The good and the bad are also the elephants of loss. Those who repent are also sorrowful. The changer, the image of advance and retreat. The one who is rigid and soft, the elephant of day and night. The movement of the six pillars is also the way of the three poles. ------- "Dictionaries"

When faced with a problem, there are thousands of solutions, but there are often not many that are really feasible, and the common criterion for judging whether it is feasible is the gain or loss. There is a very good saying: someone does the business of killing heads, but no one does the business of losing money. For Zhu Yunwen, he hopes to solve the problem by slowing down and attacking quickly, simply put, it is to take it step by step, and then strike a thunderous blow, which is the most in line with his ability and strength, he doesn't like to take risks, because he knows that he has the ability.

But for Li Fangyuan, there is actually only one way to choose, and that is to fight. In his opinion, the Ming Dynasty is kicking its nose in the face, and everyone is not a vassal state of yours to give up their own land, but to get some benefits. Thanks to the opening of maritime trade, merchants from both sides came and went to trade, and it was easier for him to get information from inside the Ming Dynasty. Whenever he thinks of Jianwen's three-year concession, he regrets it, at that time Daming did not have the ability to start a full-scale war with North Korea, but it was too late for him to know, and his bowing hurt the morale of the army, but let him regret the war with Daming, he couldn't do it, because he was also the king of North Korea, even if it was not Chrysostom, at least it should be iron teeth and steel teeth, and his words must count, so he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

In the past two years, he sent a large number of merchants to trade with the Ming Dynasty to obtain materials such as cotton, silk and ironware, and also sent people to Dalian, Dengzhou, Pyongyang and other places to listen to information. And such as "Minsheng Xunbao", "Imperial Newsletter", "Jingshi Xunbao", "Fujian Xunbao" and other major newspapers of the Ming Dynasty, he is a must-read in every issue, from which he saw the changes in the national policy of the Ming Dynasty, but also saw the ambition of the young emperor, in a short period of time, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, the sailors are blooming everywhere in the South Seas, and the income of the customs is also like sesame blossoming is rising, Jianwen is two million and five hundred thousand taels in four years, and Jianwen is three and a half million taels in five years, this number makes him frightened, This is because the revenue of the customs alone has more than doubled the annual revenue of North Korea.

However, Li Fangyuan was not idle, he took the opportunity of trade to obtain a large amount of supplies, and even obtained some arquebuses and flintlock pistols. After obtaining these things, he immediately ordered the craftsmen to study them, and soon the trial production was successful, and he began to experiment with tactics and equipment for the army.

In their view, Jeju Island was too close to Honshu and Kyushu for the Ming Navy to cross the Tsushima Strait and march to Kyushu in a day and night, which caused dissatisfaction among the Ming hardliners in the country and the vigilance of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu who had abdicated but still held real power. The expansion of the Ming Dynasty in the South Seas, as well as the garrisons in Ryukyu and Jeju Island, made the Japanese have a sense of thorns in their backs. And Tong Hailong's behavior of bypassing the Japanese archipelago and driving north made the Japanese country break out in a cold sweat, and also made Ashikaga Yoshimitsu finally make up his mind.

And his son Ashikaga Yoshinori himself was proud and arrogant, and he was even more reluctant to be a vassal to the Ming court, so the Wa Kingdom also sent a large number of merchants to trade with the Ming Dynasty and collect intelligence. The Wa Kingdom mainly collected information on Ryukyu, Taiwan, Songjiang (Shanghai), and Fujian, and also purchased a large amount of supplies, especially iron tools.

At the same time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ordered the suppression and restriction of pirates by the Japanese in exchange for legitimate trade with the Ming Dynasty in order to paralyze the Ming court.

Generally speaking, the Ming Dynasty's open trade with Korea and the Japanese Kingdom did not gain the goodwill of the two countries, but strengthened the strength of the two countries, some of the gains outweighed the losses, and more importantly, the firearms technology of the two countries went up to a higher level.

After Li Fangyuan's envoy arrived in the Wa Kingdom, they almost hit it off, and the two countries immediately formed an alliance. Korea has always been clouded with the destruction of the country, and desperately hopes that the Wa State will help them deal with the Ming Dynasty's sailors, and without the support of the sailors, it is almost impossible for the Ming court to capture Korea; And the Wa State also hoped that North Korea would be able to control the territory of the Yalu River Valley, so that the Wa State and the Ming Dynasty would be separated by a vast ocean and have no foothold, and the threat to the Wa State would be much smaller. Although the sailors of the Wa Kingdom were far inferior to the Great Ming Sailors, in the view of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, this shows the fragility of the Ming Dynasty sailors, who went to sea many times to fight the Wakos, but with little success; But his own sailors have repeatedly succeeded in fighting the Japanese invaders. From this point of view, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu believed that it would not be too difficult to prevent the Ming army from landing in Korea.

As for the Jurchens, under the joint attack of Pyongyang Wei, Tonghua Wei, and Shenyang Wei, Meng's brother Timur and Li Zhongzhong have retreated to Changbai Mountain for a generation, and are lying dormant in the Songhua River and Tumen River basins. Li Fangyuan provided them with a large amount of supplies and sent powerful generals to help them train their troops. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the naturalized Jurchens of the Ming court, more than 10,000 well-trained cavalry were gathered under the command of Mengge Timur and Li Zhongzhong.

The Jurchens retreated to the Songhua River valley and inevitably clashed with the Mahamu tribe in the upper reaches of the river. In order to mediate the conflict between them, Li Fangyuan's envoys went to discuss an alliance with Lin and Erebak Khan, but it did not go well.

In the rebellion of King Yan, the losses of the Mongol army were not small, the leader of the Horqin tribe, Toheicha, was killed in battle, and his son Tieleba succeeded to the throne, although Maha escaped by luck, but his subordinates lost everything, only Arutai took the lead and took the lead in breaking through Gubeikou, and the loss was not large; This gave Elberk Khan the opportunity to reorganize the Golden Family, and his immediate tribes were greatly strengthened, and Tieleba, Mahamu, and Arutai were much more submissive. After a heavy defeat, the Mongol army retreated to Mobei again, and was nomadic for a generation in Helin and Bear Lake.

And the western Warat is also a war, because of the death of Arak and the Vulture Polo, so when Ugqi decided to unify the four Warat divisions, the only one who can trouble him is Taiping, but the Taiping is alone and is not Ugqi's opponent at all. In the first half of the fourth year of Jianwen, Ugqi killed Taiping, unified the four Warat tribes, and became the leader of the veritable Warat tribe.

Later, with the help of Wang Xing, the national teacher of Warat, Ugqi quickly integrated the four tribes of Warat, expanded his power to the east of the Altai Mountains, in the area of Lake Baikal, and formed a confrontation with the reorganized Golden Family, but Ugqi did not become aggressive, but more humble and cautious.

This is all thanks to Wang Xing's opinion, he advocated that Ugqi adopt the strategy of "building a high wall and slowing down the king", in his opinion, the target of the Ming court must be the Golden Family, and when it is defeated, it is time for Wara to come out. Therefore, Ugqi made a request to the Ming court to reopen the horse market, and at the same time made a request to Timur in the west for trade. To Ugqi's surprise, both Daming and Timur did not refuse, and this kind of mutual market greatly boosted the morale of Waga, and also improved the quality of life of the people of Waga, thus also increasing Ugqi's prestige.

Of course, what Wang Xing didn't expect was that Zhu Yunwen's wariness of Warat was much greater than that of the Golden Family, in his opinion, the Golden Family had no bloody nature and was easy to deal with; And the most difficult to deal with is Moxi Mongolia, that is, Warat.

Although the envoy of the Korean envoy Yin Chaohui to Mongolia did not go well, but after more than three years of recuperation, the Mobei tribes gradually recovered, so Elbok Khan decided to avoid the Great Wall, attack Liaodong, rub the great Ming sharp energy, and grab some cloth and silk children by the way, because according to the description of Mahamu and Yin Zhaohui, Liaodong is already very rich, and it is not what it used to be.

When Elbok's decision reached Ugqi's ears, he immediately had an idea and sent an envoy to Samarkan to ask Timur to meet and ask for a joint attack on Ming, but Timur was at war with Turkey and had no time to separate, but promised to send an army to harass the Ming and wait for him to conquer Turkey.

When Ugqi got the news, he immediately revealed the news that Timur was going to attack Ming with all his might through the mouth of a merchant in the horse market to Li Jinglong, who was in charge of the military affairs in the northwest. Li Jinglong was shocked when he heard the news, and quickly reported to the imperial court, and at the same time had to agree to Ugqi's more stringent requirements for mutual markets in exchange for neutrality.

At the beginning of May of the sixth year of Jianwen, the Mongol army entered Liaodong, merged with the Jurchens, burned and looted in the border cities of Liaodong; North Korea claimed to have been invaded by the Lelang Jurchens and demanded to enter the country to suppress bandits; a sudden increase in the number of incidents of harassment by the Japanese pirates; Timur was going to march eastward with all his might; And Annan also began to move, only Ugqi, who is still neutral and observing the situation......