Su Tiancheng returned to Dengzhou, Hong Chengchou has sent a special person back to Dengzhou, the Ming army entered North Korea, so that the Li dynasty of North Korea was very surprised, after learning that Daishan's Zhenghong Banner was annihilated by the Ming army, the royal family of North Korea immediately put on a pitiful look, saying that it was the original compliance with the order of the Houjin Tartar, severing relations with the Ming Dynasty, but also forced to helpless, now can become a subject of the Ming Dynasty again, that is unwanted, the royal family must be ready immediately, enter the Ming capital to pay tribute.

When Su Tiancheng learned about these matters, a sneer appeared on his face.

Zhang Fengyi led the army, has set off by boat from Dengzhou, went to North Korea, Zhang Fengyi came to Dengzhou, did not set off immediately, specially waiting for Su Tiancheng, the two talked secretly for a long time, Su Tiancheng told Zhang Fengyi, for a small country like North Korea, don't be polite, after arriving in North Korea, mainly implement three things, the first is to encourage members of the Korean royal family, or elites, to participate in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, tell them that as long as they can be promoted, they can be officials in the Ming Dynasty, the second thing, It is to pay attention to what minerals there are in North Korea, if you find iron ore and other materials, you must not let it go, the army can occupy this place, carry out development, transportation problems, warship formations can be responsible, the third thing is to establish a school in Pyongyang, specializing in teaching the Four Books and Five Classics, inculcating Confucianism.

Of these three things, the third thing is the most critical and the most important.

Su Tiancheng's internal and external policies have always been different, the people of the Ming Dynasty must be treated well, so that they can live a good life of abundant food and clothing, as for other countries, this point is not to be discussed, but in the face of other countries. Su Tiancheng also does not approve of the use of killing means to submit, or to use the means of peaceful evolution, cultural invasion is the most powerful, just imagine, the country's elite, are convinced of Confucianism. How can you not worship the originator of Confucianism, how can you not obey the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Su Tiancheng has a bad impression of North Korea, it can be said that he is a little disgusted, this may be that the understanding after hundreds of years is still affecting him, to say that North Korea is a country that has been ravaged for many years, and basically has no autonomy, and it may be because of this experience of being ravaged that those people in North Korea are a little arrogant. always wants to be able to regain his self-confidence, so after the crossing, Su Tiancheng will not be polite to North Korea.

North Korea has always been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty has never stationed troops in North Korea, which reflects the demeanor of a great power. has always been stationed in North Korea, but the North Korean royal family swallowed his anger. I didn't dare to express other opinions at all, over the years, the Ming Dynasty had done too much for the vassal country of Korea, especially the defeat of the Japanese Japanese pirates, which had paid a huge price, and now it should be rewarded.

Su Tiancheng repeatedly told Zhang Fengyi. Don't take into account any face-saving things, if the Korean royal family dares to show any disobedience, despite the suppression, the new force to support it, the Ming Dynasty is a big country. But the big country should not do anything to you, North Korea has made so many contributions and given so much help to you, and you should also know how to reciprocate.

Although Zhang Fengyi feels that it is not very suitable, but it is still necessary to implement what Su Tiancheng said, now Su Tiancheng is a cabinet scholar, with monstrous power, and Su Tiancheng's suggestion is of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty, and the number of tributes required from North Korea every year can not be too small, especially the matter of assimilating North Korea with culture, Zhang Fengyi, who was born as a scholar, thinks it is very good, so that North Korea can really be attached.

Zhang Fengyi left Dengzhou and rushed to North Korea with a large army, at this time, Hong Chengchou also left North Korea with the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, the next step, Su Tiancheng planned to attack Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, this time the battle, he was going to personally command the army all the way, Hong Chengchou led the soldiers by land, starting from Fuzhou, first attacking Gaizhou, Su Tiancheng led the warship formation, after occupying Lianyun Island, launched an attack on Gaizhou, and the two armies attacked Gaizhou at the same time, striving for a battle to solve the problem.

When he came to Dengzhou, Su Tiancheng would not consider those things in the capital, the army stationed in Fuzhou was directly commanded by Sun Chuanting, and Qu Qingze had returned to Dengzhou, still by Su Tiancheng's side, serving as the chief of staff.

At this time, Zhu Xianxuan's letter was delivered to Su Tiancheng.

After reading this letter, Su Tiancheng's face turned pale with anger, he really didn't expect that such a good opportunity could not be used by Zhu Xianxuan to do such a thing, what kind of face to talk about, although it is enough to play Huang Taiji, what kind of faith and righteousness to talk about with Houjin Tatar, the two sides are opponents, enemies, what Sony, coming to the capital to negotiate, it is not a big deal, Su Tiancheng of course knows that this Sony, if history does not change, this Sony will be one of the ministers of the Great Qing Kingdom, assisting Kangxi.

The letter sent from the capital was written a few days ago, Zhu Xianxuan said it very clearly in the letter, and the emperor also agreed to such a disposition, Su Tiancheng couldn't help sighing, he asked Zhang Fengyi in Dengzhou not to care about face, and to be ruthless to the North Korean royal family, but unfortunately in the capital, there are still people who take care of face in big things.

When Qu Qingze entered the house, he saw that Su Tiancheng's face was not very good.

Qu Qingze didn't speak, he has been engaged in intelligence work for a long time, his temper has changed a lot, Su Tiancheng's face is not good, he must have seen something, if Su Tiancheng is willing to speak, he will naturally speak, if he is not willing to speak, he should not open his mouth to ask, so as not to find himself bored.

"Lao Qu, you came just in time, take a look at this letter."

Qu Qingze took the letter written by Zhu Xianxuan and looked at it carefully.

After reading the letter, Qu Qingze's face was not very good-looking, the so-called black who is close to ink, and red who is close to Zhu, following Su Tiancheng for so many years, Qu Qingze's understanding is the same, and the most considered thing is vested interests.

"My lord, the lower officials have already estimated that the imperial court will make such a decision."

Su Tiancheng glared at Qu Qingze.

"You already know the way, it seems that when I go to the capital, I should take you to the capital and let you deal with this matter."

"My lord, the lower officials are telling the truth, such a thing, unless the adults deal with it personally, otherwise the lower officials will stay in the capital, and it will be difficult to achieve the goal, the whole court is looking at the face, and they don't want to be said by others to be a court that does not pay attention to faith, those adults in the court, the lower officials are very familiar, and they all regard face as more important than life."

Qu Qingze said these words, Su Tiancheng sighed, Qu Qingze said the actual situation, this is also the influence of Confucianism, etiquette, righteousness, benevolence, wisdom and faith, this is the foundation of people's life, scholars must follow this principle, the court is originally a place where scholars gather, even in the face of the enemy, it is also to do the best of benevolence and righteousness.

At the beginning, Zhu Youzhen's attitude towards the rogues was very explanatory, in fact, once the rogues rebelled, those leaders could not be spared, and they must be severely punished.

"Lao Qu, what you said is yes, this concept of face is really killing people."

"The lower officials think that the adults can write a letter to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, or directly give the emperor a secret fold."

Su Tiancheng shook his head.

"It's too late, it takes many days to go back and forth, and the negotiations have begun, the strategy of the imperial court has been determined, it will not drag on for a long time, Huang Taiji must have asked Sony to make a quick decision, according to my estimate, Huang Taiji will give up Montenegro, Montenegro is not a particularly vital place, the most important thing is Guangning, if the imperial court proposes to get Guangning, this negotiation will not be successful."

Qu Qingze's eyes widened, he originally thought that Huang Taiji must be unwilling to give up Black Mountain, but he didn't expect Su Tiancheng to say this, wouldn't this make Huang Taiji lose face.

"My lord, the lower officials think that Huang Taiji probably won't agree."

"Hmph, Huang Taiji will definitely agree, a Dai Shan, much more valuable than Montenegro, Huang Taiji will not care so much about face, as long as it is a favorable thing, he will definitely agree, I Daming occupies Dalinghe City, Montenegro does not have much effect, on the contrary, Huang Taiji also has to arrange heavy troops, waiting for Montenegro, so that the troops are dispersed, and the troops are mainly distributed in Guangning and Xiping Fort, the role is the same, as long as Guangning is guarded, Shenyang is safe."

"But Huang Taiji still has to hand over Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi, the two of them are the so-called princes of Huang Taiji."

Su Tiancheng looked at Qu Qingze for a long time before he spoke.

"Lao Qu, you and I have underestimated Huang Taiji, what is called a cat crying mouse, you should understand, according to my expectations, this time Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi exchanged for goodness, and there will be no fluctuations in Houjin, Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi dare not agree to such a request, in the eyes of Huang Taiji, the real fierce generals, or those Manchurians, what are the Han people, Huang Taiji did this, but he was thinking about using the Han people, his eloquence was strategic, and he was thinking about entering the Central Plains, so he should make the greatest use of the Han people, as for Geng Zhongming, the monk Kexi, It doesn't matter if he sends it out, he can continue to be the king in the future, and he can even cry bitterly for Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi, if he makes enough of these gestures, Houjin will not suffer any losses. ”

Qu Qingze looked at Su Tiancheng and did not speak, Su Tiancheng's analysis has always been accurate, so there is no need to doubt it.

Su Tiancheng secretly sighed, this time it was a good opportunity to capture Daishan, it could be a good opportunity to disrupt Houjin, Jiangning Ying took advantage of this opportunity to attack, now it seems that he thinks a little simpler, because of the wisdom of Huang Taiji, but also because the emperor and the court take care of face, I am afraid that things are not so simple, or calm down, step by step, and slowly exterminate the Houjin Tartar. (To be continued......)