Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

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Just when Ye Xun led people to build Jinzhou New City, the [-] Jurchen army under the command of Daishan and Huerhan invaded North Korea like locusts.

In fact, the large area of ​​North Korea south of the Yalu River has been sorted out countless times by the Jurchen, and there is no oil and water, and they can't organize any decent resistance, so the Jurchen army is divided into encirclement. It killed the capital of North Korea in a matter of days.

As the Jurchen army advanced, countless captured Korean civilians were sent back to Jianzhou in a steady stream.

On the way to Jianzhou, the Korean prisoners of war were divided into several groups. Women and children were sent to Hetuala, and the young and old were sent directly to the concentration camp temporarily set up for road construction.

Huang Taiji said that he didn't care, but in fact he also valued the official road jointly built by the two, especially the dispute field, so he had to make preparations as soon as possible.

What Daishan and others did not expect was that they encountered unprecedented resistance under the capital of North Korea.

Here, the North Korean soldiers and civilians showed the spirit of Immortal Xiaoqiang to the fullest. At the same time, the firearms Ye Xun sold to them also came in handy, repelling the Jurchens' attacks again and again, and the Jurchens' corpses were piled under the city wall.

This situation surprised Dai Shan and Hu Erhan. The two studied it, and instead of surrounding the army here, they might as well go to other places in North Korea to search.

After making up his mind, the army was divided into two, Daishan continued to besiege Seoul, and Hu Erhan led an army of [-] to bypass Seoul and kill deep into North Korea.

Unbeknownst to Dai Shan and Hu Erhan, at this time the Korean monarchs and ministers had been divided into two factions, one was the surrender faction headed by Lord Gwanghae, and the other was the resistance faction headed by Lord Lingyang Li Yu.

The reason why Seoul can persist for so long can be said to be entirely due to the resistance faction.

Li Yu's faction is all pro-Ming faction, but they are more opposed to Guang Haijun blindly flattering Ye Xun, thinking that it is disrespectful to the suzerain country, so after gradually gaining the right to speak in the imperial court, they sent people to the capital of Daming to ask for help. Not begging Ye Xun like Mr. Guanghai.

It’s impossible not to ask for help. The most affluent places in North Korea are all in the south. If the Jurchens continue to suffer like this, then North Korea will really be over.

The land route has been blocked by Jurchen, and the quickest way to get to the capital of Daming is to take the sea route, so the first person to know that North Korea asked for help was Tao Lang, governor of Denglai.

Tao Lang naturally didn't dare to delay when something happened in the vassal state. After sending the North Korean envoy away, before he had a sip of hot tea, someone from his servants came to report. Eunuch Ye of Liaodong sent someone to ask to see him.

Hearing the servant's report, Tao Lang couldn't help being taken aback. As a big official in the frontier, how could he not know the tricks between Ye Xun and the court, but he never imagined that this eunuch, who was no longer in the court, would find him. he?

He wanted to say that he didn't see it, but he heard the servant say again: "The people sent by Ye Gonggong said that they came to give gifts to the adults."

Tao Lang has no other skills, but corruption and bribery is a big deal. Hearing that Ye Xun sent someone to give him gifts, so why not taboo, he immediately ordered someone to call Ye Xun's envoy in.

Not long after, I saw a servant leading a handsome young man in.

Who is this person sent by Eunuch Ye? In fact, it is Ye Xun himself.

If you want to build a shipyard in Jinzhou, there is no shortage of materials. There are towering old trees in the primeval forests in the north, but the most lacking are shipbuilders.

If it is just to recruit craftsmen, Ye Xun does not need to come forward in person, but building a shipyard is not a trivial matter, and it is almost impossible to hide it, especially in Denglai, which is across the sea from Jinzhou.

The Ming Dynasty has banned the sea for a long time. Although many officials are secretly operating shipping, doing it secretly and doing it blatantly are completely two concepts.

Ye Xun was no longer tolerated by Zhu Youxiao. If the construction of the shipyard became known all over the world, he would really become a street rat.

With Ye Xun's current strength, although he is not afraid of anyone, he must also consider some invisible influences, because one day, he will still return to the Great Ming Center.

Tao Lang looked at the young man in front of him with a calm demeanor who didn't bow down to him at all, he couldn't help frowning and asked in doubt: "What did Ye Xun send you here for?"

Ye Xun smiled slightly, took out a brocade box from his bosom as if conjuring, handed it to Tao Lang's servant beside him, and said, "Master Tao, please take a look at the gift first, and then we can talk about it."

The servant handed the brocade box to Tao Lang, Tao Lang opened it, his eyes lit up immediately, and saw a stack of bank notes inside, with a face value of 1000 taels, roughly estimated, this stack of bank notes would cost 2 About ten thousand taels.

Recovering the brocade box and putting it in front of him, Tao Lang said with a smile on his face: "Your Eunuch Ye is too polite, he is an official in the same dynasty, so if you have anything to say, just say it, you can't do it like this next time."

Ye Xun has been observing Tao Lang's performance. If Tao Lang doesn't accept the money, then he won't reveal his identity, just make up a reason to deal with it and leave.

But Tao Lang's performance has proved that Ye Xun is not wrong about this person, so the rest will be easy.

He smiled and said, "Can I have a few words with you alone?"

"Let's all go down! Go out and keep your mouth shut. If anyone talks nonsense, I will not let you down lightly."

Tao Lang agreed to Ye Xun's request almost without thinking, and he didn't forget to warn his subordinates.

Ye Xun couldn't help shaking his head secretly, it's true that money can turn ghosts around, and I don't know how much money this guy spent to buy this official, this is a posture that he wants to hug back even harder!

After all the servants left, Ye Xun clasped his fists and saluted, "Liaodong Ye Xun, I have met the governor."

Tao Lang was taken aback, he never expected that Ye Xun would come to him suddenly, just now from the young man's temperament, he had already felt that this was not an ordinary servant, but he never expected that it would be Ye Xun himself.

Busily bypassing the table, he walked quickly to Ye Xun, and also clasped his fists to salute: "It turns out that Eunuch Ye is here in person. The next official is polite, please sit down."

Ye Xun's name was so famous that Master Tao, who only recognized money but not people, had to put down his figure and take the initiative to get close to Ye Xun.

Ye Xun was not polite, sat down and stopped Tao Lang from calling for tea, and said with a smile: "I think Mr. Tao must be wondering why Ye suddenly appeared here? To be honest, I came to see Mr. get rich together"

Tao Lang was stunned for a moment, then he also laughed, and said: "Ming people don't speak dark words, I like to deal with straightforward people like Eunuch Ye the most, if you have any orders, Eunuch Ye just say yes, I will definitely cooperate with you."

Although this guy looks like a corrupt official, Ye Xun likes such a person very much, at least it shows that he is a real villain, not afraid of you being greedy, but afraid of the kind of sanctimonious greed.

He smiled and said: "Master Tao must understand the truth of relying on mountains to eat mountains, and relying on seas to eat seas, right?".
(End of this chapter)