Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Emperor Hongzhi said that he had received the memorial this morning, but the ministers in the palace knew as if they were aware that North Korea's credentials were delivered quickly a few days ago.

It makes no sense that this letter was delivered this morning instead of accompanying the letter of credence.

Obviously, this memorial was delivered together with the letter of credence, but it was suppressed by His Majesty and was not known to the ministers.

As for why he was suppressed, you will know this immediately.

In fact, this memorial was indeed received a few days ago, but it was just a secret memorial. Emperor Hongzhi originally did not want the ministers to know about it, but seeing that there was no conclusion on the matter, he could only share the sensitive information inside.

He blacked out all the content and then read it out so that these officials could dispel their doubts.

However, even though a lot of cuts were made, the entire content of the memorial still moved these ministers because the memorial was so explicit.

There is no more appropriate adjective than explicit.

The memorial said that the domestic gentry in Korea was in decline, the foreign relatives were honored, and the king was powerful. Now he had reached an agreement with the scholar-bureaucrats of Korea. The governor and the Korean civil servants jointly governed Korea, and the royal power, the relatives, and the nobles were neglected.

With this method, it is first emptied out, and then waits for the opportunity to encroach and divide it, until it is completely transformed into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

North Korea is a strategic hub and can serve as the eastern gateway of the Ming Dynasty. If there are changes in Liaodong, it can rely on each other in the pass.

Perhaps due to too many deletions, the entire memorial does not sound coherent. Basically, as you listen, you suddenly move to other places, but this does not affect people's understanding of this memorial.

After reading the memorial, Emperor Hongzhi remained silent for a while before speaking out: "Now that you know the whole story, your concerns have been reduced a little?"

Not only has it reduced a bit, most of the worries in the minds of the ministers present have been eliminated. It turns out that this is what happened.

He made an agreement with the Korean nobles and ruled Korea with the Ming Dynasty Governor, and ignored all other forces.

This really struck a chord in the hearts of all scholar-bureaucrats.

If you are good at learning and become an official, you will be able to lead the emperors Yao and Shun, and govern the world. It is best not to let others interfere with it. It should be left to us.

They couldn't help but think that if they were in North Korea and were a scholar-bureaucrat, they might even betray their country in order to realize this agreement.

It can be seen that this memorial is written too straightforwardly, and it makes people feel uncomfortable just listening to it.

And it doesn’t sound very coherent, I’m afraid it’s been cut a lot.

After a brief silence, Wang Shu spoke out: "If North Korea is like this, then I will have no doubts."

"In that case, who will go?"

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Upon hearing the question, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Han Wen, all ministers in their early fifties, all knew that this question was being asked of them.

Ask them who among the three is willing to go.

To be honest, if the situation in North Korea is like this, there is really no risk in running to serve as governor, but it is still difficult to make up your mind to stay away from your homeland and work in a foreign country.

As a result, no one answered the three of them for a while, but in the end they all bowed and said, "Your Majesty has the final say."

"In my opinion, it's not as good as that." Emperor Hongzhi looked around the three ministers, and finally looked past Li Dongyang and Xie Qian to Han Wen, "Han Qing's family, how about you go to North Korea to serve as the governor?"

Seeing that the emperor had chosen him, Han Wen's heart tightened, but then his whole body suddenly relaxed.

It's a very strange psychology, but it does have a relaxing feeling.

Sometimes, people are always tangled in uncertainty, and then external forces are needed to make a decision.

Han Wen took a deep breath and said, "I will live up to your majesty's trust."

"Um"

Emperor Hongzhi hummed, "Now that the matter has been decided, let's go out of the palace. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Han Qing's family should wait until after the Chinese New Year to serve as governor."

Several ministers slowly knelt down and kowtowed in response. Some stood up on their own, while some were too old to stand up and were helped up by others. A few of them slowly withdrew.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the few people exiting the palace door with his peripheral vision, and hugged the copper furnace tighter in his arms. After a while, he turned to look at Xiao Jing next to him, "Is there any report from Nanzhili?

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"Go back to your Majesty, the factory guards sent by your servants are watching overtly and covertly. Once there is any news, they will report it immediately."

"We need to keep a closer eye on the situation. Reform is a matter of great importance."

Xiao Jing hurriedly agreed, but Zhu Youtang stopped talking and just stared at the corner of the hall in a daze. He was obviously in his thirties, but his face showed a sense of twilight that was extremely inconsistent with his age.

Xiao Jing's nose felt a little sore, he moved his lips, and finally the words turned into a question: "Your Majesty, it's very cold. I'll make you a bowl of ginseng soup."

After a long while, Emperor Hongzhi seemed to come to his senses, waved his hand and said: "No need, I can still hold on."

Then he asked: "Do you think it's cold over there in Japan?"

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The Japanese country was very cold.

It seems to be colder than the Ming Dynasty.

Now, taking advantage of a vast snowy day, the Ming army has already attacked Kyoto of the Japanese state. It only took more than a month for tens of thousands of troops to conquer the capital of the Japanese state and march to the city. It seems easy, but in fact it is not at all

Not difficult.

Whether it's luck or seizing the opportunity, in short, being able to fight all the way here can be said to be the right time, place and people.

The so-called time of day, of course, is that Japan is currently in civil strife. Countless daimyo are working on their own affairs and fighting their own battles. The so-called Japanese emperor in Kyoto is simply unable to coordinate the domestic forces. It is false to say that government orders cannot leave the city of Kyoto. In fact, it is difficult for government orders to leave the palace walls.

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Facing the Ming army's advance, they were unable to take any countermeasures at all and could only watch helplessly.

Maybe they couldn't even watch. The Ming army advanced too fast, and the emperor who lived deep in the palace probably knew nothing about it.

The so-called geographical advantage refers to the geographical location of Kyoto. This place is located to the west of Japan, and Sado Island is also to the west, but one is to the northwest and the other to the southwest.

After landing in Japan along Sado Island, the army went straight south, and the Kyoto of Japan was located seven to eight hundred miles away.

As for Renhe, the decision not to seal the sword naturally maximized the morale of the army.

In short, the Japanese city of Kyoto is now in sight.

The royal city and abandoned palaces are only in front of you.

But reaching here, or even capturing this city, does not mean that we have captured the entire Japanese country, and it is still far away from destroying the country and destroying its species.

They were unable to capture even one of Japan's four main islands, Honshu Island. They just marched all the way to Japan's Kyoto. During this period, they went through several battles, large and small, killed several daimyo, and massacred several cities.

But if Kyoto City can be defeated this time, the significance achieved will still be of great significance.

And this battle will overwhelm the city.

Because this city is too overbearing, it is not the size but the name that oversteps. The capital of the Ming Dynasty is Shuntianfu. The imperial city is in the middle. The central axis divides the left and right. Wanping County is to the east and Daxing County is to the west.

Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty had a typical axially symmetrical layout, with Wannian County to the east and Chang'an County to the west.

The capitals of the past dynasties were all like this, and the layout of the Kyoto of the Japanese Kingdom was also modeled on the layout of the Chinese capital. It was also divided into left and right sides, but the left and right divisions they divided were not called counties, but cities. The left side was called Chang'an City, and the right side was called Luoyang City.

At what level, the two places divided on the left and right dare to use the names of our two imperial cities in China?

The sinister intentions are clearly revealed.

It must be smashed!
Chapter completed!