I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 402: Does Japan admit its guilt?

Zhu Yijun changed into a ochre-yellow dragon robe with a five-clawed dragon pattern and changed his top hat.

Xu Wei was wearing a Qilin court robe and a five-beam crown on his head, but without a Diao Chan scarf, so he had not reached that level yet.

The two of them walked out of the Qinzheng Hall leisurely and headed towards the Daguangming Hall.

In the sunny West Garden, green willows are lush, flowers are in bloom, and orioles are singing everywhere.

The lake is sparkling, the breeze is blowing, and it is very pleasant to walk on the tree-lined road.

Xu Wei's mind was not on the beautiful scenery of the Western Garden, he still had a lot to say to Zhu Yijun.

He raised his head and glanced at Zhu Yijun's majestic and tall back in front of him, pondered for a moment, took two steps forward, and spoke softly.

"Your Highness, Dong Huli and Ge Zhiwen hope to select a noble lady to enter Chonghua Palace."

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment.

It is understandable. Being able to send the women in his family to become the prince's reserve harem means that his bond with the Ming Dynasty is extremely high.

But there are already five in Chonghua Palace. If a few more are shoved in, people will say that my father in the Forbidden City is an old bee, and I in the Western Garden is a little bee.

But what Xu Wei said made sense. If the daughter of the Mongolian Left Six Wing Lord entered Chonghua Palace, she would be his spokesperson in the south of the desert, and would be a family member and in-law of the Ming Dynasty.

With the royal family, nobles, and relatives by marriage, you can already gather the three-piece set to fight against the civil service group.

If one's own strength is strong enough, even a vicious wolf can be transformed into a sheepdog. That being said, winning over the Left Six Wings of Mongolia is also a means to increase strength.

No matter how powerful your navy is, it cannot reach the prairie.

No matter how powerful the muskets and artillery were, they were strong in defense, which made the "heroes" on the grassland dare not easily go south to plunder. To fully suppress the grassland cavalry, we had to wait for the Maxim machine gun and tanks to be born.

There are tens of thousands of miles of territory to the west, and the heroes on the grassland are the main force in expanding the territory.

For the sake of the Ming Dynasty's unparalleled achievements, should I just put myself in a difficult position?
After hesitating for a while, Zhu Yijun said, "Mr. Wenchang, please select two more people of the right age, and I will report to my mother and send them to Chonghua Palace."

Alas! If I don’t go to hell, who will?
Xu Wei was overjoyed, "I obey your order!"

Zhu Yijun shook his sleeves, put his hands in his sleeves, and continued: "Li Yuanfu's official system reform is still continuing. The official ranks of civil officials are set from the ninth to the first rank, with eighteen ranks based on the official ranks of the casual officials. Salaries are determined by official ranks, and allowances are determined by official positions.

The military officer system also needed to be changed, starting with the military merit titles. According to Zhou Li, the titles were expanded to five levels: duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. Earl and above were super-ranking, while viscount and baron were first-rank.

In addition, there are six levels of honors, namely, Zhuguo, Zhuguo, Shanghujun, Hujun, Qingche Shuzhang and Shuzhang, to reward those who have made contributions to the country.

At the same time, military officers must refer to the ranks of casual officials to determine their military ranks, which are also divided into eighteen ranks from the ninth rank to the first rank. Mr. Wenchang, the military government is discussing this matter, so please give more opinions and tell everyone the true thoughts of the border soldiers. "

"Yes!"

They soon arrived at the Daguangming Hall and waited for about ten minutes. Then, the Minister of Rites Wang Zhigao entered the hall with the Korean envoys Zheng Renhong and Li Zicheng.

"Foreign ministers, the Left State Councillor of Joseon, Jeong In-hong, and the Minister of Rites, Lee Ja-sung, pay their respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Ming!"

After Zheng Renhong and Li Zicheng respectfully performed the ceremony, Zhu Yijun called them to their feet.

"I have read your king's handwritten letter. It is so sad and pitiful. But the Boshin Incident was caused by your lack of benevolence and the greed and tyranny of the yangban officials, who exploited you.

Now you want us, the Ming Dynasty, to clean up the mess for you, but you don't give us a penny, and you also want us, the Ming Dynasty, to bring our own food and bear the damage ourselves. We, the Ming Dynasty, are your suzerain, but we are not your babysitter, let alone a sucker.

This intention has been conveyed to you a long time ago. Have you, the king, understood it?"

Zheng Renhong quickly replied: "Your Highness, our king has thought it through and will follow the requirements of our suzerain."

Zhu Yijun chuckled: "I finally figured it out. I thought I would have to wait another three to five years."

Zheng Renhong and Li Zicheng smiled bitterly in their hearts. If they wait another three to five years, our king will only be able to be called the master of the island. I am afraid that not an inch of the three thousand miles of territory will belong to Korea anymore.

"I've figured it out. Then tell me, what did you figure out?" Zhu Yijun said bluntly.

"In reply to your Highness, our country is willing to use the Taedong River, Baishan Mountain, and Nihe River as the boundary with the upper country. Ming merchants and other people can freely travel to all parts of Korea, and can trade, open mines, set up factories, buy land, run schools, give lectures, and buy houses. The local government must guarantee the safety of the people of Ming and their property.

If a Ming citizen is suspected of committing a crime, the Joseon government cannot judge him without authorization. He must submit him to Ganghwa City and be dealt with by the Ming consulate.
Lease Ganghwa Island to Ming permanently, and hand over the coastal defense to Ming Navy. At the same time, our king asks our suzerain to send personnel to guide Korea to train a new cavalry and infantry.

Zheng Renhong made a long speech, the main point of which was that the people of Ming Dynasty could do whatever they wanted in Korea, but they were asked to restrain them and not commit crimes. If they violated the law, we would not be polite! We would arrest them, send them to Ganghwa Island for trial, and prohibit them from entering Korea again.

In addition, Korea agreed to hand over the coastal defense to the Ming Navy, and asked the Ming to send people to help them form an army, guide them to quell the rebellion, recover the counties occupied by the rebels, and rebuild the destroyed central and local official systems.

Anyway, let’s give Ming Dynasty a treatment that will be even better than what America will be treated like in another world 500 years later!

it is good!
He is truly a filial son of the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "I accept your sincere and filial kindness! Mr. Xu, as the head of the Military Government's General Staff, you will help Korea quell the rebellion and restore its country. You will work with the Honglu Temple to draft a military strategy, including how many naval and land forces the Ming Dynasty should mobilize, how to advance by land and sea, how to help Korea build a new army and restore order. Please list them one by one and submit them in the form of a list of items."

Xu Wei quickly responded respectfully: "I obey your order!"

Zheng Renhong and Li Zicheng were so excited that they were about to cry.

My Great Ming Father, you are finally willing to take care of us! Do you know how much we have suffered in the past two years? We have no home to return to, and we live like refugees on Ganghwa Island. We are neither a king nor a minister, and we are neither a country nor a nation.

Woohoo, now Da Ming Daba is finally willing to take care of us. We can finally fight back to our hometown. We can finally stand by the Han River and say loudly to the three thousand miles of mountains and rivers: "What we lost, we will definitely take back!"

Looking at Zheng and Li who were kneeling on the ground and kowtowing repeatedly with tears in their eyes, Zhu Yijun asked the eunuch to help them up and comfort them.

"Something big happened in the Northeast last year. You should have heard about it. Tumen Khan, the leader of the southern desert and the Great Khan of the Left Wing of Mongolia, led the main force of the Chahar tribe to attack Liaodong.

After fighting for a whole winter, by spring, our Ming army had wiped out more than 100,000 Chahar troops in Jilin, Liaohe Hetao and other places, and captured more than 50,000 Jurchens.

The Ming Dynasty had enough energy to look eastward, but Altan Khan of the right wing of Mongolia was ready to make a move in the west, so it would take some time for the Ming Dynasty to mobilize its naval and land forces.

Wang Qing!

Zhu Yijun turned to the Minister of Rites Wang Zhigao and said, "An imperial decree will be issued soon, appointing Yi Sun, the acting governor of Joseon, as the King of Joseon, with the same rank as a county prince.

The Honglu Temple will send someone to officially announce the decree!"

It is imperative to mobilize troops to help Korea quell the rebellion, but we have to wait until Tumen Khan is completely dealt with and Altan Khan's crisis in the west is resolved.

I plan to go there next year.

Now let’s give the Korean king and his ministers a sweet date to tell them that the Ming Dynasty has not forgotten them.

Zheng Renhong and Li Zicheng fell to their knees again with a plop, shedding tears and thanking Zhu Yijun for his grace in hoarse voices.

The Ming Dynasty officially enthroned Lee Sun as the King of Joseon, which meant that the Ming Dynasty officially recognized this filial son and would definitely support them in the future.

Sending troops to quell the rebellion is the natural thing to do.

Oh my God, we have finally waited for this day!

Wang Zhigao led Zheng Renhong and Li Zicheng, who were extremely excited and expressed their gratitude, out of the hall.

Xu Wei couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, we sent troops to help Korea quell the rebellion, why don't we take the opportunity to take it into our possession?"

"The glory of the Ming Dynasty is not so easy to enjoy. We in the Ming Dynasty have internal and external troubles, and we are still trying to clear up all kinds of malpractices and harsh policies. North Korea is a burden to us.

It is better to keep it for now, and wait until the Ming Dynasty is truly strong and prosperous, then maybe there will be another chance. It is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature. We all know what kind of character those scholars and officials of Korea have.

If there was the Mujin Rebellion, wouldn’t there be the Gengjin Rebellion and the Imjin Rebellion?”

Xu Wei immediately responded: "Your Highness is wise."

Soon, Wang Zhigao brought the Japanese envoys Konoe Maehisa, Hosokawa Fujitaka, and Akechi Mitsuhide into the palace.

The Imperial Guards wore a black robe with seams on the armpits and a long skirt, a high tasseled hat on his head, and held a tablet in his hand.

This time there was no white powder on her face and her eyebrows were painted black.

Hosokawa Fujitaka and Akechi Mitsuhide wore plain jackets, hakama skirts, and boat-shaped eboshi hats, and looked solemn.

After the three knelt and bowed, Zhu Yijun asked directly: "Do you, Japan, admit your guilt?"

(End of this chapter)