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Chapter 164: Local rebellion

The imperial physician used various methods to fail to rescue Li Yan. After being unconscious for more than ten hours, Li Yan finally left the world. When the news came, Wang Wen could only sigh helplessly. He was not feeling for Li Yan's death, nor was he feeling for the fact that Li Yan would completely withdraw from the political stage after Li Yan's death, but just because Li Yan died badly, and died earlier.

But birth, old age, sickness and death are the rules that no one in the world can escape, even if this person is an emperor. Just half an hour after Li Yan's death, Dongshan Jun, who was still breastfeeding, officially succeeded to the throne at the Gyeongbokgung Palace and became the new King of Korea. From the moment the Ming Dynasty officially began to replace the Lee family's rule in Korea, everyone knew in their hearts that this Dongshan Jun was just a final transition.

It has to be said that Huang Taohuan and others were quite appropriate in their handling of North Korea, and the legal theory of Dongshanjun's succession to the throne was beyond reproach. But shortly after Dongshanjun ascended the throne, less than five days later, undercurrents began to surging everywhere in North Korea, and some bad remarks began to spread.

The rumors that Li Yan was murdered by the Ming Dynasty began to spread, and the saying that Dongshanjun was a puppet became increasingly serious. Under the promotion of some people, these rumors spread very quickly and spread throughout North Korea within a few days. Those groups who still loved the Li family, or were dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty's control of North Korea gathered. Even in some slightly remote places, the rebels even made the so-called slogan of restoration of the orthodox of North Korea and expelling the Ming Dynasty.

"What do these local officials eat? Why don't they suppress them?" Wang Wen, who received the urgent report, was angry and scolded several North Korean ministers who rushed over.

Cui Xiheng's face turned blue and red, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and his colleagues also looked extremely embarrassed and stood there without saying a word.

"Sir, it's not that the local government does not want to deal with it, but that the local government is unable to deal with it." Looking at the left and right, he secretly scolded his colleagues for putting himself on fire. They didn't say it was OK, but Cui Xiheng could not escape the political leadership. In desperation, Cui Xiheng could only explain with a slight needle.

After Li Yan's death, Dongshanjun succeeded to the throne, and there was no impact near Seoul. Even the Nangang in the south was normal. As for the north, that is, the Pyongyang area, the people did not react much. Now the places that cause trouble are close to the northeastern region of North Korea, the eastern region and the remote areas in the central region.

Although these places were also controlled by the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had not deep foundation in North Korea after all, and the Ming Dynasty's troops were basically deployed in Pyongyang, Seoul, and Nangang. Since the Ming Dynasty had just controlled North Korea for a while, the troops in its hands were not enough to cover the entire North Korea, so these places were basically managed by local North Korean officials.

North Korea is known as a country of three thousand miles. It may not be a big deal in the entire Ming Dynasty, but it cannot fully control the Ming Dynasty's power in North Korea. Even if Huang Taohuan made a big butcher knife in Seoul and killed people, this is only limited to Seoul, and the places mentioned above are beyond reach.

In addition, North Korea has always been a huge local force, and even during the Li family's rule, local pressure and opposition could not be avoided. In many cases, local governments only deal with problems in a balanced manner. And now this is the case. The local governments in Korea have been closely related to local forces, and the local military strength is not strong. Although local officials submit to the Ming Dynasty on the surface, they have subtle ideas about the Ming Dynasty and the Lee family in the North. After such incidents occur in the local area, local officials are not able to deal with them, and secondly, they are also inclined to these remarks in terms of emotion, which is why the current situation occurs.

"Sir, according to the officials, this matter must be sent to the Ming Dynasty to pacify. If you let the local area do this, it may lead to a disaster." Cui Xiheng concluded in the end. As soon as he finished speaking, a few guys who had not spoken before immediately agreed in unison, suggesting that the Ming Dynasty send troops to pacify the local chaos.

Hearing this, Wang Wen was extremely angry. The Ming Dynasty sent troops to pacify the place? This is easy to say, but difficult to do.

At present, the main force of the Ming Dynasty has gone to the north, and the next step is to implement the strategic deployment of attacking Liaodong. In Seoul, Wang Wen has only a few thousand troops in his hands. It is no problem for these people to suppress Seoul, including several surrounding prefectures and counties, but it is far from enough to use these troops to pacify the place.

Besides, even if Wang Wen cannot have this ability, he will never do this. Once all the troops are drawn to solve these problems, Seoul will be empty. Seoul is the capital of North Korea and the central location of North Korea. If the Ming Dynasty transferred the troops controlling Seoul to the local area, wouldn’t it be like giving up Seoul?

Once that time comes, what if some people jump out and attack Seoul under the banner of clearing the monarch or restoring the Li family, what will he use to suppress it?

But if the troops in Seoul are not moved, where can Wang Wen mobilize? Could it be that he wants to ask Pyongyang for help? Thinking of this, Wang Wen immediately rejected this idea. The troops in Pyongyang must not be moved. Liaodong’s strategic decision has been made. We cannot transfer troops back to pacify North Korea at this time, right? If the Ming army of North Korea cannot send troops as planned, it will affect the entire Liaodong battlefield. Not to mention Wang Wen, even Huang Taohuan can’t bear the consequences.

But let it go? Wang Wen cannot do this. The so-called spark can start a prairie fire. These signs in North Korea must be suppressed as soon as possible, and it will not cause great harm to the Ming Dynasty's rule in North Korea.

Originally, there was a lot of opposition from the Ming Dynasty to replace the Lee family. Once the Ming Dynasty did not take action to solve the problem as soon as possible, then the local forces in North Korea would inevitably think that the Ming Dynasty did not have the ability to control North Korea. With the Koreans' greedy personality, God knows what they will do next?

Furthermore, we have to talk about the strategic deployment of Liaodong. The Battle of Liaodong is the most important strategic goal of the Ming Dynasty this year, and its importance is self-evident. As an important logistics base for the Battle of Liaodong, North Korea is in chaos, and it is self-evident what impact it will have on the subsequent plan.

So no matter what, these local chaos must be resolved, but facing reality, Wang Wen couldn't help but get into a dilemma.

"It would be great if Zhu Shuai was there..." Suddenly, Wang Wen actually remembered Zhu Yigui, a famous Ming general who had always played cards in wars and rushed around with thousands of people in his hands, directly from Nangang to Seoul, and took ten days to solve the North Korean issue.

If Zhu Yigui was there, Wang Wen would not have been so confused. Maybe he would have allocated half of the military force in his hand. In addition to those North Koreans who might be able to use it, Zhu Yigui's ability will definitely be able to quell the local rebellion in North Korea.

But Zhu Yigui is no longer in North Korea. He should set off from Hokkaido to Shinming. Thinking of this, Wang Wen couldn't help but sigh.

"The local chaos must be pacified, Lord Cui!"

"The emperor is here!" Cui Xiheng responded quickly.

"You are the leader of the political affairs, and there are rebellions in North Korea. Now we should use the order of the lord to let local officials quell this matter as soon as possible."

"The official understands that the official immediately drafts an order to all states and prefectures and prefectures to immediately quell the rebellion." Cui Xiheng replied, but when he said this, he stopped again, looked up at Wang Wen and hesitated: "But the lord also knows the situation in the local area. It may not be of much use to order it with the center."

Wang Wen snorted coldly: "If you have two hearts in the local area, I will naturally know. As for sending troops to suppress it, I have other plans. You just need to do your own thing well. In addition, although there are chaos in North Korea now, you need to know one thing, that is, hitting stones with eggs will be crushed to pieces! The new king has just succeeded to the throne, and you are important officials of North Korea. You should be loyal to the new king and to the Ming Dynasty! At this moment, no matter what you do, you must think clearly. Don't make a mistake and regret it forever!"

Wang Wen's words made everyone present secretly afraid. Suddenly, these people expressed their loyalty to Wang Wen, saying that they would definitely be with the Ming Dynasty and the New King, and work together to quell the local rebellion to correct the situation.

With a sharp gaze swept across everyone, Wang Wen nodded slightly.

He was not surprised by this result. After all, these officials had already boarded the Ming Dynasty ship, and each of them had already stained with blood from their own people and even the Li royal family. Even if they were to be Erwuzi, it would not be so easy. Even if they turned around and defected to those forces that opposed the Ming Dynasty, the other party would most likely not accept it.

The reason why Wang Wen said this is because he reminded these people, warned them of their own situation, and told them not to have any unrealistic ideas.

After saying this, Wang Wen waved his hand and asked them to retreat. After Cui Xiheng and others left, Wang Wen hurriedly recruited the deployment to discuss matters. Among the deployments were the Ming generals stationed in Seoul, the ministers stationed in Korea in Seoul, and the heads of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei and the Communications Office in Korea.

Except for the Jinyiwei and the Tongguan Office who had already learned the news in advance, the others had just heard about this. When these people rushed over and took their seats, Wang Wen informed them of these situations, their first reaction was that they had to suppress this chaos immediately.

"Sir, North Korea must not be in chaos now. Once the place is in chaos, Lord Huang cannot guarantee it. Don't forget that in a few days, the Liaodong Battle decided by the court will begin." Senator Gu Wenbo, the deputy minister of the Ming Dynasty, said the first.

His words immediately aroused the approval of others, and everyone's opinions were that the local rebellion in North Korea must be suppressed immediately to stabilize the situation in North Korea.

"What's the point of these jumping clowns!" General Zhou Bai stood up and said to Wang Wen directly: "I'd like to ask the generals to lead the troops and directly wipe out the North Koreans. The generals guarantee that they will take the heads of these people for many days to let the ulterior motives know the power of the Ming Dynasty!"
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