North Korea, Gyeongju Official Office.

Park Sung-hwan was with Lee Decan and walked carefully to the open space in front of the government office. Thousands of people had gathered here, and the road was blocked by various vehicles and horses. There was a lot of food on the vehicles and livestock. These farmers representatives from various villages in North Korea came here to pay public grain.

"Sir, this is the last batch. In the Quanqingzhou, more than 90% of the public grain has been paid, and the rest will be paid within five days. The officials sent to the random check officers of various villages and towns to report. Most of the farmers paid the public grain in full, and there were not many private holders. Larger random checks are about to be carried out." Park Sung-hwan said carefully.

Li Decan nodded slightly: "Empress Park Mu, you have done a good job. Work harder and become the first official in North Korea to complete the task of incorporating public grain. Your name will appear on the table with the highest dollar. Do you know?"

"Working for the superior country, the subordinates dare not do their best!" Park Sung-hwan didn't care about the people around him and hurriedly knocked.

The so-called payment of public grain is actually a more closely related title that should be the surplus grain collection system. Yes, it is collection rather than solicitation. Although there is a lot of mandatory nature in this process, North Korean farmers do not pay free of charge.

Starting from the beginning of the year, the occupying forces headquarters issued the highest order to the entire territory of Korea, including the Qing dynasty and the Shenfan - due to the exhaustion of the people and the poor, the people were repeatedly affected by war, all taxes were exempted this year.

The same was also issued an order to pay public grain. From last year to this summer, the Occupy Army Command conducted land measurement and population statistics on the entire territory of North Korea. This should be the first time in North Korea's thousand-year history. After counting the land cultivated by the North Koreans and the family's servants, the people of North Korea ordered all the people to retain the necessary food, and all the rest were sold to the Occupy Army Command. According to regulations, adults retain two stones of rice, women retain one and a half stone, and children retain one and the rest were sold to the grain collection areas in villages and towns. Those who bought the grain for copper coins and paid more food would be rewarded with salt, which could be rewarded with up to twenty kilograms.

After the food is paid, the occupying army and the North Korean tax collector will conduct random inspections on each village and town. Any hidden food that does not pay or pays less is responsible for all the hidden food, and the heaviest punishment is exile.

Although the price set by each grain has increased a little more than the original grain price in North Korea, the motivation of the Korean farmers is still insufficient. The reason is that copper coins are not circulated smoothly in the original North Korea, and many people have never used it for half their lives, and they have a natural sense of distrust of money. What's more, there are all kinds of copper coins given by grain, including money from all dynasties in the Ming Dynasty, as well as Japanese money. The new and old money are different, and the copper content is also different.

When the implementation of the surplus grain collection system encountered obstacles, Li Mingxun had no choice but to use a big move, uniting the surplus grain with the land, and the occupying army announced that it had been liquidated two shifts, and the land of the middle-aged people was collected as public ownership, and those who had excellent grain payment performance could get one acre of rice for every two stones of rice or three stones of soybeans. As soon as this order was released, North Korea shocked. Many Koreans in the south also planted a crop of late rice, and more people went to steal the confiscated land to obtain more food. In the end, the Occupy Army Command even authorized that state-owned land could be cultivated at will this year.

The land is the foundation of human beings. For a time, the population of all cities in Korea was scattered in the countryside and farmed the land. Seeing that this policy was so good, the Occupy Army Headquarters announced that those who contributed their livestock could also be divided into land and exempted from taxes. Therefore, when collecting grain, the Koreans also brought the cattle, sheep, horses and mules in their homes to exchange for land. However, these Koreans did not know that the Shangguo court who gave them land was a ruthless scumbag. After confiscating grain and livestock, they squeezed the last drop of oil from North Korea, and then patted their butt and left. As for Lee Seok's Joseon Dynasty or the King of the Qing Dynasty supported by the Korean king, they didn't care.

"I heard that the upper state has the intention to withdraw troops, but I don't know... what should we arrange for the criminal officials at that time?" Park Sung-hwan asked in a low voice.

Li Decan said: "Like you, you have worked for the United Kingdom for a long time, worked hard, and made great contributions. You were not serious injustice, so you naturally return your freedom. If you still want to serve, I can give you a place in the United Front School, and stay there for a year or two, and then you can become an official in the United Kingdom system. Of course, you can also go to the Shenxian vassal state, and maybe you can continue to be this pastoral envoy."

"The subordinate is willing to serve the superior country." Park Sung-hwan said quickly.

Lee Dechan quickly lifted Park Sung-hwan who was about to kneel down to avoid attracting more attention. He whispered: "Master Park, if you really want to go further, it is useless to just follow me. Do you know if you still have meritorious contributions?"

After more than a year of cooperation, the two of them had a good personal relationship. Lee Dechan removed the shackles for Park Sung-hwan and maintained his authority and status among other criminal officials. While Park Sung-hwan was trying hard to assist Lee Dechan to complete the task, he also took a break from his busy schedule to take care of the private hobby of this benefactor. At least the two newly added wives from two classes in Lee Dechan's family were Park Sung-hwan who were very convinced. It is said that one of them was almost pointed out by Lee Seok to the current King of North Korea Lee Seok.

"Please be kind to the official, be sure to give me some advice." Park Sung-hwan whispered.

Lee Decan smiled and said only one person's name: "Shen Mingjun."

Park Sung-hwan's face changed slightly, and then she understood: "What you mean is that after the country withdraws its troops, you must stay in Shin Ming-joon..."

"You can't say it, you can't say it." Li Decan smiled and walked away.

Shin Mingjun is a leader of the open fire thief. Unlike those who can't survive, he rebelled with flags. Shin Mingjun was born in two classes. Although he was a prostitute and was not from the same world as his elder brother, this guy has learned about the two nobles since he was a child, so the open fire thief he established has always been different from others.

At that time, the United States of America severely damaged the North Korean army, and open fire thieves emerged. The Security Bureau contacted these people, not only providing weapons to support their friendly and Qing sects, but also attracted people of the quality to go to Jeju to participate in the United Front School.

At that time, Shin Mingjun handed over the team to a sworn brother and joined the United Front School with four righteous brothers. Unlike other open fire thief leaders who entered the military, artillery and cavalry department, he allowed his brothers to enter the military and political department, and he entered the political and legal department. He studied in the United Front School for half a year and went to the Denglai Military Control Commission for internship for seven months. Shin Mingjun joined the Korean battlefield.

Many North Koreans who graduated from the United Front School established the Yi army in North Korea and supported the United States' military operations, but Shin Mingjun was different. He reorganized his old team and built a civilian team to assist the United States in liquidation, scouting homes and transporting in the Gyeongsang-do area. In just half a year, they matured the administrative departments of the United States and received the support of many North Korean masters. These masters worked in their busy work, practiced in their spare time, and ate the United States' grain and rice. Shin Mingjun should have formed a team of 6,000 people. Now that the United States is about to retreat, Shin Mingjun and other open fire thieves were gathered together, and most of them were willing to leave with the United States' army and go to Shandong to continue to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Only Shin Mingjun and others were willing to stay.

As a result, Shin Mingjun joined the unified front against the Qing Dynasty as he wished, and became an independent anti-Qing force. This guy even instigated several leaders to elect him to become the Grand Marshal of Anmin’s Imperial Gang, and proposed the slogan of equality of all people and vowed to fight against the Qing army to the end, relieving the posture of a Korean King of Rebellion.

This is also the talent needed by the United States. The United States can withdraw from North Korea, but cannot give North Korea to the Qing Dynasty. The North Korean regime represented by Chen Fan is already disunited from the United States. Moreover, the United States is also planning to annex North Korea in the future. Supporting the Shen Fan is to dig a hole for itself. However, this Marshal Shen is the best partner of the United Front School. He has the background of the United Front School and looks like a rebel. He can definitely make this muddy water even more muddy. As long as North Korea is in a civil strife, it will not provide much resources for the Qing Dynasty. As long as North Korea is not unified under one regime, then there will be room for operation in the future if the United States intervenes and even annexes this land.

After receiving Lee Dechan's tips, Park Sung-hwan came to Shin Ming-jun and handed him a few boxes of information. It contained a list of land acres near Gyeongju, and the number of land acres owned by each household. The most important thing was one of the booklets, which was the land that the Occupy Army Command had not yet allocated, and this was also the most important legacy that Park Sung-hwan left for Shin Ming-jun.

The United Nations coalition was already retreating. The first wave of evacuation was the Ming army of the Shandong governorate in the Zhoushan Archipelago. He had never fought in North Korea and did not need a rear guard to evacuate North Korea. He practiced military affairs all day long. Just playing the "existent army" in North Korea, he was worthy of the double salary they received.

Before the dissolution of the Occupy Forces headquarters, the United States announced the amnesty of the untouchables who remained in North Korea, restored their freedom, and then distributed land and announced three-year tax exemption. This was tantamount to the people of North Korea, but this heavenly grace was a real sugar-coated cannonball. The interests distributed by the United States to the people of North Korea did not protect their interests, nor did it establish a regime that protected interests. In fact, even the legal basis for allocating land, declaring tax exemption and pardoning slaves was insufficient.

But the Korean people don’t care about these things. In fact, they don’t understand them. No one will refuse almost free land and political rights. For those who reward these people, they use the most gorgeous language to praise them, and for those who are to be taken away, they will carry out the most thorough resistance.

In early March of the fifth year of Yongli, after all the troops, the front teams and Ding Zhuang in the actual control area of ​​the occupying army headquarters had evacuated, the six teams on the front and the Yi army began to break off contact with the Qing army north of the Datong River. At this time, North Korea was already early spring, the ice surface was in full swing, and Mandahai did not dare to pursue too much. Umu led his army to retreat again and Mandahai pursued him through two days. Both sides entered and exited the Hanjing City one by one. On Hamkyung Road, Chen Fan finally received support from the United States. With the assistance of the United States heavy artillery battalion, he successfully captured Yuanshan and went south.

Both the Qing army and the Korean army were very smooth at the beginning and they encountered no resistance. However, as the supplies carried from the flood area were exhausted, they began to collect grain on the spot and restore the original ruling order, they encountered large-scale resistance from the people. The reason was that there was not much food in the people's homes. Although the Chinese Shangguo forced them, they were always bought with copper coins. However, the killing Qing Tartars and the imperial court (referring to Li Jing) wanted to directly collect it.

This group of people not only wanted to collect rations for the people, but also wanted to turn their land into nobles (although they originally belonged to the nobles), and used free people as slaves, and had to be confiscated the taxes that were originally exempted. It was very different from hiring men from the Shang Dynasty of China. The Korean people who enjoyed a normal life for more than a year under the rule of the United States were hard to accept being oppressed like animals, and they also had to protect their property and rights. Therefore, resistance was constantly occurring in various places, and farmers fought with hoes and fought back everywhere.

It can be said that the policies and interests that can win over the people were given by the United States. Neither the Qing Dynasty nor the Lee regime in North Korea could give out the interests and policies that could win over the people. Moreover, they could not give them. The two remaining aristocrats and landlords in North Korea were supported by the two major regimes. They could only safeguard the interests of these people. Not only could they not give benefits to the people, but they also had to take back the people's land and free civil identities, and they also had to maintain the regime and the army through tax collection.

In desperation, both the Qing Dynasty and the Li regime had to choose the last method, the violence of the army.

The cruel suppression unfolded from south to north. The people handed over food and land in front of the butcher's knife, leaving hatred and revenge until they found another hope - the Grand Marshal of the Open Flame Army.

The Open Fire Army fully supported all the United States' policies of land distribution, tax exemption and abolition in North Korea, and loudly called for a great harmony world. The material premise for the Open Fire Army to shout such a slogan was that the United States reserved millions of stones of food and more than 200,000 jin of copper coins in Gyeongju, and there was still some unallocated land in its hands to reward the army and safeguard the people, which was much better than the Qing Dynasty and Li regimes that had nothing to do.

The spark could start a prairie fire. The fire army quickly occupied most of the two paths of Gyeongsang, Jeolla and Chungcheong Road, and supported the peasants of other paths to resist. Shen Fan occupied Hamgyong, Gangwon Road and Chungcheong Road. Although the Qing Dynasty had a large number of troops, it was the most unpopular. Ping An and Huanghai Road were occupied by them. Gyeonggi Road became a battlefield, and the entire North Korea became a pot of congee.

At this time, the United States had completed a full withdrawal and served as an offshore balancer on Jeju Island. With him, nearly 500,000 Korean criminals and their relatives, clans and slaves were evacuated from North Korea, and of course, nearly 24 million stones of rice and grains were collected in the end.
Chapter completed!