"Da Ming, is the flag of Da Ming!"
"The Ming Dynasty finally came to save North Korea!"
"Long live the Ming Dynasty! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious..."
Those who cheered were two groups of local scholar-bureaucrats from Asan, North Korea, and a group of people they led who ate pots of pulp.
The bonfire burning on the shore of Asan was lit by these people. . . Of course these people are the so-called leading party!
However, they do not think that they are traitors to Korea, because in the eyes of the two groups of scholar-officials in Korea in this era, they are the people of the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is their father, and Korea is part of the Ming Dynasty!
This is not the perception of a few North Koreans, but the consensus of the whole country.
This cause of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty is not only a matter for the Chinese, but also a major event for the Koreans!
The ancestors of the two Liangban scholar-bureaucrat families who have lived here in Yashan all immigrated from the Central Plains during the Southern Song Dynasty, although it has been four or five hundred years. But their descendants can still speak fluent Chinese and are familiar with the Confucian classics written in Chinese characters.
So when the original Confucianism that helped the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt China was transmitted from the sea to Asan, the descendants of the Asan Li family and the Asan Zhao family became Confucian sects one after another. Now they all look like disciples of Confucian sects. Dressed up in cloth clothes and scarves, with long swords and empty hammers, when they saw the Ming Dynasty fleet getting closer and closer on the sea, everyone was so excited that tears filled their eyes.
"Quick, quick, get on the fastest horse and go inform Mr. Baihu and Mr. Huayang... tell them that the Tomorrow Soldiers have arrived!"
An old man from the Zhao family in Yashan wiped away tears while giving orders to the disciples around him.
Mr. Baihu Yin now lives in Seoul and is the leader of the Confucian sect of the Southern People's Party. The person he calls Mr. Hwayang is Song Si-yeol, who calls himself the Master of Hwayang Cave. Song Si-yeol was previously exiled to Gyeongsang-do by the Southerners Party. However, after the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, he was returned to Cheongju, the capital of Chungcheong Province, because of his pro-Ming stance, but he was still not allowed to return to Seoul.
But Mr. Song's influence is still very great. As soon as he stands up, the entire Western Party will respond. Coupled with the Confucian faction of the Southern Party, most of North Korea's political circles will stand up.
"We also need to send people to inform the Confucianists in Chenghuan, Suwon and Incheon... Now is the time for us Korean Confucianists to stand up and fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!"
The patriarch of the Asan Li family is a strong man with a long beard. He is carrying a sword and has a murderous look on his face. You can tell at a glance that he is a martial arts class member.
The old man from the Zhao family in Yashan nodded heavily, "Yes, hurry up and inform everyone of the good news about the arrival of the tomorrow's soldiers!"
...
"Teacher, teacher!"
Small but urgent shouts spread from the second door of Yin's house to the inner hall of the house, and then there was the sound of the sliding door of the house being opened.
Yin Yin and Emperor Hu De, who were sitting in the room, looked at each other and smiled, both of them calm and unmoved. These two people already know the approximate date when the Ming army landed in Asan - in fact, the entire Seoul already knows it!
Even most of the Yangban nobles in North Korea already know that the Ming Dynasty is coming...and most of them are eagerly looking forward to the heavenly soldiers from the "Father's Country".
After all, they all regard themselves as subjects of the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty has squeezed North Korea too hard in the past two years... This is the legendary "stepfather"!
The worse the "stepfather" is, the better it reflects the goodness of the "real father"?
Yin Yin and Emperor Hu De remained calm, but the two North Korean generals in front of them suddenly stood up. These two people are Jin Xuan, the training general who trains the governor, and Li Yongxi, the Chinese army officer. These two people are the actual controllers of the third-hand army that trains the governor.
These two people had also secretly joined the Confucian sect a long time ago, and also received a large reward from Yin Yin and Emperor Hu De - it was delivered by Zhu Shengren of the Confucian sect to Yin and Hu in recognition of these two Koreans. The loyalty of warriors to Ming Dynasty!
"Teacher, news from Asan...the Heavenly Soldiers are coming, there are at least a hundred large ships, and the entire Asan Bay is filled with the Heavenly Soldiers' warships!"
Hearing the news, Jin Xuan and Li Yongxi's faces turned red with excitement. Jin Xuan took a few breaths, stared straight at Yin Jin, and finally burst out: "Mr. Baihu, there are only a few hundred Qing troops in Seoul now." , and the people are in panic, and they are no match for the five thousand people who trained the governor..."
His voice was a bit scary, and his deputy Li Yongxi was so excited that he couldn't speak and just nodded his head. Yin Yin glanced at Emperor Hu De, who said calmly: "The key now is that the king, concubine Wang and Princess Ming'an... cannot let them fall into the hands of Qing Yao!"
Yin Yin also nodded, "That's it!"
He had already stood up, "Then let's start taking action this evening... Mr. Hu will go with me to see His Highness the King. As long as the training supervisors are on our side, I believe His Highness the King will Those who support us and other loyal ministers of North Korea.
In addition, the Confucian disciples in Seoul will cause riots in the city in advance, so that the soldiers and horses training the capital will have a reason to leave the camp to protect them! "
Emperor Hu De also stood up. He said to Yin Yin: "Then I will take my leave first... let's meet again outside Changdeok Palace before evening!"
"Okay, it's a deal!" Yin Yin nodded heavily.
...
Not far from Changdeokgung Palace, there is an abandoned mansion that used to be the mansion of a favorite of Lord Gwanghae. This favorite's family was all killed in Injo's assassination, and the mansion was regarded as ominous. It has been abandoned there without anyone living there. It was not until two years ago that Yin Yin funded the purchase and gave it to the Confucian sect who had just entered North Korea at that time as the residence of the Confucian sect's Korean Hall. However, it was abandoned again not long after.
It is said that the Confucian masters discovered that this mansion was haunted, and planned to hire masters from the Ming Dynasty to capture it before they could move in.
It's just that it took almost two years for this master to be invited... Until today, a courtyard in this mansion was packed with three to four hundred masters.
I don’t know when these masters came? But all of them were dressed like soldiers trained by North Korea to oversee the capital, but the guys they picked up were not the same crap as the third-hand soldiers trained by North Korea to oversee the capital. Each of them carried a flintlock gun with a bayonet on his back, and the ones hanging on his waist were real guys equipped with lash-type grenades.
Emperor Hu De didn't know when he also changed into the attire of a Korean military general, and was carrying a Japanese sword made in Foshan in his hand.
He looked at the group of "masters" below. Some of them were Confucianists from the Ming Dynasty, but most of them were children of the two classes in North Korea.
The so-called middlemen are the children of concubines in Yangban families. North Korea only has so few resources, and there is no possibility of external expansion, so their Yangban nobles are also very "voluptuous" internally. However, their "test method" at this time is not to take the college entrance examination, but to compete with their mother. If the mother is a concubine, she will be kicked out of the Yangban class and become a so-called bastard or a concubine (illegitimate students are called bastards). evil).
People in the middle class are not considered to be in the second class and are not qualified to be officials. They can only struggle in the middle and lower classes for generations... Without an earth-shaking change, it is almost impossible to turn over.
Therefore, in the middle and late period of the Korean Kingdom, the Chinese have always been a very unstable existence, sometimes participating in rebellions, and sometimes serving as a guide for invading enemies.
Confucianism from the Ming Dynasty did not discriminate against the bastards and did not pay much attention to birth. Instead, they advocated universal education and fair examinations!
When they think of being able to sit in the same examination room with the direct descendants of the second class and pass the university entrance examination based on their own abilities, these bastards are filled with the loyalty passed down from the Ming Dynasty!
At this moment, thunder exploded from nowhere in the distance, stretching from far to near.
Emperor Hude, who was dressed as a Korean military general, suddenly pulled out his Japanese sword, pointed it in the direction of Changdeokgung Palace, and said loudly: "The traitors are colluding with the barbarians to attack Changdeokgung Palace. We, our loyal ministers, should stand up to protect them and make contributions to the country!
Send troops, the king is at Changdeok Palace! "
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