When Hu Wei and others rushed to Kaicheng, the capital of Goryeo, with their appointments, it was February 27, the 10th year of Hongwu.
At this time, Wen Tianrui was still in Kaicheng to rectify order, conduct a household census, and participated in the interrogation of Kaicheng officials to get the truth about a series of events before and after the coup from their mouths.
On the same day, Su Jue led his elite cavalry to catch up with Li Yifang and his fleeing team in the south-central coastal area of Yangguang Road in Goryeo.
There was a fierce battle between the two sides, and all the personal guards accompanying Li Yifang were killed. Li Yifang himself and his family were all captured alive by Su Jue.
It is said that when he was captured alive, this guy cried like a woman, kept begging for mercy, begged Su Jue not to kill him, and was even willing to give Su Jue a lot of money to let him go.
He may not have realized that the person who personally led the troops to chase him was not some general, but the commander of the Sixth Corps, General Su Jue, one of the Five Tiger Generals of the Ming Dynasty.
He also didn't realize that no Ming soldier would let him go for a sum of money.
He is delusional.
Su was very disdainful of him and escorted him directly back to Kaicheng.
With this leader of the coup, everything that happened in Goryeo during this period can be known. In order to survive, Li Yifang told Su Jue and Wen Tianrui all the news he knew, which made them frown.
They couldn't bear the humiliation of the king and civil servants, so they launched a mutiny, imprisoned the king, killed the enemies of the civil servants, purged the civil servants, and established a new king. Then internal conflicts began. You disobey me and I disobey you, so that this happened Li Gao incident.
After the Li Gao incident, they had no chance for internal conflicts, because with the arrival of the Ming Dynasty, the military regime, which had only lasted for more than three months, fell apart. Li Yifang decided to resist, and Zheng Zhongfu decided to escape.
Li Yifang was very strong, but the people of Zheng Zhongfu's group were very timid and ran so fast that Su Jue caught up with Li Yifang, but could not catch up with Zheng Zhongfu.
"It seems that we can't catch up with Zheng Zhongfu's group, and we can only watch them escape to Japan."
Su Jue clasped his hands on his chest and said unhappily: "The Japanese country is alone overseas. It may not be that easy to bring them back for trial."
Wen Tianrui felt the same way. He felt that this action failed to achieve full success, which was a very unpleasant thing. But there was nothing he could do. He had already run far away and there was no way he could catch up.
A few days later, Hu Wei, who arrived in Kaicheng by boat, conveyed Su Yonglin's order in place.
Politically, it is first necessary to select an easy-to-control puppet King of Goryeo from the remaining Goryeo royal family, and then appoint Hu Wei as the official Goryeo Prime Minister in his name.
Then a Ming administrative team headed by Hu Wei, the "Korea Prime Minister", was established in Kaesong to take over the rule of the Koryo court over the Koryo region, stabilize the Goryeo central system, prevent the Koryo region from falling into chaos, and gain a firm foothold in the name of justice. ,never fail.
Militaryly, the Ming army's military operations were temporarily suspended, staying on the current front, and turning to rest and logistics replenishment.
Then, the Kaesong administrative team took an oath of authority to rule the remaining areas without military occupation in the form of a message. Those who accepted the rule would not fight for the time being, and those who did not accepted the rule would immediately be wiped out with thunderous force, showing strong force.
This is the work that currently needs to be done politically and militarily.
After the completion of this initial work, the Kaesong central administrative team was successfully established and the manpower was sufficient, and land reform began to be gradually carried out in local population centers. With Kaesong as the center, a Ming Dynasty-style four-level administrative system was gradually established.
The Kaesong central administrative team headed by Hu Wei needs to transform Goryeo into the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty transformation is completely successful, it will be the time when the King of Goryeo will submit a request to the Ming Dynasty for inclusion. At that time, the Goryeo Kingdom will become the Goryeo of the Ming Dynasty. Province.
Of course, what makes Su Jue and Wen Tianrui most happy is the future plan to conquer Japan.
"Although the Japanese country is isolated overseas, on the one hand, it hides the remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty and the rebels of Goryeo. Secondly, it is said that there is a lot of gold and silver in the country, which is of great help to the reform of the currency system of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty is bound to win the war against the Japanese country. It’s also a matter of time.”
Hu Wei smiled and said: "The Chairman has given me a five-year goal, asking me to save all the supplies needed for a one-year overseas expedition for a hundred thousand troops within five years. This is not a small amount. If I slack off a little, this goal will It’s very difficult to achieve.”
Wen Tianrui and Hu Wei are old comrades-in-arms and old friends. He is very friendly to Hu Wei and teases him.
"Others don't know your ability, but I don't know it yet? Not everyone can do the position of Daxing Prefecture Yin. The one who didn't do it well before is now working as a township instructor, but you can jump from this position. But, Lao Hu, you are not simple."
Hu Wei smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Come on, among our old comrades, you have the highest position. You are the secretary of the large corps. You still say that I am not simple? You are the least simple, okay?"
In front of the veteran figure Su Jue, Wen Tianrui just smiled and said nothing.
Only when the two of them made an appointment to have a dinner party alone did Wen Tianrui talk about it.
"I am in the military. The military system is independent of the administrative system. The previous purges did not affect me. You are in the center of the whirlpool, but you can escape unscathed and even rise step by step. Of course you are not simple.
To be honest, I was really worried about you this time. You wrote to me and asked me to take care of your family. I was really scared. What happened at that time? Please talk about it carefully. "
"It was really dangerous at that time, to be honest."
Hu Wei sighed and said slowly: "I have nothing to do with Qiao Feng, mainly Lu Dian. Lu Dian and I are fellow villagers. When we were fighting in the army, he was my old superior and took care of me. He also had some problems in official affairs before. Cooperation makes things better.
Then one time, he said that he wanted to introduce me to a big man named Qiao Feng, saying that he could definitely help me move to a higher level. I felt something was wrong at the time, but I still went to see him. As a result, not long after the meeting, he said Then he started hinting at me.
He probably wanted to use my status as the Yin of Daxing Prefecture to help him do some things in Zhongdu. He also said that officials should help each other and support each other. I knew there was something wrong here. "
"Then did you help?"
"Of course it didn't help! If it had helped, could I still be sitting here chatting with you? I would have gone to Sakhalin to build the frontier a long time ago."
Hu Wei rolled his eyes at Wen Tianrui angrily and said, "That thing is wrong. I didn't help him after much deliberation and politely refused. Lu Dian even advised me at that time, saying that if I didn't help him, the consequences would be serious. Will offend people or something.
I thought at the time that he was the deputy director of the Organization Department and had a real director on his head. Could he do whatever he wanted? I didn't believe it and ignored him. As a result, I made things easier for him. Because I didn't help him, he started to put on my little shoes later.
Before, many places in Daxing Prefecture that needed money were approved smoothly. It was difficult during that period. It happened that the three gods of wealth from the Ministry of Finance were not in Zhongdu during that time. I went to the Ministry of Finance several times, and they all failed. There is no news.
I was begging my grandpa to sue my grandma, and I had to sleep on a bunk on the ground in the Ministry of Finance compound every day. The last Yuanwailang, who was familiar with me, couldn't stand it, and secretly slipped me a note saying that someone was saying hello to me. If you want to deal with me, please be careful.
At that time, I found out that this guy had already reached out to the Ministry of Finance. I was shocked and thought that something was going to happen. He, the deputy director of the Organization Department, could actually reach out to the Ministry of Finance and block the normal work of Daxing Mansion. What kind of abilities does he have? "
(End of chapter)
