Chapter 703 0698 [It’s easy to invite God but hard to send away]
Monk Miaoqing was of course dead. He had been with the king all year round. When the Kaijing faction put the king under house arrest, they denounced Miaoqing as a monster monk and hacked him to death.
But Zheng Zhichang narrowly escaped because his friend Wen Gongren reported to him.
Wen Gongren came from a poor family. Because he was handsome and proficient in poetry and prose, he was recruited as his son-in-law by Cui Sisu, the former prime minister of Goryeo.
Cui Sisu is the grandson of Cui Chong, the "Haedong Confucius". This family has been the prime minister of Goryeo for six consecutive generations.
As the son-in-law of a wealthy family in Beijing, Wen Gongren had a close relationship with Zheng Zhichang of the Xijing sect. Even Monk Miaoqing, a demon monk of the generation, was recommended to the King of Goryeo by Wen Gongren.
The envoy sent by Jin Fushi had just left the main hall. Zheng Zhichang walked out of the side hall, knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Your Majesty, these nobles from the capital only know how to fight for power, and they do not hesitate to collude with the Jurchens to leak military intelligence. They are so disrespectful.
The king is under house arrest. Now they are even more audacious and have come to deceive the Holy Emperor of Ming Dynasty again. Please send troops to Korea to eradicate all these evil spirits!"
Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Due to the Jin Kingdom's defeat last year, there is famine everywhere this year, and Pyongyang is a land of plenty. Now that the Jin soldiers have occupied Pyongyang, how many of the Xijing nobles of Goryeo are left?"
Zheng Zhichang couldn't answer for a while. It is estimated that the entire Pyongyang area was robbed by the Jin Kingdom.
The Kaijing Faction will definitely take the opportunity to clean up the court, massacre and exile the officials of the Xijing Faction. This is tantamount to the Kaijing Faction and the Jin Kingdom joining forces to madly cleanse the Xijing Faction from the court to the local areas. Pyongyang's power has been in ruins in Korea since then.
As for Zheng Zhichang's family members, the male was exiled to a desert island and the female was an official slave.
The most talented scholar in Goryeo, who was born as a top scholar, was already alone and homeless.
Zhu Ming suddenly walked over and asked, "Mr. Zheng, are you willing to be Chinese?"
Zheng Zhichang seemed to understand, and asked angrily: "Does the superior kingdom of the Huanghuang Celestial Empire want to take advantage of people's danger and annex the territory of the lower kingdom?"
Ju Ming asked: "Mr. Zheng is from Pyongyang?"
"Yes." Zheng Zhichang said.
Ju Ming asked again: "Mr. Zheng, does he know who named 'Pyongyang'?"
Zheng Zhichang said: "Ji Zi."
In the past hundred years, Confucian culture has gradually flourished in Goryeo. Goryeo began to pay attention to historical traditions and constantly encountered various ancient celebrities and powerful forces.
Jizi Joseon and Goguryeo are both the objects of Goguryeo's porcelain conflict.
Sixteen years ago, Goryeo built the Jizi Tomb and Jizi Temple in Pyongyang, and the worship of Jizi reached its peak for a while.
These buildings related to Jizi were built by the nobles of the Xijing faction. They regard Pyongyang as the cultural center of Goryeo and regard themselves as descendants of Jizi, thereby demonstrating that Pyongyang is the orthodox of Goryeo and year after year.
Inspiring the king to move the capital to Pyongyang.
Jin Fushi, who colluded with the Jin Kingdom and put the king under house arrest, was compiling a history book in Chinese characters: "Historical Records of the Three Kingdoms".
Later generations of Korean scholars invented history, and many of their bizarre views originated from this book.
The fundamental purpose of Kim Bo-shi's compilation of "Historical Records of the Three Kingdoms" was to compete with the Jizi cult of the Xijing faction. They used a semi-fictional official history book to prove that the culture of Kaiju and the south was the orthodoxy of Goryeo, and to compete with the Xijing faction in Pyongyang.
Orthodox status.
In the final analysis, the interests of the North and the South are contradictory.
Ju Ming asked: "Is Jizi from China?"
Zheng Zhichang said: "Jizi is a nobleman of the Yin and Shang Dynasties."
Jizi led the Shang Dynasty immigrants to establish the capital in Pyongyang, and was recognized by Emperor Zhou. This historical view was not only agreed by the Koreans, but was also repeatedly promoted by the Xijing faction to prove that Pyongyang was the origin of Goryeo, and it was they who persuaded the king to move the capital.
The most important basis.
Zhu Ming asked again: "Does Mr. Zheng know the four counties of Han Dynasty?"
"I know." After Zheng Zhichang finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh.
Pyongyang belonged to North Korea County, Lelang County of the Han Dynasty, and Kaizhou, the capital of Goryeo at this time, also fell under the jurisdiction of Lelang County.
Ju Ming said: "In the past, Goguryeo was just a state ruled by China. But the current Goguryeo Kingdom was built by stealing soil from a barbarian chieftain in Goguryeo. As a scholar from Pyongyang, why do you want to be loyal to a barbarian chieftain?
Descendants? Maybe your ancestors are the descendants of Jizi and the descendants of the powerful families in the four counties of Han Dynasty."
Zheng Zhichang's mood was extremely complicated.
On the one hand, he worshiped Jizi just like the scholars in Pyongyang, and regarded himself as a descendant of Jizi. He was proud of having Han blood and cultural inheritance, and even used this to despise the scholars in the south.
On the other hand, he has developed a local consciousness and believes that he belongs to the Korean ethnic group and is essentially different from the Ming Dynasty.
He did not agree with the Ming Dynasty's annexation of Korea, and he could not refute his Chinese blood.
Once he refutes it, he has lost the fundamental point.
Seeing Zheng Zhichang's silence, Ju Ming sneered and said: "Only barbarian chiefs would let their children intermarry with each other after the founding of the country. Brothers marry sisters, sisters marry younger brothers, nephews take in aunts, such a Goryeo royal family, your Excellency actually still
Be loyal to it?"
Zheng Zhichang's face was red with shame. This kind of shameful thing had been criticized in Goryeo, but now the prince of the Ming Dynasty actually said it.
Zheng Zhichang argued: "Our Majesty also disagrees with this. Although His Majesty was forced to marry two aunts, he divorced them immediately after clearing out the traitors."
"He abolished his two aunts and concubines because his grandfather was in power," Zhu Ming asked. "If my grandfather had not exercised power, but instead assisted him loyally, even if the King of Goryeo was unwilling to marry his elders, in that case he would have abolished the two
Aunt’s concubine?”
Zheng Zhichang wanted to deny it, but he couldn't say it at all, because as long as it would help consolidate the king's power, the King of Goryeo would definitely be willing to have children with his two aunts.
Ju Ming said: "Mr. Zheng, can you imagine that Goryeo was restored to the land of China, and the rich and common people were transformed into kings. They wore Han clothes and read Han books. What a grand scene it would be? Not only did the scholars
You can go to Kaifeng to take the imperial examination, and you may even become the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty."
Zheng Zhichang began to imagine that scene.
Ju Ming suddenly said: "Mr. Zheng, do you want to join the cabinet and worship the prime minister in the Ming Dynasty?"
After saying these words, Zheng Zhichang suddenly became short of breath.
Is an official from a small country like me qualified to be the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty?
Ju Ming was persuasive: "Your Excellency is a descendant of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, and he was born in the top 100, and is the most talented man in Goryeo. If you have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, why can't you become the prime minister in the Ming Dynasty? Maybe a few hundred years later, Pyongyang will not only have Jizi Temple, but also the Jizi Temple.
Build your temple. Together with Jizi, you can be worshiped by the people of Pyongyang in future generations."
Zheng Zhichang wanted to scold Prince Zhu angrily and say that he was not a traitor seeking glory, but the words came to his throat and he swallowed them back.
He even began to convince himself that he was a descendant of Jizi, a descendant of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, and that what he studied and studied calligraphy was also Chinese culture. The King of Goryeo was only a descendant of a barbarian chief, and he did not know the etiquette of incestuous marriages. How could he steal the country?
"When will the water of the Datong River run out? Don't cry and add green waves every year," Zhu Ming recited Zheng Zhichang's works. "These two sentences are so well written. Only the descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties can write such beautiful poems."
Zheng Zhichang felt uneasy, as if a fire was burning in his heart. He said in a hoarse voice: "Xiao Chen... I still need to think about it again."
Ju Ming said: "I will order Mr. Zheng's family to be sent to Korea. As long as Mr. Zheng makes great achievements, I guarantee that he will be able to become the prime minister in the Ming Dynasty within ten years!"
Zheng Zhichang was also one of the best talents in the entire history of the peninsula.
As long as he comes forward to serve the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely be able to win over many wealthy families in Pyongyang, as well as countless middle- and low-level scholars. These guys have local influence, coupled with the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to mobilize troops to annex and encroach on Goryeo.
The cabinet has seven members and can even be increased to nine.
When the time comes, let Zheng Zhichang join the cabinet. Why not make a paper-paste cabinet? This can not only fulfill the promise, but also win the hearts of the Korean scholars.
Zheng Zhichang is still hesitating, or in other words, still trying to figure out his own strategy.
Ju Ming smiled and said, "I'll give you three days to think about it."
It didn't take three days, so Zheng Zhichang went back to Sifangguan to think hard all night, and came to see Prince Zhu the next day.
By agreeing to Prince Zhu's request, he will have a bright future and save his family. He will no longer have to worry about his family and career.
That month, Zhu Guoxiang sent an envoy to Goryeo to canonize the king.
Zheng Zhichang was appointed as deputy envoy and was given the official position of You Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.
The Korean envoy was shocked, but the envoy was closely monitored and could not send the news back privately.
Traveling to Shandong, Zhao Li took the soldiers and horses of Denglai Mansion and took a boat to Pyongyang with the envoys instead of rushing to Beijing immediately. Li Cheng's troops stationed in Hebei also received orders to cross the sea by boat and immediately
Headed to Goryeo and was stationed at Baoju Castle.
Seeing that the Ming Dynasty envoys and troops actually landed at Nanpo Port at the mouth of the Datong River, Cui Huan, the Koryo envoy, asked in surprise: "Aren't you going to open the capital?"
Xu Kangzong, who served as the envoy, smiled and replied: "Since Goryeo has surrendered, the Ming Dynasty will send troops to help. In order to prevent the Jin people from going south again, the Ming Dynasty plans to station troops in Baozhou and Pyongyang to ensure the future security of Goryeo."
Cui Huan was dumbfounded. He asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops to rescue him, but he was just talking. The real purpose was just to ask the Ming Dynasty to confer the king.
It was just a polite word, but did Ming Dynasty really take it seriously?
Xu Kangzong then added: "Of course, the Ming court will pay for the military pay for the Ming garrison. But the food for the Ming garrison must be provided by Korea. After all, military rations cannot be transported all the way from Shandong."
Do you still have to provide food and grass to the Ming army?
Cui Huan felt that Emperor Zhu was crazy, and quickly asked: "How many troops does Ming intend to send?"
Xu Kangzong said: "Not many, just 20,000 people."
Cui Huan said in a panic: "There are only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the entire Goryeo army. How can we support 20,000 Ming troops?"
Xu Kangzong said: "That's why your majesty is merciful and only allows Goryeo to provide military rations, so that the money and wages will not trouble the Goryeo monarchs and ministers."
"Just giving food is not enough!" Cui Huan cried.
Xu Kangzong frowned and asked: "Didn't you ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops? Now that the Ming Dynasty has actually sent troops, why are you pushing back? Could it be that you are secretly colluding with the Jin people and are you a spy hiding in Korea?"
Cui Huan looked at Nanpu Port, and the sea breeze made him feel dazed.
(I recommend Da Luoluo's "Traveling Through the Han Dynasty to Emperor Xian: Prime Minister, I Really Don't Know My Magic", which will be on the shelves tomorrow. There seem to be many excellent novels on the Three Kingdoms theme in the past few years, but this one is also quite unfair.)
