lied to Kangxi

Chapter 252 So Complicated

After passing through Seoul, the capital of North Korea, the Han River turns to the northwest and flows into Jianghua Bay of the Yellow Sea.

Accompanied by Li Yuandu and Zheng Qingquan, the fleet led by Yu Zhu went directly up the Han River and arrived at the official ship dock in Seoul.

North Korea is known as a small China, and most of its rules refer to China's system.

The docks of Ming Dynasty are divided into official ship docks and civilian boat docks, and the same is true for the Korean Kingdom.

After the big ship docked, following Yuzhu's order, more than [-] soldiers from the Wuwei camp, armed with live ammunition, filed down along the gangplank.

The life on the boat was too boring. After finally landing, Yu Zhu was very considerate of his subordinates and planned to let everyone disembark to exercise their muscles and bones.

"Everyone is there, stand at attention and look to the right!" Following Lu Wu's command, all the soldiers put their legs together, "Snap."

I saw that the soldiers of the Wuwei camp were wearing big-brimmed hats, gray military uniforms with four pockets, leather belts around their waists, and shiny high military boots on their legs.

On the belts of the soldiers, there are iron bullet boxes and gunpowder gourds on the left, and military thorns with sheaths on the right.

Hey, good guy, Li Yuandu's eyes were straightened, and Zheng Qingquan was even more dumbfounded.

Especially Li Yuandu, his Li Cao Judgment Book is equivalent to the Minister of Rites of North Korea. He has represented the King of North Korea many times and acted as a tribute envoy to the Qing Dynasty.

Whether it's the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty or the Green Battalion soldiers, including the imperial guards, they can't compare with the energetic Wuwei Battalion in front of them.

The equipment of the soldiers of the Wuwei Battalion, other things are easy to say, mainly high leather military boots. It took Yuzhu a lot of effort to convince Kangxi.

Why?

In today's Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners soldiers only have a pair of cloth shoes each, while the Green Battalion soldiers all wear straw sandals.

Wu Weiying actually wore high leather military boots, which were too extravagant and too prominent.

However, Yuzhu pestered Kangxi, presented the facts, and reasoned, and finally persuaded Kangxi with a narrow escape and the knee-thick snow in Siberia.

However, Kangxi is the lord of a country after all, and the resentment of uneven hatred must be considered.

Kangxi asked Yuzhu to wear high leather military boots only when he was outside the border of the Qing Dynasty.Moreover, before returning to the country, it must be confiscated and returned to the Armed Forces Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

There is no way, things in this world do not suffer from few, but only from inequality, and there are many red-eyes and thieves!

However, although Yuzhu agreed very happily, in fact, he didn't intend to follow through.

The reason is very simple. When going abroad, the military guard camp was full of officers and soldiers with no actual combat experience.

Without a record, everyone is naturally embarrassed and has been wearing high leather military boots.

When returning to the country, there are actually two outcomes, either defeated and killed, or returned with glory!

As long as he made great military exploits, Yuzhu would be sure to persuade Kangxi to let the soldiers of the Wuwei camp wear high leather military boots all the time.

"My lord Yuyu, my battalion should have 450 nine people, and we actually have 450 nine people, please give me instructions." Lu Wu strode up to Yu Zhu, drew his saber out of its sheath, and saluted.

What's more embarrassing is that Yuzhu is wearing the official uniform of a second-class bodyguard today, with a yellow jacket over his head.

There is no way to beat your chest or raise your arms and brows in return.

Yuzhu had no choice but to nod and smiled and said, "Lu Wu, I ordered everyone to move freely in the dock area. You must give money when you buy things, and you must be polite in your speech. You must not harass the Korean people in any way. Those who violate military orders will never Forgive me."

"Hey." Lu Wu took the order loudly, then turned around and walked to the front of the team, and ordered loudly, "Disband at the same place. After two hours, return to this place to gather, and Baixing will lead people to enforce the military law."

North Korea, after all, is a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, not an enemy country.

If the officers and soldiers of the Wuwei Battalion committed violations of law and discipline in North Korea, North Korea also has a special channel to report to Kangxi's desk.

Besides, it is unforgivable for a truly elite army to disturb the people in peacetime, whether it is in the country or not.

Accompanied by Li Yuandu and Zheng Qingquan, Yuzhu rode to the North Korean palace.

Walking on the streets of Seoul, what Yuzhu saw were low buildings, narrow streets, and grass-faced people.

What attracted Yuzhu's attention was that the so-called sedan chair that fell on the side of the road to avoid him looked like a sliding pole from the Qing Dynasty, extremely simple and shabby.

According to Li Yuandu's introduction, the King of Joseon had five palaces in total, namely Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace, Changgyeonggung Palace, Gyeonghuigung Palace and Deoksugung Palace.

Changdeok Palace is located on the east side of the main palace, Gyeongbokgung Palace, so it is also called "East Palace".

After the completion of Geumcheon Bridge and Donhwamun Gate, the great kings of all dynasties from the ninth generation of Joseon King Seongjong lived in Changdeokgung Palace. Therefore, Changdeokgung Palace also became the palace that served as the main palace.

In front of the Dunhwa Gate of Changdeokgung Palace, the king of Joseon, Li Xuan, led the senior officials of the Yi government, such as the leader of the government, the left and right officials, the left and right approval, and the left and right counselors, waiting for Yuzhu's driving.

After Yuzhu got off his horse, he walked slowly to the Hall of Renzheng, with his back facing south.

Li Yun hurriedly led the courtiers of North Korea to kneel down, and said respectfully: "North Korea descends to feudal domain, my minister Li Yun, respectfully welcome the emperor of China to be safe."

"Saint Gong'an!"

After the salute was over, Li Yun invited the jade pillar into the Hall of Renzheng very politely.

Out of respect for the imperial envoys of the Heavenly Kingdom, Li Wei did not dare to sit on the throne, but set up the seats for the host and guest under the steps of the throne.

Li Xuan sits in the middle, Yuzhu sits on the left, and senior officials of the Joseon government stand on the right.

According to the usual practice, Li Xuan respectfully asked Kangxi about his physical condition, daily life, etc., and Yuzhu also answered them one by one.

After the bureaucratic red tape was over, Li Xuan said very politely: "My dear brother, you have worked hard from afar, Xiao Wang bought a table of thin wine, and please give me thin noodles and a few drinks, how about it?"

Yuzhu couldn't help but smiled, Li Xuan was really humble.

The majestic king of North Korea is actually commensurate with the Yuzhu brothers. His figure is soft and soft, which makes people feel very comfortable.

The banquet was placed in Yinghua Hall in the back hall of Changdeok Palace.

Li Xuan really knew how to come. The Korean banquet originally had a table-sharing system, but he ordered someone to set up a few round tables, and he and Yuzhu made up a table.

Yuzhu looked at it calmly, hey, at the state banquet of North Korea, spicy cabbage, salted fish and other unpopular dishes appeared.

Moreover, the dishes seem to be many, but the dishes are very small, and they can be picked up with two or three chopsticks.

"Brother Yanqing, if you don't dislike him, why don't you call a certain family brother Mingpu?"

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Xuan suddenly had a new proposal.

If we say that Li Xuan's previous respect and politeness belonged to the necessary etiquette to respect the imperial envoys of the heavenly kingdom.Now, it's not quite right.

There is nothing to be courteous, and it is either a traitor or a thief!

Yuzhu immediately raised his vigilance, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is the lord of a foreign vassal, how dare I make such a mistake?"

"Brother Yanqing, I heard that you are going north to suppress thieves. Although Xiao Wang has limited strength, he must contribute a little." Li Xuan has been the king of Joseon for decades, and he still has basic vision.

He also knew that anyone who spoke empty words would politely decline.

So, Li Xuan said with a smile: "Xiao Wang has prepared ten big ships, five hundred civilian husbands, and fifty thousand taels of silver..."

Hi, Li Xuan has offered generous terms.Among them, the most interesting thing is that there are actually ten Korean beauties.

Who is Yu Zhu?How could he have such shallow eyelids?
To put it bluntly, the more generous the conditions Li Xuan offered, the more troublesome things would be.

However, Li Xuan didn't say what he was going to do, so Yuzhu just smiled and said nothing, neither accepting the gift nor refusing it face to face.

After the banquet was over, Li Yun invited Yuzhu to Xizheng Hall.

Xizhengtang was originally the main bedroom of the king of Joseon. After Li Xuan came to the throne, he lived here all the time.

After sitting down in the Xizheng Hall and the maids serving tea, Li Xuan waved away the surrounding servants.

Seeing that there were only two people left in the room, Yuzhu understood that Li Yun was going to talk about business.

Suddenly, Li Xuan clapped his hands lightly, and saw the palace door was pushed open, and a person walked in.

Yuzhu took a closer look, but she was a young Korean woman.

Li Xuan suddenly sighed and said, "Xiao Zhen, come and pay respects to Master Yu, the angel of Shang Kingdom."

"Little girl Zhang Xiaozhen, pay my respects to Lord Yu."

Yuzhu looked at Li Xuan in confusion, Li Xuan sighed again, and explained: "This girl's name is Zhang Xiaozhen, her father is Zhang Xipin's elder brother, Zhang Xizai, the general of the internal guards and robbers..."

Oh, after listening to Li Yun's detailed explanation, Yuzhu finally understood.

A few years ago, after Zhang Xipin was consecrated to death, Shupin Cui's family gained power, the Western People's Party regained power in North Korea, and the Southern People's Party collapsed.

The party struggle within the Kingdom of Korea can be said to have a long history.

In the early years of King Xuanjo of North Korea, the Dongren Party headed by Kim Hyo-won defeated the Western People's Party headed by Shen Yiqian and took power.

In the 24th year of King Seonjo, the issue of the establishment of the crown prince as a trigger sparked the confrontation between the moderate faction and the hardliner in the Dongren Party.As a result, the Eastern People's Party split into the Southern People's Party and the Northern People's Party.

After the Imjin Japanese Invasion ended, the Bukin Party came to power.Later, the Beiren Party split into the Great Bei Party and the Little Bei Party.

After that, the Dabei Party, which supported the ascension of Gwanghae-jun (Li Hun), gained power.Soon after, the Great North Party was further divided into the Bone North Party and the Flesh North Party.

Because of helping King Injo to overthrow Gwanghae-kun (Injo anyway), the Western People's Party, which had been in decline for a long time, gained power and was in power for more than fifty years.However, the Xiren Party also split into the Xunxi Party, Qingxi Party, Shan Party, and Han Party.

Later, based on Li Yun's likes and dislikes towards Zhang Xibin, the Western People's Party that opposed the appointment of Zhang Xibin's son as the eldest son lost its power, and the Southern People's Party took power.

However, with the fall of favor and death of Zhang Xipin, the Western People's Party once again kicked the Southern People's Party out of power.After that, the Nanren Party forces finally came to an end and basically disappeared.

Today's North Korean political arena has become a situation in which the old faction and the young faction split from the Western People's Party compete for power with each other.

The Yanfeng Lord Li Chong, born to the concubine Cui's family, gradually gained power with the support of the huge old school.

Because she hated Zhang Xipin to the bone, Cui, the concubine of Shu, wanted to kill all of Zhang's beautiful women, so as not to harm the court again.

After Li Xuan's power fell, now that he has regained his senses, he is determined to defend Zhang Xipin's niece Zhang Xiaozhen in order to win over the influence of the Shaolun faction.

Yuzhu stroked carefully for a long time before he understood the context of North Korea's party struggle, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Alas, the so-called three thousand miles of beautiful rivers and mountains are so complicated!
(End of this chapter)