First Prince of Ming Dynasty

At the beginning of the seventh year of Hongwu, heavy snow covered all roads in Liaodong and Koryo, especially in the capital of the king.

All the doors were closed, and there was the faint sound of servants practicing, which frightened the desperate refugees around them. Counting it, it had been half a year since the streets and alleys of Kaijing had heard the sound of hawking, and the whole city was filled with a sense of decay.

"The country is about to end, it is the destiny."

A short, fat man with a beard and a wide hat stood on the side of the road with his hands behind his back and sighed at the bleak scene: "It's a pity for four hundred years."

Another thin person beside him smiled and said: "Why don't you try to hold the sky in your hands, mend the cracks in the sky, rebuild the rivers and mountains, and make immortal achievements."

"It's too late. If it's just Li Chenggui and his like, but the name of the country is changed, what's the hindrance to us?"

"And the heavenly kingdom intervenes, and we may repeat the road of Dali. It is difficult to preserve the foundation of our ancestors. I am really ashamed of my ancestors and my descendants."

While the two were talking, countless masked soldiers suddenly rushed out from the intersection behind them. After carefully bypassing the two, they went straight to the closed high door and broke into it in a short while. The voice of resistance disappeared in a short while, and then The next step is burning, killing and looting.

For small households, orphans, widows, mothers, old and young can only gather together, begging for God's blessing, what else can they do?

There was nothing wrong at first, but as the high-ranking households had been looted, the murderous warriors began to run around and kill, screaming and crying everywhere.

"Follow the heavens to hunt down thieves, kill the demon monk's son and sit in court as a false king, and honor Dingchang Lord as king!"

"Kill! Break into the palace!"

After burning, killing, and looting, some generals began to restrain the soldiers, and gathered in groups towards the gate of the palace, but there was no reaction in the palace, and there were no soldiers and horses to respond to protect the king.

Not long after, the armored soldiers rushed into the palace like a broken bamboo. It can be regarded as not encountering any resistance. The young King Koryo was beheaded in ignorance.

Outside the capital, Li Chenggui and Zhu Di led the army and had just arrived, neither of them was in a hurry to order an attack, because there was no need, and those few companies were far more courageous than imagined, so they moved ahead of time and stood in line.

Perhaps because they knew that they didn't want to leave too many families behind, they even took over the dirty work. This made Li Chenggui especially satisfied. After all, he wanted to stay in Korea for a long time, so he naturally needed some suitable friends. It's just a vote.

Zhu Di has grown a lot taller, and he is slightly taller than Li Chenggui sitting on the horse: "I heard that General Li married Miss Gushan Kang as his wife. The marriage contract was established."

Li Chenggui cupped his hands towards the east and said with a simple smile: "They were all unattainable in the past, but now relying on His Highness' support, it can be regarded as fulfilling the last wish of his late wife. Gao Enhoude will never forget it for a moment."

"Speaking of it, I will have to be bold in the end, for the Li family of Xingzhou..."

Zhu Di waved his hand and interrupted: "There is no need to mention this matter. This king's marriage has been decided early. She is the daughter of the king of Zhongshan. She is chaste, quiet, and virtuous. She is not yet married, so how can she accept the outer room first!"

Seeing that he was so determined, Li Chenggui had no choice but to stop mentioning this matter, feeling regretful and fortunate in his heart. The Li family of Xingzhou is Li Renren's family, and it also represents several major families who rebelled in Beijing.

Regrettably, if the king of Qi agrees, then everyone will be a family. Goryeo and even Liaodong will be under control in the future, enough to completely establish a foothold in the new dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there will be king Qi as a backer. The family has stretched for hundreds of years.

Fortunately, King Qi disagreed, so he is the undisputed core leader. The other big families have no one in the court, and there is no other way but to rely on him, but if they can work together, this force will It is enough to make His Royal Highness look sideways and entrust him with a heavy responsibility.

For Li Chenggui's mind, Zhu Di also saw a little bit, the so-called temple little monster is very windy, in the past two years in Korea, there have not been many major battles, but he has seen all the intrigues and intrigues.

It's just that he really didn't want to stay in Korea. As the news of the ocean-going fleet continued to come back, Zhu Di gradually understood his elder brother's plan. Therefore, it is natural to look down on mere Goryeo.

It's not because of other reasons, it's just that Goryeo is too close to Daming, and there's no room for expansion, and it's not because of him that he was able to come to this country.

In the future, he will build a country with his own ability, and earn thousands of miles of rivers and mountains for his children and grandchildren. Even if it is not as good as the Huatianbao of the Central Plains, it cannot be such a poor, poor and weak place.

Therefore, it is really unnecessary to be unwilling to bind with the local forces of Korea.

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In February of the seventh year of Hongwu, the original King of Changfu, the new king of Koryo, Wang Yao, went to the court to present a congratulatory form. He strictly stated that the previous king was not of royal blood, and now he has brought order out of chaos, so he specially informed the suzerain.

This matter should not be underestimated. After all, the previous king was also canonized by the imperial court, so the emperor sent officials from the Ministry of Rites as imperial envoys in accordance with the regulations.

The imperial envoys hurried to Koryo. As soon as they arrived at the gate of Kaijing, the new king died suddenly. A group of Koryo officials happily surrounded the imperial envoys and entered the palace to preside over the overall situation.

The imperial envoy followed the rules, and according to the rules, he planned to select the sons of the royal family from the two lines of Emperor Kangzong and Shenzong of Koryo as the heir, so that he could present the imperial court's revised canonization decree.

Unexpectedly, both of these two clans have become extinct, and even the bloodlines close to these two clans are gone. There are still many daughters of the princess clan, but they are useless.

At this time, Li Chenggui, dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, came out holding Wang Yao's edict, which stated that Wang's destiny was exhausted, and that the continuous disasters and man-made disasters in Korea today are a clear proof. original intention.

In the main hall of the court meeting, the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty stood in front of the throne with the imperial edict of the son of Ming Dynasty. The civil servants and generals of Korea knelt down and begged to play, saying: "The fate of heaven is over, the demon monks are ruining the country, the government is incomprehensible, bandits are everywhere, the people's livelihood is very difficult, and they are in danger. The king has a will. , relying solely on the heavenly dynasty, the virtuous will establish the country.”

The imperial envoy said clearly: "The kingdom of heaven should not easily interfere in the internal affairs of the foreign country. You should choose a virtuous leader on your own, and wait for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If you agree, you will be canonized as Weiguo, and the whole country will learn from it."

Three days later, all the ministers elected Li Renren, saying that he was worthy to govern the country and the people, but Li Renren cried in court and refused, thinking that he had low morality and low status, and could not bear the weight of the country.

Three days later, all the ministers gathered in front of Li Chenggui's gate. Li Chenggui sighed and said, "The prosperity of the ancient kings must be due to the destiny. If you are not virtuous, how dare you be it!"

After sixteen days of stalemate, the queen personally led the civil and military elections, but Li Chenggui still stayed behind closed doors. Now the people of the aristocratic family are talking about it, and they have made all the three words and three concessions. If you are not in the position, do you really want to be a pure minister?

And Li Chenggui in the mansion was also extremely anxious, the King Qi who was supposed to appear according to the plan hadn't appeared yet, and he hadn't received the prince's order at this time.

Although the rest of the things went according to the plan, without the endorsement of His Highness the Crown Prince, the throne really did not dare to sit down, and he even had a plan in his heart to flee for his life at sea.

At this time, Zhu Di played chess with Jiang Side full of doubts: "Since the elder brother has already ordered Li Chenggui to establish the country, why do you drag me along?"

"Your Highness, why worry, soldiers and horses have already gone to the states to suppress the rebellion, Beijing and China are just a matter of face, let them wait, they will wait, otherwise they will not be arrogant in the future."

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