Chapter 15: The Prosperity of Joseon
At this moment, the Ming Dynasty has gradually moved towards a state of decline, and the way of thinking of the people of the Ming Dynasty is also undergoing qualitative changes.
People's thinking has also gradually shifted from the positive side to the direction of power and money, and this transformation also represents the distortion of people's values is taking shape.
At the moment, neighboring North Korea is thriving, because it is also developing steadily under the management of Seonjo.
And in the process of continuous development, groping for a way forward, at this moment in Korea, like the early Ming Dynasty, the coastal towns have been infested by the East China Sea for a long time.
Even under these circumstances, the Japanese lord of a small country still wanted to establish diplomatic and trade relations with Korea, and this seemingly scoundrel diplomatic method was naturally rejected by King Seonjo, the lord of Korea.
This is because the policy pursued by the Japanese was to suppress North Korea on the one hand, and on the other hand, to become friends with North Korea, and then to conduct the most basic trade and become trading partners.
Therefore, in 1585, Shinseki Haku, who unified the entire country of the Wakos, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, sent a special envoy, Yoshitomo Taira, the lord of Tsushima Island, to Busan in Korea.
He asked for diplomatic and trade relations with Korea, but at this moment, King Seonjo, the ruler of Joseon, did not show any interest in the overtures of the Japanese Kou.
Because the Japanese who had a deep grudge with North Korea for a long time would burn, kill and loot the Korean people after landing in the coastal cities of North Korea all year round.
In fact, the Japanese were spying on the defense of North Korea's military forces, so that they could weigh the cost of the attack and how many troops should be sent in the event of a future invasion of North Korea.
This also made the Joseon royal court, from the Korean people to the central center of Korean power, very annoyed by this matter, because the Japanese invaded the Korean coastal cities in batches for a long time, so it was difficult to predict where and when the Japanese would attack.
This has also brought great trouble to the North Korean officials and brought untold suffering to the North Korean people.
Therefore, King Seonjo of Joseon, like the Ming Dynasty, believed that the country of the Japanese was actually a country of beasts, and the so-called country of birds and beasts also referred to the new customs of the Japanese Emperor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
After the Honnoji Rebellion, Akechi Mitsuhide staged a mutiny and forced Oda Nobunaga to commit suicide, and then Toyotomi Hideyoshi finally defeated Akechi Mitsuhide in the name of avenging Oda Nobunaga.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi then finally gained supreme power through his own underhanded tactics and became the de facto successor of Oda Nobunaga, and later became the new Sekihaku in the 13th year of Tensho (1585).
And the country of the Japanese who rebelled against their own lord has a very special tradition, and at this moment, the lord of Tsushima Island, Taira Yoshitomo, is not as afraid of North Korea as he used to be.
When I was afraid of North Korea before, it was because the Korean state had a Eohae Eastern Expedition, and it was also the only time that North Korea took the initiative to carry out a landing operation on the Japanese island of Tsushima.
At that time, there were 17,000 Korean soldiers participating in the battle, while the Japanese had only 3,000 troops at that time.
Therefore, with the advantage of numbers and other factors, the Korean officers and soldiers quickly eliminated the Japanese and won a complete victory.
After that, North Korea began to restore peace with Tsushima, and then began trade and business activities between North Korea and Tsushima Island.
Due to the special geographical location of Tsushima Island, rice cannot be grown all year round, so the only way to make a living is to maintain trade relations with North Korea.
Otherwise, it would be difficult for the Japanese on Tsushima Island to maintain their basic livelihood, and the Japanese had been suffering from civil war in the country for many years.
The inhabitants of Tsushima also had to provide various kinds of assistance to the Japanese invaders, so Tsushima, which did not grow even a single amount of rice, was forced to make ends meet through trade with North Korea.
But the current lord of Tsushima Island, Taira Yoshitomo, is even more afraid, the feared lord of the Japanese country, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
At this moment, both the East and West people in the Korean court are discussing whether they will meet Taira Yoshizhi, and Zheng Che, who is a Westerner, has launched an unprecedented heated discussion.
On behalf of the Westerners, they strongly opposed the summoning of Ping Yizhi by His Royal Highness Seonjo, but Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun) and Li Shanhai (Bi Chao), who were easterners, agreed with the same opinion that His Royal Highness Seonjo summoned Ping Yizhi.
So in the process of an aimless quarrel, he never came to a final conclusion, but finally went to persuade His Royal Highness Seonjo to summon Ping Yizhi under the self-recommendation of Lord Yoo Chenglong.
So in the next meeting between Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun) and His Royal Highness Xuanzu, an extremely fierce debate was also launched, and even His Royal Highness Xuanzu had the same views as those Westerners.
It is believed that Korea, which has just received the "Great Ming Huidian", has already become a civilized country, so how can it establish diplomatic and trade relations with such a country of beasts?
Therefore, at this moment, His Royal Highness Seonjo sensibly rejected the proposal to meet with Taira Yoshizhi, which was equivalent to rejecting the proposal put forward by the Easterners and temporarily agreeing with the views of the Westerners.
So at this time, Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun) could only make a realistic response to Ping Yizhi, but Ping Yizhi used the reason of starting a war without establishing diplomatic relations.
It immediately attracted the strong attention of Lord Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun) at this time, and Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun), who didn't know the new Guan Bai, could only get all the information about the new Guan Bai from Ping Yizhi.
Moreover, in order to remind North Korea at this moment, Ping Yizhi also brought advanced bird guns from the country of the Japanese Invaders. And at this moment, the country of the Japanese also has a military force composed of birds, and this military force is extremely powerful.
At this moment, in order to make North Korea accept the establishment of foreign trade relations, Toyotomi Hideyoshi also specially sent some Japanese pirates to the coastal area of Jeolla Province in North Korea to land and harass the Korean people.
This also aroused the extreme resentment of the Korean Westerners and His Royal Highness Seonjo of Joseon, who themselves opposed the establishment of foreign trade relations with the lord of the Wako kingdom in the land of beasts.
At this moment, the opposition of the Westerners is definitely stronger, but at this moment, the easterner Liu Chenglong Bing Cao Jushu (Zhao Kun) has a different opinion.
At this time, Lord Yoo Sung-ryong (Cho Kun) believed that the country of the Japanese at this moment was no longer a previously divided country, but a unified country with a strong threat appeared in front of the Koreans.
Therefore, it is all the more important to observe the entire country of beasts at this time, and the establishment of diplomatic and trade relations with the country of the Japanese is also in line with the international trend.
At this moment, North Korea, which is in the midst of a partisan struggle between the East and the West, has no time to take into account the request of the small country of the Japanese Invaders, and only Li Shanhai (Bi Chao) and Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun), who are the Easterners, are vigorously promoting the establishment of diplomatic relations with the country of the Japanese Invaders.
At that time, Song Yibi, who was a representative figure of the Westerners, was trying to restore the Westerners' power as soon as possible, and launched a formal confrontation with the Easterners during this historical period.
This was the beginning of the partisan struggle between the easterners and the westerners of the Joseon court, and for a period of time afterward, the struggle between the two factions weakened the national power of Korea.
As to whether or not Korea should establish foreign trade relations with the country of beasts and beasts, there is a clear difference between the views of the Westerners and the Easterners.
At this time, under the influence of a prosperous era in Korea, even the former lord of the country of birds and beasts sent a mission.
It is uncertain whether the DPRK will be able to maintain the momentum of continued development during this period when the DPRK is demanding the establishment of diplomatic and trade relations, and the DPRK is about to usher in a new period of great historical changes.
And under the rule of King Seonjo of Joseon, Korea is developing with the Ming Dynasty, and what kind of influence will the neighboring country of the East China Sea bring to Korea.
What kind of story will happen in North Korea depends on what role North Korea is about to play in this era of change.
At this moment, the great changes will affect the next development of North Korea at any time, so how North Korea should face the changing world situation depends on the choice of King Seonjo of North Korea and his courtiers.