The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 591 No matter if they did it or not
On April 4, after cleaning up the Zhuhe faction in a few days, Ding Yi followed Li Ji to Seoul, the capital of the Korean king.

Li Jing hosted a feast in the Royal Palace of Seoul for the soldiers of the Ming army who had assisted in the expedition.

During the meeting, Ding Yi and Li Zhen also talked about the expenses of this expedition.

Ding Yi said that the Ming army fought decisive battles with the Qing army at Ganghwa Island, Anguling, and Namhan Mountain City, causing countless casualties.

Li Zhen hurriedly said, Xiao Wang has prepared 20 taels of silver, and I hope the general will accept it with a smile.

Ding Yi immediately expressed his displeasure.

Li Zhen had a good plan. Historically, when the Manchu Qing conquered Korea, the people and goods they plundered were not counted. The gold and silver items were worth more than one million. In addition, the prince, a prince and all the ministers gave their sons as gifts. quality.

Then the ministers of North Korea spent a lot of money to redeem their sons.

At the same time, it also stipulates the annual currency in the future, how much silver and how much grain will be given to the Qing Dynasty every year.

In the private negotiations between the two parties before, Man Qing had mentioned it.

Ding Yi's expression was not good, and he said slowly through his drunkenness: "I heard that in the private contract between Jiannu and you, the yearly currency is 20 taels of silver and 20 shi of grain and rice?"

Li Jing's face turned red. Of course he did not agree to this treaty, nor did he continue the peace talks with the Qing people, but in the original history, he did agree to it later.

I save you 20 silver and 20 shim every year, but you only give me 20?Old brother, are you a little unreasonable?That's probably what Ding Yi meant.

Not to mention that without Ding Yi's presence, North Korea's losses would be at least in the millions.

Li Zhen thought for a while, but he didn't dare to agree on the spot. He lowered his head and said softly: "After Xiao Wang discusses with the ministers, I will give the general an answer."

"Hmm." Ding Yi drew out a long nasal sound.

At this time, he was sitting in the palace, surrounded by his armor, although he was in another country, he was not afraid.

After he entered Seoul, the Dongjiang Army first took over the city defense, and another [-] elite troops entered the city, completely controlling the city.

In the palace, there are also his soldiers and horses, and this is the reason why he dares to sit here and drink.

North Korea is different from Japan, and there are obvious pro-Qing factions in the country.

Although Ding Yi forced Li Zhen to kill a group of them, Ding Yi did not dare to be careless.

There are also the more annoying Jurchen Varkas.

In the original history, when the Qing soldiers came in, it was the Jurchen Varkas who were supporting them.

Finally, after Huang Taiji conquered North Korea, he asked North Korea to return all the Varkas in the territory to the Qing Dynasty, and Huang Taiji got another wave of elite soldiers.

Therefore, at this time, Ding Yi looked at his armor around him, and suddenly thought of the Varkas.

"I also heard that this time there are Varka people guiding the way for the Qing soldiers, and they are supporting them?"

"A group of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves." Li Zhen said harshly.

In their country, they call the Varka people the Wuliangha people.

During the Ming Dynasty, the people of the country divided the Jurchen in the Northeast into three parts, namely Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen, and Savage Jurchen.

The East China Sea is mainly composed of three Jurchen tribes, namely the Warka tribe, Woji tribe, and Kurka tribe.

The Varka tribe is the descendant of the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe left in the Tumen River Basin.

At that time, North Korea’s influence in the Tumen River Basin was stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty, and six towns were established on the east bank of the Tumen River, with a large number of troops stationed. Therefore, the Varka tribe was relatively submissive at that time, and there was such a tradition of accepting the appointment of the Ming Dynasty. Also accept North Korea's official title.

After Japan's Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked North Korea, North Korea's troops in the Tumen River area were wiped out, and it gradually lost its ability to appease the Varka and other departments in the Tumen River Basin.

After the rise of Nurhachi, in order to increase his own strength, he focused on the populous Varka tribe.

What is the population of Varka?
At that time, the Varka tribe existed in both the Ming Dynasty and North Korea. In North Korea alone, there were more than 1588 households in 8500, and there were more than 4 people based on four to five people in one household. a small portion of .

In 1606, Nurhaci had already established a foothold in Varka, which can be regarded as the beginning of a large-scale attack on Varka.
At that time, because the Ula tribe of the Haixi Jurchen attacked Varka many times, many people in Varka chose to take refuge in Nurhachi.

So in 1606, there were thousands of households in Feiyou City of Varkabu brought people to Nurhachi, and Nurhachi heard the news and hurriedly sent people to pick them up.

When the Wula tribe got the news, they sent tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to intercept them, and a big battle broke out between the two sides in the Wujieyan area.

According to historical records: "Khan's two sons led 3000 troops to defeat Buzhantai's [-] soldiers, killed Bokdobeile and his son who commanded the Ula soldiers, captured the resident Beile father and son and his younger brother Huribubeile, and killed [-] people. Get [-] horses and [-] armors."

After this battle, the Ula tribe had to temporarily submit to Nurhachi after being severely injured, and was completely annexed a few years later.

And the Varka tribe has also become a thing in Nurha's bare hands.

The main purpose of Nurhaci's dispatch of troops to the Varka tribe was to plunder the population.

"Even plundering islands, digging buried valleys, threatening threats, and so on."

This time Nurhachi no longer has any scruples about Lee's North Korean attitude.

The history book said: "Withdrawing all the vassals, five or six thousand elite soldiers will be obtained as the army of confidantes."

After this incident, Nurhachi got five or six thousand elite Jurchen soldiers.

Although the Ming Dynasty is still the nominal co-lord at this time, Lee's Korea also hopes that the Ming Dynasty can teach Nurhachi a lesson.

But after the Battle of Wujieyan, even though he knew that Nurhaci had annexed the Valka tribe, he only said that he knew:

"Strictly ordered the country (North Korea) to overhaul its military equipment and rectify its border defenses. It also ordered the left governor of the Liao Dynasty to select the servants as servants, and ordered the slave chieftains to guard the frontiers and not invade each other."

And compared to the Lee Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was inclined to Nurhachi at that time, and Nurhachi also told the Ming Dynasty, "All the Varka tribes in the neighboring North Korea belong to me. Anyone who enters North Korea can be ordered to investigate."

As a result, the Ming Dynasty at that time came to a very coquettish operation, and actually ordered Li's North Korea to find out nearly a thousand Varka households and send them to Nurhachi, which once again strengthened Nurhachi's strength.

Of course Ding Yi is not aware of this period of history, but he knows that there are Jurchens in North Korea who are helping the Qing Dynasty, and he also has a heart for the Qing Dynasty.

So he asked, "How many Varkas are there in the country?"

Of course Li Jing didn't know, and immediately waved for Jin Shangxian.

Kim Sang-heon, known as Moon Cheon-hsiang in North Korea, was a staunch fighter in the original history, and was even more famous for "tearing and writing by hand".

In history, when Li Zhen was about to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he took off his clothes and voluntarily died in front of the Qing soldiers, and he was unwilling to surrender.

After Lu Chao entered the DPRK, he took his route specifically to establish a relationship with him.

Jin Shangxian looked down on the Manchu Qing Dynasty and fully supported Ding Yi and the Ming Dynasty. He was an unswerving anti-Qing patriot.

Kim Sang-heon was summoned before the king and knelt beside Ding Yi and Li Zhen with a very happy expression.

"Golden verdict, General Ding asked, how many Varkas are there in the country?"

At this time, Kim Sang-heon was the judge of Joseon Li Cao.

The six Caos of Li Cao, Gong Cao, and Li Cao in North Korea corresponded to the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty.

The verdict is equivalent to the Shangshu of the Ming Dynasty.

Kim Sang-heon, as the judge of Li Cao, knows a lot about the affairs between countries.

Sure enough, he did not hesitate: "Last year, according to Li Cao's statistics, there are currently 6500 households in the Varka tribe in China, about 30000 people."

Ding Yi smiled, and said again: "The slave-building contract requires you to send all the Varkas to slavery?"

Li Ji and Jin Shangxian looked at each other, Li's face was flushed, while Jin gritted his teeth and said: "My king has already refused, I would rather fight to the death."

Li quickly nodded, yes, and then thought that he had said in front of Ding Yi that he had not negotiated peace with the Qing Dynasty, so he quickly shook his head.

Ding Yi moved his fingers lightly on the table for a moment.

Quickly said: "Divide Valka into three parts."

"Let them choose first, [-] households will be sent to Jeju, [-] households will be sent to senior officials, and [-] households will be given to North Korea."

"Tell them, Jeju officials, there are fields, grain, silver, tea, sugar and salt, which are beneficial."

When Ding Yi said this, a gloomy expression appeared on his face: "The one who chooses to stay in North Korea must have a heart for slavery."

"The earlier you choose, the more you want to seek refuge with Jianu."

"Then declare, let them point out to each other who is secretly colluding with Jiannu to invade your kingdom."

"They probably won't do that." Ding Yi said with a smile, "But it doesn't matter whether they do it or not."

"Afterwards, we insisted that someone has been pointed out and secretly colluded with Jianu."

"Then leave the choice in each household in North Korea—" Ding Yi said here, and glanced at Li Zhen lightly: "The men who are taller than the wheel will be beheaded, and the rest will be moved to the senior officials."

"Hiss." Li Zhen and Jin Shangxian's expressions changed drastically, and they gasped.

(End of this chapter)