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

Chapter 388: The Disaster of the Jiazi Soldiers
Ever since Ren Shihong was released back to Korea, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty has unsurprisingly declined among the surrounding barbarians.

The Tatars never expected that the Ming Dynasty would actually compromise with North Korea. After the news spread, the Tatars began to deploy their troops, and the army headed straight for Datong and Xuanfu.

In the East China Sea, after the Ming warships withdrew from the Japanese islands, the shogunate and wandering samurai on the Japanese islands boarded ships and sailed southeast towards the Ming Dynasty.

Countries such as Luzon, Ryukyu, and Java were also ready to move, planning to enter the interior of the Ming Dynasty to get a piece of the pie.

The Ming Dynasty was a behemoth, and these small countries would be able to live a comfortable life if they could just tear off a piece of its skin.

In short, the impact of Ren Shihong being released back to Korea and the Ming Dynasty withdrawing its warships from the Japanese islands is now gradually becoming apparent.

The Ming court was also not idle. The defense of the Nine Borders was naturally the top priority. It was not easy for the Tatars to break through the Nine Border Passes of the Great Wall. After the Battle of Tumu, the Ming Dynasty's defense of the Nine Borders became increasingly strong, and the Tatars did not gain any benefits in Datong and Xuanfu.

As for Luzon, Ryukyu, Java and other countries, they did not dare to invade the Ming Dynasty openly. They could only act as Japanese pirates, harassing and robbing in the southeast land and putting all the blame on the Japanese pirates.

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Korean Islands.

The Gapa turmoil of the Joseon Dynasty began on this day.

Gyeongbokgung Palace, the retirement banquet for the Joseon royal family.

Li Long hosted a banquet for Minister of Rites Li Shizuo today. No one else at the banquet had arrived yet, except King Li Long of Joseon, who was drinking at the main seat.

Li Shizuo felt something was wrong, so he toasted Li Long and said, "Your Majesty, Ren Shihong has been promoting officials at will recently, intending to take over other people's business. Please be vigilant."

As a representative of the nobility and the leader of the Joseon scholar community, Lee Se-jong has always been upright and incorruptible.

Li Long stood up, stared down at Li Shizuo, and said indifferently: "I want to ask you, a few days ago someone wrote a letter to accuse me of raping a married man, but did you do it?"

Li Shizuo said calmly: "Yes."

Li Long laughed loudly: "Good! You are a real man if you dare to do anything! I will ask you again, did you kill my mother? Did you kill my mother?"

Li Shizuo looked at Yeonsangun in astonishment and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, your mother is in the harem now."

"Bullshit!" Li Long shouted, "My mother was Consort Yin, and you killed her! Are you still pretending to be loyal to me?"

"You deserve to die!"

"Someone, kill this beast!"

Ren Shihong immediately led his troops into the hall, and the soldiers hacked Li Shizuo, the Minister of Rites, to death with a single knife.

Li Long shouted excitedly and said to Ren Shihong: "They killed my mother, no one can survive, you go! Kill Yin Pilsang, Li Kejun, Chengjun, Quanzhu, Li Zhou and others.

Also! Han Zhiheng, Han Minghui, Zheng Changsun, Yu Shiqian, Shen Hui, Li Po and others who have died should be disinterred and their bodies beheaded. Lord Anyang and Lord Fengan should be killed by this king!"

This group of people were all scholars and nobles. As a result, more than half of the scholars in Korea were killed by Li Long.

This was not the end. Li Long went to the harem again and raped the Queen Mother Incui of the previous Emperor Chengzong.

As the news of these events spread, Korea was in an uproar. Half of the civil officials were killed. In particular, the rape of Queen Insu by Yeonsangun caused strong condemnation from all the nobles of Korea.

There were so many rebels that even nobles and royal families waving flags and cheering for rebellion could be seen everywhere.

The domestic riots broke out overnight and intensified.

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At this time, Korea naturally had no time to trade privately with the Liaodong Jurchens, as the whole country was rebelling against the tyrant Li Long. This news quickly spread from Korea to the Ming Dynasty and to the four barbarian countries.

Forbidden City.

Qianqing Palace.

An eunuch took small steps and quickly found Emperor Hongzhi.

"Your Majesty, a spy from North Korea sent me a letter saying there is a riot in North Korea."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi's eyes widened in astonishment, and he hurriedly said, "Tell me in detail!"

After the eunuch informed Emperor Hongzhi of every detail of what had happened in Korea, Emperor Hongzhi breathed a long sigh of relief, then slumped back on the dragon throne. He waved his hand and asked the eunuch to leave.

After an unknown amount of time, Emperor Hongzhi finally began to laugh unrestrainedly!

Ok, good, good!
North Korea is indeed in chaos, which is great!
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cabinet.

When the three cabinet elders heard about the unrest in North Korea, they all gasped in shock.

The three of them made eye contact, and their expressions were very complicated!

When Ren Shihong was released back to North Korea, it was considered a great humiliation by everyone. However, who could have imagined that Ren Shihong would cause such a big trouble after returning to North Korea!
Thinking hard.

Now if we think about it carefully, what if Ren Shihong was released by the Ming Dynasty on purpose? Was it just to create the turmoil today?
When the Third Elder thought of this, his expression became extremely shocked!
No wonder Emperor Hongzhi did not punish the two uncles of the Zhang family, but simply let them go lightly.

No wonder Emperor Hongzhi did not mention this matter again for a long time. At that time, the Zhang brothers forged the imperial edict to release Ren Shihong back to Korea. It was obviously a serious crime. Even if he did not deal with the Zhang brothers, Emperor Hongzhi should have taken remedial measures. But Emperor Hongzhi did nothing.

In other words, could it be that the Emperor...had already predicted the turmoil in North Korea today?

What if all this was a plot by the Emperor against North Korea?!

Li Dongyang suddenly spoke up and put forward an even more shocking guess: what if this was not a trap set by the emperor but someone else?
As soon as these words were spoken, the cabinet suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop!
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In the Eastern Palace, Zhu Houzhao heard about the internal turmoil in Korea, and he finally understood what his younger brother was doing.

My little brother is really amazing! Alas, it’s a pity that I was scolded by my father for nothing...

The happiest people were the Zhang brothers.

Zhang Yanling was inexplicably restored to the title of marquis. According to Emperor Hongzhi, it was because of their meritorious service in going to Liaodong to deliver the imperial edict.

Zhang Yanling was extremely excited.

The move by Emperor Hongzhi to re-ennoble Zhang Yanling seemed to further confirm that all the current turmoil in Korea was driven by the Ming Dynasty behind the scenes.

As soon as the civil strife broke out in Korea, maritime countries such as Java, Luzon, and Ryukyu suddenly became quiet.

The top leaders of their country saw it clearly. All the internal unrest in North Korea was caused by Ren Shihong's return. But how did Ren Shihong return?
The Ming Dynasty released it.

Who still thinks that the Ming Dynasty allowed Shi Hong to return to Korea because of Li Long's diplomatic letter? This is clearly a plot by the Ming Dynasty to control Korea!
The Emperor of Wajima naturally saw everything clearly, but he was not afraid, because he wanted to use the military force of the Ming Dynasty to destroy the shogunate forces entrenched in Wajima, so the Emperor of Wajima still allowed the Japanese slaves to go to the southeast of the Ming Dynasty.

However, island countries like Java no longer dare to plot against the Ming Dynasty. Who knows if the Ming Dynasty will plot against them one day!

(End of this chapter)