Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 835
Paying tribute was originally a good thing for the Ming Dynasty, but it did not expect that troubles would come one after another.

Taungoo is also Burma, a full-fledged Nanyang bully. He once fought a battle with Ming in Yunnan. Decades ago, he regained the Shalian area occupied by the Portuguese. The national power is still strong. It is the competition of Ming Dynasty to control Nanyang. one of the opponents.

Toungoo made such a request, probably because he was worried that the influence of the Ming Dynasty would go deep into Nanyang, which would affect his status and threaten his safety.

After listening to Qian Bingdiao's words, Wang Yan tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair twice, "Don't pay attention to Dongyu's request. Zhancheng is very important to my Ming Dynasty. Nanyang's food cannot be completely controlled by the vassal. There are 30 or [-] refugees who have fled from the north for the first time. According to Zhang Mingzhen’s report, this number is likely to increase, and may reach as many as one million. These refugees need to be resettled, and the land price in the south of the Yangtze River is so high that the imperial court cannot afford it. Gu is going to discuss with the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War to send these refugees to Qiongzhou, Champa and other places to grow grain, so as to not only resettle the refugees, but also create a direct granary for the imperial court.”

"Your official knows." Qian Bingdeng bowed and saluted.

After hearing this, Chen Bangyan stood up and said, "Your Highness, a military report has been sent from Nanyang. Although the navy has captured Champa, the resistance of the people in Champa is still very fierce. The navy has encircled and suppressed the city several times It’s not going well. If the imperial court wants to send refugees to Champa, it must first eliminate the resistance in Champa, and then it needs to establish an official office. I’m afraid it will cost a lot, and it may end up being another Annan.”

Nanyang is densely covered with forests, and it is really not easy to clear them up. And the establishment of government offices without the participation of local forces may be inconvenient to manage. In the end, it may really be like Annan.

During the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty had a strong national power, so it controlled Annan. After Yongle, the Ming Dynasty had to withdraw its troops from Annan in the past three years.

Wang Yan pondered for a while, "What should the Manchus do after they enter the Central Plains? Use the Han to control the Han! We can't kill all the Champas, and we can't kill them all. Officials, give them certain rights and let them help manage, so that the imperial court can save the capital of ruling the city, stabilize the occupation at a very small cost, and then change the population and implement enlightenment. Four or fifty years later, the same language and the same teaching will be our China place."

Chen Bangyan understood what Wang Yan meant, "After the subordinates returned to the Ministry, they consulted with the Ministry of Officials to formulate a plan for appeasement."

Wang Yan nodded, and suddenly asked, "What happened to the North Korean envoy?"

From the beginning of the founding of the country, North Korea has pursued a highly pro-Ming policy of "big things" towards Ming Dynasty, and has always explained things with courtesies. This is definitely ranked first among the many vassals of the Ming Dynasty, and North Korea has also been rewarded for this The Ming Dynasty protected North Korea because of this pro-son and the rebellious son next door.

After the Imjin Japanese Invasion, North Korea thanked Ming for its kindness in rebuilding, and was even more pro-Ming. Therefore, when Donglu was rising, it also thought of contributing to Ming, but the country was small and the people were poor, and it was really hard to do it.

In the battle of Saerhu, the famous generals of the Ming Dynasty who were good at using more than 100 catties of swords to fight against the Japanese and aid Korea, the general soldier of Sichuan, Liu Zhen and Liu Dadao, all died in the battle. The result of more than 3000 troops in North Korea can be imagined. The army was defeated. Marshal Jiang Hongli was captured, and North Korea was shaken.

There were only more than 2 troops in North Korea, and half of them were killed in one battle. Their weak weapons were completely exposed when they were covered with paper.

King Gwanghae of North Korea was afraid of the old slave's soldiers, so he wrote to the old slave privately, expressing his willingness to repair it, but the old slave was more sinister, so he immediately made it public to him.

The news spread to North Korea, and the whole country was in a state of turmoil. The state of Ming’s parents was in trouble. Instead of saving your life, you even flirted with slave chieftains. How could such a person be the master of the Eight Ways?Here, the Ming Dynasty hadn't set up a teacher to inquire about the crimes, but the ministers who were close to the Ming Dynasty in North Korea directly overthrew the Guanghai Lord who was a good old slave, smoked him blind, exiled him to Ganghwa Island, and then replaced him with Lingyang Lord Li Zhen. , known in history as "Renzu anyway".

This incident undoubtedly showed North Korea's closeness to the Ming Dynasty, but North Korea's strength was limited after all, and it immediately attracted the attack of the Qing army. casually".

Shortly thereafter, Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor in Shenyang. Many Mongolian historians in the western domain knelt down, but the Korean historians held their heads high and did not kneel, saying that "the emperor is in Beijing." As a result, all the missions were killed, and Huang Taiji recklessly conquered North Korea , the king of North Korea once again took refuge in Ganghwa Island, which is known as "Bingzi's chaos" in history.

This time, North Korea was not so lucky. The sea on Jianghua Island was frozen, and the king was taken into captivity.

As soon as the Qing army left, Joseon Injo wrote a letter to the Ming Dynasty, begging for forgiveness from the Ming Dynasty. The Hulu were too rampant, and North Korea had nothing to do with it. It had been occupied twice, and North Korea could not surrender, but his heart was still on Ming's side.When Emperor Chongzhen saw the letter, he was also sad, and replied that he understood and did not blame him, and said that Daming did not protect you well.

North Korea, which received the reply, was moved to such a mess that "the Celestial Dynasty does not forget the people of Sanhan in times of crisis", but the people of Sanhan did nothing for the country of their parents, and the monarchs and ministers were crying.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Jiashen year of the lunar calendar, the news of Emperor Chongzhen's suicide spread to North Korea. Yes, so that the Ming Dynasty died in China and survived in North Korea.

Before, the anti-Qing situation was bad. It is said that King Lu had contacted North Korea, even Japan, and North Korea expressed willingness to help Daming, saying that as long as Daming hit Shandong, North Korea would immediately send troops to cooperate.

It’s just that the anti-Qing situation improved later, and the Ming Dynasty forgot about it. After Wang Yan came to power, he didn’t take it too seriously. Italian-like.

When Qian Bingdeng heard Wang Yan ask about North Korea, he quickly said: "The king of North Korea, Li Ji, died of illness last year, and the new ruler, Li Hao, will take the throne. I hope that the imperial court can give Li Hao a posthumous title and canonize Li Hao. Daming bought a batch of grain so that North Korea could get through the grain crisis.”

There is no problem with the posthumous title and canonization. The position of North Korea may be of great use to the Ming Dynasty in the future, but Wang Yan has to consider this food.

"Although North Korea is poor, it has always been barely self-sufficient in food. How could there be a food shortage this time?"

"According to the envoy, it was Daishan who led the troops into North Korea and confiscated their winter rations."

Having said that, Wang Yan immediately frowned, "The imperial court doesn't have much food right now, but they have to provide disaster relief. If they sell food to North Korea, and the Qing army goes to grab it again, wouldn't it be cheaper for Man Qing?"

"The lower officials are also worried about this, but North Korea was once the first feudal clan of the Ming Dynasty, and now since it wants to return to the feudal clan of the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult for the imperial court to refuse."

Wang Yan straightened his body, pondered for a moment, "Where is the North Korean envoy? If it's nearby, call to see Gu."

"Because North Korea is now a vassal of the Qing Dynasty after all, if it is discovered by Qing spies, I am afraid it will suffer again, so the lower officials hid them in the Lifan Yuan. His Highness wants to see them, and the lower officials will call them immediately."

After Qian Bingdeng finished speaking, he glanced at the outer hall, and an official of the Lifan Academy immediately stood up, bowed, and hurried out.

Not long after, the official came out of the hall with an official wearing a Korean official uniform. Before he had stepped over the threshold, he cried and knelt outside the hall, "Huangming Korean soldiers Cao sentenced Lin Qingye, and he paid his respects to the Celestial Court." His Royal Highness Prince Chu."

(In history, Lin Qingye died in the first year of Longwu because of the anti-Qing Dynasty. I opened the golden finger and extended his life for a few years. Thank you My☆灬years of five hundred, the end of the world is on the way

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