A few days after that conversation, Su Jue, Wen Tianrui, Hu Wei and others selected a seventeen-year-old boy named Wang Can from among the survivors of the Goryeo royal family and recommended him to become the new King of Goryeo.
This young man was severely frightened by the fire, and his spirit was a little fragile. He could not hear violent noises or see the light of fire, otherwise he would be trembling with fear and unable to move freely.
He was too "excellent" for the position of King of Goryeo.
This recommendation result was recognized by Su Yonglin, so Su Yonglin issued an edict as the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and officially canonized Wang Can as the King of Goryeo.
Subsequently, Wang Can officially conferred Hu Wei as the Prime Minister of Korea in his official capacity as the King of Korea, allowing him to "exclusively regent the power" and become the actual person in power of Korea. The procedures were complete and the seal was legal. He was a Korea without any legal issues. Prime Minister.
But it is obvious that the fact that Hu Wei, a former Ming official, became the Prime Minister of Goryeo will still cause some worries and doubts among some Goryeo officials.
They felt that Hu Wei served as the Prime Minister of Goryeo as a Mingguo, and still had full control over the government. This makes people doubt what the real intention of Ming Dynasty was, and whether he had the idea of plotting Goryeo sovereignty.
Since ancient times, all dynasties in the Central Plains have become the suzerainty of Goryeo, but their suzerainty has a sense of boundary, and there has never been any attempt to conspire against Goryeo's national affairs.
Daming's behavior this time is really difficult to understand.
For a time, some young Goryeo officials who had survived the war collectively expressed their opinions to Wang Can, hoping that he would consider it more. Some people also came to visit Hu Wei specifically, hoping that Hu Wei could explain what Ming Dynasty meant.
Of course, there is no standard answer to this question.
Although Wang Can is seventeen years old and can rule according to the rules, since Wang Can became the king of Goryeo and completed the canonization ceremony, he was required to live in the deep palace and not go out unless there was nothing important.
He and the members of the Goryeo royal family were strictly guarded by Ming army soldiers and were under semi-forced house arrest. Naturally, the official reports could not be sent to Wang Can, and Wang Can could not see them at all.
It is true that even if Wang Can sees these performances, it is impossible to make any effective changes.
The Korean officials in Kaicheng could only see Hu Wei, and if they had any questions, they could only consult Hu Wei and wait for Hu Wei's disposal.
They were dissatisfied and questioned about this, but their dissatisfaction and questions did not bring them any answers.
They were all relieved of their positions and placed under house arrest, with no permission to leave their homes.
Their positions were replaced by young officials from the Ming Dynasty who continued to arrive in Goryeo from Chungdu. Ming officials were appointed as official Goryeo officials by "Wang Can" in twos and threes, and began to implement the power of the Goryeo central government and began to assume responsibilities.
Moreover, they also issued an order to the entire Goryeo land, requiring them to accept the rule of the Kaesong court, recognize the rule of the Kaesong court, and not to violate it openly and secretly, etc.
At the same time, the Renaissance organization also started activities in Koryo. They began to recruit Koryo members to join them, carry out local grassroots activities, and change Koryo little by little from the grassroots level.
This time is mid-March of the 10th year of Hongwu.
After Goryeo suffered a catastrophe, the Ming Dynasty suddenly calmed down the chaos and restored order. A new king ascended the throne. It seemed that everything was back to normal, but the locals were not without doubts.
"Hongwu Political Treatise" has long been circulated in Goryeo. Goryeo nominally banned the circulation of "Hongwu Political Treatise", but the ruling class and local landlords and powerful classes have already read everything they should read, and some have read it more than once. They are very fond of "Hongwu Political Treatise". interested.
It is precisely because of the in-depth understanding of the national attributes of the Ming Dynasty and some of the extraordinary behaviors of Emperor Su Yonglin that local officials and powerful landowners were worried about the Ming Dynasty's intervention in Goryeo politics, and worried that the Ming Dynasty would also implement some of the Ming Dynasty's internal laws in Goryeo. policy.
Such as land reform and the like.
They don't care who will be the king of Goryeo, but when it comes to land reform, it really touches their core interests.
When it comes to their core interests, it is absolutely impossible for them to take even a step back.
Everyone sees what happened to the powerful landowners in the Ming Dynasty. If they are allowed to make the same mistakes again, they will not agree.
This concern made most of the local officials in Goryeo ready to be strong, and a small number of them were ready to resist to the end.
The powerful landlords who have taken root in the local area are quietly strengthening their own armed forces, preparing to use force to defend their family properties if things go wrong and if the Ming Dynasty intends to cause trouble.
Regardless of whether it is successful or not, this attitude is necessary, and the people of the Ming Dynasty must not be made to feel that they are easy to bully.
There are only 100,000 troops, but the core interests of the powerful landowners are really touched, and the number of resisters is far more than 100,000.
As for the response to the central government, most local officials gave a clear response, expressing their willingness to accept the rule of the Kaesong court and must abide by orders.
After all, the powerful Ming army is stationed in and around Kaicheng. If they are going against the Kaicheng court at this time, doesn't it mean that they are giving the Ming army a reason to come directly and beat them?
You can't do such stupid things.
Local officials not far from Kaicheng generally responded in the affirmative and did not want to provoke the Ming army.
Local officials who were relatively far away from Kaesong had more room to spare. They believed that things had to be seen and felt that it was unlikely that the Ming army would cross most of the Goryeo territory to deal with them, so they could wait and see the situation and not rush to reply to the Kaesong court.
The situation in Goryeo is in chaos, but it is also possible that it is about to break out, and perhaps the outcome will be seen within a few months.
On the other side, Han Jinggui felt that the weather was warm in March, so he requested the second northern expedition to the grassland, continued to solve the unfinished matters in winter, and vowed to completely eliminate the tribal alliance in the forest and patrol the North Sea. .
After discussions between the General Staff Headquarters and the Privy Council, they believed that the tribe in the forest was over and the remaining people were no longer a threat. They felt that there was no need to launch another Northern Expedition, so they informed Su Yonglin of their suggestion not to launch another Northern Expedition.
After thinking carefully, Su Yonglin believed that the war should be done with all its merits. Since there were still remaining thieves, they should go in to suppress them and beat up the drowned dogs.
It is better to use your remaining courage to chase the poor bandits, not to use your reputation as an academic overlord.
So Su Yonglin ordered the General Staff Headquarters and the Privy Council to plan the battle, and allowed Han Jinggui's request for the Northern Expedition. Since the tribes in the forest did not pose a big threat, he sent 10,000 Huben Imperial Guard cavalry to the central capital and 10,000 cavalry units directly under the Third Corps, for a total of Twenty thousand cavalry launched the Second Northern Expedition.
The purpose of this Northern Expedition was to search and suppress the remaining enemies, patrol the North Sea, and erect a national boundary monument in the North Sea, etc.
The General Staff Headquarters and the Privy Council took orders to plan the war and gave Han Jinggui permission to launch the Northern Expedition.
So in early April of the 10th year of Hongwu, Han Jinggui and Zhong Xuemin went out again, each commanding 10,000 cavalry for the Northern Expedition, vowing to do their best.
After the Third Corps' Northern Expedition began, Su Yonglin received reports from the Sichuan provincial government and garrison.
In short, in response to Su Yonglin's request, Dali State has sent troops to assist the Ming Dynasty in attacking the anti-Ming barbarian tribes living in southern Sichuan.
Anti-Ming tribes generally live in deep mountains and old forests. The local Ming army is not very familiar with the roads, so it is quite difficult to attack them. However, the Dali army is obviously familiar with the roads. They not only send troops to fight, but also send troops to the Ming Dynasty who are familiar with the roads. guide.
So starting from February of the 10th year of Hongwu, Xu Tong led the Eighth Corps to launch a straightforward and thorough campaign against the anti-Ming tribes in southern Sichuan. He adopted a tough attitude of striking hard against the anti-Ming tribes, demonstrating the uncompromising determination of the Ming Central Committee. attitude, by the way, to shock the centrist tribes.
In this battle, due to the Dali guides who were familiar with the terrain, and the Dali army's attack from south to north, the Ming army and the Dali army formed a north-south pincer attack, and launched an annihilation of some anti-Ming tribal armed forces who thought their defense was successful. A devastating blow.
By mid-April, this small-scale local war had been going on for two months.
The Eighth Corps destroyed a total of 13 anti-Ming faction tribes, eliminated more than 13,000 anti-Ming faction armed tribesmen, captured more than 40,000 anti-Ming faction armed tribesmen, and captured more than 100,000 people.
