Wenyuan Pavilion.
Since Yang Shiqi was promoted to cabinet order, he has started to implement the New Deal non-stop.
Among the cabinet, only Yang Rong was free.
Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor gave him a task not long ago.
However, Yang Rong carefully read through the North Korean intelligence collected by Jin Yiwei, and after reading it, his brows suddenly furrowed into the character "Sichuan".
Without him, it would be difficult to deal with North Korea!
First, as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea has always paid tribute and is very obedient.
In the first year of Hongwu, Taizu came to the throne and immediately sent an envoy to Goryeo with a letter to give an edict.
The following year, King Zhuan Ye of Goryeo sent an envoy to celebrate the founding of the Ming Dynasty and asked for a title.
In response to his request, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy with a golden seal in the third year of Hongwu to confer Wang Zhuan the title of King of Goryeo, thereby establishing the suzerainty-vassal relationship between the two countries. Since then, North Korea has made numerous contributions, sending envoys on New Year's Day and Holy Days. Morning greetings are commonplace every year and never end.
Koryo even sent more than 150 people to the Imperial College in Nanjing to study abroad and take part in the imperial examinations. This is evident from the harmonious relationship between the two countries.
In the 21st year of Hongwu, Li Chenggui, the commander of the Northeastern Command of Goryeo, launched a mutiny. In addition to the powerful minister Li Renren of Goryeo, he imprisoned King Xinyu. In October, Xinyu gave way to Zichang. In the 24th year of Hongwu, Wang Yao gave way to Li Chenggui. On the order of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the country's name was changed to North Korea.
Li Chenggui still followed Goryeo's policy of "big things" towards the Ming Dynasty. Shortly after he ascended the throne, news of the death of the Ming crown prince Zhu Biao came, and Li Chenggui led his ministers to mourn him respectfully.
He not only sent people to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year, but also sent people to pay tribute every major festival such as Zhengdan, Shengjie (Zhu Yuanzhang's birthday), Qianqiu (the emperor's grandson's birthday), and his most important request to the Ming Dynasty was to ask Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to issue Grant him the imperial edict and canonize himself as the official King of Korea.
In the first year of Yongle, Emperor Taizong of Korea sent envoys to pay tribute and proactively recognized the legitimacy of Emperor Yongle. As a result, the Ming Dynasty and Korea were on the right track as vassal states and suzerain states.
The current king of North Korea is Li Sun. During his reign, this son was diligent in political affairs, appointed talented people, worked hard to govern, and was enterprising. He made many achievements in civil and military affairs. He also created the Korean national script Hunminzhengyin, which is also It has been trying hard to maintain a stable vassal-vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty.
From the looks of it, Yang Rong is really not in a good position to take action against North Korea.
After all, they have always been obedient, paying tribute all year round, and the current king of North Korea, Yi Sun, is obviously a saint who created a peaceful and prosperous era, and has won the hearts of the people in North Korea.
At this time, if the Ming Dynasty takes action against North Korea without a suitable reason, it will only arouse the desperate resistance of the North Korean military and civilians. Even if the Ming Dynasty forcibly occupy North Korea's territory through absolute force, it will not be conducive to the Ming Dynasty's stable rule in North Korea.
You must know that when the Ming Dynasty sent troops to Annan, it was at the request of the orphans of the Chen Dynasty in Annan, so there was a legitimate reason to send troops. But even so, after so many years, the Jiaozhi Province continued to rebel, so that the court had to send troops to Annan. The British Duke Zhang Fu sat in Jiaozhi.
If he directly sent troops to North Korea, even if he defeated it, it would be considered a failure for him, Yang Rong!
After all, His Majesty the Emperor entrusted this job to Yang Rong because he took a fancy to Yang Rong's superior military skills. He didn't just ask him to go out to fight with a seal and directly lead the army to fight!
So, what to do now?
Yang Rong fell into deep thought.
At this moment, a person arrived and he hurriedly stood up to greet him.
Nie Xing walked into Wenyuan Pavilion carelessly and sat next to Yang Rong.
"Grand Scholar Yang, how is the planning going? When are you going to take action?"
"The Emperor has given me an order. All Northeastern Imperial Guards will be assigned to you. You must not disappoint your brothers!"
Nie Xing laughed and made his request.
Although Jinyiwei was abandoned back then, it was not completely abandoned.
The part in Beijing was absorbed by the group of eunuchs in Dongchang and became special agents to supervise all officials.
The Jin Yiwei who were outside chose to lie dormant and continued to investigate the intelligence trends in various places, waiting for the day when the Jin Yiwei was rebuilt.
After all, the Jin Yiwei are not all butchers and executioners who can only torture officials. Most of them are brave men who fight bloody battles on the front line, national heroes who risk their lives to spy on the enemy!
This time, His Majesty the Emperor plotted against North Korea and issued a death order, asking Jin Yiwei to use all the forces in Liaodong and North Korea to cooperate with Yang Rong.
Nie Xing didn't want to see his brothers die in vain, so as soon as he received the news, he immediately came over and wanted to hear Yang Rong's plan.
If this Yang Rong has no real ability, then Nie Xing will not tolerate him. Even if he goes to the emperor in person to plead for mercy, he will still protect the brothers of the Jin Yiwei brothers in Liaodong and North Korea.
Yang Rong also understood Nie Xing's purpose. This was a test for him.
But he had no other choice. After all, if he wanted to attack North Korea, he would definitely need the help of Jin Yiwei.
"Nie Shizun, to be honest, this job is very difficult!"
Yang Rong sighed and directly laid out the problem he faced.
"First of all, Ming Dynasty and North Korea have always maintained harmonious relations, and secondly, the North Korean King Li Sun worked hard to govern and won the hearts of the people in North Korea!"
"Under such premise, if Ming Dynasty directly uses force, I am afraid it will be unpopular. Even if it conquers North Korea, it will be difficult to stabilize its rule. It will only continue to rebel and be resisted."
Nie Xing nodded when he heard this.
"I understand this too. Otherwise, why do you think that after so many years, all the foreign barbarians around the Ming Dynasty have been wiped out, but North Korea is the only one left? Is it because they are too obedient and give us no reason to send troops! "
"His Majesty the Emperor entrusted you with this task because he was interested in your military strategy, Yang Rong. So now you have to think carefully and find a suitable reason for my Ming Dynasty King Master!"
When Yang Rong heard this, he smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Your Majesty thinks too highly of me, Yang Rong!"
After a pause, Yang Rong collected his emotions and carefully scanned the North Korean intelligence.
Nie Xing didn't bother him and just drank tea by himself.
I don't know how long it took, but Yang Rong's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Nie Shizun, do you have any information about Li Zong?"
"Of course!" Nie Xing also perked up and ordered someone to get Li Bao's information.
This Li Bao was not a simple figure, but the eldest son born to Emperor Taizong of Joseon and Queen Min of Yuanjing, and was initially the crown prince of Joseon.
In the sixth year of Yongle, Li Bao personally led an envoy to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and met with Emperor Yongle. The two had a very happy conversation.
It's a pity that Li Ti was deposed in the 16th year of Yongle and was demoted to the title of Lord Rangning. As a result, his younger brother, Lord Zhongning, Li Yu, was able to ascend to the throne. After being promoted to the crown prince, he ascended the throne of Korea soon after.
Lord Rang Ning, Li Ti!
Yang Rong looked at this child's information with a smile on his face.
Seeing this, Nie Xing asked curiously: "Yang Rong, are you planning to start with Li Ti?"
"But I heard that Li Ti knew that Li Qi was very talented and had the image of a wise king, so he deliberately pretended to be bohemian and uneducated, and persuaded Lord Xiaoning, who was older than Lord Zhongning Li Qi, to become a monk. Monk, in order to give Li Fangyuan the opportunity to appoint Lord Zhongning as the crown prince!"
Hearing these rumors, Yang Rong smiled disdainfully.
"Are there still saints in this world?"
These claims are nothing more than rumors spread by the North Korean royal family to protect their face and dignity.
He was obviously the crown prince and had the throne of North Korea at his fingertips, but he was snatched away by others!
Anyone else would not be able to bear it, right?
Li Ti is the breakthrough!
