It is not difficult to see from the history of the colonial rise of Europeans that if you want to develop rapidly, you must be inseparable from slavery and plunder, and the imperial age system only provides the support of the loyalty of the system and the plug-in of scientific and technological research and development, but it cannot be conjured out of thin air for resources!

Thanks to the fact that the Manchu Empire was too lazy to accept the oil bottle of the Korean Peninsula, the sticks on the peninsula could happily live their own small lives behind closed doors, and the upper Korean royal family could follow the big tree of the Manchu Empire, and oppress the untouchables of the Korean Peninsula peacefully, no matter when and where, as long as they can be the boss, even if they are the boss of the weak chickens, they can enjoy the luxury that ordinary people can't imagine!

In fact, from the point of view of personal enjoyment alone, the leader of a small country is more comfortable than the leader of a large country!

Because small countries don't have to worry about any international issues, and they don't have to think about whether the international status of any country is stable, the national strength of small countries is there, no matter how talented you are, you are destined to be a little brother and a street cargo, rather than trying to think about something without a spectrum, it is better to put limited resources on how to provide personal enjoyment!

A small country, in the face of a big country, it must be crushed, the army or something can be used for public security, and a large amount of military expenses will be saved!

Small countries are already a vulnerable group, so naturally they don't need to be like a certain country in the 21st century, in order to save face, invest in foreign countries and help Uncle Hei build his hometown, just to maintain the face of a big country and win over a group of younger brothers who can wave their flags and shout at international conferences......

Being a little brother also has the advantage of being a little brother, although there is no right to speak in international affairs, but as long as you find a reliable boss, even if it is followed by soup, it is good, anyway, there is a tall man on top of the sky falling!

The people of a small country may not live as well as they want, but the leader of a small country is definitely a winner in life who is relaxed and can enjoy it at will!

Look at the king of Sri Lanka in the 21st century, his life is much more luxurious than that of the world's first American president, if nothing else, just the number of wives, there is no one......

This is not a single phenomenon, but a universal example!

Of the chiefs of small countries in the Middle East in the 21st century, which one doesn't start with a double-digit number of wives?

As for other enjoyments, not to mention, life is definitely much more wonderful than that of the head of state like the United States, who can deploy military forces all over the world!

The status of a great power is high, but they are also subject to an astonishing number of constraints, unless that big country is like Zhao Dutian, and engages in a hateful dictatorial tyrant system......

The North Korean royal family belongs to such a small country, although it is a big problem for the North Korean people to eat enough, but the life of the North Korean royal family is definitely not weaker than the queen!

Of course, the emperors of the great countries in this era are not as constrained as the national leaders of the earth in the 21st century, so the living standards of the kings of small countries are still far inferior to those of the emperors of large countries......

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It is not that the Joseon royal family is without a sense of crisis, but they think that the Korean Peninsula, a poor and remote country, can attract the attention of the dictatorial tyrant who is invincible all over the world?

It's a pity that they underestimated Zhao Dutian's shameless lower limit and greed, and the Han army really landed on the Korean Peninsula!

Together with the extremely harsh ultimatum, it was sent to the imperial case of the Joseon royal family......

Unlike the Manchu Empire, Zhao Dutian was a pragmatic dictator, so he would never allow the territory he wanted to win to be semi-independent!

In other words, once the Korean royal family surrenders, the status of a subject country will never be there again, and the Korean Peninsula will also transition to a provincial administrative region of the Han Empire little by little after the Han army occupies it......

It's frustrating to think about!

Not to mention that the Korean royal family is willing to bow its head, the vested interests of the Korean kingdom below are not willing to do so!

If it surrenders, the Korean royal family will be famous, and it may still have a somewhat soothing effect on the Han Empire, but these vested interests of the Korean kingdom will basically be properly cleansed!

Otherwise, how can the Han army make money here? How to plunder the population?

Most of the untouchables in Korea are serfs of these vested interests of the Korean kingdom!

If you don't click these big landlords of the Korean Kingdom one by one, the Han army's requisition of the population is not justified, is it?

And there will be a lot of trouble!

Therefore, the Korean royal family can surrender, but the most powerful class of big landlords and bureaucrats in the entire Korean kingdom cannot surrender!

Unless they are willing to give up the vast majority of their wealth!

The Joseon royal family did not dare to disobey the largest interest group in the entire Joseon Kingdom, otherwise, these wealthy Korean strata who wanted money and money could completely label the Joseon king as a traitor, carry out a bloodless coup d'état, and then support a more 'rational' royal bloodline to ascend the throne......

If the king of North Korea really agreed to Zhao Dutian's proposal, it would be a traitorous act, and a coup d'état would be justified and strong......

As a result, the entire Korean kingdom unsurprisingly rejected the ultimatum of the Han army, and these vested interests of the Korean kingdom began to collectively gather troops and plan to have a real contest with the Han army......

General Xue Ziwu, who landed in Busan, North Korea, preferred to call the actions of the Joseon Kingdom a dying struggle......

However, not all of the Korean kingdoms are masters who want money and do not want their lives, and the surrender faction headed by the king of Joseon secretly sent people to communicate with General Xue Ziwu, and expressed their desire to take refuge in an extremely flattering tone in the letter......

The Han Empire has always had a tradition of forgiving those who surrendered voluntarily, from the Americas to Japan, from Japan to the land of China, as long as those who voluntarily surrendered could afford to satisfy the Han Empire, Zhao Dutian would generously spare their lives and protect their original property!

When people have a way to live, they will not be ruthless to play with their lives, surrender is the way for Zhao Dutian to leave his enemies to live, otherwise, keep killing the past, not to mention that the occupied area will become a ruin, and the loss of his own army alone will also make Zhao Dutian feel distressed!

Of course, the surrender that Zhao Dutian accepts can only be a few people, if it is a nation, then it is unacceptable, Zhao Dutian also needs to use the blood and tears of other nations to build the great cause of the Han Empire!

It is a cruel but realistic approach, in a sense, Zhao Dutian is somewhat similar to the predatory colonial policy of Westerners, but Zhao Dutian has done it more thoroughly because of the assistance of the system!