Zhang Yu's eyes lit up, and with a smile on his face, he said, "I bet your Majesty will not only agree, but also support it."
Song Xiang didn't expect Zhang Yu to say that. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "There's probably no good outcome from trying to guess His Majesty's thoughts. You might be a big shot with your own ideas. I'm just a little woman, and I don't want to die with you."
As she spoke, Song Xiang rolled her eyes at Zhang Yu.
After hearing this, Zhang Yu smiled and said with a very rich expression: "Have you ever met His Majesty? Or have you ever met His Majesty?"
Song Xiang shook her head and said directly: "No, but I really want to meet His Majesty."
"Then after this matter succeeds, I will go and tell His Majesty, and His Majesty will definitely meet you then." Zhang Yu glanced at Song Xiang and said, "Are you interested in hearing my story?"
"Okay!" Song Xiang nodded and said, "Then let me listen to you."
"I know you have information about me." Zhang Yu said with a smile, "You don't have to show that expression. You know a lot about me, but I believe you definitely don't know about the relationship between me and His Majesty."
Song Xiang nodded and said, "No one is allowed to inquire about anything concerning His Majesty, let alone record it. Naturally, we can't know."
"Your Majesty and I first met during the first Imperial Academy exam," Zhang Yu said with a smile. "At that time, Your Majesty dressed up as a young man from a wealthy family. We really thought he was a young man. He was young, surrounded by servants, and dressed very richly. It was obvious that he was the son of a wealthy family in the capital. However, he was very knowledgeable and had a lot of ideas when he talked to us."
"At that time, we thought this young man was a bit unorthodox, and his words often shocked us. Now think about it, only Your Majesty would dare to say those words. Later, the facts also proved that Your Majesty not only dared to say them, but also dared to do them."
"We all started working for His Majesty. There was me, Liu Xian, who is now in Tianjin. There were also a few members of the royal guards, Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Wenzhao. You should have heard of them, right?"
Song Xiang nodded and said, "I'm in the General Staff Office. Of course, I've heard of these people. They're incredibly famous, like thunder and lightning. How many people are looking up to them as role models now? I heard from the people in the General Staff Office that in a few years, Lu Xiangsheng and the others will definitely have a place in the General Staff Office."
"That's a long wait," Zhang Yu said with a smile. "At their current age, it will take at least several decades before they can join the General Staff Office."
Song Xiang nodded without objection, which was considered as her agreement with Zhang Yu's statement.
"I'm telling you this because I want you to know that His Majesty knows us very well. He's known us since we were still in school, so he always uses us to our strengths and avoids our weaknesses. This time, His Majesty asked me to come to Korea, knowing that I wouldn't follow the usual practices, but he still let me come. This proves that he is very likely to agree with me." Zhang Yu smiled at Song Xiang and said, "It's just that this time it's a bit dangerous, and I haven't decided whether to do it yet."
"Do you want to talk to me?" Song Xiang looked at Zhang Yu and asked hesitantly.
"It's okay to talk to you." Zhang Yu was silent for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "The plan your General Staff has drawn up is okay. It's steady and gradual, but it seems too slow to me."
Song Xiang looked at Zhang Yu helplessly and said, "Haste makes waste."
"But sometimes you just have to be quick," Zhang Yu said with a stern face. "The Ming Dynasty is so powerful, there's no need to wait any longer. This time we have to be quick, and so quick that no one can react."
"The King of Korea's second son is very ambitious, as you all know. So I want to secretly support him and let him start a rebellion. It would be best if he could kill the King of Korea and the Southerners. Then I can release the Crown Prince of Korea from the capital to quell the rebellion. The Ming Dynasty can support him."
"By that time, those who support the young prince and his ministers will be wiped out. Even the Joseon prince, far away in the capital, will have no support either. After all, the Joseon king and the original Southern Party have been eliminated. Don't you think there are too many top bureaucrats in Joseon? Even if your General Staff's plan succeeds, what will happen? We still have to face these Joseon bureaucrats?"
"We'll still have to argue with them when the time comes, but the gains won't outweigh the losses. We might as well just kill them all, especially since they're still fighting among themselves. These things have nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty. In the end, the Crown Prince of the Joseon King can only rely on the Ming Dynasty."
"And after he returns to Korea to quell the rebellion, or perhaps the Ming Dynasty could simply quell the rebellion on his behalf, so he doesn't have to come back. The Ming Dynasty would rule Korea remotely, with Ming officials governing it and a minister of state appointed to oversee it. That would be a good idea."
Song Xiang looked at Zhang Yu with a surprised expression.
She had seen people with ideas and strategies before, but this was the first time she had seen someone like Zhang Yu.
This is indeed a clever trick, but the key is ruthlessness. What is this trick?
If they do as he says, there will be bloodshed at the top level of North Korea, if not rivers of blood.
"Do we really want to do this?" Song Xiang looked at Zhang Yu hesitantly and asked.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Yu nodded and said, "I will report this matter to Your Majesty in secret, without going through the General Staff Office or the Cabinet, but directly before the Emperor. Whether it will succeed or not will depend on what Your Majesty says."
In fact, Zhang Yudu once thought about not reporting to the emperor and doing it in private. If the matter was not exposed, it would be a win-win for everyone; if the matter was exposed, he would take the blame and be held accountable. The emperor would not know and it would be his fault.
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