The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

"unless……"

Cui Tan is not stupid.

Unless what?

Take Jeju Racecourse instead!

So he reacted immediately.

Ming Dynasty is deliberately planning to invade Jeju Racecourse!

Speaking of which, the current situation is really extremely delicate.

Just as the Marquis of Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty said, King Li Yi, who was supported by powerful ministers to rise to power, has not yet been canonized by the sovereign of the Ming Dynasty, which seems to be unfair!

After all, the previous kings of Korea were canonized by the Ming Dynasty, thus bringing the world back to its heart.

But the problem is that King Li Yi did not come to power according to etiquette, but was pushed to the throne through a coup!

Li Yi was originally the second son of Zong Li Suo and the half-brother of Yanshan Jun Li.

According to the eldest son inheritance system, even if he is the second son, Lord Yeonsang is the eldest son, and he is also the king of Joseon canonized by the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, even if Lord Yeonsang is sick, dead, disabled and unable to take part in politics, the person who will succeed the throne of Joseon He should also be the son of Lord Yanshan!

It was not until the Yanshan gentleman's heirs were cut off that Li Yi, the second son, was qualified to inherit the throne. This was the eldest son inheritance system that complied with etiquette and law.

As a result, because of a coup, Lord Yanshan and his heirs were all killed. These scandalous things could not withstand careful investigation, otherwise the face of the entire Li family would be lost!

So, Ming Dynasty took action at this moment, using this as a threat to force North Korea to cede the Jeju Racecourse. What can North Korea do?

The request to canonize Li Yi as King of North Korea was stopped by the Ming Dynasty. Instead, the Ming Zhongshan Marquis led his army to forcibly occupy the Jeju Racecourse. How should North Korea respond next?

Is it possible that North Korea still dared to send troops to attack the Jeju Racecourse and start a direct war with the Ming Dynasty soldiers, arousing the anger of the entire Ming Dynasty?

The old heroes and powerful officials in the imperial court are still busy fighting among themselves, trying to control the puppet king Li Yi. How dare they break out into conflict with the Ming Dynasty at this critical moment!

Therefore, this Jeju Racecourse... will most likely be abandoned!

For a moment, Cui Tan was confused and his face gradually turned pale.

"Ceding the Jeju Racecourse in exchange for the Ming Dynasty suzerainty officially canonizing Li Yi and giving him the legitimacy of Li Yi's accession to the throne. You, North Korea, are not suffering from this deal, are you?"

Tang Hao sneered and said: "If I, the Ming Dynasty, do not canonize Li Yi, and even send the Ming Dynasty's angels to come to North Korea to trace the cause of death of Lord Yanshan and his heirs, and then make it public, how will you and North Korea respond?"

"Aren't you Korean scholar-officials the most particular about being loyal to the emperor and patriotic? But in the end, you committed such transgressions. I am very curious about how the Korean people will view you scholar-officials, and how they will view you who have persisted. Korean Confucianism?”

Cui Tan was startled when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but look sad.

This is exactly what he worries about most.

Once the Ming Dynasty overlord really does this, the Li Dynasty will collapse!

The main reason is still that the legitimacy of the Li Dynasty itself to replace Goryeo is questionable. The Taizu Li Chenggui said at best that he was following the general trend, but at worst he was seeking to usurp the throne. Li Chenggui was an out-and-out rebellious official. !

The establishment of the Lee Dynasty was originally at odds with the Confucian concept of "loyalty to the king and patriotism" that North Korean subjects had always adhered to, so they recognized this emerging dynasty with a pinch of the nose.

The results are now good, but within the Lee Dynasty, there have been bad incidents committed by powerful officials and subordinates. Once it is made public, how will the common people of North Korea view the Lee Dynasty?

If someone makes trouble again at this moment, how about learning from Li Chenggui and taking the opportunity to replace him?

Then North Korea is afraid that the world will be in chaos in an instant!

Even if there is no chaos, the Li dynasty will completely lose its prestige, become alienated from the people of the world, and lay hidden dangers for chaos!

Cui Tan was thoughtful, and after a long time he sighed: "Zhongshan Hou, North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is also the suzerain state of North Korea, and the people of North Korea are also the subjects of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

"What the Ming Dynasty did caused civil strife in Korea, and the people were tortured by the war. Is this what His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted to see? His Majesty the Emperor is also the father of the Korean people!"

A tone of loyalty, full of grief and indignation.

It is true that what Daming did was not very authentic, and it was quite suspected of "taking advantage of the situation."

But what can Tang Hao and the little emperor do?

The only things that the civil servants and gentry could not interfere with were overseas.

Whether it is opening up financial channels and accumulating wealth, or training elite soldiers to strengthen the army, or even the war horses at the Jeju Racecourse at this moment, it is the basic plan prepared by Tang Hao and the little emperor for themselves.

The civil servants and gentry are suddenly disgusting and deserve to die, but you have to admit that they do have the capital and confidence to evade the imperial power and constrain the imperial power!

After all, they had controlled the government for more than fifty years, and the Ming emperors had changed several times, but the power of the government was always in their hands. With the imperial examinations, one generation after another entered the court, and they firmly controlled most of the power of the Ming Dynasty!

Therefore, Tang Hao and the little emperor had no choice but to "come up with this strategy" and reluctantly become robbers and bandits who took advantage of the situation.

However, North Korea really needs to take a crack at it.

"Cui Zhoumu, you can't say that."

"As long as North Korea makes a wise choice and completes this deal with Ming Dynasty, then all of this will naturally not happen."

Tang Hao's face was calm, without any trace of guilt.

Weakness is the original sin!

Nothing to argue with!

If Ming Dynasty and North Korea exchanged identities, would Tang Hao dare to target this Jeju racecourse?

It is precisely because North Korea's national strength is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, and it is currently in a period of power change, that Tang Hao will take action and forcibly cut off this piece of fat!

If it were the other way around, he wouldn't even dare to give him a hundred courages!

Therefore, being weak is the original sin, and you cannot blame others!

"What's more important, just a Jeju racecourse, or the foundation of the rule of the Lee Dynasty. I think those powerful ministers and officials in North Korea should know how to choose, right?"

"Zhongshan Marquis." Cui Tan replied seriously: "Since you understand the current political situation in North Korea, you should understand that King Li Yi is just a puppet. Even if he is willing to abandon this Jeju Racecourse for the sake of the ruling foundation of the Li Dynasty, In exchange for the legitimacy of his accession to the throne, he must also obtain the consent of the powerful officials in the dynasty! "

"Anyway, after that, King Li Yi began to ennoble the meritorious officials. Pu Yuanzong, Cheng Xiyan, and Ryu Soon-ting were the first-class heroes of the Jingguo. Together with the second-, third-, and fourth-class heroes of the Jingguo who were subsequently awarded, there were hundreds of people. These people Almost controlled the entire Korean court!"

Perhaps because he wanted to persuade the Marquis of Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty to stop in time, or perhaps because he had been depressed for too long, Cui Tan actually chose to express his heartfelt feelings to Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty.

"On the same day, at the request of these Jingguo heroes, King Li Yi was forced to depose Chaohuan's wife Shen, drive her out of the palace, and admit the daughter of Jingguo hero Yin Rubi and Pu Yuanzong's niece into the palace, officially this year Being canonized as a princess!"

"Oh, that's not enough. Park Yuanzong also forced the king to kill his half-brother Zhencheng Lord Li Dun, in order to eliminate dissidents and establish prestige..."

Tang Hao couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"Why is the situation in your court more intense than that of my Ming Dynasty?"

Although the government of the Ming Dynasty has been corrupt and corrupt in recent years, and the civil servants and gentry have been in control of the government all year round, they still have a bottom line. They only dare to fool the emperor, but they are not really going to do what they want to do to squander power and dethrone the emperor. The powerful officials and thieves.

After all, the civil servants and officials of the Ming Dynasty still want to face shame, and do not want to be infamy and reviled by all generations!

Cui Tan laughed in embarrassment for a moment, not knowing how to answer Tang Hao's question.

In terms of national strength and territory, can North Korea compare to the Ming Dynasty?

Ten North Koreas put together may be able to compare!

It just so happens that the great Ming scholar-bureaucrats are able to stick to the bottom line of their ministers, but the rebellious ministers and traitors of our own North Korea have no bottom line and no bottom line!

Perhaps, from the moment Li Chenggui attempted to usurp the throne, he planted these hidden dangers for the Li dynasty.

The two of them each had their own thoughts and looked at each other in silence for a moment.

In the end, it was Tang Hao who took the lead to regain his composure and shook his head to dismiss the thoughts in his mind one by one.

"In other words, if you want to complete this deal, you still have to look at the opinions and attitudes of the old forces like Park Yuanzong?"

Cui Tan nodded and replied calmly: "North Korea's state affairs are all in the hands of Pu Yuanzong, Cheng Xiyan, and Ryu Soon-ting. These three thieves have monopolized the position of political prime minister for a long time and are called the "Three Ministers". Among them, Pu Yuanzong is the one who "obeys the emperor and worships him". "There are many arrogances."

"However, all the power of the government fell into the hands of the old forces of Xun, so King Li Yi not only "rewarded them extremely generously", but also treated them with "extraordinary courtesy". For example, after the three people retreated from the court, King Li Yi would take the initiative to stand up and wait until they You can sit down only after you go out to show your respect!”

Tang Hao was stunned after hearing this, and then smiled.

Because he suddenly remembered the little emperor Zhu Houzhao, that little bastard who was intelligent but naughty.

Which civil servant of the Ming Dynasty dares to force him like this? This little bastard will definitely find ways to kill him, such as letting Liu Jin, a mad dog, bite him alive and bite him into pieces!

At this thought, Tang Hao couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.

It has been almost a year since he led his troops to leave Beijing, and it has been three months since he went to sea.

I wonder what the situation is like in the Ming Dynasty today, and whether Zhu Houzhao, a little brat, has listened to his instructions seriously, conscientiously studied Zhang Juzheng's "Emperor Jian Tu Shuo", and grown into a qualified emperor as soon as possible!

"Come to think of it, these three ministers you mentioned are also sensible and smart people."

Tang Hao held his hands behind his back, making it difficult to tell whether he was happy or angry.

"They supported Li Yi to the throne so that they could control the government. Li Yi was their base, so when faced with the deal proposed by the Ming Dynasty, they had no choice but to agree, otherwise they would really be able to depose Li Yi again. , supporting a descendant of Lord Yanshan to ascend to power?”

Cui Tan burst into laughter after hearing this.

Not to mention that Lord Yanshan and his descendants had already been killed by these rebellious officials and traitors.

Even if there is a lucky person alive, do they dare to support this lucky person to become a leader?

When their three ministers die of illness, and when this lucky man takes charge, it will be time for the heirs of the gentlemen of Yanshan to avenge their father and clean up the entire court. If they don't kill all their families, they will not be able to live up to the "great kindness" of these old heroes. Great Virtue"!

Therefore, what the Marquis of Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty said was right. Whether it was King Li Yi or the three ministers Pu Yuanzong, Cheng Xiyan, and Liu Shunting, North Korea could only agree to complete this deal with the Ming Dynasty in order to stabilize the rule of the Li Dynasty. foundation.

Cui Tan sighed again, and then suggested: "In that case, please ask the Marquis of Zhongshan to put down his official position and return to the court, and try his best to facilitate this matter."

As the Jeju State Shepherd, this matter is directly related to him, so it is naturally impossible for him to withdraw.

Moreover, through this conversation, Cui Tan also understood one thing, that is, North Korea can only make this deal with the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the Li Dynasty will inevitably have an unstable foundation and the North Korean people will be in danger!

Regardless of whether it was for public or private reasons, Cui Tan had to go to Beijing in person to embark on this journey.

"Okay." Tang Hao smiled half-heartedly, "But only Cui Zhoumu can leave!"

As soon as these words came out, Cui Tan's expression suddenly changed. His family, wife and children were still in the Jeju Mufu!

"What do you mean, Marquis Zhongshan? Are you planning to do such a despicable thing?"

"I just think you are a good person. You can continue to stay in Jeju as a shepherd in Jeju and act as a bridge of communication between Ming Dynasty and North Korea!"

Cui Tan became increasingly nervous and stared at Tang Hao.

"I don't understand what Marquis Zhongshan means."

"Isn't this for the sake of your King Li Yi, Pu Yuanzong, Cheng Xiyan, and Liu Shunting?"

Tang Hao chuckled and said: "After all, Jeju belonged to North Korea for a long time, and then suddenly it was ceded to Ming Dynasty. There is no reasonable reason, and they can't live with it even if they think about it."

"So, let's do it in the name of the garrison. Jeju Island has been suffering from Japanese pirates all year round. As the sovereign state of Korea, our Ming Dynasty has the obligation to protect the vassal countries, so we send the garrison to Jeju Island to protect the Korean people against the Japanese pirates!"

"As for you, the Jeju state pastor, you should continue to be your state pastor. Just complete the transaction secretly. There is no need to make it known to everyone. This will also be a good thing for your King Li Yi who has just ascended the throne. It will not It’s looked down upon, don’t you think?”

Cui Tan was speechless for a while, and after a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and mocked.

"The Marquis of Zhongshan is still considerate and considerate, which is admirable!"

"That's ridiculous, that's ridiculous!"

Tang Hao laughed, then waved his hand and arranged for someone to send Cui Tan away overnight to finalize the Jeju Racecourse as soon as possible.

A moment later, Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao came together.

"Master Marquis, the Jeju Racecourse is under control."

"Master Marquis, all North Korean officers and soldiers on Jeju Island have been eliminated, and there are no casualties!"

"Okay!" Tang Hao nodded, "Send someone to send Cui Tan away overnight!"

Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao didn't quite understand why they had to send him away overnight. Why were they in such a hurry?

Tang Hao's eyes were deep, looking towards the direction of Ming Dynasty.

"After Cui Tan returns to report, North Korea will definitely send envoys to Ming Dynasty to inquire. It will take several months at least!"

"This matter is of great importance. I must stay here and take charge personally. When this matter is over, I can return to the Ming Dynasty... More than a year has passed!"

Zuo Yidao reacted immediately and said, "Master Hou, are you worried about the situation in Beijing?"

Hearing this, Tang Hao nodded.

He has no reason not to worry!

Just now he heard that Cui Tan described the political situation in North Korea, and Tang Hao's heart sank.

There is actually no difference between the Ming Dynasty and the Joseon Dynasty. They are both a group of Confucian scholar-officials fighting for power and profit in the government. It's just that the Ming Dynasty scholar-officials still know how to stick to the bottom line, while the Korean scholar-officials don't even have the bottom line.

However, this is just an appearance.

After all, these things that the Korean scholar-officials are playing with now are all leftover from the Ming Dynasty scholar-officials.

In other words, the Ming scholar-bureaucrats were more sophisticated and better at disguising their so-called virtues!

Cui Tan's words today gave Tang Hao a wake-up call.

In this case, what is that old fox Li Dongyang planning?

Ever since Liu Daxia was forced to become an official by the young emperor, ever since the Huguang Township Party was suppressed and once extinct, this Wenyuange bachelor has been sick and resting in hibernation. It seems that he no longer interferes with the political affairs of the court, but the fact is that Is that so?

Li Dongyang is a well-known wise prime minister and is known for his resourcefulness and resourcefulness.

How could such a person give up easily?

For a moment, Tang Hao felt worried.

At this moment, he was hanging alone with his army. Even if he really wanted to deliver the news, it would take a long time to go back and forth. The little emperor faced the entire court of gentry alone, with only the chief minister of the cabinet Liu Jian, Tianguan Ma Wensheng and Zong Xian. Zhang Fuhua and the others can be regarded as the country and the people. They can mediate and assist the emperor and ease the conflicts between the emperor and the Jin gentry.

But the Jeju Racecourse matter is quite critical, so it has come to this point. Tang Hao can only completely finalize and implement the matter before he can lead the fleet to return home.

Now, we can only hope that these three senior ministers can stabilize the overall situation and wait for Tang Hao to return to Beijing!

After thinking about this, Tang Hao couldn't help but sigh heavily.

"Just now Cui Tan described the national affairs of North Korea. The situation is more dangerous than that of our Ming Dynasty."

"The old forces deposed the country's leader without authorization, controlled him as a puppet, and took sole power to exclude dissidents. Tell me, will I be like this in the future?"

As soon as these words came out, both Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao's expressions suddenly changed.

How could they not know that civil servants and gentry controlled the government?

So, don’t tell me, it’s not impossible.

Zuo Yidao frowned and reminded: "Master Hou, the scholar-officials of Korea are barbarians after all, and the scholar-officials of the Ming Dynasty will not do such arrogant things. They still want to save face."

Really not?

How to explain those emperors and princes of the Zhu family who are easily soluble in water?

Tang Hao sneered and was noncommittal.

"That's all, let's resolve the Jeju Island issue first!"

"Cui Tan is a smart man. After he returns, he will definitely clarify his interests with the North Korean court. There is a high probability that the North Korean monarchs will not send troops to attack."

"But there's no guarantee that there will be any fools. We have to test the quality of our army, so don't be idle these days. Improve the defenses and let the brothers be on guard!"

"When things are over here, the Jeju Racecourse will belong to the Ming Dynasty, and we will set sail back to Beijing immediately!"

Zuo Yidao and Tang Mu took the order and left.

Tang Hao put his hands behind his back and looked towards the Ming Dynasty with a sad look on his face.

"Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao, everything is about to be on track, you kid, don't let people down!"

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