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These guys must have concealed the land and did not report it. If they were caught, they would ransack their homes and exile, and the court would have an excuse to divide the land on a large scale.

Chapter 951 [Smart Man]

The Han merchants really came, and even brought some cement, and recruited local people to vigorously build the city town...well, the community outside the city.

At the same time, many goods were also shipped, such as cotton cloth and rice.

This made Zong Yizhen and his retainers feel that it would not be a bad idea to belong to the Celestial Dynasty.They have copper and silver mines in their hands. Silver cannot be consumed in North Korea, and copper ingots are often subject to economic sanctions by North Korea. Now they can be sold to Chinese businessmen.

In the past 100 years, the copper ingots in Tsushima Island have exploded twice, and the warehouse is full but cannot be sold.The reason is simple. They angered the king of North Korea and ordered a ban on the purchase of copper ingots from Tsushima Island.

The island is embarrassing.

When the population is less than [-], there is a lack of labor for mining, and there is also a lack of military protection.

After the population exceeded [-], they worried about the lack of food.

If the population exceeds [-], some will have to be forcibly evicted, otherwise famine will most likely occur.Because North Korea strictly controls grain exports, and Japan has a deadly enemy, there are silver and copper mines in Tsushima, but no grain can be bought.

After the Chinese merchants came, Zong Yizhen immediately made a fortune, and all the copper ingots in his hand were replaced with grain and cloth.

The retainers who own mines are now county officials, town chiefs, and village chiefs. Whenever there are mines on their land, they immediately organize the people to mine them, hoping to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

In fact, there are not many mines at all in a place like Tsushima Island.

I used to think that there were a lot of mines because the sales were not good.Now that Chinese merchants have come, it is estimated that the silver and copper mines on the island will be exhausted in 20 years.

Zongyi could speak Japanese and Korean since he was a child, and knew how to write Chinese characters. Now that he is a county magistrate, he has started to learn Chinese again.When he sold copper ingots to Han merchants, he hired a man from the merchants to practice speaking Chinese all day long.

But the really awesome one is Guangyou Oura, now changed to Guangyou Pu.

Pu Guangyou said to Zong Yizhen in private: "Xianzun, we used to be teachers and students, as well as monarchs and ministers. Now we are superiors and subordinates. The county lord asked me what I should do in the future. Do I want to hear the truth or lie?"

"What is the truth? What is the lie?" Zong Yizhen asked.

Pu Guangyou said: "False lies lie dormant in secret, accumulating strength and rebelling."

Zong Yizhen shook his head: "How is this possible? The island can only accommodate more than 2000 people. If there are more than 5000 people, there will be food shortages, and if there are more than [-] people, there will be famine. How can we have an army to fight against the Celestial Empire? Let alone the Celestial Empire, even North Korea If the king sends troops, we can't stop them at all."

Pu Guangyou said: "Since you can't rebel, you can be a Chinese courtier with peace of mind."

Zong Yizhen asked: "What should Chinese courtiers do?"

Pu Guangyou said: "The county lord is the lord of an island, but the emperor will not allow you to occupy the island for a long time. Maybe two or three years, maybe five or six years, the county lord will be promoted and transferred outside. The emperor will promote you, and the county lord will not leave you. leave?"

"There is no other way if you don't leave." Zong Yizhen said.

Pu Guangyou said: "The county officials will be transferred to other places. The county magistrate will be replaced by Han people, and the officials of the county government will also be replaced by Han people. Will you still be able to control the island by then?"

"No." Zong Yizhen shook his head.

Pu Guangyou said: "The county's honor is on the island, and the island property can be regarded as family property. Once you are transferred to Han as an official, you must be honest and selfless, because your superiors and subordinates are watching you. You must not be corrupt. You must not make mistakes, otherwise you will be severely punished, and the imperial court will take the opportunity to attack Tsushima Island."

Zong Yi really thought about it: "It seems so."

Pu Guangyou said: "The county lords should learn to speak Chinese, and from now on they will regard themselves as Han people. Then, be honest and selfless, upright and upright, and it is best to make political achievements. The more you are like this, the more chances you will be promoted. The emperor also hopes that you will be like this. .”

"And then?" Zong Yizhen asked.

"You will be promoted very quickly, but when you reach a certain position, you may be transferred to the idle yamen. The Han people will not let you hold real power," Pu Guangyou said. "At that time, you should train your children and grandchildren and let them go to school. Be an official. It is best to move your whole family away from Tsushima Island, and the court will be completely relieved of you. And the Zong clan has the opportunity to become a big family in Han in the future. Being a big family in China is no more important than being the owner of Tsushima Island. powerful?"

Zong Yi really thought carefully and didn't speak any more.

Pu Guangyou said again: "The retainers on the island, I guess the ending will not be very good. It is estimated that half of them will be beheaded or exiled. Only then can the Chinese emperor truly occupy Tsushima Island. If the county officials are not careful, I'm afraid I can't escape the fate of extermination."

Zong Yi was really terrified and asked, "How can I get promoted quickly?"

"Achievement!"

Pu Guangyou said: "Mobilize the people to dig the canals on the east and west sides of Tsushima Island. It doesn't matter how many people die from exhaustion. The more people die on the island, the happier the Han emperor is. And the county officials can also rely on the people who dig the canals." Achievements, quickly leave Tsushima Island, a place of right and wrong!"

Zong Yizhen asked, "What about your Excellency?"

Pu Guangyou said with a smile: "I have already communicated with the angel. The Pu family moved to Hebei Province, gave up the land of Tsushima Island, and went to Hebei to redistribute the land. I can work in Honglu Temple and teach Honghe Temple officials speak Japanese and Korean.”

"I see." Zong Yizhen nodded.

These two guys who created the golden age of Tsushima Island decided to retreat and sold all the other retainers.

Especially Pu Guangyou, who has been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and understands what is going on in China.He can go to China to be an official, why should he stay on a remote island?

There is one more thing he didn't say, his second son is smart and has already reached the quota for admission to Tianjin University.In the future, both father and son will be officials in China, and the family can still divide the land in Hebei Province. It is very likely that they will become an official family in a hundred years.

Moreover, Pu Guangyou is familiar with the situation in Japan. Although he teaches foreign languages ​​at Honglu Temple, he may not be able to become a real diplomat.

Maybe before retiring, he will be able to take the position of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple!

Pu Guangyou said: "Remember, you are Han Chinese."

Zong Yizhen looked at his seventh-rank official uniform, nodded and said, "I am a Han!"

Zong Yizhen already understood what he should do. He worked hard to learn to speak Chinese, dug canals, exhausted civilians, and made as much money as possible.Realize all the silver mines and copper mines on Tsushima Island into their own property.Then, relying on his political achievements, he took his family and property and moved to Han to serve as officials.

At that time, he will be an official of the imperial court, and he will have a lot of money, so the right and wrong of Tsushima Island have nothing to do with him.

To be honest, the Zong clan has been very aggrieved for hundreds of years.

When the North Korean army came, they had to surrender to show their submission, and only got an official post as the governor of Tsushima County.North Korea allocates 200 stone beans every year, not for him, but for the entire Tsushima Island.

The Japanese army came to kill them. As mentioned above, all the males on the island helped fight the war, and finally died on the Korean battlefield.

In the past, it was able to monopolize the Asahi-Japanese trade, but with the rise of Han merchants, there is not much profit left in this trade.Why the hell would it be better to get money and run away, and go to the world of flowers and flowers in the Celestial Dynasty to be happy and unrestrained.

Before the residential area outside the city was completed, Zong Yizhen ordered all the men on the island to dig the canal in the name of the magistrate.

The broken canal is not long, and he dug it through in history.

This time in a hurry, there is no need to be sympathetic to the power of the people. Just like Pu Guangyou said, it would be better if more people died from exhaustion.

Anyway, he will slap his ass and leave, and the court will punish those retainers again, and let those retainers bear the responsibility of harming the people!

When the people of Tsushima Island were conscripted to dig canals, the Koreans also attacked Japanese merchants.

Jipu, Busan, and Yanpu, these three ports are collectively called Miura, and they are the legal trading ports for Asahi-Japanese trade.Now that China occupies Tsushima Island, the trade between Japan and Japan will also be cut off. Why not take the opportunity to attack the Wakan in Sangang?

The Japanese business houses in those ports were uprooted by the North Korean government, all the Japanese merchants were killed, and the looted goods were naturally divided among the gentry.

The Japanese business house was also occupied by North Korean businessmen, and it will be used to do business with the Chinese in the future.

The news of the occupation of Tsushima Island could not be concealed at all, and the Japanese shogunate soon found out.Although Tsushima feudal lord actually only has [-] shi, it is not a small matter to enjoy the treatment of a [-] shi daimyo.

The shogun Tokugawa Iezuna is 19 years old and has been in power for two or three years.

His uncle Baoke Zhengzhi, although he generously handed over power, this return of power is only symbolic.

Moreover, Tokugawa Iezuna was weak and sick, and was bedridden from time to time, so the government affairs had to be handled by the elders.The old middle school headed by Sakai Tadaki, and Hoshina Masaoyuki who is full of cronies, it is tantamount to joining hands to divide the power of the shogunate.

Now, the two are fighting for power!

Sakai Tadaki's fief is in Ueno, and that place is not near the sea, so it is impossible to smuggle with China.He united with the old middlemen and daimyo inland and demanded that the smuggling trade should be banned.

As for Baoke Zhengzhi, he recruited a big name close to the sea and violated the closed-door policy.

"Tsushima Island has always been our country's territory, and China will never allow it to be occupied," Tadaki Sakai said righteously, "We should raise the soldiers of the whole country and take back Tsushima Island!"

Matsudaira Nobuzuna, who was already very old, squinted his eyes and said: "I am not opposed to going to war with China, but we must first build a powerful navy. The ships of all feudal clans should be assigned to the shogunate."

Abe Tadaaki also said: "It must be so!"

These three veterans are all staunch supporters of seclusion.Their fiefdom is not close to the sea, and it is close to Edo. To maintain the rule of the shogunate is to protect themselves. Smuggling must be prohibited to prevent local lords from becoming stronger through sea trade.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna is the oldest, if not for his poor health, he should be the one to talk.

Faced with the pressure of the three, Hoshina could only back down: "I am willing to dedicate all the ships to the shogunate. After returning to the territory, let the ships form a navy and immediately sail to Edo to obey the shogunate's dispatch."

Such a clean concession made the three elders at a loss as to what to do.

The shogunate had financial difficulties, and the local lords sent ships. How could they use the money to support the naval forces?

This thing can only be let go!

The main issue is finance and official administration. In the previous decades, when the shogunate was established, Japanese politics was still relatively clear.

With the shogun's resignation, it has become increasingly corrupt.

Especially after Sakai Chuqing came to power, this man is a big corrupt official.He blatantly sold his official titles, and later became a big boss, and even invented forms such as "bribery appointment schedule" and "designated bribes", which drove the bribery industry chain centered on luxury goods, imported products, and local specialties.

The whole country is already rotten, and the national army is also corrupt.

The smuggling by the sea was serious, but the retainers in the inland were also smuggling, and even ordered the serving samurai to be responsible for the security.

Such an army, I am afraid that it can compete with North Korea, and it is no longer the strong Japanese army of the Warring States Period.

Sakai Tadakiyo just opened the prelude to corruption. Tanuma Yiji, who later came to power, even publicly declared: "Gold and silver are more valuable than human life. Those who donate gold and silver to ask for the opportunity to serve the public must have loyalty in their hearts. The amount of gold and silver donated, It is enough to think about people's hearts." He also said, "I went to the city every day and worked hard for the country, and I never felt at ease for a moment. When I returned home, I saw gifts piled up like a mountain under the porch, and I forgot the fatigue of the day and felt refreshed."

Chapter 952 [Expansion Era]

The island of Tsushima was occupied by China, and Japan made a lot of noise about it, but it was limited to the quarrels between old and middle-aged people.

For a small island, who wants to go to war with China?

In the period of Tokugawa Ieyasu, perhaps there would be a symbolic dispatch of troops, but now there is no way at all.

The situation where the power of the shogun fell to the side is not something that Tokugawa Itsuna can solve.It will even intensify, and Sakai Tadaki will eventually become the authoritarian elder, and the power of the elder will in turn overwhelm the shogun.

This mess was later passed on to Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi set up the post of "side servant", and the old middleman can only see the general through the side servant.To put it bluntly, side servants are eunuchs who do not need to be castrated, while the elders and elders are the chief assistants and cabinet ministers.Such an approach suppressed the old middle school, but led to the dictatorship of the side.

Put it in China, it is the monopoly of eunuchs!

This is for a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.

However, after Zhao Han discussed the territory obtained from North Korea with the cabinet officials, he quickly made corresponding arrangements.

Ping'an Road was changed to Ping'an Mansion, and the whole was merged into the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province.

In addition, Xuantu Province was set up, including the entire territory of Jilin Province in later generations, and the Hamgyong Road of North Korea was also incorporated into it.The provincial government is located in Huifa City (to the east of Huinan), Dongning Prefecture is established as the provincial capital, the large area of ​​Tonghua is designated as Jianzhou Prefecture, Hamgyong Road is changed to Hamgyong Prefecture, and the area of ​​Tongyu and Buyeo is designated as Taining Prefecture , Jilin and Changchun are set as Lujiang Mansion.

The reason why the provincial government of Xuantu Province is located in Huifa City (Huinan) is purely due to geographical reasons.

This city is located on the Huipa River (Huifa River), and you can go east along the river to the Songhua River; go west along the river for a section of the mountain road, and you can go straight to Shenyang via the Hunhe River; go south along the tributary for a section of the mountain road, you can pass Pozhu Jiang arrived at the Yalu River to facilitate the control of Hamgyong Mansion.

The entire Xuantu Province has a population of just over 20, and its ethnic composition is complex.Among them, there are only more than 5 Han Chinese (including garrison troops and their families), about 4 Jurchens, 2 Mongolians, and the remaining 9 Koreans.

Among the more than 5 Han people, some are Sinicized Jurchen and Sinicized Mongolia.

The reason for the rush to set up a province is to speed up the immigration of Han Chinese, and future exiles will be thrown over first.Then through school education and non-governmental exchanges, the Chinese-speaking area will be expanded little by little. After two or three generations, the population of the province should reach 50.

For decades, Xuantu Province has been a money-losing product and has always relied on central funding for development. It would be good if it could achieve a balance of fiscal revenue and expenditure within the province.

On the contrary, Ping'an Mansion (Road) assigned to Liaoning Province is very good from Pyongyang to Baozhou. It is a relatively flat farming area near the river and the sea, and it is also the quintessence of the entire northern part of North Korea.

Nanjing, Forbidden City.

Zhao Han asked Dang Chongjun who had just returned to Beijing: "After the land is ceded, how is the public opinion in North Korea?"

Dang Chongjun replied: "It needs to be divided into places and people. North Korean officials don't say anything on the surface, but they have a lot of resentment towards our dynasty in private. Korean literati, there are those who admire my dynasty, and those who fear it. There were some who complained, but most of them pointed their finger at the Western People’s Party. Those Song merchants in Kaesong were dissatisfied that Kaesong failed to attach to the Celestial Dynasty, and they were very likely to be liquidated afterwards, and they mainly expressed panic.”

"What about the common people?" Zhao Han asked.

Dang Chongjun said: "Our army once occupied Hanyang, Kaesong and Chunchuan, treated the people well, and did not commit any crimes. The people in these three cities are reluctant to leave the heavenly soldiers, and wish to stay there forever. As for the ordinary civilians in the local area, they have no I just want to live a safe life.”

Zhao Han nodded and said, "Understood."

Dang Chongjun also said: "The secret work of the National Security Council has been spread everywhere, saying that the Chinese army sent troops this time because North Korea banned the dissemination of "Da Tong Ji". Many North Korean scholars and even North Korean officials believed it, and began to secretly buy " They want to know what kind of books will attract heavenly soldiers to overwhelm the country. The more North Korea bans "Datong Ji", the more curious North Korean scholars will be, and the more they want to get it."

Zhao Han said: "Qing has worked so hard this time, and I will go to Brunei again. When I return to Beijing, I will be promoted to You Shaoqing of Honglu Temple."

"Brunei?" Dang Chongjun was puzzled.

"There's a civil war going on there." Zhao Han said speechlessly.

Brunei is a big fart place. In history, this civil war has been fought for 12 years.In the end, the civil strife was completely ended by ceding the land to the Sulu Kingdom and moving in the Sulu Kingdom for reinforcements.

Probably the following situation, Zhao Han has a concubine who is the princess of Brunei.Last year, the father-in-law, the king, died of illness, and his brother-in-law succeeded him as Sudan.Less than half a year later, the brother-in-law, the king, died again. It was said that he died of illness, but no one knew the exact cause of death.Immediately, the second brother-in-law succeeded to the position of Sudan.

The second brother-in-law's name is Ali, and the prime minister's name is Mubin.

Ali's son-in-law killed Mubin's son.Mu Bin was furious and asked Ali to punish the murderer severely, but Ali protected his son-in-law.

As prime minister, Mu Bin staged a coup and killed King Ali, Zhao Han's second brother-in-law.

Mubin proclaimed himself a sultan, and in order to appease the royal family's anger, he even appointed a member of the royal family, Bangsu, as the prime minister.Bangsu raised troops to avenge Ali, and Mubin was so frightened that he fled to Mirror Island, and Bangsu declared himself the Sultan.Today, the two Brunei sultans are busy with the civil war, while condemning envoys to request the canonization of the Chinese emperor.