Chapter 2468

The word "weak-hearted" is perfect to describe the Ming Dynasty in this period. Although the Ming Dynasty tried its best to defeat its old enemy the Manchu Qing this time, and even captured Shenyang, the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this was because of the loss of many state capitals along the country's coast. At the price, the final result achieved in exchange for the military assistance provided by Haihan was a miserable victory at best, and the overall national strength had suffered great damage.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to go to war with its big creditor at this time, it is indeed a very irrational behavior. The main war faction sees the possibility of driving the Haihan army back to Jinzhou, but the main peace faction thinks that this is the possibility of driving the Haihan army back to Jinzhou. Provide Haihan with a sufficient reason to use force against the Ming Dynasty.

An all-out war with Haihan would be tantamount to seeking death for the Ming Dynasty at this stage. Although the Ming Dynasty still dominates in terms of territory and population, its comprehensive national strength is actually no longer as good as that of Haihan, which is rapidly advancing industrialization. Its military strength The gap has formed an insurmountable chasm, with almost no chance of victory in sight.

In fact, Chen Yixin did not want to break up with the Ming Dynasty at this time. The area under his rule now has very close trade exchanges with the north of the Ming Dynasty. Once the two countries go to war, it will not only be the Ming Dynasty that will suffer losses, but also the stagnation of trade activities. It will cause Haihan economic losses that cannot be ignored.

The various import and export trades operated by the Ma family in the Dengzhou area of ​​Shandong Province alone have an annual transaction volume of up to one million taels of silver. The livelihood of at least half of the population in the Dengzhou area is directly or indirectly related to trade between the two countries. Chen Yixin must not Regardless of the negative impact the war will have.

Originally, the two countries were at war with each other near Liaodong Bay, but after considering their respective situations, both sides finally unanimously chose to resolve the current situation peacefully.

In the winter of 1647, representatives from the two countries signed an agreement on the banks of the Daliao River. The estuary of the Daliao River was used as the boundary. The area south of the estuary was the Haihan actual control area, and the north was the Daming actual control area. The armies of both sides were not allowed to cross the border without authorization.

Of course, the binding force of this kind of paper agreement is very limited. The two sides are willing to resolve territorial disputes in this way, and it is only an expedient measure taking into account their respective situations. Once the situation is relieved, this agreement will only be like the one in 1639. The signed Golden State Peace Treaty was also directly ignored.

The only one who was dissatisfied with this agreement was the Qing court. It is said that the regent Dorgon was furious after learning the news, and denounced the Ming Dynasty for lacking blood and not daring to use force against Haihan.

However, the trade between Manchu and Qing Dynasty and Haihan could not stop here. After the signing of the Jinzhou Peace Treaty in 1639, Manchu and Qing Dynasty launched formal bilateral trade with Haihan. With the large amount of agricultural and forestry products exported every year, Manchu and Qing Dynasty began to carry out formal bilateral trade with Haihan. The Qing Dynasty also obtained various cheap industrial products and deeply processed agricultural products provided by Haihan.

Over the past few years, under Haihan's deliberate arrangements, many Manchu dignitaries have become accustomed to enjoying the various commodities produced by Haihan, and at the same time, they have also obtained huge economic benefits from these trade activities. Even though they have suffered successive defeats now, Even though the capital city was lost, the Manchu and Qing dignitaries still wanted to keep trade activities in check, so they opened a secret freight channel south to the Liaodong Peninsula in the mountainous area east of Shenyang to maintain commodity exchanges with Haihan.

While Haihan maintained trade relations with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, they also provided military assistance to the Ming Dynasty, allowing the Ming Dynasty to suppress the Qing army on the battlefield. From the standpoint of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, of course they wished that the Ming Dynasty and Haihan would be separated due to conflicts of interest. A war broke out, but this seemed to be an unattainable extravagant hope. Fortunately, Haihan kept his promise. After the Ming Dynasty captured Shenyang, Haihan immediately stopped military assistance to the Ming Dynasty, which allowed the Manchu Qing Dynasty to finally gain valuable A breather.

However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has now lost all access to the sea in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea areas. Therefore, even salt now has to be obtained through trade with Haihan, and its reliance on this trade relationship is higher than in previous years. And

Correspondingly, the prices of various commodities in Haihan have risen sharply, and the Manchus and Qing Dynasties can only offer more things in barter trade in exchange for the goods they need.

The prices of commodities like salt, tea, cigarettes, wine, and sugar at this time have at least doubled from a year ago. This means that the Manqing, whose main assets and export commodities are horses, cattle, sheep, etc.

Asset values ​​have experienced significant depreciation in a very short period of time.

For a country like the Manchus and Qing Dynasties, which had just entered the feudal society period, they had almost never experienced such an economic crisis, and lacked effective coping methods. Without cutting off trade, they could only be forced to be forced to do so by Haihan.

Harvest wealth with scissors.

If the Manchu and Qing Dynasties could have a few more trading partners at this time, it might be able to alleviate this situation. But the problem is that there are only a few neighboring countries, and except for Haihan, almost all of them are unrelenting enemies. At this time,

There is no way to open other trade channels, and there are no other trade partners to choose from.

Of course, even if the Ming Dynasty and North Korea were willing to trade with them, those unique products of Haihan would be difficult to buy through other countries' channels. In the end, they would still have to go to Haihan and trade honestly according to Haihan's terms.

Chen Yixin bought and sold in Liaodong and reaped the wealth of the Qing Dynasty. The proportion of profits he made from this far exceeded the trade with the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, the decline of the Qing Dynasty's national power also caused a large number of Han people to spontaneously flee south through the mountainous areas. Chen Yixin no longer needed to launch military operations. Every year, thousands of Han people poured into the Liaodong Peninsula on their own and chose to seek refuge in Haihan for asylum.

At the same time, Haihan's operations in northern North Korea have also begun to enter the harvest period. The industrial zone centered on the Haihan military base in the lower reaches of the Datong River is beginning to take shape, and its annual output accounts for one-third of North Korea's salt production.

, 50% of iron ore production and one-fifth of coal production.

The shipbuilding, smelting, ordnance and other industries that subsequently developed in this area have become the industrial center of the Korean Peninsula by virtue of the introduction of Haihan's advanced production technology. Although the technical level here is far from that of Tiandu

It can be compared with other places, but for Korea in the 17th century, it was already an existence that transcended its time.

However, North Korea has not fully enjoyed the benefits brought by these advanced technologies. Under Haihan's strict control, North Korea can only obtain the output of these places first, but cannot control its production process on its own. At that time, Li Shi

The impact of taking the initiative to attack the Manchus on his own initiative has not dissipated. Even though he later used various methods to show his surrender to Haihan, the Executive Committee has determined that this country cannot give 100% trust, so in similar voyages,

The military, finance, culture and other fields have formulated highly targeted control measures against North Korea to ensure that this vassal country will not behave beyond the rules again.
Chapter completed!