October 15th, the thirteenth year of Orthodoxy.
On the coast of Geoje Island, an official ship docked, and a group of people got off the ship, which aroused the curiosity of the fishermen on the shore.
Although North Korea is experiencing a war, the war has not affected the small island in the south, so the people here work and live at a normal pace.
After the people from the official boat left, the fishermen just talked for a few words and went about their own business.
Food is the most important thing for the people, and for fishermen, there is nothing more important than fishing.
About half an hour later, in a simple but tidy yard on the coast, after a less fierce conflict, the dozen or so guards guarding the place were captured.
The current Zhongqing Road Observer, Cui Yonghai, the head of the Cui family, appeared in front of Chen Taimin accompanied by guards.
"What are you doing here?"
"It's rare for someone to come see me. Could it be that His Highness has changed his mind and sent you to kill me?" Chen Taimin took the scroll and knelt down in the hut. At the door, he looked at Cui Changhai with a calm expression.
Cui Changhai is over fifty years old, and his hair and beard are already gray. Because he has been in power for a long time, he looks calm and confident.
But in front of Chen Taimin, Cui Changhai was a complete "little brother". He came to Chen Taimin and said, "Congratulations, Prime Minister Chen, on your comeback. I will make a special trip to pick you up."
"Comeback"
It's impossible for Li Shuo to change his mind. You can guess the reason.
Chen Taimin put down the book, stood up and asked, "How unexpectedly was he defeated so quickly?"
This incident was beyond Chen Taimin's expectation and also surprised Cui Changhai, so the latter He sighed, "The soldiers of Ming Dynasty are invincible."
"On the second day of October, the Ming army crossed the Yalu River, and Anzhou surrendered on the seventh day of October."
Chen Taimin was under house arrest here, with complete internal and external news Isolated, so Cui Changhai wanted to explain the situation to him.
After listening, Chen Taimin was dumbfounded, and then sighed, "The people are suffering in prosperity, and the people are suffering in death."
Cui Changhai was not in the mood to listen to his emotion, and quickly reminded him, "Sir, Now the civil and military teams in Seoul are waiting for you to go back and preside over important events."
"In a few days, His Royal Highness King Xiang will come to Seoul. Lord Mingchuan said that only Prime Minister Chen can handle it in a comprehensive manner."< /p>
Hearing this, Chen Taimin stared at Cui Changhai for a while, and then asked, "Your grandniece is the wife of Lord Mingchuan"
After Chen Taimin pointed it out so straightforwardly, Cui Changhai felt a little embarrassed, but he nodded honestly.
Chen Taimin has long understood that the sun will still rise without anyone in the world. If only he can deal with it comprehensively, he will just listen.
Obviously, Mr. Mingchuan has an idea and wants to take advantage of his own influence.
Of course Chen Taimin wants to return to the center, and he knows that this is a rare opportunity because there are many people in the court who don't want him to go back.
“It’s not too late, sir, let’s set off immediately” Cui Changhai said againurged.
"Okay, I'll go back with you," Chen Taimin said in a deep voice.
The country was in a mess, and Chen Taimin was extremely sad about it, so he felt that he had a responsibility to restore the devastated North Korea to normal.
"Okay, I'll go with you," Chen Taimin said simply.
It took only two days of riding a fast horse for Chen Taimin to return to Seoul accompanied by Cui Changhai.
Before this, the Cui family had tried their best to build momentum for Chen Taimin and created an atmosphere in Seoul for the return of the virtuous minister who had fought the rebellion.
When the ordinary scholars in North Korea learned that he was coming back, they all went out of the city to welcome him, leaving no chance for anyone who wanted to harm him.
Surrounded by a large number of students and officials, Chen Taimin returned to the Seoul Palace and entered Kangnyeong Hall to meet Li Shuo.
At this time, Li Shuo's hair was in a messy bun and his cannon uniform was messy. He no longer had the majesty and dignity of the past.
"Your Highness is back"
Standing at the entrance of the hall, Chen Taimin was dressed in civilian clothes to make him look upright.
Sitting on the throne, pushing back the loose hair from his forehead, Li Shuo said coldly, "Chen Taimin, you are back, those gang of rebellious officials and traitors, how dare they disobey my order"
< p>"Sima Wenzheng once said that the king's duty is nothing greater than etiquette, etiquette is greater than proportion, and proportion is greater than reputation.""His Royal Highness abandons the principles, disregards honor, and disobeys the emperor, which will lead to great disasters. Follow the example of the superiors and the subordinates."< /p>
Before Chen Taimin finished speaking, Li Shuo said angrily, "That's enough."
"The most disgusting thing for me is that you are trying to be a teacher, taking the words of so-called sages and sages, in the name of "It's just to persuade, but it's actually to suppress the king for personal gain."
The more he spoke, the angrier he became. Li Shuo got up angrily and rushed towards Chen Taimin.
"Your Highness, please calm down your anger."
The eunuch waiting here stepped forward to stop Li Shuo, and then pulled him into the palace.
"Your Highness, the facts have proved that I am right."
After saying this, Chen Taimin turned and left. He had a lot to do next.
The first one is to restore his own influence, especially to control the power of the court. He will not be able to rest assured if this is not done well.
So what he has to do is to convene his disciples and old officials to discuss matters and come up with a plan to fight for the right to speak.
In the blink of an eye, another two days passed. With Chen Taimin's strong momentum, he was re-elected as the leader to discuss politics and became the first person in North Korea's civil and military ministers.
Then Chen Taimin left Seoul with a gift for the army to welcome Zhu Jinghong's arrival.
Before he left, Mingchuan Lord Li Hui was released from house arrest and was specifically responsible for the reception activities in Seoul.
It is ridiculous to say that the two sides were fighting to the death before, but now North Korea has begun to make careful preparations to entertain Zhu Jinghong, the conqueror.
On October 19th, Chen Taimin met Zhu Jinghong in Paju, which was only a few dozen miles away from Seoul.
"Foreign Minister Chen Taimin came to see His Royal Highness King Xiang"
Outside the city of Pazhou Prefecture, Chen Taimin knelt in front of Zhu Jinghong, followed by a large number of officials behind him.
On the steps, Zhu Jinghong asked, "Chen Taimin is the Chen Taimin who was dismissed from office and exiled because of his remonstrances"
"It is the foreign minister"
"You are loyal and loyal. His Majesty praised you very much. He said that if there were more people like you in North Korea, it would not cause such chaos."
The emperor praised Chen Taimin a lot, which was a great tribute to him. This great affirmation is a strong guarantee for his future status.
Only when he has absolute power can he truly stick to his word and develop his own policy strategy in North Korea.
Just listen to Chen Taimin reply: "Your Majesty will never forget your great trust, and I must do my best to make the Korean scholars loyal to Your Majesty"
"Very good"
< p>"I heard that Li Shuo has been captured by you"Capturing his father-in-law, of course, cannot be directly admitted, so Chen Taimin replied, "Your Highness, our Highness is suffering from hysteria, and now Recuperate in Kangning Hall"
"Oh"
In response, Zhu Jinghong immediately turned around, looked at Chen Yuntai and said, "Go to Seoul first and bring the person back to Jinzhou directly. , escorted to the capital together with Li Xuan"
"Yes" Chen Yuntai replied.
At this time, he was extremely excited, because after completing this errand, he was very sure that he would be promoted to the rank of Deputy Thousand Households, and even the rank of Thousand Households was not impossible.
"I accept the order"
"Then you go back with this Chen Qing"
"Yes"
As North Korea Chen Taimin, who was in charge of political affairs, only lasted a few minutes to see Zhu Jinghong before he could only leave with a group of officials.
He could feel that Zhu Jinghong did not think highly of them, and Chen Taimin also admitted that he had this qualification.
It only took less than two months to defeat North Korea. The Ming God of War really lived up to his reputation, said Chen Taimin with emotion.
After leaving, Chen Taimin realized a problem. He didn't even see Zhu Jinghong clearly.
The aura of this eighteen or nineteen-year-old young man was so strong that Chen Taimin did not dare to look directly at him.
So much so that the situation just now reminded him of the time when he went to Ming Dynasty to take the imperial examination more than twenty years ago.
That day Shizu came in person and learned that he was a student from North Korea. He even asked him a few questions. Unfortunately, Chen Taimin was so nervous that he only thought about how to reply and never thought of raising his eyelids to face the sky. .
Recalling the old events, Chen Taimin left with the officials and returned to Seoul the next day.
"Chen Xiang is well and well"
Chen Taimin was about to leave on horseback, but was stopped by a voice behind him.
He looked back and found that the person coming was Lord Sunchuan Li Jiong.
"It turns out to be Lord Sunchuan, I didn't expect to meet him here," Chen Taimin said with a cupped hand.
He has never been dissatisfied with this tyrannical Lord Sunchuan.In fact, he was impeached in court several times.
Li Jiong stepped forward and said, "I felt sorry for you when I learned that Prime Minister Chen had defamed me before. Now that you have been reinstated, it is really gratifying."
Regarding the things Li Jiong has done recently , Chen Taimin basically understood it, which made him even more disgusted with this person.
At this moment, this guy came to establish friendship with the intention of getting involved in the position of king. Chen Taimin knew this very well.
"Thank you Mr. Shunchuan, I have something to say."
Chen Taimin was very polite, but he felt like he was thousands of miles away, which made Li Jiong very upset. accurate.
He really wanted Chen Taimin's support, so he could only keep his resentment and anger in his heart.
Li Jiong smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, go slowly. We will talk again in a few days."
After a brief salute, Chen Taimin rode away and Li Jiong could only do his own thing.
When Zhu Jinghong came all the way, Li Jiong was coordinating and organizing the preparation of food and fodder and setting up the camp, so he had a lot to do.
This is a very complicated and cumbersome task, and Li Jiong himself enjoys it, because it can not only curry favor with Zhu Jinghong, but also exert influence on officials from various places.
As for Zhu Jinghong, when he was about to have lunch, a eunuch reported that Zhao Chengwu had returned.
In the seven or eight days since the attack on the Japanese fleet until now, Zhao Chengwu and the fleet he led have been out of contact.
Zhu Jinghong was very worried about this. Now that he learned that Zhao Chengwu was back, he immediately stood up and went out to greet him.
As soon as he reached the door, Zhu Jinghong saw Zhao Chengwu.
"I'm here to see you, Your Highness"
"What's the situation? How many casualties did our army have, and what was the enemy's loss?" Zhu Jinghong asked quickly.
"Reporting to Your Highness, fortunately, I did not disgrace my order. I pursued them to the deep sea the day before yesterday and sunk all the enemy ships," Zhao Chengwu reported.
"What are the casualties of our army?" Zhu Jinghong then asked.
When mentioning this incident, Zhao Chengwu looked a little gloomy and replied slowly, "One B-class ship was sunk, and two C-class ships were sunk. A total of 360 people were killed." Nine people"
With the above losses, the Liaodong Navy sank more than 30 transport ships, 21 battleships, and captured 23 ships.
After listening to Zhao Chengwu’s story, Zhu Jinghong gradually relaxed, because overall this was a great victory.
"Your Highness has something else that I want to report to you."
"You said"
"The last two Japanese warships that I and others are chasing are all on board. There are British, French, and barbarians"
There was a lot of news here, so Zhu Jinghong asked, "Do these barbarians have any survivors?"
The presence of British and French barbarians in the Japanese fleet. The facts were too weird, so Zhu Jinghong wanted to ask clearly.
However, Zhao Chengwu awkwardly replied "all dead"
Zhu Jinghong was not anxious about this, after all, Okamoto Yingjie stillIn his hands, you can ask him if it really doesn't work.
"It's been a hard journey, you go and rest, and come with me to Seoul tomorrow"
"Yes"
In addition to Zhao Chengwu, Andong Xingdu Sidu commanded Qi Yanze and several Jurchen generals also traveled hundreds of miles to come over, just to show off when they entered the city.
After all, conquering a country is something that can only be achieved in one's life. Now that you have encountered it, you will naturally enjoy the joy of victory.
Zhu Jinghong was gearing up to arrive in Seoul.
Li Hui also racked his brains to welcome Zhu Jinghong's arrival.
In order to create a scene that was welcomed by the people, Li Hui mobilized everyone in Seoul and surrounding areas, including nobles and ordinary people.
October 20, early in the morning. The people around Seoul were led by the scholars and landlords under their respective jurisdictions to where they should appear.
Both sides of the official road were already densely packed with people, extending several miles from the city gate. This shows how much Li Hui and North Korean officials welcomed Zhu Jinghong's arrival.
It’s just that at this time, the inner side of the official road was tightly guarded by Ming army soldiers, and these people were isolated from them.
When Chen Taimin came back yesterday and the Jin Yiwei took Li Shuo away, Li Hui watched silently outside the Kangning Hall. The scene made him beat in his heart.
To express absolute respect, Li Hui originally planned to greet him twenty miles away, but was called back by Zhu Jinghong, so he could only welcome him outside the city gate.
"The Ming Dynasty does not need a king with great achievements, but an obedient person to sit on that chair, so you must seize the opportunity."
These words are from Li Huizhi What his wife Cui said, Li Hui kept in mind.
"Mingchuan Jun is here, already here" a eunuch reminded Li Hui.
So Li Hui immediately tidied up his appearance. He wanted to show his perfect posture.
The officials beside and behind him also looked nervous at this time. They were not sure about their fate, only because they were more or less involved in the rebellion.
Finally, Zhu Jinghong’s guard of honor appeared in the distance, making Li Hui even more nervous.
Wherever Zhu Jinghong passed, the people who welcomed him were already kneeling on the ground very respectfully, saying "Long live the Ming Dynasty and a thousand lives for King Xiang".
In the carriage, looking at the crowd kneeling far away, Zhu Jinghong smiled.
Soon, his motorcade arrived at the city gate and stopped here.
"I will bow to His Highness King Xiang"
As Li Hui knelt down, a large number of officials also knelt down, and then came the scholars and common people present. .
At this moment, wherever Zhu Jinghong looked, the whole world seemed to be at his feet.
"No courtesy," Zhu Jinghong ordered.
After Yu Hai conveyed his intention, Li Hui and others stood up carefully, and then consciously let goTo both sides.
Zhu Jinghong's carriage passed, then Cai Chuansheng and other senior generals passed, then the staff team, and the ordinary military formation further behind.
When the large group of troops passed by, the solemn atmosphere of the Ming army made the people of Seoul tremble. It was really extraordinary to spy on the Ming soldiers.
After some self-examination, these people looked more submissive.
Zhu Jinghong, who led the heavenly troops to win consecutive battles and made the fierce Jurchens obey him, aroused more and more awe in Seoul.
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