After all, in the previous tributary system, Hua had little binding force on the vassal states, and the autonomy of the vassal states was very high, but after listening to Yang Shiqi's words, the Great China Federation was too restrictive to the member states, and the king could not govern, but also could not have an army, and the garrison was responsible for the garrison, and he also had to bear the military expenses for the garrison. Huaguo's restrictions on member states are much greater than before, which makes Li Xi a little difficult to accept.

Li Xi's face was a little ugly and he looked at Li Xiangwei and Li Weizhong, there seemed to be anger in his eyes, Li Xiangwei and Li Weizhong felt Li Xi's anger, and hurriedly said to Yang Shiqi: "Lord Yang, can we talk to the prince and the king alone?" ”

Yang Shiqi doesn't care at all, it doesn't matter if Li Xitong disagrees, if Li Xi is not easy, the Chinese side can completely leave Li Xi and his son, in addition to setting up another king, it can also directly abolish the monarchy and let North Korea enter the democratic system, both of which are feasible for the current North Korea, North Korea has both the basis of a constitutional monarchy and the foundation of a democratic system, whatever it is.

Yang Shiqi got up and said, "Of course, I'll go to the next door for tea, you can talk slowly!" ”

After Yang Shiqi went to drink tea next door, the four fathers, sons, monarchs and ministers here became lively, and Li Xi angrily reprimanded Li Xiangwei and Li Weizhong: "You, how can you betray your sovereignty, you have disappointed the widow too much, when the widow asked you to go to Huaguo, it was for you to move the rescue soldiers, not for you to betray the country." It's over, it's over. I just got rescued from the wolf's den, and I fell into the tiger's mouth again."

The two people who were prostrate on the ground looked at each other. After glancing at each other, Li Xiangyu said: "Your Majesty, you said that we betrayed the country, please forgive the ministers and others for disagreeing, our country has no sovereignty from beginning to end, and it has always been a vassal state of the Central Plains in the past, and after being occupied by the Japanese, it was even merged, and there is no power at all, and now we have invited the army of the Celestial Empire to drive away the Japanese." It's already very good, in today's world, except for the Celestial Empire, who will care about the life or death of our North Korea? Although joining the Great China Federation has lost some things, North Korea can at least be autonomous, and the loss of these things is also a reward for the Celestial Empire to help us, you must know that there is no free lunch in this world, there is no benefit, who wants to help? His Majesty can no longer look at the Celestial Empire with the eyes of the past. The Celestial Empire is also not obligated to help others for free."

Li Xi's father and son immediately hugged each other and wept bitterly after hearing this, Li Xi knew that what these two henchmen said was the truth, and before the Qing Dynasty, North Korea itself had always had no sovereignty at all. Suzerainty has always been in the hands of the Central Plains Dynasty, and the word of betrayal is indeed a bit too heavy, but the two of them have lost too much power in order to invite the Chinese army over this time. At least the power of the king and the royal family was greatly diminished, except for the power of a prosecutorial cabinet government. There was nothing else.

Li Xiangwei said again: "The king, the king, please forgive the ministers." The crown prince and the king are now the top priority is to hug the thighs of the Celestial Empire tightly, and there must be no dissatisfaction or indignation, you must know that the Celestial Empire does not have to continue to canonize the king as the king of Korea, Prince Ying and Prince Yi are very good candidates, and the Celestial Empire can also directly depose the royal family and let North Korea enter the presidential system, it is said that Syngman Rhee and those people have already had contact with the Celestial Empire, and they have been allowed by the Celestial Empire to establish a political party, and Syngman Rhee will become one of the important candidates for the ruling party in the cabinet, If the prince and the king want to repent, join the Great China Federation at this time, I am afraid that the angry Celestial Empire will not only lose a single right, but may even have the life of the prince and the king! ”

Li Xi's father and son were frightened when they heard these words, in the years of Japanese rule, their father and son had lived a miserable enough life, and they really didn't want to go back to the dark days before. Li Kun hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, what the Qing family said is very true, since the two Qing families have signed a treaty with the Celestial Empire, it will be counted, and it is not good to anger the Celestial Empire, and now it can only be done like this!" ”

Li Xi glanced at his son Li Kun, and sighed secretly, this son is even weaker than him, the reason why Li Kun was allowed to ascend the throne in the first place was because Li Kun was the only son born to him and Empress Mingcheng, of course, Li Kun succeeded to the king and the Japanese also had reasons for hindering him, but now it is too late to say anything, the matter has become a foregone conclusion, and North Korea's accession to the Great China Federation has become an inevitable fact, and Li Xi can only accept this reality.

After Yang Shiqi got the notice, he came to Li Xi's palace again, Li Xi said: "Lord Yang, it is our honor for North Korea to be able to join the Federation of Great China, if Lord Yang hears any news related to North Korea in the capital in the future, please inform the widow in time, the widow and the North Korea will be grateful, there will be heavy thanks, come!" ”

Several palace attendants walked over with a wooden box covered with red cloth and placed it in front of Yang Shiqi, Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty, this ???????."

Li Xi said: "Lord Yang came from afar, the widow did not go to the dock to greet him in person, it was already a few good manners, these years Korea was ruled by the Japanese, the Japanese did their best to loot in Korea, even the widow's palace was looted by the Japanese and destitute, the widow really has nothing good to give to the adult, this is a little careful about the widow, and please don't dislike it."

Yang Shiqi opened the red cloth and opened the wooden box, only to see that there were ten big yellow croakers in the wooden box, it seems that Li Xi still hides a lot of good things under the noses of the Japanese, Yang Shiqi covered the wooden box and said with a smile: "Since His Majesty the Prince is so gracious, Yang is disrespectful!" By the way, the king, the king, related to the restoration of Korea, Yang thought that the king and the king must go to the capital in person to pay homage to the president of our country, and the president always mentioned that he wanted to meet with the king and the king, in addition to the canonization matters, the king also had to go to the capital in person, before the kings of the southeast countries also went to the capital to pay homage to the president and get the canonization, if the king and the king have no other more important things, please also try to set off as well, preferably within a week, Don't let the president wait for a long time, if the prince and the king set a date, please inform Yang in advance, and Yang will arrange a boat for the two of you to go to the capital! ”

Since he agreed to join the Great China Federation, a trip to the capital of China is nothing to Li Xi, but Li Xi sighed a little that his fate was ill-fated, and he had to cross the ocean at such an age, but he still hurriedly said: "Yes, so thank you Lord Yang!" ”

"The king is polite!"

On 17 May, the Chinese army basically occupied southern Korea, and some of the small Japanese units deployed by Japan in the cities of southern Korea surrendered almost without resistance.

By May 19, the main forces of the two divisions of the Chinese army in Korea had entered the northern region of Korea, and the 20th Division deployed by Japan on the Sino-Korean border did not have a good experience, so they abandoned their positions and retreated eastward without fighting, and the retreat was very rapid.

Hua Guo did not dismiss these three Korean divisions, but left them behind, and continued to recruit 50,000 troops in Korea, a total of 100,000 troops, and reorganized into two armies and six divisions, because Britain and France and other countries in view of the fact that Tsarist Russia was going to launch a summer offensive against Germany, but suffered from a shortage of troops, so Hua Guo needed to send another 300,000 people to the western front of Tsarist Russia to support.

This time, China simply and generously agreed to send 1 million troops, 100,000 from Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Southeast Tiannan Province, West Tiannan Province, East Bengal and West Bengal, 50,000 from Nepal and Bhutan, and another 100,000 troops from China, a total of 1 million. After these troops were conscripted and transported to the battlefield on the western front of Tsarist Russia through the Guò Siberian Railway, China sent senior generals to take charge of the command, and China and Russia will set up a joint command center to command the summer offensive on the western front of Tsarist Russia.

On May 20, the former Joseon King Yi Xi and King Yi Kun arrived at the port of Tianjin on a warship arranged by Huaguo, and arrived in Beijing by special train in the afternoon of the same day.

In the evening, Xiao Zhenlei took time to meet with Li Xi and Li Kun, father and son, and the two of them were sincerely frightened when they saw Xiao Zhenlei, and gave Xiao Zhenlei a bow according to the previous etiquette.

At this meeting, Xiao Zhenlei did not talk about anything substantive with Li Xi and his son, but Xiao Zhenlei gave Li Xi and his son a reassurance, after the restoration of North Korea, the royal family will control the procuratorial system, and the king will appoint the top prosecutor, Xiao Zhenlei promised to allow the prosecutor to handle the case alone, and if necessary, the police of the local police station can be mobilized to assist, and the prosecutor can file a case against the prime minister if he thinks it is necessary.

Mr. and Mrs. Hsiao's promise overjoyed Mr. and Mrs. Lee, and in this way, the royal family's influence in North Korea would be greatly increased because of the powerful and powerful department of the inspection system, which would be different from the kings and royal families of other constitutional monarchies.

In addition to being happy, Li Xi actually wanted to marry his only existing daughter, the four-year-old Dehui Weng, to Xiao Zhenlei's son, Xiao Zhenlei shook his head and politely refused, thinking that it would be an open society in the future, and the children's marriage should be decided by themselves, and parents should not interfere too much. (To be continued......)