It was about sending troops, but Li Fen opened his mouth but asked the Qing emperor how old he was this year. This question was really ridiculous. The Korean ministers in the palace were also shocked, and they all felt that the king had a little play.

Although Han Juyuan didn't know what the Korean king meant when asked the emperor's age, he still answered: "My emperor is twenty-three years old this year."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Korean king, who was a few years younger than the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, asked again with fear and fear: "Is Beijing's military and armor more efficient?"

This time, not only the North Korean ministers were shocked, but even Han Juyuan was also surprised, because this question was not something a king should ask. It sounded really childish, just like when a child was fighting, he suddenly asked if your fist hurts when he hit someone.

However, Han Juyuan still said with a smile: "My Qing army is no different from before, and the emperor has been studying literature recently and is not a sensible hunting."

Han Juyuan's words mean that the Qing Dynasty's military strength was as prosperous as usual, and the emperor recently advocated literary etiquette and no longer loved hunting as he used to answer. The reason for this answer was that Han Juyuan had to exaggerate his words to make the Korean monarch and ministers believe that the Qing Dynasty was still strong; the other was that he found that on the way to Seoul, North Korea attached great importance to Confucianism, and officials and the people respected scholars very much, so he emphasized that the Qing emperor would give a good impression of North Korea and would be helpful in sending troops.

Li Fen said "Oh" and asked Emperor Shunzhi what he liked on weekdays. Han Juyuan was amused at the young king's wishes, but his eyes turned, and he blurted out that the emperor often visited Taiye Pool, playing with ice in winter, and boating on the lake in summer, and occasionally playing some puppet games.

"The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty is a saint."

Li Fen had no way to confirm what Han Juyuan said. He only thought in his heart that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was not the martial artist Hu Emperor he had originally imagined. Instead, he admired the sinicization. He respected Confucius and admired Confucianism like me, and was able to be called a king. In this way, China would definitely be ruled by the Qing Dynasty forever. If North Korea had the idea of ​​rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, it would be like hitting a stone with an egg. He simply sent troops to help the Qing Dynasty pacify the scattered soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the south and completely please the Qing Dynasty.

"Angelic, please sit down, come and serve tea for the angel!"

Li Fen, who made up his mind, stood up and ordered someone to give Han Juyuan tea, and his words and deeds were very polite.

Seeing that the king treated the Qing envoy so well, the two old ministers from North Korea who were determined to be Ming were very angry. Zheng Taihe, the minister of state affairs, stepped forward a few steps in front of the king and said to Han Juyuan: "If the Celestial Empire really wants me, North Korea to send troops, but I don't know what official position our country should send to lead the troops to the expedition?"

Han Juyuan glanced at Zheng Taihe with a gloomy face and said, "Since you should be the general of the country who came to China to listen to the orders of the Marquis, you can let the Ming army in the south resist the south see the powerful North Korean elite soldiers, and you can also show your country's sincerity in respect of our Qing Dynasty."

Li Fen nodded uncontrollably: "Yes, yes, send elite generals to suppress the thieves to avoid making the Celestial Empire look down on our country."

Zheng Taihe and others were anxious when the king made such a statement, but they couldn't stop him in front of Qing.

"But I don't know how much troops the Celestial Empire wants our country to send?" Li Fen finally asked an idea.

Han Juyuan said straight to the point: "It's only 5,000 bird guns that can be used to be good at killing five thousand. Our dynasty will launch troops to attack the south, and it's very difficult to provide you with your own food and grass for June."

"What? We also need our country to bring our own food and grass for half a year?"

When the Qing Dynasty heard that not only wanted North Korea to send troops, but also wanted North Korea to bring its own food and grass, all the Korean ministers were shocked and angry. But King Li Fen seemed to not see the anger of his ministers, nor did he care about bringing his own food and grass. He only asked curiously: "Can the angel tell me, what is the enemy in southern China? How will the Celestial Empire arrange it after our troops arrive?"

"The enemy soldiers are only 30,000 or 20,000, and their only dependence is firearms. Your country's good shotguns will go south with our army at that time, so there is no need to worry."

Han Juyuan dispelled Li Fen's concerns with one word. He was worried that the Qing Dynasty would send Korean soldiers to fight alone with the Ming army in the south, which would definitely lead to great casualties. Now, I heard that it was just a coordinated battle with the Qing army, so I felt relieved.

"Since that's the case, please ask the angel to report back to the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, our country must send troops to help the heavenly dynasty!"

Without waiting for Zheng Taihe and others to speak, Li Fen agreed to the matter in one go. When Han Juyuan left the palace, Zheng Taihe and others immediately cried and advised the king not to send troops. They carried out the deeds of the former king Li Jue to "do all the country's resources to repay the great kindness of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty" and tried their best to prevent Li Fen from sending troops.

"The people of Manzhou have always been cunning. Since they have occupied China, how can they pacify the scattered soldiers of the Ming army in the south? Maybe the Ming army in southern China is strong and the Qing army is defeated. Only then did they say that they can coax our country and lure me to send troops to help him, so that our country and the Ming Dynasty will be completely broken. The king must not fall into the trap!"

"In my opinion, this is clearly a treacherous plan. I will first deceive our country to send troops. After our troops cross the Tumen River, we will cut off our military supplies, so that our elite soldiers will die without a place to bury them. Then we will definitely lead our troops to attack. At that time, our country will definitely be insured!"

"The king, if you agree to the Qing Dynasty, then the troops sent by our country will be strong soldiers. If they fall into southern China, then the door of our country will be opened. It is better to impose a vain entrusted to the Qing Dynasty and send troops after Qi food and pay."

The Korean ministers spoke out one after another, and they spoke earnestly.

"The king must take back Cheng's life. This army cannot be sent. You might as well send someone to China to inquire about the truth in the south and then make a decision. Otherwise, it will be easy for the Qing people to take advantage of it. One is to force me to make money and food, and the other is to seek my land!"

Zheng Taihe hoped that Li Qi would not send troops, so that he could make a decision after going to China to inquire about the truth, so that he could keep North Korea's elite and not be consumed by the Qing people. The reason why he opposed sending troops was not only affectionate with the Ming Dynasty, but also because Huining and other important towns in the north of North Korea were the former place of the Jurchens in the ancient Haixi. He was deeply afraid that the Qing Dynasty would force North Korea to hand over these lands after depleting the Korean soldiers.

Shen Zhiyuan, the left-wing minister who has been to Beijing for tribute many times, also said: "I was ordered to go to Yanjing two years ago to secretly spy on the internal movements of the Qing court and found that it was full of dangers. The southern battlefield was in urgent need of documents flying into the Forbidden City like snowflakes. The Prince of Manchu Jidu was killed in the south, which was even more serious than a few years ago... It can be seen that the domestic situation in the Qing Dynasty was not what the Qing envoy said before, but was a small problem, but a big problem, and even Manchu was in danger of losing China. If Manchu really lost his inner rule and retreated to Shengjing, and the Ming Dynasty restored Yanjing, then North Korea's move to assist the Qing Dynasty would definitely cause great disasters. It is better for our country to continue to watch on the wall and calmly control it."

"The left-wing political statement is very good. Our country is not clear about the situation in China now. We should send people to explore in detail. We must not make a decision in a hurry." Zheng Taihe said.

"You don't have to say anything more. It's rare that the Celestial Empire wants our country to send troops. How can we sit in a mourning place? You said you should calm down and wait and see before making a decision. But you must know that the Qing Dynasty is full of talents and its country is in a state of great strength. How can there be a decline? The Ming army in the south insisted for more than ten years, and the Prince of Manzhou had been mourning before, but in the end, the Qing Dynasty was still powerful, and the Ming army in the south dissipated. Therefore, I thought that even if there was a prince of Manzhou and another prince of Manzhou, it would not have an impact on the Qing Dynasty's unification of China. Let's take a step back, the Ming Dynasty was then

The land where the North Korea occupied China was not the enemy of the Qing Dynasty, and today it only occupied an inch of land in the south. Even if the Ming Dynasty re-owned the south, China was only confronted across the river, but our North Korea was behind the Qing people. What could the Qing people not be able to do with the south? When the former king was there, he insisted on rebelling against the Qing Dynasty, which led to the Qing people's suspicion of me. If the Qing people did not take this opportunity to improve their relationship with the Qing people, the Qing people would blame me in the future. What would I do to resist? Who can stop the Qing army for me? If the Qing army really came to Seoul again, that would be a disaster for the country to be destroyed!"

Li Fen did not listen to the persuasion of his subordinates at all. He said flatly: "Even if the Celestial Empire wants us to prepare our own money and grain, our country should also follow it. Even if the food is difficult, we should not stand by and watch!" After speaking, he ordered the Korean soldier Jin Yinghai to quickly select elite soldiers and generals, and enter China at a time to support the Qing Dynasty to attack the Ming Dynasty.

Jin Yinghai was Li Qi's confidant and held military power. He also strongly responded to the call of the Qing Dynasty. After receiving the order from the king, Jin Yinghai immediately dispatched 3,200 bird gun soldiers, 1,500 northern border soldiers, 35 generals, 2 translators, 138 soldiers, 239 horses and drove people, totaling 5,120 people, carrying enough food and grass for 5,000 troops to eat for 6 months. Under the leadership of Yuhou Shen Liu, North Korea, set off from Huining, the border town of Korea, crossed the Tumen River, and headed straight to Shanhaiguan under the guidance of Qing army officials.
Chapter completed!