Chapter 752: Six Towns in the North

On the tenth day of the ninth month, Zhong Feng stood by the Tumen River and looked at the tens of thousands of Korean border people kneeling in front of the Tiger Ben army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Forced by the Tiger Army, these North Korean border residents will leave their homeland in northern Hamgyong Province and be relocated to the mountains of the Korean interior. For the peasants, it was unacceptable to abandon their land from their homes, and these peasants were unwilling to gather en masse to petition at the place where the Tiger Ben army was encamped.

The reason why Yi Zhi wanted to relocate these border people was that the land in the northern part of Hamgyong Province was originally the territory of the Han people, which was forcibly occupied by North Korea two hundred years ago.

In the eighth year of Xuande of the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1433 AD, the Korean minister Jin Zongrui used the pretext of defense to go deep into the Daming Nuer Gandu Division to establish six "military towns", and pushed the territory of Korea from the area of Yanshe in Korea to the north for more than 300 miles. Subsequently, Joseon Sejong continued to move the Korean people into the interior to enrich the six towns, and finally turned the south bank of the Tumen River into a Korean port.

At that time, the Zhu Ming royal family was unable to look north, and could only acquiesce in the aggression of North Korea.

More than 300 miles of rich land and the long coastline in the east of Nuergandusi were all possessed by North Korea, Jilin Province was "surrounded" by North Korea, the border between Daming and North Korea became the Tumen River, and Jilin Province lost its coastline and estuary. In the later generations before Li Zhi's crossing, Jilin Province had no access to the sea, and its economic development was greatly affected.

For this expansion of territory, the North Koreans naturally highly praised. Joseon Sejong was called "King Sejong" by the Koreans, and Kim Jong-seo, the Korean minister who specifically operated the invasion, also became a famous minister of Joseon.

But this is all in the past, and Li Zhi will not admit the land that Emperor Xuande gave up. Although North Korea has been annexed by Li Zhi, and the Koreans have become Li Zhi's people, in Li Zhi's eyes, the Koreans will be his second-class citizens until they are completely sinicized, and all Li Zhi's policies give priority to the interests of the Han people in one town and four provinces.

Every inch of land of the Han people is precious and must be recaptured.

Based on this position, it naturally became Li Zhi's policy to regain 300 miles of land on the south bank of the Tumen River for the Han people and 300 miles of coastline for Jilin Province.

Of course, for the people living in the six towns in the north, they are reluctant to move back to the mainland. They have lived on this land of more than 10,000 square kilometers for 200 years, and they have regarded this land as their homeland, so they are naturally unwilling to retreat to the mountainous areas of the interior of the DPRK to reclaim the barren mountain land.

The North Koreans shouted noisily:

"General, we don't want to leave our homeland!"

"We've lived here for generations!"

"We don't want to leave our homes!"

An old man with snow-white hair and beard knelt in front of Zhong Feng and cried out bitterly: "General, this is our land!" ”

But now that North Korea has been destroyed, the life and death of the North Koreans are in the hands of Li Zhi, and the matter is beyond their control.

Zhong Feng looked at the Korean people kneeling on the ground and frowned.

"This land was originally Han Chinese, and the invasion of the Koreans two hundred years ago was not recognized by the Duke of Jinguo!"

Dozens of interpreters shouted and ran through the crowd, spreading Zhong Feng's password to the ears of tens of thousands of North Koreans.

In fact, Ri Sik did not drive the North Koreans who moved to the mainland into a corner. After moving to the interior of Korea, Li Zhi was responsible for providing these Koreans with building materials for building houses, providing food during their construction and land reclamation, and giving each laborer a tael of silver a month. After the opening of Xintian, Xintian was used as public land and only collected 30% and a half of the land rent from Korean farmers.

It is foreseeable that the living standards of the DPRK peasants will improve after they move inward.

However, the North Korean farmers did not let this give up, and the North Koreans were unwilling to give up the land under their feet.

In fact, Lee Sik's policy toward the low-level people of North Korea has always been to win over the poor since he was implanted in the DPRK, whether it was the first war to rob the rich and relieve the poor, or to distribute "public land" to the peasants after the destruction of Korea, the North Korean peasants have never lost anything from Lee Sik, and they have always gained it.

The North Korean peasants even felt that Li Zhi was dependent on them, and even thought that the Ming people were afraid of the lower level of the Korean people.

The team in charge of the relocation stood awkwardly behind the North Korean peasants and watched the North Korean peasants confront each other – a petition but more like a confrontation. Tens of thousands of North Koreans knelt on the ground, and the black pressure on their heads gave people great pressure.

Zhong Feng was a little annoyed.

He felt his authority was being challenged.

Zhong Feng pulled out his saber and said loudly: "Within half an hour, the North Koreans who do not accept the command of the relocation team will be sentenced to death for the crime of gathering a crowd to make trouble!" ”

Seeing that Zhong Feng was angry, all the soldiers of the Tiger Army behind Zhong Feng began to load their ammunition and entered a state of imminent battle.

By this time the number of soldiers in the DPRK had increased. 12,000 veterans returned to the interior, and 20,000 new soldiers moved in. Li Zhi's recruits have now been training for six months and already have a certain combat effectiveness. Although archery skills are not as good as veterans, it is enough to suppress the peasants of North Korea.

When the North Korean peasants on the ground saw this, they began to be a little frightened.

However, the land pioneered by their ancestors was about to be taken back by the Han people, and they were still unwilling. Although the Tiger Army has been loaded with bullets, they will continue to fight for their homeland.

The Tiger Army gradually lost patience.

"Smack!" There was a crisp sound, and a company commander raised his gun and shot into the sky.

The peasants on the ground began to panic. Some of the timid peasants in the back row had already gotten up and retreated in a panic to the staff of the "migration task force".

But there were still eighty percent of the peasants who didn't believe in the iron blood of the Tiger Army, and continued to kneel on the ground, looking at Zhong Feng with wide eyes.

Zhong Feng frowned.

Without some blood, these tens of thousands of square kilometers of land cannot be easily recaptured.

"Aim!"

A hundred Tiger Army soldiers pointed their rifles at the kneeling peasants and began the countdown.

"Those who don't retreat die!"

"Five! Four! Three! ”

The peasants on the ground looked at the muzzles of the black holes and wavered. About thirty percent of the people in the back row did not dare to kneel on the ground anymore, got up and fled to the back.

"Two! One! ”

Zhong Feng waved his hand and shouted, "Shoot!" ”

Crackling gunshots rang out, kneeling in the front row, the most "brave" North Korean peasants suddenly had patches of blood on their bodies. The peasants who had been shot fell to the ground screaming, rolling and screaming.

Other North Korean farmers saw the scene as if they had been struck by lightning.

The Tiger Army really shot.

It turned out that the wealth of the two classes of Korean nobles was transferred to the peasants, and the tiger army was willing, because that did not involve the Han Chinese. And once it comes to the interests of the Han people, the Tiger Ben Army will not give in at all.

There were still 3,000 heavily armed soldiers standing behind Zhong Feng, and it wouldn't take much time to kill all these tens of thousands of peasants. Where do the North Korean peasants dare to continue to challenge the Tiger Army? One by one, they got up in a panic and ran away.

These North Korean peasants finally understood that North Korea was dead. In the future, their lives may get better and better, but they can only be second-class citizens under the Han Chinese.

The peasants finally gave up the land under their feet and fled behind the relocation team a few hundred meters away, standing pitifully with their hands down, all in tears.

Zhong Feng snorted coldly and put away his saber.

Jing Yishan, director of the Liaodong Provincial Water Conservancy Bureau, looked at Zhong Feng and said with a smile: "The chief military officer is so courageous. He looked at the nearby land and said, "This more than 10,000 square kilometers of land is full of rain, and it is a good place, which can cultivate millions of acres of fertile land and feed countless Han people." ”

"Migrants from Shandong will arrive next month."

Chen Sanduo, minister of the "Ministry of Railways," who is in charge of railway construction, said: "In the future, this place will be under the jurisdiction of Jilin, and Jilin Province will have an outlet to the sea." If a port is built here, the goods in the eastern part of Jilin Province can go directly to the sea in the future, and there is no need to go to Jinzhou to enter the sea, and the freight will be greatly reduced. ”

Zhong Feng was still in a state of murderous restlessness, sneered, and did not speak.