Fenghou

Chapter 1588 Decision Making
In the past two days, the internal affairs hall has been discussing the affairs of Korea and Japan.

Basically divided into two factions, the pragmatic faction represented by Zhou Kuan hopes to annex Goryeo directly.

It is not convenient for Japan to swallow, but it can colonize Japan and turn Japan into a supplier of overseas labor.

The other faction is represented by Lu Qingshan, and there are quite a few people who support him. They think that Yongguo's actions lack benevolence and righteousness.

He also opposed the attack on Japan, thinking that it would be too costly for troops and money, and advocated the development of trade with Japan in exchange for Japanese silver in the form of trade.

The emperor, Chen Qing, did not participate in the discussion. In fact, most officials expressed neutrality because the emperor did not take a stand.

Everyone knew very well that Zhou Kuan's attitude was that of the Son of Heaven, and Lu Qingshan and his group wanted to play against the Son of Heaven.

At noon that day, the Beijing News published an article written by a pseudonym 'historical tourer', discussing the history and future of Koryo and Japan.

The writing style of the article is sharp, and it writes about the Andong Protectorate established after the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo.

However, Silla took advantage of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty and expanded northward step by step to the Yalu River, occupying most of the land of Andong Duhufu.

The article also mentioned Lelang County in the Han Dynasty, and clearly pointed out that Kaijing, the current capital of Koryo, originally belonged to Lelang County, which was the land of the Han Dynasty.

Now the Yong Dynasty is not annexing Goryeo, but to restore the traditional territory since the Han Dynasty.

The article mentioned Japan again, pointing out that Japan has been a country with strong aggressive ambitions since ancient times, a country that only obeys authority and despises benevolence and justice.

Japan is a poisonous snake, staring coldly at the Eastern Celestial Dynasty. Once the Celestial Dynasty falls into civil strife, Japan will not hesitate to send troops to invade the Celestial Dynasty, which will bring serious disasters to the people of the Celestial Dynasty.

Even if Yong Kingdom does not annex Japan, it still needs to completely maim Japan and destroy the foundation of their samurai rule. The best way is to lock up Japan's military development, not provide them with a catty of pig iron, and at the same time destroy their emperor system, so that Japan has no imperial court, and it has been completely reduced to a situation where dozens of small countries are separated from each other.

In addition, there is a large island in the north of Japan. The Japanese call it Hokkaido, but it does not belong to Japan. A guillotine knife, monitoring every move of the Japanese countries.

In particular, it is mentioned in the article that three months ago, the Japanese emperor sent assassins to sneak into the palace to assassinate the emperor of the Yong Dynasty.

As soon as this article came out, it caused a huge wave of discussion within the Yong Dynasty.

Except for a very small number of relatively pedantic Confucian scholars, almost all common people and gentry supported the concept of this article.

In particular, the assassination of the emperor by Japanese assassins aroused strong indignation in the ruling and opposition parties, and they all demanded to send troops to crusade against Japan.

In the imperial study room, Zhou Kuan pointed at the newspaper and said with a smile, "This report was written by His Majesty!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "How do you know I wrote it? Could it be that other than me, no one else knows how to write it?"

Zhou Kuan said with a smile: "I have followed His Majesty for so many years, and I have a better understanding. Others can write history and the present, but only Your Majesty can look at problems from the perspective of future generations, and eliminate all kinds of dangers in the bud, such as Grassland, we only see a few tribes threatening the border, but His Majesty can see that the Grassland will unify and form a stronger empire, threatening our survival, so His Majesty split the Grassland into hundreds Small tribe."

"It's called thinking ahead!"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "All emperors want to seek eternal life, and I am of course no exception."

At this time, Yang Tai said at the door: "Your Majesty, all the Prime Ministers have arrived!"

Zhou Kuan hurriedly said: "Weichen will go first!"

Chen Qing nodded, "You go first! I'll be there right away!"

Not long after, Chen Qing came to the meeting hall, where the Prime Minister and senior officials arrived, and they were all discussing today's newspaper.

"His Majesty the Emperor is here!"

The supervisor in the hall shouted loudly, and the hall fell silent. Chen Qing quickly walked to his seat and sat down. All the officials bowed and saluted together, "See Your Majesty the Emperor!"

"Dear ladies, please sit down!"

Chen Qing waved his hands and asked everyone to sit down.

The hall was very quiet, Chen Qing said slowly: "I have called you today to discuss two things with you, the first is about Korea; the second is about Japan.

Let's talk about Koryo first. The war in Koryo is over now. Everyone must know that the 15 Japanese troops who invaded Koryo have been wiped out. Koryo surrendered to us. Now there are two options for how to deal with Koryo. The first plan is to compress the Goryeo Kingdom to the former Silla Kingdom. It is located in the southeast and its area is about [-]% of the current Goryeo Kingdom. The other former Goguryeo and Baekje territories belong to us. This is the easiest way. , but there will be future troubles, and we will always face a regime that wants to restore the country.

The second plan is the Anxi plan, retaining the nominal king of Koryo, abolishing the Goryeo court and army, setting up a Koryo governor, stationing [-] troops, and all local officials are dispatched by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, building a large number of schools, comprehensively popularizing Han culture, and cultivating the common people. The sense of identity of the North Korean people.

Let's all talk about it!Which solution is better? "

Jiang Yan first raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, my humble minister throws bricks to attract jade, let me say a few words first!"

Chen Qing waved his hand, "Jiang Xiangguo, please speak!"

"Your Majesty, I am more inclined to the second option. Now is an excellent opportunity. Koryo is now on the verge of extinction. There are almost no young and strong men, the population is declining, and the people's livelihood is dying. If we are merciful, give Goryeo has a chance to breathe. After 20 years, it will be impossible to destroy it.

The minister thought that we should learn from the Tang Dynasty's method of destroying Goguryeo, and move all the Goryeo nobles and gentry to the Yong Dynasty and disperse them to various places. Then we can leave a large number of unmarried soldiers in Goryeo and let them marry young Goryeo women , so that the population replacement can be successfully performed. "

Zhou Kuan also raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, I also agree with Jiang Xiangguo's plan. Although Goryeo does not understand our language, but the writing and living customs are the same, it can be merged into the Yong Dynasty. Now is indeed an opportunity. If you don't seize it With this opportunity, we will be ashamed of future generations."

Chen Qing nodded, "How many ministers oppose the second plan and choose the first one, please raise your hand for me to see!"

Lu Qingshan raised his hand, in fact, the first plan was proposed by him, it was a compromise plan.

But the embarrassing thing is that in the entire side hall, among the more than twenty officials, only Lu Qingshan raised his hand.

"Ministers who agree with the second plan, please raise your hands!" Chen Qing asked again.

Except for Lu Qingshan, the other ministers raised their hands in unison. Everyone was aware of this once-in-a-lifetime strategic opportunity. If they didn't seize it, they would be ashamed of future generations.

Chen Qing nodded, "We will follow the second plan. The Internal Affairs Hall is responsible for drafting a detailed plan, and it will take two years to complete the destruction of Korea."

Chen Qing continued: "Let's talk about Japan again. I think the Japanese plan should be able to reach a consensus. Simply speaking, there are three points. First, occupy the northern big island and name it Jingzhou; second, send troops to destroy the Japanese imperial court and implement The feudal vassals favored the system and detailed the island countries of Japan; thirdly, strictly controlled the armaments and did not allow a catty of pig iron to flow into Japan!"

After the discussion was over, Chen Qing returned to the official room. At this time, Yang Tai reported: "Xu Xiangguo asks to see you!"

"Please come in!"

After a while, Xu Xiantu came in, bowed and saluted, "See Your Majesty!"

"Please sit down!"

Chen Qing smiled and asked Xu Xiantu to sit down and said, "Does Xu Xiangguo have any good suggestions?"

"Exactly! Jiang Xiangguo mentioned Goguryeo just now, and I thought of something."

"what's up?"

"After the Goguryeo nobles were moved to Datang, they attempted to restore the country. They secretly colluded with Silla and created great conditions for Silla to expand to the north. However, Datang has never been aware of this problem. I think we must learn from it. lesson."

"What good advice does Xu Xiangguo have?"

"Weichen has two suggestions. The first is to disperse them as much as possible and order the local governments to monitor them; the second is to respond internally. Weichen suggests that we secretly buy a few Koreans so that we can grasp the collusion among them. Once you find out who has the heart to restore the country, kill him decisively."

Chen Qing nodded slightly, "Xu Xiangguo said very well, this matter can be left to the inner guard."

(End of this chapter)