In fact, the position of the British on the Ming Dynasty is also somewhat ambiguous.

The reason is simple, the Russians have taken advantage of this chaos to move south from Sakhalin and occupy Ezo Island as well.

Impressions of later national maps have always led to the impression that the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin are two parts.

But in fact, geographically speaking, Sakhalin and the four Japanese islands are a group of archipelago that are naturally connected together.

So it was natural for Lao Maozi to go south.

As the master of the-stirring stick, the British plan to stir up the two lumps of Ming and Russia...... Stir up the gold sand of Daming and the stool of Russia.

Historically, Britain allied with Japan until the 1920s to contain the expansion of the Russians in the Far East.

The relative strength displayed by the Ming Dynasty today cannot be said to completely surpass Japan, which won the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War one after another, and continued to develop for 20 years.

At this time, the relative strength of the British Empire was actually much stronger than it was in the 1920s.

So let's not talk about alliances, Britain felt that it was more powerful for its own interests to reach a certain degree of tacit military understanding with the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the British, like after the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, on the one hand, on the basis of the moral superiority of the white race, vigorously condemned Zhu Fugui, but on the other hand, they secretly sent special envoys to discuss the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty.

This matter made Zhu Fugui quite difficult.

Establish diplomatic relations, this matter will have to be implemented sooner or later, after all, you can't be the emperor of the ravine for a lifetime, isolate yourself.

But on the other hand, whether the British sent an ambassador or a minister, Zhu Fugui always felt disgusting and panicked.

After all, the ability of British diplomats and British journalists to fan the flames of the wind in later generations was known to everyone from Ireland to Khitan.

Therefore, Zhu Fugui had no choice but to insult the Ming Dynasty by the British, reprimanded them angrily, and then invited them as observers to watch the victory parade before he left Japan, and intimidated them.

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In addition to the British, there was actually another group of envoys who secretly came to Edo.

"We must be wary of Lee's North Korea playing the Hongwu card!"

After receiving the secret mission of the Li Dynasty with a high standard, Zhu Fugui said to the ministers of the Imperial Protectorate of the Japanese Island.

The relationship between Lee's Joseon and the Ming Dynasty is too deep.

Historically, they should be the first licking dog of the Ming Dynasty.

Even until one or two hundred years after the death of the Ming Dynasty, the Li Dynasty still privately called the Qing Dynasty emperor [Hu Huang], and called the Qing Dynasty envoy [captive envoy], in addition to the foreign official documents of the Qing Dynasty, all internal official documents, royal tombs, Zongmiao, and Confucian Temple Zhuwen still use the Chongzhen year name.

Judging from these aspects, this Li Dynasty is indeed a great filial son.

However, if these superficial articles are discarded, there is also an unshirkable responsibility for the hanging of the old uncle Chongzhen of Zhu Fugui in North Korea.

As early as in the Battle of Sarhu, the Koreans behaved quite badly, and 13,000 Korean troops came to the rescue passively, sitting back and watching the Ming army annihilated.

But in all fairness, with their performance in the later Ding Mao Chaos and Bingzi Chaos in the face of the Later Jin Army, it is difficult for you to judge whether the North Koreans are acting or real dishes.

After the Bingzi Rebellion, Joseon became a Houjin vassal and was frequently ordered to send troops to fight against the Ming as a servant army.

But the evil thing is that it is said that when these wastes arrived in the Houjin army, they suddenly became brave in battle, like the gods of war.

Especially in the Battle of Songjin, it was rumored that the elite gunners of the Koreans were the culprits of the Ming Dynasty's defeat.

Yi Xuan, the Grand Monarch of Inrim, a member of the Joseon royal family, once sent an envoy to the Qing Dynasty, said in his "Chronicles of the Yan Journey":

"It's a service, and the Qing lord has been fighting thousands of fine artillery in Wudong for four or five years, and he can always shoot. The master talks about merit, the head is half a hundred gold, the head is doubled, the oriental generals are cowardly and cowardly, and they go to the enemy with shame, and the country has raised troops for hundreds of years, and it is not used when it is used, but it is used in the place where it is not used, woohoo, pity. ”

Song Jun-gil, a famous minister in the Joseon Hyojong era, once said:

"The ministers whispered about the Chinese and Korean people, and those who met our country's people, they would weep and say: 'The fall of the Ming Dynasty is due to the fall of Jinzhou; The fall of Jinzhou is due to the essence of your country's artillery. ”

The North Korean Li Guming's "Ji Zhai Ji" said:

"Yes, the Xingzhou gunner Li Shilong was in the army, and the Hu people were forced to fire the cannons, and the people in the city shouted: 'Koreans, Emperor Shenzong of the year of Erwang is extremely gracious, and now he is helping thieves to capture the Chinese?' The cry shook the sky, Shilong couldn't bear to fire the cannon, and every time he released the pill, Hu Ren felt it and killed in front of the army. Shilong was killed with a smile, and a gold plate was unveiled on the city, and the book said "Korean righteous man Li Shilong" cloud, and the court was restored after it. Whoop the righteous! ”

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"Half a hundred gold, twice ......as many as the head"

Why does Zhu Fugui think this is so outrageous?

A little inquiry will reveal that the books that describe the dominance of the North Korean gunners on the battlefield of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the influence of the war situation seem to be the books of the Koreans themselves.

And the Chinese historical sources, regardless of the Ming and Qing dynasties, have no record of their artillery at all.

As later generations learned about the urine nature of the Smectacs, Zhu Fugui had reason to suspect that the Koreans unilaterally exaggerated their role and degree of elite.

And while they secretly boast of their superb artillery skills, they cry for Da Mingyun, which is really schizophrenic.

Of course, later scholars also have a view, that is, the shrewd Korean literati fabricated the theory of "fine artillery to destroy the Ming" and deliberately exaggerated the combat effectiveness of their own army, in order to use public opinion to hijack the Li Dynasty royal family to send troops to resist the Qing Dynasty and repay the kindness of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Fugui felt that this possibility was really possible, after all, Yun had been crying for more than 200 years, and it couldn't be said that he was pretending.

It's not easy to install two hundred years.

But no matter what, in the end, these people really didn't play any positive role except for burning incense for the three emperors Hongwu, Wanli, and Chongzhen for more than 200 years.

The giant in words and the dwarf in action are talking about the Li Dynasty.

To tell the truth, when those North Korean secret envoys who were much more authentic than themselves in Ming Dynasty snorted and cried, kneeling and crying to themselves as if they were crying blood, Zhu Fugui's little heart was indeed a little moved.

However, it is precisely because of this that Zhu Fugui has to warn the officials of the Imperial Protectorate of the Japanese Island that they must not be emotional, and they must strictly prevent the Koreans from playing the Hongwu card.

The so-called "Hongwu card" refers to the fact that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Comrade Zhu Baba gave the land north of the Datong River and south of the Yalu River to the DPRK with a stroke of his pen, and then designated it as a matter of not being a country to be expropriated.

Zhu Fugui knew how much the people of Northeast China longed for an outlet to the Sea of Japan in later generations.

Although even if his Zhu Ba Ancestor really kept that section of the coast, most of them would be given to Tsarist Russia by the genius of guarding the family, my Qing Dynasty, but how much will he miss it, right?

Comrade Zhu was too poor to become rich at the beginning, and such a style of work was not advisable.

If the Koreans play the "Hongwu card", they are so respectful and filial, and the account of incense to the three emperors every year is clearly done, which is indeed very emotionally lethal.

But what if they want to Changbai Mountain again in the future?

What should I do if I give Changbai Mountain and want the so-called "Goguryeo" homeland?

Regarding the relationship between Buyeo and Goguryeo and Goryeo and North Korea, there has been a lot of research in later generations, and Zhu Fugui has already prepared detailed materials in the history department of Guozijian, waiting for the Koreans to come to study.

But before we can change the mindset of a generation and complete integration, we must strictly prevent them from misidentifying their ancestors.

Xi Yaya They thought it was impossible, Zhu Fugui came from the later generations, but he understood it too well.

In addition, for the "Hongwu card", it must be clear within the imperial court, how can the Ming Dynasty have any country that is not levyed?

Is a national focus such an inconvenient thing?

In the past, the means of transportation and communication were not allowed to be expanded, but now that science has progressed and the industry has developed, of course, the Ming Dynasty will take back the four counties of the old Han Dynasty with interest.

North Korea is not only a strategic point in the Asia-Pacific region, but also a country of Confucianism, and the easiest place for the Ming Dynasty to assimilate.

Moreover, the Koreans in later generations looked like fools, and it was also caused by their small country and widowed people, who were obviously Americans' dogs, but they also had the heart of a big country, and the internal and external incoordination was caused.

Later, they became part of the Ming Dynasty, ambition and national conditions perfectly matched, most of the viruses left the ground, and the smart IQ occupied the high ground again, and the habit of stealing the country would not be cured by medicine.

In short, Zhu Fugui is still more optimistic about the North Koreans changing their ways and returning to righteousness.

Of course, the annexation of Korea is not the annexation of Japan, and the appearance must be better.

The Li Dynasty's royal family, Dongxue Party members, and pro-Ming scholars, as long as these people do not make mistakes, the Ming Dynasty will naturally give more preferential treatment.

The whole process of annexation will be in the form of a boiled frog in warm water, step by step.

Again, be careful about the other aspect.

That is, some overly shrewd Koreans may play the Wanli card and want to merge directly into the Ming Dynasty without transformation.

This is absolutely unacceptable, and this will disrupt the strategic deployment of the Ming Dynasty and shake the strategic determination of the Ming Dynasty, so we must be strictly vigilant.

In short, the DPRK is also very important.

Zhu Fugui is ready to lay the Pacific submarine cable as soon as possible, and when the telegram is called, it is naturally indispensable for most of the Asian metropolitan protectors to ask for instructions in the morning and report in the evening.