Chapter 1309: Hard Work Pays Off (Second Watch)
"Tsushima?" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this, and then he shook his head at Yun Na, "I can't touch the Japanese in Tsushima Island yet, and I will find a way to slowly clean them up in the future!" ”
Tsushima Island is located in the sea area between the Korean and Japanese kingdoms, and is only a hundred miles away from the Jeolla Province of the Korean country.
Since Tsushima Island, Iki Island, and Pingdo Island belonged to the territory of the Wa Kingdom, Li Yuntian did not want to capture them now, so as not to provoke the eastern and western armies that were at war.
However, Li Yuntian would not let go of Shanhai Guangxiao so easily, in order to give Shanhai Guangxiao a powerful blow, he decided to let the sailor blockade the southern waters of Korea.
As a result, the Japanese invaders entrenched in that body of water had no choice but to plunder the Japanese kingdom to obtain the necessities of survival, which was exactly what Li Yuntian wanted to see, making the muddy waters of the Japanese kingdom even more muddy.
It is worth mentioning that three wars broke out between the Joseon Kingdom and the former Goryeo Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom over Tsushima Island, and all three wars were related to the Wako.
With the wars of the Northern and Southern Dynasties of the Wa Kingdom, the Wa Bandits began to raid the coastal areas of Daming and Goryeo, and since the end of the Goryeo Dynasty, the coastal areas were often attacked by the Wa Bandits, which made the Goryeo King very annoyed by this.
Like Emperor Hongmu, the King of Goryeo repeatedly asked the officials of the Muromachi Shogunate on Kyushu Island to purge the Japanese Invaders in exchange for allowing merchants on Tsushima to trade with Goryeo.
At the beginning of the 15th century, the government of Tsushima was controlled by the Japanese invaders, and due to the poor grain harvest in Tsushima, in order to solve the problem of livelihood, the Japanese in Tsushima plundered the coast of the Ming Dynasty in the 17th year of Yongle, and attacked the coast of Chungcheong-do and Haeju in Hwanghae-do in Hachido on the way through Korea.
When the news reached the Korean court, the officials were shaken and asked to send troops to attack Tsushima Island, and the then Joseon King Li Tao had just taken over the throne from Li Fangyuan of the Zen throne, and did not want to fight against the Japanese invaders, but the Taishang King Li Fangyuan strongly advocated the expedition to Tsushima Island to solve the problem of the Japanese invaders that plagued the southern coast of Korea.
Following Li Fangyuan's order, the Korean army summoned more than 200 warships and 17,000 soldiers from Gyeongsang-do, Jeolla-do, and Chungcheong-do provinces to attack Tsushima Island to clear out the Japanese invaders, which was the third expedition of Goryeo and Korea to Tsushima Island.
In October of the 17th year of Yongle, the Japanese on Tsushima surrendered to the Korean army, and two years later Tsushima paid brass and sulfur to Korea in exchange for captured prisoners.
Originally, the Japanese on Tsushima Island mainly plundered the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, so they did not look down on the coastal areas of the Korean State, which lacked resources, and the two sides could coexist peacefully.
However, with Li Yuntian's elimination of the Japanese pirates, the remnants of the Japanese invaders swarmed into the waters of the Korean state, and the Korean state became the main area of the Japanese pirates, making the coastal residents miserable.
Today, there are 10,000 Japanese pirates on Tsushima Island, and the war-torn state of Korea is powerless to eliminate them.
In addition, these Japanese robbers were very mobile, and if they could not be defeated, they would run away by boat and go to other places, so the Joseon king wanted to send troops to clear them before he was killed, but later considered that the cost was huge and the effect was not good, so he finally gave up this idea.
According to the information that Li Yuntian had, Mitsutaka Yamakai was hiding on one of the three islands of Tsushima Island, Iki Island, and Pingdo Island, and he was very cautious in his actions because he had a foothold on all three islands, and he often changed the places where he stayed.
Li Yuntian is now concentrating his energies on the affairs of the Korean State, and as for the Japanese Invaders on Tsushima Island, he intends to settle them together with the Japanese State.
Although Li Yuntian still has no conclusive evidence to confirm that the person who assassinated Jin Zongrui was a widow sent by Shanhai Guangxiao, judging from the current situation, it should be inseparable.
Therefore, Li Yuntian was ready to teach Shanhai Mitsutaka a lesson, blocking his route into the Korean seas, forcing him to turn to the Japanese kingdom to plunder.
After the New Year, the most active person in Seoul was Li Ji, who dragged Li Xuan around to make a high-profile appearance, declaring to the outside world that the mild-mannered Li Xuan was the best candidate for the king of Joseon, and gave Li Xuan a momentum.
In the same format, Li Ji asked people to spread the news that the king of Joseon was killed by Li Ji in Seoul, and said that Li Yuntian would quickly find a witness to prove Li Yao's evil deeds, and Li Ji would be punished, and the throne would be Li Xuan's at that time.
Li Ji's approach was quickly rewarded by the officials of Seoul officialdom, and some officials who wanted to defect to Li Ji changed their minds and chose to follow Li Xuan, who was supported by Li Ji and others.
Li Yao was very annoyed by the "rumors" in the city that he had killed the king of Joseon, but he was helpless, although he knew very well that this was done by Li Ji and others, but there was no evidence.
Li Ji was disdainful of Li Ji's approach, so he didn't believe that Li Yuntian could find a witness to testify that he killed the king of Joseon, so in his opinion, Li Ji was just a clown jumping off the beam.
However, just after the first lunar month, Li Yao got bad news from Cui Li.
One morning in early February, when Li Jin was practicing archery at the house, Cui Li hurriedly came to visit.
"Master Cui, why is it so hasty?" After Li Ji shot out the arrow in his hand, he asked Cui Li with a smile who looked hurried, he didn't think that there was anything important in the court that alarmed him now.
As Li Yao spoke, the arrow he shot hit the bull's-eye of the target in the distance.
"Dajun, something is wrong, Xia Guan heard that the Ming army found the survivors of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Chungcheong-do and Hwanghae-do, and they have been sent to Seoul by the Ming army!" Cui Li wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said anxiously to Li Jin, who pulled the bowstring and prepared to shoot after picking up an arrow.
"What?" Li Yao was taken aback when he heard this, and as soon as he let go of his hand, the arrow shot out with a whizz and landed on the ground in front of the arrow target.
"Is the information reliable?" Then, Li Yao threw away the bow in his hand, glared at Cui Li with a serious expression and asked, this news is a bolt from the blue for him, who would have thought that the Ming army would be able to find the fish that slipped through the net in Gyeongbokgung Palace.
"Reliable." Cui Li nodded, "The Ming army asked the local yamen to block the news of finding the survivors of Gyeongbokgung Palace, and there were our people in the yamen, so they sent the news to the government. ”
"If we can know about this, then surely the people who lead the prime minister can also know." Li Yao's face became extremely gloomy, and he asked with a frown, "You say, is this news true or did someone release it on purpose?" ”
"Maharaja, do you mean this news is fake? Is it a decoy deliberately released by the loyal prince? Cui Li was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then pointed out the meaning of Li Jin's words.
"The Ming army has not been able to find the survivors of Gyeongbokgung Palace for so long, and now they have not only found it, but also found it twice at once, which has to be suspicious!" Li Yao nodded when he heard this, looked at Cui Li quietly and said, he didn't believe that the Ming army could find the fish that slipped through the net in Gyeongbokgung Palace.
"It's possible." After listening to Li Jin's words, Cui Li nodded thoughtfully, but sneered in his heart, although Li Jin looked very smart and capable, he had actually fallen into the trap set by Li Yuntian, and now Li Yuntian was ready to start the end and completely solve the problem of the heir of the king of Joseon.
Therefore, the survivors of Gyeongbokgung Palace found from Chungcheongdo and Hwanghaedo are naturally real, but it is normal for Li Yao to be suspicious, after all, there has been no news of those survivors before, and now two groups of Gyeongbokgung Palace survivors suddenly popped up, and he naturally felt that it was not credible.
"Prince Chung has been in Seoul enough, but he has not found the cause of the death of His Royal Highness, so he used this trick to lure the snake out of the hole, as long as Ben Dajun sends someone to intercept and kill those fake survivors, then they will know that Ben Dajun did the thing."
Li Ji frowned and analyzed the current situation, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was a trap set by Li Yuntian, and its purpose was to lure him out.
"Maharaja, what should we do, Lord Zhong will definitely believe the words of those survivors, in case their evidence is not against the Maharaja, it will be bad." Cui Li nodded again, thinking that Li Yao's analysis was reasonable, and then asked solemnly.
"Let's wait and see what happens, we must not mess up at this time, even if the person we find is a survivor of Gyeongbokgung Palace, we don't have to be afraid, we can accuse them of being bribed to give false evidence." A grim smile flashed at the corner of Li Yao's mouth, anyway, it wasn't the first time he had done such a thing.
"Okay, this is the arrangement." Cui Li saw that Li Yao had already made up his mind, so he bowed to him and walked away quickly.
"Lord Zhong, what kind of medicine is being sold in your gourd this time?" After Cui Li left, Li Yao couldn't help but muttered to himself with a serious expression, and the survivors who suddenly appeared had already made him a little flustered.
Just as Li Ji guessed, Li Ji also learned about several survivors of Gyeongbokgung Palace, and his heart was both happy and nervous, this was a great opportunity for him to turn over.
Therefore, Li Ji did not hesitate at all, and went to the Linying Maharaja's Mansion as soon as possible, and told the good news to Li Xuan, who looked a little tired.
"Prime Minister, is this true or false?" Li Xuan was taken aback when he learned of this, and he never expected to find a survivor of Gyeongbokgung Palace, which would greatly promote the development of the current situation.
"I think it should be true, Lord Zhong has spent a lot of time looking for people before, and he should be able to find those secondary survivors who are hiding." Li Ji pondered for a moment, and then said solemnly to Li Xuan, he felt that Li Yuntian would definitely gain something by letting people work in North Korea Badao for so long.
"I hope so." Li Xuan's eyes flashed with excitement when he heard this, as long as it could be proved that Li Jin had killed the king of Joseon, then the throne of the heir of the king of Joseon would be hers, and he couldn't help but feel inexplicably excited in his heart.