Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 270 Chapter 270, In Cao Ying, in Han?Zhu Cilang throws away the evidence in seconds
Zhu Cixiang came all the way to Fengtian Hall with doubts.

In the main hall, Chongzhen was already seated, and after seeing Zhu Cihong, he smiled and said, "Xiao'er, come to my side."

After Zhu Cihong saluted, he sat down beside Chongzhen.

Looking around, he found that many familiar ministers appeared here, so Zhu Cihong asked, "Father, why did North Korea suddenly send an envoy?"

North Korea is a diehard loyalist of Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Cihong is naturally very aware of this. During the Wanli period, Ming Dynasty sent troops to support North Korea and repelled the Japanese invasion of North Korea.

But that is a thing of the past.

In December of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji led his troops to launch a second attack on North Korea, reaching Pyongyang within a month.

In the end, North Korea was forced to sign an alliance under the city, completely severing all ties with the Ming Dynasty, and made Manchu Qing the suzerain state.

In other words, North Korea is now a vassal of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and has legally and realistically broken away from all relations with the Ming Dynasty.

Could it be that this wave of North Korea wants to correct the evil and return to the rule of Ming Dynasty?
Chongzhen laughed and said, "My father, I won't hide it from you, isn't he going to deal with the Manchus recently? So after thinking about it, I sent someone to contact North Korea quietly, and the response they gave was still very positive." Yes, and sent an envoy back."

Not far away, Fan Jingwen smiled and said, "Your Highness, if North Korea can be persuaded to return, it will be of great benefit to Ming and North Korea to attack Jiannu."

Zhu Cixiang smiled and nodded, still a little hesitant in his heart.

The Manchus are not fools either, since they have already controlled North Korea, there will definitely be a wave of purges from the entire North Korean political arena, killing those North Koreans who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and supporting the North Korean ministers who are close to the Manchus.

Under such circumstances, North Korea can really be loyal to Daming?
After a while, the North Korean envoy walked into Fengtian Temple.

The emissary was about 30 years old, and he was thin and tall. He was wearing a set of clothes that looked quite similar to those of Ming officials, but there were some differences in the details of the neckline, cuff pattern and color.

The man knelt down respectfully, and said in a not-so-pure Chinese: "Li Yu, a minister of the lower kingdom, has met the emperor of the upper kingdom, my lords."

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Let's get down. Come and give the envoy a seat."

Subsequently, the envoy Li Yu submitted the letter of credence, which was handed over to Chongzhen by Wang Chengen.

Zhu Cihong looked at Li Wei curiously, thinking: "The king of North Korea is the Li family, so this Li Wei should also be a member of the royal family of North Korea. I just don't know what his status is in the royal family. Several?"

Li Hao obviously also noticed Zhu Cihong, and nodded respectfully towards Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cihong returned a smile.

At this time Chongzhen had already read the letter of credence, pondered for a moment, and said, "Lang'er, you can read it too."

Zhu Cilang froze for a moment, then took the letter of credence.

The author of this letter of credence claimed to be the king of Joseon, Li Ji, and said that the relationship between the Manchu and the Qing Dynasty was nothing more than an illusion. Daming's asylum.

Now Li Chuo serves as the envoy of North Korea to prove North Korea's loyalty to Ming Dynasty. If Ming Dynasty sends troops to Liaodong one day, North Korea will definitely send troops immediately to assist Ming Dynasty in destroying the country.

Zhu Cihong raised his head, he couldn't help muttering in his heart.

loyalty?There is no such thing between countries.

The reason why North Korea has always followed Ming Dynasty as the main force in the past 200 years is because they can't beat Ming Dynasty.

If North Korea had the strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, no one would really think that North Korea could still stay on the Korean peninsula peacefully, right?
Chongzhen said happily, "Lang'er, what do you think?"

Zhu Cihong glanced at Chongzhen, and found that Chongzhen's face was obviously full of joy.

It is understandable that Chongzhen is so excited now that a vassal of Ming Dynasty has returned.

Zhu Cihong coughed, and said: "Father, I have some questions and want to ask this envoy, may I?"

Chongzhen laughed and said, "Then you can ask."

Zhu Cixiang turned his eyes to Li Qiao.

At this time, Li Hao was also a little bit murmured in his heart. Of course, Li Hao could tell at a glance that Zhu Cihong was the crown prince of Ming Dynasty, but just like the mistakes that other people tend to make when facing Zhu Cihong, Li Hao couldn't help but not too sure. Zhu Cihong, a young man, took it seriously—even though North Korea had already heard about Zhu Cihong's record.

Zhu Cihong said calmly: "I heard that you have sent troops to North Korea twice in the past few years to help Jiannu conquer the savage Jurchens. Is there such a thing?"

Hearing this, Li Hao was startled.

Since North Korea has surrendered to the Manchu Qing, it is natural that it cannot avoid doing things for the Manchu Qing.

It's just that out of a certain emotion, North Korea has always tried its best to conceal the news when sending troops to help the Qing Dynasty. Even many ministers and officials in North Korea did not know about it. How did His Highness the Ming Dynasty, who was far away from the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, know about it? ?
Li Hao reacted relatively quickly, and hurriedly said: "It's not that Xia Guo wants to work for the tiger, but it's really dependent on others, so I have to do it. To tell you the truth, the Qing Dynasty... ah no, Jian Nu asked Xia Guo to send troops several times Let’s conquer Ming Dynasty together, and even if we go down to the kingdom, we will refuse.”

Chongzhen laughed and said, "It's true, I can understand it. Oh son, North Korea is a small country after all, so you can't ask for too much."

Looking at Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.

You must know that in the ninth year of Chongzhen, that is, in the war that Huang Taiji led the army to the Korean capital in one month, the Ming Dynasty was actually turned upside down by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and Chongzhen actually gritted his teeth and squeezed out an army. , Want to cross the sea to support North Korea.

In the end, there was no support.

It is estimated that Chongzhen somewhat regarded his grandfather Emperor Wanli as an idol, and wanted to reproduce a wave of deeds of rescuing North Korea from fighting against foreign captives.

Feelings are really a bit evil, and it can even make people deceive themselves.

Zhu Cihong said slowly: "So, this is the reason why you Koreans secretly provided the Manchus with a large amount of food, leather and other military supplies?"

Li Hao's face changed obviously, and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this is a big misunderstanding. Although North Korea does have to pay tribute to the slaves and thieves every year, how has it ever provided military funds?"

Zhu Cihong shook his head, and suddenly raised his voice: "What is Fang Gong doing? Buying goods!"

Fang Gongqian arrived at the right time, offering a notebook with both hands.

Zhu Cilang casually threw the notebook in front of Li Hao: "Let's have a look."

Li Hao had a bad premonition in his heart, but he still forced himself to pick up the notebook and open it to read.

Seeing this, Li Hao suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

I saw that this notebook is clearly written, every piece of military supplies that North Korea paid tribute to the Qing Dynasty is clearly written, even specific to a certain day on the date!
Zhu Cilang looked at Li Hao with a smile: "Now, you still have to continue to tell this palace and the emperor that North Korea has always been in Cao Ying, and the heart is in Han?"

(End of this chapter)