Soon, Zhu Zilong's three or four thousand troops were transported by the fleet and saw the edge of the North Korean land from afar.

Don’t wonder why Zhu Zilong’s army is about to arrive in North Korea after having lunch and supper, because Yantai is only less than 100 nautical miles from North Korea. This is only 20 to 30 minutes on a plane in the 21st century of modern times. How far do you think it can be?

At this time, North Korea was the head of the Lee family.

The territory is generally equivalent to the sum of North Korea and South Korea today. The capital of the dynasty was initially in Kaijing, the former capital of the Goryeo Dynasty (now Kaishen; also known as Songdu), and was established in Seoul in 1395. In 1398, the capital was moved again after the first Prince Rebellion; in 1400, the capital of Seoul was finally established after the Second Prince Rebellion!

Like China, North Korea governs the country with Confucianism, and Confucianism replaces Buddhism as the concept of state rule.

At the end of the 14th century, the Li Dynasty replaced Goryeo and built the country's name "Korea". Therefore, the term Goryeo can no longer be used!

When the Li family was established in the early days, they actively established a tribute relationship with the Ming Dynasty. They sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty 109 times and recognized themselves as their younger brother. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, specially awarded the title of the country!

Zhu Yuanzhang not only recognized North Korea, but also clearly pointed out: "Where is the basis of our China, we are passed down from saints, and we are guarded without losing it. Goryeo is limited to mountains and seas, and is located in the East Yi, which is not governed by our China."

After giving Li Chengguo the title of "Korea", Zhu Yuanzhang said it very clearly: "I regard Goryeo as more than a small object, and it is located in a corner, with different customs. People are not enough to be popular with people, and land is not enough to be widespread. Those who conquered and attacked in the past dynasties were all their own problems. At first, China did not like land but wanted to annex."

The relationship between the elder brother and the younger brother makes the tribute relationship established between the two parties stronger and lasting.

To make great efforts to protect the country became the national policy followed in the Joseon era. On the basis of implementing the diplomatic policy of "non-suffering the country", the Ming Dynasty incorporated North Korea into the East Asian tribute system centered on China. The tribute relationship between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea became a model in the East Asian tribute system!

Here is an interesting historical fact. The famous younger brother No. 1 of the Ming Dynasty was North Korea, while the younger brother No. 2 was a small country in some quasi-Japanese regions.

In 1372, the Ming Dynasty and Ryukyu (a small country on the border of Japan) formally established the tribute relationship. During the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu paid only the second most tributes to North Korea. A total of 182 tributes were paid to China!

North Korea's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty is visible in the sky. It is definitely not the relationship between Jinshan Fat and China in later generations!

In the original history, many people in North Korea rebelled and became traitors due to actual reasons. However, more people ran to the mountains or secretly supported the Ming Dynasty.

Even after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, there would be a spiritual card in their house, with the letter: His Majesty Yizong of the Ming Dynasty.

On Chongzhen's death day, the Korean king would secretly pay tribute to it, and some even secretly used the Chongzhen reign title. When most Chinese subjects had forgotten the Ming Dynasty, a large number of people in Korea were still thinking about the Ming Dynasty.

Some people once described the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea as "blood is thicker than water", which is not an exaggeration.

The loyal people here are definitely more qualified than the Donglin Party!

However, everything has something else.

In this 1626, Zhu Zilong was still a little worried.

After all, under the rule of Gwanghae-jun, North Korea has not been a big deal for the Ming Dynasty in the past decade.

Of course, this is also related to Wanli, the cheating emperor.

In the 36th year of Wanli, King Xuanzu of Korea died of illness. In fact, the prince Guanghai Jun succeeded to the throne and stated that he claimed to be the power of state affairs and requested a title. Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty hated his pride and ignored it.

In addition, from the 14 years since the reign of King Guanghai to the throne, the Ming court refused to enthrone King Guanghai five times. (At that time, there was a dispute about the establishment of the crown prince. Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty favored his third son Zhu Changxun and wanted to be the crown prince. The civil and military officials and military officials, headed by the Ministry of Rites, strongly opposed it.)

This is unprecedented in North Korea's history, causing the new Korean Wang Guanghaijun to lose all his face.

The Wanli and Donglin Party of the Ming Dynasty were not only a matter of making Guanghai Jun feel unwilling to send troops to help in the future, but also some Koreans had a legitimate reason to surrender to the Qing Dynasty in various subsequent events.

Therefore, if you don’t do anything and die, the cheating emperor produced in the late Ming Dynasty simply threw away Zhu Yuanzhang’s old face.

"Lucky, Guang Haijun is stepping down now!" Standing on the deck of Treasure Ship 2, Zhu Zilong thought to himself with the sea breeze.

In the Joseon Dynasty, where Confucianism was deeply rooted in Confucianism, the scholars and officials regarded the five relationships as the right theory and regarded the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty as the king and the father. Comrade Wang Guanghaijun, who was inconsistent with the Ming Dynasty, pushed the Korean people out of power in 1623 in the third year of the Tianqi period.

This is undoubtedly good news for Zhu Zilong.

The current King of Joseon is Inju Lee Nai!

Just as Zhu Zilong was looking forward to meeting with the King of Joseon, the North Korean side was suffering at this time.

King Lee Seung of Korea was so worried that his hair was almost white during these days. He frowned and sat alone on a stool. The Qing soldiers had been besieging the city for half a month. They were not in a hurry to attack the city, but they slowly bombarded the city walls with cannons. Under the fierce bombardment of the Qing soldiers' artillery, the morale of the North Korean soldiers was severely injured and the morale was sluggish, and there was a danger of mutiny at any time.

Yes, the Qing army also had artillery. Don’t think that the general artillery and red-clothed artillery only had the Ming army, but the number of artillery in the Qing army was not as large as that in the Ming army. After the bosses of the Qing army were killed by artillery, do you think some of the leading brothers in the Qing army were still desperate to die?

Even if you can't create this year, there will always be accidents.

For example, if there were people from the Ming Dynasty here, they would definitely be surprised to find that the artillery in the hands of the Qing army was so familiar, and the people who fired the artillery looked very familiar.

Oh, you damn it, isn’t that Kong Youde and his younger brothers?

It turned out that after Mao Wenlong died, he did not come to Shandong, but was trapped and surrendered to the Qing army with some warships and artillery!

But it is not a bad thing. He doesn't have many cannons in his hands now. If it were in the history of later generations, then there would be more cannons he brought to surrender.

Just as the North Korean King Lee Seung was frowning, a beautiful figure gently walked to him and said softly: "Your Highness, don't think too much. Haven't you sent officials to the Ming Dynasty to ask for reinforcements? I guess you will arrive soon!"

King Lee Nai of Korea saw the face of the visitor clearly and found that he was his favorite nobleman, Zhao.

Then he smiled bitterly and said, "My dear concubine, you are not unaware of the virtues of the ministers in the court. They are all good at fighting for power. However, they do not know that our country's relationship with the Ming Dynasty in Shangguo is not as good as before, nor do they know whether the official who sent the letter can ask for reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty in Shangguo."

The nobleman Zhao hugged King Lee Seok tightly and comforted him: "Your Highness, this time it is different. As long as our country brings a marriage with a princess, there is no worry about the Ming Dynasty not sending troops to rescue him."

The princess Zhao said was her adopted daughter Snow White.

Well, that's right, you read it right, this is the Snow White who is famous for xx in history, of course not the Western one.

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