1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2462
Although the Ming Dynasty lost control of large areas of the southern coastal areas one after another, fortunately, the domestic situation did not cause major chaos, and it was still able to continue to fight the war of attrition with the Manchu Qing by relying on the national strength accumulated over the past 200 years.But on the other hand, Manchu’s ability to withstand this kind of war of attrition is much worse. The speed of manufacturing weapons and equipment and training qualified soldiers has begun to fail to keep up with combat needs. Negative effects are inevitable.

However, it is difficult for the Manchus to stop at this time. Huang Taiji also knows that Da Ming must use the war of attrition to exhaust the national power of the Manchus. If he asks Da Ming for peace at this time, it will only reveal his own weakness Let Daming step up his actions and expand his offensive.

Moreover, Huang Taiji is also very clear that the Haihan people who have been watching from the sidelines seem to be neutral, but their real position is actually biased towards the Ming side. This can be seen from the arms export ban that Haihan only implemented against the Manchu Qing. .If the Manchu Qing Dynasty showed its defeat, then the thousands of Haihan soldiers stationed in Jinzhou were not vegetarians, and they might take advantage of the situation to make trouble.

Huang Taiji even believed that the reason why Haihan stayed on the sidelines was that he was waiting for the two countries to reap the benefits after the two countries fought to lose both sides.The Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and can still bear the consequences of defeat, but once its own country loses the war, it is likely to be beaten back to its original shape and become a primitive tribe under the rule of the Ming Dynasty again.Of course, another situation may arise, that is, the ruler of Liaodong is replaced by Haihan people.

But no matter which of the two, it is an ending that Huang Taiji cannot accept.The Manchu Qing had no way out, so they could only grit their teeth and win the war.

Daming and Man Qing are fighting to the death, which is a happy situation for Hai Han.Just as Huang Taiji thought, Haihan wished that the two countries would weaken each other, so that there would be more space for Haihan to play in the future.

However, while the two countries were fighting lively, Haihan also happened to take care of some unresolved matters in Northeast Asia.

The first is the positioning and development direction of North Korea.Haihan hopes that North Korea can act as a stable and obedient vassal state, which can provide resources, population and markets for Haihan in a long-term and stable manner, and cooperate with various development strategies formulated by Haihan in international politics, just like North Korea in Kim as it did during the negotiation process of the state peace treaty.

However, after North Korea settled down, it inevitably developed some ambitions to break away from Haihan's control. Although it does not have the corresponding strength at present, these signs have already aroused the vigilance of Haihan's executive committee.Let Fenglin Maharaja Li Hao stay in Sanya all year round, which is a way to contain the current king Li Hao, but it is difficult to make the Executive Committee feel at ease just like this.

The experience from the future time and space makes it difficult for the leaders of the Executive Committee to trust the Koreans. This ethnic group does not respect the bottom line principles of historical traditions. They only consider their own interests. Haehan's actions are well-documented.If one day they think that their strength can be out of Haihan's control, then they will definitely cut off the vassal relationship with Haihan without hesitation, and clean up all the records about Haihan in the history of their country, just like they left before. Daming is so decisive.

The Executive Committee believes that the only thing that can make the North Koreans obey is the authority from the strong. To keep them humble to Haihan, it is difficult to create enough influence with the current garrison and trade methods alone. Starting from the cultural level, it will take one or two generations to completely change their cultural traditions and values.

Of course, directly annexing North Korea is actually one of the options, but the Executive Committee believes that even if North Korea can be occupied by military means, the cost performance of governing North Korea by itself is still too low, and this poor and backward region may become a big burden for the country. , This point is also the unanimous choice of many Central Plains dynasties from a historical point of view.Haihan only needs to control the main mineral resource producing areas and sea passages in the peninsula, and the rest of the place is not worth mentioning, so as to maximize the benefits.

Compared with military means, it is easier to suppress North Korea through comprehensive means such as politics, economy, trade, and culture. It requires fewer resources and may achieve better results than military occupation.

At the end of 1645, the Executive Committee notified Li Yan through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that in order to facilitate exchanges between the two countries, he hoped that Li Yan would formally identify the Korean characters as Chinese characters and ensure their uniqueness. Stop using the so-called Korean Hangeul which is difficult to understand.

In addition, the executive committee also requested that the historical records of the Joseon state be revised to avoid spreading wrong ideas to future generations of North Korean citizens.Of course, this revision must be completed together with officials sent by Haihan officials. The revised version also needs to be reviewed by Haihan officials, and then it will be promoted nationwide as one of the basic cultural teaching materials of North Korea.

Korean Hangeul was created during the reign of the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty, Lee Tun, more than [-] years ago.This alphabet system called "Hunmin Jeongyum" has been widely used in North Korea. In addition to official documents and personal letters, it is also a compulsory subject in the imperial examination for the recruitment of officials.However, this kind of writing is easy to confuse the semantics due to the many homophones, so Chinese characters are still widely used as writing tools in formal occasions, and Hangeul is only an auxiliary writing.

Now Haihan wants to use political pressure to get North Korean officials to abolish this writing system that has been in use for 200 years. It is to completely erase its independent cultural symbols, so that it can only rely on the cultural system of the Han people in the future.

Of course, just erasing the words is not enough. Considering some special habits of this race, the executive committee has put forward the request to revise its history, and will organize literati to write books and talk about it, and then pass the inscription Inscribed in order to ensure that the relevant history will not be tampered with by future generations.

Even if Li Yan and the ministers could roughly understand the purpose of Haihan's request, they are powerless to fight at the moment.The war with the Qing Dynasty made them understand that their strength was far from that of Haihan. If they wanted to ensure the peace of North Korea, they had better not try to disobey Haihan's resolution.Although it is very unfilial to abolish the writing created by our ancestors, compared to being abolished from the throne and losing power, abolishing the writing is still a more acceptable situation.

(End of this chapter)