Cui Zhenghao, the envoy of North Korea, was so anxious that he hoped that the Chinese army would cross the sea immediately to rescue North Korea in dire straits.
Throughout history, China has helped North Korea stabilize its affairs.
Not to mention anything else, the Wanli Dynasty of the former Ming Dynasty’s aid to Korea to fight against the Japanese was tantamount to saving the country of the Li family of Korea on the edge of a cliff.
When Yuzhu summoned Cui Zhenghao, he said abruptly: "I heard that the Lee family of North Korea has been secretly proclaiming emperor in private. Is this possible?"
Cui Zhenghao was horrified, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I have never heard of such a ridiculous thing. Please take a closer look at it."
Yuzhu smiled coldly and said, "What, do you dare to do it or not?"
"Your Majesty, how can there be such disobedience and disrespect for others?" Cui Zhenghao refused to admit it until his death.
As long as you admit it, you are committing the following serious crime of arrogance!
In fact, when Yuzhu ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, North Korea did not send envoys to come to the capital to congratulate him in person.
After half a year, North Korea reluctantly sent an envoy.
At that time, Yuzhu was too lazy to care about such disrespectful things. Now, the time is ripe, so naturally he has to discuss it.
Since Cui Zhenghao refused to admit his fault, Yuzhu didn't hold on to it and asked casually: "Is Cui the old one or the young one?"
Cui Zhenghao did not dare to speak nonsense, so he could only whisper: "Back to the emperor, I am from the Shaolun sect."
Yuzhu pretended to be surprised and said: "It turns out that Cui Shi is from the Shaolun sect, no wonder he is so high-spirited!"
In North Korea, after the Shaolun sect came to power through Xin Chou's change of bureaucracy, they pursued and fiercely pursued the Lao Lun sect.
Taking the opportunity of Mu Hulong's accusation, the Shaolun sect created the appalling "Renyin Prison Incident", and more than 60 related persons, including the four ministers of the Lao Lun sect, were basically executed.
Because Jingzong of Joseon had no children, after Wang Shi's younger brother Yanrengjun ascended the throne, he launched a bloody massacre against the Shaolun sect.
The local Shaolun sect was dissatisfied, and the famous Li Linzuo Rebellion broke out.
Shaolun, led by Li Linzuo, and some forces from the South, brazenly rebelled in the name of condemning Lord Yanfeng for killing his brother.
Because many people in the Central Forbidden Army of North Korea responded to Li Linzuo, the result was that the entire North Korean country was in chaos.
Yuzhu was not in a hurry to send troops, because he wanted the chaos within Korea to be better. Only when Korea was in chaos could the Celestial Empire take advantage of the situation.
"I implore the Emperor of Heaven to send out troops as soon as possible to save the people of Korea from fire and water." Cui Zhenghao is a man who is familiar with Han Shu and writes beautifully. He naturally knows that Yuzhu deliberately does not want to send troops immediately.
Although Yuzhu did not send troops, the detailed work sent to North Korea continued.
Yuzhu was fully aware of the war situation in North Korea.
North Korea's Central Forbidden Army has not yet fought a decisive battle with Li Linzuo, so why are you panicking?
After another ten days of delay, Cui Zhenghao got the news of the defeat of the Korean Imperial Army, and quickly knelt outside Yuzhu's palace and begged to send reinforcements immediately.
Yuzhu called Cui Zhenghao to the palace, and said in a difficult manner: "We are suffering from disasters all over China, and the court's income has dropped sharply. I'm afraid we won't have the money to send troops!"
Cui Zhenghao cursed in his heart for being shameless, but he could only say humbly: "Your Majesty, when I came to heaven, your Majesty personally promised that all military expenses for the army will be borne by my country during the reign of the emperor."
Yuzhu smiled coldly. The people in North Korea were used to freeloading and taking advantage. If they weren't forced into a hurry, how could they have caused such a big bloodshed?
During the Wanli Period to fight against Japan and aid Korea, the tens of thousands of Ming troops led by Li Rusong not only brought their own food and grass, but also their own military pay. At most, the Korean government only sponsored a few hundred pigs and some wine and food.
There is no way, from the Goryeo Kingdom to the Joseon Kingdom, the Koreans have spotted the bad habit of the emperor of the Chinese Dynasty who loves success.
As long as the envoys say a few flattering words, the emperor of the Chinese dynasty will feel excited, and with a wave of his hand, even the military expenses for sending troops will be exempted from North Korea.
To be honest, looking at the history of the world, only the emperors of the Chinese dynasty were so generous.
However, Emperor Wanli was extremely generous to Korea, but he was very ungenerous to the victims of disaster and hunger in Ming Dynasty.
However, the good days of North Korea are over. Yuzhu is not Wanli, let alone Guangxu. His attitude towards North Korea is just four words: complete conquest.
Only by conquering North Korea and using North Korea as a springboard can we successfully land in Japan.
After the Japanese were conquered, the entire wealthy coastal areas of the Chinese Empire gained a layer of peripheral protection.
By that time, not to mention the East China Sea, even the entire Sea of Japan area will become the inland sea of the Chinese Empire.
Now, since Cui Zhenghao agreed to North Korea's military expenditure, Yuzhu accepted it as soon as it was good, and agreed to the request to send troops immediately.
In fact, the Imperial Army has been prepared for a long time and is waiting for Yuzhu's order.
Following Yuzhu's order, the soldiers from the First Town and the Third Town boarded the ship from Chongming Island and headed north to Dengzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province.
Due to the northwest wind blowing at sea, the nearest sea route to North Korea is to set sail from Dengzhou. With a favorable wind, you can reach North Korea's Ganghwa Island.
Seeing that the Celestial Empire finally sent troops, Cui Zhenghao couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and was secretly grateful.
Fortunately, before Cui Zhenghao came to the Chinese Empire, he got a promise to provide money and food. Otherwise, God knows what kind of disaster would happen in North Korea due to repeated maritime travel and requests for instructions?
Due to headwinds, the army set off from Chongming Island and arrived at Dengzhou Prefecture ten days later.
Just from the carrying capacity and sea navigation speed, it can be seen that the northward water transportation using the Grand Canal has reached the end of the road.
A large ship can carry at least more than 3,000 tons of supplies and hundreds of soldiers. The transportation efficiency is so high and the transportation cost is so low that it instantly kills a tanker ship that can only carry a few dozen tons.
However, what Cui Zhenghao didn't expect was that after the army arrived at Dengzhou Mansion, they stayed still.
Cui Zhenghao hurriedly came to see Lu Wu, the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army and the commander of the first town.
Lu Wu spread his hands and said with a grimace: "The waves on the sea are extremely stormy and have sunk ten ships. How can you dare to act rashly?"
Cui Zhenghao had never heard of the shipwreck, but he had to bow his head when he was under the eaves.
Knowing clearly that Lu Wu was telling lies, Cui Zhenghao did not dare to expose the lie. He could only bow his waist and beg Lu Wu to send troops across the sea as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, Lu Wu frowned and said: "The army has been in arrears with pay for several months, and the morale of the army is extremely unstable. If we are pressed, there is a risk of mutiny."
Cui Zhenghao almost vomited blood in anger. He had long heard that the imperial army's military pay was not only extremely generous among the heavenly kingdoms, but was also paid out at the right time, without any default.
Anyway, if Cui Zhenghao was allowed to speak out, Lu Wu would not immediately send troops to cross the sea.
After Cui Zhenghao left dejectedly, Lu Wu went to see Yuzhu and reported the complete situation.
Yuzhu, disguised as an ordinary soldier, couldn't help but touch his chin, smiled slightly, and said: "He is in a hurry, but I am not in a hurry!"