Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 610 Fair and Unfair

Although it looks like a bright spring, Li Fangyuan, who was once high-spirited, looks extremely depressed.The arrogant soldiers who once followed him are all downcast at the moment, and they don't look like elite soldiers.

Although he has just passed his thirties, Li Fangyuan originally thought that this would be the culmination of his life, but he still wanted to develop further, create a great dynasty, and become a holy king admired by all people.But now, maybe it's time to calm down.

He is Li Chenggui's fifth son, and his mother is Li Chenggui's original spouse. Li Fangyuan, who is both civil and military, passed the imperial examination when he was less than 20 years old.In the process of usurping Wang's Goryeo, he assassinated Zheng Mengzhou, an important official of the Yuan Goryeo Dynasty, and tried to thwart the conspiracy of the Li Chenggui Group to usurp the country, but he was assassinated by Li Fangyuan in the end.

Although he made great efforts in the process of usurping the country, it is a pity that when Li Chenggui became king, Li Fangyuan was just one of the ordinary princes. At that time, Li Chenggui liked "bastard sons".At that time, Li Fangyuan was not even included in the list of founding heroes.

Therefore, Li Fang, who was dormant and accumulating strength, conspired before moving, and his brother preemptively eradicated his half-brother, that is, the prince's son Li Fangshuo.After Li Chenggui was hit hard, Li Fangguo was passed on.

But Li Fangyuan, who is humble on the surface, has a personality that has lived under others for a long time. He fought with his fourth brother Li Fanggan on the streets of Kaijing, and successfully became the "Wang Taidi", and then usurped the throne justifiably.

Li Chenggui has long been a useless person, so what about the founding king, who lost his beloved son and favorite minister, lost his power long ago, and was constantly monitored and placed under house arrest.Compared with Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, the treatment is almost the same.

The dejected Li Fangyuan couldn't help but think back. Back then, Daming found some excuses to make things difficult for Goryeo, and Daming was reluctant to confer it. Even in the early years, Daming seized Busan and set up three guards in the name of suppressing Japanese pirates. This can be said to be Sima Zhao's heart Everyone knows that Daming has been eyeing Goryeo for a long time.

It's a pity that at that time, Li Chenggui, Li Fangyuan and his son were busy usurping the throne, clearing the power of Wang's Korea, and fighting among Li's father and son brothers, so they didn't have any intentions to deal with Daming.

Now, the Heavenly Soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have come. Even though Goryeo seems to have been in war for many years, it still has a lot of troops.But so what, the defense lines were defeated one after another, and the heavy cities were conquered. They could hardly resist the army of the Ming Dynasty.

The more terrible thing is that the Li family and his son have usurped the throne for a while, but there are still many common people and scholars who cherish Wang's Korea.What's more, just last year, Li Fangyuan and his brothers, Huobing and so on, are not monolithic.

Although there are many loyal ministers, so what, there are still many people who rebelled quickly.

Zhao Fat, who had accompanied Zheng Mengzhou on a mission to the Ming Dynasty, now had the opportunity to see how powerful Ming was.

Mr. Fuxing and Counselor's servant Zhao Pang was actually an important minister who took the lead in meeting Wang Shi after the Ming Dynasty conquered Kaijing. Father and son's infidelity, unrighteousness and filial piety, etc., are being publicized in Koryo, and some old officials of Wang's Koryo are constantly being recruited.

Zhao Pang rebelled, and He Lun, the confidant of the third secretary, was martyred when Kaijing was captured. It is said that all five of his daughters were captured.As for Helun's four sons, they were also captured. Except for the eldest son who was going to be sacrificed and captured, the other three sons were executed by Zhao Pang and other remnants of the previous dynasty.

In the early years, Li Chenggui, who loved his son at the same time, sighed, his voice was hoarse, "I didn't want to be an enemy of Daming, so I asked for seals several times, but Ming didn't allow it. This time you caused a military disaster, and my Li family may suffer. .”

Li Fangyuan snorted coldly and said, "If you hadn't killed the ministers and even the royal family of Goryeo to consolidate your power back then, you wouldn't have caused the two classes to be separated from each other. The widow has been attracting people's hearts all these years, and I can't resist your wanton killing that caused the common people Scholars are alienated from morality."

This is not a lie. In fact, during the process of Li Chenggui's usurpation of the country, he has been killing the clan and courtiers of Wang's Goryeo.His unrighteous behavior of killing the king by his ministers naturally led to complaints in a place like Goryeo, where Confucian culture is practiced.

Therefore, there are actually many gangs of thieves in Goryeo now. Some of them are unable to survive due to years of war, and some of them are dissatisfied with what Li Chenggui and his sons have done. Therefore, these people form groups and assassinate those who follow Li Chenggui in pursuit of glory and wealth. The two classes robbed their property and destroyed the order established by the usurpers.

Li Chenggui's heart was even more congested, and he said, "I return to the army on Weihua Island, so that I can have the opportunity to kill my brothers and brothers, so that I can sit on the throne!"

What is black history, what Li Chenggui said is naturally black history.In the process of their usurping the throne, the father and son can be regarded as exactly the same. Basically, they can be regarded as the generation without a king and father, and they are ambitious speculators and careerists.

It can even be said that they disregard national interests for the sake of the throne.

In fact, if it weren't for the perverse actions of the father and son over the years, it would be more difficult for the Ming Dynasty to attack like a tide.Lee's father and son really haven't won the hearts of the people now. Many Korean people don't approve of Li's Koryo, and even feel disgusted.

It is true that the Ming Dynasty was a foreign race, but it is hard to say that the Li family and his son were Koreans.

I don't know when it started, Li Chenggui's father, Li Zichun, began to be circulated throughout Goryeo. In fact, the real real name is Wulu Sibuhua.This Dalu Huachi, who was in charge of the soldiers and civilians in Shuangcheng and other places in the Yuan Dynasty, was actually a Mongolian.

Otherwise, they would not wantonly massacre the Wang family's Koryo clan, or they would not have seized the opportunity to usurp the country.

These rumors are naturally the credit of Jin Yiwei, including people like Zhao Pang, partly because they were frightened under Daming's coercion.On the other hand, it was actually Jin Yiwei's wooing, coercion and temptation over the years.

Otherwise, these people would not immediately rebel when they saw that the limelight was wrong. Anyway, they all changed from the courtiers of Wang's Korea to the courtiers of Li's Korea, and they didn't care about becoming the courtiers of Zhu's Korea.

Maybe the courtiers of Zhu's Goryeo are better, with an orthodox Confucian culture, and with the Ming Dynasty as the great backer who defeated the violent Yuan.

The father and son Li Chenggui and Li Fangyuan seem to be poking each other's lungs, and they seem to be constantly throwing the blame on each other, but that is just an illusion after all.

Li Fangyuan killed his half-brother and imprisoned his brother, naturally for the sake of the high throne.He didn't want to lose his authority, and he couldn't accept that he was a prisoner of the Ming army, and those who were humiliated would be sent to Da Ming as prisoners.

Although Li Chenggui has long been chilled by Li Fangyuan's actions, this is his son after all.The most important thing is that he wants to usurp the throne despite his infamy, naturally for this country.No matter how chilling Li Fangyuan is, he is also his son, and the country of Korea should be controlled by the Li family.

Glancing at his son, Li Chenggui said, "How many troops are there now?"

Li Fangyuan glanced at Li Chenggui vigilantly, and said perfunctorily, sullenly, "It's less than [-], but there are tens of thousands of soldiers from Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province."

Li Chenggui heaved a long sigh. The Eight Paths he established at the beginning are now up to Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province.In fact, even these two methods are not complete and safe, because the Ming Dynasty has a chance to attack at the three guards in Busan.

If these troops resisting the three guards of Busan were deployed, the Lees and his sons would probably have been flanked earlier than before.At this time, Li and his son became more and more certain that the Ming Dynasty had long had plans for Goryeo, and the Sanwei of Busan was definitely not used to suppress Japanese pirates!
Li Chenggui stared at Li Fangyuan and said, "If you use some tricks and tricks, then you are quite capable. If you really lead troops to fight, you will lead your soldiers to fight on the streets!"

Li Fangyuan was not convinced. In his early years, he was also in charge of the troops of Jeolla Province and served as a temperance envoy of the Right Army. He still has some experience in leading troops.His ability is definitely not about using some means to seize the throne, or assassinating some people.

But even if he wanted to refute, Li Fangyuan still had no confidence.Even though his father had lost his ambition over the years and had always been closely monitored, Li Fangyuan also knew that his father still had enough ability to lead troops.

Otherwise, when the Wang clan was in Korea, they would not have been able to defeat the rebels, take the lead in ascending the city, and command an army of tens of thousands.

Li Chenggui sighed, and continued, "In the early years, Yin Yi and Li Chu fled into Daming and asked Daming to mobilize soldiers from all over the world to ask for it. At the beginning, Zhu Hongwu didn't respond, but he heard that Zhu Ying told him to take them in. Now they are back. Colluding with Zhao Pang and others, recruiting old officials of the Wang family."

Daoyi, Li's father and son suddenly felt that they were betrayed by their relatives. People who were loyal to Wang's Korea who thought they had been eradicated all of a sudden suddenly appeared again.

Even in the descriptions of these people, the Ming army came to crusade against the unfaithful Li's father and son, and to help the Wang's Koryo restore the country and take revenge.But the conscience of heaven and earth, where are there any orthodox descendants of the Wang family, they have been eradicated by the Li family long ago.

Those stupid people, they are simply leading wolves into the house, and they are even helping Daming to wave the flag.It won the hearts of many people, and also disintegrated many people and scholars of Li and his son. This is also one of the reasons why the morale of the army is currently low.

Li Chenggui said, "I know that you are afraid of me, I am worried that I will take over the army again, and I am worried that I will kill you. It's just that in the current situation, you can't restrain the army, let alone lead the army."

Li Fangyuan stopped talking, he was indeed very afraid of his father.It's okay to put his father under house arrest, but he must never be allowed to contact the court again, let alone the military power, otherwise who knows what will happen next.

It is not impossible for such a thing to happen when the Supreme King is restored.Even though his father looks like an old man now, in Li Fangyuan's heart, he has always been afraid of his father's ambition when he was young.

Li Chenggui didn't say anything more anymore, he knew that even if he said something more, it would not have much effect.

There was indeed too much estrangement between him and his five sons, and there had long been deep suspicions between them, and it was impossible for them to confide in each other.

Even if there is a chance to drive out the Ming army and regain control of the military, Li Chenggui will definitely not make the same mistakes again, and will never let his five sons be placed under house arrest again, and he cannot let his five sons do anything wrong.

But the first thing to do now is actually to expel Daming's army and find a place for Li and his son to stay.Otherwise, all ambitions will be in vain, or both father and son will be sent to Daming's Yingtian Mansion in shackles.

Li Fangyuan's expression was gloomy, and he could naturally see the risks involved, but it seemed that he really couldn't refuse some of Li Chenggui's proposals.

Even if it is drinking poison to quench thirst, he may only admit it at this time, because if he continues to lose, he really doesn't want to look forward to other things. .

This is not a joke, there is a special person in Koryo, even Chen Li, the second son of the great Han emperor Chen Youliang who once fought against Zhu Hongwu for the world.After Chen Youliang's death, Chen Li proclaimed himself emperor.But outside Wuchang City, Chen Li surrendered and was named Guidehou by Zhu Hongwu.

When Chen Li surrendered, it was also the same pattern, because in the Han culture, the emperors and princes in history basically surrendered like this. The general ceremony is the same, and there are a few changes.

Of course, Song Huizong and Song Qinzong did not have such treatment. They took off their clothes and put on a sheepskin neck tie, and were led like sheep to Aguda Temple to perform the sheep-leading ceremony.

There is no way to say that this is a trample on personality, sometimes it is like this, the jungle preys on the weak.

Chen Li is now in Korea, and was sent to Korea by Lao Zhu. Although he is called "Chen Wang", he has no actual treatment.During Wang's Joseon Dynasty, the King of Koryo bestowed nine pieces of ramie cloth on Chen Li.Two years ago, Li Fangyuan also gave Chen Li a maid and Mi Dou.

The king of subjugation, sometimes life is really worse than death.

Li Fangyuan obviously didn't want to become the king of subjugation, and he obviously wanted to try harder.It's hard to win the world, and I'm absolutely unwilling to lose power, glory and wealth like this, and I can't tolerate my ambitions dying before they are fully realized.

Even if it is drinking poison to quench thirst, maybe at this time, you can only admit it. At this time, there is really no other way but to accept it all.

Old Zhu and Xiao Zhu who are thousands of miles away obviously don't know about some experiences and thoughts of Li's father and son at this time, but Xiao Zhu is now enjoying himself.

"Grandpa, look at this Goryeo, it uses our Chinese characters." Little Zhu said cheerfully, "The scholar over there is interesting. They speak Goryeo and write our Chinese characters. This is not unusual. How can ordinary people have the opportunity to read and write?"

Old Zhu nodded with a smile, and said, "Although we look down on some scholars, we also know the difficulties of being born in a poor family. If you study hard, you may be able to change your family and become famous."

Xiao Zhu nodded slightly, he acknowledged this, "Yes, the imperial examination is not the best, but it seems to be the fairest now. There is a golden house in the book, there is a thousand bell millet in the book, and Yan Ruyu in the book. "

(End of this chapter)