The more he thought about it, the more irritable and restless he became, so Li Zhenqing casually shot an arrow.

The arrow that broke off the string flew quickly in the wind, making a whooshing sound as it broke through the air - but this arrow was quite out of standard, whizzing directly past the target, and even caused the target to tremble because of its excessive power.

, as if laughing at Li Zhenqing's arrow that once again lost its accuracy...

"Alas! This arrow missed again! The target is crooked!" Li Zhenqing sighed and prepared to shoot again.

"The target is not crooked, it's just that your mind is crooked." Li Zhenqing looked back, and as expected, it was Judge Li Mansion.

"I can't compare to you, and I can't compare to the last person in your court!" Li Zhenqing said with self-pity.

Lee Mansion is the judge of Jeju - the highest military attache on the island. Because Jeju Island is close to Japan, many government affairs are also military affairs, making him the de facto second-in-command of Jeju.

Many times the specific affairs are handled by the judge - so the relationship between the judge and the pastor is quite delicate.

In addition, the civil service system of the Li Dynasty was not an imperial examination system but was based on the relationship between the two groups of nobles. The atmosphere of valuing civil servants and devaluing military officials was not strong.

The most important thing is that the judge’s immediate boss, Jeolla Province Soldier Shin Kyung-yu, was the main supporter of the king’s overthrow of his predecessor Gwanghae Gun eight years ago. With the support of such an upstart of the dynasty, Judge Lee is not necessarily afraid that no one in the court will rely on him.

The talented Li Zhenqing.

Naturally, Li Zhenqing also knew this, so he tried his best to build a good relationship with Judge Li Mansion and did not dare to take it too seriously. This time was no exception.

"Then what do you think we should do? The court's doubts are unbelievable. They actually want to cede land. This..."

Li Zhenqing knew in his heart that even if there was an imperial edict - it was a secret edict, and you couldn't use it as evidence! Besides, how could the emperor be wrong? The faults were all due to traitors! There was no one in the court, so could he get the truth when he returned to the court?

Lack is one problem, whether it will be framed is another problem!!! If I implement the land cessation thing and want to punish myself, I will be labeled as a North Korean Qin Hui. What will I do if I don’t have a back-up platform? I’m afraid that I will even

There may not even be a chance to defend yourself!

Judge Li Mansion is a man with a crystal-clear mind. Although he is far inferior to Li Zhenqing in handling practical matters, his ability to adapt to changes or to use crooked ways is something that Li Zhenqing cannot catch up with even after a few days of flirting:

"Why can't you think about it? Isn't it very clear what I said this time? Lend land to the great scholar Qingshan layman to exterminate Japanese pirates, develop maritime trade and enrich the national treasury..."

"Huh, what you say is better than what you sing! Your Majesty, don't you know what it means to invite gods but not to send them away!" Li Zhenqing calls himself a loyal minister, although he doesn't dare to compete with the powerful ----- he still has basic limits!

"Yes! That's so right. As the king's subordinates, shouldn't you and I stay in Jeju Island to help the king find a way?" Judge Li Mansion said righteously.

Li Zhenqing was completely speechless. He even suspected that there was something wrong with Judge Li Mansion's brain. To be fair, Li Mansion was an above-average or even above-average official in terms of ability alone. But if he added in his integrity...

...If nothing else, at least Li Zhenqing knows that more than half of the smuggling in Jeju Island is Li Mansion's family business...

However, although Li Zhenqing is a bit more upright, he is still a smart person after all, and he immediately understood Li Mansion’s true thoughts:

"Li Mansion! Are you planning to become the Second Minister!? You are betraying your country and seeking glory! I thought you were short-changed in small matters, but in big ones..."

"Don't, don't, don't! As I said, it is our king who gave up Jeju Island! Besides, even if you, Li Zhenqing, want to be Yue Fei, the court must have money to raise troops! The court has money to raise troops, so you don't need to be Yue Fei. How about I go?

???!!”

Li Mansion argued with a red face:

"Besides, our court has finally been able to breathe a sigh of relief recently. Didn't it rely on Qingshan layman to buy Korean ginseng and wood at a high price? They really want to be disadvantageous to the king and lower the price of Korean ginseng and wood. We

Goryeo…”

Li Mansion shook his head, meaning that if Liu Baiyu wanted to attack Goryeo, he would kill Goryeo directly by playing economics, so why should he use knives?

"A man has short ambitions but a thin horse has long hair!" Li Zhenqing sighed, feeling as if a big stone was pressing on his chest, making it impossible for him to breathe - Li Chao is now a half-dead old man, and the big bureaucrats and landowners inside are unfriendly.

Taxes, natural disasters during the Little Ice Age, and invasions by Japan and Manchuria - if you think about it from another perspective, it was really the rational choice of the Li Dynasty to give up Jeju Island without offending Liu Baiyu...

"So, what I mean is that we must not only stay and work hard, but also serve the layman Qingshan - after all, as long as our officials from Korea are still in Jeju Island, Jeju Island will still be the territory of Korea!"

Li Mansion said impassionedly, he really looked a bit like Yue Fei at this moment...

Although Li Zhenqing felt that Li Mansion was not afraid of death because he was reluctant to part with his business on Jeju Island, but after thinking about it, this move was really the best choice, so he nodded in agreement:

"Okay! Let's do it together!" But then Li Zhenqing became worried again: If you want to do it, just do it! What if Liu Baiyu kicks you out directly?

Li Mansion naturally saw what Li Zhenqing's bitter melon face meant, and he couldn't help but laugh at this man's stubbornness - that is, he was destined to be a coolie. On the surface, he nodded:

"I have some business dealings with Master Qingshan, so it's easy to talk to him. Yesterday I sent someone to contact Master Qingshan. As long as we cooperate like this, Master Qingshan said that we can all be retained..."

Li Mansion winked at Li Zhenqing, then leaned in and whispered a few words.

This... Li Zhenqing wanted to take advantage of the situation, but she was not so unruly in doing things for Liu Baiyu, so she couldn't help but hesitate...

"Why are you hesitating? These bumpkins are exempting half of their taxes when paying taxes and then evading taxes in every possible way. Besides, which of the gentry in Jeju Island who has nothing to do with the Japanese pirates can stand up? We are here to eliminate them for the people.

Harmful!" Li Mansion patted his chest, looking like a loyal minister and good general!

What Li Mansion said was not unreasonable! Li Zhenqing thought about it and felt that it actually didn’t matter if it was explained to him, so he nodded and discussed it with Li Mansion...

Jin Fuxiang, Quan Zaiying, Li Wenquan and other big landowners in Jeju Island gathered together for a rare occasion, with very dissatisfied faces - but this was initiated by Li Mansion and Li Zhenqing, the two top officials of Jeju Island, so they had to give this face.

I just had to come.

"There is a large-scale invasion by Japanese pirates! I am afraid that the officers and soldiers on the island cannot resist it. Please..."

Li Mansion spoke impassionedly, using extremely exaggerated words, as if the second Japanese invasion was about to begin, and Korea had reached its most dangerous moment...

Jin Boxiang, Quan Zaiying, Li Wenquan and other big landowners in Jeju Island looked drowsy when they watched Li Mansion's monkey-like performance...

It’s not that Li Mansion’s acting skills are too bad, the problem is that he has performed this trick of cheating money more than a dozen times, no matter how passionate people are, they have immunity, not to mention these old landlords and bumpkins who regard wealth as their lives...

What's more, because Jeju Island is close to Japan, these old landowners and country bumpkins who regard wealth as their lives have more or less business dealings with various Japanese pirates, such as selling stolen goods and leading the way. They still know the true situation of Japanese pirates!

After the Tokugawa shogunate locked down the country, the harassment of Jeju by Japanese pirates has dropped significantly. After North Korea and the Tokugawa shogunate reestablished diplomatic relations in 1605, the Jeju area has maintained peace for almost thirty years, although small groups of Japanese pirates land every year.

There were raids, but there was no large-scale invasion at all.

But then Jin Fuxiang, Quan Zaiying, Li Wenquan and other big landowners in Jeju Island knew that it was not a joke. The spies they sent all fled back with pale faces, saying that they had discovered a large number of terrible Japanese pirates - although Murasaki Hideji and

The total number of Japanese samurai under Jin Kuroshima is only 122...

In fact, this cannot be said to be a lie. Anyone who looks at it will come to this conclusion - after all, Japan was not rich at that time, and there were many low-level samurai without armor. The Japanese samurai under Murasaki Hideji and Kuroshima Jin were all third-level samurai.

There are layers of armor and more than 20 people on horseback - all of them are tall horses like the Don hippopotamus!

The spies naturally figured out that the more than 100 Japanese samurai under Murasaki Hideji and Kuroshima Jin were so well-equipped that they were at least intermediate samurai such as centurions. Therefore, the number of Japanese pirates was more than 10,000.

Isn’t it a natural conclusion? After all, in this era, scouts are not satellites, and the number of enemies is based on estimates!

"Tens of thousands of Japanese pirates have broken in? Please ask two adults to send troops!"

Jin Fuxiang was panicked, but it seems like the two adults should take care of this kind of thing first, right?

"That's natural. Mr. Li [Li Mansion] immediately ordered the beacon fires to be lit, the horns to blow, and the garrison troops from each town to be summoned." Li Zhenqing said calmly.

"The problem is that there are too many Japanese pirates! How can these officers and soldiers stop them!" Li Mansion clapped his hands anxiously! Since the Goryeo Dynasty, Japanese pirates have been invading Jeju Island continuously. Murder, arson, and robbery are commonplace.

To resist the invasion of Japanese pirates, King Sejong established three cities, nine towns, and ten river battle stations in the 19th year of his reign.

Defense facilities such as the 15th Beacon Tower and the 38th Yantai. Han Chengshun, who was the pacifier at the time, created the beacon system and formed a complete guard and protection system. Beacons were built along the coastline and beacons were also installed on the mountain peaks in case of emergency.

If the situation arises, Jeju City, other towns and defense posts can be notified in a timely manner.

According to the combat plan, once the Japanese pirates land, beacon fires will be lit everywhere. Each camp and city post will send messages to each other by blowing horns and lighting beacon fire. The guards in the camp will guard the city wall and control the harbor.

To prevent Japanese pirates from using the island's ports for reinforcements, the garrison in each city dispatched the main force according to the Japanese pirates' landing areas, and cooperated with the warships of the water warfare station to attack the Japanese pirates by land and water to eliminate them.

The problem is that this seems to be a pretty good plan, but it must have an army that basically maintains combat effectiveness. The number of Japanese pirates who can land at the same time cannot be too many. Because there are only 1,500 people in charge of the island, deducting the necessary defense forces everywhere, from Jeju Island

Only three to four hundred people can be dispatched at a time. It is okay to deal with dozens or hundreds of Japanese pirates, but if there are too many, it will be insufficient... Therefore, it is no longer possible to defend it simply by relying on officers and soldiers.

"It's actually okay. Japanese pirates are also looking for money - I suggest everyone join in to save money and avoid disasters!"

Quan Zaiying was very familiar with this method and immediately remembered the old method...

"You don't know how to do arithmetic. There are nearly 10,000 Japanese pirates this time. How much money is enough for them?" Li Wenquan thought Quan Zaiying was stupid and innocent...

"Then you guys come up with a solution! Who doesn't know how to find fault?"

Quan Zaiying naturally knew that he had taken it for granted, but he was unwilling to admit his mistake, so he continued to speak harshly.

"Come on, come on! What time has it been? Is there any other way? There are more than 10,000 Japanese pirates, how can they leave without grabbing enough!" Li Zhenqing said loudly.

"But there are more than 10,000 Japanese pirates, and we can't defeat them all together!" Jin Fuxiang said with a sad face.

"Everyone, even though the Japanese pirates are powerful, we need to be calm, calm! We must know that defending the city and fighting in the field are two different things. There are still six cannons in this city! If everyone concentrates their strength, we can still stop them if we defend the city!

After all, more than 10,000 Japanese pirates look scary, but their food may not be enough!"

Li Mansion reminded.

What Li Mansion meant was for the big landowners to call together their tenants on the island to form "volunteers" - equivalent to the Xiangyong of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the security regiment of the Republic of China.

Compared with the regular army, whose combat effectiveness dropped drastically not long after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the local volunteers defended the country, that is, the family, and their combat effectiveness was quite good.

Wanjun

During the war, the "rebels" on Jeju Island played a great role in fiercely resisting the Japanese pirates. They did not let Jeju Island, which was close to Japan, fall. Compared with the official army's

The record is quite impressive...

However, in recent decades, Jeju Island has suffered frequent disasters. The island has insufficient food and a large number of people have emigrated to the peninsula. The population of Jeju Island has been in a state of continuous decline. Naturally, there are fewer "volunteers" available. Compared with the last

There were more than 20,000 people at the peak, but now there are less than 8,000.

Of course, even if there are less than 8,000 volunteers, with the cooperation of the city walls and cannons, it is really possible to fight against more than 10,000 Japanese pirates - besides, facing more than 10,000 Japanese pirates, if you don't choose to defend the city, there is no other way.

Is there a solution????
To be continued...