Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 451 Li Zhu’s decision

People will inevitably face many choices when they live in this world, and making a choice will bring good or bad reality, but no matter what the final result is, you must choose to face and accept it. On the long road of life, choose It is a compulsory course, you can enter or leave, there is no third option.

At night, the Huitong North Hall is not as noisy and bustling as during the day, but rather quiet.

In a secret side room, the lights dispelled the darkness, and the cold wind blowing in through the cracks in the window not only brought a chill, but also blew the candles.

Li Jian sat quietly on the official hat chair, watching the candle that was blown by the cold wind. The flames were fluttering. Several times, the flames were about to be blown out, but they kept burning tenaciously.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not return to Huitong Beiguan tonight?"

A deep voice sounded from the darkness.

"Not coming back."

Li Zhu looked calm, his eyes still fixed on Huo Zhu, "Many of the people we are hosting tonight are famous Confucians in the previous dynasty, and several of them have also gone to the Imperial College."

"It seems that His Highness the Crown Prince is a little too happy to miss Shu."

There was laughter in the darkness, and the man sitting lifted up his robe sleeves and said, "This is an opportunity for His Highness. Has His Highness decided?"

"What to decide?"

Li Zhu frowned slightly and said, "I am carrying His Highness the Crown Prince to return home early, not to mention whether it can be done. Even if it is done, do you think he will let me go?"

"It seems His Highness still hasn't made up his mind?"

The man's tone changed slightly, he looked at Li Zhu and said, "Does Your Highness really think that it is a coincidence that the descendant of the Tang Dynasty has met you several times?"

"How could it be a coincidence?"

Li Shu narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling all the previous events, and said leisurely: "If I guessed correctly, I'm afraid it was the intention of His Majesty the Ming Emperor. If this was not the case, how could the descendant of the Tang Dynasty do it so casually?" In and out of the Forbidden City?”

"As far as I know, since His Majesty the Ming Emperor came to power, not only the Forbidden City, but also the entire imperial city, the palace defense has been extremely strict, and there is no way to detect the movement inside the palace from the outside."

"So what are you still hesitating about, Your Highness?!"

The man asked rhetorically: "All the signs at the moment all indicate that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the delegation to go to the upper court to pay tribute, but it is difficult to leave the upper court. Although the exchange has been negotiated, the opening of the port of Jeju Island has not yet been By procrastinating, His Royal Highness wants to take this opportunity to gain more benefits, but don't forget, how can the majesty of the court be allowed to be tested by me and other vassals?"

"His Royal Highness wants too much!"

"What considerations the upper court has now is not for us to speculate, but if His Highness can return to North Korea smoothly, then there will be a lot we can do, such as bringing back all the dissatisfaction of the upper court? "

"Then have you ever thought about how the upper court would react once it learns of the changes in North Korea?"

Li Shu snorted coldly, "Don't forget, the previous dynasty attached great importance to etiquette, and no one can overstep the system of direct descendants!!"

"But Your Highness is the eldest son of Lord Dingyuan, and the eldest grandson of Emperor Xuanzu!"

The man said: "Is today's North Korea still the original North Korea? How many violent things has that man done since he took office? How many people have made people hostile to the royal family? Have these His Highnesses forgotten it?"

At this moment, the atmosphere in the side room changed.

Become solemn.

Become depressed.

Li Zhu's eyes sharpened and he clenched his fists hidden in his sleeves. He didn't want to recall the frightening life in the past, let alone experience it again.

"Your Highness, now is the time to make a choice." After an unknown amount of time, the man walked out of the darkness and looked at Li Zhu with firm eyes, "If our matter can really succeed, if we want to get the chance to go to court The recognition is actually very simple. If you think about it carefully, when you met the grandson of the Tang Dynasty, he mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally. "

"Jeju Port."

Li Yan spoke concisely and comprehensively.

"good."

The man nodded and said: "As long as we can successfully return to North Korea from the previous dynasty, it means that His Majesty the Ming Emperor, who is behind the Tang Dynasty, acquiesces to what we are going to do. If this can be done to facilitate this matter, the Li who was left behind in the previous dynasty will If you don't, it's impossible to leave the previous Dynasty and return to North Korea."

"Of course, it is impossible and unrealistic to have the upper court recognize His Highness's status just by relying on the Jeju Port. However, if His Highness can really become the king of North Korea and is willing to strengthen exchanges with the North, he will be able to The entire Jeju Island was dedicated to the upper court for counterinsurgency, and even the coastal areas near Liaodong were opened to the public. All that..."

Li Zhu interrupted the man's words and said with a serious expression: "But the key to the problem now is that the above are just our conjectures. If His Majesty the Ming Emperor had not thought about it this way, what kind of situation would we face? What if? Is all this just wishful thinking on my part?”

"It depends on His Highness's choice."

The man said in a sonorous tone: "Whether we can successfully leave the Shang Dynasty and embark on the sea route back to North Korea will test our suspicions."

Li Zhu was silent.

This choice was too stressful for him.

If what they had experienced before was just their misjudgment, and they just left the mission without permission behind Li Qi's back and wanted to plot to return to North Korea, once this matter was spread back to North Korea, his fate would be tragic.

Even if he chose to stay in the Ming Dynasty, he had status in North Korea, but he was nothing in the previous dynasty. Li Zhu still knew this.

"If His Highness is willing to give it a try, the Jin family is willing to advance and retreat together with His Highness!"

While Li Shu was thinking, Jin Liu looked serious and knelt down in front of Li Shu, "Even the entire Western Party will firmly follow His Highness!!"

It seems that this decision has been made.

Looking at Jin Liu who was kneeling on the ground, the corners of Li Zhuo's mouth raised slightly. This was exactly what he wanted to see. In the past, he had too little initiative in that matter. Although he was involved in many things, his own people, He does not have the highest initiative, which is not good in Li Zhu's opinion.

But through this tribute, Jin Liu's attitude changed obviously, and everything exceeded Li Zhu's expectations from the beginning.

"Since I heard Lord Jin's words, I decided to give it a try."

Thinking of this, Li Zhu hurriedly lifted his robe and stood up, helped Jin Liu who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a serious expression: "North Korea should not be in this situation now, North Korea should be better!"

"Your Highness!"

Seeing Li Zhu's statement, Jin Liu's eyes were slightly red and he was a little excited, "If His Highness can bring order to North Korea, then the North Korean royal family will be prosperous!"

"I'll leave it to Mr. Jin next."

Li Zhu said with an moved expression: "If you can successfully leave the previous court and return to North Korea, I am willing to listen to Jin Jun's arrangements."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I have arranged everything."

Jin Liu nodded heavily.

(End of this chapter)