Daming Military Empire

Chapter 204
North Korea, according to the official history records, originated in 1122 BC. It was a vassal state established by the Shang Dynasty’s survivors led by the uncle Jizi of Shang Zhou. General Weiman of the country was destroyed and renamed Weiman Korea. Later, Weiman Korea was conquered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and four counties were established: Lelang County, Xuantu County, Zhenfan County, and Lintun County. For 25 years, there was no such name as North Korea in the past 1000 years.

As for the Goguryeo that appeared during the period, it was actually a minority regime established in the Heilongjiang River Basin during the Han Dynasty. Baekje was also separated from Goguryeo. Only Silla was developed from the small tribe Chenhan at the southern tip of the peninsula during the Han Dynasty. regime.

This history is a bit messy, let’s not talk about it, back to the Ming Dynasty, Hongwu 25 of the Ming Dynasty (1392 A.D.) Li Chenggui, the eldest son of Qianhusuo Qianhusuo and Dalu Huachi Li Zichun in the Yuan Dynasty, seized the Goryeo regime and changed the name of the country to North Korea, and surrendered to Ming Dynasty, North Korea has since become a vassal state of Ming Dynasty.

In fact, if you want to say which of the vassal states of Ming Dynasty is closest to Ming Dynasty, it must be North Korea, because their basic national policy is to make things big.
Lively is not afraid of "big things", but small things are big, and it is based on the comparison of strengths and weaknesses that a small country serves a big country.

But this is not a matter of service in essence. In essence, it is just wanting to attach to Ming Dynasty, so as to obtain the protection of Ming Dynasty to ensure national security.Therefore, although the king of Joseon respected Daming on the surface, he did not really regard himself as a member of Ming Dynasty. For example, in the 11th year of Ming Zhengtong (AD 1446), King Sejong Lee of Korea created the Korean language in order to get rid of the influence of Ming Dynasty and strengthen the independence of the nation. Sex, in fact, before this, North Korea had only language but no characters, and all official documents used Chinese characters. If he was serious, he should unify the language into Chinese, but in the end he wanted to change all the characters into his own characters It can be seen that they are talking one thing and doing another to fool Daming!

Such a diplomatic strategy that can make face look better without any real benefits is naturally unacceptable. For this face, in order to protect this little brother, China has suffered heavy losses every time, whether it is the war in the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty or later. , but this little brother basically turns against you as soon as you turn around. Wanting a vassal state of this nature is simply asking for trouble.

With the experience of Zhu Cijiong's two dynasties, he will naturally not ask for trouble. He is looking for a method, or a set of plans, a set of plans to completely control all vassal states and vassal states.

Now someone will definitely say, isn't this the colonial period, why not simply turn the vassal state into a colony?In fact, there are also problems with this colonial system. Don’t you see that almost all the colonies got rid of the control of the suzerain and went independent in the end. The great powers with many independence wars were too busy, and finally these colonial powers were almost returned to their original forms.

Zhu Cijiong also didn't want to be beaten back overnight after decades of hard work, so whether it was a vassal state, a vassal state or a colony, if you want to control it, you should control it, otherwise it's better to rob people and leave.

The first step in this control plan is assimilation, or cultural invasion, replacing the language and writing of vassal states, dependent countries, and colonies with the language and writing of Ming Dynasty. When the language and writing of Ming Ming gradually become the mainstream, they are not Ming People have also become Daming people.

Of course, it is not enough to turn them into members of Ming Dynasty. People in Ming Dynasty all rebel. People from these vassal states, dependent countries and colonies are naturally more likely to rebel, and they have to start with many other aspects, such as military affairs, economics, etc. Wait, this is a process of exploration. Zhu Cijiong has not yet figured out how to do it specifically, but the first step has already begun. The subject of the experiment is the current Lee Dynasty Joseon Dynasty.

The reason why he decided to preside over the palace examination for the first imperial examination in North Korea was not only because the palace examination must be presided over by the emperor, but more importantly, he also wanted to see how to strengthen the control of the vassal state from other aspects.If it was just to preside over the palace examination, why would he go to North Korea? Just drag all the tribute students of this imperial examination to the capital for the palace examination.

The North Koreans naturally don't know that they have become the subjects of the experiment. They only know that the imperial examination is not a joke with them. Anyone who has no fame cannot be an official. That is to say, even if you are an official appointed by the King of North Korea , If you don’t get the honor in the imperial examination this time, then I’m sorry, I’ll give you a straight shot to the end, do you want to be an official if you don’t have the honor?Be your commoner and go!

Although Huang Daozhou, the missionary envoy of the Ming Dynasty, is a erudite Confucianist, he is also a typical Confucian fanatic. Now that he has the opportunity to spread the knowledge of sages and sages, it is not enough to work hard to educate the barbarians. The implementation of the system, dare not implement it, the Ming Dynasty's 20 troops are not just watching.A paranoid fanatic like him is more terrifying than a butcher. Kill those who refuse to execute; kill those who are perfunctory;

The fierce generals like Cao Wenzhao and Mao Wenlong who killed him are all scared, and they are afraid when they see him, damn, this guy is a lunatic, he can't provoke us to hide!

Even the first-rank military generals of Ming Dynasty are afraid of him. It is conceivable that the king of North Korea and ministers are afraid of him. Under his crazy high-pressure policy, the national exams such as the student qualification exams are all taken by him. No problem at all.We must know that although the Joseon Dynasty is small, the local establishment is not small at all. There are a total of thirteen provinces, more than 200 state capitals, and more than 2000 counties. , Huang Daozhou's mission team has only a few dozen people in total, and they can't even send individual supervisors from each state capital. How did he not have any problems in the student exam?

It's very simple, he just needs to pass the final college exam. Whether the students who took the college exam cheated, whether they were selected through the county exam and the government exam, can be seen from his answer sheet at a glance.The articles are written in nonsense, and the handwriting is horrible. If you can pass the county and government exams, you must be a ghost. They must be cheating. They will all be dragged out and hacked.
I have to say, sometimes I am really afraid of being serious when doing things, cheating is death, who dares to cheat.

In fact, the Chinese proficiency of North Korean officials was pretty good at that time, and more than half of the student qualification examinations were passed. At that time, the Korean language had not been promoted for a long time, and there was no foundation, and sometimes it took a long time to express a matter. Therefore, general officials are still used to expressing in Chinese characters.

However, getting the student qualification is nothing more than a scholar. A scholar can only be a small official below the seventh rank in Daming. Continue to take the test, or I will fuck you!
However, Huang Daozhou is not the kind of idiot official who only knows how to serve with sticks but not to give carrots. According to the practice of Ming Dynasty, scholars who have obtained the qualifications of students can go to colleges in prefectures and counties before the provincial examinations. There are no such colleges in North Korea. , He directly sent erudite Confucian scholars from mission missions to various capitals to set up colleges and teach students, treating them as scholars of the Ming Dynasty.From this point of view, his madness is only for those who are disobedient, and he is better for those who are obedient.

According to the regulations of Ming Dynasty, the rural examination was held in August, and the examinations were concentrated in the capitals of each province. Now it was even more inseparable from Huang Daozhou's control. Examinations are exactly the same.

However, the candidates selected in the provincial examination can only be officials below the fifth rank at most in Daming, and if they want to become officials above the fifth rank, they have to continue the examination.

The next thing is the test. The test is usually held in the capital in February of the next year after the Chinese New Year. However, this time the situation is special. Huang Daozhou did not go against Zhu Cijiong's will and insisted on dragging the North Koreans to the capital of Daming. Instead of holding the test, it was directly arranged to be held in Wangjing, North Korea, and he himself presided over it.

The tribute students who pass the examination are actually Jinshi, but they still have to pass the palace examination to arrange nouns, and the emperor personally confers the title of Jinshi.

If you want to say how many officials above the fifth grade are in North Korea at the moment, it is not much different from Daming. Daming has six ministries, two capitals and thirteen provinces, and there are separate yamen such as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Guozijian, and Zhan Shifu. North Korea also has six officials. Shisandao also has separate yamen such as the Sixian Mansion, the Sijian Yuan, and the Chengzheng Yuan.Except that there are no northern and southern capitals, most of the others are copying the Ming Dynasty official system, which means that Jinshi must be at least a thousand. Will Huang Daozhou open this back door?That's really no way, he strictly followed Daming's standards, and the final selection of Jinshi was less than 100 people!

According to Huang Daozhou, you are a big vassal state, and you are not as big as a province in Ming Dynasty. Why do you need so many officials above rank five?He directly sent a memorial to Zhu Cijiong, suggesting that the ranks of state officials should be determined according to the standards of the Ming Dynasty, with a maximum of ten people above the third rank and a maximum of 50 people above the fifth rank.

Zhu Cijiong quite agrees with this point, it is to let them regard the vassal state as a province of Ming Dynasty, if they always think that the vassal state is a country independent of Ming Dynasty, how can they return their hearts!
According to his imperial decree, the vassal states set the ranks of officials according to the standards of the Ming Dynasty. There is no first rank, the highest rank is second rank, and the others are ranked down in order.

With the imperial decree, Zodiac Zhou will naturally act vigorously and resolutely. All North Korean officials will be demoted. How much salary is paid is up to your vassal princes, but the grade must be determined according to Ming's standards.In other words, the power and income of North Korean officials have not changed, but the rank has been lowered.

For Huang Daozhou, a butcher who keeps claiming that he is a gentleman of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but who doesn't even bat an eye when he kills people, the king and officials of North Korea are afraid to the bottom of their hearts. Think about it, most people still die.

Someone wants to ask, if you torment others like this, won't they resist?
Naturally there was resistance, but the 20 troops of the Ming Dynasty were pressing down there, and they couldn't make any waves. For example, when the Manchus entered the customs, all the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners added up to less than 20, and the population of the Central Plains was nearly hundreds of millions. What a wave!
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