Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 377: Layout of North Korea
After all, the problems in Annan are not that big. The entire Annan has played the role of a villain in history and is not to be feared.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has established relations with the Tusi in the southwest, it will not be difficult for the people in Prince Mu's Palace to deploy troops on the Annan border by using the Tusi roads.

He Annan can send troops to Siam, and the Ming Dynasty can also conduct a military exercise on the border of their Annan country.

After all, the six ministries of the cabinet are not for scholars like Yang Tinghe. It makes sense that Yang Tinghe is still teaching in the Eastern Palace and has not been appointed as an official with real power.

His political wisdom is far from enough.

At today's small court meeting, none of the six ministers and the three elders of the cabinet brought up their ancestral teachings. In their eyes, the idea of ​​an unconquered country was just empty talk.

When the sea was first opened, some people also cited the ancestral teachings that prohibited people from entering the sea, but these two things are completely different.

Opening the sea would block the vested interests of some people, so they have to use their ancestral teachings as an excuse. But this won't work against Annan. When facing the major issues of the country, as long as their own interests are not involved, such a small group of people who can stand in the imperial court will always be the elite among the elites. They will certainly not use their ancestral teachings to cause trouble again!

The plan proposed by Chen Ce is indeed feasible, but the Ministry of Revenue still has a problem, that is, military exercises will cost a lot of money, is it worth it?
The answer given by Emperor Hongzhi is that it is worth it, because military exercises can not only deter the enemy, but the exercises can also be transformed into actual combat at any time. This is like a knife hanging over the head of Annan. When the guillotine will be put down depends entirely on the mood of the Ming Dynasty. This process will make Annan live in fear all the time.

I still remember what Zhu Houzhao said to Emperor Hongzhi back then: fists are always the greatest deterrent before you strike.

The six ministries of the cabinet no longer raised any objections, and the Ministry of War immediately sent a document to Prince Mu's Palace in Yunnan.

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Chen Ce's focus was not on the south. The biggest trouble in the entire southwest was the trouble caused by the chieftains. However, now the chieftains had won the support of the people, and the effect of changing the chieftain system to officialdom was very good.

As for some small countries outside the southwest, the Ming court is now powerful enough to destroy a country at any time, so they are nothing to be afraid of.

But North Korea is different, it has to fight across the sea.

At this stage, North Korea poses a far greater threat to the Ming Dynasty than the southwest.

Although North Korea has always played the role of the Ming Dynasty's most loyal and hardcore brother, this is due to the influence of cultural penetration.

At this stage, North Korea is learning Chinese characters and reading the Four Books.

He was scared by being beaten by Zhu Yuanzhang.

But now there is a crazy emperor in Korea, Yeonsangun Lee Long, who is the most brutal and brainless emperor of the Joseon Dynasty.

After hearing that the Ming Dynasty suffered a setback on the Japanese island, Li Long became arrogant and no longer took the Ming Dynasty seriously. Previously, the Ming Dynasty had expressly prohibited trade between them and the Jurchens of Liaodong, but now Li Long lifted this ban.

The Ming Dynasty had enjoyed peace for many years, and its coastal defense was weak, making it clearly unable to conduct cross-sea operations. If it were to follow the example of the Southwest and conduct exercises in the Korean waters, it would probably fail to deter North Korea by pulling its small warships over, and instead would give it more confidence.

Chen Ce has been thinking about how to deal with Li Long.

The Ministry of Rites had already sent a diplomatic letter to Korea, requesting Li Long to prohibit trade with the Jurchens of Liaodong.

But North Korea turned a blind eye to the documents from the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites also ordered the Governor of Liaodong to prohibit trade between the Jurchens and Korea. However, the Jurchens agreed on the surface but continued to trade with Korea in secret.

This seriously affected the Ming Dynasty's horse trade in Liaodong.

When a whale falls, all things come to life. This is most appropriate to the current situation in the Ming Dynasty. The source of everything is in the southeast.

Unfortunately, at that time, the Ministry of War's warships had not been built yet, so it was unable to establish its power in Japan.

Chen Ce knew that even if the first batch of warships were manufactured by the Ministry of Industry, these warships would not be able to adapt to long-term sea voyages and would probably not be able to deter the Koreans this time.

Then we need to find another way.

Chen Ce sat in his study and tapped lightly on a page of Korean history: The Bowu Scholar Disaster!

He wanted to create another Jiazi Military Disaster to completely bring down Li Long from power, thereby completely shocking the entire Joseon Dynasty!

"Cough cough."

It was late at night, and the spring was still chilly. Chen Ce began to cough uncontrollably. The light next door came on, and Wu Niangzi and Xiaohua hurried to Chen Ce's yard. Chen Ce's cough became more and more severe, and the books on the desk were covered with blood. Wu Niangzi was used to it after all, so she hurried to feed Chen Ce medicine and get hot water to wipe his wounds.

Xiao Hua stood aside, watching the blood coming out of Chen Ce's mouth. She quickly ran over, covered Chen Ce's mouth with her hands, and cried, "Brother Chen, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"

Madam Wu brought hot water from the kitchen and asked Xiaohua to cool the boiled medicine. She quickly wiped Chen Ce's face.

"Take the medicine, take the medicine, you will be fine after taking the medicine." Xiaohua ran to Chen Ce with the medicine, crying like a tearful person.

"I won't lie anymore. I won't lie anymore."

Chen Ce weakly raised his eyelids, stroked Xiaohua's hair, patted it gently, and said, "I'm fine."

"Woo woo woo, I won't make you angry anymore, I won't make you angry anymore."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The little fellow's pretty face was covered with tears. He sobbed and choked as he spoke, turning around in a panic.

By the second half of the night, Chen Ce finally fell into a deep sleep.

Neither Mrs. Wu nor Xiaohua slept that night, and they stayed silently by Chen Ce's bedside.

……

The next morning, Chen Ce woke up early, and Mrs. Wu asked hurriedly, "Are you feeling better?"

Xiaohua had already fallen asleep at the head of Chen Ce's bed. Chen Ce said softly, "Much better. She must have been scared last night."

"She didn't sleep all night and just fell asleep." said Madam Wu.

Chen Ce slowly got up from the bed, putting on his cloak, and carried Xiaohua to the bed.

Madam Wu looked unhappy and said to Chen Ce, "She said a lot to you last night."

"what?"

Chen Ce looked at Madam Wu in confusion.

Madam Wu gritted her teeth and said, "There are eunuchs in the palace who specifically look for these little girls outside the palace for sexual pleasure. She is not a beggar, but a boy sent by the chieftain to be sexually pleasured by the eunuchs."

"She escaped and there are more children trapped."

Chen Ce's face twitched and he asked Madam Wu, "Which eunuch?"

Madam Wu shook her head and said, "She doesn't know either."

"These beasts!"

Chen Ce nodded and said, "I understand."

Madam Wu was silent for a moment, then said, "Don't work until late at night next time."

Chen Ce smiled and said, "It's okay."

Madam Wu said, "The doctors all said that you shouldn't stay up late for your illness."

Chen Ce smiled and said, "He will die sooner or later. His condition is getting worse. It should be soon."

Madam Wu turned her head away. In fact, she also cried very sadly last night.

"Okay, you should go back and rest too. I'm sorry for bothering you last night."

Madam Wu shook her head slightly and said, "It's okay, no trouble."

(End of this chapter)