Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul.

The area and regulation of the royal palace strictly follow the suzerain-vassal relationship with the suzerainty of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the county palace regulated by the prince, which is built according to the system of the Ming Dynasty royal palace, and all the buildings are distinguished from the yellow of the Chinese imperial palace in the color of danqing.

The Qinzheng Hall is the place where the king handles government affairs, and the Sizheng Hall is the place where the king and his ministers discuss state affairs. The Kangning Hall is where the king lives, and the Jiaotai Hall is the residence of the queen.

The king of Goryeo, Li Fangguo, sat alone in the stone pavilion, and the secret letter in his hand made him speechless for a long time.

Langfang, which connects the stone pavilion, is full of strong Confucian cultural atmosphere on the murals, the palace maids dare not make a sound, and Li Fangguo does not care about them, unlike the rumors in the outside world, they all say that Li Fangguo is lustful, in fact, Li Fangguo is more for the sake of inheritance.

The scale of the rebellion in Jeolla Province is getting bigger and bigger, and it has already threatened Gyeonggi Province, and Lee Fangguo has to pay attention to it.

"Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince willing to send troops to quell the rebellious people?"

Li Fangguo asked suddenly.

Zhao Dalin, the monarch of Kaicheng Mansion, replied: "Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very concerned in words, the minister thinks that the wisdom of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the above country will probably not miss this opportunity. ”

Talking about Zhu Gaochi, Li Fangguo's heart is very complicated, hateful and admired, and finally helpless.

"Goryeo is torn apart today, the people are everywhere, and the smoke is everywhere, all because of him." Li Fangguo's tone was so strange that even Zhao Dalin couldn't tell his mood.

Many people blame the king of Goryeo for the current situation in Goryeo, and believe that Li Fangguo's reason has led to everything today.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty has been industrialized for more than 20 years, and the founding of the country has been nearly 50 years old, Goryeo has a close relationship with China.

Therefore, there are many enlightened people in Goryeo who advocate learning from the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty.

If Goryeo is stable in the country, coupled with its close relationship with the Ming Dynasty and its self-sufficient productive forces, there are also many castles and its own craftsmen, which have a chance of success.

Li Fangguo also supported it, until his younger brothers were eyeing him, so that Li Fangguo had to stabilize his power first, in order to protect his own interests, he could only rely more on Daming.

Relying on the dare not offend the king of Goryeo, the Ming merchants were able to take root in Goryeo.

Otherwise, even if the Ming merchants had cheap goods, Goryeo was not allowed to sell them, and the Ming merchants were not allowed to enter the country, and they would not be able to play a role. The Daming trading houses, which had taken root in the city, expanded step by step and integrated with some of the local classes to form an effective network.

When the Goryeo Kingdom reacted, even if he saw something wrong, there was nothing he could do, he didn't dare to disobey the Ming Dynasty, so no matter how much he didn't want to, he could only bury it in his heart.

Just like Japan in the 80s and 90s, not only in Europe and the United States, but also in the whole world, the South Seas, the Americas, Australia, Africa, etc., are flooded with Japanese domestic goods, including all aspects.

Until the United States is tough on Japan to accept the new agreement, will Japan be willing? Of course I don't want to, but I don't want to be willing, so Japan's share of goods from the world is declining year by year.

Although the situation is different, the principle is the same.

Li Fangguo didn't know what he thought, and suddenly got angry and asked, "Quan Shenxu's gang pursued the Inner Ming, and they succeeded, what was the result?" They are all accusing the widows, and they are not like that. ”

"The Lord is angry."

Zhao Dalin hurriedly comforted.

Looking at his confidant Zhao Dalin, the corners of Li Fangguo's mouth moved, and finally he didn't speak.

Zhao Dalin is the son of Zhao Jun, the founding father of Lee Korea, Zhao Jun made great contributions to Li Chenggui's ascension to the throne, so during the Li Chenggui period, he served as the left Zhengcheng of Lee Joseon, and the strength of Lee Korea at that time was not weak, and the Ming Dynasty was also established, and not all the North Korean respected the Ming Dynasty.

There was even a call to attack the Ming Dynasty, mainly the Zheng Daochuan faction, and Zhu Yuanzhang also issued an order to let Li Chenggui hand over this person to the Ming Dynasty, but Li Chenggui refused. At that time, Zheng Daochuan's power was great, and there were not many people who were qualified to oppose it, and Zhao Dalin's father was the main minister who opposed the attack on the Ming Dynasty.

Li Chenggui died, Zhao Jun also died, but the political power left by Zhao Jun was huge, and after Li Fangyuan launched two coups in history, he finally sat on the throne, tried his best to win over the Zhao family, and married his daughter to Zhao Dalin.

Now Li Fangyuan does not dare to launch the second coup d'état, Li Fangguo's throne is becoming more and more stable, and it is also an inevitable choice to win over the Zhao family, the Zhao family has no military power in their hands, and there are not many choices in the face of the king's overtures.

"They are deceived by the name of benevolence and righteousness of the kingdom, how can they know that people's hearts are sinister, and they do not understand the good intentions of the Lord, so that today, they have harmed Goryeo and put the Lord in danger."

Zhao Dalin said half-sincerely.

In fact, Zhao Dalin seems to have the talent of the current king Li Fangguo, and it is a good choice to become the king of Goryeo, compared to the strong Li Fangyuan, Li Fangguo is more mature and knows how to advance and retreat.

The strength of the Ming Dynasty, no one can disobey the Ming Dynasty.

Especially in Goryeo, which was handed over to the Ming Dynasty, there was only one road to be obedient, and how to develop Goryeo under the road of obedience needed a calm temperament like Li Fangguo.

In fact, it is.

Although this king is a puppet, he has not completely given up in history, not only gave birth to more than 20 children, but also won over ministers through various means, as well as courtesy of the Ming Dynasty, and the throne has become more and more stable.

In the end, Li Fangyuan was forced to flip the table directly, and defeated Li Fangguo by force, Li Fangguo couldn't defeat Li Fangyuan, because his own background was too insufficient, and he was restricted too much by Li Fangyuan.

But even so, Li Fangguo saw that the general trend was gone, and immediately changed his attitude, not only survived, but also lived until the seventeenth year of Yongle, and was greatly helped by the Goryeo ministers, so that Li Fangyuan had no choice but to be named.

It's just that under the waves of the times, Li Fangguo's talent has not been brought into play.

An unstable and fragmented Goryeo, coupled with Li Fangguo's lack of control of military power, even if he has more Tao Hui, he will not be able to exert it, and because Li Fangguo's character is not tough, it has led to the current situation in Goryeo.

The northern part of the country belongs to the Ming Dynasty, which he does not want.

Nor did he want his younger brother to stand on his own feet in the south.

There are too many things that Li Fangguo is willing to accept, but he can't do anything, how to protect himself and save his family's safety has become Li Fangguo's first choice, and he can't see hope.

As for handing over the rights to his younger brother Li Fangyuan, Li Fangguo was even more unwilling.

If it weren't for the persecution of his younger brother Li Fangyuan, Li Fangguo believed in himself, thought that he had the confidence to govern Goryeo well, and learn from the previous dynasty to promote industrialization, Goryeo could also develop, not like now.

"Click."

The steam from the steam engine enters the copper pipes and makes a rhythmic sound.

Several master craftsmen clapped their hands happily, and the surrounding apprentices cheered as they finally imitated the steam engine used in the Daemyeong Dyeing Factory, which was the first steam engine produced by Goryeo itself.

The officials of the Korea Industrial Bureau and the Korea Technology Department happily went to the Nanwang Mansion to report their merits.

Daming had the Daming Industry Bureau, and the southern king of Goryeo was also established.

Daming has a technical department, and the king of Goryeo Nanwang was also established.

Even the newspaper, King Nam-Goryeo studied.

There are many plains in the southern part of Goryeo, the climate is good, the rain is abundant, there are three or four million people, although it is a traditional agricultural society, but there are not many small workshops, in the next door of the Wa country, in addition to the goods of the Ming Dynasty, it is the goods of Goryeo that sell well.

In addition to trading with the Ming Dynasty every year, the Wa Kingdom also had a lot of trade with Goryeo.

However, these are already the old yellow calendar, and now both Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom have been defeated by the goods of the Ming Dynasty, but the Wa Kingdom has not been completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and the country still maintains its own small workshop, and the same is true for the southern part of Goryeo.

The minister responsible for imitating the Ming Dynasty is Liu Yiquan, and he is also the envoy who often represents the King of the South to envoy the Ming Dynasty.

Now is not a good time.

It was too late to succeed.

"King Nan is still having a headache about the troubled people, I'm afraid I can't take care of it." Liu Yiquan said calmly.

"That"

The official asked anxiously: "The Korean Industrial Bureau, the technical department, these yamen, have not been paid for half a year, and the craftsmen below have not been paid for a year. ”

"It's not enough to have silver alone, you can't buy food even if you have money now, it's better to distribute food." Another official suggested.

Hearing the discussion of his colleagues, Liu Yiquan smiled wryly.

"The army's salaries can't be paid, so let alone the craftsmen." Liu Yiquan said helplessly: "If the king of the south has food, how can he make the chaos of the people strong." ”

Everyone was stunned.

In the face of an organized army, the result is only slaughtered, but when the army is hungry, the result is different, the army becomes a chaotic army, and the combination with the chaotic people is the reason why the chaotic army is getting stronger and stronger.

They were all confused.

King Nan is not a greedy prince, but has always been frugal.

With the plains and geographical environment of southern Goryeo, coupled with the wisdom of the southern king, and the absence of major natural disasters, how could they have fallen to the point where they are today, and the development of things has exceeded their understanding.

A steam engine used in a dyeing factory could not bring productivity to southern Goryeo.

Invention does not represent productivity.

The popularization of technological inventions in society is the increase in productivity.

The displaced people of Tosan were no longer afraid of the big families, and after they defeated the Goryeo army at Tosan, they not only obtained a large number of armor, but also many soldiers joined, and their strength began to change and have an organized system.

Zhenkou, Jinshan, Longtan, Zhen'an, Yishan, Linbo and other counties fell into the hands of the displaced people, like locusts, robbing all the grain, gold and silver, and a large number of local slaves and poor people chose to join, from the initial thousands of people, soon grew to more than 100,000 people.

The east bank of the river.

The 30,000 southern army attacked the exile army, and the soldiers seized a lot of food, especially after the collapse of the exile army, there were not only gold, silver and jewelry, but also a lot of women and children in their back camp.

When some of the soldiers of the Southern Army were reveling, they were transferred from all over the country to completely annihilate the Wandering Army, and an accident occurred when crossing the river by the Jinjiang River.

"I said that I would have dinner when I crossed the river, but I said that the river would be open again, and he deceived us again and again, making us sell our lives, and not giving us food, and treating us as inappropriate people." A military leader scolded.

His scolding was quickly answered, and on the edge of the river, the soldiers were reluctant to cross the river, clamoring for the army to join forces.

There is no food for the army.

Their food supply was provided by the towns they passed by, but the cities did not have a surplus of food, or were unwilling to bear it for the soldiers.

The general was born in two classes, and he is inextricably linked with the two classes of local classes, and he can become a general not because the soldiers can fight, but because of the recognition of the two classes, so he will not offend the locality, and he has no choice but to urge the soldiers to cross the river.

"I hope Longtan can understand righteousness."

Hong Xingshan is a native of Nanyang, Nanyang is a county in Hamgyong Province, and now his hometown is gone, and he has become the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Hamgyong Province was originally a border area in Goryeo, and the local two classes of nobles were weak in the imperial court, and Hong Heung-seon was able to become a defense envoy because he took refuge in the two classes in the mainland, joined the southern army, and finally followed the king of the south and came to the south.

Such a person who has no roots in the south would not dare to offend the local two classes too much, and it is precisely because of his identity that Li Fangyuan trusts Hong Xingshan very much and entrusts Shang Qingdao's military power to him.

Hong Heung-sun finally brought 20,000 troops from Sanggyeong-do, but after entering Jeolla Province, not only did he not get food supplies, but he was also troubled everywhere by the locality, he could endure it, and the soldiers below couldn't help it.

Because it was not Hong Xingshan who starved to death, it was really starved to death among the soldiers.

Over the past few years, military salaries have been paid intermittently, not to mention supporting their families, and it is not easy to even support themselves, and many soldiers have starved to death in their families, and many have left their hometowns to beg, not knowing where they have gone, and not knowing whether they are alive or dead.

Those women and children who do not have men can only rely on their own bodies.

The soldiers were full of complaints.

"Mutiny."

"It's a big deal."

Hong Xingshan was discussing with people, and was shocked when he heard the cries outside, and before he could make up his mind, a group of soldiers rushed in and cut people when they saw them.

20,000 Southern troops mutinied on the east bank of the Jinjiang River.

After plundering the local area, some of them collapsed, some of them fled, and even combined with the rebels, and some of them turned around and attacked Maozhu City, which was not only a big city, but also a military stronghold, and could not be captured by rebellious soldiers.

However, the troops of Maozhu City were all transferred, and they could not cope with the attack of the rebels, and the city gates were soon opened by the rebels, and a disaster occurred.

The rebels spread like sparks.

The Southern Army, which was originally besieging the rebels in Tonshan, was waiting for the support of friendly forces to launch a general attack into the mountain to completely exterminate the remaining rebels, but when the Southern King came an urgent military order that they must recover Maozhu City and recapture this important military town, the result gave the rebels a chance to break out of the encirclement of the Southern Army.

Rioters, rioters, mobs

The southern part of Chungcheong-do, the northern part of Jeolla-do, and the eastern part of Gyeongsang-do have lost order and are getting worse and worse.

Based on this, none of the Ming merchants dared to set foot in southern Goryeo, and only those who dared to recruit workers and do business along the coasts of Gyeonggi-do, Chungcheong-do, and Jeolla-do.

The civil unrest in Goryeo suddenly became a fire in the waves.

Zhu Gaochi, who was far away in the Ping'an Division, was shocked.

Zhu Gaochi looked south.

"How should Da Ming deal with it?"

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The one-month trip to northern Goryeo was postponed indefinitely because of the changes in southern Goryeo, and Zhu Gaochi observed the changes in Goryeo with great interest to see how Goryeo would eventually develop.

"Big brother."

Zhu Gaosui shouted with a smile.

Unlike the second brother's courtesy, Zhu Gaosui still calls Zhu Gaochi the eldest brother.

Pull a faction and fight a faction.

Because of the suppression of the power of the clan, Zhu Gaochi must also reuse the second and third brothers, otherwise there will be a certain risk to his status.

When his father returned to the capital, Zhu Gaochu also returned to the capital, responsible for part of the military power of the Beijing camp, and the third brother Zhu Gaosui served as the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard to defend Zhu Gaochi's inspection of the country.

Zhu Gaochi casually took the booklet presented by the third brother, opened it and looked at it a few times.

"Li Fangyuan is actually doing well."

Zhu Gaochi commented.

Li Chenggui is a talented person, Li Fangyuan is also good, dare to think and dare to do, can overthrow the heir of the founding monarch like Li Chenggui, and also played a transitional period to stabilize Lee's Joseon and lay the foundation for Lee's dynasty for hundreds of years.

Such a person will not turn a blind eye to the industrialization changes of the Ming Dynasty.

"It's just a little clever, and it can't be compared with the big brother." Zhu Gaosui said with a smile.

Zhu Gaochi shook his head.

I just stood on the shoulders of my predecessors, and I knew the history of Goryeo well, with the help of the time, stirred up the situation in Goryeo, took the lead, and had the support of the national strength of the Ming Dynasty to have today.

If he puts himself and Li Fangyuan on the same level, Zhu Gaochi will not be arrogant and think that he is higher than Li Fangyuan.

It's like following the right platform and following the wrong platform.

Women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, men are afraid of entering the wrong industry, making the wrong choice, and no matter how much talent they have, they can't give full play.

"Goryeo has the foundation of industrial development, and we can't underestimate Goryeo, let alone the Japanese state." Zhu Gaochi explained: "For example, the reason why the scale of castrations was controlled in the past few years was that they were worried that the excessive use of the number of castrations would lead to a decrease in the number of poor people in the country, but it helped the country solve the big problem of overpopulation. ”

Zhu Gaosui asked curiously, "Then why did the eldest brother change his mind again?" ”

"Because there is a war between the Japanese and the Japanese."

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

When a nation is divided, then it gives the enemy a chance, and the enemy does not need to do it himself, but only needs to support a part, neither let that part develop, but also not let that part be weak, hiding behind it can make the nation have the danger of civil war.

When a civil war breaks out, the greatest loss is the nation itself.

Therefore, looking at history, reunification is the prerequisite for thorough prosperity.

can't be unified, it's always lame.

Therefore, although the West was helpless and was forced to let go of a large number of colonies, it also laid out one separatist force after another in each colony, and became their remote command behind their backs.

Zhu Gaosui didn't understand it, and guessed: "Because the Japanese civil war is in place, the eldest brother is not worried that the Japanese country has solved the problem of overpopulation, because even if the problem of overpopulation is solved, they will fall into a civil war and cannot develop." ”

"That's right."

Zhu Gaochi nodded, and said: "With the use of eunuchs, it is indeed conducive to the promotion of the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty and is in line with the overall interests of the Ming Dynasty, so I relented." ”

Zhu Gaosui understood and admired his eldest brother even more.

Development is productivity, and squeezing is also a kind of maximum efficiency, but Zhu Gaochi must first ensure a good internal circulation, and on the basis of stabilizing this, he will use external squeezing to make up for the gap in domestic productivity, so as to achieve the effect that one plus one is greater than two.

This is the main reason for the good effect of Daming industrialization for more than 20 years.

It is denied that the development speed of Daming cannot be so fast only by relying on internal circulation, because the overall level of industrial technology of Daming has not reached the level of the second industrial revolution.

It is precisely because over the years, a total of 2 million castrations and captives have created huge wealth and increased social productivity for the north of the Ming Dynasty, allowing the Ming Dynasty to dare to build railways in the northeast and west to provide material support, as well as to provide assistance to the industrial base needed for domestic production.

"That Goryeo is also in a civil war now, so even if Li Fangyuan wants to imitate the industrialization of our Ming Dynasty, he is still more than willing to do it." Zhu Gaosui asked by inference.

Zhu Gaochi did not answer the third brother's question, but thought about it seriously.

Sometimes contradictions are not terrible.

A contradiction, resolve it.

Countless contradictions, which cannot be resolved, detonate it.

After the outbreak is over, the contradictions are gone, leaving an innocent society and ushering in a new vitality.

For example, the problem of overpopulation, the premise of industrial development is the stability of agriculture, that is, to ensure people's food needs.

Therefore, industry can be developed in the early and middle Ming Dynasty, but not at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

But the end of the Ming Dynasty has obtained the high-yield crops of the New World, so the end of the Ming Dynasty can also solve the problem of overpopulation, so what if the high-yield crops of the New World are not obtained at the end of the Ming Dynasty?

There is no other way, to achieve a balance between population and food, is the only way, in short, to let the contradictions erupt.

When the surplus population dies out for whatever reason, the society will be resettled and have the foundation for development, so after every major chaos, it is also a good time for great prosperity.

As long as we seize this opportunity, we will be able to solve the problem of the development of the social productive forces and bring about a qualitative change.

So whether it is defeated or won, as long as the excess population disappears, it is an opportunity.

The Ouchi clan of the Wa Kingdom is the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty to control the Wa Kingdom, and the Da Ming will not let the Ouchi clan get out of his control, nor will he let the shogunate eliminate the Ouchi clan, so the Ouchi clan will never obtain a stable social environment, and will only become weaker and weaker.

But the southern part of Goryeo is different.

Whether it is the rebellious people and soldiers, or the king of Goryeo South, both sides are not under the control of the Ming Dynasty, in the past, the southern part of Goryeo was overpopulated, as long as there was no war, Zhu Gaochi was not afraid of what the King of Goryeo South had in mind.

Because no matter how many ideas he has, overpopulation is a problem he can't solve.

Now it's a war.

So who wins on both sides, not only solves the problem of overpopulation, but also because of the problem of war, the strength of the victor will increase, from the military and food, plus the Ming Dynasty to the surrounding technology radiation, will inevitably let them obtain the basis for industrial development.

Especially if the final victor was the king of Goryeo, with his talents, industrialization was inevitable; However, even if the southern part of Goryeo develops industrially, it is not the opponent of the current Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the southern part of Goryeo, which has collapsed in agriculture and social economy, and the southern part of Goryeo, which has a stable and industrial society, is not the same as the strength that the Ming Dynasty needs to deal with.

It is exactly what the ancients said, where misfortune and blessing depend, and where blessing and misfortune lurk. Bad things don't have to be bad and can turn out to be good.

Later generations often say how those years were.

However, if it were not for the high degree of control in those years, on the basis of various large infrastructure construction projects across the country and countless projects that shocked the world, how could there have been great economic success in just twenty or thirty years?

The two sides of things are so magical and complex, and as the ancients said, there is no endless road, it depends on whether you can seize the opportunity.

Zhu Di's courage is stronger than himself, he wants to go south, and he can't stay in the capital, so Daming doesn't have much strength to invest in other places, and now this opportunity is an opportunity for Goryeo, if Goryeo seizes it, he can turn over and enter industrialization.

Zhu Gaochi naturally won't give it.

(End of chapter)