Zhang Shou never expected that the ruling class of this era would rebel - without systematic learning and ideological education, in this era, even if someone sympathized with the suffering of the common people, they could at most help the poor and the weak, or try to be honest and upright when serving as an official. If they crossed the line, they would most likely do something stupid.
Without a change of thought like a brainstorming session, even talented and famous people would not be able to see the problem from a high vantage point.
Pity their misfortune and be angry at their lack of struggle. This saying can be perfectly applied to ordinary people. It is better to forget about expecting ordinary people who have never received education to be aware of it. Therefore, he said so much to Zheshanjun, but he did not mention the word education. Of course, even if he mentioned it, Zheshanjun would not have a solution. The children of the two classes of the Lee Dynasty of Korea could not learn everything they should learn!
The official messenger from Goryeo arrived to announce the death, but the next messenger arrived earlier than the emperor and his ministers expected. It turned out that Goryeo was frightened by the memorial to raise an army to punish the perpetrators, so they sent people to apologize humbly, and at the same time claimed that they would send a large army to Jeju Island to wipe out the perpetrators, and only asked the emperor for leniency... In short, they would handle it themselves.
The emperor simply laughed at this statement. When he summoned several ministers that day, he threw the letter aside and said unhappily, "If most of the northern ports were not frozen, and the wind direction was not unfavorable from the southern ports, it would be twice as effective for half the result. I would have sent the navy to attack directly. Why did I bother waiting for their reply?"
Among all civil officials, especially high-ranking ones, there are very few who are only thinking about expanding the territory. Most of them are so-called mature and prudent. At this moment, most of those in front of the emperor are such people. So, Academician Kong was the first to say: "Even if the wind is favorable, it is not a good idea to rashly send troops on an expedition. Let Goryeo investigate first, this is the right thing to do."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Jing said calmly: "Recently, the wind direction is unfavorable to me, but favorable to Goryeo. Didn't Master Kong think that there must be more than one ship looting the Goryeo tribute ship at sea? And since they can easily reach Qinhuangdao, they can easily reach all coastal areas!"
"So, it's not a question of whether Ming Dynasty should send troops now, but if they send ships to harass us, then all parts of Ming Dynasty's borders will be under war!"
"Moreover, these villains who claim to be descendants of Emperor Taizu may not be the Japanese pirates who once ravaged Goryeo and made them suffer terribly!"
When Zhu Jing first refuted him, Confucius had a stern face ready to retort, but as he listened, his expression gradually changed, and he was even more frightened. If it was really as Zhu Jing said, wouldn't it be impossible to defend against it? But he couldn't immediately support a massive attack instead of passive defense.
In his opinion, how could he bear the consequences of sending out a large army and spending countless money and food just because of a momentary guess
However, Wu Ge Lao got ahead of him and spoke in a leisurely tone: "What the Grand Marshal said is very true. The wind direction is not favorable for our navy now, but whether it is Goryeo or Japan, their fleets can cross the sea to attack, which is very convenient. If those rebels are so cruel, won't the war spread directly to our country?"