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Lin Yuan asked: "Is it deeply involved? What's going on? Tell me quickly."

Yu Lin said: "We didn't know it at first, but later we heard an official from the Qing court say that Kaishantun was originally a disputed area between China and North Korea."

Lin Yuan asked: "The disputed area? What do you mean?"

Yu Lin said: "There are two rivers and one mountain between China and North Korea. From west to east, they are Yalu River, Changbai Mountain and Tumen River. These two rivers and one mountain are the natural boundaries between China and North Korea. They have been the border between China and North Korea since the Ming Dynasty. However, in 400, the king of North Korea suddenly proposed that the border between China and North Korea is not the Tumen River, but the Tuman River."

Lin Yuan asked, "Douman River? Where is this river?"

Yu Lin said: "Tumen River and Tuman River are both Tumen River, just two names of a river, but the king of North Korea insisted that Tuman River is the Hailan River in Yanji, the border between China and North Korea. It is not the Tumen River, but the Hailan River, so that the Chinese territory south of the Hailan River and north of the Tumen River is said to be North Korean territory."

"Of course the Qing court couldn't agree, so they sent a note to the King of Korea to refute it. The King of Korea then proposed that the two sides jointly survey the boundary, that is, to find the source of the Tumen River and walk along the river to see where the border is, Mr. Lin. I also know that there is not only one source for a big river, and the boundary survey is to determine which source is to be regarded as the true source."

"The Qing court and North Korea conducted two boundary surveys. Although there was a dispute over the origin of the Tumen River, the North Korean side agreed that the Tumen River and the Tuman River are the same river. The dispute between the two sides came to an end temporarily, but around 1890 , North Korea suddenly brought up the old story again, and determined that the Douman River is the Hailan River in Yanji, turning the Kaishantun area into a disputed area again."

"The Qing government then proposed to demarcate the border again, but with the outbreak of the civil strife in the Donghak Party of Korea and the Sino-Japanese War, this matter was shelved. After we occupied the Northeast, no one mentioned this matter until this large-scale fighting We only learned about the disputed area. Our teacher was worried that this matter would be used by Japan. After all, North Korea is now a Japanese colony, so we sent back the news of the large-scale fighting by telegram, but the telegram did not explain these complicated things. , so I was sent here.”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "After hearing what he said, I just remembered that the border dispute between China and North Korea did exist in modern history, but due to various reasons, few people knew about it in my time."

At this time, Yu Lin asked: "Shuai Lin, our teacher feels that this incident was provoked by the Japanese side. The purpose is to create trouble and find a reason to attack us."

Lin Yuan shook his head and said: "I don't think the little devils dare to attack. After all, their strength is far from ours. Their real purpose should be to stir up conflicts between the Han and Koreans. They want to profit from it. You can tell Mr. Zhou Xiao after you go back. , dispatched a psychological warfare unit to conduct extensive propaganda on ethnic friendship and unity.”

"It's political, and you have to be prepared in the military. Little devils have a characteristic in doing things. They like to do things without thinking about the consequences, so the possibility of them brazenly launching an attack on the Northeast cannot be ruled out."

Yu Lin said: "Okay, I understand, I will go back and inform Master Zhou Xiao."

Lin Yuan said: "Well, it's not too late, I won't keep you, you go back quickly." Yu Lin agreed, turned around and left, when the attendant sent a message that the North Korean special envoy had arrived in Beijing, hoping to be able to Meet Lin Yuan immediately.

Originally, with Lin Yuan’s current status, others had to make an appointment quite a while in advance if they wanted to see him, but Lin Yuan knew that the North Korean special envoy came at a special time, and it must have something to do with the Kaishantun incident and border disputes, so Lin Yuan told his subordinates Said: "Arrange for me to meet with him immediately, and you go to the Qing Palace Archives to prepare some materials."

Soon his subordinates came back and said to Lin Yuan: "Shuai Lin, the arrangement has been made, you can go to see him now." Lin Yuan came to the conference room and saw a tall middle-aged man with gray hair sitting inside. , with a wrinkled face, saw Lin Yuan coming in and first said: "Mr. Lin Yuan, hello, I am the special envoy of the Korean Empire, Li Chongxia!"

Lin Yuan frowned and asked, "The Korean Empire?"

Li Chongxia replied: "Yes, the Empire of Japan has sent the King of Korea who lived in Japan back to Wangjing, and officially established the Korean Empire! Now the term North Korea no longer exists, only South Korea exists!"

Lin Yuan's heart moved, and he thought: "The Japanese really took great pains to deal with me. It turns out that the "Japan-Korea Protection Agreement" has declared that Korea has become a Japanese colony, but now Japan has moved out the King of Korea and established the Korean Empire. In future disputes and negotiations, my opponent will become the Korean Empire, and Japan can raise its profile and intervene in our disputes with South Korea by helping the Korean Empire."

Thinking of these, Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, I will inform my subordinates to use the term 'Korean'."

Li Chongxia smiled and said: "Thank you." Then the smile disappeared, and he said with a serious face: "Mr. Lin Yuan, I am here for the dispute on the border between China and South Korea."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "What are you talking about about Kaishantun?"

Li Chongxia said, "Not bad."

Lin Yuan's face darkened, and he said, "We have already investigated the matter of Kaishantun. It's just a dispute among the people in our country. The relevant responsible person has been handed over to the judiciary for handling. Don't worry about it, Mr. Special Envoy."

Li Chongxia's eyes turned cold, and he said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lin Yuan, I want to point out a mistake of yours: Kaishantun is our Korean territory! It's not your Chinese territory!"

Lin Yuan sneered: "Kaishantun is your Korean territory? Is there any evidence?"

Li Chongxia took out a document from his bag and said, "This is our Empire of Japan, oh no, it is a map of North Korea and Northeast China published by the Empire of Korea." He placed the map in front of Lin Yuan, pointing to A line above said: "This is the boundary river between China and the Korean Empire, Douman River! You see, Kaishantun is south of the Douman River, so it naturally belongs to the territory of our Korean Empire."

Lin Yuan sneered and said, "It's just nonsense. The Douman River is clearly another name for the Tumen River. You actually said it is another river. You clearly want to occupy our territory!"

Li Chongxia smiled disdainfully, and said: "Mr. Lin Yuan can't make excuses and ignore objective facts." After speaking, he took out a thin booklet from his bag and said: "This is Mr. Fujiwara Reina, a well-known scholar in the Japanese Empire. The academic monograph "Tracing the Origin of Place Names in China and North Korea" written by him has sufficient evidence to prove that the Tuman River and the Tumen River are clearly two rivers."

Lin Yuan looked at the book and sneered in his heart: "This kind of thing can also be used as evidence? As long as I want, I can find someone to write a book with tens of millions of words to prove that the Japanese are all descendants of the Chinese! Since you are so arrogant , I don’t need to be polite to you.” Lin Yuan pushed the booklet to the side as he thought about it, and asked with a sneer, “I don’t know how your Korean Empire treats people who reneged on their promises and become fat?”