Chapter 737: On a certain time travelers interest in climbing the technology tree
Outside the Imperial City!
The crown prince of Joseon was still kneeling, waiting for Zhu Hongyu to be received.
Since the position where he knelt was the place where many ministers must pass when going to and from court, the crying palace of the Joseon Crown Prince was seen by many people.
Some courtiers of the Ming Dynasty who were obsessed with saving face felt that North Korea's attitude was already very respectful, and the Ming Dynasty should send troops to rescue North Korea out of morality.
After all, North Korea was the first vassal of the Ming Dynasty. How could the Ming Dynasty sit back and watch North Korea collapse?
However, since the emperor never expressed his position on this matter, few civil and military officials in the Ming Dynasty dared to say anything.
In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's attitude can determine most things!
Li Yan knelt on the ground. Even though soft cushions were laid on the ground in advance, his knees still inevitably felt sore and numb after kneeling for a long time.
His face is also visibly pale!
My eyes were red and swollen like two peaches due to long-term tears.
His thin body looked as if he would collapse if the wind blew.
At this moment, an entourage dressed as a Korean walked through the crowd and stumbled to Li Yan's side.
He knelt down with a pop and said with a voice full of sadness!
"Shi...His Royal Highness, something is not right!"
"Something bad is going to happen!"
When Li Yan heard this, he raised his lowered head and couldn't help but frown and asked.
"What's going on? What's going on?"
"What happened?"
The attendant cried and wiped his tears, and spoke with a voice full of sorrow.
"His Royal Highness, news from North Korea!"
"The king led his army to fight against the Qing invaders in Inchon. Our army was defeated miserably, and tens of thousands of troops were wiped out in one battle!"
"The king fled to Jeju Island and planned to transfer to Ming Dynasty for refuge through Jeju Island!"
"North Korea...is finished!"
The entourage cried loudly, attracting the attention of Ming officials who were preparing to go to court.
Under the gazes of one after another, Li Yan's body completely collapsed and he sat paralyzed outside the Ming Dynasty Imperial City.
The expression on his face showed an obvious emotional breakdown.
"No...this is impossible!"
Li Yan couldn't believe what his followers said.
The surrounding Ming officials seemed to understand the cause of the matter, and pointed at Li Yan one after another.
It's just that when they pointed at Li Yan, their actions were more subtle.
Li Yan's mood collapsed. After getting up from the ground, he stumbled towards the gate of the imperial city regardless of the soreness in his legs and feet.
While stumbling and running wildly, he was still shouting.
"His Majesty!"
"I demand to see His Majesty!"
"I demand to see His Majesty!"
"If Your Majesty doesn't see me, I will crash into the palace wall and die!"
"..."
In order to make the matter bigger, Li Yan forced Zhu Hongyu to meet him, and even bumped into the red palace wall.
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The soldiers of the imperial guard division of the Ming army who were responsible for guarding the imperial city gate did not react in time, or they did not expect that Li Zhen would really hit him.
He didn't have time to stop him, and watched helplessly as Li Yan's head hit the palace wall.
Suddenly, a large piece of his forehead was broken, and blood gurgled out!
It caused a lot of noise and commotion all around!
…
As the emperor, Zhu Hongyu usually had many rituals.
However, steps such as those carried by sixteen or thirty-two people are only used in a few ceremonial occasions.
Normally, the Buchu he rides is carried by eight people.
Zhu Hongyu sat on the pedestal, walked on the royal road, and headed towards Fengtian Hall.
The stone paved road under your feet is quite smooth, and your steps are very smooth.
Even while sitting and walking on the road, Zhu Hongyu continued to review the memorial.
At this moment, a guard came running from a distance. The guard came to Zhu Hongyu, breathed heavily, and opened his mouth to report.
"Your Majesty, something happened outside the imperial city!"
"The Crown Prince of Joseon banged his head against the wall outside the imperial city in order to see His Majesty. He was already bleeding..."
When Zhu Hongyu heard this, the originally calm and indifferent expression on his face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a frown in deep thought.
"what is going on?"
The guard relayed to Zhu Hongyu what happened outside the imperial city today.
Zhu Hongyu couldn't help but rubbed his eyebrows and said.
"That's all, let's have an audience with the Crown Prince Li Yin at the court meeting later!"
The North Korea incident has been delayed for so long, and it is time for it to come to an end.
Thinking of this, Zhu Hongyu gave instructions to Wei Yonghe, the personal eunuch beside him.
"Go to the Imperial College and ask Zhao Kang to talk to Li Yin..."
After giving these instructions, Zhu Hongyu ordered the team to continue heading towards Fengtian Palace while continuing to review the memorial.
Each memorial was reviewed by Zhu Hongyu and then signed and stamped, or simply written in one word.
This kind of thing is actually very boring!
But as a qualified emperor, Zhu Hongyu cannot avoid these things.
Suddenly, Zhu Hongyu's movement of reviewing the memorial stopped.
The expression on his face kept changing, as if he had seen something interesting.
What he has in his hand is a report on the test plan of a steam ironclad ship submitted by the Ming Dynasty Royal Research Institute.
Request the imperial court to set aside a piece of water for testing of steam ironclad ships!
Zhu Hongyu looked at the plan, and his originally lazy eyes suddenly brightened up.
Zhu Hongyu is not very interested in boring government affairs, but he is always interested in climbing the technological tree.
…
In the big square in front of Fengtian Temple!
The ministers were divided into two groups, one side was the generals in military uniforms, and the other side was the civil servants in official robes.
Regardless of whether they were civil servants or military generals, their chest patches were embroidered with birds and animals.
This is actually where the term "dressed beast" comes from.
Immediately afterwards, the ministers stood according to different official ranks, waiting for the emperor to enter.
Bang! Bang!
After several sound of whips, Zhu Hongyu entered the arena on a horse.
"I see your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
"I see your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
"..."
Amidst waves of congratulations, they walked across the square in front of Fengtian Hall, climbed onto the Danbi Stone, and arrived in front of the dragon chair outside Fengtian Hall.
Zhu Hongyu flicked his sleeves and robe and sat on the dragon chair.
His eyes glanced around below, focusing on the body of Joseon Crown Prince Li Yan, whose head was wrapped in a thick layer of gauze, but blood was still seeping out.
"Everyone of your family is equal!"
Zhu Hongyu said.
The ministers got up from the ground.
Zhu Hongyu then spoke.
"If there is something going on, go ahead and leave the court if there is nothing going on!"
As soon as Zhu Hongyu finished speaking, Shi Yongxin, the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, took a step out of the court squad and spoke.
"Your Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army has an urgent military situation to report!"
As he spoke, he held a red lacquer military newspaper high above his head.
When Zhu Hongyu heard this, he nodded slightly and said.