Chapter 667: To North Korea

"Did you get it from Hosokawa Takakuni?" Ashikaga Yoshiharu said.

Ashikaga Yoshiharu is just a teenager.

He was a substitute for Hosokawa Takakuni to replace Ashikaga Yoshiki, and his father, Ashikaga Yoshisumi, competed with Ashikaga Yoshikie for the position of general, and was defeated by Hosokawa Takakuni himself, and died of depression. It is simply impossible to expect Ashikaga Yoshiharu to have a good impression of Hosokawa Takakuni. Hosokawa Takakuni also understands this very well, so Hosokawa Takakuni is very strict with Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and Ashikaga Yoshiharu doesn't look like a general at all, but like a prisoner.

Ashikaga Yoshiharu is nothing more than a puppet to stamp.

"Yes." One of the attendants said.

Ashikaga Yoshiharu flipped to the bottom and pressed down a large seal. I brought a big seal, and there were four bright red words printed underneath: "General Zhengyi." ”

This agreement quickly reached Zhu Houhuang's hands through the clippers.

Zhu Houhuang took a brief look and pressed the seal of King Yong. This agreement is finalized.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Archive. ”

Immediately, someone carefully took the agreement away and put it away.

Zhu Houhuang said to the people below: "Since the Japanese side has been finalized, then it is time for us to set off." ”

When dealing with Hosokawa's envoys, Dongyong was not idle. A large amount of supplies were hoarded in the Ryukyus, and of course they were not hoarded in the Ryukyus alone. There are other aspects of preparation.

"The North Korean side has also reached an agreement with it," Xu said. As long as His Highness arrives, North Korea can lend us several ports. ”

During this period of time, Xu Song has been in North Korea, discussing with the Korean monarchs and ministers, he is coercive and luring, and finally makes North Korea agree to borrow a few ports and send North Korean soldiers to help in the war.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Okay." Then the army set off and went to Korea. ”

Hundreds of sailing ships left the Ryukyus, and the whole of Ryukyu was empty, but it was quickly filled, and the Ryukyus, as an important transshipment port between Dongyong and Korea, were not at all idle when the war in Japan did not stop.

It was calm along the way, but after entering the Korean Strait, things were different.

Japanese ships were in the vicinity of the fleet, as it was already very close to Ouchi, and as long as it was east, it was the territory of the Ouchi clan. However, the best Japanese warships are only some ships sold from the Ming maritime merchants, or pirates, I don't know how many years old ships and small boats, how can they be compared with the big warships under Zhu Houhuang. At this time, without Zhu Houhuang's explanation, Liu Laodao, who was on the escort mission, immediately issued an order to expel the Japanese ships.

In many cases, Japanese ships were expelled into the sea.

However, Zhu Houhuang and Xu Song were discussing the affairs of North Korea in the cabin, along with Wu Fengyi.

This time, it was mainly Xu Song, Wu Fengyi added that Zhu Houhuang never thought about North Korea when he set up points for Wu Fengyi's subordinates. Wu Fengyi has no distribution in North Korea at all, and the importance of North Korea under Wu Fengyi's subordinates is not as good as that of Japan. So Wu Fengyi got information about North Korea, but it was just hearsay.

Zhu Houhuang asked, "How is North Korea?" ”

Xu Song said: "The minister did not see the king of Joseon, but I heard that this king of Joseon was not properly seated, his foundation was shallow, and he had no opinions, so the matter of the ministers coming to borrow the port was all discussed by the courtiers, and he did not have any opinions. ”

Zhu Houhuang set his eyes on Wu Fengyi. Wu Fengyi said knowingly: "The minister thinks that this Korean king is not a peaceful person. ”

"Oh? How so? Zhu Houhuang asked.

Wu Fengyi said: "Actually, it's all old things, and it was said when the minister was drinking with his colleagues when he was in Beijing. It is said that the Korean envoys have a large number of entrainments without permission. When this matter came out, the king of Joseon felt that he was not allowed to buy Ming goods except for books and medicinal materials. ”

Xu Song frowned. The same is true for Zhu Houhuang.

Xu Song has always presided over the Shaofu. In fact, Shaofu is a large state-owned enterprise and a commercial organization, and Xu Song also has a little instinct to hate all countries that are closed to the country. And so is Zhu Houhuang.

Zhu Houhuang remembered the de-sinicization behaviors of South Korea and Vietnam in later generations, and when he thought of each other, he felt very uncomfortable.

Zhu Houhuang forcibly suppressed his anger and said, "How can this say that the king of North Korea is restless? ”

Wu Fengyi said: "It is said that the envoys sent by the king of Korea to the Ming Dynasty are restless, and they are secretly our peers and do the work of the Jinyi guard, which is said to be the king of the Joseon and privately commented on the matter of Chengzu." ”

"Bold." Zhu Houhuang said.

No matter how Cheng Zu beautifies himself, he can't cover up the bloody relationship between their uncle and nephew. But this thing is not allowed to be talked about in the Ming Dynasty, a mere Korean king, dare to say this, what is his intention?

No matter what Zhu Houhuang thinks, his life is what his ancestors have done, whether it is right or wrong, in short, he is the beneficiary, how can he tolerate the slander of others?

Zhu Houhuang was angry, and Xu Song and Wu Fengyi were shocked. I didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Houhuang knew that it didn't matter to them, but his impression of North Korea was extremely bad, how to say it, as a later generation, he didn't like North Korea very much, but he couldn't be convicted of a crime that no one had committed. Moreover, North Korea has always been submissive, and Zhu Houhuang is not good at beating this filial son and grandson. But after listening to these words, his impression of North Korea was much worse.

Zhu Houhuang said: "By the way, Gu just forgot to ask you, and Gu remembered that Gu did not let the North Korean army help." Could it be that the North Korean army took the initiative to help? ”

Xu Song said: "No. The North Koreans have two different opinions on whether or not to borrow the port. The first is rejection. Because His Highness's relationship with the present day is awkward, North Korea does not want to take sides from the middle. ”

Zhu Houhuang nodded secretly.

North Korea would be okay if it thought so. If North Korea is loyal to Beijing and does not accept its own job with Beijing, it is also being cleaned up.

The other faction believes that it is necessary to use the power of Dongyong to teach the Wa Kingdom a lesson. Put an end to the situation in which the South of Korea is captured by the North and the South. Moreover, Dongyong has a holy decree and can also explain to Beijing. ”

"The South and the North?" Zhu Houhuang said: "Nan Wei Gu knows, who is that Bei Yu? Could it be that they are Mongols? ”

"The so-called northern captives are not Mongols? Rather, it was the Jurchens, whose power expanded northward, extending its territory to the east bank of the Yalu River. The contradiction with the Jurchens intensified. During this time, the Jurchens have been making trouble in the north of North Korea. Xu Song said.

Zhu Houhuang's heart moved, and he said secretly: "Yalu River, isn't it the current territory of North Korea?" ”

For the Ming people, the northern expansion of Korea invaded the land of the Jurchens, but for Zhu Houhuang, this is the land of the Ming Dynasty. made Zhu Houhuang feel even more uncomfortable. He deliberately diverted the topic and said, "So does Nanwa mean the Ouchi clan?" “

Xu Song said: "No, but the Japanese people on Tsushima Island. Tsushima Island is between Japan and North Korea. As the two countries are strong and weak, each belongs to the other. Before, Tsushima Island was held by North Korea, but there were many Japanese people on Tsushima Island, and the Japanese people on Tsushima Island colluded with a large number of Japanese to go ashore and plunder, which was a few years ago, and I also told His Royal Highness about this matter. ”

Zhu Houhuang thought about it carefully, there was this thing.

However, at that time, Zhu Houhuang had just gained a foothold in Dongyong, and he had no idea about North Korea at all, and he didn't go to his heart.

"What's the matter, isn't this rebellion over yet?" Zhu Houhuang asked.

"It's long over. But the official face was over, but the Koreans killed all the Japanese in Korea as Japanese criminals, and after the Japanese intervened, they negotiated with Japan and killed the Japanese cleanly. The Japanese people are very emotional, especially in Tsushima, so a large area of the sea centered on Tsushima Island is full of Japanese activities. The big wars are gone, but the small ones have never stopped. Xu Song said.

When Zhu Houhuang was discussing with them, someone suddenly got down from the cabin, saluted Zhu Houhuang, and said, "Your Highness, you have arrived in North Korea. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Oh, it's here." Zhu Houhuang and his group walked out of the cabin, Zhu Houhuang looked at the west from afar, there was a large blue-black coast, which was the land.