Xu Huizu's voice was not high, but it was as if he had turned off a switch, and the room immediately became silent.

In fact, everyone sitting here are the elites of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the top people, I don't understand anything, in fact, when everyone heard that Li Fang was killed, the first reaction was who would inherit his position, but unfortunately, everyone didn't dare to be the first bird, and they were all saying something that didn't hurt, such as defending Mongolia, dealing with the Japanese invaders, and increasing troops in North Korea. It's not that these things are not important, but there is nothing to argue about, no matter which direction, you must be able to keep it, this is the bottom line; As for whether you can fight or not, it depends on Your Majesty's intentions. Now that Xu Huizu said it, everyone suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't know how to answer for a while.

In fact, there are still many people in the government and the opposition who disagree with the imperial court's Korean strategy. In fact, looking around the subject countries around China, one of the most obedient is North Korea, first of all, the name of North Korea was given by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, and secondly, Emperor Gao did not canonize him as the king of North Korea, but only gave a name of the governor of North Korea. To put it mildly, not to mention the unruly and unruly Japanese state, even the Tusi of Yunnan and Guizhou are not as subservient to the envoys as Korea, so the government and the opposition have always complained about the emperor's forced rebellion against Li Fangyuan.

As for what the emperor said, to ensure the security of the Northeast, in fact, it is untenable, North Korea has no objection, the Ming Dynasty opened up the Northeast and the only conflict with it is the ownership of the Jurchens, but Li Fangyuan gave up the land north of Pyongyang, which is equivalent to giving up the Jurchens, which is enough, but the emperor is still not satisfied, and he has to destroy the people.

Of course, Li Fangyuan is called the emperor, which must be beaten, but some people still feel that Li Fangyuan is a little wronged and is unhappy with him in private.

Of course, this is the view of the literati, but for the military generals, it is the complete opposite.

In the eyes of the generals, since Li Fangyuan dared to be the emperor, he had to have the consciousness of death, so the crowd was excited and high-spirited, and the imperial court also rewarded military merits very richly, so everyone was very enthusiastic.

But in the guise of fighting, everyone found a problem, the imperial court arranged a Korean marquis, that is, Li Fanggan, to be the nominal master of North Korea, and the officials at all levels below were roughly appointed by Li Fangyuan, which made Sheng Yong and other generals very unaccustomed and very confused, they didn't know what they were doing? Could it be to destroy Li Fangyuan and let Li Fanggan take power? So why spend billions of dollars on food? Why do you want to go on an expedition?

The old ruling system in Korea also caused inconvenience in the supply of military supplies and the requisition of farmers, and there were often cases where local officials did not cooperate, and orders from Li Fanggan and the Parliamentary Yuan were required. Sheng Yong had the intention of requisitioning the people's grain and people's power, but he held back, because the emperor did not give him full powers, and now it was Zhang Zhen who was in charge of Korean affairs, and Sheng Yong did not want to make the people's resentment boil, otherwise Zhang Zhen would inevitably write to impeach him.

Finally, there is also the question of merit evaluation, if it is to help the subject country quell the chaos, obviously the credit will not be too big, because it consumes money and food, and there is no gain, which is also one of the reasons why Sheng Yong used a large number of troops; But if it is to expand the territory, then things are completely different, not only can money and people be requisitioned at will, but also the rewards are very rich.

Of course, this is Xiao Jiujiu of some military generals headed by Sheng Yong, and the ministers don't look down on it, but it's a pity that there are only a few literati on the scene, such as Qi Tai, Xie Jin, Liu Jing, and Yang Shiqi.

Sure enough, Qi Tai stood up first: "Your Majesty, my lords, General Xu's first two questions, the military department considers it this way, the development of the Northeast is related to the safety of Northern Xinjiang, and there will be a substantial increase in the army and money and food; As for the strategy of the Japanese state, it should be based on the situation of Korea, and it cannot be generalized; As for the last question, the minister thought that it was imperative, because now the DPRK is bound to circulate rumors that our DPRK killed Li Fanggan, and if the county system is implemented, then it will be very easy to confirm the guilt, and in this way, it will inevitably cause panic among the subject countries, and the DPRK will also be in chaos, and Li Fangyuan is very likely to be in a desperate situation. If Korea is shaken, the northeast will be unstable, and the conquest of the Japanese state will be even more far away. ”

"There is some truth in what Qi Shangshu said, but the old minister thinks that because of this, it is precisely because of the importance of North Korea that he should make a decision immediately, taking advantage of Li Fanggan's extinction, and Li Fangyuan and others are rebellious, declaring that North Korea has no owner, and I Ming sent officials and troops into North Korea to save the people, in order to spread the glory of the Ming Emperor to North Korea and let them live a good life, isn't this good?"

"General Guo, if you do this, not only will the Ming Dynasty leave an infamy in the history books, but it will also expand the war, the failure of Emperor Yang of Sui's three expeditions to Goryeo, and the situation that Emperor Taizong of Tang attacked Goryeo without success may be repeated, our army crosses the ocean to fight, and the supplies are through the sea, once there is a strong wind and tsunami, it may cause supply interruptions, and once the supply is interrupted, our army is in danger!"

"The old man thinks that Qi Shangshu has exaggerated the strength of North Korea and underestimated the strength of our Ming army, our Royal Navy is invincible and invincible, and Jeju Island destroyed the Japanese and Korean coalition forces in the first war, and chased them to Tsushima Island, and the Japanese people did not dare to look back; And our Royal Guards are well-equipped and well-trained, and it will not take much effort to exterminate Korea, which can be easily defeated by the Marquis of Licheng on the Zaeyong Plain with the 100,000 troops of Li Fangyuan and Bian Zhongliang, and successively conquer Kaesong and Hanjing, the Korean army will collapse at the touch of a button, and flee in despair, so why can't it be taken by such a weak brigade? ”

Qi Tai was stunned, he suddenly found that it didn't seem difficult to defeat North Korea, but how did he feel that something was wrong? He thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, this official is not necessarily opposed to setting up counties, but I just think that we should take it slowly!" ”

"Slowly? When will that be? And was there any difference between the abolition of North Korea at that time and now? ”

"The difference is big, at that time, the Korean people were converted, and it was easy to set up counties, but now there will inevitably be a rebellion."

"Hehe," Guo Ying sneered twice: "Then according to Lord Qi's meaning, are you going to invite Li Fangyuan or Li Fangguo to be the North Korean candidate?" ”

"This, Li Fangguo can do it, but Li Fangyuan can't."

"Hehe, Lord Qi, Li Fang is dead, do you think Li Fangguo will come? Does he dare to come? If he thought it was the hand of the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely not have thrown himself into the net; If he thought it was Li Fangyuan's hand, he wouldn't dare to have such thoughts at all, otherwise he would probably die in Gyeongju immediately. ”

"This," Qi Tai was asked, he thought for a long time, turned to the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, what General Guo said also makes sense, but the minister thinks that even if Li Fangguo does not come in the end, we will have to make this gesture, and when the time comes, we will change Korea to a county, and they will have nothing to say!" ”

"Well," Zhu Yunwen thought for a while, and then glanced at the people present: "Qi Shangshu's method, what do you think?" ”

"This," Xu Huizu took a step forward and said, "Although the method is safe, the general thinks that it is better to cut through the mess quickly, and it will be a hundred!" ”

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"Okay, this matter will be discussed later, there will be new news in a few days, and it will not be too late to discuss it then."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"The Ministry of War, the General Staff, the General Supervision Department, and the General Quartermaster Department shall immediately draw up a charter to determine the deployment of troops and the strategy of battle and defense in the direction of Kaiping, Daning, Tongliao, and Baicheng in the northeast, and at the same time attach the necessary soldiers, people, and money and food, and send them to my desk before sunset tomorrow, understand?"

"The General Staff Headquarters should strengthen the deduction of the Korean war situation, and at the same time ordered the Cao Yushu Department of the Guards Army, which was repairing in Shandong, to give up rest and recuperate, and arrive in Hanjing by sea and land to accept the command of Anping Bo Qu Neng."

"Xuanxin, has Tong Hailong returned to Beijing?"

"He has already returned, he went back to his hometown in Fujian to bring his parents, wife and children, and lived in the earl's palace given to him by His Majesty."

"Well, now that the military situation is urgent, you go to deliver the decree, his vacation is over, and he will report to the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy immediately, and within seven days, the Second Fleet will set sail. The combat mission is to go to the Japanese country to harass and exhaust the enemy army, and you tell him that I have no restrictions on him, and he can do whatever he wants, and do what he wants! But there is one thing, the task of him and the First Fleet is that the Japanese country must not go to sea, and the horses must not cross north! Do you understand? ”

"Understood, Your Majesty!"

"Okay, in the past two days, you have also thought about whether it is better to support a Li family in North Korea, or to set up a county? Let's discuss the location at the military aircraft! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"