: The mission of eradicating evil is done, and the pursuit continues

"The envoy of the King of Korea, the foreign minister Zheng Minshi, pays homage to the Emperor of Heaven."

Seeing Zhu Daohua's eyes, he looked over.

Zheng Minshi hurriedly bowed his head and paid homage.

"Are you the envoy of the King of North Korea?" Zhu Daohua frowned slightly. North Korea may also be involved in the Liaodong War.

Before that, Zhu Daohua didn't pay much attention to the country of North Korea.

Because the country of North Korea is poor and the people are weak, and you can't make much money from doing business, there is no other benefit to accepting the title of vassal. In addition, Zhu Daohua has other more important things to deal with, so North Korea is ignored.

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But now people are actively coming to visit me.

Zhu Daohua would not avoid seeing him.

"The foreign minister came here this time because he heard that the emperor was coming and came here to pay homage. In addition, North Korea was an old vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Later, it was forced to call it a vassal of the Qing Dynasty due to the Qing Tatar persecution. However, all the countries in North Korea are committed to the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Daohua waved his hand: "We will discuss this later."

Then Chang Yinghu stepped forward and said: "Your envoy, please come. His Majesty the Emperor will summon you at the appropriate time."

Zhu Daohua's biggest concern right now is of course not North Korea.

It's about the situation on the battlefield.

Starting from the mouth of the Yangtze River, we drifted on the sea for several days.

Of course Zhu Daohua wanted to know how the front line was going.

Just when Zhu Daohua arrived and was stationed in Lushun.

Battle reports from the front line also came immediately.

Around a small Tieling fort, both sides assembled tens of thousands of troops.

"We have surrounded tens of thousands of people from the Eight Banners. It seems that General Shengjing of the Qing Dynasty does not want to give up these tens of thousands of people from our ancestors."

Tao Biquan smiled.

Zhu Daohua sneered: "If you don't want to give up, then take human lives to pay for it. I was originally worried that they would use the vastness of Manchuria and Mongolia to deal with us. This would be a bit troublesome."

Indeed, if the Qing army did not take the initiative to fight decisively, but adopted harassment tactics and used the deep mountains and old forests of Manchuria and the Mongolian grasslands to deal with the Ming army and delay time.

It is really not easy for the Ming army to take full credit.

After all, although the Ming army had mule soldiers to supplement part of the problem of insufficient land mobility, the number was ultimately too small.

There is no way to have a large cavalry regiment like the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, facing this kind of enemy on horseback is really "easy to defeat but hard to destroy", which is similar to the situation in the Song Dynasty.

"If you go around, you will go around. Your Majesty, we can control the sea. This Liaodong coastline is thousands of miles long. Where can we not attack?"

"Send a fleet to attack Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other places. The infantry is stationed step by step, gradually moving northward, compressing their living space, destroying their cities, driving out their people, and destroying their homes! The Qing Tatars must either abandon their land and leave, or they can only

Gather an army to fight me."

As the art of war goes, if you attack something, you will save it.

For the Qing Dynasty.

The Eight Banners is the foundation.

And Manchuria is the foundation of the Eight Banners.

If you don't want to watch the Ming Dynasty gradually advance in Liaodong, set up forts in the fields, and gradually occupy and encroach on their fundamental territory, then you can only start a war.

But if you fight.

I'm afraid there's a high probability that he's here to die.

"The battle to restore Liao is bound to win. The key is how to inflict heavy losses on the Qing and Tatars. Manchuria and Mongolia are so vast, and they still have a lot of room for detours. After the restoration of Liao is successful, there will definitely be follow-up battles."

This is inevitable.

Zhu Daohua himself did not have any illusions about wiping out all the Eight Banners in one battle.

The opponent is not a robot. He knows he is outmatched but still rides a horse to die.

Manchuria and Mongolia are thousands of miles apart. In history, the biggest problem between the Central Plains regime and the grassland regime was not the issue of combat effectiveness, but the issue of how to seize the opponent's main force and destroy them in one battle.

"The war of reviving the Liao Dynasty is not the end, but the beginning. Since ancient times, the enemies in the north have been great dangers in the Central Plains. The Huns, Turks, Khitans, Jurchens, and Mongolia are all nomadic people gathered on this grassland.

People, if the victory is strong, they will gather hundreds of thousands of cavalry, which is unstoppable, but if the defeat is scattered across the grassland, they will be unpredictable. It is rare for the people of the Central Plains to have peace for a few days, not to mention that there is still Russia today."

Zhu Daohua said in a low voice: "So even if the Qing Dynasty is destroyed, this prairie is still a hidden danger, and it is still a problem that Ming Dynasty has to face. If Ming Dynasty cannot effectively control the grassland, it will not be long before there will be new problems.

The Tartars rose here."

"Moreover, today is different from the past. In ancient times, the only enemies of the Central Plains Dynasty were powerful enemies from the northern grasslands. Nowadays, on the sea, sails cover the sun, and powerful enemies thousands of miles away can come across thousands of miles of ocean on sailing ships. This

The sea is like a grassland. It is no longer a safe rear, but a dangerous place where dangers and powerful enemies may come from across the sea at any time!"

"The grassland and the sea are the two major problems I will have to face in the future."

Zhu Daohua's words made all the ministers present frown and fall silent. Many historical pictures flashed through their hearts.

It is indeed difficult.

Just one grassland is enough to give people a headache.

Enemies can now come from across the sea.

Although the Ming Dynasty is strong now, the situation it faces is more complicated than in previous generations.

"So the Qing Tartars can't just let them run away. Even if they escape to Mobei and travel far to the Western Regions, they will still be hunted and killed!"

All the ministers were stunned.

I see

This is what the emperor is paying attention to.

He must continue to pursue the Manchus and expand the power of the Ming Dynasty to the western regions of Mobei.

But how to control Mobei?

Where can’t I farm?

Before everyone could figure it out, Zhu Daohua said: "Invite the North Korean envoy."

Zheng Minshi now knows why the Ming Dynasty can come back again.

Just those soldiers and horses seen at Port Arthur, such elite troops.

It is not something that North Korea alone can imagine.

I'm afraid there are only a few thousand of these tigers, which are enough to sweep through the entire North Korea.

After being summoned by the emperor.

Lord Zheng Minshi, an important minister of the Korean monarch, a nobleman of the Yangban class, and a well-known figure in North Korea, entered Zhu Daohua's conference room with trepidation.

I just walked in and haven't had time to salute yet.

He was so frightened by Da Mingzi's words that he almost collapsed to the ground.

"You know clearly that the Ming Dynasty has risen in the south. Why don't you take the initiative to come back? Do you want to join the Qing Tatars in rebelling against the Ming Dynasty?"

Plop.

Zheng Minshi heard this.

He immediately fell to his knees, trembling all over.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, North Korea is a small country and its people are weak. It has always regarded China as its father. How dare it be a rebellious son? It's just that the Tartars are too coercive and North Korea has no intention of rebelliousness."

"Is your country going to return to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes, yes, Korea is willing to return, and my lord is also willing to come to Lushun to pay homage to the great emperor."

Zheng Minshi said hurriedly.

Zhu Daohua shook his head: "The rules of the Ming Dynasty are different now. If you want to become a Ming vassal state, you must abide by the obligations of the vassal state. Have you heard about the Ming Dynasty's etiquette?"

"I have seen it," Zheng Minshi said.

Another reason why the Korean monarchs and ministers have not made up their minds to contact the Ming Dynasty is the vassal obligation.

This new Ming Dynasty likes to say all the rules in advance and then sign the treaty.

Now that the treaty has been signed and written in black and white, the vassal country's freedom is no longer as great as before.

The rules of paying tribute are waived.

However, the vassal state had no diplomatic power. It had to send troops to fight with the Ming army when ordered by the emperor, and it had no autonomy over the tariff rates for Ming products.

At the same time, the vassal state was also protected by the Ming Dynasty. Attacking the vassal state was equivalent to attacking the Ming Dynasty. If something like the Imjin Japanese Rebellion happened now, then the Ming Dynasty would send troops in accordance with the obligations of the vassal treaty - but the signing

Whether Japan dares to invade after the vassal-vassal treaty is concluded is another matter.
To be continued...