In 194 B.C., the Yan people Wei Manchu overthrew the quasi-king of ancient Korea and established Wei Manchu Korea. In the second year of Yuanfeng of the Western Han Dynasty (109 years ago), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered Korea and established four counties. After the 4th century AD, Goguryeo arose in the Yalu River valley and annexed the northern tribal states and the four Han counties. In the south, Baekje wiped out the 54 states of Mahan. Jinhan was also merged by 12 countries to form Silla. The Korean Peninsula formed the period of the establishment of the three kingdoms of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, which is known as the "Three Kingdoms Era" in history. In the 7th century, with the help of the Tang Dynasty, Silla unified the Korean Peninsula south of the Taedong River, which is known as the "Unified Silla Era". In 904, the Silla monk Jin Gong descended to establish "Taefeng". In 918, the Later Goguryeo general Wang Jian overthrew his rule due to misdeeds and abuse of power, and changed the name of the country to "Goryeo". The Goryeo Dynasty was a state religion with Buddhism as its state religion. Goryeo maintained its history on the Korean Peninsula for nearly 500 years until 1392, when the Goryeo general Yi Sung-gye established the "Joseon Dynasty".

Yi Joseon (1392-1910), one of the dynasties in the history of the Korean Peninsula, was the head of the Jeonju Yi dynasty. Because the monarch's surname is Li, it is called Li Joseon in Chinese mainland and Riben, referred to as Li Dynasty. The official name of the country is the state of Korea. The Yi Dynasty established its capital in Hanyang (i.e., the area north of the Han River in present-day Seoul). After 27 generations of monarchs for a total of more than 500 years, it served as an important tributary state of the Ming and Qing dynasties in China for most of the time.

In 1834, Chunzu (Chunzong) Li Yu died, Xianzong Li Yu succeeded to the throne, but Li Yu knew that if the new monarch succeeded to the throne was not recognized by the suzerain, especially the eight-year-old Li Yu was difficult to convince the public, when Lin Hongding was the temporary capital of Nanjing, North Korea sent people to write a letter to recognize the domain, in Korea, to show that Feng China Zhengshuo also used the Chinese era name (Gregorian calendar) in North Korea, and submitted to the Central Plains Dynasty. At that time, Lin Hong was busy with the reform and planning of the entire southern region, and second, he was busy with colonial affairs, and only established the vassal status of Korea, but did not send an envoy. Now it's really time to deal with North Korea's affairs, but he has let the vassal bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs deal with these matters, and he has cultivated a relationship with Liu Xiaoyu.

New Year's Day, 1836, Pyongyang, North Korea.

The Imperial Chinese Mission disembarked at Inchon under the escort of the Beiyang Navy's Beiyang Fleet, and was received by Choi Yong-cheol, who was in charge of ceremonies, systems, diplomatic rhetoric, state funerals, banquets, reception of foreign guests, historians, imperial examinations, etc., and then rushed to Hanyang (Seoul, the capital of North Korea) on New Year's Day.

In the afternoon, the Korean king Xianzong Li Yu received the envoys of the Celestial Empire. The head of the Korean mission of the Chinese Empire, Pak Yongxin, read out the edict, all the Korean officials knelt and kowtowed, and the king of Korea bowed down to receive the edict, which roughly means that China and North Korea are of the same origin, love each other, and support each other, China will guarantee the sovereignty of Korea, and Korea will serve the Heavenly Dynasty for generations

"The angel came this time, I don't know what His Majesty the Emperor (referring to Lin Hong) has in addition to the edict?" Li You sat on the top seat to lead the council, and Zhao Wanyong asked.

Park Yongxin got up and saluted Li You (Lin Hong said that he had to save face so that he could take their plums) and then said to Zhao Wanyong: "Your Majesty, I sent my ministers here, but I have something important." ”

The Korean minister, who was present with such a courteous envoy, was very happy in his heart, and saw that the country was worthy of being a state of etiquette, and behaved in a proper and polite manner.

"Angel, speak."

"The minister came this time to discuss the border between the two countries (in the past, Lin Hong was really unhappy to see that the map of the Great Wall extended to the northwest corner of North Korea, Tianchi), second, His Majesty hopes that the king and my Central Plains will communicate with each other, and third, Your Majesty attaches great importance to Jeju Island."

Sure enough, Zhao Wanyong was determined in his heart that the kingdom was nothing more than wanting to cut the land. If cutting a small island can ensure the rule of the Zhao family, it is very worthwhile in Zhao Wanyong's opinion.

Park Yongshin then said: "If the king agrees, your majesty will protect all the inheritance of Korea." This sentence was obviously said to Zhao Wanyong

Zhao Wanyong said: "But by the orders of His Majesty the Emperor." ”

On January 10, 1836, the Empire of China and Korea signed the Treaty of Korean Vassaldom and its annex, the East Asia Co-Prosperity Trade Treaty, the former reaffirming Korea's vassal status and the issue of the annex to Jeju Island, and the latter establishing the Empire's trade privileges and garrison in Korea.

It is said that since the Chinese Empire opened up the colonies in the eastern part of the island of New Guinea, in addition to sending criminals and Manchu magnates who were thoroughly investigated to carry out colonial activities in the name of serving prison sentences, there are really few civilian immigrants, because the domestic land reform has allowed the common people to have land, and the landlords who sold the land have transformed into factory owners under the guidance of the empire's policy. At present, in addition to Lin Hong's system personnel, Lan Fang's colonial enthusiasm is the highest, but they all prefer places with good environments such as North America.

Guangzhou Guangli Bank. Since the joint venture Xingfa Company has not yet established a façade, Lu Jiguang and Bai Luoqi usually meet here. The two are the biggest talkers in the entire Xingfa company, although Lu Jiguang has a lot of shares, but he relies heavily on Bai Luoqi's so-called internal information.

Brother Bai, I don't see you, how are you doing? Lu Jiguang asked earnestly.

Bai Luoqi arched his hand and said, "I'm fine, Brother Lu, okay?" ”

"Thanks to you, it's not bad."

Bai Luoqi casually unfolded a chart of the South Seas and said, "We are good, but some people are difficult!" ”

Lu Jiguang was surprised and said, "How do you talk about this?" ”

Bai Luoqi said: "Our Xingfa Company won the Anyuan Factory, not only has the ability to build sea ships, but also took over more than a dozen big ships in the hands of the Anyuan Factory. But except for an ordnance factory, the Fujian people don't get much, but these Fujian people are not the masters of Ansheng, and there are other moths in the whole thing these days! ”

What are they up to? ”

"Here's the thing, since our empire pacified the South Seas last year, Borneo has been completely subdued. It's just that there are very few Chinese in Borneo, but 200,000 is already the sky. Although we wantonly arrested some natives and sent them to the mainland to build roads and railways, the natives are still the majority relative to the Chinese, and the political power is in the hands of the Chinese, so it is easy for the political situation to be unstable.

Therefore, the state of Lanfang in Borneo has a law that for every Chinese immigrant sent, he will give 30 yuan. Those who want to go abroad in Guangdong and Fujian are basically gone, this world is too good, everyone can get along, and no one wants to leave their hometown. In the past, there were bandits in the north, and this province of Henan Province worked hard for two years, and basically no more crops were planted. Before this, only a small number of people fled to Guangdong, and let Zhengfu send them to Borneo, and the Fujian people were ruthless, looted 20 sea ships, and listed them in Xiamen, and sent people to Henan and other places, specifically to get people to Xiamen. Now that the north is settled, the north doesn't want to run around. Now that the Fujian people have gone to Gansu and Shanxi in Shaanxi to pull people, I think they have simply become human traffickers, and they have changed the law to make money, and they have to sell opium again.

Lu Jiguang smiled instead and said: "I don't dare to sell opium on the territory of the country and dynasty with 10,000 guts." It's just that we are colonizing just to make more money, but they are making money for colonization, which is really strange. ”

Bai Lodge said: "This colonization is not a trivial matter. Look at the group in Borneo, they are just ordinary barefoot people, and because they went abroad and occupied a piece of land, they began to call themselves kings and vassals. The only thing that comes out of making money is money, but colonization is equivalent to taking the resources of a place, how to make money, and this status is also on the rise. This colony is well run, and when the time is ripe, it will be a lot of political capital to give it to His Majesty, and when the time comes, if you want to enter politics, there will be indescribable benefits. ”

Lu Jiguang waved his hand and said: "What are you talking about politics, I, Lu Jiguang, have no ability, except for doing business, I can't do anything else, wouldn't it be bad for the people to be in politics?" ”

Bai Luoqi tempted: "Brother Lu doesn't want to get involved, but there are always heirs in the Lu family who may want to devote themselves to this career. ”

Lu Jiguang thought for a while, arched his hand at Bai Luoqi, and said, "I have been taught." ”

Bai Luoqi laughed and said: "I didn't come this time just to tell you about the movements of those jumping clowns in Fujian, but more importantly, our various procedures will be completed soon, and this destination has indeed not been chosen yet." ”

Lu Jiguang was also quite worried, and said: "Brother Bai, you don't know, I have carefully studied the information that you showed me a few times ago, all the lands and productive places in this world have been occupied by the people of Europa, although the empire is good in North America and East Africa, but it is too far away from us, above this sea, it is really difficult to find a good place!" ”

Bai Rocky smiled and said, "Brother Lu can see it thoroughly, but some places are still not colonies of the Europa, but there are some things. ”

Lu Jiguang couldn't help but worry: "But what if it causes a war?" ”

Bai Luoqi patted Lu Jiguang's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, as long as we stand still, the imperial court will help us fight?" Just ignore you, the Netherlands was driven out of Borneo by us, and the result is! It's not shouting protests at the Foreign Ministry all day long"

"Really?" Obviously, Lu Jiguang did not convert from the concepts of the imperial court and the country, when the Spaniards massacred the Chinese in the Philippines, because they were afraid of the Qing Dynasty, they also sent envoys to explain, and as a result, the Qing Zhengfu gave a comment that overseas outcasts deserve to die in their hometowns, so that the Dutch and Spaniards after them were bold to kill the Chinese.

Bai Lodge pointed to the island of New Guinea and said, "This island, called Irian Island, is the second largest island in the world, but it is also too big, even if our power penetrates into it, it will be difficult to make anything good. The Dutch are now nesting on the west side of here, but they don't have long to do, and it is estimated that it won't be long before the court will have to make a move on the Dutch. ”

Lu Jiguang's eyes lit up and asked, "Is this serious?" ”

Bai Luoqi smiled helplessly and said, "We can't interfere in such a thing, let's think of something practical!" ”

Lu Jiguang nodded hurriedly and said, "Exactly." ”

"We can only send four or five thousand immigrants at most, and even the armed men can't recruit much, and hundreds of them will die. So we can't occupy too much space, you see here. "White Lodge finger map.

"Melanesia?" Lu Jiguang is obviously not comfortable with this kind of name.

"Curious, isn't it? Why did I choose this archipelago, it's very simple, these islands are not small, we give up the largest, we can't gnaw through Irian Island and New Pomerania, and go directly to eat the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Fiji, there are almost no Europeans in these places, and the strength of the indigenous people is weak, as long as we build up our power, we will stand firm! ”

Lu Jiguang looked a little hesitant, and he asked: "These islands may not be as big as Hainan Island combined, how much oil and water can be eaten?" ”

Bai Luoqi is a system personnel, and he is a system personnel with economic expertise, he couldn't help but sneer: "These islands combined, but they are bigger than Hainan Island, besides, these islands are scattered in the South Pacific, and our sea area will expand in disguise." ”

He looked at Lu Jiguang and hesitated, so he had to say the more attractive factors: "Most of these places have gold mines, silver mines, etc., and the sea is also rich in all kinds of marine fish, and the forest also produces precious timber. ”

When Lu Jiguang heard this, he immediately clapped: "Okay, that's it!" ”

In June of that year, Xingfa Company landed on Bougainville Island in the Solomon Islands with 5,000 Chinese immigrants. Due to the lack of effective communication with the local natives, the locals were very afraid of the large number of Chinese who appeared, which led to a riot involving thousands of people.

Only ten years later, the commander of the South Pacific Fleet personally led a 1,200-strong rainforest hunting regiment to land on Bougainville Island, besieging the largest Melanesian tribe on the island, forcing the local natives to recognize the existence of Chinese immigrants and agreeing to the Chinese to establish a colony in the Solomon Islands.

Over the next month, the South Pacific Fleet's Marines swept away the indigenous tribes on the islands and captured a dozen tribal leaders and sent them to Chinese villages on Bougainville Island, where they were forced to become councillors. This event, historically known as "forced minzhu", as a topic of teasing the Chinese, was told for hundreds of years by Europeans who could not eat grapes and said that grapes were sour.