manynovel Chapter 431 You are so cowardly and still serve as Minister of the Ministry of War?
Chapter 431 You are so cowardly and still serve as Minister of the Ministry of War?
Chapter 431 You are so cowardly and still serve as Minister of the Ministry of War?
With Qin Feng's permission, Wang He immediately led a group of people to the treasury in Seoul, completely emptied the treasury, and even went to Gyeongbokgung Palace to dump all the previous things in Gyeongbokgung Palace onto the boat.
Originally, Wang He wanted to grab some beauties and go back, but when he saw that the boat was almost full of belongings, he decisively gave up on the beauties.
In his simple cognition, as long as he has money, what can't he buy?
But he still arrested a few high-ranking North Korean officials and asked them to testify to his group that they really did not start the war lightly, it was entirely out of self-preservation!
Looking at the gold and silver treasures of the slow boat, Qin Feng's eyes were also rounded, both a little excited and a little scared.I am afraid that the emperor's grandson will blame them for this and punish them for disobeying military orders.
In order to atone for his sin, Qin Feng could only order someone to register and make a book, and bring them all back to the capital for the emperor's grandson to dispose of.
As for the 10,000+ taels of scattered silver, Wang He forcibly divided them privately, and distributed [-] taels to each of the accompanying soldiers, and the rest was privately embezzled with several officers.
According to Wang He, such nobles with broken silver are not to be looked down upon.
When Qin Feng thought of 10,000+ taels of silver, his heart pounded.
They were all soldiers recruited by the emperor's grandson from Yiwu. They had never seen such a big scene, let alone shared the spoils in private.
But the atmosphere in the army has already been agitated by Wang He. If he is not allowed to share points in private, the entire Jing Navy may mutiny!
Qin Feng rejected his share of money, and slowly returned to Nanjing City with a warship full of treasures.
Along the way, he kept thinking about how to plead guilty to the emperor's grandson, so that he didn't even get a good night's sleep.It wasn't until he saw the Nanjing City Wall that his hanging heart fell to the ground.
He finally brought everyone back. As for the merits and demerits of rewards and punishments, let the emperor grandson deal with them!
After Qin Feng put down the messenger who reported the letter, he ordered everyone to disembark and form a team.
However, Wang He is not among them.
When Wang He was in Qin Feng's formation, he was leading a few veterans from Xingwuwei to give orders to the Korean king Li Chenggui and his first minister Zheng Daochuan.
Wang He threatened Li Chenggui's ears.
"Do you know what to say when you see the emperor's grandson?"
"I know I know!"
"Your army came here with good intentions, but unexpectedly, my North Koreans mistakenly thought it was a pirate attacking, and then your army counterattacked..."
"Everything is Xiao Wang's fault, and has nothing to do with your army!"
Seeing Li Chenggui's cooperation, Wang He's strength suddenly weakened a little.
"What does the treasure on board mean?"
"This is a gift from Xiao Wang to the emperor's grandson. If the emperor does not accept it, he will look down on Xiao Wang!"
Li Chenggui said it with righteous indignation, as if Daming didn't accept his gift, he would die to show his ambition!
"can!"
"Just say that after entering the palace. If you dare to say something more, it's useless. We will go to your North Korean sea every day for a stroll!"
Qin Feng finished his team and came over impatiently to urge him.
"What's up?"
Wang He looked at Li Chenggui and said.
"good!"
"The old guy is still cooperative!"
Qin Feng nodded upon hearing this.
"That's good!"
"It is estimated that the grandson of the emperor is coming soon, hurry up and line up!"
"okay!"
As Wang He returned to the team, there was a sound of gongs and drums at the end of the pier.The well-informed people in the capital knew that a big man was coming when they heard the sound of gongs to clear the way.
Therefore, they stepped aside one step ahead.
Not long after, a team of cavalry came to clean the street. After the idlers on the street were cleaned up, the carriages of the emperor's grandson and His Majesty rushed over slowly.
Behind the emperor and the emperor's grandson, there were not only the accompanying Jin Yiwei, but also civil and military officials on foot.
In fact, they didn't need to come here, but they really couldn't believe it, and they didn't want to believe that Zhu Yunxie could capture the king of North Korea with only a mere [-] Jing navy.
If it was so easy to conquer North Korea, Emperor Yang of Sui would not have to smash his halberds and sink the sand, and Li Shimin would not have to lose his troops and lose his generals. It was not until the period of Li Zhi that Goryeo was completely pacified.
In fact, Zhu Yunxi didn't believe it either, but he believed in one thing, that is, his subordinates dare not lie about the military situation.
Since they said they had captured the King of Korea, they must have been captured, at most a fake one was captured by mistake.
When Qin Feng and others saw the emperor's grandson driving, they immediately knelt down and saluted.
"Greetings to His Highness the Emperor Taisun, Your Highness is a thousand years old..."
"Meet His Majesty the Emperor, Long Live Your Majesty!"
A group of civil servants were very disgusted when they heard Jing Haijun's meeting, because they put the emperor's grandson before His Majesty the emperor.
In their view, this is the courtesy of no one's minister!
If it weren't for the close relationship between His Majesty the Emperor and the Emperor Taisun, they would even feel that the Emperor Taisun was disobedient and rushed to urge His Majesty the Emperor to abdicate.
Lao Zhu was also a little upset, kicking Ni Sun's ass.
"How did you train your subordinates, our big emperor can't see it?"
Qin Feng really didn't see it at first, he only saw the emperor's car after paying homage to the emperor's grandson.
But at this time, there is no way to explain it, so I can only kneel on the ground in embarrassment and wait for the trial of the emperor grandson.
Zhu Yunxi explained with a smile.
"Grandpa Huang, don't be picky, they didn't call me long live, they have already given you enough face!"
Old Zhu secretly rolled his eyes when he heard the words, then passed Ni Sun and came to Jing Haijun.
"What's your name?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Qin Feng, who has humbled his position, is now the deputy commander of the Jing Navy!"
"We just heard from Baojie's messenger that you captured the King of Korea for us?"
"Returning to Your Majesty, it is true that the humble ranks have captured the King of Korea, but I don't know if it is true!"
Seeing what Qin Feng said, Lao Zhu nodded in satisfaction.
"Bring someone up and show us!"
Hearing this, Wang He didn't wait for Qin Feng's orders, and brought Li Chenggui by the collar to Lao Zhu.
"Your Majesty, this person is the King of Korea. According to the captured North Korean soldiers, this person is Li Chenggui himself who disrespected Ming Dynasty!"
"In order to prevent mistakes, Beizhi also arrested several North Korean ministers, and they were all brought back by Beizhi!"
When Lao Zhu heard Wang He's words, he felt displeased for a while.
This person is too greedy for merit!
Let alone whether the Korean king in front of you is real, even if it is real, you shouldn't carry it like a chicken, right?
He is the lord of a country anyway, so he should have the respect he deserves.
In other words, if you don't respect the lords of other countries, how can you respect the lord of Ming Dynasty?
"Are you also from Jing Haijun?"
Hearing the emperor's question, Wang He hurriedly said as if offering a treasure.
"Returning to Your Majesty, I used to work for Qianhu in Xingwuwei, and once fought with Master Lan, the Duke of Liang, outside the Great Wall..."
Lao Zhu interrupted Qin Feng before he finished speaking.
"No wonder you are so ignorant of the rules, it turns out to be that bastard Lan Yu!"
"This……"
No matter how stupid Wang He was, he knew that he had offended His Majesty the Emperor, but how he had offended the Emperor was beyond what he could know.
Lao Zhu waved his hand towards Wang He, and after driving Wang He away, he came to Li Chenggui.
"You are the king of Joseon, Li Chenggui?"
Hearing this, Li Chenggui hurriedly knelt down to salute respectfully.
"Xiao Wang is indeed the king of Joseon, Li Chenggui!"
"His Majesty the Emperor Meng Daming will not give up on giving the country the name Joseon!"
"Xiao Wang has always wanted to come to Daming to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and to thank His Majesty for bestowing the title of the country. Because the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and the mountains and the sea are separated, I have never been able to see the sky!"
"It happened that the emperor's grandson passed on the decree to the foreign domain, and the little king repeatedly asked General Qin Feng, and then General Qin Feng agreed to bring the little king to pay homage to His Majesty, and I hope that His Majesty will forgive the little Wang for his rash crimes!"
After hearing these words, Lao Zhu patted Li Chenggui on the shoulder while stroking his beard and laughing loudly.
"Not bad!"
"It is indeed the capital of a hero, that is, he can speak. No wonder he can create the foundation of a king outside Liaodong!"
Li Chenggui received Lao Zhu's praise, and he also flattered Lao Zhu in return.
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is magnificent, frugal and loves the people, benevolent and courteous, lenient to the people, on the banks of the forest, loyal and benevolent, accepting talents and using their abilities, and governing with clear rules..."
"To see His Majesty Tianyan today is indeed the luck of Cheng Gui's three lives, and it is also the blessing of my small country of North Korea for all eternity!"
"I hope that His Majesty will forgive Xiao Wang's previous crime of disrespect, and let Xiao Wang continue to guard the border for Daming, and serve His Majesty and Daming with the attitude of stars and stars..."
Li Chenggui's words were very humble. When he praised Lao Zhu's words, he even used all the idioms he had learned in his life, which made the group of civil and military ministers behind Lao Zhu very satisfied.
Although the civil servants of Ming Dynasty have many problems, they are born with a kind of arrogance and arrogance, and they like the feeling of the heaven and the kingdom the most.
Li Chenggui's flattery can be said to make the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty very comfortable.
Lao Zhu touched Li Chenggui's shoulder again with a smile, and then ordered someone to take him into Honglu Temple for hospitality.
"Li Chenggui, go to the posthouse with our Honglu Qing to rest first, tomorrow we... I will host a banquet in the palace to entertain you and your ministers!"
Lao Zhu seldom calls himself "Zhen", but in the current situation, if he doesn't call himself "Zhen", he always feels that the momentum is not right.
Seeing how sympathetic Lao Zhu was to him, Li Chenggui was so moved that he burst into tears on the spot.
"Respected His Majesty the Ming Emperor, your kindness is as generous and benevolent as the rumors, Xiao Wang is really impressed, woo woo woo..."
Seeing Li Chenggui crying so miserably, Lao Zhu knew that this guy suffered a lot on the way here.
"Go!"
"If you have been wronged in any way, I will definitely seek justice for you!"
Hearing this, Li Chenggui was so excited that he almost hugged the old emperor's thigh and cried.But when he thought that the old emperor was so old, the world would belong to the emperor's grandson sooner or later, so he forcibly held back.
"Xiao Wang, thank you Your Majesty!"
"Xiao Wang will bid farewell..."
"Go..."
Lao Zhu waved his hand towards Li Chenggui, and Li Chenggui carefully followed Hong Luqing to the post to rest.
He was exhausted from the boat ride all the way, and now he just wanted to take a hot bath and find two maids to rub his shoulders.
Just don't know if Daming can provide these services...
Lao Zhu was sending Li Chenggui away, and then called in the ministers of North Korea to inquire.
"Are you Zheng Daochuan?"
Zheng Daochuan once went to Daming in June 23rd Hongwu to defend Yin Yi and Li Chu's accusation against Li Chenggui, and had a relationship with Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu made it clear at the time that he would not interfere in Korean affairs and let the Koreans handle their own internal affairs.
It's just that Zheng Daochuan never expected that after three years, His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty would still remember him.
"The foreign minister is Zheng Daochuan, thank you His Majesty Emperor Ming for remembering the foreign minister..."
Old Zhu smiled and nodded to Zheng Daochuan.
"You are a talent, of course I will remember you!"
When Zheng Daochuan heard this, his face bloomed like a chrysanthemum in surprise.
This is a compliment from His Majesty the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If he returns to North Korea in the future, it will be included in the history of North Korea!
With this praise alone, I can guarantee that the family will have no worries in North Korea for three generations.
Even if Li Chenggui wants to touch him in the future, he has to weigh this sentence carefully!
"The foreign minister thanked His Majesty for the praise of the foreign minister, the foreign minister... the foreign minister is so excited, woo woo woo..."
Lao Zhu helped Zheng Daochuan up with a cheerful face.
"Get up!"
"Your act of following the lord to Beijing this time is no less than the achievements of the ancient Jie Zitui assisting Duke Wen of Jin!"
"If you go back to North Korea and suffer any grievances in the future, you can order someone to write a letter to me, and I will uphold justice for you!"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty... How can I be able to receive such great love from Your Majesty? I wish to be loyal to Daming forever, to Your Majesty, and to assist the King of Korea to serve His Majesty from generation to generation!"
"Huh..."
Zhu Yunxi couldn't take it anymore, and felt that the other party almost called Lao Zhu his father.
Zhu Yunxi didn't like to listen to it, but the Ming officials behind him listened with gusto, and some of them even thought about how to write this passage into daily life notes and memoirs.
This is a historic meeting!
Lao Zhu appeased Zheng Daochuan, and ordered the people of Honglu Temple to take him back to rest.
As for the other North Korean officials, Lao Zhu was not interested in exchanging pleasantries. He just accepted their visit and sent them to Honglu Temple.
After dealing with the North Korean monarchs and ministers, Lao Zhu took the time to ask Qin Feng and others.
"How much do you lose in battle?"
"Returning to Your Majesty, only a few dozen people were injured in the battle, and they were all injured by the opponent's arrow..."
Seeing that only dozens of people were killed or injured, Lao Zhu immediately showed surprise on his face.
"Just kill these?"
"Return to Your Majesty, this is all caused by poor training and panic on the battlefield. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me..."
When Lao Zhu heard this, he was so angry that he wanted to kick this fellow.He was clearly asking why so few died, but the tone of the other party seemed to have made a big mistake!
However, before Lao Zhu kicked Qin Feng, Zhu Yunxi spoke first.
"So many people died, do you still have the face to come back?"
"Go back and write a [-]-word inspection and hand it in. Organize all officers above the senior level to sum up the lessons of this failure. Everyone will write a [-]-word inspection and give it to us tomorrow... to Gu!"
Lao Zhu was dumbfounded when he heard Dasun's rebuke, and thought that Dasun was too good at leading the army. He was not satisfied with only killing and injuring this few people, and he wanted to punish him...
The civil servants and military generals behind the two were also stunned, secretly thinking that the emperor's grandson is so strict?
After such a big victory, it's nothing more than a reward, but it's a bit too much to punish his subordinates?
However, to their surprise, Qin Feng was not only not dissatisfied with Zhu Yunxi's punishment, but happily agreed to it.
"promise!"
"The humble staff will bring people back to the camp to write inspections!"
"Guaranteed to deeply reflect on the mistakes made in this campaign, and earnestly sum up experience and lessons..."
Lao Zhu couldn't stand it anymore, and reprimanded him with a straight face.
"Zhu Yunxi, you are too harsh on your opponents, aren't you?"
"Who is that, you don't need to listen to his nonsense, you go back and have a good rest, and we will give you a reward in a few days!"
"Grandfather, you don't understand, my grandson spent a lot of money and painstaking efforts to build the Jing Navy, and he killed so many people for me. I didn't cut him off, and he would be extraordinarily merciful!"
When Lao Zhu saw that his grandson dared to talk back, he was so angry that he raised his hand and wanted to hit him.Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his hand, Qin Feng spoke.
"Your Majesty, the emperor's grandson taught you the right lesson. This time, it was indeed the misconduct of a lowly post that caused such a huge loss!"
"Emperor Taisun Mingming equipped us with firecrackers with a range far beyond that of bows and arrows, but I still bring soldiers into the enemy's range..."
Zhu Yunxi cursed angrily when he heard this.
"Where's the armor!"
"Didn't Gu equip you with light armor?"
"As long as you wear light armor, you won't be hurt by bows and arrows!"
Qin Feng bowed his head in shame.
"The generals in the army think the weather is stuffy, and many of them don't wear light armor in private..."
"you!"
When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he kicked over with a bang. He wanted to kick a few more times, but was stopped by Lao Zhu.
"Okay!"
"We know you are good at leading troops, so you don't need to act in front of us!"
Zhu Yunxi smiled awkwardly when he saw Lao Zhu expose his little trick.
"Grandfather Shengming, grandson really can't hide his thoughts from you, hehehe..."
Old Zhu glared at Zhu Yunxi, and then comforted Qin Feng with gentle words.
"You guys did a good job, you didn't lose face to our Daming, hahaha!"
"All soldiers who have made meritorious service in this campaign will be rewarded heavily!"
Hearing these words, the officers and men of Jing Haijun saluted in unison, and for a while the sound of long live resounded on the pier.
After everyone thanked him, Lao Zhu immediately became interested in watching the warships on the river.
"Is this the warship of your Jing Navy?"
"Yes!"
"Take us up and have a look!"
When Qin Feng heard this, he didn't agree immediately, but looked at Zhu Yunxi who was at the side, and he didn't agree until Zhu Yunxi nodded towards him.
Lao Zhu naturally noticed this little trick, but he was in a good mood today, so he didn't bother to talk to Ni Sun.
When Lao Zhu followed Qin Feng to visit on the warship, Wang He came up to Zhu Yunxue in a cheap way, and secretly gave Zhu Yunxue the list of goods.
"Your Highness, this is the list of gifts presented to you by King Jin of Joseon!"
Zhu Yunxi had seen the big world, and he couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw the list on the list.
"so much!"
Wang He said with a smile.
"Some things are too bulky, even for humble positions!"
"When I go back after I've been humbled, all of them will be moved back to His Highness!"
Zhu Yunxi ignored Wang He's words and carefully looked at the items on the list.I saw that there were no less than hundreds of treasures written on it, including 30 taels of gold alone, and as many as 200 million taels of silver.
Leaving aside those miscellaneous corals, agates, pearls, ginseng and other sundries, the real money alone will let him get back his capital!
"It's worth it!"
"With this money, Gu can build a navy again, hahaha!"
When Zhu Yunxi was holding the list and laughing, all the officials passing by him cast contemptuous glances.
In this battle, it is my great Ming's national prestige that is being promoted, and the disobedient ministers around me are intimidating. The emperor's grandson only cares about mere wealth, which is really insulting to the gentlemen!
Although the civil servants of Ming Dynasty looked down on Zhu Yunxie's stubborn attitude towards money, when they boarded the battleship and saw the treasures piled up in the cabin, all of them showed scarlet eyes.
"His Majesty!"
"money!"
"A lot of money!"
"There are a lot of gold, silver and jewelry in the cabin, as well as coral agate!"
When Lao Zhu heard this, he couldn't care less about admiring the cannons on the ship, and ran into the cabin to count the money following the sound.
"It's really a lot of money!"
"This time our Daming treasury is finally full, hahaha!"
When Zhu Yunxi heard the movement on the boat, he was about to be killed, so he rushed up, desperately protecting his property.
Lao Zhu was drooling looking at the gold, silver and jewels on the boat, but he was too embarrassed to steal money from his grandson.After all, Jing Haijun has not paid a penny from the preparation to the daily training.
"cut!"
"Look at how stingy you are, like someone wants to rob you!"
"You didn't want to rob me?"
"we……"
Old Zhu was speechless for a while at Zhu Yunxi's words. In order to maintain his last dignity, he could only angrily lead a group of officials off the boat.
"Ni Sun, you won't come back to the palace with us?"
"No!"
"I have to watch these things go into storage to feel at ease!"
Old Zhu curled his lips in disdain.
"Virtue!"
Lao Zhu led a group of officials back to the palace and held an emergency meeting. The theme of the meeting was how to arrange the King of Korea.
The military commander believes that since the fight has been defeated, it is naturally the territory of Ming Dynasty, and troops should be stationed in North Korea.
The civil servants believed that Lao Zhu had issued an edict before, stating that there were countries that would not be conquered in Ming Dynasty, and North Korea was among the countries that would not be conquered.
Moreover, the Jinghai Navy’s expedition this time has neither the imperial court’s military documents nor the imperial power’s charter order.
Lao Zhu was also quite troubled by this. As an emperor, he certainly hoped that his great grandson would be able to expand the territory.
But when he thought of the cost of the garrison, his heart ached.
Coupled with the fact that Ming has no shortage of land, North Korea is an enclave for Ming, and it is not easy to control and manage it.
Therefore, he did not express any position on the debate between the two sides, but just let the two sides quarrel endlessly.
"Your Majesty, the old minister suggested that Li Chenggui should be executed. Li Chenggui is a rebellious minister and a traitor, and his country is not right!"
"Let's execute Li Chenggui, North Korea should naturally belong to the territory of Ming Dynasty and become a part of Ming Dynasty forever!"
Seeing that Fu Youde had finished speaking, Chen Zongli immediately jumped out to object.
"Duke Ying!"
"Have you ever calculated how many troops Ming needs to station in North Korea to control the whole of North Korea?"
"One or 2 people is enough!"
"Then ask Duke Ying, how much is the annual military expenditure of 2 or [-] people?"
"This……"
Fu Youde was at a loss for words when he heard this.
"Chen Zongli, this matter cannot be dealt with simply by military expenses!"
"If North Korea is captured, there will be no border troubles in Liaodong, and the Liao Palace of the Liao King can be built smoothly. My Ming Dynasty will have many lands thousands of miles away from Liaodong. Isn't this a great thing?"
This time, before Chen Zongli could speak, Tang Duo, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, jumped out to fight him.
"Of course it's not a good thing!"
"Not to mention the expedition to occupy the North Korean labor force, the annual military expenditure for stationing alone is several 10 taels!"
"Who pays for this money?"
"Another point is that our annexation of North Korea is a small matter, what do other vassal states of Ming Dynasty think?"
"Annan, Chenla, Siam, Champa, Japan and other parliaments will everyone be in danger?"
"When the whole army comes to attack Da Ming, how will Da Ming respond?"
After Tang Duo refuted Fu Youde, he bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, seeking His Majesty's support.
"Your Majesty, don't let Da Ming fall into a situation where he is besieged on all sides because of a small loss!"
Old Zhu didn't care about the broken land in North Korea at all, and he was a little tempted when he heard Tang Duo's analysis.
Feng Sheng knew Lao Zhu's temper too well, he knew he was about to suffer as soon as he heard Tang Duo's words, so he jumped out to object.
"Tang Duo, do you have no balls!"
"Just like you are still the Minister of the Ministry of War, you should be the Minister of the Ministry of War!"
"The land that our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty took in bloody battles, you actually give it away as soon as you say it, are you still human!"
When the other generals heard Feng Sheng's words, they were all overwhelmed, and they all clamored.
"Song Guogong is right!"
"This land was conquered by Ming soldiers, so why give it back to them!"
"If they want it, let them take it back on the battlefield!"
(End of this chapter)