Chapter 279 Even the Japanese (Twenty-Two) are uneasy
While the internal party strife in the Ming Dynasty led to the mobilization and change of commanders of the troops aiding Korea, the North Korean side was also not idle. Due to the political and war performance in the previous period, Liu Chenglong was promoted to the chief council officer due to his merit, while Yi Dooshou was demoted to the central government official.
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In the North Korean state system, the leader is equivalent to the prime minister. From an institutional perspective, his domestic status is similar to that of the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty and is more authoritative.
After Liu Chenglong became the Prime Minister of North Korea, the first thing he started to do was to prevent the Japanese army from invading again and began to study defense plans. Liu Chenglong led the new military officer, Li Dexin, and the official officer, Li Hengfu, to meet with the King of Korea Li Ao. At this time, Li Ao was drinking tea with Jin Guiren.
, seeing the three people coming, he asked how the plan was being prepared.
Li Dexin replied: "Your Highness, after discussing with the Prime Minister, we have decided on two plans. One is to support the people and the army, so we should make every effort to resume the production of grain and salt."
The King of Joseon also believed that this should be the case. However, after the Korean War, the land was desolate. How to complete the needs as quickly as possible was puzzling to the King of Joseon. Fortunately, the food problem has been solved by Beijing. The salt problem can also be solved in the same way, but it does not need to be solved from the beginning.
For transportation in southern Xinjiang, Jinghua has a salt farm in southern Liaoning - it is a joint venture between Gao Pragmatic and the emperor.
Li Hengfu also knew that Beijing had now become the main source of various necessities for North Korea, so he said that he would submit a memorial later, saying that the specific methods were included in it, and asked Li Huan to read it.
Then he talked about the second plan: "As for the recruitment of sergeants, in the past, the imperial court cultivated talents through training of governors, and local governments also recruited them through military service, so only poor people were used to form the army. However, since the Ming Dynasty, strong armies have mostly come from
From the servant's point of view, if you want to strengthen the army, there should no longer be distinctions between good and bad, no matter the yangban or the villagers. It needs to be organized into a team, so that all those who can kill the enemy can participate, and they will be treated equally."
This idea had a great impact on North Korea's military system. Li Huo was very surprised when he heard it and asked Liu Chenglong: "Prime Minister, is it necessary to do this? Before the two squads, they had to struggle to avoid the cheap method and the rice production method before reluctantly giving in.
, if we continue to follow what I just said, what is the difference between scholar-bureaucrats and villagers? I find this matter very difficult."
Liu Chenglong advised: "Your Highness, since the founding of the People's Republic of China by Taizu, military service in the national defense has been an obligation that everyone will feel honorable regardless of status. However, as time goes by, Liangban used his power and inducements to make people serve on his behalf.
Military service gradually became a routine, and finally became a matter of course under King Jungjong.
The two squads are only for their own selfish interests, coveting wealth and happiness, and do not dare to sacrifice for the country, but they still act recklessly in high positions. How can the people who have been harmed for a long time work for the country? I think that the soldiers collapsed in the early days of the war, and this is one of the reasons
1. The Liangwu Army was not to disrupt the status order of the liangban and the villagers, but to restore the laws of Taizu, and that’s all.”
Li Dexin also advised: "Since His Highness approved the implementation of the Law of Avoiding Inferiority and the Law of Making Rice, the people's morale has been greatly boosted. The army can rectify the country's military discipline and overcome the chaos. I hope Your Highness will understand clearly."
Li Hengfu also said: "Your Highness, as far as I know, not all the two classes are opposed to the liberation of the army. Some of the aspirants in the two classes are extremely in favor of the liberation of the army. Many scholar-bureaucrats also mobilized volunteers during the national crisis, so I think this matter is not
It will never be accepted by Yangban."
Having said that, Li Ao was worried that the two squads would rebel after the war ended, so he hesitated and hesitated. Liu Chenglong advised Li Ao not to worry about the two squads now, but to prevent another Japanese invasion. Li Ao felt in a dilemma.
In the evening of that day, Crown Prince Guanghai met with Li Hao. Li Hao asked: "The leaders of the rebel armies from all over the country have been coming to support the liberation of the army, but you are instigating it behind the scenes? I guess there is no one besides you who can mobilize them so easily."
Someone else."
Gwanghae Jun said frankly: "Your Highness expected it to be true. It was my son who informed the leaders of the rebel armies in various places about the significance of joining forces. I was also worried about the resistance of the two groups, but I believed that this move was to overcome the war, and the war was
This law can be adjusted or even abolished later - the enactment of the law will change according to the times."
His confession surprised Li Hao, and he said with a half-smile that Lord Guanghae had changed a lot. Lord Guanghae had no expression on his face and replied softly: "People in the world are changing every day, and I am no exception."
Li Hao was slightly silent and said that he would consider Guanghaejun's suggestion. Guanghaejun thanked him and left.
On the other side, Li Dexin also expressed his worries about this matter to Liu Chenglong: "The king is in a dilemma, and the two squads are eyeing each other. If this is the case, I am afraid that a conflict will break out. It is a miracle that the king has accepted so many reform petitions recently.
Can the implementation be postponed?”
However, Liu Chenglong had made up his mind and insisted on carrying out the reform to the end. When he was about to ask for the decree again, Li Hengfu hurriedly came to report that the law of emancipation had been approved and the Seungjeongyuan had begun to promulgate it to the whole country. Liu Chenglong inquired carefully and found out.
The crown prince and the rebel leaders also helped.
It needs to be mentioned here that Liu Chenglong deeply touched Guanghaejun's increasingly sensitive heart by expressing his negative views on whether Guanghaejun could be officially canonized as Crown Prince by the Ming Dynasty.
Jackie Chan also had misunderstandings from time to time, and gradually became distant and slightly hostile.
It is precisely because of this that what happened today surprised Liu Chenglong. After a long period of setbacks and hardships, Lord Gwanghae also subtly changed from being wise and generous to being full of scheming, thinking, and gradually getting involved in party struggles.
Therefore, after North Korea implemented the law of exemption from low status and the law of making rice, the system of military service for all strong men regardless of status began to be fully implemented. Although many of the two groups of scholar-officials complained, they were unable to resist, and Liu Chenglong's reforms were deeply advanced.
.However, the scars caused by the war in many places have not yet healed, and the greed and cruelty of some local officials have also made the people miserable.
Soon, the official Li Menghe distributed food widely and called on the people to resist. He pretended to be the leader of a rebel army and instigated the rebels to rebel in Chungcheong Province. The North Korean Border Preparation Department therefore held a meeting to urgently discuss countermeasures.
At the Bibian Secretary meeting, Li Dexin reported that Li Menghe had occupied Hongshan and moved to Hongzhou via Qingshan and Qingyang. Hongzhou was guarded by Lin Deyi and Park Mingxian. The leader of the rebel army, Jin Deling, rushed to Hongzhou to patrol on the order of Marshal Quan Li of the capital.
The border envoy Li Yi also asked for help.
Li Yi said: "The headquarters and the rebel army led by Li Menghe have been tempered by battles and can be called elites. The rebel army at the beginning was only a thousand people, but now it has exceeded ten thousand. Even if Jin Deling comes to help, I think it will be difficult to deal with it. It is very difficult to deal with it."
I, Li Yi, can't solve this problem by taking action, so I ask the Prime Minister to allow me to help."
Liu Chenglong simply refused and said: "There are many generals that can be dispatched. I am not worried about the lack of generals, but I am worried about the people's support. If the people's support disappears at this time, it will be useless even to suppress the rebel army. Most of the rebel army was killed by Li Menghe."
Directly suppressing the deluded people with force will make our reform efforts in vain, so we should focus on appeasing them."
However, unexpectedly, at this time, King Li Wan of Korea suddenly came to Bibiasi and accused Liu Chenglong of favoring the rebels. Liu Chenglong was very puzzled.
Li He said with a sullen look on his face: "They want to kill me, they are traitors who want to overthrow the country!" Li Yi, the border patrol envoy, heard the order and immediately led his army to Hongzhou to annihilate Li Menghe. Anyone who followed Li Menghe in the rebellion would be beheaded.
!As for the person who brings back Li Menghe’s head, I will give him an official position regardless of his status.”
Liu Chenglong was shocked and quickly advised: "Your Highness, please think twice. The reform has not been implemented for a long time, and some places have not yet received favors. This accident happened. As long as some time passes, the people will know the imperial court's intentions towards them. They will
I will also be grateful to His Highness and repent of this sin."
Li Huo was extremely impatient and waved his hands and said: "What the prime minister said is absolutely true. In order to appease the people, I ignored the opposition of two groups of scholar-bureaucrats and resolutely implemented reforms. What I got was such a rebellion. I am really happy! Border patrol envoy
, what are you still standing there for? Didn’t you hear clearly what I just ordered?”
Li Yi hurriedly took the order to attack, but Li Hao waved his sleeves away angrily without waiting for Liu Chenglong to continue his persuasion.
Li Menghe led his army to arrive outside Hongzhou City and shouted to his troops: "Tonight we will be stationed outside the city, and we will capture Hongzhou tomorrow. As long as the city is captured, red general Guo Zaiyou and loyal general Jin Deling will join us.
Let's join together and build prosperity together!" The crowd was excited because of this, but Liu Chenglong had already arranged for a spy to sneak into Li Menghe's army to persuade the people.
Sezuo took the opportunity to fight with each other to attract attention, and said to the people: "Come and see this lunatic. What is it that General Kim Deok-ryung who came to help us came to arrest us? What nonsense, just say that he is afraid of the army!"
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Another agent shouted: "It's true, brother. It was General Kim Deok-ryung's subordinate Jiaji who told me that they are not here to help us, but to suppress the rebellion! Oh, brother, come with me quickly and stay."
You will really die here!"
As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion. Some farmers asked again and again, and said that they had served as volunteers under Jin Deling. Xizuo shouted: "That is really great, then tell us quickly, we are
As for the rebels, is that general someone who can fight with us through life and death?"
The farmer was not convinced, so he continued to fight with Xizuo, which led Li Menghe to order his arrest. After Xizuo escaped, the villagers became frightened and began to flee one after another. Some of the villagers believed that if they ran away directly, their lives would be ruined.
He was regarded as a traitor and was hunted down by the government, so he decided to follow the king's order and take Li Menghe's head as atonement. The fleeing people also fled to Jin Deling's place to confess his crime.
Jin Deling was about to arrest him when the leader called out: "General, it's me, I am Dacheng who served as a volunteer under you for a year." After careful observation, Jin Deling wondered: "Since he is a volunteer, why did he join the rebel army?
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Dacheng replied: "After the villain returned to his hometown, he saw that his two elders, his wife and children had died in the epidemic, and there were not many people left in his hometown, so he has been wandering. Later, he heard that the general was going to join Li Menghe.
They joined on purpose, but it turned out to be lies. There were people like me who were deceived, and there were also people who were forced to join because of difficulties in making a living. I should also behead Li Menghe."
Jin Deling was shocked and quickly asked if Li Menghe was dead. Dacheng replied: "Yes, there was an internal strife last night. Someone had killed Li Menghe and presented his head to the government in exchange for an official position and land."
Jin Deling took a breath and ordered them all to be released. His subordinates advised him not to disobey his orders but to arrest them all. Jin Deling shook his head and said: "Li Menghe is dead, who else should I arrest? Do you want me to kill my brothers who were also rebels with my own hands?"
What? Let’s all go, don’t be discovered again, hide and wait for the opportunity.” The villagers thanked him one after another.
Li Menghe's death also quickly reached the ears of the capital marshal Quan Li. Quan Li sighed and heard from his subordinates that the patrol envoy Li Yi had arrested Jin Deling and taken him to Wangjing Hanyang because Jin Deling had arrested him after hearing the news of Li Menghe's death.
All the remnants of the rebels who lived there were released and were therefore charged. As a result, there were rumors that the two men had met and conspired.
Quan Li let out a long sigh, shook his head and said: "Jin Deling, this idiot, insists on showing such kindness at this time and causing misunderstandings, which will make things more troublesome."
When the King of Joseon, Li Huan, learned about it, he sneered: "I had known that this would be the case. It is estimated that the rumors that there were letters exchanged between Jin Deling and Li Menghe were true. Now that Li Menghe is dead, Jin Deling will definitely try to kill me." Li Huo.
My heart was filled with emotions and anger.
The Li Menghe Rebellion was essentially a rebellion to break the imperial court's plunder of the people and suppress the class conflict in Korea. Although the Li Menghe Rebellion came to an end after only ten days, due to Li He's fear of the rebellion, all those who participated in the rebellion
All the suspects were severely tortured. Jin Deling, who was implicated by Li Menghe, was even tortured, and Guo Zaiyu was also placed under house arrest for questioning.
After the Crown Prince Gwanghae heard about this incident, he prepared to meet with the King of Joseon to propose rescuing Kim Deok-ryeong. However, he was dissuaded by the aide-de-camp and the prison judge Yoo Jo-no. Yoo Jo-no was an important member of the North Korean Party and was extremely repulsive to other parties. He was more concerned about the Crown Prince for his future plans.
safety.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, Liu Zulu hurriedly came and brought someone to invite the prince to meet him. Liu Zulu said: "I said before that there was a counselor who wanted to recommend to the emperor, but he had served as the prince before.
Li Erzhan, a member of the Guangming Council. Although he is still a sinecure, he is after all an outstanding talent selected through the imperial examination. He is full of knowledge and intelligence. He risked his life to protect the portrait of King Sejong during the national crisis. He is a loyal person. If the prince
Staying by my side will definitely help you.”
The crown prince Guanghaijun observed Li Erzhan and found that he had a handsome face, indifferent eyes, and a expressionless face but he had a sense of confidence, so he asked Li Erzhan: "Let me ask you, the loyal minister is in trouble now. I
Should I sit back and ignore it?”
Li Erzhan replied: "You are unable to protect yourself but you still show unyielding loyalty. It looks like courage, but in fact it is just seeking your own death. Do you have the ability to protect yourself? Do you think your highness really thinks that Jin Deling is a traitor?"
Just like warning Your Highness, Your Highness is actually warning the generals of the volunteers. His Highness demands the absolute obedience of the volunteers. Kim Deok-ryung is destined to be punished by Your Highness this time, and Jin Deok-ryung is used as bait to lure out all those who are dissatisfied with Your Highness, so Your Highness must not
Entering His Highness's trap." Guanghaejun felt that he was justified and stopped caring about Jin Deling's affairs.
The King of Joseon, Ri Wan, looked at the censorship report submitted by Yoo Seong-ryong and said coldly: "Kim Deok-ryeong, Kwak Jae-woo, Choi Dam-kyung, Go Eun-bae and others are all not guilty? The rebels all confessed that they had dealings with Lee Mong-hak. Is this a lie?
What?"
Liu Chenglong replied: "It's not a lie. In order to quickly gather the rebels, Li Menghe deceived the people and said that he was negotiating with the rebel leaders from various places, and used their names to make the people believe him. This is just a strategy."
Li Huo asked back: "That means that just by mentioning the name of a rebel general, more than ten thousand rebels can quickly gather together and be ready to execute any order - even if they want to kill a few people, they will not do anything.
There was no hesitation. Haha, do you think there is anything wrong with my interpretation like this?"
Li Dexin argued: "Your Highness, please calm down. I think this matter is just because the people's hearts are still weak. The Chungcheong Province area where the rebellion occurred has less wars than other areas, so it is shouldering the arrears of taxes on behalf of other areas. As a result, the people's hearts are scattered.
Only then was he exploited by Li Menghe."
Li Huo said coldly: "No matter what, they gathered just to kill me. It's ridiculous. We tried so hard to stabilize the world, but in the end they rebelled and rebelled. Do you want me to listen to the Prime Minister again? Send an order to re-examine this matter.
All crimes must be punished!"
After saying that, Li Huo ordered him to retreat, but when he saw that Liu Chenglong had no expression, he gave the order again. Liu Chenglong suppressed his anger and asked: "Is His Highness so afraid of the rebels? Do you have to kill them all before His Highness's fear will disappear?"
?The war is not over yet, why should the people who sacrificed their lives for the country be regarded as enemies?"
Li Huo asked Liu Chenglong whether he thought he was a narrow-minded person who was afraid of the rebels, and Liu Chenglong openly said so. Li Huo said nothing and only forced the two of them to retreat.
Afterwards, Li Dexin complained that Liu Chenglong contradicted the king, but Liu Chenglong said: "Are you really ignorant? If we don't ask clearly now, in the future, the lives of all the volunteers or villagers who sacrifice their lives for the country, let alone be rewarded, will be in danger at any time.
If this matter is allowed to develop, it will definitely cause an uproar."
After Liu Chenglong left, Li Huan angrily said to the official: "How can I be afraid of the rebels? It's not because I'm afraid that the rebels will draw a knife at me, but because they have to kill them because they are related to the rebels. What will happen to me?"
What did you do wrong!"
Angrily, Li Huo kicked the table over, while the senior officials repeatedly comforted him. In fact, in Li Huan's mind, what he was thinking about was how to hide Jin Deling from Liu Chenglong's eyes and kill Jin Deling without getting into trouble.
So later, the rebels' speech included not only the leaders of the rebel armies, but also the military commander Li Dexin and the political leader Liu Chenglong. Therefore, the criminal commander Liu Zulu and Li Erzhante went to Yi Dooshou to discuss.
Yi Dooshou wondered why he wanted to discuss it with him. Li Erzhan took out Bingshen's confession and hoped that Yi Dooshou could help. He said: "We have the same enemy position, so we are comrades this time." Liu Zulu also said.
Advise Yi Dooshou to take revenge on Liu Chenglong for making him take the blame.
Yi Dooshou took the confession and understood it. He stood up and wanted to see the two of them off, saying: "Well, that's how it should be. You two came in time. I already know it well. Leave the rest to me, but I still have to do it."
Please keep it a secret, please." The two agreed and left happily, while Idoshou burned the Bingshen confession that the rebels had confessed to after they left.
For Idoshou, although he and Liu Chenglong had many disagreements, Idoushou knew that Liu Chenglong was a very talented person, but they just had different political opinions sometimes.
Yi Dooshou, who saw through the plot of Liu Zulu and Li Erzhan, did not allow the prison to be raised again. After burning the invitation, he immediately went to the palace late at night to see Li He and intercede for Jin Deling.
When Li He heard that Yi Dooshou had come late at night, he invited him in to ask what was going on. Yi Dooshou asked if he had to kill Jin Deling? Li He was extremely impatient: "Why are you like this? I just want to punish the guilty.
Why not?"
Yi Dooshou said: "Your Highness, how could I not understand the uneasiness of the Holy Heart? If Jin Deling must be killed, I would have no objection, but please let others go and stop the senseless killing. As for those who are implicated, please do not do it."
No longer have doubts about them.
Your Highness knows that I am your Highness's servant regardless of life or death. Please do not expand the influence of Li Menghe's rebellion and plunge the country into a violent storm again before the war is over." Li He also fell into deep thought after hearing this.
Li Hengfu also rushed to tell Liu Chenglong that the confession involved Liu Chenglong and Li Dexin, which also surprised them. Li Dexin sighed: "I didn't expect that my name would be used to stir up trouble, but actually even the prime minister was implicated by them.
, it is really heartbreaking and unreasonable. If someone who hates the Prime Minister listens to it, he may become the next Kim Deok-ryung."
But Liu Chenglong did not panic, and was willing to be executed by the king together with all the rebel generals. As he was talking, Yi Dooshou came to stop him, and he said: "Does the prime minister hope that he will personally lead the tragedy? The prime minister does not need to see the king again.
Your Highness, the king has decided to stop and will not implicate anyone else, but...it is impossible to keep Jin Deling."
Yoo Seung-ryong loudly rebuked: "How can we stop talking about stopping Kim Deok-ryung if he is not protected? What is the difference between killing Kim Deok-ryung and killing other rebel soldiers? Once Kim Deok-ryung dies, the hearts of the people in the world will collapse, even if other people are not involved.
usefulness."
Liu Chenglong was about to ask to see the king again, but Yi Dooshou grabbed him and said: "Then the prime minister means that if we can't save everyone related to the rebellion, these people will have to die? We can't save Jin Deok-ryung or anyone else.
Will the prime minister, military commander, and other volunteer generals all die together?
Prime Minister, your actions are empty words of loyalty, but in fact you are abandoning your country and your family! I really can't bear to see the country turbulent and divided due to tragedy!"
This statement shocked Liu Chenglong. Yi Dooshou took the opportunity to ask Liu Chenglong to take care of the overall situation, and made it clear that it was a blessing to sacrifice Kim Deok-ryung alone to save the courtiers and volunteers.
Li Hengfu and Li Dexin also advised Liu Chenglong to follow Yi Dooshou's advice. Liu Chenglong sighed, but knew that this was the only way he could do it now.
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