In the early expansion and colonial history of the Chinese Company, Yin Feng never advocated simple conquest by force. When dealing with the Taiwanese natives and Luzon natives, he tried his best to win over the upper-class indigenous rulers. Of course, everything was based on force. The comparative advantage that Yin Feng has in Southeast Asia and Nanyang is also the advantage that the Chinese Company has over the Portuguese, the Dutch East India Company, and the British East India Company. It is the influence of Chinese traditional culture in this area and China's almost unlimited population. Advantages. In various parts of Nanyang, Yin Feng can use hundreds of thousands of organized immigrants from China to eliminate all local resistance. Although the organizational and mobilization capabilities of Chinese immigrants are not necessarily better than those of Western European powers, adhering to Chinese civilization and integrating all heterogeneous Cultural traditions can drown out all signs of indigenous existence from cultural traditions and even racial biology.
You know, later European powers colonized Southeast Asia for 200 years. In total, only tens of thousands of white Europeans ruled the entire Southeast Asia region.
The situation in North Korea is different. Confucian culture has been spread in this country for a long time. The upper-class ruling class of Little China feels too good about themselves. The lower-class people are like a piece of loose sand with little ability to organize and mobilize. This situation of the lower-class people in North Korea is different from that in the Ming Dynasty. Yin Feng judged from this that as long as he subdued the upper-level ruling class in North Korea, he could basically control the entire country of North Korea.
Therefore, Yin Feng appeared to be impatient when dealing with the issue of Korea. He supported the tough policies of military generals such as Yan Siqi and Zhao Tie. Moreover, Yin Feng sent troops under the banner of punishing Korea for colluding with the Jurchens. In name: When serving the Ming Dynasty suzerainty, the various political factions in North Korea faced the bayonet of the Chinese army. First of all, they were psychologically weakened.
In January of the first year of the Apocalypse, the main force of the foreign mercenary army entered North Korea and began to suppress the resistance of "rebels" from all over the country. Those red-haired Western devils with sharp eyes and nose augmentation, a group of black soldiers. First of all, they were very powerful in terms of momentum. The North Koreans were suppressed. In just one month, the foreign mercenaries, who used extremely cruel methods of burning and killing, successively wiped out several larger "volunteer" organizations in northern North Korea.
North Korean King Li Hui and two groups of nobles couldn't bear it anymore. They kept asking Zhao Tie, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army's North Korean march, to evacuate those foreign devils. We agree to whatever you want. As long as these foreign devils leave.
Zhao Tie gathered the main force of the foreign mercenary army in Seoul. Every day they were arrogant and arrogant on the streets of Seoul. At the same time, Zhao Tie ordered the seizure of the weapons of the Korean Imperial Guard and the North Korean troops in the north. They were only allowed to hold big sticks. .Maintain local security for the Chinese Army.
When Zeng Shan entered the Injeong Hall again, the King of Joseon personally came out to greet him. He also asked Zeng Shan to sit down and talk to the king. He did not dare to behave in any way.
Zeng Shan bluntly told King Li Hui and all the Korean ministers: as long as they cut off all contact with the Jurchens, they would wholeheartedly support the Chinese army in fighting. President Yin of Jinghai of China promised to allow the Korean royal family to continue to maintain its current status. The two ministers and The interests of the landlords and gentry who obeyed the rule of the Chinese Army will never be touched. Otherwise, the Chinese Army will implement the policies implemented in various parts of Southeast Asia and Ryukyu Island, confiscate the land of local landlords, and publicly auction it to various businessmen in the Ming Dynasty.
The ruling class of North Korea completely surrendered. North Korea has thus become a semi-colony of the Chinese army. Although there are still North Korean local government officials north of the Datong River, they have become puppets of the Chinese army. The North Korean government's decrees can basically only Performed in the Southern Region.
The Ming Dynasty can basically turn a blind eye to this situation. There is nothing they can do.
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Dalian Port still has only one name at this time. In fact, except for a few forts and fortresses, it is basically a pristine beach. There is only a small section of wooden trestle on the pier. However, in February of the first year of Tianqi, a ship from Dalian was moored here. The sea-going ship of the European Netherlands: the three-masted Galen-type sea-going ship "Tulip".
Only half of the ship's mainmast remains bare. The ship's hull has many signs of damage caused by artillery battles. It is now surrounded by nearly ten krigs of the Chinese Northern Fleet. On land forts and Under the gaze of hundreds of cannons from warships on the sea, he looked very lonely and pitiful.
The "Tulip" is a modified armed merchant ship. A total of twenty cannons are installed on both sides of the upper deck. It has more than 230 crew members.
Now these crew members and their cargo are trapped in Dalian Port. They dare not move.
Xu Daling, director of the company's commercial office in Nagasaki, Japan, was pointing at the "Tulip" at Dalian Fort and said to Yin Feng: "The red-haired plywood ship appeared in Nagasaki in early February. No one knows where it came from. Came over by sea. I urgently sent a message to the flying pigeon of Naha Port in Ryukyu. Then I bribed the Japanese country Nagasaki with a large amount of money to implement it. On the grounds of lack of manpower and being unable to unload the cargo, I asked them to stay in Nagasaki and wait for the giant ship Dingyuan to arrive. Red-haired At first, I wanted to escape. I actually dared to fire my cannon and escape to the sea. In the end, the Dingyuan broke the mainmast."
"According to the King's "East Asia Maritime Transport Control Order", all Western ships want to trade with the Southeast Asian countries, China, Siam, Japan, Annan, and Korea. The goods they sell must be transported through our ships. Our Chinese company in East Asia We have monopoly trade rights at sea. This is clearly stated in the terms of the peace talks between us and the Red-haired Country. This time the Red-haired Country's ships sneaked into Japan. No matter what, we cannot let them go easily."
The person who said this was Han Jing, the overseas trade director of China Company.
Yin Feng nodded and sneered: "According to time, the peace treaty between us and the Dutch should have been signed in the Netherlands. However, the third batch of ships sent to Europe has not returned yet. We don't know yet whether there will be any complications in the Netherlands. .However, now all European countries are busy fighting wars. All maritime powers have been involved in the war. This war will last for decades. The Netherlands should not have the power to fight against us in the short term. So. I I thought that this ship's smuggling into Japan was just a private act of some adventurers in the Netherlands."
Xu Daling and Han Ping looked at each other. Han Ping asked: "Your Majesty, how do you know that all the Western countries are at war?"
The third batch of the Chinese company's fleet sent to Europe has not returned yet. It has been more than a year since it left for Europe. Maybe there was an accident on the way. How did Yin Feng know the situation in Europe? Both of them had this in mind. A big question mark.
Yin Feng smiled proudly: "Don't worry, everyone. I have other sources of information about the situation in Europe. What I can confirm is that while we are busy dealing with the imperial court and the Jurchens, we don't need to worry about the European powers coming to us again. Looking for trouble."
The Chinese Company has at least thirty years to concentrate on dealing with internal problems in East Asia. Because this round of war that swept across Europe was called the "Thirty Years' War Period" by later generations. Knowing the direction of the general trend of history, this is Yin Feng has a unique advantage as a traveler. Although the history of East Asia has been reversed and changed by Yin Feng, Yin Feng believes that he is just a big butterfly. He should not be able to completely change the direction of European history.
Everyone thought this was the function of Yin Feng's secret intelligence system. They stopped pursuing the matter at the moment.
Fan Tao, the commander of the Northern Fleet who had been silent, said at this time: "It is worth noting how this ship came to Japan. The Nanyang Fleet, Taiwan Fleet, and Northern Fleet patrol everywhere in the East Asian Sea. West of Malacca We can't control it yet. But the area east of Malacca and north of Java is almost the inland sea of my Chinese company. How could they drive all the way to Japan? Moreover, the season is wrong. The wind is still blowing from the north at the sea now. How did the red-haired ship come from the Southeast Asia? Could it be that it came from America?"
At this time, the sound of cannons was heard off the coast of Dalian Bay. Two three-masted Galen-type Chinese cruisers appeared. Between the two warships, there was also a two-masted traditional Chinese fortune ship. It seemed to be escorted by the two warships.
Yin Feng raised his telescope and took a look. He frowned and said, "What's going on? It seems that the ship in the middle is carrying the flag of the army."
Fan Tao was surprised and rushed to the crenellation of the fort wall. He raised his telescope and looked at it for a while. He shook his head repeatedly: "It's an official ship. What's going on? How come there are still official ships that dare to break into Liaodong?"
Yin Feng put down the telescope: "I'm going back to the Lushun Company's commercial building first. Bring the captain of the red-haired ship to me later. And Commander Fan, go find out what's going on with this official and military ship. By the way, take the leaders on the official and military ships to Port Arthur."
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In the evening, Yin Feng listened to Fan Tao's report and stood up in surprise: "What? Who did you say the leader of the army was?"
"He said his name is Mao Wenlong. He is from Hangzhou. He is from the same hometown as you."
Yin Feng sat down. He patted the table and smiled: "I didn't expect it was him."
Fan Tao was confused: "President, do you recognize him?"
Yin Feng shook his head: "I don't recognize him. But I've heard of him before."
Fan Tao was even more confused: This official and military ship suddenly appeared at the mouth of the Yalu River. It seemed to be planning to land on several islands under the jurisdiction of North Korea at the estuary. It cruised among those islands for a long time. As a result, they were captured by the Chinese A transport convoy of the army and navy heading to the mouth of the Yalu River discovered it. The escorting schooner and clipper immediately detached three ships to search for the officer's sailing ship.
The official and military ships turned around and fled. After a helpless pursuit on the sea, the Fu ship was characterized by its stability and slow speed. Its long-distance sailing speed could not be compared with that of a schooner. After being overtaken by a Chinese military speedboat, it was shelled and had to lower its sails. surrender.
There were only about a hundred people on this official ship. They claimed to be the soldiers of the standard camp under Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong. The leader's name was Mao Wenlong. He was just a flag soldier under the governor. They claimed to be searching for the Liaodong campaign the previous year. Those who are separated soldiers will return to Guangning when they are found.
Fan Tao was a little puzzled: This soldier was a nobody with no reputation at all. How could the captain of the ship have heard of this man?
Yin Feng carefully searched for his historical knowledge. He sat there without saying a word for a long time. Although Fan Tao was full of doubts, he was stable by nature. He did not ask any questions and sat quietly.
After a long time, Yin Feng suddenly said: "Bring that man here. I will interrogate him personally. He is definitely not a soldier. He is at least a thousand-level officer."
Fan Tao frowned: "You mean he is lying to us."
Yin Feng nodded: "This man was born in martial arts. He was a personal soldier of Ning Yuanbo Li Chengliang. His purpose in coming to Liaodong is definitely not that simple."
Fan Tao was even more surprised: Zeng Qing from the Military Intelligence Department was also present when these officers and soldiers were interrogated. He did not see through the other party's deception. His awe for Yin Feng deepened in his heart.
"Perhaps your Majesty, in addition to the Ministry of Military Intelligence and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, also has some secret and detailed organization..." Fan Tao quickly retreated with this thought in his mind.