"Your Majesty, the forward fleet sent a speedboat to report and found a fleet in the East China Sea, coming from the east."
Liu Chao boarded the deck and reported to Zhu Yihai.
At this time, Zhu Yihai was holding a telescope in his hand to watch birds. Although this thing had already been introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty, it was even a must-have artifact for merchants and pirates. This thing was so popular in the sky and on the ground, especially
Named Telescope.
However, Zhu Yihai felt that although this thing was extremely expensive to sell, its effect was mediocre. He felt that the high price was not worth it. He even thought that it should not be difficult to imitate, and he could organize some craftsmen in Zhoushan, Wenzhou or Yiwu to imitate it.
At that time, whether the equipment is given to officers or sold for civilian use, it will always be very profitable.
We can't always let foreigners cut our leeks.
It is said that more than 40 years ago, after Galileo built the astronomical telescope, the news spread to China. Twenty years ago, Tang Ruowang took the lead in translating the book Telescope, introducing the use, principle, construction and production methods of the telescope.
It is said that this thing was sent as tribute to the Ming Dynasty palace thirty years ago.
"Your Majesty?"
"Well," Zhu Yihai put away the telescope, "Is there anything special?"
"That fleet came from North Korea and was bound for Dengzhou." Liu Chao reported.
North Korea.
This name is not unfamiliar to Daming.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Red Turban Army went on the Northern Expedition, fought in Liaodong, and even invaded North Korea for a time. At that time, North Korea was still the Goryeo Dynasty. Li Chenggui, the son of Li Zichun of Daru Huachi in the Yuan Dynasty, fought for the King of Goryeo. During the battle with the Red Turban Army
He accumulated prestige, controlled the army, and finally established himself as king.
In the 25th year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, when the sun was shining brightly in the sky, Li Chenggui sent an envoy to pay tribute and request for canonization.
The Ministry of Rites replied with the imperial edict of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. Since the subjects of the three Han Dynasties respect the Li family, there will be no military disasters for the people, and everyone will enjoy the happiness of heaven. This is the emperor's order. Although from now on, we must carefully guard the territory and avoid deceit, and our blessings will increase.
The Ministry of Rites expresses my wishes.
After Li Chenggui received this imperial edict, he sent an envoy to Nanjing to thank him and donate 60 horses.
He also asked Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty to grant him a national title. He said that having a national title was not something that a small minister would dare to do. I would like to submit the name of the ancient country founded by Jizi, North Korea, and the name of Hening, the place where Li Chenggui was born. Hearing this, Datian listened and Fu
Look to the Holy Judgment.
Zhu Yuanzhang finally chose the word "North Korea".
As a result, the country name North Korea was approved by the Ming Dynasty and officially replaced the Goryeo Dynasty.
The name Korea is quite special because it was a dynasty that was established in the northern part of Sanhan after the demise of the Shang Dynasty and the clan Jizi moved eastward. It lasted from the Zhou Dynasty to the early Western Han Dynasty.
At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, King Lu Wan of Yan rebelled against the Han Dynasty. Lu Wan was defeated and fled to the Xiongnu region. His general Wei Man went into exile and defected to the east of Jizi Korea. Wei Man gained a foothold. Later, when he became full-fledged, he launched
He mutinied, captured the royal city, and proclaimed himself king, known as Wei Man Korea.
However, after Weiman rebelled and usurped the throne, when the throne was passed to his grandson, he was destroyed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty because he killed the people of Liaodong, the Han Dynasty.
During the Han Dynasty, four counties were established on the peninsula. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Fuyu people from Liaodong went south to establish the Goguryeo Dynasty. After the development of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it became the dominant power in the Northeast. The Sui and Tang Dynasties sent troops continuously, and finally united with the Korean and Silla Dynasty generals in the south of the peninsula.
its demise.
Later, the Silla people took advantage of the Tang Dynasty's war with Tubo, Turks, Khitans, etc. to backstab the Tang Dynasty, seize the northern part of the peninsula, and unify the peninsula. In the late Silla period, there were rebellions in various places. Some people claimed to be descendants of Goguryeo, and finally established a dynasty.
Later, he took the country name Goryeo.
However, this Goryeo is actually a Sanhan people, and is actually completely unrelated to the Goguryeo Kingdom established by the Buyeo people in Liaodong.
The Joseon Dynasty established by Li Chenggui has nothing to do with Jizi Korea and Weiman Joseon. The earliest Joseon Dynasty was established by the merchant Jizi, and Li Chenggui was from Sanhan. He used Korea as the country's name, but he also had some attachments.
Jizi means North Korea. After all, Jizi is the three sages of Shang Zhou who were named after Bi Gan, and his country Zuo is also very long.
Historically known as the Jizi sealing Korea, it was passed down to Wang Zhun in the 41st century, and the country was lost to Wei Man in 928 years, which is much longer than the 800 years since the world was established.
Zhu Yuanzhang chose North Korea to give Li Chenggui the title of country, and it must be because of this relationship, which can deepen the suzerain-vassal relationship.
The two dynasties, established almost at the same time, have been getting along for nearly three hundred years, and their relationship is indeed very good.
Zhu Yuanzhang once designated North Korea as a country without conquests, and North Korea was also loyal to the Ming Dynasty. They usually added Youming North Korea, Huangming North Korea, etc. before their country names to show their vassal relationship.
Naturally, the Ming Dynasty had nothing to say about Korea. During the Wanli War to Resist Japan and Aid Korea, the Ming Dynasty used the blood of tens of thousands of soldiers to rescue the destroyed Korea from the hands of the Japanese.
Even in history, the Ming Dynasty helped them recover from several civil strife in Korea.
Every time there was a famine in North Korea, they would buy food from the Central Plains to tide over the difficulties.
The Li family of Korea has always been the loyal little brother of the Ming Dynasty. Even after the rise of Hou Jin in Liaodong, the Li family of Korea continued to help send troops and food to defeat Hou Jin. In the end, Korea was conquered by the Qing army, and the king of Korea was forced to go to Huang Taiji.
The ceremony of kneeling three times and knocking down nine times was finally completely controlled by the Manchus.
"In which year did the king of Korea surrender to Huang Taiji with three kneels and nine kowtows?" Zhu Yihai asked.
"It was the tenth year of Chongzhen."
Grain
The King of Joseon, Lee Jo, was later called Injo. This man was quite legendary. He was the grandson of King Seonjong of Joseon and the nephew of King Gwanghaegun Lee Hyun. Under normal circumstances, it was impossible for him to be the king.
His father was the son of a concubine and was known to be dissolute and not a serious person.
After the Imjin Japanese Rebellion broke out in Korea, the king at that time, like Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty, ran to the territory of the Ming Dynasty with all his strength. While running back, he made his son Guanghaejun the crown prince in a flash, and asked him to stay in Korea to Fujun.
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Gwanghaejun was also very mischievous when he was young, but he performed very well during the Japanese Rebellion. However, he failed to first request the Ming Dynasty to be canonized, so the Ming Dynasty was always unhappy about this and was unwilling to officially recognize him. Fortunately, he
My father's life was short-lived. In the thirty-sixth year of Wanli's reign, Emperor Xuanzu passed away and Li Hui came to the throne. The Ming Dynasty had no choice but to canonize him as king the following year.
After Li Hui became king, he returned to his lustful nature, appointed treacherous ministers, and repeatedly raised suspicions and jails. Especially for those brothers who had coveted him when his throne was unstable, he showed no mercy, one after another.
eradication.
Although Li Zhu's father was not killed like his other brothers, he was not spared by the king. Even his family was taken away to build a palace, and his younger brother was also involved in the rebellion and was killed.
However, later Li Hui tried to commit suicide. He was actually afraid of Hou Jin's rise and power. Not only did he refuse the assistance requested by the Ming Dynasty, he even secretly communicated with Hou Jin and even wanted to send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty.
The natural result was a coup, that is, King Injo was betrayed anyway. Lee Joon's cousin and other generals launched a mutiny, stormed the palace, arrested Li Hui and his son, abolished the house arrest, and welcomed Li Joo to the throne.
After Li Zhu succeeded to the throne, he quickly resumed his allegiance to the Ming Dynasty and supported the Ming army in fighting against the Hou Jin Dynasty.
He reigned for more than 20 years and was good to the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Qing army invaded North Korea twice. In the end, Li Shu surrendered after being besieged for a long time and surrendered to Huang Taiji. The prince was also kidnapped to Shenyang, and the main fighting faction was also captured. Take him back and put him to death.
From then on, Korea became a vassal state of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
However, it is said that although Li Jie was forced to kneel three times and kowtow to Huang Taiji in the tenth year of Chongzhen, and his son was later taken to Shenyang as a hostage, and the pro-Manchu Luo Party was in power in the court, Li Jie still hated the Manchus. .
They did not dare to openly oppose the Qing Dynasty, but they also made some small moves secretly. For example, in some official documents of North Korea, they were not allowed to use the Manchu Dynasty era name, directly used the North Korean era name, and even continued to use the Chongzhen Dynasty era name.
After the news of Chongzhen's suicide by hanging reached North Korea, Li Zhu secretly shed tears.
And when his eldest son remained hostage in the Qing Dynasty for several years, he gradually turned pro-Qing, and after the Manchus entered the customs and returned him to North Korea, Li Zhu actually poisoned the eldest son secretly, and then established a government just like him. Lord Fenglin, the son of the Qing Dynasty who hated the Qing Dynasty, became the crown prince.
And this prince, who later succeeded to the throne as Xiaozong, began to purge the pro-Qing Luo Party after taking the throne, and then continued to plan the Northern Expedition. He wanted to train 100,000 musketeers, build captives for the Northern Expedition, and even planned to break into Shanhaiguan and unite the Central Plains to resist the Qing Dynasty. The rebel army restored the country of Ming Dynasty.
However, it was a pity that famines occurred one after another in Korea at that time, and the Qing army quickly unified the Central Plains. Many ministers in Korea did not dare to make the Northern Expedition.
He failed to wait for the San Francisco Rebellion after Kangxi ascended the throne. In the 16th year of Shunzhi, he died young. It is said that he dreamed that Jin Zidian, the leader of the Luo Party who was pro-Qing Dynasty, broke into the palace with a sword and assassinated him, and then he died. A pustule developed on his temples and spread to his face. When the doctor was giving him acupuncture, he accidentally punctured a blood vessel. The bleeding stopped and he died. He was only forty-one years old when he died.
This can't help but make people suspect that he, who wanted to expedition to the north of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and restore the country for the Ming Dynasty, was actually assassinated.
How can any doctor die after acupuncture punctures a blood vessel, causing the blood to flow uncontrollably?
This is too unreasonable.
However, since the tenth year of Chongzhen, North Korea has indeed separated from the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, a North Korean fleet appeared in the East China Sea near Shandong, which caused surprise.
"Merchant Marine?"
"It's a grain transport fleet heading to Dengzhou." Liu Chao asked Zhu Yihai for instructions, "General Ruan Mei, the forward, would like to ask your Majesty whether to annihilate them?"
Zhu Yihai understood after hearing this.
The Tatars are now severely short of food, especially on the front line of Shandong and Huainan. The Tatars are unable to obtain food supplies from Huguang, Jiangnan and other places, and now they are targeting the North Korean thugs.
It was obvious that Bangzi had been forcibly deprived of food.
After North Korea surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, North Korea and the Qing Dynasty also opened border markets, specifically Jiangzhong City in the center of the Yalu River, and two border markets in the upper reaches.
It turned out that the Sino-North Korean trade island, which was the most popular during the Chongzhen period, was abandoned after the Qing army captured Dongjiang Town.
It turns out that when Mao Wenlong was in Dongjiang, the Sino-North Korean trade on Pi Island was very prosperous. Mao Wenlong opened a market and collected taxes to support the army. He was very supportive, and businessmen from all over the country rushed there.
But in recent years, North Korea has actually no longer had direct trade with the Central Plains. Their trade is basically limited to the Yalu River area. The rest is tribute trade in which the envoys bring some tribute when paying tribute and then accept the reward.
The trade between China and North Korea mainly involves the exchange of silk, firearms, etc. from the Central Plains for North Korean ginseng, wood, medicinal materials, etc. It is not cost-effective to transport food by sea.
But now Dorgon said that Bangzi, who had changed his identity to the Manchus as his father, had no choice but to send ships to bring food over honestly. Even though they were actually going through the Little Ice Age, there were also famines, and they still had not recovered from the two chaos.
, but I dare not not bring food.
But what they didn't expect was that in order to save time this time, they did not take the old route along the coast, but sailed directly from Pyongyang across the East China Sea to Dengzhou, but in the end they would still encounter the Ming Army's Northern Expedition King Division.
Imperial fleet.
"First surround the North Korean grain transport fleet. Don't let them escape, but don't attack them either. Show your identity and tell them that they are the Imperial Navy of the Great Tomorrow. Let the team they lead come to see me!"
