The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 137 North Korean Special Envoy
After the beginning of the new year, maybe God really opened his eyes, or maybe Daming really started to glow with a second spring. In February, the temperature will quickly warm up, the snow will melt, and everything will be revived.

The 800 million mu of winter wheat planted by Yingtian Mansion and Yongping Mansion last year not only did not freeze to death, but grew rapidly. The spread of the news undoubtedly greatly stimulated the gentry and common people throughout the north.

And thousands of contractors also began to recruit military households and masons and carpenters to start building industrial areas.

The red lady in Nanjing is training soldiers every day, but Zhang Yan is starting to prepare for Enke, and it is still a provincial exam, and they will take the exam together.

That is to say, after the scholar passed the provincial examination, he could immediately take the general examination in Nanjing, and then go to the capital for the final palace examination after high school. This undoubtedly stimulated the scholars in the whole south.

at the same time.

Duo Ergun also held a swearing-in meeting in Shenyang, appointing Duo Duo as the general of the Southern Expedition, Hong Chengchou as the deputy general, and Aobai as the forward. A total of [-] horse infantry were sent to North Korea.

In order to learn from the Han people, Duo Ergun also asked Hong Chengchou to draft a call to action.

The reason is that the king of Joseon secretly sent envoys to Ming Dynasty, preparing to betray Qing Dynasty. In such a repeated country, betraying the master and the villain, it is not enough to show the prestige of the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, the kings of Joseon had gone through 16 generations, and Injo Lee Jae had been in power for 21 years and had just turned 50 years old.
Last winter, I heard that the Qing Dynasty suffered a great defeat in the Central Plains, and that the Ming Dynasty had a talented emperor. Li Zhen really wanted to join the Ming Dynasty again, and planned to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute to him after the new year.

Because almost everyone in North Korea at this time has a heart for Ming Dynasty, and they had no choice but to turn to Qing Dynasty at the beginning, and no one was really willing to submit to Qing Dynasty.

But what Li Zhen and the Korean nobles did not expect was that the Qing Dynasty knew about it before their envoys were dispatched, and even sent a large army to conquer.

Immediately frightened, while dispatching troops to prepare to resist, at the same time sending envoys to Daming for help.

Of course, there are also very few people who propose a complete surrender and liquidation, and pay some beautiful women money and food to let the Eight Banners retreat first.

It was early March when the Korean envoys came to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The Ministry of Rites was very happy to hear that the Korean envoys had arrived, and Shang Shu went to greet them outside the city in person.

The next day, Zhu Cihong summoned the North Korean envoy in the Huangji Hall, not only accepted North Korea's return, but also ruthlessly comforted him.

"Your Majesty, North Korea is in danger now. All of our country are looking forward to the arrival of the Heavenly Soldiers from the Kingdom of Heaven to help, and hope that Your Majesty will send troops to rescue as soon as possible."

The North Korean envoy knelt on the ground and wept uncontrollably.

The civil servants and generals on the left and right sides nodded frequently, obviously sympathizing with North Korea's experience and very satisfied with North Korea's attitude.

After all, Daming seems to have, for many years, not had any vassals come to pay tribute, and the most recent time seems to be five years ago when Ryukyu sent people.

Now that the new emperor has just changed the yuan, North Korea has come to return. This is definitely a precursor to the coming of all nations, so North Korea must be kept.

"Well, special envoy, let's get up first. North Korea has always been my Ming Dynasty's vassal. It was forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty in the past. Now that it has returned to the embrace of the mother country again, I will naturally not ignore it and refuse to save it.

Don't worry, I will gather an army in a few days and go to Shanhaiguan. You go back and tell Li Zhen that he must persevere. It will take three months at most, or January at the shortest time, and my army will leave Shanhaiguan. "

Zhu Cihong came to the hall and helped him up himself.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the great kindness and virtue of the mother country, I will definitely remember it in my heart and never betray it."

The North Korean envoy knelt down again with tears in his eyes.

Zhu Cihong comforted him a few more words before letting him back down.

After returning to the dragon chair, he glanced at the line of civil servants, and said: "In order to demonstrate my sincerity to the Ming dynasty, I would like to send an imperial envoy to return to North Korea with the North Korean envoy to comfort him. No, Qian Aiqing, the imperial envoy is none other than you."

After speaking, he looked at Qian Qianyi with a smile on his face.

Just finding an excuse like this to kill this old thing, he was really not reconciled, even if he cut him into pieces, Zhu Cihong felt that it was a little cheap for him.

After all, if he was killed just like this, maybe this guy would end up with a reputation as a loyal minister, and he might become a tyrant who killed loyal ministers instead.

The best way to deal with this kind of spineless traitor is to first ruin his reputation for thousands of years, and then arrest him and hack him into pieces, ransacking his family and exterminating his family.

Just like Chen Yan, the chief assistant, and Zhang Jinyan, Minister of the Ministry of War.

So ever since Qian Qianyi came to the capital, Zhu Cihong has been thinking about how to deal with him and ruin him.

This time the Tatars attacked North Korea, it was just an opportunity to see if he could be trapped in North Korea, and finally defected to the Manchu Qing to restore his status as a traitor. After he invaded Liaodong in the future, he would be hacked into pieces. A monument was erected to explain, after warning people.

Although doing so would damage Ming Dynasty's national prestige, Zhu Cihong didn't care at all, he just wanted Confucian scholars all over the world to come and see the real face of Qian Qianyi, the so-called Great Confucian of Donglin.

As for North Korea, not to mention that it cannot be saved at all, even if it can be saved, he will not save it.

He can't wait for Dorgon to torment North Korea. When he has enough torment, wouldn't it be more delicious to save the people of the country as a savior?

"Your Majesty's reputation is too high, and I'm ashamed to take it!"

Qian Qianyi hurriedly stepped out and said modestly.

Obviously don't want to go to North Korea, stay away from court.

"Hey! Qian Aiqing doesn't need to be modest, this matter must belong to you, so it's settled, and we will leave tomorrow."

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, his tone could not be refused.

"I obey the order." Qian Qianyi had no choice but to answer honestly.

Shi Kefa, Hou Xun and other Donglin officials all frowned slightly, feeling that His Majesty made a fuss out of a molehill.

Even if you want to send an imperial envoy to comfort him, a minister of the Ministry of Rites is enough, why do you need to send the second assistant?

However, everyone only thought that His Majesty attached importance to North Korea and was happy that North Korea sent envoys to see him, so they made an exception and let Cisuke go.

But Wei Zaode and other non-Donglin Party members were secretly delighted.

Especially Wei Zaode, since Qian Qianyi came, he has felt tremendous pressure. If the sixth part hadn't become an empty shelf now, he really wanted to resign and return home.

Because if you don't do things, you won't do wrong things, and you won't be caught by Qian Qianyi and others.

But Qian Qianyi and other Donglin officials were not in the mood to engage in party disputes for the time being, and killed Wei Zaode.

As the saying goes, fighting for power and profit, but now the six departments have no power at all, and it is completely useless, so how can they fight?What's the point of fighting?

Datong Xuanfu and the vicinity of the capital are all implementing the military household system, and the northern provinces are not allowed to take any action.

The government affairs of the southern provinces were all concentrated in Nanjing first, and after Zhang Yan finished handling them, they were directly reported to the Supervisor of Rites.

It can be said that the thousands of civil servants in the capital, apart from the Ministry of Industry, have some work to do, and the other ministries are really similar to the Five Army Commander's Mansion.

So they all wanted to win back the legitimate rights of the six departments first, but His Majesty didn't go to the court at all, and he didn't receive an audience. Incomparable.

This is the first grand court meeting where His Majesty has not been absent since everyone entered Beijing, but this occasion is not right, there are foreign envoys, and everyone can only hold back.

(End of this chapter)