At the end of September 17 and September of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea, Hanyang.

Everything in Hanyang City is still as dilapidated and bleak as ever.

The state of the Korean Kingdom is quite long, from the establishment of the Hongwu year of the Ming Dynasty to the present day, and it will continue to exist for many years. Although it experienced two invasions from Japan and the Qing Dynasty, the research remained unmoved. Historically, it was not until 1910 that it was incorporated into the Japanese Empire due to the signing of the Japan-Korea Merger Treaty.

However, the long Korean kingdom has never been glorious and powerful, and has always been half-dead and messing around. Even Hanyang City, the capital of a country, smells of poverty everywhere.

The Kingdom of Korea may be considered by many to be similar to the neighboring kingdom of Japan, and perhaps more affluent. After all, the Middle Ages in Japan were very chaotic and there were endless civil wars. Since its establishment, the Kingdom of Korea has been relatively stable.

But in fact, a stable North Korea is not as financially capable as a chaotic Japan! The latter is a country rich in gold, silver, and brass. Moreover, the Japanese samurai were also more able to manage the territory than the two classes of Korean nobles......

The Korean kingdom, which was under the management of two classes of nobles, has now returned to the stable and poor days of three or two hundred years, but it is not down, and it is still happy, only occasionally external forces suddenly break in, breaking the stable years that should have remained unchanged for thousands of years.

Several healthy horses also galloped from the direction of Incheon, passing over the streets of Hanyang, and the knights on horseback were all wearing the uniforms of the Beijing army, most of them were the horses sent by the Dragon and Tiger Battalion stationed in Incheon!

These knights didn't know what terrible news they had brought, and they didn't slow down when they entered Hanyang City, but instead rushed towards the Qingyun Palace in the center of Hanyang City.

The Korean people who saw this scene all became nervous - what happened to these knights of the Dragon and Tiger Battalion? Why gallop in Hanyang City? Could something terrible have happened?

They are soldiers who are prepared in Incheon! Could it be that the Japanese are coming again...... A few days ago, there were rumors that the Japanese invaders had occupied Jeju Island! Could it be that now they have hit Incheon?

Looking at the distant backs of the knights, the people of Hanyang City once again raised their hearts to their throats.

How could this poor and small Korean country always make the Japanese people on the other side of the ocean worry about it?

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Gyeongungung Palace was not a royal palace, but the residence of Wolsan Daejun, the elder brother of Seongjong of Joseon. During the Imjin War, Gyeongbokgung Palace, which was the main palace, and Changdeokgung Palace and Changgyeonggung Palace, which were the departure palaces, were all burned down by the Japanese invaders, so Gyeongungung Palace had to be regarded as a temporary palace.

The Joseon Kingdom was even poorer after the Imjin War, and it was no longer able to repair the vast Gyeongbokgung Palace, so it had to build Changdeokgung Palace first. Before the renovation of Changdeokgung Palace was completed, the Joseon king lived in the Gyeongyun Palace, which was not much larger than the Chinese landlord's compound. However, after the restoration, Changdeokgung Palace was not used for too long, and there was another coup d'état - Injo anyway, the palace that had been repaired with great difficulty was burned down again.

Therefore, the newly appointed Korean king at that time, Yi Liang, could only move back to Qingyun Palace and slowly save money to repair the house. In the process of saving money, he encountered Ding Mao and Bingzi (the invasion of the Later Jin and Qing Kingdoms), and the money he had finally saved was tossed again.

Therefore, the king of Joseon, Yi Liang, has been the king for more than 20 years, and he is stunned that he has not saved enough money to repair Changdeok Palace. Therefore, Li Liang could only settle for the next best thing, and prepared to use the method of demolishing the east house to make up the west house, demolishing the Inqing Palace built by Gwanghaejun at the foot of Inwang Mountain, and demolishing the palace that could still be used in the Inqing Palace to Changdeok Palace, so that he could save a lot of money on materials.

But before Li Liang could implement this genius idea, the bad news came again - the Japanese invaders came again and occupied Jeju Island, and it seemed that they were going to use Jeju Island as a springboard to invade Korea again!

This can make Li Kun die in a hurry, while sending Daqing to ask for help; On the one hand, troops were sent to defend various critical sea ports, and all efforts were made to prepare for the Japanese.

The plan to rebuild Changdeokgung Palace can only be shelved indefinitely......

However, to Li Liang's relief, under the full vigilance of the Korean military and civilians, the Japanese could not find a loophole to invade for a while. So until now, the southern coast of North Korea has been relatively safe.

But before Li Liang's heart was relieved, a news that he didn't expect came from Incheon Port.

The elderly white-bearded old man was only halfway through the speechful report of the political leader Jin Jinluoluo, who was over fifty years old and looked dignified, and looked very much like a famous monarch, so he lost his patience and interrupted with a shout: "What? The ship of the Red Country? Why not eviction? China has always closed itself off from the rest of the country, and foreign businessmen are not welcome to come to trade! Could it be that the soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Battalion stationed in Incheon are all fearless fighters? ”

Old man Jin listened to the king's reproach, and sighed again and again - the soldiers of the Korean Kingdom are people who are not afraid to fight! What's the solution? The Kingdom of Korea is a two-class world, and if you want to be rich, you have to be born in two classes, and you can't be a concubine (concubine and illegitimacy), you must be Miao Zhenggenhong's son-in-law. Only the sons in law who were born in two classes can have a better career if they pass the imperial examination. Others are left to struggle at the bottom...... Under such a system, it is strange that the army can fight!

The Kingdom of Korea does not rely on the army to maintain the situation, it relies on the "big country", that is, the thigh of the big country, first the Ming Dynasty, and now the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, this time, the soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Battalion did not dare to expel the Yi boat that entered the port of Incheon......

"Your Highness!" Looking at Jin Jin, who was the same as the Ming Dynasty officials, he hurriedly explained loudly, "The Yi boat that came to visit this time claimed to be from the English Kingdom of Hongyi, and the purpose of coming to Hong Kong was to pay tribute to the Qing Kingdom through our country. ”

"What are the great specialties of the Hongyi people?" Li Liang said impatiently, "The Qing Dynasty is the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, what good things are not?" Will you like the Hongyi people's specialties? ”

"His Royal Highness doesn't know that this specialty of the Hongyi English Kingdom is the Hongyi Cannon!" Jin Jin said, "This Hongyi visit is to pay tribute to the Hongyi cannon to the Qing Dynasty...... This matter is not trivial, and it needs to be decided by His Royal Highness himself! ”

What the? Is the specialty of the Hongyi cannon? Li Liang has no idea now-the Hongyi cannon is the favorite thing of the Qing Dynasty regent! If you stop the Hongyi people from making offerings, then you can pay it back? When the regent was angry, the kingdom of Joseon might be destroyed.

However, it does not seem appropriate to allow the Hongyi Kingdom to pay tribute to the Hongyi cannon through the territory of Korea...... There are still many pro-Ming rebukes in North Korea! The line of peace and rebuke, coupled with the already fierce party struggle in North Korea, is really a chicken, a dog! At the height of the struggle, a fight almost broke out.

Now, if North Korea allows Hongyi's artillery to cross the border, it may intensify partisan struggle in North Korea.

In addition, the envoys of the Ming Dynasty also came to North Korea a while ago, saying that they were willing to help recover Jeju Island...... It's still good to be bright! Kindness to North Korea is like a mountain! A group of pro-Ming ministers were so moved that they cried in the court.

"Your Highness!" At this time, Zuo Yizheng Jin gritted his teeth and spoke, "Although the Ming Dynasty defeated the army of Prince Su of the Great Qing Dynasty in Huainan and killed the King of Su himself, he was unable to continue the Northern Expedition. Now the situation of the Northern Qing Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty has become a ...... Moreover, the dispute between China is that whoever wins the Central Plains wins the world. Now that the Central Plains belong to the Qing Dynasty, it is extremely difficult for the Southern Ming Dynasty to recover. In the future, it will be either the Eastern Jin Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty, so it is impossible to turn his back on the Qing Dynasty and Xiang Ming, and the minister is willing to personally escort the tribute envoy of the Hongyi English Kingdom to Beijing! ”

Kim Zidian is the leader of the main peace faction in North Korea, and one of the great surrender factions! Not only did he surrender himself, but he also framed many loyal ministers who reprimanded him, so everyone scolded him behind his back.

Li Wei sighed, and said in his heart: It seems that this traitor is still reliable!

"Okay!" Li Qi nodded, "Just follow the policy played by the left council!" ”