Smuggling Daming

Not long after Zhou Zhong received the news of the turmoil in North Korea, he received a letter from Zhengde asking him whether Daming should aid North Korea. Because of the weakness of the North Koreans, they are now desperately wanting to eat more, and even have the tendency to carve up North Korea. Now North Korea alone can no longer drive away the Jurchens and Japanese.

After receiving Zhengde's letter, Zhou Zhong was also very embarrassed. He had never thought about such a major national event, but now with the change of status, he is not only the youngest governor of Ming Dynasty, but also Zhengde's only younger brother. To put it bluntly, if Zhengde died suddenly, then the throne could only be inherited by him, so he had to consider some things.

Regarding the current crisis in North Korea, Zhou Zhong is not surprised. He even created this situation by himself, but the attack of the Jurchens and Japanese people is a bit beyond his expectation, because in his plan, he just wants to North Korea has been in chaos for a longer period of time. By the way, he uses the Chamber of Commerce to support his own power in North Korea, which makes it easier for the Chamber of Commerce to trade with North Korea. If possible, he can sit behind the scenes and manipulate the political situation in North Korea.

It's just that Zhou Zhong's original plan was disrupted by the Jurchens and the Japanese. He didn't expect the Jurchens and the Japanese to be so fierce, or that the Koreans were so useless. They clearly had the upper hand and they were in their own country. Fighting, occupying the advantage of the land, but in the end they were killed by others, and lost a vast country. If North Korea is really destroyed by Jurchens and Japanese people in the end.Zhou Zhong's original plan fell through.

In addition, from Daming's point of view, North Korea is its own country after all. Although the Koreans are a bit greedy and shameless, they are very submissive to Daming after all. It will definitely increase its strength greatly, which is definitely a big threat to Liaodong and other places in Ming Dynasty.So instead of watching North Korea perish, it is better to send troops in the name of the suzerain to help them.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong, who was sitting in the study, lowered his head and looked at the map of North Korea in front of him again. This map was bought by Liu Tao from Jin Wenxian. It marked the entire territory of North Korea, and the mountains, rivers, and cities were clearly marked.Although this map is a military secret of the Kingdom of Korea, as long as a sufficient price is given, Jin Wenxian can even help Zhou Zhong mark the distribution of North Korea's troops on the map.

Zhou Zhong carefully marked the areas occupied by the Japanese and the Jurchens on the map according to the North Korean occupation sent along with Zhengde.It's a pity that these two groups of people are idiots, and they don't know how to manage well.Instead, they burned, killed and looted in the occupied area, causing the local people to flee and die. There were not many people at all. I am afraid they had no intention of occupying there for a long time.

"The Japanese are not to be feared. The Zong family is just a small local tyrant on Tsushima Island, and they are not ranked well in the Japanese country. Moreover, the reason for attacking North Korea this time is also very simple. It is because North Korea's crackdown on smuggling has touched their interests, so This time the Japanese attacked North Korea in addition to venting their hatred. They also wanted to force North Korea to give up its crackdown on smuggling, but the weakness of the Koreans gave the Japanese the opportunity, so they kept rushing forward, hoping to get more benefits .”

Zhou Zhong looked at the attacking route of the Japanese in southern Korea, and then said to himself: "Although the Japanese are charging fiercely, their strength is limited after all. It is estimated that occupying a place is their limit. Now as long as there is an army that can If they stop their attack momentum, or if there is any change within the Japanese, then the Japanese will not only stop their attack, but they will probably retreat to Tsushima Island immediately, after all, North Korea is not where they should stay."

After watching North Korea, Zhou Zhong turned his eyes to the Jurchens in the north. Now they have occupied most of Ping'an East Road, and a small part of Hamgyong Road. These savages not only kill people, but also see themselves They snatched everything back, such as food, ironware, etc., and even the clothes of the dead were taken away by them. It is said that most of Ping'an East Road has now been turned into white ground.

For these Jurchens, Zhou Zhong is actually very wary. After all, he knows that Daming died at the hands of Jianzhou Jurchens. It's the Jurchens. With Zhou Zhong's character, he will never allow any Jurchens to increase their strength.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong drew a circle around the area occupied by the Jurchens with a pen, and then began to write a reply letter to Zhengde.North Korea must be aided, just like decades later in the Wanli period, North Korea was invaded by the Japanese kingdom after the unification of the Warring States period. It is to prevent North Korea from falling into the hands of others, so as to avoid a major enemy appearing in the northeast of itself, so now Da Ming cannot stand by and watch North Korea's affairs.

However, aid is aid. Zhou Zhong didn’t want Daming to be like Wanli or the later Celestial Dynasty. After spending a lot of effort to aid North Korea and defeat the powerful enemy, he returned it without asking for anything. This is really a loss. So in his reply letter to Zhengde, he wrote a few immature ideas of his own, mainly how to spend the least effort to achieve the purpose of aiding North Korea, and at the same time let Ming's power enter North Korea, so as to better control this small country .

After Zhou Zhong’s letter was written, it was handed over to Wu Shan immediately, and then sent to Beijing by the secret passage of Jinyiwei. When Zhengde received Zhou Zhong’s reply half a month later, there was still no quarrel in the court over whether to aid North Korea. For this reason, the North Korean ambassador has cried and begged in the court hall several times, only begging Daming to send troops quickly. If the quarrel continues like this, their North Korean country will probably perish.

Zhengde originally had a good impression of North Korea. After all, North Korea is a very obedient younger brother in every way. But when he met Zhou Zhong last time, he only learned from Zhou Zhong that the North Koreans dared to abduct and sell Daming's population. , and the current king of North Korea is not very friendly to Daming, which made Zhengde's impression of North Korea very bad, so he didn't care much about aiding North Korea.

In the Leopard Room of the Forbidden City, Zhengde was lying crookedly on the bed, and two beautiful court ladies were kneeling below him, beating his legs. Now he was holding Zhou Zhong's reply letter in his hand, and was looking at it with a smile on his face. , When I saw the satisfaction, I couldn't help laughing twice.

Zhou Zhong gave Zhengde several suggestions for aiding the North Koreans. Among them, for the Jurchen savages who only know how to rob and kill, Zhou Zhong gave a very simple suggestion, that is, don’t send troops to fight with them. After all, North Korea is not Ming, so there is no need Use the lives of Ming soldiers to help them, but Zhengde can order the Jianzhou Jurchens who are attached to Ming to attack the wild Jurchens. Of course, Jianzhou Jurchens may not work hard. In China, Ming's decree didn't have much effect on them, but it didn't matter, as long as Zhengde issued this order, it was just to deal with North Korea.

As long as Jianzhou Jurchen makes a gesture to attack the wild Jurchen, then Daming will use the frontier troops from Jianzhouwei and other places to make them also attack the wild Jurchen. With the simple mind of the wild Jurchen, it will definitely scare the whole night Withdrawal, even if it is not a complete withdrawal, will definitely withdraw a considerable part of the army, and the remaining Jurchen North Korea can resist it by itself.

As for the Japanese rebellion in the south, that was the focus of Zhou Zhongxin. He suggested that Zhengde send troops to the eastern part of Korea, because it is across the sea from the country of Wa, and its geographical location is very important. If businessmen from the Ming Dynasty want to reach the country of Wa, one of the routes is You have to go there often, and the Iwami Silver Mine of Wa Country is not far from the east of North Korea. After occupying it, you may be able to touch the silver mine of Wa Country, and it will also be more convenient for Zhou Zhong to assist Ashikaga.

In the letter, Zhou Zhong listed the reasons for occupying the eastern part of Korea, and then explained the method of assistance. This time, he still suggested that Zhengde send four naval forces there. As long as the naval forces occupy Tsushima Island, At that time, the Japanese who invaded North Korea will be like water without roots, and it will be difficult to cause too much trouble. The only thing left is for the North Koreans to send troops to exterminate them.

"Hahahaha~, what a plan to draw salary from the bottom of the pot!" Zhengde laughed and said after reading Zhou Zhong's reply, especially the way to deal with the Japanese, which made him very admirable, but he quickly frowned and said to himself Said, "It's just that if our Ming Dynasty occupies Tsushima Island, then the Japanese who invaded North Korea will have no retreat. With the brutal character of the Japanese, I am afraid that they will go crazy regardless of everything. There are nearly [-] Japanese. If they go crazy , I am afraid that North Korea will pay a huge price for this.”

When it came to the end, Zhengde closed his mouth and pondered for a while. He didn't know why his second brother was so hostile to the North Koreans. In the end, Daming didn’t have to pay any price at all. The main thing was North Korea’s resistance to the Jurchens and Japanese, and it might even pay a higher price. Could it be that all this was because the North Koreans abducted and sold Daming’s population back then?

Zhengde couldn't understand why Zhou Zhong hated the Koreans so much, but this did not prevent Zhengde from adopting Zhou Zhong's suggestions. After all, it is very difficult for the current Ming Dynasty to send troops, but Zhou Zhong's men Zhengde is a little surprised that the navy of the four seas is already self-sufficient and can even pay part of the tax for the court. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)