The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 592: The End of the Three Thousand Mile River
"Heavenly soldiers are coming! Heavenly soldiers are coming to punish us!"

"When war descends upon my parents' land, how can I, as a son, resist? I shall yield my hands."

"The Kingdom of Haidong was created by the grace of the Great Emperor. Otherwise, we would have long been slaves of the Japanese pirates and would not have survived these past two hundred years. I will kneel down to welcome the angel."

"Who has angered our parents and brought disaster upon us? It would be better to hide first. A small stick can lead to a big stick, but a big stick can lead to a small stick. This is the teaching of the sages."

Seoul, the capital of the Joseon Dynasty with a population of over 400,000, is now as chaotic as a vegetable market. But despite the chaos, the people's thoughts are surprisingly consistent.

If there is a place where Confucianism truly educated the barbarians in the Ming Dynasty, it must be Korea.

Relying on the pressure of Zhu Yuanzhang and his son Zhu Di, and the reconstruction of Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun, Confucianism penetrated into all aspects of Korea. The Lee Dynasty on the Korean Peninsula had deep feelings towards the Ming Dynasty and China.

If you ask them to be buried with the Ming Dynasty, these people may not be able to be so cruel to themselves. In fact, most people cannot do it, let alone the country.

But if you ask Daming to teach them like he is teaching his sons, they will definitely be happy to accept it.

Even the kings of the Joseon Dynasty were deeply influenced by this kind of thing that can be said to be culture.

Li San was on the watchtower of Gyeongbokgung Palace, listening to the chaotic yet unified voices around him, and silently shed two lines of tears.

When the rebel army led by Hong Wanda and other illegitimate sons advanced to Seoul, the troops gathered in Seoul could still resist, at least they dared to fire cannons and muskets.

But when only a few hundred people appeared, wearing Ming Dynasty vermilion lacquered helmets with the word "Yong" on them, wearing bright red mandarin duck battle robes, and holding a red flag with a golden sun and moon, the psychological and actual defense lines of Seoul, which was guarded by 40,000 to 50,000 people, collapsed in an instant.

"Your Highness, during the Imjin War 200 years ago, our Joseon nation should have been destroyed. Either it would have been occupied by the Japanese pirates, or it would have been abolished and incorporated into Chinese territory.

It was the kindness of Emperor Wanli that allowed our Kingdom of Korea to survive in the East Sea. Therefore, this three thousand miles of land will remember the kindness of Emperor Wanli.

Now that the Emperor of Guangzhong doesn't allow us to continue living, it's like parents not allowing their children to travel far away. As children, how can we resist? "

Lee Sun was only 32 years old this year, and his mother, Queen Hong of Hyegyeong Palace, was still alive, and was only 49 years old.

And the only one who could persuade Li San with such honest words was his mother.

As Huiqing Palace Hong spoke, tears began to stream down her face, her face full of worry, "My son, the kingdom and the family fortune are not as important as your life.

This Li family country has never belonged to the Li family alone, but to all the Yangban classes in this three thousand li country. They have run the country so badly that the emperor has to punish them. Don't be so foolish as to think too much! "

"Mother!" Li San was also a little broken by what Huiqing Palace Hong said.

Before he ascended the throne, he inherited the will of his grandfather, King Yeongjong, and continued to fight against the yangban who controlled the country.

Even now, the two classes haven't fallen, but the emperor's punishment has come first. It's really a waste of time.

Seeing her son's excitement, Princess Hong immediately signaled her daughter-in-law, Princess Zhaorong Cheng, to come forward and bring the one-year-old Li San's only son to her. She then continued to persuade him:
"I watched your father starve to death in a rice jar at the hands of your grandfather. Today, I cannot bear to see you disobey the Emperor and suffer the same fate.

My son, I heard that the King of Ryukyu donated his territory and still received the title of prince, was given the surname of the country, enjoyed the salary and rice, and the title will be inherited for generations.

Our Korea is dozens of times larger than Ryukyu. If we can follow the same rules, wouldn't we be more favored by the emperor and father than the Shang family?

If you still can't let go, I, your son's mother, will die with you!"

Li San was actually a very capable person, but it was a pity that he was born in the wrong place, in the Joseon Dynasty, where even a god could not break the trap unless there was external force.

If I could change my place, I might be able to achieve something.

At this moment, Li San was struggling with his conscience. He witnessed the tragedy of his father being starved to death by his grandfather when he was young. He depended on his mother Hong for everything and was extremely filial to her.

At this moment, hearing his mother's pleading and seeing his son's cute face, he trembled all over.

After a while, when he saw a group of eunuchs opening the palace gate and letting the heavenly soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the Dayu Guards into the palace, Li San burst into tears.

"Never mind, never mind. How dare a son disobey his father? I will return this vast land to the great nation."

Not long after, Wu Wenchu, led by a group of Goryeo civil and military officials, met Li San in the enemy tower.

Although he kept shouting "return it", Li San was still very resentful, just like Pyongyang County Magistrate Zhao Xi who was killed by Deng Chenchang himself.

"Do you have the imperial edict? Is it really the emperor who asked you to come here?" Li Shen had tears in his eyes and his hair and beard were all standing on end.

"What crime has the Kingdom of Korea committed that why has the great emperor unleashed such fury?" Wu Wenchu and Deng Chenchang have one thing in common, that is, they are both Annamites, and both are descendants of the Han Gao clan in Annam. They cannot produce family tree or other evidence to prove that they are descendants of Chinese.

Therefore, they were very familiar with Li Chao's mentality and did not feel any psychological burden.

Haha, if your Ly Dynasty appears to be heroic and righteous, then we, the Annamites who are most likely not Chinese, would appear to be despicable for helping Emperor Quang Trung to bring Annam back to the Central Plains.

Therefore, people like Wu Wenchu would never allow the Li Dynasty to show any justice.

Wu Wenchu was also a little angry because when he came to North Korea, he wanted to take the credit for swallowing up the peninsula cleanly.

As a result, it was almost completed, but because the envoys of the Russian Empire were coming, they had to speed up and almost complete the task by using an open method, that is, by flying the Chinese flag.

This not only reduced the value of his achievement, but also made Wu Wenchu feel disgusted, as if a good painting that was almost finished was stained.

So when Wu Wenchu heard Li San's questioning words, he waved his hand impatiently and interrupted Li San's continued output.

"China is the father and ruler, and North Korea is the subject. Does a father need to list his son's crimes one by one when punishing him? This isn't a trial."

Seeing that Li San was about to refute again, Wu Wenchu interrupted Li San again, "Besides, who said that His Majesty the Emperor wants to dethrone Your Highness and abolish the Kingdom of Joseon?

Now it is North Korea that is disrespectful to the emperor, and the emperor has summoned Your Highness to Beijing to ask for an explanation. No need to say more, just set off immediately.

The Jinyi Guards are already waiting for Your Highness, and the large ship at Incheon Port is also equipped. Once Your Highness meets the Emperor, he will know everything.

As for what crime North Korea has committed, Your Highness, please don't let me say it.

Your Korea is a nation rebuilt by the Great Emperor. I would like to ask Your Majesty, why did the three naval forces and musketeers that the Ming Dynasty once trained to defend your borders ever serve the Qing Dynasty?

Li San was speechless. This was indeed a serious crime.

After the Imjin War, the Korean navy was almost wiped out with the deaths of Chen Lin and Yi Sun-sin.

It is true that Emperor Wanli wanted to help Korea to have some resistance against the Japanese pirates, so he deliberately sold and gave away the navy to Korea and helped it to restore a certain amount of navy and trained a lot of musketeers.

As a result, after Korea was conquered by the Qing Dynasty, this part of the army formed for them by the Ming Dynasty actually became an accomplice of the Qing Dynasty.

Although the people are not the same ones back then, the army is inherited.

Seeing that Li Sun stopped quibbling, Wu Wenchu immediately signaled the Jinyiwei who followed him to take the King of Korea away directly.

It's like this in the south, and it's almost the same in the north.

Deng, Chen and Chang's army had just approached Pyongyang. It looked very powerful, but the Catholic rebel army, which included more than 200,000 people, did not put up much resistance.

It was really like a rebellious son encountering his father. He didn't dare to fight back and collapsed after holding on for more than a day.

Among them, the leaders Li Chengxun, Quan Richang and others were directly tied up and sent to Deng Chenchang, and these Korean rebels also revealed a piece of news.

The reason why Li Chengxun and others were so good at fighting was because they had the help of the remnants of the Qing Dynasty.

Deng Chenchang couldn't help but sigh. He was not surprised at all that there were remnants of the Qing Dynasty in Korea.

He sighed because these North Koreans were too obedient, just like good sons. They were so obedient that even people like Deng Chenchang could not find many excuses to kill them.

In the end, Deng, Chen and Chang could only kill more than 300 Christian rebels who were causing trouble outside Pyongyang, and did not do much to the others.

By mid-September, the chaos in North Korea had basically been settled.

Deng Chenchang in the north temporarily served as the Prime Minister of Lelang, and sent his designated local collaborator Zhao Zaifeng and some North Korean officials to control various places.

Wu Wenchu in the south also received the emperor's edict to temporarily serve as regent of Korea.

The two classes of powerful officials who previously controlled the Korean political arena were basically detained by Wu Wenchu, and Hong Wanda and others also made arrangements in accordance with Mo Zibu's edict.

Basically, the Dayu court only controlled big cities like Seoul, and let these illegitimate sons guard the rest of the land.

While pursuing the few yangban nobles who dared to resist, they were also preparing to start selling piglets in large quantities.

(End of this chapter)