Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 437
maritime.

"My lord, the vanguard fleet sent a speedboat to report back, and found a fleet in the East China Sea, coming from the east."

Liu Chao boarded the deck and reported to Zhu Yihai.

Zhu Yihai was watching birds with a monocular binoculars in his hand at this time. Although this thing had already been introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty, it was even a must-have artifact for sea merchants and pirates. Named the telescope.

However, Zhu Yihai felt that although this product was extremely expensive to sell, the effect was mediocre. He felt that the high price was not worth it, and he even thought that it should not be difficult to imitate, and he could organize some craftsmen in Zhoushan, Wenzhou, or Yiwu to imitate.At that time, whether it is equipped for military officers or sold for civilian use, it will always be very profitable.

We can't always let foreigners cut our leeks, right?

It is said that more than 40 years ago, after Galileo built the astronomical telescope, the news spread to China, and 20 years ago, Tang Ruowang also took the lead in translating the book Telescope, introducing the use, principle, structure and production method of the telescope. It was paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty palace 30 years ago.

"Your Majesty?"

"Well," Zhu Yihai put away the binoculars, "Is there anything special?"

"That fleet came from North Korea and is going to Dengzhou." Liu Chao reported.

North Korea.

This name is no stranger to Daming.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Red Scarf Army made a northern expedition and once fought against Liaodong, and even invaded North Korea. At that time, North Korea was still the Koryo Dynasty. Li Chenggui, the son of Dalu Huachi Li Zichun in the Yuan Dynasty, fought for the King of Koryo. Accumulated prestige, mastered the army, and finally became king by himself.

In the 25th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, when the sun was shining in the sky, Li Chenggui sent envoys to pay tribute and request canonization.

The Ministry of Rites replied with the imperial decree of Ming Taizu that since the subjects of the three Hans respected the Li family, it was the emperor's order that the people would have no military disasters, and everyone would be happy.The Ministry of Rites to show my intention.

Li Chenggui received this decree, so he sent an envoy to Nanjing to thank him and donated [-] horses.

I also asked Ming Taizu for the title of the country, saying that there is a national title that I would not dare to take advantage of. I would like to present the name of the ancient country built by Jizi to North Korea, the place where Li Chenggui was born, and the name of Ning. Hope the Holy Judgment.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally chose the word North Korea.

So the title of North Korea was approved by Ming Dynasty and officially replaced the Koryo Dynasty.

The name North Korea is quite special, because it was a dynasty established in the northern part of Samhan after the fall of the Shang Dynasty, whose clan Jizi moved eastward, and lasted from the Zhou Dynasty to the early Western Han Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, King Lu Wan of Yan rebelled against the Han Dynasty. Lu Wan was defeated and fled to the Xiongnu area. His general Weiman went into exile and went east to Jizi North Korea. Mutiny, capture the royal city, self-proclaimed king, called Wiman Joseon.

However, after Weiman's mutiny usurped the throne, when the throne was passed on to his grandson, he was killed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty because he killed the people of Liaodong, the great Han Dynasty.

During the Han Dynasty, four counties were established on the peninsula. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Fuyu people from Liaodong went south and established the Goguryeo Dynasty. After the development of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it became the dominant power in the Northeast. its demise.

Later, when the Tang Dynasty was fighting against Tubo, Turks, and Khitan, the Silla people stabbed the Tang Dynasty on their backs, captured the northern part of the peninsula, and unified the peninsula. In the later period of the unification of Silla, various places rebelled. Some people claimed to be descendants of Goguryeo, and finally established a dynasty. After that, the country was named Goryeo.

However, this Goryeo is actually from Sanhan, and it has nothing to do with the Goguryeo Kingdom established by the Fuyu people in Liaodong.

The Joseon Dynasty established by Li Chenggui has nothing to do with Jija Joseon and Wiman Joseon. The earliest Joseon Dynasty was established by businessman Jija, and Li Chenggui was from Sanhan. The meaning of Jizi North Korea, after all, Jizi is the three sages of King Zhou of Shang with the same name as Bigan, and his Guozuo is also extremely long.

It is said in history that Jizi sealed Korea, and it was handed down to Wang Zhun for 41 generations. In 920, the country was lost to Weiman, which is much longer than Zhou Tianxia in 800 years.

Zhu Yuanzhang chose North Korea to bestow Li Chenggui as the country name, and it must be because of this relationship, which can deepen the suzerain-vassal relationship.

The two dynasties established almost at the same time have experienced nearly 300 years of getting along, and the relationship is indeed very good.

Zhu Yuanzhang once designated North Korea as a country that would not be subject to conquest, and North Korea was also loyal to the Ming Dynasty. They usually added Youming North Korea, Huangming North Korea, etc. before their country names to show the suzerain-vassal relationship.

And Daming naturally had nothing to say about North Korea. In the Wanli War to Resist Japan and Aid Korea, Daming used the blood of tens of thousands of soldiers to rescue the destroyed North Korea from the hands of Japan.

Even in history, there were several civil strife in North Korea, and Daming helped them recover.

Every time North Korea famines, etc., it also buys food from the Central Plains to tide over the difficulties.

Lee's Joseon has always been Daming's loyal younger brother. Even after the rise of Houjin in Liaodong, Lee's North Korea has been helping to send troops and food to fight against Houjin, until finally North Korea was defeated by the Qing army, and the king of North Korea was forced to go to Huang Taiji The ceremony of kneeling three times and knocking nine times was completely controlled by Manqing in the end.

"When was the year when the king of North Korea surrendered to Huangtai Jixing by kneeling three times and knocking down nine times?" Zhu Yihai asked.

"It's the tenth year of Chongzhen."

King Li Ji of Joseon is called Injo in later generations. This man is quite legendary. He is the grandson of Xuanzong of Joseon and the nephew of King Gwanghaejun Li Hun. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for him to be a king.

His father is a son of a concubine, and he is notoriously promiscuous, not a serious person.

After the Japanese Invasion broke out in Korea Imjin, the king at that time, like Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji of Tang Dynasty, ran desperately to the territory of Daming. While running, he conferred his son Gwanghae Jun as the prince and let him stay in North Korea Fujun. .

Mr. Guanghai was also very reckless when he was young, but he performed very well during the Japanese invasion, but at that time he failed to ask for the canonization of the suzerain country Daming, so Daming has always been very upset about this matter, and he was unwilling to officially recognize him. Fortunately, he My father's life was not long, Xuanzu passed away in the 36th year of Wanli, and Li Hun came to the throne, and the Ming Dynasty had no choice but to canonize him as king the next year.

After Li Hun became the king, he returned to his dissolute temperament, appointed treacherous ministers, and repeatedly raised suspicions, especially for those brothers who had coveted him when his position as the eldest son was unstable, he was merciless. eradication.

Although Li Ji's father was not killed like his other brothers, he was not spared by the king. Even their family was taken away from Jianbie Palace, and his younger brother was also involved in the conspiracy case and killed.

However, after Li Hui died, he was actually afraid of the rise of Houjin, so he not only refused the aid requested by the Ming Dynasty, but even secretly communicated with Houjin, and even wanted to send troops to attack Ming Dynasty.

The result was naturally a coup d'etat, that is to say, Injo's rebellion, Uncle Li Ji and other generals launched a mutiny, broke into the palace, arrested Li Hun and his son, deposed confinement, and welcomed Li Ji to the throne.

After Li Zhen succeeded to the throne, he quickly restored his allegiance to Ming Dynasty and supported the Ming army in the battle against Houjin.

He has been in power for more than [-] years, and he was good to Ming Dynasty. It is a pity that the Qing army invaded North Korea twice. In the end, after being besieged for a long time, Li Zhen surrendered and knelt down to Huang Taiji. Brought back to be executed.

From then on, North Korea became a vassal state of Manchu Qing.

However, it is said that although Li Zhen was forced to kneel down and kowtow three times to Huang Taiji in the tenth year of Chongzhen, and then his son was taken to Shenyang as a hostage, and the court was also ruled by pro-Manchu Luo party members, Li Zhen still hated the Manchus. .

They dared not openly oppose the Qing Dynasty, but they also made some small moves in secret. For example, in some official documents of North Korea, they were not allowed to use the reign name of the Qing Dynasty, and directly used the reign name of the Joseon Dynasty, and even continued to use the reign name of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

After the news of Chongzhen's suicide by hanging himself and his country reached North Korea, Li Zhen still secretly shed tears.

And when his elder son was a prime minister in the Qing Dynasty for several years, he gradually turned into a pro-Qing faction, and after the Manchu Qing entered the customs, he was released back to North Korea. The son Fenglin Dajun who hated Manqing was the prince's son.

And this Wang Shizi, who later succeeded as Xiaozong, began to purge the pro-Qing Luo party after he ascended the throne, and then he has been planning the Northern Expedition, training [-] Musketeers, building captives in the Northern Expedition, and even planning to enter Shanhaiguan and unite the Central Plains to fight against the Qing Dynasty The rebel army restores the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty.

Unfortunately, there were famines in North Korea at that time, but the Qing army quickly unified the Central Plains. Many ministers in North Korea did not dare to go north.

He failed to wait for the San Francisco Rebellion after Kangxi ascended the throne. In the 16th year of Shunzhi, he died young. It is said that he dreamed that Jin Zidian, the leader of the Pailuo Party who was pro-Qing, broke into the palace to assassinate him, and then killed him. Pustules developed and spread to his face. The medical officer accidentally pierced a blood vessel while giving him acupuncture. The blood flow continued and he died. He was only 41 years old when he died.

This can't help but make people suspect that he, who wholeheartedly wanted to conquer the Qing Dynasty and restore the country for the Ming Dynasty, was actually murdered by someone.

How can there be a medical officer who gets stuck into a blood vessel as a result of acupuncture and moxibustion, so the blood flow does not stop and he dies?

This is too unreasonable.

However, since Chongzhen ten years ago, North Korea has indeed separated from Ming Dynasty.

At this time, a North Korean fleet appeared in the East China Sea near Shandong, causing surprise.

"The Merchant Marine?"

"It's a grain fleet, going to Dengzhou." Liu Chao asked Zhu Yihai, "General Ruan Mei, the striker, please tell Your Majesty, do you want to annihilate them?"

Zhu Yihai also understood when he heard this.

The Tartars are now seriously short of food, especially on the front line in Huainan, Shandong. The Tartars can't get food supplies from Huguang, Jiangnan and other places. Now they are all targeting the North Korean sticks.

Obviously, Bangzi has been forcibly expropriated.

After North Korea surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, North Korea and the Qing Dynasty also opened border markets, specifically Jiangzhong City in the middle of the Yalu River, and two border markets upstream.

It turned out that the most popular Sino-North Korean trade land island in Chongzhen was abolished after the Qing army captured Dongjiang Town.

It turned out that when Mao Wenlong was in Dongjiang, the trade between China and North Korea on Phi Island was very hot. Mao Wenlong opened the market to collect taxes to support the army and support them very much. Businessmen from all over the country rushed there.

But these years, North Korea has actually no direct trade with the Central Plains. Their trade is basically limited to the Yalu River area.

The trade between China and North Korea is mainly silk, firearms, etc. from the Central Plains, in exchange for ginseng, wood, medicinal materials, etc. from the North Koreans. It is not cost-effective to transport food by sea.

But now with a word from Dorgon, he has changed his recognition of Manqing as a father, and he has to honestly send a boat to transport food, even though they are actually going through the Little Ice Age, and there is also a famine, and they still haven’t recovered from the two random incidents , but dare not not bring food.

What they didn't expect was that this time, in order to save time, they didn't take the old route along the coast, but directly crossed the East China Sea from Pyongyang to Dengzhou, but in the end they still ran into the king of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Army. Imperial Fleet.

"Surround the North Korean grain fleet first, don't let them run away, but don't attack, reveal your identity, tell them that they are the Royal Navy of the Emperor of Heaven, and let them lead the team to come and see me!"

(End of this chapter)