Villager of Daming

Chapter 1294: The Peninsula Must Be Seized

"The King of Goryeo, Wang Zhuan, who was personally appointed by the Ming Dynasty, was murdered by a traitor. His son is young and his background is in doubt. We should send capable officials to stabilize the Goryeo court and the people of the vassal state..."

Zhu Yuanzhang took the booklet that Ling'er brought back and read it. The words in the booklet were written by the head of the village, and it recorded the murder of Wang Zhuan.

It is written in it that if there is really not enough manpower, Mingsheng, Marquis of Guiyi, can be allowed to take charge first. Mingsheng was the former emperor of the Xia Kingdom in Shu, and his father was Ming Yuzhen.

Seeing that they were losing the battle and could not defeat the Ming army, they had no choice but to surrender, along with Chen Youliang's son Chen Li.

Chen Li was conferred the title of Marquis of Guide, and then the two of them always complained that Zhu Yuanzhang had sent them to Goryeo.

Last year, Mingsheng married a woman from Goryeo, and that's how the Ming Dynasty's spies came to be.

Wang Zhuan's death cannot be in vain. We must make use of it and find a way to occupy Goryeo. That island is very important.

The current capital of Goryeo is Kaesong, which was the Kaesong Special City during Zhu Wentian's time. It is quite close to Seoul and more than 300 kilometers away from the easternmost part of Shandong Peninsula.

Occupying Goryeo made it convenient to go to Vladivostok, and at the same time it could connect to the estuary of the Heilongjiang River. The island opposite the estuary of the Heilongjiang River was later called Sakhalin Island, which was occupied by the Russians.

To the southeast are places like Hokkaido, which have not yet been occupied by Japan and are populated by local people.

To the northeast is the Bering Strait, and across the strait is America. Building docks along that coast will make it safer for teams to travel back and forth.

During Zhu Wentian's time, the United States used Canadian territory to build roads. It is difficult to build that road now, but it is still possible to build docks.

It's difficult to survive in Alaska, so just leave it there. There are resources there, such as oil, natural gas, etc.

And as long as you are willing to invest, you can transport coal there, build houses there, and construct vegetable greenhouses.

Some places still have temperate climates, and not everyone lives in igloos.

Therefore, occupying Goryeo would make it convenient to do anything.

The seafood there is great! It comes from cold waters.

At the same time, if you want to attack Japan, then attack Japan. It will never be wrong to attack Japan, no matter when.

"Don't bother the child. What will happen when Mingsheng becomes the King of Goryeo? Just let him live a good life there!"

Zhu Yuanzhang handed the paper in his hand to Empress Ma and explained the matter of Mingsheng.

He understood that if Mingsheng became the King of Goryeo, he would have to clean up the mess later, so there was no need to make things difficult for the child.

Everyone understood what he said. It is not to embarrass one individual, but to embarrass the whole country.

We were ready to follow Xiaqiu Village's proposal and seize Goryeo, no, to occupy Goryeo.

Empress Ma glanced at it casually and nodded gently, "Very good! The people of our Ming Dynasty are living a good life now, but the traitors in Goryeo have harmed the King of Goryeo, what should the people do?
It is not known whether Wang Zhuan's son is his biological son or someone else's. Logically, he has never had any children, and the people in the harem are like that.

Speaking of Mingsheng, Ming Yuzhen also has a son, Mingzhong, who has never been found. Village chief, do you know about this?"

Empress Ma suddenly remembered someone. The Mingzhong who ran away was the younger brother of the surrendered Mingsheng. No one knew where he had gone, and he disappeared with his mother.

"Xiao... or not? They are living a normal life right now. Do you want to disturb them?"

The head of the village was embarrassed and didn't say where Chong and his mother had gone, but it was obvious that he knew.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others: "..."

Concubine Sun thought for a moment and asked, "How are you doing?"

"When he ran away, he took a lot of gold, silver and other things with him. He changed his name and did not dare to spend money lavishly. He had guards around him and was worried all day long." The village head repeated what Hanhan said. In fact, everyone could guess it without him saying it. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. He was just afraid of being caught.

"Forget it, forget it. If you don't know, who else will know?"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand. He didn't want to look for them. What if he found them? Catch them? Invite them over? It would be better to just let them live there quietly!
"I'm the only one here, and I didn't even tell Ling'er."

The village head understood that the news would never leak out, and Ling'er had indeed never heard of it.

"What if they are short of medicine? Is there a Huimin pharmacy there? We are going to start promoting the new household registration system and take photos. How can they hide?"

The fifth brother, Zhu Su, had a worried look on his face and put himself in Mingzhong's shoes.

Huimin Pharmacy may not be open there. Even if it is, you need to provide your household registration to see a doctor, otherwise the medicine cannot be paid for.

Even if they managed to avoid this, their status was different and they didn't have the good medicinal materials.

The Ming Dynasty was promoting smallpox vaccination and also arranging for household registration photos to be included.

It’s scary just thinking about it. I’ve been hiding here and there, and now I won’t be able to take a single step forward without a household registration.

"Yes! What should we do?" Zhu Chong, Zhu Gang and Zhu Di spoke at the same time in tacit understanding.

The people here said: "..."

This was the first time they saw someone worrying about the children and wives of their former enemies. Aren’t they afraid that some people would take the money and secretly recruit soldiers or cause trouble?
Nahachu looked at Qiqili next to him, and Qiqili blinked, meaning that it would be good for us to surrender, because we see how kind and righteous others are.

Gegehaji rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, why not pardon him? Just find a random reason to pardon him."

"What the baby said is right. It's a good excuse for you to surrender." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

He needed to grant amnesty to Mingzhong separately, and he had already done so before, including to the people in the two lakes region.

Emphasize the importance of this so that others will not cause trouble to those people again.

Let’s continue eating and discuss things tomorrow. If we need to send troops, we can send them directly from Nanjing. The most convenient route is by sea.

There are many things going on. The people of Goryeo don't care how the people above died, and they don't have the power to change it.

The real fighters are those who have acquired power. They represent their own forces and families. Although they pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, they actually have no intention of obeying it. The main reason is that they cannot win the battle.

Zhu Wentian is going to talk to the village head in the evening about how to seize power.

After Wang Zhuan was killed, his son Wang Yu, whose background was a mystery, succeeded to the throne. Wang Yu is ten years old this year. He was born in 1365, and it is now 1374.

The person who supported him was Li Renren, which was equivalent to Li Renren executing his will through his children. He had too much power, so making money was a must.

Historically, he first established closer relations with the Northern Yuan Dynasty because Naha's troops were there and the Northern Yuan Dynasty's Karakorum had not been lost.

After Zhu Yuanzhang had dealt with Nahachu, he immediately established good relations with the Ming Dynasty.

Since he didn't have the ability to depose Wang Yu, naturally there would be people competing with him for power. As Wang Yu grew up, he learned to use others to deal with the other party, and he was the one who was to be dealt with.

Now, he should directly align with the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty does not need him to align with it. The Ming Dynasty wants the entire peninsula.

So the question is, how can we achieve our goal smoothly? With so many people waiting to fight for power and profit, how can we let the Ming Dynasty snatch it away?
Goryeo still has soldiers now! They are not the kind of people who will not fight back when they are beaten.

(End of this chapter)