Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2556 Nine counties of Hanzhou, Jin Kingdom established

Chapter 2552: Nine counties in Hanzhou, the establishment of the Jin Kingdom

Before Wang Mang became king, he sent invitations to ceremonies to countries such as Qin, Wei, Wu, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing. As a result, apart from the Qing Kingdom, there was no country that gave him a shot.

The reason is that Wang Mang's reputation in the Central Plains is too bad, the Central Plains countries do not want to have any connection with him, naturally they will not send messengers over, and Yuanmeng does not look down on Sanhan's small place.
As for Dorgon and Aguda, after learning that Wang Mang unified the three Koreas, they were extremely regretful in their hearts, but it was too late.

No matter how reluctant they are, they can only admit Wang Mang's status, and try their best to win over Wang Mang to prevent Wang Mang from falling to the other side;

Although the state of Korea established by Wang Mang was not recognized by Da Qin and other states, it was recognized by its neighbors, the Manchu Qing, and it was considered a reluctance to establish a state.

After Wang Mang established diplomatic relations in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he began to carry out drastic reforms in Sanhan, and almost copied the original Daqin land reform.

In addition, Wang Mang also divided the Three-Korean Peninsula into nine counties according to later Korean maps, namely: Seoul, Ping An, Hamgyong, Huanghai, Gangwon, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, Jeolla, and Jeju;
Hanzhou was divided into nine prefectures and 76 counties by Wang Mang. Not long after the counties were divided, Hanzhou's population statistics were also completed, and the result obviously exceeded Wang Mang's expectations.

In the 76 counties of nine counties in Hanzhou, there are only 38 households, 190 million people, and a total population of less than 200 million;
You know, there were 120 million people under Wang Mang's rule before the war, but after the destruction of Goguryeo, the overlord of the Three Koreas, the population only increased by 80.

Wang Mang had been investigated before the war. Goguryeo during Li Yuanhao’s period had a population of more than 200 million at its peak. Even after many battles with the Manchus and weakened by many defeats, it still had a population of 70 million.

As a result, after Wang Mang destroyed Goguryeo, there were only about 80 people left. This figure is obviously unreasonable.

As for the reason, it is very simple. The battle to destroy Goguryeo was too tragic.

Wang Mang didn't expect Li Chenggui's resistance to be so fierce. He originally wanted to end it within half a year, but ended up fighting for nearly two years. Countless people died in the war, and large areas in the northern part of Sanhan were also reduced to scorched earth.

This war caused the total population of the Samhan Peninsula to drop directly from 300 million to 200 million.

Nearly a third of them died in the war, and nearly half of them were light and strong.

This battle alone exhausted Sanhan's vitality, and I don't know how long it will take to fully recover.

Wang Mang was definitely dissatisfied with this, but it was already the best ending for him, so he could only hope that he would recover as soon as possible after the war with an iron fist.

In the process of unifying the three Koreas, Wang Mang also conquered many talents, such as: Goguryeo's number one general, Gaiyuan Suwen.

This is a fierce general who even Xue Kui can't beat. He must join forces with Xue Gang and Xue Kui to defeat him. He has caused a lot of trouble to Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang many times.

But after Li Chenggui committed suicide, Gai Yuan and Su Wen were also very aware of current affairs and chose to take the initiative to submit to Wang Mang.

In addition to the position of Gai Yuan and Su Wen, Wang Mang also subdued: Fu Cailin, Yizhi Wende, Jiang Handzan, and Heitochangzhi.

'Master Yijian' Fu Cailin, the first master of Goguryeo and the great master of kendo, was sent by Li Chengyu to assassinate Wang Mang three times, and the second time he nearly killed Wang Mang.

In order to get rid of Fu Cailin, Wang Mang dispatched [-] elite soldiers and set up a net, even using himself as bait, which was how he lured him into being fooled.

In the end, Fu Cailin was captured by Xue Kui because he was exhausted, and Wang Mang did not kill him, but wanted to take it back for his own use.

In order to persuade Fu Cailin to surrender, Wang Mang was almost worn out, but he failed to persuade him many times, and after Koguryeo fell, Fu Cailin chose to surrender.

Ulji Mun-deok and Kang Hand-chan, together with Yi Sun-sin, are known as the three heroes of national salvation on the Korean peninsula.

Eulji Wende was a figure in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. He served as the prime minister of Goguryeo. He played a key role in defeating the millions of troops of the Sui Empire.

Jiang Handzan was a figure in the Northern Song Dynasty. He led the army to fight when the Liao Kingdom invaded, and won the 'Guizhou Victory', defeating the Liao army.

Heitochangzhi was a figure in the Tang Dynasty. Tang Gaozong surrendered to the Tang Dynasty after the demise of Baekje. He has been fighting against the Tubo army since then, and he was awarded the Duke of Yan for his merits while he was alive.

Ulji Wende, Jiang Handzan and Heiji Changzhi were also the biggest obstacle to Wang Mang's destruction of Goguryeo.

At the beginning of the war, Li Cheng was ordered to fight against Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang respectively.

Chen Qingzhi saw that Ulzhi Wende could not be defended and would be difficult to defeat him in a head-to-head confrontation, so he sent people to spread rumors among the Han people that the two generals had nothing to do on the front line, and had been passively beaten all the time, and they would be defeated sooner or later.

Li Chengyu didn't know what the plan was when he learned about it, but after verifying it, he found that it was indeed the case, so he was a little panicked.

At this time, the ministers in the court who were bought by Wang Mang suggested that the lord of the country should lead the expedition in person to increase the period of front-line soldiers.

Li Chengyu also felt that it was very reasonable, so he led his own troops to the front line to boost morale. As a result, the morale of the front line army was improved, but Li Chengyu was eager to win, always disrupting the pre-war arrangements, and commanding B by remote control. Zhi Wende and Jiang Hand praised.

Originally, there was a lot of pressure on Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang, Ulchi Wende and Jiang Handzan, and Li Chengyu was still in command.

How can there be no reason for the layman to command the expert?
In the end, Li Chengyu paid the price for his ignorance and died directly on the front line, and Jiang Handzan was also captured because of his defeat, but he also bought the time to let Ulchi Wende escape smoothly back to Seoul.

After Ulji Moon-deok escaped and returned to Seoul, he and the left-behind Hee-ja Chang-chi supported Li Cheng-yu's younger brother Li Cheng-gui as the new king.

After Li Chenggui succeeded to the throne, he made Eulji Wende a general and was in charge of all defenses of Seoul.

He was also named Heitochangzhi as the general of Zhenbei, responsible for guarding the northern area.

After Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang joined forces in Seoul, they joined forces to fight against Ulchi Wende. They attacked Seoul for three months but could not break the city, so they had to divide their troops to attack the northern cities first.

Although Chen Qingzhi only took [-] partial divisions away, there were many strong generals in the army, so he had the confidence to fight against Heito Changzhi, who was stronger than him.

Although Heito Changzhi had a lot of troops, he did not have many strong generals. He fought against many famous generals such as Chen Qingzhi, Xue Kui, Qianzhao, Xu Miao, etc., but still persisted tenaciously for six months, and finally Zhongfu was defeated by Xue. Captured by Kwai.

After the demise of Goguryeo, Yuangaisu Wenxiao used affection and reason, and finally persuaded Jiang Handzan to surrender, and Jiang Handzan said that Yuzhi Wende and Heijichangzhi were surrendered.

The surrender of these three generals made Jiang Minzhan, Zhao Yuanyi, Jin Zongxuan and other captured generals also choose to surrender.

After Wang Mang became king after the founding of the country, he began to lavishly list his heroes.

Wang Mang named Huo Guang the prime minister.

Chen Qingzhi was the general.

Xue Gang was the hussar general.

Wu Yong and Xu Meizu were the military advisors.

Xue Kui, Qian Zhao, Xu Miao and other generals were all generals, and also served as the prefect of a county.

Zhang Tang and Wei Xiang were entrusted by foreign generals with several counties;

Gaiyuan Suwen, Ulchi Wende, Jiang Handzan, and Heiji Changzhi, the four generals with outstanding abilities and great influence, were all named generals.

Yang Wanchun, Jiang Minzhan, Zhao Yuanyi, and Jin Zongxuan, who were less capable and less influential, were given the title of Colonel.

Wang Mang's award this time, both the hero and the subordinate ministers are very satisfied, the hearts of the people inside and outside the Joseon Dynasty are all attached, and the people's hearts are completely attached, but it is only a matter of time.

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"My emperor, Rongqi, is like this..."

Dorgon began to tell Huang Taiji about the return of the Joseon state in public.

After Huang Taiji heard it, his heart was extremely complicated.

When his father was still alive, the Three Han Peninsula was almost the back garden of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing army fought whenever they wanted, and left when they wanted.

Whether it was Li Yuanhao or Li Chengyu, when facing the Qing army, they were passive defenses, swallowing their anger and unable to counterattack at all.

Therefore, in the hearts of most Manchus, including Huang Taiji, Sanhan has long been regarded as forbidden, and sooner or later it will be Hanzhou of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

As a result, Wang Mang, who was chased away by Ying Hao from the Central Plains and fled into Sanhan, first took advantage of Manqing's coveted Youzhou plan to destroy many effects in the southern part of Sanhan, and finally occupied the southern part of Sanhan.

And while he was captured, the Manchus fell into infighting, and when he had no time to take care of him, it took only a few years to completely unite the divided three Koreas and create the state of Korea.

It can be said that the reason why Wang Mang was able to unify the three Koreas was all based on the fact that the Manchus did not intervene.

As long as the Manchus paid a little attention to it, Wang Mang would not be able to unify the Three Hans.

It's a pity, whether it's Nurhaci, Dorgon, Aguda, or even Huang Taiji, Wang Mang has never been in the eyes of the country before.

Now that the three Koreas were unified and the Joseon state was established, it was too late for Huang Taiji and others to pay attention to Wang Mang.

The unified Three Hans are not what they used to be. Even if too much vitality was spent in the unification battle, it is not an existence that the divided Manchu Qing can handle at will.

Moreover, for the current Manchu Qing, the most important thing is not coveting other lands, but unity, and only when the interior is completely unified, the Manchu Qing has the heart to expand the territory.

Therefore, before that, the Manchus not only could not hate North Korea, but also tried their best to win over North Korea to prevent North Korea from standing on the side of Aguda.

This also means that for a long time in the future, North Korea will be an independent kingdom, not owned by the Manchus.

This naturally made Huang Taiji, who had always looked down on Sanhan, feel complicated.

"Lu Yu, the envoy of Daqin, has met His Majesty the Emperor of Qing Dynasty. May the border between Qin and Qing be stable and have a good alliance forever."

As soon as the Daqin messenger appeared, many Manchu ministers showed resentment.

When the Manchu Qing Dynasty was at its peak, it was Daqin who brought the Qing Dynasty to the sky in one fell swoop. Taizu Nurhaci and many generals died in battle. After that, they fell into infighting in the west, and they have not recovered yet.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty will weaken to the point where it is now, and Da Qin is the culprit.

If it weren't for the need to trade with Daqin and obtain food, grass and weapons, and to destroy the Wanyan family headed by Aguda, the Manchu officials would definitely not agree to form an alliance with Daqin.

When the North Korean envoy Xu Meizu saw that the envoy of Qin who came to congratulate was actually Lu Yuzhi, his face also showed a complicated color.

Both Xu Meizu and Lu Yu were officials of the Northern Han Dynasty, but after the fall of the Northern Han Dynasty, Lu Yu followed the trend and surrendered to Qin, while Xu Meizu and Huo Guang and others joined Wang Mang.

After Lu Yu discovered Xu Meizu, he was stunned for a moment, then a trace of melancholy appeared on his face, and then his face became serious.Like I don't know you.

After the fall of the Northern Han Dynasty, Zhao Chongguo surrendered and was imprisoned for life.

Now the demotions of the former Northern Han clan in Youzhou are all keeping away from Huo Guang's former friends, for fear that they will arouse suspicion from the imperial court.

Except for the congratulations from Daqin sending envoys into the Qing Dynasty, none of the countries in the Central Plains sent envoys.

Huang Taiji glanced at the representatives of the Manchu ethnic groups below, as if he was looking for someone, and asked after a while, "Isn't the envoy from the Wanyan family coming?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a guard hurried into the hall, knelt down and reported anxiously, "Your Majesty Qi, Wanyan Agu beat him, he..."

"Why did A Gu beat him?" Huang Taiji asked with a frown.

"Wanyan Agu has betrayed the country and declared himself emperor. The day is today. The country's name is Jin, and Jinzhou Jincheng is the capital."

"what?"

"This traitor."

"Unfamiliar wolf cub."

When the ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty heard the words, the pot exploded in an instant, and they scolded Agu in anger.

Huang Taiji, Dorgon, Yinzhen, Xuan Ye, Hongli and others were all shocked. They didn't expect A Guda's reaction to be so violent that they would directly treason and proclaim themselves emperor.

(End of this chapter)