"Long live the envoy of the king of Joseon, the foreign minister Zheng Minshi, to see the great tomorrow."

Seeing Zhu Daohua's gaze, he looked over.

Zheng Minshi hurriedly buckled his head to greet him.

"You are the emissary of the King of Korea?" Zhu Daohua frowned slightly, the battle of Liaodong, North Korea may also be involved.

And before that, Zhu Daohua didn't pay much attention to this North Korean country.

Because the country of North Korea is poor and weak, and it can't make much money doing business, there is no other benefit in accepting it as a vassal domain, and Zhu Daohua has other more important things to deal with, so the North Korean state is ignored.

But now people have come to the door.

Zhu Daohua will not avoid it.

"The foreign minister came this time, because he heard that the Son of Heaven was coming, and he came to visit, and the other Korea was the old domain of the Ming Dynasty, and then was forced to call the Qing court due to the persecution of the Qing Dynasty, but the whole country of Korea is full of hearts to the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Daohua waved his hand: "This matter will be discussed later." ”

Then Chang Yinghu stepped forward and said, "Your envoy is invited, His Majesty the Emperor will summon him at an appropriate time." ”

Zhu Daohua's main concern now is of course not North Korea.

It's the situation on the battlefield.

Starting from the mouth of the Yangtze River, I drifted at sea for several days.

Of course, Zhu Daohua wanted to know how the front line was fighting.

Just when Zhu Daohua arrived and stationed in Lushunxing.

The battle report from the front line also came as soon as possible.

Around a small Tieling Tunbao, each side gathered tens of thousands of troops.

"Surrounded by tens of thousands of people of the Eight Banners, it seems that General Sheng Jing of the Qing Dynasty does not want to give up the people of these tens of thousands of ancestors."

Tao Biquan said with a smile.

Zhu Daohua sneered: "If you don't want to give up, then take human lives to fill it, I was worried that they would use the vastness of Manmeng to deal with us, which is a bit troublesome." ”

Indeed, if the Qing army did not take the initiative to fight a decisive battle, but adopted the tactics of raiding and harassing, using the deep mountains and old forests of Manchuria and the Mongolian steppes to deal with the Ming army and delay time.

It's really not easy for the Ming army to get all the credit.

After all, although the Ming army had mule soldiers to supplement part of the problem of insufficient land mobility ability, the number was too small after all.

There is no way to have a large cavalry corps like the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, against this kind of enemy on horseback, it is really "easy to defeat and difficult to destroy", but the situation is similar to that of the Song Dynasty.

"Circling around, circling around, Your Majesty, we can control the sea, this Liaodong coastline stretches for thousands of miles, where can't we fight?"

"Send a fleet to attack Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other places, step by step, step by step, gradually go north, compress their living space, destroy their cities, drive their people, and destroy their homes! The Qing Tartars will either abandon the land and leave, or they will have to gather a large army to fight me for a decisive battle. ”

There is a cloud in the art of war, and if you attack it, you will save it.

For the Qing Dynasty.

Eight Flags is fundamental.

And Manchuria is the root of the Eight Banners.

If you don't want to watch the Ming gradually advance in Liaodong, set up forts in Tuntian, and gradually occupy and encroach on their fundamental land, then you can only start fighting.

But if you fight.

I'm afraid there is a high probability that he is here to die.

"The battle of Fuliao is a must-win, the key is how to hit the Qing Tartar hard, Manchuria-Mongolia is so vast, they still have a lot of room for detours, after the success of Fuliao, there will inevitably be a battle in the follow-up."

It's a given.

Zhu Daohua himself does not have the illusion of destroying all the Eight Banners in a war.

The other party is not a robot, and he knows that he is invincible and will ride a horse to die.

Manchuria and Mongolia stretched thousands of miles long, and the biggest problem in history when the Central Plains regime and the steppe regime had to fight a war was not the question of combat effectiveness, but the question of how to seize the main force of the other side and destroy it in one battle.

"The Battle of Fuliao is not the end, but the beginning. Since ancient times, the enemies of the north are the great troubles of the Central Plains, the Huns, the Turks, the Khitan, the Jurchens, the Mongols are really you sing and I appear, the nomadic people gathered on this grassland, the victory is gathered 100,000 horses, unstoppable, the defeat is scattered in the grassland, unpredictable, the people of the Central Plains are rare for a few days of peace, not to mention that there is now a Russia. ”

Zhu Daohua said in a deep voice: "So even if the Qing Tartar is destroyed, this prairie. It's still a hidden danger, and it's still a problem that I have to face. If the Ming Dynasty is unable to effectively control the grassland, it will not be long before new Tartars will rise here. ”

"And now is different from the past, the enemy of the ancient Central Plains Dynasty is only the strong enemy of the northern grassland, now on the sea, the sails cover the sun, the strong enemy who is thousands of miles away can cross the ocean by sailboat, this sea is like a grassland, it is no longer a safe rear, but a dangerous place where there is danger and strong enemies across the sea at any time!"

"The grassland and the sea are the two major problems I will have to face in the future."

Zhu Daohua's words made the ministers present frown and remain silent, and many historical pictures flashed in their hearts.

It's really hard.

A prairie is already a headache.

Now the enemy can still come across the sea.

Although the Ming Dynasty is strong now, the situation it faces is more complicated than that of previous dynasties.

"So this Qing Tartar can't just let them run away, even if they escape to Mobei and flee to the Western Regions, they will be chased endlessly!"

The ministers were stunned.

I see

The emperor is paying attention to this.

He must continue to pursue and kill the Manchu Qing for this reason, and expand the power of the Ming Dynasty to the Western Regions of Mobei.

But how to control Mobei?

Where can I not farm?

Before everyone could figure it out, Zhu Daohua said, "Invite the North Korean envoy." ”

Zheng Minshi now knows why the Ming Dynasty has come back again.

Just the soldiers and horses you saw on Port Arthur, such an elite division.

This is not something that North Korea alone can imagine.

This kind of tiger ben, I'm afraid that there are only a few thousand, which is enough to sweep the whole of North Korea.

After being summoned by the Emperor.

This important minister of the Korean monarch, a nobleman of the two classes, and a well-known big man in North Korea, Zheng Minshi Zheng, entered Zhu Daohua's conference room tremblingly.

I just entered the door, and I haven't had time to salute yet.

was so frightened by the words of the great tomorrow that he almost collapsed to the ground.

"Erbei knows that my Ming Dynasty has regained in the south, why don't you take the initiative to return, is it to rebel against the Ming Dynasty with the Qing Tartars?"

Poof.

Zheng Minshi heard this.

Immediately he fell to his knees and trembled.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the country of Korea is small and the people are weak, and China has always been regarded as the father, how dare you be a rebel? It's just that the Tartars are too coercive, and North Korea has no heart to rebel. ”

"But the kingdom is going to return to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes, yes, North Korea is willing to return, and my lord is also willing to come to Lushun to meet the emperor."

Zheng Minshi hurriedly said.

Zhu Daohua shook his head: "Now the rules of the Ming Dynasty are different, if you want to become a Ming vassal state, you must abide by the obligations of the vassal state." Have you heard of the gift of the Ming Dynasty? ”

"The subordinate has seen it." Zheng Minshi said.

If it is said that the Joseon monarchs and ministers have not made up their minds to contact the Ming Dynasty, there is another reason that this feudal obligation.

This new Ming likes to say all the rules in advance, and then sign a treaty.

Now that the treaty has been signed, the degree of freedom of the vassal state is not as great as before.

The rules of tributary were waived.

However, the vassal states did not have diplomatic powers, and when the emperor ordered them to send troops to fight with the Ming army, they did not have the autonomy to pay tariffs on Ming goods.

At the same time, the vassal state was also protected by the Ming Dynasty, and attacking the vassal state was equivalent to attacking the Ming Dynasty, if there was a such thing as the Renchen War, then the Ming Dynasty would send troops in accordance with the obligations of the Treaty of the Sect - but after signing the Treaty of the Domain, whether Japan would dare to invade is another matter.

"The Korean state has bent down to the Tartars, although it has bitter intentions, but it also has to be punished." Zhu Daohua didn't wait for Zheng Minshi to answer, and continued: "If you want to return to the Ming Dynasty, raise 2 million stone of food, and sign that 100,000 people will fight with the army!" If you are willing, you will be allowed to re-establish the Ming vassal state, and if you are unwilling, you will continue to be the vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Continue to be a feudal kingdom of the Qing Tartars?

Isn't that the enemy of the Ming Dynasty?

Zheng Min was stunned and stunned.

But before he could react, he saw Zhu Daohua waving his hand to signal him to step back.

"Go back and tell the king of North Korea that I will give him a chance, if he can't catch it, then this North Korean country can do it for itself."

For Zhu Daohua.

He doesn't want to dwell on North Korea now.

The key is still Liaodong, conquer Liaodong, and then use Liaodong as a springboard to enter the customs to attack Beijing, and after destroying the Qing Dynasty, then consider destroying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

So.

The task of dominating the world is basically completed.

And just after Zhu Daohua sent the North Korean envoy.

Chang Yinghu hurriedly ran in.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Nanyang."

Zhu Daohua hurriedly stood up.

Open it and take a look.

"The Indian Ocean is about to fight"

Zhu Daohua said in a low voice.

"The Turtle is back."

Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean.

A large fleet is slowly moving forward.

Zhu Lian, the Indian Ocean commander who was standing on the bombardment gunboat of a three-masted schooner, immediately breathed a heavy sigh of relief after hearing the news brought by the deputy commander Li Changgeng.

"That's good! Didn't get discovered by the Britons, right? ”

"On this sea, it's hard to find it, and now the turtles are hidden inside the fleet, there are no sails, and the boilers are not on fire, how can they be discovered?" Li Changgeng said.

"Where is the Britons' fleet?"

"Yesterday there was a reconnaissance ship report, they have already set off, it seems that they also have a new type of flowering bomb or some other weapon, in addition to a first-class battleship transferred from the west, just Victory, there are twelve second-class battleships, forty-eight third-class battleships, but also equipped with a large number of light flying scissor sailboats, which belong to fast light warships, this should be the main force of their operations."

In an era when all countries have begun to switch to the use of bombardment, the cost performance of using light and fast warships is far greater than that of large battleships.

"They still have so many large battleships?"

Zhu Jie was a little strange.

"Maybe it's to show off force."

Li Changgeng said.

They all believed that the Britons were unaware of the existence of the Turtle.

Nor should so many large battleships be sent out - such battleships are too expensive.

Therefore, they all thought that the capital ships of the Britons were the large number of light scissor bombardment gunboats in their fleet.

(End of chapter)