Chapter 136 Self-Thanks for State Affairs
Seoul, the capital of North Korea.
The once prosperous Seoul is now in ruins, with blood stains everywhere on the streets and alleys, and even many corpses that have been cut into blood are thrown in the corners without anyone to clean up. The miserable scene is shocking.
At present, the people of Seoul have either escaped here or hid at home in fear, trying to use a thin door panel to block the vicious soldiers who may break into the door at any time, praying that the war disaster will pass earlier.
Even around the palace, the atmosphere was extremely tense. The battle between Lao Lun and Shao Lun in the city was still not decided. At present, the two factions each accounted for half of Seoul and fought with each other many times. At the same time, they accused the other party of being a rebel, and they all tried to destroy the other party.
However, there is a rare peace in Seoul. This is the official residence of Huang Taohuan, the Minister of the Ming Dynasty in Korea. Although there are traces of fighting outside the official residence, they are now bound by the two factions. Both sides have drawn this place into a restricted area, and no troops are allowed to enter or even attack this place.
In the house, Huang Taohuan, wearing a Taoist robe, was drinking tea leisurely, while the person sitting in front of him was Cui Xiheng, one of the leaders of the Lao Lun Sect, who was familiar with Cui Xiheng, because he had been to the Ming Dynasty as a Korean envoy, and he also signed the treaty for the cedes of Jeju Massacre on behalf of the North Korean king.
"Mr. Huang, attacking this place was done by Shao Lun's traitor. The subordinates promised you that this would never happen again. Please rest assured. As for the subordinates who were injured and killed, our court will give compensation and give you a gift to you." Cui Xiheng handed over a gift, and Huang Taohuan took it with a smile and looked at it.
The gift letter not only contains ordinary gifts, but more importantly, it also contains 50,000 taels of silver and 1,000 taels of gold. This is a considerable amount. It seems that Cui Xiheng is very generous in his actions and is worthy of apology.
Huang Taohuan flipped through the gift letter and smiled: "These are just trivial matters. I have heard of the chaos in the dynasty of the dynasty, but I didn't expect to make such a situation. However, Lord Cui, you just said that Shaolun is a rioter in the court, but according to the news of my official, there seems to be something different! Now the prince of Wang has already said that you are a rioter, why is this?"
"That's Jiao Zhao of the Shaolun Sect's rebellion!" Cui Xiheng changed his color when he heard this and immediately explained: "The king has Zhao orders, and the Shaolun Sect's rebellious party is unquestionable. Before, the Shaolun Sect's assassination of the important officials in the court was confirmed, and then imprisoned the prince of the king and committed a serious crime. What's more annoying is that the Shaolun Sect also sent troops to attack the Lord, and the following crimes are above. Such behavior has never happened in the past. Please ask Lord Huang to investigate!"
Cui Xiheng looked passionate. If he didn't know the truth, he might be blinded by his performance. But what kind of person is Huang Taohuan? How could he be moved by his words? Looking at the other person's appearance, Huang Taohuan looked at him with a smile but didn't speak, which made Cui Xiheng very embarrassed.
"I don't want to hear what happened that day, nor do I want to hold anyone responsible." Cui Xiheng was happy when he heard this, but before he could be happy, Huang Taohuan continued: "No matter whether it is old or young, I don't care at all, but now the situation in North Korea has come like this. Have you ever thought about how to end it? As for the attack on my official residence and the casualties of his subordinates, what does this mean? I think Lord Cui knows it well. Do you think you can rest assured by placing the blame on Shao Lun and Yi Paier?"
"Mr. Huang..."
With a slight wave of his hand, Huang Taohuan continued: "Mr. Cui is also a figure in the Korean Korean Kingdom. Besides, Mr. Cui had been to the Ming Dynasty back then. I think Mr. Cui knows very well. In addition, although the current change was due to an accident, Mr. Cui is a wise man and should know what the real cause is. Does this require me to solve the doubts of Mr. Cui?"
Huang Taohuan's words left Cui Xiheng speechless and didn't know how to answer for a while. As the other party said, things are no longer simple to deal with now.
Initially, the cause of this incident was the death of Jin Chunze, the leader of the Lao Lun Sect, which led to the Lao Lun Sect's anger and began to retaliate against the Shao Lun Sect.
But after thinking about it carefully, was Jin Chunze's death really done by Shao Lun's sect? Obviously there is an unknown secret here. If this matter was really done by Shao Lun's sect, why did Shao Lun's sect not launch it in advance after Jin Chunze's death, and thus annihilate the Lao Lun's sect in one fell swoop?
On the contrary, the Lao Lun faction took the lead and launched a massacre of several important officials of the Shao Lun faction. It was precisely because of this that the Shao Lun faction began to resist desperately under the threat of death that the two factions in the court threatened the king and the prince, each calling themselves orthodox, accusing the other party of fighting endlessly for rebellion, and making trouble to the present.
Until now, both sides can be said to be exhausted. Whether it is the old or the young, these two factions can be said to be equal. No one can destroy each other for the time being, and no one can do anything to each other. At this time, the main figures of the two factions who were initially blinded by anger gradually calmed down and began to notice the problem that something happened at that time.
Although the truth has not been found yet, it will be of no benefit to the two factions if they continue to fight. What's even more serious is that the Ming Dynasty minister to Korea is in Seoul, and his official residence is almost defeated by soldiers who are fighting in chaos. If the two factions hadn't woken up and stopped it immediately, Huang Taohuan might have died in the chaos.
Huang Taohuan is not an ordinary person. He is an important official of the Ming Dynasty and a second-rank official stationed in Korea. Once Huang Taohuan dies in Seoul, you can imagine what kind of reaction the Ming Dynasty will react. This is also the reason why the two factions later restricted their subordinates to classify this place as a forbidden area and sent people to see Huang Taohuan.
Cui Xiheng opened his mouth and finally spoke: "Mr. Huang, North Korea has always respected the Ming Dynasty. The current situation is something that my monarch and ministers of North Korea do not want to see. As this happens, please give me a clear path to North Korea. I am grateful to you!"
As he said that, Cui Xiheng saluted Huang Taohuan with great tribute, but who would have thought that Huang Taohuan would sit there and not move at all, just staring at him quietly.
"Master Huang!" Cui Xiheng said sadly: "I have always been loyal to the Ming Dynasty! Today, the officials come here without any other intentions...."
Before Cui Xiheng finished speaking, Huang Taohuan waved his hand: "What's going on in North Korea now? I think you know more clearly in your heart than in my official position. Not to mention that you can reject the affairs of North Korea alone, even the lord of North Korea cannot make decisions. How can you believe these words? Besides, what is the chaos coming from? I think you have understood now that this matter can be done, but how to understand it is even more difficult, unless..."
"Unless what?"
Seeing Cui Xiheng's anxious look, Huang Taohuan smiled: "You two factions thank you for the state affairs, how about it?"
This sentence was like thunder and thunder, which made Cui Xiheng stunned and couldn't speak for a moment.
Chapter completed!