Yingtian.
Zhu Yuanzhang continuously received various military information from the north.
There are military reports of invasion by foreign enemies, and there are also reports of successful counterattacks.
But these news made his face so gloomy that it was almost dripping with water, giving people a very scary feeling.
The minister standing below Zhu Yuanzhang was trembling now, and he did not dare to make eye contact with Zhu Yuanzhang. He felt that that look alone was enough to kill him.
Things in the north are extremely serious.
"The Tatars extended their front line and sent all their troops southward."
"Li Fangyuan of Goryeo sent people to ask us for a gold certificate two years ago. We gave it to him and also conferred it on him. Now he has invaded the Yalu River and occupied the land of Liaodong Dusi."
"It's a small country in a small country, but it dares to act recklessly."
"There are also Jurchens and several broken tribes who dare to cooperate with Goryeo and break into the Liaodong capital."
"They all think that we dare not kill them all?"
Zhu Yuanzhang roared angrily.
Not long ago, Xu Huizu had led 50,000 troops northward to reinforce Datong.
At first, he thought that the Tatars were just attacking Peiping and letting Guaisun's army go to reinforce them, but he did not expect that the Tatars had the intention of starting an all-out war.
However, Guaison's Army did not disappoint him.
Geng Xuan and Tie Xuan cooperated and achieved good results one after another. They also killed Tuohuochi's general Sukhbalu and beat the Tatars so that they did not dare to approach Peiping.
King Dai and King Gu were unable to hold on, so Xu Huizu went to support them.
For the safety of Hetao, the troops were divided into two groups, one to guard against Oala, and the other to provide support from the side and rear. The defenders of the Ming Dynasty's northern border defense line were basically dispatched.
In addition, the Tatars not only attacked Datong, but also Liaodong Dusi.
It is better to cooperate with the Jurchens and Gaoli to fight.
King Ning and King Liao led soldiers from Liaodong Dusi, Tieling and other guard posts to fight back.
Most of the veteran generals in the court could not move, so Zhu Yuanzhang could only arrange for the new generation of generals to go north and join various guard posts to fight for the Ming Dynasty.
"His Majesty!"
Chen Di, the Minister of Rites, first said: "I believe that Tatar, Goryeo, etc. can be attacked, but sending out all the troops to fight will consume national power. We can attack Tatar first. As for Goryeo and Jurchen, send people to Huairou and cancel Li Fangyuan's gold." I will issue an imperial edict to reprimand them and order them to retreat. As for the Jurchens, I will mainly recruit them."
They civil servants are all anti-war.
Once there is a war, the status of generals will rise sharply, which will threaten the status of civil servants in the court.
In addition, these foreign affairs were still the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites. Chen Di was the first to speak out. Civil officials believed that it was not suitable to send troops to the bitter cold land of Liaodong.
The main thing is to appease Huairou.
The Ming Dynasty was a kingdom of heaven and a state of etiquette. It paid attention to Confucian benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust, and it was enough to make the barbarians obey with etiquette.
"Old Geng, tell me."
Zhu Yuanzhang turned over the memorial sent by Ke Tianlang, the right guard of Liao Dynasty, and suddenly frowned, feeling that Chen Di had said a lot of nonsense.
People in the Ministry of Rites can only speak with their lungs.
Ke Tianlang really wanted to go to war and break into Goryeo, so he wrote about how hateful Goryeo could be.
He was a rough old man, but he didn't care about his skills in writing memorials. He spoke plainly throughout and his handwriting was sloppy, but he wrote out Lao Zhu's thoughts. As the founding emperor, what he advocated was force.
The original establishment of a country without conquest was just to stabilize the situation as soon as possible and make those countries that originally obeyed the Yuan Dynasty turn to obey the Ming Dynasty. It was not a permanent non-conquest.
"I believe that Goryeo is despicable and the Jurchens are brave and ruthless."
Old Geng, Geng Bingwen, is now the only veteran among the veterans, except for the old man Lan Yu, who can still fight on the battlefield and go to court to discuss matters.
At this time, Lan Yu continued to be ordered by Lao Zhu to reflect at home and had no intention of using it again.
Geng Bingwen said loudly: "For such people, if you don't give them a severe beating, they will never know their fault. Especially Goryeo, they are all despicable and shameless people who bully the weak and fear the strong. Even if their country is destroyed, it will not be an exaggeration. "
After a pause, Geng Bingwen continued: "Although I am old, I can still eat meat and drink a lot of wine. I have never lost my skills. I am willing to lead troops to reinforce the Liaodong capital for Your Majesty, destroy Goryeo, and kill the Jurchens."
At this time, they still didn't know that Zhu Xuan was at the right guard of Dingliao.
It is even less clear that Zhu Xuan is already planning how to destroy the country.
But this war to destroy the country must be fought!
"His Majesty!"
Xie Sheng said cautiously: "Korea is a country that the Ming Dynasty did not conquer. It would be inappropriate for us to rush to conquer and destroy the country! Master Chen is right, the main thing is to be gentle."
When Geng Bingwen heard this, he snorted disdainfully: "Others have come knocking on our door and bullied us to the point where we can't even defend our land. You still think about Huairou? You're still pregnant!"
He got angry and couldn't help but say something vulgar.
When did Ming officials become so spineless?
Even when you are beaten, you still have to ask the person who hit you, are you tired from the beating? Does it hurt?
Xie Sheng's face suddenly turned ugly.
Hu Guang said: "Your Majesty, the bitter cold land in Liaodong is of little use!"
“Isn’t the bitter cold land the land of the Ming Dynasty?”
As a descendant of Wu Xun, Li Jinglong couldn't help but retort: "No matter how cold and barren it is, it is our Ming Dynasty's land. We can not use it, but we do not allow others to get involved. Otherwise, they will be punished even if they are far away! May I ask Mr. Hu , I broke into your home and took away your things, but they were not valuable things. Will you settle the score with me? You civil servants are just worried that our generals’ status is getting higher and higher. When it comes to important matters at home and country, you All I think about is fighting for power and profit. I don’t know if it’s good or bad for the Ming Dynasty to have civil servants like you.”
"Don't dare!"
Hu Guang and Xie Sheng knelt down at the same time.
Li Jinglong's words may be big or small, but if he is to be held accountable, it is actually power that causes trouble.
Seeing those civil servants, they looked frightened.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought of what Zhu Xuan had said a long time ago, and thought that Guaisun was right. Those civil servants were useless, and those Confucianisms that could turn people into sour Confucians were even more useless.
"You are very kind!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.
All the civil servants, feeling the pressure from Lao Zhu, knelt down and did not dare to speak anymore.
"Old Geng, you are old."
"That kid Geng Xuan has made many military exploits in Peiping. You and your son shouldn't take the credit from others together, right?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.
Mentioning Geng Xuan, Geng Bingwen smiled slightly and said: "What your Majesty said is that I am too eager to achieve success. Other military achievements should be left to future generations. This battle is left to the young people to fight! As long as the young people rise up, these ministers will The old man can really go home and entertain his grandchildren."
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression finally softened, and a smile slowly appeared, and he said: "Old Geng, please stop going to war. Li Jinglong, we will give you 50,000 people and add Liaodong Dusi, can you fight?"
"ah?"
Li Jinglong suddenly felt that happiness came too suddenly.
With solid theoretical knowledge, he has never had the opportunity to go to the battlefield in person and fight a happy battle. Now the opportunity has finally come. He knelt down excitedly and said: "I am willing to issue a military order. I will not return it until Korea is destroyed!"
