Zhu Qizhen said: "Old General, please speak."

Cao Yi said: "I am worried about North Korea's attitude. From the land route to Shuangchengwei, it is a long and difficult journey over mountains and ridges, and can easily be cut off by thorns. However, if you get here by sea, ships starting from Shandong will have to go around the entire

North Korea. If North Korea is used by the imperial court, nothing will happen."

"Even in times of urgency, North Korea's grain and grass can be mobilized, but once North Korea has second thoughts, it is difficult to say whether the imperial ships can get here."

"Now the King of Korea has been continuously expanding the border since he succeeded to the throne. He is planning for this area. Once the court sets up a town here and cuts off the development of North Korea, what will the King of Korea think?"

"I can't speculate for a moment."

In this area, there is a very famous land called Jiandao.

Song Jiaoren became famous during the Jiandao incident. What he did was to prove that the Jiandao area belonged to China, not North Korea.

However, many Korean scholars still believe that the Jiandao area belongs to Korea.

Nuergandusi is not a romance of the Three Kingdoms, but of the Four Kingdoms.

The Ming Dynasty, the soon-to-be-defunct Wasa, the Jurchen tribes, and North Korea.

The actions of each party will cause linkage between all parties.

Zhu Qizhen didn't even have 100% trust in any of the ministers in the court, allowing him to pin the success or failure of a strategy on North Korea's non-betrayal. Does the King of North Korea have such a big face?

Zhu Qizhen said: "North Korea has always been a vassal of the imperial court and is loyal to the imperial court. General, don't worry about this."

Zhu Qizhen said this in his mouth, but he weighed it in his heart.

There is a high chance that North Korea would not dare to break up with the Ming Dynasty, and would only make some small moves in private. After all, the Ming Dynasty's deterrent power is still there. Even Wac, who has obvious ambitions, established Gansu Province in the northwest. But on the other side,

Tributes to the imperial court continued.

After all, North Korea is a small country. It has a thief's heart but not its courage.

As long as the imperial court is not in the middle of a war with Wasi and suffers a fundamental defeat, North Korea will not and will not dare to add insult to injury.

Zhu Qizhen could not remember clearly some details in history, and he did not remember any actions by North Korea to betray the Ming Dynasty after the Tumubao Incident.

However, this does not mean that Zhu Qizhen has a good impression of North Korea.

Because when he established that he was promoting the development of the Northeast, he suddenly discovered that the king of North Korea was actually very capable. When developing the Northeast from North Korea's position, especially the area east of the Changbai Mountain and west of the Sikhot Mountains, North Korea's geographical location

, far more convenient than China.

This is why Koreans always feel that Changbai Mountain belongs to them.

An idea flashed through Zhu Qizhen and took root in his mind, that is, if North Korea's manpower and material resources were used for him, the development of Northeast China would be faster.

Although North Korea is small, it still has a population of millions. As a province of China, there are many mountains in the north of North Korea, but there are still some grain-producing areas in the south.

If the food here is directly supported in the Haixi area, wouldn't it eliminate the need to transport food all the way from Shandong or Jiangnan?

To be honest, Zhu Qizhen had no intention of destroying North Korea before.

After all, as a mature politician, he never does anything without interests.

As a country designated by Emperor Taizu as a country without conquests, North Korea has some small moves in private, but it is still honest on the surface. Moreover, the King of North Korea and his father, Emperor Xuanzong, have a good relationship and give each other gifts.

Although the relationship between national leaders is good or bad, it actually has little to do with personal emotions.

But North Korea showed such submissiveness, and Zhu Qizhen wanted to use troops against North Korea. The biggest problem was not the strength of North Korea, but the moral issue of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the Ming Dynasty had a feud with the Mongols and fought with Wac. There were few civil and military opponents in the Manchu Dynasty. The only worry was consumption, or whether it could be defeated.

But once North Korea is invaded, Zhu Qizhen can foresee that there will be a storm in the court.

After thinking about it, he felt that it was not worthwhile, so he gave up.

But now, when we look at North Korea, it is different from before. In Zhu Qizhen's eyes, North Korea is just a common man who is innocent and guilty of having a treasure.

Of course, when Zhu Qizhen had an idea, he had to put it aside first. At present, he had no time to think about anything else, so he had to wait for an opportunity. Zhu Qizhen had a lot of patience.

It depends on whether North Korea is really honest or not.

If he had been honest, Zhu Qizhen would have been left scratching his head.

Zhu Qizhen said, "In the past few days, I have called Wang Ying, the chief maritime officer, to the capital. Please discuss this matter privately and see if it is feasible. If it is feasible,

If so, it would be a shame."

Yi Shiha immediately said: "Old minister is here."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Nu'er Gandusi has more than 170 guards under its jurisdiction, which is too many. I will trouble you to go to Haixi, select a place to build a city, and establish Haixiwei to govern Haixi Dusi.

Place."

"Of course, this Haixi Dusi is still under the jurisdiction of General Cao. General Cao has to choose a general to guard it."

Cao Yi and Yi Shiha saluted in unison and said, "I understand."

Zhu Qizhen secretly thought: "Liaodong has already been established as a province. In the future, the area north of Taibai Mountain, east of Changbai Mountain, and south of Heilongjiang can be Haixi Province. It is uncertain how many provinces there will be in Northeast China, but at least it is certain that Northeast China will be established as a province in the future.

The pattern is definitely different from that of later generations.”

"Also, Haixi Province already exists, will Haidong Province be far behind?"

Zhu Qizhen thought about the long-term plan in his mind, and a sense of accomplishment arose spontaneously. The so-called power is the best aphrodisiac. He watched his ideas being implemented one by one, and with one order, the world changed.

It's much more interesting than women.

Besides, is Zhu Qizhen short of women?

Any woman he wants can be lined up in a row with just a wave of his hand. After Qian gave birth to his eldest son, he was very smart and added people to Zhu Qizhen's side.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen hasn't accepted her as his concubine yet.

They are all top-notch.

Zhu Qizhen took the West Road back and found a memorial, which was inscribed by the British Duke Zhang Fu. When he opened it, his relaxed expression suddenly froze.

He squeezed the question book hard with his hand, leaving a deep fingerprint on it. He took a deep breath and restrained all his emotions without showing them at all.

But the joy just now was gone at all.

Zhu Qizhen could not say that he did not understand Zhang Fu's battle plan, but he could only understand it. As for the mystery in it, he could only understand it clearly after Zhang Fu explained it.

Why was he so angry? But this time, all the people who went on the expedition were Jingnan nobles. There was no one promoted by Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, Zhu Mian, the uncle of Wu Jin, and Xu Heng, the uncle of Xing'an.

Needless to say, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo. Wu Jin's uncle Zhu Mian was also the second generation general. When Jingnan was raising troops, his father Zhu Rong was guarding Daning, surrendered to Emperor Taizong, and fought from the south. He fought in more than twenty battles and fought repeatedly.

He made great military exploits and later conquered Annan from Zhang Fu. He also led the Northern Expedition from Emperor Taizong. He died of illness in the first year of Hongxi's reign and was appointed as the chief military officer of Liaodong.

Xing'an Bo Xu Heng, his father died early, and his title was inherited from his grandfather Xu Xiang. He was an old man of Yanshanwei. He first served Chen Youliang and later surrendered to Taizu. When Jingnan raised his army, he was already very old and joined Taizong in the conquest.

When he went south and was granted a title, he was the first among the earls in terms of merit.

He died of illness in the second year of Yongle. In the second year of Yongle, Xu Heng made an expedition to the north from Taizong in the twelfth year of Yongle. He won and lost battles. In the Battle of Jiaozhi, he suffered a defeat and once won the title.

Speaking of which, Zhu Qizhen had to admit it.

Although these generals were second-generation generals, most of them were relatively suitable and capable of fighting, but the problem was that Zhu Qizhen did not think they could fight.

But when Zhang Fu was arranging the three generals, there was no one who arranged for Zhu Qizhen to be promoted.

As a Marquis, Meng Ying has made great achievements, so can't he be the commander-in-chief?

What a joke.

Zhu Qizhen could tell by looking sideways that the words "Party is united and opposed is divided". As the main force of Wasa was in the west, there shouldn't be too many problems in defeating Wu Liangha this time.

It’s nothing more than how much you win.

Naturally, they are not willing to give this credit to others.
Chapter completed!