Wan Hongsheng hesitated for a moment, but thinking of the 10,000 taels of silver offered in the newspaper, he suddenly became a little hot again.

A few days ago, his coil was stolen, and in his embarrassment, he saw this newspaper and wondered if he could rely on this whim to get some coils for himself, so that he could support him until the exam.

But unexpectedly, the emperor actually approved of his idea. But he also knew that once he followed the emperor's advice. He had to make this instrument, which might hinder his imperial examination.

But as a Jiangxi juzi who has been on the list twice, he really has no confidence in whether he can be on the list this time.

Wan Hongsheng thought about it for a while, and decided to follow the emperor's advice, maybe he studied something, so that the emperor could be happy and reward himself with an official position or something. In this way, even if he fails in the imperial examination this time, he will not have to study hard for another three years.

Seeing that Wan Hongsheng agreed, Zhu Youzhen said to Wang Chengen, who was standing behind him: "With his research fund of 300 taels of silver, give him a waist card to enter and exit the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Literature, and let him develop this, it will be called a gyroscope..."

The 33-year-old Li Liang looked much older than his actual age, and after reading the contents of the secret agreement brought back by Li Yuanyi and the other three ministers, his already pale and unhealthy face turned a little paler.

Last year, Korea was invaded by the Houjin army, and even the capital Hanyangfu was occupied by these barbaric Hulu, and he fled to Ganghwa Island and was almost captured by the Houjin, becoming the king of the fallen country of Korea.

In the most critical days, he often thought of the tragic fate of the exterminated royal families in the history of the Central Plains, and this huge mental pressure kept him awake at night.

Finally, he signed an alliance with Houjin to save North Korea from the brink of extinction. As a result, the ministers of the two classes in the court, who could not make a plan in the war against the Houjin, began to criticize the signing of a brotherly alliance with the despised Hulu in their eyes, believing that it was insulting to the national system.

Choe Myung-gil, the minister who advocated peace and saved the Joseon Kingdom and his life, was forced to leave the court due to illness, and public opinion in the government and the opposition finally began to slowly calm down.

Li Liang thought that his most difficult moment had finally passed, and as long as he worked hard next, he would be able to wait for the Celestial Empire to defeat Houjin and breathe a sigh of relief for himself.

However, the Celestial Empire sent envoys, not to comfort him, but to ask for his guilt, which made him angry and frightened.

Li Liang suppressed his temper that was about to erupt, and said to the three ministers below with a cold expression: "The widow needs to think for a while, the prime minister and the two Aiqing should step back first, and tomorrow the widow will tell the prime minister and the widow's decision." ”

Li Yuanyi didn't say anything, and bowed and left. As soon as Li Yuanyi, Cui Mingji, and Jin Shangxian walked out not far away, Cui Mingji arched his hand at Li Yuanyi and said, "Prime minister, I remembered that I had to go to Jixian Pavilion for a trip, so I retired first." ”

Li Yuanyi just nodded and left with Kim Sang-hun. Then a chamberlain trotted up to Cui Mingji and said, "The king asks the prince of the palace to go back and speak." ”

When the chamberlain introduced Cui Mingji into the Spring Pavilion again, Li Liang finally couldn't hold back his emotions and said angrily: "Don't you know that the Great Tomorrow doesn't know that Guanghai Jun and Houjin are secretly reluctant, and only I, Li Liang, are truly loyal to Daming."

How could he be so kind to the widow, what good is it for him to support Guanghai Jun, when today's son is really not as far away as the first emperor. ”

"Your Highness is cautious." Seeing that Li Liang was a little unscrupulous, Cui Mingji hurriedly reminded him.

"Could it be that in the widow's palace, the widow can't talk at will?" Li Liang looked at his cronies and complained dissatisfied.

Listening to Li Liang, although he was still complaining, he lowered his voice, Cui Mingji breathed a sigh of relief. This shows that although the king is angry, he has not lost his mind.

"The minister is just worried that after His Highness's casual words are circulated, they will be misunderstood by the ministers of the court, which is not good for His Highness's reputation."

Li Liang, who was originally walking back and forth angrily in the cabinet, sat back on the throne and said: "First Hanyang was occupied by Hulu, and then forced to sign a brotherly alliance with them, will the widow still have any prestige now?" Fuyuanjun, you are here, what should the widow do now? ”

"The minister thinks that His Highness's enemy is not the Ming Kingdom, and it cannot be the Ming Kingdom. It is also not Gwanghae-kun who threatens His Highness. Cui Mingji cautiously persuaded.

"How?" Li Liang, who was depressed, stood up and asked Cui Mingji.

"The heir of the prince of Guanghai is cut off, and his eyes are blind. Even if Ming Guo wanted to support him, he was just using the name of Guanghaijun to choose an heir from among several uncles of His Royal Highness.

Although Guanghaijun was abolished by Concubine Renmu because of the crime of killing his brother and abolishing his mother, in the final analysis, it was because Guanghaijun had the heart to disobey the kingdom and wanted to secretly communicate with the barbarians, and was spurned by the two classes of scholars, which finally aroused the anger of the people.

His Royal Highness was originally able to get the support of the scholars because he advocated maintaining the suzerain-vassal relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Korea. Now those unscrupulous people who want to harm His Highness must be approved by the Ming Kingdom before they can deceive the people into causing trouble.

Therefore, the minister thought that it was not Gwanghae-jun on Ganghwa Island that His Highness should worry about, but the royal family members in Hanyang Castle who wanted to get close to the angels and gain the approval of the Ming Kingdom. Cui Mingji carefully analyzed for his lord.

After Li Liang heard this, he began to think about it carefully. He suddenly realized that his uncles' attitudes towards him had indeed become much colder recently.

Li Liang felt a chill in his back, and after he was silent for a long time, he said, "Then what does the prince of the palace mean, should the widow accept this secret agreement..."

A few days after the Lantern Festival, Li Yuanyi and Cui Mingji came to Ganghwa Island again, and Li Liang basically accepted Wang Huazhen's request. Even the sailors on the west coast of Korea allowed the Ming to send generals to supervise them.

Li Liang only added an article to the treaty, demanding that Gwanghae-jun leave Ganghwa Island as soon as possible, never set foot on the territory of Korea, and only send people to Ganghwa Island to worship his ancestors in the future.

In the flower hall of Jiangdu Liuhou Mansion, Wang Huazhen, who was sitting at the top, smiled and said after reading the treaty: "The deference of the king of Joseon, this envoy will definitely report to the Son of Heaven." ”

"Then dare to ask the angel, when will you leave for Hanyang, the king is really looking forward to the arrival of the angel." Cui Mingji hurriedly asked.

"This envoy will be separated from Guanghai Jun in the afternoon, and he will leave early tomorrow morning, how about receiving the prime minister?" Wang Huazhen said in his mouth, and rolled up the secret contract in his hand and handed it to his relatives behind him.

Li Yuanyi's frowning brow finally relaxed, and he said in a slightly relaxed tone: "This is naturally excellent..."

In the Goryeo Palace, Wang Huazhen, Mao Wenlong, Guang Haijun, Ren Aiying, and Mao Chenglu sat in the conference hall.

Guang Haijun, who had just listened to Wang Huazhen's report, suddenly froze his originally hot heart.

His left hand tightly grasped the jade jue around his waist, as if he wanted to vent his anger on this jade jue.

In the days since he was rescued, he has been fantasizing about how he will inflict the pain he had endured on Li Liang when he returned to the throne of Hanyang again.

He would definitely not let his dear nephew die so happily, no, he should not let Li Qi die before him.

He imagined those cruel punishments again and again, which made him excited, but today's words of Wang Huazhen broke his dreams these days.

"So, is the angel now trying to hand me over to the traitor?" Guanghai-kun said dryly.

Wang Huazhen was a little surprised by the self-control of the old king of Joseon, and he said with a hint of sympathy: "That's not true, Your Majesty once said that even if you can't help you restore the throne, you must make your life more comfortable, at least not a prisoner." ”

Guang Haijun's eyelids jumped, and he couldn't help asking, "Then how does Your Majesty plan to follow me?" ”

Wang Huazhen looked at Gwanghaejun silently, if the prince of North Korea did not die, then Gwanghaejun's father and son would still have the value of use in the future, and he would use all means to send them back to Beijing.

But a deposed king of Joseon who has no heirs, it seems that it is difficult to have a descendant of Gwanghae-kun, and the value is not so important.

He hesitated for a moment and said: "The king of Joseon has already given Jeju Island to the Maharaja, and he was supposed to send the Maharaja to Jeju Island, but now Jeju Island is not complete.

Therefore, the envoy suggested that the Maharaja might as well go to Phi Dao to stay for a few days, and wait until the beginning of spring, when the sea route is unblocked, and then the envoy will send the Maharaja to Beijing to face the saint. I wonder what the Maharaja thinks? ”

Ren Aiying looked at Guang Haijun's lips a little nervously, for fear that he would make an irrational choice.

Under the gaze of several people in the room, Guanghaijun said slowly but surely, "Then I will follow the angel's advice." ”

Ren Aiying breathed a sigh of relief, and when she looked away, she just happened to see Mao Chenglu's hot gaze staring at her, which couldn't help but make her blush, and she quickly lowered her head.

Wang Huazhen glanced at Mao Wenlong, and then said goodbye to Guanghaijun and left. After leaving the palace for some distance, Wang Huazhen stopped in the empty courtyard and said to Mao Wenlong.

"Tomorrow, I will welcome the envoys to Hanyang with North Korea, and you should hurry up and pack up, and the day after tomorrow will leave with Gwanghae-kun." By the way, send a team of sailors to take over Jeju Island. ”

Mao Wenlong agreed, but he quickly said: "Lord Fuyuan, what should I do with the North Korean military attache Lin Qingye who accompanied Gwanghae-kun?" If you leave him, I'm afraid that he will be settled by the king of Joseon, this person is a good man. ”

Wang Huazhen said disapprerovingly: "It's just a military attache in the lower state, how to deal with it, you can make your own decision..."

At the moment when Wang Huazhen was talking to Mao Wenlong, in the Japanese Edo Castle Nishi no Maru, the second shogunate who had abdicated and the current Great Imperial Office Tokugawa Hidetada, officially hosted a banquet to entertain Lu Jiude, Xu Xinsu and others of the Ming Kingdom.