Chapter 2492

In August 1649, Li Hao, who had been away from his hometown for many years, finally returned to the Korean Peninsula. Accompanied by Haihan officials, he first returned to Seoul, but Li Hao did not allow him to enter the city to have an audience. Instead, he met outside the city.

The palace summoned him.

The two brothers had been apart for many years, but now they met again, but there was no sense of closeness at all. Instead, they were both obviously wary. Li Zhi was worried that Haihan sent this brother back to seize power, and Li Hao was also afraid that his brother would regard him as

He made threats and took action against himself.

Fortunately, with the mediation of Haihan, the two brothers did not have any conflict. They had a pretend talk, and then Li Xie announced that Li Hao would be granted the title of King of Zhenbei, with the title of Pyongyang City, and command of Ping'an Road and Hamjing in the north.

Road area.

This is of course not Li Zhi's own intention, but Haihan's request to him. Although he is not willing to be decentralized, it is better than being directly replaced by Li Hao. Sending him to Pyongyang can also avoid

Let him stay in Seoul and make friends with the court ministers. It is also safe. Xianjing Road is adjacent to the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, and the pressure on the border defense is not small. If something goes wrong in the future, it will be easier to control Li Hao.

And such an arrangement is also a good thing for Li Hao. If he stays in Seoul, he will probably be monitored by Li Hao at all times. Sooner or later, he will find a reason to put him under house arrest to avoid threatening the stability of the throne. If he leaves Seoul and goes to Pyongyang, then

This means that he finally has room for him to develop, and what he has seen and learned in Haihan Country over the years has finally been given the opportunity to be put to use.

The area under Li Hao's jurisdiction is dominated by mountainous terrain, and the area of ​​plain cultivated land suitable for agricultural development is limited, mainly concentrated in the coastal areas near Pyongyang. However, this will not affect the future development of the areas under his rule, because the area on the Korean Peninsula

Most of the natural resources are distributed in this area, especially the coal and iron ore deposits, which are almost all concentrated in the northern part of the peninsula. As long as Haihan provides support in the future, the development prospects of the north will not be worse than those of the south.

Of course, the Lee brothers did not realize at this time that the purpose of Haihan's move was to create a situation of North and South division in North Korea, and this situation would exist for a long time until two relatively independent countries gradually formed in later generations.

country.

In the next two years, the Executive Committee spent its main energy on digesting and governing the Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian regions, and did not initiate any more external military operations. Large-scale colonial expansion activities also came to an end for the time being.

However, immigration activities in the areas ruled by the Haihan Kingdom were still carried out frequently, especially the scale of immigrants sent from the newly-populated areas under the rule to various overseas colonial areas. The peak once reached the level of nearly 10,000 people per month.

These populations quickly filled the Haihan colonial area including Taiwan, Jeju Island, Sasebo in Japan and various places in the South China Sea. According to official statistics only, during 1649-1651, at least nearly 200,000 people moved from the mainland.

Immigrated to areas under Haihan rule.

These immigrant populations not only greatly alleviated the demand for labor in overseas colonial areas, but also solved the livelihood problems of some poor people in the former Ming Dynasty areas, greatly reducing the social pressure in these areas.

Not all of the immigrants who moved overseas came from the areas that had been annexed by Haihan. There were also a large number of people from neighboring Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places.

During the same period, the Liao-Shandong Colonial Region located in the Yellow and Bohai Sea region also ushered in a wave of population growth. Due to natural disasters and the worsening gap between rich and poor, a large number of poor people began to take the initiative to move to the Haihan-controlled area where life was relatively affluent.

At the same time, some people whose hometowns were outside the customs also began to return to the Liaodong area under the rule of Haihan.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty also noticed this bad trend, but there were really not many measures they could take to deal with it. Once the action was bigger, it might become an excuse for Haihan to annex his own territory. But he watched helplessly

Unwilling to be exploited by his opponents, Chongzhen ordered all localities to strengthen control over the floating population, trying to prevent the flow of population to the Haihan-ruled areas through such restrictions.

However, the effect of this measure is obviously very limited, and Haihan has already prepared for this. After all, the decree issued by Chongzhen is not as effective as the money given by Haihan. In many places, it is overt and overt, and the people who flock to Haihan's ruling area are

Turning a blind eye did not have the effect Chongzhen expected.

During this period, the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty still did not end completely, and small-scale sporadic battles continued to occur frequently. However, both sides were afraid of Haihan, an eager bystander, and controlled the scale of the battle in a tacit understanding, no longer easily

Invest a large number of troops to avoid being robbed by Haihan if the war goes against our side.

Haihan has basically stopped further offensives against the Manchus during this period, and will not actively cooperate with the Ming Dynasty to launch military operations against the Manchus. To maintain the current situation, whether it is against Haihan or the Liaolu region in the north

Generally speaking, they are the most reasonable choices.

This would not only allow the Ming Dynasty to continue to focus its military focus on the northern border and have no time to confront Haihan, but also leave a thought for the Manchus to continue fighting against the Ming Dynasty, while also retaining a large-scale garrison for Haihan in the north.

Provide good reasons.

When the time entered 1652, Tom Wang voluntarily resigned from his position as commander of the navy and began to concentrate on preparing for his transoceanic journey. Returning to North America had always been Tom Wang's long-cherished wish, but the Executive Committee did not support Tom Wang's idea, even if it was

The existing navigation technology can support him to establish ocean routes across the Pacific and establish colonies in North America. He will also quickly lose his sense of belonging to Haihan due to the distance. Perhaps after one or two generations, the lack of restraint will

The North American colonial areas will establish independent countries, and this is not a development prospect that the Executive Committee is happy to see.

The development route expected by the Executive Committee is to center on the East Asian continent, expand the territory southward and westward along the coastline, and gradually annex the Ming Dynasty's ruling areas. But Wang Tom's goal is too ambitious, and he wants to establish colonies in North America.

, the funds and materials required are astronomical, and the executive committee believes that the cost performance is too low and is not suitable for implementing such a plan in the current era.

Wang Tom was already in his fifties at this time. He knew that he might not be able to wait until the day when Haihan would shift its expansion direction to the other side of the ocean. At this time, Haihan's navy was already invincible in East Asia.

Yan's position as naval commander was no longer challenging, and he became the first senior general of the Haihan Army to voluntarily resign after the founding of the Haihan Army.
Chapter completed!