"Your Majesty, this is information sent back from North Korea!"
On the carriage, Li Ruolian opened the box containing the secret report, glanced at the handwriting on the letterhead, and presented the letterhead to Chongzhen.
"On July 26, the second year of Chongzhen, the Mongolian tribes and the Jiannu and Fusang armies surrounded Seoul with 180,000 people. North Korea resisted desperately. The two armies fought fiercely for two days and two nights. At noon on July 28, Seoul was broken,
The king of Korea, Li Ju, led his clan to death in battle on the city wall. When he died, he shouted three times that he was ashamed of the Ming Dynasty.
Queen Inyeol committed suicide, six concubines from the harem were captured, Crown Prince Zhaoxian and Lord Bonglin disappeared, Lord Linpyeong, Lord Yongseong and six concubines were captured together, and the rest of the clan are being hunted down! "
“Hey, we’ve still come this far!”
After reading the information, Chongzhen handed it to Li Ruolian.
Yuan Keli and others concluded that the entire army of Jiannu and Fusang would not capture North Korea until at least mid-to-late June, but intelligence showed that the final fall was on July 28, almost a month late.
During this period, Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chuanting from western Liaoning, Ma Xianglin from Liaodong Peninsula, and Mao Wenlong from Pidao jointly attacked the Jiannu defense line, which played an important role.
When North Korea saw the Ming Dynasty like this, it must have aroused the will to fight. In addition, the three armies of Jiannu, Fusang, and Mongolia obviously wanted to destroy North Korea, and North Korea resisted desperately.
Li Ruolian looked around and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Korean clan does not have too many people. Among the king's two brothers, Lord Lingchang died in prison in the 40th year of Wanli. He died long ago, so he had no sons.
We killed another brother Ayara-kun, Li Yan, and his five sons and pretended to escape.
We didn’t find Prince Zhaoxian. It seems that when Fuso attacked, the king might have had a premonition of something bad and secretly sent him away. Lord Fenglin was also killed by us. It’s hard to say about Linping and Longcheng.
Your Majesty, please punish me if you do something wrong! "
Chongzhen waved his hand. According to what Li Ruolian said, in the North Korean royal family, the only one with charisma was Crown Prince Zhaoxian. If he disappeared without any arrangements, Jin Yiwei could not be blamed.
Li Ruolian was sweating on his forehead and his mind was spinning crazily. He knew how important it was for members of the North Korean royal family to slip through the net.
Just counting the time, Li Ruolian whispered: "Your Majesty, according to time, North Korea will have its autumn harvest in a few days, and Jiannu and the others will also be busy harvesting food.
You can ask the Jinyiwei over in North Korea to pay attention and find an opportunity to burn the granaries of Jiannu and Fusang, making their work in vain;
Secondly, see if you can assassinate Linping and Longcheng and put the blame on Jiannu. Then say that Jiannu and Fusang want to kill people to avoid future troubles, arouse the anger and resistance of the Korean people, and cause some trouble for Jiannu and them.
Third, let Mao Wenlong and other four ministries release the news that they are willing to accept Prince Zhaoxian, lure the snake out of the hole, and wait for an opportunity to make a decision.
Fourth, assassinate the remaining nobles of Mongolia, Jiannu, Fusang and Korea to make them suspicious of each other! You can even contact the remaining nobles to resist Jiannu, Fusang, Mongolian tribes, etc. "
"Can!"
Chongzhen said lightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Send a message to Yuan Keli and ask him to pass the order to Sun Chuanting, Mao Wenlong and other four tribes. Taking advantage of the autumn harvest of Jiannu and others, speed up the attack. It is best to capture Zhenxi Fort. .”
"I obey the decree!"
"Let's go to Qufu. After handling the matters here, return to Beijing quickly!"
"Your Majesty, do you want to notify the rear to come?"
Without waiting for Chongzhen to ask questions, Li Ruolian said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, in the more than two hundred and sixty years since Taizu founded the country, you are the first emperor to visit the Confucius Temple in person.
All the emperors who visited the Confucius Temple in person were accompanied by their ministers and the great Confucians set the standard. Although Your Majesty doesn't care, you should pay some attention to it.
Secondly, this time we came with great momentum to deal with the Confucius Mansion. For such a major event, we must have enough momentum. We enter the city in such a low-key manner. When the time comes to reveal our identity, those scholars don’t know how to organize it!
Not only must there be great authority and momentum, but also the edict must be conveyed, so that the Confucius family and the scholars in the city will kneel down outside the city to welcome him. Don’t they like to discuss, so let them kneel for three hours first! "
"Hahaha, that's a good idea!"
Chongzhen chuckled twice and asked again: "How long will it take?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Luan Jia originally stopped in Jining, and it only took one day to get here. If Teng Xiang's left guard marches in a hurry, three days is enough. The Jinyi Guards and Warrior Battalion can be assembled within an hour."
"In that case, let's go and inform, but we won't go back to Jining City. Didn't they say that Kong Zhenyun of Nanzong is starting classes? Let's go and listen too.
Let’s take a look at this old gentleman’s knowledge and listen to what the scholars think. "
"I will make arrangements now!"
After Li Ruolian responded, he waved towards the distance and said a few words to the casually dressed Jinyiwei, who mounted his horse and galloped away.
The carriage started moving slowly, then slowly accelerated, heading towards Qufu quickly.
Along the way, I met countless businessmen and scholars heading towards Qufu. The closer I got to Qufu, the more people there were. By the time I was about ten miles away from Qufu City, the sky was already dark, but it was extremely lively.
There were people on both sides of the official road. Those who could afford it were using carriages and tents, and the worse ones were tents made of oilcloth. Even worse, they were just propped up with cloth, and even worse, they were just sitting on the ground.
Piles of bonfires were dancing, and vendors carrying lanterns and carrying lanterns were shouting among them. The smell of various foods lingered in the air, which felt like a snack street in later generations.
Although there were many people, they were in an orderly manner. This was all the result of Lu Xiangsheng's "beating".
In order to protect these scholars, the Tianxiong Army dispatched two patrols outside Qianhu's location.
Early the next morning, Chongzhen arrived at the lecture site under the personal escort of Cao Bianjiao and others. The accompanying sergeants of the Warrior Battalion had already blended into the crowd.
Although it was just dawn, the thousands-square-meter open space was already packed, and more people kept coming.
It was almost time to see someone arrive. An old man with white beard and hair but a ruddy face, wearing a plain gown, slowly walked up a large smooth stone with a cane.
Seeing the old man sitting down, all the scholars in the open space stood up and saluted the old man: "Students have met Master Kong!"
The old man waved his hand: "My classmates, there is no need to be polite. Today I will talk about my understanding of the 'unity of knowledge and action'. After I finish speaking, you classmates will come up with different indirections, and we will discuss it again."
Without a strong will, nothing can be accomplished in the world. Without a strong will, it is like a boat without a rudder... But if the will is strong, the road will be difficult..."
Although the old man is older, his voice is still loud and clear, and there is an inexplicable aura when he opens his mouth. If I had to describe it, it might be Haoran righteousness.
