Chapter 2668

Li Zhi had some guesses about Haihan's real purpose of using Zhu Zian, but he never had the chance to verify it.

Gyeongbokgung Palace has always been one of the most loyal subscribers to Haehan's official "Peninsula Times". From the first issue, Li Zhen has not missed an issue, using it as a window to understand the political trends of Haehan. And recently

Of course, he had read all the series of reports about Zhu Zian in the Times carefully.

From the beginning, Li Zhi did not think that Zhu Zian's appearance was just a small probability event that was purely coincidental. Even if the Ming Dynasty had seriously lost power, how could a young man who might be named the next vassal king give up what was so easily available to him?

Rich and prosperous, he traveled all the way to Hangzhou to participate in the provincial examination held by Donghai Region.

If this was not an action carefully planned by Haihan, then this person was pretending to be Zhu Zian from Prince De's Palace and was cheating in Hangzhou.

Later reports in the Times claimed that this person actually ranked first in the imperial examination and high school, which made Li Zhi even more confused. If this person did not have excellent real talent and practical knowledge, then it was a shady arrangement deliberately arranged by Haihan.

It wasn't until subsequent reports that Zhu Zian had been hired by the Donghai Region Administrative Committee and appointed him as an accompanying official of the mission to North Korea that Li Zhen realized that the background of the matter might not be simple. Haihan's appointment of this person should be

It has a deeper meaning.

But until this time, Li Zhen still had doubts about Zhu Zian's identity, and he couldn't understand how the prince brother of the Ming Dynasty could be related to the Donghai Region thousands of miles away, and how the two sides had reached mutual trust and cooperation.

Later, it was not until the mission arrived in Jeju Island and it was confirmed that Zhu Zian was indeed among them. After receiving the news, Seoul hurriedly arranged for manpower to find ways to verify Zhu Zian's identity in Shandong.

After Zhu Zian arrived in Seoul with the delegation, Li Zhi also met him once when he received the delegation at Gyeongbokgung Palace, but there was no direct communication between the two, and he really couldn't express his feelings. But at this time Li Zhi

It has been noticed that Haihan's appointment of Zhu Zian was partly for the purpose of showing off and demonstrating to North Korea - even the children of the Ming Dynasty royal family could only serve Haihan obediently.

But precisely because of this, Li Zhen did not want to have too many interactions with Zhu Zian. In his opinion, Haihan's move was to test the stability of his position. He paid too much attention to Zhu Zian and even gave him excessive courtesy.

It may arouse Haihan's dissatisfaction. The safest way is to keep a distance, ignore Zhu Zian's special status, and not mention anything about him to Haihan at all, so as not to cause trouble.

However, Li Zhen was still worried about someone in the court, so he specifically told Pu Hongye to keep an eye on Zhu Zian and pay special attention to whether any court officials came to visit him.

After briefly explaining Zhu Zian's affairs, Li Zhi still had to hand over some government affairs that needed to be followed up to Pu Hongye, because in the next few days, he will accompany the Haihan Fleet to the waters near the mouth of the Han River to observe the joint efforts of the two armies.

Military exercises.

For Li Zhen, the significance of this joint exercise is not only to enhance the combat effectiveness of the country's elite troops, but he also wants to take this opportunity to prove to the people that he is the only Korean ruler recognized by Haihan.

The current North-South division of Korea was intentional by Haihan, but as a ruler, Li Zhen was unable to resist this arrangement and could only try his best to win Haihan's trust and support.

Fortunately, most of the new armies established in recent years are under Li Xie's control, so there is no need to worry about the northern brotherhood surpassing him in terms of military strength for the time being.

But at the same time, there is also a problem that is not easy to solve, that is, Haihan's main garrison base in North Korea is located on the bank of the Datong River in the north. This has resulted in the personnel training of the New Army and joint exercises having to involve personnel.

Being sent to Li Hao's territory made Li Xie very uncomfortable. Later, Li Xie simply chose to go far away and sent the officers to Zhoushan for training and training, as far away from Li Hao's territory as possible.

Although this would be a bit more troublesome, Li Xie wanted to maintain his dominance regardless of the cost, and the difficulties were not difficult to overcome. And Li Hao in the north was naturally well aware of his brother's methods, and with the Northern Region at his side

With the support behind him and a large number of industrial units on the territory, he didn't have to worry about the economy and military, so he began to concentrate on cultivating his own power.

As time passed, the current situation was formed in which the two imperial courts in the north and the south relied on the Northern Region and the East China Sea Region respectively. Li Xie knew that no matter whether it was politics, economy, or military, it would be difficult to use ordinary means to suppress his brothers in the north, so in the end he still

He has to work hard to build relationships with Haihan. As long as he is recognized by the Haihan Executive Committee, he can still safely continue to be the king of Korea, while Li Hao in the north can only continue to be a tool.

The visit of the Haihan delegation and the joint military exercise were a rare opportunity for Li Zhi. He decided to attend the military exercise in person to attract the attention of the people to the Haihan visit to North Korea and thus declare

own orthodox status.

Haihan's high-profile arrangements for this visit to North Korea also coincided with Li Xie's ideas, whether it was a new round of trade negotiations around commodities, gossip about the children of the Ming royal family in the mission, or the fleet held recently

The open house activities have all aroused great attention from the public. Although this attention is limited to the vicinity of Gyeonggi Province for the time being, he is sure that it will quickly spread to the whole country in the near future.

The joint military exercise was the last hot spot of the Haihan delegation's visit to North Korea. Compared with the significance of this move to the military cooperation between the two countries, Li Zhi actually valued its political value and propaganda effect more.

After all, the biggest threat to North Korea at this time is no longer external military pressure, but the stability of the royal power and the stability of the domestic political situation. He is also looking forward to getting more clear support from Haihan through this military exercise.

This may be more valuable than the improvement of the military strength of the participating troops.

While Li Zhen was away from Seoul, Pu Hongye, as the chief minister, had to temporarily take on the responsibility of handling the government affairs of the court. It took Li Zhen a full two hours to explain everything.

By the time Park Hongye was ordered to leave, it was already late at night. Although he had held a meeting all night, Li Zhen was completely sleepless. He picked up the latest issue of Peninsula Times again and browsed the article about the cooperation between the two countries in northern North Korea.

News about the mining of two copper-iron mines in the area.

The exploration work led by Haehan made great progress last year, with the copper mine in Hyesan County, North Hamgyong Province and the iron mine in Musan County respectively. It is said that these two mineral deposits not only have high ore grade, but also have huge reserves, even if they are hundreds of

It would take more than ten years to fully mine them. But what makes Li Zhen uncomfortable is that both of these mineral deposits are located within Li Hao's jurisdiction and are located in inland mountainous areas. The difficulty of development is much greater than that of the mineral deposits in the Datong River Basin.
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