Edo Traveler

Pasha Li was waiting for the words of Chuemon. With the help of Japanese gunboats, it was useless for him to bring hundreds of soldiers.

After sending away Pasha Li and Mai Huatuo, Zhongyouemon naturally wanted to ask Fukuzawa Yukichi what was going on in Joseon. Is it because the cowardly and corrupt person in He Zhongemon's impression has reached the point where he can't die, and many people even want him to die.

The result is natural. Fukuzawa Yukichi could see clearly that even the five battalions of soldiers in Hanyang City, that is, the military division of the entire country, the standing army, did not live too much like a beggar. As for the common people, let alone the lack of clothing and food, it is just normal.

The Phongyang Zhao clan and the Andong Jin clan, who held the power in the imperial court, were all lavish and extravagant. What benefits do you expect them to bring to the country, and what development do you expect?

"Actually, there is one more thing..." Fukuzawa Yukichi didn't know whether to say it or not.

"Tell me!" Li Chao is nothing more than those messed up things. Zhongyou guard doesn't talk about Men Qinger, at least he knows all about it, and there's nothing he can't talk about.

"There are a lot of Chizhidan in North Korea." Fukuzawa Yukichi even said.

"That's what happened." Chuemon nodded slightly.

At this time, 100% of the Christians in North Korea were Catholics, mainly preached by the pastors of the French Foreign Mission Society. There may be five or six French missionaries in North Korea today. If North Korea catches a Catholic priest, it doesn't matter who you are, it will kill you.

Oh right, if history doesn't change, the mother of King Gojong, who is about to succeed him, is also a Catholic. And it is the kind of devout believer who directly tolerates the concealment of the French priest at home, and will not change until his death.

"I am in Hanyang, and I also noticed one or two." Fukuzawa Yukichi continued.

"You mean..." Chuemon looked into Fukuzawa Yukichi's eyes and probably understood what Fukuzawa Yukichi meant.

Now that King Li is ill, it is difficult to manage government affairs. There was a large-scale civil unrest in the south, and the few soldiers and horses that Li Chao had, also got a loan from the British and went to the south.

So naturally, what would you do if you were now a Catholic who was brutally persecuted by the Li Dynasty's court, and even tortured your brother with "five cows"?

In addition, your priest told you that Jemulpo, which is only 50 or 60 miles away from Hanyang, has opened as a port. In the future, the army and artillery of his home country, France, can reasonably and legally enter Jemulpo. That is to say, if an uprising is launched, it is very likely to receive direct assistance from France.

Do you do it?

Quit not only must be lurking underground forever, but also may be tortured and maimed to death at any time. Even if you do it, even if you sacrifice your life for God, you are likely to gain the support of foreign powers.

The strength of these foreign countries is very strong, and they directly forced the Jin and Zhao families to admit their counsel and sign the founding treaty. As long as they express their support for themselves, isn't success in sight?

"The French envoy has already gone to Jemulpo. If it is combined with the domestic Chizhidan in North Korea, everything will be unpredictable." Fukuzawa Yukichi has stayed overseas and knows the urine of old colonial empires such as Britain and France. He thinks this is very likely to happen.

"This matter has nothing to do with the shogunate, you don't care about it." Chuemon signaled that Fukuzawa Yukichi should not know.

If North Korea is coerced into a protectorate by Britain and France at the same time, this may be a good thing for King Li. If not, he will keep the throne because of the secret wrestling between Britain and France. Just like the King of Ryukyu next door, because Britain and France can't compete, although he has completely become a puppet, he has retained the throne.

Moreover, in order to stabilize their local rule, Britain and France will also work very hard to please the conservative forces headed by the royal family to enhance the legitimacy of their rule.

It can even be reasonably guessed that after a hundred years, the colonial empires of Britain and France will fall apart. As long as the royal family can successfully stand in line and turn into a constitutional state, it will not be very difficult. In this way, the throne can not only be kept, but also can be embraced to usher in a new era.

However, since Fukuzawa Yukichi, an outsider, can feel that Hanyang's waves are treacherous, and all forces are on the scene, then this shows that the situation in Hanyang is really messed up. It is a miracle that such a country can last for decades.

Chuemon has no big idea about North Korea. It may not be of great benefit to get this thing, and it is a typical tasteless existence.

But the idea of ​​profiting from it has also arisen. Is there any way to get something back from North Korea?

Anyway, it is impossible for the Catholics to immediately hook up with the French, and it is even more impossible to launch an uprising three or two days later. As for the large-scale civil unrest that broke out in Gyeongsang-do and other places, in fact, it has not been completely suppressed.

The main military force of the Li Dynasty will definitely be dragged in the south for a long time, so Hanyang is a tender egg that has been peeled off.

Fukuzawa Yukichi bluntly resigned when he saw that Chuemon might be thinking otherwise. As soon as he left, Chuemon sent someone to help Liu to come in. He had to contact the clan and send some people familiar with the internal affairs of North Korea to go to North Korea to develop and see if the shogunate could start to get some benefits from North Korea.

After hearing Chuemon's narration, Sukeroku knew what Chuemon wanted to do. The two grew up together from childhood to adulthood, and Chuemon only pouted, and Suke six knew whether he wanted a large or a small solution.

He also has his own ideas. UU reading www.uukanshu.com is in his mind. Since Zhongyouemon mainly adopts economic aggression against Qing and North Korea, rather than actual occupation, then there is no need to be in such a hurry. Go to layout.

sooner rather than later...

Now the British and French forces have entered the Korean peninsula in large numbers, but an uprising is breaking out on the peninsula, and it is very likely that a large-scale uprising will break out in the future. Then the investment in early entry will be very large, and the cycle of obtaining benefits will be very long.

At the same time, Li Chao is still a complete feudal country, and there is no place for modernization at all. Even if Britain and France enter together, the power projected by Britain and France is very small in the Far East. If this power wants to transform the entire peninsula, I don’t know how many years it will take.

The shogunate should not be in a hurry at all. With the good relationship with Britain and France, it is not difficult to wait until the peninsula is stabilized before entering.

"However, at this time, Qingshangdao and other places are being attacked by soldiers, and the troops are in chaos everywhere. Farming will be ruined. Shangqi can make preparations." Zu Liu also thought of the matter of temporarily getting a vote.

"After the winter, use the rice reserves to exchange gold and silver from North Korea?" Chungemon's mind is also very fast. The rice from India is worth a million stone, and just a part of it is transferred to North Korea at a high price.