On the second day of February of the eighth year of Tongzhi, the Ximen Armistice Agreement officially came into effect, and the war between North Manchuria and Tsarist Russia came to an end temporarily. No matter what goals Guoxinga still has not achieved, and how unwilling Wang Daqiu is, this war that lasted for half a year has also come to an end.

Although the war is over, the affairs of Goxinga are not over, and he still has a lot of things to do. The first is to fulfill the promise to the imperial court, Fengtian also gave it, Taiwan also gave it, and later assigned the Zhoushan Islands to Northern Manchuria. Although Fengtian was forced by the situation, Taiwan was a meaningless desert island, and the unexpected joy of the Zhoushan Islands was even more a means for the imperial court to use the momentum of Guoxinga to deter Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan, but Guoxinga really reaped the benefits, and the matter had to be done by others. The Northwest was inaccessible, and the general army used to be subject to supplies, so Goxinga sent his Mongol fox Bozhtu. Bozhtu's Fifth Army Group was almost entirely cavalry, not only was it mobile, but it also didn't need so much supply that it was fitting to send them.

The western front defense area of Bozhtu will be taken over by Chengtai's Fourth Army Group, and how to deploy other troops in the future, Guoxing Ake has no mind to take care of it anymore, and it will all be left to Tan Shaoguang for arrangement. The locally recruited recruits have also become the climate, and it is not a big deal to arrange the garrison, Guo Xing'a is naturally happy to be idle, and let Tan Shaoguang worry about it. As for how to immigrate to Shibian and how to open up these new territories, it should be a headache for Pi Runmin, and Guo Xing'a has no opinion, he wants a result of being rich in the people.

After a big war, North Manchurian not only used up almost all its ammunition reserves, but also spent a lot of money on the treasury and Goxinga's private money. So as soon as he returned to Changchun, Guoxing'a was trying to find a way to help Pi Runmin make money, but fortunately, there have been some breakthroughs in 100 projects recently, and the civilian products of light industry are also selling well in the world. A group of women in his backyard have already made a fuss, but Guo Xing'a really doesn't have time to go back to persuade him, he has more important things to do, such as visiting North Korea.

Now is the era of sea power, and those who dominate the sea can dominate the whole world, so if you want to protect the interests of the country, you must have a strong navy. The navy of North Manchuria is not bad, the strength of the three fleets is very impressive, and it has an impressive record of forcing the British Royal Navy to admit it, but the navy of North Manchuria is not perfect.

The navy of North Manchuria was divided into two parts, north and south, separated by thousands of miles of oceans, and everyone could only play their own games, and could hardly echo each other. Now with Taiwan and the Zhoushan Islands given by the imperial court, the Nanyang Fleet is finally connected to the mainland, at least there is a suitable supply station on the way. But if you look closely, the North Sea Fleet and the Yellow Sea Fleet in the north were also divided into two parts, and the shortcomings were exposed in the war. The fleets departing from Lushun and Dalian had to bypass the Tsushima Strait before they could enter the battlefield if they wanted to go to the north to support the war, and some small ships even had to be resupplied in Japan. Guoxing, who studied the Japanese expedition every day, couldn't accept the matter of going to Japan to replenish. Moreover, the ports of Vladivostok and Sakhalin will freeze in winter, and it is not very convenient for the North Sea Fleet to be stationed here. Now that Alaska is a territory, the need for a navy in the north is even greater, and North Manchuria urgently needs a supply port of its own near the Tsushima Strait.

Looking for the Japanese to ask for a port, I am afraid that there is no other way than to fight, and Goxinga, which has just started a war, still needs to reserve a little ammunition for the time being, so this port can only be out of the pro-vassal Korea. North Korea, which has always tried to survive with big things, is obedient to the Qing Dynasty and is about to replace the Qing Dynasty as a neighbor of North Korea, so it is natural to let this neighbor shed some blood. The port of Busan in North Korea is very good in terms of geographical environment and strategic location, and it will definitely be used to use force against Japan in the future.

The current king of Korea is none other than King Lee Hee, the king of Gojong who has been controlled by his father, his wife, and the Japanese all his life. Li Xi was originally only a side branch of the royal family, and basically there was no possibility of inheriting the throne. By blood, he is the ninth grandson of King Injo of Joseon. Genealogically, he is the fifth grandson of King Yeongjo. No matter how you calculate it, counting the adoption or something, the relationship between Li Xi and the royal family is already very estranged. However, after the former king of Joseon Zhezong, the king of Jejong, Li Yuying, died without an heir, Li Xi's father, Li Yuying, the king of the Xingxuan Courtyard, relied on the strong capital that his grandson had saved for more than ten years, and he was not crazy and then turned against the guest, and forcibly put Li Xi on the throne.

Since the Joseon Dynasty was the son of Jeongjo Lee, the royal power began to fall, and the government was controlled by his relatives Andong Kim. Li Yuying has been living in the shadow of Anton Kim's family, although he has great ambitions, he lives a life that he has never met with talents. Li Yuying originally knew that Joseon Zhezong was weak and sick, and wanted to seize the throne, so he tried his best to pretend to be crazy and stupid, on the one hand, he saved his life under the high pressure of Andong Kim, and on the other hand, deceived Concubine Zhao and other powerful people, making them think that they were incompetent people and relaxed their vigilance against him.

Before and after the death of Zhezong, Li Yuying's activities became more frequent. Li Yu should know that if Concubine Zhao wants to monopolize power, she will be at odds with the ministers of the Andong Jin clan who controlled the government during the time of Zhezong. So he actively colluded with the palace maids around Concubine Zhao and offered many suggestions to Concubine Zhao, saying that if the ministers of the Jin family were allowed to support the descendants of other royal families as kings, in order to inherit the unification of Zhezong, not only would the ministers of the Jin family sit on the power, but also the lineage of King Yizong would be severed. But if his son is king, he can put an end to the Kim family's ambition to take power. Li Yuying's long-term relationship finally came to fruition, and Concubine Zhao was moved by it and chose to make Li Yuying's youngest son Li Mingfu the king. Even though the ministers of the Jin family, the princess of Xianzong, the Hong family, and the princess of Zhezong, the Jin family, all opposed the succession to the throne with Li Mingfu, but Concubine Zhao still insisted that Li Mingfu be the heir to the throne as the eldest elder of the court.

Li Mingfu then changed his name to Li Xi, and was named Yichengjun, performed the crown ceremony, and was succeeded to the king of Yizong as an adopted son, inheriting his unification. On December 13 of the same year, Li Xi put on his gown and crown, and was officially located at the Injeongmen Gate of Changdeokgung Palace. In September of the third year of Tongzhi, he was officially canonized as the twenty-sixth king of Korea by the suzerainty of the Qing Dynasty.

When Guo Xing'a visited North Korea, of course, he did not talk to the teenage Li Xi, but to talk to his father, Li Yuying, the king of the Xingxuan Courtyard. The Qing Dynasty is the suzerainty of North Korea, North Manchuria is the largest trade object of North Korea, there are a large number of Koreans working in North Manchuria, Li Yuying is a firm party, so Guo Xinga felt that his trip to North Korea would be very smooth, but he did not expect to hit a big nail in North Korea.