Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 271 Chapter 271, Zhu Cihong reprimanded North Korea, and Emperor Chongzhen saw through his intentions
Facing Zhu Cihong's questioning, Li Yu's cheeks were sweating, and he was completely speechless.

The Duke of England turned gloomy, and said coldly: "North Korea was forced to be a thief, and His Majesty has forgiven you. Why are you lying in front of Your Majesty? It is shameless!"

The other courtiers of Daming also changed their colors, Daming was cheated?This is definitely not a small thing.

Even Chongzhen, who had been talking to Li Hao and North Korea, was speechless at this moment, looking at Li Hao with a livid face.

Li Qiao gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground with a thud: "I deceived your majesty without authorization. Please punish me!"

Chongzhen finally got the proof, and he was extremely disappointed in his heart. He said angrily: "Okay, you North Korea, I thought you really have a big heart, but I didn't expect to be so double-faced. It really disappoints me! Come on, give me a mouthful of this!" Get the lie Xiaoxiao!"

Several palace guards walked in immediately, and when they were about to take Li Hao away, Zhu Cihong suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"

Everyone was stunned.

Zhu Cihong turned his head and said to Chongzhen: "Father, can I let my son handle this matter?"

Chongzhen hesitated, and said: "You mean..."

Zhu Cihong said: "North Korea indeed deceived Ming Dynasty and secretly worked for the Qing Dynasty. But it is undeniable that the country has always been quite respectful to Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and it has also sent envoys to pay tribute all the year round. Therefore, I believe that it can be Give them a chance to turn around."

After hearing this, Chongzhen was a little confused.

When I just said good things to the North Koreans, you criticized the North Koreans here. Now that I plan to punish the North Koreans, you want to excuse the North Koreans instead?
Zhu Cihong seemed to have seen Chongzhen's thoughts, and said earnestly: "The sages have something to say, and the barbarians are afraid of power but not virtuous."

Chongzhen was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately understood what Zhu Cihong meant.

Since North Korea is a foreign race, it is naturally a barbarian and Di. To deal with such a guy, simply using benevolence will not work.

We must first use majesty to subdue them, and then use benevolence to appease them. This is what people often say "slap a slap and then give a sweet date".

Chongzhen let out a long breath, and said: "I understand, you can figure it out."

Zhu Cihong turned his head, looked at Li Hao who was trembling all over, and said calmly: "Of course, I know the thoughts of you Korean people very clearly in my heart. A few years ago, the establishment of slaves was very powerful, so you have to obey, and you have to obey. You don’t do things for Jiannu. But you have always disobeyed Jiannu in your heart, so after hearing the news that Daming defeated Jiannu several times, you became active and sent envoys to Daming, right?”

Li Hao hurriedly said: "That's exactly the case. Your Highness, what I said just now is a last resort. If Your Majesty and you know that North Korea used to work for Jiannu, I really can't imagine what the consequences will be."

Zhu Cixiang said with a half-smile, "So you chose to lie to my father and me?"

Li Yu blushed and was speechless.

Zhu Cihong continued: "After you go back, tell your great king. North Korea wants to join Daming to eliminate Jiannu, and Daming is naturally happy to see it. However, one day when Daming sends troops, North Korea can't stand behind the wall and watch the battle. No. North Korea must send troops to prove your worth in the war, otherwise—"

Zhu Cihong grinned: "——a country that is useless to Daming, but is adjacent to Daming. My palace doesn't mind continuing to expand territory on the Korean Peninsula for Daming after it is destroyed and established as a slave."

Hearing this, Li Hao felt cold all over his body.

At this moment, Li Hao had already fully understood what Zhu Cihong meant.

If North Korea does not take a clear-cut stand on Ming's side in the confrontation between Ming and Qing in the future, the fate that North Korea will face in the future is very likely-subjugation!
With a puff, Li Hao knelt down again: "Your Highness and Your Majesty, please rest assured that from now on, Bi Kingdom will absolutely be loyal to Daming, and will never have any second thoughts. When Daming sends troops to fight against the traitors in Jianzhou, Bi Kingdom will definitely follow with soldiers from all over the country!"

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, then turned to look at Chongzhen: "Father, my son has nothing to say."

Chongzhen watched the whole process by the side, remained silent for a while, and said: "In this case, then I still consider him an envoy of North Korea, so you all go down."

Several palace guards who were beside Li Hao left the hall upon hearing the words.

Li Hao was naturally very grateful, all kinds of flattery, Chongzhen was not in the mood to talk to him, and sent him away with a few words.

After Li Hao left, Li Banghua couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, the veteran still feels that the words of the North Korean envoy should not be trusted. These aliens have always been like this. On the surface, they submit to Daming, but in fact they say one thing and do another."

Li Banghua's words were also recognized by other ministers of Ming Dynasty.

For a long time, although Daming claimed to be from all nations, in fact these countries only worshiped Daming in name, and did not take Daming too seriously in their hearts.

The most typical example, of course, is Vietnam, which was once conquered by Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "It's okay, North Korea is just a small country. If it is really unwilling to help Ming Dynasty attack Jiannu, it will be destroyed directly."

After Zhu Cixi finished speaking, the others were speechless in rebuttal.

Thinking about it carefully, although His Highness the Crown Prince's words were too strong, they were quite...reasonable?

This time the meeting ended here, all the officials dispersed, Zhu Cihong was about to leave, but was detained by Wang Chengen at the gate of the palace, and followed Wang Chengen to the imperial study.

There was only Chongzhen in the imperial study room, Zhu Cihong was a little puzzled: "Is there something else to do, father?"

Chongzhen looked at Zhu Cihong and remained silent, which made Zhu Cihong feel a little nervous.

After a long time, Chongzhen said, "Why do you have to destroy North Korea?"

Zhu Cihong was taken aback for a moment, then smiled: "Sure enough, I still can't hide it from my father."

Chongzhen didn't speak, as he was waiting for Zhu Cihong's answer from his demeanor.

Zhu Cihong said seriously: "My son's idea is actually very simple, it is to open up the territory for Daming."

Chongzhen said: "Then why is it North Korea? The land is poor and has no value for conquest."

Zhu Cilang couldn't help shaking his head when he heard the words: "Father's words are wrong. Although North Korea is in a dangerous situation, it is very close to Daming and Liaodong. After all, it is a serious problem for Daming! The only way to merge the entire North Korea into the territory of Daming In the future, there will be no need to worry about enemies coming from North Korea, breaking Liaodong and threatening the capital."

Chongzhen snorted, and said: "Annan's lesson, we have to guard against it."

Zhu Cihong laughed: "Father, Annan is thousands of miles away from the capital, but North Korea is only a thousand miles away from the capital. If Ming Dynasty can't take down Annan, can it be said that even a mere North Korea can't be taken down?"

Chongzhen remained silent for a longer time, and said, "Let's discuss this matter later."

After Zhu Cihong left the imperial study room, she couldn't help shaking her head.

This cheap old man is still thinking about the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of no conquest...

Where in the world is there such a shitty country without conquest?

In other words, if all the territories within sight are annexed and become the territory of Ming Dynasty, wouldn't there be no need for conquest?
As a modern person, Zhu Cihong knows very clearly how important the territory is.

People who feel that a country has too much territory and need to give up some are either malicious or out of their minds!
(End of this chapter)