(In this book, the Hongwu Dynasty is only twenty-nine years, so the three years of Jianwen are equivalent to the first year of Jianwen in history, that is, 1399, which is hereby explained.) ）

"That's what you did, Emperor? Is that how you treat your brother? ”

Although two hours have passed, Zhu Yunwen's ears are still echoing the angry roar of the Queen Mother, how did he reply at that time? seemed to be just silent, thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen sighed softly.

The reason for the matter is this, after the three-year court meeting of Jianwen, in addition to announcing the previous holy decree, the edict of moving the feudal king was also promulgated, and the king of the valley was moved to Changsha; The king of Shen was ordered to be the domain of Liaodong Shenyang, and the king of Han was to open the source of Liaodong, and Wu Sheng, the capital of Liaodong, and Cheng Benli, the political envoy of Liaodong, were responsible for building the palace; In addition, Zhu Yunwen set up the Taiwan capital division, Xu Zengshou was the first commander of the capital, so that the king of Wu Zhu Yunxi was in Taipei, and his father-in-law Zhao Sili was responsible for building the palace.

The Queen Mother also asked Zhu Yunwen to change Zhu Yunxi's seal as she did last time. But Zhu Yunwen didn't listen, he didn't need to compromise now, he needed to unite all the forces that could be united during the Yanwang Rebellion, and try not to make a storm, but, now, there is no need anymore.

"Where is Zhuo Jing now?" Suddenly, Zhu Yunwen burst out with a sentence.

"Your Majesty, Lord Zhuo has only been on for sixteen days, and I'm afraid he hasn't arrived in Shenyang yet." Xie Jin replied.

"Well, Da Shen, what do you think of Zhuo Jing's trip? How will North Korea react? ”

"This," Xie Jin hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the minister said it badly?" ”

"Oh? Why? ”

According to the intelligence department, the governor of North Korea, Ri Sung-gye, has abdicated and his second son Li Fangguo has succeeded him, but the real power is in the hands of his fifth son, Li Fangyuan. So North Korea actually has three centers of power, and although Lee Sung-gye is old, his prestige is still there; Although Li Fangguo has no great ambitions, he has an orthodox name; Although Li Fangyuan is domineering, he is restrained by his brother Li Fanggan, and he does not dare to make mistakes easily. ”

"So, in this case, anything can happen, it depends on Lord Zhuo's means."

"No matter what, the Jurchens must be cleared, and the homelands of the Han and Tang dynasties north of the Datong River must be assigned to the Ming Dynasty, and I will rebuild Tielingwei there, and I will be rebuilt," Zhu Yunwen paused and said, "I also want Jeju Island!" ”

"......" Xie Jin hesitated for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there will be a war." ”

"Hehe, that's for sure." Zhu Yunwen smiled, and after a while, he said: "If it weren't for the credit of pacifying North Korea, these people would not be at ease." ”

"I've already given me the opportunity, it's up to them to see if they can grasp it."

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"Master Cheng, the prosperity of Dalian Port is completely beyond Zhuo's imagination!"

Zhuo Jing, who was dressed in mink fur on the outside and a scarlet official uniform on the inside, bowed his hand to Cheng Benli, the political envoy of Liaodong.

"Lord Zhuo has won the award." Cheng Benli, who was long in courtesy, said with a smile: "This is the emperor's benevolent government, long before the imperial court opened the sea ban, Dalian has already opened the ban, but mainly to and from Zhigu, Dengzhou, North Korea and other places, now that the Ming Dynasty has opened the sea ban, there are more ships coming and going." ”

Zhuo Jing nodded and arched his hand: "This official wants to visit Dalian Port, Lord Cheng doesn't mind." ”

"Hahaha, of course I don't mind," Cheng Benli said with a smile, pointing to the carriage next to him: "Please get in the carriage, let's watch while walking." ”

Throughout the morning, Zhuo Jing was idle in the port, which greatly opened his eyes, and the tall pulley group easily lifted thousands of catties of goods, greatly accelerating the speed of unloading and loading; On the wide and smooth cement road, four-wheeled carriages go back and forth, seemingly never stopping; In addition, the slide rail that leads directly to the warehouse is also convenient for merchants to temporarily unload and store goods.

Of course, Zhuo Jing was not only concerned about this, he also found that the warehouse was heavily guarded, there were many sentry posts, and the city of Dalian not far away was tall and majestic, with swords and guns and artillery all over the city.

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After the visit, it was already noon. Cheng Benli invited Zhuo Jing to the post house for dinner, and Zhuo Jing agreed after a little thought, after all, as a messenger, he must stay in the post house at night.

When he saw the dishes on the table, Zhuo Jing frowned: "Master Cheng, isn't this too rich?" ”

"Hearty?" Cheng Benli was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted and said: "My lord misunderstood, these are all native products of Liaodong, Dalian is surrounded by mountains and seas, there are all kinds of mountain delicacies and seafood, and there is also rice in Liaodong, and this white rice is not unusual." ”

"Really?" Zhuo Jing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look back at the deputy envoy beside him.

The deputy envoy is a fat man, looking at the wine and food with a smile, listening to the conversation between the two adults, when he saw Zhuo Jing's eyes, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Lord Zhuo, what Lord Cheng said is true, there are reporters sent here by the lowly position, and the sister is also in Dalian, and she also mentioned this matter in her letter to the lowly position." ”

"Oh, it seems that the official is too careful, and I hope Lord Cheng will forgive me!" Zhuo Jing hurriedly apologized to Cheng Benli.

Cheng Benli threw his hand again and again, saying that he didn't care, and then looked at the deputy envoy suspiciously, and asked, "This Lord Bai, I don't know who Sister Ling is?" ”

"Oh," the deputy envoy smiled and arched his hand, "Lord Cheng, the sister of the house opened a workshop here, it seems that there are workshops, wine shops, and fleets. ”

"Could it be the female shopkeeper of the Bai family?"

"Well, I guess so."

Cheng Benli immediately stopped talking, he knew this white shopkeeper, although he had never seen her, it could even be said that few people had seen the true face of this white shopkeeper, and on most occasions, she wore a veil. As soon as this woman came to Liaodong, she built a workshop and bought a boat, and soon became a famous rich man in Liaodong, so naturally some people covet her wealth and beauty, and want to make things difficult, but no matter who you are, as long as you have the idea that you shouldn't fight, you will be unlucky, and it can be said that its means are all over the world, and no one dares to provoke.

Cheng Benli paid attention to this woman, not because of her means, but because her workshop provided a large number of cotton clothes and various textiles for the Liaodong army, which strongly supported the Liaodong army's battle against the Jurchens in the cold weather.

Seeing that there was some coldness, Zhuo Jing hurriedly diverted the topic, pointed to the outside of the city, and said, "Master Cheng, this official sees that the port, warehouse, and city are all heavily guarded, is there something wrong?" Is it because the Japanese come often? ”

"This," Cheng Benli hesitated for a moment and said: "When the Yanshu people rebelled, most of the Liaodong troops were ordered to enter the pass to quell the rebellion. ”

"However, now there are many merchants coming and going in Dalian Port, and it is the window of Liaodong, so Lord Wu strictly ordered that no mistakes should be made."

"Oh," Zhuo Jing thought for a moment and said, "Are those Japanese from the Japanese country?" ”

"No, in the early days, the Japanese often hid on the nearby islands, but after General Luo was ordered to vigorously clean up, there are basically no Japanese on the nearby islands now, but there are still some Japanese who are hiding on the islands of Korea."

"North Korea? Do they still harbor the pirates? ”

"Not only that, but the lower officials suspect that some of the Japanese are pretending to be Koreans."

"What?" Zhuo Jing turned his head violently and looked at Cheng Benli: "Master Cheng, this kind of joke can't be made." ”

"Hehe, Lord Zhuo doesn't know that when the Yanshu people rebelled, the Jurchens in Liaodong were not very peaceful, and since Timur, the fierce brother who was canonized by North Korea as "tens of thousands of households", came to the border of Liaodong from North Korea, Jianzhou Wei did not listen to the transfer much. ”

"However, this official has heard that the Jurchens have made a lot of achievements in the battles of Kaiping and Daning."

"This is true," Cheng Benli raised his head and thought for a moment: "Last year, the Jurchens had already handed over more than 2,400 Mongolian army heads, and made great achievements for the Mongols who contained Daning. ”

"But there is also a bad thing about this, the Haixi Jurchen and the Jianzhou Jurchen have therefore entered the hinterland of my Liaodong, knowing that my Liaodong is virtual and real, and since the Mengge Timur entered Liaodong, the Jianzhou Jurchen has become more organized, and the heads of their hands have suddenly increased, and the lower officials suspect that there is the participation of the Jurchens on the Korean side. What worries the lower officials even more is that in the later stage of the counterinsurgency, the Jurchens were not satisfied with exchanging their heads for rewards, and there was a phenomenon of plundering our Ming people. ”

"At that time, it was at a critical stage of counterinsurgency, and the role of the Jurchens could not be ignored, but fortunately, the rebellion was quickly quelled. Therefore, after discussing with General Geng and General Wu, Xiaguan immediately beheaded the Jurchens who plundered the people, but it caused a commotion among the Jurchens, which made Xiaguan very worried. ”

"So when the rebellion was quelled, Xia Guan and General Geng discussed, and jointly wrote a memo, and when Lord Geng entered Beijing, he secretly reported to the emperor that in order to maintain the stability and development of Liaodong, it was necessary to eliminate the Jurchens, and while the Jurchens were still weak, the court should strike first."

"The emperor is extremely wise, good as a stream, and immediately ordered to realize the organization of households and people in Liaodong, which is really a blessing for Liaodong!" Speaking of this, Cheng Benli arched his hand towards the south, and said with a solemn face.

"Oh," Zhuo Jing ate a few bites of food and thought for a while, "Master Cheng thinks how to solve the Jurchens?" ”

"The Jurchens in Liaodong are not difficult to deal with, the Jurchen tribes are not large, relatively backward, and there are many contradictions, they do not belong to each other, but to solve the Jurchens, it is necessary to exclude the interference of the Koreans."

"In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, our dynasty sent the Jurchen thousand households to cross the mountain and the river, and wanted to take over the jurisdiction of the old Yuan Helan Prefecture, at that time North Korea was still called Goryeo, and Goryeo was mad and sent troops to repel our army."

"In the twenty-first year of Hongwu, my dynasty wanted to rebuild Tielingwei in the Governor's Mansion of Shuangcheng in the old Yuan Dynasty, but it was unsuccessful."

After that, Goryeo secretly expanded its influence to the Jurchen region, and in addition, Li Chenggui, the governor of Korea, also had a close relationship with the Jurchens, and his sworn brother Li Zhilan was an authentic Jurchen, and Li Zhilan made great achievements for Li Chenggui to usurp the throne. Although Li Zhilan is dead, his family has great influence in North Korea, and Li Zhilan once publicly said before his death that his brother Timur was his own nephew, and it should be to win over the Jurchens in Jianzhou. ”

"Therefore, Xia Guan thinks that the Jurchens are not easy to deal with, because behind them is North Korea."

"Master Cheng thinks that North Korea will go to war with our DPRK for the Jurchens?"

"It's not impossible, if North Korea retreats, their northern Jurchens will inevitably centrifuge, then it will be easy for us to rebuild Tielingwei."

"But Li Chenggui started with military merits, he once defeated the Red Turban Army, the Yuan Army and the Japanese Emperor, and his son Li Fangyuan also killed decisively, which helped his father usurp the throne a lot, and the Korean military strength is not weak, at least more than 100,000, and I am afraid that it can reach 200,000 if recruited in wartime, so they are likely to fight with my Ming Dynasty."

"Moreover, the Haixi Jurchens and the East China Sea Jurchens further north are very likely to be involved, and it is not even ruled out that North Korea may collude with the Mongols and flank our army."

Zhuo Jing looked at Cheng Benli dumbfounded, as if he had met this political envoy who was said to be a descendant of Cheng Yi for the first time. When he received the order to send an envoy, he actually still had some resistance, thinking that the emperor was reckless, but the emperor asked him to talk to Cheng Benli to understand, and now he understands the emperor's intentions, this trip is not simple, and there may even be death!