Soon, Zhu Zilong's army of three or four thousand was transported by the fleet, and he saw the edge of the Korean land in the distance.

Don't wonder why Zhu Zilong's army is about to arrive in North Korea at the time of lunch and dinner, because Yantai is only about 100 nautical miles away from North Korea. In the modern 21st century, it only takes twenty or thirty minutes by plane, how far can you say?

At this time, North Korea was headed by the Lee family.

The territory was roughly equivalent to the sum of present-day Korea and Korea, and the capital of the dynasty was originally in the former capital of the Goryeo Dynasty, Kaegyong (present-day Kaesong; Also known as Songdu), the capital was established in Seoul in 1395. In 1398, after the First Prince's Rebellion, the capital was moved to Kaijing again; In 1400, after the Second Prince's Rebellion, the capital was finally established in Seoul (present-day Seoul)!

North Korea, like China, was governed by Confucianism, which replaced Buddhism as the ruling ideology of the state.

At the end of the 14th century, the Yi dynasty replaced Goryeo and renamed the country "Joseon". So the word Goryeo can no longer be used!

At the beginning of the establishment of the Joseon Dynasty, the Li clan actively established a tributary relationship with the Ming Dynasty. He has sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty 109 times, and he recognized himself as his younger brother, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, gave the country a special name!

Zhu Yuanzhang not only recognized North Korea, but also clearly pointed out: "Where our China program is always located, it has been passed down from saint to saint, and it has been guarded without being lost." Goryeo is limited to mountains across the sea, and it is located in Dongyi, which is not governed by China. ”

After giving Li Chenggui the name of "Korea", Zhu Yuanzhang said very clearly: "I regard Goryeo as more than one projectile, it is located in a corner, the customs are different, it is not enough to win people, it is not enough to win the territory, and the conquests in the past dynasties are all their own provocations, and they want to annex it instead of China's good land at the beginning." ”

The relationship between the eldest brother and the younger brother made the tributary relationship established between the two sides stronger and more durable.

It became a national policy followed in the Joseon Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty, on the basis of implementing the diplomatic policy of "a country without conquest", incorporated Korea into the East Asian tributary system centered on China. The tributary relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Korea became a model in the tributary system of East Asia!

Here is an interesting historical fact, the famous little brother of the Ming Dynasty No. 1 is Korea, and the second little brother is Japan.

In 1372, the Ming Dynasty and the Ryukyus (Japan) formally established a tributary relationship. During the Ariake era, the number of tributes paid by the Ryukyus was second only to that of Joseon. A total of 182 tributes to China!

North Korea's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty is visible every day. It is by no means the same relationship between Jinshan Fat and China in later generations!

In the original history, there were indeed many people in North Korea who rebelled and became traitors for practical reasons. But many more ran to the mountains, or secretly still supported the Ming Dynasty.

Even after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, there will be a spirit card in their house, which reads: Your Majesty Yizong of the Great Ming Dynasty.

Every time Chongzhen's death day, the king of Joseon has to secretly pay tribute to it, and even the name of Chongzhen has been secretly used. While most of China's subjects had forgotten about the Ming Dynasty, there were a large number of people in Korea who were still thinking about the Ming Dynasty.

The relationship between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea was once described by some people as "blood is thicker than water", which is not too much.

The loyal people here are definitely more qualified than the Donglin Party!

However, everything is different.

In this 1626 year, Zhu Zilong was still a little worried.

After all, North Korea is under the rule of Gwanghaejun, and its relationship with the Ming Dynasty in the past ten years is not too iron.

Of course, this is also related to Wanli, the pit emperor.

In the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, King Seonjo of Korea died of illness. The de facto son of the world, Guanghai Jun, was the heir to the throne, and went to the court, claiming to be the right to act in state affairs, and asked for canonization. Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty hated his expertise and ignored it.

In addition, in the 14 years from the time Gwanghae-jun was established as the prince to the accession to the throne, the Ming court refused to canonize Gwanghae-jun five times. (At that time, there was also a dispute in the Ming court related to the Li Chu.) Mingshenzong favored the third son, Zhu Changxun, and wanted to be established as the crown prince, but the Manchu civil and military forces headed by the Ministry of Rites strongly opposed it. ）

This was unprecedented in the history of Joseon, and it caused the new Joseon king, Gwanghae-kun, to lose face.

In addition to making Gwanghaejun resentful of the Ming Dynasty (so that he was unwilling to send troops to help in the future), the behavior of Wanli and the Donglin Party of the Ming Dynasty not only made Gwanghaejun feel hostile to the Ming Dynasty (so that he was unwilling to send troops to help in the future), but also gave some Koreans a legitimate reason to surrender to the Qing Dynasty in various events in the future.

Therefore, if you don't do it, you can't die, the pit father emperor born in the late Ming Dynasty simply threw away Zhu Yuanzhang's old face.

"Fortunately, now Gwanghae-kun is stepping down!" Standing on the deck of the Treasure Ship No. 2, Zhu Zilong was blowing the sea breeze and thought secretly.

In the Joseon Dynasty, where Confucianism was deeply rooted, scholars regarded Wulun as the correct theory and regarded the great emperor as the king's father. Comrade Kwang Hae-jun of Joseon, who did not match the Ming Dynasty, ousted the Korean people in 1623, the third year of the Apocalypse.

This is undoubtedly good news for Zhu Zilong.

The current king of Joseon is Injo Yi Liang!

Just when Zhu Zilong was looking forward to meeting with the king of Joseon, the North Korean side was miserable at this time.

In these days, the king of Joseon, Li Liang, was so worried that even his hair was almost gray, and he sat on a stool alone with a frown. The Qing soldiers have been besieging the city for half a month, they are not in a hurry to attack the city, but slowly bombarding the city wall with artillery, under the fierce bombardment of the Qing artillery, the Korean soldiers suffered heavy casualties, morale is low, and there is a danger of mutiny at any time.

Yes, the Qing army also has artillery, don't think that the general cannon and the red-coated cannon are only available to the Ming army, but the number of cannons in the Qing army is not as large as that of the Ming army. After the bosses of the Qing army were killed by artillery, do you think some of the leading brothers in the Qing army still had a dead brain?

In these years, even if it can't be built, there will always be accidents.

For example, if there are people from the Ming Dynasty here, they will be surprised to find that the artillery in the hands of the Qing army is so familiar, and the person who fired the cannon is also familiar.

Alas, you are numb, isn't that Kong Youde and his little brothers?

It turned out that after Mao Wenlong hung up, he did not come to Shandong, but surrendered to the Qing army with some warships and artillery after being trapped and defeated!

But it's not a bad thing, there are not many cannons in his hands now, if it is in the history of later generations, then the cannons he brought over to surrender are called more than one.

Just when the king of Joseon, Li Liang, was frowning, a shadow gently walked to his side and said softly: "Your Highness, don't think too much, didn't you send an official to Daming to ask for reinforcements?" It must be there soon! ”

The king of Joseon, Li Liang, saw the faces of the people who came and found that it was his favorite nobleman, the Zhao family.

Then he smiled bitterly and said: "Aifei, it's not that you don't know the virtues of those ministers in the court, they are all good at quarreling and fighting for power, but you don't know that the relationship between my country and Shangguo Daming is not as good as before, and I don't know if the messenger can ask for reinforcements from Shangguo Daming." ”

The noble Zhao clan hugged the king of Joseon, Li Liang, and comforted: "Your Highness, this time is different. As long as our country marries the princess, I don't have to worry that the Ming country will not send troops to rescue. ”

The princess that Zhao said in his mouth was her stepdaughter Snow White.

Well, that's right, you read that right, this is the Snow White of the historical Daimyo XX, certainly not the Western one. (To be continued.) )