The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 364 Subversion
Cheng Jun sent someone to pass the news back to Hanyang City.

Minister Yin Bishang and Li's favored minister Liu Ziguang went to the palace to meet Li together, but Li Kedun was not there at the time, and Yin Bishang stated the reason why he did not see Tang Yin and Pu Yuanzong.

"...If the envoys of the Ming Dynasty enter Hanyang City and state the faults of the lord in front of people, the world will discuss the legitimacy of the lord's position. At that time, Xiao Xiao will only be given a chance. There are still people in the court who want to support traitors, They are staring at opportunities, spreading rumors that are not good for you, the lord, and various attacks have never stopped..."

Yin Bishang was also thinking of Li.

Regardless of your attitude towards the Scholar School, you are also the orthodox eldest son of North Korea, and you are the ruler of a country recognized by Confucianism.

As your courtier, you must consider the legitimacy of your rule.

Liu Ziguang was more cunning, he said: "Without seeing Daming's envoys, will there be less criticism from outsiders towards the king?"

Yin Bishang said: "Moreover, Daming is going to enter the city with a thousand soldiers and horses, and they are also carrying firearms, which will pose a threat to the stability of the capital."

"Needless to say." Li raised his hand and said, "A thousand soldiers and horses are not enough to change anything, and before entering the city, send people to receive these troops, as for the 200 people of Ming's entourage, they are not allowed to enter the city. Xing Cao advanced Go out of the city and escort Pu Yuanzong into the city."

When Yin Bishang heard this, he felt that Li was still on guard.

If those [-] soldiers and horses were allowed to enter the city, it would bring a lot of trouble, which was why he proposed not to see Tang Yin.

Yin Bishang saw that he couldn't change the opinion of the stubborn king, so he asked for instructions: "Will there be a public trial for Park Yuanzong?"

Liu Ziguang asked: "Master Yin Ling, do you want the lord to lose his trust in the suzerain Daming? You have already agreed not to interrogate, but just go through a process. When the envoy of Daming leaves, just let Pu Yuanzong go with him."

Yin Bishang said: "If this person returns to Ping'an Road, contacts people and rebels against North Korea, I'm afraid it will be a disaster. Even if he can't be executed publicly, he should be poisoned secretly, or let him commit suicide."

Li stared at Yin Bi and said, "It seems that you have a personal hatred for Pu Yuanzong?"

"No such intention." Yin Bishang quickly explained.

Li Dao: "Then there is no need to say any more. This battle is because you people proposed to perfunctory Daming during the court discussion, so that you only sent [-] soldiers and horses, and did not complete the entrustment of Daming, so the envoys of Daming were met." Come here to ask questions. This year’s tribute is increased, and the attitude towards the Daming envoy is relaxed, so that he can go back to the business, and also resolve the resentment of the Emperor of Ming and the Duke of Lai towards us. If you can’t do this, you really want to see Lonely people betray relatives."

Yin Bishang knelt down, kowtowed and said: "The minister is dedicated to North Korea, and I don't mean to offend."

"Okay, I still leave it to you to welcome the envoy of Ming Dynasty, and let Liu Ziguang go with you."

After Li finished speaking, seeing that Yin Bishang objected, he said coldly, "Liu Ziguang knows how to behave better than you, and knows how to arrange Ming envoys, and he will provide better treatment. Unlike you scholars , only thinking about how to reflect the prestige of North Korea in the reception, never thinking about flattering and currying."

Unspoken.

It's still Liu Ziguang who knows how to "make things happen", he can supply Tang Yin with all kinds of beauties, delicacies, gold, silver and jewelry.

If Tang Yin was satisfied, wouldn't Tang Yin's attitude soften a lot when he came to question him?Wouldn't it be easy to deal with Zhang Zhou and Emperor Ming when he turned around?
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Including Li and Yin Bishang and others, the North Korean monarchs and ministers have not considered the combination of Tang Yin and Park Yuanzong, which may pose a threat to the royal power of North Korea.

But as Zhang Zhou agreed to let Tang Yin keep four thousand soldiers and horses, and only let him take 200 people to Hanyang City, everything seemed to be non-threatening. At this time, I also feel that Daming and Pu Yuanzong should not be able to stir up trouble.

The envoy team arrived at the post station in Gyeonggi-do, which was only 26 miles away from Hanyang City on April [-]. If they had stepped up that day, they might have arrived in Hanyang City shortly after nightfall, but Tang Yin insisted on staying overnight at the post station.

Cheng Jun met Liu Ziguang.

Liu Ziguang came on behalf of Li. After meeting Cheng Jun first, Cheng Jun then introduced him to meet Tang Yin.

"Envoy of the Tang Dynasty, our Lord knows the mistakes he made before, so he specially asked him to come here to apologize and admit his mistakes. In addition to promising to provide the Ming Dynasty with 2 shi of grain for the eradication of the Liaodong slaves, he also gave 7000 strong men, [-] women and children. It is used for coordinating the march, and the food is self-prepared. If the border residents need to be relocated, North Korea will also provide assistance.”

Liu Ziguang's words made Cheng Jun frown upon hearing this.

Cheng Jun was thinking, is Park Yuanzong a "traitor", or is it Li and Liu Ziguang?
Selling the country and seeking glory.

Tang Yindao: "Didn't you say that your envoy is Yin Bishang, who is in charge of discussing politics? Why didn't he come?"

Liu Ziguang smiled and said: "He will arrange the details of welcoming the envoys into the city tomorrow, such as ceremonies, etc. Tonight, my lord will send 20 beauties, 140 urns of fine wine, and [-] women to come to work in the army, and also prepared various dishes .There are two hundred loaves of gold and sixteen chests of silver."

It roughly means that beautiful women are given to you, ordinary women are given to the Ming army, and as for gold, silver and jewelry, they are all gifts for you.

When Cheng Jun heard this, he was so anxious that he almost got into a fight with Liu Ziguang.

But because Tang Yin was by his side, Cheng Jun didn't get angry.

Humiliate the country.

Cheng Jun had already closed his eyes, and felt that it was unnecessary for him to stay on the spot. Thinking about it, Yin Bishang's choice was more correct, and this appeared on an occasion that should not have appeared.

If I don't know...how good would it be?
Back then, the people from Shilin asked him again, why didn't he object at that time...how should I say it?

Tang Yin nodded in satisfaction and said: "Very good, leave everyone behind, you can take my letter and go back to report to your lord."

Liu Ziguang asked: "Don't you need to stay here to accompany Tang envoys to drink?"

"No need." Tang Yin's attitude was very firm, "Tomorrow I will only go to the city for one day, and I will leave for Daming early in the morning the day after tomorrow. The war in Liaodong is not over yet, and I don't have much time to stay in North Korea."

"well."

When Liu Ziguang heard it, Tang Yin only went to the city for a day, and left after finishing the questioning.

I was thinking in my heart, is this a question?You Daming are here to blackmail our North Korean monarchs and ministers, right?
Now you are satisfied with the amount of extortion, so you decide to leave?

It doesn't matter if you leave or not, anyway, my mission is completed, if someone blames me for selling it later, then I will say that it was Yin Bishang and Cheng Jun who did it... Anyway, I know that the king has further plans to eradicate them. A military accident happened and all of you were eradicated. The dead are the best material for scapegoating.

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That night.

Inside and outside the post house.

Tang Yin called Liu Gui, Pu Yuanzong and Xu Jing over.

These were the three pillars of Tang Yin's plot to overthrow the Joseon kingship, but no matter how Tang Yin looked at it, he also felt that this combination... was weird.

Except for Park Yuanzong, Liu Gui and Xu Jing are more like retinues, and even if Park Yuanzong has the experience of leading the army, he also has certain connections in North Korea, but Park Yuanzong is always a traitor recognized by the Koreans, and it seems that he is counting on Park Yuanzong to achieve great things. And a little ridiculous.

"The matter is tonight." Tang Yin said, "If there is no progress before tomorrow morning, then everything will fall through, and we will have to return to Daming."

Pu Yuanzong also looked very nervous and said, "Why not after entering the city?"

Tang Yin said: "The lord of North Korea will not allow us to bring troops into the city. I want you to contact the guards at the gate of North Korea tonight. Don't you know Jin Yuanguang, the judge of the Seoul government? Let him Open the city gate."

Pu Yuanzong looked puzzled: "Jin Yuanguang is very close to the Yin family, the mother of the king, and he will not open the city gate for you, but Yin Shu Li Zidou of the Hancheng Mansion and Xingcao counselor Cheng Xiyan, and me We have always been friends, and we can use their relationship to knock the city gate open."

Xu Jing asked, "Wouldn't it be better if we just blow open the city gate with sky gunpowder?"

"Mr. Xu, don't you know that there are at least six or seven thousand regular troops stationed in Hanyang City, and there are nearly ten thousand people stationed in the palace at the same time, plus some Zaoli etc., the number is more than [-]. In a short period of time, more than [-] civilians will be recruited, and there will be soldiers and horses outside the city to assist in the defense. Under such circumstances, we will not be able to capture Hanyang City."

While explaining, Park Yuanzong felt that taking more than 1000 people to rebel was simply risking his life.

If it wasn't for the knife on his neck, he wouldn't have wanted to work with Daming's envoys.

Tang Yin asked coldly: "If I go directly to see Yin Bishang, the Minister of State Council, will he agree to join the rebellion?"

"Impossible." Park Yuanzong said, "Although he is a scholar, he also has great opinions on the previous disasters, but he is still very loyal to the king. If he goes, it will be no different from death."

Xu Jingdao: "The envoy of Ming Dynasty, Yin Bishang dares to kill someone?"

Tang Yin also became ruthless at this time, and said: "Businessman Yin Bi is already outside the city, but he didn't go this way. If he fails to win over, then kill him directly to prevent him from recruiting troops outside the city."

When Pu Yuanzong heard this, you Tang Yin's thinking is very different.

You haven't won the city yet, but you are already thinking about how to prevent the royalists from counterattacking?

He is also thinking, if Li can be killed, will the courtiers of North Korea support Li Gang to give birth to a son who is less than three years old?

Tang Yindao: "It's getting late now, we must take action. You bring 100 people to contact Yin Shu Li Zidou of Seoul Mansion, and I will bring 100 people to meet Yin Bishang."

Park Yuanzong was shocked and said: "Do you want to divide the troops?"

"Of course." Tang Yin said, "We can't scare the snake right now. Whenever we make progress along the way, we will send out fireworks to remind us. If there is no movement after midnight, Father Heng and Park Yuanzong's generals will take the remaining 1000 people." People, detain Cheng Jun and the others, and if there are soldiers and horses blocking them, they will fight directly with artillery. Show your attitude to the North Korean monarchs and ministers. This will also facilitate our negotiations with the North Korean ministers."

"I..." Xu Jing felt Alexander instantly.

But facing Tang Yin's firm gaze, he still nodded helplessly in agreement.

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Tang Yin and Pu Yuanzong, with [-] Korean soldiers, pulled some carriages and loaded some goods, and they were going towards Hanyang City.

When Cheng Jun heard about it, he hurried out to stop him and asked, "Envoy Tang, what are you going to do?"

Tang Yin said: "Oh, I am about to send someone to give some gifts to your lord, including three cannons, and mighty sky gunpowder, as a reward for your lord's gift."

"Are there so many people going?" Cheng Jun was a little worried, "The team doesn't look very long, but it made Cheng Jun feel a crisis."

Tang Yin smiled and said: "Cheng Juanshu, you don't think I have any bad intentions, do you? Or do you want to go back with me?"

"No... no need..."

Cheng Jun came here as an envoy this time, and he didn't bring many people with him, but there seemed to be two to three hundred people.

Of course, he didn't think that two hundred North Koreans could do anything, and without these two hundred people, the number of "Allied Forces" left in the barracks was exactly 200.

The troops were divided again.

The threat is getting smaller and smaller, no matter how you look at it, Daming has not posed any threat to North Korea.

Tang Yin said: "I'll go out to see off this group of people, Cheng Juanshu should go back and rest first."

"it is good."

Cheng Jun was also drinking that night, seeing that there was no threat, he went back to the camp.

And Tang Yin followed the team of 200 people out of the city, and immediately got on his horse and called Pu Yuanzong who was hiding in the crowd.

"Thirty miles away, you can go back after you finish before midnight. If it doesn't work, you don't have to worry about it, just go back quickly." Before saying goodbye to Pu Yuanzong, Tang Yin told Pu Yuanzong.

"Yes." Pu Yuanzong also got on his horse, but he couldn't run fast. After all, they didn't have many horses, and some of them were only carriages.

Slowly headed towards Hanyang City.

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Yin Bishang went out of the city on the same day, preparing to meet the envoys of Ming Dynasty, and by the way, he also made some defenses.

He was also very surprised to hear that Daming had returned the gift suddenly.

However, when he heard that artillery and gunpowder were being sent, Yin Bishang felt that it was necessary to go to greet him, and asked the five or six hundred soldiers he brought out of the city, as well as the hundreds of civilians who were responsible for arranging the venue, to take precautions.

"You... Tang Yin?"

Yin Bishang was shocked when he saw that the person who came to give the gift was Tang Yinshi, Daming's envoy.

Tang Yindao: "Gunpowder and heavenly gunpowder are both powerful weapons of the Ming Dynasty to destroy cities and pull out villages. Naturally, I have to personally deliver them."

"Then...then please come in..."

Yin Bishang could see that Tang Yin's sudden arrival at the city of Hanyang was definitely not a good thing.

But he was also afraid that people would know that he conspired with Tang Yin before entering the city.

Because Li is a very suspicious king, he will kill people because of doubts at every turn.

After entering the camp.

Yin Bishang also directly asked Ming Tang Yin why he came: "Tang Yin, you are not here to persuade me to surrender, are you?"

Tang Yin laughed and said: "Why do you want to persuade you to surrender? If you want to attack North Korea, Mr. Lai will lead [-] soldiers and horses, and within ten days you can kill your Hanyang city, do you believe it?"

Although Yin Bishang didn't want to admit it, after thinking about it, he still nodded helplessly.

"So Daming wants to use your life in exchange for entering North Korea?" Yin Bishang, as the leading minister, was still thinking in a very general way. He immediately realized that it seemed that Zhang Zhou had never cared about Tang Yin's life or death.

Throwing Tang Yin to Duobi City, and then letting Tang Yin come back as an envoy, and even subverting the kingship of Joseon...

Tang Yin said: "I don't want to interfere with what your lord has done in the country, but he has endangered Daming and secretly connected with the Jurchens. This is something that Daming cannot tolerate."

"This is all slander!" Yin Bi said commercially.

Tang Yin said coldly: "What's the benefit of slandering him to Daming? If Duke Lai is unreasonable, he can just lead troops into North Korea. Why let me lead the troops with Pu Yuanzong to achieve great things?"

"So, you guys still come..." Yin Bishang felt a chill down his spine.

Obviously Zhang Zhou and Tang Yin have agreed to leave 200 soldiers and horses outside Gyeonggi-do, but now Tang Yin and Park Yuanzong actually want to use [-] people to complete the subversion of the Korean kingship?
Tang Yindao: "Tonight, Pu Yuanzong has gone to contact the old people in the city, using my handwriting, to order the defenders in the city to open the city, and at the same time issue a call to kill Li and the old party who supported him."

"That……"

Yin Bishang immediately wanted to go out and inform his people to take precautions.

But then he stopped.

Because he realized one thing.

Unless he takes Tang Yin down now and hands it over to Li Lai to deal with, then he may be cleared of his suspicion... The chance is not great, because Tang Yin dared to come to see him before he helped Park Yuanzong rebellion, which shows that the relationship between the two There may be a conspiracy in advance...

With Li's suspicion, even if he is not punished after the defeat of the rebellion in the future, it is estimated that Yin Bishang's good days will come to an end.

Then Li will also carry out a bloodbath on the Shilin faction.

Yin Bishang suddenly felt why Tang Yin came to see him so confidently. It was precisely because North Korea had an almost unreasonable and stupid king who liked to kill Li. Knowing right from wrong makes it impossible to choose a position.

Tang Yin had a calm and indifferent expression on his face, as if he didn't care about his own life at all, and said: "Thinking about it this way, it's better to change the king of North Korea, and the monarch and his subjects to govern wholeheartedly, than to continue to be like this, with mutual suspicion and suspicion, and even right and wrong in their hearts. Can't tell the difference?"

Yin Bishang said, "It's impossible for you to accomplish anything."

"Hehe." Tang Yin said with a smile, "if the matter fails, Duke Lai's troops will kill him later. Do you think it's better to overthrow a foolish king tonight and let you elect a wise king, or Lai?" The Duke has destroyed your North Korea, so it would be better to annex your territory completely?"

Yin Bishang naturally knew that the former was better.

But he can't say that.

Tang Yindao: "Calculating the time, there is still an hour. The army I brought will detain your soldier Cao Juanshu Chengjun and kill him in Hanyang City. The time left for you to choose should not exceed half an hour .”

"I will never agree." Yin Bishang also has his own principles.

Tang Yin nodded and said: "As a loyal minister of North Korea, you have fulfilled your obligations, but whether you are loyal to Yanshan Lord Li Yiren or North Korea Guozuo depends on your choice."

"Now I want you to stand still tonight, and after the capture of North Korea in the future, you will contact the courtiers and let them accept all changes... Afterwards, you will be neither a hero nor a criminal, and I will let you rest and return home. But your heirs and clansmen can continue to be officials in the court, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)