Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 643: Two relatives and ten counties were moved to the DPRK, tax-free and exempted from military service, and won the hearts of the people.
He needed to calm down when encountering major events. He thought hard from morning to evening before Zhu Qiyu made a decision:

Accepting the surrender of North Korea, he changed the title of King Li Hongwei of North Korea to the title of King Ru, and the title of Prince Shouyang Li Yao. The princes such as Prince Jincheng and Prince Anping were also granted the title of earl. All royal family members moved to Qiongzhou.

North Korea was divided into two provinces, the tenth son of the emperor was canonized as King of Han, and the eleventh son of the emperor was canonized as King Chen, and the towns were divided into Pyongyang and Seoul.

Quan Zhu and Han Minghui were appointed governors, and all the original officials were retained and assigned duties as appropriate.

The North Korean navy was transferred to Pusan ​​to prepare for full-scale war and prepare to attack Japan.

North Korea is responsible for destroying the remaining [-] Japanese troops aiding Korea.

In addition, from now on, North Korean people will be exempted from taxes and corvee for three years.

On the next day, Zhu Qiyu came to Qingyun Pavilion in person and summoned He Yi, Gao Yao and others to discuss.

He Yi made two additional points: "Your Majesty, we must put our ugly words before North Korea and move at least [-] Miao, [-] Han, and [-] Yao people into North Korea.

It happened that North Korea's local soldiers were almost exhausted, so we allocated land to the 30 newly moved in and used them as the basis to form an army of [-] to [-].

North Korean natives don't need to be soldiers for now, they can just farm and multiply with peace of mind.After two generations of education, some of the young men will be considered for inclusion in the guards.

In addition, Wei Chen thinks that we should move the ten princes there immediately.

Didn't we already agree to implement Gao Wei's native place avoidance system? Therefore, with the two princes of the Holy Emperor as princes and the ten princes who moved to Zhou Dynasty as assistants, we can quickly consolidate the Ming Dynasty's rule in Korea.

It just so happens that Zhou Fan has been moved to Liaodong before. We will move it nearby. The princes of Zhou Fan themselves are also happy. After all, most of the states and counties in Korea are stronger than the remote areas of Liaodong. "

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he nodded repeatedly: "It makes sense, I was thinking about attacking Japan. If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten about Zhou Fan.

Okay, let’s do it like this.First move the vassal king and the people in. If North Korea dares to surrender and rebels again, we will suppress it with a large army.

You go and inform the cabinet, I won't convene the Umrah meeting.

Also, please give me a reminder about this year’s provincial examination.In March, candidates from both Enke and Zhengke will be selected, Enke will be selected as Jinshi in September, and Zhengke Jinshi will be selected in March next year.

Then we quickly dispatched officials, and we conquered several more provinces. There was a serious shortage of officials.You can give it a try first. It’s time for us to carry out civil servant reforms so that ordinary officials can have promotion channels. The upper limit must be at least set at the fourth-grade prefect. "

He Yi replied: "Everything else is easy to talk about, but I'm afraid there will be great resistance to the reform of officials."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It must be difficult, so we will trial the staff reform in North Korea and Annan first, and then slowly promote it.

Hasn't North Korea already been defeated? When I defeat Japan again, my prestige will be even higher.

Every time my prestige increases, I do something to offend others and consume my prestige.

Cut the meat with a dull knife, slowly and slowly. "

After the discussion, He Yi went to carry out these arduous tasks.

……

On the 23rd of the first lunar month, in Pyongyang city.

Jiang Yuan and Xu Heng finally waited for the emperor's edict.

After receiving the order, Jiang Yuan asked: "Mr. An Guo, can North Korea agree to this condition? Are the emperor and the princes taking it for granted? I think we should continue to prepare for war." Xu Heng said with a smile: " How could that be done? The Japanese army had already retreated to Anbian and was fighting a trapped beast in the city.

North Korea's [-]-strong army has arrived in Deyuan, and Fan Guang's [-]-strong Ming army has formed an encirclement against the Japanese army in Wonsan.

The entire North Korean navy was also concentrated in Busan and patrolled the waters east of Tsushima Island to prevent the Japanese from sending reinforcements again.

Having already reached this point, it would be too immoral to tell North Korea that the peace talks have broken down. "

“But as soon as they came up, they moved all the Korean royal family, and then built two Ming princes, ten county princes, and moved in 30 people.

If I were the king of North Korea, I wouldn't be able to accept it. "

Xu Heng was still unhurried: "Let's try it first, maybe they can accept it. If they can't accept it, let's ask them to redeploy and return to continue the war.

This is all easy to discuss. In short, we are fighting a righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period. We will never take advantage of others' dangers or take advantage of others.

No matter how the situation changes, we will just stick to Pyongyang, remain unchanged in response to any changes, and sit back and watch the ups and downs of the situation. "

Jiang Yuan could only nod. Xu Heng had one advantage over Fang Ying, that is, he was very determined.

This saves everyone from being hesitant and no one dares to make a decision.With Xu Heng around, Jiang Yuan felt much less stressed.Anyway, even if the sky falls, the tall emperor's family will be there to support him.

On the 26th of the first lunar month, the news reached Seoul.

The North Korean monarchs and ministers, who were already anxiously running around, immediately started a heated discussion after receiving the edict from the Emperor of Heaven.

Quan Zhen and Han Minghui were very happy. The emperor actually offered the position of governor so generously, and he was appointed governor with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing. As soon as he surrendered, he was immediately promoted to a high-ranking official of the second rank of the Ming Dynasty. He was dignified and had real power.

The clan represented by Anping Prince Li Rong and Jincheng Prince Li Yu, as well as some officials loyal to King Li Hongwei, strongly opposed it.

Li Yu, the great king of Jincheng, loudly advised Li Hongwei and his ministers: "If we accept the emperor's edict, North Korea will be completely destroyed.

As ministers, you should be loyal to the king and serve the country. Can you be willing to surrender without fighting? "

Quan Zhu knew very well that the direction of public opinion could not fall into Li Yu's control, so he immediately retorted: "What does surrender without a fight mean? One hundred thousand Japanese reinforcements have died, and our army has lost more than one hundred thousand. This price is still high." Isn't it tragic enough?
Now that the people have made up their minds, if the war continues, what will it do to the people?
Moreover, the Emperor of Heaven is determined to destroy Korea. If we do not surrender, the Emperor will deploy another hundred thousand troops. How will we resist it then?
Lord Jincheng is willing to fight again, so where will the food, grass, muskets, and artillery come from?

You want to fight again, but the soldiers and civilians don't want to fight anymore. How to solve this problem? You can't let us civil servants go to the battlefield in person, right?

Even if we are willing to go to the battlefield, it is of no use. "

Li Yu was speechless when asked. The gap in national power between North Korea and Ming Dynasty was so great that no one wanted to fight.

For the ministers, after the surrender, their official positions were promoted instead of downgraded. They sang and danced, and everyone was happy.

For the common people, they can register with the Ming Dynasty and become good citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven. They no longer need to be enslaved by the Korean royal family as before, and they can also be exempted from taxes and corvee for three years.

You can restore peace and live a stable life by simply surrendering, so why not do it.

Even the North Korean King Li Hongwei no longer wanted to go through any trouble.Now the military and political power is in the hands of Quan Zhu, Han Minghui and others.

If he persists, even if a miracle occurs and the Ming army is defeated, so what, he will still be a puppet of the civilian officials.

(End of this chapter)