Chapter 304: The Kingdom of Korea
"Agreed, I agreed!" Li Xi's voice accompanied by fear suddenly came. Even Li Xi himself didn't know why he was so anxious to agree to Long Yuhui's request.
When Li Xi said this, his mind seemed to suddenly relax a lot, and he suddenly lost so many restraints, and the psychological pressure was instantly reduced a lot. The most important thing is that, in any case, he has kept the title of the first person in North Korea, the supreme leader of North Korea.
Perhaps out of the desire for power and nostalgia for honor, Li Xi even omitted the steps of thinking after hearing Long Yuhui's threat. Because he knows that since Long Yuhui can say it, then he will definitely be able to do it, and the strong don't need any reason. In Li Xi's eyes, he himself is already strong enough, but what about in front of the Chinese? said that his performance was nothing more than a child's resistance. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were crushed by the Chinese Empire in just a few days, in front of such a strong man, what ability did Li Xi have to resist? What ability and guts does a country that cannot even defeat itself have to rebel against a country that is more powerful than it?
At this moment, Li Xi really felt that he was still so small in this world. Boasting and arrogance will never become the climate, just like the Qing Empire before it. I think that the heavens and the earth are vast and there is no shortage of anything, and I look down on anyone very casually, but in the end? And what did they get? All you get is the end of the country, the end of a country.
And the previous Li Xi can be said to be a virtue with the Qing Empire, both sides are extremely narcissistic and like to boast about themselves, if it weren't for this, would North Korea have fallen to this point? Will there be no resistance when this invades? Absolutely not, Li Xi believes that the North Korean people can overcome everything.
"Now that you have agreed, sign your name on this contract, and you can announce the establishment of the Kingdom of China and Korea tomorrow or now." Long Yuhui smiled indifferently, took a contract from the assistant behind him, and handed it to Li Xi.
In fact, Long Yuhui is also looking forward to completing this task as soon as possible, negotiation is not his specialty, but fighting is his real specialty, if it weren't for Wang Lin personally asking Long Yuhui to be in charge of this negotiation, Long Yuhui would not have participated in this kind of boring negotiation anyway. The troops of the Imperial Wehrmacht were left there, and they could send random individuals to negotiate, and if they agreed, they were happy, and if they did not agree, they pulled the troops out and went around.
A task that anyone can complete, but it has to waste such a long time as a corps commander, to be honest, Long Yuhui is really a pity for these lost time. However, the task personally assigned by the emperor, no matter how much time is wasted, Long Yuhui has to complete it seriously, if he disobeys Wang Lin's order, Long Yuhui really doesn't dare.
After receiving the contract handed over by Long Yuhui, Li Xi had a faint indescribable feeling in his heart, once his name was signed on that contract, it would mean the complete destruction of the Korean Empire, thus embarking on the road of colonization, and what the future would be, Li Xi was not sure, but it was certain that the future Korean Kingdom would be more painful than before. The strength of the political axe will also be even weaker. As for diplomacy or anything, it is basically impossible to establish diplomatic relations with any other country except the Chinese Empire.
Because the Chinese Empire already represents the whole of Korea, the decision of the Chinese Empire is also the decision of North Korea. Li Xi picked up this contract with trembling hands and carefully read each of the agreements on it again. Every time he finished reading an agreement, Li Xi's heart felt like a knife.
First, the Korean Empire was renamed the Central Korean Kingdom, and the Chinese Empire Emperor Wang Lin appointed the Korean Emperor Yi Xi as the king of the Central Korean Kingdom, which was hereditary for generations. The security of the Chinese king of Korea would be the sole responsibility of the Chinese Empire.
It's just that this first treaty has already made Li Xidan hurt, I am a king, and I have to be appointed by a foreign emperor, this is probably the first person in history, right? Moreover, the king's side was also followed by many guards of the Chinese Empire, saying that it was to protect Li Xi's safety, but in fact, it was to monitor him, and if there was a slight change, Wang Lin could immediately understand the facts clearly.
Two. The foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Korea will be the sole responsibility of the Army, Navy and Air Force of the Imperial Chinese National Defense Forces. In the Korean Empire, only about 100,000 police officers were retained in the country, and they were responsible for maintaining law and order in the country. In the event of a major civil uprising or rebellion, the king of Korea may request assistance from the troops of the Chinese Empire in Korea.
Third, the Kingdom of Korea, which was part of China, would provide the Chinese Empire with all kinds of materials needed at the lowest prices.
Fourth, the Chinese Empire had the obligation to help the Korean Empire solve the problems of life of the people at home, as well as the problems of work.
Fifth, other treaties are pending!
Just these five treaties made Li Xi shed tears in his heart. Although the five treaties are not a lot, they are all overlord treaties, and the most hateful is the fifth article, which has the least number of words, only a short six words, but in Li Xi's opinion, this means more harsh treaties. A pending decision broke Li Xi's heart.
"Some of my entourage?" Li Xi asked slowly, but he just said a word, but he didn't know what he was going to say next, everything was clearly stated in the treaty, but before Long Yuhui said, anything is negotiable, Long Yuhui at that time, shouldn't he be lying to me?
"What our Chinese Empire has promised will definitely be able to do. You can rest assured that we are a reputable country. Your retinue can continue to follow you, and the people we sent are just the ones who keep you safe. Of course, this number will not be too much, only one or two hundred, as for your other honor guards or something, you can still form them freely, but their training will be taken care of by Chinese instructors. After all, from now on, you can be regarded as a member of the Chinese Empire, and when you go out, you will not only lose the face of the Chinese Korean Kingdom, but the face of the Chinese Empire! Long Yuhui smiled lightly and explained in detail.
Long Yuhui didn't feel that he secretly sweated for Wang Lin, I really don't know what Wang Lin thought? This was obviously done in preparation for the annexation of Korea in the future, and it was necessary to send troops to protect Li Xi's safety. Once Li Xi does something that does not conform to his identity, the guards can not only report the situation to Wang Lin as soon as possible, but also defeat Li Xi as quickly as possible.
It's just that why does Wang Lin want Li Xi to hold the real power? And now Li Xi's true identity and status are almost the same as Li Ping, the prime minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The only difference is that the guards around Li Ping are professional guards selected from the special forces, and there is only a relationship between them to protect and be protected, and there is no problem of surveillance. And if Li Xi does it seriously and doesn't use any crooked brains, it can be said that his life will be more comfortable in the future.
Although he has no soldiers in his hands, the protective umbrella provided by the Chinese Empire allows him to carry out everything he wants in the country more freely. And there will be no more worries in my heart. Civil unrest? Mutiny? It's all floating clouds, and when something happens, and when it can't be closed, there will naturally be the Chinese National Defense Forces to help, and Li Xi doesn't have to worry about any problems. This is indeed much better than before. As before, if you do anything, you have to worry about whether there will be a mutiny in the country, and whether you will be able to suppress it.
Well, now it's okay to play around by yourself when you have nothing to do, and let the Chinese Empire go when you have something, in fact, if you think about it carefully, it's also quite cool. I just don't know, how far will Wang Lin indulge Li Xi? Even Long Yuhui is not very clear about this. But Long Yuhui subconsciously thought that the local supreme leader of a colony would better be able to suppress their own people, but they would be extremely cooperative with the actions of the Chinese Empire, and such a leader would be a good leader.
"The last question is, once I sign this contract, who will be responsible for the administrative power in our country? It's me? Or are you guys? Li Xi asked with some concern, he didn't know if the people could accept such a decision, but Li Xi knew that he must do his best to retain some power, at least not let the people be disappointed and scold him for the rest of his life.
"I can't answer you very well on this specific question, but I can tell you very clearly that the main administrative power is still in your hands, and specific things, after signing this contract, you will go to Wuhan to meet our emperor in person, and then our emperor will tell you some specific division of labor." Long Yuhui shook his head lightly, and then continued: "But don't worry too much, our emperor is not interested in the administrative power of the Chinese Korean Kingdom. ”
"Whew!" After hearing Long Yuhui say that Wang Lin was not interested in the administrative power of North Korea, Li Xi exhaled heavily, and the hanging heart in his stomach finally let go slowly, and he was finally not hurt. In this way, even if the people are dissatisfied in the future, they can only say that Li Xi is weak, but they cannot say that Li Xi did not do his best. If it is truly colonized, then how can you take the responsibility of the administrative power of the country?
But at the same time, Li Xi also had deep doubts, wasn't Wang Lin afraid that Li Xi would give him a yang and yin violation? But thinking about the one or two hundred guards who were about to be sent to his side, Li Xi could only shake his head secretly, with these people watching every day, no wonder Wang Lin would be so relieved, as soon as there was a problem, he would directly get rid of Li Xi himself. The characters below can't be on the stage at all, and as soon as the army comes out, it will be no problem to wipe out the whole of North Korea.
Li Xi signed his name on the contract that represented the traitor in a slightly heavy mood, and due to the quality of the surname of this contract, Long Yuhui did not sign his name on behalf of Wang Lin. It was a contract that determined the interests of the state, and at the same time it was a contract in which another country was subservient, and no one other than the emperor himself was entitled to sign his name. Even Long Yuhui, who personally defeated the entire North Korea, does not have this qualification, not to mention that soldiers do not participate in politics.
Second, Yi Xi officially announced that the Korean Empire would be renamed the Central Korean Kingdom, and Li Xi himself served as the first king of the Central Korean Kingdom. In addition, the Chinese Kingdom of Korea will be militarily protected by the Chinese Empire, so in order to develop the economy of the Central Korean Kingdom as soon as possible, Li Xi decided to disband all the armies and various armed forces throughout the country.
The army is definitely a big money-burner, but the country that dares to disband the army and make every effort to develop the economy, the Kingdom of Korea is definitely the first, although this excuse makes Li Xi barely have a fig leaf, but in the world, all politicians have seen some of the inside stories in it. It can be said that when they learned the news, their feelings were extremely heavy, just like the feeling of their mother's death. In particular, Britain, the United States, France, Russia, and other countries. Of course, the happiest must also belong to Germany, because this means that their private ally, the Chinese Empire, has won a victory, and then the possibility of their victory has increased by one point.
At the same time, the mood of the people in the whole of North Korea is also particularly sad, their own country will add the name of another country for no reason, and it will also be protected by the military protection of their country, no matter who they are, old or young, there will always be a sense of helplessness and loss in their hearts. There are also some people, after struggling to no avail, decided to try to resist, and when they came, they were also in the ranks of resistance. Now that he has finally driven away himself, the Chinese who are more powerful than him have come again.
The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, and those who try to resist or incite public opinion are eliminated at the very beginning by the soldiers of the North Korean army who have already announced their disbandment, but have not yet had time to actually disband. The DPRK army is about to be disbanded, but this does not affect the mood of the DPRK soldiers. When they were in the Korean army before, they did not have any benefits, not even military salaries, and even had to prepare their own meals for three meals.
It's okay if it's disbanded, and the province won't do anything good together in the future. But since the Chinese Empire proposed that the Korean Kingdom should not have an army, would there be no way to deal with it? Without the army, what are they going to do with so many extra people? Falling grass for cowards? In the future, I don't have so much time to go up the mountain to suppress bandits every day. Therefore, in the Wehrmacht, there are some rumors faintly flowing, whether true or false, at least to stabilize these armed people first, and as for the rest, naturally we can only wait until later to elaborate.
The Chinese Empire will reorganize the Korean army, and in addition, the Ministry of Defense of the Chinese Empire will also be responsible for the military expenses of the Korean army. In other words, once the Korean army is reorganized, they will not only have a fixed salary, but also three meals a day. However, they also clearly understand that no matter how hard they try, their treatment will never be comparable to those of the Chinese National Defense Forces. Who makes the family a descendant? But even so, when they were about to get their military salaries, they couldn't help but feel a warmth in their hearts.
On 18 September, King Yi Hee, the king of Joseon, who had just announced the change of his name to the Kingdom of China, set out from Kaesong, boarded a battleship of the Imperial Chinese Navy fleet, and led a group of his relatives to experience the appearance of a great country and rushed to Wuhan.
After arriving in Wuhan, Li Xi finally met the legendary founding emperor of the Chinese Empire. However, Wang Lin's appearance disappointed Li Xi, how could he be so young? How did such a young man do it? Li Xi tried his best all his life, but in the end he still couldn't escape the fate of being devoured, and under the control of this man, why could the Chinese Empire reach the point of devouring other countries after just a few decades of hard work?
Li Xi really can't figure this out. During the talks, Wang Lin clearly told Li Xi the scope of his responsibilities in the future, and of course, these are also the issues that Li Xi is most concerned about. In the same way, there is also the question of the people's lives in North Korea, what luxuries may be needed by Lee Hee, but the people do not, and all they want now is a full meal, a job to support their families.
When Wang Lin answered Li Xi's questions one by one, Li Xi's long-frowning brows finally slowly put down, revealing an excited smile.
The administrative power of Korea was still under the administration of Li Xi, but the Chinese Empire had the right to stop everything that Li Xi was doing or would do at any time. Of course, the Chinese Empire does not have to take care of everything, and only intervenes in some major matters. Just like that, Li Xi was already very excited. As for the issue of food and clothing for the Korean people, Wang Lin pretended to think about it and said his plan to reorganize the Korean army. Unexpectedly, Li Xi became even more excited after hearing this.
The North Korean army is the most worrying issue for Ri Xi at home, for fear that they will do something incomprehensible because they are not satisfied with the decision made by Ri Hee. At this moment, the Chinese Empire will take over and manage them, not to mention anything else, at least Li Xi doesn't have to worry about military expenses and food, right? In this way, the country will be able to focus more on solving other problems. At the same time, it also helped Li Xi deal with those young people who are young and vigorous and difficult to manage.
In the end, Li Xi returned to North Korea triumphantly, and at the same time, he also brought back 100 tons of grain for North Korea. Although it is not enough to solve the problem of food and clothing on a national scale, it can solve the problem of hunger in some areas in the short term. At the same time, the news that the Chinese Empire was going to reorganize the Korean army also spread in full swing, and there were also various benefits and so on, and for a time, the number of young people who signed up for the army doubled, and the various recruitment points were full almost every day, and the crowds did not disperse, even in the evening, or during meals.
(To be continued)