The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

"What is the background of this Zhongshan Marquis?"

The current most powerful official in the Joseon Dynasty is Park Wonjong.

He is a representative figure of the old forces, and he is Zhongzong's first-class hero of the Jingguo, ranking above Cheng Xiyan.

Pu Yuanzong looked at Cheng Xiyan. Now only Cheng Xiyan knew the true situation of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, in the second year of Zhengde, after North Korea rebelled, Cheng Xiyan went to the Ming Dynasty as an envoy to request the Ming Dynasty to confer Li Yi as king, but he was unsuccessful.

Cheng Xiyan had no choice but to return to North Korea. At first, the North Korean monarchs thought that the Ming Dynasty did not agree to canonize Li Yi because North Korea deposed the king without authorization. However, it was not until this moment that they realized that the problem actually lay at the Jeju Racecourse. The Ming Dynasty wanted to take advantage of the situation. ah!

"It is said that the Marquis of Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty was originally just an honorary guard. He accidentally saved the life of Emperor Zhengde, so he was able to inherit the title of his ancestors and was deeply trusted by Emperor Zhengde."

Cheng Xiyan frowned and said, her face looking very ugly.

Hearing his words, Pu Yuanzong and Liu Shunting also changed their expressions.

In other words, the Marquis of Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty represents the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the person who wants to invade the Jeju Racecourse is also the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

The Ming Emperor wanted the Jeju Racecourse. This was the real trouble!

After all, the Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state of North Korea, and it is still refusing to confer Li Yi. In order to take care of the overall situation, North Korea may have no choice but to cut off its flesh and blood to protect itself!

But Park Yuanzong was very angry about this. Not only was he opposed to the cessation of the Jeju Racecourse, he even wanted to directly send troops to Jeju Island to teach the Ming Dynasty Zhongshan Marquis a lesson!

"Then Tang Hao just brought four thousand soldiers and wanted to forcibly occupy our Jeju Racecourse. How can there be such an outrageous and unreasonable request in this world?"

Pu Yuanzong angrily said: "Even if the Ming Emperor is standing behind Tang Hao, are we going to hand over the Jeju Racecourse obediently? How will the world's scholars view the imperial court? What prestige does the imperial court have?"

Although these words sound unpleasant, they are also indisputable facts.

He was just a Marquis of Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty, but he forced the entire North Korea to bow their heads. If word spread, what prestige could the four of them, the monarch and his ministers, have?

Li Yi was very frightened at this moment. He didn't care about bullshit prestige. After all, he, the king of North Korea, was picked up for free and was a puppet supported by the three ministers. He had no prestige in the first place!

He is now even more worried about his throne, or the foundation of the Li dynasty's rule!

The Lee Dynasty sought to usurp the throne and establish the country on behalf of Goryeo. This itself was not in line with the concept of loyalty and patriotism of the Korean scholar-officials.

If Taizu had not repeatedly requested to surrender to the Ming suzerainty, and was canonized by the Ming suzerainty, and personally given the country name "North Korea", the Li dynasty would have no legitimacy at all, and it would not be recognized by the scholar-bureaucrats at all.

Since then, the kings of all dynasties in Korea have requested canonization from the Ming Dynasty to prove their legitimacy in ruling the country.

If he, Li Yi, cannot get the title of canonization from the Ming Dynasty, it will be no different from a joke!

"My destiny is very important!"

"If the Great Tomorrow sends angels to investigate the affairs of Lord Yanshan, what will happen to you and me?"

Li Yi revealed the worst possibility and silenced all three ministers.

Mr. Yanshan is dead!

Not only was he dead, but all his descendants were killed!

Since the three ministers dare to correct the chaos, none of them are simple people. How can they cut the grass without eradicating the roots and leave trouble for themselves?

Yanshanjun's lineage was completely dead, not even a single weed was left.

If the Ming Dynasty really sent some angels to investigate, they would naturally not be able to hide it, and then the trouble would be really big!

For a moment, the monarch and his ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, Cui Tan, who had been silent before, suddenly spoke.

"Your Majesty, you three adults, why not obey the wishes of the Celestial Empire!"

"As a result, we have no strength to resist at all. Although the Ming Dynasty gradually declined and declined, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. It is not something that North Korea can compete with."

"Secondly, the ambitious monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty only wanted Jeju Racecourse and Jeju War Horses. As for Jeju Island, they didn't care. They specifically proposed that it would still be under our rule and that Jeju Shepherd would exist as well, in order to deceive others."

Pu Yuanzong sneered when he heard this and was about to refute, but Cheng Xiyan was one step ahead of him and put forward some kind of hypothesis.

"What Cui Tan said is very interesting."

"The people who really want the Jeju Racecourse are the ambitious monarchs of the Ming Dynasty, Zhongshan Marquis and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty literati and officials don't know it!"

"In other words, this is actually an opportunity for us to fight. We can immediately send envoys to the Ming Dynasty and submit credentials to question the matter. By then, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to hide it at all, and the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty will not let him do whatever he wants and destroy the two countries. diplomatic relations!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Yi and others' eyes suddenly lit up.

This is a good idea.

To put it bluntly, the current political situation of the Ming Dynasty is even more chaotic than that of North Korea.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty were at odds with each other, and they were eager to get rid of the control of the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty. This is why the Marquis Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty occupied the Jeju Racecourse.

This was actually the helpless move of the Ming Emperor. Otherwise, there were so many racecourses and pastures in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Houzhao would only care about such an overseas racecourse when he was full, so as to provide high-quality horses for his soldiers!

You know, in the current Ming Dynasty, power is in the hands of the Ming scholar-bureaucrats!

"Tang Hao, if you can, just drag him!"

"I will personally send an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to provoke internal strife between the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty to delay this matter."

"In this case, it's just a loss of some horses. The momentary honor and disgrace are nothing."

Cheng Xiyan smoothed his white beard and took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Daming to resolve the matter.

As long as the Ming scholar-bureaucrats take action, the Ming Emperor's ambitions will be suppressed to the point of being unable to achieve anything.

Li Yi, Pu Yuanzong and Liu Shunting nodded repeatedly, and they were understandable.

The four monarchs and ministers discussed the specific matters again and came up with a rough response plan.

However, at this moment, someone hurriedly came to report that it was none other than Marquis Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty who had bloodbathed the entire Tsushima Island.

The four monarchs and ministers, who were full of confidence before, were shocked to the point of numbness after hearing the news!

"Bloodbath the entire island of Tsushima!"

"The corpse was also cast into a Jingguan!"

"This Ming Zhongshan Marquis is really ruthless!"

Liu Shunting couldn't help but sigh.

"Ha!" Pu Yuanzong sneered, "He is trying to scare the monkeys!"

"If our country does not agree to his request, will Tang Hao also want to bloodbath my country? It is really lawless!"

It is true that Tsushima Island is a place where Japanese pirates are entrenched, but it nominally belongs to the Japanese country and is the territory of the Japanese country.

In the name of suppressing the Japanese, Marquis Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty directly attacked Tsushima Island by force, and bloodbathed the entire island with extreme cruelty. He did not care about any exchanges between countries. He was a lawless and wanton man!

What kind of bandit suppression was he doing? He was clearly meant to show off to North Korea!

Cheng Xiyan sighed.

"I will leave for Daming immediately!"

"As for Tang Hao, Cui Tan, you return to Jeju Island immediately and be controlled by Tang Hao for the time being!"

"Before I come back, no matter what Tang Hao wants to do, as long as it's not too excessive, let him go!"

Again, the momentary honor or disgrace is nothing, the overall situation is the most important thing.

After the discussion, the three ministers and Cui Tan left in a hurry.

Li Yi, on the other hand, was sitting on the throne with a calm face, his eyes constantly flashing, no longer the cowardly look he had before.

There was internal chaos in the Ming Dynasty. The emperor and the civil servants and gentry were at odds with each other and were fighting for power.

So why isn't this the case in North Korea?

Li Yi is about to come of age. How can he be willing to be controlled by these three ministers and become a puppet king?

"Jeju Racecourse."

"Marquis Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Is this an opportunity?"

Li Yi's eyes flickered and he fell into deep thought.

Cui Tanze traveled all the way and returned to Jeju Island again.

When he, the Jeju Shepherd, returned to his own territory, he was surprised to find that Jeju Island had become quite unfamiliar.

Fortresses rose up one after another, almost enclosing the entire Jeju Racecourse.

In addition, along the coast, especially in the direction from North Korea to Jeju Island, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty also built a large number of fortifications here, clearly to prevent North Korea from sending troops.

The more Cui Tan watched, the more frightened he became, and he was also afraid of Tang Hao.

The two met again, and Cui Tan pretended that the three ministers disagreed, trying to delay time and give Cheng Xiyan a chance to go to the Ming Dynasty to fight.

But Tang Hao just glanced at this guy, and then exposed North Korea's response arrangements with a faint smile.

"You should be planning to send people to Ming Dynasty to take advantage of the diplomatic relations between the two countries and force His Majesty to recall me, right?"

Cui Tan trembled when he heard this and lowered his head silently.

"This is a really good idea."

"The internal chaos in our Ming Dynasty is indeed a great opportunity for North Korea."

Tang Hao thought to himself and said: "But you have overlooked one thing, that is, my patience is limited!"

"Go back and tell your King Li Yi and the three ministers Nalaoshizi that if you don't give a clear answer, I will personally go to your North Korean capital to investigate the case of the mysterious death of Lord Yanshan, and then make the truth known to the public. Please understand. Yet?"

Cui Tan suddenly raised his head and looked at Tang Hao in disbelief.

His move was equivalent to directly hitting the vital points of North Korea's monarchs and ministers!

Cheng Xiyan wants to delay time, which is indeed the best strategy to deal with the current situation.

But he ignored the important point, that is, he didn't understand Tang Hao at all, and he didn't know that he was a lawless and reckless man!

Cui Tan had no choice but to act as a messenger again and hurried back to Wang Jing.

At this moment, Cheng Xiyan had already left for Daming. Li Yi, Pu Yuanzong, and Liu Shunting were furious after hearing Tang Hao's reply.

After all, they were emperors and generals who held great power in a country. When had they ever been so insulted by an outsider?

However, no one could ignore the threat from Zhongshan Hou of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, if the handle falls into someone else’s hands, what else is there to say?

Even Pu Yuanzong, after venting his anger, could only persuade Li Yi to issue an order to stabilize the Ming Zhongshan Marquis first.

However, Li Yi, who had always been cooperative, lost his temper at this moment and sat there with a gloomy face, refusing to issue an order to cede the Jeju Racecourse to the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, a moment of honor and disgrace means nothing!"

Liu Shunting advised him.

"As long as Xiyan succeeds, the Ming Dynasty will recall Tang Hao, and then the Jeju Racecourse will still belong to North Korea..."

"What do I mean by that?" Li Yi roared, "A mere Marquis of Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty can force me to obey his orders. What prestige do I have?"

You have no prestige to begin with!

Cui Tan muttered in his heart, not daring to say a word at all.

Liu Shunting was also helpless and could only turn to look at the first powerful official Park Yuanzong.

The latter didn't talk nonsense and spoke directly.

"Give me the decree, Your Majesty!"

Without a word of nonsense, he directly ordered Li Yi to issue the decree.

This is the power of the number one official!

This time, Li Yi obeyed his orders.

After the incident ended, Park Yuanzong and Liu Sunting dispersed.

Li Yi looked at the two ministers with a gloomy face, his eyes flashing with cold light.

He had made such a fuss on purpose just now. It seemed like he was losing his temper, but in fact it was just to test him.

The results showed that he, the king of North Korea, really had no weight.

No one cares about his opinions, and no one cares about his honor or disgrace!

After this incident, Li Yi became more determined to eradicate these three ministers!

As long as these three national thieves live together, he, Li Yi, will always be their puppet. He has no power or position at all, let alone be in charge of national affairs!

After getting the official document stamped with the seal of the King of Joseon, Cui Dam immediately rushed back to the Jeju Racecourse.

Tang Hao opened the document and took a look at it, then sent Cui Tan away and threw it directly to Tang Mu.

"Tang Mu, something has happened here. I have to go back to Beijing first."

"You led three thousand soldiers to stay at the Jeju Racecourse, waiting for news from me."

Tang Mu nodded when he heard this and said nothing more.

As Tang Hao's number one confidant and the person Tang Hao values ​​and trusts the most, he naturally has to step forward at this time to help his own Lord Marquis.

Tang Hao patted his shoulder and sighed.

"With this document, North Korea will not do anything mindless, and your safety can be guaranteed."

"This Jeju Racecourse is very important to us, so we have to leave some of our own people here to watch over it. When I return to Beijing, I will bring some guard sergeants to guard the farm next time."

"I have always been uneasy about the capital. Moreover, after the North Korean envoys have gone, those civil servants and gentry will not let us succeed so easily. After all, I have to go back."

Tang Hao originally thought that after the Jeju Racecourse incident was completely settled, he would lead his army back to the Ming Dynasty and then dispatch a group of guard sergeants to guard it.

But for some reason, he had been feeling a little uneasy since hearing what Cui Tan said about the situation in North Korea. He felt that something was going on, so he temporarily changed his plan and asked for an official document from North Korea to ensure that the soldiers left behind 's safety.

As long as the documents are in hand, it is impossible for North Korea to break up.

After hurriedly telling Tang Mu, Tang Hao led a thousand soldiers and returned to Ryukyu by boat.

This time, Ryukyu Nakayama King Naozhen still welcomed him warmly. The soldiers who had stayed here to recuperate have almost recovered from their injuries.

After all, they eat well and sleep well here, and they are really treated as distinguished guests by the entire Ryukyus.

Shang Zhen even had some careful thoughts and deliberately selected beauties from Ryukyu and offered them to these soldiers, hoping to leave some heirs and tie them to Ryukyu.

These are all elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. They are familiar with battle formations and know how to train troops. Even if they can keep one or two, Ryukyu will make a lot of money.

Tang Hao was not surprised by Shang Zhen's actions, and even felt a little pitiful.

Today's Ryukyu is just like the Republic of China in the future. In order to revitalize, it will try every means, and it can even be said that it is unscrupulous.

For the sake of our country, this approach is not objectionable.

"Shang Zhen, did you succeed in sending those beauties? Are any of them pregnant?"

Tang Hao deliberately joked, causing Shang Zhen's face to turn red. He hurriedly stood up and wanted to explain, for fear of offending the Ming Zhongshan Marquis.

"I'm kidding you! Why are you nervous!"

Seeing that this old boy couldn't stand the teasing, Tang Hao explained with a wry smile.

"Keep sitting and drinking, don't get down on your knees and admit your mistakes."

After confirming that Tang Hao was not angry, Shang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and slowly sat back on the chair.

"Forgive me, Lord Marquis, but Xiao Wang made his own decision without your consent..."

"It's just a small matter." Tang Hao waved his hand, "You just want to make progress too much, right?"

progress?

That's not it!

Shang Zhen nodded hurriedly and said: "Master Hou is right, Xiao Wang really wants to make progress!"

Tang Hao smiled after hearing this, and then made a suggestion.

"In this case, let's make a deal."

"You recruit some craftsmen who are familiar with shipbuilding. I will take them back to the Ming Dynasty and become my people in the Ming Dynasty."

"Accordingly, I will compensate you Ryukyu with the same value!"

As soon as these words came out, the Ryukyu nobles suddenly stopped breathing, and they all looked at Tang Hao expectantly!

How pitiful the fate is, becoming a citizen of the Ming Dynasty is something they have never dreamed of!

Shang Zhen was also stunned, and took several deep breaths before forcing himself to calm down.

"What the Marquis means is..."

"Don't think too much, I only want craftsmen, and craftsmen who can build ships!"

Tang Hao laughed and cursed angrily: "As for you guys, forget it and just be your own chiefs!"

After hearing this, everyone was greatly disappointed, but secretly they had some thoughts.

It doesn't matter if we can't go, but the heirs can go, right?

Shipbuilding is not difficult. My son can do it. Even if he doesn't, he can learn it now. He has never eaten pork and never seen a pig run away?

"As long as the Marquis is willing to accept it, let alone any compensation, Xiao Wang will make arrangements immediately!"

Shang Zhen said with sincerity: "We will always bear in mind the great kindness that the Marquis has shown me in Ryukyu, so what else can we talk about in return..."

"No!" Tang Hao said firmly, "One code equals one code."

"There are three ways to choose from. Listen carefully."

"First, compensation with money and food. If a craftsman is exchanged for the corresponding money and food, it is equivalent to me going out and buying these craftsmen."

"Second, for technical compensation, I will leave a certain number of soldiers to help you train your sergeants, so that you can have the power to protect yourself..."

Before Tang Hao finished speaking, all the nobles suddenly stood up.

Shang Zhen roared with red eyes: "I choose two, choose two, I want technical compensation!"

Now, I can't deal with the Marquis of Zhongshan anymore.

He has another choice he hasn't mentioned yet, which is to directly send garrison troops to Ryukyu to protect your safety...