Wanli 1592

Chapter 1283 Li Yan arrives in Beijing

Li Yan was the first vassal monarch to arrive in Beijing to pay homage to Xiao Ruxun.

Li Yan, who has always regarded himself as the first vassal state of China, is an absolute loyal minister of Qin Dynasty in every sense, especially after the Jurchen Rebellion, the administration of North Korea was basically destroyed, and the government offices in various places were destroyed seven or eight times. Eight, it is impossible to establish effective governance.

Some Jurchens sabotaged, and some of their own people sabotaged. Some bandits and people with ulterior motives took advantage of the chaos to organize and dominate the local area.

Some places were directly occupied by them, and some places started to protect themselves under the leadership of famous gentry, forming a separatist regime.

Seeing that the central government was about to collapse, the monarchs and ministers fled in a hurry, and the army around them basically disintegrated without the will to fight, the rule of the Li Dynasty was about to come to an end.

As a result, the Daqin army arrived in time, wiped out all the invading Jurchens, and left an army to help the North Korean army rebuild training, and also took on the task of countering the rebellion.

From the first year of Longwu to the second year of Longwu, the Qin army quelled the rebellion of 37 bandits and people with ulterior motives in North Korea, and helped North Korean officials return to the local area to establish rule and stabilize the rule of the Li Dynasty.

The support of the Qin army this time was evaluated by the North Korean monarchs and officials as the same grace of reconstruction as the support of the Ming army, because the support of the Great Qin enabled the continuation of the rule of the Li Dynasty. Shrine to pray.

Until this time, many Korean scholars finally admitted that Daqin had replaced Daming as the father of North Korea, and became a reliable umbrella for North Korea.

It was Xiao Ruxun who originally led the army into North Korea to defeat Japan. So far, Daqin's status as the suzerain of North Korea has been completely recognized by the North Koreans.

Later, with the help of Daqin, North Korea switched to trade and established a shipping department to increase its fiscal revenue. Daqin merchants entered North Korea to do business in large numbers to buy materials, and at the same time paid taxes to the North Korean government for use.

Under Xiao Ruxun's behest, some official imperial merchants signed agreements with North Korea to purchase a large amount of supplies, allowing North Korea to replace money and weapons with supplies.

There is also the matter of Jeju Island. Xiao Ruxun forcibly snatched Jeju Island from North Korea as a prison for the Ming royal family to be exiled.

In this way, Daqin provided the North Korean government with capital for post-war reconstruction. The North Korean government relied on these silver coins to survive the most dangerous period and gradually recovered from the war.

Officials from all over the country persuaded Nongsang, called the people to rebuild the place, and gradually restored order. Of course, the most important thing is that the garrison of Daqin still stayed in the three capitals of North Korea as a deterrent, so that the younger generation would not dare to move.

Geoje Island in North Korea was leased by the Daqin Navy, and some silver taels were given every year as a docking place for the Daqin Navy.

The Great Qin Land and Navy have been stationed in North Korea, and North Koreans feel very safe and will not be attacked by Japanese pirates or bandits again.

With the collapse of the Wa Kingdom, Xiao Ruxun planned to withdraw his troops from North Korea, only retaining the naval base on Geoje Island, and withdrawing all [-] troops.

When the news spread to North Korea, there were ministers in North Korea who suggested to Li Yan to retain the Daqin garrison, even if it was a little less, a symbolic garrison of several thousand people would be fine.

And through this method, Xiao Ruxun has a good understanding of North Korea's military economy and politics, not only has political influence far beyond that of the previous Ming Dynasty, but also has done particularly well in terms of economic penetration.

Through the reconstruction of Korea after the war, the imperial merchants directly controlled by him and the private merchants indirectly controlled by him basically controlled the important material trading channels of North Korea.

Xiao Ruxun also referred to the practice of the Beacon of Freedom, and negotiated with the North Korean government to let them plant some crops that Daqin lacked, and Daqin would be responsible for all the purchases.

For example, peanuts, such as soybeans, are oil crops that are in short supply in Daqin. Xiao Ruxun also suggested that North Korea organize people to raise poultry, and Daqin will also be responsible for purchasing large quantities.

Then they can use the money to buy grain with Daqin, and Daqin will export a large amount of grain to North Korea at a relatively low price to ensure North Korea's food supply.

Xiao Ruxun sent people to sign a relevant purchase agreement with the North Korean government. When they learned of such a good thing, Li Yan’s government, who was open to money, ordered the main agricultural areas of the country to plant peanuts and soybeans instead, and raised poultry by the way, telling the farmers They will have a special person to come to buy.

At the beginning, people were dubious. It was not until the merchants in Daqin came to buy peanuts, soybeans and poultry at high prices that they finally believed and regretted not planting them as soon as possible.

As a result, the main agricultural areas in North Korea began to grow peanuts and soybeans. The peanut and soybean planting experts sent from Daqin to guide them became the most popular people, while the most traditional grain planting did not have too many people. I care about it.

North Korea is making great strides towards becoming the exclusive economic colony of Daqin.

In this regard, it is not that no one among the Korean royal family and the two ministers has raised objections, saying that everyone is planting soybeans and peanuts, and no one is growing food. So when there is a food crisis in Daqin, what should we do?Eat soybeans and peanuts as a meal?
Many people raised objections to this, and those who raised objections belonged to the Western People's Party, so the opponents seized this opportunity to attack this country with the charges of "slandering the country of the father of the king" and "judging the belly of the gentleman with the heart of a villain". Guys get on the line.

As a result, the controversy over the matter itself disappeared, and turned into a party struggle, and a new round of party struggle between North Korean monarchs and ministers happily began.

Li Yan didn't care about this at all. In his opinion, Daqin helped him regain the throne and stabilize the country. If Daqin wanted North Korea, he could just sit back and watch North Korea perish and then fight over.

Why bother?

Pure nonsense.

How could China, which is rich and omnipotent in its country, take a fancy to North Korea, a small one-third of an acre of land?

This time Li Yan, as the first foreign vassal monarch to arrive, also suffered a lot.

Because he didn't dare to take a boat, he galloped on land for a long time. In order to get to No.1 before Shangning, Li Yan also worked hard, and finally entered the capital three days before the arrival of Ryukyu Wang Shangning.

After arriving in the capital, Li Yan sent people to deliver precious medicinal materials such as ginseng, a specialty of North Korea, and some rare antiques, and because he was the first to arrive, the Great Qin Emperor Longyan Dayue personally issued an order to praise Li Yan.

Xiao Ruxun praised Li Yan for his loyalty and praised him as the "Lord of Little China". He rewarded him with money and things, and also gave Li Yan the calligraphy of "Loyalty and Justice" written by himself.

(End of this chapter)