At the same time that Lai's family followed the fleet into the Indian Ocean, the imperial court was issuing a new military policy.

At the request of the emperor, the Governor's Office introduced a new conscription law, in order to allow different ethnic groups throughout the country to work together for the imperial court, soldiers will be recruited in Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Burma and other places to form a new army, the new army is organized according to the region, forming the Korean brigade, the Japanese brigade, the Vietnamese brigade and the Burmese brigade.

The reason why he wanted to form a new army dominated by foreigners was mainly because of Su Yan's bad taste - now that the East is calm and Japan is in civil strife, the center of gravity is not only the South Seas, which is being developed and expanded, but also the distant western continent.

He really wanted the Xia army, which was dominated by Han Chinese, to lead the servant army composed of armies of various ethnic groups to attack the foreign devils in Europe, so that the foreigners could see what the real whip of God was.

The first two Whips of God were not considered qualified in Su Yan's opinion, the Hun king Attila was defeated at the Battle of Shalon, the Western Expedition was forced to end, and died on the wedding night shortly after, and the Mongols of the second "Yellow Peril" withdrew the Western Expeditionary Army because of the struggle for the Khan throne, and could only drink the Manube, and finally were defeated by the Mamluks.

The two times the whip of God failed to really hit Western Europe, which made Su Yan very disappropriated, so he wanted to personally provoke a new whip of God, so that the Europeans could see the power of the Eastern Empire, if they could be forced to sign an unequal treaty by the way...... That's the best.

To get back to the point, under the instruction of Su Yan, the Governor's Office promulgated this new conscription law, and although the treatment of foreign soldiers recruited in the new law was not as good as that of Han soldiers, it was also a lucrative condition for the generally poor foreign civilians.

Therefore, after the conscription law was opened, the conscription points set up in these areas were crowded for a while, and many civilians rushed to sign up, hoping to join the new army.

It is worth mentioning that the name of the new army includes a brigade, and its establishment is indeed an ordinary infantry brigade, that is, a brigade has 9,840 infantrymen.

In Korea, Korea was indeed nominally the Xia Dynasty's Eastern Province, and the Imperial Court did not ban the Eastern Province after the end of the war with the Tokugawa Shogunate, and continued to maintain the existence of the Eastern Province as if it had forgotten, which also led to the Imperial Court being able to legitimately recruit troops in Korea.

In Seoul, the capital of the Korean Kingdom, King Yi Hao listened to the reports of his ministers, his face sank like water, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

And the minister in front of him kept complaining: "Your Highness, although Korea is a nominal province of the imperial court to conquer the east, in the final analysis, it is only a subject country, how can there be a reason for the suzerainty to recruit troops in the subject country?" If we continue to allow the suzerainty to recruit troops in the country, I am afraid that the people of North Korea will change their minds! ”

"Nonsense!" When Li Hao heard the minister's words, the calm on his face finally couldn't be maintained, he was slightly shocked in his heart, slammed it on the table, and scolded loudly.

But then, he coughed violently because of this violent movement, and the attendant next to him hurriedly stepped forward and gently patted him on the back to ease him.

The minister's body trembled slightly when he was reprimanded by the king like this, but in fact his old face did not show the slightest fear.

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After finishing his breath, Li Hao took a deep breath and asked the minister rhetorically. "Great Xia treats my North Korea like a loving father to a filial son, and His Majesty the Emperor has the grace to recreate my Korea, but what harm is it to recruit some Korean children to join the army to fight?"

After the words fell, he paused and continued: "What's more, North Korea is the eastern province of the imperial court, and it is a matter of course for the children of North Korea to accept the conscription of the imperial court, even if the widow wants to stop it, there is nothing he can do. ”

"Your Highness, no matter what, allowing the imperial court to continue to recruit troops in Korea is likely to deal a heavy blow to the morale of the army and the people - if the people are full of yearning for Great Xia and immigrate to live in Great Xia, in the long run, it will be harmful to our Korean country!" The minister continued.

Li Hao nodded, his heart was like a mirror, although the minister's words sounded like he was thinking about the country of Korea, but he knew very well that these two classes of nobles were worried that the people under them would run out, and no one would farm and weave cloth for them to squander and enjoy, so they were so full of fear and tried their best to prevent the Korean people from immigrating to the Xia Dynasty.

Before that, he had heard many rumors from the north that many Korean immigrants had been massacred by Korean officers and soldiers in the north when they crossed the Yalu River without the permission of the government, and the blood had almost stained the Yalu River.

Li Hao knew that this was probably not a rumor, the bureaucratic power in North Korea was huge, so big that it was able to deceive the saint, and later confirmed his idea, and it was not until the Xia Dynasty informed him that he finally knew that in the end, he could only punish a few scapegoats who were pushed out to calm his anger, and he could not do anything about the bureaucratic forces.

It is also a shame that he has struggled with the bureaucratic forces for so many years, but he still cannot change the status quo, and can only reuse the Westerners to suppress the southerners, barely maintaining the balance of the political situation.

However, Li Hao's fate has already been changed because of the wings instigated by Su Yan's butterfly, in the original history, he should have died in 1659, but in this world, he has lived until this year, but he is nearly half a hundred years old, his body is getting weaker and weaker, these nights he will dream from time to time that he ordered Ling Chi to be executed Jin Zidian into the palace with a sword, which makes his heart full of uneasiness and fear, and his physical health is greatly reduced.

Although Li Hao understood that the ministers cared more about their own interests than about the country, he did not dismantle the other party, but then said: "The widow will start to the imperial court, so you can go back first." ”

When the minister heard Li Hao's answer, he had such a look on his face, and he retired to the king and left the palace.

What Li Hao didn't know was that the ministers in his court had long been dissatisfied because Li Hao was too close to the Xia Dynasty and tried his best to suppress them, except for the Westerners who were reused by the king, the ministers of other forces began to conspire against Li Hao, among which the southerners were even closer to the prince Li Di and successfully persuaded the prince to support their claim.

At this time, North Korea was mainly divided into two major forces, one was the Westerner Party headed by Song Shilie, and the other was the Nanren Party headed by Xu Mu and others.

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Although neither party objected to the Xia Dynasty's establishment of Korea as a province to conquer the east, they were both opposed to the emigration of the people from the country, so when the officials and troops in the north massacred the immigrants crossing the river, they would work together to suppress the matter without letting the king know about it until the Xia Dynasty informed the king.

The Westerners were more moderate in their views, and they wanted to maintain the status quo and allow Korea to continue to be the eastern province of the Xia Dynasty, with the king as the supreme ruler of Korea, and the Xia Dynasty only had military powers such as the right to garrison troops and the right to transfer troops, and did not interfere in political affairs in peacetime, but to restrict the immigration of Koreans, which of course required negotiations with the Xia Dynasty.

In contrast, the Namjin Party was more extreme, advocating the abolition of the province of Dongxing, the restoration of Korea to its former highly independent vassals, and the withdrawal of the Xia dynasty so that the Koreans could handle their own domestic affairs.

In order to realize their own ideas and reverse the situation that had been suppressed, the Nanren Party began to plot to get rid of Li Hao and support their son Li Di to succeed to the throne.

In the first month of the fifteenth year of Wu'an, the weak Korean monarch Li Hao led the prince and the ministers to worship each other in the direction where Jiangning City was located, and completed the annual ceremony, a few days later, Li Hao's condition suddenly worsened, almost so serious that he was bedridden and unable to speak, and the imperial doctor in the palace hurriedly went to diagnose it, and the prince Li Yi also naturally exercised the power of the monarch on his behalf.

Li Di first reported to the Xia Dynasty that Li Hao was seriously ill and bedridden, he did not blatantly reuse the Nanren Party, but asked the imperial doctor to do his best to diagnose his father, but although the imperial doctor tried his best to save Li Hao's life, a few days after the aggravation of his condition, Li Hao finally failed to survive, died, and ascended to the palace of Changdeok Palace.

After Li Hao died of illness, the North Korean side reported to Gangningcheng as soon as possible, and began to prepare for the funeral of the deceased king, and at the same time began to plan the enthronement ceremony of the prince Li Di.

When the news reached Jiangning City, Su Yan listened to the news of the death of the Korean monarch who was determined to restore the Ming Dynasty in the original history and loyal to the Xia Dynasty in this timeline, and was silent, and after a long time, he ordered to send envoys to Korea to mourn.

At the same time, the Xia Dynasty also gave Li Hao the temple name of "Xiaozong", gave him "Zhongxuan", and according to tradition, canonized his son Li Di as the new king of Joseon.

In Korea, the news of the death of the monarch soon spread, the whole country mourned, and the recruitment of the Korean brigade was also forced to be interrupted.

However, the new monarch Li Di soon couldn't hold back and began to make a move against the Westerners, and there was a courtesy lawsuit in the court over the mourning dress system of the concubine Zhao of Ciyi, the widow of Renjo.

Due to the lack of provisions for similar situations in the "Five Rites of the National Dynasty" of the Korean royal etiquette law, the Westerners led by Song Shilie advocated that Xiaozong should be treated as the successor of the concubine according to the "ancient system" such as the "Rites", and the eldest princess should be dressed every year.

The Nanren Party led by Xu Mu, Yin Jin, and Yin Shandao expressed their opposition, believing that Xiaozong should be regarded as the eldest son, and the eldest concubine should be mourned for three years.

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This was regarded by the Westerners as a challenge to the Southerners, and they began to concentrate their firepower to lash out at Yin Shandao and put pressure on the king, wanting to force the king to submit, but Li Di was a supporter of the Southerners before he ascended the throne, how could he succumb to the Westerners, he firmly stood on the side of the Southerners, and supported the Southerners and the Westerners in the court.

Although the Nanren Party had the full support of the king, the Westerners were so powerful that the two sides finally lost both, and the king could only play 30 boards on each side, thus ending the struggle.

Since this incident, Li Di has been more determined to suppress the determination of the Westerners, just at this time the Xia envoy entered the court to pay tribute to King Xiaozong, under Li Di's instructions, the North Korean side deliberately appeared to be sluggish when entertaining the Xia envoy, which really caused the Xia envoy's strong dissatisfaction, after returning home, the envoy reported to Su Yan the negligence of the North Korean side.

This made Su Yan slightly dissatisfied, and he ordered to blame the North Korean side, asking it to punish the officials who neglected to entertain them, and make corrections.

Li Di and others waited for this opportunity, after the emperor's will was served, Li Di took advantage of the topic to play, blaming it on the head of the Westerners, although the Westerners tried their best to defend themselves, but in the end there were still many people who were convicted by Li Di, and the party leader Song Shilie was punished for lax discipline, and the prestige and power of the Westerners in the court were damaged.

In addition to deliberately neglecting the Xia envoys and wanting to suppress the Westerners with the help of the imperial court, Li Di also deliberately obstructed the recruitment of the Korean brigade, and under his instruction, the Nanren Party deliberately drove out those civilians who wanted to sign up, and promulgated a stricter policy according to the chaos of immigration, that is, the people were not allowed to leave the place of residence without authorization, and those who left without authorization had their property confiscated and became slaves.

This set of combination punches, not only the efficiency of conscription was reduced, but the people everywhere no longer dared to emigrate, It really had an effect, but the good times did not last long, the emperor had many ears and eyes in Korea, and soon, Su Yan learned about the small actions of the Korean monarch from Jinyiwei, which made him even more dissatisfied with this new king in his heart.

He didn't care what kind of party struggle Li Yan was engaged in in the country, because it was none of his business, but if he deliberately obstructed his recruitment work, he would be looking for death, but Su Yan didn't do it directly, he just sent an envoy to North Korea to reproach Li Li and scolded him for not thinking about it anymore, otherwise he would anger the Son of Heaven, even if he was the king of North Korea, it would be useless.

The Xia envoy severely reprimanded the king of Korea in front of the Korean officials, which made Li Yan lose face, and he also resented the Xia Dynasty in his heart, and the idea of rebelling against the Xia Dynasty and separating Korea from the oppression of the Xia Dynasty rose in his heart.

Subsequently, Li Di summoned his trusted Xu Mu, Yin Jin, Yin Shandao and other southerners into the palace and explained his thoughts to them, Li Di said with resentment: "The Xia people have bullied me too much, how can I be subservient to the people from generation to generation, and the widows will definitely drive the Xia people out of Korea, make Korea independent and autonomous, and end the history of being a vassal to the Central Plains court!" ”

Although Xu Mu and others advocated banning the expedition to the eastern province, this did not mean that they wanted to be enemies of the Xia Dynasty, after listening to the king's words, several people's expressions suddenly changed greatly, and they hurriedly dissuaded them, trying to persuade Li Li to dispel this stupid idea.

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What they didn't know was that while the monarch and ministers were talking, a figure flashed outside the door, and not long after, a carrier pigeon fluttered its wings and flew out of the Joseon royal palace and flew in the direction of the south.