My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 419 Preparation

Although Li Qingshan serves in the Ministry of Rites.

But my ancestor had followed Taizu Li Chenggui to the north to incorporate the Jurchen tribe, and to the south to annihilate the generals who harassed the Japanese pirates along the coast.

Naturally, he knew that the soldiers originally deployed in the south to guard against Japanese pirates had long been embroidered pillows, which were of no use.

As long as they are really useful, the Korean Japanese rebellion will not rise again as soon as Li Chenggui dies, and there is even a faint trend of getting worse.

Anyone with a discerning eye can almost see that today, if the Kingdom of Korea wants to maintain its independence under the attack of the increasingly serious Japanese invasion and the increasingly powerful Jurchens in the north.

They can only rely on the support of the Ming court and the protection of the Ming people's military power in Liaodong.

As for North Korea's own army, once the Jurchens or Japanese attack, it is difficult to say that it can play the role of resistance it should theoretically have.

Thinking of this, Li Qingshan became more and more respectful towards the Ming court envoy who was ordered to come to the Korean peninsula to "assist" the Korean royal court in hunting down the White Lotus demon.

The Ming court officials in front of them heard Li Qingshan's words and did not answer immediately.

Instead, he looked at the Korean scholar in front of him carefully, thought for a long time, and then replied.

"Is there no news from Guo Xun?"

"Commander Guo's last summons was to ask the local North Korean government to send personnel to search the local black market in Xianning Road and send troops to exterminate the local bandits... It has been half a month since there has been any new information."

Li Qingshan replied.

I heard that the official from the Ministry of Rites in front of me could call Guo Xun by his name so casually.

He couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Obviously, Mr. Xie's status in the Ming court was higher than he and others expected.

He could actually call those emperor's personal attendants by their names.

This gave them, the noble forces supported by the Ming court, a little more confidence in their actions tonight.

"Is this so..."

Xie Qian sat down at the desk again and opened Zhu Xi's "Collected Commentary on Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books" as usual. However, under the dim candlelight, his eyes did not stop at these books that he had read thousands of times. Word.

Instead, he looked at the divine throne in front of him that the Ministry of Ceremonies had specially stuffed into his arms before setting off. Thinking of the strange movement on the divine throne just now, he fell into a brief contemplation.

And Li Qingshan stood quietly behind Xie Qian.

He respectfully waited for the answer from this great Confucian who was quite famous among the scholars of Ming Dynasty and North Korea.

On the emperor’s side, could it be——

Xie Qian cut off his thoughts and restrained himself from continuing to think wildly and disturb his mind.

After all, I am now in North Korea.

Even if something happens in the court, there is always a limit to what he can do.

"Let's start early tonight. How are the various departments preparing?"

Xie Qian closed the Zhu Zi Collection in his hand, his eyes narrowed, and he had obviously made up his mind.

Although the main force today was the more than 100 guards he brought with him from the Ming Dynasty to protect the safety of the mission.

However, blocking Kaesong and cutting off land and water passages still required the cooperation of local Korean nobles.

"Luo Zicheng, the commander of the navy, has secretly transported twenty ships of soldiers disguised as merchant ships selling fresh produce to Ganghwa Bay outside the city to be on standby. The military control and patrol envoys around Kaesong have also been arranged. As long as The envoy ordered that they can mobilize troops to attack Kaicheng at any time..."

Li Qingshan replied.

Even he himself was secretly frightened by the Ming Dynasty's control over North Korea.

In just a few years, the Ming court supported the gentry in fighting with several powerful families in Korea, and also hinted that the Jurchens in the north exerted constant pressure on the border, making those domestic gentry who relied on trade with the Ming court almost completely Monopolized the North Korean regime. Today's North Korea is more appropriately said to be the North Korea of ​​the Lee family than the North Korea of ​​the Zhu family.

But what does this have to do with me, a little civil servant?

Li Qingshan thought.

After all, in order to support the nobles, the Ming court would provide large orders to major families in North Korea every year, purchase medicinal materials, animal skins, and wood in North Korea, and also recruit a large number of craftsmen and sailors to help the Ming people expand their fleets.

A large amount of treasure banknotes and silver flowed into North Korea, which objectively undoubtedly changed the fate of many people.

The food and money that the Ming people could provide to the Koreans were obviously something that the Korean royal family could not provide even if they dug through the royal city.

And Li Qingshan's family naturally made a fortune in this process.

Li Qingshan himself had no objection at all to Ming people's interference in North Korea's national affairs.

When the King of Korea was in power, we were not only beaten on all sides but also had no food to eat.

Now that Akito is here, although he sometimes has to be pointed out by Akito, considering that everyone not only has food to eat when Akito comes, but some eat so hard that they almost die.

I thought that some time ago, the Ministry of Rites considered that the Japanese rebellion on the Korean border had seriously affected the Ming court's trade.

Prepare to organize another fleet in Liaodong to patrol the North Korean border and work with the North Korean navy to fight against pirates.

Forget it, for the sake of Ming Dynasty bleeding and sweating for us, Korea is a country of etiquette, and the country of Heaven is a country of father and son. No matter how strict the father is, it is for his own good, and it will be over if he tolerates it.

Maybe one day Lao Deng suddenly dies suddenly, and the inheritance belongs to his filial son!

Of course Xie Qian didn't know the little plans in the minds of these Koreans.

Even those who knew it were probably shocked by the rapid expansion of the Ministry of Rites' strength in recent years.

"During the operation, be sure not to conflict with the Li royal family, cause a diplomatic incident, and make your father worried..."

Xie Qian replied.

He was undoubtedly relieved to hear that these Korean nobles were so well prepared.

After hearing Xie Qian's words, Li Qingshan rolled his eyes silently in his heart.

He said in his heart that you were directly hiding the truth from the King of North Korea and dispatched North Korean soldiers to surround the royal city of North Korea.

They also plan to have the North Korean royal family knock out their teeth and swallow it in their own stomachs afterwards, so that your Ministry of Rites will take the blame.

You can be a human being!

But even though Li Qingshan was so slanderous in his heart.

But he didn't dare to show it at all on his face.

He nodded, turned around and left quickly after handing over his hands. He returned to the mansion and sent envoys to inform the surroundings to inform all parties to prepare for action.

Xie Qian's choice to take action without notifying the Korean royal family naturally had his own considerations.

Lee's North Korea initially started by resisting the Red Turban Army.

After the disastrous defeat of the Red Scarf Army in Liaodong, many White Lotus believers fled to North Korea to avoid Yuanting's pursuit, and were recruited by Li Chenggui, who was ordered to guard the north and resist the Jurchens.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Chenggui not only did not cleanse the various folk Buddhist groups left behind after the retreat of the Red Scarf Army, but also built a large number of Buddhist temples. It is possible that he had some connections with these White Lotus rebels that were not humane to outsiders.

Like many Ming court officials who were ordered to go to Liaodong and Korea to hunt down the Bailian rebels.

Xie Qian was also deeply suspicious of the North Korean royal family's stance.

(End of this chapter)