academics of the Celestial Dynasty. First of all, we should face up to Yangming’s theory of mind and stop denouncing the theory of mind as an evil way.”

Song Shilie, who is also proficient in Yangming's theory of mind, immediately refuted it: "The study of nature and reason is Zhu Zizhengshuo, and the study of mind is heresy. There is a Chen in China today. It is even more leftist to talk about the unity of qi, reason and mind." The right way among the ways!"

Pu Shicai said: "As the stars change and the world changes, Zhu Zi's learning is naturally correct, but Confucian scholars of my generation should also keep an eye on the current situation. I have never been to Nanjing, but I have studied in Nanjing for four years. to describe."

Song Shilie sneered: "During the Ming Dynasty, China was orthodox and North Korea was Dongyi. Now the Datong court has tampered with Zhu Zi's sacred teachings and promoted barbarian Western learning. Today's China has changed from Xia to Yi, and North Korea has turned Yi into Xia. Zong Zhou's supreme principles cannot be changed lightly."

Song Shilie wanted to maintain Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and said that China had become a barbarian, and North Korea was the orthodox Confucianism in China.

Park Se-chae went to Nanjing to study abroad for four years and was greatly shocked physically and mentally, so he wanted to promote the liberation of North Korea's culture and thought.

At the beginning, the two were still academic disputes, but as officials continued to join, it quickly evolved into factional struggles.The officials around Song Shiyeol advocated the steady implementation of the Daedong Law, known as the old school; while the officials around Park Se-chae advocated the completion of the Daedong Law nationwide, known as the Shi School.

The Daedong Law of North Korea is the reform of the tax system in North Korea. It took a hundred years to complete the promotion in history.

In today's North Korea, although it is engaging in land transfers, those who are being executed are small local landlords.As for the real two classes of nobles, they secretly blocked and resisted even a policy like a whip.

The king of North Korea supported the Daedong Law, and the old school couldn't overthrow the achievements of the reform, so it wanted to delay and destroy it.The Times faction is more complicated, some are to cater to the king, some are to revitalize North Korea, they unite to quickly spread the reform to the whole country.

The old school quickly gained the upper hand, and most nobles were unwilling to expand the scope of the reform.It’s okay to allow small and medium-sized landlords to share their land, and it’s okay to let other people’s land be whipped, but the reform must never be changed on yourself.

In the confrontation between the parties, not only the king and the time faction were suppressed, but the imprisonment of new ideas became more and more severe.

Any bookseller who dares to print heresy will be sent to jail for ransacking their homes!

When the small ships of the Datong Navy sailed outside the city of Hanyang, the monarchs and ministers of North Korea were still engaged in party disputes, and there was no intention of preparing troops at all.

"Heavenly soldiers are really here?" Li Wei was terrified in the palace.

Zheng Taihe, the leader of the Korean government (chief assistant), led all the officials to lie down outside the palace. After the king showed up, all the ministers shouted: "Your Majesty, please kill the original party, so that you can apologize to the Heavenly Dynasty!"

"Didn't you say that it is enough to be expelled from the court?" Li Wei said in surprise and anger.

Zheng Taihe said: "One moment, another moment. Today's soldiers have already left the city. No matter whether they are guilty or not, they must apologize when they go down to the country. The heavenly dynasty is like a father, and North Korea is like a son. It is reasonable for a father to blame his son. It is unreasonable for a son to serve his father. It is reasonable and unreasonable. Now punishing the original party and apologizing is not only showing loyalty, but also showing filial piety!"

Li Wei has always wanted to keep the original party. He has only been on the throne for more than half a year, but he has had enough of these guys in power.

The new king of North Korea, under extreme anger, actually smashed the pot and smashed it on the spot: "Since you want to be loyal and filial, you should be loyal and filial to the end. North Korea will be attached to China from now on!"

"It's absolutely impossible, Your Majesty, think twice!"

All the ministers were shocked and turned pale, and they all kowtowed to persuade.

When Japan invaded Korea, the king at that time was also messed up.

The king threw his second son to the battlefield to resist, and ran all the way to the border of China and North Korea, requesting that North Korea be attached to the Chinese counties.This weird behavior confused Emperor Wanli, and even secretly asked someone to draw a portrait of the king, thinking that the Korean king was a fake.

There are many Korean scholars who admire China, and hope that some will be attached, but the powerful officials are absolutely unwilling to be attached.

"Boom boom boom!"

Battleships were already bombarding the city walls, and army artillery had begun to set up positions.

Li Wei, who was clamoring to be attached just now, was startled by the sound of the artillery, and his face was panicked and grim: "I will kill the original party, kill all those who live in the city, and send the heads out of the city to apologize!"

It is a pity that after the original party was expelled from the court, many of them returned to their hometowns, or lived in luxury houses outside the city.

Li Wei searched the city and only chopped off the heads of two former party members.

The envoy left the city in a basket, offered two human heads, and was thrown directly into the Han River by the soldiers.

"Boom boom boom!"

The shelling continued.

North Korea's poor navy has long shrunk to the Han River, fleeing all the way upstream to escape.The North Korean army defended the city tremblingly, and was so beaten by the artillery that they dared not stand up, and the timid ones ran away.

North Korea also had artillery, but they dared not fight back, because the king and ministers did not give orders.

Once they fight back on the city wall and accidentally bombard and kill a few Datong soldiers, what if they are beheaded as scapegoats in the future?

"Your Majesty, the head of the former party's traitor was thrown into the river by the heavenly soldiers!"

When the news came, the North Korean monarchs and ministers looked ashen, staring blankly there.

"Zheng Qing, tell me what to do?" Li Wei tried his best not to be scared away, and looked at his civil servant leader.

Zheng Taihe bit the bullet and said: "Since the emperor wants to protect the state, he should offer it to him. What the father wants from the son, the son should give it to him, and it is filial piety."

This is ceding the land to make ends meet. After the crisis is over, Zheng Taihe's position as chief assistant will definitely not be guaranteed.

Li Wei asked: "Baozhou is already in the hands of the Celestial Dynasty, how could it be exchanged for the withdrawal of the Celestial Soldiers?"

Zheng Taihe also said: "All the troops expanded by the former kings should also be disbanded to prove that our North Korea has no intention of rebelling. Then pay... another 1 taels of silver, which will be used as military expenses for the heavenly soldiers to cross the sea."

Li Wei seemed to have grasped the life-saving straw, and immediately asked Zheng Taihe to write a letter of apology.

It's all like this, and they are still engaged in party disputes, and the king personally ended it.

Zheng Taihe, as the head of the hundred officials, is also the leader of the Western People's Party.Li Wei asked him to stand up and take the blame, Zheng Taihe had no choice but to take the opportunity to remove him afterward - let other factions impeach Zheng Taihe and cede the land for glory.

The letter of apology was sent outside the city, where it was torn up again.

"Boom boom boom!"

The sound of the guns became louder and louder. Not only the naval guns were bombarding, but the army artillery also joined the battle.