Chapter 350 Shaving Hair and Clothes Dutch Merchant
Mid September.
North Korean Royal Palace in Pyongyang.
Fan Wencheng, the only prime minister in the history of the Korean Kingdom, announced: "The king was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma after being criticized by the rebels.
Now, I, the prime minister, and the general will be in charge of the government."
Choi Minghao, North Korea's right-wing political advisor, immediately stood up and said angrily: "It must be you people who put the monarch under house arrest.
We need to see for ourselves the physical condition of the monarch and whether he is really unable to govern."
Li Fang, who participated in politics, immediately stood up and reprimanded: "Cui Minghao, you are slandering.
Prime Minister and General, this is to help our Korean Kingdom resist the invasion of the Dahua Dynasty.
The new Central Plains dynasty, the Dahua Dynasty, was different from the previous elegant and easy-going Central Plains dynasties. The Dahua Dynasty was aggressive in nature.
The nomadic peoples in northern China have been driven away by them.
The Japanese countries in southern Korea have all been invaded by Dahua.
Our Kingdom of Korea borders Dahua.
If it hadn’t been for General Dorgon and his Eight Banners troops to come to our aid, our Kingdom of Korea would have been captured by Dahua.”
Cui Minghao's hands and feet were shaking with anger, and he said angrily: "Dahua came to attack our Kingdom of Korea, and it was Hou Jin who attracted this powerful enemy.
You were only promised some benefits, but you defected to a foreign enemy so quickly. Are you worthy of the kings of the past?"
Li Fang retorted: "Don't you understand the principle of lips dying and teeth cold?"
Dorgon said calmly: "I don't think Cui Minghao doesn't understand, he is obviously a member of the fake king's group.
Come, drag Cui Minghao down, kill Cui Minghao's nine clans, and warn everyone.
Anyone who dares to contact the false king will be punished by all the nine tribes."
As soon as Dorgon gave the order, the Eight Banners soldiers standing guard outside immediately came in and forced Cui Minghao away.
After several months of operation, he has completely controlled the situation in North Korea.
All military power in North Korea is already in the hands of Dorgon.
Most of the two classes of nobles in North Korea have taken refuge with them.
The remaining people do not have military power in their hands and cannot make too big a splash.
Dorgon saw that most of the officials in the court lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at him.
A sense of pride suddenly surged in his heart, and he ordered: "The North Korean army performed very poorly on the battlefield.
I decided to reorganize the Korean army and establish the Eight Banners of Korea."
Dorgon took the most important step in his rule of Korea and established the Eight Banners of Korea.
Many people in the court knew that once the Eight Banners of Korea were established, Korea would no longer be Lee's Korea.
But none of them dared to object. They all saw what happened to Cui Minghao, a loyal minister of the Li family's Joseon, after he objected.
Dorgon felt very happy when he saw that North Korea's Eight Banners system was passed easily.
The Eight Banners system is the core system of Houjin.
This optimized centralized slavery system can effectively mobilize the enthusiasm of the banner people.
All the resources of the Hou Jin forces were used to support the bannermen, and they enjoyed the best treatment.
The bannermen enjoy the most fertile fields, a large number of slaves and beautiful maids.
They don't need to worry about life, everything is done by slaves.
The only thing they have to do is to devote their loyalty and win the battle on the battlefield.
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Cui Ergou stood guard on the city wall. He looked enviously at the banner men outside the city who were racing to enclose the land.
He quietly said to his companion Jin Daniu: "These bannermen are racing to enclose the land again.
The best land outside the city was all enclosed by them.
I heard that all these lands will be distributed to the Eight Banners of Korea.
The treatment of the bannerman master is really great.
I heard Shangguan say, as long as I can become a banner man.
Then each family will be given thirty acres of land, ten slaves, and five maids.
With these lands and coated slaves, there is no need to worry about cultivating the land.
The military pay of the bannermen is still high, three or four times higher than ours."
Jin Daniu heard his companion talk about the benefits of being a bannerman.
He drooled with envy and said: "If we can become bannermen, we will not have to worry about food and drink in the future."
Cui Ergou said helplessly: "We don't have this fate. The bannermen are so noble, how can we possibly reach them.
Who has the final say in the imperial court now? It is these banner men who have the final say.
If we can really become banner men, then we will become great masters."
Pu Jin was wearing a mandarin jacket, with a money rattail floating on the back of his head.
After Cui Ergou saw it, he called out respectfully: "Hello Mr. Park, congratulations to Mr. Park for joining the flag."
Pu Jin said happily: "You have good eyesight.
I came here this time to talk to Ergou about something.
Ergou, you performed meritorious service on the front line and shot a Dahua soldier to death.
Because of this achievement, the bannerman has promised to carry the flag for you and officially join the Eight Banners of Korea where I am."
Cui Ergou asked in surprise: "It's great that I can also join the Eight Banners of North Korea and become the banner man."
Cui Ergou was very happy. He never thought that he would become rich one day.
Now the Eight Banners soldiers are encircling the land, and these lands also belong to him.
Pu Jin immediately called someone to shave Cui Ergou's hair and change his clothes.
When Cui Ergou saw someone shaving his hair, he said a little aggrievedly: "Sir, your body and skin are affected by your parents, how can you cut your hair easily?
Do you need to cut your hair to raise the flag?"
Pu Jin personally took the scissors and cut off Cui Ergou's long hair with one scissor.
"This is how a bannerman master dresses. Now that we have become bannerman masters, we must dress like this."
Cui Ergou had a haircut with a money rat tail, leaving only a bit of hair that could pass through the hole in the middle of the copper plate. He also changed into a mandarin jacket.
When he was washing his face with a basin, he saw a long money rat tail behind his bald head.
Cui Ergou always feels that he has become very ugly.
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Dorgon looked at the report sent by his subordinates and said happily: "Okay, this is really great.
The Eight Banners of North Korea have all shaved their heads and changed their uniforms. We just need to shave our heads and change our uniforms so that we can turn the Koreans into our own people.
We had not shaved the heads of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty before and changed their uniforms, so that they could surrender before the battle.
Now, if the Eight Banners of North Korea are shaved off and transformed into uniforms, they will become real bannermen.
Those guys in Dahua don't carefully identify what kind of bannermen they are.
When they see the characteristics of our banner people, they will severely punish us.
This will also inspire the Eight Banners of Korea to share the same hatred and hatred."
Fan Wencheng stood aside respectfully, and he suggested: "Your Majesty the Regent, I think not only the Eight Banners of Korea, but also the officials and people of Korea should shave their hair and change their clothes.
Only in this way can we turn them all into our own, and at the same time effectively remove the influence of the Li family royal family."
Dorgon waved his hand and said: "This matter should not be rushed.
Our power is not yet stable, and being too hasty will cause bad consequences.
When our position in North Korea is more stable, at least until we defeat the Great China Dynasty, we will let all North Koreans shave their heads and change their clothes and change the culture of the North Koreans.
Let them completely become part of the banner people."
Dorgon asked Fan Wencheng: "You are responsible for managing the details. What is the Dahua Dynasty doing now?"
No anti-theft
Fan Wencheng replied respectfully: "Your Majesty the Regent, the Great China Dynasty is training troops to help Li Hao train the new Korean army.
It seems that Dahua does not want to go into battle himself, but instead trains the North Koreans to reduce their casualties."
When Dorgon heard the news, he burst out laughing.
"This is really good news. We are now worried about lack of time and cannot unite all forces in North Korea.
I'm afraid that the Dahua Dynasty's army will attack us quickly, regardless of casualties, and use their powerful firepower to attack us.
After all, our Banner population is too small, while our Han population is too large.
If we kill or injure ten thousand bannermen, our vitality will be damaged.
The Han people suffered 10,000 casualties, but it had no impact on them."
Dorgon ordered: "Always pay attention to the movements of the Dahua Dynasty's army. If you have the latest situation, report it to me immediately.
When our Eight Banners of Korea complete the preliminary training, we will be able to deal with the army of the Great China Dynasty in Korea."
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Dutch East India Company, ten large ships are sailing on the sea.
Rust, the captain of the Dutch East India Company's fleet, looked at Captain Abiert.
He said angrily: "Abbilt, you are really too reckless.
You clearly see that major problems have arisen in Japan, yet you even go to Nagasaki Port to trade.
You almost didn't come back. I didn't expect that there were Dahua naval activities outside Nagasaki Port."
The Dutch and Spanish formed a temporary alliance to attack Dahua.
After they suffered a disastrous defeat, especially their request to redeem the Dutch captured by Dahua failed.
A large number of employees of the Dutch East India Company were shot directly by the captured Chinese.
The relationship between the Netherlands and Dahua has taken a turn for the worse.
The shareholders of the Dutch East India Company were very angry and wanted to mobilize troops from Europe.
But people were sent to carefully investigate the situation of the Dahua Navy.
In particular, it is assessed that the Dahua Navy has the strength of battleship naval warfare.
The shareholders of the Dutch East India Company finally chose to swallow their anger.
There is no way to defeat the Dahua Navy with a small number of warships.
A large number of warships were mobilized, not to mention the Dutch East India Company.
This is the country of the Netherlands, and all warships have been transferred to Batavia.
That may not be able to do anything to the navy of the Great China Dynasty.
Not to mention that after such a long journey, the warship still has some combat power left.
It is impossible for the Netherlands to make this choice and really transfer all its warships to Batavia.
The maritime lines of communication on which the Netherlands depends for survival are not escorted by warships.
A large number of cargo ships will be attacked by privateers from other countries.
The Dutch Governor of Batavia had no choice but to give up.
But with the influx of Spanish businessmen to Dahua.
Spain shipped a large amount of cheap goods from Dahua to Europe to earn a lot of money.
When the Dutch East India Company saw this situation, they were very jealous.
Governor of Batavia sent Rust north to look for opportunities.
Dahua is not the only country in the north.
They have no way to trade with the Dahua Dynasty and can only choose to trade with other countries.
Rust's first choice target was Japan.
The Japanese country and the Dutch East India Company have established a profound friendship.
When Rust came to Japan, he found that the situation in Japan had changed drastically.
Dahua used its navy to knock on the door of Japan.
Now the customs of Japan has been controlled by Dahua.
The Dutch East India Company had no way to do business with Japan.
However, Rust got a piece of news from his Japanese friends.
North Korea, a country to the north of Japan, was at war with the Great China Dynasty.
When Rust got the news, he was extremely pleasantly surprised.
A few years ago, Dahua was at war with Ming Dynasty, and the Netherlands still occupied Taiwan at that time.
By selling some Ming Dynasty artillery, he made a lot of money.
The cost of an artillery piece is very low, but it can be sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver.
The arms trade has always been the most profitable trade.
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Dorgon looked at Fan Wencheng who came in a hurry.
After listening to Fan Wencheng's words, he asked in surprise: "What, you said there is a group of red-haired people who sell artillery to us. Is this true?"
Dorgon was extremely pleasantly surprised. He felt that the only difference between the Eight Banners soldiers and the Dahua Dynasty army was their firearms.
In particular they lacked powerful artillery.
The firearms craftsman brought out by Dorgon from Shenyang City.
He had high hopes for these people, but they disappointed him greatly.
Qualified artillery cannot be manufactured in Shenyang City.
After they came to North Korea, they still could not produce qualified artillery.
Without artillery, it would be too difficult to defend a fortified city.
Dorgon immediately followed Fan Wencheng and went to the port to meet the red-haired man.
They came to the port and communicated through an interpreter.
Dorgon saw a huge artillery piece. It fired solid projectiles, which traveled four to five miles before they landed on the ground.
Seeing the condition of the artillery, he frowned and said, "You artillery pieces are not very strong, so why are they still firing solid bullets?
Some details are not as strong as Dahua's artillery.
The artillery of the Great China Dynasty is already filled with explosive shells, and is far more powerful than your artillery."
Rust spread his hands and said: "Dear King, we in the Netherlands have explosive ammunition technology, but we will never sell these artillery technologies to outsiders.
We only sell these cannons, which are called Hongyi cannons in the Ming Dynasty.
These artillery pieces are sufficient for the defense of the city."
Dorgon looked at the attitude of these red-haired men, and he wanted to arrest them and torture them about their artillery skills.
But he couldn't do this. The red-haired people only sent a few representatives to negotiate.
A large number of artillery pieces were left on the transport ship.
The Eight Banners' naval strength is basically non-existent.
He has a bad relationship with these red-haired people, and he can't even buy this kind of artillery.
When Rust saw Dorgon's hesitation, he immediately promoted: "Dear King, our artillery only costs fifteen thousand taels of silver each. It is definitely worth the money."
Dorgon said directly: "I can buy your artillery.
But your craftsmen must teach my craftsmen how to make artillery and ammunition."
Rust quickly refused: "We only sell artillery, not technology."
Dorgon waved his hand, and several soldiers came over carrying a box.
Rust thought the capricious king was out to capture him.
He immediately became alert and already held the short-barreled musket hidden behind his clothes in his right hand.
The soldiers carried a box and placed it in front of Dorgon and Rust.
Dorgon opened the box and found gold ingots neatly stacked inside.
"As long as you agree to teach us craftsmen.
Once the craftsmen learn how to make artillery, all the gold will belong to you."
Dorgon believes that there is nothing in this world that money cannot buy.
If there is, then the money given is not enough.
Rust looked at this big box of gold, which contained thirty to forty thousand taels of gold.
He swallowed and said, "I agree to this deal."
This king gave too much.
The traditional artillery technology of Hongyi Cannon is not too precious.
Dorgon smiled and immediately sent craftsmen to learn artillery manufacturing techniques from the red-haired man.
He planned to build hundreds or thousands of artillery pieces.
With a large number of artillery and terrain defense.
Destroy a large number of Han Chinese and defend North Korea.
Dorgon watched these craftsmen, under the guidance of the red-haired man, making mud films.
In another three or four months, he will be able to obtain a large number of artillery pieces.
Fan Wencheng urgently asked to see Dorgon. He gasped and said: "Uncle Regent, the army of the Great China Dynasty suddenly attacked us."
Dorgon was shocked after hearing this. Why did the army of the Dahua Dynasty suddenly attack at this time?
He has seen the hope of holding on to North Korea. Why doesn't the Great China Dynasty give him this hope?
The North Korean new army has been training for just over half a month.
They dared to launch an attack, which was far beyond Dorgon's expectations.
Dorgon immediately held a court meeting to prepare for the war.
He had a premonition in his heart that this would be a fateful battle between the Hou Jin Dynasty and the Dahua Dynasty.
