"I am here to meet His Highness King Yan of the Ming Dynasty!"
All the Goryeo dignitaries bowed respectfully.
Zhu Di looked gentle.
"Everyone, please get up."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
When all the Goryeo dignitaries stood up, Zhu Di asked: "I wonder what important matters you have to see me in such a hurry?"
A Goryeo dignitary said respectfully: "Reporting to Your Highness King Yan, Japanese pirates are currently plundering our people in the lower three realms of Goryeo. We are here to beg Your Highness to send troops to destroy those Japanese pirates and save our Goryeo people!"
"Do you want me to send troops to rescue you, the people of Korea?"
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, as if he had heard something ridiculous, and said with a strange face: "They are your subjects, not my king's subjects. Why should I send troops to rescue them?"
All the Goryeo dignitaries were also startled. They never expected that King Yan could speak so straightforwardly?
Don’t the Confucian classics of the Ming Dynasty all teach about being reserved and benevolent?
The Goryeo dignitaries whose family roots were in Haasandao suddenly became anxious and hurriedly saluted again, "His Royal Highness King Yan clearly understands that now His Highness King Yan is the King of Goryeo recognized by all the nobles of Goryeo. His Highness Gyeongsang Province, Chungcheong Province, and Jeolla Province The people of Goryeo in the three realms are all subjects of His Highness King Yan!"
"joke!"
Hearing these shameless words, Guo An on the side sneered.
"You are saying that the people of Gyeongsang Province, Chungcheong Province, and Jeolla Province are the subjects of His Highness King Yan? Are they the subjects of His Highness King Yan?
Did they pay taxes to His Highness King Yan?
Are there any people who claim to be His Highness King Yan?
Has His Highness King Yan acknowledged them...
And you guys still call yourself the ministers of Goryeo, and the King of Goryeo is still on the throne? Do you want to make His Highness the King of Yan a country thief?
Your Highness has good intentions to do business with you, but now you want to trap His Highness King Yan into injustice. What are you thinking? "
All the dignitaries could not help but be stunned.
"Also, His Highness King Yan, His Highness King Yan... do you know what this means?
Only the common people of Yan State can be the subjects of His Highness King Yan? And now, apart from Wangjing Kaicheng, Yan'an County, and Ganghwa Island, where else in the entire Goryeo can be regarded as a city of the Yan Kingdom? "
All the Goryeo dignitaries shook their heads subconsciously.
These state cities are all Goryeo cities.
Even Wangjing Kaicheng, Yan'an County, and Ganghwa Island are all cities of Goryeo in their hearts.
As for the Ming Dynasty King Yan, he was just the Ming Prince who temporarily occupied their capital.
Let him occupy it for a few years, or decades.
After King Yan built Wangjing more prosperously, and after the Ming Dynasty declined and decayed, these cities would naturally return to Goryeo.
These are the perceptions of all Goryeo dignitaries.
But, those Japanese pirates...
Thinking about it, the Goryeo dignitary who was the first to speak stood up again.
"Your Highness, King Yan, as long as those Japanese pirates can be driven away, we are willing to provide tens of thousands of laborers to His Highness, King Yan, to pave cement roads, build docks, build cement workshops, or build a palace for His Highness. …”
"Ten thousand strong laborers?"
Zhu Di glanced at the Goryeo dignitary with a strange look, and said softly: "With thousands of young and strong laborers, you can form a strong army with just a little training and defeat three thousand Japanese pirates. Isn't it easy?"
"this……"
The Goryeo dignitary couldn't help but hesitate a little, his face full of embarrassment.
The Korean people in their counties had long been afraid of being killed by Japanese pirates. They regarded Japanese pirates as demons and fled when they saw Japanese pirates. Not to mention 10,000 soldiers and horses, even 20,000 soldiers and horses did not dare to confront those Japanese pirates head-on!
Thinking about it, the Goryeo dignitary's face turned grim and he said directly: "Are we willing to pay taxes to His Highness King Yan?"
"Um?"
Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "Can you represent the entire Korean people?"
The Goryeo dignitary smiled coquettishly and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I can only represent the people of Jeolla Province!"
Immediately, two more Goryeo dignitaries stood up.
"His Royal Highness King Yan, the ministers represent the people of Gyeongsang Province!"
"His Royal Highness King Yan, the ministers represent the loyal people of Qing Dynasty!"
Zhu Di nodded slightly and looked at the Goryeo dignitaries on the side.
On the side, the expressions of the remaining Goryeo dignitaries changed slightly, and they lowered their heads and did not look at Zhu Di.
At the same time, I cursed in my heart, these bastards, they kindly came with them to beg His Highness King Yan, but in the end they betrayed them like this!
Seeing this, the three Goryeo dignitaries felt something bad and hurriedly begged: "Please, Your Highness, King Yan, save us Goryeo people!"
"Yes, please also ask His Highness King Yan to save the three Korean people who are waiting for me..."
Zhu Di pondered for a moment and then looked at Guo An aside.
Guo An nodded slightly, "Your Highness, if these three peoples can pay taxes to Your Highness, they can be temporarily regarded as His Highness's subjects.
However, they have been robbed several times by Japanese pirates. I wonder if they can pay all the taxes? "
The three Goryeo dignitaries said hurriedly: "His Royal Highness King Yan and Guo Changshi, please rest assured that the common people of the three realms will be able to pay their taxes in full."
"You and the three of you will act as guarantee?"
Guo An asked.
The three Goryeo dignitaries couldn't help but be stunned.
Zhu Di waved his hand directly and said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, I remember that you and others also have a large amount of goods shipped to Beiping Mansion. If you dare to deceive me, those goods can be used to deduct taxes!"
The expressions of the three Goryeo dignitaries could not help but change slightly.
On the side, Guo An directly followed Zhu Di's words and said respectfully: "Your Highness is wise!"
Next, when talking about fighting, Zhu Di talked a lot more.
"I remember that Li Chenggui, who was cut to pieces by me, was abandoned and betrayed by three Korean soldiers when he led his troops to help you and other three Korean people attack the Japanese pirates. He was almost betrayed by that The Japanese pirates will be annihilated?"
The three Goryeo dignitaries suddenly looked embarrassed and quickly explained: "His Royal Highness King Yan misunderstood. At that time, the Japanese pirates were arrogant and the thieves were strong. Pu Linzong, Hong Ingui, Lin Chengwei and other generals only temporarily avoided the attack. Unexpectedly, Li Chenggui was alone. Straight into……"
Zhu Di waved his hand directly, "I don't want to hear your explanation about the army's battle."
"I am just telling you that I can send three thousand soldiers to help you attack the Japanese pirates, but you need to provide at least one thousand horses and fifty carriages.
All food, grass and baggage along the way must be prepared! "
The three Goryeo dignitaries responded quickly, "Please rest assured, His Highness King Yan, we will be fully prepared."
Zhu Di added: "In addition, each of you must lead at least a thousand soldiers and generals to fight with the soldiers of Prince Yan's palace."
The expressions of the three Goryeo dignitaries changed greatly and they were about to speak.
Zhu Di then said: "I don't expect you to fight with those Japanese pirates, but I need your lives to ensure that at the critical moment, you and the soldiers of Gyeongsang Road, Zhongqing Road, and Jeolla Road will not Will run away from battle..."
"Your Highness Prince Yan, we will never do such a thing..."
"If you agree to these conditions, I will send troops. If you don't agree, I will never risk the lives of my soldiers!"
Zhu Di's tone was firm, and the three Goryeo dignitaries looked at each other and could only nod slightly helplessly.
"Wei Chen obeys your orders!"
"Very good!"
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "You guys, please go back first. I will choose the soldiers and generals. I will send out the troops in two days!"
"Thank you, His Highness King Yan!"
The three Goryeo dignitaries were overjoyed.
The remaining Goryeo dignitaries also looked forward to it.
They have never seen how Ming soldiers fought against Japanese pirates.
After all the Goryeo dignitaries left, Zhu Di ordered to summon a group of commanders and thousands of households.
"The king is going to send troops to kill the Japanese pirates who looted the lower three roads of Goryeo. Who among you is willing to go?"
"The general will go where he wishes!"
"Your Highness, the last general invites you to fight..."
In an instant, dozens of generals in the hall were excited to fight.
On the side, Guo An said leisurely: "Generals, those Japanese pirates have been invading Goryeo for many days. It is very likely that by the time you lead your troops to the three lower roads of Goryeo's Gyeongsang-do, Chungcheong-do, and Jeolla-do, those Japanese pirates will have already escaped. Got it!"
Hearing this, all the generals couldn't help but hesitate.
Zhu Di was not polite and directly named him.
"General Chen Shou led Tan Tong, Meng Shan, and Wuli to buy three thousand households, and went to destroy those Japanese pirates!
You must not divide your troops to fight. When encountering Japanese pirates, Tan Tong and Meng Shan's two thousand households cooperated with grenades and fire to kill the Japanese pirates on a large scale... I waited for a thousand Mongolian generals, mounted their horses, and intercepted and killed the Japanese pirates everywhere. Damn it, it doesn’t matter even if you run a few, you must not risk your life in vain..."
"I will obey the order!"
Chen Shou, Tan Tong, Meng Shan and Wu Libu quickly raised their hands and saluted.
Two days later.
Prince Yan's Mansion sent troops.
Five days later, we arrived at Zhongqing Road.
At the same time, the soldiers and generals of the three Goryeo dignitaries were also waiting in Chungju.
After the army gathered together, they went to Gyeongsang Province to kill.
The Japanese mainland is close to Gyeongsang Province, so Japanese pirates generally like to plunder Jeolla Province first, and then come up to Gyeongsang Province.
If satisfied, retreat by boat.
If you are not satisfied, then continue north to Chungcheongdo.
However, this time after these Japanese pirates successfully plundered Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province, all the ships had been filled with food.
Moreover, there were relatively few casualties.
This battle should be their most successful robbery in recent years.
But, just when they were planning to go back.
But I heard that the reason why they had been plundering for so long without the Koryo army coming to encircle and suppress them was because King Yan of the Ming Dynasty actually broke through the King of Koryo and captured the King of Koryo.
As for the Goryeo general Li Chenggui who frightened them, he was also killed by King Yan of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, a group of Japanese pirates were overjoyed, killed hundreds of Koreans, and celebrated grandly.
Li Chenggui is dead, who else in Korea can stop them?
Celebrated for two days.
A group of Japanese pirates headed towards Zhongqing Road.
Chungcheong Province is relatively close to Goryeo Wanggyeong, so it is naturally very wealthy.
However, since the Goryeo soldiers would arrive soon, in the past, although the Japanese pirates wanted to plunder, they did not dare to go because of the threat of Li Chenggui.
Now, as soon as Li Chenggui died, they no longer had any fear. Even some Japanese pirates were still thinking that if the robbery of Zhongqing Road went smoothly, they could also go to Wangjing in Goryeo to take a look.
That is the richest place in the entire Goryeo!
However, when they came to the border between Chungcheong Province and Gyeongsang Province, the Japanese pirates were surprised to find that an elite army came in front of them.
Among them were three thousand soldiers and generals, all of whom were actually wearing exquisite armor, and one thousand more who were riding war horses.
Suddenly, the eyes of all the Japanese pirates turned red!
Naturally, Chen Shou and three Goryeo dignitaries also received reports that there was an army of Japanese pirates not far ahead!
Chen Shou looked overjoyed, while the three Goryeo dignitaries suddenly became frightened.
"We have nine thousand soldiers, but the Japanese pirates only have three thousand at most. Why are you so afraid?"
Noticing the expressions of the Goryeo dignitaries, Chen Shou looked contemptuous.
For their own safety, they have increased the number of Korean soldiers from 3,000 to 6,000.
Unexpectedly, even before the war started, I started to get scared!
No wonder Japanese pirates like to plunder Koreans so much!
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(End of chapter)
