In March of the fourth year of Guangde (1645), Li Shu took his close ministers and entered Liaodong from Wangjing (Seoul), and then fled through the Liaoxi Corridor to Daqi Pass.
The Koreans went all the way south and passed through the state capitals of Daqi. They saw strong soldiers and strong soldiers. The military stations along the way were crowded, and the horses and artillery blocked the galloping roads. The scene was spectacular.
When crossing Shanhaiguan, the sea was covered with ships approaching from the south. The Smectas were shocked on the spot.
"Axi, Da Qi has a strong military. As a vassal state, we are so honored!"
On the eighth day of May, the Korean monarchs and ministers finally arrived in Nanjing after many hardships.
At this time, the Supreme Emperor was busy preparing for the invasion of Japan. He kept the Korean monarchs and ministers in the dark for three days. On the fourth day, Smita threatened to die and ate three cans of kimchi. Fortunately, he was saved by the imperial doctor.
Seeing this situation, the Supreme Emperor felt pity, and on May 13th, he arranged to receive the emperor and ministers of the Eastern Domain at Wuying Palace.
"Your Majesty, the Japanese pirates have mobilized millions of troops to attack, with 50,000 Japanese pirates from the Kyushu vassals as the vanguard. They have also colluded with Zheng pirates and red-haired barbarian merchants. They will soon use North Korea as a springboard to invade Daqi and beg China to send troops for rescue. Korea·····"
"Oh? Is this happening? Tokugawa Iemitsu was able to gather one million Japanese soldiers?"
Liu Zhaosun looked at his "nephew" Li Zhu with suspicion.
"I'm afraid there are more than one million Japanese pirates! Your Majesty, Korea is in danger! Liaodong is in danger! I beg Your Majesty to consider the friendship between uncle and nephew and agree to annex Korea! It's okay to set up provinces and make them prefectures and counties of Daqi!"
Forty-nine-year-old Li Zhu fell to his knees in Wuying Hall with a plop, sobbing and crying like a beaten and crying child.
"Please get up quickly. Why is this necessary? Come and watch."
The Supreme Emperor waved his hand and ordered the King of Korea to see his seat.
Although Li Jie is a complete white-eyed wolf, the Empress Dowager Cisheng is a Korean, so she still has to save some face for Li Jie.
"Zhang Dong, there are millions of Japanese pirates? Have the Japanese pirates from Kyushu reached North Korea?"
Zhang Mazi took a step forward, glanced at the Korean monarchs and ministers, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there is no news of the shogunate sending troops to Tsushima Island. As for the millions of Japanese pirates, they should be spread by rumors. According to the intelligence analysis obtained by the moiyi guards, the number of Japanese pirates is at most ten. Fifty thousand soldiers and horses, including half of the ashigaru without armor, and these people are scattered all over the Japanese country, so they cannot be gathered in a short time."
The Supreme Emperor nodded after hearing this, looked at Li Zhu and said, "Did you hear that? The thief has not even seen a trace yet, so he scared you like this. There is no need."
Li Jichang couldn't kneel down and continued to cry.
"Smita, I heard that you ate three cans of kimchi at the guild hall last night. If your subordinates hadn't found out in time, you might have gone to see Mr. Guanghai."
Li Shu quickly explained: "My little lord of the vassal state, I heard that the Japanese pirates were attacking and I was in chaos. Your Majesty, please forgive me. Daqi is the country of North Korea's parents. How can parents sit back and do nothing when their children are suffering? I would like to ask the governor of Gyeonggi again." Dao, Gangwon Province, Chungcheong Province, Jeolla Province and other places were merged into Daqi. I immediately abolished my royal title and served His Majesty as an internal minister..."
After hearing Li Jie's expression of loyalty, the Supreme Emperor nodded slightly, showing a look of reluctance:
"North Korea is a fiefdom of Jizi. Except for the Han Dynasty, it has never been under direct jurisdiction...Although our dynasty has already stationed troops in North Korea, I am an honest man. In this situation, I really can't bear to compete with each other. Besides, the Ryukyu Kingdom Just enclosed, King Annan only petitioned to be reinstated as Cochin Province last year... Even if I agree, the quota may not be enough. Hey, the country of parents also has the difficulties of the country of parents. Do you want to enter the palace? , but Da Qi has enough eunuchs, so let’s go back first.”
Apparently, the Supreme Emperor mistook the internal minister for the internal official.
He thought that Li Zhu would follow Wei Zhongxian's example, castrate him into the palace, and serve him for the rest of his life.
After Liu Zhaosun finished speaking, he got up and walked out of the hall.
Li Zhu couldn't care less about the palace officials at this time. He stepped forward and hugged the Supreme Emperor's thigh, and burst into tears:
"Uncle, I would rather die in the country of my parents than die at the hands of Japanese pirates! Korean subjects, you are lucky to be a dog of Daqi! I beg your majesty to agree to attach it!"
“Please Your Majesty, please accept North Korea!”
The North Korean ministers fell to their knees and cried together with the king.
"Why!"
Liu Zhaosun let out a long sigh, his eyes were moist, he lowered his head and glanced at the people kneeling down, and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
Dongfang Zhu was also advising: "Your Majesty, saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, let alone so many people? If we can really save North Korea and save millions of people, it will be a great merit, and it will help Your Majesty become an immortal." It’s helpful.”
I don’t know if it was the Supreme Emperor’s conscience that discovered it, or he was moved by these last words.
He bit his lip, shook his head and sighed, and finally seemed to have made a great determination.
"The matter has come to this, no matter what, who can make me soften my heart?"
Next to him, the high priest Dongfangzhu and others nodded repeatedly.
The boulder that was suppressing Li Zhu's heart was immediately removed, and he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
But I heard the Supreme Emperor change his subject: "It's just that Da Qi is fighting hard in the sea, the people's livelihood is in ruins, and food and grass are scarce. Although I have the intention to accept North Korea and save the people, I can't get enough food and grass supplies..."
When Li Zhu heard this, he finally understood what the Emperor was up to. He stamped his feet, gritted his teeth, wiped away his tears, and said loudly:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I can gather some food and grass for you. The Supreme Emperor will just take care of North Korea and send troops to the east..."
Before the great grievance could be finished, the Supreme Emperor touched his palms and laughed:
"good!"
He stepped forward to help Li Zhu up, turned around and blessed Dongfang with a smile:
"There is no joke in the army. I will take pen and ink and record the amount of food and grass promised by Smecta. Da Qi is not as rich as Ming Dynasty. I am not as wealthy as Emperor Wanli. I have to prepare food by myself when I go to Korea to fight. Hahahaha!"
Li Zhu:····
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On June 18, the fourth year of Guangde, Emperor Guangde announced to the world that Gyeonggi Province, Gangwon Province, Chungcheong Province, Jeolla Province, and Gyeongsang Province in North Korea were restored to the territory of Daqi. The country's title was abolished and changed to Changbai and Dongning. The prefectures are under the jurisdiction of Shandong and Liaodong provinces respectively.
He changed the title of King Li Zhu of Korea to King of Hanyang and established a vassal state in Wuchang, Hubei Province.
The Eight Dao of Korea were pacified, with 2 million households and 8.3 million people.
The shadow of the Qi-Japanese War began to envelope the Korean Peninsula.
Gyeongsang Province in the south has been infiltrated by Japanese pirate spies. Zhang Dong and Liu Xingzuo also sent a large number of raincoat guards to North Korea to fight.
The war has not yet broken out, but the intelligence war between the two sides has already reached its peak.
At the turn of spring and summer in the fourth year of Guangde, Qi's cape guards and shogunate ninjas exchanged death in places such as Tsushima and Qishima between Japan and Japan with a casualty ratio of one to three.
At the end of June, all fighting ceased across the country.
In addition to leaving a small number of troops to guard against rebellious intrusions in Sichuan and Guangdong, the main force of the fourteen corps was successively transferred to North Korea, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places, with a total of 200,000 soldiers and auxiliary troops to attack the Japanese country from three directions.
In early July, hundreds of thousands of stones, grain, grass, materials and weapons were successively transported to Liaodong and southeast along the dotted Chidao network.
As grain, grass, warships and artillery were gradually put in place, on the seventh day of July, Emperor Guangde ordered Tokugawa Iemitsu to stay away from the pilgrimage for a long time, refused to perform the "Treaty of Niguan", allowed Japanese pirates to invade Shandong, and took in Zheng Sen, a remnant of the Ming Dynasty. One hundred and eight crimes were announced, and a large-scale crusade was announced to plow the court.
The emperor called on all soldiers and civilians to launch a war of national annihilation against the Japanese pirates.
Up and down the Qi State, the land is not divided into north and south, and people are old and young. Anyone who kills Japanese pirates will be rewarded.
The first-level beheading of a Japanese pirate is rewarded with fifty taels of silver (in cities in southern provinces) or fifty work points (in farmers' associations in northern provinces).
Considering that one work point is equivalent to the income of ten days of labor in the peasant association, such a reward is not unreasonable.
By the end of July, in addition to the 200,000 troops in each corps, there were 80,000 retired soldiers from various provinces, young and strong, who had prepared their own provisions, ships, and weapons and volunteered to accompany the army on the Eastern March.
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On the first day of August, the eve of the Eastern Expedition, Fengtian Hall in Nanjing.
After Liu Zhaosun finished offering sacrifices to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, he specially summoned the great scholar Zhang Pu.
This old minister knew a lot about Japan. On the eve of the war, the Supreme Emperor wanted to hear his views on Japan.
Although the army has gathered, although there is full confidence in Fuso, even though a complete human elimination plan for the island country has been formulated.
However, Liu Zhaosun knew very well that there was still a strong fear of Japan in the hearts of a considerable number of Daqi people.
"Grand Master, I'm very curious. Daqi's combat power is already superior to that of the Japanese. Many people in the south of the Yangtze River are still frightened when they hear the word "Japanese pirates". Why is this?"
Zhang Pu coughed lightly and said leisurely:
"Your Majesty, the country is big but the people are weak. This has been the case since ancient times. Zhu Yuanzhang of the previous Ming Dynasty implemented the policy of fooling the people. The Ming Dynasty has been afraid of the Japanese country for a long time! Fifteen years ago, Yuan Shaobao died in Jiuzhou, our army was defeated, and the fear of Japanese pirates has reached its peak."
"oh?"
Of course Liu Zhaosun didn't know that Ming people had been afraid of Japanese pirates for a long time.
The "southern Japanese and northern captives" during the Jiajing period are by no means groundless.
During the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and Japan were not completely without envoys.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy to the east, but was killed by the Japanese.
At the same time, the Japanese missions to the Ming Dynasty either extorted huge amounts of property or massacred the people of the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty does not know that the diplomatic relations between the Ming and Japanese countries are on the surface a "tribute" from the Japanese, but in fact they are a concession to the Ming Dynasty, which can even be said to be groveling."
Zhang Pu popularized the history of official exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and Japan.
Liu Zhaosun was quite surprised. Although in the 21st century, there are still a number of Japanese people active on the Internet. These reverse nationalists, from agriculture to industry, from cooking rice to cleaning toilets, admire Japan's worship in all aspects.
However, this was the first time he had heard of the idea that people in the Ming Dynasty were afraid of the Japanese.
"During the Japanese Rebellion in Renchen, Li Yi, the imperial envoy of Youqiandu, passed by Gu'an County of Shuntian Prefecture and was surprised to find that the people had abandoned their homes and fled south. It turned out to be rumors that Japanese pirates far away in Korea were about to attack the capital. Li Yi couldn't laugh or cry. The explanation is that the people of Gu'an County "will never trust him" and "fear him and leave his residence quickly" (Note 1)
"In the forty-second year of Wanli, more than fifty years after Qi Shaobao pacified the Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates had long since disappeared. However, in Wuxi, because of distant rumors that the Japanese pirates were coming, people fled for their lives without distinguishing between true and false, resulting in a tragedy: "The city ran wild, Zhejiang and Zhejiang are all the same. At that time, the young and old in Wuxi fought to enter the city and ravaged many people to death.” (Note 2).
Liu Zhaosun was speechless.
Zhang Pu continued:
"Two months later, a boat came to the Menghezhuang ferry in the suburbs of Changzhou. A person on the boat spoke "Fanyu", which was mistakenly said to be Japanese. So the rumor that the Japanese slaves were killed spread again. "The people were frightened, crowded for a while, and lost their children. Countless young and old were crushed to death." (Note 3)
It is nothing short of a strange thing that a huge country with trillions of people should be so afraid of Japanese pirates.
"In the fourth year of Jingtai, the Japanese mission passed through Linqing, Shandong Province and robbed roadside houses. The Ming army commander came forward to hold him accountable, but was severely beaten by the Japanese ("beating him almost to death") (Note 4)
"In the fourth year of Chenghua, the Japanese envoy Ma Da Erlang drank wine in the capital and openly drew his sword to kill the people in the capital! Afterwards, the Ministry of Revenue only asked the Japanese pirates to compensate the Japanese pirates for ten taels of silver, and then the matter was over."
"In the ninth year of Hongzhi, the Japanese delegation passed by Jining. Because they were interested in the property of the people on the roadside, they couldn't buy it by force. They brutally violently attacked them again and killed them with their swords."
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Liu Zhaosun was shocked.
This is still the official mission of the Japanese state. In the Ming Dynasty, they dared to be so tyrannical, beating officials and killing people.
The Japanese pirates are wreaking havoc in the southeast, which is even more unimaginable.
"I remember that the Grand Scholar was from Taicang. Taicang was often killed by Japanese pirates back then, right?"
Zhang Pu's face turned pale: "The Japanese pirates thought they would die" and dealt with the officers and soldiers who "shrank before the battle and were determined to leave". (Note 5)
"At the time of the confrontation, the Ming army "killed one man at sight and destroyed a thousand men."
"Three or four Japanese slaves came at them with swords drawn, and hundreds of officers and soldiers looked at each other invincibly." They are too numerous to count. "
Zhang Pu coughed violently, and his voice became more and more agitated. As the Emperor listened to his story, tragic scenes flashed before his eyes.
"In the 32nd year of Jiajing, the Japanese pirates raided the suburbs of Taicang and captured the men and women of the local eunuchs, officials and people, and the officials and people were unable to escape" (Note 6).
In addition to killing Xi Shiliang, the governor of the county, and tutoring Lu Yaozuo, he also killed 6 imperial students, 17 Jinshi, 53 Juren, and 356 scholars. "About 10,000 people were killed...women did not insult their righteousness and called thieves." I don’t know how many of the dead there are.”
All property in the city, "treasures, gold, jade, and brocade, or those passed down from the Tang and Song dynasties, will be attributed to thieves."
Also, "the city was set on fire by the wind, and the city's tall buildings, shopping malls, and shopping malls housed tens of thousands of households. The earth was scorched, and only one out of ten survivors survived" (Note 7)
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"The Japanese pirates committed heinous crimes and massacred our people, my hometown, and our people. From the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, more than one million people were killed by the Japanese pirates! However, for hundreds of years, the Zhu Ming court did not dare to send a single soldier to the Japanese country. Dare to shoot an arrow at the thief's hole, how pitiful! What a shame!"
Zhang Pu's voice sobbed and howled loudly!
The Supreme Emperor stepped forward and gently patted the bachelor's shoulder, comforting him and saying:
"The ferocity of the Japanese is incomparable to that of humans. What Zhu Ming wants is face, and what I want is dignity! Zhu Ming cannot avenge the dead people, so I am here to avenge them. The Eighth Corps, as the vanguard, is about to land in Kyushu. When the army arrives, No chickens or dogs will be left behind.”
"All fear comes from insufficient firepower. After this battle, the fear of Japanese pirates will no longer exist. Because Japanese pirates will no longer exist. The bachelor can rest assured that this time, Zhao Shu will teach them to be cleaner than what they did fifteen years ago. , more thoroughly.”
Note:
1. See "The Proposal of the Imperial Selection of Ming Ministers"
2. Ji Liuqi's "Northern Strategy of the Ming Dynasty"
3. "Records of Shenzong" Volume 5, page 020
4. "Records of Ming Yingzong" Volume 3, page 022
5. Lang Ying's "The Beginning and End of the Japanese Pirates in Zhejiang Province")
6. "Taicang Prefecture Chronicles" Volume 7047
7. "Huangming's Control of Japanese Records"
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