Chapter Ninety-Two: Yoro is arrogant
Bai Yong was much more relaxed after Meng He made this decision, the Mongolian army only had one way left, and the advance team sent had contact with the elite troops led by Bai Yong several times, and they retreated without taking any advantage, ready to wait for another showdown on the grassland, except for some threats from this Mongolian army, the so-called enemy army cobbled together by small countries such as Goryeo was not enough to enter Bai Yong's eyes,
Goryeo should be accurately called North Korea now, taken from the meaning of the country of the sun and the sun that Zhu Yuanzhang had given to the Li dynasty, but the common people are used to it, and it is still the name of Goryeo Goryeo, not to mention Bai Yong, a person who grew up in the land of externalization, so when Bai Yong saw that half of the enemy army had retreated and the rest retreated back to the grassland, he ordered a raid on Goryeo, so that this group of Xiaoxiao who dared to annoy me Tianwei tasted it.
Li Yao, as the current ruler of Goryeo, is wearing a python robe and hanging a jade belt, looking at his ministers and frowning, now that the Mongols have withdrawn their army, Goryeo has no barrier, before Meng He said that if Goryeo sent troops to help and succeeded, he could make Goryeo emperor,
It is the long-cherished wish of the rulers of Goryeo to be called the emperor, for so many years they regard the Ming Dynasty as the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, and as a result, they have fallen into the fate of a vassal state called the king, and they are called ministers every year, not to mention the tribute, and even the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty can not be seen, at most a few low-level officials of the Siyi Pavilion or Honglu Temple, and those officials still love to ignore it, and they can only catch up with the emperor or the queen mother's birthday to see the face of the sky,
Of course, these situations still rarely happen, most of the time the emperor doesn't even see them, at best, a few words of the envoys of all countries come to He Zhen is deeply gratified and pass it over, of course, Li Yao does not know these circumstances, he got this throne is not justified, but the throne of his nephew Li Hongwei, thus becoming the ruler of Korea,
For this matter, Li Hongwei had sent someone to the Ming Dynasty for help, but at that time, it was a critical moment when the two armies of Lu Yunzhi and Yu Qian were fighting, where was there any time to take care of their affairs, so Li Yao ascended the throne with peace of mind, and was not hindered by the Heavenly Empire.
Why do you say that, the Korean Li family has broken off diplomatic relations with Daming for a long time, and after the stability of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Qian once sent someone to reprimand Li Yao and said that he was nameless on the side of the Qing monarch, and he was a usurper and a rebellious minister to gain power, and he was not allowed to be called the king, and he needed to go to Daming in person to bow down to Daming in order to continue to canonize his throne.
According to the description of the ministers who have been to the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty respect North Korea as the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, and the people have to bow and bow when they see the North Korean officials, and the emperor has to bow and salute.
When Li Yao asked them about the strength of the Ming Dynasty and the state of the country, the ministers replied that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were weak and could not eat enough, and the Korean envoys could not bear to see it, so they took out bread to help them, and the soldiers went to share the food regardless of the general's order, like a starving ghost to survive, and the Ming officials were powerless to stop the people, so they could only laugh and laugh.
As for the people, most of them lived in caves or cellars, digging food from the soil, and the streets were bleak, only the imperial capital Beijing was disguised as prosperous, and they had never even seen the envoys riding horses.
For these descriptions Li Yao was a little unbelievable, he once asked the minister why the Ming Dynasty was so unbearable, North Korea still has to pay tribute every year to be called a minister, and why not replace it, the ministers all replied that God has the virtue of a good life, once North Korea helped the Ming Dynasty to lay down the country, and then they thought they were too poor, and the poor mountains and bad waters were difficult to develop before the Ming Dynasty was returned to the Han people, even if it was replaced by nothing, the land of the Ming Dynasty could not grow food, and the annual tribute was just in benevolence, and the aid to the poor state,
Li Yao didn't believe it at first, because although he was a usurper king, he had heard a lot of things about the Ming Dynasty, and in his impression, the Ming Dynasty was a strong country, and his name in North Korea was also given by the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, how could it be as unbearable as the minister said,
But the three of them became tigers, talking and talking, even Li Yao believed it, not to mention that his first adviser wished him to seize the throne Han Minghun also said so, and slowly Li Yao became arrogant, what Heavenly Empire is just a land charity for you that I don't want in North Korea, and I really take myself seriously,
Later, the historian also explained that there was an emperor named Zhu Di in the dynasty, and it took four years for the Qing monarch to succeed, and Zhu Yunwen, the mediocre son of heaven, was the emperor for four years, and Li Yao was even more disdainful of this, and it took only three years for the preparation of the Qing monarch side, so wouldn't he be more powerful than the Ming Chengzu, I heard that Chengzu Zhu Di was the outstanding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, hum, compared to the Li family, it was just a grain of sand,
Under this kind of complacency, the Li dynasty was proud and complacent, so when Meng He sent an envoy to order North Korea to send troops to take the Ming Dynasty, Li Yao didn't even think about it and agreed, his condition was that after the Mongols laid down the Ming Dynasty, he was the emperor in Korea, and the Mongols promised to come down with this small cost, North Korea immediately gathered troops to gather a total of 40,000 people to prepare to fight with the Mongols, and take the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the people, even Li Yao, the incumbent of the people, did not think that the Ming Dynasty was vulnerable, so everyone thought that the Ming Dynasty was determined to win, within ten days you can take the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing,
The reason why Li Yao is now frowning is because he has seen some clues, if the Ming Dynasty is really as weak as the ministers said, why would the Mongols be so vigilant and send tens of thousands of iron horsemen to attack the Ming Dynasty, why did the Ming dare to resist stubbornly and take the initiative to attack, and now, the Mongols withdrew tens of thousands of people, only half of the men and horses remained, and they also retreated to the Mongolian grasslands.
The ministers saw Li Yao's doubts, they continued to belittle the Ming Dynasty, and couldn't help but make Li Yao arrogant, what Da Ming, all Mao, the ministers also secretly rejoiced, since Li Yao ascended the throne, Da Ming cut off contact with it, Li Yao naturally did not know the true situation of Da Ming, the ministers pointed to the deer as a horse, it is not unavoidable, people say too many lies, they can't help but believe it, so in the hearts of the Korean ministers, North Korea will always be the most powerful country,
Li Jiaoping replaced, and just wanted to say a few words to the ministers seated, when he heard someone report that the Mongols had sent envoys to come, Li Yao looked around at the ministers in a daze, and then ordered majestically: "Let the barbarian messenger come into the temple and bow down." ”
The messenger replied that he had withdrawn, and the ministers were very excited and shouted: "Look, the Mongols can't do it either, now we have to see that our North Korea sends troops, so that the world can be pacified, and who will compete with the North Korea." After a long time, the people who went to invite the Mongolian envoys did not come back, and the Mongolian envoys did not come to bow down to him as he imagined, Li Yao frowned again, and just wanted to send someone to see what was going on, when he saw a general running outside, and after bowing to Li Yao with a pale face, he said: "Your Highness, Your Highness, something is wrong." ”