Although Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe guessed that the affairs of North Korea were closely related to Zhou Zhong, they did not dare to spread the matter. After all, Zhou Zhong was not an ordinary person, but the governor of the Ming Dynasty. If people knew that he had interfered in North Korea without authorization,

Internal affairs, this matter may even have the approval of His Majesty the Emperor, which will also damage the face of the court. Therefore, although they know that there is something wrong with the internal affairs of North Korea, they can only hold their noses and admit it.

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However, with such a big matter attached to North Korea, the court naturally cannot deal with it hastily. Especially for North Korea's first request to include credentials, this is absolutely unacceptable. After all, even the emperor's abdication had to be made three times.

Although entering the Ming Dynasty is not as good as the inheritance of the throne, it must be done at least twice. Therefore, the credential attached to North Korea's request was returned, but the second letter of credence from North Korea was sent shortly afterwards.

It came up, and it was delivered personally by Li Anliang.

In the main hall of the Leopard Room, Zhengde was summoning Li Anliang, who had traveled all the way from North Korea to Beijing. In addition, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Liu Zhong, Liang Chu and other cabinet ministers were also here. After all, they had conquered the entire North Korea for Li Anliang.

And he also took the initiative to request Ming Dynasty that the people included were very interested.

Li Anliang went up to the main hall and saluted Zhengde. Only then did Zhengde smile and say: "Li Anliang, you don't have to be polite. I heard that you were angry and launched an army because you were dissatisfied with the rule of the previous Korean king."

, finally defeated several other rebels and unified the entire North Korea, but why do you want to annex North Korea to our Ming Dynasty? "

Zhengde actually knew the reason why North Korea was attached. After all, Zhou Chong had made it clear to him a long time ago. Even the Ming officials sent to North Korea were the ones he ordered the Jin Yiwei to find. But in

In today's situation, he could only pretend to be confused. After all, if cabinet ministers like Li Dongyang knew about it, I am afraid that the emperor himself would not be able to bear it.

"Your Majesty, the Caomin are actually not Koreans, but Han Chinese from Liaodong. They fled to North Korea due to some accidents, and then lived in North Korea for ten years, where they also married and had children. During this time of civil strife in North Korea, the Caomin's family

They were also affected, and in the end they couldn't even eat. In desperation, they chose to rebel. The grassroots relied on reading some books before and had more knowledge than the Koreans. Only then were they able to defeat everyone and finally unify.

After reunifying Korea, the first thing that came to mind was to ask for Ming Dynasty to be included. In this way, ordinary people can become Ming people again!" Li Anliang said with a righteous expression.

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Li Dongyang and others were very surprised to hear that Li Anliang was a Han, but what Li Anliang said next almost made them angry. Li Dongyang and the others were all people who had been in the officialdom for many years.

I don’t believe Li Anliang’s lies about merging North Korea, which he had finally conquered, into the Ming Dynasty just because he was a Han.

Among them, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe have already guessed that Li Anliang is probably just a puppet on the surface of the Ping An Army. As for the person who really controls the Ping An Army, he is probably the young governor of Sihai. Although Liu Zhong, Liang Chu and others do not know

Zhou Zhong intervened in North Korea's affairs, but based on their own intuition, they also felt that there must be something wrong with the Li Anliang in front of them.

However, compared to the suspicion of Li Dongyang and others, Zhengde said with a moved face: "Li Qing has been wandering for many years, but he still cares about his homeland. He conquered such a huge territory and gave it to me without hesitation, the Ming Dynasty. He really has the legacy of the ancient righteous soldiers.

, I am really moved by it, even if it is like this, I can't refuse your kindness, so I, the Ming Dynasty, reluctantly agreed to annex North Korea, and also passed on my will to make Li Anliang the Marquis of Goryeo for three generations!"

Li Anliang was also overjoyed when he heard the reward from Zhengde. Although he knew in advance that he would definitely get a reward when he went to Beijing this time, the unification of Korea was mainly due to Zhou Chong, so he did not expect to receive a big reward at all.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor in front of me would make him a marquis all of a sudden, and he would be a prince for three generations. This was already a very heavy reward in the Ming Dynasty. You must know that the titles of the entire Ming Dynasty were only those of the royal family and some founding princes.

It was hereditary, and other titles were reduced from one generation to the next until there was no one left, but he could inherit the title of Marquis within three generations, which made him unhappy.

Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others heard that Zhengde's reward for Li Anliang had come down, which also meant that Ming Dynasty had agreed to North Korea's request. After all, Jun Wu joked that since Zhengde had agreed in person, they ministers were not good either.

If we continue to oppose it, let alone North Korea's initiative to annex it, this is also a manifestation of the Ming Dynasty's enlightenment. It will even be featured in the history books, and cabinet ministers like them can also take advantage of it.

The Ming Dynasty agreed to the annexation of North Korea, and Zhengde also personally rewarded Li Anliang. In this way, the matter was settled. Then the entire Ming Dynasty court began to move, dispatching officials and troops to march towards North Korea. The army

will take over North Korea's defense, and officials will begin to appease the North Korean people.

Speaking of which, the Ming Dynasty has not had any surrounding countries or tribes annex it for hundreds of years, and the court has little experience in dealing with the annexation of North Korea. Fortunately, the Central Plains dynasties have a good habit, that is, they like to record what happened, and

It’s the history books. In history, there were endless incidents of internal aggression by foreign nations. Therefore, it was easy for the Ming Dynasty to find the corresponding information from the history books, and then refer to it to make corresponding countermeasures against the internal aggression of Korea.

North Korea is a country with a high degree of Chineseization and is known as the Little Central Plains. The people in the country also have a natural affinity for the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the previous wars have displaced North Korean people. Countless people have starved to death and cannot eat in their stomachs.

When they are full, they have no time to think about other things. What's more, if North Korea joins the Ming Dynasty, supplies will definitely be brought for disaster relief. This is what the people care about most, so the North Korean people do not reject joining the Ming Dynasty.

But even so, Zhengde still issued an imperial edict, that is, in view of the fact that North Korea had just gone through a war, various domestic materials were in short supply, and transportation from the Ming Dynasty was somewhat inconvenient, so Zhengde decided to move some Korean people to Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.

area, and at the same time, in order to restore North Korea's economy, North Korea's land will be sold at a low price, and all people of the Ming Dynasty can buy it at a low price. In fact, to put it bluntly, this imperial edict is intended to relocate the people of North Korea to various parts of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.

Then the people of the Ming Dynasty were used to enrich the land of North Korea to stabilize the Ming Dynasty's rule over North Korea.

Regarding the news of North Korea's annexation, the people of Ming Dynasty reacted very dullly. In their view, Ming Dynasty is the center of the world, and the surrounding small countries are naturally yearning for it. Now it is natural for North Korea to take the initiative to annex it, but it is not

It provided some conversation topics for the idle people of Ming Dynasty.

However, there are also some people who have spare money in their hands who are interested, especially when they find out that the land price in North Korea is extremely cheap. One tael of silver can buy dozens of acres of good land. If they are willing to buy mountainous land, the land price will be even higher.

It's so cheap that it's almost like giving it away for free. Moreover, anyone who goes to North Korea to buy land will be sent to North Korea with room and board provided by the imperial court. After arriving in North Korea, they will also be under unified protection. In other words, all

Han people will all live together, so security is guaranteed, which makes many people very excited.

There has never been a shortage of people who dare to take risks in the world, but some people can never find the opportunity to take risks in their lives. Now Zhou Zhong is planning to annex North Korea, so that the Ming Dynasty will get a large piece of land for free, and there are still many people on this land.

There are many coveted specialties, and the land price is cheap, so the people in the Ming Dynasty slowly changed from the initial temptation to actual action. Group after group of people began to report to the government, and then in

Governments from various places gathered together those who were willing to go to North Korea to buy land, and transported them batch after batch to Weihaiwei, Andongwei and other coastal guard posts, and then took ships to North Korea.

In addition to the above ordinary people who were attracted to North Korea by the land, there was also a group of people who rushed to North Korea very enthusiastically. These people were businessmen in the Ming Dynasty. Zhou Zhong had previously given a memorial to Zhengde, and the memorial mentioned that in order to get the country as soon as possible

The Ming Dynasty controlled the land in North Korea, but when it was too slow to attract people by selling land at low prices, another group of people had to be introduced, and this group of people were those greedy Ming Dynasty businessmen.

In order to attract these businessmen to enter North Korea, Zhou Zhong suggested to Zhengde to open up mining, smelting and other industries across North Korea. While allowing private mining and smelting, it also reduced taxes on the mining and smelting industry. For the vast number of mining businessmen in the Ming Dynasty,

It is definitely a great thing. You must know that the Korean Peninsula is also very rich in copper, iron, gold, silver and other mineral deposits, especially iron ore and coal mines. The reserves are very huge, and the profits are enough to attract countless minerals.

Businessmen enter North Korea.

Speaking of which, the two industries of mining and smelting in the Ming Dynasty are also allowed to be operated by private individuals. However, the best mines and smelting fields in the Ming Dynasty are naturally owned by the imperial court, and the second-tier ones are controlled by nobles and officials from various places.

Ordinary mineral merchants can only live on some barren mines, and they also have to bear heavy taxes. Their lives are miserable. Therefore, North Korea is now opening up the mining and smelting industry, and also reducing mining taxes. This is for those mining companies.

For businessmen, it is naturally extremely attractive.

Mining and smelting are both labor-intensive industries. As those mining businessmen enter North Korea, other mining-related businessmen will naturally not fall behind. Moreover, the development of the mining and smelting industry can also drive the development of other industries. These require the Ming Dynasty.
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