To be honest, North Korea's ministers all have strong Sinology skills because they worship the Ming Dynasty.
If Cui Zhenghao knew that the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty had personally conquered the country, he would definitely guess that the Chinese Empire wanted to annex it.
The Ming Dynasty listed North Korea as a country not subject to conquest. The Qing Dynasty only hurt North Korea and did not annex it.
Because none of the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties had a strategic vision.
If Korea falls into enemy hands, the enemy will arrive across the sea.
From the perspective of a maritime nation, North Korea is a must-win place!
When North Korea is here, North China will be safe, and the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea will become inner lakes.
When Japan is here, China will be safe, and the East China Sea will become an inner lake.
Eating North Korea is a strategic decision, and it has nothing to do with whether the North Koreans offend Yuzhu or not.
As the founding emperor of the Chinese Empire, Yuzhu had both the ability and the obligation to strategically shape the territorial boundaries.
The Central Asian region going further west from the Western Regions does not have much strategic interest. Instead, it lengthens the strategic supply lines, and the maintenance costs are extremely huge.
North Korea and Japan are different. They are both farming civilizations and have populations of tens of millions.
Not to mention anything else, when the time comes and the human trade is abolished within the Chinese Empire, there will still be Xian slaves and Japanese slaves who can replace it!
The army stayed in Dengzhou Mansion for more than ten days.
It was not until Cui Zhenghao jumped out of anxiety and promised to supply all the food and salary expenses of the army that Yuzhu finally gave the order: Cross the sea and march eastward.
Due to favorable winds and rivers, it only took the entire army ten days to cross the East China Sea and successfully arrive at Ganghwa Island.
Ganghwa Island and Seoul, the capital of North Korea, face each other across the Ganghwa Strait two miles apart. Their geographical location is very important.
The hydrological conditions of Ganghwa Strait are complex, with large tidal ranges and many reefs. Therefore, Korean monarchs often avoided this place when they encountered invasions from northern peoples.
As early as more than ten years ago, Yuzhu had visited Ganghwa Island when he led an expedition against the Rakshasa people.
North Korea's Zuo Yizheng Jiang Bin personally went to Ganghwa Island Pier to welcome the arrival of the Chinese army.
After the grand welcome ceremony, Jiang Bin met Cui Zhenghao.
"What? Are you crazy? Since ancient times, the so-called reinforcements of the country have been responsible for all expenses themselves!" Jiang Bin learned that North Korea was responsible for the food and wages, and couldn't help but became furious.
"Cui Jun, just wait for the impeachment!" Jiang Bin walked away angrily.
"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang, please listen to my explanation..." Cui Zhenghao didn't dare to let Jiang Bin go, so he quickly grabbed his sleeve.
Jiang Bin's status in North Korea is equivalent to that of the cabinet bachelor of the former Ming Dynasty, but he is not the chief minister. The chief minister of the North Korean cabinet is the chief minister.
Sungkyunkwan's Dati Xue Zhengfang, who accompanied him to greet him, said coldly: "Cui Jun, you are too hasty. Our government wants to use the reinforcements from the country, and isn't it just to avoid expenses?"<
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Zheng Fang's meaning is very clear, he just wants to take advantage of the Celestial Empire without any financial burden.
In North Korea, Sungkyunkwan Daedixue is a second-rank court official. He has the same position as the Six Cao Cao. He is a proper important minister and has considerable say in the court.
Liucao is equivalent to the six departments under the cabinet of the former Ming Dynasty. The highest official corresponding to the monks is the judge.
No matter how Cui Zhenghao explained, Jiang Bin and Zheng Fang couldn't listen.
"Humph, this is simply unreasonable?" Jiang Bin winked at Zheng Fang and walked away.
Zheng Fang sighed and said: "Cui Jun, our country respects the Celestial Empire as the supreme country, so there must be benefits to be gained, right?"
"Besides, except for the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, didn't everyone from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty bring their own dry food and wages?" Zheng Fang is a high-ranking member of North Korea after all, and he deliberately emphasizes tradition.
To put it bluntly, from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the Korean Kingdom was so spoiled that it no longer knew what its last name was.
However, what Zheng Fang said is indeed reasonable.
For example, in one of the three major Wanli expeditions to resist the Japanese and aid the DPRK, Li Rusong led troops to aid the DPRK, bringing his own dry food and military pay, and finally drove away the Japanese pirates.
That time, the Koreans not only restored the three thousand miles of beautiful rivers and mountains left by their ancestors, but also did not spend a few taels of silver. It can be said that they made a lot of money.
With the profound memory of that time, the officials of the Kingdom of Korea, from top to bottom, have the bad habit of taking advantage of things for free.
Zheng Fang and Cui Zhenghao came together to plot against the Celestial Kingdom.
As for Yuzhu, he stayed in the cabin calmly. While enjoying Chen Qiongbao's massage service, he ordered Lu Wu to find all kinds of excuses and stay on Ganghwa Island.
In the history of North Korea, the Li Linzuo Rebellion lasted for three years. During the critical period, it almost captured Seoul and ended the Lee family's rule in North Korea early.
Yuzhu was not in a hurry at all. Even if North Korea put an end to the Li Linzuo Rebellion, it would only take him one day to send troops from Ganghwa Island to Seoul.
All eight roads in North Korea, even Gangwon Road, which has the most difficult terrain, can be attacked from the water, making logistics and supply extremely convenient.
To put it bluntly, when attacking from land, we must consider the rugged mountain roads and difficulty in supplying supplies.
If troops are transported by sea throughout the entire journey, the entire territory of North Korea will be under Yuzhu's military front.
War is all about logistics. As long as the logistics are in place, with the comprehensive national strength of the Chinese Empire, we can really fight for as long as it takes.
To be honest, transporting logistics supplies across the sea from Dengzhou to Jianghua Island saves at least twenty times the logistics and transportation costs compared to the western expedition to Junggar.
According to the agreement, after the Chinese army arrived at Ganghwa Island, they should receive food and military pay provided by North Korea.
However, the army has been here for three days, but they have not seen a grain of grain or a tael of silver.
Yuzhu, who was worried that he had no excuse, was just about to doze off, but he happened to find a pillow, so he simply stayed at Ganghwa Island.
The monarchs and ministers of North Korea had never seen such ungenerous Chinese soldiers before, and they were all dumbfounded.
Both sides secretly screamed, Cui Zhenghao, the envoy who signed the agreement, was like a rat in the bellows, and both sides were offended!
As the saying goes, who dares not to bow his head when he is under the roof?
In particular, the North Korean Imperial Guards, after suffering a huge defeat in Jeolla Province, quickly sent people to deliver 500,000 taels of silver and 10,000 shi of grain to Lu Wu.
Such a small amount is not enough to crack the jade plunger's teeth, so it is naturally impossible for him to send troops.
As a result, after the Koreans generously sent three million taels of silver and two hundred thousand stones of military rations, Yuzhu was satisfied and ordered the troops to march out of Zhongqing Road.
There is actually a reason why North Koreans have suddenly become generous.
After Li Linzuo won the battle in Jeolla Province, he immediately led his army to the north. In Zhongqing Province, he once again defeated the main force of 30,000 Korean forbidden troops.
As we all know, Chungcheong-do is next to Gyeonggi-do and is very close to Seoul.
The rebels were about to invade Seoul, so the North Korean monarchs and ministers became particularly hospitable, generous and generous.