Alone, Min Guangxun sat silently, and the Jianchang Palace was empty.

"Lord, please see the general!"

The voice of the little eunuch trembled outside the hall. At this time, Min Guangxun was not only a traitor of the Li family in the eyes of the world, but also a murderer. His first decree on the throne was to order that all the dozen or so eunuchs who betrayed Li Jun be skinned and grassed, and the Ming Dynasty used this way to deal with corruption and recidivism.

Min Guangxun has understood that all this must have been manipulated by the Ming Dynasty behind the scenes, he regretted, he hated, and led the wolf into the house, so that he was in such a dilemma today. Years of Confucian loyalty and filial piety education taught him that in the face of such a situation, he would either die and die, or work hard.

This kind of thought is like a poisonous insect gnawing at his heart all the time, but Min Guangxun can't do this, he can't calmly let go of his parents, wife, brothers and the Min family. Therefore, even if you are now roasted on the fire, you must grit your teeth and persevere to the end.

"Just say I'm resting, let him come back tomorrow!"

Since he understood that the stone tablet incident was planned by Cheng Mingjiu, Min Guangxun's attitude towards him has completely reversed, and due to instinctive disgust, he refused his invitation.

"What? Don't you understand? What are you doing here? Seeing that the eunuch stood on the spot and did not respond, Min Guangxun reprimanded angrily. Because these eunuchs hated him for executing a number of eunuchs, they often disobeyed the yin in the open and in the dark.

"Lord, the general of the kingdom has come in, slave maid, slave maid, can't stop it!"

Min Guangxun suddenly realized that since Li Jun plotted to kill him, the Ming army took over all the defense inside and outside the palace, even if Cheng Mingjiu wanted to come in, why did he need his consent. After a while, he could only sigh, "In that case, please invite him in!" ”

Ever since he was roasted on the fire, Min Kwang-hoon felt that his temperament had changed drastically, and he had begun to be mean to people and repeatedly doubtful of everything.

"Foreign Minister Cheng Mingjiu has seen the lord of North Korea!"

"I don't know what the general of Shangguo asked to see overnight, what's the matter!"

Min Guangxun was very resistant and perfunctory.

Cheng Mingjiu did not respond in vain, but handed over two official documents, and after Min Guangxun took the official documents forwarded by the eunuch, he looked at them twice, then picked up the national seal from the case and covered them one by one. Two letters of state have been released.

On the first day of the seventh month, the Ming court suddenly received a letter from the sea of Korea, which briefly introduced the changes in the dynasty in the country, and introduced the three guards in it, indicating that the Min family was willing to continue to respect the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain.

After seeing this letter of state, Zhu Youzhen, the son of the great tomorrow, was happy and worried. The good thing is that the reattachment of the Korean state is equivalent to nailing a new nail in the back of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the worry is that after the turmoil in the Korean state, it announced that it would be attached to the Ming Dynasty, and the Manchu Dynasty will not be indifferent, and will definitely raise troops to conscript at that time, so the Ming Dynasty as the suzerainty has no ability to protect the subject country, and all this will eventually become a mirror and a moon.

Zhu Youzhen held the national letter for a long time without saying a word, and after a while, he raised his head to look at Yang Sichang, who had just returned to Beijing, the Henan War finally saw the light of day, due to the cooperation of the new army in Shanxi, Li Zicheng's battle line shrank sharply, and they would soon be locked back in the pass, and then they could free up their hands to rectify the central government.

After years of fighting abroad, the wind sword and frost sword left too many traces on this Wenchen's body, and his cheekbones were raised high, wrinkles were like ravines, and the knife was chiseled with an axe.

"Yang Qing, the Korean state wants to rejoin our dynasty, can there be a good way to deal with it?"

Yang Sichang didn't think about it, and replied bluntly: "Your Majesty, now my Ming Dynasty is still not at peace, and if I should issue a letter of state from Korea at this time, it will inevitably annoy Jiannu." Now that Sun Chengzong has just died, the people of Shanhaiguan are unstable, if they restart the northern sword soldiers for a false name, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Yang Sichang's idea is very simple, seeing that the war against thieves in the Central Plains is coming to an end, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he will not allow anyone to destroy it. If he received the letter of state of Korea and Jiannu sent troops south to retaliate, I am afraid that it will give Li Zicheng another chance to survive, and his idea of finishing his work in one battle will also be in vain.

Getting this suggestion was obviously not what Zhu Youzhen was most willing to hear, and the loss of the vassal of the Korean State was a loss of face for the Ming Dynasty, and the loss of the clan that flanked the Manchu Dynasty.

In fact, he was very much looking forward to hearing the opposite advice from Yang Sichang.

At this time, the cabinet scholar who had been silent, Liu Yuliang, rarely spoke.

"Li is important, and the border affairs are equally important, once the Korean State can join forces with my Ming Dynasty to attack the Eastern Prisoners, the slave chieftains will not dare to calmly knock on the southern invasion! The old minister thinks that this matter should be cautious and consider it in the long run! ”

Liu Yuliang's words were very popular with Zhu Youzhen, but he was just a cabinet minister who only talked and didn't do anything, and he was not as good as Yang Sichang in military affairs.

And Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, was like an old monk who didn't say a word, just stared at his feet blankly, as if he didn't see the emperor's expectant gaze, and he didn't seem to hear the fierce arguments of other cabinet ministers.

The DPRK and China are generally divided into two factions of equal strength, with one faction advocating the abandonment of Korea and concentrating on quelling civil strife. The other faction advocated the re-admission of Joseon as a vassal, and the recognition and canonization of the newly established king Min as a bargaining chip to contain the Manchu captives.

Zhou Yanru is like a mirror in his heart, no matter which of these two choices he chooses, he will face endless troubles, so the best way at this moment is to stay out of the matter, neither participating nor advocating. Anyway, since the emperor reactivated Yang Sichang, this person has already had a posture that is faintly above him in the cabinet.

And the emperor seems to pay more attention to Yang Sichang, and he will inevitably consult Yang Sichang's opinion whenever there is a military matter, and he, the head of the cabinet, is about to be reduced to a wooden clay sculpture, since this is the case, why rush to carry this black cauldron.

What's more, whether Liu Yuliang is unlucky or Yang Sichang is unlucky, this is what Zhou Yanru is happy to see, and when the time comes, won't the emperor still have to rely on him, the first assistant of the cabinet?

After making up his mind, Zhou Yanru stood on the spot with peace of mind and said nothing.

The Korean envoy sent an envoy to demand annexation, which disrupted the original plan of the DPRK and China, and also divided the officials into two factions: those who favored to accept North Korea and those who refused to accept North Korea. And no matter which faction it is, the reasons put forward are grandiose and convincing.

Faced with this dilemma, Zhu Youzhen had a headache, his eyes scanned back and forth in the hall, and he saw Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, standing in the crowd with his head down like an old monk, and a burst of anger suddenly rose in his heart.

"Zhou Qing, can there be two sides of this matter?"

Zhou Yanru had already done a good job of writing the draft and playing Tai Chi, and he asked himself if he was willing to be second, then no one in the Manchu Dynasty would dare to claim to be the first.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the annexation of the Korean State is related to the reputation of the Celestial Empire, and it cannot be simply refused."

Zhu Youzhen nodded, Zhou Yanru said this was exactly what he wanted, so he continued to ask: "So, is Zhou Qing in favor of accepting North Korea?" Is there a solution? ”

At this time, Zhou Yanru replied unhurriedly: "The minister also thinks that accepting North Korea will inevitably anger the Eastern Slave Chieftains, and Liaodong and Liaoxi, which have been calm for two years, may be in danger of restarting the war. ”

One sentence pulled the core content back, and Zhu Youzhen's temples ached, but he still held back his anger.

"What Zhou Qing said, inconsistent, should I accept the Korean State as a vassal?"

But Zhou Yanru just didn't answer the question directly, and continued: "Both are critical matters and should not be taken lightly. Moreover, the land communication between Korea and the Ming Dynasty has been cut off, and everything can only be through the vast sea. The minister also heard that the Marquis of Zhenyu had trained a sailor who could go to the sea in the south of the Yangtze River, and perhaps he would have a suitable way. ”

The name Li Xin has not been mentioned in front of Zhu Youzhen for a long time. Everyone in the Manchu Dynasty knew that Li Xin had now become the person Zhu Youzhen was most reluctant to mention and hear. It is this general who he picked up with one hand, step by step to choke the throat of the Ming Dynasty, and even has many yang and yin violations, to the present, the tail of the big trend has become a big trend, and then want to cut off its military power, how easy is it? If it is not done well, it will cause a great chaos that will sweep the whole country.

Now that Zhou Yanru has mentioned Li Xin, many people are waiting to see his jokes and waiting for Zhu Youzhen to reprimand him.

But what was unexpected was that Zhu Youzhen was rarely not angry, and even nodded nonchalantly.

"This is also an idea, a decree, to send this letter of state to Nanjing, so that the Marquis of Zhenyu can deal with the matter of accepting the Korean State as a vassal!"

Zhu Youzhen did not ask Li Xin's opinion, but had already made a decision to let Li Xin deal with this matter safely, as well as follow up on various changes that may occur after the incident.

"What should we do if we send troops for this?"

Yang Sichang didn't want to be inexplicably involved in the war between the Korean State and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he looked at Zhou Yanru-for-tat. He couldn't question the emperor face to face, but he dared to question Zhou Yanru.

But Zhou Yanru looked calm, "Since the Holy Lord was handed over to the Marquis of Zhenyu to deal with safely, Yang Xiang seems to have asked the wrong person!" ”

In addition, Zhou Yanru was once again like an old monk, and he did not say a word about the disputes in the court.

In fact, what Zhou Yanru said was handed over to the Marquis of Zhenyu to deal with safely, which implied that Yang Sichang, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty conquered Korea, the responsibility for sending troops to rescue him was Li Xin, not Yang Sichang.

This is Yang Sichang's bottom line, as long as it does not affect his strategy plan in Shaanxi and Gansu in the Central Plains, whether it is Zhou Yanru or Liu Yuliang, they will toss it casually!