Chapter 2334

"Your Majesty, to be honest, with your country's current social conditions and production levels, it should not be easy to significantly increase your country's fiscal revenue in the short term by collecting taxes from the private sector and operating monopoly businesses such as salt and iron.

.If you want to improve your country's financial situation, you still have to find ways to open up other channels." Wang Tom took his time and began to test Li Xie's attitude.

Li Zhi felt that there was something different in Wang Tom's words, and quickly asked: "General Wang, do you have any good ideas? Please give me your advice!"

"I can't give you advice, but I can give your Majesty a suggestion." Wang Tom saw that Li Xie was very anxious, so he stopped hiding it and came up with his own method: "Your Majesty, our country has a demand for population, especially the labor force.

"It's huge. I believe you know this very well. If your country can continue to provide more people to our country, then maybe we can negotiate suitable conditions and use the population to offset your country's borrowings."

Li Zhen frowned and said: "I'm afraid this move is not appropriate! The new treaty signed with your country this time has already relaxed restrictive measures on immigration issues. If the government still wants to organize people to immigrate to your country, then...

"

"Your Majesty has misunderstood!" Wang Tom quickly explained: "What we advocate in the treaty is that citizens can move freely between the two countries, rather than treating people as commodities and selling them at a price. Of course, what I mean by continuing to provide people is not

The people of your country.”

"General Wang, doesn't he refer to the people of our country?" Li Zhi couldn't help but wonder when he heard this answer: "Then where will our country obtain the population to provide to your country? Isn't it possible to rob foreign countries?"

Li Zhi originally just wanted to ask Wang Tom in return, but when he saw Wang Tom's meaningful expression, he instantly understood that the other party was not just joking, but that he really planned to let North Korea send troops to plunder the population of other countries as he had guessed.

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But there is a very obvious problem with this plan. North Korea has long been the target of plunder by other countries. The neighboring countries are more ruthless than the other, and all of them are much stronger than North Korea. If Haihan hadn't come to the rescue,

It may not have been able to withstand the wave of Qing invasion last year.

Li Zhen didn't understand for a moment, who could North Korea send troops to fight? Ming Dynasty, Manchu Qing Dynasty, Japan, any neighboring country can make North Korea miserable. Even if Li Zhen now has a strong desire to improve the financial situation,

He would not be so stupid as to challenge these powerful opponents regardless of his own strength.

"General Wang, with our country's current military strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult to use troops abroad!" Li Zhi finally felt embarrassed and said that he could not defeat his neighbors, and reminded Wang Tom in a more tactful way not to overestimate North Korea.

The strength of the army.

Tom Wang nodded and said: "Of course there are difficulties, but this matter is not as difficult as His Majesty thinks. As long as we choose the right direction and goal, the operation will be feasible."

Li Xie listened to what he said easily, but still didn't believe it: "But there seems to be no suitable direction and goal around our country, right?"

Tom Wang said seriously: "Although the range of choices is limited, there are still suitable targets. Although His Majesty was in Sanya in the first half of the year, he should have heard the news that our country sent troops to attack the Hirado Domain of Japan, right?"

Regarding the Haihan Army's expedition to attack Hirado, Japan, Li Zhi actually only learned the ins and outs from newspapers after the war ended. However, because of his special status, he learned some inside information about the war through the Haihan Army.

At first, Li Zhi didn't know why Haihan suddenly sent troops to attack Japan. Later, after reading the information provided by the military, he realized that it was the Hirado clan who took the initiative to provoke Haihan. A dishonest person like Haihan

How could the owner who had suffered a loss swallow his anger and just hit the door directly?

Of course, Li Zhen didn't have that much time to slowly understand the old events related to Shiba Shiba in this process, as well as the actions of the Hirado clan's deployment of hidden stakes on the southeast coast. He only wanted to know about Haihan

How the army went on an expedition to Hirado and then defeated the Hirado navy fleet, known as Japan's strongest navy.

The more relevant information he learned, the more Li Zhi was in awe of the combat capabilities of the Haihan Army. After all, the cross-sea expedition to Japan was able to defeat the opponent without the ability to fight back. It is estimated that only Haihan had such an impressive record.

The military could do it. Although North Korea did not directly send troops to participate in the war, it also provided a large amount of materials and a supply port on Jeju Island to the Haihan Army. Afterwards, North Korea will be rewarded for its merits. North Korea also has a share of the credit.

So when Wang Tom mentioned this matter, Li Zhi nodded without hesitation and said: "Regarding this battle, I went to the Ministry of National Defense to read the relevant battle reports, and I admire the performance of the Haihan Army very much! Wait...

…General Wang, the target you want to talk about is not Hirado, right?"

Tom Wang nodded and said, "Your Majesty must not be merciful to the Hirado clan, right?"

Li Xie shook his head and said: "Of course not. The children of the Li family will never forget the blood feud between our country and Japan!"

During the Imjin Japanese Rebellion forty years ago, the Hirado Domain, which was quite close to Korea, was one of the main forces that sent troops to invade Korea. In this war that lasted for seven years, Japan's military advantage was very obvious. If

If the Ming Dynasty had not sent troops to assist, North Korea would have been destroyed by that time.

But even so, North Korea suffered heavy losses in the Imjin Japanese Rebellion. The population of Seoul alone dropped from 90,000 households before the war to less than 40,000 households after the war. And the national population was even more affected by this war.

It was reduced to one-sixth of what it was before the war, and hundreds of thousands of people were plundered by the Japanese army in a few years. After the war, all industries in Korea were depressed, agricultural production almost stagnated, and the entire society was on the verge of collapse for a long time.

After the war broke out, North Korea severed diplomatic relations with Japan. It was not until the signing of the "Treaty of Treaty" in 1609 that the two countries officially declared the end of the war.

This war can be said to have interrupted North Korea's national destiny. For a long period of time afterwards, North Korea could only survive and barely maintain social operations. For North Korea, its hatred of Japan is not just a matter of signing an armistice agreement.

It has been revealed. This account has always been recorded in the history books of North Korea. As long as the right time comes, this revenge will definitely be taken.

This year, Haihan sent troops to attack Hirado, and North Korea was willing to cooperate. Part of the reason was due to this old grudge. Although North Korea did not have the ability to send troops to participate in the war, it was no problem to attack Haihan, and it also took pleasure in looking at the Japanese.

of excitement.

Of course, if the person in power at that time was Li Zhi, he might really be unable to hold back and organize troops to directly participate in the war. Anyway, drinking some soup behind the Haihan Army should not be too risky. As for the signing with Japan that year

Since nearly thirty years have passed since the Armistice Agreement, who cares about this thing that has been buried in the pile of old papers.

However, when it comes to sending troops alone to challenge the Japanese, Li Zhi may not have the courage. He is very aware of the strength of his country's army. He may be able to make do with a local defensive war, but he has to cross the border.

He really had never thought of such a bold idea as an expedition to Japan.

Wang Tom said: "When our country attacked Hirado this year, it had already wiped out all the local troops. Even if the Japanese reorganized their army after the war, it was only a few months ago and was far from enough to form a combat effectiveness. In

If we take action on the local area at this time, we shouldn’t encounter much resistance.”

Li Zhen asked tentatively: "If it is so easy, why don't the Haihan Army move out on their own?"

Wang Tom smiled and said: "The cost of one dispatch of our army is only ten times that of your country's army. Even if we can plunder some people locally, we will still lose money. But if your country sends its army to Hirado to harvest,

You should still be able to make good profits.”

When Li Zhi thought about it, it seemed that this was indeed the case. He had stayed in Sanya for a year and had a good understanding of the Haihan Army. In addition, he had paid a large amount of military expenses to the Haihan Army last year, so he knew that its combat expenses were very high.

If the Han Dynasty sent troops to Hirado to rob people, it is indeed very likely that it would be better to spend money to buy people from Korea.

Of course, Wang Tom actually has another unspoken reason, that is, after the Haihan Army captured Hirado this year, they looted the local area. In addition to taking away thousands of people, the local people

Almost all the wealth was taken away by the Haihan army, so in the end, there was still a surplus in the conquest of Hirado. But now that we are sending troops to conquer Hirado, the local area is in dire need, but there is no profit to speak of.

Taking into account the high military expenditure, it will most likely result in losses.

Wang Tom continued: "There are no defense methods in Hirado anymore. It is just suitable for the new army formed by your country to practice and gain practical experience. All the people snatched back can be used to offset your country's loans. This way,

We won’t let the troops go out in vain.”

Li Zhi was very moved when he heard this, but he was still a little undecided, so he asked tentatively: "Then if our country sends troops, do your troops plan to send not even a single soldier?"

Wang Tom said: "Your Majesty should still remember the Joint Operations Command I mentioned a few days ago, right? For operations like this, this organization can come in handy. We will send a small number of officers who participated in the war in the first half of the year to serve as

Military advisor to assist your country’s military in combat operations.”

Li Zhi smiled bitterly and said: "So the first task after establishing this headquarters is to loot the Hirado Domain?"

Wang Tom said: "Your Majesty, you don't need to think too much, just think of it as military training. With such an opponent, such a combat environment, this kind of opportunity for military training is not always available. If your army can fight overseas alone,

Then it will only be a matter of time before the big revenge is taken."

Li Zhi thought for a while and finally made up his mind: "Okay, then we will follow General Wang's suggestion and send troops to Pinghu!"

Li Zhi was not a fool. He actually knew that there wouldn't be much money to be made in Hirado after being sacked by the Haihan people. This job probably only involved capturing some Japanese and handing them over to the Haihan people to offset the loan. But it was rare.

This kind of overseas expedition can be regarded as a good opportunity for military training.

After last year's anti-Qing war ended, North Korea had already established a new army of 1,000 soldiers with the help of Haihan. These soldiers received three months of training at the Datong River base and mastered basic musketry.

tactics, and received a batch of standard muskets provided by Haihan. After nearly a year of training, this unit has basically taken shape. What is lacking is actual combat experience.

According to Qian Tiandun's opinion, if this new army can exert its due combat effectiveness, it can at least deal with enemies with two to three times the strength using traditional weapons. The local army in Hirado was wiped out by the Haihan Army.

After that, it is indeed difficult to reorganize and form combat effectiveness in a short period of time, so the new North Korean army should have considerable advantages.

The only relatively big variable is the navy. It is difficult for the strength of the North Korean navy to be greatly improved in a short period of time. The reliability of the North Korean navy for transporting army troops to fight overseas is very limited. Fortunately, Hirado

The famous naval fleet of the domain has been destroyed by the Haihan Army, and even re-establishing it will take a long time, so the current period is still relatively low risk.

Since Li Xie nodded, the matter was considered a done deal. However, Wang Tom did not intend to personally handle the matter. He mentioned the Joint Operations Command just now and was not just talking about it, but he was really prepared to leave this job to the young man.

The staff members are responsible for planning, and all you have to do is check the battle plan.

According to the standards of the Haihan Army, this kind of combat operation is very limited in terms of risk and difficulty. Even if it is handed over to the North Korean army to implement, there should not be too many problems. Of course, this can also be regarded as a new attack on North Korea.

The test of the army is to examine the actual results of their training after such a long period of time.

This is not only something that Wang Tom cares about, Li Zhi also wants to know how strong this army that the country has invested so many resources in forming is. If this army performs well in actual combat, then it will be difficult to expand the size of the new army in the future.

Have more confidence and confidence.

The newly established Joint Operations Command had not even set up its office space. It received its first errand after its establishment, and it was a direct order from King Li Zhen. This made Shen Xueyi and An Daoshi, who had just been transferred to this department,

They were all very excited.

"Regarding this combat mission, let me explain the situation first." Takahashi Minami said to the two of them: "This combat mission will be carried out by your country's army, so the formulation of the combat plan will also be left to you. We will

Provide relevant navigation and geographical information, and assign several officers who participated in the attack on Hirado to assist you."

"General Takahashi, what is the goal of this mission?" Andoshi asked excitedly.

Takahashi South Road: "The mission goal is very simple, which is to seize as many resources as possible, including the population, from the local area."
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