Chapter 1131 The Filial Son of the Ming Dynasty (Second update, please subscribe)
Turn former enemies into your own people.
The Joseon Dynasty is the best proof of this.
The relationship between Joseon and Ming Dynasty is too deep. When the King of Goryeo ordered Lee Seong-gye to lead troops to resist Ming Dynasty, Lee Seong-gye put on the yellow robe on the grounds that "how can a small country rebel against a big country", and then what happened?
The country's name was given by the Ming Dynasty, and the king's title was conferred by the Ming Dynasty.
From then on, North Korea began its history of "preferring to be a dog of the Ming Dynasty".
From a historical perspective, they should be the number one bootlickers of the Ming Dynasty.
Even two hundred years after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Ly Dynasty still privately called the Qing emperor "Hu Huang" and the Qing envoys "Lu Envoys". Except for the official documents to the Qing Dynasty, all internal documents, royal mausoleums, ancestral temples, and Confucian temples still used the Chongzhen reign title. The so-called "Yanshi envoys" were the "Chaotian angels" sent to the capital during the Ming Dynasty. They would do everything they could to search for the relics of Emperors Chongzhen and Wanli. If they collected them, it would be a great achievement and they would definitely be placed in the Chaoen Hall for worship.
Judging from these aspects, Li Chao was indeed a filial son.
Is this just superficial work?
It's really not just a superficial show. After all, superficial shows are for show.
A little research will reveal that both the North Korean government and the North Korean people have deep-seated respect for the Ming Dynasty. Where does this respect come from?
Apart from the grace of Emperor Gaozu bestowing the name and Emperor Chongzhen's aid from the east, what seems to be the most grateful thing for the Koreans?
Of course, it was the grace of Emperor Shenzong who reborn - even until now, Koreans still regard themselves as "the country reborn by Emperor Shenzong" and "the people saved by Emperor Shenzong."
In Korean books, they always mention the three favors of Ming Dynasty to Korea. From this point of view, Joseon Dynasty was very conscientious. The nature of the Simida people learned from later generations makes people doubt whether they are not a race.
Pretending is for others to see. The Ming Dynasty has been destroyed for such a long time, who are you pretending for?
Two hundred years later, the Koreans have never forgotten the Ming Dynasty. Starting from Song Siyeol, Korean literati regarded the Ming Dynasty as their "spiritual motherland". Even though they knew that Korea was weak, they still adhered to the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period and regarded "restoring the Ming Dynasty" as the natural mission of Korean filial sons. For two hundred years, they used public opinion to coerce the royal family of the Joseon Dynasty to send troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty in order to repay the kindness of the Ming Dynasty and avenge their parent country.
Faced with such a filial son, Emperor Zhu was also very melancholy. He felt that no matter whether it was true filial piety or false filial piety, he had to appreciate this filial piety!
Even if it's fake, you have to accept it. There's no other way. If a father doesn't even acknowledge such filial piety, how can he raise a fake son?
After all, he had been crying for more than two hundred years, so it couldn't be said that he was just pretending.
It is not easy to pretend for two hundred years.
Although this group of filial sons ultimately did not play any positive role except burning incense for the three emperors Hongwu, Wanli and Chongzhen for more than two hundred years.
A giant in words but a dwarf in actions, this is the Li Dynasty.
But to be honest, it is easier to educate other sons with this filial son around.
This is like a father telling his rebellious son - look how filial he is, the Ming Dynasty has fallen, but he has been burning paper and crying for more than two hundred years.
You, the rebellious son, should follow and watch, and learn from him. This is what a filial son should do. You should compete with each other in filial piety in the future!
It is also for this reason that when the Korean secret envoys, whose clothing was much more authentic than that of the Ming Dynasty itself, wept and knelt down and cried, Emperor Zhu was truly moved.
But precisely because of this, Emperor Zhu had to warn the officials of the Protectorate of Dongying not to act emotionally towards Korea.
Why can't we act on our emotions? Because...Emperor Zhu has always been eyeing his son, Joseon.
A biological son must be raised by himself. If he is separated and raised in a separate household, he will become a rebellious son.
Just like Japan today, it is the true son of the Ming Empire. As for Korea... this rebellious son has kept its borders closed until now.
Although the country's borders are closed, it does not mean that Emperor Zhu does not care about this place.
"…Since Lee Si-eung's fall, power has returned to the Koreans. However, due to the corruption of the Min clan, the Korean people have begun to miss Lee Si-eung again. Currently, the voices of the people in the country who want Lee Si-eung to return are getting louder and louder. In the past few months, several groups of Koreans have crossed the sea to Japan and asked the Protectorate to forward the letters."
Listening to Qian Zizhuang's report, Emperor Zhu just nodded slightly.
A few years ago, after Li Shiying and his group fled to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty treated them with great care. All their food, clothing and other expenses were provided by the royal family. This was definitely much better than the days they had spent in Baoding when they were taken to prison by the Qing army in history.
Of course, Li Shiying was also a person who knew how to repay a favor. He wrote to the Ming Dynasty several times asking it to send troops to incorporate Korea into a province of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Zhu had also considered this.
"So is the time ripe to send troops to North Korea?"
Qian Zizhuang thought about it and then shook his head.
"The current situation is still unclear, so I don't think it's the right time to send troops to Korea. But Xuzhou does not object to our sending troops to Korea. After all, as we all know, Korea's vassal system with the Ming Dynasty is absolutely different from that of other countries, so Xuzhou can understand our country's special interests in Korea."
He then added.
"Of course, Xuzhou's attitude is also very clear. They hope that the empire can support their vassal system in northern Vietnam and Upper Burma."
Between countries, interests have always been the most important thing. Even if Xuzhou has something to ask of the Ming Dynasty, they also have their own interests to defend. Now the southern part of Vietnam is occupied by France, and Lower Burma is occupied by Britain, but China still hopes to maintain the old system of vassalage. There is no way around it as this involves the face of the Chinese Empire.
"Tell them that we have no objection to their maintaining the vassal system, but they should properly handle the affairs of the two places. Also remind them that simply maintaining the vassal system is not enough to maintain the situation. If they want to keep the two places, they must make them provinces or colonies of the empire. Otherwise, Britain and France will take advantage of them sooner or later."
Emperor Zhu, who had been dealing with the British and French powers for more than 20 years, knew very well that the imperial powers would never give up their desire to spy on a certain region unless a major power made it clear that it was ours, such as the Ming Dynasty and Korea.
Of course, the person who speaks must be powerful, or a big country can directly occupy the area.
"They should understand that in recent years, China has also shown a tendency to colonize overseas. In my opinion, after witnessing our successful overseas expansion experience, China will definitely expand overseas. The only problem is the Kingdom of Heaven..."
Qian Zizhuang said.
"China has not yet been unified, and divisions are still constraining China's power, so I predict that, at least in the next three to five years, they will not look overseas."
Emperor Zhu nodded and said.
"That's true, but it's not within our scope of consideration. If one day they go overseas to colonize, we will certainly support them. As for now, we still have to take care of our own affairs first. As for North Korea... let's wait a little longer!"
Let's wait a little longer until the time is right.
The most important thing right now is to digest the meat that Daming has eaten...
The meat in your mouth is yours, that’s true.
But before it is truly digested, the piece of meat is just held in the mouth.
If the empire wants to rise, it must eat the whole piece of meat and digest it thoroughly.
For example, Peru and Bolivia today cover an area of more than two million square kilometers!
If such a large piece of land is not digested quickly, the empire will eventually be overwhelmed.
Fortunately, the population of South America in this era is small enough. And the population of China is large enough! Enough to support the Ming Dynasty to completely absorb these two places...
(End of this chapter)
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