Ming Zuo

Chapter 890 The Debate of Taoism [Long Live the Chinese People's Liberation Army! 】

As the monarch of a country, Li Jing has just suffered unprecedented humiliation.

Just when he was like a wounded tiger, trying to find a place to heal his wound quietly, someone offended him again.

This caused Li Zhen to explode all of a sudden.

He completely lost the kindness he had deliberately cultivated in the past, revealing his sharp fangs.

He needs to use the blood of the disobedient to prove to those who look down on him that he is still the king of North Korea.

Cui Mingji closed his eyes in pain.

At this moment, he understood that the North Korea of ​​the past could never go back.

In the future, on this land, I am afraid that there will be a bloody storm.

The only thing left to do now is to act as soon as possible.If Jin Shangxian and others can be recovered, the loss may be minimized.

However, at the moment when he was about to leave, a fast horse galloped desperately from the north.

"Your Highness, please report urgently to Ping'an Metropolis. According to His Majesty's order, Pyongyang Concubine Yin Hong Yihan who was arrested was taken away on the way of escort, and his whereabouts are unknown now. The Ping'an Metropolis has already mobilized soldiers and horses and is searching hard."

The tense atmosphere raised another level.

Everyone had a premonition that something was wrong.

Hong Yihan, Yin Ji, and Wu Daji were carefully selected by Li Zhen, and they were to be given to the Manchu sect of reconciliation.

It is conceivable that once these three people fall into the hands of Man Qing, they will undoubtedly die.

Yin Ji and Wu Daji were originally in Nanhan Mountain City, so with Li Zhen's order, the two could only be captured without any resistance.

As for Hong Yihan, he was originally in Nanhan Mountain City.However, the situation was urgent and he was sent to Pyongyang to preside over government affairs.

Li Jing never thought about what would happen if he arrested a courtier.

But now, reality hit him hard in the face.

Hong Yihan was kidnapped unexpectedly.

Reminiscent of the sudden departure of Kim Sang-heon and others, if there is no conspiracy, no one can believe it.

But the bad news didn't stop there.

It is also a fast horse galloping from the north.

"Your Highness, Yin Lin Qingye, the capital of Yizhou, is missing. The Qing people demanded prisoners, but Yizhou had no one in charge of the overall situation. The Qing people broke into the city and captured everyone in the city."

Bad news came one after another, and the Korean monarchs and ministers who had not yet come out of the grief of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty realized that this land might never be peaceful again.

Fearing that Li Zhen would say something radical again, Cui Mingji hurriedly said: "I will set off immediately, and I will definitely bring Jin Shangxian back within three days."

After all, he didn't give Li Shi a chance to react, and immediately called Li Shibai to mount his horse, and led the assembled army to the south at high speed.

But Li Jing didn't stop there.

"An order was sent to officials from all walks of life in Gyeongsang-do to arrest the family members of the Western People's Party immediately. Once Kim Sang-heon is found, they will be arrested immediately. But if there is resistance, they will be killed."

Jin Liu asked cautiously from the side: "Your Highness, do you want to report this matter to the Qing people?"

The word "report" deeply hurt Li Zhen.

"I'm still the king of North Korea. Do I need to ask outsiders for help when dealing with my own subjects?"

A group of officials didn't dare to talk anymore, so they could only surround Li Tan with sullen heads, and walked into the very deserted and desolate Hanyang.

It wasn't until they entered the city that everyone realized that the situation was strange.

"Where have all the people gone?"

"Why is no one welcoming His Highness' return?"

No one can answer these questions. Anyway, as far as the eye can see, the houses in Hanyang City still exist, but the bustling people in the past have disappeared.

The monarch returned to the capital, but there was no welcoming scene, which made the North Korean monarchs extremely angry.

Jin Liu immediately ordered the soldiers to scatter around to look for the people.

It took a full hour before the soldiers came back after arresting an old and frail man.

"Everyone said that the Lord wants to send us to the barbarians as slaves. No one likes to leave their homeland, so they all ran away."

Knowing the situation, the North Korean monarchs and ministers looked at each other in blank dismay.

Li Zhen asked angrily, "Who will you listen to such rumors?"

The old man was scared to death, so what to say.

"I don't know who mentioned it, but everyone is spreading it anyway. Those who could run ran away, and those who couldn't escape also hid in the mountains."

After being informed of the situation, the old man looked at Li Zhen cautiously.

"My lord, are you really going to send us to the barbarians as slaves?"

Li Jing wanted to reprimand on the spot, but when the words came to his lips, thinking of the actual situation, it turned into a cough.

Coughing and coughing, a mouthful of blood gushed out.

The people around were all terrified, they hurriedly escorted him back to the palace, and summoned the imperial doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment.

At this time, on the land of North Korea, countless people, horses and people are all running hard.

Between the mountains and fields, the North Korean army spread out in all directions, not letting go of every inch of land.

Although they captured many fleeing civilians, these people were not their target.

Jin Zidian looked at the undulating mountains and fields, his mind was full of lawsuits.

"Where did Hong Yihan go? That Lin Qingye must go south from Yizhou, why can't they be found?"

Jin Zidian, who was staying in Miyuan, received Li Zhen's order to send out his entire army to search for traces of Hong Yihan and Lin Qingye.

However, the North Korean army searched the entire area and blocked every passage going south, but they did not find these two people.

Cui Mingji's condition is also extremely bad.

He and Li Shibai led [-] soldiers and horses and galloped along the official road to Gyeongsang Road.

Under the rapid march, he finally caught up with Kim Sang-heon and others who were heading south at the junction of Chungcheong-do and Gyeongsang-do.

However, looking at the [-] troops waiting around Jin Shangxian, Cui Mingji was in pain.

"My lord, why did you betray the king and the country?"

Opposite him, Jin Shangxian was protected by guards with shields, and his expression was extremely resolute.

"It was the king who betrayed the country and the people, so he is no longer our king."

Cui Mingji seemed to have seen the endless war and the tragic death of countless people.

"The country was almost destroyed. It was the king who used his humiliation to save everyone. Just when the king needed help, how could you betray him?"

Zheng Yun laughed out loud when he heard the words, the laughter was full of sarcasm.

"He saved everyone? What are the half a million people who lost their homes and loved ones?"

This accusation made Cui Mingji even more painful, and he tried to defend himself.

"In order to protect the country of North Korea, even if some people sacrificed for it, what's wrong?"

Kim Sang-heon totally disagrees with this statement.

"Since [-] Koreans can be sacrificed, why can't the sacrifice be the king? From now on, he is still the king who sits on the top and is served by countless people. But those innocent people will die tragically in a foreign country. Souls cannot return to their homeland. Surely the people need such a king?"

Cui Mingji was a little short of words, so he could only plead earnestly.

"My lord, this country can't afford any more disasters. Why can't we join hands to undo the pain of the past and make our country better again?"

Different road non-phase plan.

Jin Shangxian also knew that this person in front of him was actually very rare.

"The former North Korea can no longer go back. No one needs a king who betrayed his people and sacrificed his life. From now on, the people of North Korea will have to live for themselves."

Cui Mingji roared angrily.

"Can the common people really bear the damage of the war?"

Kim Sang-heon asked sharply.

"Can the common people bear the pain of leaving their homes?"

Seeing that Kim Sang-heon has made up his mind, Cui Mingji suddenly shifted his target, trying to persuade others.

"Are you really going to rebel? Are you really going to fight against the king? Are you really going to kill your own people?"

The person next to Kim Sang-heon suddenly shouted in Korean: "Who wants to be a slave of a foreign race? Does anyone want to lose their homeland? Does anyone want to be unable to reunite with their relatives? Does anyone want to be unable to rest in peace?"

The people on Jin Shangxian's side were completely aroused by the repeated shouting and asking.

"We want to be upright people! We are not slaves! No one can treat us like pigs and dogs, not even kings."

The overwhelming shouts were like thunder that tore apart the world, and Cui Mingji was so shocked that he was speechless.

(End of this chapter)