Sitting on the throne of the palace, Li Zhu felt like a dream.
Did he defeat his father?
Am I the King of Korea now?
So casual?
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
The Min clan, generals, civil servants and others who supported Li Zhen as king knelt down and shouted.
Li Zhen just wanted to say, "You don't need to be polite," but when the words came to his lips, he turned out to be "all ministers are equal."
"Your Majesty, although you have occupied the palace, the danger has not been eliminated."
Song Jiucheng reminded, "The defenders of Kaijing are elite and powerful. If they are taken advantage of by someone with intentions..."
"Mr. Song is right."
At this time, Li Zhen felt frightened.
Although his army has occupied the palace and expelled Li Fangyuan, he has not yet defeated all the Kaijing defenders. The Kaijing defenders are the most powerful elites in Korea. If they are used by Li Fangyuan or Li Bang, the king of Zhongning, , I'm afraid Li Zhen can only experience the throne for a few hours.
"Mr. Song, I appoint you as the leader to discuss politics and command all officials and armies. You must help me eliminate the threats in Kaijing before dawn," Li Zhen said.
Song Jiucheng was stunned when he heard this. He was appointed as the first-rank official of Li Chaozheng, whose functions were similar to those of the prime minister in the Central Plains. This was a direct promotion to the second-in-command position of Li Chao!
This shows how much Li Zhen valued and trusted him.
But……
Is it really okay for you to reuse an undercover agent like this?
…
The entire Li Dynasty's opening of Beijing has been reduced to a massacre and chaos.
Li Bao searched the palace but could not find the shadow of King Li Fangyuan of Joseon. He only found a secret passage leading outside the palace. This also made Li Bao shocked and angry. He thought Li Fangyuan had escaped and was preparing for a counterattack. .
Urged by this sense of crisis, Li Zhuo's army began to spread the search scope to the entire Kaijing. Not to be outdone, the prince of Zhongning, Li Bin, took this opportunity to launch an army to rebel, hoping to suppress Li Zhuo's rebels and seize the throne. .
The guard general of Kaijing was running out of brains. He was involved in this civil strife and could not escape. Several armies were fighting in a mess, killing whoever they saw. Everyone was frantically looking for the King of Joseon Li Fangyuan. Someone wanted to find him. Some people wanted to kill him, some wanted to catch him... They were running around the city like headless flies, killing each other in the night. This was the most chaotic day since the founding of the Li Dynasty, even better than the two previous days. The Second Prince's Rebellion.
No one knew that the corpse of the King of Joseon was already cold.
Sometimes the dead work better than the living.
As long as Li Fangyuan does not show up, there will be no peace in Kaijing until someone will kill the remaining people.
And the Liaodong cavalry led by Zhu Gaojie personally advanced by leaps and bounds after conquering Changzhou, all the way to Kaijing!
…
The next morning, Zhu Gaojie looked at the dilapidated city in front of him and thought he had come to the wrong place.
The city gates were wide open and no one could be seen. The garrisoned troops were gone. It was as quiet as a dead city.
Is this the capital of the Li Dynasty?
"Your Majesty, what is going on?" Liu Rong asked.
Zhu Gaojie frowned slightly: "How did I know that this capital is more like an empty city than the capital of the Li Dynasty? Could it be that there is an ambush?"
"Then what should we do now?" Liu Rong muttered a little.
We have fought all the way to Kaijing. Is it possible that we have to pay the money and withdraw our troops?
"Send several scout teams into the city to investigate and see what is going on." Zhu Gaojie ordered.
The scouts went into the city to investigate, and all they saw were corpses densely packed on the streets. After searching for a long time, they didn't see any living figures. Finally, they found an old man who could breathe.
The old man was really generous. He set up a table with two small plates of pickles on it. The boiling water in the iron pot was boiling white and tender tofu. While drinking, he hummed a little tune: "After eating pickles and rolling tofu, the emperor is not as good as me." ~"
The scout was stunned for a moment, wondering what kind of "Happy Song of the Nine Tribes" this was, but he had no time to care about it. He stepped forward and asked: "Fellow, what is going on? Why are there so many people everywhere in the capital?" No one cares about the corpse?"
The old man glanced at me and said, "You look like a foreigner at first glance. You don't know much about our country, right?"
The scout said: "Hey, I really don't understand. Can you tell me about it?"
The old man took a sip of his wine and said, "The rebels and defenders spent the whole night killing each other last night. Everyone is dead. Maybe you are a foreigner. It is not unusual for someone to rebel here."
The scout was stunned when he heard this. He had no time to think about anything else and rode his war horse out of the city to report.
"Your Majesty! The defenders of Kaijing are all dead!"
The scout said, "There are corpses of defenders everywhere in the city. It seems that they have experienced a bloody battle. Corpses are everywhere on the streets. The people in the city are hiding in their houses and dare not go out. They say there were some rebels in Kaijing last night. , even the palace has fallen, we fought all night long!"
Zhu Gaojie and Liu Rong looked at each other with emotions in their hearts. They could no longer describe their feelings as raw grass.
I traveled thousands of miles from Guangning, Liaodong to Kaijing, and now you tell me that Kaijing has been fighting to the death?
Zhu Gaojie guessed that there would be chaos when he opened the capital last night, but he didn't expect it to be so chaotic. After all, it was the capital of the Li Dynasty, and there was not a single defender anywhere in sight!
"Enter the city and take over Kaijing!"
…
The Liaodong Army entered Kaijing without anyone stopping them, and they just rushed straight into the palace.
However, in front of the palace gate, there was a person who had been waiting for a long time, and asked loudly: "Is this Prince Mingqi coming?"
"Uu——"
Zhu Gaojie reined in his horse and asked, "I am King Qi, who are you?"
The man bowed and saluted: "My lord, Song Jiucheng, is here to pay my respects to Prince Qi!"
Song Jiucheng?
Zhu Gaojie remembered this name. It was a hidden stake buried by Jin Yiwei in North Korea. Three generations of his ancestors had been lurking there for twenty years.
In North Korea's spy network, Song Jiucheng is one of his most important secrets.
"What's the situation in Kaijing now?" Zhu Gaojie asked.
Song Jiucheng replied: "Last night, the crown prince Li Zhen was the first to launch a mutiny and attack the palace. Then a melee broke out with the Zhongning Emperor Li Chen and the defenders of Kaijing. After a night of bloody battle, Li Zhen narrowly won. His army After persisting to the end, the great king of Zhongning, Li Chen, was killed, and the guard of Kaijing committed suicide. However, the Min clan who supported him had suffered all casualties after the bloody battle last night, and Li Zhen had less than two capable warriors. Hundred."
Zhu Gaojie raised his eyebrows slightly: "Then where is Li Zhen now?"
Song Jiucheng's answer was simply: "Dead."
"died?"
"Obviously, he died at the hands of the assassins of Lord Zhongning Li Sun."
"Actually?"
Song Jiucheng said calmly: "Actually, it was me who killed Li Bao."
Zhu Gaojie was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "You are very good."
Overnight, the King of Joseon and his two sons all died in the city of Kaijing. They died in a rebellion fueled by the Jin Yiwei. There were no winners in this rebellion, and everyone was dead. Where could there be any winners?
The only winner is Zhu Gaojie who is guiding behind the scenes.
Effortlessly and entirely relying on the intelligence network on the battlefield behind enemy lines, the army led by Zhu Gaojie advanced into the capital of the Li Dynasty.
It is easy to hide from an open gun, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow.
"What's your real name?" Zhu Gaojie asked.
Song Jiucheng replied: "My pseudonym in Korea is Song Jiucheng, and my real name is Song Jiucheng. I was from Liaodong. During the Hongwu Dynasty, I moved to Goguryeo. Later, Goguryeo was destroyed by Li Chenggui, the ancestor of Joseon. I and my family became officials in Korea. Over the years, except for the roster of Jinyiwei, no one knows that Song Jiucheng in Liaodong was the current Song Jiucheng, the staff member of the Prince's Palace of Joseon."
This may sound carefree, but for twenty years, his family has lived incognito in a foreign country, and three generations of his family have been hiding in hiding. Now it has been passed down to the generation of Song Jiucheng, who has gone through dynasties and countless hardships and hardships.
Zhu Gaojie thought for a moment and said: "I will promote you, the Imperial Guard, to command the general affairs, and you will be hereditary to thousands of households. I will make a final decision on the specific matters and rewards after returning to the capital. You can work with me first."
Having said this, he paused and continued: "I have a list of the Jin Yiwei hidden stakes in North Korea this time. I will reward them one by one when I return to Beijing!"
"You have been wandering in a foreign country for twenty years, and now you can go home."
"I am here to guarantee that I will never let any of you down if you have meritorious deeds!"
This promotion sounds really shabby. After all, Song Jiucheng went undercover to serve as the second-in-command in North Korea. In the end, he was only given a fourth-rank official who could command the affairs of the Jin Yiwei. It would have been fine if the official Jin Yiwei had commanded the affairs. But this It's obviously just a nominal position. The only thing that can be seen is probably the iron rice bowl of the hereditary thousand households.
But if you only see this level, you can only say four words.
——The layout is smaller.
Obviously, this Jin Yiwei commanding the generals is only a transitional position. Just like the Han generals in the palace, they are the cornerstone to pave the way for promotion. Following King Qi, being protected by the Supervisory State, he will be promoted as fast as a rocket, and he will be able to wear the robes of a second-rank official in the future.
But Song Jiucheng didn't care about these official positions. He only cared about what King Qi said, "You can go home."
Twenty years of hard work did not make him shed a single tear, but now his eyes were wet and tears were streaming down his face.
We can go home!
Song Jiucheng could go back, but his father, his grandfather, and the Jinyiwei brothers who were buried in North Korea could never go back.
Their corpses will remain in a foreign country forever, looking in the direction of the Ming Dynasty until their death.
Zhu Gaojie was silent for a while and waved to Lu Chaoyang.
Lu Chaoyang came over, bowed and asked, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
Zhu Gaojie asked: "Check with the list of Jin Yiwei in North Korea, find as many hidden piles as possible of all the Jin Yiwei who died in North Korea, collect their remains, and bring them back to Liaodong for burial."
This is a big project. After all, many of Jinyiwei's hidden piles in North Korea have been here for twenty years. Times have changed and the world has changed, and it is not easy to collect the remains.
However, if you want to do it, there is always a way.
North Korea will soon become the Goryeo Province of the Ming Dynasty. It may take ten or twenty years to find one set of remains and bury the other.
Song Jiucheng said loudly: "I take care of the hidden stakes in North Korea for Jin Yiwei. Thank you Prince Qi for your kindness!"
These people are already walking corpses. They live in this world and have nothing to do but occasionally look in the direction of the Ming Dynasty, hoping to bury their corpses on that land after death.
I don’t seek the scenery of life, but I hope my soul can return to my hometown.
After all, fame and wealth are just a handful of dust, but this handful of dust is also drifting in the direction of Ming Dynasty.
…
The first thing Zhu Gaojie did after occupying Beijing was to tamper with history.
In this regard, Zhu Gaojie was already at his fingertips. He had already tampered with the history of the Jurchens when he founded the state, and he was very experienced in this.
"In the thirteenth year of Yongle, the crown prince Li Zhen and the Min family launched a mutiny in the middle of the night, stormed the palace, and massacred without restraint. Unfortunately, the king of Korea Li Fangyuan was killed. Before his death, he sent a secret letter to the Ming Dynasty asking for help. The prince of Zhongning, Li Chen, borrowed They rebelled against each other and tried to seize the throne. The two of them killed each other. In the end, the mutiny ended with Li Zhu's victory."
Zhu Gaojie said while thinking about it, "After Li Zhen took the throne and opened the capital, he began to massacre his own clan and killed all the members of the Li Dynasty royal family. The Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty immediately sent troops to support the opening of the capital after receiving a letter asking for help from the Korean King Li Fangyuan. After Li Bao learned that the Ming army was approaching the city, he committed suicide in fear of crime."
"By the time the Liaodong Army entered Kaijing, it was already too late. The entire Kaijing city was lifeless, and the Li Dynasty royal family was all dead. The King of Korea, Li Fangyuan Mingrui, foresaw this scene before his death, and placed Korea under the management of the Ming Dynasty in his will. To ensure that North Korea does not fall into chaos."
"Qi Wang Zhu Gaojie approved the will with grief in his heart and took over North Korea legitimately."
"According to the will of the King of Joseon, anyone who refuses to surrender to the Ming Dynasty is a treasonous traitor, an accomplice of the rebel Li Bao or Li Chen, and a disgrace to the Korean people! They should be killed!"
After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaojie looked at Lu Chaoyang: "Old Lu, do you think it is reasonable to tamper with the history of the Li Dynasty in this way?"
King Qi is so easy to do such things as tampering with history!
You changed the Li Chao royal family's trap of killing each other, and finally changed yourself into a saint. Can you show some face?
Zhu Gaojie didn't know what Lu Chaoyang was thinking. He was very satisfied with the history he had tampered with and said, "Okay, let's do this. You write what I just said and publish it throughout North Korea to let them know. , the Ming Dynasty is a great and friendly army, it helped them put down the rebellion, and also helped them stabilize their post-war work, well, our Ming Dynasty is really too friendly."
The first step to deceive others is to deceive yourself. Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Zhu Gaojie believed it himself.
His eyes gradually turned cold: "At the same time, let the Liaodong Army take over the armies across North Korea. Anyone who disobeys will be killed!"
This is Zhu Gaojie's usual trick.
If you want to tame a country, the first thing you have to do is to raise the banner and reason, and deceive them so that you can manage and tame it more easily.
And the second thing is to break the limbs of this country!
After he becomes disabled, no matter what he thinks in his heart, he can only listen to your brainwashing.
First with civility and then with force, first with righteousness, then with troops to suppress!
Before Zhu Gaojie turned North Korea into a Han, he first had to control this land militarily and put a knife on the opponent's neck. The other party would naturally cooperate and accept the brainwashing.
And for those who don't cooperate, just let them disappear.
(End of chapter)
