Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 878: The Final Merger of Goryeo
Two chieftains sent people to help, and with the help of cement, the wall of Guiyang was quickly put together.

Guiyang was used as the city wall of Guiyang Guard and Guiyang Front Guard, and also as a trading place. By this time, Guiyang City was ready for initial use, and the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Guard built barracks and set up camps for the city wall.

As for the market, it was jointly managed by the chieftains of Shuixi and Shuidong. If it was just used to open a market, in fact, a flat, safe and supervised open space would be enough. Therefore, the market was opened to merchants and mountain people while it was being built.

Under Zhu Su's appeal, many merchants brought various exquisite things from the Central Plains to Guiyang, and bought medicinal materials, mountain products, silverware and other goods to return to the Central Plains. Although it is not as prosperous as the coastal areas, these 100,000 mountains are gradually becoming prosperous. I think as time goes by, this place will become increasingly close to China.

But Zhu Su had already left Guizhou.

In fact, according to the previous plan of Zhu Su and Lao Zhu, Zhu Su should have stayed in Guizhou and Lianzhou for a few years to manage the southwest into an iron plate, so as to lay the foundation for the future conquest of Annan.

But plans can never keep up with changes. Before Guiyang City was built, Zhu Su was urgently recalled to Yingtian.

Duke of Korea Li Shanchang passed away.

Li Shanchang also lived much longer than the historical records show. This former first meritorious official who went to Goryeo to redeem himself for his crimes, and his determination to make achievements and advance the Li family made him live for a long time in Goryeo. In these years, he suppressed the powerful Goryeo official Lee Seong-gye, and used his sophisticated and powerful political skills, with the help of Lee Seong-gye, to cruelly and reasonably eliminate all the Goryeo nobles who had objections to the Ming Dynasty occupying Goryeo.

Finally, after making sure that Goryeo was completely shrouded in the shadow of the Ming Dynasty, Lee Sun-jang instigated Lee Seong-gye's biological son Lee Bang-won to rebel, and instructed Lee Bang-won to poison Lee Seong-gye, who was no longer of any use. Lee Bang-won then surrendered in Kaesong, and the Goryeo rebellion was quelled. Lee Sun-jang, who had been holding his breath all the time, finally completed his mission of atonement, and passed away on Jeju Island, gazing towards his homeland in the south.

His son Li Qi was extremely sad, so he carried his father's coffin back home, and returned to Ming Dynasty with Wang, the puppet "King Sunmyeong" supported by Li Shanchang during his lifetime, and Li Bangwon, the son of Li Chenggui who had turned from darkness to light.

Li Shanchang's achievements were ranked first among the founding members of the Ming Dynasty, and he died in a foreign land while fighting for the Ming Dynasty. Although he had committed minor offenses before, the past was over. Zhu Yuanzhang still summoned nobles and important officials from all over the country to go to Yingtian to mourn him.

This was also a shot of encouragement from Zhu Yuanzhang to the military generals and nobles who were depressed because of the change in foreign policy to recuperation, and a warning to the conservative literati who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to rise: the emperor still values ​​​​opening up the frontier, and will definitely reward the Duke of Korea. Don't think that the wind has changed because of the change in national policy...

As a prince, Zhu Su was also among those summoned by the emperor. This was the second old minister who was about to leave Zhu. If that was the case, there was no need to ask Zhu Su to go back with him. The main reason was that Zhu's secret decree to Zhu Su stated that Empress Ma was seriously ill.

Because Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang had died one after another, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more worried about his future as a "lonely man". Now that Li Shanchang had just passed away, Empress Ma became ill, and Zhu Yuanzhang was rarely confused, so he urgently summoned his sons to return to Beijing.

Fortunately, many important matters in Guiyang City have been basically completed. As long as the people who come later follow the rules, there will be no problem. After Zhu Su gave detailed instructions to Ma Ye, the new commander of Guizhou, he hurried back to Yingtian.

When Zhu Su rushed to Yingtian Prefecture, Li Qi had already returned to Beijing with the coffin. Zhu Su posthumously conferred the title of King of Han on Li Shanchang. The Duke of Han's Mansion followed the example of Xu Da, Duke of Wei, and removed the word "country" from the name. It was no longer called the Duke of Han, but the Duke of Han. It was established as the Dukedom of Yunli. This was the second duchy of a different surname granted by the court.

Wang Shi, the King of Goryeo, was originally a young man that Li Shanchang found at random to be a puppet. Now, when he saw the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he was trembling with fear, saying that he had long admired the rule of the Heavenly Dynasty and that today he had finally arrived in the paradise. He begged the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to take him in in Yingtian Prefecture, and he was unwilling to return to the bitter cold and war-torn land of Goryeo.

The emperor agreed and granted Wang a residence in Beijing, as well as female musicians and gold, with the same ceremony as a prince. So Wang lived in Yingtian Prefecture obediently. It is said that the Goryeo king liked to go to the Thirteenth Floor of Jinling to listen to music, leaving behind a good reputation of "here is music, not thinking of Goryeo".

The King of Goryeo was unwilling to return to his country, and the Goryeo officials who had been purged by Li Shanchang took the opportunity to submit a petition to the Celestial Empire. Zhu Yuanzhang reluctantly agreed and divided Goryeo into two parts. The part close to Liaodong was incorporated into the Ming Dynasty and was taken over by the Liaodong Military Commissioner, while the other part was divided between Han Gong and Li Qi as a fiefdom.

From then on, Goryeo ceased to exist and was replaced by the "Principality of Han", a principality directly under the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty once again expanded its territory. This should have been a day of celebration for all, but the palace was filled with gloom. Empress Ma's serious illness seemed to have cast a layer of frost over the palace. Even such a joyous event as the expansion of territory could not dispel the gloom on Zhu's face.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Zhou is back." Erhu said softly to Lao Zhu.

Old Zhu in Jinshen Hall looked haggard. The memorials on the imperial desk were piled up on one side, but he had no intention of reading them. His thoughts had already flown to the seriously ill Empress Ma in Kunning Palace. If Empress Ma had not insisted on him coming to Jinshen Hall and didn't want to delay his handling of government affairs... he would have wished he could stay with his old wife for twelve hours a day.

"Old Five is back?" Hearing the news of Zhu Su's return, Old Zhu was refreshed. Empress Ma was seriously ill again, and Zhu Su, as a time traveler, was almost the only lifeline in his heart. When Erhu told him that Zhu Su had gone to the harem, Old Zhu stood up from behind the imperial desk almost instantly. He took two steps and realized that he was not wearing boots when he was sitting cross-legged just now. He turned around and put on his boots hastily, and strode towards the harem.

"Quick, call the imperial physician, call Dr. Dai... invite them all to Kunning Palace!" Old Zhu gave orders as he walked.

As soon as the emperor said this, the entire palace quickly moved. When the emperor arrived at Kunning Palace, the genius doctor Dai Sigong and a group of imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital were only one step behind the emperor and rushed to the palace gate of Kunning Palace. Old Zhu strode through the palace gate and saw the crown prince Zhu Biao, the grandson Zhu Xiongying, the second son Zhu Chong, the third son Zhu Gang, the fourth son Zhu Di, and the fifth son Zhu Su were all in the palace. Zhu Su, who had just returned to Beijing, was dishevelled and half-knelt in front of Empress Ma's bed.

"Chongba, why are you here too?" Empress Ma's face was pale and her voice was weak. "Today... cough, cough, today, it's not even night yet, how can you neglect state affairs..."

(End of this chapter)