In the original history, Zhu Youzhen, who eliminated the eunuch party in one fell swoop, was high-spirited, and also vigorously began to implement his own new policy. At the same time, it also attracted Xu Guangqi and a group of capable courtiers to follow. This kind of situation is placed in any dynasty in the Central Plains, and it belongs to the beginning of the middle and upper.

Helplessly, Zhu Youzhen's luck was too bad.

Drought, uprising, internal strife, and external troubles, these four accidents disrupted the rhythm of this young and high-spirited emperor almost anytime and anywhere. It's a pity that this one in history is also a figure who thinks highly of himself and pursues perfection, and constantly adjusts his pace according to external blows. adjusted and dismissed countless cabinet chiefs, killed and forced all loyal generals to death, until finally pulled himself closer to the vortex by historical fatalism.

For Zhu Youzhen, who came through the country, North Korea is actually a strange move for him to break the original rhythm of history and delay his drowning.

"That's right." Zhu Youzhen pressed his hand downwards to stabilize everyone's mentality a little.

"Wen Qingjia is right. North Korea, now is the consumables for us to implement these plans and help us buy time. ”

Consumables, the new words spoken by His Majesty the Emperor are confused. Zhu Youzhen is no longer surprised by this situation, no matter how much he pays attention to it, he will still bring in new words at every turn.

"Consumables are things that are used to consume. What I said is still the image? There is one who completely follows our intentions, cutting off the import of food and materials from Houjin, and can also use small teams and night non-harvest methods to constantly harass Houjin's grain production and material warehouses in the rear, and continue to increase pressure on Houjin through assassination, so that once they are dispatched, the situation in the rear will inevitably be turbulent. That's all I wanted to do with North Korea this time. ”

Zhu Youzhen touched the puppet beads in his pocket.

"If you can say it well, say it well. If I don't say it well, I don't hesitate to dye this Hanyang City red, in exchange for five years of consumables. ”

Zhu Youzhen's murderous spirit made Dong Chaopu, who was not accepted at night, and He Renlong, who was not born at night, eager to try. But Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru exchanged glances, but the murderous aura was not so heavy, but they breathed a sigh of relief.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yanru arched his hand and said:

"If there is such a goal, Your Majesty has resolute confidence. The minister thought that there was still much to be done in this matter. ”

"The minister first and Zilong and Shunzhi promoted the matter of the Joseon King Li Liang meeting with His Majesty in private." Anyway, in this era, although everyone is silent and blames the gods, they still feel that the emperor has something to do or has a backhand to hide from him. But this must be normal, and everyone understands that there is a limit to His Majesty's openness.

"If things don't go well on Your Majesty's side. On the contrary, this time the opportunity is all on the major event planned by Houjin Amin and Fan Wencheng and others. ”

He Renlong is a military general, and he speaks straightforwardly on weekdays, but when he encountered this situation, he interjected directly:

"But at present, we don't know what Houjin is planning, how can we use this strength?"

Zhou Yanru glanced at Wen Tiren, who whispered:

"It's nothing more than the wisdom of Li Dai Taozhuang."

He Renlong was a little stunned, but Zhu Youzhen understood.

"I came out this time, no matter what, North Korea must take it, no matter what, I have to survive the first five years for Daming. You don't need to worry, what do you think. ”

When Wen Tiren heard this, he boldly said:

"No matter what Houjin is planning, we can classify it as Houjin's plan. The main thing now is to find out when Houjin will be launched. I don't think it's likely to get a plan, but at least a general direction needs to be figured out. As long as the time is in time, the worst result is nothing more than the recurrence of the old things in Xuanwumen. ”

"Good!"

Zhu Youjian said.

"Your Majesty has seen that the King of Joseon, Li Liang, should leave Hanyang immediately, whether this matter is successful or not, there should not be the slightest leak of news about His Majesty's people in Korea." Zhou Yanru suggested.

Zhu Youzhen nodded. This is not the same as the Xuanwu Gate, in addition to supporting the little emperor and the minister of the prison state, it is necessary to carry out the bloody purge of the opposition forces, and even drive the forces of the Later Jin out of Hanyang first. And this will have to be done in a very short time. I'm a burden in North Korea.

"Your Majesty, the new batch of students from the middle-aged and strong arrival of the White Pole Army and the Shaanxi Army, the latest training plan should be in Dengzhou under the command of the old general Zhao Shujiao, but they can go straight down the river and become His Majesty's escort to leave Korea. It can also be announced to the outside world that His Majesty is training troops in Dengzhou. He Renlong began to arrange a retreat for his emperor.

"The ministers seconded the proposal."

"Yes. I left as soon as I saw Li Liang. He Renlong can arrange the transfer of troops. It is estimated that it will take fifteen days to go back and forth, and Zhou Yanru will also communicate with the banquet of the Korean king Li Liang according to this time. ”

"Something happened to the king of Joseon, as the suzerainty of the country, since the Ming Dynasty can put pressure on Houjin on the border. In case you leave Amin and Fan Wencheng in Hanyang, it is estimated that Houjin will also react, and at the same time, you must discuss and communicate with General Zhao, so as not to be at a loss. ”

Zhu Youzhen added.

If we don't take this step at this stage, we may only face a situation of being passively beaten in five years or ten years.

What's more, at this stage, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Shujiao, Man Gui and two batches of 20,000 new troops, plus artillery, stone mines, and barbed wire that have been sent to Liaodong one after another, have just stopped Houjin's counterattack.

"He Renlong, you have to go back and discuss with Yue Hesheng. Together, you are under the most pressure. Houjin will either attack Liaodong or choose to take North Korea directly, and the only thing North Korea can provide is a small amount of cement and mines. You have to choose the city that you must defend now, and then it will be nothing more than manpower to fill it, but the team that can hold back Houjin will be victorious. ”

This was originally arranged by Zhu Youzhen. Once they were able to control the Joseon king Yi Liang, then Yue Hesheng and He Renlong would inevitably gain command of the Korean army, and quickly strengthen the key cities of the Later Jin attack on Korea, turning them into fortresses one by one. Thus, by constantly provoking Houjin, the northern side of North Korea will be turned into a flesh mill of Houjin.

Helplessly, after this incident, Jin is now involved, leaving not enough time for the originally stable layout.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much."

Wen Tiren has obviously let go of his hands and feet a lot in North Korea.

"So far, the planning of Amin and others has not been made public, and it may not be on the table, once we grasp the opportunity, it is also possible that these two people will choose to go back to Houjin. What's more, a crusade of more than 100,000 people, even the preparation of the Houjin will take at least three months, and we will wait for work, not to mention that it is just a consumable in His Majesty's mouth. ”

Zhu Youzhen heard that Wen Tiren had the intention of disrupting Houjin's arrangement and letting Amin and the two go, but shook his head.

"Even if Houjin doesn't move, Huang Taiji will definitely move this year, otherwise the position of Great Khan he obtained the year before last will be in jeopardy. I said here that in this Hanyang Rebellion, anyone can be let go, and the only thing is that Fan Wencheng must be killed here. ”