1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2326
This treaty of commerce and navigation was specially put on the enthronement ceremony to be publicly signed, which is what Haihan meant.Wang Tom hopes that through such an arrangement, the North Korean officials will be fully aware of Hai Han's recognition and support for Li Yi.

This is the first diplomatic treaty signed by Li Yi after he ascended the throne. For North Korea, which is in turmoil, maintaining a stable diplomatic relationship with Haihan is of great significance. It can be said that North Korea will avoid foreign invasion in the future and even strengthen its national power necessary condition.

Although most of the content of this treaty is the agreement reached with Haihan during the reign of the former king Li Yan, and many of them are already in the implementation stage, but these agreements were re-signed at this time, and they were announced on the day Li Yan ascended the throne. The meaning is naturally not difficult to understand.

Of course, some careful people have noticed that there are some new contents in the agreement that have not been covered in the past, such as the part about immigration, that is, the former king Li Ji had always strictly guarded against areas that were not let go, but the new king immediately let go of this hole when he came to power. I don't know if such an agreement is a blessing or a curse for North Korea.

But at this time, no one would have the guts to jump out and question this part of the content. This might be one of the conditions in exchange for Hai Han to send troops to support Li Yi. Questioning Li Yi is tantamount to opposing Hai Han, but challenging Hai Han is not What a wise move, of course no one would want to make such a dangerous temptation.

And Jin Shangxian, as the most prestigious official in the court at present, also kept silent about the content of the treaty. He watched his nose, his nose watched his heart, and his heart was settled. It seemed that he had nothing to do with himself.Jin Shangxian didn't say a word, and the other officials who only followed his lead would naturally be fine.

It's not that Kim Sang-heon doesn't understand how much negative impact this immigration opening will have on North Korea. In fact, he opposed the opening of immigration during Lee Ji's administration.And it is worth mentioning that Kim Sang-heon and his old rival Cui Mingji have the same views on this matter, and Li Zhen's attitude towards this matter is largely influenced by them.

But at this moment, Jin Shangxian also knows that the relationship between Li Yi and Haihan is far from being comparable to that of the previous kings, and Li Yi, who has just ascended the throne, also needs Haihan's support to consolidate his position. The immigration issue is undoubtedly a problem. A quid pro quo acceptable to both parties.

Although Kim Sang-heon does not agree with the practice of allowing Haihan to absorb immigrants from his own country, he knows that now is not the right time to speak out against it.At present, he has not had the opportunity to have a private meeting with Li Yan, so he does not know Li Yan's real thoughts on the immigration issue, but as the king of North Korea, he must not be willing to see his subjects being absorbed by the suzerain. There should be room for mediation in this matter.

After reading the content of the treaty, Li Yan took the initiative to ask: "Do you have any opinions on this treaty?"

When Li Yan was asking questions, his eyes were always looking at Jin Shangxian.He didn't really care if the other people present had any opinions. Now without Cui Mingji as his opponent, Kim Sang-heon's attitude can basically be regarded as a weathervane in the court.

As if feeling the gaze from the throne, Jin Shangxian responded: "Our country and Haihan Kingdom have always had a good relationship. As long as these cooperation measures can promote the development of our country, I think it is a good thing."

Kim Sang-heon's statement basically set the tone for this matter, but if you take a closer look, he didn't actually say it dead-on. What kind of measures are beneficial to North Korea may be different in everyone's mind.

Li Yan didn't think too much about it, he just hoped that Kim Sang-heon would not make extra troubles in signing the contract.After signing this contract, Haihan will continue to provide North Korea with all kinds of assistance needed for development. Compared with the value of these aids, even if North Korea needs to pay the price of immigrant population for a period of time in the future, Li Yan believes that this is still quite Good deal.After all, population reduction can be supplemented by encouraging births, but there is no alternative to the assistance provided by Haihan. If he wants to secure his throne and quickly increase his national strength, he cannot do without Haihan's support.

"Master Jin is right!" Li Yan nodded in praise of Jin Shangxian's statement: "The specific implementation after that still needs to be supervised by Mr. Jin to grasp the scale."

If it is to be done according to Li Yi's wishes, it is very likely that Jin Shangxian has been appointed to the currently vacant post of leader and political affairs to take over the handling of government affairs.However, the two generals of Haihan had clearly expressed their opposition to his idea before, and believed that before the coup incident was clearly investigated, there should be no rush to make decisions on the appointment and dismissal of important officials.Especially Jin Shangxian, who has great influence in the court, should be more cautious in his appointment.

However, based on Kim Sang-heon's performance today, Li Yi felt that perhaps the Haihan people's thinking would change. After all, Kim Sang-heon showed full support for his ruling, which should be regarded as a signal worthy of reuse.

The three things Li Yi announced after he ascended the throne, the investigation of the assassination case, the canonization of the general to protect the country, and the signing of the new diplomatic treaty, each of which is directly related to Haihan, which also truly reflects the current situation of North Korea. Only with Haihan's strength can it be possible to maintain a smooth transition in the domestic political situation.

This is certainly a tragedy for North Korea, but Li Yi has no other choice. Without Haihan's help, even if he returns to North Korea, it may be difficult for him to take over the power so smoothly.

After Li Yan signed the treaty with Wang Tom on the spot, the enthronement ceremony was considered to be over.However, today's court deliberations are not over yet. The country has not had a ruler for more than a month. Now that the new king has finally come to the throne, many accumulated government affairs can finally be dealt with.

Each yamen has a lot of things to report for approval, which lasted until noon.Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun had already resigned, leaving Li Yan to handle these government affairs slowly.

Li Yan quickly changed from the initial excitement to unspeakable exhaustion.Although it feels great to be in power, he also has to take on the corresponding responsibilities. Just dealing with these mountainous government affairs makes him feel quite strenuous.

In the more than a month since the loss of the king, few good things have happened in North Korea. Many places have fallen into a state of panic because of the blockade of Seoul. Many people are worried that a new war will spread in the country, and they have begun to flee. Take refuge in the countryside.The area around Seoul is even more empty, and almost everyone who can walk has left to avoid being affected by the armed conflict that broke out in Seoul.

This momentum did not ease until the arrival of the Haihan Army, and there are still thousands of refugees living outside the city relying on the relief provided by Haihan.Not to mention the losses caused by the stagnation of social production during this period, the government also has a lot of work to do to restore these people to normal living conditions.

If you are not in charge, you don't know Chai Migui, and Li Yan really felt the pressure of being in charge when he sat in this position.

At present, North Korea's treasury is almost empty, and the tax money collected in the treasury will basically flow out within two days to pay for various expenses required for the country's operation.Just repaying Haihan's various loans is a huge expense every month.

And the state of the official food reserves is not much better. Last year, the Manchu Qing invasion caused nearly half of the country to fall into war. This war almost exhausted the country's food reserves, and it has not been able to slow down until now.Now that winter is approaching, many places in the north still need to rely on government relief to survive this winter, and now Gyeonggi-do has added a large number of refugees in need of relief.How to allocate and arrange materials and stabilize the hearts of the people are all difficult problems that test the ability of governance.

Under normal circumstances, most of these affairs can be coordinated and handled by various yamen represented by Liu Cao, without the need for the king to do everything himself, but the chaos in Seoul this time has semi-paralyzed the entire bureaucratic system.The king and leader who were in charge of the government are gone, and many officials have lost their lives because of being involved in the coup, which has caused the various yamen to be unable to perform their due functions. Even though the normal work arrangement has begun to resume now, it is still due to the lack of manpower and cannot function smoothly.

The problem facing Li Yan is to allow each yamen to perform their due functions with seriously insufficient staffing.But it is not easy to improve the operating efficiency of these yamen in a short period of time, and even replenishing manpower is not something that can be completed in a short period of time.

So when Li Yi returned to the palace and heard Haihan asking for instructions on whether to conduct a thorough investigation of Jin Shangxian, he decisively expressed his opposition.

"General Qian, if there is no real evidence, let's put this matter aside!" Li Yan said helplessly: "Nowadays, the government order is not smooth, and many things have to be organized by Jin Shangxian. If you arrest him I'm afraid many things will be affected."

Qian Tiandun said: "Whether to continue the investigation of the case, we are of course based on your opinion, but Jin Shangxian has all the power, and you have to guard against the risks involved!"

Li Yan nodded and said: "Thank you, General, for reminding me! I have also started making arrangements to gradually take over the various yamen, but it will take time to implement."

Although Li Yi needs to rely on Kim Sang-heon to solve the difficulties encountered in the process of governing, this does not mean that he has enough trust in Kim Sang-heon.In terms of employing people, Li Yi is of course more inclined to appoint the group of young and strong officials he brought back from Sanya.

These people have been studying in Sanya with him for a year, and they have been deeply branded as princelings. It can be said that this is the ruling team built for him by the former king Li Ji.It's just that the incident happened suddenly, this team has no time to hone it slowly, and the situation needs to push them to the front line to take over power as soon as possible.

Even if they are still lacking in ability, Li Yi believes that at least they have no problem with loyalty, and they will definitely be loyal to him after they gain power.

Of course, with their current capabilities, they cannot replace Kim Sang-heon's coordinating role in the court. Therefore, although Kim Sang-heon's role in the coup is doubtful, Li Yi believes that the current governance cannot be separated from Kim Sang-heon's leadership for the time being. Therefore, he hopes that Haihan can make some adjustments to the direction of the investigation, and don't rush to pull Kim Sang-hyun down, so as not to worsen the current situation again.

Qian Tiandun didn't have much opinion on Li Yi's request. He had already listened to Fu Li's report. Although there were indications that Kim Sang-heon might have played a disgraceful role in the coup, so far he hadn't obtained any tangible results. The evidence supports this.

But Qian Tiandun knew that the direction of Fu Li's investigation was actually okay. People related to Jin Shangxian died in the coup. This phenomenon itself is very abnormal. The work was handled so thoroughly that all negative evidence was removed.

However, Hai Han's purpose is to remove Li Yi's obstacles to governance, and Jin Shangxian's attitude so far has been to support Li Yi. From this perspective, Hai Han does not need to remove him, and naturally Then you can sell a Shun Shui favor to Li Yan.

Qian Tiandun found out Li Yan's attitude, so he sent someone to send a letter to Fu Li, asking him to transfer the investigation of Jin Shangxian to secret, so as not to affect the current political stability.

Fu Li was not too surprised by this order. Through the investigation work of the past few days, he has fully realized the influence of Kim Sang-heon in the ruling and opposition parties. The people he kept secret were basically already lying in coffins, and if we look further down, there will still be more dead people.

However, Fu Li is not worried that he will be retaliated by Jin Shangxian. The investigation work he has been engaged in until now, the target is more and more concentrated on Jin Shangxian. If anything happens to him, it is obviously related to this investigation target. At that time, Haehan will definitely not let Kim Sang-heon go.

Qian Tiandun's order was to turn to a secret investigation, not to stop the investigation. Fu Li could roughly understand what the difference meant.Even if the superiors don't want to overthrow Jin Shangxian immediately, they still need to grasp the handle of this person, so they need to continue the investigation.

Although many insiders passed away due to various reasons, Fu Li believes that there will still be other clues to continue the investigation.

After sorting out the case files again, Fu Li found a breakthrough point that he had neglected before.Although Kim Sang-heon is sophisticated, it is impossible to be flawless all the time. If there is anyone who can catch his flaws, then there is a high probability that this person is his old opponent Cui Mingji.

According to what Kim Sang-heon himself said, he launched a counterattack on the last night and knocked out Cui Mingji and his henchmen in one fell swoop, but of course Cui Mingji could not be defenseless against him before that. There are some handles that Kim Sang-heon has in his hands, but he just couldn't use them until the last moment.

Fu Li's previous investigation of Cui Mingji did not go to Cui's mansion, so he decided to go back to the scene where Cui Mingji committed suicide by taking poison, looking for clues that he might have missed.

(End of this chapter)