In two months, the Ming Dynasty successfully solved the current and future border troubles.
The country's northern Xinjiang is unprecedentedly stable. In the foreseeable future, there will be no large-scale military operations in the northern Xinjiang region.
This also created sufficiently stable conditions for the subsequent use of troops on the east and west fronts.
On this basis, the Goryeo Campaign that Su Yonglin planned to launch after the spring of the tenth year of Hongwu would not have much impact on the overall situation.
Relying on several years of production and construction and the storage of strategic materials in the two major provinces of Liaoyang and Heilongjiang, it was enough to complete the conquest and annexation of Goryeo.
Therefore, when dealing with Goryeo, Su Yonglin did not make any elaborate plans. He just sent an edict to Kaicheng, the capital of Goryeo, telling the generals currently in power to give up resistance and accept the Ming Dynasty. severe punishment from the country.
Now that they give up resistance and accept the severe punishment of the Ming Dynasty, they can still get certain preferential treatment conditions for prisoners. However, if they persist in resisting the Ming army's crusade, they will surely be liquidated in the most thorough manner.
After Wang Hao was usurped and became the king of Goryeo, the highest power of Goryeo was held by the three main initiators and organizers of the mutiny, Zheng Zhongfu, Li Yifang and Li Gao. The three of them discussed everything to maintain the harmony of a superficial military regime. .
Because there are no two suns in the sky and no two masters on the earth, everyone actually wants to be the unique controller of power and can do whatever they want.
But in fact, this harmony could not last long, because in just the first month of the three people's cooperation in governing, an irreconcilable conflict caused some minor disputes among the three.
Li Gao wanted to kill Wang Sui and Wang Hao and become the king of Goryeo himself, creating a complete coup.
His reason is that if the King's regime of Goryeo is not completely eliminated, then once the military regime is unstable in the future, everyone will inevitably encounter cruel liquidation. People outside the capital will also have illusions about those who disobey them and fight against them. Raising troops and causing chaos under the banner of Qing Jun is definitely not what they want to see.
So let's just do it without stopping. Get rid of Wang Hao and Wang Sui together, get rid of the Wang family, and replace them with one of their own as the king. In this way, no one will liquidate them.
Even if they want to liquidate them, they can't even find anyone from the Wang family to continue to be the king of Goryeo. Without this banner of righteousness, how can they liquidate them?
This is called solving the problem from the source.
Li Gao was very happy and proud and told Li Yifang and Zheng Zhongfu about his plan.
Faced with such a rebellious idea, both Li Yifang and Zheng Zhongfu opposed it.
In fact, they are driven by some compulsive emotions. They feel that what they are doing now is a treasonous thing. Not harming the royal family is our final bottom line. If this bottom line is exceeded, we really have nothing to do. Retreat.
Li Gao agreed on the surface, but secretly felt that Li Yifang and Zheng Zhongfu did not have the courage to do everything without stopping, and were just insects, lacking in strategy, so he decided to leave them alone and complete this earth-shattering coup on his own.
Then his plan was revealed.
Li Yifang and Zheng Zhongfu joined forces to do him, and the state affairs of Goryeo changed from a tripartite to a two-legged one.
When Su Yonglin's edict was delivered to Kaicheng, it was when Li Yifang and Zheng Zhongfu were joining forces to govern. After reading Su Yonglin's edict, the two of them turned pale, and a feeling of "death" surged into their hearts and could not dissipate for a long time.
The Ming Kingdom is really coming, the Ming Kingdom is really going to play tricks with them to rebel, and their plan to hide the truth has failed.
If the Ming Dynasty really followed them, these professional military generals of Goryeo would definitely have reason to believe that they would not be able to sustain it for even a month. The Ming army would definitely sweep Goryeo easily and leave them without a place to die.
But if you surrender...
Can it ensure their safety and the safety of their family?
Can we ensure that they will not be settled by the Ming Dynasty?
At present, they cannot draw this conclusion.
Zheng Zhongfu and Li Yifang summoned high-ranking military generals to discuss the matter, and the plan they came up with the highest support rate was to abandon Goryeo and flee in the direction of Japan, so that their family could be preserved.
Because a few years ago, when the Southern Song Dynasty was not yet destroyed, many dignitaries or wealthy businessmen in the Southern Song Dynasty were frightened by the liquidation policy of the Ming Dynasty. They fled to Japan through Goryeo and are now living in Japan. It is said that their lives are not bad.
A certain powerful person in Japan seemed to appreciate some of them, so he allocated a place for them to live and appointed some of them as officials, so that they could continue to dominate.
Therefore, cows and horses are cows and horses at all times, and superior people are class people wherever they go. Even second-class citizens, their lives are beyond the imagination of cows and horses.
Leaving the Ming Dynasty that killed them, these people must be very happy to continue living their small lives.
Li Yifang and others had no idea at the time, but now that they were facing the brutal threat from the Ming Kingdom, they immediately thought of this path.
"You can't beat them by fighting. The Ming army is powerful and has many terrible firearms. We are no match at all. Whether it's in the field or attacking and defending the city, we are no match. If we force a confrontation, we may be defeated in less than a month. On the contrary, if you know that you will lose, you should have made plans in advance."
Cai Yuan, one of the heroes of the mutiny, had been afraid of the Ming Dynasty for a long time and did not believe that Goryeo had any chance of succeeding against the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he strongly advocated escape and called on everyone to flee to Japan to stay together and stay away from Goryeo and the Ming Dynasty.
Japan is alone overseas, and the Ming Dynasty is unlikely to pursue it. In this way, everyone will be safe. When the time comes, ask the Japanese authorities to appoint them. Maybe they can do well and continue to dominate Japan.
Zheng Zhongfu was old and lacked courage. He supported Cai Yuan's idea and believed that staying in Goryeo to fight against the Ming Dynasty would not end well, so he thought it would be better to escape.
However, Li Yifang was still in his prime, still a little unconvinced, and was greedy for the power he had finally obtained. He did not want to give up resistance and had illusions.
"If the Ming army attacked Goryeo, they were not familiar with Goryeo's climate and terrain. But we are familiar with Goryeo's climate and terrain, and can fight with an army of 100,000 people. Why did they give up so quickly? We have been humiliated and oppressed by civilian officials since we took office. Chao Fenqi finally turned around, how long will it take before he becomes a lost dog?"
It's hard to say it, but that's what it means.
We have been bastards for half our lives, and finally we are able to stand up and take charge. We haven't started to dominate for a few months, but the big boss of East Asia is coming. This is too unbearable.
"We have finally managed to dominate the government and hold power. Are we now going to hand over power without resistance?"
Li Yifang looked excited and said angrily: "Goryeo is a small country, but a small country also has the dignity of a small country, which cannot be trampled on! If we men don't rise up now, when will we wait?!"
Not to mention, Li Yifang's attitude of resistance really impressed some people.
These people feel that if they really escape like this, although they can save their lives, they will definitely regret not choosing to resist today in the future.
But other people were not persuaded. They thought that Li Yifang was simply incapacitated and his brain was abnormal.
What is the difference between going against the Ming Dynasty and seeking death?
As the representative of this group of people, Zheng Zhongfu completely disagreed with Li Yifang's views.
In this way, the military commander's regime completed its internal self-division.
Next, they negotiated peacefully and acted on both ends.
Zheng Zhongfu and others were ready to run. They no longer wanted power, but money and lives. They had negotiated with the people on Li Yifang's side, and the power would go to Li Yifang, but they could not stop them from escaping.
Li Yifang wished that these obstructive people would get out of the way quickly, so that he could integrate his army to fight against the Ming Dynasty, and by the way become the uncrowned king of Goryeo and do whatever he wanted.
On the other hand, Li Yifang once again sent an envoy with a letter written in the name of Wang Hao, which emphasized that although Goryeo was a small country, it also had dignity, national character, and determination to defend Goryeo's sovereignty. The country's war blackmail and retreat.
They long for peace, but they are absolutely not afraid of war. If the country insists on having its own way, be prepared to taste failure.
This letter was brought to Zhongdu by the Goryeo envoy and presented to Su Yonglin.
(End of chapter)
