"I, King Li Hao of North Korea, respectfully greet the Great Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Long live my emperor, ten thousand..."
"Stop! Stop! Stop... Who is the Qing Emperor?"
In Hanyang City and Changdeokgung Palace, Kim Duo-duo, who was sitting cross-legged, waved his hand to interrupt the words of King Lee Ho of Joseon, who was kowtowing with tears in his eyes.
Li Hao, who was lying on his face and crying, was stunned for a moment, raised his head and stared at Jin Duoduo, who looked like a big bear. Jin Duoduo was not wearing the regular clothes of the Qing emperor. Instead, he was wearing a Ming Dynasty python robe and a black gauze hat on his head. It looked like he was not the Qing emperor.
Jin Duoduo looked at Li Hao and grinned: "I am not the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, I am the Protector of Andong in the Ming Dynasty, Prince Jin. I sent troops to North Korea to defeat Buchen!"
"Buchen? Who is Buchen?" Li Hao was stunned again and again.
Jin Duoduo pointed at Li Hao and said with a smile: "You! You are just disobedient!"
"Me? Me, why don't I surrender?" Li Hao looked innocent.
Jin Duoduo smiled and said: "I am a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. What about you? Are you a vassal of the Ming Dynasty?"
"I, I...I am a vassal of the Ming Dynasty!" Li Hao said.
Jin Duoduo stretched out his hand and said, "Where's the treaty? Take it out and take a look!"
"Treaty? What treaty?" Li Hao was still stunned.
"The Treaty of Zong-vassal that proves that you are a vassal of the Ming Dynasty!" Jin Duoduo asked, "Do you have it?"
"I, I..." Li Hao stuttered as he spoke, "I am really a vassal of the Ming Dynasty! This "Zong-vass Treaty" is being negotiated and may have been signed... I sent Song Shilie to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty. of."
"That's not true!" Jin Duoduo laughed, "And that old man Song Shilie can't talk about it at all... I heard that he made a claim for land in Nanjing, how could the Emperor of Heaven agree? Just don't I have no hope, so I’d better surrender to my king obediently and give up the throne of Korea to my nephew Jin Erbo, and he will sign the "Treaty of Suzerains and Vassals".
Jin Erbo is Dorbo, the adopted son of Dorgon, the fifth son of Duduo, and the nominal brother of Jin Dongzhu. He is only twelve years old this year, a little kid, but he has already reserved the seat of the King of North Korea.
"What?" Li Hao opened his mouth so wide that he couldn't believe his ears.
It turned out that Jin Duoduo, the bandit, did not want to declare himself a vassal, but wanted to rob North Korea of its three thousand miles of splendid country!
"This is not okay..." Li Hao shook his head like a rattle, "I don't agree! Neither the two nobles nor the ordinary people in North Korea will agree!"
"You will agree!" Jin Duoduo smiled, "How could you disagree? Didn't Gao Li Gong's king Wang Yao also give up the throne to your ancestor Li Chenggui? There is no immortal dynasty in the world. Now you are giving up the throne. Why not give the throne to my nephew?
But you can rest assured that this king is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, a country of etiquette, and he is reasonable. As long as you are willing to surrender the country, I will send you to Daming for your retirement, so that you don't have to worry about being killed like King Gongrang.
As for the two groups of nobles and the eight ordinary people...the lonely king will be respectful and benevolent and win the hearts of the people! Oh, King Gu has already thought of a few things, please give them to the advisor.
When the Emperor of Heaven makes Jin Erbo the queen, I will issue decrees in the name of Jin Erbo. First, the land will be divided between the two classes of the Eight Paths and the common people. The two classes will get more and the common people will get less; The two classes of common people should pay food as one; the third is that the two classes of common people are equal and can take part in the imperial examinations and become officials; the fourth is to abolish the status of untouchables and slaves; the fifth is to lift the sea ban and allow merchants to go to sea to make a living; the sixth is to abolish military service and recruit soldiers instead ......what do you think? Is Gu's nephew the most benevolent king since the founding of Haidong? "
Li Hao's face turned blue... Jin Duoduo's "Six New Deals" can be said to have eliminated North Korea's 200-year-old abuses!
Moreover, there are many beneficiaries of this "Six New Deals", and only the direct descendants of the two classes of nobles are the ones who benefit, while the concubines who are also from the two classes are the ones who benefit the most... These people are not qualified to take the exam. If you take the civil and military examinations, you can only take a miscellaneous examination at most and become a humble official. Now that he is on an equal footing with the two direct descendants, how could he not support the Jin Dynasty?
Although the two direct descendants who are unwilling to lose their privileges will definitely resist, facing Jin Duoduo's army, their resistance is nothing more than an egg against a stone.
Unexpectedly, this Jin Duoduo just looked vulgar, but was actually very scheming!
Li Hao roared angrily: "There is also the Heavenly Kingdom, and the Heavenly Kingdom will not agree!"
Jin Duoduo smiled: "If you sign the "Treaty of Suspensions and Vassals", the country will definitely not agree. But if you don't sign it, you will be an independent country without signing it. As the Ming Dynasty's Anton chief protector, I entered the court to seize the country. Opening up new territories...so the Heavenly Kingdom will definitely enthrone Jin Erbo. Moreover, Jin Erbo’s sister is the emperor’s favorite concubine, so how could she not be ennobled?”
"You, you have a beautiful idea!" Li Hao shouted, "The emperor is besieging Beijing. Once Beijing is captured, it will be time to march eastward. By then, you can't even protect Shenyang, so what are you thinking about North Korea!"
Jin Duoduo laughed loudly: "Shenyang is Shenyang, North Korea is North Korea... As long as the "Zongfan Treaty" is signed, Jin Erbo's North Korean throne will be stable, and what the emperor can take away is my Anton capital. As long as the Jin Dynasty can only abide by the loyalty of ministers, the three thousand miles of North Korea cannot be deprived of it!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Li Hao gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe it!"
With a wave of his hand, Jin Duoduo placed a copy of the already written "Legal Decree" in front of Li Hao.
"Li Hao, as long as you sign the 'edict'... I will let you go to Nanjing to enjoy your happiness after Jin Erbo and the Celestial Empire sign the treaty. Sign it quickly, don't wait any longer!"
Li Hao snorted: "Sign it, and the heaven will definitely make the decision for you!"
The North Korean king Li Hao never expected that Jin Duoduo had already sent people to Shanghai to hire the best lawyer Jin Ruocai as his "legal advisor". He had already understood the current vassal laws of the Ming Dynasty - the disputes between the Ming Dynasty and the outer vassals. The relationship must be based on the "Treaty of Suzerainty and Vassalism". Without a treaty, there would be no suzerainty-vassal relationship. And whoever signs the contract on behalf of the vassal and performs the duties of the vassal can enjoy the rights of the vassal.
The first of the rights of a vassal is that the vassal’s right to rule the vassal country is protected by the suzerain!
Zhu Cixiang was famous for his trustworthiness. Either he would not accept the surrender of the North Korean and Jin Dynasties, or he would definitely abide by the provisions of the "Treaty of Suspensions and Vassals".
Now, the "Edict of Relinquishing State Education" signed by Li Hao and stamped with the seal of the King of Korea was sent to the front of the Tongzhou Army by Duduo's eldest son Jin Lanzhu and Shenyang Magistrate Su Ganglin (Su Wanshi).
Amidst the constant sound of shelling and explosions, the Emperor of Heaven saw the original copy of the "Legal Decree" in his palace.
"Song Shilie! Look, is this the handwriting of the King of Korea?" Zhu Cihong called the Korean envoy Song Shilie to him and asked him to see the original copy of the edict.
Song Shilie was originally negotiating with the Ming cabinet in Nanjing. After hearing the news that Duduo was besieging Nanhan Mountain City, he rushed to Tongzhou anxiously to ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops.
Who would have known that within a few days of his arrival in Tongzhou, Jin Duoduo's envoys would arrive with Li Hao's "Edict on Releasing State Education".
The so-called edict is the official name of the edict of the king of the Joseon Kingdom.
Song Silie quickly took it over and took a look and found that the signatures and seals on the edict were genuine!
"Your Majesty," Song Shilie said, "Although the signature on the edict is true, it was signed by our King under pressure and cannot be counted! Your Majesty, please make the decision for our King!"
Zhu Cixiang was in a dilemma. How could he make the decision? You, the envoy, have been around Nanjing and Wei Zaode for a long time, but you still refuse to give up your territorial claims. Now that the country is destroyed, you think of the Ming Dynasty... Is the Ming Dynasty taken advantage of?
"Your Majesty," Su Ganglin said, "Since ancient times, there has been no voluntary surrender of a country! Being forced to give up a country is also surrendering, and it is also unethical. How can it be said that it does not count? Isn't the Li Dynasty replacing Goryeo useless? The Li Dynasty Why can’t I, Jin Chao, do what I can do?”
"You Jin Dynasty are barbarians!" Song Shilie accused loudly.
Su Ganglin said: "My Jin family is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, how can I be a barbarian? The vassal of the Ming Dynasty pacified the disloyal country of Korea, and the Koreans supported me as king. What's wrong with that!" He kowtowed to Zhu Cixiang, "Your Majesty , I, the Korean and Jin Dynasties, are willing to sign the "Treaty of Suspensions and Vassals" and become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Please grant your permission!"
"Hmph!" Zhu Cixi snorted coldly, "Jin Duoduo's wishful thinking was really good! I... was right!"
