Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1362 Korea
The wind was so loud that it made the big flag of the Tamluo General's Mansion rustle.

Zhu Zhen's questions made Li Chenggui's mouth dry. He really wanted to nod his head vigorously and say "yes, yes", but that would look too ugly.

He decided to decline the offer first, and waved his hands hurriedly, saying, "No, no, I am satisfied with what Cheng Gui has achieved today. Dad should choose someone else who is virtuous. As long as Dad decides on the candidate, I will definitely assist him with all my strength!"

"What are you afraid of?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"My father, the Wang family of Goryeo has been passed down for thirty-two generations, and the power of the domestic aristocratic families is deeply rooted. I am just an outsider and I can't control the situation at all!" Li Chenggui explained.

Zhu Zhen stared at him for a long while before asking, "Is this what you really mean?"

"It's absolutely true!" Lee Seong-gye nodded heavily.

"Won't you regret it in the future?" Zhu Zhen asked again.

"No." Li Chenggui said in a deep voice.

Zhu Zhen put down his teacup, touched the short beard that was beginning to grow on the grassland, and evaluated the truthfulness of what Li Chenggui said.

After thinking about it, he felt that this should be true. People's appetite grows little by little. At this time, Lee Seong-gye was still far from being able to usurp the throne. Becoming the most powerful minister and warlord in Goryeo should be his highest ideal.

When his ideal is realized, he will start to look at the grass on the other side and feel that he is not alone.

Now he himself felt it was unrealistic to let him become king directly... Unfortunately, there would be no such opportunity after this opportunity. Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice: "Okay, then let my 20th brother Han Wangsong come."

"Ah?" Lee Seong-gye was stunned. He thought Zhu Zhen would choose someone from the Goryeo royal family to succeed him. But Zhu Zhen did not know the situation of the Goryeo royal family, so the final choice would still be decided by him.

He had it all planned out. If he chose a little kid who was easy to control, he would have another ten years of good life. If he gave himself another ten years, the Li family's position in Goryeo would be completely unshakable. When his adoptive father asked him whether he wanted to change the dynasty, he might give a different answer.

But I didn't expect that Lao Liu would not play by the rules and send a prince to be a vassal! Isn't this a risk of life? His biggest backer is the Ming Dynasty, and he can't compete with the prince of the Ming Dynasty!

"Why, do you have any objections?" Zhu Zhen asked calmly, "If you have any questions, you can ask them. Don't keep them in your heart and ruin the relationship between us father and son."

These words were like a heavy hammer, and he suddenly realized that this was the real reason why Zhu Zhen dealt with Wang Yu and Zheng Mengzhou, not to vent his anger on behalf of his cheap son...

In fact, he knew what kind of person Zhu Zhen was. How could he really treat him as his son? But before Zhu Zhen showed his true colors, he really couldn't guess what the most outstanding prince of the Ming Dynasty wanted to do.

It was inevitable that Zhu Zhen would hope that he would not take Goryeo, a small border country separated by mountains and seas, seriously, and would just play around with it when he felt like it, and help his cheap son...

As a result, it was pure wishful thinking.

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"My son, are you talking?" Zhu Zhen looked at Haodaer with a smile.

"Dad, a poor place like Goryeo with nothing is really not worthy of my twentieth uncle." Lee Seong-gye gritted his teeth and tried to see if he could make a comeback.

"Alas, my son, you are wrong. It is true that we princes have noble status, but after we grow up, we have to be enfeoffed in the border areas, either in the bitter cold land of the far north or in the smoky and miasmatic land of the southwest. No one can enjoy a peaceful life in the interior." Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "For example, your father, my fiefdom is in Yunnan, and the conditions there are incomparable to Goryeo. For example, your fifteenth uncle was enfeoffed in Liaodong, your seventeenth uncle was enfeoffed in Daning, and your twenty-first uncle was enfeoffed in Tieling... Compared with these places, doesn't Goryeo look like heaven?"

"Ah..." Li Chenggui's family had been officials in the Northeast for generations, so they really couldn't pretend to be foreign guests. He could only nod and say, "Dad is right." "Besides, your twenty-uncle is only seven years old, and it will take at least ten years for him to be a vassal. In these years, Goryeo will have to rely on you to support it." Zhu Zhen comforted him and said, "Besides, even if he is a vassal, he is unfamiliar with the place, and he still has to rely on you, his old nephew, right?"

"Oh..." When Lee Seong-gye heard that the King of Han was only seven years old, he immediately found it not so difficult to accept.

Besides, does he dare not agree?

Nahachu was gone, and the Ming Dynasty had no more constraints in the northeast. He also returned Shuangcheng General Administration Office to the Ming Dynasty, and now it was the Tieling Guard stationed by the Liaodong Military Commission. In addition, the Goryeo Military Commission troops under Feng Cheng could cooperate with Feng Cheng at any time to wipe out the Ming Dynasty.

He had just laughed at Wang Yu for being a piece of fish on the chopping board, but now he realized that he was the same.

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After recognizing the reality, Lee Seong-gye, a cunning old man, immediately adjusted his mood and patted his chest to assure: "Don't worry, Dad, I will definitely build a palace for my 20th uncle, take good care of the kingdom, and give him a warm home when he arrives in the kingdom."

"Hahaha," Zhu Zhen patted Li Chenggui's back with satisfaction and laughed, "You are really a good son to your father."

Then he gave him a few sweet dates and said, "Don't worry, your father will not treat you unfairly. When you go back, I will ask the emperor to promote you to the rank of Marquis of Hancheng, and all my grandchildren will also be made barons. I will ensure that your Li family will be prosperous and wealthy for generations to come!"

"Thank you, Father!" Lee Seong-gye burst into tears of gratitude. But he was also secretly worried because so many of his sons had been conferred the title of Earl, and it would be a problem to divide the family property in the future.

"Besides, Fangyuan has been with me for so many years, and I can't bear to let him go back. Let him continue to follow me. His achievements in the future will not be lower than yours." Zhu Zhen smiled again.

"It's great to let Fangyuan fulfill his filial duty for me!" Li Chenggui agreed without hesitation: "Let him serve my father for the rest of his life!"

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After Lee Seong-gye left, Zhu Zhen asked Shen Liuniang, who was sitting beside him, "Did your father talk to you?"

"Yes." Shen Liuniang nodded. "He said he wanted me to go back and take charge of the family."

"Have you agreed?" Zhu Zhen asked with a smile, "I'm quite worried."

"Am I stupid?" Shen Liuniang chuckled. "It's not like I'm asked to inherit the family business. I'm just going to be a steward. It's no different from what I do now, so why don't I stay in Jeju Island? At least it's much more comfortable here."

"That's for sure." Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "Those things in the mansion are so overwhelming just thinking about them."

After a pause, he said softly, "I'm just worried that you'll be lonely, sister."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I'm not the kind of person who gets sad over time. I'm busy every day and I'm so happy." Shen Liuniang said with a bright smile.

"Really?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"How could it be false?" Shen Liuniang said with certainty.

"Okay, if you change your mind in the future, feel free to tell me." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "Yunnan welcomes you, too."

"Yes." Shen Liuniang stood up and bowed to Zhu Zhen, saying sincerely, "The greatest luck in my life is meeting the prince."

(End of this chapter)