"Xiao Chen understands!"
Yin Xuanju replied rather aggrievedly.
He now had to admit that Xu Mu was right. No matter how much he flattered his Korean kingdom, he could not stop the Ming Emperor from annexing him.
Even though I worked so hard to present beauties and rare treasures, I was scolded, saying that I, the people, didn't care for the people.
We offer you beauties and treasures, but you still scold us.
This is too unreasonable!
"As far as I know, you also tried to bribe and corrupt my assistant minister. Fortunately, my assistant minister is honest and self-responsible and informed me of the situation. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know about it."
However, what Yin Xuanju didn't expect was that Zhu Youxiao didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, and even stood on the moral high ground and continued to train him. At this time, he started training him again, and then severely scolded him:
"You, a small minister of the vassal state, are you going to bring your unhealthy practices to our Ming Dynasty and ruin our Ming Dynasty's scholarly style?!"
Zhu Youxiao said this as if the atmosphere in the Ming Dynasty court had always been very upright, but only the court in the Joseon Kingdom was rampant in corruption and smoky air.
Even after saying this, Zhu Youxiao slapped the desk, pointed at Yin Xuanju and shouted: "Drag him down and punish him with bribery and conspiracy!"
"yes!"
At this time, a guard outside the palace responded, walked in, grabbed Yin Xuanju, and dragged him outside the palace.
Yin Xuanju was naturally shocked and shouted angrily: "You, you, why are you so domineering! Are you still the country of China?!"
"He has no intention of repenting and even dares to scold me in front of me. He also adds a major crime of disrespect and will punish the three clans in the future!"
Zhu Youxiao shouted loudly.
Yin Xuanju, who had been dragged outside the palace, was shocked when he heard this. He continued to shout: "I am not disrespectful! I am not, I am not! I am unjust!"
In fact, Zhu Youxiao himself felt that he was a bit hateful. While accepting the beauties and treasures offered by others, he also accused others from the moral high ground and blamed their envoys for corrupting his own ministers.
But Zhu Youxiao knew that he had to do this. After all, his position must be to maximize the interests of the Chinese nation.
How can people in power be conscientious?
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao knew that he must not only annex North Korea, but also deny the legitimacy of the Lee Dynasty and annex North Korea in a just way.
…
"Do you know who separated your flesh and blood? It's the king and his ministers who only treat you as slaves!"
"Do you know who made you hungry and without any good clothes to wear? It's also because your king and his ministers exploited you too much!"
"Do you know who prevents you from being well fed and clothed like the Han people? It's them too! It's your king and his ministers! They don't treat you as human beings!"
"Now His Majesty the Holy Emperor has issued an edict to rebuke their immorality and take back their right to rule. He wants to convict them. They will no longer have the right to exploit you. When the time comes, you will be directly under the control of officials directly appointed by the Holy Emperor. You You will live like a human being, and you and your family will have your own land! You will no longer go hungry!"
"However, your cruel king and his ministers will not be willing to let you become the people of the Holy Emperor and be rescued. They just want you to be enslaved by them forever, and they can capture you and sacrifice you to whomever they want. To whom should I dedicate it? Therefore, they will resist the Holy Emperor’s decree, refuse to be punished by the Holy Emperor, and will even continue to force your family to pay heavier taxes, so that they can expand their troops to fight against the Holy Emperor, and even capture your family. My father and brother served as husbandmen until they died of exhaustion. Do you think they are abominable or not?"
In order to win over the hearts and minds of ordinary Korean people and divert conflicts, Zhu Youxiao asked Princess Zhu Weikai, who had been engaged in women's missionary work, to be responsible for providing ideological education to these Korean girls who entered the Ming Dynasty court and became palace maids for the first time.
The girls were very touched after hearing this, and some even stood up and agreed.
"Damn it! Very abominable!"
"Those officials are a bunch of bastards, and they even beat my mother to death! Woohoo!"
"If it weren't for Her Royal Highness, we wouldn't have known that our king is such a bastard!"
…
Zhu Youxiao, who was watching this scene from a distance, smiled slightly, and therefore told Han Zanzhou, the admiral of Dongchang behind him: "We need to do more things like this to rebuke the Li dynasty for being immoral and unethical, so that the people of the world can Everyone knows that Ming Dynasty’s annexation of North Korea is a just thing. If you don’t occupy this missionary matter, the enemy will occupy it. Do you understand?”
"The minister understands and must let Dongchang do this more often."
Han Zanzhou replied.
"We also need to pass on edicts to Chongwen Temple and the Ministry of Rites, and we must do this more. We must mobilize more Korean scholars who are willing to work for the Ming Dynasty to annex North Korea to return home and encourage their own people to revolt. In addition, we must go to North Korea more for the Jinyiwei side. Mobilize the people there to revolt."
Zhu Youxiao continued.
"yes!"
After that, Zhu Youxiao started to return to his dormitory.
Looking at the map hanging in the palace, which showed the Korean Kingdom surrounded by his own Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh: "Unknowingly, I have allowed the Ming Dynasty to get to this point!"
At this time, King Li Di of the Kingdom of Korea and his ministers had just received a report from Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty who reprimanded them for their unethical governance, which made the people miserable, and asked them to remove their national title and stop exercising the power to rule the Korean people. Waiting for the decree of the governor sent by the Ming Dynasty to investigate and restore people's livelihood.
Li Di and his ministers were naturally disappointed and angry after hearing this.
"The life and death of our people has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty! Why are you so nosy?"
"I have given you all the beauties and treasures you should give, and you are even willing to cede land and pay tribute. Why are you still refusing to take away my clan's foundation!"
"Why can such a domineering and arrogant country remain so strong and not destroyed? Is it really the Confucianism we upheld in the past that is wrong?"
…
The ministers of the Korean Kingdom complained about this.
King Li Di himself was also very sad and said: "The sage said that those who have lost their way will have few helpers, while those who have gained the right will have many help. But now, where are the people who help me in Korea?!"
Song Shilie, who has been promoted to the position of political leader, stood up and said: "Your Majesty! In the opinion of my veteran minister, we must abandon all illusions now and expand our troops to prepare to resist the Ming army!"
"What Song Qing said is true, but the Ming army is very strong, so we still have to be prepared to be defeated. Gu decided to move to America, just like the Japanese shogunate. What do you think?"
Li Di asked as he spoke.
At this time, no one dared to stand up and reply.
Today's North Korea actually has the same ability to go to the Americas as the Japanese country, because they have their own sailing battleships, and they can even build them themselves, and they also have skilled sailors who have traveled between North Korea and the Americas many times.
But now, the ministers are afraid that because they agree with Li Di's move to America, they will be impeached by the court officials in the future, saying that he encouraged the king to abandon the inheritance of his ancestors, and then be punished for it, taking the blame for the king's escape.
Li Di was a little angry because of this, and asked solemnly: "Why is no one talking?"
These ministers, you look at me, I look at you, no one said anything, even Xu Mu's student Guo Shijian did not dare to take the lead in approving this matter at this time.
"snort!"
Li Di couldn't bear it anymore and stood up immediately.
He didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty was hateful enough, but his ministers were even more hateful! I thought to myself that it was no wonder that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty always looked down upon these scholar-bureaucrats.
"Song Qing, you are in charge of discussing affairs, you say so!"
Li Di had no choice but to name them directly.
The chief minister of North Korea was equivalent to the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, so Song Siyeol could not escape.
But at this time, Song Shilie suddenly only said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, it is not the time to discuss moving to America at this time. Your Majesty should stick to Seoul. Only in this way can the army and the people be united. Even if it is really necessary to move to America, When the time comes, it’s best to just send the Crown Prince there!”
"you!"
Li Di couldn't help but raise his finger and point at Song Shilie. He really wanted to kill his leader.
But Li Di couldn't think of any reason to kill Song Shilie. After all, Song Shilie was right. At this time, the king's escape would indeed affect the morale of the army and the people, which would be disgraceful.
Therefore, Li Di had no choice but to endure his anger and asked Xiang and Song Shilie not from the same party but from the Southern People's Party, which is equivalent to Guo Shijian, the governor of Seoul of the Donglin Party of the Ming Dynasty in history: "Guo Qing, do you think this king should patrol the Eastern Dynasty?"
Guo Shijian was also worried that he supported the king at this time and would be liquidated by Song Shilie and other Westerners in the future, so he responded: "Your Majesty, I think what the leader said is reasonable. Your Majesty should stay in Seoul to stabilize the morale of the army. We can only send This is the perfect strategy for the Crown Prince to go to America!"
Seeing the rare unity between the Western People's Party and the Southern People's Party and other ministers in power, Yu Ji, the courtier of the Western People's Party, took the lead in standing up and suggested: "Please ask the king to issue an edict to live and die with Seoul, stabilize people's hearts, and The Crown Prince visits Eastern America!"
"Please send an edict from the king to live and die with Seoul, stabilize people's hearts, and accompany the crown prince on a tour of the Eastern Dynasties in America!"
"Please send an edict from the king to live and die with Seoul, stabilize people's hearts, and accompany the crown prince on a tour of the Eastern Dynasties in America!"
…
The ministers therefore actively agreed.
For a time, no minister supported Li Di's trip to America.
Li Di's heart ached at this time.
He suddenly found that all his ministers were very annoying, and none of them were good.
Now that the Ming army has not yet arrived, they already want to abandon their king.
"Okay! Good! Very good!"
Li Di really doesn't want to agree to these people now, and then lead these people to perish the country.
But he was not too willful after all. He was considered a good Korean king in history, but he still said next: "It's accurate! Immediately issue an order to lead the crown prince on a tour of the Eastern Dynasties in America."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
The ministers replied.
At this time, Song Shilie said again: "Your Majesty, it will definitely cost a lot to move to America. What's more, the crown prince's trip to the Eastern Dynasty is for the future, and he must bring a lot of people and materials, but now the national funds are not enough. , but also to expand the army and prepare for war, so in the opinion of the veteran, we can only increase taxes to raise funds to rebuild the country in America!"
“Are we going to impose more taxes?!”
"Song Shilie, do you still think that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't scold me harshly enough because he exploited the people too much and said that I am immoral and immoral! Now, you want me to impose additional taxes on the people. How serious is your minister? That’s good enough!”
Li Di was so angry that he called out Song Shilie's name and said a few words with a sneer.
