Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1196, North Korea and Japan
On the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, Jin Shiji was looking at the scenery outside the window, lost in thought.

He is the envoy sent to Daming by Lord Yanshan of North Korea. He is stationed in Daming mainly to maintain the relationship between North Korea and Daming. Of course, his daily work is to collect the preferences of Daming sons, and then pass the news to North Korea to ask North Korea to pay tribute. Time to add it.

North Korea is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty. For this status, North Korea's ideological consciousness is very high. From Yanshan Lord to ordinary people, they don't think there is anything wrong with it, and they even take pride in it. .

The whole world is huge, but there are very few who can become the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, becoming a vassal state of Ming Dynasty has many advantages for North Korea. At least, the North Koreans are very free to do business, play, work, etc. in various places in Ming Dynasty.

In the Beijing-Tianjin area alone, there are a large number of laborers from North Korea and Japan, and they can earn a lot of money from Ming Dynasty every year and send it back to China.

If they are willing to immigrate to Daming overseas, they can enjoy the same treatment as citizens of Ming Dynasty. It can be said that the son of Ming Dynasty treats them with kindness, and the status of this vassal state has real benefits.

As the resident minister in Daming, Jin Shiji needs to always pay attention to the movement of Daming. He has already paid attention to the huge movement of the train.

As soon as the train opened to traffic, he immediately came to experience the train.

"The development of the suzerain country Daming is really too fast!"

"What I saw and heard in Daming in the past few years made me feel that the world is undergoing great changes with each passing day."

"The train is really amazing. It can transport [-] people or more than [-] kilograms of goods at one time, relying on the drag of a steam locomotive."

"And it can also maintain a speed of eighty miles per hour. Such a terrifying carrying capacity and such a terrifying speed are simply unbelievable."

"The Ming Empire is huge, with its north, south, east, west, and east. The empire's rule over remote areas is not stable, but with this train, the Ming Empire will firmly control every inch of land."

"At this moment, by my side, almost all the people in Daming are discussing the construction of railways, and the Ming Empire has also issued a five-year railway plan, planning to build railways in the north and south of Daming in the next five years. Five main arteries."

"And this year, they will raise funds to build the railways from the capital to the Hezhong area and from the capital to Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Each railway requires more than [-] million taels of silver."

"The Ming Empire is really too rich!"

When writing this, Jin Shiji couldn't help sighing.

It would cost five hundred million taels of silver to build a railway, five hundred million taels of silver, what a huge number, and it was almost astronomical for North Korea.

But for the Ming Empire, this is nothing. The Ming Empire can build two such railways at one time, and in the next few years, it will start building new railway lines every year.

Such a strong national power is really amazing.

"Our North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. We should learn everything from the Ming Empire. We should not only learn the language, characters, and culture of the Ming Empire, but also like the Ming Empire, we should overhaul the railway."

"As far as I know, the Ming Empire will plan a railway from Tianjin to the Liaodong region next year. If North Korea can build a north-south railway to connect to the Daming railway."

"After all, this has greatly promoted the development of our North Korea, and we will move forward rapidly on the train of the Ming Empire."

"However, to build such a railway requires tens of millions of taels of silver. I'm afraid it will be difficult for North Korea to provide it all at once."

"Therefore, I suggest that we can follow the example of Ming Dynasty and establish a corresponding stock exchange, and raise funds from the public to build the railway. The railway is an epoch-making thing."

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In a few carriages next to Jin Shiji, several Japanese people sat together, with long hair and dressed in Ming Dynasty costumes, speaking Ming Ming very fluently.

"It's incredible!"

"This train can transport [-] people at a time, and it can also travel at a speed of [-] miles per hour. This train travel can be so relaxing and comfortable."

"Drink tea, read a book, chat with friends, and look at the scenery outside when you are tired."

Looking at the scenery outside the window and then at the colleagues around him, Mu Li couldn't help sighing.

He was originally a minister under the shogunate of the Wa Kingdom, surnamed Kimura, but since the King of Wa was given a surname and changed his name by the Son of Heaven, the Kingdom of Wa became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. upsurge.

After careful consideration and detailed review of many classics, the Kimura family decided to change their surname to Mu, and Kimura Li also changed his name to Mu Li.

The same is true for several colleagues around him. People from the Yagyu family changed their surnames to Liu, those from the Takeda family changed their surnames to Wu, and those from the Uesugi family changed their surnames to Shangguan.

It's not just changing the surname. From the top to the bottom of the Japanese country, as long as people with status and status have changed their surnames and also adopted Chinese names, ordinary people, who don't understand anything, still use Japanese names.

"Did you all read Daming's five-year railway plan?"

Liu Qi looked at Mu Li, Wu Yuan, and Shangguan Rong and said, Mu Li was the representative sent by the shogunate to Daming, but the Liu Sheng family behind Liu Qi was loyal to the Wa King, and he was the representative sent to Daming by the Wa King.

The Wa country was originally in the Warring States period, and the various internal dynasties continued to conquer, but since the intervention of the Ming Dynasty, the form has undergone new changes.

The battle between the daimyos has now gradually evolved into a battle between the Japanese king and the shogun. A large number of daimyos have begun to pledge their allegiance to the Japanese king, and they believe that the Japanese country should learn from Ming Dynasty and establish a top-down centralized power system.

But this is obviously not in the interests of the shogun, so it was strongly opposed by the shogun, and gradually formed a struggle between the Japanese king and the shogun.

This kind of struggle has become more and more severe, almost sweeping the whole country of Wa. In the past few years, there have been several wars in succession, but no one can do anything between the two sides.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

Mu Li looked at Liu Qi, and said calmly.

The two sides belong to different camps, but when it comes to Daming, they are all Japanese. In the eyes of Daming, they don't know whether you are sent by the Japanese king or the shogun.

"The Ming Empire is so powerful that it has already been able to manufacture such epoch-making things as trains, and it is also preparing to carry out vigorous construction."

"But our Wa country, we are still immersed in internal struggles, constantly consuming our national strength."

"The Jinghe Railway, which is about to be raised by the Ming Dynasty, is [-] kilometers long and requires a huge amount of [-] million taels of silver. Can we, the Wa Kingdom, get it?"

"Obviously, we can't get it out."

"Why can the Ming Empire become stronger and stronger, their land is getting bigger and bigger, and their people are getting richer and richer, but our Wa Kingdom, everyone can see it over the years, because of the internal struggles of our Wa Kingdom, we not only If we haven’t kept up with the development of the suzerain country, we can’t even compare with North Korea.”

"My lords, our country of Wa can no longer fight internally. We must learn from Daming in an all-round way and establish a powerful central dynasty. The king of Wa will lead us to learn from the Ming Empire in an all-round way and keep up with the pace of the Ming Empire."

"Otherwise, sooner or later, we will be far behind this era, behind the Ming Empire, and we will even be inferior to the Koreans in the future."

Liu Qi looked worried when he said this.

He clearly saw the situation that the Wa country is facing now, that is, there is no unification, the Wa king and the shogunate are constantly fighting, and the daimyos behind each are also fighting each other for their own interests.

This has greatly consumed the national strength of the Wa Kingdom. Although the development of the Ming Dynasty has followed the development of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, the Wa Kingdom has also gained a lot of benefits, and many famous names have also made a lot of money by doing business.

However, due to internal strife, the development of the Wa country has never been able to keep up with Ming Dynasty, and even North Korea has not been able to keep up.

"Liu Qi, why must the Japanese king establish a powerful dynasty instead of the shogun as the center?"

"For a long time, the King of Wa has only been the monarch of our country in name, but all the power is in the hands of our generals. Even if the country of Wa is to be unified, it must be centered on our generals."

When Mu Li heard this, he immediately asked back.

People on the Japanese King's side always like to use their mouths to escape, and they want to use their mouths to talk about themselves. Some things can't be solved just by their mouths.

"Can't you guys see how powerful the Ming Empire is?"

When Liu Qi heard this, he couldn't help asking.

"Of course we saw the strength of the Ming Empire, so we felt that we should learn from the Ming Empire."

Mu Li nodded solemnly and said.

When he came to Daming, he really realized how powerful Daming is, no matter how powerful it is in every aspect, the iron and steel factories in Daming can produce more steel in one day than the output of the whole country in a year, and any shipyard can produce more steel in one month. There are more ships than the entire Wa country.

There is no doubt about the strength of the Ming Empire, otherwise the Wa Kingdom would not willingly submit to Daming and become a vassal state of Daming.

"Since we want to learn from the Ming Empire, why not learn from the Ming Empire and establish a powerful central government?"

"The shogunate is already decayed and does not conform to the development of the times. We should learn from the Ming Empire and build a powerful empire headed by the Japanese King!"

Liu Qi looked at a few people, and said sadly, the vitality of Zuidun continued to output, but it was of no use.

(End of this chapter)