Chapter 12 The Proposal for the Conquest of Korea

Xu Youzhen heard this, and immediately said: "Your Majesty's words are wrong, the monarch and the minister, father and son, the three outlines and five constants, are the scriptures of the sky and the latitude of the earth." To allow the DPRK to do this today is not to connive at the people who are in the world to commit disorder and transgression. ”

"And Taizu's so-called country that is not levied is nothing to do, and now there is nothing to do, how can there be nothing now?"

Zhu Qizhen said again: "What if Emperor Taejong of Korea asks about the old things? ”

This is another concern of Zhu Qizhen.

Because what happened in North Korea is too similar to the Battle of Jingjing, and it was the same uncle who took the throne of his nephew.

It has not been many years since the Jingjing incident, although the parties are gone, and even the old monks of Xishan outside Beijing have long passed away. But it's still a pretty sensitive topic.

Xu Youzhen said: "Your Majesty, this time and that time, one mistake cannot be made again. ”

Xu Youzhen took a big risk when she said this.

This is the view of the civilian clique, and Jingjing is a wrong war. But on the side of the military generals, he didn't think so, he didn't know how many generals came up because of the Battle of Jingnan, and it was also the Duke of Chengguo and the British Duke and the veterans led by them withered one after another, otherwise with Xu Youzhen's words, he wouldn't be able to eat and walk around.

But Xu Youzhen is betting on Zhu Qizhen's tolerance towards Emperor Jianwen.

After all, when Zhu Qizhen dealt with the old monks in Guangxi, he was still in Beijing.

And Xu Youzhen was right.

For Zhu Qizhen, it is meaningless to dwell on old things. Moreover, maintaining Confucian values can better safeguard Zhu Qizhen's power.

And the so-called legitimacy, from Taizong to him, has been passed down for three generations.

The events of that year would not have posed any threat to Zhu Qizhen's legitimacy for a long time.

Zhu Qizhen asked Xu Youzhen like this, not because he had any opinions on the conquest of North Korea, but because of these questions, even if Zhu Qizhen didn't ask today, someone would have to ask them in the future.

After all, it was a war, and it was impossible for Zhu Qizhen to put aside the Ming Dynasty to fight.

Naturally, there will be all kinds of problems.

Xu Youzhen saw that there was a trace of expectation in Zhu Qizhen's eyes, and said in his heart: "Chen has been in Haixi for a long time, and the most lacking situation in Haixi is people, although it is a bitter cold place, but it can also be planted with a season of rice every year. ”

"It's just that according to the current situation of Haixi, it has to be born and gathered in ten years. However, if North Korea is taken and the Korean people are moved to Haixi, it will only be a few years before Haixi can become a big town and provide food and grass for the imperial court to send troops. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "This is true. ”

Xu Youzhen said: "The minister dares to make a military order, in the opinion of the minister, the two classes of nobles in North Korea are deep-rooted and unshakable, and His Majesty wants to get North Korea and not fall into the disaster of Annam, he will move away from the Korean nobles, hundreds of nobles in North Korea, and they will be tenants and millions of dependents."

In a few years, Haixi will not be weaker than Liaodong. ”

Zhu Qizhen was excited and talked with Xu Youzhen, Xu Youzhen wanted to be in front of him in everything.

If it is really as Xu Youzhen said, within a few years, Haixi will become another Liaodong, then the strategy of crossing Changbai Mountain and attacking Zhaozhou can be carried out in advance.

Moreover, after all, North Korea is a big country in the eastern part of the Strait, and the property of a country does not have tens of millions of taels, and Zhu Qizhen does not believe that if North Korea can be ransacked, then the war funds for the tile spur will also be available.

In addition, the king has been in the capital, and now he is married, and the official has played many times, and he wants the king to become a vassal.

I have been staying here before, more to find a spare tire for future uncertainties.

Generally speaking, it is like this, the emperor has no heirs, or the heirs have not grown up, and there will be younger brothers in Beijing, just like Chongzhen to the apocalypse.

It's just that now Zhu Qizhen's sons are about the same age as the king of Joseon.

In order to maintain the Ming system, the ministers asked the king to become a vassal, which should also be.

But Zhu Qizhen didn't want King Yu to become a vassal, but he couldn't find a good place. After all, King Xiang was sealed in Luchuan. If King Xiang alone is sealed to southern Xinjiang, then it means that the emperor retaliated against King Xiang.

And Zhu Qizhen's original policy of sealing the king will not continue. But the Ming Dynasty has not expanded its territory for so many years, and even lost control of Monan.

Where to seal the king of the servant becomes a difficult problem.

Zhu Qizhen once wanted to seal King Yu to Haixi.

However, Haixi will play a major role in Zhu Qizhen's future strategy, and he will not defend himself and put Haixi in the hands of King Yu.

Now, the DPRK has solved many problems at once.

Joseon has only six emperors from Yi Sung-gye to the present Joseon king.

And the first three kings are the two sons of Lee Sung-gye and Lee Sung-gye, that is, Joseon Sejong is the grandson of Lee Sung-gye, and the entire Joseon royal family has only been four generations to the Shouyang Grand Monarch Lee Yao.

Although there are already a lot of royal families and side branches, it is not difficult to want the heir of the Joseon royal family, after all, the son of Joseon Sejong, Li Jin will be cleansed, and Joseon Wenzong only has the only seedling of the current Joseon king.

The Celestial Empire also pays attention to food.

If the prince of Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty is made the king of North Korea, it will be regarded as giving face to North Korea. As for other things, it's not too late to slowly concoct them in the future.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen is dissatisfied with King Yu, but that North Korea is too close to Beijing, and if it is not North Korea that is going to be crusaded now, but Vietnam, maybe Zhu Qizhen will let King Yu be the king of North Korea.

In this way, you can kill three birds with one stone.

Zhu Qizhen really couldn't think of a reason for not fighting North Korea.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I am going to discuss this matter secretly, and you will come when the time comes." ”

Xu Youzhen said: "Your Majesty, do you want to rule North Korea for a long time, or do you just want to set things right?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said, "What do you mean? ”

Xu Youzhen said: "If Your Majesty wants to set things right, you can discuss secretly, suddenly send troops, take Seoul in one fell swoop, and order North Korea in the name of the king of Joseon." ”

"It's just that in this way, there will inevitably be a lot of joints in the future, and the incident of Annan is a lesson from the past."

Zhu Qizhen also understood that Zhang Fu entered Annan in the name of fighting the Hu family, and destroyed a country within seven months, although it was fast, but after the Ming Dynasty included Annan in the territory, he encountered a long-term resistance.

There is no other reason, that is, Annan is too far away from the Central Plains and has his own national consensus.

Zhu Qizhen didn't think North Korea was any better to deal with the same thing.

Seeing that Zhu Qizhen nodded slightly, Xu Youzhen said: "If Your Majesty wants to destroy Korea, you should make a big show and send a messenger to reprimand the king of Shouyang, so that he can also become the king of Korea." It is not too late to delay the use of force for half a year. ”

Zhu Qizhen knew in his heart that this was time for Li Yao to rectify the interior.

If Zhu Qizhen wants to destroy North Korea, then it is good to deal the biggest blow to all forces in North Korea in the war. When you clean up the situation next, it won't be too tricky.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to do it if they all surrender.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, just do what you want." This matter will be discussed below. ”

The lower part of the discussion is to send it to the Ministry of Rites for discussion.

If a matter is within the scope of the cabinet, there is still a possibility of secrecy, after all, the cabinet is in the palace, and if the cabinet news is leaked, it can still be dealt with in accordance with the ban in Chinese.

Moreover, this is the center of the Ming Dynasty's government affairs, and the level of secrecy is very strict, and most of the people who walk in the cabinet are from the Hanlin Academy, they all have a bright future, and they will not do anything to destroy their future.

But it's hard to say if you put the specific yamen below.

Although the six yamen look high, not all of them are officials, but a considerable part of them are small officials, and their secrecy is not so big.

Moreover, as far as the officials themselves are concerned, there are also a considerable number of officials who do not have a door on their lips and dare to say anything.

Therefore, once the lower part is discussed, it is almost equivalent to announcing the world. Of course, it is a little worse than the model of posting notices everywhere and publicizing it widely, but Zhu Qizhen is sure that the news will definitely reach North Korea.

As for what move can be stimulated by the Shouyang Lord of North Korea, Zhu Qizhen is not very clear.

Still, he's willing to take a look.

The size of the country is there, and Zhu Qizhen may be able to attack and defend against the tile, but there are too many means to deal with North Korea

So at the end of the eighteenth year of orthodoxy, two major news spread in Beijing, one was the death of Zhou Shoufu. The other is the martyrdom of the Seoyang Maharaja of North Korea.