At the Beijing Telegraph Station, the collector received a special telegram, which was sent from Seoul, and the webmaster there personally sent it.

"Webmaster, here is a confidential telegram!" The collector presented an untranslated telegram to the webmaster of the Beijing Telegraph Station.

"Oh?" The webmaster of the Beijing Telegraph Station received the telegram and found that the essay text on his head was actually sent to Chu Yun. He did not dare to neglect it and translated the essay text himself.

"I personally send this telegram to the military master's mansion."

When the webmaster translated the complete cipher text and was shocked by the content, it was already late and Chu Yun was no longer in the office, so he put down the matter in his hand and went to the military master's mansion in person.

"This is a secret letter sent by Princess Goryeo. Please check it out by your master." The webmaster reported the message to Chu Yun.

Chu Yun was deeply surprised to receive this special secret telegram. Among the telegrams sent from Goryeo in the past, they were usually official telegrams sent by Li Li and Jiang on traditional festivals, but the private letters had not been received yet.

The sender was Jiang, and the content of the telegram was roughly about the difficulties encountered by Li Li and his current poor physical condition. I hope Chu Yun can recruit Li Li to the capital to recuperate, and Chu Yun will manage the affairs of Goryeo on his behalf.

If it were just a telegram sent by Li Wei, Chu Yun might not be so surprised, but now it was a telegram sent by Jiang, asking for forced Li Wei to be sent to the capital to recuperate.

"I already know the details. You can go back to the telegram station first and wait for a reply to them." Chu Yun didn't know what to do about this matter for a while.

The expansion of territory requires time to be digested. The rebellions in the South China Sea and the Western Regions alone have made the finances a little nervous. At this time, if we want to annex the Koryo Kingdom, we must deploy large troops locally.

The proposal to interfere with the affairs of Goryeo the next day was brought to the secret meeting of the Six Ministry. This meeting was more streamlined than the number of people in the Six Ministry meetings and involved major confidential affairs. If the officials of Goryeo knew that the Central Plains were discussing the disposal of their country, it would definitely cause an uproar.

"The First Corps is stationed in Liaodong. If you go to accept the Goryeo Kingdom, you can quickly cross the Yalu River and take the lead in controlling the Peace Road of Goryeo. If you want to mobilize other corps, you can also arrive at Hanjing by sea through troop transport ships." The officer of the General Staff pointed to the eight roads on the map.

The military headquarters have privately simulated controlling the Kingdom of Goryeo in countless times, as well as various main passages and important city strongholds. However, between sending troops to Japan and Goryeo, it was finally decided to attack Japan first.

"The situation in Japan is still unstable. It is necessary to maintain the garrison of an infantry brigade and a heavy artillery battalion. It also needs to pay military expenses to quell warrior rebellions from all over the country. It takes expenses to rebuild Edo Castle, receive mines, and establish local governments. There are also a large number of Chinese schools to be established in Japan's provinces." said the Minister of Revenue.

"Now all places and projects require a lot of funds, especially the expedition teams in the Western trading company, East India Company, North America Kingsoft, and Oceania Tianji City have to replenish supplies every year. Our external expansion has expanded to the limit, and there are still a lot of projects in China that are short of money, so it is not advisable to make big fuss. If we send troops to Goryeo again, it will cost several million taels of military expenditure, and additional military expenditure will be required every year." Chu Yun also had to admit that the current finances are unable to maintain huge military expenditures.

The territory is too large, and the tax revenue collected in Japan, South Ocean, Western Regions and other places before development was not as high as ordinary, especially in wild places such as Sakhalin Island and Java Island.

"So how to deal with the matters of Goryeo? Reject the request of Goryeo Princess? Goryeo has always been a vassal state in the Central Plains. If something happened to their king, we, as the sect leader, cannot sit idly by, right?" said an imperial official.

"In fact, whether Li Li is the king or not is not important to the eight paths of Goryeo. As long as there is a person responsible for the highest decision-making and the officials under him can do their own things, they can ensure the normal operation of the Goryeo court. What the Goryeo Princess asked was to ensure Li Li's physical condition, and only to ensure that the situation would not worsen. In other words, we can temporarily support a puppet group and manage the affairs of Goryeo on our behalf. If there is any problem under this puppet group, we do not have to bear the consequences, and we can even thrust waste disasters, diseases, and wars onto this puppet group. When we have the spare energy, for example, the situation in Japan has completely stabilized, we can officially intervene in Goryeo as a righteous army." An imperial official said.

Other imperial officials had no expression on their faces, supporting the puppet regime and letting the puppet regime take the blame is a common practice for a large empire, and no one thought it was anything.

"If I want to support a puppet regime, maybe I have a suitable candidate - Jin Zidian, the commander of the Goryeo New Army. This person once had some secret agreements with me... and asked him to manage the Goryeo Kingdom on his behalf. Then let Li Li come to our capital and set up a quiet mansion for him to live in. I couldn't have imagined that Li Li would become like this..." Chu Yun sighed a little.

Li Xi can be said to be his "student" in a sense, and Li Xi has always wanted to follow his actions and measures. However, Chu Yun did not expect that Li Xi would return to Goryeo and be supported to the throne and would have so many ministers opposed it. The stubbornness of Goryeo seems to be even more serious. Li Xi did not have enough reputation and army to control the situation, and his stubbornness destroyed his body.

"Jin Zidian, is this person reliable?"

"This person is somewhat ambitious, but he should understand that as long as the Li Dynasty in Goryeo is not invaded by foreign enemies or caused resentment from heaven and earth, it will be difficult for him to win people's hearts in the local area without the Li bloodline." Chu Yun said.

"In my opinion, whether it is Jin Zidian or others who serve as the leader of the puppet regime, they can act according to our orders. At present, no one on this continent is our opponent. If he dares to rebel, our First Corps will soon be able to cross the Yalu River to conquer Hanjing." The officers attending the military headquarters did not care much about who was in charge of the puppet regime.

"Yang Tailun, the commander of the Liaodong First Corps, arrived in Xi'an City, but he was most familiar with the terrain and officers and soldiers on the Liaodong border. He sent him back to Liaodong to train troops and prepare for the Goryeo border at all times." Chu Yun said.

"I will draft a reply letter to Princess Goryeo. Just Lord Yan Jun, you have agreed to her approach and let her and Jin Zidian act on their own." said the official in charge of the record.
Chapter completed!