Chapter 566: Sending Troops to Conquer Korea (1)
The reason why the Koreans forcibly included Goguryeo in their national history was actually due to their inferiority complex.
After all, the historical Goguryeo Dynasty was on an equal footing with the Central Plains Dynasty for a period of time, and a large part of the reason for the fall of the Sui Dynasty was because of Goguryeo, plus Goguryeo had resisted the Tang Dynasty's attacks more than once, so that the Tang Dynasty lost troops more than once.
Goguryeo had a part of its glory and strength, on the other hand, Korea, whether it was the Silla period, the Baekje period, or the Goryeo and the current Joseon period, was a weak country and had to submit to the strength of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Therefore, if there is no Goguryeo in the history of Korea, there is nothing that can be taken at all, even if it is dragged to the death, they will include the history of Goguryeo in the history of Korea, and they will confidently think that Goguryeo is a dynasty established by the Koreans, and Goguryeo once occupied a large part of Liaodong, then they simply say that the whole of Liaodong is their ancestral land, and they always remember it.
"Yes, even Manchuria is ours, and the Ming Dynasty should return our Liaodong and Manchuria!" Another North Korean official said.
As soon as the words of this North Korean official came out, all the North Korean officials nodded, and even the North Korean King Yi Jun nodded again and again, and it was natural to continue to peep into Liaodong, which had never belonged to them, in his heart, and even Manchuria, which had always been the ancestral land of the Jurchen Manchus in the northeast, also said that they were Koreans, which was extremely shameless.
However, no matter what the North Koreans think, they still have to face the problems they should face.
"The Ming Dynasty is too powerful, even the Manchurians were forced by them to move westward, and our Korean country is small and weak, and it will definitely be invincible. Now that the Ming Emperor has issued a letter of state, limiting us to hand over Tielingwei and Xianxing Mansion within ten days in North Korea, what can we do! The king of Joseon said worriedly.
"Tielingwei and Xianxing Mansion are ours, Daming Xiu will succeed!" Some North Korean officials said angrily.
"Yes, Da Ming Xiu succeeded!" Almost all North Korean officials are clamoring.
Tielingwei and Hamhung Mansion together are equivalent to one-fifth of the current territory of North Korea, and the North Koreans originally felt that their territory was still thinking about Liaodong and Northeast Manchuria and other places, so how could they be willing to hand over such a large area as Tielingwei and Hamhung Mansion.
King Yi Jun of Joseon also did not want to hand over Tielingwei and Hamhung Province.
Ri Jun became the king of Joseon just over a year ago.
More than a year ago, the old king of North Korea died of illness, and there should have been a son Li Hao to inherit the throne, but Li Hao sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, not only lost a tribute of more than 100,000 taels of silver, but also offended the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty severed the vassal relationship with North Korea.
Intellectually speaking, Li Jun is extremely afraid of the Ming Dynasty, after all, the Ming Dynasty is really too powerful, and the Korean country is small and the people are weak, and even the Japanese and Manchus can't beat the Ming Dynasty, let alone the Ming Dynasty.
"According to the news from the spies who infiltrated the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has a large number of signs of mobilizing materials and mobilizing troops in Liaodong, once our North Korea refuses to return Tielingwei and Xianxing Mansion, the Ming Dynasty is likely to send troops to attack our North Korea." Li Jun's expression was gloomy, and he said with great concern.
At present, the Ming Dynasty has just unified the world, and by the way has conquered the Mongolian ministries, defined internally and externally, and the military is strong, Li Jun does not think that his small Korean state can confront the Ming Dynasty, although he does not think that the Ming Dynasty will definitely destroy North Korea, but in any case, Li Jun does not want to start a war with the Ming Dynasty, after all, once the war is opened, it must be in North Korea, and the loss is North Korea.
The words of the king of North Korea immediately choked all the North Korean officials present, and their faces were flushed one by one. The kings of Korea did not want to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, they also did not want to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, and they were also not sure of defeating the Ming Dynasty.
"But Your Majesty, Tielingwei and Xianxingfu are the territory of our North Korea, and they must not be lost!" North Korean officials held back for a long time and said such a sentence.
"You can't lose it!" The king of Joseon also had a gloomy face and said in a deep voice.
North Korea, even Liaodong and the entire Northeast Manchuria have been peeping, how can they really be willing to return such a large area as Tielingwei and Xianxing Mansion to Daming, even if they know that there may be a war with Daming, they will be ninety percent dead.
In the end, after deliberation, the Korean monarch and ministers decided to immediately send envoys to meet with the Ming Emperor to see if there was room for relaxation.
On the other hand, the DPRK is also stepping up its armament to prevent a possible war.
It seems that North Korea is still inclined to fight by force to the end, they always believe that even if the Ming Dynasty will start a war with North Korea, it will not necessarily destroy North Korea, and it may not even be able to defeat North Korea, just like the Tang Dynasty in history is also extremely strong, and the eloquent Tang Taizong also failed to destroy Goguryeo at one time, and it was not until the Tang Gaozong period that the third war against Goguryeo destroyed Goguryeo.
North Korea compares itself to Goguryeo and will make the Ming Dynasty the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately they ignore that they are not Goguryeo, and the current Ming Dynasty is not the Tang Dynasty in history.
On June 24, the seventh year of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, after more than nine days of sea voyage, the Korean envoys came to Nanjing.
"Xuan's envoys meet you!"
At the Jinluan Palace, the Korean envoys were summoned in.
"See His Majesty the Emperor of Shangbang!" The Korean envoy bowed.
Zhu Ci didn't let him get up, but asked lightly: "Your king called you, did you come to return the Tielingwei and Xianxing Mansion of the Ming Dynasty?" "He didn't bother to talk any more nonsense to the North Korean envoys, there are only two results today, return or not!
The Korean envoy was undoubtedly a staunch supporter of Goguryeo history, and when Zhu Ci asked this question, he was instantly angry.
"Please be cautious to His Majesty the Emperor of Shangbang, Tielingwei and Xianxing Mansion are both the territory of my North Korea, how can they be returned to the Ming Dynasty, they are not the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the first place." The North Korean envoy retorted angrily.
Not only Tielingwei and Xianxingfu, the Korean envoy also added in his heart that Liaodong and Manchuria belonged to their North Korea, and the Ming Dynasty should return all Korean territory to North Korea.
At this moment, with an angry face, the Korean envoy was obviously disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty, and the civil and military officials in the court couldn't help frowning, staring at the Korean envoy quite unkindly.
"Not the territory of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Ci sneered and said: "Hmph, since the establishment of the four counties in the Han Dynasty, the Tielingwei generation has always been the territory of the Han Central Dynasty, even if the Liao Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, as well as the Yuan Dynasty, it is also under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains Dynasty, when did it have anything to do with you Koreans?" At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu was grateful that Goryeo had sent troops to participate in the Yuan, so there was no matter of raising Li's occupation of Xianxing Mansion, but Tielingwei was still under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. Now Tian shamelessly said that Tielingwei and Xianxingfu were originally your North Koreans, which is really ridiculous! ”
The face of the Korean envoy was a little ugly, of course he knew that there was such a thing in history, but as a staunch supporter of Goguryeo history, he still did not think that Tielingwei and Xianxingfu should be returned to the Ming Dynasty, in the face of Zhu Cijiao's questioning, he said without hesitation: "Your Majesty the Emperor of Shangbang, this is not only Tielingwei and Xianxingfu, but also Liaodong and Manchuria during the Goguryeo period of my Korea, even Liaodong and Manchuria are our Koreans, we North Korea do not ask the Ming Dynasty to return Liaodong and Manchuria, why does the Ming Dynasty want us to return Tielingwei and Xianxingfu, It's not fair! ”
"Heh, even Goguryeo moved out? Speaking of which, I don't plan to return Tielingwei and Xianxing Mansion, and there is so much nonsense! Zhu Ci smiled and didn't plan to talk to the North Korean envoy anymore.
The chill implied in Zhu Ci's tone made the Korean envoy startled, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, although my North Korea cannot return Tielingwei and Xianxing Mansion to the Ming Dynasty, my North Korea is willing to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty again, and serve the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain of the upper state, every year."
Before the North Korean envoy could finish speaking, Zhu Ci waved his hand to interrupt the North Korean envoy's words.
"Okay, since you don't plan to return the Tielingwei and Xianxing Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, you don't need to continue talking about the others, go back and tell the King of Korea, let him prepare his soldiers and horses to meet the attack of the Ming Iron Cavalry!"
After Zhu Ci said this sentence slowly, his expression suddenly changed: "Come on, expel the Korean envoys from the Ming Dynasty immediately!" ”
The North Korean envoy was instantly stunned by Zhu Ci's words.
Immediately, several guards rushed in, and without saying a word, dragged the Korean envoy out of the main hall.
The North Korean envoy woke up from his stunned shock, and his eyes widened: "Your Majesty the Emperor, you can't do this, the Ming can't do this, the Korean military and people won't agree, the Ming will suffer" The voice of the North Korean envoy became farther and farther away until it disappeared.
When the Korean envoys completely disappeared in the Jinluan section, the voice gradually disappeared, there was a short period of silence in the Jinluan Palace, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked by this sudden change, many civil and military officials could not figure out what Zhu Cicheng planned to do, only a few people, such as Li Yan had clearly guessed what was going to happen next, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou and a few other courtiers faintly guessed.
Thinking that according to the emperor's temperament, he might be preparing to use troops against North Korea, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou and others couldn't help but feel a little anxious on their faces.
Sure enough, without letting them wait long, Zhu Ci announced the matter.
"North Korea is disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty, and then discuss sending troops to conquer North Korea!" Zhu Ci stumbled with murderous intentions.