Jeju Island, Muma City.

Located between the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese archipelago and Chinese mainland, Jeju Island is geographically important. Historically, it was home to the small independent kingdom of Tamna, which was destroyed by Goryeo in 1105 AD. However, in 1273, the island was occupied by the Mongol Yuan and included in the Mongol Yuan territory, and it was not until decades after the fall of the Mongol Yuan that the Yuan officials on the island surrendered to Korea. In the winter of 1848, the island, which had been ruled by Korea for more than 400 years, fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty without warning, and Jeju Island was occupied by sailors under the command of Choi Apo and Sha Wu Tsai. However, the two did not have much interest in this lonely "desert island" overseas, and after plundering it, they handed it over to the Ming court to raise horses.

The climatic conditions of this island are suitable for horse grazing, and the "Horse Husbandry" was set up here in the history of the Mongol Yuan, and to this day, there are still a small number of horses bred on the island, all of which are used by the Korean army. After the Ming War Department took over Jeju Island, it built a star fort near Halla Mountain on the island, named "Horse Husbandry City", and transported thousands of high-quality horses purchased from India and the Ottoman Empire to raise at the foot of Halla Mountain, and also hired a lot of Indian Sikhs who are good at raising military horses.

And this horse herding city has now become the line of Zhu Datianzi, who crossed the sea to conquer pro-conquest. In a small official office in the city of Muma, Zhu Jishi was sitting on a throne, looking down at an old Korean woman who was kneeling opposite him, like a crying and begging for himself.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor...... The previous mistakes were all done by Concubine Zhao's party, and the concubine had been persuading the Zhao family to break off the Tartars and obey the Ming Dynasty, but Concubine Zhao's party insisted on going its own way. Foolish Tartars. As a result, Korea as a country was stolen by the Tartars. 20,000,000 subjects were made slaves. If the Great Emperor is willing to send troops to drive out the Tartars for Korea, the state of our Korea is willing to attach ......"

Zhu Jishi listened carefully, but there was no expression on his face. In fact, he couldn't understand what this North Korean woman surnamed Kim was saying, and he didn't understand Korean.

However, he already knows the identity and meaning of this woman, she is the princess of the late King Junzu of Joseon, and the grandmother of the current King of Joseon, Li Hwan. That is, the general backstage of Anton Kim, one of the two major trends in North Korea. When Yi Xin's Eight Banners soldiers marched into Korea, the Andong Kim clan, who held the military power, did not dare to resist, but kept the Kim clan, who was the eldest princess, fleeing all the way south. He ran to Mujin County at the southwestern tip of the Korean Peninsula, and at the same time sent envoys to Ganghwa Island and Yingtianfu for help. I heard that the Great Tomorrow Son crossed the sea and personally conquered Jeju Island. This Concubine Kim, accompanied by her brother Bing Cao Jushu Kim Zuogen, went to Jeju Island to meet Zhu Jishi in person. It was also proposed to use "attached" as a condition in exchange for Zhu Ming's assistance.

And the same condition, in the former Battle of Renchen, was proposed to the Ming court. However, Zhu Jishi also knew that the so-called "attached" was just talking, and when Zhu Ming helped them restore the country, they forgot about it.

As soon as Concubine Jin finished speaking, Jin Zuogen, who was kneeling behind her, said loudly in stiff Chinese: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor." What the king and concubine said, everything is the heart of all the people of my Korea. I hope that the emperor will save my North Korea, and tens of millions of people will be hanging upside down. ”

Zhu Jishi smiled slightly when he heard this: "North Korea wants to attach the Ming Dynasty, right?" This is very good, but after North Korea is attached, what should you do with the Andong Kim clan and the Fengcheng Zhao clan? All come to my Ming court to be officials? ”

"This ...... Weichen should be wholeheartedly loyal to His Majesty the Great Emperor. Jin Zuogen gasped in his heart, and said in his heart that this big tomorrow seems to have taken his proposal seriously! What can I do? If Korea really wants to be annexed to a province of the Ming Dynasty, what should the Andong Kim clan do? Could it be true that Emperor Daming was going to be an official? Can the Ming Emperor really take Anton Jin seriously?

Moreover, it has been thousands of years since North Korea became an independent country, so why can't this country be cut off in its own generation, right?

Seeing Jin Zuogen's face cloudy, Zhu Jishi snorted coldly: "Jin Zuogen, you can't lie in front of the lonely king, if the DPRK is really attached to you, you will say that it is attached, and the lonely king should be treated as a marquis, if North Korea still maintains an independent country, don't use the attachment to deceive the lonely king, otherwise it will be a bully!" ”

Jin Zuogen's face turned red all of a sudden: "Weichen...... Wechen didn't dare. ”

"Don't dare? That is, if you don't want to attach it, then tell me what conditions you plan to use in exchange for my Ming reinforcements. ”

Jin Zuogen was speechless for a while, this big tomorrow Ziguo was born as a businessman, and he was actually bargaining with himself, and he thought for a while before he struggled to squeeze out a sentence.

"North Korea is willing to raise a million gold beads to thank the emperor for his kindness."

Zhu Jishi sneered: "One million? The military expenses were not enough....... King Gu used two armies and a fleet for this dispatch, and the military expenses were at least five million. Jin Zuogen, you can't let the Lone King make a loss-making deal, right? ”

Sure enough, it's talking about business! There is such an emperor in the dignified Heavenly Empire, and it seems that the state of Chinese etiquette is broken after all. This Confucianism is authentic, and it depends on North Korea! Thinking of this, a trace of pride rose in Jin Zuogen's heart.

"Your Majesty, although the country of Korea is small and the people are poor, it also has 3,000 miles of rivers and mountains, 20 million people, if it is owned by the Manchu Qing, the Manchu Qing will be strong, and the great cause of recovering Liao under His Majesty will be much more difficult." Jin Zuogen's face was solemn and authentic, "And after His Majesty destroys Manchu and restores Liao, the country of Korea will also be restored, and the restoration of North Korea is just a favor......

Zhu Jishi looked at this old Korean man dressed in a black gauze python robe, and smiled: "Shunshui favors...... Even if what you say is reasonable, then how about you also give the lonely king a favor? I heard that the king of Joseon, Yi Hwan, was suffering from a serious illness and was about to die. As soon as Li Huan dies, the Li Dynasty should be cut off, right? ”

Jin Zuogen was stunned: "Your Majesty, Li Chaoshu has a lot of ......"

"Some broken settlements are just a few settlements, and their lives are worse than your Anton Jin family, how can you be the king of a country?" Zhu Jishi waved his hand and said with a smile, "Jin Zuogen, do you know that there is a country of common monarchs in the West?" ”

"The Kingdom of the Monarchs?"

"That is, two or more states share a monarch, and these two or more states remain independent."

Jin Zuogen's heart sank, and he said tentatively: "The emperor means ......"

Zhu Jishi said with a smile: "It's exempt from being attached, but these Korean kings, the lone king, want to do it, I don't know if it can be done?" ”

Kim Zuogen just sat stiff and didn't say a word. The son of the Zhu family actually wanted to be the king of North Korea on a whim! Although the status of Joseon as a vassal state is still there, it ......

Zhu Jishi saw that Jin Zuogen didn't speak, so he said in a deep tone: "North Korea is originally my Ming vassal, the vassal royal family is cut off, and the lone king is the king of the vassal country as the king of the suzerain. ”

His body leaned forward slightly, and he slowed down his tone a little: "The Lonely King and the King of North Korea is also good for you North Korea, and it is also good for Anton Kim. In recent years, the Western powers have been spying on Korea, French warships have also come with French kingdom letters in the name of Korea's suppression of Catholics, and the British warship Samaron has also violated the coastal waters of Korea to conduct surveys. If it were not for the protection of the Lone King, sooner or later the door of your country would be knocked open by the Western powers, and Korea might be a colony of the great powers at that time. If King Gu becomes the king of Korea, who else in the world can knock on the door of your North Korea? ”

Jin Zuogen still didn't say a word, in the hall, the air slowly tightened, and when he was relatively speechless, Pan Zuyin, the secretary who was waiting outside, suddenly walked in hurriedly and reported softly: "Your Majesty, I just received the news that the king of North Korea Li Huan has died of illness, and Prince Gong of the Qing Dynasty is preparing to establish Li Yu, the king of Korea, should be the king of Korea." ”

"Xingxuanjun? How is this person? Zhu Jishi asked with a smile.

Jin Zuogen's face froze, Xingxuanjun is a talented figure in the Li royal family, in terms of patriarchal inheritance, he is the descendant of Joseon Yingzu, and he is the closest to the Korean royal family. And this Li Yuying is 29 years old this year, and he has given birth to a lot of children. If he was made the king of Joseon, it would be impossible for the princess of the Andong Kim family to listen to the government. In addition, this Li Yu should have a close relationship with the old enemy of the Andong Kim clan, the Yang Zhao clan, if he sits firmly on the throne of Joseon, the end of the Andong Kim clan will probably come!

Thinking of this, Jin Zuogen slowly and slowly knelt down, and touched his head lightly on the floor: "If Your Majesty can also be the king of Korea, it will be a great blessing for the 20 million subjects of Korea." (To be continued......)