The ministers below trembled and fell to the ground. The envoys who had been asked back cried and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the regent of the Qing Dynasty said that we gave too little food and grass, which was far from what they expected. Then, the regent would be angry and killed the envoys we sent."

As soon as this statement was made, in the early days of the reign of King Lee Seung of Korea, the war against the Ming Dynasty by the Later Jin Dynasty had already achieved an overwhelming victory, especially after Huang Taiji inherited the Khan throne. He decided to conquer Korea first and then conquer the Ming Dynasty. Huang Taiji personally led the Later Jin army to attack Korea. Although Li Seung of Korea actively prepared for war to resist the Later Jin Dynasty, the Korean army was defeated, and the Ming Dynasty, which was already in danger of protecting itself, was no longer as capable of protecting the Korean dynasty as the Wanli Korean War.

Later, Huang Taiji called the emperor in Shenyang and changed the country's name to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty was officially established. In the same year, Huang Taiji began to issue an ultimatum to the Joseon Dynasty, demanding that the Joseon Dynasty cut off its relations with the Ming Dynasty, surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and become a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, but North Korea's Lee Seung firmly refused.

So in the second year, Huang Taiji began to launch a final decisive battle against the Joseon Dynasty, and the North Korean army suffered heavy casualties. Li Ni was forced to helplessly and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with all his royal family members and civil and military ministers. He himself held a ceremony of three kneeling and nine kowtow to Huang Taiji in front of the subjects across the country, acknowledging the Qing Dynasty as the suzerain of North Korea and completely severing relations with the Ming Dynasty. In this scene, all the Korean subjects were crying, which was the most cowardly moment in North Korea's Li Ni's life.

Afterwards, all of Li's sons and daughters-in-law were taken back to the Qing Dynasty as hostages, as a guarantee for North Korea to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Later, in view of North Korea's surrender, the Ming Dynasty grew stronger. Huang Taiji was afraid that North Korea would turn to the Ming Dynasty again, so he sent Li Ni's son back to North Korea to show favors.

Now that the Qing Dynasty turned against each other again, Dorgon killed their envoy in anger because he did not have enough food and grass to pay them tribute.

The North Korean Ministry of Revenue officials were the first to stand out and cried and said, "Your Majesty, the frost disaster last year was severe, and our own grain production was reduced by more than half. There were many disasters everywhere. The national treasury raised so much food there in a short period of time. Even the things we sent to the Qing Dynasty were finally collected."

The envoy who fled back from Shenyang even cried and said, "Report to Your Majesty, then, the Regent Dorgon said. The food and grass are doubled on the original basis. If the raising task is not completed, they will definitely raise troops and kill us without leaving any armor."

There were also ministers who were pro-war factions, such as the Minister of War, who stood up and said angrily: "It is better to break up than to be a complete set of things. The Qing Dynasty is so aggressive. We might as well fight with them!"

"Work, how to fight? Even if we have all the money, we are not the opponent of the Qing Dynasty."

"We North Korean people were originally blessed by the Ming Dynasty and deeply felt the great kindness of the Celestial Kingdom. Now the Qing Dynasty is in great power and no one comes to help us. Instead of waiting for death, we should fight hard."

"Yes, even if you can't beat it, you will be remembered forever. Even if you fight all our powers, you will still kill him and the Qing Dynasty!"

"Yes, if you fight with them, even if you lose your country and the race, you will fight with them!"

The officials of the pro-war faction were filled with righteous indignation, and the reason was very simple. North Korea could not meet the demands made by Dorgon at all. Even if all the food in North Korea was offered, it was still not enough in the end.

The food was given to the Qing Dynasty, what should the Korean people do? Could it be that they could only watch and starve to death?

Instead of being dead, it is better to fight. Even if you fight to the death, even if you fight all the entire North Korea, you will have to fight to the end with the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, this was just a small number of people who were filled with righteous indignation. Most people, including King Li, wanted peace talks. They all hoped that there would be room for negotiation with the Qing Dynasty.

The Lord sent his ministers, King Li Ne's father-in-law stood up tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the Qing Dynasty is invincible. The Eight Banners Cavalry swept the world, and even if we are the whole country, we are definitely not opponents. The old ministers think that we should raise more food and grass and send envoys to explain. The people of our North Koreans are unwilling to respect him. In fact, our small country is in a small corner and has limited ability. I also ask the emperor's father to forgive the crime. Our North Korean can only do our best and do our best."

As soon as this statement was made, it immediately echoed the words of a group of timid officials who were afraid of death. They plundered the people's wealth and ointment and paid tribute to the Qing Dynasty. What's their business? The lives and death of the people have nothing to do with them. As long as they can protect their high officials and generous salaries, this is enough.

The main reason is that the strength of North Korea and the Qing Dynasty was too disparate, and it would be useless to fight the entire North Korea. Not only Li Gui knew this, but Dorgon knew it very well.

That's why Dorgon dared to be so arrogant. He just wanted to step on North Korea and rub it freely.

What is the reason for doing this? Are you not afraid of North Korea's rebellion?

In fact, Dorgon also considered it in a comprehensive way. He was not a brainless guy. He knew very well that the reason why North Korea surrendered to the Qing Dynasty was just because it was apart from appearance. In private, these Koreans were fantasizing about becoming a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty again.

After all, it is easy to enjoy the shade by relying on a big tree. The Ming Dynasty has always been very courteous to its vassal states. As a country above the Celestial Empire, it will not bully its own vassal states, because the Ming Dynasty itself has a vast land and a wealth of resources. It is not too frequent, and it will also help these small countries.

The Qing Dynasty is different. You can’t even have food to eat, so you can only grab yours.

If North Korea is not completely defeated from top to bottom, their desire to resist will not die. Only by completely destroying their will to resist will they be willing to surrender to the feet of the Qing Dynasty and dare not have any unfair intentions.

This is why Dorgon killed the Korean envoy who came to transport food and grass without saying a word. He was demonstrating to North Korea to let them know the consequences of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

But what Dorgon could not have imagined was that even though they blocked the exchanges between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty, the North Korean envoys still took the risk to Dengzhou Island by sea. Then, they went to the Forbidden City with difficulty.

In the end, Emperor Chongzhen agreed to send troops to Korea to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Sure enough, the quarrel in North Korea was a big deal. Most officials still sought peace, but they still wanted to try their best to meet the requirements of the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, they begged to show weakness and begged the Regent Dorgon to let the side go.

As a result, the Korean people were completely affected. Almost all of them were raided and their property was confiscated and sent to the Qing Dynasty.

For a time, there was a lot of grief in North Korea. The Korean people who could not stand the oppression and those who could not survive also began to rebel one after another. Rebels continued to occur everywhere.
Chapter completed!