Chapter 83 Farewell to Korea
On that night, a memorial arrived in Nanjing. Nanjing immediately approved it. It is time for He Xi to step down and return to his duties.
He Xi did not leave immediately. It was only after Lan Yu withdrew his troops that he prepared to evacuate.
Naturally, Lan Yu wanted to send He Xi off. He Xi sailed directly from Ganghwa Island, and hundreds of thousands of Korean people left with He Xi. All the famous families in Goryeo were among them, as well as a large number of monks and slaves. They all fill the population of Liaodong.
He Xizheng said goodbye to Lan Yu. Suddenly, someone rushed over and knelt down in front of He Xi. Send me a letter.
He Xi took it and saw that it was Jin Yiwei.
It was He Xi who suggested Jinyiwei's overseas deployment. Coupled with He Xi's special status, He Xi has special privileges in Jinyiwei. Therefore, after getting the news, the Jin Yiwei secret stake lurking in Japan reported it to He Xi. After all, if the news reached Nanjing and then came back, it would probably take a year.
However, Jin Yiwei's deployment in Japan was short-lived and he could not get any effective information. There is only some public information. What is reported at this moment is that Goryeo sent envoys to Japan to ask for help.
After He Xi saw it, he passed directly by Lan Yu.
Lan Yu looked at it, curled up the corner of her mouth, showed a cruel smile, and said: "Thanks to you, otherwise I wouldn't know this news for several months."
He Xi said: "Then how are you going to deal with it?"
Lan Yu said, "Don't worry. Japan can't trouble me."
He Xi nodded and asked no more questions.
After all, Lan Yu grew up in the military. His fighting ability is trustworthy. Thinking about it, Goryeo can be destroyed before Japan can react. But he never expected it. Sapphire's idea is the opposite.
As a distinguished nobleman, Lan Yu is not afraid of a big war, but is afraid of no war at all.
If he didn't know it was possible for Japan to rescue Goryeo. He may launch an offensive against Goryeo in the second half of this year. In his opinion, Goryeo had a big problem, and that was the sea route, although Zheng Mengzhou had blocked the land. But the sea route cannot be blocked.
The Ming Dynasty had a strong maritime advantage over Goryeo.
It’s not that Goryeo didn’t have naval forces. However, almost all Goryeo's navy was lost, and the last navy was currently in Pusan Port. After He Xi's catalysis, even when the Goryeo Navy was at its peak, it was no match for the Ming Dynasty Navy. Not to mention the current situation.
Once the Ming Dynasty's navy defeated the Goryeo Navy, wouldn't it mean that Ming Dynasty could land in Goryeo's rear wherever it wanted.
This is the reason why Lan Yu refused to attack Jinzhou City. A strong attack on Jinzhou might not be impossible, but it would require a lot of casualties. But wait for a while, transfer the navy over, and push forward all the way. Why kill or injure soldiers? Lan Yu was not in a hurry anyway.
Now, Lan Yu knows that there may be Japanese reinforcements in Goryeo. I'm even more prepared to drag it on. Towed to Japan ready. Drag to Japan to participate in the war.
After all, Daming wants to save face. Sending troops must be justified. Barbarians can't just send troops casually. Even if they make excuses, they can't use missing soldiers. This kind of bad excuse is too crude. But now it's very good. It's not that Ming is looking for Japan, but Japan is taking the initiative to provoke Daming.
We can just fight together.
What? Kamikaze?
Before Lanyu came to Korea, he may not have known the climate here, but during this period, he learned a lot about astronomy and geography. Moreover, there are a large number of southerners in the upper echelons of the Ming army. In fact, I am not too unfamiliar with the sea. He also knows everything about the direction of the wind. Just pick a month with less wind.
He didn't believe it.
During this period of time, Lan Yu didn't want to return to the capital. In this case, why not have a good fight here in Goryeo. The bigger the battle, the better. In the end, even Japan was destroyed. It's enough for a prince.
He Xi said: "After seeing you for thousands of miles, we must say goodbye eventually. Let's say goodbye today. Don't forget about me."
Lan Yu smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry. I have done everything I promised you. There are also some things you are embarrassed to do, such as Jurchen things."
He Xi was stunned and said, "Jurchen?"
Lan Yu whispered: "I don't know what your Majesty's intentions are, but he wants Meng Brother Timur's lineage of Jurchens to die. I don't dare not agree. I don't know how you started. Will Meng Brother Timur be killed?" Killed. The method is superb. But I am a bit simple and crude. I recruited all the Jurchen tribes as mercenaries. I wasted a lot of them in the Battle of Goryeo. After a few years, there will definitely be a lot of them."
He Xi wanted to say that the death of Meng Ge Timur had nothing to do with him.
In fact, He Xi knew about Meng Ge Timur's death. But he really didn't do anything about it.
Seeing He Xi's behavior, Lan Yu thought He Xi couldn't bear it, and said, "Don't worry, I've taken care of these things for you, so you and I take care of each other. If you make things difficult, this matter is easy for me. However, His Majesty's orders cannot be discounted. Otherwise, you will suffer consequences in the future.”
He Xi was helpless and didn't know how to explain it, so she had no choice but not to explain it. He saluted and said, "Thank you."
Then He Xi boarded the ship. Went to Liaodong.
He Xi has some thoughts about returning home, and he doesn't know that he is not in Liaodong these days. How is Huang Zicheng doing? Did some of his plans go wrong?
He Xi set off from Ganghwa Island. After several days of sailing, he bypassed the Liaodong Peninsula and disembarked at Niuzhuang.
The biggest change in Liaodong since He Xi came to Liaodong is that before He Xi came, Lushunkou was the largest port in Liaodong. Now Niuzhuang Port has become the largest port. To be honest, Niuzhuang Port is far inferior to Lushun Port in terms of natural conditions.
In terms of port conditions, Lushun Port is also a natural port in modern times. However, Niuzhuang Port no longer exists in later generations, and was replaced by Yingkou Port, which is closer to the coast. This is of course because Niuzhuang was submerged by the sediment of the Liaohe River. But even if it is not flooded, the conditions of Niuzhuang Port make it impossible to dock a large number of modern ships.
But Niuzhuang Port has its own advantages. That is, Niuzhuang Port is a river and sea port. There is a vast hinterland that has not been developed before. Now you can directly enter the Songhua River basin from here through the Liaosong Canal, and even go out to sea from Heilongjiang. Together with a huge water network. It formed the largest communication line during the Ming Dynasty's rule over the Northeast.
This point is much better than Port Arthur.
But this time, He Xi also chose to place the Korean immigrants in Niuzhuang Port. Then the immigrants from Goryeo transferred to river boats, and then were placed one after another along the east bank of the Liao River. Thousands of people per village. Although the Liaohe River Basin is also the most densely populated place in Liaodong. But with a large population, that is also relative.
Based on the population density in Liaodong, there is a lot of open space between Zhuangzi and Zhuangzi, and between Baihusuo and Baihusuo. This is enough to arrange these many Koreans. Even He Xi deliberately mixed Koreans with locals from Liaodong. To dilute the cultural attributes of the Korean people.
This was all He Xi's plan, but I don't know how well Huang Zicheng did it.
Fortunately, He Xi arrived at Niuzhuang and Huang Zicheng came immediately. Report the situation to He Xi.
He Xi saw that Huang Zicheng was almost out of shape. The originally fair skin also turned dark. Huang Zicheng's bookishness has been removed too much. Huang Zicheng didn't care about his image and immediately said: "Sir, there is no way to get over this matter. There is a shortage of people everywhere."
He Xi said: "Didn't I already transport so many people to you? Why are you still short of people?"
Huang Zicheng said: "Because there are so many talents, there is a shortage of people. With 5,000 Korean people in the village, at least 200 village leaders are needed now. After all, many areas of the Liaohe River do not have that much open land. Some villages are not There will be five thousand people. And it’s not just a matter of arranging village chiefs. There are also various scribes. If nothing else, it will be a huge project to organize these households into all the people. There are not that many manpower at all. "
He Xi said: "What did the Imperial College say? Song Lin said that I can choose the people from the Imperial College."
Huang Zicheng said: "Teacher, there is no one in the Imperial College."
He Xi was shocked and said, "What happened?"
Huang Zicheng smiled bitterly and said: "Nothing happened, and we figured it out. It's none other than Qingzhang. Your Majesty has almost finished recruiting all the people from Guozijian Gongli Academy, and now they are all new students who don't know anything yet." "
"Ah-----" He Xi never thought that it was because of this reason.
