In fact, King Li Hui of Korea has been unwilling to intervene in the war between Ming Dynasty and Jianzhou.
Before Saarhu, when faced with the Ming Dynasty's request to send troops, he repeatedly delayed, hoping to fool him, 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, and it was just a pretense, not really going to war with Jianzhou.
The previous suzerain state of North Korea, the Ming Dynasty, sent troops to fight the Japanese invaders for seven years before saving North Korea. It can be said that it was a favor to North Korea for the survival of the country.
Whether in the Korean court or among the people, everyone was grateful to the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Li Hui's bipolar behavior has also been greatly questioned in North Korea.
Jianzhou's direct invasion of North Korea this time has made his foreign policy even more questionable, and the opposition to him is getting louder and louder.
After Jianzhou invaded North Korea, Li Hui immediately sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to ask for help.
After the fall of Xijing and Pyongyang, he sent a second wave, and has now sent four waves of envoys.
However, North Korea also knows a little about the situation between the Ming Dynasty and Jianzhou. The two sides have been fighting continuously since March this year, and large-scale conflicts broke out three times.
Although the Ming Dynasty claimed to have defeated Jianzhou, the Kuandian area bordering North Korea and the Ming Dynasty was currently controlled by Jianzhou.
They knew very well that it was unlikely that the Ming Dynasty would directly send troops to break through the Yalu River.
For the time being, we can only rely on North Korea itself to resist Jianzhou.
At present, there are still 10,000 defenders in Hanyang City, the capital of North Korea, including 5,000 royal city forbidden troops and some "King Qin's Division" who came from nearby Chungcheong Province and Gangwon Province.
As the royal capital of North Korea, Hanyang's city wall is naturally the tallest in North Korea, at more than 5 meters.
Although it may not be as good as some of the acropolis in Liaodong, its defensive power is still stronger than the 4-meter-high city walls in Pyongyang and Kaijing in the west.
But now the North Korean monarchs and ministers have already been frightened out of their wits by Jianzhou's cavalry. Even if they were given the Great Wall, they would not dare to defend it.
Otherwise, Li Hui would not have asked Lord Lingyang Li Zhu to go to Kaijing to lead troops to stop Jianlu.
Pu Chengzong, the leader of the government, was Li Hui's relative and his biggest supporter in the court.
Park Chengzong said: "The extremely strong Beihan Mountain City was captured by Jianlu in less than half an hour. Wang Jing may not be able to resist for long. I ask the king to negotiate peace with Jianzhou as soon as possible."
After that, all the civil and military officials echoed.
Li Hui had long wanted to negotiate peace with Jianzhou, but it was difficult for him to say this. Now that Park Chengzong has given him a step, he naturally wants it.
However, as the king of North Korea, it was naturally impossible for him to come forward to negotiate a peace. His status was too low and he seemed not to pay attention to the peace negotiation.
In the end, this "glorious" and arduous task could only fall on the leader Park Seung-jong. Although such a thing would inevitably bring infamy, he could only bite the bullet at this moment.
Soon Park Chengzong led the North Korean peace negotiation delegation to the Jianzhou military camp outside the city.
The conditions for establishing a state can be summed up in six words: "cede territory, claim vassal status, and pay tribute."
First, Pyongan Road and Hamgyong Road in northern Korea were ceded to Daikin.
Secondly, North Korea severed its vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty and became a vassal state of Daijin. It paid Daijin 200,000 taels of silver, 300,000 shi of grain, 3,000 pieces of coarse cloth, 1,000 war horses, 500 good bows, and 30,000 jins of coarse salt.
Park Chengzong almost lost his temper when he saw this condition.
Originally, the bottom line Li Hui gave him was that he would not surrender or cede territory, but he could pay tribute.
Park Chengzong knew that it would be impossible to negotiate without ceding the land, so he persuaded Li Hui to agree to cede the original "Ten Virgins" land on the south bank of the Yalu River and Tumen River to Jianzhou.
However, the biggest difference between the two sides at present is the surrender. It is absolutely impossible for North Korea to sever its vassal relationship with Ming Dynasty and surrender to Dajin. Even if Park Chengzong and Li Hui want to do this, it is impossible for the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to agree.
Fan Wencai originally did not expect North Korea to become a vassal. This false name did not matter at all. He did this purely as a means of negotiation.
In the end, he made a concession. North Korea could continue to maintain its vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty, but it must ensure that it would no longer intervene in the war between the Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty and remain neutral.
From then on, the two sides became known as brotherly countries.
Every year, North Korea paid Daijin the following annual coins: 100,000 taels of silver, 200,000 shi of grain, 1,000 pieces of coarse cloth, 500 war horses, 200 good bows, and 20,000 jins of coarse salt.
Daijin gave back 50 Korean East Pearls, 100 deer skins, and 5 bear skins every year.
Regarding territory, Fan Wencai refused to give up an inch and had to completely cede Ping'an Road and Hamgyong Road.
In the end, Park Chengzong said almost pleadingly: "I hope that at least Xijing and Pyongyang can be returned to North Korea. For this, North Korea is willing to pay another ransom."
Fan Wencai sternly refused: "North Korea invaded and occupied the Jurchen homeland and humiliated the Jurchen people for more than 200 years. This is the price you should pay!"
In desperation, Park Chengzong could only return to Hanyang City with this condition!
North Korea's civil and military ministers in Changdeok Palace burst into tears after hearing this condition! The civil servants beat their chests and cursed incessantly in the palace, while the generals on the side lowered their heads and remained silent!
But no matter how much they cursed, no one stood up and expressed their willingness to lead troops to fight to the death against the rebels outside the city!
Although Park Chengzong had been greeted by his eighteen generations of ancestors countless times at this time, he still had to remind him: "Your Majesty, there are only two hours left for Jianlu to give us a final reply. If we don't The answer is that 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 invade Hanyang City, if they don't seal the sword for ten days, they will be riddled with chickens and dogs in the city!"
After hearing the words "no chickens or dogs left behind", the ministers who just now shouted "definitely cannot agree to this condition" fell silent at the moment!
King Li Hui of North Korea looks ashen now. Once he agrees to this condition, he will become the first king to cede territory in the history of North Korea and will be nailed to the pillar of shame.
If he didn't agree, it would be too late for him to run away now.
The result must be a North Korean version of "Jingkang's Shame"!
In the end, he agreed to this shameful peace. In order to send away these plague gods, Li Hui had to plunder money and food in Hanyang City.
Soon, Park Seungjong, the leader of the North Korean government, came to the Jianzhou military camp outside the city with the peace agreement stamped with the king's seal, as well as the relevant land account books of Ping'an Road and Hamgyong Road, as well as 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 dan of grain.
When Daishan saw that Mr. Fan was really powerful, he actually forced the King of Korea to sign an alliance under the city.
It seems that the North Korean monarchs and ministers still know nothing about the war in Beijing, otherwise they will never agree to such harsh conditions.
Now that the goal has been achieved, there is nothing for them to delay.
After all, Hetuala is still very empty now. It is impossible for the main force of the Eight Banners to stay in North Korea for a long time. The sooner things are done here, the better they can get back to work earlier.
What I'm most afraid of now is that these Tatars will still hang around after collecting the documents, money and food. Seeing that they finally broke camp, my hanging heart finally fell to the ground.
But his troubles were far from over.
Soon news came that Ayang Jun Li Zhu defeated the Tatars in Kaijing.
Originally, he thought it was Li Zhu who was falsely reporting his military exploits in order to cover up his failure.
But the people sent to investigate said that Li Zhu 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 capture Kaijing at all. They just besieged Kaijing and then bypassed Kaijing and pushed towards Hanyang.
What's even worse is that the fact that Ayayo Jun Li Shu won the "big victory in opening the capital" actually spread like wildfire.
Nowadays, both in the market and in the court, people are spreading the word that Lord Ayang Li is wise and brave, and they are praising him very much!
This made Li Hui instantly murderous.
So he announced that he would summon Li Zhu back to the court and publicly commend him for his achievements in resisting the Tatars!
When the news reached Kaijing, Lord Lingyang Li Zhu knew that the king was going to attack him, and he would definitely be attacked once he returned to Wangjing.
Li Zhu's uncle Gu Hong said: "It is really disappointing that the king has signed such a peace that is humiliating and humiliating the country. Now there are more and more people in the court who oppose the king."
"It's better to use this opportunity to return to Wangjing to launch a mutiny directly!"
Although the troops and horses of Kaicheng are now under his control, it is impossible to capture the royal city with just this few troops.
Gu Hong said: "Lord Ayang, please don't forget that there is a mercenary army in Kaicheng!"
After his uncle's reminder, Li Zhu immediately felt that this matter was interesting. With this mercenary army, it would be easy to deal with the imperial guards of Wangdu Jing.
Once Wang Jing is controlled, based on Li Hui's recent performance, he will definitely lose people's hearts. It should not be difficult to replace him by himself.
Soon Ju Hong found Kong Youde and asked them to help control Wang Jing's imperial guards.
Kong Youde really admired Li Xianzhong at this time. His young general had actually expected that Li Xian would rebel and seize the throne.
Naturally, Li Xianzhong had already thought of the mercenary conditions for him.
Kong Youde immediately said that he could accept the price of 20,000 taels of silver, but his brothers were wandering around the sea all day long, trying to find a place to stay.
Pidao at the mouth of the Yalu River is a good place. I hope that after Li Zhu takes office, he can give them Pidao as a place to settle.
Li Hui had ceded the entire Pingan Road to Jianlu. These pirates just wanted one of the islands as their hiding place. This request was not too much.
After receiving the edict issued in advance by Li Zhu, Kong Youde and Yu Wanli led this group of mercenaries towards Wang Jing.
Shen Jingzhen and Li Shu, warriors from North Korea's "Western Party", have long been dissatisfied with the current king Li Hui. These people with military power have long been secretly planning to overthrow Li Hui and usher in a new king.
They also needed famous civil servants to join them, so they found their former colleague Jin Yu who was idle at home (his father Jin Ruza and Shin Jingzhen's father Shin Li died together in Chungju during the Imjin Japanese Rebellion). The two met late. , quickly reached an agreement and prepared to recruit more people who were dissatisfied with Li Hui to join.
Shen Jingzhen visited the former envoy Li Gui in the name of expressing his condolences to Mrs. Li Gui and explained his intention, and Li Gui agreed.
So Li Gui's son Li Shibai, Confucian scholars Jin Zidian and Shen Qiyuan, former soldier Cao Zuolang Cui Mingji, etc. all joined the coup group one after another.
Everything that has happened recently has made them keenly aware that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Soon Shen Jingzhen found Lingyang Jun's uncle Gu Hong and expressed that they were willing to disguise themselves and support Lingyang Jun Li Zhu as the new king of Korea.
Now that they not only have soldiers and horses in their hands, but also have a group of internal agents in Wang Jing, the chance of winning this coup has naturally been greatly increased.
On the third night of October in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, Lord Lingyang Li Zhu led 2,000 elite soldiers from Kaicheng and 800 mercenaries under Kong Youde and secretly marched to Hongjiyuan in the western suburbs of Hanyang.
At this time, a total of 800 rebels led by Jin Yao, Li Gui, Shen Qiyuan, Cui Mingji, Jin Zidian, Song Yingwang, Shen Jingyu, etc. and 700 Hanyang troops under Li Shu were already waiting here.
After reuniting, Li Zhu led more than 4,000 people to march towards Changui Gate in the northwest of Hanyang.
Since the capital supervisors under Li Xingli stood still, they not only successfully broke into Changui Gate, but also reached Changdeokgung Palace unimpeded.
Sentinel Lee Hang opened the Donhwa Gate, and the coup troops entered Changdeokgung Palace, set fire to the palace, and searched for King Lee Hun of Joseon and his eldest son. After hearing the news, Lee Hun and his son slipped away from the back garden.
They tried to contact Wang Jingzhong's imperial guards, but at this time Kong Youde and Yu Wanli had already invaded the imperial guard camp and controlled them.
These so-called North Korean elites submitted without much resistance in front of the civilian guards, and Li Hui and his son who threw themselves into the trap were caught by them.
At dawn, Lord Ayang was sitting on the beech bed on the steps of Injeongjeon Hall of Changdeokgung Palace, directing the next actions.
He summoned all officials and executed three people, Park Dingji, Jin Jieshi and Park Hongdao first.
Then Jin Zidian and Li Shifang were sent to Qingyun Palace to inform Concubine Renmu, who had been imprisoned by Li Hui, because only she could give Lord Lingyang the right to inherit the throne.
Then Li Gui was sent to welcome Concubine Renmu, but the concubine did not come out.
At this time, Li Hui and his son had been captured. Lord Lingyang carried Li Hui in a sedan chair and rode to Qingyun Palace in person. He cried bitterly outside the palace gate and fell down to await his punishment.
In the end, he succeeded in impressing Concubine Inmu, who ordered Ayang Jun to enter and awarded him the imperial treasure. Then Ayang Jun was located in the annex of Gyeongun Palace and succeeded as King of Joseon.
After Li Zhu ascended the throne, he naturally refused to accept the contract signed by Li Hui and Jianzhou.
He demoted Li Hui to Lord Gwanghae and exiled his father and son to Jeju Island.
However, the country was still unstable at this time, so it was naturally impossible for him to anger the Tatars.
At present, what he needs to do most are two things. One is to strengthen the defense of Huanghai Road and Kaijing to ensure that Wang Jing will not be attacked by the Tatar front.
Secondly, he obtained the throne through a coup after all, and he still needed the canonization of the suzerain country, the Ming Dynasty.
In this coup, Kong Youde's mercenaries took control of Wang Jing's imperial guards and captured Gwanghae Jun Li Hui, which can be said to be a great achievement.
Li Zhu also fulfilled his promise and gave them Pi Island and allocated them some food and other living materials.
Originally, he hoped that Kong Youde and others could guard Kaijing for him against the Tatars.
However, Kong Youde said that their brothers were used to freedom and were not suitable for serving as officers and soldiers. Besides, the price they were asking for might not be affordable for North Korea in the long term.
Of course, if North Korea is in trouble, they will still help.
Therefore, Li Zhu could only place his hope on his overlord, the Ming Dynasty.
Wanli has been in dire straits recently. Yuan Yingtai died, but Liaodong is a mess that he still has to fill with money.
He was robbed of 300,000 taels by the Ministry of Revenue, which made his heart bleed.
In the past few days, even my appetite for food has lost a lot.
The matter in Liaodong here has not yet come to an end, and there is news that North Korea is asking for help.
Jianlu was unstoppable along the way. Not only did they capture Pyongyang, they even reached Hanyang City. The King of Korea sent several waves of envoys to continuously ask for help.
These North Korean envoys are crying and making trouble every day in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and they are almost turning the Ministry of Rites into a mourning hall.
Send troops to North Korea?
Are you kidding me? The last time we sent troops to Korea, we fought for 7 years and almost emptied the Ming Dynasty's treasury.
Nurhaci took advantage of these few years to unify Jianzhou.
If we go to North Korea to fight again, where will the money come from?
Regarding the information requested by the cabinet, Wan Li still kept it in his old way.
Anyway, the North Korean envoy was making trouble in the Ministry of Rites, but he couldn't hear it.
At this time, Chang Yun hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, Uncle Ning Yuan wants to see you!"
The war in Liaodong was so intense that Li Xianzhong was not on the front line, but actually went to Beijing to see him.
Although this kid is usually not upright, he is not the kind of person who doesn't know the importance of things. He must have something big happening.
Wanli asked: "Did he say why he asked to see you?"
Chang Yun said: "Uncle Ning Yuan said that he came to return his life to His Majesty!"
Wanli doesn't seem to remember what tasks he has been given recently, but I haven't seen him in a few days, and I really miss this guy.
Wan Li said: "For the sake of the sand table he presented to me before, I will make an exception to see him once!"
I don’t know when was the last time Wanli summoned the same person from outside the palace three times within a year.
Soon Li Xianzhong arrived at Qianqing Palace under the leadership of Chang Yun.
When Wanli saw that Li Xianzhong had brought a big box, he asked curiously: "What is in this box?"
Li Xianzhong said with a smile: "This is a specialty of North Korea!"
Li Xianzhong often gave him "specialties" from various places. Wanli said, "I really liked the grassland specialty you gave me last time. Is Korean ginseng a specialty?"
Li Xianzhong quickly ordered someone to open the box and said, "Your Majesty, these specialties of Korea and the specialties of the grassland are actually similar."
Sure enough, after the box was opened, a burst of golden light came out from inside.
After seeing the gold, Wan Li smiled brightly and said, "You said you came here to recover, but it seems that I haven't given you any tasks recently?"
Li Xianzhong said: "A while ago, your Majesty asked Eunuch Ma to ask the general to help your Majesty think of ways 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 for the general to make money is in North Korea."
"Here are 2,000 taels of gold. Is it earned by your majesty after the general sent a thousand soldiers to kill the Tatars in Kaijing for several days?"
How many days can a thousand people earn 2,000 taels of gold?
Not to mention how excited Wanli was, but he was the emperor after all. On the surface, he still said seriously: "Well, Li Xianzhong, the Ministry of War asked you to come out to relieve the siege of Kuandian, but you shied away in every possible way. But there are extra troops sent to North Korea, you Can you know the sin?"
Li Xianzhong quickly knelt on the ground and said: "The general sent troops to North Korea privately, which is indeed a crime; but the situation was critical at that time. Even if the general sends troops one day later, I am afraid that North Korea's Kaijing and Wangjing will fall into the hands of the Tatars."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. These people participated in the war as pirates and did not expose the identity of the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers. They also helped me, the Ming Dynasty, earn back a skin island at the mouth of the Yalu River."
So Li Xianzhong recounted the experiences of Kong Youde and others in opening the capital.
When Wanli heard that the Tatars had obtained 500,000 shi of grain, 400,000 taels of silver, and a large number of people and livestock just by conquering Xijing and Pyongyang, he was thoughtful.
Finally, he sighed and said: "The wars in the Ming Dynasty were a waste of money, but the wars in the Jianlu wars made us richer and richer! If this goes on for a long time, the consequences will be disastrous."
Li Xianzhong said: "Your Majesty, this is the way to make money that the general has come up with for your Majesty!"
"My Ming Dynasty sent troops for North Korea, and the soldiers, wages, weapons, food and pensions consumed were very huge. Naturally, these expenses should be paid by North Korea."
Although Wanli liked silver very much, the Ming Dynasty was the Celestial Kingdom after all, so it was reasonable to send troops to the vassal states to provide them with some food and grass. If the other party had to pay for wages, pensions, ordnance, wouldn't that make people laugh out loud?
This Li Xianzhong has simply fallen in the eyes of money, and is even more obsessed with money than himself.
He said: "This must not be done. If other vassal countries knew about it, they would think that our Ming Dynasty is so poor that we have no money to send troops."
Li Xianzhong thought to himself: Isn’t it true? Does the Ming Dynasty still have money to send troops? I really want to save face and suffer.
So he said: "Your Majesty has misunderstood what I meant. As a sovereign state, how can we, the Ming Dynasty, ask for military pay from a vassal country? But if it takes the initiative to ask the Ming Dynasty to station troops for a long time and repeatedly asks to bear the cost of the garrison, I, the Ming Dynasty, cannot refuse. People are thousands of miles away.”
Wanli thought that Li Xianzhong was really whimsical, and said: "Which country would ask other countries to station troops in their own country for a long time to protect themselves, and also take the initiative to bear the related expenses, and he is not afraid that other countries will take the opportunity to destroy him?"
Li Xianzhong said: "As long as your Majesty appoints me as the governor of North Korea, I guarantee that all the expenses of the Ming army stationed in North Korea will be paid by North Korea. I, the Ming Dynasty, spend North Korea's money to raise troops and build a state, while North Korea spends this money to buy peace, far away The effect is much better than using it on their own army."
"The Ming Dynasty and North Korea are a win-win situation!"
Wanli made sense when he thought about it. Not only did North Korea want to cede land to Jianzhou, but if the annual coins were spent on the Ming troops stationed in North Korea, it would be a huge profit to take back the land for them.
In any case, it is a fight against the Jianzhou Tatars. Sending troops from Liaodong is a fight, and sending troops from Korea is also a fight.
Sending troops from North Korea can also save a lot of expenses.
Li Xianzhong said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the Ming army stationed in Korea can still win rewards from the King of Korea. I guarantee that I will pay at least 150,000 taels of silver every year to your Majesty."
Wanli was really moved, so he said, "I wonder how many soldiers and horses you need?"
General Li Xian said: "Soldiers are more valuable than more. The first batch of generals will be stationed with three thousand horse and infantry. However, now that the land route is cut off, the generals will also need a navy."
Finally, Wanli issued an order: Li Xianzhong, the commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan and the right governor of the Chinese Army Dudufu, Ning Yuanbo, was appointed as the governor of the Ming Dynasty in North Korea. He also transferred 3,000 horses and infantry from Liaodong Town to form the Ming Army stationed in North Korea, and transferred five warships of the Tianjin Navy. Ten ships and 2,000 officers and soldiers were placed under the command of Li Xianzhong. Li Sanshun, the former Tieling staff general, was promoted to Kaiyuan deputy general, and the towns of Kaiyuan and Tieling were still controlled by Li Xianzhong.
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