"Xingshan Mansion Monarch, what do you think of this matter?" Gyeongbokgung Palace, Sizheng Palace, the king of Joseon frowned and asked Li Ji, he definitely wanted to see the Ming garrison in Korea.

"Your Royal Highness, according to the minister's opinion, the Ming Dynasty really wants to use heavy troops against the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Liaodong, and now the fleet of the Ming Dynasty has arrived in Xijing, and we are powerless to stop it, so it is better to join forces with the Ming Dynasty to attack the remnants of the Northern Yuan, so that the Ming army in Liaodong cannot enter our country, and then ask Emperor Ming for the land south of the Yalu River as a reward."

Li Ji pondered for a while, bowed to the king of Korea with a stern expression and said, he, like the king of Korea, did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would really open sea transportation, so now he can only find a way to deal with this matter and try to avoid the retreat of the Ming army of Liaodong into the Korean state.

"This ......" The king of Joseon suddenly fell silent when he heard this, and his expression became extremely solemn, he didn't want the army of the Korean state to give his life to the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield in Liaodong.

"Your Royal Highness, the lesser of two evils, the Ming Dynasty has insufficient troops in Liaodong and the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are menacing, if the Ming army in Liaodong does not withdraw to our country, it will be destroyed by the remnants of the Northern Yuan."

Seeing that the king of Korea seemed to be reluctant to give his life to the Ming Dynasty, Li Ji couldn't help but persuade, "Before this, the minister always thought that the Ming army would hold on to Liaodong for the sake of face, but now it seems that the minister was wrong, and the Ming army will withdraw into our country nine times out of ten, so that our country will become a battlefield where the Ming army and the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are fighting, and the consequences are unimaginable, please think twice about Your Highness." ”

"Damn!" After listening to Li Ji's analysis, the king of Joseon couldn't help but slam his fist on the table, and two words burst out coldly from his mouth.

The sudden change in the position of the Ming court in the Liaodong war caught the king of Korea off guard, who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty, which had always had a good face, would withdraw its troops to the Korean state, so that the Korean country could not sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"Give an edict to the right in favor and the Hamgyong Province Soldiers and Horses Festival Jin Zongrui, and ask him to mobilize 30,000 troops to gather at the border, and in addition, pass on the right counselor, Pyongan Dao soldiers and horses defense envoy Cui Yande to enter the palace quickly!"

Subsequently, the king of Joseon groaned for a while, and said in a deep voice to the main hall Shanggong standing on the side with an expressionless face, he decided that he would not let the Ming army in Liaodong enter the territory of Korea no matter what, so as not to burn the war to Korea, and it was also an excuse to avoid stationing the Ming army in Korea, so he was ready to help the Ming army fight the battle of Liaodong.

In the eyes of the king of Joseon, the Ming Dynasty was strong and would win the battle in Liaodong sooner or later, so he just made a bet in advance, and after the Ming army drove away the Mongols in Liaodong, he could ask Emperor Xuande for merit and officially take possession of the area occupied south of the Yalu River.

It is worth mentioning that the Joseon Dynasty implemented a system of civilian rule and separation of military generals, and the army had no fixed generals and no permanent generals, similar to the reserve army that served in turns, but the reserve army was not reserved.

The external duties of a military attaché include:

Soldiers and Horses Festival Envoy, Soldiers and Horses Defense Envoy, Naval Army Commander, Navy Defense Envoy, Navy Army, (Lower Three Provinces: Jeolla Province, Gyeongsang Province, Chungcheong Province) Three Naval Army Commanders, Three Naval Army Commanders (all from the second grade);

Soldiers and horses control envoys, naval army festival envoys, patrol camp troops, town camp generals (all on the three products); Soldiers and horses are controlled, the navy is controlled, and the soldiers and horses are Yuhou (all from the three products);

The Naval Army Yuhou (is the fourth product), the soldiers and horses are controlled by the same people, the soldiers and horses are ten thousand households, the water army is the same as the temperance envoys, the water army is ten thousand households (all from the four products), the soldiers and horses are evaluated (the six products), the soldiers and horses are controlled by the captain, the pastoral officer (all from the six products), the generals, the right to manage the other generals (from the nine products).

Kim Jong-seo and Choi Yun-deok were both important officials in the council and military commanders of the pro-army side, with Kim Jong-seo sitting in the six northeastern towns of Hamgyong Province and Choi Yun-deok in charge of the four northwestern counties of Pyongan Province.

For Korea, the main threat it faces comes from one direction, that is, Japan in the east, and Japanese pirates often raid the coastal cities of Korea, causing great suffering to the coastal inhabitants of Korea.

However, those Japanese pirates were at best burning and looting along the coast, and it was difficult to prevent them from leaving, and the only way for Korea to expand its territory was to develop to the north, so the king of Joseon set up four counties and six towns in the north of Joseon, and deployed heavy troops to deal with the nomads of Liaodong and the Jurchens of Nuergandusi who had lost their land.

The strength of the four counties and six towns reached almost one-third of the total strength of the Korean state, and it was the elite of the Korean army.

Since the king of Joseon decided to assist the Ming Dynasty in fighting with the Mongols this time, he naturally had to take care of Kim Zongrui and Choi Yunde, so that the two could not only play the prestige of the Korean army on the battlefield, so that the Ming army would not dare to underestimate it, but also avoid being used as cannon fodder by the Ming army and sent to death in vain.

Because of Huang Xi's report, Li Yuntian soon learned that the king of Joseon was preparing to send troops to assist the Ming in the war with the Mongols, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smug smile, it seems that the landing of the Ming fleet at the dock in Pyongyang Province in Xijing gave the king of Joseon a huge psychological pressure.

The king of Joseon would never have imagined that the war situation in Liaodong was just a cover for Li Yuntian, in fact, he was bound to win the Korean state, and all the qiē was secretly promoted by him behind the scenes, and little by little forced the king of Joseon to submit and obediently sent troops to fight against the Mongols.

For Li Yuntian, in the current situation, the strength of the Korean state is very important, it is an important source of his troops, God knows how many Mongols came to Liaodong, so he must have enough troops to deal with the future war situation.

Li Yuntian knew very well that the main forces of the Korean State were gathered in the four counties and six towns, so even if the King of Korea sent to Liaodong was only a second-rate army of the four counties and six towns, it was far stronger than the troops in other parts of the Korean State.

What's more, what Li Yuntian needs is just the Joseon king's troops, as for the source of the Joseon army, he has already thought about it, and he has no interest in the troops of the four counties and six towns that the Joseon king regards as treasures, there is no doubt that the Joseon king will let his generals keep those troops firmly watched, and when the time comes, he will not only consume the military rations of the Ming army, but also accept the baptism of war and send a division of a hundred battles to the Joseon king, he will never do this kind of loss-making business.

On the second day after the king of Joseon decided to send troops to Liaodong, the prince Li Jue held a banquet in Gyeongbokgung Palace to apologize to Li Yuntian for the military ration case, and Huang Xi and Li Ji and other high-ranking officials of the Council of the Government would all attend to accompany him.

Li Yuntian knew that this wine party was a Hongmen banquet set up by the king of Joseon, and he wanted to bargain with himself about the matter of sending troops to get benefits, but he also happened to have a showdown with the king of Joseon on the source of soldiers, so he happily went to the banquet, and specially brought Liu Zhen with him, so that Liu Zhen could perform at the banquet.

At the banquet, Li Yuntian sat in the first place, as the envoy of Emperor Xuande, he was equal to the king of Korea in Korea, so Li Jue could only occupy the second seat as the prince.

Since the military ration case was resolved, the atmosphere at the banquet was very warm, and everyone was chatting and laughing, and Huang Xi and other officials toasted Li Yuntian one after another and patted him on the back.

Li Yuntian had long been accustomed to this kind of social occasion, so he was very familiar with Huang Xi and the others, and he had already achieved the goal of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger through the guò military ration case, so there was no need to make the relationship between the two sides tense.

"Your Royal Highness, what do you think of Miss Liu's dancing?" After Liu Zhen danced in the audience, Li Yuntian stretched out his hand to beckon Liu Zhen to the front, and then asked Li Jue, who was sitting at the bottom of his right, with a smile.

"Wonderful, really the first dancer in my country!" Li Jue knew that Li Yuntian had a soft spot for Liu Zhen, and often went to the Seoul Workshop to cheer Liu Zhen, and Liu Zhen's dancing was indeed exquisite and refreshing, so he praised it with a smile.

"The envoy has something to ask for, and I hope His Royal Highness the Prince can agree." Li Yuntian had long expected that Li Jue would praise Liu Zhen, so he smiled and said, "I heard that Miss Liu was able to settle down in the teaching workshop because of her father's case, so I want to ask His Royal Highness the Prince for personal favors, hoping that His Royal Highness the Prince can forgive her father's guilt so that Miss Liu can concentrate on the dance." ”

Liu Zhen was taken aback when she heard this, and couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian in surprise, with a look of surprise and excitement in her eyes: If her father was pardoned for his crimes, then she would naturally resume her status as a commoner, and she would no longer have to be a geisha in the workshop, which was an unexpected joy for her, but she didn't expect Li Yuntian to give such a heavy gift.

A sinner like Yoo Jin's father can only be exempted from punishment if he gets the pardon of the Joseon king, otherwise he will suffer on Jeju Island for the rest of his life, and Yoo Jin will also laugh in the workshop for the rest of his life, and Li Jue is now exercising state power instead of the Joseon king, so this kind of trivial matter is naturally not a problem.

"The envoy has wisdom and pearls, and this king also thinks that Miss Liu is a genius who practices dance."

Li Jue thought it was something important, and after a long time, Li Yuntian turned out to be interceding for Liu Zhen, which was just a gesture for him, so he agreed in one bite, first smiled and bowed to Li Yuntian slightly, and then looked at Liu Zhen with a smile, "Thank you to the envoy, the envoy is willing to speak for you, and there is no doubt that he has the grace of reinvention for you!"

"The concubine thanked the envoy." Liu Zhen suddenly came back to her senses when she heard this, and hurriedly knelt down at Li Yuntian with excitement, which means that she will not have to be a plaything for men to **** in the future, and it can be said that she has gained a new life.

"It's just a gesture, so why worry about it." Li Yuntian smiled when he saw this, waved his hand to Liu Zhen disapprovingly, and then smiled and beckoned her to sit beside him, "If you want to thank the envoy, pour wine for the envoy, and let the envoy and His Royal Highness the Prince have a drink." ”

"The concubine obeys." Liu Zhen saw that Li Yuntian's personality was free and hearty, and he didn't let her have anything in return, so he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and after a smile, he stepped forward and sat next to Li Yuntian to pour him wine.

"Your Excellency, Your Highness heard that the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were menacing in Liaodong this time, and he was very worried, so he was ready to send troops into Liaodong to assist the Ming Dynasty in fighting against the remnants of the Northern Yuan, so as to share the emperor's worries."

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was relaxed and harmonious, Li Ji groaned for a while, and said in a deep voice to Li Yuntian at the right time, "However, our country is small and weak, and it may take a long time for the national strength to recover after this war, so I hope that the emperor can send down his grace so that the people of our country can recuperate as soon as possible." ”

"The King of Joseon is loyal, and the envoy should tell the Emperor of the King of Joseon's righteous deeds." Li Yuntian knew that this banquet had reached the moment of "seeing the poor dagger", he smiled slightly when he heard this, and then turned his words and looked at Li Ji quietly, "Zuo Yizheng, according to the envoy, there is a way to get the best of both worlds, which can not only make the king of Korea loyal to the emperor, but also not affect the livelihood of the people of your country!" ”

"Oh?" Li Ji originally thought that Li Yuntian would be full of joy when the DPRK sent troops, but unexpectedly, Li Yuntian's reaction not only seemed very bland but also did not seem to fully approve of the DPRK's dispatch of troops, which made him feel quite surprised, and a suspicious look appeared in his eyes, and he did not know what Li Yuntian meant by this.

Everyone at the scene looked at Li Yuntian curiously, wondering what Li Yuntian's method was to make the Korean country immune to the impact of the war in Liaodong.