After Zhang Wei said this, Li Song replied with a smile: "What Elder Ge said is that Your Majesty will work hard to save the people of the country from this suffering. ”

"It's just that if the world wants long-term peace and stability, it must be peaceful for the people!"

"Nowadays, there are so many hooligans in North Korea, and the country's monarchs and ministers do not give them mercy, and blindly regard them as grass mustard, I am afraid that there will be chaos in North Korea in the future, and even this crime will be counted on our China."

Zhang Wei frowned and said a few more words, and then called Yang Xun and asked, "Why are there so many hooligans in your country?" ”

Yang Xun asked with a smile: "Does the elder think that our Royal Highness and the vassal are extorting tyranny and do not give compensation?" ”

"The old man is ordered to inspect, and he always asks the reason, and now he is the Holy Lord and Benevolent, and the people are like ants, so they can't help but ask."

Zhang Wei replied.

Yang Xun hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Pavilion Elder Rongyu! These hooligans don't work hard, and they don't want to produce, and the lazy people are also the people! ”

"It's not that our country doesn't provide bereavement relief, but they themselves refuse to accept appeasement, and they have to break through the customs to become thieves, so our country has to do its best to kill and drive them away, hope for goodness, and return to their hometowns to reclaim famine or work; In addition, our country has not expropriated excessively, as long as they are willing to return to their hometowns to reclaim the famine, our Highness has already decreed that they will be exempted from taxation and forced labor for three years. ”

"Presumably, there are not many fields that your country can reclaim, right?"

Zhang Wei asked.

Yang Xun said: "The elder of the pavilion is wise, now His Royal Highness is in a dilemma, he can neither force the big households to let the land to the people, nor let them go to the country to be thieves, so he has to try his best to kill and strengthen the patrol troops." ”

Zhang Wei nodded after hearing this, then looked at the Korean civilians who were serving, glanced at Yang Xun again, and then asked, "Yang Guan, do you have hatred for China in your heart?" ”

Yang Xun replied: "The vassal doesn't dare! ”

"Do you dare not have it, or is it really not?"

Zhang Wei asked.

Yang Xun only replied at this time: "The elder of the pavilion is aware of the differences, so he naturally understands, if the Celestial Empire does not send troops and does not send large officials to disturb it, it is true that the people of our country are more stable, and there are corrupt officials and inferior gentry who invade each other, and it will not be aggravated; ”

For example, this time, the matter of levying 50,000 husbands for the old cabinet to patrol the state, although it is the order of His Royal Highness, it is an opportunity for the corrupt officials and inferior gentry to knock out the bones of the people."

"Can I blame China for this?"

"The old man gave the order early, not to disturb the people, and all courtesies are exempted, why can Ji Liao and other officials do it, why can't you do it?"

"It's not because you only listen to Your Highnesses, but you don't listen to the orders of my Chinese ministers!"

Zhang Wei sank his face and said very seriously.

Yang Xun hurriedly knelt down and cried with a face: "Pavilion Elder is angry! My Royal Highness has no way, and the courtiers below have said that they can't wait for the difference in heaven, and they are afraid that there will be another disaster to break the country, so how dare we treat the old man slowly? ”

"The elder of the pavilion does not know, this place is indeed different from China, there is not only one master here, in addition to their king, but also the marshals of my Ming Dynasty in various provinces, as well as the Xuanfu envoy set up in Busan, the people behind them ask the king of the country to treat the elder of the pavilion favorably, and the king cannot but listen."

Li Song also spoke for Yang Xun at this time, and deliberately let Zhang Wei understand that unless the Ming Dynasty really withdrew the border ministers and arrogant generals located in various parts of Korea, otherwise, the king of North Korea would not be able to call the shots himself, and it would be impossible for him to have the power to reform the interior.

However, if the border ministers and arrogant generals are removed, the interests of the Ming Dynasty will be damaged, and the people in the country will not be able to live outside the customs as they are now, not only do they not have to serve conscription, but they can also reduce taxes when they come to live outside the customs.

What's more, now that the new Shoufu has become Wuxun Qi Jiguang, it undoubtedly releases a signal that the Ming Dynasty will continue to expand outward.

Therefore, Zhang Wei also became kind at this time, and said to Yang Xun: "Yang Observation, please get up." ”

"Xie Ge Lao."

Yang Xun stood up.

Zhang Wei continued at this time: "The old man also understands your country's suffering, but you have to look at this matter dialectically, China is also helpless, in order to prevent the Japanese plague from raging, you can only send troops to your country to help your country resist the Japanese trouble, and at the same time assist your country to ensure the long-term peace and stability of your country." ”

Zhang Wei was influenced by Zhu Yijun and also began to say the word dialectic.

At this time, Yang Xun saw that Zhang Wei's attitude had improved, and he was also relieved, and said:

"What Elder Ge said is that His Royal Highness also understands the decision of the kingdom in this regard, and he is also willing to welcome Elder Ge to come on patrol."

"What's more, the elder of the pavilion is still an official who is sympathetic to the people's livelihood and suffering, and he can't bear to disturb the people, but the evil officials under him are hateful, and he doesn't understand the difficulties of the kingdom or our Highness.

"That's right!"

"Evil officials Diao Min, be strict, Yang Observation is also a righteous official, the old man will state his observations to His Royal Highness and my Majesty the Ming Emperor."

Zhang Wei nodded and echoed.

Yang Xun was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately gave up his hand: "Xie Ge is considerate. ”

"Then remove all the servants, the old man doesn't have to burden the people of your country."

Zhang Wei commanded at this time.

"The elder of the pavilion loves the people like a son, and the vassals are naturally full of admiration in their hearts, but the elder of the pavilion does not know that these servants love to rob the country in winter, or die of hunger and cold, it is better for the officials below to organize themselves to serve the elder of the pavilion, so that they will not starve to death, not to mention, but can also be controlled by the officials, and can prevent chaos, and spoil the major affairs of the elder patrol."

Yang Xun hurriedly politely rejected Zhang Wei's order.

"That's it! Whatever you want, the old man is not good at interfering in your feudal affairs. ”

Zhang Wei knew that he couldn't stop the North Korean officials from exploiting the Korean people by patrolling the border, and it was just a show to mention it just now, so after Yang Xun said this, he didn't insist anymore, and only held the brocade cat in his arms and looked at the snow outside.

The white mountains and rivers are very beautiful, occasionally one or two sparrows fly down on the snow, and the snow-capped mountains are dotted like a winter bird watching picture.

The brocade cat, who had come to the copper stove from Zhang Wei's arms, saw that he also ran out to chase the sparrows, and after a while, he disappeared.

"Raccoon!"

Zhang Wei hurriedly shouted.

Seeing this, Yang Xun couldn't help but ask: "Pavilion Elder, do you want the vassal to send troops to arrest Pavilion Lao." ”

"No, let her play outside for a while, she must be bored in the car too."

Zhang Wei replied.

But after about half an hour, Zhang Wei saw that his cat had not returned, and he didn't know where the wild had gone, so he became anxious for a while: "How is this good, Yang observes, you have a way." ”

"Don't worry, it's going to be dark, and the snow is getting heavier and heavier, so I also ask the elder to go back to the military station to rest for a while, and leave this matter to the vassal minister, and the vassal will definitely find it for the old man tomorrow morning."

Yang Xun was busy persuading at this time, on this blizzard day, if something went wrong with Zhang Wei, he was indeed easy to walk around without eating, in order to avoid Ming Guo from using this to increase his control over North Korea, his monarch would definitely deal with him strictly, and then let Ming Guo have no reason to blame the entire North Korea, so Yang Xun was also busy persuading Zhang Wei to rest in advance.

Zhang Wei didn't want to cause trouble to Yang Xun and other North Korean officials and people, so he hurriedly agreed, and returned to the military station first.

Yang Xun ordered here: "Call all the officials and people who have nothing to do in the whole province, find a cat for the elder of the pavilion, dig three feet into the ground to find it, whoever finds it, the official will give him a reward of 1,000 taels of silver!" ”

Thereupon.

Many officials and citizens in North Ping'an Province hurriedly came out of the bed or by the stove and began to look for cats for Zhang Wei all over the mountains.

Even Yang Xun himself followed the snow all over the mountains and fields, and even when it was dark, he was still looking for it, and the entire official road of Ping'an North Road was as bright as day.

Fortunately, because the cat's eyes were easy to find in the dark night, Yang Xun finally found the cat, and happily sent it to Zhang Wei overnight, and also reported the matter to his monarch.

The military station is a fort built by the Ming Dynasty along the official road in North Korea, and the general garrison ranges from two or three hundred to two or three thousand.

According to Zhu Yijun's will, the inside of the station was under the control of the military commander of the garrison, and the outside of the station was under the control of the DPRK's own officials.

However, some military stations have gradually developed into large ports because they are located on major transportation routes.

Many officers and men will also make their homes outside the station, and if it is not enough to keep an outer room inside the station, it is necessary to raise an outer room outside the station.

This also makes many military stations outside the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, in addition to the Ming officers and soldiers, there are also Han businessmen and people who come here.

In addition, today's official script of Lee's North Korea is Chinese characters, and many people also know Chinese, so it has gradually become a Chinese accent everywhere, and everyone is Hanfu, which is almost the same as in China.

After Zhang Wei entered a military station, he didn't feel how strange it was, and his brocade cat was lost, so he was in a better mood, so he couldn't help but smile at Ma Chengguang, the commander of the military station, who came to greet him:

"I didn't expect it to be so prosperous here, you can see Qinglou wine shops everywhere, I don't know, I don't know that this place is for combat purposes, horse garrison, you have to take care of the soldiers under your command, don't let them indulge in wine!"

"This elder, please rest assured, the Privy Council has a strict order, if anyone violates military rules and has fun, he will be expelled from the military and transferred to the southern Luzon reclamation."

"It's so prosperous here, we don't want to leave, and our subordinates don't dare to let them relax and mess around, so that North Korea has the opportunity to find a reason to get rid of us."

"What's more, many of the industries here are owned by domestic elites, if we don't see it well, we won't be able to eat and walk around, if the elder is short of money to spend, he can also send his family to run a shop, and no one will dare to disturb the subordinates."

Ma Chengguang said with a smile.

Zhang Wei asked, "Does the horse guard have his own shops here?" ”

"Qi Shuai won't let it!"

"Whoever does business, take off the armor and go to citizenship, I am used to killing the enemy in battle, I just want to make military merits and exchange a few more military merit medals, and give my children and grandchildren more titles, although the money obtained by these titles is not as good as doing business, but the key is to ensure income in drought and flood."

Ma Chengguang is a talkative person, and when he saw Zhang Wei, he chattered endlessly, without fear.

Yang Xun was very surprised when he watched it from the sidelines, he had to admit that the martial ministers of the Celestial Dynasty were now different from before, and they were also talking eloquently in front of the senior ministers of the pavilion, without any inferiority.

Of course, if Yang Xun knew that Qi Jiguang was the first assistant among the Ming military ministers now, he would definitely be even more surprised.

However, Zhang Wei and Ma Chengguang deliberately concealed from him that Qi Jiguang was the first assistant, mainly because in this way, Yang Xun would know that Daming would continue to strengthen its external expansion in the future.

Bang bang!

Bang bang!

"Who's putting the guns!"

And just when Zhang Wei was chatting with Ma Chengguang, there was a sudden fire outside, and Zhang Wei was so surprised that he hurriedly asked.

Yang Xun reacted quickly, pointed to the place outside the city where white smoke was coming from, and said, "The vassal will go and ask." ”

But not long after, Yang Xun came back and said: "Pavilion Elder, please forgive the vassal for not being able to manage it, the guns are drunk Shangguo merchants and people, and they are putting guns." ”

"I can't take care of that, they're not in our station."

Ma Chengguang replied.

After hearing this, Zhang Wei said: "That's it! Don't worry about it, it's just that the people of this dynasty are too arrogant, and this will make the vassal state resentful. ”

"We don't dare."

"Just ask the old man to learn from the pavilion, our Royal Highness has always been loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and is willing to be the dog of the Son of Heaven, let it drive, and only hope to keep his country, so that it can be temperate and eight, and it is more suitable than the court to return directly, after all, the people here are cheap, arrogant and shameless, inconvenient to rule, only for the slave of the kingdom, if it is the people of the kingdom, it will breed the heart of disobedience."

Yang Xun hurriedly replied at this time.

Zhang Wei nodded and said with a smile: "Rest assured to observe." ”

"Thank you, Elder Ge!"

However, when Zhang Wei was resting in the evening, in the secret recital to Zhu Yijun, he directly played: "Your Majesty, the Korean Li family regards the people as slaves, the country is greedy, and the country is greedy and bullying, and the people of China are so arrogant that they are lawless at this point, so the minister thinks that it is appropriate to destroy his country, and it is appropriate to appease his people, so that the people who suffer in his country and people with conscience will not be angry with my China." ”

Zhang Wei wrote this secret letter and went to Seoul, then to Busan, and from Busan to Dongying by boat.

After Zhu Yijun received Zhang Wei's secret recital, he discussed the matter with Qi Jiguang and other ruling ministers after serving the imperial secretary, and asked:

"What do you think about Zhang Wei's matter?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that North Korea should be slowly plotted, as long as the Li monarch and ministers are willing to cooperate, we don't have to destroy the country first, but make the country not only resentful, but also the king's family is dissatisfied, but should still use its party to fight for internal fighting, whoever is willing to do things for my Ming Dynasty will support his country's party doctors."

Qi Jiguang said at this time.

Zhu Yijun nodded.

Then, Qi Jiguang said again: "At present, we should pay attention to the Tokugawa clan, this person has established his own shogunate, has the ambition of dominating Wajima and monopolizing trade, and the imperial court should ask for it, forcing everyone to submit to the Tokugawa clan and want to help the Tokugawa clan, so that the daimyo of Wajima independence can only recognize the Ashikaga shogunate established by my Ming Dynasty!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal, since ancient times, the conquest needs to be justified, in order not to destroy the country because of the invasion of the country, so the use of troops can be tricky, but the declaration of war needs to be righteous and bright, and now the Li family is obedient, and the abuse of the people can be completely blamed on the corrupt officials and inferior gentry, and it cannot be levied! And the Tokugawa clan established the shogunate without permission, and it has broken the etiquette of this dynasty, which can be said to be famous, and the Tokugawa clan was destroyed first. ”

Wang Xijue said at this time.

Li Chengliang also followed: "That's right, the minister also seconded the proposal, as long as the island is first opened up for my Ming Dynasty, North Korea will be just a turtle in an urn, don't worry." ”

For a while, all the ministers had no objections.

"Quasi-play!"

"Clean up the Tokugawa clan first."

Zhu Yijun therefore agreed to Qi Jiguang's proposal.

Qi Jiguang said yes.

So, Daming decided on the strategy of cleaning up the Tokugawa clan first.

However, how to clean up the Tokugawa clan, for Qi Jiguang, who had just served as the first assistant, he still needed to seriously discuss with several colleagues of the minister.

Since Zhu Yijun appointed Qi Jiguang as the first assistant, it is a strong signal for the military ministers.

Many generals who want to progress are more advocating meritorious deeds, because it means that as long as they make great military achievements, they will not only be feudal marquises, but also be able to govern the country.

Of course, this is not very attractive to the military ministers who do not want to progress and just want to live a stable life.

But in any case, it did stimulate many martial artists.

As a result, Li Chengliang behaved more actively in the court, not only actively speaking when discussing politics, but also said to his second son, Li Rubai:

"I sold all the properties at home, and in response to Yuanfu's call, we will not do business in the future, but only invest money to buy the state's subscription coupons, and rest with the country."

"Father, really, we have already made the imperial court profit in Liaodong, no longer smuggling, and honestly paid business taxes, and now we don't even do business, how can the family afford it?"

Li Rubai asked.

Li Chengliang glanced at Li Rubai: "Although your eldest brother is stupid, he has a brave and loyal heart, why are you not as short-sighted as your eldest brother?" Unwilling to sacrifice these things for the country and the future of the family! ”

"Do you know whose soldiers are stationed in North Korea now, whose soldiers are stationed in Jizhou, and who is Yuan Fu in charge of the treasury and weapons? We don't sell it, do we have to wait for Yuan Fujuan to ask the imperial court to send a brocade guard to copy it? ”

Saying that, Li Chengliang said: "Hurry up and sell it, those families are released from the house, let them enlist in the army by themselves, and then change your father to be a privy envoy, Ji Guogong is still on the errand of the privy envoy, and he has done both military and political affairs, and he will not ask His Majesty to resign from the post of privy envoy, it is clear that it depends on the performance of our Li family." Our Li family has performed well, and your father and I may be able to be the first assistant in the future. ”

"Really?"

Li Rubai asked hurriedly.

Li Chengliang stood up and said, "Naturally, it's not your father and me, it's your brother!" When the time comes, you can also enter the phase, and also accept a few civil officials as protégés, so that there are also a few jinshi in the family, so that you don't have to fight for your life in exchange for wealth. ”

"Then son, let them sell all the shops."

Li Rubai said.

Li Chengliang nodded: "By the way, let them choose some objects involving strange skills and tricks to send to the Qi family, I expect that the Qi family will definitely not accept gold and jade jewelry, but the sons of the old Qi who love to make equipment and study what thunder and lightning should not be able to help but accept these strange and ingenious things." ”

"Yes!"

As Li Chengliang expected, after Qi Jiguang became the first assistant, many people did come to visit and give gifts, nominally they were naturally gifted, but in fact, just like gold is said to be yellow rice, it is basically not a cheap gift.

And Qi Jiguang didn't worry much about how to refuse to accept gifts, because the Wang family basically drove these people out.

"Shao Sikong, who is in charge of our mansion, don't you know?"

"What if he Qi Yuanjing became the first assistant, could it be that he dared to divorce me, do you think he dares to offend you, or does he dare to offend me even more?"

On this day, as soon as Qi Jiguang looked back at the auxiliary residence, he heard that the Wang family was talking to the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, and there were many officials lined up outside the door.

These officials were all busy saluting when they saw Qi Jiguang coming.

Chen Wenliang, the governor of Jingying, even came over and said to Qi Jiguang: "Yuanfu, they were all muttering just now that you are afraid of your wife, do you want to go in and prove it?" ”

"Lao Tzu is afraid of guilt, do you still need proof? I owe you so many years with Lao Tzu! ”

Qi Jiguang replied angrily.

Chen Wenliang was stunned and stunned, very embarrassed.

Qi Jiguang naturally asked him: "By the way, does the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion give gifts?" ”

Today is only 5,000 words later, please take half a day off, and spend a Mid-Autumn Festival reunion night with your family in the evening.

(End of chapter)