Wanli 1592

Chapter 1064 Liu Chenglong Marches into Kaesong

There are definitely gentry in this world who love the country and the nation and are willing to dedicate themselves to it.

People in the ruling class also have lofty ideals and aspirations and are determined.

Rulers are not all cold-blooded political creatures.

It can only be said that most of them are like this, not all, and that being cold-blooded and ruthless is an excellent quality of a political creature, and those who are not cold-blooded and ruthless are different.

Liu Chenglong is one of this insignificant small group.

He is a member of the great gentry class, the top of the ruling class, and compared to Quan Li, another senior figure of the ruling class, he is undoubtedly noble.

But his nobility is the cultivation of personal morality and personal behavior, and has nothing to do with the entire class.

Lee Joseon has been deeply influenced by the gentry since the founding of the country. The founding king of Joseon, Li Chenggui, overthrew Goryeo and established Joseon. From the very beginning of Lee's Joseon Dynasty, the king of Joseon was not the arbitrary one, and the power of the king was greatly restricted.

This is different from the way that the gentry of the Ming Dynasty succeeded in taking power for a hundred years. They were the masters of the country from the very beginning.

The land, resources, and population are basically controlled by the gentry headed by two groups of ministers. The emphasis on literature over military affairs is even more terrifying than that of the Ming Dynasty, almost reaching the level of the Northern Song Dynasty.

North Korea is a typical powerful landlord country, and it can even be called a "constitutional monarchy" in some people's fantasy, that is, the monarch does not have much power, and the ministers hold a lot of power, and can even refute the monarch's decision-making.

Like the previous Ming Dynasty, the center is the center, and the localities are the localities. These gentry control the land, population and resources of the localities. From ancient times to the present, political changes are all changes of dynasties.

At first they were nobles, later they were powerful noble families, and later they were imperial gentry, and they were always in control of the place.

They take it for granted that they are the pillars of the country, they are the foundation of the country, they are the whole of the country, without them, the country will be finished, it will be a mess.

So no matter how the rulers change, they are always the masters of the country, the masters behind the scenes, and the superficial emperor is just a spokesperson.

No matter who is the emperor, no matter who is in charge, they still have to rely on them to rule the country and the foolish people. Without them governing the country for the emperor, the country would cease to exist.

Just as Lu Su said to Sun Quan before Cao Cao went south, Sun Quan could not surrender, but these ministers could surrender, because behind them were big and deeply intertwined local families, with land, resources and population in their hands. If Cao Cao wanted to rule stably, he must Compromise with them, or there will be subversive civil unrest.

Dynasty changes since ancient times have basically followed this pattern.

Even if the country is in danger of subjugation, as long as the gentry hold the local resources and population and do not express their attitude to confrontation, the invading party will cooperate with them and compromise. There is no way to drive out the gentry. Unless it is a barbarian tribe's invasion, then they have nothing to say. They only know how to kill people, just like the current Jurchen invasion.

But for Quan Li, firstly, his family is not in any danger, and secondly, he believes that Daqin will send troops to deal with these barbarians soon. Once Daqin goes out, these barbarians will retreat in spite of difficulties, so this battle does not need much effort at all. Go and fight.

No matter what, before and after the war, his status will not change. His family is still standing on the land of North Korea. He is still a member of the noble family and the ruling class. If Li Yan wants to punish him, he has to weigh himself. Two catties.

Most of the gentry think this way. Their power is too great, and the ruler has to compromise. They have more options in the face of war. They can join the enemy camp to continue the family and continue to live a good life. , Those who died were ordinary people, and had nothing to do with them.

Liu Chenglong is just a person, a person that Quan Li doesn't like to comment on.

What kind of courage and responsibility do you need to take the initiative to take on this hot potato that no one else can shake off?

He really intends to die stupidly for this country and that cowardly and incompetent king?

He doesn't think about his family and future?

Quan Li couldn't understand Liu Chenglong, but it didn't matter. Since he was in a hurry to die, Quan Li didn't stop him. It was impossible to give him all the army. He still needed the army to protect himself and his family. He would see the situation. Wonderful, but also to rescue the family.

Quan Li didn't hand over his position, but left [-] troops for Liu Chenglong, and he left the Biche Hall with the remaining soldiers and marched towards Gangwon-do.

If you want to explain in the future, it will be easy to say.

Liu Chenglong came to join him, and he was in a hurry to take power. He appointed Liu Chenglong as his deputy to lead the troops to defend Seoul, and he himself led the troops into Gangwon Province to fight against the Jurchen barbarians there.

Where are the barbarians in Gangwon-do...

Quan Li left quickly, not only left, but also took more than half of the food and grass, Liu Chenglong did not stop him.

Now is the autumn harvest season, and there is a lot of grain that has not been harvested in time due to the invasion of the barbarians. Liu Chenglong's first order after taking over the deputy task is to order his soldiers to harvest grain for military use.

As the saying goes, if you have food in your hands, don't panic. As long as you have food in your hands, Liu Chenglong is not worried that his soldiers will collapse. As a former leader, Liu Chenglong believes that he still has a certain deterrent effect on soldiers.

As he expected, the news that he appeared in the army and replaced Quan Li in charge of the army did not cause turmoil in the army. Most of the soldiers accepted this fact and had a full meal under Liu Chenglong's arrangement. Then follow his orders and go to Kaesong with him.

Zheng Weiguang, the guard of Seoul, was also taken to Kaesong by him, leaving only a symbolic [-] troops for Seoul.

In the view of Liu Chenglong now, if he died in Kaesong, then Seoul would be safe to defend, and there was no need to pay attention to it at all, and there would be no other troops in Gyeonggi Province to rise up to resist.

But the army in hand is less than [-], so Liu Chenglong can only raise the banner of recruiting troops, and use his Liu Chenglong's reputation to recruit the exiled people who met along the way to join the army.

He told these people, I have food, you can eat food if you follow me, if you continue south, you may starve to death.

Many people joined the army just to have a full meal, but the situation is different now. They went south to escape the attack of the Jurchen barbarians. It is not easy for them to turn back. No matter how famous Liu Chenglong is, there are only 1000 soldiers. Many people joined his team.

He went all the way to recruit soldiers, and when he arrived in Kaesong, it was October [-]th, and his army was just over [-]. The equipment was replenished in Kaesong, some weapons and even firearms were obtained, and a batch of food.

The people in Kaesong who were unwilling to leave were very moved when they saw Liu Chenglong leading the troops, and said they were willing to help him defend the city to resist the barbarians and prevent the barbarians from destroying Kaesong. Liu Chenglong was very moved and determined to stay in Kaesong. The determination to fight the barbarians to the death.

(End of this chapter)