After negotiations with Japan, the Ming army planned to withdraw its troops. After all, the army was placed here to ask for food, and North Korea could not provide half a grain of food for the Ming army.

As for the relationship with the Ming Dynasty and Japan, the Japanese side said that they would send envoys to the capital to discuss, and the Ming Dynasty was very casual about this, because the Ming Dynasty is now fully open, which is completely different from the previous tribute system.

It is no longer trade between countries, but trade between merchants.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty did not care much about whether Japan sent envoys.

I still remember that at the beginning, North Korea was unwilling to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty. The main reason was that it was afraid that it was easy to ask for gods and it was difficult to send gods. In addition, when the Yuan Dynasty attacked Japan, it asked North Korea to provide logistics, which left a psychological shadow on North Korea.

But now the Ming army not only has low self-esteem food, but also provides North Korea with food and is eager to retreat, so they have no intention of staying here at all.

This has made North Korea a little worried about gains and losses.

In fact, North Korea is eager to annihilate all the main forces of the Japanese army, and it is not that it is really nothing to find anything for the Ming army, but that they are worried that once the Ming army retreats, the Japanese army will make a comeback. In fact, they just can't defeat the Japanese army.

In this battle, they suffered heavy losses and became the biggest losers, making it even more difficult to resist the Japanese army in the future.

Therefore, when the Ming army withdrew, fierce discussions were held in North Korea.

The war had just ended and a party struggle was immediately launched.

The Northern People's Party advocates self-improvement and relies on its own strength to defend Japan.

But they were not thinking about North Korea, but because in this war, Li Dexin, Liu Chenglong and Li Shunchen, who had close cooperation with the Ming Dynasty, were all Southern People's Party. If they continued to strengthen their relations with the Ming Dynasty, the Southern People's Party would inevitably gain power.

The Southern People's Party headed by Liu Chenglong said that with the current situation in North Korea, it is impossible to protect itself. Not to mention whether Japan will make a comeback, there are powerful Jurchens in the north. We used to bully the Jurchens, but now we are at the end of our lives. Who can guarantee that the Jurchens will not retaliate against us? Therefore, we should continue to strengthen our relationship with the Ming Dynasty and use the power of the Ming Dynasty to protect ourselves.

At least we will overcome this difficulty first.

But Li Bing was worried that if the Ming army was invited to garrison, it would affect his power and prestige.

Should I listen to the Ming Dynasty or listen to me?

Li Shunchen made a suggestion to strengthen maritime defense with the Ming Dynasty. He saw with his own eyes how the Ming Dynasty sailboat destroyed the Japanese navy. It was really something they could not do. Not to mention the technology, they did not have so much money. And without the help of the Ming army, Tsushima Island might not be able to defend.

Because the people on Tsushima Island were very willing to join the Ming Dynasty, they were reluctant to join North Korea.

The final result of the negotiations was that Japan would give the Ming Dynasty to the Malay Island, and the Ming Dynasty would hand it over to North Korea for management.

Tsushima Island is crucial to defending Japan. Lee Sun-sin's suggestion is to provide a port on Jeju Island for the Ming Navy as a supply base, which can deter Japan here and assist North Korea in defending Tsushima Island.

In fact, Lee Sun-sin also advocates self-improvement, but is it a party struggle? I will object to the other party’s support. Moreover, he also agrees with the suggestion of Liu Chenglong and Li Dexin. With the current situation in North Korea, it is impossible to defend Japan and Jurchen at the same time.

Although this suggestion was severely criticized by the Northern People's Party, it was deeply loved by Li Bing, which not only protected himself but also did not affect his authority.

So Li Bing quickly sent Li Dexin to negotiate with Chen Yiguan.

In Guo Dan's plan, Jeju Island was not mentioned. Chen Yiguan was just here to receive the credit. He listened to Guo Dan completely and never had any brains because he knew that the Emperor and Shang combination must have a detailed plan. So why should he use his brain? He still laughed in his heart. You North Korea is really fantastic. If you give it to your island, you have to be responsible for helping you defend. Why not just take it with me, Daming.

However, he did not refuse, just saying that he could not make any decision on this matter. Then, the Ming Navy will not be in a hurry to leave here for the time being.

However, there is another tribe who is thinking about the post-war order, just like North Korea.

It's the Jurchen tribe.

Although Nurhaci was not the loser of this battle, he was not a big winner. He did not achieve much political purpose. He just used this battle to win over the support of some Jurchen tribes and seized some property.

What else is the result of little else!

But Nurhaci was also frightened by the strength of the Ming army. When the Ming army became so powerful, he felt very confused.

However, the leader of the Haixi Jurchen, Jin Taiji, had a very clear idea. Nurhaci only fought with the main force of the Ming army in the later period, but because of the Japanese strategy at that time, there was nothing to fight. Jin Taiji was always following the main force of the Ming army.

His strength towards the Ming army was much deeper than that of Nurhaci.

When he withdrew his troops, he handed over the troops to his deputy general and took the lead in rushing back to Liaodong because he learned that Guo Dan had come to Liaodong Town again.

Liaodong Town.

"Oh! Big leader, why are you back?"

Guo Dan, who was negotiating North Korean business with Gu Changsheng, was deeply surprised to see Jin Taiji suddenly visiting.

Jin Taiji bowed his fists and said, "It's really not to be hiding it. I learned that Consul Guo came to Liaodong Town, so I rushed back first." As he said that, he glanced at Gu Changsheng beside him.

Guo Dan immediately said to Gu Changsheng: "You go down first."

"yes."

After Gu Changsheng left, Guo Dan reached out and said, "Please sit down, leader."

After Jin Taiji sat down, he said straight to the point: "Consultant Guo, you should also know that before this battle, our Haixi women were really fighting against the Jianzhou Jurchens."

Guo Dan nodded and said, "I have heard of it a little."

Jin Taiji said: "But now our army is exhausted. If Jianzhou launches an attack on our unit again, our unit may be unstoppable."

This was obviously an excuse. He had only two or three thousand people, far less than Nurhaci. If he was tired, Jianzhou would be even more tired. He obviously hoped that the Ming Dynasty would intervene and stop the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Guo Dan pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, this matter is also related to us. If you come back, you will start a war. It seems that it is indeed inappropriate."

“That’s it, that’s it.”

Jin Taiji nodded repeatedly.

Guo Dan said: "Let's do this. After Nurhaci comes back, let's talk about it in detail. I believe Jianzhou can understand it. After all, everyone is very tired and needs a stable environment to recover."

"Then I'll have a consultant Guo."

Jin Taiji bowed happily.

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Where, where, this is what we should do."

Jin Taiji said again: "By the way! I heard that the court's policies have changed recently, and it seems that it is about opening up trade."

Guo Dan nodded and said, "Yes."

Jin Taiji said in a sincere tone: "We, Haixi Jurchens, are very willing to cooperate with the court, open up trade in the Central Plains, learn new policies from the Central Plains, and learn how to do business. We also hope that Consultant Guo can help us Haixi Jurchens."

Guo Tan thought for a while and said, "If the big leader really had this plan, it would be a good opportunity now. The big leader could send some young people to study in the Central Plains."

Jin Taiji said excitedly: "Really?"

Guo Dan nodded and said, "If the great leader really wants to engage in very close trade with the Central Plains, then the law must be popularized first, because merchants need the protection of the law. However, due to the previous sending of officials in the court, it has caused many misunderstandings. Recently, the court has also changed its policy, which is to let your people go to the Central Plains to study. After they have finished their studies, the court will directly appoint their official positions and let them help your tribe gain the people. The Tumote tribe has sent people to the Central Plains to study."

It has changed! It has changed! The Ming Dynasty has really changed!

Jin Taiji clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, thank you. I hope Consultant Guo can help me speak a few beautiful words to Your Majesty. Our Haixi Jurchens will definitely be loyal to Your Majesty."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "It must be, it must."

In fact, the meaning of Jintaiji is very simple, which means to fully rely on the Ming Dynasty.

Since the Ming Dynasty's war god Zhu Qizhen was deeply trapped in the enemy camp, the Ming Dynasty's control over the Jurchens was far less than that of the Yongle period. After that, the Jurchens began to become Mongolian and even openly challenged the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty also felt the threat from the Jurchens and wanted to strengthen its rule over the Jurchens, but its own strength was insufficient, so it adopted the policy of "dividing the branches and leaving the power" to make them fight against each other. Li Chengliang played this trick.

But this move will inevitably backfire, and it is definitely not a clever move and is not worthy of praise. This move is precisely the basis for the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty, because the years of mutual attacks will inevitably make people yearn for unity.

Because only unity can everyone not fight around.

Therefore, whether it is the Jianzhou Jurchen or the Haixi Jurchen, they all want to unify the entire Jurchen and end this era of war.

The question is who will be the boss.

Regarding the internal struggle of the Jurchens, it was actually initiated by the Haixi Jurchens first. They gathered nine troops to attack Jianzhou, but were defeated by Nurhaci. Nurhaci then counterattacked the Haixi Jurchens.

However, during this expedition, Jin Taiji personally felt the power of the firearm. If the Ming army was a little more cruel at that time and directly razed Hanyang to the ground, the Japanese army would not have been able to defend for so long. There was also the strong logistics of the Ming Dynasty. After the Ming army arrived in North Korea, it did not ask the North Koreans and the Korean people for any supplies, but instead distributed the arms obtained from the Japanese army to them.

The bird gun was given to North Korea and the sword armor was given to them. The Ming army wanted nothing. Although they didn't grab anything, they were given a lot of military supplies.

This is an armament, so the Ming Dynasty gave it directly.

Not at all guard against them.

This directly made Jin Taiji lose his ambition to unify the Jurchens, because unifying the Jurchens would inevitably face the Ming Dynasty. He did not want to face the thousands of artillery and endless ammunition.

In addition, during the period, the Ming Dynasty changed its foreign strategy, put benevolence and righteousness first, stopped tyranny and killing, and used this as a reason to fully support North Korea.

At that time, Jin Taiji planned to simply rely on the Ming Dynasty because he knew that he could not defeat the Jianzhou Jurchens. And according to the current policies of the Ming Dynasty, it seemed that there was no need to unify the Jurchens.

In the late stage of the war, he was paddling and discussing this matter with his confidants.

Guo Dan's attitude made him even more determined that if it was said that the dynasty wanted to send officials again, he would still be very scared, because whether it was the Yuan Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty ruled them, it was completely exploited, and he did not think that the Jurchens were good.

But now Guo Dan means to give you education, trade, and bring you wealth. This is actually the same as Jin Taiji imagined. You don’t want to pay for so much money in North Korea and give it a lot. Then will you still care about the amount of money we Haixi Jurchens?

This is unscientific!

However, Nurhaci had already received news over there that Jin Taiji was in a hurry to meet Guo Dan, which made Nurhaci deeply uneasy. Judging from the war, Guo Dan was intentionally trying to support Jin Taiji.

Nurhaci now has no courage to fight with the Ming army. He quickly went to find Li Rusong, indicating that the internal conflict between the Jurchens was initiated by the Haixi Jurchens, and he was the culprit. Isn’t the Ming Dynasty going to be justice now? You can’t help him fight us.

But what he didn't know was that this battle had taught them to be a human being, because in this army, these artillery were not from their Li family, but from the state. In other words, even if there was another person, it would still work. The court did not need to rely too much on their Li family to stabilize the situation in Liaodong, so the Li family's influence on Liaodong would naturally be minimal.

Then the role of Jianzhou Jurchens on the Li family is also decreasing.

In the past, Li Chengliang cooperated with the Jianzhou Jurchens. As long as someone in the court impeached him, the Jurchens would inevitably cause trouble. But now, the court can directly send troops to eliminate the Jurchens, and their Li family should do what they should do.

Li Rusong, Li Rumei and the others were unwilling to do anything for the Jurchens anymore. There was no point in saying that they should not make trouble for themselves, but he still agreed to help Nurhaci speak, which was mostly personal relationships.

Guo Dan came to Liaodong again, in fact, just to deal with the Jurchen matter.

His attitude was very clear. He hoped that the Jurchens could settle down and not attack each other anymore. We should make money and not fight wars.
To be continued...