Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 378
In the palace of the Taiping Palace, two envoys from North Korea knelt on the ground and shivered. Even though Daming did not ask them to kneel in etiquette, they still couldn't help themselves.

The two envoys who came this time, one was Hong Mingxia, who had been scolded by Bai Mingxiu before going to Shanghai as an envoy, and the other was Min Dingzhong, the favorite student of North Korea's important minister Song Shiyeol.

"Your Majesty, this turmoil in the country is really not intentional. My lord has already drafted a letter of state and is ready to welcome the Xuanfu envoy into the court. Respecting the Great Ming and being cautious is what the Joseon abides by. However, Cui Xiandong's generation hides evil intentions and intends to destroy us. The country of North Korea! Now my king’s life and death are unknown, and the courtiers are in chaos. I hope that the heaven will send troops to help and relieve the worries of the small country.”

Bai Mingxiu sat on his dragon chair, his expression didn't show any angry expression, he said: "You don't need to tell me, I will send troops to rescue the ministers of Daming, but you have repeatedly harmed me, Daming, I am a little bit Losing patience, I am about to suspend North Korea’s existence as a vassal state.”

He pointed to Fang Fang and said, "Remember, Annan's group of ignorant people fought against the imperial court, where are they now?"

Naturally, he turned it into Jiaozhi province. Bai Mingxiu pulled out the example of Jiaozhi to scare the North Koreans.However, there are some differences in this example. For example, Cochin used to be a part of Ming Dynasty. After Daming lost it, it can be regarded as regaining it now.

Min Dingzhong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the scholars and common people of a small country are all grateful for the great Ming Dynasty, and to gain the mercy of the sage, to govern a small country and benefit the people is something that people in my small country can't even imagine. If the Celestial Dynasty is not loyal to me, the crime deserves ten thousand deaths."

The two envoys spoke a lot of good things, but there was only one central idea, that is, North Korea was willing to accept the Xuanfu envoy sent by Daming to manage the government, and only asked Daming not to pursue their coup d'état.

In fact, Hong Mingxia and Min Dingzhong were also very puzzled. How could Daming know immediately what happened in North Korea?Although Ming gave them a brief explanation of the principle of the telegram, there was such a small part of their hearts that they might still suspect that Daming was lying to them.

The Daming postal system has already begun to lay cable telegraph lines in various places, which was also developed under the personal leadership of Bai Mingxiu.The telegraph technology was not directly given to Bai Mingxiu by the system, but Bai Mingxiu organized a special person to develop and research based on the poor knowledge he knew and some knowledge given by the system. At this stage, the cable telegraph technology has matured and can If it is used, wireless telegraphy may soon be put into practical use.Daming Post began to set up telegraph facilities everywhere.The telegraph line from Suncheon to Shenyang was successfully used after two months of erection.It is still mainly used to deliver official documents and other things, and it will be popularized in the civilian field in the future.

Bai Mingxiu didn't pay much attention to the two North Korean envoys. Now the North Korean issue has reached a new stage.

"There are still people who openly oppose Daming. Is it because of a bad brain or a bad brain?"

Yang Laiqiong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: "In North Korea, there are relatively serious struggles among scholar-bureaucrat groups. They are divided into the Westerners faction led by Song Shiyeol and the Southerners faction led by Yin Xizhong (Yin Kai). The struggle between them actually stems from the Confucianism Controversy. However, both Song Shilie and Yin Xizhong respect the Ming Dynasty. Song Shilie was the leader of the Northern Expedition to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but now he thinks that the Ming Dynasty wants to set up the Korean Propaganda Department. Yin Xizhong has always refuted Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism. Although his own Confucianism is not very good, he accepts my Ming Dynasty's new learning and thinks that Xuanfu envoys can also try to enter the dynasty. In fact, it is very simple Party struggles are not a big deal, but now it seems that the military power, which is completely ignored by the North Korean scholar-bureaucrats, has emerged this time."

Bai Mingxiu didn't know much about the situation in North Korea at this time, but the Minister of Rites was able to explain it eloquently, showing that Yang Laiqiong had put a lot of effort into Ming's foreign affairs.

Minister of the Ministry of War Zhao Xu said: "Now our diplomat Hong Qifeng is trapped in Kaijing, North Korea. Cui Xiandong wanted to break into their station, but he didn't break through for a while. The mission led by Hong Qifeng included a company of the size we sent. The purpose of the security force is to prevent such a situation. At that time, we carried out some camouflage, so the North Korean side did not know that we had such a military force, so Cui Xiandong suffered a loss when he attacked our mission station, and did not attack. go in."

Bai Mingxiu said anxiously: "The main reason is that now we don't know the scale of this coup, whether it was Cui Xiandong's rebellion with a small number of North Korean soldiers, or a large-scale coup. Did Cui Xiandong control Kaijing? Or did he In the short term, it will be wiped out by North Korea's Lee family, we don't know yet."

Hong Qifeng has only sent the Xunying once so far. After getting the news, Shenyang immediately sent a telegram to rule Suncheon.The Ming army stationed in Shenyang dispatched ahead of time before Bai Mingxiu gave the order to allow enough advance.

After Bai Mingxiu knew the situation, he immediately ordered the Ming army to march into North Korea. Any blocking force must be defeated as soon as possible.

"The nature of the attack on the Daming Mission's resident is quite bad. No matter what the attitude of the North Korean Li family is, this Cui Xiandong must die, and so will the people who accompanied him in the rebellion." Bai Mingxiu directly gave a character .

But after all, he is not an army commander in the 21st century. At that time, perhaps a force projection tool such as an aircraft carrier could quickly project the power of a powerful country. Even after the 21st century, there will be things like hypersonic weapons and drones. , can quickly extend the determination and strength of a country.Now that Bai Mingxiu can't do it, he can only let his Ming army go as soon as possible.

A cavalry unit of the Ming Dynasty had quickly set off from Shenyang and crossed the Yalu River after a two-day trek.And follow-up more Ming army troops are also concentrated in the direction of North Korea.The force dispatched this time is also mainly the troops of the Garrison Army. Bai Mingxiu stayed in the Garrison Army in the Northeast to develop this land. He didn't expect that there would still be a war at this time.However, the garrison army was originally the Ming army in full condition and changed its name. Its strength is very reliable, and even its weapons are standard weapons in active service.

At this time in Kaijing, the diplomat Hong Qifeng and more than a hundred Ming soldiers were still sticking to their garrison.

(End of this chapter)