Zhou Xian sent Kim Sang-hyun away, returned to the room alone, picked up the wine pot placed on the table and drank for two, and then sat on the chair in a daze. Things were done, but I just felt a little sorry for Kim Sang-hyun, the honest man.

After a while, Wang Wuwei walked into the room and bowed to Zhou Xian and said, "Military Gate, General Qi and Zuo Zhifan have left. If nothing happens, my subordinates will say goodbye."

Zhou Xian nodded, turned around and walked into the study, took out a letter and said, "Wang Tongzhi, go back and clean up, and set off to Peak Island tomorrow. Bring this letter to General Lin and tell him that he is the only way to take charge of the matters in North Korea, and there is no need to ask for instructions."

Wang Wuwei took the letter and looked at Zhou Xian and said, "Military Gate, where is the national field soldier?"

Zhou Xian said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I have my own plans. By the way, there may be major changes in North Korea in the near future. At that time, you will fully assist General Lin as an envoy of the Ming Dynasty. I will write to the court to give you a new official position. If you do well, your position will at least be promoted to another level."

Wang Wuwei didn't quite understand what Zhou Xian meant, but when he heard that he was going to be promoted, he was happy and hurriedly said, "Thank you, the military, my subordinates will do their best to live up to the expectations of the military."

Zhou Xian waved his hand and said, "Go!"

After Wang Wuwei left, Zhou Xian ordered Xia Shu to bring Gu Yanwu and Li Xiong in. Gu Yanwu's face was still flushed, but his eyes were bright, and he didn't look drunk at all. Like Han Yong, Li Xiong was the young general who Zhou Xian valued the most in the army. However, Han Yong was transferred to the cavalry camp and became a general. Li Xiong stayed there when Zhou Xian evacuated North Korea, responsible for connecting the ministers of the Ming Dynasty and collecting intelligence in North Korea.

Gu Yanwu couldn't help but ask first: "Military, is the matter done?"

Zhou Xian said: "Kim Sang-heng took the initiative to return to North Korea and personally persuaded King Joseon Lee to return to the Ming Dynasty. Lee Hyun, you will board the ship with him tomorrow and safely escort him to Seoul."

Li Xiong bowed and said, "No!"

Seeing Gu Yanwu's desire to speak but stop, Zhou Xian asked: "Zhongqing, do you have anything to say?"

Gu Yanwu hesitated for a while and said, "Military Sect, my subordinates are a little confused about your approach. North Korea's domestic population is more than 7 million, and its soldiers are only more than 100,000, and its combat power is low. It is really impossible to compare with Japanese Japanese soldiers. You asked me to pretend to be drunk and leaked the news from the Japanese letters to Jin Shangheng. It was nothing more than wanting North Korea to return to the Ming Dynasty. But is this really worth it? Why not use the Japanese to invade North Korea and let them restrain the Manchu captives? After all, North Korea is their vassal state now."

Zhou Xian picked up the two letters, gently knocked on the table twice and said, "Do you really think Japan will truly support me in Daming?"

Gu Yanwu said: "At least it is more credible than North Korea, which betrays the sect leader."

Zhou Xian smiled and shook his head and said, "The act of King Lee Seung to rebel against the Ming Dynasty is indeed abolishing, but as Kim Sang-hen said, most of the people in Korea from ordinary people to scholars and ministers are devoted to the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty allows Japan to invade Korea, it is equivalent to giving up these people, and it will be even more difficult to regain the hearts of the Koreans. More importantly, the Japanese are not educated and do not know etiquette, and they are undoubtedly from animals. If they are allowed to occupy North Korea, their ambitions will never end in Korea.

Even if our army pacified the Manchus in the future, we will face threats from them. The reason why Japan is afraid now is because they feel that the Ming Dynasty is still strong. Once they let it know the truth and see the Ming Dynasty’s weakness at this moment, who can guarantee that they will not have other wolf ambitions? If they cooperate with the Manchus, it will be the most painful poison for the Ming Dynasty. I am now using these two letters from the Japanese to put pressure on the Koreans and do not want to suffer."

Gu Yanwu frowned and was silent for a while and said, "Military Sect, since Japan has expressed his willingness to send troops to North Korea in the letter. Does the Ming Dynasty disagree, will they not send troops?"

Zhou Xian nodded and said confidently: "Yes. Look at these two letters. One is Japan's request to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty again, and the other is that he is willing to assist the Ming Dynasty in capturing the North Korea that surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Although it is covered with the national seal of Japan and the name of the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, they are not official letters of state. Moreover, these two letters were brought by a businessman with no status at all. This fully shows that Japan's attitude towards this matter is not cautious, but more of a kind

Temptation. They wanted to first see the attitude and reaction of the Ming Dynasty, so as to estimate whether the Ming Dynasty was still as strong as before, to further decide how they should act. If we were tough on it, they naturally would not dare to act rashly. Since becoming the shogun of the shogun, what Tokugawa Ie-Kiang has been doing in order to maintain his rule is to ban the sea and lock the country. I really don’t believe that when the Ming Dynasty decided to support North Korea, he dared to continue to send troops. But before that, you need to continue to act in a play."

Gu Yanwu hurriedly said, "Please tell the military gate."

Zhou Xian said: "Japan is a monkey that has not been completely tamed. Three points are like humans and seven points are like beasts. If you are afraid of him, he will bite forward with all his strength like a wild beast; and if he is afraid of you, he will be as obedient and well-behaved as a big yellow dog he raises. If you want to avoid trouble, the best way is to make him afraid and make him afraid. I will not see the national field soldier again. When you go to Laizhou tomorrow, you will bring him with you. Zhao Hang has developed a new artillery, and Li Kai has also trained new soldiers. You take him to the shooting range to see the advantages of our army's weapons and the great power of the army. He also told him that if he wants to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty again, he will send an envoy to come with a formal letter of state. But if he is involved in North Korea, my Ming Dynasty will lead the army of tigers and wolves to go out to sea to capture the land of the three islands in the future."

Gu Yanwu smiled and said, "The threat is more shocking, my subordinates understand."

Zhou Xian nodded and turned to the side and said, "Li Xiong, Kim Sang-hen returned to North Korea with the rubbings of these two letters, which will inevitably cause an uproar in North Korea. In recent years, Li Nai has used the Qing surrendered faction to crack down on the Hehe faction, which has led to the strength of the Hehe faction far less than that of the Qing surrendered faction. I am worried that it will be difficult for them to accomplish. At a critical moment, you must mobilize the Ming Dynasty's power in North Korea and do your best to help the Hehe faction."

Li Xiong asked: "Military, can any measures be taken?"

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Anything is OK. Even if you let Lee Seoul be lowered and launch a new King of Korea, it will be fine to make North Korea split. In short, I want North Korea to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty again in name. I raided Seoul before, but finally took the initiative to release Lee Seoul because I felt that the Ming Dynasty had no foothold in North Korea at that time and needed its assistance. Now the Pidao Navy has grown to scale, and it is time for North Korea to make some sacrifices for the Ming Dynasty, the sect leader."
Chapter completed!