Chapter 2325
Chapter 2325
Chapter 2325
Although it has been more than a month since the incident happened, and the Haihan army also arrived in Seoul and began to take over the city defense, the state of military control inside and outside Seoul is still continuing, the only difference is that the implementer has been replaced by the Haihan army.
People in the city are still not allowed to leave the city, but they can leave their residences to go out during the specified time during the day. Stores dealing with daily necessities, such as grocery stores and rice stores, have also reopened one after another.Seeing that the situation is gradually calming down, the mood of the people in the city has also stabilized, thinking that this turmoil should be coming to an end soon.
Then the official released the latest news. Due to the unfortunate death of His Majesty the King, the son who just returned from Haihan Kingdom will succeed to the throne and become the new king. At that time, the martial law regulations in the Seoul area will be gradually lifted, so that people's lives can return to normal. state.
It seems that everything is moving in a good direction, but not everyone has escaped the shadow of the coup.Those who were directly or indirectly involved in the chaos a month ago now have to face strict investigation after the fact.
All kinds of protective umbrellas that have played a role in the officialdom in the past are all ineffective this time, because it is the prince who is about to ascend the throne who ordered the thorough investigation of the assassination of the king, and it is the Haihan people who carry out the investigation task. It would never be wise to oppose any of these parties.
All civil and military officials in the city above the second rank have been notified, and the prince asked them not to leave the city until they were investigated.The military officers who hold military power are the first to bear the brunt. They must report to the Bing Cao Yamen before the designated time, otherwise they will be treated as suspects.
And such an order cannot be resisted. After Shen Jingzhen, the military judge, returned to the city, the military power of all military officers has been temporarily frozen. Without Shen Jingzhen's warrant, they are not allowed to command and mobilize any troops. The possibility of people taking risks.
The office of the temporary investigation agency was located in Bingcao Yamen, but the person in charge of the investigation was not Shen Jingzhen, the judge of Bingcao, but a Haihan. Shen Jingzhen only sat in the second seat to assist in the investigation.
Although this kind of arrangement is a little unreasonable, all the officials in the DPRK and China know that the son went to Haihan for a year, and after this accident, he quickly returned to the country and returned to Seoul to preside over the overall situation under the protection of the Haihan army, which shows the son's respect for Haihan With trust and reliance, it is not surprising to have a Haihan person preside over the investigation.
Even if someone is dissatisfied with the son's way of doing this, he would definitely not dare to publicize it at this moment. After all, the son will soon become the king of the country, and everyone will have to beg for food under his hands in the future. It's time to screw up your job.
As for this investigation, most people just deal with it, and not many people think that the investigation conducted by the Haihan people can really find anything.
But only when they actually entered the Bing Cao Yamen to accept the investigation, they would realize that this investigation was not just to fool the superiors, and it was almost impossible to deal with it casually.The Haihan people who presided over the investigation were quite powerful, and all the questions they asked were straight to the point, and there was Shen Jingzhen sitting next to him, if he didn't cooperate well, he would be suspended on the spot for investigation.
The Naijinwei, sifu, and Habayashiwei, known as the inner three halls, are all regarded as the key objects of this investigation because they are directly responsible for the personal safety of the king.The heads of these three departments have never left the gate of Cao Yamen since the beginning of the investigation.
It took Fu Li about a day to get a general idea of the situation on the day of the accident through interrogation.Regarding the assassination of the king in the imperial study room, it was the servant who served as the guard by his side who responded first. After receiving the warning from the servant, the inner guard and Habayashi immediately imposed martial law inside and outside the palace. On the one hand, they controlled the palace. The insiders blocked the news, and the other side also tried to catch the assassin and his accomplices.
As for the situation in the imperial study room, only a few servants and military officers who were also servants knew about it at that time, and then announced to the outside world that the king was assassinated, and the assassin committed suicide on the spot after succeeding.
Immediately, the imperial guards entered the palace and took away all relevant persons in the name of investigating the case. Even the king's body was secretly transported out of the palace in the same name.And according to reliable news, the top leaders of the imperial guard camp have all promoted Cui Gaoyang, and they are relatives of the same clan as Cui Mingji, who is in charge of politics, and they are Cui Mingji's nephew according to the family tree.Cui Gaoyang's series of actions after the assassination incident seemed to be inseparable from Cui Mingji.
Kim Sang-heon accused Cui Mingji of colluding with the Qing Dynasty to plan the assassination. If it is connected with it, then Cui Gaoyang's actions seem to be just to eliminate the relevant evidence of the assassination.After all, those related people have nothing to say after they are taken out of the palace. Not only do they have no interrogation results, they even disappear. This is obviously not a normal way of investigation.
For this matter, it seems that as long as Cui Gaoyang is detained for a trial, it will be clear, but the problem is that in the previous battle launched by Kim Sang-heon against Cui Mingji's faction, this Cui Gaoyang has already died in battle, and his subordinates have also been dispersed. It is not possible to confirm whether there are other insiders in a short time.
Fu Li had no choice but to turn around and investigate the cum-servant who was the first to warn, but the cum-servant who ordered at that time was also taken away by Cui Gaoyang, and there has been no news since then. What happened in the royal study at that time is not clear.
However, through this series of investigations, Fu Li also confirmed one thing, that is, after the accident in the palace at that time, Cui Mingji and Jin Shangxian, who were important officials of the court, both rushed to the scene of the incident very quickly.This also means that Kim Sang-heon is very likely to be the only insider who knows about the assassination of Yushufang.
However, Qian Tiandun believed that there were many loopholes in Jin Shangxian's initial description of the incident, so he did not trust him, nor did he believe in the version he described. If Fu Li went to him to collect evidence, he would probably come to the same conclusion.
While the investigation work was temporarily stuck in a bottleneck, Li Yan ushered in the most important turning point in his life, inheriting the throne and ascending the throne as king.
But because this matter was decided in a hurry, no large-scale ceremony was held. There were only dozens of North Korean officials and Haihan representatives who were invited to attend in Qinzheng Hall.
After Cui Mingji's death, Kim Sang-heon became the No. 1 court hall, so he presided over this ceremony.Since the previous king had gone west, the whole ceremony also lost a lot of links, starting directly with paying homage to the former king.
According to tradition, Kim Sang-heon took the lead in adding the posthumous title of "Kaitian Zhaoyun Zhengji Xuande Xianwen Liewu Mingsu Chunxiao King" to the deceased king Li Ji, which is quite a sight.
As for the enthronement of the new king, in addition to the designation from the previous king, there is also an indispensable condition that is the approval and canonization from the suzerain country.In the past, Daming was in charge of this errand, and every king of Lee's Korea was canonized by the Central Plains Dynasty, so sitting on the throne was justified.
At this stage, North Korea has basically broken away from its dependence on Ming Dynasty, and no longer regards it as the suzerain state.The canonization job was naturally handed over to Hai Han to complete.It happened that a high-ranking official from Haihan attended the enthronement ceremony, so the matter was handled together.
After being signaled by Kim Sang-heon, Wang Tom stood up, cleared his throat and said loudly: "Our country deeply regrets the unfortunate death of His Majesty the King of your country, and will assist the crown prince to conduct a thorough investigation of what happened before and after His Majesty's death His Royal Highness is young and promising, and has demonstrated extraordinary diplomatic and governing abilities during his study in my country. We are sure that after the crown prince ascends the throne, he will continue to promote the friendly and cooperative relationship between the two countries and continue the unbreakable alliance!"
"On behalf of Haehan Kingdom and the Haehan Executive Committee, I would like to express my approval and congratulations to His Royal Highness Shizi for inheriting the throne of Joseon. From today on, Shizi is the new king of Korea recognized by our country! Our country will continue to cooperate with His Majesty the King as always. We will jointly maintain good diplomatic relations between the two countries and maintain a unified stance on international affairs. Our country will also give firm support to His Majesty the King's way of governing the country."
Although what Wang Tom said was in official language, it had already fully demonstrated Haihan's support for Li Yi—except for Li Yi, he would not recognize anyone who came to sit in this position.
Haihan's attitude was actually expected by all parties. After all, so many resources were invested in Li Yi, how could it be possible to sit back and watch the throne fall by the wayside.
It is worth mentioning that the two brothers who had been avoided by Li Yi since he returned to Seoul finally came to Qinzheng Hall today to watch his brother's enthronement ceremony together.
Li Yan didn't see them, it was actually a suggestion from Hai Han, in order to avoid unnecessary complications as much as possible.After all, some people in the DPRK might still have the idea of taking advantage of the chaos to support his two brothers. It is best for the two brothers to cut off such thoughts.If his two brothers had enough brains, they should understand what Li Yan's attitude meant.
Wang Tom's speech has already expressed Hai Hanguo's opinion, so naturally no one dares to question it.At this point, there was no more obstacle to Li Yi's succession to the throne. Jin Shangxian held up a tray and presented the king's jade seal, asking Li Yi to come to the throne to accept the worship of the officials.
Hearing this, Li Yan straightened his clothes, then slowly climbed up the few steps in the hall, and stood in front of the throne.
He was crowned as the prince's son when he was more than ten years old. It has been more than ten years now, and he has been in charge of the government with his father for several years. Of course, he has dreamed of the day when he will sit on the throne more than once.But when this moment really came, he was not excited, and looked at the officials in the palace with calm eyes, as if he wanted to see more things from their humble and cautious expressions.
After all the ministers bowed down, Li Yan subconsciously said, "Everyone loves you, live in peace." Only then did he finally have the real feeling of being a king.
As for what to say and do at today's enthronement ceremony, Li Yan had thought about it many times in the past two days, and immediately began to arrange it one by one.
The first thing to emphasize is, of course, the follow-up investigation of the assassination of the late king.Li Yan said in a cold voice: "Regarding the assassination of the father, although the assassin who did it is dead, there are still too many doubts in this matter to be ascertained. No matter who is involved in this matter in the court, Gu will definitely thoroughly Find out to the end! Gu entrusted this matter to the experts of Haihan Kingdom, I hope that all lovers can cooperate well with the investigation, and don't try to hide the truth. Once anyone is found to hinder the investigation, they will be dealt with as treason! "
Everyone in the hall bowed their heads to listen, and no one dared to answer at this moment.Even if the officials who can stand here and go to court today have not directly participated in the battles of the past month or so, at least they have more or less stated their positions and have not chosen the wrong side.Although the young king didn't mention it, he must be very clear that the essence of this chaos lies in the conflict of interests between the Jin faction and the Cui faction.
But whoever dares to form a clique at this time will really feel uncomfortable.Obviously, what the king wants to investigate is not just those people who died, but the more important target should be these people who are currently standing in the Palace of Qinzheng.
There were even some people who had already thought about their position, all the Gold School and Cui School were all nonsense, and they dared not make any mistakes in front of such a real powerful faction as Hai Han.From today onwards, I am an iron-blooded royalist, only loyal to the king.
Li Yan then announced the second thing: "In the process of quelling the chaos, General Wang Tom and General Qian Tiandun of Haihan Kingdom have made great contributions. Given that the two generals contributed to the war against the Qing Dynasty last year, Our country has made great contributions, and after the war, it has been stationed on the banks of the Datong River to defend the great country of our country. How can we not be rewarded for such contributions! The orders of the orphans were given, and the two generals, King Tom and Qian Tiandun, were appointed as the great generals of our country. ! From now on, the two generals will not need to communicate with each other to see Gu at any time, and they will be given special seats when they go to court!"
The ministers also saw this move clearly, it was to tie Hai Han and himself firmly together.Two Haihan generals were appointed as the great generals to protect the country. Although this is just a name, they may not work hard for North Korea in a real war, but with Haihan behind them, who dares to challenge the authority of the young king again? ?
Tom Wang and Qian Tiandun thanked Li Yan for the reward together, and then enjoyed the treatment of the exclusive seat.Although there are only two grand master chairs, being able to sit in the hall and watch the excitement is considered a very good treat.
Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun certainly understand that Li Yi is using the tiger's skin as a banner, and they want to use their identities to intimidate the officials, but they don't mind being a tool for a while, after all, let Li Yi sit firmly on the throne as soon as possible , which is also what they want to achieve.
Li Yan then announced the third thing: "As we all know, our country and Haihan Kingdom have become allies and have carried out extensive cooperation in many fields. But before that, there has been a lack of corresponding guarantees, so I have recently discussed with the two generals alone. Afterwards, I decided to sign a new cooperation agreement to regulate some specific affairs. Today, I will sign this agreement with Hai Hanguo in front of all my lovers."
After finishing speaking, someone sent the text of the agreement, Li Yan raised his hand to signal, and the official who sent the text began to read out the contents of the agreement.
(End of this chapter)
Although it has been more than a month since the incident happened, and the Haihan army also arrived in Seoul and began to take over the city defense, the state of military control inside and outside Seoul is still continuing, the only difference is that the implementer has been replaced by the Haihan army.
People in the city are still not allowed to leave the city, but they can leave their residences to go out during the specified time during the day. Stores dealing with daily necessities, such as grocery stores and rice stores, have also reopened one after another.Seeing that the situation is gradually calming down, the mood of the people in the city has also stabilized, thinking that this turmoil should be coming to an end soon.
Then the official released the latest news. Due to the unfortunate death of His Majesty the King, the son who just returned from Haihan Kingdom will succeed to the throne and become the new king. At that time, the martial law regulations in the Seoul area will be gradually lifted, so that people's lives can return to normal. state.
It seems that everything is moving in a good direction, but not everyone has escaped the shadow of the coup.Those who were directly or indirectly involved in the chaos a month ago now have to face strict investigation after the fact.
All kinds of protective umbrellas that have played a role in the officialdom in the past are all ineffective this time, because it is the prince who is about to ascend the throne who ordered the thorough investigation of the assassination of the king, and it is the Haihan people who carry out the investigation task. It would never be wise to oppose any of these parties.
All civil and military officials in the city above the second rank have been notified, and the prince asked them not to leave the city until they were investigated.The military officers who hold military power are the first to bear the brunt. They must report to the Bing Cao Yamen before the designated time, otherwise they will be treated as suspects.
And such an order cannot be resisted. After Shen Jingzhen, the military judge, returned to the city, the military power of all military officers has been temporarily frozen. Without Shen Jingzhen's warrant, they are not allowed to command and mobilize any troops. The possibility of people taking risks.
The office of the temporary investigation agency was located in Bingcao Yamen, but the person in charge of the investigation was not Shen Jingzhen, the judge of Bingcao, but a Haihan. Shen Jingzhen only sat in the second seat to assist in the investigation.
Although this kind of arrangement is a little unreasonable, all the officials in the DPRK and China know that the son went to Haihan for a year, and after this accident, he quickly returned to the country and returned to Seoul to preside over the overall situation under the protection of the Haihan army, which shows the son's respect for Haihan With trust and reliance, it is not surprising to have a Haihan person preside over the investigation.
Even if someone is dissatisfied with the son's way of doing this, he would definitely not dare to publicize it at this moment. After all, the son will soon become the king of the country, and everyone will have to beg for food under his hands in the future. It's time to screw up your job.
As for this investigation, most people just deal with it, and not many people think that the investigation conducted by the Haihan people can really find anything.
But only when they actually entered the Bing Cao Yamen to accept the investigation, they would realize that this investigation was not just to fool the superiors, and it was almost impossible to deal with it casually.The Haihan people who presided over the investigation were quite powerful, and all the questions they asked were straight to the point, and there was Shen Jingzhen sitting next to him, if he didn't cooperate well, he would be suspended on the spot for investigation.
The Naijinwei, sifu, and Habayashiwei, known as the inner three halls, are all regarded as the key objects of this investigation because they are directly responsible for the personal safety of the king.The heads of these three departments have never left the gate of Cao Yamen since the beginning of the investigation.
It took Fu Li about a day to get a general idea of the situation on the day of the accident through interrogation.Regarding the assassination of the king in the imperial study room, it was the servant who served as the guard by his side who responded first. After receiving the warning from the servant, the inner guard and Habayashi immediately imposed martial law inside and outside the palace. On the one hand, they controlled the palace. The insiders blocked the news, and the other side also tried to catch the assassin and his accomplices.
As for the situation in the imperial study room, only a few servants and military officers who were also servants knew about it at that time, and then announced to the outside world that the king was assassinated, and the assassin committed suicide on the spot after succeeding.
Immediately, the imperial guards entered the palace and took away all relevant persons in the name of investigating the case. Even the king's body was secretly transported out of the palace in the same name.And according to reliable news, the top leaders of the imperial guard camp have all promoted Cui Gaoyang, and they are relatives of the same clan as Cui Mingji, who is in charge of politics, and they are Cui Mingji's nephew according to the family tree.Cui Gaoyang's series of actions after the assassination incident seemed to be inseparable from Cui Mingji.
Kim Sang-heon accused Cui Mingji of colluding with the Qing Dynasty to plan the assassination. If it is connected with it, then Cui Gaoyang's actions seem to be just to eliminate the relevant evidence of the assassination.After all, those related people have nothing to say after they are taken out of the palace. Not only do they have no interrogation results, they even disappear. This is obviously not a normal way of investigation.
For this matter, it seems that as long as Cui Gaoyang is detained for a trial, it will be clear, but the problem is that in the previous battle launched by Kim Sang-heon against Cui Mingji's faction, this Cui Gaoyang has already died in battle, and his subordinates have also been dispersed. It is not possible to confirm whether there are other insiders in a short time.
Fu Li had no choice but to turn around and investigate the cum-servant who was the first to warn, but the cum-servant who ordered at that time was also taken away by Cui Gaoyang, and there has been no news since then. What happened in the royal study at that time is not clear.
However, through this series of investigations, Fu Li also confirmed one thing, that is, after the accident in the palace at that time, Cui Mingji and Jin Shangxian, who were important officials of the court, both rushed to the scene of the incident very quickly.This also means that Kim Sang-heon is very likely to be the only insider who knows about the assassination of Yushufang.
However, Qian Tiandun believed that there were many loopholes in Jin Shangxian's initial description of the incident, so he did not trust him, nor did he believe in the version he described. If Fu Li went to him to collect evidence, he would probably come to the same conclusion.
While the investigation work was temporarily stuck in a bottleneck, Li Yan ushered in the most important turning point in his life, inheriting the throne and ascending the throne as king.
But because this matter was decided in a hurry, no large-scale ceremony was held. There were only dozens of North Korean officials and Haihan representatives who were invited to attend in Qinzheng Hall.
After Cui Mingji's death, Kim Sang-heon became the No. 1 court hall, so he presided over this ceremony.Since the previous king had gone west, the whole ceremony also lost a lot of links, starting directly with paying homage to the former king.
According to tradition, Kim Sang-heon took the lead in adding the posthumous title of "Kaitian Zhaoyun Zhengji Xuande Xianwen Liewu Mingsu Chunxiao King" to the deceased king Li Ji, which is quite a sight.
As for the enthronement of the new king, in addition to the designation from the previous king, there is also an indispensable condition that is the approval and canonization from the suzerain country.In the past, Daming was in charge of this errand, and every king of Lee's Korea was canonized by the Central Plains Dynasty, so sitting on the throne was justified.
At this stage, North Korea has basically broken away from its dependence on Ming Dynasty, and no longer regards it as the suzerain state.The canonization job was naturally handed over to Hai Han to complete.It happened that a high-ranking official from Haihan attended the enthronement ceremony, so the matter was handled together.
After being signaled by Kim Sang-heon, Wang Tom stood up, cleared his throat and said loudly: "Our country deeply regrets the unfortunate death of His Majesty the King of your country, and will assist the crown prince to conduct a thorough investigation of what happened before and after His Majesty's death His Royal Highness is young and promising, and has demonstrated extraordinary diplomatic and governing abilities during his study in my country. We are sure that after the crown prince ascends the throne, he will continue to promote the friendly and cooperative relationship between the two countries and continue the unbreakable alliance!"
"On behalf of Haehan Kingdom and the Haehan Executive Committee, I would like to express my approval and congratulations to His Royal Highness Shizi for inheriting the throne of Joseon. From today on, Shizi is the new king of Korea recognized by our country! Our country will continue to cooperate with His Majesty the King as always. We will jointly maintain good diplomatic relations between the two countries and maintain a unified stance on international affairs. Our country will also give firm support to His Majesty the King's way of governing the country."
Although what Wang Tom said was in official language, it had already fully demonstrated Haihan's support for Li Yi—except for Li Yi, he would not recognize anyone who came to sit in this position.
Haihan's attitude was actually expected by all parties. After all, so many resources were invested in Li Yi, how could it be possible to sit back and watch the throne fall by the wayside.
It is worth mentioning that the two brothers who had been avoided by Li Yi since he returned to Seoul finally came to Qinzheng Hall today to watch his brother's enthronement ceremony together.
Li Yan didn't see them, it was actually a suggestion from Hai Han, in order to avoid unnecessary complications as much as possible.After all, some people in the DPRK might still have the idea of taking advantage of the chaos to support his two brothers. It is best for the two brothers to cut off such thoughts.If his two brothers had enough brains, they should understand what Li Yan's attitude meant.
Wang Tom's speech has already expressed Hai Hanguo's opinion, so naturally no one dares to question it.At this point, there was no more obstacle to Li Yi's succession to the throne. Jin Shangxian held up a tray and presented the king's jade seal, asking Li Yi to come to the throne to accept the worship of the officials.
Hearing this, Li Yan straightened his clothes, then slowly climbed up the few steps in the hall, and stood in front of the throne.
He was crowned as the prince's son when he was more than ten years old. It has been more than ten years now, and he has been in charge of the government with his father for several years. Of course, he has dreamed of the day when he will sit on the throne more than once.But when this moment really came, he was not excited, and looked at the officials in the palace with calm eyes, as if he wanted to see more things from their humble and cautious expressions.
After all the ministers bowed down, Li Yan subconsciously said, "Everyone loves you, live in peace." Only then did he finally have the real feeling of being a king.
As for what to say and do at today's enthronement ceremony, Li Yan had thought about it many times in the past two days, and immediately began to arrange it one by one.
The first thing to emphasize is, of course, the follow-up investigation of the assassination of the late king.Li Yan said in a cold voice: "Regarding the assassination of the father, although the assassin who did it is dead, there are still too many doubts in this matter to be ascertained. No matter who is involved in this matter in the court, Gu will definitely thoroughly Find out to the end! Gu entrusted this matter to the experts of Haihan Kingdom, I hope that all lovers can cooperate well with the investigation, and don't try to hide the truth. Once anyone is found to hinder the investigation, they will be dealt with as treason! "
Everyone in the hall bowed their heads to listen, and no one dared to answer at this moment.Even if the officials who can stand here and go to court today have not directly participated in the battles of the past month or so, at least they have more or less stated their positions and have not chosen the wrong side.Although the young king didn't mention it, he must be very clear that the essence of this chaos lies in the conflict of interests between the Jin faction and the Cui faction.
But whoever dares to form a clique at this time will really feel uncomfortable.Obviously, what the king wants to investigate is not just those people who died, but the more important target should be these people who are currently standing in the Palace of Qinzheng.
There were even some people who had already thought about their position, all the Gold School and Cui School were all nonsense, and they dared not make any mistakes in front of such a real powerful faction as Hai Han.From today onwards, I am an iron-blooded royalist, only loyal to the king.
Li Yan then announced the second thing: "In the process of quelling the chaos, General Wang Tom and General Qian Tiandun of Haihan Kingdom have made great contributions. Given that the two generals contributed to the war against the Qing Dynasty last year, Our country has made great contributions, and after the war, it has been stationed on the banks of the Datong River to defend the great country of our country. How can we not be rewarded for such contributions! The orders of the orphans were given, and the two generals, King Tom and Qian Tiandun, were appointed as the great generals of our country. ! From now on, the two generals will not need to communicate with each other to see Gu at any time, and they will be given special seats when they go to court!"
The ministers also saw this move clearly, it was to tie Hai Han and himself firmly together.Two Haihan generals were appointed as the great generals to protect the country. Although this is just a name, they may not work hard for North Korea in a real war, but with Haihan behind them, who dares to challenge the authority of the young king again? ?
Tom Wang and Qian Tiandun thanked Li Yan for the reward together, and then enjoyed the treatment of the exclusive seat.Although there are only two grand master chairs, being able to sit in the hall and watch the excitement is considered a very good treat.
Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun certainly understand that Li Yi is using the tiger's skin as a banner, and they want to use their identities to intimidate the officials, but they don't mind being a tool for a while, after all, let Li Yi sit firmly on the throne as soon as possible , which is also what they want to achieve.
Li Yan then announced the third thing: "As we all know, our country and Haihan Kingdom have become allies and have carried out extensive cooperation in many fields. But before that, there has been a lack of corresponding guarantees, so I have recently discussed with the two generals alone. Afterwards, I decided to sign a new cooperation agreement to regulate some specific affairs. Today, I will sign this agreement with Hai Hanguo in front of all my lovers."
After finishing speaking, someone sent the text of the agreement, Li Yan raised his hand to signal, and the official who sent the text began to read out the contents of the agreement.
(End of this chapter)