In the past two days, the internal affairs hall has been discussing the affairs of Korea and Japan.
Basically divided into two factions, the pragmatic faction represented by Zhou Kuan hoped to directly annex Goryeo.
It is not convenient for Japan to annex it, but it can colonize Japan and turn Japan into a supplier of overseas workers.
The other faction is represented by Lu Qingshan, and there are many people who support him. They believe that the Yong Kingdom lacks benevolence and righteousness. They oppose the annexation of Goryeo and only propose to accept it as a vassal state.
He also opposed attacking Japan, believing that it was too wasteful of troops, money and food, and advocated developing trade with Japan in exchange for Japanese silver.
The emperor Chen Qing did not participate in the discussion. In fact, the reason why most officials expressed neutrality was that the emperor did not express his position.
Everyone knew very well that Zhou Kuan's attitude was that of the Emperor, and Lu Qingshan and his group wanted to play against the Emperor.
At noon that day, the "Beijing News" published an article written by a pen name of "History Ranger", discussing the history and future of Goryeo and Japan.
The writing of the article is sharp, and it writes about the Andong Protectorate established after the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo. The Tang Dynasty and Silla were bounded by the Datong River, including Pyongyang City, which was also a city built by the Tang Dynasty.
However, Silla took advantage of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty and expanded northward step by step, reaching the Yalu River and occupying most of the land of the Andong Protectorate.
The article also mentioned the Lelang County of the Han Dynasty, and clearly pointed out that Kaijing, the current capital of Goryeo, originally belonged to Lelang County and was the land of the Han Dynasty.
Now the Yong Dynasty is not annexing Goryeo, but is restoring the traditional territory since the Han Dynasty.
The article also mentioned Japan, pointing out that Japan has been a country with strong aggressive ambitions since ancient times, a country that only obeys authority and despises benevolence and justice.
Japan is a poisonous snake, staring coldly at the Eastern Kingdom. Once the Kingdom falls into civil strife, Japan will not hesitate to send troops to invade the Kingdom, which will bring serious disasters to the people of the Kingdom.
Even if the Yong Kingdom does not annex Japan, it still wants to completely cripple Japan and destroy the foundation of their samurai rule. The best way is to block Japan's military development and not provide them with a pound of pig iron. At the same time, they will destroy their emperor system and make it
Japan has no imperial court and is completely reduced to a situation where dozens of small countries are divided into separate countries.
In addition, there is a large island in the north of Japan. The Japanese call it Hokkaido, but it does not belong to Japan and is an unclaimed land. The Yong Dynasty could completely occupy and manage this large island and make it the leader of all Japanese countries.
A knife to monitor every move of the Japanese countries.
In particular, it was mentioned in the article that three months ago, the Emperor of Japan sent assassins to sneak into the palace to assassinate the Emperor of Yong Dynasty.
As soon as this article came out, it caused a huge wave of discussion within the Yong Dynasty.
Except for a very few pedantic Confucian scholars, almost all common people and nobles supported the concepts of this article.
In particular, the assassination of the emperor by a Japanese assassin aroused strong indignation from both the government and the public, and they all demanded that troops be sent to attack Japan.
In the imperial study, Zhou Kuan pointed at the newspaper and said with a smile: "Your Majesty must have written this report!"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "How do you know it was written by me? Could it be that other than me, no one else could write it?"
Zhou Kuan smiled and said: "After following Your Majesty for so many years, I have come to understand it better. Others can write about history and the current world, but only Your Majesty can look at problems from the perspective of future generations and nip all kinds of dangers in the bud, such as
In the grassland, we only saw a few tribes threatening the border, but your majesty could see that the grassland would be unified and form a more powerful empire, threatening our survival, so your majesty used the push system to split the grassland into hundreds.
Little tribe.”
“It’s called thinking ahead!”
Chen Qing smiled and said: "All emperors want to seek eternal prosperity, and I am certainly no exception."
At this time, Yang Tai said at the door: "Your Majesty, the prime ministers are all here!"
Zhou Kuan said quickly: "Wei Chen went over first!"
Chen Qing nodded, "You go ahead! I'll be there immediately!"
Not long after, Chen Qing came to the side hall for discussion. The prime minister and senior officials were all there, and they were all discussing today's newspapers.
"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!"
The supervisory officer in the palace shouted loudly, and the side hall became quiet. Chen Qing quickly walked to his seat and sat down. All the ministers bowed and saluted, "See my Majesty the Emperor!"
"Dear ladies, please take a seat!"
Chen Qing waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down.
The hall was very quiet. Chen Qing said slowly: "I have called you all today to discuss two things. The first is about Korea; the second is about Japan.
Let’s talk about Goryeo first. The war in Goryeo is now over. Everyone must know that the 150,000 Japanese troops who invaded Goryeo have been wiped out. Goryeo has surrendered to us. There are currently two plans for how to deal with Goryeo. The first is
One plan is to compress the Kingdom of Goryeo to the territory of the former Silla Kingdom, located in the southeast, with an area of about 20% of the current Kingdom of Koryo. The other territories of the former Goguryeo and Baekje Kingdom belong to us. This is the simplest one.
There are ways, but there will be consequences. We will always be faced with a regime that wants to restore the country.
The second plan is the Anxi Plan, which retains the nominal King of Goryeo, abolishes the Goryeo court and army, establishes the Governor of Goryeo, stationed 30,000 troops, local officials are dispatched by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, builds a large number of schools, comprehensively popularizes Han culture, and cultivates the common people's talents.
The sense of identity of the people of the dynasty.
Let’s talk about it, everyone! Which plan is better?”
Jiang Yan first raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to say a few words to you."
Chen Qing waved his hand and said, "Please speak to Jiang Xiangguo!"
"Your Majesty, I prefer the second option. Now is an excellent opportunity. Koryo is on the verge of being destroyed. There are almost no young and strong men left. The population has dropped sharply and people's livelihood is in decline. If we are merciful and give
Twenty years later, it will be impossible to destroy Goryeo's respite.
Wei Chen thought that we should learn from the Tang Dynasty’s method of destroying Goguryeo and move all the Goryeo nobles and nobles to the Yong Dynasty and disperse them to various places. Then we can leave a large number of unmarried soldiers in Goryeo and let them marry young Goguryeo women.
, so that population replacement can be successfully carried out.”
Zhou Kuan also raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, I also agree with Jiang Xiangguo's plan. Although Goryeo does not understand our language, the writing and living customs are the same. It can be merged into the Yong Dynasty. Now is indeed an opportunity. If we don't seize it,
We will be ashamed of future generations with this opportunity."
Chen Qing nodded, "How many ministers opposed the second plan and chose the first plan? Please raise your hands and let me take a look!"
Lu Qingshan raised his hand. In fact, the first plan was proposed by him. It was considered a compromise plan.
But what is embarrassing is that among the more than twenty officials in the entire side hall, only Lu Qingshan raised his hand.
"Those ministers who agree with the second plan, please raise your hands!" Chen Qing asked again.
Except for Lu Qingshan, the other ministers raised their hands in unison. Everyone realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime strategic opportunity. If they did not seize it, they would be ashamed of future generations.
Chen Qing nodded, "Just follow the second plan. The Internal Affairs Office will be responsible for drafting a detailed plan, and it will take two years to complete the destruction of Goryeo."
Chen Qing continued: "Let's talk about Japan again. I think Japan's plan should be able to achieve consensus. Simply put, there are three points. First, occupy the large northern island and name it Jingzhou; second, send troops to destroy the Japanese imperial court and implement
The vassals promoted the benevolent system and refined the Japanese island countries; thirdly, strictly controlled armaments and did not allow a pound of pig iron to flow into Japan!"
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After the discussion was over, Chen Qing returned to the official room. At this time, Yang Tai reported: "Xu Xiangguo wants to see you!"
"Invite him in!"
After a while, Xu Xiantu walked in, bowed and said, "See you, Your Majesty!"
"Please sit down!"
Chen Qing smiled and asked Xu Xiantu to sit down and said, "Does Xiangguo Xu have any good suggestions?"
"Exactly! Just now Jiang Xiangguo mentioned Goguryeo, and Wei Chen thought of something."
"What's up?"
"After the nobles of Goguryeo were moved to the Tang Dynasty, they plotted to restore the country. They secretly colluded with Silla and created great conditions for Silla's later expansion to the north. However, the Tang Dynasty was never aware of this problem. Wei Chen believes that we must learn from
lesson."
"Does Xiangguo Xu have any good suggestions?"
"Weichen has two suggestions. The first is to disperse them as far as possible and order local officials to monitor them. The second is to respond internally. Weichen suggests that we secretly bribe a few Koreans so that we can grasp the collusion among them.
Once we find out who has the intention to restore our country, we will kill them decisively."
Chen Qing nodded slightly, "Xu Xiangguo said very well, this matter can be left to the internal guards."