Hear Lee? At these words, Li Qi couldn't wait to slap him.

How stupid must you be to ask Zhu Cijiong such a question?

The problem in North Korea is actually the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, in the final analysis, the land annexation has reached an unrepeatable level, resulting in a large concentration of wealth in the hands of the clan elite, when a society's wealth is excessively concentrated, there will inevitably be self-correction, and the wealth of the clan elite must be redistributed.

After the self-correction is completed, the next wave of mergers will be carried out.

This self-correction can be a change or an uprising.

For example, Wang Anshi's change of law and Zhang Juzheng's change of law are all self-correction.

Needless to say, the uprising and riot are directly a change of dynasty, a reset to zero.

Now that the rebel party led by Kim Jin and Shin Kyung-yu has failed, they have given up all the land and property in their names, giving North Korea a chance to redistribute land.

Seizing this opportunity, Lee's Joseon regime will last for at least another two hundred years.

But it's a pity, Li Liang Li? Father and son must now rely on the snort of the Ming army, and how to distribute the land and property of the rebel party must be decided by Zhu Cijiong.

But if Li Ju doesn't mention this stubble, Zhu Cijiong may forget it after confiscating the property of the traitorous party.

But Lee? Now that he asked so, it was equivalent to reminding Zhu Cijiong, so Li Liang was angry.

Zhu Cijiong really reacted when he heard this, and said thoughtfully: "There should be a lot of traitorous officials who participated in the coup, right?" In addition to their family property, these officials will certainly not have a small amount of land. ”

"Uh, what's this...... "Lee?" This will also realize that something is wrong, and the intestines will be repentant.

Li Liang also tried to confuse the past, explaining: "There may be a lot of rebellion against the party, but it is estimated that there will not be too many fields. ”

But it was too late, Zhu Cijiong said abruptly: "You don't want to say? It doesn't matter, Lone will send someone to investigate thoroughly, this time in order to quell the rebellion for your Li family's North Korea, the Ming Dynasty sacrificed dozens of brave soldiers, the blood of these dozens of soldiers cannot be shed in vain, the Korean country must give them an explanation, since you don't give it, Lone can only take it yourself. ”

Li Liang Li? The father and son looked bitter and looked like they were bleeding profusely.

Because the Korean rebels attacked the Ming army last night, Zhu Cijiong directly intervened in the handling of this rebellion on the charge of offending the suzerain, and the Korean monarchs and ministers had nothing to say.

However, to say that it is to intervene, in fact, the Ming army completely occupies the dominant power.

The leftist politician of North Korea, Gu In-yong, only has nominal dominance, but in fact has to obey Zhu Cijiong.

Li Liang, Li? The father and son and Gu Renyuan did not have crooked thoughts, thinking that they would not stop doing anything, and directly kill Zhu Cijiong and the Ming army, but when they thought of the battle of Changyimen and the battle last night, Li Liang, Li? The father and son and Gu Renyuan decisively dispelled this crazy idea.

Confronting Daming is to hit a stone with an egg, and there is no chance of winning.

That is, he follows Daming's ass as a dog, and he can pick up a few bones.

As a result, after a check, Zhu Cijiong found that he had really picked up a treasure this time.

Nearly half of the civilian and military generals participated in the coup, and if they really want to be investigated, the remaining half of the civilian and military generals will not be able to get rid of their involvement, such as Gu Renyuan, who will not escape responsibility.

More importantly, the two classes of ministers and the four factions in North Korea are all very rich.

More than half of the more than 1 million knots of cultivated land in the eight provinces of Korea are under the names of the ministers and clans of the two classes.

The unit of measurement of land in North Korea is not the mu but the grain production, which is divided into 20 koku, and according to the Yellow Book, the annual output of cultivated land in North Korea is about 1.5 million knots.

Due to the seriousness of the matter, Zhu Cijiong hurriedly sent someone to Nanjing to report to Chongzhen.

Before Chongzhen returned to the south, he had sent someone to inform Zhu Cijiong.

……

When the messenger sent by Zhu Cijiong arrived in Nanjing, it was already the end of November.

On this day, Chongzhen was squatting in the Gewu Science Workshop at the foot of Qingliang Mountain, eagerly waiting for the test run of the newly built steam engine.

It took nearly a year of work for Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing to finally build the first industrial steam engine, and this time the boiler was no longer cast with lead and tin, but with wrought iron.

In addition, the size of cylinders, pistons, and connecting rods has also been increased and thickened.

For example, the connecting rod connecting the piston is 2 inches thick, and the diameter of the piston is 3 feet.

Instruments such as thermometers and pressure gauges are also installed, and the connections of pipes are more elegant, making it look less like an experimental model, but a real industrial machine.

At this time, Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing are taking the craftsmen to carry out the final assembly work, and the installation is almost the same.

At this time, the messenger sent by Zhu Cijiong rushed to Nanjing and reported what happened in North Korea to Chongzhen as soon as possible.

After reading the secret letter, Chongzhen couldn't help but feel relieved.

Zhu Cihong, who was waiting on the side, asked, "Father, what happened to the third brother?" ”

Chongzhen didn't say much, just handed the secret letter to Zhu Cihong and said, "Hong'er, read it yourself." ”

After reading the secret letter, Zhu Cihong said in surprise: "Father, the third brother's expression in Seoul is really impressive, if the son is in Seoul, he will never be able to do this." ”

"Jiong'er's handling of this coup is indeed remarkable."

"Not only did he decisively suppress the rebellion, but he also saved Li Qi and his son, and grasped the initiative."

Speaking of this, Chongzhen said again: "Hong'er, you say, how should the political situation in North Korea be handled next?" ”

Zhu Cihong thought for a moment and asked, "Father, it depends on what kind of goal Da Ming wants to achieve, and then formulate a corresponding strategy according to this goal." ”

Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Expand and talk about it." ”

Zhu Cihong responded, and continued: "If the Ming only wants Korea to become a docile and obedient vassal state, it only needs to strengthen the penetration and control of Korea through political, military, economic, and cultural means, but if the Ming Dynasty wants to incorporate Korea into its territory, it must directly send officials to take this opportunity to exercise direct rule over Korea." ”

Chongzhen asked Zhu Cihong noncommittally: "Hong'er, do you know why Emperor Xuanzong gave up on Annan back then?" ”

"The minister knew that after the Ming army occupied Annam, the rebellion of the native people of Annam was always difficult to quell, so it was necessary to garrison a large number of troops in Annam, and the money and grain spent for this cost exceeded three million taels a year, and the grain tax collected from Annam was less than 100,000, and the gap between income and expenditure was too large, and there was no sign of dissipation in a short time."

"So, do you think the North Koreans will be more docile than the Annam?"

"But Koreans are deeply influenced by Confucian culture, so they ......"

"The people of Annamite were also deeply influenced by Confucian culture, weren't they?"

Zhu Cihong was speechless, because the influence of Confucian culture on the Annam people was no less than that of the Koreans, but they were full of resistance to the Ming court and refused to be included in the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen said earnestly: "Hong'er, have you ever thought about the reason? ”

Zhu Cihong's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered the ethnic identity that Chongzhen told him.

At that moment, Zhu Cihong said: "Father, is this because of ethnic identity? ”

"That's right, it's because of ethnic identity." Chongzhen thought deeply and said, "Even if they are both Han Chinese, once they have a unique ethnic identity because they have lived in a certain place for a long time, it will be even more difficult for foreign ethnic groups to integrate them, because their ethnic identity will continue through word of mouth among members of the clan, and when the foreign ethnic groups are weakened, the local ethnic groups will immediately find ways to drive out the foreign ethnic groups to win independence. ”

The ancestors of East Asia actually came from the same ancestor.

Zhu Cihong frowned and asked, "Then how to crack the ethnic identity?" ”

"There is no other way but mass migration." Chongzhen said, "During the Qin Dynasty, there was a large-scale immigration to Lingnan, and since then Lingnan has been forever incorporated into the Chinese territory, and during the Han Dynasty, there was a large-scale immigration to Minyue, and since then, Minyue has been forever incorporated into the Chinese territory. ”

Zhu Cihong then asked: "However, Lingnan in the Qin period and Minyue in the Han period were sparsely populated, so a large number of immigrants were allowed, but at this time, Korea and Annam were already overcrowded, and how to feed a large number of immigrants in the past?" ”

"Then two-way migration." Chongzhen frowned and said, "I discussed it with you before, but you forgot?" ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Father is saying that a large number of Koreans will be moved to the Central Plains and then dispersed, and then a large number of Han people will be migrated from the Central Plains to settle in Korea and settle down?" ”

Chongzhen said: "I thought so before, but then I thought that the effect of scattered resettlement may not be good, and it is too difficult to operate in practice, in fact, there is a better way." ”

Zhu Cihong's political sensitivity is indeed very high, and it is clear at one point: "Father is saying that the North Koreans or the future Annan people should stay in Nanjing to work?" ”

Chongzhen nodded happily and said, "It doesn't have to be Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other big cities can also do." ”

The inclusiveness and assimilation of big cities is unparalleled, and if they are of the same race, the descendants of immigrants after two generations will be perfectly integrated into the mainstream ethnic group, and even if they are of different races, they will become yellow-skinned and white-hearted banana people, or white-skinned and yellow-hearted egg people.

"It's really better." Zhu Cihong nodded, and then questioned, "However, now big cities such as Nanjing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou do not need so many workers, and there are tens of millions of North Koreans. ”

"Just because you don't need so many workers now doesn't mean you won't need so many workers in the future." After Chongzhen finished speaking, he turned around and pointed to the horizontal steam engine behind him that was about to be assembled, and said with a smile, "When the steam engine is put into use, our Daming industry will usher in a reborn upgrade, and the number of workers needed at that time will be measured in tens of millions or even billions." ”

Zhu Cihong couldn't help but feel excited when he heard this, does the future Ming really need so many workers?