After being silent in the office for a long time, Ah Hai said, "If this was said from others, I would definitely think he was a lunatic, but you, I just need to listen to your teachings, please say it!"

Li Mingxun took out a piece of pastry made by Li Xiangjun from the exquisite lunch box, put it in the palm of his hand, and said, "If you and I compete for this pastry, for me, the best situation is not to let you not eat it, but to eat this pastry."

Of course Ah Hai knew that the ancient country that Li Mingxun called it had eight million mouths had been compared to pastries by him. He nodded and said, "Master, pastries are not humans. North Korea under the jurisdiction of Zhongming Sect is our ally. If the United States robs North Korea once, it will kill chickens and get eggs, and it may turn allies into enemies."

"It is certain that killing chickens and getting eggs, but allies will not become enemies. They just need to make a little move. In fact, my statement is not very clear. What we want to grab is not North Korea, but the assets of these traitors of the pro-Qing faction. Therefore, the more the pro-Qing faction has the upper hand, the more territory we occupy, the more we gain." Li Mingxun said.

What Li Mingxun didn't know was that in the distant Shengjing City, a man named Dorgon planned this way. He planned to provoke a war between the Zhongming faction and the pro-Qing faction within the Kingdom of Korea, and then enter the Kingdom of Korea in a pretext to quell the rebellion, and carry out large-scale cleaning and scouting of all non-Qing factions to obtain food and supplies to strengthen Liaodong.

"Master, maybe you are right. We can indeed obtain resources to fight against the Qing Dynasty on a large scale through looting North Korea, and at the same time avoid these resources from falling into the hands of the Qing Dynasty. But I firmly believe that this is a short-sighted behavior, which is tantamount to killing chickens and getting eggs. From a long-term perspective, I think maintaining a North Korea controlled by the Zhongming faction is more beneficial to us. Because such a regime will continuously produce resources to support our anti-Qing cause." After thinking, Ah Hai said in a firm tone.

Lee Mingxun nodded gently and asked seriously, "Ahae, from a long-term perspective, is North Korea controlled by the Zhongming faction really our support?"

Ah Hai did not answer, and Lee Myung-hoon continued, "The Kingdom of Korea has always regarded itself as a small China. In fact, the system of this country is quite similar to the political system of the Ming Dynasty. The privileged class, with two classes of nobles as the main body, controls most of the resources of the Kingdom of Korea, and most of the people in this country are in a state of extreme poverty and are struggling on the brink of death. Like the Ming Dynasty, this country has very low administrative efficiency and extremely political system. This is the necessity of the feudal dynasty, not the difference between the two factions of the Qing Dynasty and the Zhongming Dynasty. No faction becomes the dominant leader of this country and will not change the status quo.

Therefore, even if we support the Korean officials of the Zhongming faction to control this country, the Korean Kingdom is still exploited by two nobles. This country with a population of 8 million will most of the resources produced by the two nobles will consume the extravagance of the two nobles, rather than for our anti-Qing cause. Moreover, the reason why the Zhongming faction officials contacted us to launch a military coup was that they were not to resist the Qing imperial captives, but to protect their own vital interests.

As you said just now, if we fully support the Korean bureaucrats of the Zhongming faction, they will complete the tasks of seizing power, getting out of the quagmire of war, carrying out post-war reconstruction and reorganizing new troops within ten years. In ten years, we will receive support from an army of 50,000 people. But what you need to realize is that in this process we still need to continuously invest resources to maintain the stability of the Korean regime, otherwise invasion or local rebellion supported by the Qing Dynasty will delay or even interrupt our planning process. Therefore, within ten years, we will invest rather than output to the Kingdom of Korea.

But with the same resources, why can't we invest in colonization of South Ocean Australia or other parts of the world? With the same investment in colonization, we obtain land that will always belong to us.

What do we gain when we devote ourselves to the Kingdom of Korea? A corrupt and degenerate feudal dynasty and a literati-doctoral class who were far more loyal to the Ming Dynasty than to us.

And from a longer-term perspective, when we eliminate the Qing regime or gain a strategic advantage over this barbarian regime, the Kingdom of Korea we supported will become our troubles like the Southern Ming regime, and we have also cultivated a medium-sized power with our hands. In Northeast Asia, they are our competitors. So the Kingdom of Korea we have fully cultivated is only useful to us in the decade only ten years later and twenty years ago, before that. They will ask for excessive demands on us, and after that they will be our opponents and competitors. I think this, which we cultivated by ourselves, may be the final outcome of the Kingdom of Korea be destroyed by ourselves. If this is the ending, it is better to destroy it from the beginning."

"But master, a country with a population of 8 million is a very valuable resource. If it can be used for us, it will be a huge support for the rise of the Chinese nation or the short-term anti-Qing cause." Ah Hai still finds it difficult to understand Li Mingxun's strategy.

Li Mingxuan said, "Ahai, you are right, but how to use North Korea's resources is a very complicated matter. The ideal situation for our United States should be that we are not supporting a military coup in North Korea, but supporting a revolution.

Our ideal Kingdom of Korea should be a country with no distinction between high and low, and more equal resource allocation. Only in this way can a country burst out with sufficient productivity and productivity to support our cause, and it can also become the favorite market and raw material origin of merchants in the Republic. However, this is not what any official in North Korea wants to see. In this plan, we have no allies in North Korea."

"Master, consider it from the long run..." he argued.

Lee Mingxun stared at the face of his most complacent apprentice and interrupted him, saying, "Ahae, considering a Kingdom of Korea that will inevitably cause trouble in the long run is far inferior to a North Korean Chief Executive District that belongs to the United States of China. Do you understand?"

Ah Hai's eyes widened for a moment, and he suddenly realized his short-sightedness. Although he would add a long-term consideration in every word, he always puts the benefits in front of him.

Yes, no matter how much a North Korean controlled by the North Koreans supports it, it is not as good as a North Korean controlled by the United States.

North Korea is a country with a population of 8 million, a dynasty far-reaching influenced by the Chinese civilization circle, a regime with Chinese characters as the official language and writing, and a cultural circle that regards China as a synonym for advanced, strong and civilization. In this era, it is not a problem to annex such a country with a strong sense of belonging to Chinese civilization. On the contrary, the real obstacle lies in the existing privileged class in this country, whether they belong to the pro-Qing faction or the loyalist faction.

"Master, I understand. I will handle all the affairs of North Korea." Ah Hai said.

Li Wenxun left Ah Hai for lunch and invited the members of the Knot Party that he wanted to take away. At lunch, Li Mingxun explained to the Knot Party and discussed some issues with them about North Korea, Yongning Chief Executive District, Japan, Russia, and the Qing Dynasty. Of course, these issues will eventually be written and handed over to everyone.

Early the next morning, a group of people took the Blue Whale armed transport ship north to Jeju Island. The Blue Whale was the Manila sailing ship that it snatched from the Guam waters a few years ago. After it was put into use, it successively undertaken the task of transporting immigrants to the Yongning Chief Executive Officer's District. While making great contributions, the service life of the ship also reached its limit, so it was rebuilt at the Vladivostok shipyard.

It was also the first time that the Vladivostok Naval Shipyard had come into contact with such a large armed ship. In fact, the reconstruction of the Nanjing was carried out very thoroughly. Eighty percent of the materials in the entire hull were replaced. The Vladivostok Naval Shipyard provided it with new keels, ribs and improved cabins, and the number of masts changed from four to three. The rebuilt Blue Whale had a full load displacement of about 1,600 tons.

In the newly built Military Control Commission administrative building in Jeju, Ah Hai met representatives of allies from the Kingdom of Korea. The representative of the Chungming faction was Choi Mingji's younger brother Choi Wanji, while the representative of the Shen Fan of Hamkyung Domain was Navy General Lin Qingye.

Both representatives seemed very urgent because the only factor in maintaining the stability of the Kingdom of Korea, Joseon King Lee Nai was already terminally ill and his life could be lost at any time, and the most optimistic estimate would not exceed this year. Therefore, the allies of the Kingdom of Korea urgently needed the support of the United States.

As a result, the Chungming Sect and Hamkyung Dowager Shen Fan finally formed an anti-Qing faction. This was a very broad faction, mixed with various bureaucrats, ministers and vassal states with conflicts of interest. Cui Mingji, who was in the Hanjing, temporarily became the leader of the anti-Qing faction.

These North Korean officials are not unfamiliar with coups. In recent years, North Korea has undergone more than ten coups of large and large scale. However, after counting the resources they have, the anti-Qing factions found that they lacked everything. They lacked army, armor and various materials used in war, and even less support from the domestic power class.

After asking about his allies, Ah Hai found that his allies' strength was weaker than he thought, but there were many reasons. First of all, the two invasions of the Qing Dynasty against North Korea were particularly strong in the confidence of all classes of North Korea. It is difficult to get many firm supporters when going to war with such forces again, and there are more fenceists. The anti-Qing faction needs one or two decisive victory to win the support of these fenceists.

(I don’t know that they also went to Dorgon’s menu, and I don’t know that Li Mingxun’s menu also has their names on it)

Of course, the power of the Qing Dynasty was only one aspect, and the problems of the anti-Qing faction itself were also important reasons. Among them, Cui Mingji, the prestige of the anti-Qing leader, was very questioned because it was he who dominated the Nanhan Mountain City more than ten years ago. He has never been a staunch anti-Qing faction. On this path, it was only because the pro-Qing faction forced him into a dead end.

Because of his deep connection with the Republic, Lin Qingye led the negotiations and came up with a relatively systematic action plan. First, the current Korean king has not yet died. North Korea must first obtain the edict from the Yongli court to enthrone the Grand Lord Fenglin as the crown prince from Lu Jianguo in an emergency. At the same time, North Korea announced that the Kingdom of Korea will re-purpose the Ming Dynasty as the sect leader, and then the United States and Chen Fan sent troops together. The primary purpose is to seize the Hanjing, the most political city in North Korea, and control the Korean bureau. Then the United States will go north to block the rebellion of the Qing Dynasty and the Qing army from the north of the Yalu River and block the enemy from the border of the country.

The other part went south with Chen Fan to wipe out all the pro-Qing elements in the Kingdom of Korea to completely control the country. Of course, in this process, if the United States can assist the Kingdom of Korea to obtain some support from the Ming Dynasty, it would be best, even if it is only a few hundred people. After all, this can make this military coup legitimate.

In fact, the anti-Qing factions did not know whether they could get Li Gui's approval, but now they no longer care. It would be fine if Li Gui admitted it, but if he didn't admit it, he would become the target of the coup.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Qingye proposed another condition, which was to repay the United States of China's support for them to launch a military coup.

First, after controlling the North Korean regime, the anti-Qing faction will provide food and salary support to the United States who entered the North Korean war. Secondly, it recognizes that the United States has sovereignty over Jeju Island, permanently cedes the island, and then opens the market to the United States. If the United States of China needs a part of its population, then the relatives of the anti-Qing faction and the slaves under their name can also become the spoils of the United States' gold.

Ah Hai had to admit that the Kingdom of Korea had a deep understanding of the United States. He was basically satisfied with the military coup plan proposed by Lin Qingye. This evolution was dull, with no highlights, but no loopholes.

But he did not agree with the rewards of the Kingdom of Korea to the United States. Lin Qingye naturally understood this. He knew that the powerful country he wanted to get assistance was a country controlled by the merchant class, and bargaining was his instinct. Therefore, before coming, he received considerable authorization from Chen Qiyuan and Cui Mingji. However, what Lin Qingye never expected was that Ah Hai took out a treaty letter, and the contents of the treaty made Lin Qingye exclaim after reading it, "Your Excellency Ah Hai, we cannot agree to your conditions. If we agree, we will not get any support in China. Now those who support us will scatter!"

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