"Now that you know this, this matter will be easier to handle." Zhang Weixian looked at Zhang Yu and said with a smile, "Everything we are going to talk about next is in this document. Take a good look at it."
As he spoke, Zhang Weixian took a document bag from the side and placed it directly in front of Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu took the information bag and scanned it, his expression suddenly becoming serious.
On this information bag, two particularly large characters were written in red cinnabar:
Top secret.
Although Zhang Yu was not in the General Staff Office, he had studied the confidentiality laws in all government offices throughout the court.
Even in the Royal Academy, the confidentiality law has been included in the Ming Dynasty Law and is required to be learned by all students like other laws. There is no room for negotiation on this matter.
After the secrecy law was promulgated, some officials did not care much about it, and the court took harsh measures against a group of them.
Nowadays, everyone knows the meaning of these two words. Top secret is the highest level of confidentiality in the secrecy law. Let alone leaking the contents, even revealing the existence of such a document is a serious crime.
Anyone who dared to leak this document would be charged with treason, a charge no one could withstand.
In the Ming Dynasty, if someone was convicted of treason, his property would be confiscated and his family would be exterminated, at least that would be the case.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Yu had no choice but to be serious, but it was not to the extent that he was afraid to watch.
He reached out, untied the rope, and took out the documents inside.
Zhang Yu's pupils shrank after glancing at the title of the document.
The document contained a few simple words:
Swallowing plan.
Although there are only four words, they are four words of extraordinary significance.
Looking at the contents of the file below, Zhang Yu felt like his heart was about to jump out.
This document detailed the "Whale Swallowing" plan, which referred to the entire process of Ming Dynasty annexing Korea and Japan; it was a plan to bring Korea into the Ming Dynasty through war with Japan.
In the entire plan, I will always be carrying out this mission in North Korea, and it can be said that I am in a very critical first position.
What he had to do was actually very simple - win over the Korean ministers and make them obey the Ming Dynasty.
The reason for sending Prince Fu this time was to increase this level of trust. After all, he was just an official of the Ming Dynasty, and the Korean ministers might not believe what he said. If it was him, and he was the uncle of the current emperor, then it would be easier for people to believe him.
Although Prince Fu was only used as a memorial tablet in the past, he was still very important.
In addition to making friends with North Korean officials and winning them over, he also had another very important thing to do, which was to spy on the intelligence between the various political parties in North Korea.
This time, the General Staff will send someone to cooperate with me. In a word, we must get things done.
The first idea proposed by the General Staff was exchange, allowing those Korean ministers and aristocratic families to send people to the Ming Dynasty to study, and send their sons and nephews over; the Ming court could even arrange for these children of Korean aristocratic families to serve as officials in the Ming Dynasty.
After these young Koreans arrived in the Ming Dynasty, they were received by special people who taught them knowledge and provided them with money and food. Everything was arranged by someone. Of course, they themselves were definitely unaware of it.
When the time is right, these people will be sent back to North Korea.
Zhang Yu flipped through the plan, which was dozens of pages long. This plan covered all aspects and it was obviously not something that could be created in a short time. The General Staff must have put in a lot of effort.
But I understood it at a glance. This must be what His Majesty meant.
Zhang Yu never imagined that His Majesty would actually formulate such a huge plan, and that he would be the one to carry it out.
In the entire plan, North Korea is a very critical place.
After a while, Zhang Yu put down the document in his hand.
At this time, Zhang Yu's face was full of shock, and it took him a long time to calm down.
Turning to look at Duke of England Zhang Weixian, Zhang Yu said with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
"It's okay." Zhang Weixian said with a smile, "In fact, we already think you're fast enough."
The people around nodded in agreement.
When they first saw this plan, or when they first heard about this plan, none of them were as calm as Zhang Yu.
Originally, everyone was a little skeptical about the person to carry out this task, but since it was appointed by the emperor, they could only obey.
Some even decided to meet this chosen one first, and if that didn't work out, they would submit a petition to the emperor. So far, this person has performed quite well.
"You've probably read the contents and are probably aware of the situation. I'm sure you also understand the specific actions." Zhang Weixian looked at Zhang Yu and said, "Once you arrive there, you will have the authority to mobilize all of the Ming Dynasty's resources in Korea, including our people, those in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Jinyiwei."
After hearing this, Zhang Yu was stunned, and then asked in disbelief: "Do you all have people in North Korea?"
"What's so strange about this? When the Ming Dynasty was fighting in Korea, the Jinyiwei had already sent out spies, and they haven't stopped for all these years. The Jinyiwei are now quite powerful in Korea."
"Aside from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Imperial Household Department ranks second. Trade between Ming and Korea has been very frequent in recent years, and the Imperial Household Department has planted and bribed quite a few people in Korea. On the one hand, this facilitates their activities, bribes Korean officials, and facilitates business. On the other hand, it also gathers intelligence, but with a different focus."
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