Chapter 727 You didn’t realize you were wrong, you knew you were going to die
"Your Majesty, this time the wealthy merchants from the southeast actually support the war. This is very surprising. I have noticed that these wealthy merchants are also clamoring for the unlimited expansion of the Navy. Although their voices are still not as loud as the humble Confucians, they should be vigilant. "Hai Rui advised Your Majesty very solemnly, don't just look at the progressiveness and enthusiasm of the wealthy businessmen in the southeast, but also think about their other side.
We should pay attention to Ma Jinglun's extreme theory. These emerging bourgeoisie are also in danger.
Hai Rui's statement is in line with the Ming Dynasty's current general guide to governing the country, "Theory of Contradiction". Contradictions are ubiquitous, and everything must have good and bad aspects.
The position of the landlords and wealthy people is absolutely against war, because historical experience tells them that once the imperial court starts to engage in military violence, it will definitely take action against them, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Suan Min Order and Gao Min Order.
In the last years of Chongzhen, the country's money was poor, but there was a riot in the northwest. Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to collect donations from everywhere. In the end, even the head of state was unwilling, and finally gave him a thousand taels to fool Emperor Chongzhen. This was also the case. From your position, if you want me to use money to help your emperor fight the war, there is no way!
The long-term emphasis on agriculture and neglect of business has also resulted in the low status of businessmen. People who abandon Confucianism and engage in business are looked down upon.
And this new group of wealthy merchants not only supported the imperial court's naval expansion, but even spent real money and silver to support the Ming Dynasty in the war, instead of following the rule of "I really have a cow" and refusing to spend money. Come every penny.
Hai Rui's meaning was very clear. He was wary of these emerging bourgeoisie's excessive influence and influence on court decisions, and the court should be wary. They, like the rural gentry and landlords, sought privileges through various activities.
Hai Rui had handled a case in Nanya, which was similar to Li Kaizao's prestige and Li Dai, and completely dominated all Li Kaifang's achievements.
The case of Nanya was that there was a student in Nanya Donglu Academy who could not even pass the scholar examination. Suddenly he became a genius who was praised by everyone and was proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and song. He even became a master of Nanya Imperial College. Passively, the Imperial Academy did not recruit such a genius. The imperial court's selection mechanism was poor and rigid and dogmatic.
As a result, Hai Rui studied it carefully and found out that it was just a pretentious statement. The student was completely fake. The poems he prepared were all ghostwritten in advance.
But the nature of this case is completely different from that of Li Kaizao. Li Kaizao is also a genius and really has the ability to pass the Jinshi examination, but his elder brother Li Kaifang is stronger.
The case that Hai Rui handled was just a trial by some wealthy businessmen to send a loser to the Imperial College. If the trial was successful, the Imperial College would be filled with such idiots in the future.
"What Hai Zongxian said is reasonable." Zhu Yijun said with emotion. People who can go down in history are all the best among people. Hai Rui is very skilled in using the theory of contradiction. He saw the danger of the emerging bourgeoisie. Compared with Zhang Juzheng's worries, Regarding the threat from the emerging bourgeoisie to the imperial power, Hai Rui was mainly worried that these emerging bourgeoisie, which mainly focused on maritime trade, would tie the Ming Dynasty to a militaristic chariot.
For any group, unrestricted and blind expansion will be fatal.
Contradiction theory, this theory is a very accidental product. When Zhu Yijun was not in power and was still studying, in order to bluff and scare Mr. Zhang, he probably wanted to create a "I am strong, don't usurp the throne, otherwise I will ask you" A good-looking atmosphere, in fact, Mr. Zhang doesn’t need to be scared, even Zhu Yijun couldn’t be scared when he was ten years old.
The emperor's big hammer and small hammer kept hammering the seal of Zhang Juzheng's thought to hammer out the theory of contradiction. This theory, which has no position but only methodology, has verified its universality time and time again.
Zhu Yijun carefully read Hai Rui's memorial.
When the Emperor of Ming Dynasty visited the south, some demons and ghosts lurked dormant. These fourteen officials in Nanya who engaged in public affairs for personal gain were just such dormant demons and ghosts. As soon as the emperor left, they were exposed.
The Nanya Cotton Dynasty, the Nanya Cotton Gang, was established with officials such as Chen Junyong, Zhao Canlu, and Zhou Bokai as the core, abusing their power and seeking personal gains. However, the Nanya Cotton Gang collapsed under the emperor's feudal iron fist.
The whole process does not take more than ten days. This is an iron fist with laws to follow. The laws of the Ming Dynasty stipulate that food, clothing, housing and transportation are not allowed to be hoarded or speculated on. Seven cents per pound of cotton is against the laws of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun learned from Hai Rui's memorial that the cotton gang in Nanya was a huge behemoth. Officials such as Chen Junyong used banknotes to artificially limit the price of cotton, while their masters set up trade fairs with extremely high thresholds. Local long-staple cotton was traded for fourteen cents per catty, and in these trade fairs, there were a lot of wealthy merchants who were responsible for raising thugs, buying and selling by force, fighting for territory, provoking troubles, and forcing other cotton spinners to commit crimes.
This cotton gang has affected the health and order of the cotton spinning industry. Officials like Chen Junyong pretended to be very good, but the emperor did not trust Confucian scholars and civil servants and saw through him at a glance.
"Why do I feel that there is something wrong? Water transportation, censorship, government orders, trade fairs, thugs, is there anything else that I haven't noticed?" Zhu Yijun frowned and muttered to himself, lost in thought. , suddenly raised his head and said: "Something's wrong, there's something wrong, the accounts don't match up!"
Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial and felt something was wrong.
Hai Rui asked in confusion: "Is there anything wrong?"
Zhu Yijun said with a solemn expression: "There was something wrong from the beginning!"
"Hai Zongxian, this cotton gang is large enough, but it is not big enough to be a personal problem. If it continues like this, it will definitely get bigger and bigger. It will take at least two or three years before it is seen by the court. After all, our Ming Dynasty The error correction mechanism is still effective for stable operation. If it gets too big, it will naturally come to the court, and the court must deal with it. The court has its own procedures, which will inevitably lead to rigidity. "
"The money earned is too little, only 700,000 silver. Are you looking down on the cotton spinning industry of the Ming Dynasty or looking down on the cotton farmers?"
"Someone is taking the initiative to expose this matter! And the core of this problem is money! Someone wants to jump off the ship, sell his teammates, attract the attention of the court, and then transport the money out! Now the navy is in order to aid Korea and destroy the Japanese The battle gathered in the north."
Hai Rui's eyes widened sharply, and he immediately bowed his head and said: "We should immediately proceed with Songjiang Governor Shen Shixing and Songjiang Town Navy Chief Chen Lin to conduct strict inspections."
"Good." Zhu Yijun said loudly to Feng Bao: "Immediately write the chapter of Songjiang Town Navy. Don't even think about losing a cent of my money!"
Hai Rui knew that His Majesty's guess was probably true, but he just didn't quite understand. Is this a political talent or a keen sense for silver? Probably a bit of both.
The Cotton Gang in the Nanya Cotton Gang case was not so large that it required the attention of the court, but it appeared in the imperial censor's memorials and in the court discussions of the Wenhua Palace; the case was handled too smoothly, and everything was It is obvious that there is something hidden behind this; the silver seized so far is only 700,000 taels, which is too little. You must know that the scale of cotton spinning exceeds that of silk, which is the largest trade in the Ming Dynasty.
His Majesty's imagination in this regard is very leaps and bounds. He immediately thought of someone taking the initiative to stab, someone betraying his teammates, and someone transferring the silver.
Facts have proved that His Majesty was not innocent, and soon the Tiqi in Songjiang Prefecture found the criminal who took the initiative to stab him.
The person who took the initiative to break the Mian Gang case was the arrested criminal, Zhou Bokai, the left minister of household affairs. He was the biggest meat eater in the entire Mian Gang and the one who made the most profits.
Zhou Bokai was a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Jiajing. He ranked 190th in the joint examination. He performed exceptionally and ranked fourth in the second and fourth places in the palace examination. Before passing the Jinshi examination, Zhou Bokai was married and had a son. He was very proud of his horse hoof disease. But soon Zhou Bokai discovered that he had to climb up and make peace.
At that time, Yan Song was already in charge of the country, and the atmosphere was full of chaos. There was also a farce in the capital about arresting a son-in-law.
The Hanlin Academy wrote that Jiang Rukui wanted to betroth his daughter to Zhou Bokai. Zhou Bokai, who was just a high school student with no power and power, had no choice but to agree and divorce his original wife. Moreover, the child also changed his mother's surname. The powerful Jiang Rukui, Zhou Bokai was not allowed to have any taint.
Life after marriage was not happy, even very bad. Later, when Yan Song fell, Zhou Bokai could not reconcile, because divorce would affect his official career. How could he govern the country and bring peace to the world if he could not even bring peace to his family?
In the third year of Wanli, Zhou Bokai grew old and went to Nanjing to retire. The cotton gang gradually grew in strength in his hands. The reason why he took the initiative to pierce was actually because of the internal strife between Zhou Bokai and Chen Junyong in the cotton gang. Chen Junyong threatened, Without giving up the benefits, he kicked out the Mian gang. Zhou Bokai, with a heartbeat and a stamp of his feet, directly asked the censor to impeach Mian for harming the people.
Didn’t you say we wanted to die together? Then let's die together!
He judged that His Majesty, who was very sympathetic to the poor coolies, would definitely strike hard.
Zhou Bokai gave all his savings to his real son, the son he had with his first wife who had his mother's surname changed. In Zhou Bokai's heart, this was his eldest son.
The imperial court was completely unaware of Zhou Bokai's first wife and eldest son.
Zhou Bokai's son hid the nearly one million taels of silver obtained by the Mian Gang on seventeen horse boats, and was about to leave the Ming Dynasty for Davao City, Luzon. When he was leaving, he was intercepted by the Ming Dynasty Coast Guard. The inspection found it.
"My feelings have delayed Zhou Bokai's plan. I wiped out all the underground banks in Nanya, so that Zhou Bokai's son could only ship the money and take risks." Zhu Yijun read the memorial of Luo Bingliang, the commander-in-chief of Nanya, and his face was filled with emotion. smile.
The money didn’t escape, which is really something to be happy about!
Zhou Bokai's son must escape as soon as possible. Once the house confiscation process is started, the emperor's temperament will even find out how many earthworms there are in the ground. The son who has changed his name cannot escape, so he must be quick, but the underground bank was seized by the emperor. He was beaten to pieces with one punch, so he had no choice but to take a desperate risk and give away the money in a smuggler's boat.
"This week Bokai, even his son was arrested. There are still a lot of reasons. No matter how many reasons there are, his money was collected at the cost of hurting cotton farmers. To tell the truth, he has failed to trust His Majesty and failed to deserve the hope of all the people. Damn it. ." Feng Bao dismissed Zhou Bokai's confession.
Zhou Bokai's confession contains nearly ten thousand words, but in the final analysis it comes down to one thought: it is not me who is wrong, it is the world! I was just unlucky and got caught!
"Now, more people are sponsoring the food and salary for the Ming army to assist the DPRK and destroy the Japanese!" Zhu Yijun put away the memorial and continued to deal with general affairs.
Whatever Zhu Yijun wants to do, there will always be someone to support him. This means that those who have gained the right will have more help, while those who have lost the right will have less help!
Qi Jiguang successfully arrived at Yizhou on February 14th, the 14th year of Wanli. The wharf in Yizhou was already in full swing, and the berths and trestles had been repaired. The small port could accommodate 300 ships a day, which was enough for the Ming army to use. Moreover, Yizhou The port is still under expansion.
As long as Pyongyang has not fallen, Uiju, the strategic fulcrum, will become increasingly stable.
Qi Jiguang got off the ship and stamped his feet vigorously. The troop transport, which was composed entirely of five-masted ocean-going ships, was very stable, and the Bohai Sea was not particularly violent. The journey was very smooth.
"How is the war going? Has Pyongyang fallen?" Qi Jiguang just got off the boat and immediately asked Liaodong General Zu Chengxun who came to the dock to meet him. On the boat, Qi Jiguang was more worried about the fall of Pyongyang. Once Pyongyang fell, Yiju would be under the military peak.
"The Japanese pirates almost succeeded. Vice Admiral Li overestimated the determination of the North Korean defenders to defend the city. As soon as the Japanese pirates arrived, they opened the city gate and surrendered. Commander Konishi of the Japanese pirates' first regiment thought it was a trick and did not dare to enter the city. , before hesitating, the cavalry battalion arrived and repelled Governor Xiaoxi, and Pyongyang was not lost. " Zu Chengxun said quickly.
Pyongyang almost lost it.
The emperor was right, Pyongyang might really be lost, and Qi Jiguang was also right. Under the intervention of the Ming army, if the Japanese pirates wanted to take Pyongyang, they had to ask the Ming army whether they would agree.
"A bunch of trash!" Qi Jiguang had underestimated the combat capabilities of the Korean army, but he did not expect that there was no lower limit. The Japanese pirates would surrender as soon as they arrived. The Ming Dynasty cavalry camp was stationed nearby and could arrive in a quarter of an hour. With such strong support, They also need to open the city gate and surrender.
Zu Chengxun hurriedly said: "Commander Qi is not a waste of the Korean army. He is the North Korean city guard general Huang Renyin. He deceived the soldiers and said that there were soldiers from the sky outside the city. He wanted to enter the city to supply supplies and asked people to open the city gate. The soldiers had already seen it. The Ming army was so powerful that they opened the city gate without doubting his presence, only to find out that it was a Japanese pirate. Fortunately, the Ming cavalry came to the rescue in time. "
"The soldiers were so excited that an uprising broke out. The defender Huang Renyin and his supporters were all beheaded by the soldiers. Vice Admiral Lee sent Yi Sunchen to take over the Pyongyang army. There are now 23,000 North Korean defenders in Pyongyang. They killed There are not enough enemies to defend the city. ""It is not without reason that the soldiers mutinied. The food of the Korean army is worse than that of the prisoners here."
Zu Chengxun reported on the changes in Pyongyang. Huang Renyin was already dead. Before his death, Huang Renyin shouted: You have abandoned me, why should I fight to the death! He was cut down by the mutinous soldiers. The appearance of Yi Sun-shin completely calmed the situation in Pyongyang.
After listening to the battle report, Qi Jiguang also came to Yizhou City. A huge Kantu map was hung in the middle.
"Li Rusong did a great job." Qi Jiguang said with great conviction after seeing the entire defense deployment. The Kantu maps near Yizhou, Dingzhou, Anzhou, and Pyongyang were redrawn, and the ones given by the North Korean royal family could not be used at all.
The terrain and features are described in detail, and there are markings such as height, slope, water level, etc. It is a very qualified military map.
Li Rusong and Ma Lin were studying one after another, but each was studying more seriously than the other. Li Rusong was not in a hurry to attack, but drew a good picture of Kanyu. This was the key to making progress step by step. This picture was not easy to draw. So easy.
"Forty miles west of the Qixing Gate of Pyongyang's West Gate, there is Peony Peak, which is three hundred feet high and is the highest point in the entire vicinity of Pyongyang. Vice Admiral Li sent guerrilla general Wu Weizhong to lead 300 cavalry and 2,000 Liaodong Army troops to station here. He was the leader of the troops. It is Liaodong General Cha Dashou who is at odds with the 23,000 defenders of Pyongyang." Zu Chengxun explained the current situation in Pyongyang with a long wooden pole.
"Ma Lin's vanguard battalion is stationed at the foot of Jinxiu Mountain outside the North Mitai Gate. This place is extremely confidential because it is the ferry of the Datong River. Japanese pirates must pass through here if they want to cross the river. If they go downstream, they will be attacked by Wu Weizhong and Yi Sunchen. , and here, Marin leads the cavalry camp, and Yukino Konishi cannot break through. "
"Commander Qi, in the past five days, the Pioneer Battalion led by Ma Lin has engaged Japanese pirates seventeen times. The Pioneer Battalion has not been killed so far. Only two soldiers were injured, both minor injuries. More than 130 people were beheaded. They were all piled up on the north bank of the Datong River to frighten the Japanese pirates.”
Jinxiu Mountain bore the brunt of the attack, and Ma Lin, as the second son of Ma Fang, chose to stay at Jinxiu Mountain to bear the greatest pressure. The key is that the Pioneer Battalion withstood the pressure. The Japanese pirates they killed cried for their father and mother, but he only had two minor injuries. Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa both gave up their prejudices and concentrated on dealing with Marin.
Three thousand against the opponent's 35,000, one against ten, the opponent can't even lift their heads.
Zhao Kuo was defeated and died, and 400,000 Zhao troops were destroyed. He was ridiculed by later generations for more than two thousand years.
In the sixth year of Jingyao's reign, Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan was defeated in Mianzhu and died in battle. However, no one laughed at him and everyone called him loyal.
In the Battle of Mianzhu, Huang Quan's son Huang Chong died for his country; Zhang Fei's grandson Zhang Zun died for his country; Li Hui's nephew Li Qiu died for his country; Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan died for his country; Zhuge Liang's grandson Zhuge Zhan's son Zhuge Shang died for his country.
Originally, the Shu Han army in the Battle of Mianzhu was a patchwork of miscellaneous soldiers. Faced with a huge gap in strength, it was like a mantis arm acting as a chariot. However, such an army still fought in the field and almost defeated Deng Ai, but in the end the game fell short. With.
In the Battle of Mianzhu, Huang Chong fought until the last moment, and his father Huang Quan had already surrendered to Cao Wei. Huang Chong's surrender must have been a reward for a high-ranking official, but Huang Chong did not. He died on the battlefield for the Shu Han.
Zhuge Zhan was persuaded to surrender by Deng Ai and was promised great wealth and honor. The Zhuge family had extremely high prestige in the Shu Han. As long as Zhuge Zhan surrendered, the Shu Han would be completely disintegrated. Zhuge Zhan did not surrender.
The second and third generations of the Shu Dynasty went to death for the Shu Han and sacrificed their lives for the country. The second and third generations of the Wei Dynasty made their emperor Cao family die, which made Luoshui stink.
Yangcheng uncle Ma Fang didn't like his eldest son Ma Dong, who was very romantic all day long. Ma Fang liked his second son Ma Lin and even wanted to pass on the title to his second son.
Marin also deserves this respect. With his status, it is more than enough for him to be a dandy in the capital and live a happy life, but Marin does not have it. He chooses to train himself hard and go to a place like North Korea where birds don't shit to fight against Japanese pirates.
Many people in the capital think Ma Lin is stupid, and they think he is stupid. He is already a hereditary official, so why bother to fight for his life?
Zhuge Zhan, Zhuge Shang, and Huang Chong, the second and third generations of Shu, are not a joke, and Marin is not stupid. If they are a joke and stupid, then the long history of the Central Plains will all be a joke.
"Okay." Qi Jiguang pointed at the location of Peony Peak, nodded and said.
After Li Rusong discovered that the North Korean army was weak, he took over the defense of the two key places of Mudan Peak and Jinxiushan. The Japanese pirates were not allowed to advance, and the Ming Dynasty waited for work.
Qi Jiguang said with a serious face: "Yizhou, Anzhou, Dingzhou, and Pyongyang are all connected. This is good. We are not the ones who are in a hurry now. I will bring 30,000 troops and arrange a battalion to go to Mudan Peak for reinforcements." .”
"It's not that I can't trust Wu Weizhong and Zha Dashou. Wu Weizhong is my old subordinate. He followed me to fight Japanese pirates in Zhejiang. He is cautious by nature. Zha Dashou is relied on by Ningyuan Marquis. Needless to say, I can't trust the Korean army."
Qi Jiguang kept the holy precepts in mind and strictly guarded against the Korean army. Trusting them was worse than trusting the old sow to climb the tree.
Pyongyang is on the west side of the Datong River. The Japanese pirates could not cross the river from the lower reaches of the Datong River because they were afraid of being flanked by the Moranbong defenders and the Pyongyang defenders. But if the Pyongyang defenders did not dare to attack from both sides, the direction of Moranbong would become a breakthrough.
Zu Chengxun looked thoughtful and then said: "What Commander Qi said makes sense, and Deputy Commander Li also means the same thing, but there are not enough manpower."
"Where is the deposed king of North Korea, Li Huo?" Qi Jiguang finished watching the military deployment and thought that there was no problem with Li Rusong's arrangement.
The Ming Dynasty was not in a hurry to attack. Both the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese pirates fought in foreign countries, but the Ming Dynasty had no offensive pressure, while the Japanese had great offensive pressure. If they could not capture Pyongyang, they would not be able to plunder, and their morale would not be maintained, so they would definitely take risks.
"In Pyongyang City, Deputy Commander Li did not ask for anything. We will wait until Commander Qi arrives." Zu Chengxun quickly answered this key question. Li Huo left Pyongyang to Dingzhou. Dingzhou had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and would not open the city gate for Li Huan. Li Huo went to Anzhou again, but Anzhou did not open the city gate for him. Li Huo went around in circles and had no choice but to return to Pyongyang.
The reason why the Ming army did not ask for Li Ao immediately was because the Ming army in the DPRK was insufficient in number and needed the deposed king of North Korea, Li Ao, to stabilize the morale of the North Korean side.
"Immediately send an order to Pyongyang to escort Li Huo to Yizhou." Qi Jiguang met Yi Sunchen, and Yi Sunchen was very dissatisfied with Li Huo. Moreover, Li Huo was now being imprisoned in Pyongyang instead of sitting on the throne and giving orders.
How come Han Kecheng was defeated and killed, and ended up paraded on a long pole by the Japanese pirates? Li Sunchen took it as a warning.
At this time, in the Anhak Palace in Pyongyang City, Yi Sun-sin led a group of armored soldiers, striding towards the middle palace. All the eunuchs who blocked Yi Sun-shin were pushed away by Yi Sun-shin, and the men were so aggressive. , everyone in the palace was frightened and hurriedly ran away.
Yi Sun-shin led a group of people into the middle palace of Anhe Palace, and saw Li Ao who was under house arrest, and his blood surged.
"Li He! Are you crazy!" Yi Sun-shin held up a letter in his hand and said sternly: "You are the king of Joseon! Is this how you act like a king? Are you worthy of being a king too!"
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Yi Sunchen put Li Ao under house arrest in Anhe Palace, not to bargain with the Ming Dynasty. In fact, he still had a little bit of luck. After all, Li Ao was also a king. As long as he was alive and still in the palace, this North Korean rebel Everyone recognized this royal flag. Yi Sun-shin kept Li Xian behind just to drive the Japanese pirates into the sea earlier.
Yi Sun-shin's thinking was actually very simple. No matter what the situation was like after the war, if he went to the Ming Dynasty, the Korean affairs would have nothing to do with him. He would just focus on driving the Japanese pirates into the sea.
"Why is the letter in your hand?!" Li Ao was shocked. Yi Sunchen was the envoy he sent to the Ming Dynasty. Now he turned into a general and placed him under house arrest in Anhe Palace. Now, Yi Sunchen even brought him with him. A group of soldiers rushed in front of him.
"Yi Sun-shin, you are so bold!" Li Huo changed his mind, forced himself to stand up calmly, and reprimanded loudly.
Li Sunchen's eyes widened with anger, he grabbed Li Huo's collar, hit Li Huo's forehead hard with his head, and said sternly: "Am I bold? I am more courageous than you, you even dare to do it to your ancestors Betray? Ask the internal officials to send your handwritten letter to the Japanese pirate camp!”
"Don't you know what your letter says? You have to promise the Japanese pirates to go to Sanluo, Kyoto of Japan!"
"You! What the hell!"
"Ah!" Li Sunchen kicked Li He to the ground and took a step back. He was so angry that he couldn't describe it in words.
"Whoa!" A white light flashed, and Yi Sunchen's knife was placed on Li He's neck.
"You act like a king!" Yi Sun-shin was about to attack, but the soldier beside him held him back.
The soldier said anxiously: "General, no! If you kill him, how can you explain it to the Ming Dynasty? To expel the Japanese pirates, you have to rely on the heavenly soldiers, General!"
Of course, Yi Sunchen also knew that the Ming Dynasty had no intention of asking for Li Huan for the time being, and also hoped that with such a royal flag, the rebels all over Korea could have a backbone instead of a mob. The Japanese pirates had a solid 150,000 people on the Korean Peninsula.
The Ming Dynasty did not pronounce a verdict, so Yi Sunchen could not deal with it privately.
Li Hao was frightened. He didn't expect that Yi Sunchen was really going to take action. He already felt the pain. Yi Sunchen really wanted to kill him! He was so frightened that he lost control. His nose burst into tears and he murmured repeatedly: "I was wrong, I was wrong! I really know I was wrong."
"It's not that you know you're wrong, you know that you're about to die." Yi Sun-shin exhaled and put the knife back into its scabbard.
"I can't kill him, can I give him a good beating?" Yi Sunchen asked, tilting his head and looking at Li Huan who was paralyzed on the ground in fear.
The soldier let go and said, "Of course!"
"Beat him!" A cruel smile appeared on Li Sunchen's lips. Li Huan was a king who was canonized and deposed by the Ming Dynasty. He couldn't be killed, but that didn't mean he couldn't be beaten!
When Li Huo saw the casserole-sized fist coming towards his face, he knew he was about to suffer. The punch was powerful and heavy, containing resentment.
In the Battle of Linjin, if Li Hao had not listened to the slanderous words and urged Han Kecheng to march into the army, the situation would not have been so critical, and the Ming army would not have entered the dynasty. Even the foothold had to be managed by himself.
(End of chapter)