"It's really ridiculous. Is it possible that Li Chenggui has something in his head? He actually wants to unite with the Japanese country to fight against the Ming Dynasty."

"He himself doesn't even think about it. The Japanese country still has the natural dangers of the East China Sea to defend, and what does Goryeo have?"

"Nowadays, there are 300,000 prairie cavalrymen. If you randomly select 70,000 to 80,000 cavalry, it would be a simple matter of backhand to destroy them."

In the Huagai Palace, Zhu Ying almost laughed out loud at Li Chenggui's saucy maneuvers.

The reason why Goryeo has never been conquered is because after Yao Guangxiao passed, Goryeo was no longer much different from when it was ruled by the Ming Dynasty.

Korea was already poor, and it was still in the north, so not much food could be grown.

Incorporating Goryeo into the Ming Dynasty would not provide much tax revenue.

It is even more unnecessary when it comes to education. All the characters used in Goryeo today are Chinese characters, and there is no such thing as its own written language.

The language of most Korean people is not Chinese, but Korean.

In other words, the current Korean writing and language are separate.

Historically, it was Li Chenggui who became king, and then his great-grandson came up with a set of Hunminzhengyin, and then the Korean language appeared in later generations.

In today's Korea, anyone who is a scholar must be able to speak Chinese, because they only learn Chinese characters.

Those who speak Korean are basically illiterate.

In Goryeo, only nobles could speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, and many Goryeo nobles were even ashamed to speak Goryeo.

To a certain extent, written language is equivalent to being monopolized by the aristocracy.

It is also for these reasons that Zhu Ying never took action against Goryeo, but only let Yao Guangxiao and Ning Wang Zhu Quan control Goryeo one after another.

After all, there is now a greater demand for Chinese language learning in the Nanyang region, and the Nanyang region can also produce more food and taxes.

In comparison, Goryeo naturally does not seem so important.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "Li Chenggui, an ignorant boy, wants to go against us. It seems that he feels that with the support of the Japanese country, he will become bolder."

"Can't this guy imagine that he is just being used as a shield for the Japanese country?"

"Those rebels from the grassland are all useless. Three hundred thousand cavalry have not captured the Oara Tatars yet. Do they think they are out for a spring outing?"

"We are passing on an edict to order the three kings of the grassland to immediately encircle and suppress the Tatars, and the grassland must be completely pacified within one month. After that, 150,000 cavalry went straight to Goryeo, and we captured this kid Li Chenggui and brought him to the capital for questioning."

"In addition, the Ministry of War mobilized 200,000 troops to support Kyushu Island, and ordered the four princes of Kyushu to only defend but not attack, and not allow Japanese soldiers to occupy another city."

"I'm going to order the Qinghai Navy to mobilize and cut off all maritime connections with Japan. During this period, no ships are allowed to approach Japan. Anyone who disobeys the order will be sunk immediately."

"We want to see how Ashikaga Yoshimitsu wants to fight. If we didn't think that completely pacifying the Japanese country would cause too much destruction, we would have bulldozed him in the first place."

After a pause, he confessed to Dasun: "Don't you have some arrangements in Goryeo? Don't move in a hurry to avoid causing too many casualties. In the end, we have to wipe the butt of Daming and let them confront Li Chenggui. In the end,

It’s better to use more psychological tricks.”

"When the grassland is calmed down and the army reaches Goryeo, it will be easily destroyed."

"We don't believe it. This guy Li Chenggui can go to Japan."

Zhu Yuanzhang issued several edicts in succession and immediately made clear arrangements for the Goryeo and Japanese countries.

However, it can also be seen from this aspect that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu really grasped the timing very well. Now the Ming Dynasty consumes a lot of food due to wars in many places.

Especially the hoarding of 600,000 troops in the grassland, which requires an amount of money and food every day that ordinary businessmen cannot imagine. Only the current imperial court can afford such an amount, and even the richest families in Jiangnan can easily give it to them.

Exhausted.

Some people may think that if the imperial court had not hoarded so many troops in Jiubian before, why is it that the treasury is now so abundant, but the burden has increased.

This is a different situation.

Although the number of troops in Jiubian is said to be one million, in fact many of them are field soldiers.

In most cases, they exist as farmers rather than soldiers.

The rations of the elite soldiers were borne by them and not by the court.

Currently, there is no cultivated land around Guihua City, so everyone is eating food from the treasury.

Calculating it like this, the number is terrifying.

In addition to Lan Yu's side, there was also Majapayi who Zhu Yunxi had gone to, and Fu Youde was leading troops to conquer Tibet, which meant that half of the Ming Dynasty's troops were outside.

Being able to raise 200,000 yuan to support Kyushu Island is already a tough job.

And these 200,000 soldiers sound like a lot, but in fact they are mainly guard soldiers, with only a few elites.

That's why Zhu Yuanzhang said that Kyushu Island should only be defended but not attacked. As long as it was defended without surrendering the entire Kyushu Island, it would be a victory for the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already directly informed Zhu Ying of his arrangements in Goryeo.

In fact, Zhu Ying is very confident that he can kill Li Chenggui directly, but after so many years, whether the former secret son is still loyal is also a question.

The current situation, for the time being, is beneficial to Japan and Goryeo, unless the Ming Dynasty gives up the conquest of the grasslands, Siam, India and Majapahit, and instead concentrates its forces to deal with Japan.

But who are Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying's grandson? It is certainly not possible for them to succumb to the current situation.

Zhu Ying has been in the palace for so many years, and there is absolutely no point in betting on people's hearts.

In contrast, Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement was much smoother. It only required a confrontation in Goryeo, which was most beneficial to Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the most urgent thing is not the Ming Dynasty, but the Japanese and Goryeo countries.

They had very little time. Once the situation in the grassland was determined, Goryeo and Japan would be destroyed.

If they cannot achieve their goals within this period of time, everything will be too late.

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The royal capital of Goryeo. The capital city.

"How could the king be bewitched by the Japanese and suddenly appear at this time? The Japanese's request is clearly to use us as the vanguard against the Ming Dynasty."

"I have been dormant for so many years, and my hard work has been in vain. If the king is willing to endure for another two years, we will definitely be able to take over the country in one fell swoop and drive out the Ming Dynasty's forces completely."

In the palace, Li Chenggui's ministers said earnestly.

Just a few days ago, Li Chenggui had proclaimed himself king.

On the day he launched his army, he had already slaughtered all the former Goryeo royal family.

Don't underestimate any founding emperor, even if he usurped the throne.

You must know that the Li dynasty founded by Li Chenggui has been passed down to future generations, even if it only has a name but no real power.

And when Zhu Ying turned most of the secret forces into bright forces and handed them over to the commander-in-chief Yao Guangxiao, Li Chenggui was already making plans.

Some of the Goryeo courtiers who were once won over by Zhu Ying were won back by Li Chenggui, and there were even many double-sided masterpieces.

This change has a lot to do with Zhu Ying and others who are not from the Goryeo tribe. Fundamentally speaking, they can be said to have the same origin, while the Ming lineage represents external forces.

When Yao Guangxiao left and Ning Wang Zhu Quan went, there was a gap period for power transfer.

Li Chenggui relied on this gap period to secretly seize a lot of power.

However, the most critical point is that he infiltrated almost all the supporters of the original Goryeo royal family.

This also led to the fact that when Li Chenggui raised an army, King Ning Zhu Quan was unable to rescue him.

In fact, the reason why such an incident occurred is inseparable from Zhu Ying's relationship.

In the early days, Zhu Ying was just a smuggler who took advantage of some major historical events to insert secrets and make plans in advance.

At that time, Zhu Ying was also wandering around the grasslands in the Western Regions, and had strong control over the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

Goryeo was also Zhu Ying's main infiltration target.

However, the changes were too great. Zhu Ying suddenly became a smuggler. Especially after being conferred the title of grandson, this pattern and vision will change accordingly.

If he puts a lot of thought on a small country like Goryeo and ignores the Ming Dynasty itself, wouldn't he be picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelon?

Not to mention that the natural hatred of the Japanese country was a greater attraction, but the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty alone was not more important than the small Goryeo.

Zhu Ying, who had just joined the Ming Dynasty, saw that the Ming Dynasty was about to collapse at that time. Various systems seemed perfect, but in fact there were endless consequences.

In contrast, reforming the Ming Dynasty is the most important choice.

This also allowed Li Chenggui to successfully exploit the loophole.

But even if he knew it, Zhu Ying would still insist on this choice.

Because now, even if Li Chenggui captured the entire territory of Goryeo, he would not be arrogant for long before he could still be defeated.

This tiny place can really be wiped out with a wave of hands.

Li Chenggui knew it very well in his heart, but what he saw more clearly was that he knew that he had no other choice.

If we don't unite with Japan and claim the throne at this time, we will never have another chance in the future.

No matter how many methods you use, the territory is really too small and you can't raise a real dragon in shallow water.

Therefore, at this moment, facing the minister's doubts, Li Chenggui scolded: "It won't be a matter of two years to hibernate for another two years, but it will only be hibernating until death in this life."

"You think that I don't know what the Japanese think, but now if I don't unite with the Japanese, how can I fight against the Ming Dynasty, and what can I use against the Ming Dynasty?"

"With those Mongolian cavalry from the Asut tribe in Arutai?"
To be continued...