Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 306

"How much time did you spend on this journey? Is the road still peaceful, and do mountains and rivers block your journey?" Zhu Cihong asked with great concern.

He is not only concerned about the North Korean mission, but also wants to know about the transportation from Liaodong to North Korea.

"Back to the Great Emperor, we set off from Seoul by boat, abandoned the boat and landed on the coast of Liaodong, and then hired a large number of horse-drawn carriages. We drove day and night along the way, spared no effort in horsepower, and finally arrived in Shenyang."

"It took more than ten days on the way, and the land route took a lot of time."

"The road is quite peaceful, and there are no rivers or mountains blocking the journey, but the road condition is bad. I don't know how many carriages were damaged along the way."

In addition, Li Zhengguang told Zhu Cihong all his itinerary and experiences along the way. Although it was a bit long-winded, Zhu Cihong listened with great interest.

Without him, the transmission of information in ancient times was too backward. In modern times, Zhu Cihong can find all the news in the world by flipping through his mobile phone.

But in ancient times, even if he was the emperor and the monarch of the heavenly dynasty, it was difficult to know what happened inside and outside Shenyang City where he was, let alone the situation in the north and south. He could only rely on impressions and guesses.

If he wanted to know the latest news, he could only rely on people like Li Zhengguang who came to visit him from other places to share some knowledge.

"The road is difficult, that's a problem, not to mention you officials, even I feel very bad, not to mention how difficult it is for those ordinary people to live."

In ancient China, although the government would organize manpower to build roads, due to the vastness of the country, there were often not many roads to be built, and it was difficult to maintain in the future.

Liaodong has been separated from the rule of Ming Dynasty for decades, coupled with the high latitude and harsh geographical environment, the roads have long been rotten.

"I want to build a road from Shenyang to Seoul, and set up post stations along the way to facilitate the exchange of businessmen and envoys of the two countries. What do you think?" Zhu Cihong suddenly suggested.

In fact, he is a drunken man who does not want to drink, and is convenient for anyone. It is empty talk. Zhu Cihong's real intention is to strengthen the control of North Korea.

Although this little brother has always been loyal to Ming Dynasty, he also helped Ming Dynasty send troops to fight in previous wars.

But Zhu Cixi still felt that it was not enough. The vassal states were free from the control of the Ming Dynasty and were far inferior to the satellite states and vassal states of later generations.

Turning North Korea into a vassal state of Ming Dynasty is Zhu Cihong's truest thought.

"Here, please go back and discuss with the king and colleagues, and then give the emperor an answer, okay?" Li Zhengguang didn't express his opinion immediately.

"Of course you can. Now that the sea route is smooth, it only takes two or three days from the capital to Seoul. It doesn't matter if there is a land route."

Zhu Cihong's words seemed boring, but they actually had a lot of meaning.

Although Ming and North Korea do not have land access, there is a sea route. Ming wants to send troops to North Korea, but it will only take a few days. Given the strong combat effectiveness of the Ming army, if they really want to destroy North Korea, it may not take even a month.

Sure enough, when he heard Zhu Cihong's words, Li Zhengguang was flustered and at a loss.

I saw him standing in front of Zhu Cihong, tremblingly said, "Your Majesty is right, and I also think North Korea should be closer to the kingdom of heaven."

At this moment, Li Zhengguang felt that what he said was so against his will that he couldn't go against his will any more.

I am the two classes of nobles in North Korea, the emperor of the peninsula, the more isolated North Korea is, the more these nobles can dominate North Korea and step on the king's head to shit.

Now that Daming has repaired the road, how can they still be the emperor of the land?

Li Zhengguang complained to Zhu Cihong in his heart, why is your emperor different from the previous ones, so tough, and not listening to fools? If only you were like the previous Ming emperors, who would come over to help whenever North Korea begged.

"Well, very good." Zhu Cihong was very satisfied with Li Zhengguang's answer.

Just a joke, does he, Li Zhengguang, dare not satisfy Zhu Cihong? Now he is in the Shenyang palace, as long as Zhu Cihong gives an order, there will be knives rushing out to chop him into meat paste.

The most important thing is that Li Zhengguang died in vain. You are a subject of a vassal state, not even a citizen of the Celestial Dynasty. For the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, what is the difference between killing you and killing a chicken.

"In that case, then Prime Minister Li signed this agreement on behalf of the Kingdom of Korea."

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, an eunuch held a tray and held a document written in Chinese characters in front of Li Zhengguang.

As the saying goes, there is no basis for words, but words are evidence. This is what is needed in dealing with people, let alone between two countries.

Zhu Cihong's soul comes from modern times. He has learned the good habit of signing contracts and contracts for everything in modern society, and must use documents to clearly stipulate the power and relationship between Ming and North Korea.

What is written above is about the land and sea transportation between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, and the establishment of post stations, how to build roads in the territory of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, who should provide materials and civilians, engineers, supervisors, and management personnel sent by the Ming Dynasty, etc.

In a word, this document is like the various unequal treaties signed by modern colonial countries to backward feudal countries.

It's even worse than that, because when those colonial countries signed the treaty, they would at least write a document in the colonial language as a reference.

However, Zhu Cihong only made a document in Chinese characters, completely ignoring the Korean characters.

Li Zhengguang took a few glances, and found that the documents were almost full of North Korea's concessions to Daming, and even some power along the way after the official road was built would be transferred to Daming.

Although he has never experienced the colonial era and does not know what the unequal treaties of the great powers are, for him, North Korea has definitely suffered from the document Zhu Cihong gave.

However, North Korea needs the protection of Ming Dynasty, and he himself is also in the territory of Ming Dynasty. Li Zhengguang has no choice but to sign it. Besides, after signing the treaty, the headache is not him, but Li Zhen.

Who told Li Ji to give him extremely high power before sending him to Daming, and told him to please Daming and Zhu Cihong?

But what Li Zhengguang never imagined was that when he returned to China, when Li Zhen saw this document, he didn't look sad at all, but was ecstatic.

Because for Li Jian, the domestic politics of Korea was already a stagnant water, completely controlled by the two classes of nobles. Instead of letting the two classes of nobles control it, it would be better to bring in the Ming Dynasty, even if the vassal state became a vassal state. not hesitate.

Otherwise, during the Wanli period, the Korean army would not have been so slack that even the peasants and soldiers in Dongying could not beat them.

And Li Jing has always hated this kind of life under the control of the two groups of nobles, like puppets, who need to arrange everything every day.

He even felt that going to Daming to be a random vassal was much better than being a so-called king in North Korea.

(End of this chapter)