Smuggling Daming

Zhou Zhong stayed in Jeju Island for a few days. Here he mainly paid attention to the intelligence of the Wa Kingdom. After all, Jeju Island has become the bridgehead for him to receive the information of the Wa Kingdom. Most of the news from the Wa Kingdom is gathered here. After being sorted out, they will be sent to Zhou Zhong, so here in Jeju Island, Zhou Zhong can receive news from Wa Kingdom as soon as possible.

Originally, according to the previous analysis by Chang Xiao and others, the Hosokawa and Ashikaga clans were already on the verge of war, but no one expected that a major earthquake that affected the entire southern part of Honshu Island happened just at this time. As a result, Both Hosokawa and Ashikaga suffered heavy losses, especially the location of Kyoto, which happened to be not very far from the center of the earthquake. As a result, the entire Kyoto collapsed countless houses in the earthquake, and many farmlands were also destroyed by the earthquake. middle.

Fortunately, this earthquake happened in the country of Wa. The whole country has long been accustomed to earthquakes from top to bottom, so after the earthquake, they did not have any other reactions. They just restrained the bodies of those who died in the earthquake, and then started Live as usual, but because Hosokawa and Ashikaga lost too much, they could only postpone the war temporarily, while licking the wounds on their bodies, while looking for each other's weaknesses, as long as the other party showed a slight flaw, they would be thrown at them Bite tightly.

When Zhou Zhong received the news of the earthquake in the southern part of Honshu Island, he smashed everything at hand angrily. Originally, he rushed to Jeju Island just to watch the beautiful scenery of Japanese people killing each other for a year. How could he not be mad at the interruption of the damn earthquake?

But it's no use getting angry.According to the losses of Hosokawa and Ashikaga in the earthquake this time, it is estimated that they may have to recuperate until this autumn before they can accumulate the strength for a decisive battle. Zhou Zhong is busy with affairs, so it is naturally impossible to stay in Jeju Island for a few months. This made him helpless, so he had to tell Chang Xiao to always pay attention to the situation of the Wa Kingdom, while he turned his head to pay attention to the issue of the Ming Dynasty attached to North Korea.

After the Gyeongsang Army surrendered to the Ping'an Army, North Korea was actually unified by the Ping'an Army.Although there are still some bandits and tyrants in some places who have not been eliminated, these people will not be able to make a big climate at all. With the stability of North Korea in the future, those people will only perish in the end.

It is also under such circumstances that the Pingan Army has become the legal regime of North Korea, and it can naturally replace the original Lee Dynasty to pay tribute to the suzerain of Ming Dynasty.However, Li An, as the leader of the Ping'an Army, still did not dare to claim the title of king, because the king of North Korea has always been canonized by Daming, otherwise he would have no legal status at all, so according to common sense, he should submit a request to Daming Daming sealed himself as the king of Joseon's credential.

The Ming court already knew of the civil strife in North Korea.And the original king of Joseon was killed, and the original Lee's Joseon has perished.Therefore, the Ming court has already made preparations for the canonization of the new king of North Korea. They even decided to support North Korea with a batch of food. After all, North Korea is its own country, and civil strife has just happened in the country. It is also good for the people of North Korea to remember Daming's benevolence.

However, what all Ming officials did not expect was the first letter of credence handed in by the leader of the Pingan Army who unified North Korea.It was not the letter of credence that was requested to be canonized, but the letter of credence attached to North Korea that Da Ming agreed to.This shocked the entire Ming court, and even Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and other cabinet ministers were also shocked. After all, although North Korea is a small country compared to Ming, it has always been known as a powerful country in Haidong. , actually chose to attach to Daming, it was beyond everyone's expectation.

"Li Gong, do you think North Korea's choice of enclosing this time is very strange?" After receiving the court meeting of North Korea's letter of credence, Yang Tinghe asked Li Dongyang beside him as he walked.

"Oh? What's so weird?" Li Dongyang, who had white beard and hair, turned his head and glanced at Yang Tinghe, who was ten years younger than him, and asked with a smile on his face. He has more talents than himself, so he also tried his best to cultivate Yang Tinghe. Everyone knows that Li Dongyang has regarded Yang Tinghe as his successor.

"Li Gong, the former North Korean King Li Long was cruel and unkind, which led to the rebellion in the country, and finally died at the hands of the rebels. It is no wonder for others, but now the Ping'an Army, which started at the bottom, managed to unify the whole of North Korea. According to common sense, a person who can unify the war-torn North Korea in just one year must have great ambitions. Even if it is for the sake of his own descendants, he should choose to be king in North Korea. , The descendants of his family are the kings of the Joseon Dynasty, so the other party turned a blind eye to such a huge temptation, and instead wrote a letter to me, Daming, requesting it to be included, which is really unreasonable!"

When Yang Tinghe said this, he took a long breath and continued: "In addition, the rise of the Ping'an Army is also full of weirdness. According to the information obtained by the court, he was originally one of the most powerful rebels in North Korea. The strength of the three-way rebel army is comparable, but it is still inferior to Li Long's king's army. However, just this spring, the Ping'an army wiped out Li Long with great force, and then annexed the other three-way rebel army. In just a few months, the rebellion in North Korea was pacified. It was unbelievably fast. Now the Ping An Army has an abnormal request for attachment. It might be a conspiracy!"

"Hahaha~, Jie Fu, it is not easy for you to discover these abnormalities of the Ping An Army, but you are still too careless. If you carefully check the battle reports from North Korea, you may find those abnormal things The truth." Li Dongyang laughed and said, he is 66 years old this year, his energy is not as good as before, and now he has handed over all government affairs to Yang Tinghe and the others, and Yang Tinghe's performance also makes him very satisfied, the only thing Yang Tinghe lacks now is The most important thing is to grasp some details. If he can do this, then he can retire with peace of mind.

"North Korea's battle report? Please give advice, Mr. Li!" Yang Tinghe was clearly thinking about the letter of credence attached to the request sent by Li Anliang, and he was indeed somewhat negligent about the battle report from North Korea.

This is a good opportunity to give advice to Yang Tinghe, and Li Dongyang will naturally not let it go, so he said in a slow tone while walking: "Jiefu, according to the battle reports from North Korea, Ping'an was fighting with the former king Li Long. In the decisive battle, a large number of firearms were used. Later, Seoul, the capital of North Korea, was also captured by firearms. It is said that the Ping'an Army has hundreds of artillery pieces. Although I guess it may be a bit exaggerated, I believe that the number of firearms in the Ping'an Army is definitely not a small number. So many firearms, why did they suddenly appear among a rebel army in North Korea?"

Li Dongyang did not directly tell Yang Tinghe the answer he guessed, but used a heuristic method to let him think for himself. After all, Yang Tinghe will be in charge of the entire Ming Dynasty's government affairs in the future, so now Li Dongyang can teach a little bit.

Yang Tinghe is indeed worthy of being the next cabinet minister. When he heard that the Pingan Army had a large number of firearms, he immediately stopped in shock and muttered to himself: "The country of Korea is small and the people are weak. , can’t afford the cost of making firearms at all. Even if there are some firearms in the country, I’m afraid the number will not be too many. Moreover, firearms are the country’s sharp weapons. The manufacturing method has always been kept secret. It is difficult in actual combat, so it can be seen that the firearms that appeared in the Pingan Army must not be made in North Korea!"

Seeing that Yang Tinghe had already thought of the key to the matter, Li Dongyang immediately laughed and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Jiefu, you are right, those firearms are indeed not manufactured by North Korea, and looking at the countries around North Korea, the only ones with Only we, Daming, can make those firearms."

"Hiss~, could it be that... Could it be that His Majesty manipulated this matter behind the scenes?" Yang Tinghe gasped at this moment, and then asked incredulously.

"Hey, I don't know if His Majesty is manipulating behind the scenes, but I do know that this matter must have something to do with the young Governor of the World. Turning hands into clouds and turning hands into rain are really good tricks!" Li Dongyang He sneered twice and said that he had a good impression of Zhou Zhong before, but since this period of time, he feels that Zhengde is too arrogant towards Zhou Zhong, and Zhou Zhong has too much power, Zhou Zhong seems to have no idea about it. The slightest awareness, still going his own way overseas, this made Li Dongyang's impression of Zhou Zhong take a turn for the worse, until after the incident in North Korea, it made Li Dongyang a little dissatisfied with Zhou Zhong.

"Zhou Zhong? It's him again!" Hearing Li Dongyang's reminder, Yang Tinghe finally came to his senses and said, "No wonder he suddenly moved the Governor's Association of the Four Seas from Shuangyu Port to Weihaiwei temporarily without authorization, probably for the sake of nearby control The changing situation in North Korea, and looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, only he, the governor of the world, has the right to forge artillery, and only he can use so many firearms at one time without having to report to the court."

Yang Tinghe didn't have a good impression of Zhou Zhong before. He always felt that this young man got his current high position because of Zhengde's favor and good luck to get sweet potatoes and corn, two kinds of crops against the heavens. His talent does not match his current status, and he also feels that Zhou Zhong's power is too great, which has already made the court feel a little uncontrollable, and now it is extremely daring to intervene in North Korea's internal affairs without authorization. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)