Qiming 1158

Chapter 1444 Unending War

A few days after that conversation, Su Jue, Wen Tianrui, Hu Wei and others selected a 17-year-old boy named Wang Can from among the survivors of the Koryo royal family and recommended him to be the new Koryo king.

The young man was frightened by the fire, and his spirit was a little fragile. He couldn't hear loud noises, and couldn't see the light of the fire, otherwise he would be so frightened that he would be trembling and unable to move freely.

For the position of King Goryeo, he is too "excellent".

The result of this election was recognized by Su Yonglin, so Su Yonglin issued an decree as the emperor of Daming, officially canonizing Wang Can as the king of Goryeo.

Subsequently, Wang Can canonized Hu Wei as the state minister of Goryeo as the official king of Goryeo, allowing him to become the de facto ruler of Goryeo with complete procedures and legal seals. He is a Goryeo without any legal issues. Prime Minister.

But obviously, the fact that Hu Wei's identity as a former Daming official became the state minister of Goryeo would more or less arouse concerns and doubts among some Goryeo officials.

They felt that Hu Wei, as a member of the Ming Dynasty, was the Minister of Goryeo, or that he still had full control over the state.

Since ancient times, all the dynasties in the Central Plains have been the suzerainty of Koryo, but their suzerainty has a sense of borders, and there has never been any attempt to conspire against Koryo state affairs.

Daming's behavior this time is really incomprehensible.

For a time, some of the young Korean officials who survived the war collectively presented to Wang Can, hoping that he could consider more, and some people specially visited Hu Wei, hoping that Hu Wei could explain what Daming meant.

Of course, there is no standard answer to this question.

Although Wang Can is 17 years old, according to the rules, he can govern, but since Wang Can became the king of Koryo and completed the canonization ceremony, he was asked to live in the deep palace and not to go out for nothing.

He and the members of the royal family of Goryeo were strictly guarded by the soldiers of the Ming army and were in a state of semi-compulsory house arrest. Naturally, the officials' lists could not be sent to Wang Can, and Wang Can could not see them at all.

It is true that even if Wang Can sees these performances, it is impossible to make any effective changes.

Gaoli officials in Kaesong could only see Hu Wei, and if they had any questions, they could only consult Hu Wei and wait for Hu Wei’s disposal.

They were dissatisfied and questioned about it, but their dissatisfaction and questioning did not bring them any answers.

They were all dismissed from their posts and placed under house arrest, not allowed to go out.

Their positions were replaced by young Ming officials who kept arriving in Goryeo from Zhongdu. The Ming officials were appointed by "Wang Can" as official Goryeo officials in twos and threes, and began to exercise the power of the Goryeo central government and began to assume responsibilities.

And they also issued orders to the whole of Goryeo, requiring them to accept the rule of the Kaesong court, to recognize the rule of the Kaesong court, and not to violate the yang and yin, and so on.

At the same time, the revival organization also started activities in Korea, and they began to recruit members from Korea to join them, carry out local grassroots activities, and change Korea little by little from the most grassroots level.

This time is the middle of March in the tenth year of Hongwu.

After Goryeo suffered a great disaster, the chaos was suddenly quelled by the Ming Kingdom, order was restored, and the new king ascended the throne.

"Hongwu Political Theory" has been circulated in Korea for a long time. Korea nominally prohibits the circulation of "Hongwu Political Theory", but the ruling class and the local landlords and tycoons have already read everything that should be read, and some have read it more than once. interested.

It is precisely because of the in-depth understanding of the national attributes of the Ming Kingdom and some outrageous behaviors of the emperor Su Yonglin that local officials and powerful landlords are worried about the Ming state's involvement in Goryeo politics, and they are worried that the Ming Congress will not execute some of the internal Ming state in Goryeo. policy.

such as land reform.

They don't care who will be the king of Goryeo, but when it comes to land reform, it really touches their core interests.

It is absolutely impossible for them to take a step back because of their core interests.

What happened to the landlords and tyrants of the Ming Dynasty is everyone's eyes. If they make the same mistakes, they will not agree.

This concern made most of the local officials in Goryeo prepared to run, and a small number of them were prepared to resist to the end.

The landlords and tyrants who have survived in the local area silently strengthen their own military force, preparing to use force to defend their family property if things go wrong and the Ming Dynasty plans to do something.

No matter whether it is successful or not, this kind of attitude is necessary, and the people of the Ming Dynasty must not feel that they are easy to bully.

The army is only [-], but it really touches the core interests of the landlords, and there are far more than [-] rebels.

As for the response to the central government, most local officials gave a clear response, expressing their willingness to accept the rule of the Kaesong court and must obey the order.

After all, the powerful Ming army is stationed inside and outside Kaesong, and they are fighting against the Kaesong court at this time, doesn't it mean that they are giving the Ming army a reason to come directly to them?
You can't do such a stupid thing.

Local officials not far from Kaesong generally responded positively and did not want to provoke the Ming army.

The local officials farther away from Kaesong had more leeway. They believed that things remained to be seen. They felt that the Ming army was unlikely to cross most of the Goryeo territory to deal with them, so they could wait and see the situation and not rush to answer the Kaesong court.

The situation in Goryeo is chaotic, but there is also the possibility of a flashpoint, and it may be known within a few months.

On the other hand, Han Jinggui felt that the weather was warm in March, so in the above table, he requested a second northern expedition to the grasslands, and continued to solve the unfinished winter issues, vowing to completely eliminate the tribal alliance in the forest and cruise the Beihai. .

After discussing with the Privy Council, the General Staff Headquarters and the Privy Council believed that the tribe in the forest was over, and the remaining audience was no longer a threat. They felt that there was no need to launch another northern expedition, so they informed Su Yonglin of the suggestion, suggesting not to launch another northern expedition.

After careful consideration, Su Yonglin believed that the war should be done to the fullest. Since there are still remaining thieves, it should be attacked and beaten down.

It is advisable to chase the poor with the courage of the left, but not to be the overlord.

So Su Yonglin ordered the General Staff Headquarters and the Privy Council to plan the battle, allowing Han Jinggui's request for the Northern Expedition, and because the tribes in the forest did not pose much threat, he sent out [-] tiger cavalry guards in Zhongdu, and [-] cavalry units directly under the Third Corps, a total of [-]. [-] cavalry launched the second Northern Expedition.

The purpose of this Northern Expedition is to search and suppress the remaining enemies, to cruise the North Sea, to set up a national boundary monument in the North Sea and so on.

The General Staff Headquarters and the Privy Council took orders, planned the war, and ordered Han Jinggui to launch the Northern Expedition.

So at the beginning of April in the tenth year of Hongwu, Han Jinggui and Zhong Xuemin dispatched again, each leading [-] cavalrymen to dispatch the Northern Expedition, vowing to do their best.

After the Northern Expedition of the Third Corps began, Su Yonglin received a report from the Sichuan provincial government and the garrison.

In short, in response to Su Yonglin's request, the Dali Kingdom has already sent troops to assist Daming in attacking the anti-Ming barbarian tribes living in southern Sichuan.

Anti-Ming tribes generally live in deep mountains and old forests. The local Ming army is not familiar with the road, and it is quite exhausting to fight, but the Dali army is obviously more familiar with the road. guide.

Therefore, starting from February in the [-]th year of Hongwu, Xu Tong led the Eighth Corps to carry out a complete encirclement and suppression of the anti-Ming tribal armed forces in the southern Sichuan area, and took a tough attitude against the anti-Ming tribal tribes, demonstrating the uncompromising attitude of the central government of the Ming Dynasty. Attitude, by the way to deter centrist tribes.

Because of the Dali guide who was familiar with the terrain and the Dali army's attack from south to north, the Ming army and the Dali army formed a situation of attacking from the north and the south, and destroyed some anti-Ming tribal armed forces who thought their defense was successful. type of destruction.

By mid-April, the small, localized war had been going on for two months.

The Eighth Corps destroyed a total of 3000 anti-Ming tribes, wiped out more than [-] armed anti-Ming tribes, captured more than [-] armed anti-Ming tribes, and captured more than [-] people.

(End of this chapter)