The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 369 Zhang Lushui

North Korea, Hanyang City.

After the election of the ruler was submitted, Zhang Zhou sent the reply letter back to Hanyang City, expecting to directly confirm the position of the ruler, but the North Korean subjects who hoped that "North Korea will enter stability" were immediately disappointed.

Zhang Zhou stated that he would ask the emperor to select and submit for approval, which is tantamount to adding another ten days to the uncertainty of this matter, and also brought many uncertain factors to the situation in North Korea.

Park Yuanzong, as the "initiator" of the rebellion, will be sandwiched between the Old Honor faction headed by Li Kedun and Yin Bishang headed by the Shilin faction. He also began to feel a sense of crisis. One day, he and Liu Ziguang came to see Tang Yin with generous gifts.

"...Tang Shangchao, the position of the king has not yet been determined, your generous reward cannot be granted for a while, and the title given to you cannot be granted in time."

Pu Yuanzong came up with a lure.

Tang Yin sat cross-legged in front of the table, with a chessboard in front of him, playing chess for himself.

It's not that he has this kind of elegance, but that he only realized after he came to North Korea that such a place where people don't know the place well and can't even speak the language with ordinary people is really boring.

As the capital of North Korea, Hanyang City is not at all as prosperous as the capital of Ming Dynasty. Tang Yin now misses the prosperity of the city in the south of the Yangtze River.

Tang Yin said: "I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and I cannot accept the title you have given me. I can only return to the court after completing my errands."

Liu Ziguang stretched his head and said: "The envoy is right, but the ruler of the country has not been decided for a day, isn't it impossible to complete your errand?"

"Whoa!"

Tang Yin was very irritable playing chess, overturned the chess box in front of him, and said somewhat irritablely: "You think I'm in a hurry to return to court now, don't you?"

"what?"

Liu Ziguang was startled, looked sideways at Pu Yuanzong, and thought, are you in a hurry or not?
Park Yuanzong said: "It was previously proposed that the candidate for the lord of North Korea should be determined by the Duke of Lai, and now it has to be submitted to His Majesty Daming. During this period, there will be turmoil in North Korea. There are reports that rebels have begun to gather in Gangwon Province. To avenge the deposed lord and usher in restoration."

Tang Yin shook his head and said: "The restoration is impossible. At that time, you killed Li and his son. Isn't it all right?"

This made the North Korean lobbyist duo very helpless.

You, Tang Yin, spoke quite straightforwardly. Since you all think that there should be no future troubles, why are you still keeping Li and his son, concubine and others, and not killing any of them?
Even the running dogs around Li only arrested a few people, and none of the big families were moved. Brothers like Li Kedun are still challenging us in the court.

Pu Yuanzong said: "However, the liquidation of the rebellious officials and thieves cannot be delayed."

Tang Yindao: "When Li was in power, everyone had to rely on others for survival, and everyone was about to make a mistake. How dare you say that you hadn't done anything against your will before the change?"

"Mr. Tang..." Park Yuanzong knelt down to Tang Yin directly, even kowtowed, "North Korea's safety depends entirely on you alone, or you ascend the throne and inherit the lord of North Korea. I will definitely support it with all my strength."

"what?"

Tang Yin was still talking about it calmly, but when he heard this, he stood up suddenly, glared at Pu Yuanzong and said, "Don't mention such disobedient words. Wait for a while, His Majesty will definitely take the country The Lord's people are selected, just wait."

Pu Yuanzong and Liu Ziguang looked up at Tang Yin.

I thought to myself, we all sincerely invite you to be the lord of this country, and you are still so "polite"?It seems that you really have no intention of presumptuous.

But the question is, do you not want to, or do you want to but dare not do it?
We all know that you have a "senior brother" behind you, which is awesome, but choosing you as the lord, this could have been an alternative option, maybe the emperor of Ming Dynasty wanted it more?
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When Pu Yuanzong and Liu Ziguang came out, both of them were ashamed at this time. Even Liu Ziguang didn't expect that Pu Yuanzong would suddenly kneel down and say such words.

After coming out, Liu Ziguang suddenly felt that he had discovered something he shouldn't have discovered, so he didn't dare to look at Pu Yuanzong.

Pu Yuanzong said as if nothing happened: "It seems that there is no need to worry about Tang Yin's self-reliance."

"Yes." Liu Ziguang agreed, thinking in his heart, you don't want to remind me that what you did just now was just to test Tang Yin, right?
"Is there no progress on the gift you have prepared?" Park Yuanzong asked sharply.

Liu Ziguang said: "Everything that could be given away was sent around, gold, silver, jewelry, even beauties, antique calligraphy and paintings...there are very few antique calligraphy and paintings that have been exiled to North Korea, but there are some high-quality goods that were sent to him, but they were all returned. .He doesn't seem to like it."

In the past seven or eight days, the North Korean royal family and ministers have used various tricks in order to bribe Tang Yin.

The things of wine, sex and wealth were delivered to Tang Yin's place in turn, but none of them were accepted by him.

It's not that Tang Yin doesn't mean that oil and salt are not allowed, but that Tang Yin feels that he is not "qualified" to accept it. Besides, Tang Yin doesn't think it's so rare to talk about things outside his body. Up to now, he is still afraid of the previous night of chaos. Dreaming back in the middle of the night...it's really tossing to the point where my heart is thumping.

"Didn't His Majesty Qi'an say that there is a eloquent prostitute in his house, and that he is going to give it to the envoy? Why haven't you met him yet?" Pu Yuanzong asked.

Qi'an Dajun Li Wei is the son of Ruizong of the Joseon Dynasty. He is notoriously greedy for money and lustful. His family has raised many singing and dancing girls.

Before, because Qi'an Maharaja was the son of a direct descendant, there was a possibility of succeeding to the throne, and he secretly wanted to give gifts to Pu Yuanzong and Tang Yin, but there was no way. Only at this time did Pu Yuanzong think of Qi'an Maharaja.

Liu Ziguang said: "Tang Yin is not lustful, can this plan work? Besides, now all the decision-making power rests with the Daming Emperor and Lai Guogong, so it would be too..."

The implication is, did we find the wrong target to curry favor with?No matter what Tang Yin said, he just obeyed orders. We can't bribe the emperor of Ming Dynasty, so we might as well bribe Zhang Zhou, Duke of Lai.

Pu Yuanzong shook his head and said: "A dead horse is a living horse doctor, and you are why Lai Guogong didn't set foot in North Korea himself? The rise and fall of North Korea in the future may depend more on Tang Yin. You and I can only keep him well in the future The back road. This boat is easy to sink."

"You...me?" Liu Ziguang frowned.

Is this what you said to me?
Although I was a participant in this coup, it seems that I only joined when you were attacking the palace gate. If you don't come to liquidate me afterwards, I feel that I will be burned.

You actually forcibly say that we are on the same boat?

Park Yuanzong said coldly: "Do you think that besides me, there are people from the Jiuxun faction and the Shilin faction who will protect you?"

"what?"

Liu Ziguang was shocked.

Only then did he realize that the so-called same boat was not from the standpoint of the rebellion, but the standpoint of survival in North Korea now.

They are no longer tolerated by the traditional old honor faction and the Shilin faction, and the rebellion itself was initiated by Tang Yin. Only when Tang Yin can represent the suzerain state Daming, and even get the support of Ming's soldiers and horses, can they continue to control the government in North Korea Base.

Liu Ziguang said: "I understand, it doesn't matter who is the ruler now, it's far less important to curry favor with Tang Yin and Duke Lai behind him than to curry favor with the ruler. I'll hurry up and urge Maharaja Qi An to let him Send people here."

"Yeah." Park Yuanzong nodded in satisfaction.

He sent Liu Ziguang to ask for someone first, but he couldn't help frowning, and said to himself like complaining: "Is it possible that I, Pu, am going to get mixed up with this kind of person?"

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People still sent it to Tang Yin.

When people arrive, Park Yuanzong will "check in" first.

When Pu Yuanzong saw that there were six or seven maids, only accompanying a woman who looked calm, he even felt that Qi An Dajun was deliberately sensational...

"This kind of woman? Go to any flower street and willow alley, and grab a lot of them." Pu Yuanzong sternly said to Liu Ziguang and the doormen of Qi'an Maharaja's mansion.

As the nominal leader of the rebel army, Park Yuanzong also deliberately put on a show in front of this group of people.

Liu Ziguang was so scolded that he didn't dare to answer, but the woman said in very pure Chinese: "Even if you catch a lot of them, General Pu still wants you to send me here, won't you?"

"Ok?"

Pu Yuanzong frowned.

This woman really dares to speak, doesn't she know what verbal offense is?
One command from me, and your head will fall to the ground.

"Talk warts, turn your head." Park Yuanzong still raised some interest.

After the woman turned her head, Pu Yuanzong saw that under the sun, the woman looked very fair, and she was only fourteen or fifteen years old. Her voice was soft and soft, but what she said seemed like an old man.

"You are young, how did you learn Chinese?" Pu Yuanzong never felt that an ordinary prostitute is qualified to learn Chinese.

Liu Ziguang reminded: "General, she is already 27 years old."

"what?"

Park Yuanzong was also taken aback.

I said she was ordinary, because seeing her like this, she was just an unenlightened young girl, thinking that she just found a so-called "beauty" at random and stuffed it into me.

When I heard her speak, her voice sounded like a girl's, but her words would appear mature.

Now tell me... is she already the age of two girls?

Liu Ziguang smiled and said, "I don't believe it. At first glance, I thought it was only fifteen or sixteen, but that's how it is...she...has given birth..."

Pu Yuanzong said in his heart, it is true that Qi'an Maharaja can play, how else can he be the leader of the old perverts in Hanyang City?

"What's your name?" Park Yuanzong asked.

The woman lowered her head and did not answer, as if it was a shy thing to say her name.

Liu Ziguang said: "The general asked you, are you deaf?"

The woman said: "Little girl Zhang Lushou, your majesty calls you Lushui."

"Zhang Lvshui? Good! Send it to the Huitong hall together with the girls around her. Don't make sure you don't annoy the gatekeepers. If you ask, just say that I sent it. Don't mention anything about Qi'an Maharaja." Pu Yuanzong I was still hesitant about giving it away.

But after checking it himself, he seemed to be determined.

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People were sent to Huitong hall.

Liu Ziguang looked at the woman walking with her head bowed from a distance, and said with emotion: "She is really a graceful beauty. I heard that Lord Qi An has been with you more than once... I mentioned it to Lord Yanshan that there was once a woman in his house. She even said she would send her to the palace. Now that she is not destined to be a concubine, she is now an envoy's house, which is embarrassing to say the least."

Pu Yuanzong did not answer with a gloomy face.

Liu Ziguang asked: "If the Tang envoy still doesn't accept it, what should I do?"

Park Yuanzong said: "he will accept it. Every time I visit him these days, I can feel the loneliness of others in a foreign land. At this time, an ordinary woman can't even understand him, so it's impossible to resolve him The heart is more depressed. But if it is a woman who is knowledgeable and interesting, who can accompany him, and can make him have a good impression of North Korea, then... Maybe he will treat himself as a North Korean."

"Really? Hehe..." Liu Ziguang smiled awkwardly.

He was still pondering.

You, Park Yuanzong, don't really intend to make Tang Yin the king of North Korea, do you?
You two brothers, a Korean and an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, went to Duobi City to fight a battle, and it’s nothing more than a brotherhood, but now you still want to persuade him to be the leader of North Korea?
Park Yuanzong turned his head and said: "Go and tell Princess Rencui that there is still room for discussion regarding Jincheng's succession to the throne. Let her see if there are other candidates."

Liu Ziguang said: "But aren't we moving closer to Empress Cishun?"

"If this pair of mother and son gain power, there is no guarantee that they will not backlash against us and other subjects in the future. Now it seems that the Duke of Lai has a deep meaning behind his decision not to be the king of Jincheng. If everything goes according to the established procedures of North Korea, the king will abdicate If the closest heir succeeds, what is the point of Ming doing so many things behind his back? Could it be that Jincheng Maharaja is more friendly to Daming than Yanshan Jun when he becomes the lord?"

What Pu Yuanzong said made Liu Ziguang seem to have an instant epiphany.

Liu Ziguang said: "So, we'd better support someone who is easier to control? For example, Lord Yanshan's... heir?"

"No... Yanshan Lord's son is not optional. He will take revenge when he grows old, but the elder brothers of Jincheng Maharaja's concubines are qualified to inherit the throne. Who said that North Korea must be succeeded by a prince born from the descendant? We It is necessary to ponder Daming's intentions before deciding who will succeed him."

"But among the candidates we reported, there are no such people?"

"It doesn't matter. I think most of the rulers appointed by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty will be selected from the younger brothers of Lord Yanshan and the elder brothers of Lord Jincheng. They are weak and they are 'Elder Lords' in name. Only in this way can North Korea enter the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Hope to see a state of internal strife."

"Then we'd be thieves."

"We are originally, only these so-called elders, they have no power and status, so we can control it better. Daming also needs our help to control, doesn't it?"

After Pu Yuanzong's explanation, even Liu Ziguang seemed to have an epiphany, nodded and bowed before going out to make arrangements.

The so-called arrangement was actually to go to Li Yi's concubine elder brothers to see who was easier to control.

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In the hall.

Xu Jing was still urging Tang Yin to return to Liaodong earlier, and he also returned to the capital to live a stable life.

"Bohu, we are all from the south. It is hard enough to spend the winter in the capital, but we ended up in Liaodong and North Korea. It has been a torment for us in the past six months. Finally, we have something to look forward to. Should we continue to suffer like this, when should we leave?"

As a southerner, Xu Jing has also been sick in North Korea recently.

It can only be said that a son like him is not suitable for living in a foreign country.

Boredom is also the most important factor.

Tang Yindao: "Duke Lai Guo gave me a separate letter earlier, asking me to finish the errands here before I can leave. If you are in a hurry, you can go back first, it's okay."

"What errand?" Xu Jing asked, "Is it to control North Korea? If you want to set up a capital office here, then you...or you won't be able to leave in the future."

Tang Yin said with a dark face: "Otherwise? Do you think this is the life I want? Don't I know how deep the water in Hanyang City is? Do you think I can come and go in and out of Yuhui Tong Hall at will now? I also want to go back Jingshi, live a stable life, even if you teach others how to shoot in the Martial Art Hall, it will be better than the current situation."

Xu Jing said with a smile: "So Bohu, we are both the same, we can't bear the hardships. But it's fate talking to us, we have suffered all the hardships. Alas!"

Just as he was talking, there was an announcement at the door: "My lord, General Park sent you a beautiful woman."

It was Liu Gui's voice.

"No, send it back." Tang Yin said without thinking.

Liu Guidao: "It is said that he is a Han Chinese, he is proficient in poetry and songs, and he can also play chess with adults."

"Han people? Are there any Han people in North Korea?" Xu Jing asked.

Tang Yin was still a little moved after hearing this.

If a Han woman really came to him at this time, even if she just served tea and water, it would relieve her inner distress.

The greatest pain does not come from loneliness. After all, there are many Ming soldiers around him, and even his friend Xu Jing, but he does not have any sense of belonging in his heart. This is what makes him anxious.

In a strange place, the spirit is tense all the time, for fear that the North Koreans will fight back, surrounded by a group of old men, who can't grasp the weak and compassionate side of your heart at all... Or, others are relying on you, But you can't get a moment of peace in your heart, which is what makes him anxious, and even Xu Jing's illness.

"Let her in."

Tang Yin finally let go.

When Zhang Lvshui opened the door and came in and stood there facing Tang Yin and Xu Jing, the two gentlemen would have the same idea as Pu Yuanzong.

This woman is a little too ordinary, just a girl.

"I am not a Han Chinese, I am an authentic North Korean. In our North Korea, my status is called a prostitute. I have always been wandering and resold. In the 26 years of my life, I was sold to four people, all the way to Qi'an After entering the Maharaja's mansion, I lived a stable life for a while, but I have two husbands... one is my husband who is a servant, and I gave birth to a daughter for him... and the other is Your Majesty, As long as he's drinking, he'll take me with him..."

If Zhang Lushui doesn't sing, that's it.

After speaking, Tang Yin and Xu Jing looked at each other.

They all felt a "deep malice" from the North Koreans.

It's fine to send a woman, but send someone who is already a "mature lady" in this era. The key is that she looks like a girl, and that's not the point...

This woman who has changed hands several times is still born as a prostitute. If you Koreans want to curry favor with me, Tang, shouldn't you give me some famous lady?
(End of this chapter)