Zhou Chong stayed on Jeju Island for a few days, where he mainly paid attention to the intelligence of the Japanese State, after all, Jeju Island has become a bridgehead for him to receive the information of the Japanese State, and most of the news from the Japanese State is gathered here, and then after a simple classification and sorting, it is sent to Zhou Chong, so here in Jeju Island, Zhou Zhong can receive the news of the Japanese State as soon as possible.

Originally, according to the analysis of Tsunetaka and others, the Hosokawa clan and the Ashikaga clan were already on the verge of war, but what no one expected was that a major earthquake that affected the entire southern part of Honshu Island broke out at this time, resulting in heavy losses for both the Hosokawa clan and the Ashikaga clan, especially the location of Kyoto, which was not very far from the center of the earthquake, and as a result, countless houses collapsed in the entire Kyoto earthquake, and many farmlands were also destroyed in the earthquake.

Fortunately, the earthquake occurred in the Wa country, and the whole country has long been accustomed to the earthquake from top to bottom, so they did not have any other reaction after the earthquake, just gathered the bodies of those who died in the earthquake, and then began to live as usual, while the Hosokawa clan and the Ashikaga clan suffered too much loss, so they could only temporarily postpone the war, while licking the wounds on their bodies, while looking for each other's weaknesses, as long as the other party showed a trace of flaws, they would pounce on it and bite it to death.

When Zhou Zhong received the news of the earthquake in the southern part of Honju Island, he angrily smashed everything at hand, originally he rushed to Jeju Island, just to watch the beautiful scenery of the Japanese cannibalism for a year, but he didn't expect to be interrupted by this damn earthquake, how did he not get angry?

But no matter how angry you are, it's useless, according to the losses of the Hosokawa clan and the Ashikaga clan in the earthquake this time. It is estimated that they may have to recuperate until this fall. Only then can we accumulate the strength of the decisive battle. Zhou Chong's affairs were busy, and it was naturally impossible to stay on Jeju Island for a few months, which made him helpless, so he had to tell Chang Xiao to always pay attention to the situation of the Japanese state, while he turned back to pay attention to the issue of annexing the Ming Dynasty in Korea.

After the surrender of the Gyeongsang Army to the Pyongan Army, Korea was actually unified by the Pyongan Army, and although there were still some bandits and Haoqiang in some places who had not been eliminated, these people did not become a big climate at all. With the stability of Korea in the future, those people could only perish.

It is precisely in this situation that the Pyongan Army has become the legitimate regime of North Korea, and it can naturally replace the original Li Joseon to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, but Li An, as the leader of the Pyongan Army, still did not dare to claim the king, because the king of North Korea has always been canonized by the Ming Dynasty, otherwise there is no legal status at all, so according to common sense, he should hand over a letter to the Ming asking the Ming to seal himself as the king of Korea.

The Ming court already knew that there was civil strife in Korea. And the news that the original king of Joseon was killed, and the original Lee Joseon had perished. Therefore, the Ming court has been ready to canonize the new king of North Korea, and even they decided to support a batch of grain in North Korea, after all, North Korea is its own subject country, and there has just been civil strife in the country, so it is natural that their own suzerainty comes forward to appease them, so that the people of North Korea can remember the benevolence of the Ming Dynasty.

However, what all the Ming officials did not expect was that the first letter of state handed in by the chief of the Heian Army who unified Korea was not a letter of state requesting canonization, but a request for the Ming Dynasty to agree to the letter of state attached to North Korea, which shocked the entire Ming court, and even Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and other cabinet ministers were also shocked, after all, although North Korea is a small country compared to the Ming Dynasty, it has always been known as a powerful country in the east of the sea, and such a country will choose to attach to the Ming Dynasty after the war and reunification. It was really unexpected by everyone.

"Li Gong, don't you think North Korea's move of choosing to attach it this time is very strange?" After receiving the Korean credentials, Yang Tinghe asked Li Dongyang beside him as he walked.

"Oh? What's weird? Li Dongyang, who had white hair, turned his head and glanced at Yang Tinghe, who was more than ten years younger than him, and asked with a smile on his face, he has always attached great importance to Yang Tinghe, and even always thought that Yang Tinghe's political talent surpassed himself, so he also tried his best to cultivate Yang Tinghe, and everyone knew that Li Dongyang had regarded Yang Tinghe as his successor.

"Li Gong, the former king of Joseon Li Long was brutal and unkind, which led to the rebellion in the country, and the most important one died at the hands of the rebels, which is no wonder to others, but now the Pyongan Army from the end of the year finally unified the entire Korea, according to common sense, a person who can unify the war-torn Korea in just one year must be ambitious, even if it is for the sake of his descendants, he should also choose to be the king in Korea, after all, in this way, his family descendants are the kings of the Korean generation, Such a huge temptation, the other party turned a blind eye, but asked me to write to ask for attachment, which is really unreasonable! ”

When Yang Tinghe said this, he took a long breath and then said: "In addition, the rise of this Ping'an Army is also full of strangeness, according to the news obtained by the imperial court, he was originally one of the strongest rebels in North Korea's four-way rebels, and the strength of the other three-way rebels is on par, but it is still a step behind Li Long's king's army, but in the spring of this year, this Ping'an Army is like a bamboo to destroy Li Long, and then annex the other three-way rebels, and in just a few months, the Korean rebellion was pacified, and the speed is unbelievable. Now this Hean Army is abnormally asking for attachment, and the so-called abnormality is a demon, so I suspect that there should be something wrong with this Heian Army, and even this attachment may be a conspiracy! ”

"Hahaha~, Jiefu, it's not easy for you to discover these abnormalities in the Heian Army, but you're still too careless, if you take a closer look at the war reports from North Korea, maybe you'll find the truth about those anomalies." Li Dongyang Dalu said with a smile, he is sixty-six years old this year, and his energy is not as good as before, and now he has handed over all the affairs of government affairs to Yang Ting and them, and Yang Tinghe's performance also makes him very satisfied, now Yang Tinghe's only lack is to grasp some details, if he can do this, then he can also retire with peace of mind.

"North Korea's war report? Please Li Gong for advice! Yang Tinghe was obviously patronizing the letter of state attached to the request sent by Li Anliang, and he was indeed a little negligent about the war report from North Korea.

This is a good opportunity to point out Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang naturally will not let it go, so I saw him speak in a slow tone as he walked: "Jiefu, according to the war report from North Korea, Ping An used a large number of firearms in the decisive battle with the former king Li Long, and later the capital of North Korea, Seoul, was also captured by firearms, it is said that the Heian Army has hundreds of artillery, although I estimate that it may be a little exaggerated, but I believe that the number of firearms in the Heian Army is definitely not a few, so many firearms, Why did he suddenly appear in the midst of a rebel army in North Korea? ”

Li Dongyang did not directly tell Yang Tinghe the answer to his conjecture, but used a heuristic method to let him think for himself, after all, Yang Tinghe will be in charge of the entire Ming Dynasty in the future, so now Li Dongyang can teach a little is a little.

Yang Tinghe really deserved to be the right-hand man of the next cabinet, but when he heard that a large number of firearms had appeared strangely in the Ping An Army, he immediately stopped in shock, and then muttered to himself: "The DPRK is small and the people are weak, and they can't afford to manufacture firearms, even if there are some firearms in the country, I'm afraid the number will not be too much, and firearms are the sharp weapons of the country, and the manufacturing method has always been kept secret from the outside world, and the power of the firearms made in the DPRK may also be greatly weakened, and it is even difficult to use them in actual combat. Those firearms that appeared in the Pyongan Army must not have been made in North Korea! ”

Seeing that Yang Tinghe had already thought of the crux of the matter, Li Dongyang immediately patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Jiefu, what you said is right, those firearms are indeed not something that North Korea can manufacture, and looking at the countries around North Korea, the only one who has the ability to manufacture those firearms is our Da Ming." ”

"Hiss~, do you mean...... Could it be that this matter is being manipulated behind the scenes? Yang Tinghe gasped at this time, and then asked in some incredulity.

"Hehe, I don't know if His Majesty is manipulating behind his back, but I know that this matter must be related to the young governor of the four seas, turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain, it is really a good means!" Li Dongyang sneered twice and said, he still had a good impression of Zhou Chong before, but during this period of time, he felt that Zhengde was too arrogant to Zhou Chong, and the power in Zhou Chong's hands was too great, and Zhou Chong didn't seem to have the slightest consciousness about it, and he still went his own way overseas, which made Li Dongyang's impression of Zhou Chong change sharply, until after the North Korean incident, Li Dongyang was a little dissatisfied with Zhou Chong.

"Zhou Zhong? It's him again! Yang Tinghe heard Li Dongyang's reminder, and finally came to his senses, "No wonder he suddenly moved the Governor's Association of the Four Seas from Shuangyu Port to Weihaiwei without authorization, probably in order to control the changes in Korea nearby, and looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, only he, the Governor of the Four Seas, has the right to cast artillery, and only he can use so many firearms at one time without having to report to the imperial court." ”

Yang Tinghe had a bad impression of Zhou Chong before, and always felt that this young man was because of Zhengde's favor, and he was lucky enough to get the two crops of sweet potatoes and corn, so he got his current high position, but in fact, his talent did not match his current status, and he also felt that the power in Zhou Chong's hands was too great, which had made the imperial court feel a little uncontrollable, and now he was even more involved in the internal affairs of North Korea, which was really bold. (To be continued......)