231. Article 10 Treaty
Zhou Quan knew the general context of history, but he did not know some details, such as he knew that Tang Taizong had conquered Goguryeo, and he had vaguely heard of the Battle of Baijiangkou, but he did not know much about its background and details.
After learning more historical details from Dong Changqing's mouth, he suddenly realized that no matter how countless Chinese heroes and martyrs shed blood and sacrificed on the peninsula in another life, what he got was betrayal, and it was not a betrayal or a betrayal!
What's more, all the comfort and support in exchange for this peninsula country's covetousness of China's territory and greed for China's maritime frontier are all about.
Originally, Zhou Quan wanted to be the first to carry out his plan against Japan, but now it seems that he doesn't need to be polite to Goryeo.
"Tuo Junjing, I have a document here, you can take a look at it, and after reading it, make a decision, whether to take it back to Kaesong as my messenger." Zhou Quan said.
Then Bai Xianfeng smiled and took out a roll of paper and handed it to Tuo Junjing.
Tuo Junjing knelt on the ground, lit the light of the torch, and read the contents of the paper.
In fact, after only seeing one-tenth of the content, he froze, knowing the content on the paper, he would never agree.
"This ...... This...... This is to destroy our country, aren't you from the **** kingdom, the state of benevolence and righteousness? ”
"My benevolence, in exchange for hundreds of years later, you orchestrate me again, saying that I was blinded by you?" Zhou Quan sneered.
"It can't be...... This son, I can't agree to these things at all. ”
Naturally, it is impossible to agree, this volume of documents densely lists more than ten articles, the first is to make Goryeo open the sea, any port in Goryeo must be open to the Great Song Dynasty Donghai Chamber of Commerce, allowing them free trade, berthing, and supply; Article 2 ordered Goryeo to set up concessions in its four port cities, and merchants from the Donghai Chamber of Commerce of the Great Song Dynasty were allowed to settle in the concessions; Article 3 For all the goods of the Great Song Donghai Chamber of Commerce, Goryeo shall not collect customs duties privately, and must agree with the Donghai Chamber of Commerce; Article 4 The Donghae Chamber of Commerce enjoys extraterritorial jurisdiction in Goryeo, and if there is any illegal act, a representative of the Donghae Chamber of Commerce must be present and his permission can be tried and executed. The fifth article is that officials at all levels in Goryeo must give all kinds of conveniences to the Donghai Chamber of Commerce of the Great Song Dynasty; Article 6 The Goryeo Hedonghae Chamber of Commerce opened Taoist temples and schools in Goryeo and gave them all kinds of conveniences; Article 7 The Goryeo Hedong Sea Chamber of Commerce shall prospect for mineral deposits within its borders, recruit people to open mines, and provide all kinds of conveniences; Article 8 Goryeo shall sell grain to the Donghae Chamber of Commerce at a flat price every year, and the price shall be converted into Song money, and the quantity shall not be less than 500,000 stones; Article 9 The Donghae Chamber of Commerce has the right to recruit Goryeo men and women as workers, and the Goryeo court shall not obstruct it; Article 10 If a Goryeo woman wishes to marry the Donghae Chamber of Commerce, her court, relatives, and parents are not allowed to stop her.
To put it bluntly, this was a series of unequal treaties that allowed the Donghae Chamber of Commerce to export goods to Goryeo and at the same time loot all kinds of Goryeo products, including its population.
These treaties will not be easily signed in any country, not to mention that Tuo Junjing is only a member of Goryeo's defeated army.
"Why can't you say yes?" Zhou Quan said.
"Don't say it's me, it's Li Ziqian, the uncle of Li County, and I don't have the right to agree, if it is...... If it is discussed by the imperial court, it will be scolded for losing power and humiliating the country! ”
"It is better to lose power and humiliate the country than to lose the country." Zhou Quan said solemnly.
Hearing Zhou Quan say this, Tuo Junjing shut up.
"Or do you think I'm alarmist?"
"Although Goryeo is not a big country, it also has two thousand miles of rivers and mountains, millions of households, and hundreds of thousands of armor, Your Excellency is only a small victory, and it is impossible to destroy our country!"
Zhou Quan lowered his eyebrows slightly, and then said with a smile: "Listen to what I just said that you don't have to keep your hand." First, I want to instigate the Jurchens to conquer Goryeo and turn the northern part of Goryeo into a battlefield. ”
"This is impossible, how can you be with the Jurchens...... Hooking up with the Jurchens? And how will the Jurchens listen to you? ”
Tuo Junjing's face was shocked, he had fought with the Jurchens, of course he knew the cunning and ferocity of the Jurchens, if the Jurchens were really instigated to go south, then the pressure on Goryeo would be extremely terrible.
"I can transfer the Khitan Leather Room Army, do you think I will have no way to contact the Jurchens? The Jurchens are now in turmoil, under the Great Liao expedition, of course they are willing to have a place to go, as the saying goes, persimmons pick up soft pinch, do you think between the Great Liao and Goryeo, which persimmon is softer? Zhou Quan sneered.
After pondering for a while, Tuo Junjing said again: "So what? ”
"In this battle, I captured nearly 40,000 Goryeo prisoners, these are the elite of Goryeo, I will cut down all these people, in this way, the Goryeo army is greatly weakened, the labor force is insufficient, and there are Jurchens in the north, so they have to go on a rampage, so that the people are not happy, and the country will have civil strife, right?"
It's cruel and vicious!
Tuo Junjing was completely frightened by the situation described by Zhou Quan, 40,000 were killed at one time, and all of them were elite Goryeo officers and soldiers, which not only made Goryeo's border defense more empty, but also made the Goryeo people suffer more to make up for this shortcoming.
At that time, the officials forced the people to rebel, and the people had to rebel!
"I have a third step, do you remember, when I took Jeju Island last time, a Japanese came, and I would recruit Japanese and use them as pirates to harass the eastern sea frontier of Goryeo...... If you want to have a lot of debts, at that time, the Goryeo court wouldn't care about this little thing, right? ”
Tuo Junjing didn't know that Zhou Quan's most disgusting thing was the Japanese, even more so than the Koreans. When there is money to be made, Zhou Quan will take advantage of the Japanese, but his next plan is to have rich gold, silver and copper mines in Japan.
It can be said that Japan was the top priority of Zhou Quan's colonization, and it was its precious metal resources at the beginning, and after this development was completed, Japan's population was also a resource.
Therefore, hearing that Zhou Quan even wanted to use the Japanese, Tuo Junjing said sadly: "You can't be like this, the Japanese are cunning and cruel, if you are like this, you will suffer from it, besides, I Goryeo is a subject country of the Great Liao, and I send envoys to the Great Song Dynasty every year, and the Great Liao and the Great Song Dynasty will never allow you to do this!" ”
Zhou Quan smiled meaningfully: "Just now, my advisor seems to have told you that among the governors of the Great Song Donghai Chamber of Commerce, there are prime ministers, princes, and generals, and now I will tell you that among the partners of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce, there are princesses, generals, and the emperor of Daliao himself...... Otherwise, how did the Leather Room Army appear on Jeju Island? Do you think what will be the result if you go to Daliao and Dasong to mourn? Oh, by the way, I am still the envoy of the coastal control of Haizhou in the Great Song Dynasty, and I am in line with the affairs of Goryeo and Japan, maybe your envoy from Goryeo happened to meet me. What will I say then? 'Who is kneeling in the court, and why is he suing this officer?' What do you think of me saying that? ”
Tuo Junjing was dumbfounded, and then said angrily: "I have never seen a brazen monarch!" ”
Zhou Quan waved his hand unceremoniously: "You are in Gaoli, looking at the past, you are all brazen and a hundred times better than me!" ”
With his words, someone took Tuo Junjing down.
This is only the first time he has dealt with this person, and Zhou Quan is not afraid that Gao Li will not give in. The methods he just spoke of will never change depending on whether the person gives in or not.
"Ming Gong, do you really want to force the Koreans to sign this document?" After Tuo Junjing was dragged away, Dong Changqing stepped forward and asked.
Fang Cai's document was written by Bai Xianxian, and he also edited it, but all the content was drafted by Zhou Quan, and there were some articles in it, Dong Changqing only felt excessive when he first saw it, but after thinking about it, he had to admit that there was a great intention in it.
It can be said that if these articles were signed by the Goryeo court, the next step would be the encroachment of the Great Song Dynasty on Goryeo.
"Naturally, we need to sign, we all need Goryeo's wood, medicinal materials, and minerals, and in addition, Goryeo also has a product, which is exactly what the Great Song Dynasty needs...... Grain! ”
What Zhou Quan really desperately wanted from Goryeo was their grain.
Jeju Island also produces grain, but Zhou Quan plans to use it as a base for animal husbandry, especially for raising horses, in which case there will definitely be a shortage of food. Buying grain from the Great Song Dynasty was one of the solutions to the problem, but Zhou Quan was also worried that buying too much grain from the Great Song Dynasty would have too much influence and would be controlled by others, so scavenging grain from Goryeo was his best choice.
If a fast ship like the Blue Bird is used, it will only take a day or two to get from Goryeo to Jeju, and it will be possible to ensure the food supply of 100,000 or even 230,000 people on the island by purchasing grain.
"Speaking of food, Ming Gong, the seized grain has come out, does Ming Gong want to go and see it?"
Of course Zhou Quan wants to see it!
The Goryeo claimed to be 150,000, but in fact more than 70,000 and nearly 80,000 came, and prepared half a year's worth of grain.
They collapsed too suddenly, they only cared about fleeing for their lives in the chaos, and there was no effective command at all, plus Zhou Quan specially ordered food, so when Zhou Quan saw the ten grain depots that were full, he couldn't help but smile.
Relying on the forcible conscription of the local people's grain, it could not last, and now with these ten storehouses of grain, it is enough for 20,000 Song people to support a year.
"With so much food and a large number of people, the commander-in-chief of Goryeo really does not know the art of war, otherwise he will cut off our supplies with ships and build a wall to besiege us with many people, and the number of victories and defeats may be undecided!" In front of this mountain of grain, even if he had already come to see it once, Dong Changqing couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"What do you use to fight our artillery?" The white pioneer was still full of artillery, and asked when he heard this.
Dong Changqing was dumbfounded, indeed, as long as the artillery was in hand, they could be said to be invincible, and the Koreans wanted to besiege them? You have to ask the artillery if you agree!
"At the beginning, Ming Gong once told me a point of view, the Han and Tang Dynasties were able to subdue the four Yi and make the guests obey, relying on weapons to lead the other party, and now my Great Song Dynasty has a sharp weapon like artillery, which is really fortunate, very lucky!" Bai Xianfeng remembered the weapon-only theory that Zhou Quan had mentioned, and couldn't help but praise it.
"I think the most important thing is not the weapon, but the layout of the Ming Gong in Liguo Jian and Haizhou, this artillery weighs nearly 500 catties, this is not stone and wood, but copper, 500 catties of copper! If you don't have enough financial resources, where can you use 500 catties of copper to cast a cannon? ”
When the two said this, they looked at each other and smiled, and they didn't have any problems because of their differences.
"In addition to food, let's see what other harvest we have, the so-called cannon sounds, gold ten thousand taels!" After reading the grain, Zhou Quan was also a little excited. (To be continued.) )