Chapter 76 Fate is impermanent
Li Chenggui was silent.
He hesitated.
Lan Yu said it nicely, he was sure that he dared to escape. Lan Yu has been waiting for a long time. But doing as Lan Yu said would mean giving up everything he had worked hard to manage and starting over in the Ming Dynasty. In this way, his efforts in the first half of his life were in vain.
Li Chenggui is no longer young.
The best years of life are left in this land, starting over. Easier said than done. When it comes to making up your mind, it’s not that easy.
At this moment, a person suddenly came to Li Chenggui and whispered a few words to Li Chenggui.
Li Chenggui was stunned. Then he smiled bitterly and said: "There is no need to choose, we only have one choice."
Zheng Daochuan asked: "What happened?"
Li Chenggui said: "The Ming army came across the sea with a fleet and captured Ganghwa Island. They also cut off the road south from Kaijing along the Imjin River. Unless I fled to the mountains, there would be nowhere to go."
"What?" Zheng Daochuan was so excited that blood burst out of his eyes and dyed the gauze red. Said: "How many ships are there in the fleet, and how many can they transport?"
Li Chenggui said: "More than a hundred large ships covered the sky and the sun. As for how many people were transported. I heard that it was at least over 10,000."
Zheng Daochuan gave a wry smile and said, "It's over, Goryeo is over."
I have to admit that Li Chenggui and Zheng Daozhen are the top smart people in Goryeo in this era.
They all could see that this action must have been done deliberately by Lan Yu. It was to intercept Li Chenggui's escape south. But they don't care about this. What they care about is the Ming Dynasty's shipping capabilities. Although, they had heard before that Ming Dynasty changed its maritime strategy and opened the sea. They also bought a lot of Ming Dynasty goods in the Korean market.
But how much expansion of shipping capacity is there? They have no concept.
But now there is.
The reason why Zheng Daozhuan judged that Goryeo was over. It is based on the special terrain of Goryeo. Goryeo is a peninsula. It faces the sea on three sides. Before shipping capacity is no longer available. There are still a few dangerous places to defend. Can keep a corner of the country. But once the Ming Dynasty Shipping reaches this point. Nowhere on the Korean coastline is safe.
From this point of view.
As long as Goryeo did not have the ability to defeat the Ming Dynasty in the field, Goryeo's geographical advantage would not be an obstacle to the Ming Dynasty's advance.
Isn't it over?
Li Chenggui had no choice.
I can only follow King Lu obediently.
Human destiny is so wonderful. The Li family has a history of 500 years in Shanghai. Just disappeared into history. It cannot be said that Li Chenggui has no talent. But no matter how talented he is, what can he do under King Lu?
A long time later, when He Xi was sorting out the documents. From an edict, I saw Li Chenggui's name. That's because King Lu made a mistake. Zhu Yuanzhang angered King Lu's ministers. They killed a group of people ruthlessly, including Li Chenggui's name.
As for Zheng Daozhuan. There is no such official record.
Don't know whether to live or die.
Maybe alive.
People's choices are so strange. If Li Chenggui had been simpler and fought to the death with Ming Dynasty, he would have died in the end. Perhaps there is also the name of loyalty, which has a name in Qing history. But a little more selfish. But it became like this.
It can only be said that things are unpredictable.
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He Xi and Lan Yu entered the city side by side. He Xi said, "How is Li Chenggui doing? There won't be any problems, right?"
Lan Yu said calmly: "Is there no problem at all? Just rest assured. It would be strange if Li Chenggui could turn out the palm of my hand. You don't want men and horses, the first batch of people are already there. Li Chenggui has 50,000 men and horses. There are also family members, about 100,000 to 200,000 people, and they can be transported now."
He Xi said: "If you don't want to stay some, you can just let them carry the food and grass."
Lan Yu said: "There is not much else here, but there are a lot of people. You don't have to worry that I can't find people. And if these people stay, they are also hidden dangers. Who knows how Li Chenggui's subordinates have been infiltrated by the south. Just send it to Liaodong."
"It's you, you have to worry. After all, there are 50,000 strong men. If something happens in Liaodong, it will be difficult to handle."
He Xi pulled the reins and said, "That's right. Mr. Marquis, then I -------"
Lan Yu said: "If you want to leave, I won't keep you, but you must first fulfill your long-term obligations before leaving."
He Xi said: "What obligation?"
Lan Yu said: "What did you do in Yizhou? I don't need to tell you."
After entering Goryeo, He Xi's army was too small. This has always been a Achilles heel. He Xi has always thought about how to save the army. Within Goryeo, no major war was dared. But many things have been done in Yiju. Anyway, the current situation does not matter whether Goryeo can be won or not. Uiju will definitely not be returned to Goryeo.
What did He Xi do in Yiju? It means freeing slaves and giving them fields.
In fact, Li Chenggui has been doing this since he became the ancestor of North Korea. Even because Li Chenggui did a good job, North Korea really had a foundation. It's just that He Xi did it differently than Li Chenggui. Li Chenggui has his roots in the Korean gentry, so he cannot go too far. There is only some relief for land annexation.
But He Xi is not in Korea at all, so he can ignore everything. All the cultivated land in Yizhou was divided equally. Let you be the rich and powerful of Korea. Or ordinary people. all the same.
Because of this approach. Today's Yizhou is like the land of the Ming Dynasty.
Even the Ming Dynasty retreated from Goryeo. If Goryeo wanted to regain Uiju, a bloody battle would be necessary.
He Xi said: "I don't care. But you want it. Once this is done, there is no one in Korea that cannot be pacified in three to five years."
Lan Yu looked at He Xi with some resentment in her eyes. How could he not know this in his heart. But after much deliberation, I can only do this, on the one hand, and because of the surrender of these wealthy families. Lan Yu herself knows how big the hidden dangers are. Another aspect is the change in the direction of the court. Although Lan Yu is far away in Goryeo, he still has his own spies in the court. There are already rumors about the reform of the imperial land system.
Although Lan Yu didn't get all the content, she knew what Zhu Yuanzhang meant even if it was part of it. It still means the same thing, equalize taxes and protect the common people, no, make things convenient for the people.
From this perspective, there is no other way to deal with wealthy families like Goryeo.
After all, many times when fighting outside, it becomes more important to talk about politics.
Of course, Lan Yu was also eager to see if He Xi would do this well. This is also a military consideration. A total of 100,000 troops from Lan Yu entered Goryeo, plus He Xi's 40,000 troops. A total of 140,000 troops, nearly 150,000. Although this is a large army, it is still a bit nervous facing the entire Goryeo.
Especially if hundreds of thousands of troops spread across Goryeo. Even more stretched.
Lan Yu sent away Li Chenggui's tens of thousands of troops, not that he no longer needed the servant army. But he felt that Li Chenggui's army was unreliable. After all, Li Chenggui was a member of the Goryeo gentry. Many of his generals had their own origins and were inextricably linked to the Goryeo gentry.
Such an army cannot be cleaned several times. Lan Yu is worried. But after cleaning it several times, Lan Yu became even more worried after killing so many compatriots. Are you still willing to work for the Ming Dynasty? So, just start a new one. Train the new Korean army to be reliable.
How to be reliable?
In Lan Yu's view, the Korean military and civilians on the Yiju side couldn't be more reliable. They occupied so much land of the Korean nobles. Wouldn't you fight to the death to defend your property? This is another reason why Lan Yu is so actively promoting this matter.
Lan Yu said: "Just do it. You have to believe me. It won't take that long."
Use heavy codes in troubled times. Lan Yu had already made up his mind to take a heavy blow, but he didn't believe it. Can the human heart really be stronger than a steel knife?
When He Xi saw Lan Yu like this, he could guess what Lan Yu was thinking. I sighed secretly in my heart. But he stood firm in his position. He was the consort of the Ming Dynasty, and he would not be sad for the Korean people.
He Xi said: "Then do it quickly, spring plowing is about to begin. I will finish it for you before spring plowing. Can't delay spring plowing."
Lan Yu said: "That's the best. I also have some things to do before spring plowing." Lan Yu's eyes flashed like a blade.
I don't know how much blood this blade will be stained with.
