Huang Taohuan turned his hands to make the clouds turn and rain, and North Korea is not willing to be troubled.

Now, the Ming army has gone north to Pyongyang and then took advantage of the situation to control the entire territory of North Korea. After all this is completed, the entire North Korea is the item in the Ming Dynasty. Next, the Ming Dynasty will directly annex or support a puppet, which is all Zhu Yicheng's thoughts.

Zhu Yicheng had expected these things for a long time, but he didn't expect them to be so soon. Especially when he saw the report about Zhu Yigui in Huang Taohuan's secret memorial, Zhu Yicheng was stunned at first, and then after reading them carefully, he was immediately happy.

Zhu Yigui is really a sloppy person. He asked him to go to Jeju and even got such a big deal. On the grounds that Zhu Yicheng gave him, he turned from an inspector to a pioneer of the Ming Dynasty's attack on North Korea.

In addition, Zhu Yigui was very brave and dared to advance north with 4,000 people, and even made it for him. Not to mention the rapidity of these 4,000 people, they also recruited North Korean troops and recruited North Korean militias along the way. When he reached Seoul, he actually had 100,000 people. On the contrary, Zhang Fei, the commander-in-chief who was actually responsible for the North Korean attack, failed to fight a battle and kept following Zhu Yigui's team.

It can be said that Zhu Yigui made an important contribution to the Ming Dynasty being able to take down North Korea in such a short time and to capture all the main figures of the two sects of North Korea in Seoul. However, the Ming Dynasty cannot reward this merit, because Zhu Yigui did not lead troops through normal procedures during this battle, and his mission to Jeju did not include using troops against North Korea.

Therefore, from the perspective of military law, Zhu Yigui can be said to have not only failed but failed. If he really pursued it, a crime of fighting without authorization cannot be escaped no matter what. If he investigates it further, it would not be an exaggeration to even remove Zhu Yigui from all his posts and be arrested in prison.

But in the official military newspaper, Huang Taohuan did not mention Zhu Yigui's name at all, but wrote this in a secret memorial to the emperor. Zhu Yicheng knew the reason why Huang Taohuan did this, because although Zhu Yigui was wrong, he made contributions at the same time. He hoped that Zhu Yicheng would be open to the Internet in this way.

"This bastard, so brave, he did such a big thing with cleverness!" Zhu Yicheng laughed in his heart. It was a pity that Zhu Yigui had dealt with it too much, and Xinming would have to use him next. Besides, he did a good job in North Korea this time, but his achievements were not concealed, even if he lost his merits.

In addition, Zhu Yicheng thought about it and felt that this was a little lighter. Zhu Yigui still had to hit him, otherwise he would have to develop a habit in the future. He immediately decided to give Zhu Yigui a punishment to make this guy sober and watch the effect.

After reading the secret song, Zhu Yicheng asked Liao Huanzhi with a smile, what North Korea would do next.

Regarding the North Korean issue, Liao Huanzhi and the Military Affairs Office had already made plans and immediately answered Zhu Yicheng's question.

Although North Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and was close to the Ming Dynasty, both official and civilian, this was the case in the Ming Dynasty. Before the Qing Dynasty entered, North Korea was actually conquered by the Qing Dynasty and helped the evildoer to act as a base for the Qing Dynasty outside the pass.

After the Ming Dynasty restored its country, North Korea did not immediately, but the second still relied on the Qing Dynasty to go against the Ming Dynasty, which had caused strong dissatisfaction with the Ming Dynasty. It was also because of this that the Ming Dynasty later announced the incident of using its navy to attack North Korea.

However, the so-called siege at that time was just a smoke bomb, and the Ming Dynasty's real target was not North Korea but Tianjin. It was precisely because of this time that the Ming Dynasty planned a shocking plan, which was to land in Tianjin and then take direct to Beijing.

This military operation caused the Qing Dynasty, which originally had the initiative, to suffer a heavy blow. Not only did it lose Tianjin, but it also took Beijing by the Ming Dynasty, resulting in a huge change on the entire battlefield of China.

It was also after that battle that the Ming Dynasty completely gained the initiative to compete for the world from a local regime in the south. Everyone knows what happened next. With the start of Beijing, the Ming Dynasty occupied an important area in the north and thus opened up the north and south as a foundation, which led to several major battles that followed.

It was at that time that as the Ming Dynasty took the initiative in the Central Plains, the Korean monarch and ministers were uneasy, so the later Korean envoys came to Nanjing to apologize. In order to attack North Korea and control the situation in North Korea, Zhu Yishen directly asked North Korea for Jeju and Busan, and then sent ministers and troops to set up Korean ministers and troops.

At least at that time, although the Ming Dynasty was dissatisfied with North Korea, Zhu Yicheng actually had no idea of ​​annexing North Korea, considering the North's previous attitude towards the Ming Dynasty and considering the origins of the vassal states. At best, Zhu Yicheng was garrisoning the United States in North Korea in later generations and asked North Korea to deal with it as the younger brother of the Ming Dynasty. Those ceded territories were to punish North Korea and to observe the future.

But no one expected that as North Korea ceded its territory, the political struggle in North Korea became increasingly strong. The two factions of Lao Lun and Shao Lun even blamed each other for the reasons of the Ming Dynasty. As for the North Korean king Lee Yoon, due to physical reasons, gradually lost control of the court, which led to an imbalance within North Korea.

Later, North Korea was bold and even colluded with the Qing Dynasty in private to engage in a lip service. When North Korea did this, this had already touched Zhu Yicheng's bottom line, and that was at that time, Zhu Yicheng had the idea of ​​destroying North Korea.

"Emperor, although North Korea is a small country, its Li Dynasty has been established for more than 300 years and still has a considerable prestige in North Korea. In my opinion, if we destroy its country directly, we may have to spend a lot of effort on our Ming Dynasty and will not last for decades."

Liao Huanzhi said solemnly: "So, it is not impossible to directly annex Korea, but the cost is too high. Furthermore, North Korea is a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty. Once our Ming Dynasty directly annexes, it may cause horror among the surrounding countries. You should know that Ryukyu was surrendered to the whole country, and the land of Johor also imitated Ryukyu. All countries naturally saw it in recent years, so..."

Zhu Yicheng nodded slightly. He understood what Liao Huanzhi meant. Although North Korea is under the control of the Ming Dynasty, it is not the time to directly annex North Korea. Whether it is the opposition forces in North Korea or the reactions of other countries, these are all issues of consideration.

Even if the Ming Dynasty continues to use the old method next, it will be replaced with a fig leaf. The surrounding countries are not fools. How can they not see the Ming Dynasty's methods? But even so, it is far better than directly swallowing them. This is the reason why the so-called boiling frogs in warm water.

"I understand Liao Qing's meaning. Since that's the case, let's do it according to your wishes. Tomorrow, the Military Affairs Office can directly raise this matter and make sure it directly in the court meeting. What do you think?"

"The emperor is wise and wise, I will receive the order." Liao Huanzhi breathed a sigh of relief and immediately stood up to receive the order.

Since it is New Year's Eve today, Zhu Yicheng took care of his ministers, so he did not keep Liao Huanzhi for too long. After talking about the main things, he let him leave.

After dark, in the palace, Zhu Yicheng set up a family dinner and had a lively New Year's Eve dinner with the queen, prince, princess and several concubines. Although the atmosphere of the New Year in this era was strong, in fact, as early as the Twenty-fourth Kitchen Festival, the palace was already filled with the atmosphere of the New Year.

However, compared to some old rules, family gatherings are usually placed on the first day of the first lunar month and are accustomed to the rules of later generations. As the emperor, Zhu Yicheng paid more attention to New Year's Eve. With the continuous provisions in the palace over the years, this custom has gradually spread from the palace, causing many imperial officials, even the people, to gradually form such regulations.

The next day, the Great Dynasty.

Zhu Yicheng, who got up early, changed into the robes of the dynasty and then went to participate in the dynasty.

This day's dynasty is the most important dynasty meeting every year. As an emperor, he not only has to sacrifice to heaven first, but also to the Taimiao and Shimiao to worship ancestors of all dynasties, and then to Fengtian Hall to participate in the worship of his ministers.

Not to mention the rest, after a series of complex and long etiquettes, Zhu Yicheng came to Fengtian Hall, sat on a high throne, and looked at the court officials who were celebrating him in a dense manner, and felt a sense of pride and satisfaction in his heart.
Chapter completed!