Not long after Zhou Zhong received the news of the chaos in North Korea, he received a letter from Zhengde, asking him whether the Ming Dynasty should aid North Korea, after all, now North Korea is not only in civil strife, but also encountered the North and South two sides, the Japanese and Jurchens have found the weakness of the North Koreans, so now they are desperately trying to eat more, and even have the momentum of carving up Korea, and now North Korea alone can no longer drive away the Jurchens and the Japanese people.

After receiving Zhengde's letter, Zhou Zhong was also very embarrassed, for this kind of national event, he never thought about it, but now with the change of identity, he is not only the youngest governor of the Ming Dynasty, but also the only younger brother of Zhengde, to put it mildly, if Zhengde dies suddenly, then this throne can only be inherited by him, so there are some things he must consider.

For the current crisis in North Korea, in fact, Zhou Zhong is not surprised, and even this situation is still created by him, but the attack of the Jurchens and the Japanese people is somewhat unexpected by him, because in his plan, he just wants to make North Korea chaotic for a longer time, and by the way, he uses the Chamber of Commerce to support his own strength in North Korea, which is more convenient for the Chamber of Commerce to trade with North Korea, and even if it is possible, he can sit behind the scenes and manipulate the political situation in North Korea.

It's just that Zhou Chong's original plan was disrupted by the Jurchens and the Japanese people, he didn't expect the Jurchens and the Japanese to be so fierce, or the Koreans were so useless, obviously the army had the upper hand, and they were fighting in their own territory, occupying the geographical advantage, but the most Lu was killed by the people and lost the vast territory, if the most Lu Dynasty was really destroyed by the Jurchens and/or the Japanese people, then Zhou Chong's original plan would be in vain.

In addition, consider it from the perspective of the Ming Dynasty. After all, North Korea is its own subject country. Although the North Koreans are greedy and shameless. But after all, he is very deferential to the Ming Dynasty, if North Korea is destroyed by the Jurchens or the Japanese people, no matter who occupies the land of North Korea in the future, then it will definitely increase the strength of the army, which is definitely a big threat to Liaodong and other places in the Ming Dynasty, so instead of watching North Korea perish, it is better to send troops to help them in the name of the suzerain.

Come to think of it. Zhou Chong, who was sitting in the study, looked down at the map of North Korea in front of him again, this map was bought by Liu Tao from Jin Wenxian, which marked the entire territory of North Korea, mountains, rivers and cities are marked very clearly, although this kind of map is a military secret of the Korean Kingdom, but as long as the price is given enough, Jin Wenxian can even help Zhou Zhong mark the distribution of North Korea's forces on the map.

According to the Korean occupation sent with Zhengde, Zhou Zhong carefully marked the area occupied by the Japanese and Jurchens on the map, and then looked at the map and pondered, now the Japanese and Jurchens almost occupied a road in Korea. It's a pity that these two gangs are stupid, and they don't know how to run it well. Instead, they burned, killed and looted in the occupied area, causing the local people to flee to death, and there were not many people at all, I am afraid that they did not intend to occupy it for a long time.

"The Japanese are not enough to be afraid, the Zong clan is just a small local tyrant on Tsushima Island, and he is not ranked at all in the Japanese country, and the reason for this attack on North Korea is also very simple, that is, North Korea's attack on smuggling has touched their interests, so this time the Japanese attacked North Korea in addition to venting their hatred, but also wanted to force North Korea to give up the attack on smuggling, but the weakness of the North Koreans made the Japanese see the opportunity, so they kept rushing forward, wanting to get more benefits."

Zhou Zhong looked at the attack route of the Japanese people in the south of Korea, and then said to himself: "However, although the Japanese people are very fierce, but after all, their strength is limited, and it is estimated that occupying a place is already their limit, and now as long as there is an army that can block their attack momentum, or if there is something wrong within the Japanese people, then the Japanese will not only stop attacking, but also probably immediately retreat to Tsushima Island, after all, North Korea is not the place where they should stay." ”

After seeing North Korea, Zhou Chong's eyes turned to the Jurchens in the north, now they have occupied most of Pyongan Dong Province, and there is also a small part of Hamgyong Province, these wild people not only kill people, but also take back everything they see, food, iron tools, etc., even the clothes of the dead will be ripped off by them and taken away, it is said that most of Pyongan Dong Province has now turned into white ground.

For these Jurchens, Zhou Chong's vigilance is actually very big, after all, he knows the way, Da Ming died at the hands of the Jianzhou Jurchens, although it was the savage Jurchens who invaded North Korea this time, but in Zhou Chong's view, they are all Jurchens, with Zhou Chong's character, he will never let any Jurchen have the possibility of increasing strength.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong drew a circle of the area occupied by the Jurchens with a pen, and then began to write a reply to Zhengde. For North Korea must be aided, just like a few decades later, during the Wanli period, North Korea was invaded by the Japanese after the unification of the Warring States, although the Ming Dynasty was also a country with natural and man-made disasters at that time, but still sent troops to repel the invasion of the Japanese State, in order to prevent North Korea from falling into the hands of others, so as not to have a big enemy in their northeast, so now the Ming Dynasty can not stand by and watch the affairs of North Korea.

However, aid is aid, Zhou Zhong didn't want the Ming Dynasty to be like Wanli or the Celestial Empire in later generations, spending a lot of effort to aid North Korea to repel a strong enemy, but he didn't want anything to retreat, which was really a loss, so he wrote a few of his immature ideas in his reply to Zhengde, mainly how to spend the minimum amount of force to achieve the purpose of aiding North Korea, and at the same time let the strength of the Ming Dynasty enter North Korea, so as to better control this small country.

After Zhou Chong's letter was written, it was immediately handed over to Wu Shan, and then sent to Beijing by the secret channel of Jinyiwei, and when Zhengde received Zhou Chong's reply half a month later, the court still did not quarrel about whether to aid North Korea, so the North Korean ambassador had cried and begged in the court several times, only begging Daming to send troops quickly, if it continued to quarrel like this, they were afraid that North Korea would be destroyed.

Zhengde's impression of North Korea was not bad, after all, in all respects, North Korea is a very obedient little brother, but the last time he saw Zhou Chong, he learned from Zhou Chong that the original North Koreans dared to abduct and sell the population of the Ming Dynasty, and the current king of North Korea was not very friendly to the Ming Dynasty, which made Zhengde's impression of North Korea very bad, so he didn't care much about aiding North Korea.

In the leopard room of the Forbidden City, Zhengde was lying crookedly on the bed, and two beautiful palace maids kneeling below were beating his legs.

Zhou Zhong provided Zhengde with several opinions to assist the Koreans, among which the advice given by Zhou Chong was very simple for the Jurchens who only knew how to rob and kill people, that is, do not send troops to fight with them, after all, North Korea is not the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to use the lives of the Ming soldiers to help them, but Zhengde can order the Jianzhou Jurchens who are attached to the Ming Dynasty to attack the savage Jurchens, of course, the Jianzhou Jurchens may not be able to work, after all, although these Jurchens are superficially attached to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact they are a country of their own, The decree of the Ming Dynasty did not have much effect on them, but it didn't matter, as long as Zhengde issued this order, in order to perfunctory North Korea.

As long as the Jianzhou Jurchens make a gesture of attacking the savage Jurchens, then the Ming Dynasty will use the border troops of Jianzhou Wei and other places to let them also make a gesture of attacking the savage Jurchens, with the simple minds of the savage Jurchens, they will definitely be frightened to withdraw their troops overnight, even if they are not completely withdrawn, they will definitely withdraw a considerable part of their military strength, and the remaining Jurchen North Korea will be able to resist it by itself.

As for the rebellion of the Japanese people in the south, it was the focus of Zhou Chongxin, and he suggested that Zhengde send troops to the eastern part of Korea, because it was across the sea from the Japanese country, and the geographical location was very important, and the merchants of the Ming Dynasty wanted to reach the Japanese country, and one of the routes had to be from there frequently, and the Iwami silver mine of the Japanese country was not far from the eastern part of Korea, and after occupying there, maybe they could also get their hands on the silver mines of the Japanese country, and it was also more convenient for Zhou Shige to assist the Ashikaga clan.

After Zhou Zhong listed the reasons for occupying the eastern part of Korea one by one in the letter, he explained the method of assistance, and this time he still suggested that Zhengdeok send the Four Sea Divisions to go, as long as the army of the Navy Division occupied Tsushima Island, then the Japanese people who invaded Korea would be like rootless water, and it would be difficult to set off too much wind and waves, and the only thing left was to let the Koreans themselves send troops to exterminate them.

"Haha~, what a plan to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle!" After reading Zhou Chong's reply, Zhengde said with a smile, especially the way to deal with the Japanese people, which made him very appreciative, but he quickly frowned and said to himself, "It's just that if our Ming Dynasty occupies Tsushima Island, then the Japanese who invaded Korea have no way to retreat, and with the brutal character of the Japanese people, I am afraid that they will go crazy desperately, that is nearly 50,000 Japanese people, if they go crazy, I am afraid that North Korea will pay a huge price for this." ”

When it came to the most reluctant, Zhengde closed his mouth and pondered, he didn't know why his second brother would be so hostile to the North Koreans, and he didn't even forget to calculate the other party when he helped the North Koreans, if it was according to Zhou Chongxin's aid plan, the most reinvented Ming didn't have to pay any price at all, the main thing was that North Korea resisted the Jurchens and the Japanese people, and maybe it would pay a greater price, is it all because of the fact that the North Koreans abducted and trafficked the Ming population?

Zhengde couldn't understand why Zhou Chong hated the Koreans so much, but this did not prevent Zhengde from adopting Zhou Chong's suggestions, after all, for the current Ming Dynasty, it was really a very difficult thing to send troops, but Zhou Chong's sailors were not among them, after all, the four sea divisions were already self-sufficient, and they could even pay some taxes for the imperial court, which made Zhengde really a little surprised. (To be continued......)