"Good news, good news... The Ming Dynasty Supervisor King has agreed to the request of Ming'an, the powerful governor of Korea, and officially issued an edict to withdraw the Korean vassal state and establish the Korean province!"

In the early morning of October 26th, in the camps where strong Korean men gathered outside the three cities of Asan, Yesan, and Dangjin in Chungcheong Province, North Korea, a shocking news suddenly came out at the same time.

North Korea is gone!

In each camp, a group of Confucian disciples wearing cloth robes and scarves and carrying long swords with empty hammers announced the great news loudly to the gathered North Korean men and the low-level officials and officials who commanded these men!

Maybe the news was so good that the Korean people and officials below didn't react at all. They all stood there dumbfounded, just staring blankly at the Confucian disciples who were talking to them...

And at this time, of course there will be better good news announced!

"From now on, all of you are citizens of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Heji did not treat North Korea as a colony - North Korea in this era was a small Ming Dynasty, with a very high degree of "Ming Dynasty". The middle and upper classes considered themselves ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the lower class people also knew that North Korea was part of the Great Ming Dynasty. Moreover,

Confucianism is absolutely prominent in North Korea!

Even the law implemented in the Kingdom of Korea is the "Da Ming Law"... Although there are some laws with local Korean characteristics, such as the "Law for the Confinement of Sins", the main body is still the "Da Ming Law".

It is no exaggeration to say that the "level of enlightenment" in places such as Southern Mongolia, the Snowy Plateau, and the Yerqiang Khanate in the Western Regions is far behind North Korea. Those places will be even more enlightened in the future.

Incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, why couldn't North Korea?

Moreover, North Korea has a population of nearly 10 million at this time, and there are at least 7 million people in the five southern lands under the central control of North Korea.

For the New Ming Dynasty, which had a population of less than 30 million, the addition of 7 million people at once meant that the country's national strength had been greatly improved.

Moreover... Zhu Heji knew that if he wanted to enter North America, he must first conquer Japan, and if he wanted to conquer Japan, he must first assimilate Korea.

In history, wasn't Japan able to further invade Northeast China after digesting North Korea and promoting the union of Japan and South Korea?

Now Zhu Heji has just reversed this process.

Compared with the Union of Japan and Korea, it was much more difficult for the New Ming Dynasty to withdraw vassal states and establish provinces in Korea.

Because the Koreans have "entered Xia" on their own in the past three to four hundred years, they not only consider themselves to be people of the Ming Dynasty, but also consider themselves to be the country of Renshengjizi, and fundamentally consider themselves to be people of China.

Ming Dynasty and North Korea are basically the same world!

Originally, Zhu Heji planned to let Li Wenji be a puppet for a while, but he didn't expect that she would be so well-behaved and she would throw herself into Father Ming's arms. What's there to hesitate about? If you don't strike while the iron is hot, how long will it take?

Who can have the heart to push such a well-behaved girl out of Li Wenji?

Of course, North Korea's "self-introduction to China" and Li Wenji's well-behavedness are still not enough to quickly "digest North Korea". "Ming's father" will still give the benefits that should be given - anyone who is willing to work hard for "Ming's father"

People, that is, "copper coins are abundant" and "cotton cloth and silk are abundant"!

After announcing that "everyone is a citizen of Ming Dynasty", the "welfare" of being a common people of Ming Dynasty followed.

"Bring it up!"

The Confucian disciples in each camp waved their hands, and baskets of copper coins and baskets of white cloth were brought up and placed in front of everyone.

Seeing these good things, the eyes of North Korean civilians and even officials were straightened.

"From today on, you, as the people of the Ming Dynasty, will start to receive money according to the standards of the Ming Dynasty's servants... What will be distributed to you will be Ming Wang Tongbao of full quality and weight, and there will be nothing second to none.

Three, when it comes to ten, a penny is a penny!

Starting from today, if you work for five hours a day, you will get a basic salary of fifty cents. If you work for an extra hour, you will get an extra ten cents. If you work well and quickly, there will be additional rewards!

If you don’t want to take the money, we can give you cloth! Look, this is Songjiang white cloth from the Ming Dynasty... One piece can be exchanged for 300 Wen."

Now the Korean servicemen in the camp knew that it was better to be Ming citizens!

In the past, ordinary servants had no money to work for the king of Korea, and it was good to have food to eat. Now they can earn at least fifty yuan a day, and it is also a substantial amount of Ming Dynasty coins, not the kind of Korean copper coins that cut corners.

You must know that North Korea has always had "little money", so the purchasing power of North Korean copper coins is still very strong. If those North Korean copper coins that cut corners are not considered to be "used as two, three, or ten" and one coin is used as one penny, the purchasing power is even higher than that of the mainland of the Ming Dynasty.

The copper coins are more than twice as high.

Zhu Heji gave these Korean civilians a salary of fifty coppers a day, which could buy about one and a half bushels of brown rice. If they worked for thirty days, the copper coins they received could buy forty-five bushels of brown rice. According to North Korea's "

The number of "stones" is exactly three stones.

In addition, all their personal expenses for food and drink on the construction site were provided by "Dad Ming" for free.

And if the salary paid to officials of the ninth rank by the Kingdom of Korea is not discounted by 20% or 20%, it is only five dan of brown rice, and it does not include rice.

"Long live the Ming Dynasty! Long live the Ming Dynasty..."

The Korean civilians in the camp reacted immediately, and they were all so happy that their eyes filled with tears, shouting "Long live the mountain". While shouting "Long live the mountain", they couldn't wait to start working!

And everyone thinks that five hours of working time a day is too little. You have to work for at least eight hours, so that you can earn eighty cents a day!

You have to work overtime!

...

"Long live! Long live! Long live..."

At the same time, outside the Asan Palace, more than 20,000 Korean men who had put on the brand-new Ming Army blue military uniforms also gave the highest cheers. Zhu Heji, who was standing on the wall of the Asan Palace, was exposed.

He smiled with satisfaction, and Li Wenji, who was standing beside him, also laughed.

Most of the 20,000 Korean men here are strong men selected from Korean servicemen, and some are original third-hand officers and soldiers, as well as some local Confucian disciples in Korea - these men who wear Ming Dynasty military uniforms

The Confucian disciples in North Korea are all "middle men", that is, "two groups of concubines", and have no future in North Korea's original system.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhu Heji to abolish the "Law for the Detention of Sinful Persons" from the beginning. There is no bureaucratic group that can replace these two groups of trash.

However, the "Law for the Imprisonment of Concubines" is only a "local law" of North Korea, not a law of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty army stationed in North Korea can recruit officers and soldiers in North Korea regardless of the "Law on the Confinement of Convicts"... They don't even have to worry about whether there are two shifts or not. They can treat everyone equally and be promoted based on merit!

When these strong men and Korean third-hand officers and soldiers had followed the Ming army for formation and musket reloading training, they already knew the rule of "regardless of origin, treat everyone equally, and be promoted based on merit", but at that time they were still a little hesitant.

Today, Zhu Heji and Li Wenji jointly announced to them the great news that North Korea had withdrawn its vassal state and established its counties.

It was also clearly announced once again that Ming soldiers of Korean nationality could receive treatment "regardless of origin, treated equally, and promoted based on merit."

At the same time, in accordance with the standard of "equal treatment", the welfare benefits of Korean Ming soldiers were announced...that is, more money, a lot more money!

Now the standard salary for a third-class soldier in the Ming Dynasty is three silver dollars per month as regular pay, one silver dollar for salt and vegetables, five measures of rice and white flour, plus two sets of clothes from head to toe for a year, and double pay at the end of the year, plus extra money for battle.

Additional allowances, victory in battles, and various military awards...

In short, this welfare package is really incomparable to being a minor official in North Korea!

Although the Koreans have never been known for being good at fighting, Zhu Heji, who has led troops for many years, knows that as long as the money is in place, coupled with the corresponding training and clever organization, these Koreans can still carry flintlock rifles.
Chapter completed!