Figuring out the era in which he lives is like seeing through the clouds, Li Luo suddenly has a clear understanding of the world.

He knew that Ganghwa Island, where he was currently located, was the capital of the Goryeo Dynasty ten years ago, and it was where the Goryeo royal court was located.

Li Luo remembered that around 1230, in order to avoid the Mongol army, Choi Yi, a powerful minister of Goryeo, coerced the king of Goryeo to move the capital from the capital to Ganghwa Island, and changed Ganghwa Island to "Gangdu", thus beginning the "Gangdu Era" of the Goryeo Dynasty for 40 years.

In the Jiangdu era, the Mongol army invaded Goryeo five times, slaughtering the city at every turn, and slaughtering hundreds of thousands of Goryeo people in Tiezhou and Pyongju alone.

The countermeasure of the Goryeo monarchs and ministers was to hide in Ganghwa Island to maintain a small court and ignore them as ostriches. Because the Mongols were not accustomed to water warfare, and the Mongols' main focus was on destroying Jin and the westward expedition had no time to look eastward, Goryeo actually survived the most dangerous period of annihilation.

During this period, the Choi clan, the minister of power, was defeated, and the "Musin regime" that had ruled Goryeo for a hundred years came to an end, and the king of Goryeo returned to power. Wonjong of Goryeo and King Chungyeol adopted a completely different policy toward the Yuan than Choi's, and switched to total submission to the Mongols.

After obtaining the promise of the Yuan Dynasty to retain the Goryeo Sheji, the Goryeo monarchs finally moved the royal court from Ganghwa Island back to Kaegyong, and the Gangdu era ended. Goryeo gave up the temple name and the era name, followed the Yuan Dynasty as the main rule, and completely became a puppet regime of the Yuan Dynasty.

King Chungyeol not only married Kublai Khan's daughter as queen, but also promised that every generation of Goryeo kings would marry the daughter of the Yuan Dynasty, which became the "Equestrian Kingdom" of the Yuan Dynasty.

The Yuan Dynasty simply divided Goryeo as the "Expedition to the Eastern Province", and named the King of Goryeo as the prime minister of the Great Yuan "Expedition to the Eastern Province", and de jure made Goryeo a part of the territory of the Yuan Dynasty.

Therefore, at this time, Goryeo was no longer even a vassal state, but actually became a vassal state of the Yuan Dynasty.

But Kublai Khan was still not worried about Goryeo's "loyalty". Politically, the Yuan Dynasty sent a large number of Mongols to serve as "Daru Huachi" and supervise the control of Goryeo power as officials in the Goryeo court.

Militarily, it not only stationed the elite Mongolian "Tanma Red Army", but also set up a twin-city governorate in the north to control Goryeo, and also assigned the northern territories, including Xijing and Pyongyang, to be directly ruled by the Yuan Dynasty.

So far, millions of Koreans have been used as cattle and horses for Meng Yuan. The reason why Goryeo still exists is simply the charity that Kublai Khan gave to the Goryeo monarchs and ministers in order to protect the face of the Great Yuan Emperor.

Of course, after all, it is much better than the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, which completely destroyed the country.

The current king of Goryeo is King Chungyeol. As far as Li Luo knew, this person went to the Yuan capital many times in his life to show loyalty to his master, Kublai Khan, and he stayed in the capital as a hostage when he was the crown prince of Goryeo, and stayed in the Yuan capital for a long time, becoming "Hamon". After he inherited the throne, he even took the initiative to shave his hair and change his clothes, change the official system, and respect Mongolia.

According to historical records, a few years ago, the Yuan Dynasty conquered Japan for the first time, and a large number of Goryeo people were recruited to build warships, supply grain and grass, and also required Goryeo people to serve as cannon fodder, so that the people were miserable.

But the loyal martyr king did it one by one, without any disobedience. When the army that conquered Japan was destroyed by a hurricane at sea, and the tens of thousands of Goryeo soldiers who were with him did not survive, he only "sighed and sighed" when he heard the report.

Two years later, at most, Kublai Khan would launch a second war against Japan. At this time, a large number of Goryeo civilians must have been requisitioned, and warships were once again built in the southeast harbor.

This is Goryeo.

Looking west at China, more than 100 million people of all ethnic groups, mainly Han people, were all dogs and sheep, wailing under the iron hooves of Mengyuan, and countless people were slaughtered. The vast fertile soil of China, half of the pasture. The hometown of Huanghuang etiquette is suddenly a place of nonsense, and the sea of blood is endless, like a Shura field.

In order to suppress the rebellion of various ethnic groups and maintain the rule of the Mongol aristocracy, the Yuan court openly implemented the four-class system, in which the Mongols were naturally superior, while the Han people were reduced to the lowest class, slaves and servants.

The Yuan court also implemented an unprecedentedly strict armor protection system, with the Mongols and Semu people as the armor masters, and confiscated and controlled civil iron tools.

The power of local governments at all levels was controlled by the Mongols as "Daru Huachi", and the Han officials had no right to make decisions, but just handed them over. As a result, officials were corrupt, exploitation was heavy, cruel officials were rampant, corruption was sensational, and countless unjust cases were shocking.

Li Luo remembered that in order to maintain the luxurious life of the Mongol aristocracy and the endless foreign conquests, the Yuan Dynasty paid five to ten times the amount of taxes and labor as the Jin and Song dynasties.

The people are poor and rich, and every family is in mourning, even if they sell their children and daughters, there are very many sellers and very few buyers.

The Yuan Dynasty was the only period in history when the people had a hard time from its establishment to its demise. ruled the Central Plains for more than 100 years, and there was not even a window dressing, let alone a prosperous era.

This point is not even as good as that of the later Manchu Qing Dynasty, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty was poor, at least there was a half-truth and half-truth Kangqian prosperous era, at least to achieve a great population growth.

However, there was still a population of 130 million at the beginning, but there were only 80 million before the Red Turban Uprising, and the population grew negatively until the end.

This shows the brutality of Meng Yuan's rule. This is because the Mongol Yuan is actually a semi-slave and semi-feudal rule, with a strong tribal color, and the large and small Mongolian nobles are equivalent to slave owners, and regard the people's land as private property.

And Goryeo still has some sovereignty, so although the life of the people is also sad, it is still stronger than China.

Li Luo sighed secretly. For the time being, I can't go back to China.

"Uncle, the boy's name is Li Luo, born in Renzhou Li, and he was once a monk. She is Cui Xiuning, the son of the inner son, who was born in the Cui family of Haizhou. Li Luo fabricated a life story and took the initiative to introduce himself.

Now that he knew the specific age, of course he knew that the Inju Lee clan and the Haeju Choi clan were both top families in Goryeo. In fact, the Goryeo Dynasty at this time was indeed ruled by the gate lord aristocracy, with a strict hierarchy, the same as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

is not from a noble family, and it is difficult to be an official. If you don't pretend to be a disciple of a high-ranking family, it will be difficult to do something in the future, and it is a luxury to want to live a nourishing life.

As for Zeng became a monk, of course, it was the argument that his hair was too short.

Li Luo is not afraid of piercing. In the past few decades, the situation in Goryeo has changed greatly, and both the Inju Lee clan and the Haeju Choi clan have been greatly hit, and many children of the family have left Goryeo, either east to Japan or west to the Central Plains. If you want to check the root cause, it's really hard to check.

The old Jurchen man said a little perfunctorily: "It turns out that he is still a disciple of a high family, but the old man is disrespectful." ”

In his opinion, this young couple is fair and slender, has a noble temperament, and talks well, which is strange not because they are from everyone's background. However, although the Inju Lee clan and the Haeju Choi clan are the top families in Goryeo, he may not really be able to afford it.

Uchiko? Cui Xiuning heard Li Luo introduce himself like this, lowered his head and cursed in his heart. If it weren't for the old man's presence, she would have taught Li Luo a lesson.

Li Luo had no choice but to say again: "The younger generation took the liberty to disturb the old man, and he has not yet asked for the name of the honorable man." Although this old man looked depressed, his temperament was very extraordinary, and Li Luo wanted to test it.

The old man shook his head and said, "It's not worth mentioning, the old man is dozens of years old, so you can call me Yan Duo's father." ”

Yan Duo? Li Luo kind of understood.

The two called Yan Duo's father, which was regarded as a new ceremony. At that moment, the two of them changed their clothes and came out in turn, and saw that Yan Duo's father put out three plates, and there was only a little kimchi in the plate, but there were no chili peppers on the pickles.

Yan Luo took off the roasted mutton on the fire again, divided his two legs and gave them to the two of them and said, "The hospitality is not good, there is no food and no wine, so let's order barbecue and kimchi." ”

The two thanked them, and they couldn't wait to eat, but they felt that they had never eaten such delicious game and kimchi, and they were really hungry.

Seeing the appearance of the two eating, Yan Duo couldn't help but smile, and suddenly saw the shadow of his son and daughter-in-law again.

After eating and dressing warmly, Li Luo and Cui Xiuning felt too comfortable. The two of them held back their burps, hugged the thick coats and roasted the fire, feeling that the suffering experience on the snowy mountain was as distant as in the past.

Cui Xiuning touched Li Luo without a trace and handed him a look.

Li Luo immediately understood, immediately took out the belt he used before, handed it to Yan Duo with both hands and said, "Father Yan Duo, the younger couple are fortunate to be entertained, and they have worn a lot of clothes, and they have nothing to repay." I'm ashamed that I don't have a penny left, so I can only give it to my father, please don't shirk it. ”

Yan Duo took the crocodile leash, looked at it carefully, and muttered: "It's not cowhide, it's not deerskin, it's not rhino skin. The best of this skin seems to be more than the rhino skin. ”

Li Luo said: "This is a crocodile skin, a Daze water beast. ”

Yan Duo showed a look of surprise, "This buckle is brilliant, not gold, not silver, not copper, not iron, what kind of material is it?" There is also this workmanship, the end is extraordinary, even if it is a thing in the palace, it may not be comparable. ”

Li Luo said: "This is indeed a thing in the palace, but it comes from the palace of the king of Xiyi overseas." This buckle is made of colored gold, which is rare even in the West, and is worth ten times as much gold. ”

Cui Xiuning coughed suddenly, lowered her head, her face was flushed, and her expression seemed to be a little painful.

Yan Duo's father said angrily: "Such a valuable thing, can the old man accept it?" It's just some clothes to eat, and it shouldn't be a heavy gift, so take it back quickly! After speaking, he couldn't help but say that he stuffed the belt to Li Luo.

Li Luo sent it again, seeing that Yan Duo was about to get angry, so he gave up.

Yan Duo said: "Since you are penniless, you can sell the gold belt. However, the one who can buy the color gold belt nearby is most likely the Liu family in Mobei Village. The Liu family is a side branch of the Liu family in Zhenzhou, and the head of the family is a five-rank official. There are a few wealthy families on the island, and it is still possible to spend thousands of dollars to buy this belt. ”

Is there really such a good thing? Li Luo couldn't help but be overjoyed, and even Cui Xiuning couldn't help but be a little excited.

At this time, it was already late, and Yan Duo's father asked the two to stay for a night temporarily and borrow another room. It's not too late to go to Liu's house tomorrow to sell the lottery gold belt.

Cui Xiuning heard that the two of them lived in the same room, and his black and white eyes glanced at Li Luo coldly, and snorted faintly, which meant self-evident.

Of course, Li Luo will not bother with Cui Xiuning. Not only because he is a man, but also because Cui Xiuning actually gave him a very good impression.

When Choi so-nin first pursued him, he was about to escape the border. At that time, she had already pulled out her pistol and was ready to shoot.

However, she didn't shoot in the end.

At that time, the distance between the two was only a few dozen meters, and if she shooted, it was difficult to say what would happen to him.

In that case, Choi Xiuning could have shot at all, and there was more than one chance to shoot. But she didn't shoot, and as a result, Li Luo managed to escape.

Later, Li Luo entrusted people in China to check the general information of Cui Xiuning. I only know that she graduated not long ago, and her family has a very good background, and she is a second-generation official.

Others unknown.

It's good for such a woman to be able to do this.

Another reason is that Li Luo himself also has a sense of guilt. He is a man with a very national heart, but he has sold national cultural relics out of the country more than once, causing irreparable cultural losses, so he has always felt guilty in his conscience.

Accommodating Cui Xiuning, let her in small things, he will feel more comfortable.