Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 381 Ming's North Korea

The Ming army in Liaodong marched in a hurry and encountered no resistance from North Korea after crossing the Yalu River. Most of the North Korean troops chose to give way or simply ran away after seeing the Ming army to avoid contact with the Ming army.When the vanguard led by Gao Ning and others arrived in Seoul, they encountered something surprising.

"Hey, the flag hanging above the city of Seoul, why is it our Ming Dynasty's flag?"

Gao Ning said sternly: "Maybe Cui Xiandong deliberately confuses us, using the Ming flag to show that he has not betrayed our Ming?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the city gates of Seoul suddenly opened, and the soldiers who opened the gates were still wearing the uniforms of their Ming army, while still gesturing to the Ming army outside the city, shouting: "Comrades! , entered the city!"

Li Wan was a little confused: "What the hell is this?"

Gao Ning said: "It seems to be one of our people."

Gao Ning immediately sent a team of cavalry to run over, talked with the soldiers of the Ming Army who opened the city gate, and came back to report to Gao Ning.

"... Battalion Commander, these comrades are the guards who came to North Korea with Special Envoy Hong Qifeng. They are brother troops belonging to the North China Military Region. They attacked their own camp the day before yesterday, defeated Cui Xiandong's troops, and occupied After leaving Seoul, now there are some Korean soldiers who surrendered to them in the city, and the entire city defense is in their hands."

After hearing this, Gao Ning and Li Wan looked at each other in surprise, and Gao Ning asked again, "Where is the King of Korea?"

The cavalryman said: "I didn't ask clearly about this."

Gao Ning and Li Wan entered the city immediately, and met Hong Qifeng and Lin Youan, who are currently in charge of the situation in Seoul.

The two Gao Ning saluted first, and said: "Gao Ning, the commander of the 229rd Battalion of the 3th Regiment of the Eighth Division, and Li Wan, the deputy battalion commander reported."

The two of Hong Lin also saluted, and Hong Qifeng smiled and said: "Great, our big troops are here, then the situation on North Korea's side will be stable."

Li Wan was very relaxed, and said with a smile: "Without us, the two of you may be able to control the situation. Unexpectedly, Lieutenant Colonel Lin and Special Envoy Hong took down Seoul with only one hundred troops, and even gave Cui Xiandong Beat off."

Lin You'an said: "It's easy for us to defend, but it's hard to attack when we attack. If you come here, our Ming army will have sufficient strength. Cui Xiandong, a young man, fled to Busan. If he doesn't go into the sea, we can kill him soon."

Gao Ning couldn't help asking again: "What about the King of Korea and those ministers?"

Hong Qifeng said: "When Cui Xiandong rebelled, King Li Wei of North Korea escaped from Seoul. Some of the two groups of ministers were killed by Cui Xiandong's rebels, and some ran away with the King of North Korea. After we captured Seoul, we once sent Someone contacted Li Wei, but did not receive a reply, the King of Joseon did not trust our Ming army much."

Li Wan was relaxed, he said with a chuckle, "Cui Xiandong is a wolf, our Daming is a tiger, and whoever loses his mouth will probably have a piece of meat in his mouth."

Gao Ning cupped his hands again and said: "When our follow-up troops arrive, we will control the various prefectures in North Korea according to the plan."

Hong Qifeng nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you, comrades of the Ming Dynasty Army, today is the day when the Ming Dynasty will seduce Dongyi in Korea."

The mentality of the people present has actually undergone some subtle changes. After Hong Qifeng and Lin Youan took Seoul with a company of the Ming army, the Ming people have turned North Korea into an existence of giving and taking.It’s not just that the Chinese of later generations have a sense of overlooking the surrounding countries and regions, and have a subtle feeling that these places were once their own country’s land. In fact, the Ming people at this time are the same.

China controlled most of North Korea during the four prefectures of the Han Dynasty. Since the Han Dynasty could do it, then our Ming Dynasty can do the same.If North Korea had honestly chosen to surrender to Daming, hand over power, and transition to the Xuanfu Division, I am afraid these people would not have other ideas, but now nearly [-] Ming troops in Liaodong have entered the North, and North Korea’s military strength is weak. Most of them obeyed, and there was no reason to set up another Xuan Fu Division.

Hong Qifeng soon wrote another letter to Bai Mingxiu, in which he wrote: "...Your Majesty, the Lee family has ruled Korea for nearly 300 years, and all the methods in the country have been imitated by my Ming Dynasty, but they have learned The four are not the same. Confucian scholars in the country learn Confucianism only on the surface, without in-depth reasoning. The aristocrats have dominated the court and the economy to a shocking level, and the poor and ignorant people in the country are even worse than my Ming Dynasty. The great Ming army has stationed in the court, and the disease of ringworm and scabies will be relieved in an instant. The chaos in North Korea has brought disaster to our Ming army, capital and people. We should disqualify him from the Xuanfu Division, and temporarily use the Ming army to manage it. In the future, North Korea can be established. As for the King of North Korea, Your Majesty Mercy can retain the title of vassal king, hereditary and irreplaceable, but like other princes in the Ming Dynasty, there is no title, no salary, no power, no position."

After Bai Mingxiu received Hong Qifeng's letter, he wrote many comments with great care.Although the ministers of the Council of Liberal Affairs were responsible for the specific government affairs, Bai Mingxiu was responsible for military affairs, diplomacy, and even such territorial expansion.When he heard about Cui Xiandong's rebellion, Bai Mingxiu had already planned to change his original mind. Hong Qifeng's letter and suggestions from his other staff and ministers made Bai Mingxiu gradually firm up his mind. He didn't want this vassal state. up.

Bai Mingxiu quickly wrote down a few new ideas on paper:
First, restore the border line with China in the Goryeo period, and even go one step further.This also means that most of North Korea's Hamgyong and Pyongan provinces bordering Daming were annexed by Daming, and only southern Pyongyang and Wonsan still belonged to North Korea.Ping'an Road was assigned to Liaoning Province, and Hamgyong Road was assigned to Jilin Province.At the same time, according to the previous agreement, Jeju Island was placed under the jurisdiction of Daming.

Second, North Korea retains the name of the country for the time being, but implements the military trusteeship rule of the Ming Dynasty. Bai Mingxiu appoints a guardian envoy to North Korea to manage North Korea's military and civil affairs with full authority.Gradually transform the Korean army into the Daming Korean Fan Army, reform North Korean politics, and basically build a government office at the provincial level.

Third, radical social reform is needed within North Korea.The class conflicts among the vested interest groups, the literati class, and the general public in North Korea are to some extent sharper than those in Ming Dynasty.The lower classes in North Korea don’t even have the qualifications to serve as officials, so Bai Mingxiu believes that to maintain the rule of Ming Dynasty, we can follow what Wu Min did in Myanmar, mobilize the lower class people, give them more social status and economic rights, and reform The existing vested interest groups directly destroy the old North Korea and build a new North Korea.

Article [-]: The Joseon royal family must go to Suncheon to apologize.

(End of this chapter)