Chapter 80: Jeju Island (2)

The ministers began to think, but Zhu Youxiao didn't urge, and said with a cup of tea: "Think about it while drinking tea." “

After a while, Huang Kezhang spoke: "Your Majesty, Jiannu has hit a nail in southern Liaoning now, and there should be no possibility of hitting southern Liaoning for a while, and it will not be good to fight." And western Liaoning is desolate, and it is impossible to go on an expedition to Shanhaiguan. Therefore, Jiannu will either fight Mongolia or Korea, and the minister feels that the possibility of fighting Korea will be much greater. “

Zhu Youxiao asked, "What does Huang Qing mean to coerce?" They give us Jeju Island, and we will help them deal with Jiannu? “

Huang Kezhang bowed his head and was silent, as a traditional Confucian student, he was really ashamed to say such things, but the king asked, and he was a soldier, so he had to say it in a secret, and he didn't say it thoroughly.

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Ben Bing, what are you embarrassed to say this, I have heard a saying, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests." Zhongqing may think that this is wrong, because the sage said that the villain is said to be profitable, but I think that the country and people are different, and the sage said this for people, and for the country, interests are the most important. “

Huang Kezhang said: "Your Majesty is right, the minister is too stubborn. The minister wants to use the method of coercion to get North Korea to hand over Jeju Island, but this law will still make North Koreans hold hatred in their hearts, so I am afraid that this law is not very appropriate. “

At this time, Ye Xianggao said: "If you use the method of coercion, I am afraid that there will be some troubles, so it is better to pretend to be a pirate to seize this place first, and then we will grab it back, and then say to North Korea, we have to borrow it for a while, so it should be better." “

Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up, leasing, this method is okay, but there is no need to specify the time limit for leasing, and then immigrating on a large scale, so it will become the land of China.

He Zongyan, the head of the household department, said: "After borrowing, the Han people will be moved into this island, and after a few decades, the island will be Han people, so Liu Bei can borrow Jingzhou." “

Shangshu Sheng Yihong of the Criminal Department said: "Let the pirates occupy it for a while longer, and then take it back after Japan is pacified, so that North Korea should have nothing to say." “

Zhu Youxiao thought to himself, yes, this upright gentleman, thinking of the conspiracy and tricks, he really competed one by one. In fact, the students who come out of the imperial examination are generally very smart, as long as they are willing to think about it, they can come up with any idea.

Fang Congzhe said: "In fact, you can use both prongs, let the pirates grab it first, North Korea can't fight it by itself, so it will naturally come to us, then you can first reveal that you need North Korea to help us with some military funds or something, and when Jiannu attacks North Korea, of course we also want North Korea to supply grain and grass, they should not be able to afford it, then he will lend us this island for a hundred years to repay the debt." “

Xu Guangqi said: "North Korea's geographical location is too important, if they are attached, it should be the best ending." “

During the whole process, Yao Siren watched with horror on his face as the emperor and his colleagues excitedly discussed the seizure of the land of his subjects, and he had already found that the teachings of the sages he regarded as the supreme reason were of no use to them at all. Doesn't it mean that only soldiers are ominous? Why do you like to fight?

Zhu Youxiao waited for everyone to discuss it and then began to summarize: "Then let the pirates occupy Jeju Island first, and then wait for news from the North Korean side." “

After Ma Shiying received the letter from Jingshi, he began to plan this matter, and everyone agreed that Yan Siqi's subordinates would pretend to be pirates to rob the island, because they were pirates in the first place.

Yan Siqi was more or less an official (leader) in Hirado and couldn't go out for too long, so his old brothers Chen Xinji and Zheng Yiguan were responsible for the island grabbing.

Chen and his wife went to Jeju Island with a total of 3,000 people in 40 boats, all of which had artillery, and most of the weapons of the 3,000 men were arquebuses and steel knives pulled by Wu Mengming from the former Jingying warehouse.

Yan Siqi asked Ma Shiying to supervise the battle, but he refused, and finally couldn't resist him, so he ordered Wu Mengming to watch the battle, clearly stipulating that orders were not allowed, and he could really only watch the battle.

When the pirates heard that they were going to attack Jeju Island in North Korea, they were very excited, because with such a large island, there must be a lot of things to grab.

After Chen Xinji landed with the boat, no one took care of them. It seems that Jeju Mushi does not even have a water police. After discussing with Zheng Yiguan, Chen Xinji decided that Chen Xinji would land with a thousand soldiers, while Zheng Yiguan would patrol around the island.

When Chen Xinji led the soldiers forward, he could see the farmers working in the fields by the roadside, and the farmers saw this group of troops, and they all showed curiosity, which made the pirates feel very unaccomplished, and Chen Xinji asked people to call two farmers over.

Among the pirates were Koreans, so he began to question, and soon found out that the Jeju Muyamen was still more than 30 miles away from here, and there were only 200 soldiers in the yamen.

Asked the path, Chen Jinji continued to advance, more than an hour later rushed to the Jeju Mu Yamen, after a few shots the North Korean soldiers surrendered, and soon Jeju Mu also came out to surrender, not to mention martyrdom, when they met, they all knelt down and shouted that the good man spared his life.

After asking about the situation, the Yamen of Jeongui County is next to the Yamen of Jeju Mu, and the Yamen of Dajing County is more than ten miles away here, and there are 50 soldiers. Chen Xinji asked one of his subordinates to take over Dajing County with 200 people, and arrested the county order.

Chen Jinji asked the North Koreans to take out the grain and start making their own rice. The meal had just been cooked, and his subordinates had already arrested the Dajing County Order, and the fifty soldiers were also brought along.

After eating, Chen Jinji gathered the county guard and the county magistrate and inquired in detail about the basic situation of Jeju Island. The main island of Jeju Island is about 100 li and more than 80 li wide, including 34 dependent islands, with a total of 20,000 islanders, about half of whom make a living from agriculture and half from fishing.

The island's grain production is low, barely enough for the island's inhabitants, but there are good citrus, sweet and sour flavors and plump flesh, and they are often shipped to North Korea for sale. And although the fishing is dangerous, the harvest is good, and it is also sold to the North Korean side.

Chen Xinji ordered the original officials of North Korea to still perform their duties, but the object of tax collection and payment became pirates, and at this time, Zheng Yiguan's navy army had also been anchored in the port only more than five miles away from Jeju Mu Yamen, which was much better than the port where they landed, and the two decided to use this port as a naval garrison, and Jeju Mu stationed a thousand people, and the two places could echo each other.

After the pirates reached Japan, Yan Siqi ordered the pirates to survey all over Jeju Island first, mainly the available land area, the capacity of the fishing grounds, the yield of citrus and the area that can be planted, because the imperial court has decided to change the location of this year's exile to Jeju Island.

All kinds of requests, thank you for your support! According to investigations, there were less than 20,000 islanders on Jeju Island at that time, so I think that two or three hundred people should be enough for the armed forces.