Listening to Li Zhu handing out gifts like a grand gift, Pang Gang felt very happy, but he had to pretend to be very calm and nodded frequently, with a smile on his face to express his gratitude.
Although Pang Gang is now very rich selling refined salt, no one would think that he has too much money to burn his hands. He is still very touched by the generous behavior of this cheap father-in-law. But he also knows that the reason why Li Zhu gave the gift
The reason for paying such a large dowry was firstly to express gratitude to him for rescuing North Korea, and secondly because he was afraid that his daughter would suffer a loss in his family in the future. Although his daughter's wife was considered an equal wife when she married into her family, she was still older than the main wife.
Fu Lai was still a little short of that, so the money was probably given to him to make up for the guilt in his heart.
"What a pity the hearts of parents in the world!" Pang Gang couldn't help but sigh secretly when he thought of this. However, although he was a little moved, there were still some things he had to do.
Pang Gang stood up again, bowed to Li Zhu and his wife, and said loudly: "My son-in-law Pang Gang has met my father-in-law and mother-in-law."
This was the first time that Pang Gang met his father-in-law and his mother-in-law as a son-in-law in public. Naturally, he couldn't do it casually. Li Zhu and Concubine Xian sat upright in their seats, smiled and waved for him to stand up.
Li Jie also smiled and said: "Please rise, my dear son-in-law. Today is the day of celebration. We will only discuss business matters."
Pang Gang smiled and said: "Thank you for your generosity, Your Highness. That would be rude to Pang Gang."
"Hahaha... You're welcome, we are all a family!" Li Zhu seemed to be in high spirits and burst into laughter.
After everyone had finished shouting, Bingcao Banshu tentatively asked Pang Gang why he wanted to hold a wedding with Princess Jiayi. After all, since you have given her a title, you can't just use a small sedan chair to marry a concubine.
If something happened to be brought in through the back door, a grand wedding must be held, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the Korean royal family.
However, Pang Gang felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this. He thought to himself, this is not right. Why are you so anxious about your brother getting married? There is no need to urge him to go back and get married. When he thought about it more carefully, hey, it turns out this is what happened.
The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs was afraid that his brother would stay in North Korea and cause trouble in North Korea in the name of his son-in-law.
"Haha... I'm afraid these guys are the ones who are talking about burning bridges across the river." Pang Gang, who had figured this out, sneered in his heart and gently twirled the wine glass between his fingers, "These guys are really hard-edged and not soft-hearted.
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Pang Gang gently put down his wine glass and said to Jin Shiyan, the military judge: "Don't worry, sir, the Qing soldiers have been expelled from North Korea. Naturally, I will lead my troops back to China soon, and I won't be delayed in North Korea for too long."
"Hey, sir, why are you in such a hurry to go back? Why don't you stay in North Korea for a while so that my North Korean subjects can fulfill their loyalty as landlords." Although Jin Shiyan wanted to let the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers in the city leave as fast as possible,
But I definitely have to keep it in mind.
"There's no need to stay. I'm busy with official duties in Qingzhou, so I can't stay in North Korea for a long time." Pang Gang had an impatient look on his face at this time. He waved his hand and said: "But I still have one more thing to do.
I have something to trouble Mr. Laojin."
"Master Pang, please tell me. As long as I can do it, I have no excuses!" Hearing Pang Gang's promise to leave as soon as possible, Jin Shiyan immediately felt his heart in his stomach, as if he was a good brother showing loyalty.
Pang Gang said calmly: "It's like this. Recently, Qingzhou wants to train its navy, but it lacks navy officers and generals. I want to borrow your country's Li Xiaojun to control it for a period of time. I will let him return to China after the Qingzhou navy is trained. I wonder if you can
Cutting off love?"
"Oh, no problem. There is no big war in the navy now, so let him stay in Qingzhou for now." Jin Shiyan was very happy to do such a generous thing.
"Then I would like to thank you for your generosity." Pang Gang smiled: "Although today is a great day, there are some things that should not be mentioned, but I am about to return to my country, but I want to remind you."
"Master Pang, please speak." Jin Shiyan poured a glass of wine nonchalantly and brought it to his lips.
"Well, it's like this. When I was chasing Amin a few days ago, I saw their Rui Prince Dorgon leading an army of 50,000 people by the Yalu River to meet Amin's remaining soldiers. Therefore, I just
We have no choice but to withdraw our troops. However, according to my estimation, Dorgon's troops stationed on the Yalu River are not just for fun. They must have other purposes. You must take care of yourself."
"The bells jingle..."
The wine glass in Jin Shiyan's hand suddenly fell to the ground, and there was a crisp sound.
"What, Dorgon stationed 50,000 troops by the Yalu River?"
Jin Shiyan screamed, his voice was so loud that everyone around him heard his exclamation.
"What, Dorgon is here?"
At this moment, almost everyone exclaimed, and many people's faces turned pale in an instant.
Pang Gang saw the changes in everyone's faces, and he couldn't help but thought to himself: "It seems that Dorgon's reputation in the hearts of Koreans is even more terrifying than Amin's."
Pang Gang also came across some information about Dorgon in later generations. Those who praised him said that he was "an outstanding statesman and military strategist in the early Qing Dynasty, a key figure in completing the unification of the Qing Dynasty, and a practical figure in the early days of the Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs."
As a ruler, he is evaluated as: establishing the foundation of the country and achieving unification, and he has made the most outstanding achievements!"
But in fact, in Pang Gang's view, although Dorgon had certain military talents, the mass massacres, barbaric plundering, and rape of women and other crimes he committed against Mongolians, Koreans, and Han people before and after entering the customs were
It is an unforgivable sin. There are also "six major malpractices": shaving hair, changing clothes, enclosing land, occupying houses (invading houses), surrendering (robbing Han people as slaves), fleeing (the fugitive law), and continuing
The longest one is the fugitive law. In June of the seventh year of Shunzhi, Guangxi Governor Guo Zhaoji and others were executed for "taking fifty-three fugitives without authorization." In the tenth year of Shunzhi, heavy rains caused disasters, and "every place in Zhili was flooded.
"Thousands of people were displaced, supporting the old and young, and living in Shandong. However, the law was strict and they did not dare to take in the fugitives, so the refugees moved away crying."
Such a person with many evil deeds has such a bad reputation. No wonder everyone in North Korea panicked when they heard Dorgon's arrival.
Li Zhuo's face, which had turned reddish after drinking a few glasses of wine, instantly turned livid, and he said tremblingly: "What! Is Dorgon going to send troops to North Korea?"
Concubine Xian, who was sitting next to Li Zhu, was also frightened and turned pale. She stretched out her small hands to cover her tall chest and said in a trembling voice: "General Pang... General Pang, you can't joke about this. Dorgon really
Have you arrived at the Yalu River?"
"How can it be true that this is what Pang saw with his own eyes?" Pang Gang said displeased: "I was on the other side of the Yalu River at that time, and the Qing army rushing to the rescue over there happened to arrive, and I could see their flags clearly.
It’s so clear, how can it be false? If Your Highness and Princess have any doubts, they can just send someone to check it out and they’ll find out.”
Pang Gang said this, and now everyone knew the seriousness of the matter. Everyone looked at each other. Only Pang Gang, Da Zhuang, Li Yuan and others were slowly tasting rice wine.
However, the civil and military officials of North Korea were not stupid enough. After a while, their eyes all focused on one person.
"Man Pangda, don't leave yet. When Dorgon comes, you can't leave North Korea alone!"
"General Pang, you'd better stay in North Korea first!"
"Yes, Dorgon is coming, what should we do?"
At this time, everyone was dumbfounded. They originally thought that Amin had been driven away, and now he was living the good life again. Unexpectedly, Dorgon, who was even more cruel than Amin, came again.
Only then did they remember the general from the Ming Dynasty in front of them, and one by one they began to plead with Pang Gang.
However, Pang Gang and the others only lowered their heads and drank the rice wine in sips without any thought of speaking.
"I really think that I am a chamber pot. When I use my brother, I will beg with shameless expressions. When I am done, I will kick my brother away!"
Seeing the cold-faced Pang Gang, Jin Shiyan sitting next to him turned blue and red. Who could have made him so eager to send them away? Well, now the Qing soldiers are here again. You must be dumbfounded!
In desperation, he had no choice but to look at his boss sitting in front of him. The three thousand miles of North Korea belong to you. You can't just let us do everything. Now it's your turn to take action.
Li Zhu had no choice but to put on a smile and said to Pang Gang: "Xian son-in-law, originally you wanted to go back to get married and I couldn't stop you, but now seeing that the Qing army is about to attack North Korea again, can you stay in North Korea a little longer?
Woolen cloth?"
Pang Gang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, it's not that my son-in-law is unreasonable, but the Qing soldiers are currently stationed by the Yalu River. I don't know when they will come over, and I can't just lead the army here."
Is this a waste? The food and wages consumed by the army staying for one more day are not low!"
"What should we do?" Li Zhu also panicked. Now the Qing army is only stationed by the Yalu River, but no one can guarantee when they will attack. Maybe they will attack as soon as Pang Gang's army leaves.
?Should he invite others to come over when the time comes? He already had a daughter posted last time, but he doesn’t have a second daughter to give away.
"Xian son-in-law, for Xuezhu's sake, please save our North Korea." Seeing her husband in such a difficult situation, the concubine Xian on the side also began to plead.
Seeing everyone looking at him eagerly, Pang Gang also felt that he had already done enough foreplay, and if he continued it, it would be too much. He pretended to be embarrassed and thought for a while, then frowned and said: "Well, I have an idea. Let's see.
Let’s see if it works. If you think it can’t, just pretend I didn’t say anything. What do you think?”
"What's the idea?" As soon as Pang Gang said this, everyone looked over...