"You have many ways to solve the hidden dangers of Goryeo?" Zhu Biao couldn't believe it for a moment when he saw Li Jie's confident appearance, because Li Jie's words made him doubt his IQ, but he didn't expect anything.

"Of course!" Li Nodou, "In fact, His Majesty also realized this problem, so he proposed to Tsuma Island. With this island, the Ming Dynasty could garrison troops on the island, attacking and retreating or defending. However, relying on one island alone cannot completely deter Goryeo. Unless a powerful navy is built and backed by this navy, it is enough to prevent Goryeo from daring to move rashly!"

"Build a navy?" Zhu Biao frowned when he heard this, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "As far as I know, building a ship is very expensive. In addition, the navy's training is different from that on land, and it consumes a lot of time. To build a powerful navy, it may cost a lot of financial and material resources, right?"

"Your Highness, there is a folk saying that is called 'I can't bear to let my child go,' The Japanese silver mine earns several million taels or even tens of million taels per year. If there is no strong force guarantee, problems will arise sooner or later. Even if there is a strong navy, it still cannot fully guarantee that there will be no problems in the future!" Li Jie said again.

"Won't you have a navy?" Zhu Biao almost jumped up when he heard this. The investment in building a navy was a sky-high price. If other investment was needed, then the hole would be too big.

"Of course not. Your Highness is familiar with history books and should know the rise and fall of dynasties. No dynasty can remain strong forever. Therefore, even if there is a strong navy now, it is inevitable that future generations will be slack off. If something happens to the country, overseas interests will not be taken care of, so it is not enough to have a navy alone!" Li Jie said further.

"What else should I do?" Zhu Biao had lost the ability to think at this time, and his thinking was completely deviated by Li Jie.

"In fact, the most thorough solution is also the easiest. If the court directly sends troops to destroy Goryeo, wouldn't we be at ease?" Li Jie said again with a smile.

"No, although Goryeo is a small country, it has always been independent of the Central Plains. If the court sends troops, it will inevitably arouse their strong resistance. Even the Mongol Yuan was unable to destroy them back then. From this we can see that this small country must have its own merits!" Zhu Biao immediately shook his head and refused to say, although destroying Goryeo can completely solve the problem, he had never considered it.

"Your Highness, as the saying goes, this time, and that time, Goryeo is now in power and the country is in turmoil and uneasy, which is the best time for us to make profits. For example, Li Chenggui is just a wolf-like ambition and wants to usurp the throne and become independent. As the leader of the Ming Dynasty, our Ming Dynasty naturally needs to maintain Goryeo's orthodoxy!" When Li Jie spoke at the end, he also showed a righteous expression.

Li Jie did not finish his words, but Zhu Biao suddenly realized when he heard this. It turned out that Li Jie had made this idea. Now the court supports Li Chenggui mainly because the Ming Dynasty did not intend to invade Goryeo. However, if necessary, he could take advantage of this opportunity to support Li Chenggui on the surface, and wait for him to suddenly repent when he rebelled and send troops in the name of supporting Goryeo's orthodox.

Although Li Chenggui already possessed the military and political power of Goryeo, the country was small and the people were weak, and there was still a lot of voices against him in the country. In addition, under the banner of righteousness, the Ming Dynasty would definitely call on many people who opposed Li Chenggui to surrender. In this way, it would not be difficult to defeat Li Chenggui. As long as Li Chenggui died, the Ming Dynasty could legitimately garrison Goryeo and control the military and political power of Goryeo.

"Your Highness, this matter is not troublesome. As long as we occupy Tsushima Island and Li Chenggui rebelled, he will definitely send someone to contact us. At that time, we can send an army into Goryeo under the banner of supporting him, and then give him a fatal blow at the critical moment. The big thing will be accomplished at that time!" Li Jie saw that Zhu Biao was still hesitant, so he advised again.

Zhu Biao's good brother Zhu Di did this to destroy small surrounding countries under the banner of suppressing rebellions, and the one that destroyed was Annan in history, which was later Vietnam. At that time, the father and son of the Hu family usurped the throne and established the Hu dynasty. Zhu Di sent troops to directly destroy Annan under the banner of helping Annan to quell the rebellion, and established the Jiaozhi Administrator. This was also the last rule of the Central Plains dynasty.

"This... this matter is too important, and the father needs to make an idea!" Zhu Biao hesitated for a while, but it can be seen from his expression that he was still very moved by this matter.

"That's natural. In fact, Your Highness can think about it. As long as you take down Goryeo, you can be connected with Liaodong. Moreover, there are many ports of Goryeo, and a large number of navies can be stationed. With these navies, it can also ensure the safety of silver mines, and even annex the entire Japan to completely solve the hidden dangers on the coast of the Ming Dynasty!" Li Jie once again described the beautiful prospects for occupying Goryeo to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao was even more moved after hearing this. However, even if he was the crown prince, he could not make a decision without authorization. At most, he would express his support in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and his opinions were still very important to Zhu Yuanzhang.

The reason why Li Jie kept encouraging Zhu Biao was actually planning for the future. Although the silver mine in Japan was attractive, to put it bluntly, at Lao Zhu's age, it was not easy for him to build silver mines when he was alive. In fact, the entire silver mine was a small treasury prepared by Lao Zhu for his children and grandchildren.

So whether you can defend this silver mine depends on the ability of Zhu Biao and his grandchildren. Li Jie is now giving Zhu Biao a vaccination, allowing him to estimate the risks that the silver mine may face, so that he can make some preparations in advance so that he will not be at a loss in the future.

In addition, the so-called building a navy and annexing Japan was not Li Jie who was painting a big cake, but he really had this idea, because there was an ocean current in the eastern part of Japan that could directly reach the west coast of the Americas. If he wanted to make a great geographical discovery in the future, Japan would be a hurdle that could not be avoided!

Of course, the above may be too far away and will definitely not be achieved in a short period of time. After all, you have to eat in one bite, but building a navy and invading Goryeo can already begin planning.

After waiting for a while, there was still no movement in the warm room, which made Zhu Biao and Li Jie a little worried. Now there are only Zhang Dingbian and Zhu Yuanzhang in the warm room, and even the eunuchs were driven out. But it has been so long, even if the two have more, they should have finished talking, right?

"Your Highness, why don't you go in and take a look?" Li Jie hesitated for a moment before suggesting to Zhu Biao. Zhu Yuanzhang had a bad temper. He would definitely make him unhappy when he went in rashly. However, Zhu Biao had a big face and was his own son. Even if Lao Zhu got angry, he would not do anything to him.

"Why don't you go in?" Zhu Biao curled his lips. Although Old Zhu stopped beating him during this period, he was even more cruel when he scolded others, so he didn't want to get into trouble.

"Why don't we go in and have a look?" Li Jie suggested again. If Lao Zhu really gets angry after entering, such as throwing an inkstone last time, he can hide behind Zhu Biao. Anyway, Zhu Biao is obese and will definitely not be flexible.

"Okay!" Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment and finally agreed, but he did not see through Li Jie's sinister intentions.

The two of them immediately entered the warm room together, but a strong smell of alcohol came to their faces, almost smoking Li Jie, who didn't like drinking.

After walking forward a few steps, Li Jie and Zhu Biao finally met Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Dingbian. They saw the two sitting upright on the chairs. There were not many dishes on the table. Six or seven wine jars were poured on the ground, and they all looked empty. Their faces were red, and their four eyes were staring at each other without moving.

The scene in front of him was really strange. Li Jie and Zhu Biao looked at each other and saw some confusion in each other's eyes. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Dingbian did not respond to their coming in, as if they were only staring at each other.

After all, Zhu Biao was worried about his father, so he quickly stepped forward and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang softly and said, "Father, you..."

As soon as Zhu Biao said, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly collapsed, and with a "bang", he pierced his head on the table without moving. This scared Zhu Biao and Li Jie. Just as he was about to come forward to check, he heard a snoring sound. Zhu Yuanzhang was so drunk that he was unconscious!

"Hehe~, I...I won!" Zhang Dingbian, who was opposite, smiled with a big mouth. As soon as he finished speaking, his big bald head also pierced into the wine and food on the table, pouring the soup all over, and then the snoring sounded loudly.

"A person of such an old age actually learns from young people to fight for alcohol?" Zhu Biao was speechless, and Li Jie next to him nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Zhu Biao and Li Jie were each one, trying to help Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Dingbian up, but these two old men were all tall and burly, especially Zhang Dingbian, who had a tendon and flesh, and Li Jie couldn't help them. In desperation, they had to call the guards outside and let them carry Zhang Dingbian to rest. Zhu Biao took care of him personally.

Originally, Li Jie wanted to know what kind of agreement Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Dingbian would eventually reach, but unfortunately, the two old men are all drunk now, so it seems that they can only wait for tomorrow to ask.

But what Li Jie didn't expect was that he had just gotten up the next morning and was about to go to Zhan Shi Mansion, but he didn't expect someone to knock on the door outside. When he opened the gate of the courtyard, he said in surprise: "Master Mu Lecture, why are you here?"

The person who came was Zhang Dingbian. He saw that the other party had returned to his former appearance as a Taoist monk. His slightly red eyes proved that the impact of the hangover was still there. He saluted Li Jie slightly and said, "Deputy Envoy Li, I am here to say goodbye to you!"

"Say your farewell?" Li Jie was also very surprised when he heard this. Why did he leave just after he came to the capital? Did he fail to reach an agreement with Zhu Yuanzhang yesterday?

"Master, let's come in and talk!" Li Jie immediately asked Zhang Dingbian to enter the living room, and brewed tea with his own hands before asking again, "Master, where are you going, what did Your Majesty say to you yesterday?"

Zhang Dingbian seemed to see what Li Jie was worried about, so he smiled and said, "Do not worry about Deputy Envoy Li. I have agreed with His Majesty. He promised me to gather the nine fishermen, but he could not force me. He could only ask me to recruit them in person. As long as he was willing to follow me, he would never stop them. He would also pay for their travel expenses, and even support us a batch of weapons and food!"

"That's great. So, have you agreed to the matter of Tsushima Island?" Li Jie slapped his thigh happily when he heard this, and then asked again.

"Yes, although I don't know what you want to use the Horse Island, the conditions given by the Ming Dynasty are too generous and I can't refuse!" Zhang Dingbian nodded, and it seemed that Zhu Yuanzhang did not tell him about the silver mine.

Li Jie hesitated for a moment, then said, "Your Majesty is indeed of great use to the island of Horse. Maybe you will know in the future. In addition, I have another news to tell you that there may be a major change in Goryeo in the past two years. Although it will not affect Kyushu Island, you must also be mentally prepared."

"Thank you for the reminder of Deputy Envoy Li!" Zhang Dingbian immediately felt moved when he heard that Goryeo had changed. Could it be that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to respond to Goryeo's changes?

Now Li Jie asked about things in Ningbo again and cared about his next itinerary, and Zhang Dingbian also answered one by one.

Ningbo is very calm. The impact of the storm has passed and the disaster relief is also very smooth. As for Zhang Dingbian himself, he is preparing to go to Poyang Lake first, where a group of Chen Youliang's old subordinates were placed. I heard that there were nearly 100,000 people.

After Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang, he split his subordinates and placed them in more than a dozen waters. The Poyang Lake should be the largest resettlement site. Although Chen Youliang has been dead for more than 20 years, most of the elderly people at that time are still alive. They live in a difficult life, and Zhang Dingbian's appeal should be able to convince many people.

Since Zhang Dingbian was leaving, Li Jie simply stopped going to the Zhan Shi Mansion. He immediately invited Zhang Dingbian to the restaurant and booked a banquet to see him off. Zhang Dingbian was also very free and easy. After eating and drinking with his disciples, he immediately said goodbye to Li Jie and then left Beijing with the officials who accompanied him!
Chapter completed!