A large number of soldiers began to mobilize frequently in the city. One by one, officials were kicked open by these wolf-like soldiers, and then they were snatched out of their mansions as if they were catching chickens.
These high-ranking big shots in the past were stripped of their bright official uniforms one by one, put into prison cars, and taken to unknown places, while their families and relatives were tied up one by one into long ropes.
A bunch of them, held by a rope, paraded through the streets among the people of the royal city every day.
In just a few days, more than twenty officials and generals above the fifth rank were arrested. As for the charges, there were various charges. However, these people almost all had the same charge.
That is "collaboration with the enemy and betraying the country!"
In this list of arrested officials, the names of general Shen Quanyi and political activist Li Qianye were at the top.
Countless people are applauding, and countless people are watching cautiously. If these two people are both "collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country," then who are the enemies they are collaborating with?
A Ming Dynasty person?
There are still people from the Ming Dynasty in the royal city, let alone the ordinary Ming Dynasty businessmen. There is also a Ming Dynasty mission stationed in the post house. From last year to this year, the Ming Dynasty officials in this mission have been working with
The court is discussing something important.
In this incident, some officials and powerful people who felt that they had understood the imperial court's intentions unabashedly attacked the ordinary Ming people in the royal city. The wealth of these Ming people had always been their covet.
something long-lasting.
Ming businessmen's shops were smashed, their houses were ransacked, and people were even humiliated and killed. Many incidents occurred in the past few days. The surviving Ming people almost unanimously took what wealth and family members they could bring with them and headed towards
Came from the post house where the Ming Dynasty envoy was stationed.
In this city that is now full of hostility to the Ming people, this only posthouse guarded by soldiers from the Ming Dynasty has almost become the only safe place in the eyes of these ordinary Ming people.
And the reality is similar to what they thought. Even though there are only a few dozen Ming soldiers stationed in this post house, these few dozen people are not afraid at all when facing hundreds of Korean mobs, and they act with dignity.
The tough stance prevented any North Korean mob from entering the post house.
Although no one knows how long this situation will last, this is their only safe haven in this city.
However, the real situation was not known to these ordinary Ming people. The mob did not dare to enter without approaching the post house. That was because the North Korean army set up a defense line on the street in front of the post house to prohibit anyone from approaching.
This can be seen as a kind of protection, but it can also be seen as a kind of imprisonment, depending on how the people in the post house experience it.
The officials in the post house were just as confused as the people. They had no idea what was going on and how to deal with it. Suddenly the North Koreans turned against them.
Unlike the Ming Dynasty officials and businessmen who were in panic in the post house, in the palace of the royal city, there was a joyful scene everywhere.
King Li Zhu listened to the contents reported by the officials one by one, and the smile on his face never faded. After all the officials who were supposed to report received his replies and orders and retired, only Li Xi was left in the spacious hall.
and Jin Changsheng, who has been silent all this time.
"Mr. Jin, why have you not spoken today? I have accepted your suggestion and sent people to the post house. No one will hurt Anxi Daming officials!"
"Is the King planning to start a war with the Ming people?"
Jin Changsheng spoke with some difficulty. He was not the only Confucian scholar beside the king, and he had obviously been left out in the cold recently due to his poor handling of matters with the Ming people.
If Li Zhu hadn't specifically asked him to stay today, he would have retreated like the other ministers at this time.
"We have already started a war with the Ming people, haven't we?" Li Shi's mouth showed a brisk smile: "Li Shi led his army to quell the rebels in the small mountain city who wanted to rebel, and beheaded more than 5,000 people. Although Li Shi spared the Ming people,
Let them leave, but in the eyes of the people of Ming Dynasty, we have actually started a war with them!"
"Even if we are just annihilating the rebels in name only?" Jin Changsheng said with a wry smile.
"Is there anything wrong with the imperial court wiping out the rebels of the Li family and the Shen family?" Li Shu smiled slightly: "Even if the Ming Dynasty is still the suzerainty of North Korea, they generally will not interfere in such matters, let alone point fingers!"
"Your Majesty, you are playing with fire!" Jin Changsheng advised earnestly: "The small mountain city has always been run by the people of the Ming Dynasty. It was just a small village at the beginning, because the people of the Ming Dynasty needed the port there, so it became what it is today.
The small mountain city, if the small mountain city no longer exists, then the existence of Tieshan City will have no meaning, and the people of Ming Dynasty will not sit back and watch all this happen!"
"I understand, I understand what sir means!" Li Shi waved his hands soothingly: "I am not the kind of person who is so arrogant that he thinks he can defeat the Ming Dynasty. Li Shi's actions this time are in line with my wishes.
Sir, do you know why?"
"Your Majesty, please speak!"
"I don't want to have an extra Ming Dynasty Korean consolation department in my royal city, and I don't want to ask the Ming Dynasty people about their intentions no matter what I, the king of Korea, do from now on.
In my land of Korea, the armies of the Ming Dynasty can come and go as they please, and even in my royal city, their disgusting red uniforms can be seen everywhere!"
"I don't want the people of Ming Dynasty to think that I, Li Zhu, am a dough that they can knead at their will!"
"But as long as the people of Ming Dynasty make up their minds, everything that the king does not want to see will still happen, whether the king is willing or not!"
A sad look appeared on Jin Changsheng's face: "This is the fate of our country, North Korea, which is small and weak!"
"Without bloodshed, how can you be respected by others; without resistance, how can you be feared by others!" Li Shu shook his head disapprovingly: "Once the people of Ming Dynasty see my determination and the combat power of my Korean army, even all this
These are all inevitable, and I can also strive for better and more conditions to achieve more benefits for myself and my subjects!"
He stared at Jin Changsheng: "Sir, did I do something wrong?"
"It's just that many people will die..." Jin Changsheng muttered to himself.
There was no expression on Li Zhu's face: "Only my king's subjects died, not Mr.'s subjects!"
Jin Changsheng hesitated for a moment and quickly bowed his head: "I am also a subject of the king!"
"Go to the people of Ming Dynasty and tell them what I mean. I don't want them to misunderstand that I want to fight them to the death!"
Li Zhu stopped looking at him and sat down slowly: "I just eliminated a few traitors. Please don't panic, don't misunderstand, and don't over-interpret my actions!"