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Chapter 581 Korean Proverb

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Although North Korea has been using Chinese characters as common characters for a long time since the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, they do not have their own writing.

Hangul script is also called Hangul, also known as Hunminjeongeum. Judging from the name, you can tell that it was modeled after the Ming Dynasty, and it was indeed created in the early Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, in order to promote Korean proverbs, King Sejong Yi Ge, who created the script, not only advocated the active use of proverbs by the entire country's gentry, but also made them a required test item for the imperial examination and printed them into Korean currency for circulation.

And then... no more.

The whole country of North Korea is unanimously opposed to the promotion of proverbs. Officials at all levels have issued warnings: Chinese characters have been in North Korea for a long time. If they are suddenly changed, I am afraid that the country will be in chaos.

Li Qi persisted for a while, but found that the resistance was too great, so he finally gave up.

However, the proverbs have been preserved, but they are only promoted among the two classes of nobles in North Korea. Just like Chinese, only North Korean gentry can speak and understand it.

This was the confidence that allowed the Ming Dynasty to dare to annex most of the country's territory. The entire country used Chinese characters and wore Chinese costumes and costumes (there were some differences, but the difference was not significant). Even the gentry class generally spoke Chinese.

At that time, even if there is a change of local people and the return of local people, immigrants will still have to immigrate, but there will be no need to change local people and return local people to local people.

Not only to immigrate to the Korean Peninsula, but also to move a large number of civilians and nobles from the Korean Peninsula to the Lelang hinterland and the middle and lower reaches of Heilongjiang.

Kaicheng Mansion.

The Ming army besieged this place for ten days now.

In the past ten days, except for deliberately releasing a few North Korean soldiers from Kaicheng to report to Seoul, Wang Zongtan had no intention of attacking Kaicheng. Instead, he continued to recruit the peasant troops and promised to give them land after the war. Will ignore them.

These peasant soldiers no longer trust the North Korean government, but they are still doubtful of Ming's father's words.

After all, there is such a halo, and the Ming army is strong, and there is no peasant army leader who is not wise. They can even beat the weak Korean officers and soldiers.

Wang Zongtan knew very well that even the clay figures would be very angry if they just cut off North Korea's land by force.

Then use the military method. Let's take a step back first, and the Ming army and the Korean army will fight head-on.

Once the fighting is over, it will be easier to talk about ceding territory and seeking peace.

Not to mention, he is a very particular person!

It's a pity that the Ming army obviously overestimated North Korea's courage.

Looking at Kaicheng in front of him, which had been "holding firm" for nearly ten days under the Ming army's offensive, Wang Zongtan frowned and said: "What happened to the Korean monarchs and ministers in Seoul? On the day my army came here, I asked them to return to Seoul. News, why is there still no movement in Seoul until now?”

Pu Zheng was also confused and couldn't figure out what was going on in Seoul. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had all arrived in Kaicheng, and they were very close to the capital of Seoul: "Marquis of Liaoyang, this is not the way to go. If Seoul has not taken any action, We can't stay in Kaicheng all the time. It's better for me to go to Seoul personally and find out some news about North Korea."

Wang Zongtan said: "Prefect Park is His Majesty's designated envoy for negotiation. How can he be easily involved in danger?"

When Pu Zheng heard this, he sneered and said: "Dangerous? Liaoyang Hou Tai promoted the Korean royal ministers in Seoul. Even if he is alone, he is the prefect of Pyongyang in the Ming Dynasty and an envoy appointed by His Majesty. It is for this person Even if I have the guts to help North Korea’s monarchs and ministers, I would never dare to do anything to my subordinates.”

Seeing that Wang Zongtan still had doubts, Pu Zheng added: "Your Majesty asked our Pyongyang army to go south because of the emperor's order, ordering us to recover the territory under the jurisdiction of the four Han counties. If it takes too long, even if we can succeed in the end Recover. The Marquis of Liaoyang and the lower officials must leave an impression of poor ability on His Majesty. Even if His Majesty does not say it on the surface, he will unconsciously think about it in his heart. Moreover, it is only a vassal state of Korea, so why waste it here? time?"

Pu Zheng really wants to make progress!

Wang Zongtan wanted to make the negotiations easier, so he wanted to use the power of Mount Tai to push North Korea to cede territory and seek peace.

But no one expected that, or their understanding of the Korean Kingdom was not deep enough or localized enough. According to ordinary people's thinking, tomorrow's soldiers will arrive in Kaicheng. No matter how stupid the Korean monarchs and ministers in Seoul are, they should put aside the internal conflicts of the party and unite with the outside world, right?

Even if there are disagreements with the outside world, at least we must first unify our opinions. There must be an explanation whether to surrender or to fight. You can't fight and surrender at the same time, right?

Hmm... maybe, it really can.

The Kaicheng side was besieged by the Ming army, and the Kaicheng government stayed behind and risked their lives. They "difficultly" broke out from the Ming army's blockade and delivered news of the Ming army troops to Seoul, including where they were deployed and how many peasant troops had been recruited.

Almost all the information that could be obtained, down to the smallest detail, was reported to Li Bin and his two groups of ministers.

And what are you doing in Seoul now?

They are fighting in the party.

Yes, it is a party struggle. Although the issue has changed, the same group of people are still fighting.

The southerners and the northerners changed from the appeasement faction to the stability-seeking faction. They believed that the father of the Ming Dynasty was still the father of the Ming Dynasty. They advocated that officials should be sent to Kaicheng to greet the Ming Dynasty king with their finances respectfully.

The remaining ministers of the Pingping faction were even tougher. The Ming army had already reached Kaicheng. How could they still be so aggrieved? They should immediately summon the soldiers and horses of King Qin from all over the country, as well as the remaining troops in Seoul, to fight to the death with the Ming master.

Of course, whether those who advocate sending people to inquire or those who advocate a decisive battle with the Ming army are actually just excuses for party disputes.

You may really send people, but in a decisive battle with the Ming army, are you crazy or are they crazy?

Others may not know what kind of bad behavior North Korean officers and soldiers are like, but how can they still not know? Going to war with the Ming army is like a rat licking a cat...ahem.

Even this so-called decisive battle is a traditional performance of North Korean party struggle.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea used this as an excuse to say that it would train one hundred thousand troops to help the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition to destroy the Qing Dynasty. In fact, the training of one hundred thousand troops was a lie, and the Northern Expedition to destroy the Qing Dynasty was also a lie.

The key is that they wanted to gain the legal recognition of the Ming Dynasty. Because of their political stance, they had differences on whether to follow the Qing Dynasty or to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, and successfully divided into two factions.

In short, it is a mess. Party strife has become a tradition. Even if the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, party strife will still persist.

The North Korean officers and soldiers who delivered the message from Kaesong were unable to send troops to Seoul. They argued for more than ten days, but neither faction came up with a solution.

This can no longer be entirely blamed on them, because even Li Bin can't make up his mind either.

Fortunately, Ming Dynasty only wanted the three central regions and had no interest in the south, and it never thought about abolishing Li's Korea.

Otherwise, if their endless internal strife and internal strife continue, the Ming army will probably be able to fight all the way to the Korean Strait unimpeded.

"Your Majesty, the Chinese Angel has arrived!"

"What? Where is the Chinese Angel? Quickly take everyone to greet him."

Li Bin was inexplicably frightened, and without caring about the majesty of the king, he stood up and followed the reporting officer out of Seoul.

Following them out of the city to greet him were hundreds of North Korean officials in Seoul. Even Seoul's wealthy families were mobilized to join the North Korean officers and soldiers in organizing a line of people to welcome him.

The Ming army marched all the way to Kaicheng, North Korea without notice. It was as if these things had never happened.

(End of this chapter)