Chapter 263: Returning Home
Everyone in North Korea was silent, and Wang Yue put forward another condition, whether to agree or not to agree? Liang Jiubing Cao sentenced Li Yongzhe and asked: "Dare to ask Lord Wang, how long will the land of Incheon Port be leased?" ”
Wang Yue stretched out a finger and said, "Let's rent it for a hundred years." ”
"What? Another hundred years? "Everyone almost fainted when they heard this, what is the difference between this and giving it to Wang Yue?
"Lord Wang, this is impossible, if it is somewhere else, there is still something to talk about!" The angry Li Yongzhe could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and roared loudly.
The port of Incheon is close to Seoul, but it is not Jeju Island, and its strategic and economic value is not low. What's more, Incheon Port is also one of the eight sailors of North Korea, the home port of Gyeonggi Province. Of course, now the Gyeonggi Provincial Naval Division has been completely wiped out.
In the face of Li Yongzhe's roar, Wang Yue's face remained unchanged and said: "Incheon Port is suitable for berthing our army's large warships, which is convenient for our army to transport military supplies. You can go to the port of Incheon and take a look, our warships are very large, and other ports cannot be used. Our army is only on lease, this is a contract, and you can take it back after it expires. If this condition cannot be met, then forget it, and our army will return home tomorrow. ”
Not to mention a hundred years, in ten years North Korea will be infiltrated.
Li Yongzhe felt that his eyes were dark, his body shook and almost fainted, he couldn't wait to scold the shameless Lord Wang in front of him: "Can you be more shameless?" Why do you mention the withdrawal of troops at every turn, what if you leave and the Qing army comes again? ”
Wang Yue ignored Bing Caoshu, whose face changed several times in an instant, there were only interests between countries, and there was not so much warmth. Whether the DPRK agrees to this condition or not does not matter to him. Uncong Island and Jeju Island are not far from North Korea, plus the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who have migrated to North Korea, and so many mines that have already been acquired. It has been done that you have me, I have you.
At this time, Concubine Xian, who had not spoken, also said to Wang Yue in a pleading voice: "Son-in-law, can't the lease of Incheon Port be reduced a little more?" ”
Looking at Concubine Xian's pleading eyes and red and swollen beautiful eyes, Wang Yue said ruthlessly: "It's not that the son-in-law doesn't understand people, after we lease Incheon Port, we will definitely invest a lot of manpower and material resources in construction. ”
Wang Yue's insistence made everyone in North Korea reluctantly accept his conditions.
The two parties signed an agreement together. The agreement states that North Korea will lease the port of Incheon and 150,000 acres of land in the vicinity to the Ming starting point city at a price of 3,000 taels per year for 100 years. During this period, the City of Origin had administrative and jurisdictional jurisdiction within the area. It would take a hundred years for ownership of the area to return to North Korea.
The agreement also detailed that after the Ming people moved to North Korea, they were still under the management of the Ming side, and the agreement required the North Korean side to resettle these people with no less than five acres of land each.
In addition to this part of the people, in the future, all the people who hold the citizen ID card of the starting point city will enter the DPRK to do business and work, and they will also belong to the management of the starting point city of the Ming Dynasty.
The Cheonce Army promised to garrison at least one regiment and a number of naval warships to assist in the defense of Korea for 100 years.
If you like it, the agreement was quickly approved by both sides, and the formal agreement was typed out by a laptop and printer used by the headquarters for office work, and signed and sealed by the top leaders of both sides, and the agreement was officially put into effect.
Chen Xinjia and Xie Baoqing watched the whole process and became witnesses. It's an unbelievable agreement, and it's unprecedented. They only now know that they can still play like this?
From the Ming Dynasty's point of view, this agreement was illegal because it was not approved by the imperial court.
Neither of the parties who signed the agreement cared, the Tiance Army was Wang Yue's private army, and it had already been figured out by Li Liang. This army is more reliable than the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, this is his simplest understanding. So marrying his daughter to Wang Yue, this deal is really cost-effective.
After the agreement was signed, Wang Yue was so happy that he asked the orderlies to bring out Tonghua wine and goblets to celebrate.
He smiled sincerely and said, "Your Highness, Princess." There is no need to worry about the security of the DPRK in the future, and I will deploy troops as soon as possible to ensure that the Qing army will never return. ”
All the North Koreans laughed helplessly. Through this incident, they finally realized that this Lord Wang is really a person who puts interests first, he is definitely an alternative official of the Ming Dynasty, and the humility and so-called gentleness of the Ming literati have absolutely nothing to do with him.
After sending Li Liang and others away, Wang Yue let out a sigh of relief, and this trip to North Korea was fruitful.
The task of staying in North Korea was handed over to Zhang Jicheng of the first regiment. Since Miyun stayed behind, Zhang Jicheng has been doing very well. He is cautious and steady, as Wang Yue's hair and classmate, he naturally belongs to an officer who can be relieved to go out.
In fact, Wang Yue also falsely intimidated the Korean monarchs and ministers, and the Manchu Qing had already been beaten to the bones, and they simply did not have the courage to invade Korea again in the short term.
However, the Korean monarchs and ministers have been frightened by the murderous reputation of the Qing army, and they are really talking about the tiger's color, so Wang Yue can sit firmly in Diaoyutai.
April 10, 1637, March 5, 10th year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to the first regiment and two maritime surveillance warships that stayed in Incheon Port, the other Tiance troops boarded the ships one after another to return to China, and Li Xuezhu, the lord of the Joseon county, also returned to China with Wang Yue to marry.
Dongjiang Town will cooperate with the first regiment of the Tiance Army to register and relocate the people, according to Wang Yue's plan, there will be no less than 30,000 people who will move to Incheon Port, and a lot of manpower will be needed for infrastructure construction in the future.
Through the telegram from the starting point city, the guerrilla general Li Zixiong of the imperial court regularly reported the news to the military department, so the imperial court received the battle report in advance, and the captured Shang Kexi was also sent back to the capital early.
This is another victory of aid to Korea after the Wanli period. The last war to aid Korea lasted eight years, and this war to aid Korea only took a month, but judging from the fact that the eunuchs of the prison army were all killed in battle, this war was equally tragic.
Gao Qiqian temporarily became a martyr, which Wang Yue thinks. From the black history of his conspiracy to frame the future great leader, the case will definitely be overturned in the future.
This war not only seriously inflicted a setback on the old enemy Manchu Qing, but also a victory that exalted its prestige outside the territory, fully embodying the majesty of the Celestial Empire.
Chongzhen originally proposed that the imperial court arrange for the Tiance army to parade through the streets, that is, to enter Beijing to parade and promote national prestige. As a result, they were obstructed by Xue Guoguan and others, and they impeached Wang Yue for being a supreme official, disrespecting orders, and damaging the commander, all of whom had meritorious deeds.
(Thanks to book friend Kiba Chabili for his tip)