One Piece of Song Dynasty

The Royal Palace of Goryeo has been under martial law since Wang Mara was brought back. The ministers were waiting outside the palace, and the maids and doctors came in and out. After an hour, crying came from the palace, and Wang Mara's concubine Cui was crying. Then he ran out and shouted: "The king has passed away."

Li Ziqian was extremely shocked and said: "What did you say about the death of the king? Why did the king pass away?"

Mrs. Cui cried and said: "The king originally had a slight bruise on his back and was not in good health. This time when he saw the navy's annihilation in Yecheng Port, he was so angry that he lost all energy. In addition, the old illness relapsed, so he couldn't survive it. .

Li Ziqian asked hurriedly: "Does your Majesty leave any edicts?"

Mrs. Cui replied: "Yes, the king said that the crown prince Wang Kai should succeed to the throne."

Li Ziqian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."

Li Xin left without knowing that the naval battle he commanded caused King Ruizong of Goryeo to die two months earlier than in the original history. Due to Wang Ma's sudden death, the Goryeo court was busy with matters such as Wang Ma's funeral and Wang Kai's enthronement, so they put aside the affairs of Jeju Island.

After Li Xin brought the fleet back to the Jeju City Pier, he asked the fleet to unload all the prisoners. According to statistics, during the battle of Yeseong Port, Li Xin's fleet captured a total of more than Korean soldiers. Li Xin's army also lost fifty people in this battle and injured more than a hundred. The casualties were all caused by the close combat between boats on both sides.

Li Xin asked: "Seven generals, have you brought back the remains of all the martyrs?"

Ruan Xiaoqi replied: "We have brought back all fifty martyrs."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Then let's cremate them all. Keep the ashes after they are burned, and take them back to be buried in the Martyrs Cemetery when someone returns to Xinghan Island."

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "Yes, Lord."

Li Xin continued: "We must try our best to treat the wounded soldiers who are still alive. All soldiers participating in the battle will be rewarded with ten taels of silver each. Those who are slightly injured will receive twenty taels of silver each, and those who are seriously injured will receive fifty taels of silver. If the martyrs are unable to serve in the army after recovering from their injuries, they will follow him back to Xinghan Island, and he will arrange a job for them. When the martyrs return to Xinghan Island, the rewards will be distributed to their families."

Ruan Xiaoqi cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord, I understand."

Li Xin said to Gao Shuo again: "General Gao, these fifteen thousand prisoners also need your help to identify their identities and single out all the bachelors without families."

Gao Shuo replied: "Yes, leader, I'll go right away."

For several days, both Goryeo and Li Xin were busy with their own affairs and did not take the initiative to contact each other. However, Goryeo quickly completed Wang Kai's enthronement ceremony. Wang Kai was only thirteen years old at this time.

On the first day after Wang Kai ascended the throne, he held a court meeting. At the court meeting, Wang Kai named his grandfather Li Ziqian as the co-conspirator for the Anshe Society and the Taishi Zhongshu Ling Shao Chenghou. There was no way that Wang Kai, who had just ascended the throne, was too young to control the court. Tang, and his uncles are also coveting his throne. Wang Kai can only rely on his grandfather Li Ziqian to stabilize his throne.

After returning to court, Wang Kai summoned ministers such as Li Ziqian and Jin Fushi.

Wang Kai asked: "Everyone, at the meeting just now, King Gu did not dare to ask how much our army lost in the battle of Li Chenggang."

Li Ziqian replied: "Your Majesty, all the main ships of our Goryeo naval force were destroyed in this battle, including people on land and water, captured, casualties, and more than people left."

Wang Kai asked again: "What does Grand Master mean? We, Korea, don't have any naval forces at the moment, right?"

Li Ziqian nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, although there are still some ships that can be mobilized by the people, they are all small and medium-sized ships, and there are no big ships."

Wang Kai said: "Everyone, please tell me what the lonely king should do about Tamluo Island. My father kept talking about Tamluo Island before he died."

Zheng Keyong stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I think we should send people to negotiate with the thieves on Tamluo Island. Our army is now unable to launch operations on Tamluo Island. Besides, our army captured people in this battle." The rest also need to be solved." Zheng Keyong and Tuo Junjing should have been responsible for the defeat in the Battle of Licheng Port, but due to Wang Kaixin's accession to the throne and Li Ziqian's intercession, they were exempted from punishment.

Han Anren asked: "Then let's just forget about the fact that the thief made the late king angry to death?"

"Of course we can't just forget it, but at present our army is really unable to attack Tamna Island, and our army will not be able to attack Tamna Island for at least two years. The navy is different from the infantry. It takes time to build naval ships, especially It is a large ship, and the large ships of our army with more than stone are all purchased from the Song Dynasty. We in Goryeo do not have the ability to build large ships. We can only build small and medium-sized ships with a few thousand stone. And have you noticed that on the enemy's ship? Those unknown firearms have a long range and are very powerful. If our Korean naval forces want to get close to the enemy ships, they will have to pay a high price. Therefore, I agree with Master Zheng’s opinion. They can only negotiate with the enemy first. As for Tamna Island, only We can wait until we have the opportunity to talk about it later." Tuo Junjing said through gritted teeth. This battle can be said to have knocked down the halo of Takujun Kyung, the famous Korean general. Takujun Kyung actually wanted to attack Tamna Island for revenge more than anyone else, but he had to face reality.

Jin Boushi stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I also agree to negotiate. The annihilation of the navy will not only make our army unable to attack Tamna Island, but more importantly, it will make our army lose control of the coastal areas. If the enemy What can we do if the fleet blocks our coastal areas? Can we continue sea trade? Taxes from sea trade are the largest tax revenue for our country. How can we maintain such huge expenditures without sea trade?"

Li Ziqian stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I have also agreed to the peace talks. Now is not the time for us to show off our strength. We need to face reality. Moreover, we have not yet figured out the identity of the enemy who occupied Tamna Island. If it is not the Japanese, It would be easier to handle, but if the Japanese really occupied Tamna Island, that would be a real bad thing."

Wang Kai nodded and said: "In that case, let's negotiate peace. Then who should be sent to negotiate?"

Li Ziqian said: "The old minister recommended Mr. Jin Fushi to go to the peace talks. I think Mr. Jin's younger brother Jin Fuzhe was sent by the imperial court to inspect Tamna Island. He has not returned yet and he must have fallen into the hands of the thieves. Therefore, it is most suitable for Mr. Jin to negotiate. ."

When Li Ziqian said this, the others had no objections. Wang Kai nodded and said: "Then I'll trouble Lord Laojin to go and find out the background of the thief first."

Jin Fushi clasped his fists and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I accept the order."

Wang Kai said: "Grand Master, please stay. Others should leave first."

After everyone left, Wang Kai asked: "Grandpa, tell the truth to King Gu, are we unable to take back Tamluo Island?"

Li Ziqian nodded and said: "Yes, at least for now it seems we can't get it back."