Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

After Ming Yuzhen's death, her youngest son ascended the throne, and the indecisive Empress Dowager Peng ruled the country from behind the scenes.

At that time, the Great Xia Dynasty had only been established for a short time, and people's hearts were not stable.

As a result, they bullied orphans and widows, fought for power, hurt each other, and even murdered each other.

First, the prime minister assassinated the prefect. Then, an official in the inner court who was on good terms with the prefect falsely conveyed the empress dowager's decree, summoned the prime minister into the palace to discuss matters, and strangled him to death.

Pingzhang, who was stationed in Baoning, raised an army in the name of clearing the court of corrupt officials and took control of the city.

Within a short period of time, Daxia was plagued by frequent internal strife and misrule by powerful officials. Empress Dowager Peng was unable to control the situation, and the country never recovered from that decline.

At the same time, on the Ming side, the late emperor was fighting more and more fiercely.

He successively eliminated the separatist forces of Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and others.

Two years after Ming Yuzhen's death, he proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian and officially established the Ming Dynasty.

The late emperor once tried to write a letter to persuade Ming Yuzhen’s youngest son Mingsheng to surrender, saying bluntly: "A fish is swimming in a boiling pot, and a swallow is building a nest on a dangerous curtain. Disaster is approaching, but they are unaware of it."

But Mingsheng never replied.

It's not that he doesn't want to.

But he had no idea that the late emperor had written this letter of persuasion for surrender.

In the court of Daxia, the one who called the shots was neither him nor his mother.

But a powerful official.

After enduring for a few years, the late emperor sent armies from the north and south to attack Daxia.

The commander of the southern army was Tang He, Marquis of Zhongshan and General Zhengxi.

The commander of the Northern Army was Fu Youde, Marquis of Yingchuan and former general of the Conquering the Enemy Army.

The two armies advanced side by side and reached Chongqing in less than half a year.

Mingsheng left the city and surrendered.

The Great Xia Kingdom lasted only eight years and lasted for two generations before it perished.

After Mingsheng surrendered, the late emperor did not treat him unfairly.

He was conferred the title of Marquis of Guiyi, and while he was provided with food and clothing, he was taken to the capital and imprisoned.

Like Mingsheng, Chen Youliang's son Chen Li was also granted a title of nobility and imprisoned.

Like Mingsheng, Chen Li was the second generation of the royal family and died after two generations of the country.

Mingsheng was only fifteen when he became the king of a fallen country. Chen Li was nineteen.

When two young kings of a fallen country get together, it is inevitable that they will feel sad about the passing of time.

Chen Li was a little older and was much more depressed than Mingsheng, so his complaints reached the ears of the late emperor from time to time.

Although the late emperor felt that these two little brats were not capable of causing any big trouble.

But I'm also afraid that these two people might mislead me into doing something stupid.

So in the fifth year of Hongwu, Chen Li and Mingsheng were packed up and escorted to Goryeo by the previous emperor.

At that time, Goryeo had an unclear relationship with the remnants of the former Yuan Dynasty and was very two-faced.

The late emperor sent these two to Goryeo, which was a good use of waste.

Treat these two little guys as thorns driven into Goryeo. It doesn't matter if they have any effect in Goryeo, they will just be thorns in the eyes in China anyway.

King Gongmin of Goryeo, Wang Zhuan, received Mingsheng and Chen Li.

The late emperor sent an envoy to secretly send a message to King Gongmin, stating that Mingsheng and Chen Li were in Goryeo - neither officials nor civilians.

So King Gongmin personally investigated Mingsheng and Chen Li.

Chen Li is just an ordinary young man, nothing outstanding about him.

But it was different for Mingsheng. When he was young, Empress Dowager Peng brought him up very carefully. He not only knew "The Book of Filial Piety" and "The Analects of Confucius", but also had good literary talent. Most importantly, he was also good at playing Go.

Prince Gongmin was a Go expert, and Mingsheng just catered to his taste.

In the end, Chen Li was only given nine pieces of ramie cloth.

As for Mingsheng, King Gongmin allocated Yeongan and Baichuan counties to Mingsheng's family as tribute land, and used the Xingguo Temple in Songdu as his family's residence, and also provided corresponding slaves and servants. Mingsheng lived the life of a Goryeo noble in Goryeo.

In addition to being talented, Mingsheng is also good-looking.

The looks and height of ordinary men in the Central Plains are better than those of Goryeo men, but Mingsheng is one of the most suave men in the Central Plains.

Therefore, Goryeo's chief minister Yin Xizong married his daughter to Mingsheng.

The position of Zonglang was equivalent to the Shilang of the Ming Dynasty and was a high-ranking official in Goryeo.

In addition to being a nobleman himself, Mingsheng was also the son-in-law of a high-ranking official.

After marriage, Mingsheng and Yin lived in harmony and gave birth to four sons.

Through Yin's family, Mingsheng became close friends with Lee Seong-gye, a senior official of Goryeo at the time and the founder of the Joseon Dynasty.

The two people, who were more than 20 years apart in age, often played Go together and their relationship became increasingly close.

When Lee Seong-gye overthrew Goryeo and established Joseon, the clothes he wore when he ascended the throne were sewn by Mingsheng's mother, Peng.

Not only is the style novel, but it also fits perfectly.

An old lady in her seventies, who had once been the queen and the empress dowager, took an embroidery needle and sewed the crown clothes for Lee Seong-gye to wear stitch by stitch.

Lee Seong-gye was deeply moved by Queen Dowager Peng's kindness.

The relationship between these two families is undoubtedly closer.

After Lee Seong-gye ascended the throne, he specially named Myeong-seung the King of Hwasu, and allowed him to enjoy the hereditary salary of loyalty and meritorious service of the Joseon Kingdom.

This actually went against the previous emperor's will of not serving as an official or serving the people.

But because of the long distance, the Ming Dynasty was completely unaware of this matter.

Because of Lee Seong-gye's admiration, Queen Mother Peng later popularized the popular clothing and jewelry styles of the Ming Dynasty in Korea, and taught the Korean royal palace the "art of wearing lotus flowers."

This allowed North Korea's entire clothing manufacturing technology to develop rapidly.

Mingsheng's four sons not only became high-ranking officials of the Joseon Dynasty, but also married the daughters of high-ranking Joseon officials one after another.

The eldest son, Mingyi, was posthumously conferred the title of Zixian Daifu.

The second son, Mingqian, was conferred the title of Doctor and Zonglang of Jiajing.

The third son, Mingjun, was conferred the title of Doctor of Jiajing and Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council.

The fourth son, Mingxin, was conferred the title of Tongxun Doctor and Shilang.

Even though Lee Seong-gye was later imprisoned, Mingsheng, his close friend who had already established himself, and the four sons of the Ming family were not affected and continued to serve as officials in the court.

So, when Zhu Zhanji contacted Lee Seong-gye, Lee Seong-gye had no soldiers, but the Ming family did.

Not only that, he also has a complex network of relationships in the court.

There are Ming family members or Ming family relatives in Ningbian, Shuozhou, Yunshan, Xichuan, Zhonghe, Datong, Rongzhou, Pingshan, Gaoxing, Yan'an and other places.

Mingsheng doesn't care who rules North Korea.

Mingsheng only cares about whether his elderly friend, Lee Seong-gye, can leave the palace and no longer be imprisoned during his lifetime.

As a result, many places here were taken over almost without bloodshed.

That's basically half of North Korea's territory.

Lee Bang-won has now retreated to the Korean Peninsula, closer to the East China Sea.

[Small science: The Great Xia Kingdom really existed, and the Ming family has tens of thousands of descendants in Korea. In 1995, the Ming Clan Association published the book "Historical Sites of Emperor Ming Yuzhen, the First Ancestor of the Ming Clan, the Great Xia Emperor", and revised and issued the "Ming Clan Datong Genealogy". Chongqing City allocated 10 yuan to renovate the "Ming Yuzhen Tomb Exhibition Hall". ]