686 [Jeju Island? Daming South Zhili Tamna State! 】
After the fleet left Shandong, it did not go to any area for trade, but went to Jiaoao (Qingdao) to berth and wait.
As the days passed, there were more and more ships in Jiaoao, and Wang Ji always felt that something big was about to happen.
Finally, in October, a fleet of more than 40 merchant ships, led by an "unknown" merchant, headed for Jeju Island.
"Master, there's going to be a war." Zhou Fei was inexplicably excited.
Wang Ji muttered: "This battle is fought secretly. It is not the Ming Dynasty's Dongyang Navy that goes out to attack, but the merchant ships from all walks of life jointly attack. I'm afraid, we are either going to fight North Korea or Japan!"
Zhou Fei didn't understand: "Why is it either North Korea or Japan?"
Wang Ji said: "Before I left the capital, I memorized many sea charts. There are only Korea and Japan to the east, otherwise I will go to Yinzhou. Japan and Korea are both vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. The vassal vassal has not made any big mistakes. How can the suzerain state directly Forced conquest? Even if there is a fight, the government cannot intervene, and private merchant ships can only stir up trouble."
This is the origin of family education. Although Wang Ji is mediocre in everything, he has an extremely broad vision and an understanding of politics and diplomacy.
"It's time to sail, what are you two doing in a daze?" the deck steward scolded.
Wang Ji and Zhou Fei hurriedly ran to help. They were not yet qualified to sail, so they could only do hard work here and there on the deck.
After a long day of work, they were so exhausted that they lay down on the deck to catch their breath.
Looking up at the pure blue sky and white clouds, blowing the salty sea breeze, Wang Ji felt refreshed and closed his eyes in a daze. Suddenly, he heard Zhou Fei yelling: "What are you going to do!"
Wang Ji opened his eyes suddenly and saw seven or eight sailors surrounding him, with Zhou Fei standing in the middle, confronting them.
A sailor smiled coquettishly and said: "My brothers are making a bet and want to know whether Xiao Zhou (Wang Ji) is a boy or a girl. Xiao Zhou, please let me touch your breasts. I bet you still have cloth wrapped around your clothes." "
"Bastard!" Zhou Fei was furious, clenching his fist and approaching the man.
Wang Ji smiled and opened his clothes, exposing his chest and said, "I am a man. Anyone who wants to touch me can come over."
The sailors were quite disappointed, but the man's eyes were bright and he swallowed his saliva and stepped forward: "Hey, he is obviously a man, but his chest is whiter and tender than that of a woman. Let me try my hand...ah! Let's let it go. …Let go, break it, break it…”
When this person walked forward, Zhou Fei smiled and took the initiative to get out of the way.
The moment he stretched out his hand, Wang Ji quickly grabbed the other person's wrist and used skill to twist it to easily subdue him. He cut his arms behind his back and pressed his knees to the deck. Wang Ji smiled and asked, "Do you still want to touch me?" ?"
"No, no, no... don't touch me anymore. Let go quickly, it hurts!" the sailor said with a sad face.
Zhou Fei stood nearby with clenched fists and glanced at this guy's companions. Due to the momentum of the sailors, no one dared to step forward to help.
Wang Ji stretched out his hand to explore the other person's crotch and sneered: "What's the point of touching the chest? If you want to touch it, just touch it underneath."
The sailor begged for mercy: "Xiao Zhou, brother is wrong, please let me go...ah!"
But it was Wang Ji who grabbed the opponent's crotch and held it hard, almost making the person faint from the pain.
Wang Ji stood up slowly, took off his shirt, and said shirtless: "It's my fault. I wore my clothes tightly in such a hot sun, which made you all misunderstand me. Go away, I will go out shirtless from now on." That’s what work is.”
Captain's cabin.
An Changgui nodded and smiled: "As expected of the son of a great master, he has a certain control over his advances and retreats at a young age. He has established his authority, does not have personal grudges, and can also keep his dignity down."
The first mate exclaimed: "Is this a dandy? But he is much more promising than the sons of the rich and powerful in the south of the Yangtze River. For such a Qilin, there is no need to practice at sea. The Taifu's family tradition is really too strict."
"The Taifu is a good person, so he naturally has strict requirements for his heirs." An Changgui said.
The two chatted for a while, and the first mate suddenly said: "I will arrive at Tamna (Jeju Island) tomorrow. I wonder how the North Korean leader will react."
An Changgui smiled and said, "How can you react? Just hold your nose and admit it. Danluo is the land of the Ming Dynasty."
Jeju Island was really Chinese territory in the early Ming Dynasty. After weighing the political pros and cons, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to reward Jeju Island to North Korea.
However, North Korea must follow the horse herding management model of the Yuan Dynasty and pay tribute to the horses from Jeju Island to the Ming Dynasty. The amount of compensation depends on the Ming emperor's wishes. At the same time, the Ming Dynasty has the right to intervene in the management of Jeju Island and even send officials to Jeju Island.
This is the benefit of recognizing the legal system of the Yuan Dynasty. All the territories left by the previous dynasty can be inherited by the Ming Dynasty.
The main population of Jeju Island is not Korean.
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The earliest indigenous people on the island have either died out or been assimilated.
During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the powerful officials of Goryeo defected here, and the Koreans began to rule Jeju Island. But soon, the Yuan Dynasty conquered Jeju Island, and a large number of prisoners were exiled to the island to raise horses, including Amuge, the king of Wei in the Yuan Dynasty.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Chen Youliang's son and his confidants, Ming Yuzhen's son and his confidants, as well as a bunch of royal families from the Yuan Dynasty, were all thrown to Jeju Island by Zhu Yuanzhang. In addition, the remnants of Fang Guozhen also took the initiative to flee to Jeju Island.
Jeju Island, therefore the island is dominated by Mongolians and Han people.
Jeju Island lies between the waters of the Ming Dynasty, Japan, and Korea. The maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty have long been keen on it, and they plan to cause a big event this time.
By the way, give the disobedient North Korean leader Li Yi a beating.
At noon the next day, the merchant fleet arrived near Jeju Island and directly blocked Tamna Port in the north.
The shouts of killing were loud on the dock, but it was the islanders who were killing North Korean officials. The Daminghai Merchant Fleet did not directly take action, but only blocked the port to prevent the North Korean official ships from escaping.
Not only here, but the entire Jeju Island is in riots.
A date was agreed upon in advance and both parties cooperated. The descendants of Mongolian and Han people on the island massacred Korean officials and civilians to vent their oppression and resentment they had suffered for centuries.
Of course there is oppression, of course there is hatred. When North Korea took over Jeju Island, would the people on the island be obedient? The Han people and Mongols on Jeju Island had been fighting against North Korean officers and soldiers for more than ten years, and they barely subsided after many suppressions and inducement to surrender. Then,
North Korea has continued to immigrate to the island and send officials to exploit them. Han Chinese and Mongolian descendants have long been unbearable.
A few days later, several rebel leaders gathered at the Tamna Port Pier.
Among them, there are descendants of Chen Youliang, descendants of Ming Yuzhen, descendants of Fang Guozhen, descendants of King Yuan Wei, and descendants of King Yuan Liang... Just saying the names of their ancestors can make Ming officials tremble with fear.
The leaders knelt at the pier and said to Wu Shouye, the temporary leader of the Ming Dynasty fleet: "North Korea was cruel, and the islanders could not bear the oppression, so they rose up to resist. Tamna (Jeju Island) has been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times, and it was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty.
The land and the people on the island all want to return to the embrace of the mother country. If His Majesty the Ming Dynasty is willing to accept it, please make Tamluo a vassal state. From now on, the Tamluo Kingdom will always be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty for generations to come!"
Wu Shouye is a first-year student of Tianjin Industrial and Commercial School and a second disciple of Wang Yuan. He is currently the second-in-command of the Japanese-Korean trade of the "Guangyuan Society" (the maritime chamber of commerce of Wang Yuan and his disciples).
Wu Shouye sighed and said: "Tamluo Island was given to the Lord of Korea by Taizu a long time ago. Although your righteous deeds moved heaven and earth, you trapped the Ming Emperor in injustice. How could the heavenly dynasty go back on your word?"
Chen Wu, a descendant of Chen Youliang, said: "Although Emperor Taizu gave Tamluo Island to North Korea, the premise was that North Korea would contribute enough war horses to the Ming Dynasty. Now, how many war horses does North Korea contribute to the Ming Dynasty every year? The leader of North Korea has long forgotten
The original agreement only involved excessive exploitation of our islanders. This matter is because the leader of North Korea has reneged on his word, and Ming Dynasty can naturally take back the original reward!"
Wu Shouye nodded and said: "This is also reasonable, I will tell the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers."
Chen Wu said: "We request to have an audience with the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Please escort us by sea ship."
"Okay," Wu Shouye pointed to the kneeling North Korean official next to him, "Put these back. Don't commit more crimes."
Those North Korean officials deliberately spared them from execution and let them go back to report to the King of North Korea.
Chen Wu smiled and said: "Let him go!"
The North Korean official kowtowed quickly, thanked Wu Shouye and said: "Thank you so much for saving my life."
Wu Shouye asked: "Do you know what to say when I go back?"
North Korean officials responded one after another: "I know, I know!"
In October of the seventh year of Shaofeng, the tribes of Tamluo Island revolted and overthrew the brutal rule of Korea.
The leaders of various ministries went to Beijing to meet the Ming Emperor and requested the restoration of the Tamluo Kingdom. However, Yuan Zhen, a descendant of the Yuan Liang King, temporarily sought the throne and had a fierce conflict with Chen Wu, a descendant of Chen Youliang, so the establishment of the vassal state had to be abandoned.
The descendants of King Yuanliang were very powerful in Jeju Island, so they were naturally dissatisfied with the idea that the descendants of Chen Youliang should be the king of Tamna. Among them, the descendants of Ming Yuzhen were still secretly instigating that the Chen family could not rule Jeju Island anyway.
Many people with surnames such as Yuan, Liang, An, and Jiang in later generations of Korea had ancestors who were the Mongolian kings of Yuan and Liang.
After repeated mediation and consultation, one of the descendants of Chen Youliang, Ming Yuzhen, Fang Guozhen, King Yuanliang, and King Yuanwei was named an earl by the Ming Emperor Zhu Zaiyi. The Ming Dynasty also established Tamluo Prefecture, which was under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili.
Officials were dispatched to govern Jeju Island, but part of the territory had to be allocated to various ministries, and several newly minted earls should serve as county magistrates for generations.
On the other side, the leader of North Korea, Li Yi, was furious when he learned that Jeju Island was lost.
He sent people to Beijing to ask for an explanation. Before the North Korean envoys came back, the Ming envoys had already arrived in Hanyang (Seoul).
The envoy of the Ming Dynasty scolded: "The island of Tamna was originally a territory of the Ming Dynasty. Taizu was kind and gave it to the leader of North Korea. Now, North Korea has betrayed its faith and the tribute war horses are increasingly lacking. Have you ever remembered the promise you made back then? Not only that, Tamna Island has many
They are Han people, descendants of Mongolians, and they are all subjects of the Ming Dynasty. Since North Korea has acquired Tamra, why does it not treat the people of the Ming Dynasty well, and its excessive cruelty provokes the islanders to rebel? North Korea does not know benevolence and righteousness, and does not read etiquette. The Ming Dynasty takes its own responsibility.
Take back this island. From now on, North Korea will no longer be able to covet Tamra, otherwise China will definitely raise its troops and set sail!"
Li Yi was dumbfounded. It was me who lost my country. What the hell was wrong with me?
Li Yi has been in charge of the state affairs of North Korea for many years. He took advantage of the hatred between the two parties and repeatedly suppressed the ministers, and had already made the throne stable. He was so complacent that he looked at the sky from a well and dared to comment on all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, saying that except for Zhu Yuanzhang,
No one else is as good as him.
But at this moment, a small envoy from the Ming Dynasty made Li Yi feel uneasy and he bowed and said: "Please send the ambassador back to the emperor. I will definitely punish the officials of Tamluo severely, and I will treat the people of Tamluo well in the future..."
"No need," the Ming envoy interrupted, "the emperor has decided to take back Tamluo, and the country can take care of its own territory."
Li Yi was at a loss for words. After returning to the palace, he summoned the ministers and asked what happened to Tamna Island. As a result, the ministers all said that according to the old ceremonial records, the condition of Tamna Island given by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was indeed to let North Korea help raise it.
Horse tribute.
These words were all intended to save the face of North Korea's monarchs and ministers, and prove that North Korea did not lose its territory, but returned the territory of the Ming Dynasty that was under its care.
Li Yi felt that he was firmly in charge of the government, but in fact, his ministers had long respected the Emperor of Heaven.
In other words, they respect gold and silver!
With the prosperity of maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty, two major ports were born in North Korea. One was Jemulpo (Incheon) near Hanyang, and the other was Busanpo (Busan) next to Japan.
Cotton, silk, tea, porcelain, folding fans from the Ming Dynasty... continuously flowed into North Korea from these two ports. North Korea's related industries have long been defeated. In other words, they were barely surviving decades ago. In the face of the traditional industry and commerce of the Ming Dynasty, they only relied on tribute trade.
North Korea could not resist smuggling and smuggling before, let alone now that it has steam engines and is open to selling things to North Korea.
At the same time, North Korea's minerals, rice, medicinal materials... are also flowing out continuously, earning back a large amount of Zhengde Yuanbao and Zhengde Tongbao.
Several large families in North Korea have jointly monopolized trade between China and North Korea, and at the same time jointly control North Korea's national affairs. No matter who is the king of North Korea, they are only afraid that Ming Dynasty will ban trade between China and North Korea. If a diplomatic dispute arises, they will always speak for Ming Dynasty.
These guys used to build their own fleets. After encountering "pirates" many times, they simply started doing domestic business honestly. This alone allowed them to make a lot of money.
Nowadays, in the major cities of North Korea, the market is full of Zhengde Yuanbao and Tongbao. North Korea's own coins are no longer accepted by merchants and people because of their poor quality. The Ming Dynasty's money is the real good money.
Liu Mei, who had studied physics with Wang Yuan for more than ten years, had just returned to North Korea and no one took her seriously.
But now, Liu Mei is the master of Confucianism in North Korea and is recognized as a great Confucian by all major families. Because North Korea's first trading partner is the fleet of Wang Yuan and his disciples, Liu Mei is the uncle of many captains, and "
Many of the business leaders of the Guangyuan Society are brothers and sisters.
Liu Mei did not become an official, but only accepted apprentices and gave lectures in Hanyang. His reputation was getting higher and higher.
At this time, the leader of the Korean state, equivalent to the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet, was Liu Yuan, Liu Mei's younger brother.
King Li Yi of North Korea has no idea that the two parties in North Korea have reconciled long ago and just want to be happy and make money together. Their usual quarrels and political fights are all acting for the king. Even if there is a real quarrel, it is also the distribution of trade benefits.
Caused by unevenness.
Wang Ji witnessed such a major event when he went to sea for the first time, and he immediately felt the charm of the ocean!