Chapter 204: Good News Spreads

The day after Jiang Chuan received the holy decree, Hu Zongxian also sent good news from Shengjing.

The right army led by Ran Wu broke through the old city of Hetuala, the land of Longxing of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and killed more than 10,000 Manchu people. Dai Shan, the prince of Manchu Qingli, was killed on the spot by artillery fire during the siege of the city.

In this battle, in addition to capturing a large number of Manchu nobles, more than 10,000 Manchurians were also captured.

At the same time, the right army led by Di Qing, who had crossed the Yalu River, fought a big battle with the Manchu Korean garrison who had arrived in a hurry. Under the heavy artillery fire of the Jiang family's army, the Duoduo army was quickly defeated.

Not long after Duoduo fled, he was captured and killed by the Silla army that had set up an ambush along the way, and his head was sent to Di Qing's army.

After the death of Duoduo, the remnants of the Manchu Qing in Korea collapsed, and the three kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla all sent envoys to visit Di Qing, and presented the kings of each country with autographs and printed royal letters, asking Di Qing to express their desire to return to the Ming Emperor.

Di Qing laughed in his heart, the news of these three small countries was so closed, he didn't even know that the Ming Emperor was already unable to protect himself, and he still wanted to continue to hug the thighs of the Ming Dynasty.

Di Qing told them that the Tartar of Liaodong was destroyed by Wu'an Hou Jiangchuan, and the person who saved them from the Three Kingdoms of Korea was Wu'an Hou Jiangchuan, not the Ming Emperor. So either swear allegiance to the Marquis of Wu'an, or wait for the army to come to the city.

When the envoys of the Three Kingdoms heard Di Qing's unceremonious and threatening words, they looked confused, and the expression on their faces when they held Wang Shu looked like they wanted to hang themselves,

The envoys of the three kingdoms went back to tell the matter, and the kings of the three kingdoms were also stupid. After some inquiry, the three kings finally learned the real situation of the Ming Dynasty from the mouths of the merchants who came to Korea by sea to do business.

After understanding the real situation of the Ming Dynasty, the kings of the three Koreans finally understood that the Ming Dynasty could not be counted on now, and then they understood that they had no other choice.

The king of Silla soon sent an envoy to meet Di Qing, and after some negotiations, the envoy returned with Di Qing's intentions.

The kings of Goguryeo and Baekje, who were preempted by Silla, scolded Silla for being shameless, and at the same time urgently sent the king's envoy to meet Di Ching.

Eventually, after several rounds of discussions, the kings of the three kingdoms of Korea and Di Qing held an alliance together, and Di Qing signed a contract with the three kingdoms on behalf of Jiangchuan.

The main content of the contract is also very simple.

The first is the garrison. On the Korean Peninsula, the Jiang Jiajun sent troops to be stationed for protection, and the three countries provided the Jiangjia army with a total of 5 million taels of silver and 1 million tons of grain and grass every year according to their national strength, and also bore other expenses of the garrison.

In return, if a foreign enemy invades the Korean Peninsula, the Jiang army is obliged to protect the security of the three countries.

In non-war times, all actions of the garrison were decided by the Jiang Jiajun at their own discretion, and the three Korean countries had no right to interfere. If a soldier of the Jiang family army violates the laws of the three Koreans, the local government has no right to deal with it, and it needs to be handed over to the Jiang family army to deal with it himself.

The second major issue was the opening of all treaty ports, and the merchant caravans that went from Liaodong to the Korean countries to do business were to be protected by the local government of the Korean countries, and the collection of commercial taxes was not allowed to exceed 10%. If these merchants violated local laws, they were not dealt with by the local Korean government, but were tried and dealt with by the garrison in a temporary court.

Of course, there is a major premise in this, that is, these businessmen must hold a business certificate issued by the Liaodong City Bosi in order to enjoy the above treatment.

The third content is that the garrison has the right to preferentially purchase all kinds of materials from the three Korean countries under the premise of a reasonable price, and the local government must not interfere.

These terms were all put forward by Di Qing, who knew very well that Jiang Chuan valued the idea of merchants, so the second article of the contract proposed the opening of treaty ports.

As for the third item, it is written in the treaty in case of emergency.

In order to facilitate the addition of supplementary clauses in the future, a clause was added at the end: "If there are unfinished matters, Jiang Jiajun will propose them and then supplement them after agreeing with the three countries." ”

If this treaty were to be seen as a standard unequal treaty from the perspective of later generations, it would have aroused the anger of the people.

However, it was a great relief for the three Korean countries that had experienced the brutal oppression and ravages of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Seeing the barbaric and invincible Manchu Eight Banners being defeated by the Jiang army, the three Koreans all gasped, and only then did they know that there is no strongest in the world, only stronger.

Looking at the fierce and ruthless Jiang family's army, and then looking back at the soft-footed shrimp-like army in their own country, the kings of the three kingdoms were mentally prepared for Di Qing's lion to open his mouth, ready to be squeezed.

But unexpectedly, after the final treaty came out, the three countries were very surprised.

The three main contents of the treaty, except for the garrison of the first article and the provision of five million taels of silver for military expenses and one million stones of grain and grass, which made the kings of the three kingdoms a little painful, the remaining two were nothing to them.

The garrison is nothing, and even for the Three Kingdoms, there is a faint feeling of being in place. With such a strong army protection, it also increases their sense of security to a great extent. If there were any more brutal enemies like the Manchu Tartars, they would not be vulnerable and surrender.

As for the location of the garrison barracks, a piece of land was circled at the junction of the three countries as the garrison barracks, and the barracks were built under the supervision of the Jiang Jiajun by the three countries jointly recruited by the people.

At the same time, the three countries will deliver the first batch of 1 million taels of silver and 200,000 stone of grain and grass to fund the military within half a month.

Although the three countries on the Korean Peninsula are also one country, they are really not that big. The largest Goguryeo is only 2,000 li in circumference, Silla is more than 1,000 li in circumference, and Baekje is less than 1,000 li in circumference.

However, although the land area of these three countries is small, there is still a lot of fertile land that can be cultivated. In particular, there are the Great Lakes at the junction of the three countries, which have vast waters and countless fish and shrimp, and are connected by waterways.

The Great Lakes are arguably the richest and most beautiful places on the entire Korean Peninsula. Moreover, the land around the Great Lakes region is rich and fertile, and it can be said that it is the most famous land of fish and rice and grain production area in the whole three countries.

Therefore, although five million taels of silver is a lot for the Three Kingdoms, it is not too much, and it will not cause a heartbreaking effect.

Of course, the reason why Di Qing asked to garrison troops in the Great Lakes, the junction of the three countries, was also to deter the three Koreans. As long as they are not honest in the future, as soon as the army moves directly, the grain routes of the Three Kingdoms will be cut off, which is equivalent to choking the necks of the Three Kingdoms at once.

After the treaty was signed, Di Qing stamped his general's seal, exchanged contracts with the three kingdoms, and quickly sent someone back to Guangning with a three-point contract to report Jiangchuan.

Although Jiang Chuan granted them the right to arbitrarily face the enemy outside, it was indispensable to report in a timely manner afterwards.