Sure enough, as the old eunuch finished speaking, the noble generals suddenly became angry.
"It's too much to bully someone. Your Majesty, I really can't bear this bird's spirit. I'm requesting an order to lead the troops to go out to punish the King of Goryeo in front of the imperial court and to ban him from worshiping in the temple."
"The general will wait for your order..."
When Lao Zhu saw the generals asking for tassels one after another, his face showed a slight smile, and he waved his hand to stop the noisy crowd.
On the other side, the civil servants were also whispering to each other. Although they were not as ready as the generals to kill people with knives. After all, they were scholars who respected etiquette, but they were also extremely dissatisfied with Goryeo. A small country dared to ignore the Ming Dynasty like this. Then Doesn't it mean that you don't take them, the Gonggun Dukes, seriously?
Although Lao Zhu was angry, his anger was not as strong as when he was young. He did not directly agree with the general to send troops to attack Goryeo, but said in a deep voice: "Send the envoy from Goryeo to the palace."
Under the angry gazes of the civil servants and generals on the left and right, the Korean envoy walked cautiously step by step to the emperor and bowed: "Foreign Minister Pu Yizhong, pay homage to His Majesty the Ming Emperor."
Park Yizhong knew much more about Ming Dynasty than his king. He couldn't understand that the king had just succeeded to the throne. Instead of thinking about how to reconcile with Ming Dynasty, he was thinking about how to offend Ming Dynasty.
Now let him bear the wrath of the Ming Dynasty. If he doesn't do well, he might be beheaded by the emperor.
Park Yizhong was naturally frightened and did not dare to be sloppy in his etiquette.
Lao Zhu looked at Pu Yizhong for a moment with a sullen face, and then said unceremoniously: "Since Goryeo was quite respectful to Ming Dynasty in the past, I will not punish you. Go back and tell the King of Goryeo to immediately cut off contact with Beiyuan. I will never be lenient if I keep flirting with Bei Yuan again. In addition, Tieling is the place of the Ming Dynasty, so it is natural for the Ming Dynasty to set up a garrison, and Gao Li cannot help but comment on it."
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"Yes, the foreign minister will bring back His Majesty's decree." Pu Yizhong felt much more relaxed after hearing the emperor's words. Since he was asked to take the message back, it meant that he would be allowed to live.
Now Park Yizhong just wants to return to Goryeo as soon as possible and tell him the Ming Emperor's will. As for what the king would think and how he would decide, that was none of his business. He just wanted to survive.
"You have three days to leave.
Daming, go back and step back. "
There was no room for relaxation at all, and Park Yizhong was directly driven away from Ming Dynasty.
Not only that, after retreating from the court, Lao Zhu also ordered to send envoys to Goryeo to clarify Ming Dynasty's attitude.
I am afraid that even Lao Zhu did not expect that King Xinyu of Goryeo would be so bold as to directly kill twenty-one of the envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty and detain Li Sijing and five others.
When Lao Zhu got the news, he went crazy and immediately summoned Song Guogong Feng Sheng, Xin Guogong Tang, Han Du and others into the palace.
"Your Majesty, Goryeo is so arrogant and provokes the Ming Dynasty. If we are not severely punished, how can the Ming Dynasty make all parties surrender?" Feng Sheng spoke murderously as soon as they met.
Lao Zhu was also full of hatred for Goryeo. He thought that he was very kind to Goryeo at the beginning, and the tribute to Goryeo was reduced again and again, but he continued to increase the gifts in return and gave Goryeo generously. I didn't expect that this would be the result.
A strong feeling of betrayal lingered in Lao Zhu's heart, making him feel even more uncomfortable. He couldn't bear to spit out this bad breath.
"Yes, sir, if Korea is not severely punished, it might cause other countries to follow suit, which would be extremely detrimental to the Ming Dynasty."
The two princes unanimously expressed their attitude, that is, sending troops and severely punishing Goryeo, otherwise they will not be able to convince the public. As for the attitude of Han Du and others, you can tell by looking at their expressions, even if you don't ask.
Everyone agreed to send troops to teach Korea a lesson, and they all looked at Lao Zhu eagerly, waiting for his will.
But at this time, Lao Zhu hesitated.
"Your Majesty, Lan Yu is currently stationed in Jinshan, which is closest to Goryeo. Why don't you let Lan Yu send a partial force to teach Goryeo a lesson and give it a beating." Li Shanchang did not want the distinguished general to make new achievements, but this matter about Goryeo was indeed He threw Daming's face to the ground, jumped up and stepped on him a few times. If this is all, then where is the face of Ming Dynasty?
Since Goryeo had to be punished, Li Shanchang thought that just like Xini, he could fool him.
After Li Shanchang finished speaking, Feng Sheng and Tang He were naturally dissatisfied and both looked at him.
Li Shanchang saw the meaning in their eyes, but he didn't care. The Zhejiang East Group he currently represents is in the interests of civil servants, so naturally he does not want to see
Huaixi Xungui continues to make contributions and continues to grow.
Lao Zhu didn't seem to see Shuangfa's overt and covert struggle. Maybe he knew about it a long time ago and was just pretending not to know.
After pondering for a moment, he explained: "Now, I won't hide anything from you either."
After looking up at a few people, Lao Zhu said slowly: "I placed the blue jade in Jinshan because I want to find an opportunity to attack the puppet emperor of Beiyuan in the coming year. If we want to divide our troops to attack Goryeo, then..."
Fighting on two fronts is a taboo for military strategists.
Lao Zhu is well versed in the art of war and would not be ignorant of this truth. Therefore, from Lao Zhu's heart, he was unwilling to divide his troops to deal with Goryeo.
Compared to Goryeo, Emperor Beiyuan was the real thorn in the side of the Ming Dynasty.
But it happened that Goryeo beheaded the Ming envoy at this time. The two countries were fighting and did not kill the envoy. What's more, Goryeo was still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
If this is indifferent, then Ming Dynasty will really lose its reputation.
It would be impossible if the Ming Dynasty did not take action, but the elites of the Ming Dynasty were waiting for an opportunity to conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Once the troops are divided to attack Goryeo, the entire plan to conquer Beiyuan will inevitably be greatly affected or even aborted.
This is what made Lao Zhu so angry with Gao Li. The calculation at this time was so good that Lao Zhu once wondered if there was an expert giving guidance to King Xinyu.
After listening to Lao Zhu's explanation, Han Du suddenly realized. In Liaodong, it was a bit strange why Lan Yu was allowed to lead the army to Jinshan. Now it seems that when Lao Zhu was preparing to clean up Naha, he had already planned to conquer Beiyuan.
On the one hand, he is solving the problem of Bei Yuan, and on the other hand, he is beating Gao Li to gain face. Although the troubles of confidants are more important, face is a big thing and the problem is not small.
For a moment, everyone didn't know what to say. They just lowered their heads and pondered over and over again, unable to make up their minds for a long time.
Lao Zhu looked around one after another, and finally set his sights on Han Du.
Han Du shrank his neck, not wanting to take Lao Zhu's move.
Yes, if Han Du guessed correctly, Lao Zhu had already thought of a way to get the best of both worlds.
That is to use the navy to go north to take over Korea. Moreover, Hanyang, the capital of Goryeo, was not far from the coastline, so it would be very convenient to attack through the navy.
