The republic's rebellion in 1798 shocked the entire Chinese civilization circle and triggered a violent follow-up impact.

The Imperial Criminal Department determined that this was the crime committed by the surrounding anti-imperialist elements with the Dali royal family as the core, and they were embarrassed to commit the crime.

In this regard, the cabinet and the criminal department did not have any lenient treatment, because the "little prince" was the core of the rebel group, so all the members of the Dali royal family were sat together, all the male members were executed, and the women were reduced to slaves and sold on the frontier.

This approach of the empire shocked all the countries that temporarily survived around the empire - this Chinese empire is indeed different from the traditional Central Plains Dynasty!

In the past, the Central Plains Dynasty, even when it was at its strongest, had a limit to expansion.

For example, to the west, there is no more than the Green Ridge, to the north there is no more than the Outer Khingan Mountains, and to the south, the most to occupy Annam.

Moreover, the traditional Central Plains dynasty should treat captured enemy monarchs differently, such as the leaders of enemies who are fighting for the world at home, and they are generally killed by cruel means to prevent them from having other ambitions.

However, for foreign monarchs, at least a title such as "Gongshun Marquis" will be kept in the capital to show the benevolence and righteousness of the emperor of the Central Plains.

However, the empire completely shattered this tradition, and they happened to be the opposite of the tradition: the surrendered Great Zhou monarchs and ministers did not kill any of them, although they did not have a marquis, but the empire allowed them to follow the Chu State to open up, and continued to be lonely and widowed overseas behind closed doors, and the empire did not criticize them.

Even if the Zhao Zhou clan stayed in the country, it was treated as a normal citizen, and if it was committed, it would be punished, and if it was meritorious, it would be rewarded, and the Zhao Zhou clan with good academic performance and outstanding performance could also become officials.

I have to say that the empire has done its best to the former Zhou clan.

But it was not so friendly to foreign monarchs, when the young emperor and the prince and magnate of the Jurchens were captured and escorted to Quancheng to be executed, it can also be said that the empire retaliated against the traditional enemy, and the empire was not unified at that time, and it was not a real Central Plains dynasty.

That's right, the rebellious "little prince" is indeed a member of the Dali royal family, but he is not a son-in-law, he was sent to the temple to become a monk when he was very young, and he has a blood relationship with the royal family but has no benefits.

Moreover, when the "little prince" rebelled, the Dali royal family had already arrived in Jinling, and no matter what he did in Dali, the Dali royal family really didn't know about it at all.

But the Criminal Department still connected them all.

The means are so fierce that people can't bear to look at them directly.

This, coupled with the fact that the empire has clearly broken through the sphere of influence of the traditional Central Plains Dynasty in all directions, has made those countries that were originally out of the sight of the traditional Central Plains Dynasty no longer safe.

Now, they all face a heart-wrenching question: what should they do if the Empire were to come and annex it?

Resist? Can't beat it.

Not resisting? Who would dare to say that they will not be implicated because of something they don't know at all?

All the existing countries within the radius of the Chinese civilization are in a state of panic, and everyone is worried that when they wake up, the empire has displayed troops on the border, ready to attack them.

The first foreign country to react was the Goryeo Kingdom, the head of the Chinese Empire.

The current King of Goryeo is the second son of the former king, and was selected by the Imperial Cabinet to be the current King of Goryeo because he had studied in China.

This is the first time that Goryeo has undergone a change of throne under the supervision of the empire, so he can put a little bit of his heart at ease compared to others.

In addition, his sisters are all married to the imperial family, although they are all side concubines, but after all, they are a little related.

The response of the king of Goryeo was to send a letter to the empire and request to attach it.

This is very flattering, if the empire agrees to this request, after Goryeo is attached, although it cannot be called a lonely widow on its own one-third of an acre of land behind closed doors, but the actual power is not greatly affected - the king of Goryeo is still at the level of the king of the county, but from the outer to the internal subordinate, and then the rights that are not implicated by other empires are just transferred.

What's so bad about being a happy prince with no real power? Anyway, I took the initiative to attach it and showed my loyalty to the empire, and no matter how ruthless the cabinet was, it would not implicate myself in what happened next.

This is equivalent to exchanging the remaining half of the sovereignty for a gold medal for the royal family.

If the empire does not agree, of course, it is better, continue to be the king of Goryeo, and honestly let the empire control the country's diplomatic, military, educational, customs and other powers, without worrying about being bullied by foreign enemies, without worrying about not having enough money to spend (the customs in charge of the empire is usually the most efficient department in the foreign country, which can earn huge wealth for the host country), and there is no need to worry about the people rising up to riot and overthrow themselves - the cabinet promises to protect the royal family of the foreign country, and in the event of civil strife, the imperial army can directly cross the border to suppress it, There was also enough armed force in the embassy district to ensure that the royal capital held out until reinforcements arrived

In a word, being a dog for the Empire, whether it is a pet dog kept at home or a guard dog placed outside the gate, is actually treated quite well.

The pious king of Goryeo gained the trust of the empire, and Emperor Xu Mu-ha personally wrote a letter to comfort the king of Goryeo, saying:

It is understandable that Goryeo wants to be attached and yearns for civilization, but the empire is not so domineering, and it has to annex all the land (in fact, it is because the remaining areas of Goryeo are too little oil and water).

As long as the king of Goryeo is diligent in paying tribute and rules the country in accordance with the provisions of the "Ganghwa Treaty" and the "Ganghwa Re-Treaty", the empire will protect the legitimate rights and interests of the king of Goryeo.

For this reason, the emperor also specially gave a jade seal, which was counted as an endorsement of the rights of the king of Goryeo.

At this point, the king of Goryeo was considered to have passed the test, and other foreign countries saw the successful experience and followed suit, and submitted a request to attach it.

But for these people, the imperial methods were much harsher, and some of the Waibo got the same appeasement they wanted like Goryeo - the jade seal of the country.

But for others, their enclosed requests were allowed!

For example, Fuso, which originally had eight foreign countries, including the Three Rivers Boguo, was immediately approved by the cabinet and expelled from the country after the request was attached!

Moreover, the emperor issued an edict that under the same title, the Outer Fan State should be lower than the Inner Dependent State, and even lower than the domestic nobles.

Therefore, after the annexation, from the nobility of the Outer Fan State to the nobility of the mother country, the title should be lowered by two levels, and the four Fusang Waibo States are all viscount states and baronial states, and lowering the titles by two levels will directly become ordinary citizens.......

This is really a tragedy, but including the Tokugawa family, the remaining four outsiders who did not have time to be attached to the above table cannot breathe a sigh of relief.

Because the immediate threat of the empire was still on their heads, they did not survive this difficult situation like the king of Goryeo.