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Of course, Dang Chongjun was not happy to cede the poor mountainous area.

The three returned to Cheorwon in desperation, when the snow gradually melted away.The peasant army on the west road confronted the North Korean officers and soldiers across the river again, and the peasant army on the east road also marched towards Cheorwon.However, there is not much food left for the North Korean army, and they can't get it if they go to the countryside to grab it.

In a real desperate situation, you can't run even if you run.

If you want to run away, you can only pass through the blockade of the Datong Army, which means officially going to war with the Datong Army.

The North Korean monarch and ministers discussed repeatedly, and finally came up with a charter. Li Wei said to the three: "The Yellow Sea Road cannot be cut off, otherwise it is better to attach it. You can discuss it later."

The three unlucky ones came to Hanyang again.

Song Shilie still wanted to fight for it, saying: "Pingyuan County can be dedicated to the Celestial Dynasty, but Pyongyang must not."

Dang Chongjun not only wanted Pyongyang, but even stared further south. He gestured on the map: "All the way to the south of Huangzhou, both sides of the Datong River are Chinese land."

Zheng Taihe pleaded: "Master Angel, please give me a way out."

Dang Chongjun thought about it carefully: "You don't need Huangzhou, let's use Tsushima Island instead."

"what?"

Zheng Taihe, Song Shilie, and Song Junji were all stunned.

Tsushima Island, located in the waters between North Korea and Japan.

North Korea once sent troops to conquer, and it was difficult for Ma Fan to resist, so he chose to accept the official position in North Korea.At the same time, Tsushima Fan belonged to the Japanese lord.The official trade and business offices of North Korea and Japan were all located on Tsushima Island, and they tacitly agreed to surrender to both sides at the same time.

Historically, Tsushima Island belonged to both Japan and North Korea. It lasted until after the Meiji Restoration. It was the Russian warship that broke the deadlock...

"That's it!" Zheng Taihe quickly agreed, for fear that Dang Chongjun would regret it.

It was simply a no-cost deal to exchange Tsushima Island, which is of a prison nature, for Huangzhou on the Datong River. They thought it was Dang Chongjun who made a mistake.

The three of them went back to report, and Li Wei called all the ministers to discuss, and finally admitted the result.

Ping'an Road, Hamgyong Road, and Tsushima Island, these three lands were ceded to China.The Datong Army was responsible for quelling the peasant uprising. After the chaos was quelled, they had to leave North Korea immediately.

On the Chinese side, they no longer force North Korea to lift the ban on "Da Tong Ji", but North Korea must lift the ban on silver and allow Chinese merchants to use silver dollars for transactions.In addition, when Li Wei returned to Hanyang, the Chinese envoys would formally canonize him as king, and the Korean ministers were not allowed to establish a new king.

Whoever dares to launch a coup and drive Li Wei out of power, the Datong Army will definitely go and return.

Probably from the Datong River Estuary, a line across.North of 38.65 degrees north latitude is owned by China, and the south of this line is still the territory of North Korea.

From the beginning to the end, Songshang, who jumped up and down and encouraged the farmers' uprising in Hwanghaedo, was sold by the Chinese envoy Dang Chongjun, and the peasant army in Hwanghaedo was also sold.They will still be under the rule of North Korea from now on... of course, it can be changed.

Dang Chongjun personally met Li En'ai, the leader of the Huanghai Road Uprising Army, and said to him: "You must take your tribe and move to Ping'an Road collectively. Your tribe will disband on the spot after going north, and the government will allocate land to them. You You can recommend four people to go to Nanjing to study in the military academy together. It’s okay not to go to Nanjing, but stay in Pyongan Road to be a policeman, and you can be in charge of the security of Pyongyang City.”

Li Enai originally belonged to the small landlords of Huanghai Road, people in the north were not welcomed, and the small landlords also had a hard time.

Being able to be the head of the police in Pyongyang City is not bad for him.

After all, if the Datong Army ignores them, his rebel army will definitely be wiped out by North Korean officers and soldiers.

The other two leaders of the Peasant Army also got the promise of being appointed officials, and then... began to act.

The Datong army pulled out their cannons and bombarded them for a while, and then charged with their bayonets.Tens of thousands of peasant troops fled in embarrassment, engulfing the people along the way, and fled all the way to Ping'an Road.

North Korea did keep the Yellow Sea Road, but only one-third of the population remained, and they were all coerced to the north of China.It was repeatedly ravaged by the Tartars, and the population has not recovered much, and now it is just time to increase the population.And the rebel army killed the landlord again, and the distribution of the land went with the flow.

Han Qiyuan's troops on the east road did the same thing, they were driven away by the Datong army, and they took the people all the way to Xianjing Road.

A group of Song merchants, looking at the departing peasant army and the departing Datong army, collectively stood in the wind and their thoughts were messed up.What are they tossing for half a year?

Of course, these merchants also made money. Most of the property looted by the peasant army was handed over to them for sale, and each of them made a lot of money.

Li Wei returned to Hanyang and officially accepted the canonization as king.

Immediately, the party struggle kicked off again.

The Nanren Party, who was a minor official in the imperial court, gathered the Nanren Party who served as local officials, and impeached the Western Party to cede land and sell the country for glory.The chief assistant Zheng Taihe was pushed to the end, Song Shilie and Song Junji were demoted to the county guards, Li Wei took the opportunity to drag a bunch of southerners into the court.

At the same time, a Chinese warship sailed to Tsushima.

Zong Yizhen received the imperial decree from the Chinese emperor, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while.

He is the Shiwanshi feudal lord conferred by the Japanese shogunate, the lord of Tsushima island conferred by the Korean king, and now the magistrate of Tsushima prefecture conferred by the Chinese emperor?

Chapter 950 [Tsushima Island]

What the hell is Tsushima looking like now?

During the Wanli period, Japan invaded Korea, and the Zong family of Tsushima Island was ordered to join the war.All males on the island, from the age of 16 to 53, were all mobilized, barely recruiting an advance team of 5000 people.

The [-] Tsushima soldiers were almost wiped out, and there were no adult men on the island.

After several years of hard work, finally a group of adults became adults.Japan once again asked the Zong family to recruit soldiers, and tried their best to recruit only 1000 soldiers, and some soldiers were even under the age of 16.

Fortunately, this time they did not really participate in the war, and all the thousand males survived. In the next few decades, Tsushima relied on these thousand males to reproduce.

Immediately afterwards, Zong was in charge of diplomacy with North Korea and successfully restored diplomatic relations between North Korea and Japan.Tokugawa Ieyasu rewarded him for his meritorious deeds, and granted Duomafan a name of [-] shi, but his territory produced a maximum of [-] shi.

The most important thing is the lack of people!

Now that it has been restored for decades, including the old and weak, women and children, there are probably more than 1 people on the island.

Historically, the Zongshi ruled Tsushima Island for hundreds of years, and it was in the hands of Zongyizhen that it reached its golden age.But at this moment, Zong Yizhen has just succeeded to the throne for two or three years, the population is scarce, the fields are barren, and the debts are high. How can it look like a golden age?

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and last year there was a fire, and the castle town was burned to ruins.

The vassal Oura Mitsutomo said: "The top priority is to rebuild the castle town. At the same time, sort out the debts and use Japanese and Chinese merchants to rebuild the castle town. Sell the land to the merchants to pay off the debts. The built shops are also theirs. We will be responsible for collecting taxes in the future. "

This is being forced to do nothing, and can only rely on real estate to make money.

Zong Yizhen just turned 21 years old, nodded and said: "That's fine, anyway, we don't have any money, so let merchants pay for rebuilding the castle town."

Oura Mitsutomo also said: "After rebuilding the castle town, it is necessary to reform the land inspection and change the local knowledge and action system to the pre-Tibetan knowledge and action system. Implement the equalization system, develop new fields, absorb Japanese ronin, and strengthen the development of silver mines. With this At the same time, it is necessary to establish a feudal school and train samurai who are loyal to the daimyo."

"Such a reform, I'm afraid it will be difficult?" Zong Yizhen asked doubtfully.

Centralization reform is of course very difficult. In another time and space, after the reform was completed, Mitsuyou Oura was executed, purely to vent his anger on other retainers.But also because of this reform, Ma Fan quickly became stronger, and agriculture and commerce developed rapidly.

Dapu Guangyou said: "No matter how difficult it is, we must reform, otherwise we will never have a bright future with Ma Fan."

"My lord, an envoy from China has arrived!"

Zong Yizhen stood up abruptly, took Oura Guangyou out, and other retainers also went to the port one after another.

It was Dang Chongjun who came. The North Korean monarchs and ministers were tossing around in the winter, and he was not idle in Hanyang.During this period, he submitted his plan to Nanjing, and Zhao Han quickly approved and reissued the imperial decree and copper seal to him.

"Your servant, please meet the angel!"

Although Zong Yizhen has an official position in North Korea, he thinks he is Japanese in his bones.At this time, self-declaration of identity was ambiguous, and it was not clear which country he was a minister of.

Dang Chongjun was very young and was sent as an envoy because he was proficient in Japanese and Korean.

At this moment, Dang Chongjun deliberately used Korean words: "Your Excellency, please, the lord of North Korea has dedicated Tsushima Island to the Celestial Dynasty. From now on, Your Excellency is an official of the Celestial Dynasty, and there is no need to call yourself a small minister."

"what?"

Zong Yizhen subconsciously looked at Oura Guangyou, who also looked confused.

Dang Chongjun said again: "Everyone, take a bath and change your clothes. After fasting for three days, set up the incense table to welcome the imperial edict."

Oura Guangyou was the first to come back to his senses, bent down and said, "Angel, please enter the city and rest."

The main city of Ma Fan is called Yanyuan City. Although it is small and dilapidated, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.As for the outside of the city, the commercial and living areas were all burned up, and it is currently in ruins. Merchants and people can only build temporary huts to live.

Dang Chongjun passed by the castle town and couldn't help asking, "Is everything outside the city burned?"

Zong Yizhen had a bitter face: "It was burned last year, and I have been short of money to rebuild it, which made Master Angel laugh."

"This is easy," Dang Chongjun said with a smile. "When I go back, I invite some merchants from Jiangsu to come over. They will definitely be willing to pay for the repair of shops. Moreover, Tsushima Island will soon be changed to Tsushima County, and the imperial court can also allocate a sum of money." Money and food."

Zong Yizhen and his retainers did not dare to object when they heard this. It is easier to ask God than to send God away.

After setting up the Chinese envoys, Zong Yizhen held a meeting with his retainers.

Due to the sharp drop in population due to the war, the strength of the retainers on Tsushima Island was greatly damaged.Then the "Liuchuan Incident" incident occurred again. The Zong family made the retainers obedient, and realized the centralization of the lord's power in a disguised form.

At the time, Japan wanted to reopen trade with North Korea and put the Mone clan of Tsushima in charge of peace negotiations.

North Korea stated that peace talks are possible, but the shogunate must first send diplomatic documents.The Zong family forged the shogunate documents, fooled North Korea to send envoys to Japan, and then forged North Korea's diplomatic documents.This method was used repeatedly several times, and the king of Korea and the Japanese shogunate were fooled around.

The retainer Yanagawa Tiaoxing had a conflict with the Zong family and wanted to become the directly-controlled banner of the shogunate, so he ran to report the inside story.As a result, Yanagawa Tiaoxing was exiled, and Tsushima's lord Zongshi had nothing to do with him, and he became the exclusive minister of Asahi-Japanese diplomacy.

"What should I do?" Zong Yizhen asked directly.

The vassal Arai Hideki said: "We can only ask the shogunate to negotiate. We have no ability to resist China."

Oura Mitsutomo said: "If it is in the mainland, the shogunate may send troops, but this is Tsushima Island. Can the shogunate navy fight the Chinese navy?"

The crowd was silent.

In this time and space, Ma Fan's life is even more difficult.

In another time and space, although there are not many males left in Tsushima Island, a large number of Japanese ronin come to supplement them.Those ronin also turned into pirates, and with the support of the Zong family, they monopolized the trade between Korea and Japan.

But now, China's maritime trade is booming, and the Chinese navy regularly destroys pirates, and Chinese merchants have taken away market share.

For the lords of Mafan, they are already so poor that they can only eat tea and rice.

The economy of the island has not completely collapsed. It is purely that Tsushima has copper and silver mines, which can be mined and sold to Chinese maritime merchants in exchange for supplies.

Discussions come and go, and everyone feels that they should lie flat.

As for the shogunate, there is no need to take the initiative to report, as long as it can be concealed.Anyway, after losing Japan's domestic territory and retreating to Tsushima Island, the feudal lords and retainers here are used to living in the cracks.

Fast for three days, bathe and change clothes.

Dang Chongjun read out the imperial edict in Chinese: "Emperor Fengtian Yingmin, the imperial edict said: Tsushima Zongshi has lived on this island for a long time, and the current imperial court has set up Tsushima County, so that the people can settle down, so there is no need to choose another magistrate. Zongyi really protects the environment and the people, but this Ren, and another award to Wen Linlang (Zheng Qipin Sanjie)... hereby!"

"Thank you, sir!" Zong Yizhen received the order in a daze, and got the appointment document and official seal.

His full title is: Datong County, Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, China.

Dang Chongjun said: "The county magistrate of Tsushima County will arrive soon. As for other officials, please discuss with the magistrate of Zongma County and the county magistrate. If Japan sends troops, they can go to Tamna County (Jeju Island) for help."

Tsushima Island is too poor. With the current agricultural technology, the island can accommodate 2 people. Unless there is a stable import of foreign food.

Therefore, after taking Tsushima Island, the imperial court decided to station one thousand troops and four warships on Jeju Island.These troops are responsible for protecting the safety of Jeju Island and Tsushima Island, and at the same time keep an eye on Japan and North Korea for secretly doing things.

Tsushima Island is full of Japanese, so there is no need to kill all the immigrants for the time being.

The county magistrate directly let Zong Yizhen take charge, the county magistrate was dispatched by the imperial court, and everything else remained as usual.Those so-called retainers all have fiefs on the island, but the lords have become mayors and village chiefs, and they don't even bother to allocate land to farmers for the time being.

But three things are important!

Dang Chongjun said to Zong Yizhen and his retainers: "From now on, you and other officials must change their Han surnames, and people without surnames must also change their Han surnames when they settle in the government. You and other officials must wear Han clothes, otherwise Dismissed from office and exiled. Within this year, the imperial court will allocate funds to build a primary school, and the teachers will be dispatched by the imperial court. Three years later, a middle school in Tsushima County will be built, and an additional elementary school will be built. Scholars in Tsushima County, regardless of ethnicity, are welcome Take the imperial examination to be an official."

Changing the surname, changing clothes, enlightening, weakening Japan's influence here, and cultural replacement can be achieved in two or three generations.

Regarding this policy, Zong Yizhen and his retainers did not contradict it.

Isn't it just changing your surname?

Zong Yizhen's ancestors had changed it long ago. Their original surname was "Wei Zong", but they changed their surname to "Zong" for the convenience of dealing with North Korea.

Dapuguangyou, can be changed to Puguangyou.

Arai Hideki, can be changed to Jing Hideki.

How convenient, much easier than Mongolians changing their surnames.

As long as their territories and properties are not moved, they can be given any name and any clothes they can wear.

Dang Chongjun also said: "From now on, you can no longer have private soldiers. Your army will be replaced by police and patrol soldiers. The number of police is tentatively set at 80, and the salary will be provided by the county finance. The number of patrol soldiers Tentatively 150 people, the salary will be provided by the imperial court. The rest of the army must be disbanded. If anyone dares to hide private soldiers, it will be regarded as treason!"

Everyone looked at each other.

Dang Chongjun continued: "We should check the acres of land on the island, and pay taxes according to the number of acres of land. If anyone conceals the acres of land, the whole family will be exiled to Heilongjiang!"

Dang Chongjun led a thousand Datong army and demanded that Zong Yizhen hand over the city defense.

Zong Yizhen discussed with his retainers for three full days, but finally he still didn't dare to resist, and obediently handed over the power of city defense.Then, the domestic samurai were reorganized into policemen and inspectors, and all redundant samurai were dismissed and turned into ronin.

Dang Chongjun was afraid that these ronin would cause trouble, so he even took away the ronin at the port. More than 400 ronin were scattered and thrown to Heilongjiang.

Dang Chongjun led his troops away immediately, as if everything had changed, yet nothing had changed.

From now on, it will be a blunt knife to cut the flesh, and it will be Sinicized bit by bit.Now the Han people only serve as the county magistrate and control the school. In the future, senior officials will be gradually sent to take charge of various departments of the Tsushima county government.The military salaries of those inspectors are paid by the imperial court, and will gradually be managed by Han people.

If there is any change, the Datong army will come and kill these Japanese lords completely.

Even Zong Yizhen, the county magistrate, will be transferred to another province when the time is right, and will be managed by a Han official.

When the time is right, it will be the real investigation of the fields.