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Chapter 705 Border Disputes (2)



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At the beginning of the 15th century, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital to Beijing. On the one hand, the Koreans further complained to the Ming Dynasty that the area south of Changbai Mountain and the Tumen River was Korean territory; on the other hand, they raided the Jurchen strongholds on the south bank of the Yalu River and the Tumen River, forcing the Jurchens to

Move west, move north.

Although the land of these six towns belonged to the Ming Dynasty in name, it was actually the territory of the Jurchens. Therefore, in the face of the Koreans' encroachment step by step, Chengzu followed the mentality of watching the excitement of "far-off barbarians fighting", and from then on

The Celestial Power's position stated that "the land of Korea is within my territory, so why should I fight for it?" This acquiesced to the continuous expansion of the Koreans in the northern part of the peninsula.

North Korea not only expanded the "Six Northern Towns" (Six Northeastern Towns) in the northeast, but also established the "Four Northwest Counties" along the Yalu River Estuary on the traditional border between the two countries and upstream to the middle and upper reaches of the Yalu River.

Time passes forever, and it is two hundred years in a flash.

The Ming Dynasty's army drove away the Jurchens who invaded North Korea, but they occupied the "Six Northern Towns" and refused to leave. The Jilin General Soldier Gu Zhong actually publicly said that the "Six Northern Towns" were captured by Ming soldiers who sacrificed their lives.

They should have become the six northern counties of the Ming Dynasty.

This angered the Korean king Li Di. This 21-year-old Korean king was frail and sick, but quite politically wise. When he was born, his father Li Hao and his mother Zhang were both in Shengjing (Shenyang) of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

He was a hostage in the North Korean Pavilion. During his life as a hostage, he lacked food and clothing, so he was naturally weak and sickly. However, his difficult childhood also tempered his will.

Four years ago, his father, King Hyojong, passed away, and a "ceremony lawsuit" broke out in North Korea over the issue of the mourning attire of King Injo's widow, King Ciyi's concubine Cho (Queen Jangyeol). On the surface, it was a dispute over etiquette.

, in fact, it is an internal fight between the Westerners’ Party and the Southerners’ Party.

The Westerners Party headed by Song Shilie advocated that Xiaozong should be treated as a concubine, and that the king and concubines should serve in the new year, based on "ancient systems" such as "Rituals". The Southerners Party headed by Xu Mu, Yin Yi, and Yin Shandao

They expressed their opposition and believed that Xiaozong should be regarded as the eldest son, and the concubine died three years after her death. Among them, Yin Shandao's remarks were particularly fierce, rising to the level of "the dignity of heaven and earth, the survival of the clan." The Western People's Party

Seeing that this was the Southern People's Party's challenge to him, he accused Yin Shandao of "pretending to talk about etiquette with sinister intentions" and demanded severe punishment.

The leader of the Western People's Party, Song Si-yeol, and the leader of the Southern People's Party, Yun Sun-do, were both the masters of the late King Hyojong of Joseon, Lee Ho.

Song Siyeol was a great Korean Confucian who studied Zhu Zi. He respected the Ming Dynasty and advocated the theory of respecting Zhouyi. He was the only Confucian in the Korean Peninsula who was called "Zi". He wrote the "Complete Collection of Song Zi".

Yin Shandao was a famous wise man in Korea. Once, the late king Li Hao asked Yin Shandao where he was. Yin Shandao replied: "'Under the tree of the young master Wang Sunfang, singing and dancing in front of the falling flowers', isn't it an eternal masterpiece?" Li Hao listened.

After that, I realized the principle of keeping a low profile and biding time.

The internal fighting between the two party leaders created a problem for the young king Li Di, who was just seventeen years old at the time. Everyone was watching to see how he would deal with it.

Li Di was not panicked at all. He saw that the Western Party was powerful, and the "Jingguo Dadian" (i.e., "National System") stipulated that regardless of the death of the eldest son or the death of all sons, the mother should wear the annual service, so he adopted the Western policy.

The People's Party's idea was to use thunderbolt tactics to send Yin Shandao to Sanshui County; at the same time, in order to contain the Westerners, they gradually used Xu Ji and other southerners to win over the anti-Song Dynasty Lieutenant faction in the Westerners' Party, mainly to win over Jin Youming and Jin Xi.

The Qingfeng Jin clan headed by Zhou quickly stabilized the political situation in North Korea.

"This Gu Zhong is disgusting! He actually publicly said that the six northern towns of Korea are the six northern counties of the Ming Dynasty!"

In anger, Li Di ordered an imperial meeting to be held. The leader was Song Shilie, who was in charge of politics, Jin Youming was on the left, Xu Ji was on the right, the imperial camp general Zheng Taihe, the guarding envoy Li Shifang, the training generals Jin Xizhou, Song Junji, Jin Shouxing, Xu Mu,

Yin Yin and other officials were all present.

"Can you all tell me how to recapture the six northern towns from the Ming Dynasty?" Li Di asked.

"Your Majesty, you should report to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and directly request the return of the land of the six towns." Song Shilie, the leader of the Song Dynasty, had the word "lie" in his name, and his nature was indeed like burning fire.

"That's not right, Your Majesty. Why didn't you build a plank road and cross Chencang secretly? You pretended to send troops to surround Yizhou, showing off that you would not withdraw your troops until Yizhou was reached. Then you sent people to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty and asked for the six towns in the north." Xu Ji, the right councilor

He smiled, his eyes twinkling.


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