After hearing this, Liu Xian was stunned. It was not that he did not expect Zhu Youxiao to agree so readily.
He could see that His Majesty liked the Korean prince very much, but he also understood His Majesty.
The current emperor is a man of great talent and strategy. He will do anything that is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, and his personal preferences will not override the country.
This is also an important reason why many officials like His Majesty. In this respect, His Majesty is impeccable. Not to mention a Joseon prince, he can also take action against the royal family.
It’s just that Liu Xian didn’t expect His Majesty to agree so quickly.
Wei Chao, who was standing nearby, suddenly took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, this matter can be left to me."
"You're going to do it? What should we do?" Zhu Youxiao was stunned and asked Wei Chao.
When Wei Chao heard His Majesty ask this, he immediately felt delighted.
Wei Zhongxian and Chen Hong are not here, and there is no one around your Majesty who can do such a dirty job. I am willing to do it myself.
Wei Chao quickly said, "I heard that the Crown Prince of Joseon is ill. I plan to take the imperial physician to see him. We will surely be able to find the cause of his illness and cure him."
Liu Xian on the side turned to look at Wei Chao with an interesting expression on his face.
I originally thought you were a kind-hearted eunuch, but I didn't expect you to be so shameless and cruel. What's wrong with you being sick? I just saw that he was fine. There's no need to worry about that.
And if I ask you to see me because I'm sick, I probably won't live long.
Liu Xian certainly understood what Wei Chao meant. He turned to look at the emperor, fearing that the emperor would agree.
If His Majesty agrees to this, it will cause huge trouble. We can't do this.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Chao with a strange expression, stepped forward and kicked him, saying, "Get out of the way."
The Wei Dynasty was embarrassed.
Although His Majesty kicked him, it was in vain and it didn't hurt at all.
He just didn't understand. Wasn't this plan good? Why was His Majesty not satisfied?
Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu Xian and said, "Send someone to Korea to inform the King of Korea about this discussion."
"As for the Crown Prince of the Joseon King, tell the Joseon King that keeping the Crown Prince with me will strengthen the communication between Joseon and Ming, and we can discuss anything."
"Also, we can assign some officials to this prince. I will grant him a post office in the capital, allowing him to live permanently in Ming. Tell the King of Korea that there will be more such things happening in the future. Korea is the first one, and Ming Dynasty values Korea very much."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand." Liu Xian quickly agreed.
Glancing at Wei Chao, Liu Xian's eyes looked a little strange.
See, eunuch, your Majesty's methods are the proper methods. The method of just going up and trying to kill someone is simply nonsense.
First, keep the crown prince of Joseon. After a few years, keep him in Ming Dynasty. He can't leave even if he wants to. Anyway, give him various titles. When the king of Joseon dies, the crown prince will become the king of Joseon.
As for Korea, the new king himself was in the capital, and he liked the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty and didn't want to leave, so he didn't leave. The Ming Emperor was tolerant and let the new king be a cloud king.
The governance of Korea has nothing to do with you. The Ming Dynasty can send some ministers to assist you in governance. Moreover, after this incident, the Ming Dynasty will station troops in Korea and send scholars to Korea to take the imperial examinations and serve as officials.
In exchange for this, Korean students could also come to the Ming Dynasty, study there, and then become officials there.
This way both parties are equal.
But Zhu Youxiao also understood that this was an unequal treaty because of the difference in size between the two parties.
If the Ming Dynasty wanted, it could send tens of thousands of scholars, but how many could North Korea send?
The Ming Dynasty was now almost overcrowded with scholars. Of course, the education level was still low, and there were not many people who could read.
The so-called scholars are people who want to be officials. These people want to be officials after reading books. There are too many of them in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Youxiao wanted to bring these scholars who wanted to become officials to Korea, and they were willing to go. They did not do so just to become officials, nor to bring happiness to the Korean people. Their only purpose was to win over, divide and attack them, and turn the Korean officialdom into that of the Ming Dynasty, ideally to influence the political situation in Korea.
When the time is ripe, the Korean king in the Ming Dynasty will naturally abdicate and write to the Ming court to incorporate Korea into the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty does not agree. How can we annex our own vassal state?
This is not our way of doing things. This is not what a country like ours would do.
Then the King of Joseon would ask again, maybe nine or ten times. You could have some tragic scenes in between, like the King of Joseon kneeling at the palace gate and begging, etc. Anyway, it would be as tragic as it gets, but for the sake of the people of Joseon, he voluntarily abdicated.
Finally, the Ming emperor was moved by his idea and conferred him a higher title, allowing him to enjoy the treatment of a Ming prince. Ming also reluctantly accepted Korea for the sake of the Korean people.
If this plan succeeds, it will become the template for Ming Dynasty's foreign annexations in the future.
The surrounding countries can be divided into three levels.
The first level is similar to the vassal states of North Korea today, which allow trade and allow them to have a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty.
The second level is to have them send their heirs to the capital as ambassadors. At this point, relations between the two sides will naturally advance. Your country already has an embassy in Ming, so your relationship with Ming will be even better. Both sides can send officials and scholars to each other, and ideally, sign a free trade agreement with tax exemptions for both sides. It's simply perfect dumping.
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