Longjiang Pier.
The steam engine ship that the Ambassador of the Tongtong Embassy, Lu Chong, and the Director Wang Shuo gradually docked at the shore, saw that only the sun and moon flags were hoisted on it, and they were chatting among themselves.
Wang Shuo hugged his shoulders to resist a gust of cold wind: "It's getting cold a lot this year."
Lu Chong scratched his beard and smiled in the wind: "Maybe too many people have died this year, and God wants a heavy snowfall soon to cover all the corpses."
Wang Shuo grinned: "I heard that Zhang Fu burned Seoul, so there was no need to cover it up with heavy snow."
Lu Chong was in a happy mood: "Damn, you deserve to be crushed to death. These Japanese soldiers are simply beasts. The Korean people who were exiled to the Northeast accused them with blood and tears. The methods of massacre by these people are simply shocking. Zheng He led the navy to slaughter them all. In Kyoto, many people thought it was cruel, but now it seems that Zheng He did not do it thoroughly enough. It would not be enough to slaughter only one Kyoto. At least he slaughtered a few more places..."
Wang Shuo shook his head helplessly.
Ever since Zhang Fu left the name of human massacre in Annan, the number of human massacres in Ming Dynasty has increased. Zheng He is one, and Yuan Yue is also one. I heard that Yuan Yue seems to have gone to find the Tatar tribe. I guess this guy's The name of human slaughter can be further improved...
In the past, civil servants were disgusted and despised the name of human slaughter. After all, this was harmful to Tianhe and damaged the image of Ming Dynasty. But things are different now. Killing people is the honor of a general, at least among the common people, and even more so among some officials, especially those from the Imperial College.
The philosophy of the emerging officials is simple: if they are enemies of the Ming Dynasty, they should be exterminated.
"Here we go, team up."
Lu Chong saw a steam engine ship approaching in the distance. On the ship was not only the sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty, but also a blue flag waving. Needless to say, this was the envoy team of North Korea's Supreme King Li Fangyuan.
Li Fangyuan finally came to Jinling again, but he was much older than when he was in Hongwu's ten-year military parade.
The country is broken!
People are displaced!
Li Fangyuan was deeply saddened, especially being forced to pass the throne to his son Li Bao, which made Li Fangyuan feel a deep sense of frustration. .net
This time when I came to Daming, I did two things.
First, in order to plead guilty, he secretly sent the envoys of the Ashikaga Shogunate to Jinling for temporary gain. Zhu Yunwen was a vengeful emperor. If he did not plead guilty in person, it is estimated that this matter would not go away easily.
The second is to express gratitude. If Zhu Yunwen had not ordered the Ming army to enter Korea to fight, Korea at this time would have been completely occupied by the Japanese army, and the country's demise would be inevitable.
The Ming Dynasty had a benevolence towards North Korea to save the country and the people. As the Supreme King of North Korea and the de facto supreme ruler of North Korea, he needed to see Zhu Yunwen when the war was about to end.
The welcome etiquette was not solemn. There were no ministers, only officials from the hall.
Li Fangyuan didn't dislike anything. He entered Jinling with the Ming officials and was subsequently admitted to the palace.
Fengtian Hall was gone, and Zhu Yunwen chose to meet Li Fangyuan at Huagai Hall.
Li Fangyuan looked at Zhu Yunwen's resolute face, bowed and saluted: "Li Fangyuan, the Supreme King of North Korea, has met the Great Emperor of China."
"No gifts, please give me a seat."
Zhu Yunwen arranged it calmly.
After Li Fangyuan thanked him and sat down, he stood up again to plead guilty: "The matter of the Japanese envoys is actually due to our greed for money as a small country..."
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand: "Let the matter of the Japanese envoys go away. Now that the Ashikaga Shogunate is gone and the main force of the Japanese army is gone, it is meaningless to mention it again."
Li Fangyuan thought about it. After all, the Ming Dynasty navy killed Ashikaga Yoshimachi. I heard that even the two emperors were not alive, and Kyoto was killed so much that not even a chicken was left.
There are no Japanese anymore. The Ming Dynasty changed it into the Dingyuan Province. In other words, it is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The people on that territory are the people of the Dingyuan Province and will gradually be assimilated into the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Fangyuan had no choice but to say: "The great emperor of the Celestial Dynasty took pity on the Korean people and sent the heavenly army to conquer the Japanese army. He saved the Korean people from the fire and water. To help me is to be in danger. On behalf of the Korean soldiers and people, I would like to thank the great emperor and the Ming Dynasty. Korea will always be the subject of the Ming Dynasty." ..."
Zhu Yunwen looked around
, left and right officials and chamberlains exited the hall one after another.
Li Fangyuan was a little confused and looked at Zhu Yunwen in confusion.
Zhu Yunwen came out from behind the desk and said with a serious face: "Li Fangyuan, there are only you and me here, so don't make those false claims. You also know that the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Ashikaga Shogunate, and Zhang Fu's army was also stationed in North Korea. As long as I give the order, North Korea will be merged into the Ming Dynasty and become a province of the Ming Dynasty."
Li Fangyuan's expression changed, and he felt uneasy.
This is not a threat, but something that can become a reality at any time.
It is not that the Ming Dynasty has done this before. Annan was transformed into Jiaozhi, Li was transformed into the Xijiang province, and Japan was transformed into the Dingyuan province. There is also news that the Ming Dynasty was planning to add a province in Nanyang to facilitate the management of Nanyang.
Now North Korean soldiers and civilians cannot even defeat the Japanese, let alone the Ming Dynasty army. As long as Zhang Fu receives the order, North Korea will disappear in an instant.
Zhu Yunwen stopped, looked at the uneasy Li Fangyuan, and said in a deep voice: "But after thinking about it, it would be too lonely if there were not even a single neighboring country around the Ming Dynasty. As long as you promise the Ming Dynasty three things, the Lee Dynasty of North Korea will remain the same. It can survive."
Li Fangyuan lowered his head helplessly: "May I ask the Great Emperor, what are the three things?"
Zhu Yunwen raised his hand and stretched out a finger: "First, the Korean people are fully implementing Chinese culture. Both the government and the people will follow Chinese culture. From the day they are born, the children will speak the tones of the Ming Dynasty."
Li Fangyuan did not object. After all, North Korea did not have its own written language. The official and practical languages were all in Chinese. It was not unacceptable to popularize it to the lowest level of the people and eliminate local dialects.
Zhu Yunwen didn't wait for Li Fangyuan to express his position, and stretched out his second finger: "Secondly, North Korea will always be at peace with the Ming Dynasty and shall not do anything that harms the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Ming Dynasty. This needs to be written into the Korean laws. Those who violate it will be punished. Fourth class."
Li Fangyuan took a deep breath.
This crime is divided into five levels. If you make some mistakes, you will be awarded a fourth level. Isn't this the death penalty? This also means that anyone who harms Ming Dynasty and its people must be killed according to law?
"If the people of Ming Dynasty..."
Li Fangyuan was unwilling to give up.
Zhu Yunwen's eyes became sharp: "If the people of the Ming Dynasty make mistakes, then leave it to the Ming Dynasty officials to deal with it. Are you doubting that the Ming Dynasty officials cannot handle matters impartially?"
"Don't dare."
Li Fangyuan lowered his head.
The Ming Dynasty was tyrannical, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was domineering. If the country was small and weak, it could only choose dependence and submission, and there was no other way out.
The second request simply confirmed the transcendent status of the Ming people in North Korea. This status reminded Li Fangyuan of the human system in the Yuan Dynasty, but he didn't know if Zhu Yunwen thought so.
"What about the third condition?"
Li Fangyuan felt very uneasy. The second condition was already reached, so wouldn't the third condition be even more excessive?
Zhu Yunwen looked at Li Fangyuan and said slowly: "Change the crime of theft to a capital crime."
"ah?"
Li Fangyuan was stunned and blinked, feeling that he had heard wrongly.
Is the crime of theft made a capital crime?
What kind of request is this? It’s unbelievable. On this occasion, it feels a bit unreal to say this condition.
Zhu Yunwen turned around and sat back: "You heard it right, and I said it right. For the Korean people, and for your piece of land, I ask you to change the crime of stealing to a capital crime in the law. I don't want to hear you stealing. The Chinese characters of China are said to be the Chinese characters of North Korea. I don’t want to hear you stealing the Dragon Boat Festival of China and calling it the Dragon Boat Festival of North Korea..."
Li Fangyuan opened his mouth wide, unable to react.
What kind of bastard, what kind of harpy would steal something from Ming Dynasty and put it on his own head?
How could we people in North Korea do such shameless and shameless things?
Anyone who knows Chinese characters will know that this is a Chinese character. Anyone with some culture will know that the Dragon Boat Festival is Chinese. Even a gangster knows that there is no Chinese. North Koreans still walk around naked. At most, they add a few leaves or something. A few pieces of animal skin.
"This is something that must never happen."
Li Fangyuan said confidently.
Zhu Yunwen sneered and shook his head: "If you say it's impossible now, I believe it, but in a few hundred years, who can tell clearly. I ask you to do this for your own good, don't live like a stick. ..."
"What is the stick?"
Li Fangyuan found that he didn't understand Zhu Yunwen a little, nor did he understand Ming culture very well.
Zhu Yunwen did not explain that it was useless to tell Li Fangyuan that the stick was not a thing. He just wanted the people there to remember that stealing was not allowed.
Zhu Yunwen considered for a long time whether North Korea should be eliminated.
Considering that the Japanese kingdom is gone, the Northeast is under the control of the Ming Dynasty. With the demise of Ulyanha, the assimilation of the Jurchens, and the imminent defeat of the Tatars and Oaras, Korea has actually become an isolated country. There is no other way out except surrendering to the Ming Dynasty and relying on the Ming Dynasty.
Although this is a coastal country, it is already similar to an "inland" country. As long as Ming Dynasty is willing, they can't even escape with a ship.
The most important thing is that assimilating North Korea and completely occupying North Korea with culture is also a kind of occupation. What's more, I can't be an emperor and finish everything. I have to leave some room for Zhu Wenkui to deal with foreign affairs.
Besides, keeping North Korea would help appease the uneasy hearts of the Western countries and let them know that although the Ming Dynasty was overbearing, it also sincerely helped its obedient brothers.
As for whether Zhu Wenkui will dislike the Li dynasty in the future and step on it, it has nothing to do with Zhu Yunwen.
Li Fangyuan agreed to them all. In fact, there was no room for refusal at all.
Zhu Yunwen issued an order in front of Li Fangyuan, ordering Zhang Fu to leave some troops to continue cleaning up the remnants of the Japanese army and pacify the rebellious people. The main force of the army retreated to Liaodong for rest and recuperation.
Zhang Fu had to retreat because the logistics couldn't keep up, especially as winter began to arrive. The sergeant went on an expedition in the summer. If he didn't go back, he would freeze to death.
The main battlefield now is Tatar and Oara.
Zhu Yunwen didn't know whether Zhu Di had left the vast sea now, nor did he know where Arutai and Benya were missing.
The delivery speed of battle reports from the front line is really too slow, too slow...
"Let me recuperate my body. I have to take Chinese medicine for 21 consecutive days. I will take some time to rest during this period. I will resume my second update in about two weeks. Please understand."
