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Now, he has been expelled from the court and demoted to a local government as a petty official.

Jin Junyan asked: "I've heard of Lin Qingye's name in China. Could it be that he still can't defeat the Peasant Army?"

Yin Shandao shook his head and sighed: "Lin Qingye was also from two classes of aristocrats, and he also belonged to the Western People's Party. However, he was involved in party disputes within the Western People's Party twice, and later became very close to our Southern People's Party. Now the Westerners The party governs, how could it be possible for him to make great contributions?"

"You scholars are quite good at calculating generals." Jin Junyan sarcastically said.

The Nanren Party, which was expelled from the court, was already plotting a counterattack, and even Lin Qingye was fooled out of the mountain by them.

Once Lin Qingye leads the army, the Westerners' Party will inevitably be hindered, which will lead to the defeat of the North Korean army.The Southern People's Party can take the opportunity to impeach, saying that the Western People's Party has colluded with the Peasant Army, even if there is no collusion, it has harmed the North Korean army.

Dang Chongjun smiled and said, "Let's wait and see."

Let's say that Lin Qingye won the Cheorwon victory and was appointed marshal by the king.He only took five thousand elites and tens of thousands of civilians, and chased the peasant army all the way, and the rest of the troops stayed in Cheorwon to protect the king.

Frightened by Lin Qingye's reputation, the peasant army did not dare to fight him at all, and abandoned the city all the way back to Ping'an Road.Along the way, they coerced the people, searched for food and goods, and did not give the officers and soldiers the opportunity to supply supplies on the spot.

Lin Qingye successfully won Huangzhou, and then felt something was wrong.

"Why hasn't the food and grass arrived yet?" Lin Qingye asked.

"Already in the process of urging," Li Yuanren, who is in charge of grain and grass, replied. "The officials of Bingcao said that Chunchuan was blocked by heavenly soldiers, and the food in the south could not be transported to the north. The food collected in Gyeonggi-do must ensure the supply of Cheorwon. They are trying their best to raise food. Ship to Huangzhou."

Lin Qingye was furious: "Nonsense, the food and grass in Tieyuan can last for at least three months. With these three months, I have already wiped out the rebellious army here! Go ahead, don't delay until winter, otherwise How can you fight in a world of ice and snow?"

Song Junji, the military judge, also known as the Minister of the Ministry of War, was determined to cut off the food and grass on the front line.He colluded with Hu Cao to judge the book and always emphasized that there was not enough food, and he delivered food to the front line like squeezing toothpaste.

In this way, Lin Qingye could only reduce his meals, and the frontline soldiers could not even guarantee two meals a day.

Finally, Lin Qingye couldn't bear it anymore, and personally led hundreds of cavalry, rushed back to Tieyuan to confront Song Junji face to face.Song Junji looked innocent, and cried poorly in front of King Li Wei. Li Wei ordered the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to save money and must ensure the supply of military food in Huangzhou.

Song Junji promised on the surface, but in the dark, he made a stumbling block. The powerful factions of the Western People's Party united and withheld the grain and grass shipped out layer by layer, and even withheld the rations of the peasants.

Anyway, Lin Qingye can't be allowed to make meritorious service, otherwise they, the civil servants in power, will be finished.

Song Shilie still has a bottom line, leading some civil officials to leave the Shandang, and constantly impeaching Song Junji for his behavior of framing the frontline soldiers.The Shan Party in the Western People's Party split into two factions, arguing and arguing in front of Li Wei all day long.

Lin Qingye, who was far away in Huangzhou, finally obtained a batch of military rations, and was preparing to continue to march north when he suddenly received an urgent military message from the rear.

The grain transporters rebelled!

Lin Qingye had no choice but to lead his army back to quell the chaos and suppress the rebellious peasants. When the peasant army heard the news, they immediately came back and besieged Huangzhou.

After quelling the chaos of the peasants, Lin Qingye led his troops back, trying to wipe out the peasant army outside Huangzhou City.At this time, there was an urgent military situation from Cheorwon. The peasant army led by Han Qiyuan went south along the east coast and approached the east side of Cheorwon. King Li Wei asked him to go back and escort him.

Lin Qingye, a veteran, was so angry that he almost vomited blood.There are soldiers on Tieyuan's side, and he specially stays here to protect the king. As long as there is enough food, it will be fine to stick to it for a year, so why should he go back to rescue?

Lin Qingye continued to lead troops to Huangzhou, and received three imperial edicts in succession on the way. The Shan Party was already impeaching him for meritorious service, completely disregarding the life and death of the king and ministers.

King Li Wei originally supported Lin Qingye, but when the peasant army appeared in the east, Li Wei also became afraid, so he followed the suggestion of the Shan Party and sent Lin Qingye back to escort him.

In desperation, Lin Qingye led his troops back.

There are 500 elite officers and soldiers stationed in Huangzhou, surrounded by tens of thousands of peasant troops, and they can still hold on to the city.But within a few days, spies set fire to the city. In the chaos, Huangzhou City fell again, and the 500 elite officers and soldiers were wiped out.

Immediately afterwards, the peasant army occupied Haizhou again, and then engulfed the people and marched eastward, connecting with the Datong army stationed in Kaesong.

Lin Qingye led his troops back to Cheorwon, when Han Qiyuan heard that the old man was coming, he was so frightened that he immediately retreated to the mountains of Gangwon-do.Afterwards, Han Ki-won retreated all the way to the seaside and captured Gangneung, the largest city on the east coast of central Korea.

It was already winter, and the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, making it impossible to fight.

North Korea's monarchs and elite officers and soldiers huddled in Cheorwon and couldn't move, and there was really not enough food.After the beginning of spring, if Lin Qingye wanted to quell the chaos, he had to solve the military ration problem first.

Song Junji began to impeach again: "Your Majesty, Lin Qingye was a marshal in vain. He has not made any achievements in calming the chaos for a long time. He has failed His Majesty's trust. Now, the grain in the south is blocked by heavenly soldiers. If the grain road cannot be opened in spring, the Majesty and all the officials They will all starve to death!"

Before Lin Qingye could refute, Song Shilie rebuked angrily: "If you hadn't been a hindrance, General Lin would have wiped out the rebels on the West Road long ago!"

"How did I get in the way? You don't want to spit blood!" Song Junji also roared angrily.

Partisans from both sides joined in one after another, making King Li Wei's head ache from the quarrel.

Li Wei now completely distrusts civil servants, and asked Lin Qingye: "Old general, how should we fight in the future?"

Lin Qingye replied: "Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses have not been moved, but the food and grass go first. We must persuade the heavenly soldiers to give up Chunchuan, so that the food in the south can be transported northward. As long as there is enough food and grass, I guarantee that the rebels will be wiped out within half a year!"

Li Wei looked at the civil servant: "Who will persuade the heavenly soldiers to give up the passage?"

Zheng Taihe replied: "Your Majesty, I have sent several groups of envoys, but the conditions of the angels are a bit harsh. First, the "Datong Ji" is not allowed to be banned. Some of the contents of this book were written by the emperor himself, and the rest were also from the Celestial Dynasty. The hands of important ministers. Our country’s ban on "Datong Ji" is disrespectful to the emperor..."

As soon as this statement came out, several factions that were fighting each other all stood up to oppose it.

Even Song Shilie, who fully supported Lin Qingye's war, said strongly: "Your Majesty, you must not allow the "Da Tong Ji" to spread. This book contains a lot of heresy and strange talks. Contrary to morality, "Funding the Land" will bring disaster to the world!"

Li Wei was a little curious, and asked: "What is written in "The Collection of Great Harmony"? Why do you regard it as a scourge?"

Song Shilie said: "The "Three Origins" distorts the destiny and the relationship between heaven and man, and believes that there are people first in the world, and a country should be based on the people. The king and ministers are just the protectors of the people, not the rulers of the people. "Ge "Bit Theory" perverts ethics and confuses superiority and inferiority. It believes that men and women are equal in personality, but their status is different. People who are unworthy can be overthrown, and so is the king of a country. "Dividing the Land" is even more slippery. Zhi Daji believed that the big landlords stripped the small people and hollowed out the court, and the land of the big landlords should be divided among the people.”

"The emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, did he really allow these speeches to spread? Some of the words were said by himself?" Li Wei was greatly shocked.

"My lord, this book must be banned and must not be spread!" All the officials said in unison.

Li Wei also felt that it could not be spread, so he frowned and said, "I am afraid that the rest of the heavenly soldiers are just excuses. The real reason is that our country banned "Datong Collection", which made the emperor unhappy. But if you do not agree to unban this Book, how can we make the Celestial Dynasty retreat?"

Song Junji said: "I'm afraid I have to give more benefits."

Li Wei asked, "A tribute?"

Song Junji shook his head: "There is no shortage of goods in the Heavenly Dynasty."

"Do you want to cede land and donate it?" Li Wei said.

No one spoke, and no one dared to speak first, otherwise he would be easily impeached by political opponents afterwards.

Zheng Taihe, as the leader of the political affairs, that is, the first assistant, was named by Li Wei again: "Zheng Qing, tell me."

"It's better to cede the Northern Dao," Zheng Taihe said bravely, "The Northern Dao was occupied by me in the early years of the dynasty. The mountains are continuous, remote and barren, and can be dedicated to the Celestial Dynasty."

Hamgyong-do has not yet been divided into North Hamgyong-do and South Hamgyong-do at this time, but the most northeast corner of Hamgyong-do is called North-do by convention, but it is actually a part of North Hamgyong-do.It is the poorest place in North Korea, and it is also the place where North Korea likes to recruit soldiers the most.

Even if he was ceded out, Li Wei would not feel distressed, but felt that his majesty would be compromised, so he wanted to throw the pot of losing ground to the officials: "What do you think?"

Still no one answered, and they were unwilling to accept the pot.

Li Wei asked in another way: "Who objects?"

The ministers remained silent, apparently no objection.

The forces of the two groups of nobles are all in the central and southern parts, and they will not feel bad if a part of the north is cut away.

Lin Qingye suddenly said: "Your Majesty, not even an inch of the land can be ceded!"

Li Wei originally valued Lin Qingye very much, but now he felt a little disgusted.What does it mean?It completely made him unable to step down from the stage!

Because of Lin Qingye's objection, this discussion could no longer proceed.

In fact, food from the south has been transported northward, through the mountainous areas of Gangwon-do.But it can only be borne by civilian husbands, and the loss is huge in the middle, and the civilian husbands have to eat more than half of it.

After winter, the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, and the government even asked the peasants to transport food, and there were countless people who died of freezing and were disabled.

More and more civilians are fleeing, but the monarchs and the army have to eat. Before the winter is over, Cheorwon's food is already seriously insufficient.

Kings and ministers can't go hungry, not only can't go hungry, they have to eat and drink well.Then we can only suffer from the soldiers, the soldiers endured hunger and starvation, and the elite became resentful soldiers because of starvation, and finally there was a food disturbance before the New Year.

If things go on like this, without the peasant army killing them, the elite officers and soldiers of North Korea will rebel.

Chapter 949 [38.65 degrees north latitude]

The monarchs and ministers of North Korea did not care about the lives of soldiers, and the soldiers did not care about the lives of the people.

Before the New Year, the soldiers had a quarrel about food, but they only had enough food for a few days.On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the army began to reduce meals again, and the soldiers were too lazy to make food, and stepped on the snow to the surrounding countryside to grab it.

Regardless of whether you are a landlord or a tenant, if you see a house, you will rush into it.

In the beginning, it was just a robbery of food, and gradually developed into a robbery of goods, and then even women.

Of course, the king's personal guards are still in the city.The officers are all the children of the nobles, and even the ordinary soldiers are the sons of the nobles, so they will definitely not be as hungry as the low-level soldiers.

Lin Qingye killed several looters. Before he was beheaded, a general asked, "General Lin, we all respect and love you and are willing to fight with you. But can you feed us? You If you can’t give us food, and don’t let us grab it, do you want all of us soldiers to starve to death?”

These words made Lin Qingye silent for a while, recalling what happened in the first half of his life, the veteran in his 60s burst into tears.

Lin Qingye found Song Shilie: "I'm disgusted by people now. The king and civil officials hate me for stopping them from cede land, and the soldiers also resent me for not being able to obtain military rations. I am redundant now. Only when I leave, the officials can calmly betray the country, Only generals can plunder. Although you have set off party disputes before, at least there are some bottom lines, and I hope you can turn the tide."

"Oh!" Song Shilie sighed.

Farewell to Song Shilie, Lin Qingye hung his seal and left.

The dozens of cavalry he brought from the south also spontaneously followed around and headed towards Chunchuan with only a few days of dry food.

After Lin Qingye left like this, the North Korean monarchs and ministers were all happy, and hurriedly sent people to negotiate.

The person in charge of the negotiations was Xu Mu, the commander in chief of the third rank, who was the highest official of the Southern People's Party at the center.

What do you mean?

The traitors are still engaged in party struggles, and the Westerners Party is unwilling to betray the country itself, and forcibly sends the leaders of the Southerners Party.After the matter is over, Xu Mu can be impeached and the power of the Nanren Party can be completely wiped out!

"Your Majesty, I dare not obey orders!"

Xu Mu knelt down in front of Li Wei, took off his black gauze hat and said, "Ceding the land and begging for mercy, I am also a sinner through the ages, please tell me to return to my hometown!"

Li Wei said: "It is not too late for Xu Qing to resign after he is on the mission."

Xu Mu was so angry that he trembled all over, stood up abruptly, and slammed his head into the pillar next to him.

There was a muffled sound and blood flowed, and Li Wei was frightened dumbfounded.

"Treat me quickly!" Song Shilie shouted.

Xu Mu was carried out by the king's guards, and Li Wei finally came to his senses. He pointed to Zheng Taihe and said, "Go...don't seek death, or your house will be raided!"

Zheng Taihe said with a mournful face: "Your Majesty, the minister is in charge of discussing the affairs of state (chief assistant), and it would be detrimental to the dignity of the country to negotiate."

"I tell you to go, you go," Li Wei was already extremely angry, and pointed to Song Shilie and Song Junji, "You two go together! If you don't go, then I will forget it. North Korea has been attached to the Celestial Dynasty since then, and I will go to Nanjing Ask an idle prince to do it!"

This is tantamount to letting the chief minister of the cabinet, with the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of the Ministry of War, cede land and sell the country together.

But how could the king not go when he said something like this?

The three complained incessantly. They belonged to the Western Party, but they belonged to three different factions, and now they had to take the blame together.It is conceivable how bad their reputation will be in the future, and how the Nanren Party, which is a local official, will impeach them!

They planned to let Xu Mu of the Nanren Party take the blame, but Xu Mu committed suicide in front of the king, messing up all the plans of the Western Party.

The calculation comes, the calculation goes, and now the calculation is on my own head.

In Hanyang, the three met Dang Chongjun.

After the greetings, Song Shiyeol and Song Junji did not speak.

Zheng Taihe could only bite the bullet and went around for a long time, saying: "Angel Rong Bing, "The Collection of Great Harmony" is profound and unpredictable. I am waiting for Confucian scholars in the next country to read it. When we understand the mystery of "The Collection of Great Harmony" , and it will not be too late to spread it to North Korean scholars.”

Dang Chongjun said: "How about this, you three, go to Nanjing with me, and how about His Majesty explaining "The Collection of Great Harmony" to you personally?"

"Don't dare disturb the Holy Son of Heaven!" The three quickly refused.

Zheng Taihe saw that he couldn't get away with it, so he just broke the pot and threw it: "Master Angel, Beidao was originally a land of Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. Our country has been under the management of the Celestial Dynasty for more than two hundred years. Today, we are willing to return it to the Celestial Dynasty. That Yizhou... also Even in Baozhou, the Datong army resisted the invasion of the Tartars in Baozhou, and kept the people of our country safe, and it should also be dedicated to the Celestial Dynasty.”

The majestic chief minister of North Korea even called out "my lord".

This appellation was popular in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Datong New Dynasty banned officials from calling them "adults".Officials no longer call it that way, but the common people haven't changed it yet, and this North Korean official has learned it thoroughly.

Dang Chongjun said angrily, "Where are you sending beggars? Beido is the poorest place in North Korea. There are mountains everywhere, and there is not much land to plant. What will the Celestial Dynasty use for it?"

Zheng Taihe was completely single, he cupped his hands and said, "Please show me the angel!"

Dang Chongjun opened his mouth loudly: "Ping'an Road, Huanghai Road, Hamgyong Road."

"Impossible!" Song Shilie couldn't hold back, and stood up anxiously on the spot, fearing that Zheng Taihe would agree.

Dang Chongjun said: "I think it's too little? How about adding Gangwon Province?"

"There are too many, too many," Song Junji also became very anxious, "There are only eight realms in our country, and the angel will cut off three realms at once, and I will not be able to go back and explain to the king!"

Dang Chongjun said: "Then what do you say?"

Zheng Taihe gritted his teeth and said, "How about dedicating the entire Xianjing Road and half of Ping'an Road to the Celestial Dynasty?"

Dang Chongjun shook his head.

Song Junji said: "Hamgyong and Pyongan can be ceded, but Hwanghae is absolutely not! Moreover, the plains of Pyongan and Pyongyang cannot be ceded."

Dang Chongjun sneered: "Isn't that still the whole Xianjing Road and half of Ping'an Road?"

"It's mostly Ping An Dao!" Song Junji corrected.

Dang Chongjun stood up slowly, flicked his sleeves and said, "Seeing off the guests!"