Ming Zuo

Chapter 886
"Prince Rui, we found Mingren's ship in the sea to the west."

Successfully broke through Jianghua Island and captured Fenglin Maharaja and others, which made Dorgon very happy.However, the subordinate's report made his heart a little more cloudy.

"Can you see clearly? Is it really Mingren's boat?"

The subordinates were sweating on their foreheads.

"It's too far away, so I can't see it clearly. Guessing the shape, it's a Ming people's ship."

Dorgon was very dissatisfied with this answer.

"Have you ever sent a boat to pursue it?"

The subordinate said cautiously: "Our boat is too slow, just after passing, Mingren's boat ran away and disappeared."

Dorgon closed his eyes and meditated.

He didn't quite believe that the ships of the Ming Dynasty came to the coast of North Korea.

He knows a lot about Daming's situation.

Now Shandong is an independent country, and at the same time occupying Lushun, it has cut off the passage from the Bohai Sea to the outside from the north and the south.

Under such circumstances, even if the Ming Dynasty has a ship in its hands, how dare it take risks?

Since it cannot be a ship from the Ming Dynasty, it can only be from Shandong.

What is the purpose of the ships from Shandong coming here?

Dorgon was puzzled and could only bury his worries in his heart.

"Bring the Korean royal family, let's go back."

With Fenglin Dajun and others captured, the victory of conquering North Korea is imminent.

And just before and after Dorgon's attack on Jianghua Island, the negotiations between North Korea and the Qing Dynasty were still going on.

Huang Taiji's conditions became more stringent each time, and although North Korea tried its best to negotiate, there was not much room left for them.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Huang Taiji issued a new order.Not only did he ask Li Zhen to go out of the city to kowtow, but he also asked the North Korean side to bind and hand over the ministers who denounced the peace faction.

Obviously this request is very vicious, and Li Jing said that he could not accept it.

This time, Huang Taiji did not accept the letter of credence sent by the North Korean side at all, and the negotiation between the two parties officially broke down.

Huang Taiji decided to exert extreme pressure.

On the twenty-third of the first lunar month, the Qing army officially began to attack Namhan Mountain City.

It has to be said that the dangerous terrain of Namhan Mountain City gave North Korea a chance to survive.

Facing the fierce offensive of the Qing army, Li Shibai worked hard to maintain it, and finally held it after paying a heavy price.

However, the nightmare for the North Koreans has just begun.

Seeing that the siege was not going well, Huang Taiji changed his tactics.

He asked Shi Tingzhu to bombard Nanhan Mountain City day and night with the red cannon he brought.

One after another shells smashed into Namhan Mountain City, one after another houses were destroyed, and people who couldn't escape were smashed to pieces.

The city wall, which was not very strong, was also damaged in multiple sections under the shelling.

Even the palace where Li Jing lived was half destroyed by shells.

Li Yanku sat in his original position, watching the good house in front of him completely disappear, and the icy cold wind rushed in with the stench of blood, making him tremble like a sieve.

For the first time in his life, he felt so close to death.

No one had ever noticed that under the calmness on his surface, there was deep fear in his eyes.

"Your Highness, there is no other way, the only way to survive is to agree to the conditions of the Qing emperor."

Cui Mingji knelt in front of Li Zhen, earnestly giving his final advice.

Of course he could see that Li Zhen's endurance had reached its limit.

It's just that because of Renjun's face, it's hard to take the initiative to speak.

That being the case, Cui Mingji doesn't mind making this step, even if it makes him a sinner through the ages.

"Is it okay to hand over the loyal ministers to the emperor of the Qing Dynasty?"

Cui Mingji kowtowed repeatedly.

"All of this is just for survival. North Korea can continue to exist only if the king is alive. Besides, everyone, including ministers, can die."

"What does the leader say?"

When asked about his head, of course Jin Liu didn't care.

"As a subject, it is only natural to die for the king."

Anyway, he is not a rebuke of peace, and it is not his turn to be dead or alive.

Now that the capital of the ministers said so, Li Zhen finally strengthened his confidence.

"Go and tell the emperor of the Qing Dynasty that you can promise them this."

Cui Mingji was so excited that he left Namhansan City on the same day and asked to see Huang Taiji.

However, this condition alone cannot satisfy Huang Taiji.

"The king of North Korea must go out of the city and bow three times and kowtow nine times to His Majesty the Emperor to show his surrender. It is impossible for His Majesty to stay in North Korea forever. If His Majesty returns, the only way to wait for North Korea is to destroy the country."

Ma Futa conveyed to Cui Mingji the news that Huang Taiji was about to return.

Of course, this is definitely not good news for North Korea.

Once Huang Taiji sets off and returns, it means that Manchu Qing has the intention to destroy North Korea.

From then on, North Korea, as a country, will be erased from this world.

The situation has reached a point of no return.

On the [-]th, Korean soldiers who could not stand the shelling of the Qing army mutinied one after another.They rushed outside the palace gate and demanded that the court hand over the ministers of the denunciation faction and agree to the conditions of the Qing Dynasty.

Affected by internal and external troubles, Li Zhen was forced to a corner and struggled for the last time.

He conveyed to Man Qing that he could send his son out of the city to meet the Qing emperor on his behalf.

Mafuta is non-negotiable.

"The leader of North Korea must leave the city, otherwise, there is no need for North Korea to exist."

After issuing the ultimatum, Mafuta casually took out a stack of letters and handed them to Cui Mingji.

"Fenglin Dajun is very worried about the safety of the North Korean lord, and the feeling of licking the calf is admirable."

Holding Fenglin Maharaja's letter in his hand, Li Zhen completely collapsed.

"Report... to His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Gu... agree to all the conditions."

Just a few words came out of his mouth, but they weighed more than a thousand catties.And following his order, the guards who had been waiting for a long time came up to the chrysalis, and arrested the ministers of the denunciation faction one after another.

The entire court was full of crying, and everyone knew that the fate of North Korea had been changed.

Under Li Jing's heartbroken, he could still think of maintaining the future court situation.

"Rite judgment is the pillar of the country, it should be properly protected and not handed over to the Qing people."

The people below heard this, and quickly untied Jin Shangxian.

Jin Shangxian is the leader of the Western People's Party, and Li Zhen already had a premonition that after this drastic change, the Lord of the court and the faction, with the support of the Qing Dynasty, would definitely control the government.

He, the king of North Korea, is likely to become a puppet.

In order to maintain the stability of the government, it is necessary to preserve the vitality of the Western People's Party and use it to balance each other.

Although he escaped, Kim Sang-heon did not feel lucky.

He stood up staggeringly, watching Zheng Yun, Yin Huang, Yin Ji, Wu Daji and others being reduced to prisoners one after another, and became lambs waiting to be slaughtered, leaving nothing but sadness in his heart.

"Your Highness, death is inherent in a human being, and it may be heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather. Is death... really greater than the dignity of a human being?"

Facing his questioning, Li Zhen couldn't help roaring.

"Gu wants to live, Gu doesn't want to die, why do you force Gu to die?"

Kim Sang-heon did not speak again.

What Liao Zhongjian once said to him echoed in his mind.

"In order to save his life, Li Ji will definitely surrender, and even sell the lives of North Korean subjects for this. How can a dictatorial person have any moral righteousness in his heart?"

At that time, he was skeptical about this sentence, but just in case, he chose to cooperate with Xia Guo.

However, now that Li Zhen has completely exposed his true colors, his last sliver of ideal has been shattered.

He stared blankly at the king who was sitting upright but lost all majesty, the king he had served all his life...

Then slowly knelt down, bowed once, bowed twice, bowed again...

Regarding his solemn salute, Li Zhen didn't understand what it meant, but he didn't think deeply about it either.

The most important thing is to survive.

Li Jing didn't know at all that a person who was loyal to him and the country had already made the most difficult choice.

(End of this chapter)