Chapter 421: Whimsical Plan

"Yes!" Li Guozhu, who was already eager to try, gave a military salute to Guo Zhiyuan cleanly, turned around and shouted: "From the new army, all assemble!" Lined up! …… Keep up with the left! Attention! Turn left! Stay in formation, walk in front of you, and get off the boat! ……”

Looking at the majestic self-renewal army that walked off the battleship, Gwanghae-kun's face became even more ugly, after the Renchen rebellion, he deeply felt the cowardice of North Korea, so he made great efforts to build his own royal guard, the training and equipment of the royal guard were completely modeled after the requirements of the Ming army that entered the DPRK to help North Korea fight against the Japanese army, and he thought he could be regarded as an elite division, but compared with the self-reform army under Guo Zhiyuan, it was really a difference between cloud and mud, not to mention the equipment or anything, Just the murderous aura of the new army is not something that the Korean royal guards who have never been on the battlefield can have!

Li Guozhu did not have the consciousness of being a guest army at all, and with a wave of his hand, the new army after getting off the ship was automatically divided into two columns, and honestly and unceremoniously lined up in front of the Korean royal guards.

Guo Zhiyuan only stepped off the boat at the end, completely ignoring the ugly faces of the Korean monarchs and ministers, Shi Shiran bowed to Guanghaijun and said: "I have seen Guanghaijun, Guo came uninvited, I hope Guanghaijun will not blame me, an uninvited guest, for not knowing how to be polite......"

Guanghai Jun smiled and said: "Where, where, I have admired the name of Master Guo for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its name......"

After some embarrassing chats, Guang Haijun took the initiative to invite: "Lord Guo came from afar, it must have been very hard, this king has prepared a thin banquet in the palace, please Lord Guo to appreciate the light......"

This kind of palace banquet is actually quite boring, sitting there motionless, and you have to stand up and not look left and right, otherwise you will lose etiquette, but Guo Zhiyuan obviously has no such scruples, he directly came to a lazy "Zhiyuan Lying", supported his head with his hands, and enjoyed the graceful dance of the beautiful Korean dancer with interest. Let the North Korean ministers present have black lines on their faces, and look at him angrily, where is this like a minister from the Ming Dynasty who has always paid attention to etiquette, he is simply a scoundrel!

Guang Haijun frowned, but he didn't have a seizure, and took the initiative to raise the wine glass to toast Guo Zhiyuan, Guo Zhiyuan still lazily raised the wine glass as a return gift, Guang Haijun forced the displeasure in his heart, and said tentatively: "Lord Guo came with so many ships and subordinates to the ocean, I don't know what he wants?" ……”

The play meat is coming! The North Korean ministers who were present immediately focused their attention on Guo Zhiyuan, and this issue was also of great concern to them.

Guo Zhiyuan stretched lazily, finally sat up straight, and said casually: "I think you also know that my Ming Dynasty is now at odds with Houjin, and the war is imminent, Guo is not talented, and he also wants to help the imperial court, so I want to borrow a way from your country to copy the back road of Jiannu......"

Guang Haijun and the ministers were stunned, this Guo Zhiyuan really dared to think and dare to do, he came so far to copy Houjin's back road, whether he could succeed or not, just being able to come up with such a whimsical plan is enough to see how bold this person is!

However, it was also shocked, but the reactions of Gwanghaejun and the ministers were different, the reactions of the ministers were mostly excited, most of them were still interested in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that Korea was completely dependent on the Ming Dynasty army to defeat the Japanese invasion army and keep their country, that is, before the Li family ruled Korea, North Korea has also been deeply influenced by the Chinese Han culture, and the scholars and doctors of North Korea regard China as their own suzerain, from culture to clothing and customs, they have been trying their best to imitate Huaxia, and their sense of identity with China is very strong, that's why they named their capital "Hanyang" (later changed to "Seoul" until 2005, when South Korea also notified China of the name change), which shows the great influence of Chinese culture in North Korea.

Therefore, the scholar class in North Korea very much hopes that the Ming Dynasty can win the war with Houjin, and even the previous bad feelings towards Guo Zhiyuan have been greatly reduced, feeling that although Guo Zhiyuan is a little wild and uninhibited and does not understand etiquette, he still has a loyal and patriotic heart, and the previous disgraceful behavior has also become a reckless act of temperament.

Guanghaijun frowned even tighter, it is said that the Ming Dynasty sent a large army to help Korea defeat the Japanese invading army during the Renchen Rebellion to protect North Korea, and also kept the position of the Li family in Korea, he should be grateful, but on the issue of his succession, the Ming Dynasty slapped him in the face, because Guanghaijun is the second son of the previous Korean lord Xuanzu, and the Ming Dynasty has always been the only standard for selecting the heir to the throne, and even the Wanli Emperor wanted to set up his favorite King Fu as the crown prince was opposed by the Wenchen group. Emperor Wanli has been playing with the Wenchen group for many years, and finally has to set up his eldest son Zhu Changluo as the crown prince, how can he support Korea to set up Gwanghaejun, who is not the eldest son, as the king of Joseon?

In the twenty-third year of Wanli, Xuanzu canonized Guanghaijun as the son of the dynasty and asked for approval. The Ming Dynasty replied: "Inheriting the righteousness of the unification, the elders and the young should be divided, and it is not appropriate to make mistakes", so it was not allowed. Guanghai Junyou has a secret complaint about the Ming Dynasty. In the twenty-fourth and thirty-third years of Wanli, North Korea once again asked for easy storage, and at that time, the Ming Dynasty was also making trouble about the establishment of the reserve, so it was not allowed. In the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, Xuanzu died of illness. The de facto son of the world, Guanghai Jun, was the heir to the throne, and went to the court, claiming to be the right to act in state affairs, and asked for canonization. Emperor Wanli hated his expertise and ignored it.

The Ming Dynasty repeatedly refused to confer the title of Gwanghaejun on the grounds that he was not the eldest son, which can be said to be unprecedented in the history of Joseon, and caused Gwanghaejun to lose face. Even after Gwanghaejun de facto succeeded to the throne, the Ming Dynasty still refused to canonize Gwanghaejun as the king of Joseon. In the end, Joseon could only lie that Seonjo's eldest son Linhaejun was mentally ill and voluntarily gave way to Gwanghaejun, so the Ming sent two envoys to Hanyang to verify in person, and the Joseon used a large amount of silver to bribe the envoys before finally the Ming agreed to be canonized.

Anyone who is slapped in the face like this will be extremely unhappy, so Guanghai Jun regards this matter as a great shame, and resents the Ming court, this time the Ming and Houjin wars, he is unwilling to mix, and finally forced by the pressure of the Ming court and the courtiers' strong persuasion, he had to send 13,000 people to participate in the war, but in fact, it was also not workable.

What's more important is that Guanghaijun and the ministers of the DPRK have different views, he is not optimistic that the battle between Daming and Houjin can win, he always pays attention to the domestic situation of Daming, he knows that today's Daming is no longer the strong Ming that it was at the beginning, it is weakening, and Houjin is rising strongly, this is like an old man who is dying of old age and a teenager who is growing up quickly fight, this result really does not make him optimistic!