There is the sound of whips and the curl of cigarette smoke.
In Xiyuan Wansheng Palace, a great court meeting was called today, which was extremely rare!
According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, it is best for the emperor to hold court meetings every day, and listen to government affairs from before dawn every day, and then do all kinds of blind work, until the time of the people (Hai Shi), return to the palace to sow seeds for the Ming Dynasty. Descendants...this is the example of a wise king!
But Zhu Youjian, known as Taizu and the third Ming Dynasty emperor after Chengzu, rarely got up early in the morning to go to court early in the morning. If you want to calculate carefully, he has been on the throne for nearly 10 years. In the days when he went to court obediently, he may not have had as many emperors as Jiajing who cultivated immortality and Tianqi who did carpentry, let alone Emperor Wanli who was quite honest when Zhang Juzheng was alive.
In fact, the time he has lived in Beijing until now is far less than the time he spent wandering outside Beijing. If you are not in Beijing, how can you listen to the government?
Even when he was in Beijing, early in the morning, he would rather sleep with his concubine in his arms than sacrifice his precious sleep to listen to the nonsense of a minister.
But today was an exception. Zhu Youjian, who had just returned to Beijing from his southern tour, called up the Imperial Court to listen to the government on the third day of his return to Beijing. It was still dark, and there were strings of sedans and carriages outside the Xi'an Gate, dotted with white lanterns. The neatly dressed cabinet bosses, six ministries, nine ministers, and ministers of science and technology had all gathered, waiting to attend the court meeting.
However, these people are not the protagonists of today's court meeting. Zhu Youjian did not get up early for them, but for the affairs of the Korean Kingdom led by Sun Chuanting, the Minister of War, Jin Yu, and the Li Cao judge Jin Shangxian.
The two North Korean ministers are both elderly people in their seventies, and they have worked tirelessly to come across the ocean. I don’t know if it’s because I’m exhausted or because I’m homesick? Anyway, when the ministers of the Ming Dynasty were yawning, these two old grandfathers were brewing sadness, looking like they were about to cry. Sun Chuanting, who led them here, saw them like this and had no choice but to comfort them.
"It doesn't matter. Mao Yongshi, who is guarding Nanhan Mountain City, is a rare warrior in this dynasty. He is particularly good at defending the city... so your prince will not be in danger."
It turned out that the crown prince of the Joseon Kingdom was trapped in Namhan Mountain Castle, and it seemed that the situation was less likely to be unlucky - in his previous life, King Li Joo of Joseon was besieged in Namhan Mountain Castle, but this time because Li Xin was reliable, he personally protected Li Joo and The ministers of the Joseon Kingdom went to Ganghwa Island to escape, so the one who was surrounded in Namhan Mountain Fortress was the crown prince of the Joseon Kingdom who volunteered to take on the task of cutting off the aftermath with Mao Yongshi.
However, as soon as the two white-bearded grandfathers Jin Yu and Jin Sangxian heard that it was Mao Yongshi who was protecting their crown prince in Nanhan Mountain City, there were more tears in their eyes, but they just gritted their teeth not to cry.
Because Mao Yongshi's previous record of defending the city is really hard to inspire! This guy almost always throws himself away...except for his excellent ability to oil the soles of his feet, there really is nothing trustworthy about him.
The two elderly people finally stopped crying because the Xi'an Gate was wide open and the time for the court meeting was approaching.
It’s not too far from Xi’an Gate to the square of Wansheng Palace. After entering the gate, walk straight, make a turn outside Lingxing Gate and go south. After walking less than a stick of incense, you can enter the courtyard of Wansheng Palace.
Sun Chuanting accompanied two old Koreans, and under the guidance of the eunuch, they walked all the way, thinking deeply.
He was a soldier, and he could read the emergency military reports Li Xin sent from North Korea, and he could also exchange opinions with Li Xin through letters. Of course, we also know that after the cooperation between Japan and Qing Dynasty, there was a complementary effect. The Japanese pirates were covered by the cavalry of the slave thieves and won more initiative on the battlefield!
And the slave thieves can also use the Japanese pirates' infantry to fight a war of attrition... unlike before, they can't afford to die!
Therefore, in the recent battles, the Ming Dynasty coalition forces commanded by Li Xin have been at a disadvantage, and are now forced to abandon Wang Jing and Hanyang.
If Ming Dynasty wants to reverse its decline in North Korea, it must massively increase its troops in North Korea. However, including Sun Chuanting himself, there was not much interest in increasing troops in North Korea.
Because in their view, alleviating the disaster in the northwest and digesting Mongolia are the top priorities!
Drought and locust plagues in Shaanxi continue! However, in the past few years, millions of people from northern Shaanxi have left the province to beg for food. Therefore, although the disaster in northern Shaanxi is serious, it will not cause a civil uprising.
However, not many disaster victims in Gansu went out of the province to beg for food - it was too far to travel from the Hexi Corridor to Huguang! Therefore, most of the victims remain where they are. Now droughts and locust plagues are becoming increasingly serious, and the situation in Gansu is becoming increasingly turbulent.
If you want to resolve the crisis, it seems that the only option is to launch a western expedition...
And digesting Mongolia also requires a war!
Although Zhu Youjian has become the Great Khan of Mongolia, only 70 thousand households in Monan Mongolia and Mobei Mongolia are really under his control. In addition, there are 180 thousand households who are attached to Zhu Youjian, a great khan, who can be regarded as an existence that listens to the instructions but not the propaganda.
However, the Oara Alliance in desert Mongolia was very dissatisfied with Zhu Youjian, the Great Khan - Zhu Youjian was not a Mongolian, how could he be the Great Khan?
In addition, Zhu Youjian does not believe in Lamaism. Although he would also give alms to the Yellow Temple in the Central Plains and Mongolia, as a "great Confucian" Zhu Youjian would certainly not overly praise Buddhism...
Under this circumstance, sending troops to Moxi and fighting with the Oara Alliance seems to be the best way for Zhu Youjian to consolidate the position of the Great Khan.
In the eyes of Sun Chuanting and other court officials, as long as Mongolia is in hand, Jianzhou will collapse sooner or later. Once Jianzhou falls, Japan, a small country and its island people, will be vulnerable. Therefore, recovering North Korea is nothing more than a trivial matter...
But the Koreans have to appease them, otherwise they will all become slaves and Japanese, which will be difficult to deal with.
Just when he was thinking about how to appease North Korea, a eunuch with a loud voice shouted: "Long live the Lord is here..."
Zhu Youjian is here!
The ministers quickly shouted long live the mountain and bowed to the emperor.
After bowing and bowing, I heard Zhu Youjian's voice laughing and chanting: "Pingshen, Pingshen..."
Before Emperor Zhu's voice fell, someone started crying.
"Wow wow wow..."
"Woooooooo..."
The two who cried were two Joseon grandfathers who had been brewing for a long time, the leader of the Joseon Kingdom Jin Yu and the court judge Kim Sang-heon. They came to cry for reinforcements. Of course they had to cry a little sadly. Otherwise, how could it appear that the situation in North Korea was extremely urgent?
Zhu Youjian, who had just sat down on the throne, was speechless for a while when he saw the two Koreans crying more. What's the use of crying? You two old ones can't fight, there's still a little one at home! You two old guys must be from aristocratic families. The children of the clan have been organized. If there are not ten thousand, there will be eight thousand...
"Don't cry, you two!" Zhu Youjian could only comfort him with kind words, "I have received a report from Li Xin and know that Nanhan Mountain City is surrounded by slaves and thieves and the situation is critical. However, the terrain of Nanhan Mountain City is dangerous, and the prince is also Not a king..."
What's the meaning?
Jin Yu and Jin Sangxian both understand Chinese, and they forgot to cry after hearing this - the crown prince of North Korea is not important? Can you sacrifice it casually? Why does this Ming Emperor talk like this?
Looking at the eyes of the two old North Korean men, Zhu Youjian smiled awkwardly: "Don't worry, you two, I will not ignore North Korea... However, in the past two years, there have been frequent disasters in our country, and the people have been in dire straits, so it is not necessary to use them on a large scale. At the time of the war. Once the natural disasters are alleviated and the country is a little rich, I will personally bring a large army to conquer the country across the sea and restore the lost territory for the king of Korea."
"Your Majesty..." Jin Yu, the leader of North Korean affairs, was trembling and about to cry again.
Zhu Youjian quickly raised his hand to stop him and said: "Before the natural disaster eases, I will try my best to aid Korea! In order to show the sectarian friendship between Ming and Korea, I decided to choose a Korean hero as my eldest son Cijiong The princess!"
Zhu Cixiang has been adopted to Tianqi, and Zhu Youjian's eldest son Zhu Cixiang is a concubine, so Zhu Cijiong becomes the legitimate eldest son - the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty marries the princess of Korea as the principal concubine. This is a big deal. .
And what if Zhu Cixi died young? Zhu Cijiong will be the prince by then...
