Chapter 375: North Korea's Ownership
Jirgalang cursed Wu Sangui, but Wu Sangui remained unmoved. Instead, he said with a smile, "Congratulations, Admiral! You have commanded the troops with such skill and strategized so well that you have wiped out the Bordered Blue Banner and captured the bandit leader Jirgalang alive. This is a great achievement!"
Facing Wu Sangui's flattery, Zhao Xiaokun smiled and said, "This achievement belongs to Wanshan. We caught Jirgalang here just by chance. It was pure luck, it doesn't count!"
Kong Youde, who sold his daughter for fame and fortune, immediately said to his son-in-law: "It's your good fortune to have such a great fortune, isn't it? Not everyone can have such a great fortune if they want to!"
"Okay! Take him away and send him to the capital to be dealt with by the court!" said Zhao Xiaokun.
Jirgalang continued to shout and curse, but no one paid any attention. What he faced was horrific punishment and endless pain.
"Once the Gubeikou Great Wall defense line is completed, the Jianlu will no longer have the opportunity to move south like this. If they come, they will only get beaten to a pulp. I hope you all will train the troops well during this period. Next time, we may not defend the city, but go north to attack Shengjing!" Zhao Xiaokun said seriously.
"Yes! I will keep it in mind!" everyone said.
Zhao Xiaokun turned around and prepared to go home, and cursed in his heart as he turned around: A bunch of flatterers!
Qin Baobao was taken to the royal palace in the capital.
"What? My sister is pregnant! How could you? How could you..." Qin Baobao couldn't go on.
When she learned that her sister was pregnant, the first thing she thought of was that Zhao Xiaofei had harmed her sister. She didn't know what to say after hearing "how come" twice in a row.
"She is pregnant with my brother-in-law's child!" Zhao Xiaofei explained quickly.
"She became a dowager concubine?" Qin Baobao asked. It had been a while since he came to the Ming Dynasty, and he knew that after the emperor died, his concubine would be promoted to dowager concubine.
"No! The little emperor was tortured to death by your sister! She is now a criminal and has been banished to the cold palace. If the empress dowager hadn't known that she was pregnant, she would have..." Zhao Xiaofei didn't say the rest, but Qin Baobao knew it in his heart.
Qin Baobao hated her sister deeply. Not only did she ruin her own and her future, forcing them to flee to the Ming Dynasty, but she was also unable to return home for the rest of her life. She even wanted to marry her brother-in-law to climb the social ladder.
Seeing her in such bad luck, I should be happy. But I can't feel happy. Instead, I feel heartbroken.
"Then do you want me to go into the palace to take care of her?" Qin Baobao asked.
"Yes! If you want, you can see her tomorrow." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"Okay, I will go to the palace tomorrow!" Qin Baobao agreed without hesitation.
"Then you should go back and rest first!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"How long has it been since you went home to see Miracle? I've heard recently that you were busy suppressing Li Zicheng. The child hasn't seen you for so long, he will miss you very much!" Qin Baobao said.
"I see. I'll go back to see her in the next couple of days!" Zhao Xiaofei said with some guilt. He had indeed not seen his son Qiqi for a long time. Here, his two sons and one daughter were all well taken care of, and his other son was also being watched over in the palace.
Seeing the maid taking Qin Baobao away, Zhao Xiaofei was ready to return to modern society.
At night, Princess Kunxing returned home. Zhao Xiaofei was waiting for her in her room. Princess Kunxing asked, "Shouldn't you go to Sister Shen's room today? Why didn't you go? What are you doing here? Is it because Sister Shen didn't serve you well, or is she angry with her?"
"You asked me four questions at once. Which one do you think I should answer first?" Zhao Xiaofei said with a smile.
"I don't want to bother with you! Just answer whatever you want to answer. I'm too tired to serve you!" The maid beside Princess Kunxing began to undress her.
"I haven't been back there for a long time. I want to go back and see my children and my mother." Zhao Xiaofei said.
Kunxing immediately asked, "Are you going back with your elder brother, or are you going back alone?"
"I'll go back alone first, and we'll decide when to go back, big brother." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"It's time to go back and take a look, and bring back some more gifts. The King of Korea sent an envoy, asking the court to send troops to Korea, and also sent a lot of gifts. There is a hundred-year-old ginseng that you can take to your mother. It is also a filial act from me as a daughter-in-law." Princess Kunxing said.
"When did the King of Korea send the envoy?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"Yesterday! The King of Korea was quite kind and gave me four beauties as a gift! Do you want one?" Princess Kunxing asked jokingly.
"No! Let them go back! Or ask the eldest brother, or reward them to the meritorious officials!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Okay! Then you should go to Sister Shen's room quickly!" Princess Kunxing said.
"Don't rush to kick them out! What was North Korea's response?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"How else can we respond? Just appease them and let them wait. Let us catch our breath!" Kunxing said.
"Tell them later that when we march north, the army will enter North Korea," said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Have you forgotten the lessons of the expedition to Korea during the Wanli period?" Princess Kunxing rolled her eyes at Zhao Xiaofei.
It was Zhao Xiaofei who told her this story, saying that aiding Korea during the Wanli period was the beginning of the Ming Dynasty's decline.
Kunxing remembered this very clearly, so when the Korean envoy came to Beijing yesterday, he sent him away hastily.
"I don't want to aid North Korea. I want the entire North Korea to return to my Han Dynasty." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"How can this be true? Taizu once said that Korea is a country that will not be conquered. And the name of the country was also given by Taizu!" Kunxing said.
"During the Han Dynasty, the Korean Peninsula was a county of the Han Dynasty. Now is the time for us to take it back," said Zhao Xiaofei.
"What about the King of Korea?" asked Princess Kunxing.
"Award him the title of prince, find a princess from the clan, and make her a princess and marry her, isn't that enough?" Zhao Xiaofei said.
"Our dynasty never engages in marriage alliances!" said Princess Kunxing.
"Now that he has become a prince of the Ming Dynasty, it is no longer considered a marriage to a foreign country." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"There are many strange things in the Ming Dynasty. A princess being crowned a princess is a joke!" said Princess Kunxing.
"Don't we still have Lu Ling? Let her, the empress dowager, confer the title!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Then how do we take down North Korea?" asked Princess Kunxing.
"The army will be divided into two routes. One will enter the country through Shanhaiguan, and the other will go by sea. Shi Lang will be in charge of the sea route. The Ming Dynasty has no time to bother with it anymore." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"But what does North Korea have? Apart from Korean ginseng, I really don't know what else we in the Ming Dynasty can covet?" asked Princess Kunxing.
"I'll tell you when I get back, North Korea has a lot of mineral deposits! Go to bed early, and take care of yourself after I'm gone. If you're tired of government affairs, let the cabinet handle them. I don't want to see my wife become a shrew because of government affairs so early, that would be a huge loss for me!"
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