Xia Yuan did not change his words temporarily, from the beginning to the end, he never thought that he could annex North Korea through this, maybe he thought about it, but he changed his way and gave up.

Because it is unrealistic, this land did belong to China in the past, or rather, it was ruled by Huaxia and belonged to the jurisdiction of the Chinese regime.

For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed Weiman Korea and divided it into four counties, such as Goguryeo during the reign of Emperor Gaozong and Li Zhi in the Tang Dynasty, and established the Xiongjin Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and Andong Metropolitan Protectorate here.

Even tracing back to the origins, as early as the handover of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the descendants of merchants established political power on the Korean Peninsula.

All this can be said that Korea has been an inseparable part of China since ancient times, and China cannot lose the Korean Peninsula any more than the West cannot lose Jerusalem.

No matter how nice it sounds, it can't ignore reality.

All of the above are in the past, a long time ago, the most recent one dating back nearly a thousand years, and the peninsula has been independent for too long.

Even if due to geographical relations, this land and China have always been closely linked, and has always belonged to the direct radiation range of Han culture, but independence is independence, even if the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea is not an exaggeration, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is father and son, grandfather and grandson, but it is still not deniable that this is an independent country.

With independent sovereignty, the people of this land have long been accustomed to this independence.

So Xia Yuan didn't want to annex this land, even if he wanted to do it, he couldn't do it through this method that would leave sequelae, he just wanted to open a window in North Korea and let it lose its independence.

As we all know, if you want to open the window, you must first discuss how to demolish the house, so this is why he proposed to abolish the Korean throne and annex the territory of North Korea.

The main thing is a psychological gap.

Facing a pair of eyes with different emotions, Xia Yuan made a draft in his heart, and said slowly at the end:

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I'm talking about excuses, empty words? Although North Korea and my Ming Dynasty are given to rule, but your North Korea is now suffering from a kingless king, in turmoil, my Ming Dynasty is the country of the upper state, this is to set things right, not to take advantage of the danger of others, how can you do such a thing? ”

When these words came out, the expressions of the people on the field eased a lot, but they still looked at him, the former sentence was inappropriate, and the latter sentence could not take advantage of the danger of others, the words were very good, but they could not completely dispel the concerns of these people.

"And you North Korea and my Ming Dynasty are the same, my Ming Dynasty respects saints and practices Confucian classics, and you North Korea also respects saints and practices Confucian classics, especially you."

Xia Yuan's gaze looked over one North Korean official after another, "You are even more people who are full of poetry and books, relying on their talents in the womb, participating in layers of imperial examinations, and finally being admitted to the Jinshi before they can become officials." ”

"What are you learning by virtue of? Is it a Confucian classic? Is it the Four Books and Five Classics of the saints? ”

"You are, so am I, and I was also admitted to the Jinshi with the four books and five classics of the sage, so that I could become an official of the Ming Dynasty."

Xia Yuan knew that North Korea was also a member of the imperial examination, and it was also copied from the Ming imperial examination, and the examination was the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism, and even the process was the same, the township examination, the Seoul examination, and the palace examination, and those who won the examination were Juren, Gongsheng, and Jinshi.

North Korea has forces similar to the family gate lords, such as the Yao clan in Kaijing, which is known as the first high gate in Haidong.

But after all, such a family is only a minority, and the vast majority of North Korean officials present are all from the imperial examination, and they are all able to wear this official robe by virtue of the Confucian Four Books and Five Classics.

Xia Yuan is now letting them know that we are all the same, we are all the way, and we are all officials by virtue of the imperial examination.

And with these words, the expressions of the North Korean officials present completely eased, at first, they thought that this young Ming Shangguan was a martial artist, but they didn't expect it to be a scholar like them.

Even if he is a son of Confucianism, I am afraid that he is too angry, so he is angry for a while and says that he wants to abolish the throne of Joseon.

"But now you have a king like Li Long who is trying to destroy Confucianism in North Korea, and such a rebellious person has never been seen in eternity."

"Come, you wait and look there." Xia Yuan turned around and pointed to the building complex mixed with the gunlight in the distance, "There is your Sungkyunkwan in North Korea, and it is the first saint school in your North Korea, but it was changed into a brothel by your monarch, this is a blatant insult to the Holy Gate, and the heart of Confucianism is already obvious." ”

"This incident has sounded the alarm for everyone in the world, and it can't help but cause people to wake up, have you ever thought about it, since he Li Ru dares to turn Sungkyunkwan into a brothel today, will he abolish the imperial examination tomorrow, abolish the study of saints, and block the entry of Korean Confucianism!"

“.”

These North Korean officials had thought about this matter, otherwise how could they have suppressed their fear of Li Long after learning that the Ming army was going to crusade against Li Long and set things right, and enthusiastically became traitors and helped overthrow Li Long.

Xia Yuan looked at Park Yuanzong again at this time, "Do you now understand what I mean by asking you whether you are virtuous or not?" ”

Park Yuanzong bowed and said, "The minister understands. ”

Xia Yuan didn't know if he really understood or pretended to understand, but continued: "The king of the unrighteous is inevitable, and it is even more difficult to predict whether he is virtuous or not.

The second emperor of Huiqin in the Song Dynasty, Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, and Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Lingdi of the Han Dynasty, which of these is not a dumb king? But none of these stupid kings did anything to destroy Confucianism, but you are the only one in North Korea, who has a vain attempt to destroy Confucianism like Li Long. ”

"Now although I, Daming, have helped you to crusade against such a cruel monarch in North Korea, but it is also because I want to crusade against the Japanese kingdom, and my Daming just stopped here to know about it.

If it weren't for this, the mountains and seas would be blocked, the road would be far away, and you wouldn't even be able to send the news, I, Daming, would definitely know nothing about this matter, so what should you do at that time? ”

Historically, during Li Long's reign, he launched two purge campaigns against Confucianism, one was the Wuwu Shi Disaster, and the other was the Jiazi Shi Disaster.

The latter was larger than the former, and it also became the reason why the Korean ministers and scholars overthrew Yi Long.

After this incident, the Joseon minister could no longer tolerate the brutal rule of Yi Long.

A few months after this incident broke out, the Korean ministers led by Park Wonjong and Cheng Hee-yan took a risk, and in the name of the queen mother, that is, the concubine Cishun, led troops to storm Changdeok Palace, and after a period of fighting, finally defeated the defenders of Changdeok Palace, rushed into Changdeok Palace, and ordered Li Long to hand over the royal seal, thus deposing him on the throne.

But this happened nearly a year later, and at this time, although the Korean minister wanted to overthrow Yi Long, he was far more afraid than angry about Yi Long, the ruler of the country.

If not, as early as a few years ago, Li Long would have been overthrown, so why wait for the Jiazi disaster.

They couldn't predict what would happen a year later, and they couldn't imagine that they would be able to overthrow the monarch, so they didn't know how to answer Xia Yuan's question for a while.

Seeing that these people were silent, Xia Yuan asked again: "If one day, you have such a vain king in North Korea who is trying to destroy Confucianism, and I don't know anything about it, what will you do?" ”

Park Yuanzong bowed down and said, "My lord, the minister thinks"

"Do you want to say that there will be no more kings like this?"

"Yes."

"What if? There is a saying that there is no beginning and there is an end, as the saying goes, there are two if there is one, you have already been out once, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will not be a second time. In this regard, I can hardly rest assured, because I am a Confucian child, and you are also a Confucian child. ”

(End of chapter)