The kings and ministers of Korea did not care about the life and death of their soldiers, and the soldiers did not care about the life and death of the people.
Before the Chinese New Year, the soldiers made a grain grab once, but they only had enough to eat for a few days. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the army began to reduce meals again, and the soldiers were too lazy to pay for grain, and walked through the snow to the surrounding countryside to grab it.
It doesn't matter whether you are a landlord or a tenant, when you see the house, you rush inside.
In the beginning, they just robbed food, but gradually developed into robbing property, and then even women were not spared.
Of course, the king's personal guards are still in the city. The officers are all sons of nobles, and even the ordinary soldiers are the sons of noble families. They will certainly not be as hungry as the lower-class soldiers.
Lin Qingye killed several looters. Before a general was beheaded, he asked: "General Lin, we all respect you and love you, and are willing to fight with you. But can you keep us full? You
If you can’t give us food and don’t let us grab it, do we want all of us soldiers to starve to death?”
These words made Lin Qingye silent for a while. Thinking back to what he had experienced in the first half of his life, the sixty-year-old veteran burst into tears.
Lin Qingye went to Song Shilie and said: "Now I am a man and a dog. The king and the civil servants hate me for blocking them from ceding territory, and the soldiers hate me for not being able to get military rations. I am redundant now. Only when I leave can all the ministers betray the country calmly.
Only generals can launch troops and plunder. Although you started a party dispute in the past, at least there is a certain bottom line. I hope you can turn the tide."
"Alas!" Song Shilie sighed.
After bidding farewell to Song Shilie, Lin Qingye hung up his seal and left.
Dozens of cavalrymen he brought from the south also spontaneously followed him, carrying only a few days of dry food and heading towards Chunchuan.
Lin Qingye left like this, and the emperor and ministers of North Korea were happy and sent people to negotiate in a hurry.
The person in charge of the negotiations was Xu Mu, the third-rank commander, who was the highest official of the Southern People's Party in the center.
What does it mean?
The traitors are still engaged in party disputes. The Westerners Party is unwilling to betray the country in person and forcibly sends the leader of the Southerners Party. After that is done, it will be time to impeach Xu Mu and completely wipe out the power of the Southerners Party!
"Your Majesty, I dare not obey my orders!"
Xu Mu knelt down in front of Li Di, took off his black gauze hat and said, "I am begging for mercy by ceding my land. I am a sinner through the ages. I beg you to resign and return home!"
Li Di said: "It is not too late for Xu Qing to resign after his mission."
Xu Mu was so angry that he trembled all over, stood up suddenly, and slammed his head into the pillar next to him.
There was a muffled sound and blood flowed, and Li Di was frightened.
"Get treatment quickly!" Song Shilie shouted.
Xu Mu was carried out by the king's guards, and Li Di finally came to his senses. He pointed at Zheng Taihe and said, "Go... don't seek death, or your house will be ransacked!"
Zheng Taihe said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, I am the leader of the government (chief assistant), and it would be detrimental to the dignity of the country if I go to negotiate."
"If I tell you to go, just go." Li Di was extremely angry and pointed at Song Shilie and Song Junji, "You two go together! If neither of you is going, then I will go. North Korea will annex the Celestial Empire from now on, and I will go to Nanjing
Ask a free prince to do it!"
This is tantamount to asking the chief minister of the cabinet to cede land and betray the country along with the Minister of Civil Affairs and the Minister of War.
But how could the king not go when he said something like this?
The three of them complained endlessly. They were both from the Western Party, but they belonged to three different factions. Now they had to take the blame together. It is conceivable how bad their reputation would be in the future, and how bad the Southern Party would be if they were local officials.
How to impeach them!
They had planned to let Xu Mu of the Southern People's Party take the blame, but Xu Mu committed suicide by hitting a pillar in front of the king, disrupting all the plans of the Western People's Party.
The scheming comes, the scheming goes, and now the scheming falls on myself.
In Hanyang, the three of them met Dang Chongjun.
After greeting each other, Song Siyeol and Song Junji did not speak.
Zheng Taihe could only bite the bullet and went round and round for a long time before saying: "Angel Rong Bing, the "Datong Collection" is profound and unpredictable. The Confucian scholars from the country are still reading it. When we understand the mystery of "Datong Collection"
, it won’t be too late to spread it to Korean scholars.”
Dang Chongjun said: "How about this, you three, go to Nanjing with me, and His Majesty personally explain the "Datong Collection" to you?"
"Don't dare to disturb the Holy Emperor!" The three people quickly refused.
Seeing that he couldn't be fooled, Zheng Taihe simply broke the jar and said: "Lord Angel, the North Road was originally the land of Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. Our country has been managed by the Celestial Empire for more than 200 years, and today we are willing to return it to the Celestial Empire. So Yizhou... also
Even in Baozhou, the Datong Army resisted the Tatar invasion in Baozhou and ensured the safety of our people in the country. They should also be dedicated to the Celestial Empire."
The dignified chief minister of North Korea even called out "Sir".
This kind of title became popular in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Datong and New Dynasties prohibited officials from calling them "sir". The officialdom no longer calls them this way, but the common people have not changed. This North Korean official learned it well.
Dang Chongjun said angrily: "Why are you sending beggars? Beidao is the poorest place in North Korea. It is full of mountains and there is not much land for farming. What will the Chinese government do with it?"
Zheng Taihe was completely single. He cupped his hands and said, "Please give me some advice from the angel!"
Dang Chongjun said loudly: "Ping'an Road, Hwanghae Road, Hamgyong Road."
"Impossible!" Song Shilie couldn't hold himself back and stood up anxiously on the spot, fearing that Zheng Taihe would agree immediately.
Dang Chongjun said: "Is it too little? How about adding another Gangwon Province?"
"There are too many, there are too many," Song Junji also became very anxious, "There are only eight paths in our country, and the angel will cut off three of them at once. I and other ministers will not be able to go back and explain to the king!"
Dang Chongjun said: "Then what do you think we should do?"
Zheng Taihe gritted his teeth and said, "How about dedicating the entire Xianjing Road and half of Ping'an Road to the Celestial Empire?"
Dang Chongjun shook his head.
Song Junji said: "Hamgyeong Road and Pyongan Road can be ceded, but Hwanghae Road cannot be ceded! Moreover, Pyongyang cannot cede the plains of Pyongyang Road."
Dang Chongjun sneered: "Isn't that still the entire Hamjing Road and half of Ping'an Road?"
"It's most of Ping An Road!" Song Junji corrected.
Dang Chongjun stood up slowly, waved his sleeves and said, "See you off!"
Of course Dang Chongjun would not be happy to cede the impoverished mountainous areas.
The three of them returned to Cheorwon in dejection. At this time, the snow gradually melted away. The peasant army on the west route once again confronted the North Korean officers and soldiers across the river, and the peasant army on the east route also headed towards Cheorwon. The North Korean officers and soldiers had no food left.
There are so few that you can't even go to the countryside to grab them.
In a truly desperate situation, there is no way to escape.
If you want to escape, you can only pass through the Datong Army's blockade, which means officially starting a war with the Datong Army.
The Korean monarchs and ministers discussed it repeatedly and finally came up with a charter. Li Di said to the three of them: "The Yellow Sea Road cannot be cut, otherwise it might as well be enclosed. You can go and talk about it later."
Three unlucky guys came to Hanyang again.
Song Shilie still wanted to fight for it and said: "Pingyuan County can be dedicated to the Celestial Empire, but Pyongyang must not be offered."
Dang Chongjun not only wanted Pyongyang, he even set his sights further south. He drew on the map: "All the way to the south of Huangzhou, both sides of the Datong River are Chinese land."
Zheng Taihe begged: "Lord Angel, please give me a way to survive."
Dang Chongjun thought about it carefully: "It's okay not to have Huangzhou, but use Tsushima Island instead."
"ah?"
Zheng Taihe, Song Siyeol, and Song Junji were all stunned.
Tsushima Island is located in the waters between North Korea and Japan.
North Korea once sent troops to conquer Tsushima, but Tsushima could not resist and chose to accept official posts in North Korea. At the same time, Tsushima belonged to the Japanese lords. The official trade and business offices of North Korea and Japan were all located on Tsushima Island, and each other tacitly agreed that Tsushima was open to both sides.
At the same time, he became a minister.
Historically, Tsushima Island belonged to both Japan and North Korea, which lasted until after the Meiji Restoration. It was the Russian warship that broke the deadlock...
"That's it!" Zheng Taihe agreed quickly, fearing that Dang Chongjun would regret it.
Exchanging Tsushima Island, which was a Japanese island, for Huangzhou on the Datong River was a costless transaction. They thought Dang Chongjun had made a mistake.
The three of them went back to resume their duties. Li Di convened all the ministers to discuss and finally recognized the result.
Ping An Road, Hamgyong Road, and Tsushima Island were ceded to China. The Taedong Army was responsible for quelling the peasant uprising. After the rebellion was suppressed, they had to leave North Korea immediately.
China, on the other hand, will no longer force North Korea to lift the ban on "Datong Collection", but North Korea must lift the ban on silver and allow Chinese merchants to use silver coins for transactions. In addition, when Li Di returns to Hanyang, the Chinese envoy will officially canonize him as king, and North Korea will
Ministers are not allowed to appoint a new king.
Whoever dares to launch a coup and oust Li Di will surely have the Datong Army leave and come back.
It is roughly a line drawn from the mouth of the Datong River. The area north of the 38.65 degree north latitude line belongs to China, and the south of the line is still North Korea.
The pine merchant who was jumping up and down from beginning to end and instigating the peasant uprising in Hwanghae Province was betrayed by the Chinese envoy Dang Chongjun, and the peasant army of Hwanghae Province was also sold. They will still be under the rule of North Korea in the future... Of course, it can
Flexible.
Dang Chongjun personally met with Li Enai, the leader of the Huanghaidao uprising army, and said to him: "You must take your tribe and move collectively to Ping'an Road. Your tribe will be disbanded on the spot after they go north, and the government will allocate land to them. You
I can recommend four people to go to Nanjing to attend the military academy together. It’s okay if you don’t go to Nanjing. You can stay in Ping’an Road and work as a policeman. You can be in charge of the security of Pyongyang City.”
Li Eun-ae originally belonged to a small landowner in Hwanghae Province. People from the north were not welcome, and the small landowners also had a hard time.
Being the head of the police in Pyongyang City is already quite good for him.
After all, if the Datong Army left its rebels alone, their rebel army would definitely be destroyed by North Korean officers and soldiers.
The other two peasant army leaders also received promises of officialdom, and then... began to act.
The Datong army pulled out cannons and bombarded them, and then charged with bayonets. Tens of thousands of peasant soldiers fled in panic, hijacking civilians along the way, and fled all the way to Ping'an Road.
North Korea did retain the Yellow Sea Road, but only one-third of the population was left, and they were all taken to the north of China. It was repeatedly ravaged by the Tatars, and the population has never recovered. Now it is just in time to replenish the population. And the rebel army has taken
The landowners were killed and the land was divided up naturally.
Han Qiyuan's troops on the east route did the same thing. They were driven away by the Datong Army and fled, coercing the people all the way to Xianjing Road.
A group of pine merchants, looking at the leaving peasant army and the leaving Datong army, collectively stood in the wind with confused thoughts. What on earth did they work for for half a year?
Of course, these merchants also made money. Most of the goods stolen by the peasant army were handed over to them for sale, and everyone made a lot of money.
Li Di returned to Hanyang and formally accepted the canonization as king.
Immediately, the party struggle began again.
The Southerners Party, who were serving as minor officials in the imperial court, gathered the Southerners Party who served as local officials and impeached the Westerners Party for ceding territory and betraying the country for glory. The first assistant Zheng Taihe was beaten to the end, Song Shilie and Song Junji were demoted to county guards, and Li Di
He took the opportunity to drag a bunch of southerners into the court.
At the same time, a Chinese warship sailed to Tsushima Island.
Zong Yizhen received the imperial edict from the Chinese emperor and could not recover for a while.
He was the lord of the Shikwanshi domain consecrated by the Japanese shogunate, the lord of Tsushima Island consecrated by the King of Korea, and now he is the magistrate of Tsushima Prefecture consecrated by the Emperor of China?
