Chapter XXVI: The Curtain of the Korean War

Zhu Qizhen's heart is very vigorous. Countless minds are flying.

Since Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne to the present.

All the reforms in Zhu Qizhen are tinkering.

Whether it is salt administration, the art of war, water conservancy, or the reform of the Shaofu, Chidao and so on. This is not the case. Policies that have been working poorly or full of loopholes for the past eight or ninety years will be patched up and reformed.

However, Zhu Qizhen rarely took the initiative to initiate some major reforms.

No, Zhu Qizhen doesn't want to.

It's Zhu Qizhen himself, and it's useless.

Because the ministers below don't want to.

All changes must have their own ideas, have their own core values, and must be able to convince the people of the world. can be carried out, otherwise, even if Zhu Qizhen is behind him and makes it vigorous, most of them may die later.

Without him, generally speaking, there would have been no too successful reform in China after the Shang Dynasty reform.

Zhu Qizhen had infinite associations because of these four words.

He seemed to be able to vaguely feel that a theory that conformed to Confucian values and could provide him with changes was taking shape.

"No hurry, no hurry." Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "If you don't extinguish the tile, this matter can't be put on the agenda yet, and it will be long in the future, and it will be long in the future." ”

Although Zhu Qizhen thought so in his heart, he felt comfortable all over his body. The solution of a difficult problem is simply a nowhere to find it without stepping on iron shoes.

At the same time that Da Ming will try.

The Ming envoy Li Shi also left from Seoul.

When Li Shi came to Seoul again, Li Ji didn't see Li Shi at all, and he showed no sincerity at all.

This is also normal.

During this time, the snow gradually melted. News from Beijing also reached Seoul.

Li Yao naturally knew that Daming's conditions were impossible for him to agree.

So he started dragging his feet.

Li Jin now feels that he can only talk about it again after letting Daming break his head and bleed in front of the iron wall of North Korea.

Therefore, Li Yao began to prepare for war.

But on the face, he was very obedient to Daming, and he was at home with Li Shi's arrival, and he was entertained with all kinds of things, but he just didn't mention business.

It's just that in such a situation, it is impossible to hide it from Li Shi, let alone from Jinyiwei.

Therefore, under Li Shi's insistence, he finally got out.

Li Shi sent the news, and the government and the opposition were shaken.

To be honest, the attitude of the Ming officialdom towards Li Yao was predicted, and there was a high probability that this point was guessed, but it was still difficult to accept being slapped in the face by North Korea.

As a result, lower-level officials have begun to play and invite North Korea to attack.

After the formation of this trend, Zhu Qizhen also expressed his attitude.

Then the battle against Korea is logical

has entered the advancement stage.

Zhu Qizhen officially named Cao Yi as the general of Zhengdong, the chief military officer of Liaodong and Haixi. Under the jurisdiction of the front army and six battalions, 80,000 troops and horses were sent to Beijing, and the Liaodong Haixi Naval Division was dispatched, with a total of 130,000 troops.

Immediately, the army began to leave the Shanhaiguan and marched towards the Phoenix Guard.

The Phoenix Wei Imperial Court is close to the nearest guard post of the Yalu River, which is naturally the base for the advance of the army this time, although the Beijing army has not yet arrived, but Jiao Li has sent 20,000 or 30,000 people to garrison this place to block both sides of the Yalu River.

They even sent men and horses into North Korea to spy on the news.

And all ports of entry have also received news that trade with North Korea is banned. Wang Ying also urgently returned to Songjiang, preparing to assemble ships north to Tianjin, and then transport a large army to attack Korea by sea.

Such a loud momentum naturally spread to the world and also had a great impact on the DPRK.

Within North Korea, people are naturally panicking.

Today's North Korea is not the North Korea of later generations.

In the later battles of the Korean Imjin War, or other wars, the Korean Lee family has been deeply entrenched and has become the king of the Koreans, and their legitimacy is unquestionable.

And the Li family in this era is only six monarchs, four generations, the founding of the Ming Dynasty is less than a hundred years, and the founding of North Korea is more than ten years later than the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

The influence of three generations of people can certainly make the Li family sit firmly on the throne of the Joseon king, but it does not make the whole of the Joseon family regard the Lee family and the Joseon king as natural orthodoxy.

Especially Li Yao did such a thing again. It has damaged the legitimacy of North Korea.

Moreover, Korea has not been invaded by foreign enemies much now, but Goryeo has been invaded by the Mongols many times before. Many people in North Korea have no confidence in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Yao's situation is particularly difficult.

I have to admit that if you are not wise and brave, you can't be a big traitor.

Li Jin is such a person.

If Li Jin is a mediocre talent, he can't do such a thing.

Joseon Sejong is indeed a character, two sons, one literate and one martial, each good at winning, but the day is not a holiday, if King Wenzong is still alive, things will not go to this point.

Li Yao went on a killing spree, and it looked like everyone who was not convinced was killed, and in addition, he repeatedly married the big family and married dozens of concubines in one go.

It is widely propagated that the Ming Dynasty is going to destroy Korea, after all, there is a lesson from Annam.

When Daming entered Annan, he also played in the name of justice, and then he didn't want to leave.

Although many people are not too satisfied with Li Yao, North Korea, like Annan, has long been an independent nation and has its own national consciousness.

Naturally, he did not want the Aketo to enter Korea.

In this year, the military discipline of the army is like that, even if the Ming Dynasty doesn't like the crossing of guest soldiers, let alone North Korea?

Under the condition of being soft with one hand and hard with the other, under the pressure of the Ming Dynasty step by step, Li Jin completed the superficial unification of North Korea. Command

North Korean Sixth Army.

With the internal forbidden army as the core, the troops in the north were all recruited from the old team that had been used under Li Jin, and 100,000 troops were mobilized in one go.

Li Yao stayed with Han Huiming to guard Seoul and take charge of the domestic situation, while he himself drove the expedition.

It's not that Li Yao doesn't want to stay in Seoul, but at this time, Li Yao will never hand over military power to anyone, no matter who it is, he doesn't trust it.

The only thing he trusted was himself.

Before leaving, Han Huiming said to Li Jin: "Ming is strong and I am weak, but the situation may not be all favorable to Ming. ”

"The minister has already sent someone to contact the tile spur, and the tile spur will not let the Ming destroy Korea, so next year or even this autumn, he will definitely attack Haixi and Liaodong first, and the Ming army will not be able to attack the Yalu River with all its might."

"When the time comes, His Highness will be humble and peaceful, and this difficulty will be overcome."

Li Yao sighed and said: "The North Korean country is small and weak, and if it is humiliated to this point, this revenge will be avenged." ”

Han Huiming said: "Your Majesty, you must not say this, the Ming Dynasty is the king, the North Korea is the minister, and now it is just a big staff to go, and a small staff to accept." ”

"Joseon will always be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty."

"But it's going to be through this year."

The founding of the DPRK was the result of the political struggle between the pro-Yuan faction and the pro-Ming faction within the DPRK. Therefore, there are many pro-Ming forces in North Korea, and they are also the forces that Li Yao has dealt a major blow to.

It's just that this kind of thinking is deeply ingrained.

It is not easy to eradicate.

And North Korea's international environment also makes it impossible for them to eradicate this idea, for no other reason.

The idea of the Great Thing is the foundation of the founding of the DPRK, and it will guide the diplomacy of South Korea even in later generations.

This is dictated by the geopolitics of reality.

No matter how unwilling Li Yao was in his heart, in the face of the Ming attack, he had to be beaten on the one hand, and send many envoys to Beijing to ask for forgiveness.

The two seem to contradict each other, but there is nothing to be done.

This is the sorrow of small countries.

"Lone knows. If you can't survive this year, I will ask my family arranged by Han Jun to go to Japan, I can only keep my blood, and it will not be in vain for you and me to know each other. Li Jin said.

Li Yao actually has a pessimistic feeling about this situation.

Han Huiming said: "The king must not say this, otherwise it will shake the morale of the army." ”

Li Yao said: "I know. He took a step back, gave a long sigh, and said, "Anyway, please." ”

Han Huiming immediately returned the salute and said: "Please rest assured, the king is in one day, and Seoul is worry-free for a day." ”

Li Jiao led the army out of Seoul and headed towards the Yalu River, while the Ming army also crossed Liaoyang and turned eastward.

The Great War begins.