Chapter 630 The Unfilial Son of Ming Dynasty (Updated again during National Day, please subscribe)
No one can "fabricate" a country out of thin air!
Chen Sheng certainly hadn't thought about it that way, and no one in this era would have such an idea. At most, during the tribute trade period, a country would emerge from nowhere.
However, for the North Korean delegation on the ship, they did feel that everything was a little bit unbelievable.
After all, in their minds, the Ming Dynasty had long been destroyed. But now it has unexpectedly revived again, how can it not be surprising?
Just as Liu Chongjiao and his party were heading towards Shuri under the guidance of Chen Sheng and Jin Zainan, the ship carrying the special envoy sent by King Li Xi was heading all the way to the mouth of the Yangtze River, towards the direction of "Yingtian".
Yingtian is on the Yangtze River, which is no problem. At least according to tradition, there is absolutely no problem with their trip to Yingtian. However, they will definitely regret the final result.
A few days later, the ship that Liu Chongjiao and his party were on finally arrived in Shuri. In Shuri, when they saw the Ming Dynasty's "iron-clad" steamship that looked like a small mountain, they were all so shocked that they were speechless for a long time. It took them a long time before they spoke.
"You are truly worthy of being the Celestial Empire. Even foreigners cannot even possess one eleventh of this huge steel ship..."
It was normal for them to be surprised. The "New Tangshan" they saw was one of the 18 10,000-ton immigration ships built by the Ming Dynasty. A large immigration ship with a displacement of more than 12,000 tons was an absolute behemoth in East Asia at that time. It was even a rare giant ship in the world.
For the North Koreans who had only seen wooden sailing ships of one or two hundred tons, they would of course be frightened by its huge size.
The Governor-General's Office was of course surprised by the arrival of the Korean delegation, but the two sides did not communicate much. After learning that they were here to worship the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, they immediately began to make arrangements.
In fact, there was no need to arrange it. There was an immigration ship in the port that was about to sail to the Ming Dynasty. When Governor Ding knew that there was still space on the ship, he waved his hand and let the delegation board the ship.
Not to mention any communication, they didn't even say a few words. Whether there was any misunderstanding, I'm afraid only God knows.
Soon, under the arrangement of the Governor-General's Office, Liu Chongjiao and his party boarded the iron ship that was as big as a hill, and then sailed towards the Ming Dynasty. Even until this time, they thought that the ship was heading towards China, towards the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Standing on the deck, they looked at the flying sun and moon flags and felt that it was natural. After all, it was the Sun and Moon of the Ming Dynasty. It was natural to use the Sun and Moon flags.
But after sailing for a few days, they finally discovered that something was wrong.
What's wrong?
The direction is wrong.
By the time Liu Chongjiao and others figured out everything, the ship had already reached the Pacific Ocean, and they were faced with the news that the Ming Dynasty was far away on the other side of the ocean.
Liu Chongjiao and others all screamed in shock.
"Da Ming, how can you be in a foreign country?"
"Without great rivers and great lakes, how can this Ming Dynasty be called China!"
Liu Chongjiao even shouted excitedly, the Ming Dynasty in his mind was very simple, that is, the Ming Dynasty in China - that China is the China with big rivers and lakes.
But even so, it could not stop the ship from sailing towards Ming Dynasty.
Compared to the excited Liu Zhongjiao, Jin Yujun, last year's newly crowned top scholar and a key member of the so-called "Enlightenment Party" in history, seemed quite calm.
"In that case, let us take a look at what this foreign Ming Dynasty looks like."
In fact, it was not because he was calm, but because what else could he do when he was on a pirate ship?
Do we have to jump directly from this boat into the sea and swim back to North Korea?
You don't even need to think about this idea. We are all scholars, so why bother ourselves?
Now that we are here, we might as well make the best of it.
After the initial excitement, Liu Chongjiao calmed down. He had to be calm, after all, he was on the boat.
On the way, when the ship docked at Xinxiamen, Liu Chongjiao saw the black-skinned natives on the island and called them "Kunlun slaves". Indeed, those dark-skinned natives looked not much different from the Kunlun slaves described in history books.
Of course, it was also in New Xiamen that they first felt the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. However, due to time constraints, the ship set off again before they had time to get to know the place.
Afterwards, the ship continued to sail eastward. The vast ocean surprised them, and they also slowly felt the vastness of the world. Of course, they also witnessed the vastness of the land of the Ming Dynasty.
From Xinxiamen to Linhai, they passed many small islands along the way, and all of those islands belonged to the Ming Dynasty without exception.
The Ming Dynasty is really big...at least the sea is big.
That is, when Liu Zhongjiao and his group were heading towards the Ming Dynasty, Yingtian Prefecture on the Xin'an River had already received intelligence about the Korean delegation.
Although there is no telegraph from Ryukyu to Ming Dynasty, it can be sent from Asia to Europe through the cable telegraph, and then from Britain to Ming Dynasty through the Atlantic Telegraph. Although the telegraph fee is expensive, the communication efficiency is definitely the highest at present.
Emperor Zhu didn't care at all about the visit of this filial son of the Ming Dynasty.
Why don’t they care? Because North Koreans are too stubborn.
North Korea, nicknamed the "Hermit Country", has always adhered to the principle of refusing to open up its country. Even the current rulers have put up a bunch of "stones to denounce peace" across the country - "If foreigners invade, we must either fight or make peace, and those who advocate peace are traitors."
This is North Korea’s attitude towards Western invasion. Of course, their attitude is worthy of respect. However, in this unprecedented era, what is the meaning of blindly being xenophobic?
Compared to forcing North Korea to found its own country, Zhu Xianhai hoped that this "filial son of the Ming Dynasty" could take the initiative to found his own country, and then - discover that the father of the Ming Dynasty was still alive, and then continue to happily immerse himself in the honor of being a dog of the Ming Dynasty again.
If Da Ming's father goes to the door, yes, it will be useful and can make the "unfilial son" wake up, but what about it? It's better if the "unfilial son" comes to the door on his own initiative.
But who would have thought that this "unfilial son" would actually come to the door.
"Unfilial son"!
Who cares whether he is filial or not? If his father says he is unfilial, then he is unfilial.
"Hey, you even brought a gift!"
The so-called gift was 300 Korean women. It seemed that the Ming Dynasty and Korea had once again restored the relationship of the Hongwu Dynasty - paying tribute to the Huozhe, that is, eunuchs, and palace maids every year.
However, what the Ming Dynasty needs is not palace maids, but... the wives of the common people!
"Your Majesty, Korea has been a vassal of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. If it can return to the Ming Dynasty, it will be of great significance to the Ming Dynasty. Do you think we should send officials to welcome it?"
Wang Youling might have been an official in the Qing Dynasty, but his heart had been with the Ming Dynasty over the years. Not only had his wife and children moved there, but even his fellow tribesmen had moved to the Ming Dynasty. In fact, Zuo Zongtang did the same.
It's not because they are so loyal. It's because... they are afraid that the Qing Dynasty will kill all their clans! When suppressing the Taiping Rebellion, they would often massacre entire villages and towns. Killing all their clans was simply too easy, so they had already immigrated their families and clansmen to the Ming Dynasty.
Since they were Ming people, they had to learn about the Ming Dynasty's past. They were impressed by Korea, the "filial son" of the Ming Dynasty. After all, even when the Koreans sent their own envoys to Yanxing, they did not hide their nostalgia for the Ming Dynasty. They even directly asked Emperor Qianlong to pay homage to the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum, and their words were full of respect for the Ming Dynasty. Even though it was as disgusting as eating a fly, Qianlong could only agree with a forced smile.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty had to treat this filial son differently.
Chinese people always have a good reputation. Although the Ming Empire is now very famous all over the world, traditional Chinese literati like Wang Youling still feel a little unwilling in their hearts!
The current Ming Dynasty was newly founded in a foreign country. Although they always mentioned "Ming Dynasty", they still felt a little uneasy in their hearts.
Why does this feeling of weakness occur?
Of course it is because the territory of the Ming Dynasty is not the ancient Chinese land. Even though they say "All under the sun and the moon is Ming land", the Chinese people always have a complex about their ancient Chinese land. This complex makes them unable to let go and they feel that the Ming Dynasty is still a little unjustified.
It is for this reason that when they learned that North Korea had sent people, they hoped to use North Korea’s surrender to prove one thing - the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty, no matter where it is re-established, it is the Ming Dynasty!
You see, even the filial sons of the Ming Dynasty agree with this!
Use the surrender of the Koreans to satisfy their inner complex, but what Wang Youling didn't know was that Emperor Zhu didn't care about this at all, he just waved his hand and said straightforwardly.
"Although Korea is a filial son of the Ming Dynasty, it has been more than 200 years since the Qing Dynasty. There is no need for special treatment. If you really want to talk about it, they have been serving the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, which is also unfilial. As long as they visit the Ming Dynasty normally, it will be fine..."
After making the final decision, Emperor Zhu changed the subject directly.
"Okay, there's no need to discuss this matter any further. By the way, how is the Second Five-Year Plan going?"
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(End of this chapter)
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