1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2324
Of course, Qian Tiandun could approve Fu Li's investigation plan with a swipe of the pen, but in terms of implementation, he still had to ask Li Yan to issue orders to North Korean officials.Otherwise, asking North Korean officials to accept investigations in the name of the Haihan Army will inevitably arouse serious dissatisfaction on the other side. What's more, the target of the investigation is the military attache group. If there is no pressure from Li Yan, it is very likely to cause unnecessary armed conflict.Although the Haihan army is not afraid of the so-called elite troops of North Korea, there is no need to give them a reason to rebel again.

Therefore, although Qian Tiandun affirmed Fu Li's idea in the end, he did not immediately give him the corresponding investigation authority. He had to wait for the handbook drafted by Li Yan before taking action.It just so happened that Qian Tiandun also had other matters to discuss with Li Yan, so he simply went to the palace with Fu Li.

After listening to Fu Li's investigation report, Li Yi, who was uneasy, relaxed a little. Since the Haihan army is now serious about investigating the truth of the incident, he is willing to give support and cooperation within his ability.Aside from the section of avenging his father, if he does not investigate the matter clearly and bring the criminals to justice, it will be difficult for him to ensure his own safety even if he sits on the throne.

For such a big disturbance in Seoul, it can be said that the garrison in the city cannot be blamed. Li Yan didn't believe their innocence at all, so he restrained himself by not directly denouncing them as rebels.Now the Haihan people wanted to investigate which troops were directly involved in the rebellion. This was one of the things Li Yan wanted to find out. After listening to Fu Li's request, he readily agreed.

Li Xuan immediately drafted an order, requiring civil and military officials to cooperate with Haihan investigators specially hired by the court to conduct a thorough investigation of the king's assassination and subsequent incidents.Anyone who intentionally obstructs or sabotages the investigation will be immediately removed from his official position and will be arrested as a suspect involved in the case.

The sternness of this order even exceeded Qian Tiandun's expectations, which also showed Li Yan's urgency to investigate the truth of the incident.

After receiving such a quasi-imperial decree, Fu Li immediately resigned from the palace and continued to investigate the case.Qian Tiandun stayed and discussed with Li Yi more important issues than investigating the case.

"My son, the situation is urgent, so the ceremony of ascension to the throne can only be simplified. If there is no problem on your side, we will hold the relevant ceremony the day after tomorrow. General Wang and I will attend the ceremony on behalf of our country and confirm that you will be the only one recognized by our country. ruler of North Korea."

Qian Tiandun's words gave Li Yan a reassurance. As long as he can get Haihan's full support, he will be promoted from the crown prince to the king of Korea as soon as the enthronement ceremony is over. hold back.

Li Xun quickly responded: "Then I will take care of the two generals. After I ascend the throne, I will immediately confer the title of two great generals who will protect the country of Korea!"

Appointing a foreign general to protect the country is a pioneering work that has never happened in Korean history. Li Yan also thought for a long time before he came up with such a way to express his respect and trust in Hai Han.Although this is just an honorary title and does not allow the two Haihan generals to take orders from him, Li Yan believes that it at least helps to bind the interests of both parties together.In the future, North Korea's military needs may also be met through a good relationship with General Haihan.

Qian Tiandun was also a little surprised by the condition offered by Li Yan, but he was very clear about Li Yan's current interests, so he could understand the purpose of Li Yan's move.As for the treatment that the General Protector of the Nation can enjoy in North Korea, and whether he needs to bear the corresponding obligations and responsibilities, Qian Tiandun did not ask any further questions at the moment, but only expressed his gratitude to Li Yi for this arrangement.

Now that the throne is vacant, Li Yi is the successor appointed by the former king, and with Haihan's full support behind him, it is a matter of course for him to ascend the throne.As for whether he can secure this seat, in addition to Li Yi's own ability, the support provided by Haihan is also an extremely important factor.

The support provided by Haihan is of course not free of charge, nor can he be exchanged for the honorary title of General Protecting the Country. some other conditions.

"My son, the cooperation between our country and your country has been very pleasant in the past few years, but there has been a lack of specific norms in many related fields, which has affected the effect of our cooperation. Therefore, our country hopes to build on the Seoul Covenant signed the year before last. , in light of the status quo of bilateral relations, to reach a more comprehensive and in-depth diplomatic cooperation agreement between the two countries.”

Qian Tiandun said eloquently: "Our country hopes that this new agreement will take effect immediately after you take the throne, and we are sure that such an agreement will help stabilize the situation in your country and strengthen the alliance between our two countries. "

Although Li Yan didn't know what the content of the agreement Qian Tiandun was talking about, but the other party proposed to sign a new diplomatic agreement at this juncture, it must not be so easy to dismiss.

He asked cautiously: "General Qian, what is the content of this new agreement, can you explain a thing or two for me?"

Qian Tiandun said: "Most of the content of the agreement is actually a cooperation project that is already being implemented. It is just standardized through this agreement to facilitate our future operations. Generally speaking, it can be divided into four aspects..."

The first is diplomacy. As an ally, North Korea must fully support Haihan's strategic interests in Northeast Asia.In the same way, Haihan will also support North Korea's strategic interests in the South China Sea.

The second is economic and cultural aspects. North Korea has completely opened up the management rights of mining, agriculture, navigation, finance, culture and other fields to Haihan, allowing Haihan products to be sold in the North Korean market, and allowing Haihan cultural products and related educational industries to enter North Korea. country.The North Korean state needs to provide necessary resources and protection for economic cooperation projects between the two countries.

The third is population mobility. The two countries allow the cross-border flow of people and private assets, and allow people to change to each other's nationality.

The fourth is military cooperation. The DPRK allows the Haihan Army to open military bases and station troops within its jurisdiction, and include the standard weapons produced by Haihan in its military purchase list.The Haihan Army will provide North Korea with combat skills training and comprehensive wartime support.

At first glance, apart from the immigration issue, all these aspects seem to be projects that are already being implemented.After staying in Sanya for a year, Li Yi has accepted the fact that Haihan has absorbed immigrants from various countries, and does not expect his own country to receive special treatment.

In fact, Li Yan can roughly understand why Haihan wants to re-sign the agreement on these cooperation projects that are already being implemented. After all, these agreements were discussed with his father before. It's also reasonable to sign again.

Of course, from an objective point of view, such an agreement cannot be said to be equality and mutual benefit among allies, but it is obviously beneficial to the stronger side.But Li Yi didn't have the capital to bargain, and Haihan didn't give him other options. If he didn't agree to this agreement, it is very likely that the enthronement ceremonies that followed would be stopped.

"As for the specific content of this agreement, my son can take a look at the draft first. If there is no problem, then we will sign this new agreement on the day you ascend the throne." After Qian Tiandun finished speaking, he took it out of his briefcase A document was handed to Li Yan.

Li Yan took the document and saw that the title on the first page was "Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Haihan Kingdom and North Korea". important areas, but deliberately only mentioned trade and navigation, which seems quite cryptic.

Naturally, there are still many things that Li Yan is not satisfied with in the detailed rules of the treaty, such as Qian Tiandun deliberately not even mentioning a word of extraterritoriality.But this is actually the North Korean official's default rule, but it is expressed in words in this treaty, which is more operable.

Li Yan spent a cup of tea reading the contents of the treaty, and then replied meaningfully to Qian Tiandun: "I have no problem, and I hope you will not have any problems."

Qian Tiandun responded: "Our country has already signed an agreement like this with Annan and Fujian. Your Majesty does not need to worry about any problems in the middle. After one or two years, your country will gradually get the many benefits brought by this agreement. , Your Majesty will know when the time comes."

Li Xuan heard that those two companies had also signed such an agreement, and he felt a little better, at least he was not the only one who suffered a loss.As for when they will be able to catch up with those two in terms of comprehensive strength, Li Yan feels that one or two years is probably not enough.Before he left Sanya, he watched the overseas military competition held by Haihan, and the soldiers in his country were indeed lacking in ability.

Li Yan immediately picked up his pen and wanted to sign at the end of the agreement, but Qian Tiandun stopped him: "You don't need to sign now! After your enthronement ceremony is over, call the princes and ministers to witness, and we will sign together in public."

Li Yan was taken aback for a moment, and soon after he understood the other party's purpose, Hai Han Guo did not intend to sign this agreement silently, but deliberately wanted to hype it up so that everyone in the government and the public would know that he and Hai Han had settled down. An agreement was reached on the future direction of the country.

"Then it depends on General Qian's intention." Li Yan smiled slightly, and put the brush back on the pen holder.

Although limited to the current conditions, the enthronement ceremony can only be handled simply, but this ceremony is of great significance. North Korea will start from Li Yi's ascension to the throne, and go to a new development direction.

In the original history, it was not Li Yan who inherited the great position. He was captured by the Manchu Qing and taken to Shenyang as a hostage for eight years after Bingzi's rebellion. He died of illness shortly after returning to North Korea. His younger brother Li Hao took over. throne.

However, in this time and space, due to Haihan's strong intervention, the Manchu Qing's invasion of North Korea was greatly reduced, and naturally they were unable to take Li Yi away.However, Li Yan, who was not taken hostage in Shenyang, went to Haihan to study in Sanya because of being favored by Haihan.As for his performance after ascension to the throne, there is no historical data for reference, so we can only take one step at a time.

It was Jin Shangxian who was in charge of organizing the enthronement ceremony for Li Yi. This was not because Li Yi and Hai Han had changed their views on him, but because of his experience.You must know that when Li Zhen launched a palace coup more than ten years ago, Kim Sang-heon also participated in organizing the enthronement ceremony, and he was in charge of the ceremony, at least not missing some important links.

As for Fu Li, who returned to the investigation work, he first found Shen Jingzhen, the military judge who had just returned to the city, and showed him Li Yi's handwritten order.

Shen Jingzhen was quite refreshing. After reading it, he immediately expressed that he would fully cooperate and appointed his son Shen Xueyi to assist Fu Li in the investigation.

The relationship between Shen Xueyi and the Haihan Army has always been good. This year, the Haihan Army attacked Hirado, Japan, and Shen Xueyi also participated in this operation as a military observer.And when the accident happened in Seoul this time, Shen Xueyi was visiting Ganghwa Island with Shen Jingzhen, so he is also one of the few military officers who can be trusted by Haihan.With the assistance of such a person who is familiar with North Korea's military attache system and has a solid background, it can indeed make Fu Li's investigation work a lot easier.

Fu Li had already made a rough list of survey targets before this, including all the military officers in the Seoul Garrison and related military institutions with ranks above the second rank, and there were no. 30 of them, big or small.After Shen Xueyi read the list, he crossed out some people from it.

"The people you crossed out just now, either died in this incident, or they were not in Seoul at the time, so they didn't participate in this matter at all." Shen Xueyi didn't wait for Fu Li to ask, he took the initiative to explain that he had crossed out these people reason.

Fu Lidao: "This saves a lot of trouble. But I want to know, do the rest of the officials on the list basically belong to Jin Shangxian's faction?"

After Shen Xueyi listened to his question, he reviewed the list again, and finally nodded slightly and said, "It seems to be true... Mr. Fu means that the situation in the city is actually controlled by Mr. Jin?"

Fu Lidao: "Jin Shangxian said that he launched a counterattack at the last moment and wiped out the rebellious army in the city. According to him, those who died were all bad guys who participated in the rebellion, and those who survived were all troops loyal to the king. What do you think? How credible is that?"

Shen Xueyi seemed to have some scruples, and he didn't dare to talk about Jin Shangxian casually like Fu Li, so he had no choice but to reluctantly agree: "The situation Mr. Jin said may indeed happen, let's interrogate a few more officials, check their confessions, and see what is right. Whether or not the description on the day of posting is consistent, perhaps we can judge whether what Mr. Jin said is true or not."

Shen Xueyi's idea basically coincides with Fu Li's. Cross-comparison of multiple confessions is one of the investigation methods. Fu Li hopes to use this method to gradually confirm the truth of the matter.

(End of this chapter)