"From now on, North Korea will be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty and become the Chief Secretary of the Ming Dynasty. This general will be the capital commander of the first Chief Secretary of North Korea."
After Mao Wenlong introduced himself, he pointed to the old man next to him and continued to introduce: "And the person next to the Pontic Commander is the first Left Chief Minister Liu Hongxun!"
"Some people at the scene may be familiar with Chief Ambassador Liu Zuo. He was the envoy to North Korea in the first year of Taichang."
As soon as these words came out, those who could understand Daming's words were stunned for a moment, and then they became furious and rushed forward, cursing angrily as they rushed.
"The Ming Dynasty established the Chief Secretary of Korea? Bullshit!"
"North Korea is an independent country, you are going too far!"
"You bastard, do you think that by defeating the slave-building alliance, you can include us in the territory of the Ming Dynasty?"
"We are a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. We pay tribute every year. You send troops to help us eliminate foreign enemies. This is your obligation!"
"You are robbers, you are nakedly taking advantage of the fire, and we will never agree to it!"
"When our king died in the war last year, he said he was sorry for the Ming Dynasty. Now that his body is still cold, you are going to occupy our country. Where is your conscience?"
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The man who understood Ming Dynasty was roaring in Korean. The confused people now understood and started roaring.
"Get out, we will never agree!"
"Although we have no troops now, we still have our fists!"
"We, the 10 million people in North Korea, will never agree to your bandits!"
"Shameless!"
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Listening to the questioning and scolding, Mao Wenlong waved his hand indifferently.
Outside the west gate, streaks of green smoke were rising.
boom……
boom……
boom……
There was a loud noise, and dozens of thunder bombs flew out and landed on the hill with a pavilion two hundred meters away, causing dust to fly for a while.
The noisy crowd fell silent instantly, their eyes filled with fear.
Mao Wenlong didn't say anything. When the smoke cleared, everyone was horrified to find that not to mention the long pavilion, even the small hill had disappeared.
Looking at the frightened people, Liu Hongxun's mouth twitched. It was so damn violent.
If you want to shock, then shock. Why did you blow up the pavilion where people say goodbye and rest?
If you blow up, after I stabilize Hanyang City, won't I have to build a new one?
"Commander Mao has worked hard, and I will leave the rest to this Chief Envoy!"
Liu Hongxun whispered, then took a step forward, scanning the crowd in front of him.
"Can you talk properly now? If you can talk properly, then step back and stand still. If you can't, then continue arguing.
However, I would like to remind you that the Chief Envoy and the Commander-in-Chief do not interfere with each other.
In other words, if Mao’s commander-in-chief takes someone out to chop him if he sees someone unhappy, the chief envoy can only watch. So you can understand! "
After listening to Liu Hongxun's words, and looking at the disappearing hills in the distance and the surrounding Ming soldiers who had their swords on their waists with their right hands, everyone slowly retreated.
After the crowd retreated, Liu Hongxun continued: "Li Banshu, Hu Shenpan, Qiu Zhenglang, Zhao Zhangling, Sun Shuyin, old friends I haven't seen for many years, why don't you come out to meet them?"
Listening to Liu Hongxun's voice, five people slowly walked out of the crowd.
They were Li Fu, the judge of the Ministry of Rites (Shang Shu), Hu Jun, the counselor of the Ministry of Industry, Qiu Yunting, the official of the Ministry of Justice, Zhao Xun, the commander of the Si Xian Mansion, and Sun Ming'an, the concubine of Hanyang City.
Looking at the five people walking out, Liu Hongxun's eyes were filled with complex expressions.
He has investigated in the past few days and found that since the slave-building coalition captured Hanyang City, only less than 10% of the usual number of officials in the entire Seoul city remained.
In particular, the military officers of the military institutions such as the Fifth Military Camp, the Third Inner Hall, the Yijin Mansion, the Inner Imperial Guard, and the Imperial Army were almost all slaughtered.
The five people in front of me are considered to have the highest official positions.
When I came to North Korea ten years ago, the entire city of Hanyang was extremely prosperous. Although it was not as prosperous as Beijing and Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, it was at least comparable to Xi'an, Luoyang and other places.
Today, ten years later, the place is no longer in ruins, but at least it is dilapidated.
The once large city of six to seven million people is now much depressed.
"These are the highest officials in Hanyang City, and they are probably the only central officials left in the entire North Korea.
If you have anything to ask about Ming Dynasty’s decision to establish the Chief Secretary of Korea, just ask directly and I will try my best to answer you! "
The five people looked at each other and discussed in low voices. From time to time, someone came forward and whispered a few words.
After half an hour, the five people slowly stood up.
"Master Liu, in the 25th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, my Taizu ascended the throne and sent Zhao Pang and Zhao Lin to the Ming Dynasty to announce his succession. The Taizu of the Ming Dynasty said that Korea should be listed as a country that will never be conquered.
The Ming Dynasty now includes us as the Chief Secretary of the Ming Dynasty. Does this violate the words of the Ming Dynasty Taizu? "
"This is true, Taizu did say it, and we admit it, but have you really fulfilled your promise to never violate the Ming Dynasty?
In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, when the Ming Dynasty thanked Master Zheng for passing through Shanhaiguan, he said, "If it's good, I'll do it. If it's bad, come and grab a fight." Then you sent your generals to lure five hundred Jurchens to sneak across the Yalu River and prepare to invade Liaodong.
Then in the 29th, 30th, and 31st years of Hongwu, you invaded the Jurchens. This is accurately recorded in your "Records of the Joseon Dynasty". Do you want to read it? "
As Liu Hongxun spoke, he took out a few books from the table on one side and threw them out.
"If Taizu hadn't been unwilling to restart the war, your country of Korea would have been destroyed as soon as it was founded!"
"In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the slaves invaded. In order to ease the situation, you formed an alliance with the slaves, lost hundreds of thousands of taels of annual coins and opened a market in Zhongjiang to provide food to ease the crisis of the slaves. With all these things, where do you put our Ming Dynasty?
As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, you are helping the enemy country of the Ming Dynasty. This is a naked betrayal. How dare you talk about Taizu's ancestral precepts of never conquering a country? "
Listening to Liu Hongxun's words, the expressions of several North Korean officials became extremely unnatural. Liu Hongxun was telling the truth.
Especially during the invasion of the Jiannu slaves in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, they provided a large amount of food to help the Jiannu slaves tide over the difficulties.
According to this situation, the relationship between the Korean vassal states has actually existed in name only, and the Ming Dynasty no longer has to abide by the agreement of a country that will never conquer.
But they still bravely retorted: "This, this..."
"What is this?"
Liu Hongxun directly interrupted their sophistry and continued: "Okay, we can ignore these, but you have ignored the fact that if we had not come, your North Korea would still be under the control of the slave-building coalition.
In other words, when the slave-building coalition captured Hanyang City last year and King Li Zhu died in the battle, your country was already subjugated.
Now that we have destroyed the slave-building coalition and taken over the Korean Peninsula from the slave-building coalition, what does this have to do with your Kingdom of Korea?
It has nothing to do with Yong Zheng. "
