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Chapter 741: The Joseon monarch and his ministers have lost their moral integrity and should be abolished

It was very necessary for Shen Li to make this trip, because when the court received the memorial from the front line, it thought that the concubines of the Liaodong Army were all captured. The court wanted to rule the Korean Peninsula, not just fight and withdraw. The Liaodong Army actually did such a thing when it had sufficient supplies of food and grass. Now that Shen Li was here, he naturally had to ask in person.

This was not the court's stereotype of the Liaodong Army. Even Qi Jiguang thought they were robbing women. When Qi Jiguang was preparing to deal with the situation and learned more about the situation, he found out that the local people were too enthusiastic.

This enthusiasm was not only because the Ming soldiers swept away the Japanese pirates and saved the people from suffering, and they sacrificed themselves out of gratitude, but mainly because they wanted to truly become the superior people of the Celestial Empire.

Qi Jiguang once saw a registered urchin on the street and said to him, "I am a Ming Dynasty man, and you are a running dog, so you should kneel down to me." Then the urchin asked another unregistered child to kneel down, and the child really knelt down.

The people of Korea were not sure whether they would leave when the Ming army arrived, but they knew very well that if they gave their daughters to them, the child born would definitely be a noble Ming person!

It is the greatest honor to be a dog of the Ming Dynasty. Now my grandchildren and my children are real Ming people. This identity should not be more noble!
This enthusiasm is based on the enthusiasm for improving social status.

In addition to the motivation of wanting their descendants to live a stable life, there is also the interest in gaining benefits during the period of martial law. This enthusiasm has tangible benefits and advantages.

The Ming army had a total of 40,000 elite soldiers from the Beijing camp and 20,000 soldiers from Liaodong. To manage these places, these 20,000 soldiers from Liaodong inevitably had to use local people. In this case, the relationship of marriage seemed more trustworthy and could be regarded as a kind of "clan party".

This enthusiasm is based on the enthusiasm for improving economic status.

Social status and economic status determine political status.

"Mr. Shen, I have a question." Qi Jiguang leaned over and asked, "What is the court's attitude towards destroying the Japanese? Are there any officials who oppose it?"

"Yes." Shen Li said solemnly, "Because conquest is too expensive, it is enough to defeat the Japanese pirates on the Korean battlefield and make them dare not invade. It is enough to teach them a lesson. There is no need to go directly to Japan to destroy them."

Shen Li was well aware of the high cost of military affairs. Of the 30 million silver taels collected in tax revenue by the Ming Dynasty each year, 12 million taels were used to support the army. That was just for support. If there was a war, the cost of food, wages, and rewards would be even higher. This was all part of the cost of strengthening the military.

The half-farmer and half-military soldiers on the border are more than capable of defending the city but not capable of attacking. It is also very expensive to train professional foreign soldiers for attacking.

This is not a matter of actuarial calculations; it is simply too expensive. Your Majesty, like Emperor Chengzu Wen, has to use the treasury to barely make ends meet.

"Yes, it's too expensive." Qi Jiguang agreed and said, "If it weren't expensive, the Ming Dynasty would have defended Nurgandusi, Beipingdusi, Hetao, Guanxi Seven Guards, Luchuan, and Jiaozhi Thirteen Guards at all costs. It's too expensive. These places have been loosened up in military constraints intermittently."

"But now, Lord Shen, war is not expensive anymore. From training to fighting, everything will become cheaper."

"Oh?" Shen Li raised his eyebrows, his face full of confusion.

Qi Jiguang said solemnly: "In the past, to train an archer, one had to start practicing martial arts from a young age, and only when he was sixteen or seventeen years old could he shoot accurately with a bow and arrow. The poor were good at literature, but the rich were good at martial arts. They either had extraordinary talents or practiced martial arts. Therefore, there were few strong archers, and cavalry was even more expensive. But now the line formation has solved this problem."

"In short, the Musketeers are cheap, simple and straightforward."

Qi Jiguang began to talk about his thoughts in a rambling manner. He was still on the Korean battlefield, the battle had not yet ended, and his thinking had not yet been completed. It was just a preliminary and vague idea, but the idea was already very clear.

Musketeers are really too cheap!

It only takes one to three months to train a musketeer. After feeding them with gunpowder and lead, they can immediately go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. As for archers, the time cost starts at least three years. If they are archers like the Tiger Bow, it depends on their talent. The nutritional cost of training and food is very high.

The Tiger Force Bow, which was developed with such great effort, can only penetrate armor at a distance of 40 steps. It cannot kill armored soldiers beyond 60 steps. However, the effective armor-piercing range of the Pingyi Gun is 100 steps, and the effective armor-piercing range is within 60 steps.

A Pingyi musketeer is much cheaper than a Huli archer. Among the 100,000 Beijing troops, only 240 can pull the Huli bow, while the 40,000 Beijing troops are equipped with 4,000 Pingyi muskets.

In addition to the low training cost, the manufacturing cost and use cost of musket ammunition are much lower than those of bows and crossbows.

Both muskets and strong bows are very expensive. Strong bows require wood, tendons, rubber, and leather, and arrows require wood, feathers, arrowheads, etc., while muskets require steel, triggers, etc., all of which are not cheap, especially the steel pipes used in muskets, which ordinary people cannot make at all. However, the maintenance of a strong bow is much more expensive than that of a musket.

When Qi Jiguang was suppressing the Japanese pirates in the southeast, many of the bird guns and pistols in the hands of the soldiers were made in the Yongle period. The emperor once rewarded Qi Jiguang with a pistol with the number "81,277, made on September 21, the 19th year of Yongle". This thing is an antique, but it can be fired. However, it is impossible for a strong bow to be still usable after two hundred years, as it would have rotted away long ago.

The cost difference is also reflected in projectiles. Projectiles are consumables, and arrows are also consumables. In most cases, arrows cannot be retrieved once they are shot.

The cost of an arrow was more than twenty Wanli Tongbao coins, while the gunpowder and lead for a bird gun only cost two coins and six cents per pound, and the cost of firing a bird gun was no more than five Wanli Tongbao coins.

"The most important thing is that the logistical supplies will be much lighter. Now we have a lot of logistical supplies, mainly because we are carrying too many artillery pieces for the Korean War. I did not realize this problem before I set out. It is better to be light rather than heavy in the field, with a maximum of no more than a nine-jin cannon. It is better to be heavy rather than light for defending a city, and a fifteen-jin cannon is more than enough." Qi Jiguang talked about the high cost of logistics.

Qi Jiguang reduced the firearms of the Beijing camp, mainly because the transportation of heavy artillery and gunpowder weighing several thousand kilograms was really time-consuming and labor-intensive. This was also the summary after the Battle of Pyongyang. The effect was extremely good and effectively reduced costs.

"On the battlefield, an infantry battalion, which is a linear array of 3,000 people equipped with all firearms, can completely suppress 30,000 Japanese pirates. The Beijing battalion has more and can suppress 50,000 Japanese pirates. As far as we can see, the strength of the Japanese pirates is already very strong." Qi Jiguang gave a very shocking number.

In the Battle of Kaesong, the Ming Dynasty deployed infantry battalions to the battlefield. It was very easy for one infantry battalion to suppress Kato Kiyomasa's 50,000 troops. No one could charge against the dense firepower of the line formation. When Kato Kiyomasa gave speeches, he always said, don't be afraid when you hear gunshots, stick to them and buy time for the archers!
Normally, the Japanese pirates could only charge about a hundred steps before their morale completely collapsed.

The Japanese pirates were also living people. Lead bullets whizzed past, and flowers of blood bloomed on the battlefield. The desperate criminals were just willing to fight to the death, not willing to die for no reason.

Your Majesty's words about queuing up and being shot are too vivid.

"Three thousand people, suppressing thirty thousand people?" Shen Li said dully.

Qi Jiguang said very clearly: "Yes, the cost of the Ming Dynasty's conquest can be reduced. Your Majesty is indeed wealthy and always wants to give the best to the soldiers, but in fact, you don't need so many people. For example, Suiyuan can be controlled by just one infantry battalion with all firearms. This is the biggest cost reduction."

"Mr. Shen, this is not the most economical way. The most economical way is: in Southeast Asia and the West, a castle with tens of thousands of hectares of open land can be completely controlled by only two hundred musketeers. This is the biggest savings, and it has been proven by Western practice."

"Got it, got it. This saves a lot of money!" Shen Li nodded repeatedly and said, "Reliable firearms and sufficient firearms equal rich rewards."

During the Zhengtong period, the Ming Dynasty conquered Luchuan. The annual food and salary expenditure of the 40,000 troops from the capital amounted to 6 to 7 million taels of silver!

The main consumption is the transportation of food and wages. Now on the southwest defense line, the Duke of Qian has been trying his best to prevent the court from transferring food and wages from the hinterland. Otherwise, after fighting in Luchuan for several years, the court will be impoverished and will not be able to continue fighting.

Now, only one infantry battalion is needed to achieve the effect of 40,000 Beijing battalions. The logistical supplies of 3,000 people and 40,000 people are completely not on the same order of magnitude. With the current savings of the Ming Dynasty, it will be no problem to fight for three hundred years.

One infantry battalion could control the vast Toungoo, and the rewards would be extremely rich.

To forbid violence, curb war, ensure stability, consolidate achievements, stabilize the people, reconcile the people, and enrich wealth are the martial virtues, that is, to forbid cruelty and violence, curb war, ensure stability, consolidate achievements, stabilize the people, reconcile the countries, and enrich wealth.

But because military affairs are too expensive, wars often require extensive military spending. But now, with the reduction of planning and conquest costs, the Ming army will be full of martial virtues!
"The 2,000-man garrison of the Governor's Office in Jiugang, two five-masted ocean-going ships, 20 horse boats, and 100 warships can control the entire Java and half of Borneo. The Luzon Governor's Office has a total of 3,000 foreign soldiers, plus Lin Afeng's 6,000 people. With only 9,000 people, we can control Luzon, Cebu, Mindanao, and part of Borneo."

Qi Jiguang said very seriously: "As for the return from Nanyang, not to mention other things, the twelve copper towns are already earned back."

Not only does the Spanish Empire have experience in colonization, the Ming Dynasty itself also has fourteen years of colonial experience. It only needs a small number of musketeers to control a vast territory, recruit some minions and vassals, and maintain orderly and stable production.

The price was the lives of the natives and the Japanese slaves.

The twelve copper towns were the cornerstone of the Governor-General's rule in Luzon. The economic benefits they brought were 15 million kilograms of red copper a year, which was already an extremely high return. Coupled with the tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, abaca, rubber, mahogany, etc. produced by the plantations, this was a very profitable business.

Shen Li thought about it again and again and said, "So, General Qi means that the cost of destroying the Japanese is not as high as the court imagined?"

"Yes, before I saw the power of the full-firearms linear array, I was of course emotionally eager to destroy the Japanese. But rationally speaking, the cost of the expedition was too high and would interrupt the process of Ming Dynasty's revival. If I had to choose between the two, I would rather choose Ming Dynasty's revival than destroying the Japanese." Qi Jiguang made it very clear that he did not like to use force and he preferred to end war with war.

Under the leadership of Qi Jiguang, the military strategy of the Ming Dynasty was non-offensive. But now, with the rapid reduction of the costs of planning, training, armaments, logistics, and governance, the Ming army has gradually shown its offensive fangs.

Qi Jiguang thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty gave 1.5 million kilograms of gunpowder to pacify the Japanese pirates in Korea. Now it seems that this 1.5 million kilograms of gunpowder is probably enough to destroy the Japanese pirates."

"That's really cheap." Shen Li did a quick calculation and his eyes lit up. Not to mention 1.5 million kilograms of gunpowder, even 5 million kilograms could be produced by the Ming Dynasty during the war. It was indeed not expensive and could also support craftsmen.

Qi Jiguang narrowed his eyes and whispered, "Why can Felipe wear the crown of the British Empire, but Your Majesty cannot?"

"That's true. The crown of the British Empire should belong to our Ming Dynasty. If the invaders can go, I can go too." Shen Li was an extreme conservative and agreed with Qi Jiguang's idea.

In the past, the Persians had a title of "King of Kings", but it was taken away by Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi. The Ming Dynasty always said that it was far superior to the Han and Tang Dynasties. A title of "the Sun Never Sets" appeared on the other side of the world, so it had to be taken away.

When Legazpi first met the emperor, Zhang Juzheng realized that this was bad. He had to get an extra title. If he couldn't get it, would he still be the supreme emperor? If he couldn't get it, how could he be said to be far superior to the Han and Tang dynasties?
If our ancestors could do it, future generations must also be able to do it. If they continue to go backwards, they are unfilial descendants.

This is the basic logic of conservatives: I don’t have to be better than my ancestors, but I must not be weaker than them.

As a great general of the Ming Dynasty and Duke of Fengguo, Qi Jiguang should have been in charge of regaining the title of the British Empire. However, in order to prevent the country from being overzealous in its military expansion and thus losing the only achievements in its military revitalization, Qi Jiguang had maintained basic restraint over the past decade.

Now that costs have been reduced, the ownership of the British Empire needs to be discussed carefully.

Shen Li stayed in Kaesong for a full fifteen days, until mid-May, when he left Kaesong and took a boat on the Imjin River to Tianjin Prefecture. During these fifteen days, Shen Li asked many Koreans, and after a thorough investigation, he returned to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Zong, do we really want to submit this memorial?" Qi Shichen looked at the written memorial with a serious expression.

Shen Li said with certainty: "Yes, let us be scolded. We can't let the Ming Dynasty drive away the Japanese pirates and let the Korean royal family take advantage." At the end of May in the fourteenth year of Wanli, Shen Li returned to Beijing. On the day of the three major court meetings in June, Shen Li brought four upright censors to the Huangji Hall.

"Your Highness, I, Shen Li, Qi Shichen, Wang Guo, Wei Yun, and Zhen Sunwei pay our respects to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty."

Shen Li bowed again and said, "I have been honored to receive the order from the emperor to visit Korea and investigate the people's sentiments. First, I sailed from the Imjin River to the sea. The Ming army not only recovered Kaesong, Imjin, and Incheon, but also controlled both sides of the Imjin River and could attack Seoul at any time. "

"Second, the Ming army is well-organized and has strict military discipline. Everyone in Korea praises them and calls them heavenly soldiers;"

"Third, the concubines of the Liaodong soldiers were not taken from looting, nor were they forcibly taken from the people. Your Majesty, please understand this;"

"The fourth thing is that the army has consumed food, fodder, gunpowder and other materials. I have checked and found that they were not concealed or replenished locally. Some local gentry took the initiative to pay grain and pray to the heavenly soldiers to maintain stability."

The consumption of grain and fodder reported by Qi Jiguang aroused suspicion in the Ministry of Revenue. It would have been fine if the war was fierce, as the Ming Dynasty's capital camp was elite. The exaggerated casualty ratio was due to the leading firearms of the previous generation. This was the Ming Dynasty's crushing power over Japan, which was partly understandable.

What the officials in the court did not quite understand was that the food and gunpowder consumed by the Beijing camp were disproportionate, and the consumption of food was a bit too little, which aroused the suspicion of the Ministry of Revenue.

There was too much food and fodder in the Chaojing camp.

Shen Li told Lord Ming that it was not the Ming army that was robbing, but the Korean gentry who had surplus grain gave it to the Ming army, just like they did to concubines. He had to refuse it, because how could the emperor, father and heavenly soldiers have the heart to abandon him?

Even the powerful and wealthy people in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, the local gentry, and the wealthy merchants, all donated generously when they heard that the Japanese pirates were going to be fought. This was even more true in Korea, where the war was spreading. The Japanese pirates did not do anything humane in Korea.

If there are only eighteen levels of hell, then Korea in the Japanese-occupied area is on the nineteenth level.

"To sum up, what happened in Korea today is: We are welcoming the royal army with food and drink."

Shen Li bowed again, raised the memorial, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Joseon royal family is guilty of slander. The deposed King Yi Sun, the civil and military yangban, and Sungkyunkwan have slandered our Ming Dynasty many times. They did nothing in the face of the Japanese pirates, and even broke their promises and fled several times, causing the war to collapse at the first touch. On the contrary, in throwing dirty water on the Ming army, the Joseon royal family reversed right and wrong, and called a horse a zebra. They are despised by both humans and gods!"

Shen Li was a scholar-official. When he said the four words "abandoned by both humans and gods" in the Huangji Palace, it was the most severe accusation, representing that his anger bar was completely full.

"Excuse me five gentlemen, please don't be polite. What Lord Shen means is that they did not fight against the Japanese invaders, but instead threw mud at the Ming army?" Zhu Yijun picked up the memorial and asked Shen Li.

"Indeed, especially since the Ming Dynasty opened its seas, the Korean royal family knew clearly that it was the Japanese pirates who looted and harassed, but they always posted notices in Chinese, attesting that it was the Ming army that did it. However, in the Chinese notices, it was written as the Japanese pirates." Shen Li stood up, took the seven notices from Qi Shichen, and presented them to the emperor.

Shen Li had never seen anything like this! A notice with two languages, Yanwen and Hanwen. Yanwen said it was an invasion by Han people, while Hanwen said it was an invasion by Japanese pirates. Is this a notice? The King of Joseon doesn't want to do this anymore, so he should just be a commoner!

"What do the Korean people say?" Zhu Yijun did not know Yanwen, so he asked the Ministry of Rites to confirm the seven notices.

"When it was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, Korea had everything. But when the Japanese pirates came, it lost everything. Now, with the arrival of the Heavenly Army, it has everything again." Shen Li stood up straight and said, "Your Majesty, the land will not lie. From Yizhou to Pyongyang, spring ploughing has not been delayed, and from Pyongyang to Kaesong, summer ploughing has not been affected."

"What Mr. Shen said makes sense. The land would not lie." Zhu Yijun said with certainty.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has confirmed that it is indeed as what Mr. Shen said, one article with two meanings." Wan Shihe reported to His Majesty after having the interpreter look at it.

Instead of actively fighting against the Japanese pirates, they were busy throwing dirty water on the Ming Dynasty and spreading all kinds of rumors to prevent the Ming Dynasty from affecting the rule of their Korean royal family on the Korean Peninsula. When Lee Sun was imprisoned by Lee Sun-sin, he wrote a letter to Konishi Yukinaga asking to visit Kyoto, Japan.

Qi Shichen threw his sleeves, bowed his head and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the lies and slanders of the Joseon royal family, the civil and military yangban, and Sungkyunkwan cannot recover our homeland, and the slander and instigation cannot save the people. They are trying to shift the blame and responsibilities by using rumors, making everyone laugh. I have failed to be virtuous and I will impeach the Joseon royal family and remove their seals and nine-chapter robes!"

"I ask that the state be abolished."

This was the somewhat doubtful memorial submitted by Qi Shichen after he returned to the Ming Dynasty, the memorial to abolish the country.

The Ming Dynasty deposed Lee Sun, the king of the Joseon family, and let Lee Sun's son Gwanghaegun succeed to the throne. In other words, the Ming Dynasty did not abolish the Joseon feudal state. But now Qi Shichen charged him with immorality, impeached the Joseon royal family, took back the royal seal and royal robes, and abolished the feudal state.

"Your Majesty, the ruler and ministers of Korea have lost their moral integrity and their country should be abolished." Zhang Juzheng stepped out of the class and bowed his head.

Zhu Yijun sat up straight, nodded and said, "Okay."

The purpose of the grand court meeting was mainly to make announcements. In fact, the court officials had already discussed it before that. After they had agreed to abolish the Kingdom of Joseon, they allowed Shen Li and Qi Shichen to request it at the grand court meeting.

If someone dares to scold the Ming Dynasty, and we don't let him fight back, who will still regard the Ming Dynasty as their suzerain state?

Korea has actually been destroyed. If the Ming army had not received intelligence early and prepared for a long time, dispatching troops to Korea, even Pyongyang would have been lost. Korea lost more than 90% of its territory and millions of people. Now, the Ming, as the suzerain state, has announced that Korea has been destroyed and abolished it in the name of shameful immorality.

Doing so is of great significance, that is, all subsequent wars of the Ming Dynasty will be truly wars to recover lost territory.

Just as Li Yashi said, the Ming Dynasty does need to have dignity when doing things.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Lee Sun, the Korean civil and military officials, Sungkyunkwan and other Confucian scholars should all be transferred to the Ming Dynasty." Shen Li mentioned another important issue. The Korean meat-eaters headed by Lee Sun should be sent to the capital for trial. For the loss of territory, they should all be beheaded in public.

"I think it's inappropriate." Wang Chonggu immediately stood up and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, it is better to let Lee Sun die in Joseon. Lee Sun's situation is different from Altan Khan's."

The Ming Dynasty executed Altan Khan for revenge, and his head was sent to the mausoleum of Emperor Sejong as a memorial to the late king. This was because Altan Khan had indeed brought shame and very substantial harm to the Ming Dynasty. The owner of the Baoding Prefecture was the sequel to the bad influence, but bringing Lee Sun to the Ming Dynasty put the country into a passive position.

Korea cannot defeat Japan. If Ming beheads Lee Sun, it will give some guys who "miss their homeland" an excuse, which is not conducive to Ming's rule.

Zhang Juzheng stepped out again and bowed his head, saying, "Your Majesty, I think it can be transferred."

"Prime Minister." Wang Chonggu exhaled a breath of foul air, and then said loudly: "I really know that you are willing to die for the revival of the Ming Dynasty, but you should also consider your reputation after death. The new policy is important and cannot be sloppy!"

Wang Chonggu thought Zhang Juzheng was crazy. On the way to the Ming Dynasty, Li Cheng and his people would definitely fall into the water. It was a 100% sure thing! Zhang Juzheng had said it himself, and he would definitely do it. But even if he killed the deposed king, Zhang Juzheng's posthumous reputation would at least have the reputation of insubordination.

"Prime Minister, it's not worth it." Wang Guoguang came out. This time, Wang Guoguang did not betray the Jin Party, but stood with Wang Chonggu. A bastard like Li Sun was not worthy of Zhang Juzheng's posthumous reputation.

This cannot be achieved through political manipulation. The past affairs of King Ming also caused a mess.

"Eradicate all evil and root it out." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again and said to the emperor.

"The cabinet is deeply divided on this matter." Zhu Yijun sat up straight and explained to the confused ministers in the Huangji Hall why they had quarreled in the Huangji Hall, because they did not reach a consensus in the Wenhua Hall.

The words have almost been made clear. This is something that people would only say when they are arguing too fiercely.

The cabinet was headed by Zhang Juzheng. Zeng Shengwu of the Ministry of War and Wang Daokun of the Ministry of Works believed that Lee Sun should be transferred to the Ming Dynasty. Wang Chonggu of the Ministry of Justice and Wang Guoguang of the Ministry of Revenue believed that Lee Sun should be allowed to rot in Korea and it would be best to do nothing about it. Except for Hai Rui and Wan Shihe, all the other officials made clear their opinions and their positions were very clear.

"I think what the deputy minister said makes sense. Let Yi Sun stay in Yizhou." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "Sir, what do you think?"

"I obey your order." Zhang Juzheng looked up at the emperor and had no choice but to obey the order.

As the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun had always found it inconvenient to express his opinion on the matter of the Little Ming King. Now the dispute had spread from the Wenhua Hall to the Huangji Hall, and Zhu Yijun had to make a choice.

Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir. The theory of contradictions tells me that the process of development of all things is always the negation of negation. This is the inevitable process from contradiction to harmony. From full of contradictions to the current situation that everyone can accept, it requires negation after negation."

"Yi Sun is in Yizhou, the war is over, if the people of Joseon still choose him, I have nothing to say."

Phenomenon A, negate phenomenon A and get conclusion B. Conclusion B is too extreme and cannot solve the problem, so we have to negate conclusion B and get conclusion C, which is the negation of the negation. This is the basic law of the development of things, that is, spiral upward.

However, many people on the Korean Peninsula believe that it was not Lee Sun's fault that he lost the war. There are many people who hold this view. If it happens again with their homeland in their hearts, they will feel the pain.

It’s really not a big deal. The Japanese pirates will just come again.

The Japanese pirates will really come again, because the conquest of Korea was Japan's use of external conflicts to divert internal conflicts. As long as Japan's internal conflicts cannot be resolved, they will do it again. The Ming Dynasty can fully afford the conquest now as long as it does not bring heavy artillery.

Zhang Juzheng's insistence was nothing more than that he had to take the blame for killing the Korean royal family!
How could Lee Sun have the ability to tarnish Mr.'s reputation? Did he deserve it?

"Your Majesty obeys your order." Wang Chonggu happily bowed his head and accepted the order. After so many years, he, Wang Chonggu, finally won a fair victory over Zhang Juzheng!

Zhang Juzheng always felt that he was a minister, or that Zhang Juzheng's new policies could be separated from the Wanli Reform. However, Wang Chonggu saw very clearly that the Wanli Reform and Zhang Juzheng had long been inseparable. Zhang Juzheng was also a representative figure of the new policies. His posthumous reputation was not his own, but a public affair.

"Your Majesty, the King of Hami has sent an envoy to discuss the matter of surrender." Chen Xuehui, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, came out to report.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "The cabinet has decided to allow the Hami envoy to pay tribute. The Ministry of Rites should communicate carefully and no mistakes can be made."

Hami was lost four times and regained four times. Finally, in the eighth year of Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty completely lost Hami Guard, and Hami became the last tear of the Ming Dynasty outside Jiayuguan.

The king of Hami mentioned by Chen Xuehui was Mir Mahama, the governor-general of Hami Guard, who was appointed by the Ming Dynasty in the fourth year of Longqing.

(End of this chapter)