If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 151 Incheon Landing
Considering the need to arrive at Jeju Island before the arrival of the typhoon season and establish a stronghold, Zhu Zhanquan and the four vassal kings discussed and agreed, then they and King Ning packed up and set off with the army.

Although twelve large ships worth one thousand materials could be loaded, they could not accommodate the soldiers of the seven guard posts of the two feudal princes.

Therefore, after Prince Ning and Zhu Zhanjun made some plans, they decided that each of them would lead a guard station first. After capturing Jeju Island, they would then transport the remaining soldiers there in batches.

The load capacity of a sea-going ship of 700 materials converted into later units is about [-] tons. Considering that it also needs to carry supplies, equipment and other materials, a ship can only carry a maximum of [-] people in addition to sailors, so even if Zhu Zhanquan and Ning Wang Each person only brought one guard, but not everyone could fit on the ship.

Fortunately, King Ning and the three kings of Liaodong also knew that they were going to cross the sea to conquer the Japanese this time, so they tried to collect some other ships and cooperated with Zhu Zhanqun's twelve thousand ships, but they reluctantly added these two guards. More than 1 people were transported away at once.

The journey from Tianjin to Jeju Island is not far away. After bypassing the Liaodong Peninsula, it can only be reached by sailing along the coastline of North Korea.

For Zhu Zhanquan and Prince Ning, this was just an ordinary sea journey. Except for the slight bumps that made the elderly Prince a little overwhelmed, there were no other disturbances.

But for North Korea, such a huge fleet coming across the sea, especially the fleet from the Ming Dynasty, immediately frightened the entire country of North Korea and was in panic.

Some people may think that the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea has always been very good. For many years on both sides, North Korea served the Ming Dynasty as respectfully as a son serves Lao Tzu. During the Wanli Period, North Korea was destroyed by the Japanese and it was the Ming Dynasty that sent troops to help North Korea recover. The North Koreans will also The reign name of Chongzhen lasted until 260. North Korea's "loyalty" to the Ming Dynasty should be engraved in its bones.

But in fact it is not the case.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, it was the King of Goryeo who paid tribute to Zhu Yuanzhang, and the vassal state recognized by the Ming Dynasty was also Goryeo.

In the 21st year of Hongwu's reign, Li Chenggui, the commander of the Northeastern Command of Goryeo, launched a mutiny and changed the name of the country to North Korea. This was the later North Korea.

It was not until the 26th year of Hongwu that Li Chenggui sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty and paid tribute to more than [-] horses. Taizu of the Ming Dynasty returned a gift of nearly [-] pieces of silk and cotton cloth, and the two countries resumed vassal tribute.

During the Yongle Dynasty, North Korea directly sent its crown prince to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty as a sign of submission.

But in the Ming Dynasty, North Korea never relaxed its vigilance against the Ming Dynasty. In the 17th year of Yongle, King Sejong of North Korea sent troops to attack Japan's Tsushima Island and rescued eleven captured Ming Dynasty civilians from Japanese pirates.

However, it is very embarrassing that North Korea ended in a miserable Warring States period with its obviously overwhelming military strength.

For this reason, Shizong specially called everyone to hold a court meeting to discuss an issue very seriously - whether these rescued Han people should be sent back to the Ming Dynasty.

Pu Min, the leader of Zuo Yizheng, firmly objected: "Eleven Han people, including Song Guantong, know that our division is defeated and cannot be sent to China to see how weak our country is!"

If North Korea really trusted the Ming Dynasty, why was it so timid after saving a group of Han people?

Therefore, at this time, North Korea's so-called "loyalty" to the Ming Dynasty was just a political appearance. In fact, it was unknown how wary it was of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Zhu Zhanjuan and King Ning came across the sea with an army and warships. You can imagine the shock of the whole country of North Korea. The North Korean court even believed that the Ming army came to attack North Korea and wanted to destroy North Korea.

In particular, Zhu Zhanchun's fleet did not go directly south, but landed at Inchon, North Korea.This place is less than a hundred miles away from Seoul, the capital of North Korea at this time. If Zhu Zhanqi is really serious, he can capture the capital of North Korea within ten days and then control the entire North Korea.

After all, even in the later generations of North Korea, there were only a few places that could be called cities. As long as these places were controlled, the whole country of North Korea could spread.

But Zhu Zhanjun had no interest in attacking North Korea.

Without him, I would be too poor.

North Korea was really poor at this time. After all, even if this poor place was blown up to the sky in later generations, in essence, it is a peninsula divided into two countries, North and South. You can count the places that can be called big cities on ten fingers. , other places are economically backward rural areas.

As for minerals, the Korean Peninsula is indeed rich in types of minerals, but the reserves are not large. The northern mountainous area of ​​the peninsula is relatively rich in mineral resources, but its rich rare earth resources and magnesite and other resources are, for this era, , all of which can be seen but not used.

In the absence of a modern industrial system, today's Ming Dynasty neither has the ability to mine these resources, nor the technology to smelt these resources, nor the need to use these resources.

And more importantly, for the Ming Dynasty, the northern part of North Korea in this era was just meat that could be eaten at any time at the doorstep.

The three kings of Liaodong had already revealed their coveting of the Korean Peninsula in their previous exchanges with Zhu Zhanchun.

In fact, when Zhu Yuanzhang sealed the three kings of Liaodong in the Liaodong region, a large part of his intention was to conquer North Korea.

But too many things happened later, and Zhu Yuanzhang was unable to conquer North Korea and the Japanese country, so he put the matter aside and recognized North Korea as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, for Zhu Zhanchun, although taking North Korea is an easy thing, it is still left to the three kings of Liaodong to do this.

After landing at Inchon and scaring the piss out of several North Korean generals, Zhu Zhanquan and King Ning discussed it and decided to send an eunuch as an envoy to deliver the national document written in the names of King Zheng and King Ning to King Li Bangyuan of North Korea. Book and ask him to come and see him.

Although the King of Korea was nominally the king of a country, according to the Ming Dynasty etiquette system, he was only the head of a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and his title was a lower-ranking prince than Zhu Zhanquan and King Ning.

That is to say, when Zhu Di was canonized, he was only rewarded with a nine-chapter crown dress, which was one level higher than the five-chapter crown dress that the prince should wear.

However, even in the Ming Dynasty, there are still three, six or nine rankings among the vassal kings. As the leader of a mere vassal state, what capital does he have to show off his status in front of the two princes of the upper state?

Not to mention that the [-] troops of Zhu Zhanquan and King Ning have landed and are stationed in Incheon, ready to attack Seoul, the capital of North Korea, at any time.

So after Li Fangyuan received the letter of credence, he was so frightened that he couldn't even stand up. He could only send his third son Li Chen to Incheon to meet the two feudal kings. I really don’t dare to go.

(End of this chapter)